by Ali Schiller | Sep 12, 2025
I’m so excited to share our second Member Q+A with Val Vandervort. Val is a real estate agent in the San Francisco Bay Area who brings thoughtfulness, balance, and a deep sense of awareness to both her work and her life. In our conversation, she reflects on what... by Ali Schiller | Sep 5, 2025
I’m so excited to share this month’s Member Q+A with Dr. Nathaniel Lepp. We decided to shake things up here at AW and experiment with video interviews! I think you’ll notice how much more nuance and personality comes through on video. I felt especially grateful... by Ali Schiller | Aug 29, 2025
I recently read a piece by Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn, about the release of ChatGPT-5. What struck me was his reasoning for making the update widely available to all users, not just paid subscribers: “Use becomes habit. Habit becomes infrastructure.” That... by Ali Schiller | Aug 24, 2025
In three different conversations this week, the inner striver came up. I was fascinated by the use of this word and the feeling that was being conveyed. Essentially, your inner striver is telling you to push harder, go faster, get it all done. Personally, I’m super... by Ali Schiller | Jul 25, 2025
Part 3: Doing Less of What You Don’t Want to Do What if you had permission to do less? So many of us carry a long to-do list packed with obligations we didn’t consciously choose. Don’t think about doing less as a proclamation of laziness. It’s not. It’s about... by Ali Schiller | Jul 18, 2025
Part 2: Consuming Less I’ve been thinking a lot about my personal consumption ever since I broke up with Amazon and realized we were buying a lot of stuff we didn’t need. To the annoyance of my kids and the reluctant support of my husband, we’ve limited our Amazon...
