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.

My job has been to birth a revolution. And in doing so, I had to upset a lot of people. Letting people feel their own emotions and holding space for them has taken a ton of practice. And I didn’t know that would be a part of my job every day, but I’m so grateful for it.

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.

It might rain at Cleveland Flea. Because we exist. In the real world. So, how do you build a business resilient to weather (or other less-than-ideal circumstances)? Here’s how we did it for ourselves and how we walk away from ‘bad’ weather days feelings even more confident than when we went in.

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.

What do you do when you’re just not feeling great? When maybe you don’t even know why you’re not feeling great, but you are.

The best thing to do (and I’d do this every single month) is what I call a Creative Health Check Up.

Sometimes you’ve just got to get out of your element. Or back into one that you used to inhabit to remind yourself how far you’ve come. I grew up in Michigan, on the east side of the state. I had long planned to visit the Sleeping Bear Dunes and The Grand Hotel but never really made time for it. The visits proved to be both surprising and unsurprising, charmingly authentic and touristy-fake. At times I found myself taking long, slow exhales. Breathing in the cool, crisp forest air. At other times, this world felt foreign and scary and like I was stepping into the past (not in a good way). I found a lot of things that provided inspiration, as well as introspection. I think that’s what travel is meant to do! Here’s a look at what I did, where I went and what I thought.

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.

Building a business (depending it’s own complexity) will most likely put you into some level of emotional stress. It all depends on so many factors. How you approach learning. How you approach failure. How determined you are. You will definitely need support. But how do you get it? And what kind? Read on to find out more about Support During Startup.

I often come the the conclusion that I should be able to ‘fix’ myself. Usually what I want to do is have someone else check me, like am I being too hard on myself? Am I seeing something from a really skewed point of view? More on my reasons for Therapy + Coaching in the blog.

My clients are mad at me sometimes, but it’s also why they love me. Read on to find out more.

Every once in a while I'd like to use this space to talk about more than just business, because business ladies have other stuff going on like dating or planning trips or having sex or dealing with anxiety or contemplating having children, so here we are: 5-minute modern dating. Sometimes I get really awesome questions from my clients, like this one,

I recently changed my life. So, am I happier because of it? Here’s a status update.

Have you been thinking of hiring a coach? Here’s a quick look at how I hire my own coaches!

This one word carries so much meaning throughout my life (and no doubt yours). I do remember always never having enough. And that being an embarrassing, scary, paralyzing thought. 

I remember how I transitioned from not enough into "just not yet" but well-practiced habits don't go away easily. Especially when you're in a constant state of growth within a startup.