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There are a lot of newsletters out there, so thank you for wandering into this one.

Here’s what you can expect: deep dives into the world of influencing in the vein of my podcast UNDER THE INFLUENCE. Updates on my books and tips about writing. Random musings that I would have previously written in magazines if magazines still existing. Travel tips and hacks from a travel journalist and editor who has been to more then 30 countries, some of them with kids.

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