If I'm being honest, showing up online is something I still have to talk myself into sometimes, and I do this for a living!

This month on Thinking About is all about confidence, and this week we’re talking about the confidence to be online. So many of the people I talk to are carrying around the same fears about being online, and most of the time, they're holding themselves to a standard they'd never hold anyone else to.

So we're busting some myths, walking through what helps me (and the clients I've worked with), and hopefully leaving you feeling like maybe — just maybe — you do have what it takes to show up online. (I believe you do!)

In this episode, I'm talking about:

• Why showing up online feels unnatural for pretty much everyone
• Three myths that are keeping you from showing up
• Why editing, practice, and time are the actual secret
• Lowering the bar, finding an accountability buddy, recording on your best days, and treating content like a creative experiment
• The "one person" trick

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You know that feeling when you open your closet and nothing feels quite like you anymore? Maybe, ever since the pandemic, it's been a few years of sweats and working from home. Maybe your body has changed, your life has changed, and the clothes hanging in there feel like they belong to someone you used to be.

That's exactly where I was, and then Suzanne Colmer walked into my closet with her closet cleanse method and literally changed my life!

As one of Canada's premiere style and image consultants, Suzanne Colmer works with her clients to ensure they love their clothes and that their clothes love them back. She specializes in closet cleanses, size-inclusive personalized shopping, and Canadian curated capsule wardrobes that allow you to buy less and wear more. Often sought out by the media as a Canadian style expert, Suzanne has been featured locally on Global TV, and CBC and in the Globe and Mail and globally as Toronto's style consultant with Tourism Toronto.

Suzanne has a gift for making you feel seen, understood, and genuinely excited to get dressed again. I can’t wait for you to listen!

In this episode, we're talking about:

• The first step to reconnecting with your style when you have no idea where to start
• Closet cleanses are like cleaning out your fridge before you go grocery shopping
• “It's not you, it's your clothes"
• How to handle clothes you're saving for "someday"
• Suzanne's philosophy for her own closet – and why she shops on a one-in, one-out rule
• What "style words" are and why figuring out yours is a game-changer
• How to actually finish an outfit
• Suzanne’s take on trends
• The one piece Suzanne thinks almost everyone should own (can you guess what it is?)

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Connect with Suzanne Colmer

Follow Suzanne on Instagram!

Check out her website

Links from the episode:

The Diary of a CEO podcast

Good Hang with Amy Poehler podcast

My Friends by Fredrik Backman

New York Times Cooking

Jenn Eats Goood on Substack

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Somewhere between the girlboss era and a world that's constantly telling us to optimize, monetize, and move faster, I quietly forgot how to just... do something for fun. Not because it would make good content or even make me a better person.

Just because it felt good! Like, why can’t that be enough?

If your days have been blurring together too, or if you feel like you’re so restless you can’t even pay attention to a TV episode anymore, I feel you. Let’s do something about it! I cover a ton of ideas in this episode.

In this episode, I'm talking about:

• My complicated relationship with my phone
• Digital anhedonia: the reduced ability to enjoy real-world experiences after too much screen time
• Why hobbies are actually identity work – and what they have to do with your inner child
• The two big reasons hobbies matter: mental health and joy
• Embracing the beginner's mindset and doing things badly on purpose
• What I'm trying: diamond painting, coloring, craft afternoons, Duolingo, the library, cooking, Pilates, and my hobby wish list
• Three questions to sit with this week

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When's the last time you felt completely free from the algorithm? Not just a good week, not just a post that happened to take off, but genuinely unbothered by whether your content gets seen?

In this episode of Thinking About, I'm sitting down with Caley Dimmock – ads expert, teacher at heart, and someone whose brain I deeply trust when it comes to scaling without chaos.

Caley is the founder of Meta Ads Academy, a 12-week mentorship accelerator for people who want to learn to run ads themselves (or add them to their client offerings), and she also runs a business mastermind focused on building sustainable, capacity-aware businesses.

In this episode, we're talking about:

• Why intuitive content often connects more than a perfectly planned strategy
• The freedom of not being at the whim of the algorithm, and how ads changed Caley's business and life
• What needs to be working before you run ads (and why throwing traffic at something broken won't fix it)
• How to think about your ad budget by reverse-engineering your acceptable cost per lead or purchase
• How to test ads the right way: why it's about data and sample size, not how many days have passed
• What Meta's AI changes actually mean
• Why Caley built Meta Ads Academy and her business mastermind – and the fear she had to work through first

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Connect with Caley Dimmock

Follow @cjdimmock on Instagram!

Join the waitlist for Meta Ads Academy

Get 50% off on Ad Spend 101, Caley’s mini-course and templates with code THINKINGABOUT

Links from the episode:

Data is Beautiful Reddit

Most Replayed Moment: Alain de Botton - Individualism Is Making Us Miserable!

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I didn't make a single New Year's resolution this year. Partially because I was sick, partially because I was unpacking a new home, and partially because I was just tired. But somewhere in that accidental pause, I started noticing something.

The quiet, undramatic changes I was making for my health and well-being were actually sticking.

Tune in if you've been feeling like you're always trying to get your life together but never quite catching up. My life is also not together, for the record, but there are pieces of my life that have felt sticky for a long time and they’re finally coming loose – and I really wanted to share what's helping.

In this episode, I'm talking about:

• Why you don't need more discipline but support
• How changing my environment has been my single biggest game changer
• Health habits don't have to be dramatic to work
• Feeling better as a whole stack, not a single fix – and why some weeks that means a workout and some weeks it means seeing your friends
• Reflection questions to take with you

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Links from the episode:

Follow @jenneatsgoood on Substack

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Chatting with a stranger on your commute. Sharing fries with a friend. Watching the sunset from your window. Turns out, these micro moments are much more than pleasant – they're the actual building blocks of happiness!

I'm sitting down with Dr. Gillian Mandich, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Manitoba, who holds a PhD in Health Science from Western University. She's a happiness researcher, educator, speaker, and author; founder of The International Happiness Institute; and co-lead investigator of the Happiness at Work Study with the Mental Health Association. She was also named one of the Top 100 Most Powerful Women by the Women's Executive Network!

I first heard Gillian speak at Camp Reconnect and haven't stopped quoting her since. She completely reframed how I think about happiness, helping me see it as a practice instead of a destination.

This conversation gave me permission to stop waiting for everything to be perfect before I let myself feel happy, and I know it will do the same for you!

In this episode, we're talking about:

• How Dr. Gillian defines happiness and why it's both simple and complicated
• The paradox of trying to be happy all the time
• Micro moments versus big trips
• The broaden and build theory and how happiness works like a muscle
• Why social connection is the number one predictor of long-term health and happiness
• Happy hunting – a simple practice to figure out what actually makes you happy
• How our environment impacts our happiness and what we can control when we feel stuck
• Seasonal affective disorder, winter in Canada, and navigating the dark months
• Building meaningful connections in a digital world
• Holding two emotions at the same time and why that's a sign of emotional maturity
• Rethinking assumptions and narratives we've held about happiness
• Curiosity, travel, and learning as paths to a richer life

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Connect with Dr. Gillian Mandich:

Dr. Gillian’s website

Follow @drgillianmandich on Instagram (and her dog!)

Links from the episode:

Camp Reconnect

Book: Think Again by Adam Grant

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Hi. It's been nine months… I know!

I didn't mean to ghost you. Between planning an elopement in Greece, getting married, dealing with health stuff, moving to Toronto, and scaling my business, the podcast became the rubber ball I had to put down while I held onto the glass ones.

But I'm finally back. And truthfully, I feel more alive than I have in years.

In this solo episode, I'm catching you up on everything you missed. We're talking about getting married on a cliff in Santorini, why moving to the city has shifted my entire baseline, what it means to finally have everything little me ever wanted, and how I'm learning to delegate after running an agency alone for way too long.

This is your reminder that both things can be true: the world can feel heavy and you can still feel grateful. You can be growing through hard things and also be really, genuinely happy.

Welcome back to the conversations that keep us thinking.

I've missed you!

In this episode, I'm talking about:

• Where I've been for the past nine months and why the podcast break happened
• Getting married in Greece
• Moving to Toronto and how living in the city has changed my baseline happiness
• Finding joy again after desperately losing it
• Scaling my business and learning to delegate (finally)
• Why showing up in this space feels like coming home
• Thinking about love beyond romantic relationships
• What's coming this year: two guest episodes and two solos a month

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Links from the episode:

My wedding photos on Instagram: post 1, post 2

Life Kit episode about being happier in the winter

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This week, we’re thinking about what it really takes to build a brand that stands out – one rooted in transparency, community, and real results.

In this episode of Thinking About, I’m sitting down with Connie Lo and Laura Thompson, the co-founders of Three Ships, an all-natural skincare brand working to turn radical transparency into the industry standard. What started with just $4,000 in savings and a DIY formulation in their apartment kitchens has grown into a thriving beauty brand stocked in major retailers like Whole Foods and Indigo.

Beyond their clean skincare formulas, what truly sets Three Ships apart is how they’ve built an engaged, loyal community by prioritizing real customer feedback, education, and ingredient transparency. In this episode, Connie and Laura pull back the curtain on how they scaled Three Ships without sacrificing their values, what it takes to run a business as co-founders, and why staying connected to their community has been key to their success.

In this episode, we’re talking about:

• The origin story of Three Ships and how they turned a kitchen experiment into a thriving skincare brand.
• How radical transparency, community, and real customer feedback have set them apart.
• The realities of scaling a business while staying true to your values.
• Their biggest lessons as co-founders, from decision-making to navigating challenges together.
• The power of brand storytelling, product education, and authenticity in an industry full of marketing gimmicks.

If you’ve ever dreamed of starting a business, want a behind-the-scenes look at how to scale a brand with integrity, or just love hearing inspiring founder stories, this episode is for you.

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Connect with Connie Lo and Laura Thompson, the co-founders of Three Ships

Visit https://www.threeshipsbeauty.ca/

Laura on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/laura.athompson

Connie on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/itsconnielo

Three Ships on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/threeshipsbeauty

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