Abie Cohen

The best mom advice I’d give? Take time with your partner. Take care of yourself. Kids’ happiness is highly correlated with the happiness of their mother. Resist the urge to be a martyr. My mom was happy and I think it’s why I’m happy. Even with her steadfastly conservative, religious identity, she encouraged my fun. She never pushed me to be... See more

When I have a piece of writing in mind, what I have, in fact, is a mental bucket: an attractor for and generator of thought. It’s like a thematic gravity well, a magnet for what would otherwise be a mess of iron filings. I’ll read books differently and listen differently in conversations. In particular I’ll remember everything better; everything... See more

Don’t think your way there — feel your way there.

I don’t know exactly how all these seeds will take root or what will emerge from them. And, honestly, I’m okay with that. This season of my life feels like one of unfolding rather than controlling, of stepping forward with openness rather than certainty. What I do know is that I’m here for it—holding my experience with curiosity, embracing the... See more

New @ThePeelPod episode The Story of Haystack with @Semil Semil is the Founder of Haystack, a venture capital firm backing outlier founders at the earliest stages. Semil started Haystack in 2013, and has since invested in 16 unicorns like DoorDash, Instacart, Figma, HashiCorp,… Show more