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Today I am talking with Jennifer Fink, an award winning freelance writer who covers parenting, education, and health for magazines and websites. started her career as a registered nurse, but shortly after her oldest son, and as you'll find out, she has four boys, pivoted to writing full time. Her most recent book is called Building Boys, Raising Great Guys in a World that Misunderstands Males. She is also the co host of the podcast \u201cOn Boys,\u201d which covers, you guessed it, real talk about parenting, teaching, and reaching tomorrow's men. Although Jennifer's writing career is clearly going great, she does maintain her nursing license just in case.\nJennifer\u2019s start as a nurse\nHow taking her baby to story time at the public library ended up launching her writing career\nThe book that showed her how to start freelance writing\nHow it started/how it\u2019s going in terms of why she started writing about boys vs. why she does it now\nA quick look into why boys are struggling lately\nHow an unexpected divorce launched her writing business to the next level (\u201cfailure was not an option\u201d)\nIn praise of morning pages (a practice Jennifer learned in Julia Cameron\u2019s \u201cThe Artist\u2019s Way\u201d)\nHer focus and productivity hacks\nWhy she gets outside every day\u2013even during a Wisconsin winter\nA rumor about coffee with cream in it that Jennifer is choosing to ignore\nFor full show notes with links to everything we discuss, plus bonus photos!, visit katehanley.substack.com.\nBig thanks to our sponsor, AirDoctorPro. Use promo code KATE at airdoctorpro.com to save up to $300 off an air purifier and receive a free 3-year warranty (an $87 value).\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices