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“What are you doing for fun right now?” This from my friend Jennifer, looking for ideas for herself.
Ummmm. Ugggg. This question stops me dead. FUN? Welllllll….
I’m definitely NOT the person to go to for advice on fun.
You’re probably doing cool FUN stuff like...
Should you be “more organized?
Do you look at organized people & think there’s something wrong with you?
Meet Barbara Trapp, certified professional organizer & coach, helping people make SPACE - in easy, realistic ways that work FOR YOU.
If being organized has ever eluded you,...
Oh my God, she said. I couldn’t even charge for tutoring! I feel so bad asking parents to pay me!
This from a new friend - a teacher on hiatus, home raising her 18-month-old daughter.
She’d asked about my business, fascinated by the whole thing: my programs, marketing, pricing -
So...
Thanksgiving 2020 started out with me sobbing, out of nowhere, on the couch next to my husband.
Neither John NOR I had any idea what was going on!
WHY was I crying? I wasn’t quite feeling sadness.
Is this malaise? Everything’s so MEH, you know?
Thanksgiving was one loooooong ass day...
NO ONE NEEDS what I HAVE TO OFFER...
so I don't need to PUT IT OUT there into the world.
Welcome to the ^^BIG BIG LIE**
This story - thought - lie - belief...
THIS is one of the best places we hide in our business.
We think about all the people who DON'T need us...
and we get scared or...
She looked at me with all seriousness & said, “What if everyone wants me on their stage? Who’ll take care of my family?”
This from a client juuuuuust dipping her toe into starting a business as an author - who also wants to be a speaker on the stage.
She was quite far from...
Read this description & tell me who it reminds you of:
She feels flashes or moments of brilliance & genius but can’t string enough of them together to stand up to the expectations to keep going.
It reminds me of many incredible women I know.
Brave. Brilliant. Bold.
Misunderstood.
...
What if I told you I charged $175/hour? Or $500?
What if I told you I don’t leave the house for less than $1500 a day? Or that the fee for a day is $9500?
If you’re not currently charging high-end prices, you might roll your eyes in disgust at these numbers.
Or judgment. Envy. Even...
I don’t think of Kerri as a “friend”, but I’m pretty sure she thinks of me as one.
She commends endlessly about the pictures I post in my marketing because I use a LOT of photos of myself.
I am my brand, after all.
There’s teasing about my photo shoots, having my...
This song is before my time, but have you ever heard that old Dusty Springfield song from 1964?
All about Wishin' & hopin' & thinkin' & prayin'…
The words hit me in the car last week because WAY TOO MANY women are using this as their business strategy!
Passively waiting for...
My podcast producer should’ve said, “JEN! You’re too late.”
But that’s not who Phyllis is. Instead, she said, “No problem. We’ll make it happen.”
And in my frenzy to record & upload my weekly podcast, I failed to notice…I was at EPISODE...
Remember Saturday mornings?
Sitting in the TV’s glow, Froot Loops turning your bowl of milk purply-blue, then slurping that sweet deliciousness down…
Or maybe you were a Cap’n Crunch fan, even though that crap would rip the SHIT out of the roof o’your mouth because...