No More 'Good Girl'

Hey friends! This week is a quick one but I think it's such an important thing to talk about. I think we have all been in a place where we feel out of control of our lives. Too much to do, doing things you aren't happy doing, the list goes on. Taking control and becoming the driver of your life is so if you want to be happy and successful. Sometimes it seems hard to be fully in control, but it is...

Hey there friends! We're back with yet ANOTHER amazing episode! This week I sat down with Craig Siegel and we talked about personal development. This episode is overflowing with awesome advice that we can all take into our lives. Some of Craig's biggest pieces of advice for personal development are removing limiting beliefs, and changing what you associate pain and pleasure to. Taking risks is sca...

Are you ready for a new little segment on the Braving the Mountain Podcast?! Join me for Biz Strategies with Brecklee! This is the first of the segment and I'm SO excited to share this advice with you. Brecklee is a virtual assistant turned brand expert and she's going to help teach you how to just get your foot in the door and get started! She is all about following your dreams and just doing the...

Hey friends! Ok, let's have a real talk. Starting a business is HARD! There is so much to do, where do you even begin? For today's episode I sat down with Stephanie Sim! She is an Instagram content coach. And whatever mountain you need to brave, she has THE BEST advice for you. I asked Steph what advice she would give to someone who is about to brave their mountain. And whether that be starting to...

What are you doing in your life right now? Why are you doing it? Does it make you happy? In this week's episode Angie Lee and I talked about living life for YOU! Because life is too short to be living life for anyone else's expectations. When making big decisions that could potentially change her life, Angie considers, "What feels best for me? Not based on what I think people want, not what my ego...

Who here is a recovering people pleaser? I know I for sure am. Lauren talks so much about attracting what you want in life and gave such good advice for those out there who are a people pleaser like me… but guess what?! Us being a people pleaser is actually doing a disservice to those around us. WHAAAT?!  Yep. You read that right!   Owning what your truth is embodying that showing up as the most a...

What's holding you back? I want you to think about that for a minute. 2022 is the year that I decided that I am going to let go of all my limiting beliefs! No more having beliefs that I haven't found I believe for myself . I'm starting to realize a lot of the things that we don't do as people. We don't take the time to sit down and figure out what we want in life. I feel like a lot of us continue...

Raise your hand if you're a mom or woman out there, who is fearful or just has a dream in your heart, and you're ready to brave that mountain.  On today's episode, Jill tells us all about how she came to be the "sales queen." She started out in the sales and marketing space and during the pandemic like many of us, her career shifted, life threw curveballs at her and she lost her multiple 6 figure...

You can do anything you put your mind to, mother or not, busy or not. Join me today as we chat with Suzanne Puerschel about how to level up your life and motherhood! Suzanne shares her story about how she evolved from self sabotage to a successful business owner AND mom! She shares one piece of advice for women who are in that space of knowing they have a dream in their heart but haven't taken tha...

Don't be afraid to start your own personal journey. The sooner you start, the sooner you'll get to the place where you evolve into the person you are meant to be!  Bradley shares his story with us about how he and his parents moved to Florida from South Africa. He talks about how he was overweight, and unhappy with his appearance.  There are 4 main tips of how to level up your life: Build a Founda...

When Dustin and I first got married, I thought that we needed to do everything together. He started making friends. I was depressed and the resentment returned. About six months living in our new town, things did start to improve. I joined a business group and I started to meet new people and one of them that actually came to the group was my life coach.  This is where my life truly started to shi...

As we have hit the New Year, I want to chat today about making your environment work for you. I feel like a lot of us set New Year's Resolutions and if you haven't heard my episode on that, go have a listen! I don't believe in creating resolutions because most people have fallen off the wagon by the end of January and February. You set these big resolutions, go all out, and then it gets too overwh...

Find my course: www.amandaclark.biz/programs Instagram: @amandaclarkstudios It's time to shift the narrative in life.  Are you making excuses for where you're at?  Are you making excuses for the limitations that you have? Do not let fear hold you back. Don't fear other people's judgment. The journey might feel lonely at times as you begin to realize when you start to aspire to living a bigger life...

Find more at: https://www.amandaclark.biz/ Are you just talking or are you actually cooking? Are you staying paralyzed in the fear, figuring out what tools you're going to use? I'll admit, I'm right here. My biggest fear with creating video and jumping into my course creation and doing my five day challenge that I wanted to do on Facebook. I was worried I didn't have good enough camera equipment o...

Have you joined my challenge? It starts today + it's not too late to jump in: https://www.amandaclark.biz/calmlifeschaos Let's think about it. Are you snoozing the warnings in life? Is it time to reevaluate?  When we structure our time, we actually gain more freedom. Decide what's going to continue and what's not.  Time block. When you time block, It's essentially just scheduling hours of time thr...

Join my challenge to step into the new year with more ease: https://www.amandaclark.biz/calmlifeschaos Today, I wanted to talk about a few things as we're creeping into the new year. Now, I am not a huge believer in making New Year's resolutions. I try to remind myself to not get too ambitious and put too many irons in the fire. I tend to do this a lot, I bite off more than I can chew and get over...

As women, we tend to accommodate others at our own expense. Then we wake up one day, and realize we don't even know what we want anymore.  As we grow, our experiences shape us and WE change our views. Sometimes they don't align with what our parents have in mind, and that's okay! When we get older, we realize what we want to take on to shape us and our family to come. Our experiences shape us and...

If you don't believe in yourself and you hang onto that limiting belief, you will not grow.  Are you limiting yourself with self-deprecating thoughts? Wondering why someone would come to you and your business, and not someone else's? I'll tell you why. People want to go to you because YOU are freaking awesome. There's only ONE you. That's your secret sauce! You bring something unique to the table...

With Thanksgiving coming up in just a few weeks, I wanted to talk about gratitude.  Gratitude is how I run. Everyday when I wake up, I write down 10 things I'm grateful for. You guys, this started a huge shift in my mindset. This deeper sense of gratitude that I've never felt before has changed my life.  Sometimes when we see doors closing, we think whatever it is behind that door, is gone. That i...

Mama's! -- this one is for you. I truly struggled with trying to chase my own dream with kids in tow, and although I'm still learning, I want to help YOU get here with me! The whole goal of life is to grow up, go to college, get married, have babies… but that life is not for everyone, and that's okay! Is the entrepreneur life for you? Are you wishing you were able to chase that dream you've always...

Choose your hard.  You hit this point in life where, sure, life is good, but you want GREAT. You know there's more room for improvement and you want to go for it.  I just don't believe life is a day to day, live below your means, follow the routine, kind of life. I hope, if you're here, you agree with me.  Do you want to dive into the dream? Even though it will still be hard, it will be the hard Y...

We started a business called ColdStrike, designing our own pant line for houndsmen! We have just started our launch… and it has caused me to want to reflect! Last year at this time, we were seriously ready to throw in the towel! COVID came… ugh. It threw a wrench through the WORLD!  We had the designs all drawn up, met up with a potential fit with a shop, called other shops all over the U.S., noth...

Imagine going through a narrow doorway, trying to fit 20-30 people through at the same time. Is it going to work? NO!  There's really no option to stepping out, making change, than MOVING FORWARD! Don't just step in… JUMP into the next thing that gets you closer to your DREAM! Not everyone may think like you, and just because others may not show full support, it's YOUR dream, so YOU lead it. Have...

Today Kylee joined me for a great chat about all things business and life with kids in tow. She was the first Business Coach I hired + she helped me accomplish so many things and get over so many limiting beliefs. For those of you that don't know who Kylee is, she's a mama whose hubs sold his Xbox and bought her her first camera 10 years ago. She has grown from being a solopreneur to having a full...

Whatever bucket of time you have to fill, you're going to fill it.  When we feel like we have all the time in the world, we will take all the time in the world to do it! If we give ourselves a smaller window to complete it, and truly believe that window is your only shot -- you will get it done so much faster & be more efficient! Summer break with kids at home full time is tough! Especially when y...