I sometimes advise my clients to name their brains, in order to help them realize that they are sort of acting on their own. We’ve all just been mindlessly listening to this brain like it knows everything about us. Everything about where we SHOULD or SHOULDN’T go.

I know you might not love your current job. But finding something new and better is so much easier when you don’t live in all the emotions that come along with hating your job. Here’s how you can move forward toward your dreamiest job while not torturing yourself in the process.

Not sure where to begin? Looking for the perfect name for your blog / podcast / business? Don’t fear, this simple tool will help you move forward in a fun + fresh way.

Why stay focused on yourself when everyone should really be doing their own stuff better? Good question. If you’re a parent, boss, partner with kids, employees, clients or partner who really need to learn to do their own lives better so you can feel better, then this post is for you. Staying in your own lane might feel excruciating- but it’s the thing you do in order to feel better. Let’s give it a try today!

Emotional Drama is when we decide to do something different in our lives (lose weight, decide to love ourselves, open a business, get into a relationship, etc) and then the mental work it takes becomes THE THING WE FOCUS ON. Here’s how you notice it and move past it.

Is showing up scary? Sometimes. Have I said the wrong thing publicly sometimes? Sure. Do a lot of people criticize me to my face in front of my community? Yes, all the time. But, that also makes me a pretty powerful person. I show up and am willing to be seen. Today I’m sharing how I get through public criticism to move my mission (and myself) forward.

I kinda hated and resented my business for most of the entirety of it until now. I mean, it was a wild ride but it tested me to the limit and now I FINALLY feel like I’m an actual business owner. I think that sticking with something for the long haul is what unlocks its potential. Committing is the key.

Before I did self-coaching around it, my inbox represented to me:

• all the ways in which I was failing people by not getting back to them immediately

• my lack of control over my inbox (why couldn’t I just keep it at zero!?)

• my inability to organize properly

• people’s disappointment in me (emails are just sitting there unanswered, “just like what people expect from me”)

• My inability to time manage perfectly– all the stuff I never had time to get to

• A general feeling of “You’re doing it wrong”

Now, it’s a joy to check. Today I’m sharing how I found love for my messy inbox AND began to clean up my act.

How did I build a powerful, profitable, purposeful business? How did I take an idea and shape a city with it? How did I engineer millions of dollars into our local economy? How did I learn to run a very challenging, high-stakes, highly-volatile business?

Find out + then use that insight to make your own mark. You’ve got this.

Everything takes me longer than I think it will. Double, usually.

So, why do I continue to think things will take less time?

Here’s how you still get shit done when super annoying life interrupts you.

When you create for the wrong people:

• You never get better at what YOU like doing

• You begin to resent your business

• You don’t like the work and it makes it really really hard to deal with the tough stuff that inevitably comes up

• You find it hard to explain why you’re different than others because your heart isn’t in it and you aren’t getting better

• You are not your own boss

• You’re not creating a distinguishable brand that gets more distinguishable over time

How can you avoid this? Narrow your niche!

Do you wonder if it’s time to hire? Do you have limiting beliefs that make it hard for you to get to a clear answer? Are you someone who wants to join a creative startup? Today, I’m sharing my journey to hiring (and continuing to choose) a creative crew.

When you’ve got a big ship, you definitely need a crew. But are you ready?

Wow it’s wild being a boss. Here’s why.

I think practical experience (just jumping in) gets you farther faster, if that’s what you’re looking for. Many of my clients tell me they don’t feel prepared. They don’t feel ready. They need to read just one more book. Or clean their office office or organize their schedules first. Before they can launch. Before they can hire me. Before they can do the things they really want to do.

Every damn time I take a spin class with Sammy Friedman of Grooveryde (also luckily my CFO-in-training at Cleveland Flea) or at Harness Cycle, I emerge feeling inspired, empowered, clear. In other words, I feel like myself– a powerful, intelligent, gritty, talented Female Founder.

And today, I found the words to express what I usually want to tell all my coaching clients and business owners at Cleveland Flea– SURE IT’S HARD BUT THAT’S NO REASON TO QUIT.

I don’t really consider myself just as a business owner. I am something more specific. And you might be, too. And if you are, you have an ally in me. Want to know what makes Founders unique? Take a read!

If you want to go from dreaming to doing, from lethargy to elation, from here to there it’s good to know what type of action you’re taking and if that’s getting you anywhere.

As I became the boss of a bunch of new badasses, it also struck me that I needed to think through what their own issues might be. Listen– we all have issues. Even super talented people. Especially super talented people. I began to realize that people coming in from the outside might have thought we were successful and we were done working toward success. Which is just not true. Success is a thing you keep working at and redefining. Read on to get some insight on the difference between Maintaining + Managing Success.