✍🏼 As a writer and connector, I offer ghostwriting and branding strategy services to help you build an online presence that embodies your unique voice and attracts your ideal audience.

🌎 I am a perpetual learner in pursuit of knowledge, and a broader understanding of people, culture, and the ways in which we engage with one another. 📚

🤝 Through unique personal (having moved 10+ times before college) and professional experiences (working in non-profits, higher education, and tech), I have gained a perspective resulting in impressive communication skills and a talent for making friends. 🙂

📝 I love words and believe in their power to build bridges, impact and inspire our lives, and to drive change. ❤️

Lyndsee Nielson

A dream come true 🥹



I set out to make younger me proud this year. To give the version of Lyndsee, who thrived in art class and daydreamed about pictures she wanted to paint, a chance to explore. To revisit the little version of me that would color and draw to her heart’s content.

My muse: the young woman who applied and got accepted to art school, believing her days would be spent in the studio covered in paint, but was deterred by those that told her there was 'no money in pursuing art!

But it was never about the money. It was about seeing, and feeling, and creating. It was about something tangible, putting hand to paper; layering and playing and building. My mind made manifest in colors and shapes.

This year I decided to pursue my art earnestly. To make time for it and to get back to what fills my soul. And for the first time I got to see it hanging in a gallery in London 🥹

If it's important, then I'm going to make time for it and I'm going to do everything I can to achieve it.

Thanks to those who have supported me and cheered me on the whole way; those who continue to show up for me physically and emotionally. I'm so proud of this moment and grateful to have you along for the ride. So grateful for all of the new friends this journey is introducing me to and excited for all that lies ahead 🥰

Thank you also to my lovely and dear friend Meridith for being with me this weekend and taking all of these photos for me! ♥️

Your personal branding spirit guide ✨🔮

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I was feeling adrift at the end of last year.


Things—𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨—weren’t working.

I felt unsure about my work,
Confused by where to go and what to do next,
Anxious about committing to anything,
And was stuck in a cerebral loop.

So I decided that I was finally ready to seek help from a coach.

I needed some guidance.

Because solopreneurship can feel really lonely and overwhelming.

And even when you have a support system, no one quite gets exactly what you’re navigating, both externally and internally.

And after a call with Karen Canham, NBC-HWC, E-RYT I knew she was exactly the coach I’d been waiting for, and why I hadn’t yet chosen to work with someone else.

✨

With Karen’s guidance and the work we committed to for three months, I began to unpack what the concerns and emotions I’d been experiencing for the last six months were rooted in.

🫠 This near-constant fear of “the other shoe dropping” versus being excited about how things had been progressing.

😬 This heaviness of succeeding and a pressure of making it on my own.

😑 This fear of abandonment and anxiety around money, stability, and security.

Because it was all a part of my internal narrative, and a nervous system that needed regulating.

So I listened to my body, visited that deep inner knowing and, during a somatic meditation, I found self trust again.

Instead of feeling 𝙩𝙤𝙤 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝, it started feeling like I was able to compartmentalize these domineering thoughts. I was able to realize that I could trust myself, my instincts, and my capabilities.

And with some clarity, my needs and desires became more clear too.

I wanted to embrace my creativity.

Then I saw an ad on Instagram that was like a sign from the Universe.

I wanted to be a working artist.

I wanted to give that version of me who had planned to attend art school, spending everyday in a studio covered in paint, and who had always wanted to be an artist when she grew up some space to explore that very pursuit.

She was still there.

She never left.

She just got pushed to the side while I was trying to do a million other things.

So I’m doing it!

I created a few new pieces in January and got them accepted into a small community show in London next month 🥰

I’m prioritizing my art (as I put on my mood board)

I’m taking risks (pursuing what I want for myself)

I’m listening to the Universe (taking more creative projects in addition to my writing)

It’s a lot, it’s different, and it’s just one area of work that I’m putting my energy towards, but it’s fun and fulfilling.

Younger Lyndsee would be proud 👩🏻‍🎨

Photos:
1-Current Lyndsee; really proud/excited
2-One of the signs from the Universe (black ball cap saying “Working Artist”)
3-Other sign from the Universe (@inspiredtowrite’s Instagram post saying “What if you’re walking into the most creatively abundant year of your life?”)
4-Another message on my mood board from @inspiredtowrite

I was standing in front of a room full of people I’d just met.



We’d been doing introductions, so I told them I was a ghostwriter and content creator, then we went on about our business…



Three months later I got a message on LinkedIn from one of the people in that room.

She said a friend of hers had asked if they knew any ghostwriters and she “immediately thought of” me!

That referral turned into a paid project.

That project turned into the achieved goal of the client.

That connection turned into trust and possible future endeavors.

So, that’s the reminder: 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤.

You never know when it might result in:

- an introduction
- a referral
- an opportunity
- a friend

🙂

“Maybe you’re already doing it..”

This is what someone said to me a long time ago.

I’d been telling them about how I’d been in a car accident, junior year of high school. “I’ve been in a helicopter,” I said, “but I don’t remember it. Actually, I don’t remember four weeks of my life. They thought they were going to have to reteach me how to walk, talk, and feed myself.”

I wish I could remember who I was talking to (blame the brain injury), but I’ve also told the story many times.

It always makes me reminisce: “Thankfully they didn’t have to. I didn’t have to start all over. I think it’s because I was meant to do something great with my life.”

“Maybe you’re already doing it,” they said.

This week alone I have never felt that statement more.

𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵.

✨

Having an existential conversation with my Uber driver, broadening our understanding of human behavior in a 45-minute ride from the airport. A new forever friend.

Not shying away from my nurse telling me, “It’s a scary time for people who look like me. I pray for the safety of my children every day.” “I know,” I said, “I’m so sorry. I hope that there are more of us that see how wrong this is and would be willing to stand up for one another.” “There is,” he said. “There is more good than evil.”

Meeting Zenia, a coffee shop owner in Hackney, and her patrons, Peter and Clive, two elderly gentleman walking in arm and arm to have an afternoon tea. “That’s an attractive accent,” Peter said, “where are you from?”

Speaking with the ladies in a secondhand shop, talking about vintage clothes and the style from their younger years. Their eyes sparkling as they think back to those times.

✨

Maybe my friendliness, my willingness to speak with people and actually see them and listen to them, are making a difference.

Maybe that smile to a stranger while walking down the sidewalk makes a difference.

Maybe that “Aw thank you, you’re the best!” really does hit the chef in the heart when he sits my gorgeous (and very tasty) pizza down on my table and preemptively brings a takeaway box.

Maybe I am creating ripples.

Maybe I am setting a different model.

Maybe I am making a difference one encounter at a time.

I guess there’s a lot we could be doing with our time here. May we be leaving the world better than we found it.

♥️

Post inspired by Emily McMahon. There is always space for more positivity ✨

“What?! No. There’s no way you’re 37.”


“Well 36,” I said, “I don’t turn 37 until September.”

“I thought I was talking to someone my own age! The way you talk…” Liban, my 25-year-old Uber driver, who less than two years ago completed university, glanced over his shoulder, shocked.

We’d spent over an hour driving from Heathrow.

And in that time we’d had an extensive discussion on:

𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹 (he an aspiring content creator who was building his brand documenting his trips and finding his voice)

𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘂𝗻𝗶 (what to put on a resume, how to leverage your degree even though you don’t want to work in that field, etc.)

𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 (finding it, making time for it, building a career in a creative space)

𝗙𝗲𝗮𝗿 (the current state of the world, traveling alone, navigating new cultures and unwiring our brains of prejudices, stereotypes, and fear of the unknown)

𝗔𝗱𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱 (how we were brought up versus how we choose to live for ourselves, creating our own models and being our own versions of adults)

It was the last one that actually struck me, though.

“Maybe I don’t seem my age because I am not the average model of an adult?” I asked him. A question I was exploring myself for the first time.

I don’t have children.
I’m not married, but I live with my partner.
I’m traveling abroad on a Wednesday, and not for work, for personal reasons.
I don’t work a 9-to-5, and I don’t spend my days in an office.

I think if you asked a group of people what constitutes the definition of “Adult,” we’d summon a lot of similar elements.

But I do not embody many of those qualities, and I’ve actively chosen a different version of adulthood, myself.

Because being a 'grown up' can look so many different ways. We all want and need different things in our lives. 

We're conditioned to follow a certain path and that certain milestones qualify our adulthood, but who says?

Like most things, there isn't only one way.

All in all, I’d say it was an insightful car ride.

A new friend, newfound perspectives, and an exciting path ahead of us.

Happy Friday the Thirteenth 🖤


Some may associate it with the scary movie
Some may think it a bad omen or superstitious

But to me…

Friday is my favorite day of the week
13 is my favorite number
And together they’re weird and wonderful ✨

And that is my wish for you!

May you have a day that surprises you in the best way

May you remember the *weird* qualities are just what makes someone or something unique

And to celebrate the strange, the unusual, and the beautiful…

Sometimes it’s all about perspective ✨



Photo by Oliver Mayhall | @oliver.mayhall on Instagram

MemoryFox

Community Engagement

Farmer Veteran Coalition

Cultivate a new generation of farmers and food leaders by helping veterans pursue careers in agriculture. Spotlight all programs, initiatives, and stories to build community engagement among members, partners, donors, followers. Expand member awareness and participation in programs; propel impact on veteran and agricultural communities. Build donor relationships through a multi-channel approach to increase fundraising capacity.
•	Spearhead marketing campaigns and newsletter communications through idea generation and content creation, including direct messaging, video compilations, and photo collections
•	Interview farmer veterans and write member feature stories. Share through media outlets, website, newsletter, social media, print materials, news releases, donor and grant reports, event promotions, partners.
•	Act as point person for media engagement. Identify farmer veterans to connect with media opportunities and outlets; coordinate interviews. Write and distribute news releases.
•	Develop messaging/materials for grant proposals and reports, donor solicitations, fundraising campaigns, brochures, annual report, events, conference programs, and marketing collateral. Ensure marketing brand standards met organization-wide.
•	Advocate for members’ operations; foster networking, increase visibility, publicize sales 
•	Implement strategies to increase program participation and event attendance. Collaborate with agricultural partners on outreach.
•	Manage content and engagement across website and social media channels, organic and paid
•	Oversee network of state chapter communication leads. Liaison exchange of information, resources, and stories for joint distribution. Assist chapters in the development of communications strategies.
•	Liaison to photographers. Maintain digital media library. 
•	Instituted new event management software and phone app for 2019 national conference. Led a prominent role on the planning committee for 2019-2021 conference gatherings.

Communications Director

School Innovations & Achievement

Provide oversight of general ledger posting accounts and lead on accounts payable operations.
•	Perform month-end reconciliation and financial statement review. Analyze general ledger detail.
•	Generate and enter adjusting journal entries
•	Assist with credit card and bank reconciliations
•	Oversee entry of AP invoices, correcting adjustments, and check runs
•	Prepare audit schedules and assist with general audit requests
•	Track, analyze, and reconcile annual recurring revenue, by category
•	Calculate allocations for insurance distributions and employee expense reimbursements 
•	Compile data and file annual property tax statements, including fixed asset schedules

GL/Staff Accountant

Visit California

Managed operational finances, including heading up weekly payment runs and month-end close, and assisted management team with custom financial projects.
•	Orchestrated payment runs weekly – preparation of payment list and invoice selection, posting of batches, uploading wires and issuing checks, and monitoring of aging report
•	Tracked, posted, and reconciled assessment deposits for all of California tourism
•	Reconciled bank accounts monthly and maintained online banking records
•	Tracked recurring monthly expenses/allowances for financial analysis
•	Coded and reconciled receipts and expenses through Concur program
•	Assisted with audit requests, balance sheet maintenance, and analysis reports

Staff Accountant

Rutherford Wine Company

Performed monthly costing of cased goods, bulk wine, and inventory materials and oversaw 
	all functions related to month-end accounting close.  Acted as liaison between accounting 
	and staff in all other departments to communicate expectations and requirements for close.
•	Costed 200+ brand and private label wines on a monthly basis
•	Tracked bulk wine purchases, sales, and transfers and reconciled subledger to general ledger
•	Prepared and recorded monthly accruals, recurring and one-time journal entries
•	Oversaw reconciliation of inventory and materials, as well as balance sheet accounts
•	Responsible for monthly reconciliation of bank accounts and oversight of daily transactions
•	Developed systems to track and capture detailed retail sales for monthly reconciliation
•	Year end tax preparation, including inventory purchase logs, inventory roll forwards, inventory depreciation calculations, and interfacing with auditors
•	Filed monthly wine taxes and reports, including 702, federal/state excise tax, sales tax, and grape crush report.  Compiled data and submitted annual property tax statements
•	Oversaw accounting staff and daily operations, including support of Interim Controller. Provided direction on general ledger postings, problem-solved difficult entries, and developed and implemented new systems/procedures for more efficient operations
•	Worked with managers in other departments to improve company processes

Inventory Cost Accountant & Accounting Supervisor

Fiddlehead Cellars

Overall responsibility for management of business and company operations, including daily supervisory oversight of the administrative office & staff.  Executive support to owner and communications liaison.

Communications, Marketing & Promotions Development 
•	Built content for monthly newsletters 
•	Launched a multi-part Holiday offering that grew in sales 400% over 4 years
•	Rebranded company message/mission and integrated a complete website redesign
•	Championed a multi-faceted nationwide annual promotion via restaurants, retail, and online 
•	Collaborated with owner to create press releases and media copy, liaison to journalists
•	Oversaw management of social media platforms and Tasting Room offerings
•	Expanded growth of Wine Club by 40%, distributor licensing from 15 to 30 states
•	Lead on website development and analytics. Designed marketing materials and label concepts.

Human Resources 
•	Organized off-site activities and retreats. Coordinated logistics for tasting events and seminars.
•	Instituted a “wellness program” for employees
•	Hired and trained new employees, and conducted annual reviews
•	Prepared semimonthly payroll and quarterly/annual payroll reports

Customer Relations Management
•	Facilitated customer sales and diffused difficult situations through phone & email communications
•	Coached employees on successful customer correspondence techniques

Sales Forecasting & Inventory Management 
•	Assessed monthly sales 
•	Collaborated to formulate projections for annual product allocations
•	Evaluated market demand to determine production figures and pricing

Accounting & Taxes
•	Calculated and assembled comprehensive production cost analysis for products
•	Produced annual tax materials and worked closely with CPA
•	Prepared detailed state and federal monthly, quarterly, and annual wine reports
•	Recorded and reconciled annual capital expenditures/fixed assets	
•	Oversaw Accounts Payable & Receivable operations, semimonthly preparation of financials

Office & Business Manager

UC Davis Men’s Volleyball

Provided instruction of fundamental individual and team volleyball skills.  Organized and managed team practices, implemented drills, and coached season matches and tournaments, both in-state and on the national level.

Assistant Coach

UC Davis Women’s Volleyball Club Team

Planned, organized, and executed practices, scheduled season matches and oversaw multiple regional tournaments, including those hosted at UC Davis. Organized and hosted annual two-day tournament of 15+ teams from the West Coast.  Managed team budget, including oversight of all fundraising events.

President

increased ticket sales and in-game attendance by developing and leading promotional and marketing incentives for sports programs and events including basketball, football, and volleyball.  Directed groups of student volunteers. Worked to put on the Ninth Annual Aggie Auction, the largest student-run auction in the Nation, which raised approximately $500,000 for UC Davis athletics.

Intern

Community storytelling for nonprofits I Grow engagement & show mission impact

What I Do For You
I give you ideas for collecting more stories to show your mission impact, elevate your community voices, and fundraise more money. Want to chat about your own storytelling goals? www.MemoryFox.io/Natalie. Creative brainstorms are my favorite. 


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I’m an avid book collector, love energizing music that makes me want to dance, and believe walk-up songs shouldn’t be reserved just for baseball players. 

Growing up in the heart of tech-based Silicon Valley, my love affair with agriculture, local food, and farm-to-fork movements was sparked by my collegiate relocation to the farmland community of Davis, California. As a UC Davis Aggie studying Communications and Spanish – including a study abroad in Salamanca, Spain that enlightened me on how wild Spaniards go for “Hit the Road Jack” – I landed in the wine industry to start my career. I became immersed in all things viticulture and enology. I helped grow a small boutique Santa Barbara winery while learning the nuances of Pinot Noir and Sauvignon Blanc. I moved into cost accounting for a Napa-based winery. Eventually, crunching numbers was not fulfilling. I craved mission-driven work. 

Stories of agriculture become a passion when I landed in nonprofit with the military-to-agriculture movement. Telling the stories of veterans now farmers – those who served our country once defending it and now a second time in feeding it – was the most meaningful work of my career. Now I get to share the nonprofit tool that would have been a game changer for me.

When I’m not immersed in storytelling, I am volunteering with the local library friends to recirculate literature within my community. Or I’m pondering my next themed gathering.

I love exploring national parks and aspire to visit all 50 state capitols. Yet I’m equally content snuggled on the couch next to my kitties – Champ, Gracie (Goose) and Maverick.

I believe in the importance of team communication and in being kind to others. I believe in building honest relationships. I hope to steward the title a friend gave me - the “people broker"; I thrive on the energy from introducing connections to each other and engaging in meaningful conversation.

I'm always up for a meaningful chat and welcome a good laugh, so let's connect and share our favorite jokes. It's extra rewarding to share this journey called life together.

At the end of the day I hope to make an impact on lives and feel good about the work I do; if I could do that then I would have an incredibly rewarding career.

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