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It was the perfect storm - one of those crazy years Christine could easily disappear inside of.
In the next years’ time, one daughter would get married. The other would graduate high school. And a huge interstate move was coming her way.
She knew herself well enough to know that business-as-usual ...
Sometimes the things that affect our business, don’t have anything to do with the business itself.
It has to do with our own internal struggles that we deal with on a day to day basis.
It’s difficult to admit but…
I used to let my weight affect my business.
Sounds a little out there, but let me ...
Do you ever feel like you can’t put your stuff out there because it’s not 100% your idea?
With all the content that’s out there, it’s easy to see why getting hung up on being 100% original all the time can freeze us in the moment.
Whether you’re an entrepreneur or not, we are all constantly learni...
Jack sat at the table, incredibly agitated. He’d seen a man across the dining room of the restaurant and was upset by him.
The man, an older man - well into his 70s - was having a bottle of wine, eating alone.
His solitude made Jack sad, so he created a story that the man was awaiting a dinner par...
Annie & I had about 7 minutes left on our call back in September when I asked about her marketing plan for the holiday season.
She groaned & said she hadn’t thought about it.
I said, “Let’s bang it out now. We can hammer out all 10 weeks of content topics & a schedule.”
She was doubtful, but 7 mi...
I’ve shared a damaging habit keeping me from what I want: asking permission.
This week, I’ve got another terrible habit to share - kind of a sister habit.
What is it?
Constantly looking to everyone else as an expert.
Asking their input, gathering their opinions, and seeing if they gave me “the g...
It doesn’t matter how long we’ve been in business, there is something that keeps us stuck.
Something that overwhelms us.
Something that we don’t feel we do well.
And I’m not immune to this.
When I was making the transition from teacher to a business owner, I was overwhelmed by impostor syndrom...
I recently went to the coast to attend the wedding of my friend.
And during that wedding, I remembered every tiny step she had planned to make her vision come to life.
It reminded me that sometimes we don’t give ourselves the grace to know that it can take a long time to get to where we want to go...
Being a solopreneur, you have to wear all the hats.
You take care of one thing and then another thing shows up.
It doesn’t matter if you get one thing done, you end up having another thing show up right after.
It’s like a constant game of Whack-A-Mole.
One great example of this is when you’re ma...
I need to be honest with you...
For 2 years, I’ve put off doing The Webinar.
If you’re in the online space at all, you know webinars are a routine & important part of business.
But I didn’t want to do one. It somehow felt sleazy to me - EVEN THOUGH I TAKE WEBINARS ALL THE TIME! 🤦
Free training?!...
When you log onto social media, you can be bombarded with tons of messaging about how "you can make it to six-figures". Everyone scrambling, and hustling to get to this magical number that's representative of their income.
They preach what's GOING to work for you.
The perfect business plan.
Th...
I looked at my husband and said, “I need your opinion.” His ears perked up - I had his full attention.
“Do you think we’ll make it?” I asked, wanting him to soothe my worries about my business succeeding.
He looked at me - wanting to give me the answer I desperately needed - and said, “Jen - I jus...