Opinion

Urgent culture: Let your brain breathe by setting, enforcing work boundaries (Holistic Hustle)

By Tommy Felts / June 7, 2022

Kharissa Forte is a writer, certified health coach, and columnist for Startland News. Read her “Holistic Hustle” columns for Startland News here. For more of her self-care tips on how to keep your cup full, visit graceandgrind.co. Truth be told, urgent culture isn’t anything new, but it’s a problem that seems to be impacting more…

Don’t just pop off when under attack: A healthier way to handle workplace drama (Holistic Hustle)

By Tommy Felts / May 2, 2022

Kharissa Forte is a writer, certified health coach, and columnist for Startland News. Read her “Holistic Hustle” columns for Startland News here. For more of her self-care tips on how to keep your cup full, visit graceandgrind.co. One of the hardest things to navigate at work is conflict. When your beliefs or ideas are challenged,…

Cut the code-switching: Honor yourself if you want to be ‘authentic’ in the workplace (Holistic Hustle)

By Tommy Felts / April 6, 2022

Kharissa Forte is a writer, certified health coach, and columnist for Startland News. Read her “Holistic Hustle” columns for Startland News here. For more of her self-care tips on how to keep your cup full, visit graceandgrind.co. “Just be yourself.” Along with putting my best foot forward and always treating others the way I wanted…

Letter to KCMO City Council from the entrepreneur, small biz community (via Eze Redwood)

By Tommy Felts / March 15, 2022

Editor’s note: The following letter was sent to Kansas City, Missouri, city council members March 11 by serial entrepreneur Eze Redwood, advocating for $11 million in funding for entrepreneur support from KCMO in its 2022-2023 budget. The city council is set to vote on the budget by March 24. The opinions expressed in this commentary…

We all need help, honey: Nearly 3/4 of entrepreneurs are haunted by depression (Holistic Hustle)

By Tommy Felts / March 8, 2022

Kharissa Forte is a writer, certified health coach, and columnist for Startland News. For more of her self-care tips on how to keep your cup full, visit graceandgrind.co. You did it. After all the nights dreaming about how amazing it could be and overcoming the endless stream of what-ifs that stopped you from moving forward…