Thanks so much for talking to me about this! Really enjoyed sharing my experience with working from home.

Or: Whoops—I got a call from collections again! — I was 36 years old when my therapist, who had been hinting at as much for months, gently told me she suspected I had ADHD. At first, I scoffed at the suggestion. Nobody had ever, ever said that to me before. ADHD, as I understood it, was what the kid…

After nearly two years of pandemic time, let’s not be so hard on ourselves — It’s that time again for gyms and fitness studios. New members and students, inspired by their New Year’s resolutions, are beginning to flock to the places where they think they’ll find fitter, happier, versions of themselves. Most gyms and studios offer some sort of incentive to encourage the January “resolutionist”…

More than a year after the line between work and home blurred, instead of expecting our colleagues to be “professional,” maybe we can allow them to be “human” — A few weeks ago in one of the many professionally-oriented Facebook groups I’ve joined or been added to over the years, a senior manager at a nonprofit organization posted a question that I’ll paraphrase here to avoid running afoul of the group’s privacy policy:

How do we celebrate America when our country has failed us? — Originally published in the Puppies & Politics newsletter—thus the seemingly non-sequitur inclusion of my dog. To subscribe, click here. Tomorrow marks the Fourth of July. It’s going to be a strange one. Even though many Americans have tried to wish it away, the coronavirus pandemic is still very much present…

It’s midnight. I’m going through some emails, closing some tabs, looking at what went into my “saved” links on Facebook over the past few days. And almost everything I’m returning to to read is another examination of the Brett Kavanaugh sexual assault allegation story. (My own take is here.) The…

Note: This was originally included in my weekly newsletter, Puppies & Politics, on July 27, 2018. To see the newsletter archives, or to subscribe, visit jillianivey.com/newsletter. I’ve been in the photo pit at a lot of rock shows. From roughly 2005 to 2012, I took photos of everyone from Hayley…

A few months ago, an old friend reached out. A former colleague of hers was looking for some help getting his organization’s name out in the wider world. Was I interested in speaking with him? I was, and she connected us, and after a lengthy phone call with this person…

Not everyone is good at social media. Not everyone has to be. If you’re an individual who just uses social media to keep in touch with your friends, there will be almost no consequences for anything you post, other than possibly offending a relative with your politics. But brands simply…