Stop Shoulding All Over Yourself

“I’m a perfectionist!” I declared to my coach, “I can’t get going until I have everything planned out and I’m ready to go.” My coach looked at me and said, OK then. “How long are you willing to wait until you make money?” I didn’t understand what she was asking. Doing the thing perfectly is HOW I was going to make money, didn’t she understand what I was trying to say. If it’s not perfect, it won’t...

How I made best friends with myself while cutting onions.  We all have that voice that lives in our head that rears its head whenever we least expect it, and often when we least desire it.  Some people call her the mean girl that lives in your head, its the inner voice that reminds you that you really are a loser and you don’t know anything and that one day people are going to find out the truth a...

Facebook is constantly changing, and as business owners it can be frustrating to figure out what applies to you and what doesn’t - and you don’t have time to comb through thousands of podcasts, articles, and videos to figure out what you need to know.  Good News! You Don’t have to! Today we are joined by a very special guest - The Squad Facebook Expert, Christie Donn! She did all the homework for...

Running a business with a chronic illness is no joke. Whether you suffer from a physical illness like Fibroyalgia or MS or a mental condition like PTSD or anxiety, these conditions add an entirely new set of challenges to the aspiring business owner.  And though I separated mental and physical above, the truth is that they often go hand in hand.  Throughout the years we’ve experienced:  👉Doctors,...

This is the time of year when we usually reflect upon our accomplishments, look back on our businesses and our lives and consider what we are grateful for, and what we may want to do for the next year.  If you’re an empath, it’s also a tough time to focus - you’re likely impacted with seasonal depression, and motivation is hard to come by. Managing both the excitement of the new year and the dulln...

The holiday season is a time of enormous pressure for all of us. Your business, your family, and your health are competing priorities, each one vying for 100% of your attention all the time. It’s enough to make you pull your hair out.  On top of that, this is the time of year where peoples wallets are open and they are primed for spending money. You don’t want to miss the opportunity to take advan...

From time immemorial we’ve used lists to keep track of the things we need to do. As children we used crayons and scraps of paper, as we get older - we use pens and still scraps of paper, receipts, backs of envelopes - you name it. Some of us try to keep our to do list in our heads and just work our way down the mental list.  We think its the way to get things done, and consider it a critical part...

From the time I started my social media business I was told you need more people, more numbers, the higher the numbers the better chance of you getting engagement and reach.  I bet you heard the same things.  And initially, it worked. More people. More engagement. More money. More better.  Until. It stopped working. And then everything changes and getting back on track feels like you’re fighting a...

It’s so weird to think how I simultaneously used to feel like I had to stand out from the competition, and ALSO used to feel like I needed to copy what other people who were successful were doing.  😕 To be successful you need to stand out and be different.  😕 To be successful, copy what other people are doing.  Like you - I’ve heard both these messages as I grew my business. And I’ve …  ❌ tried...

Do you have an opportunity to make money that you’re missing out on? If you’re like most other women business owners, then the answer to that is most likely a resounding YES.  And it’s because of an antiquated belief that if you have to do anything other than the one thing you set your business up for, then you’ve failed.  This perspective is keeping you feeling poor.  It’s preventing you from cre...

When it comes time to post about your life on social media, how do you feel? 🤩 Excited? Like you can’t wait to tell the world about your day, life, opinion? 😟 Worried? People will/wont agree with you? You’ll lose people? 😭Unsure? Your life isn’t super interesting, what will you talk about? Maybe it depends on the day? 🤷 Working through those emotions takes time, and often by the time you’re do...

I don’t know about you, but there was a point in my life where I was tired of feeling like I was always ON MY WAY to succeeding.  👉 At some point I asked myself - am I ever going to feel like I’m there? 👉 Will I feel like it’s enough? 👉 Or is this my life - will I just always feel like I’m chasing money, sales, customers, freedom, etc.  I did not want to feel like I was on a treadmill going to...

Facebookpocalypse has everyone talking. Is it time to get off the platform? There are tons of other options out there: Clubhouse, Snapchat, E-mail, Telegram, WeMe, etc. Maybe you have an app or want to switch to Google Ads or Google my Business to grow, but you’re not sure.  Is this the right choice for you? What if you make a mistake? You’re right to wonder this.  Moving your business off the pla...

Do you feel like you need to be likeable in business? Lets talk about it!  Are you worried that you don’t have enough reach because you’re boring? The truth is, both of these things don’t matter as much as you think they do. In fact, they really don’t matter at all. And as long as you’re trying to be interesting and likeable, you’re solving the WRONG problem in your business. Which means you’ll wa...

⌛ Do you feel like you need to work all the time to be able to make traction in your business?  💸 Are you afraid to stop working because you feel like you can’t risk losing the potential sales? This is so common among women entrepreneurs these days. The pressures of running a business are high, and there always seems to be something else to do. When you started your business you imagined freedom...

Have you watched LuLaRich on Amazon Prime yet? Are you in direct sales? Then you want to be here for this conversation. Join me and Roxanne Wilson in a conversation about our time in Direct Sales, lessons learned, and what we can all do to make DS a safer, mentally healthier and more lucrative option for everyone! Listen to my take on LuLaRich in this week's episode of RoxTalks! https://roxan...

One of the biggest lies I was ever told was that everyone is my customer.  I remember it vividly. It was a lie I perpetuated for a long time myself, in direct sales, independent business ownership, etc. I thought that because everyone wore clothes - everyone was my customer.  That kind of thinking trapped me in a tiny little business with no potential for freedom - EVER.  I didn’t know it then - b...

Problem We’re always looking for the “right way” to do something The problem is we’re doing our due diligence, so we look around for the right way We check google, the internet, social media, etc. We ask people we know, our parents, everyone’s opinions.  We don’t trust our decision making process, so we’re worried we’ll pick the wrong one.  Wait, if they are all right for other people, then which...

👉 I used to spend so much of my day agonizing over the things I should be doing but wasn’t 👉 The things I was told to do but didn’t want to 👉 The stuff I saw others doing but didn’t feel right for me I agonized and felt guilty. I was failing because I wasn’t doing these things. I told myself that story for years. It wasn’t until the last few that I realized that the key to a successful business...