📣 Small Business Saturday: The Rebellion Edition
Hey Reader,
It’s that time of year again — the day corporate America thinks it owns, but small businesses carry on their backs. So grab something warm and cozy (or caffeinated and chaotic, no judgment ☕️) because this week’s newsletter is basically a holiday party stuffed into an email.
If you missed last week’s PSA about performative activism and why staying checked in matters more than checking out, you can catch the archive here. It’ll give you context, but you don’t need a political dissertation to enjoy what’s coming next.
Here’s where I want your focus this week: your spark.
Your creativity.
Your capacity to feel alive in your business again.
And that’s exactly why the CEO Winter Rebellion kicks off December 1st. It’s free. It’s fun. It’s the kind of rebellious “I’m doing this for me” energy you’ve been starving for all year. You binge podcasts. You watch YouTube creators. You learn to DNF (did not finish!) without guilt. And you earn raffle tickets just for showing up imperfectly.
This isn’t about spending money or boycotting anything. This is about momentum — the kind that comes from joy, curiosity, and letting yourself play instead of grind.
Now… let’s meet your December elves. 🥂
These sponsors are gifting prizes from pure joy, generosity, and the desire to see you thrive. You can join them, too — and yes, it’s just as fun as it sounds.
- Jess Reid is offering 10 (count 'em TEN) packages for Rewild Your Wellness: a self-paced, lifetime-access course that helps you reconnect with Nature, heal your relationship with food and body, and remember how good it feels to live in rhythm with yourself. (Valued at $333 each.)
- Eunice Brownlee is offering 10 (the magic number!) packages for her Mic-Ready Pitch Pack. Eunice is known for coaching keynote speakers both on and off the TEDx stage... you want this. (Valued at $147 each.)
- Samantha Pollack is offering 2 packages for her Badass Bio service. In the age of AI, your bio needs to be undeniable human and Sam is copywriter for you. Don't be boring and don't sound like a robot in the new year. (Valued at $250 each.)
- Micah Freeman is giving away one powerhouse prize: The Nervous System Breakthrough Bundle. If your system is fried, frozen, or flinching at every notification, you cannot expect your business to pay your bills, grow with you and inflation, or let you scale without panic. Micah’s energy is grounding as hell, and this bundle is a gorgeous reset. (Valued at $750.)
- Veronica Yanhs is coming soon with a very special operations package because chaos is NOT the theme for 2026... in the meantime scroll down to the cool stuff my biz buddies are offering right now including Veronica's spicy $37 toolkit.
🌶️ Did this just inspire the mistletoe out of you? It did for me!! These prizes are HUGE. You don't have to give big giveaway gifts to participate. Size doesn't matter here 😉 how you use what you got matters a fuck ton more. Get visible like these folks all December when you commit to a giveaway by filling out this form.
Before you scroll... guess what you're getting from me in the CEO Winter Rebellion? 🤓
- Everyone who participates gets one month free in the Sunday Woo Crew! Start the new year with a month of the private podcast that helps you connect your intuition with your business decisions.
Seriously... did you sign up for the FREE challenge yet or what??
- Six winners will get a 1-month dojo pass (value $197 each) to experience the power, clarity, and momentum inside the Creator Economy Dojo. Redeem anytime before July 2026 — and use your free month to kickstart your next creator era.
This is the perfect segue to tell you all about the dojo... ⬇️
🐉 The Creator Economy Dojo is coming...
If you’re done half-assing your content and want a space to legitimately train your craft, this is your heads-up.
I’m opening a brand-new media dojo in the new year for creators who want consistency, clarity, and real momentum — not another “accountability group” that dies in week three.
Founding members get the cheapest rate I will EVER offer and first access when doors open in January.
If you want in before the masses:
→ Join the early-access list.
This is where your content gets bold, your message gets paid, and you become the creator people buy from — not just follow.
✨ Business Tarot + Astrology
You’ve been treating these previews like Costco samples, and honestly… cute. But the clarity you need to run your business without spiraling lives inside the Woo Crew private podcast — and it’s seven dollars.
That’s less than your “this totally isn’t lawn-clippings” matcha, less than the AI tool that gave you a personality crisis, and definitely less than that blush-pink mic you bought even though you don’t have a podcast.
Inside, you get Tarot for business, astrology you can use, numerology, Akashic insights, and real-time energetic guidance no one on YouTube is giving entrepreneurs.
If you’ve been lurking and waiting for a sign, this is it.
Join the Woo Crew for $7/month and stop running your business on vibes alone. ⤵️
Want the whole thing?
Click here & go ⤵️
🫂 Pimpin' My Peeps
Business is people. You cannot do this alone. And these folks are part of my squad. I hope you give them some love, even if it's as a fresh subscriber to their email lists. No matter what, they're offering truly impactful work that deserves eyeballs.
- Tonya Kubo, many of you know as my biz bestie from our YouTube chats. Well, Tonya put together a Black Friday page so you can also peep her favorite tech stack products. But more importantly, she's doing consulting bundles that you need to jump on NOW.
- Samantha Pollack is currently enrolling for her annual group program, The Craft. Have you been shouting into the void about AI and feeling like you don't know how to find your voice? So THAT is the symptom... and this is the prescription. Go fill that script, babe.
- Tory & Ashlan from Take the Leap have had me on their podcast a whole bunch and they are now regular creators at Sasquatch Media Grounds. But wait! It's not just a podcast... they have a course and it's built for newbies. Or, if you've been muddling in the middle since 2020, you need to hit that link.
- Megan Eckman is a name you should start getting used to hearing around here. Not only is she going to get your onboard sequence unfucked in that link I just gave you, but we're launching a networking podcast in the new year to help you make money from all those business card swaps.
- Veronica Yanhs is last but not least here. My Asian sister from another mister says all the quiet parts out loud and helps me feel positively rated G. So you say that operations is not sexy? Pardon all the fucks but you're dead wrong and you need to click that link to add some sexy into the backend of your business. Yes, pun is intended. 🍑
✌️My Bougie Lounge
Whether you’re here to copy my tech stack or snag some sweet affiliate deals, this is the list for your 2026 glow-up. And we’re starting with the thing I absolutely did not expect to become known for this year: AI.
I’ve been playing with AI tools for ages, but once it hit the mainstream, a whole bunch of you realized you liked the way I teach it. So here we are (the plot twist of the decade) and I’m officially telling you to grab my Bot Library.
You get the full video training now, and in January everyone inside the library will get a brand-new drop of custom GPTs, AI agents, and hands-on training for how to actually use them like a CEO instead of a confused gremlin poking at prompts.
It’s pay-what-you-can with a suggested minimum of $27. Your future self will thank you for not cheaping out on this one.
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- Kit for email growth is how I stay in control of reaching my paying audience (hi, that’s you). They’re running a wild 60% off through December 2nd when you use my link. If you’ve been relying on vibes instead of a real list… this is your sign.
- Descript is my ride-or-die for social clips, transcripts, and pretty much every video/audio workflow across Sensible Woo and Sasquatch Media Grounds. This is one AI tool I will evangelize until the end of time — and if you join the studio’s dojo membership, you get done-with-you setup help.
- Viral Marketing Stars is the content hub that keeps my entire Notion command center running without chaos gremlins. I stopped DIY’ing my own templates the day I found Katya’s. Smartest decision ever.
- And speaking of Katya Varbanova — if you’re sweating over what to put in those templates, her AI content calendar will save your life. No more empty content databases judging you from the corner.
- Buzzsprout is my go-to podcast host. Clean, simple, reliable. When you use my link, we both get a $20 credit. A delightful little win-win.
- The Workout Witch is the somatic library that helped me rehab my CEO body after years of burnout and abuse recovery. Most people don’t realize we’re all living through collective trauma right now. These classes are affordable, accessible, and they work.
- To Be Magnetic is still the best manifestation toolset on the market. There is zero pressure. Participate as much or as little as you want for a really affordable rate. Highly recommend the guided hypnosis and journaling that helps you unwind the childhood wounds blocking your business expansion.
- Google Workspace runs my entire company. If you’re still duct-taping your business together with free Google tools and 27 Zapier automations, this is your glowing neon sign for 2026: simplify and show up professionally.
- ThriveCart remains the best checkout cart in existence — ask this internet dinosaur how I know. Stop using five different tools and making it hard to get paid. Buy it ONCE and consolidate your tech stack like an adult CEO.
🪽Charitable Giving
There are a million causes shouting for attention right now, but I like my giving to have roots and reach. That’s why I reinvest directly into my local community.
As a trustee on the Fort Vancouver Regional Library District board, this is the heart of my charitable work. I show up as a librarian, a small business owner, and a queer woman of color in one of the fastest-growing regions in the country — and I put my time, energy, and tithing into protecting intellectual freedom and equitable access. Because if we lose our libraries, we lose the backbone of an informed society.
If you’re looking for a way to make a real, focused impact this season, please consider supporting the FVRL Foundation. Your donation helps keep information free, accessible, and out of the hands of people trying to roll back our rights.
Donate here.
💰Annual Tip Jars
I see you opening these emails every week… clicking, lurking, sending love notes. 🥰 This list exists so you can get support before you’re ready to dive deeper with me — and sometimes those stars never line up, which is totally fine.
But if you want to throw a little high-five energy back my way and help keep this whole ship running, here are a few easy ways to do it:
