Brina Patel

Daniella Pierson, 28, is the founder of The Newsette and Wondermind newsletters. Wondermind was started in 2022, but The Newsette made more than $40 million in revenue in 2021. Here's exactly how she turned her side hustle into a lucrative business.

In this personal essay, I discuss my struggles to accept my South Asian heritage, especially because of the cultural expectations and stigmas around mental health. I explain how therapy helped me understand my culture on a deeper level, especially by understanding the impact of intergenerational trauma. To conclude the piece, I share the ways in which I've now built a deeper appreciation for my South Asian roots.

Alexis Barber, 23, has held full-time roles at Google and YouTube while scaling a side hustle. Her micro-influencer business brought in six figures in 2021 from deals with brands like Nike. Barber breaks downs her best advice for securing lucrative deals.

In this Boosted story, I share my experiences with completing Julia Cameron's creative recovery program, The Artist's Way. I give an overview of what the program entails, the biggest changes I noticed after finishing it, and a couple of potential cons.

In this piece for my Substack newsletter, The Tuesday Tapestry, I share four self-compassion practices. I discuss my personal experiences with each and provide additional context into how they can be best used.

In this short essay, I explore the concept of glimmers, which are the opposite of triggers. With a mix of reflection and original photography, I share how glimmers have played a role in my personal journey of healing from chronic pain/illness and improving my mental health.

Elna Cain is a freelance writer for B2B businesses who earns six figures a year. Here are the strategies she uses to find high-paying work.

Vip Sitaraman started freelancing in college after his infographics blog rose in popularity. By 20, he had graduated college, fundraised for his media startup, and pivoted back to freelancing. Here are his tips for making six figures annually while juggling 100 clients.

Platonic breakups aren't talked about enough, but they're necessary in many instances. Here's how to approach them in an effective and sensitive manner, according to four relationship experts.

I created this 11-page ebook in 2023 to help new freelance writers break into the field. I share tips for building a portfolio, a list of outlets that accept pitches from freelancers, and a pitching template that's helped me land stories in publications such as Business Insider. This ebook currently serves as a lead magnet on my website.

During my year-long tenure at Reframe, I had the honor of working on a Times Square billboard ad with our product designer. I wrote the five lines of copy that appear in the dark blue section of the advertisement. The goal of this ad, which went live in November 2023, was to build brand awareness by establishing Reframe's authority and showcasing the app's features.

During my time on Reframe's content team, I spearheaded our email marketing efforts and maintained a 37.15% average open rate among 1.8 million subscribers. All of the three emails here were ghostwritten by me. The first shares an announcement on behalf of Reframe's co-founder and CEO, the second urges the user to schedule a feedback call with Reframe's operations manager, and the third introduces a new event within the app.

While working as a content writer for Reframe, I played a big role in revamping the company's blog. One of the first projects I worked on, in January 2023, was this blog. It's ghostwritten, as all of Reframe's blogs are, and shares the quantitative and qualitative results of the app's first-ever Damp January challenge (alongside Dry January statistics). I interviewed app users and also spoke to mental health professionals to provide further context.

While serving on the content team at Reframe, I wrote the copy for this flyer. The goal was to encourage students at Emory University to download the Reframe app by providing social proof, sharing an overview of the app's benefits, and acknowledging potential pain points.

Dayana Aleksandrova is an independent contractor for two companies and has two freelance clients. They're all in Asia and North America, but she's in Europe. To maintain balance, she's selective about meetings and prioritizes sleep and downtime.