Psst...I don't hate freelancing (—don't tell Linkedin!) But, like many freelancers I see posting on the platform, I used to.

In fact, I spent the first few years of my 12+ year freelance career just muddling through, and often wondered if the grind was worth the 9-to-5 trade-off. But I knew I was meant for more than a corporate cubicle. I could feel the call toward a truer, more creatively expressed career from deep within.

Once I realized I didn't have to do freelance the way everyone else was doing it, everything shifted. Now I teach other post-corporate types how to think like business owners, regulate their mindset, and build client relationships rooted in stability and confidence, instead of scarcity and stress.

If you don't love freelance yet, you're probably doing it "right'—and that may be the problem. The truth is, the beliefs, behaviors and mindset that made you successful as an employee are the same ones blocking your success as a freelancer. You’re not failing, you just never learned to upgrade your thoughts and behaviors from “Employee” to “Boss," and that "employee mindset" is likely siphoning your confidence, and your income.

Like any developmental transition, the leap from employee to boss comes with new modes of operating and updated metrics for success. 

Luckily, there's a blueprint for that, which means you won't have to flounder around figuring them out on your own for years on end like I did.

How to Hate Freelance is a free 12-day email series that exposes the habits and beliefs that make freelance feel harder than it needs to be, and shows you how to flip them so the work actually works for you.

Each day, you’ll get a value-packed email that mixes playful inspiration with practical insight. By the end of 12 days, you’ll know exactly what’s holding you back, have actionable ways to move forward, and start experiencing the freedom and creativity that made you want to freelance in the first place.

Sign up now to tap into 12+ years of freelance know-how, curated for real-world use—at no cost.

 Meet your coach. I’m Michele.

As someone who succeeded in traditional advertising roles by mastering other people’s rules—and then built a bespoke 12+ year freelance career that made room for my creative spirit to truly flourish—I now coach talented, thoughtful, and often ‘creatively different’ individuals in reprogramming the habits and beliefs that keep them feeling small, stuck, or stifled.

Through my signature Freedom School methodology, I guide creative types to create freelance careers that honor their unique gifts and way of being in the world, because no one deserves to stay stuck on a career path that doesn’t fit who they really are.