Hi, I’m Brianne Hogan. I’m an author, podcast host, actor, and cosmic creator. Welcome to my world.

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🎶 Welcome to New York, it’s been waiting for

🎶 Welcome to New York, it’s been waiting for you….

Being told to “smile” by strange men on the street

Reading every Shakespeare play imaginable but yet… can’t recite one line. Oh maybe where art thou, Romeo? Yeah cool. That says a lot.

Bleaching your head red as a hair model for one fashion show and living with the effects for months after

Getting a little too cozy on lorazepam in order to fall asleep in your first dorm since you live across the street from a fire station and your wall doesn’t meet the ceiling

Interning for a music management company just because you thought John Mayer was a client and you could have some sort of meet cute

Living in a dorm in the financial district until well after graduation because when else would I be able to live there??

Never visiting the Statue of Liberty

Completing four years of school… and working as a waitress at a comedy club as your first real job.

Welcome to New York 🎶Welcome to New York 🎶

#nyugrad #graduate #nyualumni #newyork #welcometonewyork #nyu #tbt #throwback #canadianwriter #freelancewriter #canadianartist #writersofinstagram #bloggersandbizbabes #yvrblogger #bloggersofinstagram #bloggersofcanada

It’s the season finale of my podcast @doyoupod b

It’s the season finale of my podcast @doyoupod before we return in September! What a run it’s been! When I think back over the last year as I started putting it together, I couldn’t be more grateful for this wonderful quirky inspirational show. It’s truly been my community throughout this crazy past year and I’m so thrilled that I’ve been able to reconnect with old friends and meet new ones in the process. 💞

At one point, I wasn’t sure whether or not to start the podcast and I’m so happy I followed through with it. Starting new things can be scary sometimes. So can starting things that we really want to do. Sometimes not doing things can feel easier because we don’t have to live with failing at them. But as my mom said to me yesterday, I’ve never been scared of failing… and I think that’s true. That’s why, as I mentioned in this episode, I cut the first season earlier than expected. Just like the impetus of the show… I did it to follow my instincts and go all in on some new projects — to do me and to hold myself accountable to the big What If in my life.

What’s the big What If in your life? And what steps are you taking right now to answer it?

See you in September! Link in bio to listen.

#doyou #doyoupod #podcast #podcastersofinstagram #femalepodcasts #Bloggersandbizbabes #womenwhopodcast #womenpodcasters #canadianpodcast #wellnesspodcast #spiritualpodcast #femaleentrepreneur #femalewriter #freelancewriter #canadianauthor

I had Co*id for my birthday in December. So this C

I had Co*id for my birthday in December. So this Capricorn took herself out on a much delayed and deserved birthday spa day during Taurus season (I have a Taurus moon so it works 💅). A little lunchy loo. A pedicure. A massage. Some tea. The best part of my day: my masseuse told me I have princess hair. I’m never cutting it again.

#birthdaygirl #treatyourself #spaday #meday #capricorn #taurusmoon #canadianwriter #writer #femalepodcaster #author #Bloggersandbizbabes #yvrblogger #bloggersofcanada #princesshair

Several years ago I wrote about my relationship wi

Several years ago I wrote about my relationship with my mom for @ellecanada. We share an unconventional connection that’s ripe with lessons and unexpected blessings. 💕

#mothersday #motheranddaughter #moms #momanddaughter #writer #writing #essays #ellemagazine #ellecanada #writersofinstagram #femalewriters #freelancewriter #womenwriters #magazine #aspergers #autism #autismawareness

Can you guess my favourite colour? 🌸 #pink #pi

Can you guess my favourite colour? 🌸

#pink #pinkflowers #vandusengardens #botanical #flowers #flowerstagram #vancouver #vancouverblogger #yvrblogger #bloggersofinstagram #bloggersofcanada #canadianwriter #writersofinstagram #canadianartist #canadiangirl

Happy 2nd birthday to my little lifesaver — Oliv

Happy 2nd birthday to my little lifesaver — Olive, otherwise known as “Boopie” (it’s an inside joke). She’s so codependent — I mean loving!! — she can’t let me make a phone/zoom call without jumping on me or biting me because I’m hers and hers alone. But then again, I did just say to her the other day how I wished she was a little person who I could take with me everywhere so maybe we are both suffering from intense attachment issues… can you blame us?!! anyway, she’s gotten me through the highs and lows of the past two years and that’s why she gets to keep the hideous box for another week. 💕

#blackcat #blackcatsofinstagram #blackcats #blackcatlove #blackcatsclub #blackcatsrule #catsofinstagram #catlover #catlife #catbirthday #kittylove #kittybirthday #attachmentstyle #writerscommunity #writersofig #canadianwriter #vancouverblogger #bloggersofinstagram #bloggersofcanada #yvrblogger

Have you listened to the new episode of my podcast

Have you listened to the new episode of my podcast @doyoupod ? I chatted with @mikechenwriter on his journey from engineering student to musician to actor to NHL journalist to now acclaimed published author ✍️.

And as a Canadian of course I had to ask him about his interview with Wayne Gretzky!

Link in bio to listen to our interview about making it as a writer, and subverting your childhood wounds into a career you love.

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About a billion Cadbury mini eggs are made each ye

About a billion Cadbury mini eggs are made each year and I think I ate that exact amount tonight. 🥚 🐣

#easter #minieggs #easteroutfit #chocolate #minieggseason #cadburyminieggs #easterfashion #greeneyes #canadiangirl #canadianartist #canadianblogger #canadianwriter #writer #author #canadianmodel #bloggersofinstagram #bloggersofcanada #yvrblogger #greeneyes #greeneyes💚

Do I have the same hair now? 💯 Would I wear th

Do I have the same hair now? 💯
Would I wear this outfit now? 💯
Would I sit on the lap of a grown man dressed in a bunny costume now? 💯
Some things never change.
Happy Easter! 🐰 🐣

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It was such a pleasure to chat with @jessica_walra

It was such a pleasure to chat with @jessica_walrack on her new podcast about my writing career, and the ins and outs of pitching and how I landed two book deals and my agent. Take a listen 🎧 if you’re interested!!

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1947159/10428254-2-big-bylines-book-deals-and-going-for-it-with-brianne-hogan?fbclid=IwAR0HjYwSYNnbXhAq0aL76MnS5gQGCsLO-wxOTTb-cHHHgnHsff_34A39dnk

Posted @withregram • @all_things_freelance_writing Podcast ✌️with Brianne Hogan is live!!

We talk getting into big publications, book deals, and going for it!

Link in bio.

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#writing #freelancelife #freelancewriterforhire #freelancewriter #freelancewriting #journalist #canadianwriter #canadianauthor #femaleentrepreneur #femalewriters #womenwriters #womeninbusiness #womenwritersofinstagram #bloggersandbizbabes #bloggersofinstagram #bloggersofcanada #vancouverwriter #vancouverblogger #yvrblogger #playwright #comedywriter #screenwriter

Today I danced, worked on my novel, and had an aud

Today I danced, worked on my novel, and had an audition while I answered emails and followed up on some work stuff. It was the ideal day for me. But I couldn’t help feeling a bit guilty because by society’s standards… I was a big loafer today.

But but… this is the life I wanted. This is why I quit my 9-5. This is why I love being a freelance writer and entrepreneur. Because I’m honouring my values.

Creativity
Expression
Freedom
Flexibility

Knowing what you value is everything. I think it’s easy to get caught up on the shoulds of life including going along with everyone else’s values. I know I did.

Get a stable regular job to feel secure. Hustle to be productive. Push aside my true talents and gifts as hobbies. Big dreams are things to get to “later.”

The funny thing is, as I’ve gotten more honest with myself, my sense of security comes from my being able to create. My discipline comes from lots of flexibility. My best work comes through me when I’m able to be free. My favourite things to do bring me the most success.

It’s taken me a while to own this about myself because… society. Capitalism. Conditioning. And it’s def hard to break free from old patterns, and trust yourself in a way that lets you be you. Human design, learning to trust myself (from taking more risks) and listening to my intuition has helped me the most.

Because I wouldn’t want the alternative.

Knowing what you value in life, what brings out your best self, is what makes life feel more like YOUR life. How YOU do things.

I know it’s not always easy walking a different path but it becomes a lot easier when you start claiming it as Your path and own what you want and how you want to do it.

Excuse me. Back to loafing…

#writersofinstagram #entrepreneur #solopreneur #femaleentrepreneur #writer #author #podcaster #actress #freelancewriter #freelancewriterforhire #canadianartist #femalewriters #femalepodcasters #womenwhopodcast #bloggersandbizbabes #bloggersofcanada #yvrblogger #vancouverblogger #canadianwriter #canadianmodel #femaleentrepreneurs #freelancelife #doyou #followyourdreams #liveyourlife #createyourlife #humandesign #authentic

It’s spring. Toss things out. Clean up. Open up.

It’s spring. Toss things out. Clean up. Open up. New energy is here if you let go of what’s no longer serving you. Except don’t let go of that winter coat just yet since we all know april showers bring more frost than flowers. Womp womp. 🥁

#writer #vancouverblogger #bloggersofinstagram #bloggersofcanada #canadiangirl #canadianartist #canadianwriter #canadianauthor #canadianpodcaster #womenwhopodcast #comedywriter #yvrblogger #womenwriters

“My driving instructor was a man who was probabl

“My driving instructor was a man who was probably younger than I am now, with a full beard, long-ish greasy hair and a constant look of overwhelm on his face. He also came with a baby in the backseat. When he picked me up after school for the first time I remember asking if it was appropriate to have a young child along for the ride.

His response: “Why? You’re not going to get into an accident, are you?”

THIS WAS MY FIRST DRIVING LESSON.

The lesson went fine. He fed her cookies, sang her songs, and, to be honest, I think paid more attention to her than he did on me. We didn’t die, so I guess that’s win for both of us.

Eventually my lessons turned into me taking him to places around town where he would run personal errands. One time he disappeared into an unmarked building for a good twenty minutes as I awkwardly stayed in the car with the baby. Looking back, he really got a deal with me — a personal chauffeur and a free babysitter?

Somehow, someway, between the pro bono babysitting and driving this guy to the dry cleaner’s, I passed my drivers’ test.”

Read more on my substack plus a Y2K road trip playlist.
www.briannehogan.substack.com

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You know when the bangs hit perfectly today, you n

You know when the bangs hit perfectly today, you need a trim tomorrow. :/

#bangs #hair #hairproblems #bangstyle #curtainbangs #hairgrowth #shouldigetbangs #hairbangs #canadiangirl #canadianartist #vancouverblogger #bloggersofinstagram #bloggersofcanada #canadianauthor #femalepodcasters #womenwhopodcast #womenpodcasters #yvrblogger #canadianwriter #comedywriter #freelancewriter #canadianactress

“As the girls continued to push my body against

“As the girls continued to push my body against the steel barrier, using my body as a human pyramid, I remember thinking: “My parents are going to learn I died…in Paris…at a Ricky Martin CD signing.” I didn’t know what was worst. Them finding out I skipped class for it or my dad saying, “That Bon Bon guy? She died for him?!”

I shuddered at what the obituary might look like. “Brianne Hogan: she lived la vida loca once and look what happened to her!”

Read more about this horrifying (and classic 90s) experience at briannehogan.substack.com

Link in bio to read and subscribe!

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This was back when I was living in New York City.

This was back when I was living in New York City. I was 26 years old and in acting school. I was just starting to write again, and Tumblr was big at the time. I hadn’t felt like a writer since high school but I felt the pull to write. So I did. God knows what this blog was about! But it was the start of, well, everything….
13 years later
Bylines in over 60 publications
2 books
A career based on writing alone. A passion of mine that I love. All because I listened to a voice that said write.
I never would have imagined this by starting a blog that no one read 😂

#startit #justbeyou #juststart #doyou #doyoupod #begin #springequinox #bloggersandbizbabes #listentoyourheart #listentoyoursoul #listentoyourintuition #trusttheprocess #trustyourintuition #trustyourself #trustyourjourney #trustyourpath #spiritualjourney #spiritualpodcast #womenwhopodcast #canadianpodcast #writersofinstagram #bloggersofinstagram #blogger #bloggersofcanada #womenwriters #femalewriters #canadianwriter #freelancewriter #freelancewriter #vancouverwriter #vancouverblogger

Rawr. 💙 #ariesseason ♈️ #womenthatdo #ani

Rawr. 💙 #ariesseason ♈️

#womenthatdo #animalprint #animalprints #90saesthetic #90sstyle #80sfashion #80saesthetic #writingcommunity #writersofinstagram #writerscommunity #femaleentrepreneur #femaleartist #femalewriters #womenwriters #womenwritersofinstagram #canadianartist #canadiangirl #canadianwriter #femalepodcasters #womenwhopodcast #canadianauthor #bloggersofinstagram #bloggersofcanada #vancouverblogger

Eyebrows. A timeline. #throwbackthursday #throwbac

Eyebrows. A timeline. #throwbackthursday #throwback #tbt

#childhood #80sbaby #90skid #80s #90s #childhoodmemories #flashback #eyebrows #brows #nostalgia #babystyle #bloggersandbizbabes #yvrblogger #bloggersofinstagram #bloggersofcanada #briannehogan #vancouverblogger #canadianwriter #canadianartist #canadianblogger #canadianauthor #womenwriters #femaleentrepreneur #femaleauthors #freelancewriter #fempreneur #femalepodcasters

DONT DO IT GEN Z! Save your brows. Save your heart

DONT DO IT GEN Z! Save your brows. Save your hearts.

#genz #y2kaesthetic #y2kbrows #90s #90sbrows #y2kstyle #90saesthetic #eyebrows #eyebrowsonpoint #eyebrowsgoals #thineyebrows #browsbrowsbrows #y2k #2000s #millennials #millennialwomen #millennialwisdom #wordsofwisdom #beautyadvice #canadiangirl #canadianartist #yvrblogger #bloggersofcanada #vancouverblogger #bloggersandbizbabes #writersofig #authorsofinstagram #femalepodcasters #beauty #browsmatter

A love story in pictures from the couch. 🐈‍⬛

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