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Emily Kyle

Founder of Good Grief, startup junky, writer, coach, once challenged Bob Saget to a joke-off.

Let go or be dragged

Jun 17, 2026

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2 min read

Let go or be dragged

Knowing when it is time to walk away

Emily Kyle
Emily Kyle
The Consequence of Fear Based Decisions

Jun 10, 2026

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2 min read

The Consequence of Fear Based Decisions

Focus on what you want to attract vs the fear.

Emily Kyle
Emily Kyle
Who Is This For?

May 27, 2026

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2 min read

Who Is This For?

On creative flow, going all in, and a half-finished fairy crime novel

Emily Kyle
Emily Kyle
What is the one script I can’t abandon?

May 20, 2026

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2 min read

What is the one script I can’t abandon?

Fear Dressed Up as Desire in a Universe of Someone Else's Making

Emily Kyle
Emily Kyle
Stop Saving Your Flirting

May 13, 2026

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2 min read

Stop Saving Your Flirting

The scarcity mindset ruining your love life

Emily Kyle
Emily Kyle
Does everyone think they’re a 10?

May 6, 2026

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2 min read

Does everyone think they’re a 10?

Emily Kyle
Emily Kyle
Love Is an Infinite Resource

Apr 29, 2026

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2 min read

Love Is an Infinite Resource

On finding the room where you get to be your prickly self.

Emily Kyle
Emily Kyle
You’re so vain you probably think this newsletter is about you

Apr 22, 2026

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2 min read

You’re so vain you probably think this newsletter is about you

Some Days You're a 2/10, and That's Fine

Emily Kyle
Emily Kyle
Unfinish...ed

Apr 15, 2026

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4 min read

Unfinish...ed

Thoughts I couldn't finish and sent anyway.

Emily Kyle
Emily Kyle
Our Collective Midlife Crisis

Apr 8, 2026

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5 min read

Our Collective Midlife Crisis

Men Marry Wives and Mothers, Not Partners

Emily Kyle
Emily Kyle
I'm Done Paying Tuition for the Same Lesson

Apr 1, 2026

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4 min read

I'm Done Paying Tuition for the Same Lesson

On breaking the cycle of repeating yourself, and what I'm actually doing about it.

Emily Kyle
Emily Kyle
What Is The Question?

Mar 25, 2026

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4 min read

What Is The Question?

What would happen if we just... asked more questions?

Emily Kyle
Emily Kyle
Are We Failing Enough?

Mar 18, 2026

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5 min read

Are We Failing Enough?

Building up our tolerance for failure and finding that rejection sweet spot.

Emily Kyle
Emily Kyle
What Would You Do If You Weren't You?

Mar 13, 2026

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4 min read

What Would You Do If You Weren't You?

What if you could swap your limiting beliefs for someone else's confidence for a day?

Emily Kyle
Emily Kyle
Shoot Your Shot

Mar 11, 2026

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5 min read

Shoot Your Shot

If you're only asking for things you get, you're not aiming high enough.

Emily Kyle
Emily Kyle
Being a Loser

Mar 4, 2026

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3 min read

Being a Loser

Get in loser we are writing a newsletter

Emily Kyle
Emily Kyle
Dopa Hits

Feb 25, 2026

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6 min read

Dopa Hits

The unglamorous reality of fundraising, and the small tricks keeping my brain in the game

Emily Kyle
Emily Kyle
Get Out of Your Own Way

Feb 18, 2026

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4 min read

Get Out of Your Own Way

The universe has a sense of humor, but only if you're paying attention.

Emily Kyle
Emily Kyle
Performance Be Damned

Feb 11, 2026

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4 min read

Performance Be Damned

The best gift to give yourself is the permission to be a beginner (artists way)

Emily Kyle
Emily Kyle
Designing a Dating System (Part 2)

Feb 4, 2026

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6 min read

Designing a Dating System (Part 2)

A guide for people who are tired of being someone's maybe

Emily Kyle
Emily Kyle
Designing a Dating System

Jan 28, 2026

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4 min read

Designing a Dating System

A guide for people who are tired of being someone's maybe

Emily Kyle
Emily Kyle
On Luv 🖤 Part 2

Jan 15, 2026

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8 min read

On Luv 🖤 Part 2

What Happened When I Got a Dating Coach

Emily Kyle
Emily Kyle
What If It Doesn't Have to Hurt?

Jan 1, 2026

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3 min read

What If It Doesn't Have to Hurt?

What happens when you stop proving your worth through suffering

Emily Kyle
Emily Kyle
On Luv 🖤 Part 1

Dec 12, 2025

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4 min read

On Luv 🖤 Part 1

‘Tis the season for cuffing and resolutions. So, let’s dive head first into that intersection.

Emily Kyle
Emily Kyle
Introducing...Abandon the Script

Dec 2, 2025

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5 min read

Introducing...Abandon the Script

Your invitation to let go of "should" and expectations

Emily Kyle
Emily Kyle

Abandon the Script

Your invitation to let go of "should" and expectations.

© 2026 Abandon the Script.
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