Anxiety, self-doubt, comparison, ego, and depression are just a few the mindsets I might travel through when sitting down at my work. It’s the devil and angel on your shoulder, battling it out to be heard and more often than not, it’s the devil that wins. That negative voice convinces you that you’re not doing it right, or perhaps, even worse, that you’re just not good enough. In the past year, I’ve bee[...]
I've shared my story about leaving social media to gain clarity and rest. I've always had a love-hate relationship with these platforms and I still do. Like all good things, I've come to see the value in having a healthy relationship with social media–The connections I can find, the people I can serve, even the inspiration I'll discover every now and then. But to have any kind of healthy relationship this means th[...]
In our culture, we’re told to say yes. By being a “Yes Man” the world will open up to us. But just like we saw in the Jim Carrey movie, Yes Man, saying yes to everything only leads to burnout, and often, some other complex issues (like the repercussions of saying yes to every spam email you’ve ever gotten.) I used to say yes to every invite we got for friends events. I would offer up my calendar link to c[...]
It comes after a handful of wins. After you've seen what you can do with your business. It comes after you realize you're making enough to help support your family and live your dream of being a business owner. It comes after the initial energy that allowed you to start building, but maybe right before the "I've made it" moment. I'm talking about burn-out. Every business owner will go through it. You've spent[...]
You might have read that title and thought…”Slow down? Are you kidding me? I have a business to build!” And like every other woman that wears too many hats to count I get it. I also get burnout, frustration, and not being able to take your business to the next level, all of which come from trying to do it all. My passion for slowing down stems from a deep desire to stay healthy and to help those around me ([...]
I’ll be real honest when I say that I get up in imposter syndrome and comparing myself to others is a constant battle. It’s one of the many reasons I took a break from social media. So I could stop focusing on what everyone else was doing and focus on my own creative process. So when it comes to finding inspiration I actually find social media platforms to be the worst place to feel inspired. At best you’ll wa[...]
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. - Ralph Waldo Emerson If you talk to anyone close to me they would tell you that I’ve always been my own person. I’m eccentric, high-energy, humorous and an artist. But what they don’t know is that I’ve built up a persona for them to accept me. I’ve weighed what things will[...]
You’ll hear me talk about work-life balance a lot. To be honest, I don’t like the term, but it’s a phrase that people understand so I try to talk their language. But we’re balancing so much more than two things. For me, I’m balancing growing a marketing business and an art business (I just started selling my own art prints, the thing I actually went to college for), staying healthy, taking care of a home,[...]
Since dropping social media as a marketing strategy I've had to come up with new ideas to get my business out there and start connecting with my ideal customer. This has taken a bit of brainstorming and patience but slowly, step by step, things are coming together. One of my new favorite ways to share my business is through Podcast interviews. They not only allow me to meet amazing people that I get to chat with for[...]
I logged off of social media on August 23, 2021, the day we left for a week-long vacation to Costa Rica. I had known for a while that I would take that week off of social to disconnect and find inspiration in new forms. I didn’t want to miss out on anything in this magical land we were going to. Now, 3 months later, I can’t believe I didn’t do this sooner. The first few weeks were hard. I picked up my pho[...]