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You’re not alone.

The doubts, feeling overwhelmed, burnout and worrying if you’re “good enough.” We’ve been there. But now we’re here to share stories, lessons, helpful tips and tools to help all of us chart a new path.

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Want to run your own BFF board meeting?

This tradition helped my friends and I build workout routines, finish drafting a book, heal relationships with family and much more. Turns out, the difference between just saying the goal and getting it done were in a few tweaks.

This guide will walk you through how we set up our BFF Board Meetings, questions to ask each other and what made the difference in us actually following through so you can make the same leap. (And the guide has a bonus for those who don’t currently have besties to Board Meeting with so you can get started solo if needed!)

I'm ready to achieve my goals!

For the people pleaser, perfectionist, overachiever eldest daughter who’s ready to trade hustling to prove herself for more peace, confidence and calm

Because let’s be honest, being everything for everybody, caring what other people think, anxious attachment and hustle culture is really exhausting.

We get it.

Recent Posts

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The Nantucket Guide

There is nothing like summer on Nantucket. It is truly my happy place. A lot of Nantucket charm is the insider spots, the hard to find beaches and the unfinished moments, so I absolutely recommend not trying to overschedule your time on the island. Time is supposed to slow down on the island - enjoy it!

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The most common sign that you care too much what people think

The number one sign that you care too much what other people think is if you spend a ton of time trying to predict what they’re thinking and feeling. In short, trying to read minds. Now before you click away, you might be thinking - “uh, yeah, stating the obvious, if I care what other people think, I spend time trying to figure out what they think.”

And there, my friend, is the issue.

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On being messy (Behind the scenes of the mindset challenges of entrepreneurship)

I’ve been thinking a lot over the past few weeks about my business, my lifestyle, what I want for myself long term. And I will admit that there were a solid weeks at least where I was considering shutting this business down and starting from scratch. But I realized I’d be doing y’all a disservice if I wasn’t open about what’s been going on in my head as I’ve navigated the last 9 months and the biggest learning I’m working through personally because I know that you probably need to hear it as much as I did.

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The secret ingredient to having successful conversations

Because we cannot control the entire world around us, in order to be successful (i.e. have the lifestyle, love, income, schedule, etc. that we desire) we have to learn how to work WITH a world that we do not control, not struggle AGAINST it. So how do you get the world do what you want it to do?

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4 Reasons You Keep Getting Overlooked (and How to Start Getting the Attention You Crave)

Unpacking the common reasons why you might be being overlooked for promotions, dates and generally not getting the attention you desire. If you are tired of being the good girl, helper, dependable one but don’t know what you’re doing wrong to be so invisible to your coworkers and men, read this to figure out how to get people to pay attention to you more.

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Are you playing it safe?

This is a question I ask myself, and often clients, fairly regularly. But before we dive in too deep on it, let's clarify one thing: there's a helpful and unhelpful kind of safe. The helpful kind of safe is more like “supported.”

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You have already been admitted to the club of “good enough.”

This was something that had been explained to me over and over again but now I was living it in real life. It was my freshman year at Yale University. We were all living in buildings that looked like castles, navigating living away from home for the first time, looking around eagerly at the people who people had said may be “friends you'll have for the rest of your lives.” And all around us hung a question: What made each of us good enough to be accepted here?

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The lie we’ve been told about feeling better about yourself

But here's the thing we need to talk about: the idea that transformation requires some external magic - whether that's the perfect partner, the right opportunity, or even the ideal self-help program - is actually what's keeping you stuck. Which is why today we're diving into why you already have everything you need to create the confidence, dating success, and career fulfillment you're craving, with a little fairytale storytelling along the way!

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The stigma of solo

While solo travel can help you get comfortable being alone, its most powerful benefit is learning to be comfortable with being challenged. And in this way, my philosophy toward solo travel and dating converge.

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QUIZ

Which type of eldest daughter are you?

Regardless of whether you were actually born first, you’re probably here because the eldest daughter archetype feels so friggin’ real to you.

But here at Eldest & Co., we’ve come to realize that there’s actually a couple of different types of eldest daughters and that figuring out which one you are can be key to figuring out how to unlock your next big phase of growth!

I need to know which type I am!
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Your simple plan to stop living to please.

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