Communication is the bridge between us. It connects us, builds trust and creates understanding. To me, there’s nothing more important in the world right now than improving communication.

That passion has driven everything I’ve done in my professional life — from writing books to founding a copywriting firm to becoming an adjunct professor of communication. Now, when AI is generating so much of the communication we encounter online, I feel a new urgency to help individuals and organizations keep their writing skills fresh and their communication authentically human.

**About me**

To learn about hiring me as a trainer, writing coach or speaker, visit jessicamehring.com.

For my academic research and personal thoughts on the intersection of communication, humanity and trust, check out Trust Fall on Substack: jessicamehring.substack.com.

**About Horizon Peak Consulting**

Double the number of subscription seats. Thousands of webinar registrations. You look like a rockstar to your leadership team. If you're not seeing those kinds of results with your current marketing copy and content — we need to talk.

I founded Horizon Peak Consulting in 2013 to help B2B technology companies create higher performing, more human-friendly marketing and sales enablement assets. We offer conversion content writing, copywriting, messaging strategy and AIO strategy to help our clients achieve their most aggressive marketing and sales goals.

If you want rapid results and long-term trust from your audience, with zero robo-writing watering down your differentiation (see my posts on “the replicant effect” for my opinions on THAT nonsense), let’s talk: horizonpeakconsulting.com/contact

LONG LIVE THE EM-DASH!

Jessica Mehring

Ashley Amber Sava

Content, Editorial & Employee Communications Leader | Recovering Journalist | Storyteller | The Editor | Unpopular Opinion Podcast Host | Incurably Cheerful

There’s a moment in every LinkedIn scroll where you feel it—a slow, gnawing nausea. It creeps in with the motivational TED Talk masquerading as a post. You know the one: a guy in an ill-fitting blazer whisper-screaming about “unlocking potential." Keep scrolling. Enter the grind-bro. Eyes bloodshot. Skin like a haunted drumhead. He’s been awake since 2:47 a.m. for...reasons. His post reads like a deranged love letter to burnout culture, all caps yelling about “discipline."

And then, the fluff prophet/AI oracle. Their face is slack, mouth twitching as they whisper, “AI is going to disrupt everything,” like a doomsday preacher on a street corner with a cardboard sign. “We’re living through the next industrial revolution,” they declare, conveniently ignoring the fact that their entire strategy is pasting ChatGPT outputs into Canva templates.

The clap emojis pile up. The buzzwords snowball. And you sit there, wondering why we're applauding this nervous breakdown.

Welcome to my profile. I don’t do that here.

Here, you’ll find stories that make you laugh, flinch, maybe even even stop mid-scroll to reread. I write to jolt you awake—not to whisper sweet nothings about KPIs. My posts are jagged, human and unapologetically real. They’ll linger like a scar you can’t stop tracing. Because that’s what good writing does—it takes your attention hostage.

I’ve been called irreverent, abrasive, “not for everyone.” I take that as a compliment. My words are a protest against the beige corporate sludge clogging up this platform. I write for the people who hate white noise, and who crave a voice that’s sharp, raw and distinctly human. My content is for those who want something real, even if it stings. If that’s you, stick around. If it’s not, go back to clapping for the guy trying to sprint through his midlife crisis.

Here’s what to expect: Stories about the absurdity of modern work culture. Rants about the dumbest trends. Tactical advice wrapped in cynicism. And maybe, just maybe, a small dose of hope—wrapped in barbed wire, because I’m not a monster.

Because while this platform loves its safe, saccharine posts about “growth” and “hustle,” I’d rather talk about the messiness of actually trying to get there. The fumbles, the failures, the outright catastrophes. It’s not pretty, but it’s honest. And honesty’s in short supply these days.

If you’re tired of scrolling through LinkedIn posts that feel like a bad infomercial for someone’s personal brand, stick around. Let’s be human, even when the algorithm begs us not to be. 

And yes, I still use em dashes. Fight me.

Head Of Content

Them: Do you work well under pressure?

Me: I watched the trailer for “Gone Girl” one morning in 2014 while it was still playing in theaters. When I learned it was based on a book, and there were evening showings that day, I immediately bought tickets. I then drove straight to Barnes & Noble, beelined for the book, went home and totally canceled being a human.

I ate nothing. I drank nothing. I ignored my phone. I read 400+ pages in one sitting like my life depended on it.

I finished with less than an hour to spare and proceeded to re-enter society. I made the movie and still caught previews.

So yes, I work well under pressure but require morbid curiosity, immediate psychological escalation and a deadline that threatens my identity.

Very normal. Very employable. No further questions.

P.S. I did not get the job.
#ThatAshleyAmber

Content Anarchist | Recovering Journalist with a Vendetta | Writing What You’re All Too Afraid to Say | Keeping Austin Weird | LinkedIn’s Resident Menace

Does anyone else have a full-blown stadium tour happening in their brain during long meetings and presentations, or is that just my specific neurological curse?

I am LOCKED IN. Eyes forward. Listening like a court stenographer for capitalism.

And then my skull opens like a jukebox...

I did not press play. No one asked me. My brain commands: "We're doing a concert now. Pack light."

Why does focus do this to me? This doesn't happen when I'm multitasking. It's like I'm TOO present. So present my subconscious is like: "Cool, now let’s DJ."

It will not stop.

Certain words said at the meeting can ignite an immediate shuffle, though.

Is this a shared condition? 

Endorse me. 
#ThatAshleyAmber

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