No More 'Good Girl'

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...

What would you tell a woman if they were worried to make that pivot? That small step? Would you encourage her, or tell her to give it all up? That would be crazy! Of course you'd push her along the way to chase her dreams, right?  Life is too short to not chase your dreams. Take the leap and see where it leads. If it doesn't light you up, you can pivot again! If you're working hard at your passion...

After talking with a family member today about her transition out of the LDS faith and all of the fear surrounding, I suddenly felt compelled to share some of my thoughts.  I'm not typically open about this because yes, the fear of judgement around this topic still runs deeeep. But, I've been feeling the call to say something and I don't know why.  I hope this touches whoever needed to hear this a...

Let's go backwards a little bit to get to where we are now…  Dustin and I have been married for over 14 years -- I was pregnant at 19, marriage was rough + hunting was a HUGE sore spot in our relationship! We finally came to a compromise a few months in that he could go every other weekend and things grew from there… including his love and passion for hounds.  Fast forward to 2019, we set out on o...

I feel the need to reflect on the last year for our family and our business. I'm feeling SO much gratitude for the life we are living now -- all because of a decision Dustin and I made together. I decided to put us on the path of building wealth, creating a business, and inspiring families to enjoy each other again + disconnect from the world. I pushed through the fear and told myself everything w...

Ask YOURSELF -- What can I change to serve myself WELL?  Growth is intimidating. It's intimidating at the start, and all throughout the process! But don't let it stop you from chasing the dream. Those big companies with the big following on social media all started SOMEWHERE. You will never get THERE, if you don't start RIGHT HERE. Let's just put one foot in front of the other, and the road will k...

I started reflecting on my work the other day, and realized something. I'm working from home, I'm living my dream, but am I really treating it as a job? Am I really giving it my all, or can I give it more? We don't have to accomplish everything at once! I love getting things done now so I can relax later -- but sometimes life just doesn't work that way. I'm talking baby steps! That's right, it can...

I've always been that dreamer in believing that life could look different than the conventional model we see everywhere. Who's with me?  Our journey transitioning from The Hunting Fam to ColdStrike has definitely been trial and error, and "learn-as-we-go". I can honestly say… I didn't know if we'd get to this point! I couldn't really see the dream come into play until we started setting a goal for...

We're here talking with Laura -- who brought up their family business -- Double U Hunting Supply! As it started with her husband, Buddy, it ended up growing into so much more, thanks to Laura encouraging that first big step.  They decided to take a year off, start a family, and see if they can start selling some hound gear, T-shirts, or hats! Laura took the leap, created a website to serve the pur...

We met some amazing friends a few months ago, and couldn't be more grateful for the opportunity. As we've built ColdStrike on Instagram, it has been amazing to me the community that opens up behind the scenes.  We met Buddy, who is the owner of the Double U Hunting Supply as well as the rest of his family. I had the opportunity to get to know his wife, Laura pretty well! She started their family b...

Right before Dustin and I got married, Dustin wanted to go hound hunting with his friends! After that, the rest is basically history + he was on the mountain all. The. time! I tried going hunting with him one night at 19 years old, and pregnant. It was not flying with me -- having him gone every weekend!  This finally led us to find a compromise. We decided that going hunting with his friends ever...

Just because you don't know exactly what you're doing, you don't need to do it blindly! Today we're going to talk about building a bridge. In business, I'm talking about finding a mentor, an accountability partner, or a friend who is a little farther than you and can help you along the way.  Find what works for you, to get from your starting point to your ending point. BUT, you have to be willing...

In today's podcast, I told you a little story about a solo-hike I went up the mountain… and it was SCARY. All the negative thoughts ran through my mind, but I was determined to fight them!  Here's what I decided... Focus like HELL on your first goal. Find the tree! Your business is relatable to YOU. No one else can be you. So focus on YOUR first goal, and make it there! Celebrate the small wins. T...

"Progression is an ugly road that leads to a beautiful place." - Trent Shelton You see other's killing it in life, but you don't see the messy middle it took to get there! Done is better than perfect. Just get it out there, and trust the process. Don't spend your time trying to perfect the imperfect. That's what makes it REAL! Let's talk about how you can get started + get where you want to go.  T...