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We Are The Culture Makers

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What’s a Culture Maker? You don’t have to have a fancy title or an artsy career to be a culture-maker (but you can if you want to!). When you get brave and go first and...

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27 Dec

Books I Read in 2020

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20 May

We are the Media Makers and the Culture Makers

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20 Dec

The Fantasy of Being Holiday Fabulous

Behind The Curtain | The Meaning of Life
Please know that you do not have to transform into an entirely different...
on brand and women
18 Oct

In Our Culture, Every Woman Is a Brand

The Female Lifestyle Empowerment Brand | The Meaning of Life
Today, I am thinking about "brand" and "women". And when I say “today”,...
you can't be friends with someone who wants your life
27 Jun

TRUTH: “You Can’t Be Friends With Someone Who Wants Your Life”

Behind The Curtain | Book Reviews and Mentions | Culture Makers Read | Reading Rally | The Meaning of Life
"You can't be friends with someone who wants your life." - Oprah I'm...
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20 Jun

We Are Each Other’s Necessary Tendernesses

Behind The Curtain | The Meaning of Life
Had an amazing conversation with really thoughtful culture makers and dearly beloveds. As...
time is a feminist issue Brigid schulte's overwhelmed -- a still life!
19 Jun

What Looks Like Personal Choices are Often Framed Up for Us By Society

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"Time is a Feminist Issue": this was the heart of a speech that...
The ARtist's Way by Julia Cameron and becoming a full time human
15 Jun

We are Not Worker Bees. We are Humans…and CREATORS.

Behind The Curtain | Book Reviews and Mentions | Culture Makers Read | Reading Rally | The Meaning of Life
“In fact, many full-time artist reports that they have become more creatively rounded...
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04 Jun

Feminist Marketing Tip #531: Ask for Way More Than You Need

Feminist Marketing | Feminist Marketing Tools | The Meaning of Life
Okay Culture Makers and Feminist Marketers: Let’s talk about Audre Lorde. Let’s talk...
I love a good red coat
10 May

Do I Own This Coat or Does it Own Me?

Behind The Curtain | The Meaning of Life
#tbt to that time when I was 10 and roamed the world in...
feminist marketing tip 54 the gdpr affirms consent culture
04 May

Feminist Marketing Tip #54: The GDPR is Good for Consent Culture

Feminist Marketing | Feminist Marketing Tools | The Meaning of Life
I've seen a little fear and worry -- and some complaining -- from...
kelly diels on roundhouse radio
03 May

Talking with My Hands and Trying to Be Good with Emelia

Behind The Curtain | The Meaning of Life
#tbt to those times I was on a radio show hosted by the...

Every week, I send you a

Sunday Love Letter

I write them so that…

  1. You remember your culture-making power
  2. You have the inspiration + tools you need to grow a business that generates money AND justice

Let’s create a future in which we all flourish.

Are you in?

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psssst don't tell anyone but your Sunday Love...

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psssst don't tell anyone but your Sunday Love Letter is sent!⁠ ⁠ (Just kidding, please tell all your friends)⁠ ⁠ Today it is about systems.⁠ ⁠ We're trying to get free of systems that harm us...⁠ ⁠ ...which means we often recoil from building our own systems, in our lives and careers and businesses.⁠ ⁠ But systems and structures can be liberatory -- personally, and collectively.⁠ ⁠ They can reduce chaos and harm. They can produce ease and pleasure. They can be life-giving.⁠ ⁠ And indeed, if our goal is to dismantle systems of oppression, we're going to need to replace those structures with something else.⁠ ⁠ Like, ones that facilitate FLOURISHING.⁠ ⁠ All that to say...today's email is about reclaiming power, money, community and SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES.⁠ ⁠ Let's grow them on OUR terms. #WeAreTheCultureMakers #SundayLoveLetter⁠ ⁠ ⁠ 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺⁠ ⁠ I'm Kelly Diels and I'm a #FeministBusiness educator. ⁠ ⁠ One of the first things I do with clients is help them figure out their business model aka HOW THEY MAKE MONEY ( their pricing, their offer, their accessibility strategies, their time)...⁠ ⁠ ...and I do it through the lens of justice. #moneyandjustice⁠

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**Culture making = tiny acts of ...

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**Culture making = tiny acts of doing-it-differently** Every day, whether we are conscious of it or not, we are making and remaking our culture. Each of us makes a million tiny agreements at any given moment to go along with our culture and make things run smoothly. A lot of the times, people disagree with the demands and dictates and practices of our culture, but swallow their voice and say nothing. And even in that moment, in the internal dissonance and the absence of action, they are culture makers. In that moment, they (we!) allow the over-culture to continue as it is, unimpeded. We let the voice of culture speak through our mouths and use our bodies and lives in order to stabilize and regenerate itself. And that reveals a huge opportunity: we can choose how to deliberately use our culture-making power. Instead of letting an unjust culture flow through us, we can interrupt it — and we can make a new one. And we do it with tiny, consistent, committed words + actions + experiments + contributions each day. **Tiny acts of doing-it-differently are culture making.** Tiny acts of doing-it-differently dislodge the web of cooperation that the unjust culture requires in order to continue functioning — and creates something new, instead. For the future, and for right now. Culture isn’t ‘out there’ or something that’s set in stone and unchanging. Culture is living and organic; it’s in us; it acts on us; it moves through us…and we co-create it, every day. And so we, the culture makers, have the power to disrupt it, reimagine it, and make a new one in which everyone flourishes. Let's do that in a million tiny ways, every day. Our tiny acts of doing-it-differently, every day, add up to a whole new world. #WeAreTheCultureMakers 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺 I'm Kelly Diels and I'm a #FeministBusiness coach and a culture maker. I help feminist entrepreneurs build the language & institutions of the future. #changemaking #womensempowerment #empowerment #socialimpact #feministcoach #mindset⁠ #feministaf #feminism #socialjustice #feministfounders #entrepreneurialfeminist #bossbabe #buildingtheinstitutionsofthefuture #consciousbusiness #girlboss #goaldigger

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Today I'm teaching my Money + Justice ...

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Jun 25

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Today I'm teaching my Money + Justice Workshop at 10 am - free!⁠ ⁠ It's for everyone who's playing what I call 'the double game' -- striving to create a flourishing livelihood in the existing paradigm while also creating a whole new paradigm.⁠ ⁠ ***********⁠ ⁠ If you've got mixed feelings about money, you're not alone -- and this workshop is designed to help.⁠ ⁠ Former attendees often tell me this class dissolves unnecessary shame on contact :)⁠ ⁠ Because the truth is, we're not bad with money. Our culture has been deliberately bad at distributing money to us.⁠ ⁠ And...no more.⁠ ⁠ Let's interrupt that pattern and create a whole new reality for ourselves and our communities.⁠ ⁠ ************⁠ ⁠ If you can't make it live, there WILL be a recording...but you have to be signed up to get it.⁠ ⁠ (There's an automation that helps me not have to send a gazillion things by hand.)⁠ ⁠ Link in bio @kelly.diels to sign up.⁠ ⁠ See you in a few hours!⁠ ⁠ love + justice (and money!)⁠ ⁠ Kelly

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psssst don't tell anyone but your Sunday Love...

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Sep 12

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psssst don't tell anyone but your Sunday Love Letter is sent!⁠ ⁠ (Just kidding, please tell all your friends)⁠ ⁠ Today it is about systems.⁠ ⁠ We're trying to get free of systems that harm us...⁠ ⁠ ...which means we often recoil from building our own systems, in our lives and careers and businesses.⁠ ⁠ But systems and structures can be liberatory -- personally, and collectively.⁠ ⁠ They can reduce chaos and harm. They can produce ease and pleasure. They can be life-giving.⁠ ⁠ And indeed, if our goal is to dismantle systems of oppression, we're going to need to replace those structures with something else.⁠ ⁠ Like, ones that facilitate FLOURISHING.⁠ ⁠ All that to say...today's email is about reclaiming power, money, community and SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES.⁠ ⁠ Let's grow them on OUR terms. #WeAreTheCultureMakers #SundayLoveLetter⁠ ⁠ ⁠ 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺⁠ ⁠ I'm Kelly Diels and I'm a #FeministBusiness educator. ⁠ ⁠ One of the first things I do with clients is help them figure out their business model aka HOW THEY MAKE MONEY ( their pricing, their offer, their accessibility strategies, their time)...⁠ ⁠ ...and I do it through the lens of justice. #moneyandjustice⁠

kelly.diels

**Culture making = tiny acts of ...

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Jul 1

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**Culture making = tiny acts of doing-it-differently** Every day, whether we are conscious of it or not, we are making and remaking our culture. Each of us makes a million tiny agreements at any given moment to go along with our culture and make things run smoothly. A lot of the times, people disagree with the demands and dictates and practices of our culture, but swallow their voice and say nothing. And even in that moment, in the internal dissonance and the absence of action, they are culture makers. In that moment, they (we!) allow the over-culture to continue as it is, unimpeded. We let the voice of culture speak through our mouths and use our bodies and lives in order to stabilize and regenerate itself. And that reveals a huge opportunity: we can choose how to deliberately use our culture-making power. Instead of letting an unjust culture flow through us, we can interrupt it — and we can make a new one. And we do it with tiny, consistent, committed words + actions + experiments + contributions each day. **Tiny acts of doing-it-differently are culture making.** Tiny acts of doing-it-differently dislodge the web of cooperation that the unjust culture requires in order to continue functioning — and creates something new, instead. For the future, and for right now. Culture isn’t ‘out there’ or something that’s set in stone and unchanging. Culture is living and organic; it’s in us; it acts on us; it moves through us…and we co-create it, every day. And so we, the culture makers, have the power to disrupt it, reimagine it, and make a new one in which everyone flourishes. Let's do that in a million tiny ways, every day. Our tiny acts of doing-it-differently, every day, add up to a whole new world. #WeAreTheCultureMakers 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺 I'm Kelly Diels and I'm a #FeministBusiness coach and a culture maker. I help feminist entrepreneurs build the language & institutions of the future. #changemaking #womensempowerment #empowerment #socialimpact #feministcoach #mindset⁠ #feministaf #feminism #socialjustice #feministfounders #entrepreneurialfeminist #bossbabe #buildingtheinstitutionsofthefuture #consciousbusiness #girlboss #goaldigger