Share So generally speaking, I don’t get intimidated by anyone. You make a zillion dollars more than me, are decades older, have a blog with a billion readers? Awesome. I’m much more concerned whether you are a non-idiot who is funny & has something interesting to say. I pride myself on being able to talk [...]
Why SXSW? Why Go to Live Events Anymore?
Share Right now I’m in SFO airport about to board a plane to Austin (via Las Vegas) for South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi). But in the age of social media, of being able to connect with people via twitter, facebook, phone, email, skype … why do we need to go to live events at all? [...]
Do You Want Every Day to be Epic?
Share Of course you do. Join @ElizabethPW and @AllisonNazarian for the weekly twitter chat “Epic Adventures in Everyday Life” (#epicchat) on Wednesdays at 5:00 PM Pac / 8:00 PM EST Join EPW (closer-to-the-edge girl) and ANaz (closer-to-home girl) as they explore: How life doesn’t stop when you become a mom … it begins. Why you [...]
The Truth About Vegas, or What I Did in 2009
Share I woke, sat straight up in bed, in tears, knowing in my bones that this was the moment. And I thought: “oh, fuck it.” The moment was at 5:30 AM in a hotel room in Caesar’s Palace on Saturday, June 6, 2009. I came to Las Vegas for a big “find your life purpose” [...]
Skype, Starbucks & Skin Grafts: 11 Strategies to Find Friends in Fantasyland
Share I always wanted Friends. Every Thursday night in my Junior year of college, a group of us girls would run back from night class to gather in Mindy’s dorm room, drink illicit margaritas, and revel in the details of a romanticized version of New York City life. The scenario portrayed on the 1990s TV [...]
Do It With Your Eyes Open & Be Awesome: Post-#Shine Wrap Up, pt 1
Share Last week I went to Las Vegas. Why? Well, it’s Las Vegas. Okay, I also went there to throw a tweetup and hang with the other entrepreneurs attending Ali Brown’s Shine Event. After 5 days in Vegas, here’s what I learned: Sometimes you need to do it with your eyes open. The first “event” [...]
The "Tell Me More" Project: How to Make Human Connections in a Digital World
Share ::scroll down for updates!:: An open letter to my readers, followers, friends, partners, clients, customers, and pretty much everyone else who I’ve met online or in real life: Over the years, at the advice of my mentors and many of the guru’s out there I’ve set up various layers of staff between me and [...]






I'm Elizabeth Potts Weinstein, a writer, teacher, and coach.