Heidi Isern
HEIDI · ISERN
writer. thinker. whiskey drinker.
Graceful Goodbyes: How to End Relationships and Jobs

Graceful Goodbyes: How to End Relationships and Jobs

Sometimes your future is written in your goodbyes. “Two days after she told me she loved me, she shouted that she couldn’t stand me and so I kicked her out of my house and slammed the door. For good,” my friend Karl said, processing a heavy breakup. Do you have...
Pumping Up (and monetizing) Your SuperPower

Pumping Up (and monetizing) Your SuperPower

I’ve spent much of my life on autopilot, barreling forward—until one day, I looked up and thought: Wait, am I even on the right train? Am I leveraging my true superpower, or am I just coasting on some mediocre “bleh” journey? What if there’s a more fulfilling track?...
Patience is Better than Botox

Patience is Better than Botox

🎂 Tomorrow is my birthday. 🎂 No I am not going to go off and get botox… As I get another year “younger”, I’m deeply reflecting on how I want to evolve. It’s never too late for reinvention or growth. In fact, continual change can help signs of aging more than...
Do You Really Suck or is it Imposter Syndrome?

Do You Really Suck or is it Imposter Syndrome?

My stomach lurched, my head felt light. I wanted to run into my bedroom and bury myself under the covers. No, I didn’t have a weird covid variant. I was about to present work to our CEO. Imposter Syndrome rushed through my body. “You don’t belong here,” my brain told...