No More 'Good Girl'

Did you know… you're the average income of the five people you hang with the most? If you feel down in the dumps, or find yourself negative all of the time… check in with the people you hang out with.  In Dan Graziosi's podcast, he tells us to take control of the wheel and steer our own ship! Not everyone may understand why we do the things we do in life, and may not understand our dreams and goal...

What happens when you chop down the tree, but leave the stump? The roots still spread, and can either pop up somewhere else or the tree begins to grow new shoots from the trunk! If this is how we solved all our problems, we wouldn't make it anywhere fast.  Sometimes it's easier to just avoid the root altogether for the sake of moving on, right? Only to get a few months down the road, and realize I...

Today we're talking about getting over the perfect today, and just getting the job done!  If you serve well and just get it done, NO ONE notices the imperfections! If you're able to jump into something and take action, there's no excuse for not becoming successful! You are the person that will throw your time away, OR you'll make the most of it! As soon as you know your purpose, it narrows the way...

It's either a HELL YES or a HELL NO! It's time to stop with the guilt. If you can't commit wholeheartedly, say no. You need to feel good about that decision because you're also helping that person by giving your truth! This can be related to ANYTHING. You have to do what's best for you, and it's hard! Even I struggle with it. No matter what anyone thinks about the decisions you are making, your li...

Have you ever stopped and asked yourself… is it working ? Before Dustin and I got married, we quickly figured out there were kinks in our relationship to be worked out. But, who doesn't have those, right? It became all about finding what was best for ourselves, our marriage, and our baby coming soon!  Fast forward about 12 years, what was a sore spot became a budding dream. We wanted to make Dusti...

Last week, we found what you'd CHOOSE to do if there was absolutely nothing off limits! What came to your mind? It may just be a small shift in life to find what you're PASSIONATE about doing! Let's start taking steps in walking toward it. Get your mind right! Do some personal development daily . We have to push out those negative thoughts and/or outside influences that are holding you back! Think...

Today we're talking about that thing that FIRES YOU UP!  Ever since I was young, I was always driven by making + reaching goals. I always wanted to own my own business, and I'm finally starting to find those things that I LOVE + where I want to focus my time! Here's a few questions for you...  What are dreams you have, or things you're interested in? I've always had a camera in hand. From disposab...

We've been talking about pushing past fears and moving to the next phase. I want to use the analogy of taking your island and burning your boats. I can't take credit for the phrase, but Tony Robbins sure knew what he meant when he said it!  When we take our island, or create a new habit, we're often tugged back to what we know, what is comfortable, or what feels safe . Stop it! Take control. Take....

I think one of the hardest things as a parent is figuring out how to get your kids involved in what you are doing. Maybe it's just me, but I never want to force them to do something they don't love. Just because I'm chasing a dream it doesn't mean that my dream needs to be the same for them.  They have their own minds and love to do their own thing, but they are also the reason we decided to jump...

We wanted to pop in today and give an update on our Building ColdStrike Series.  As many of you that have been following along may know, we are building a product-based business from scratch and learning everything along the way.  This episode discusses where we are on our journey right now as well as our shipping dilemma that got solved with great news + a $300 savings!  Find us and follow along...

As the hubs and I jumped into our journey of building a product-based business in 2020, there was SO MUCH FEAR associated with it. The further we got along on the journey, the bigger the numbers got and my fear climbed with it.  I felt like a total beginner again at everything. Sure, I had a photography business, but I had never taken charge and marketed it like I needed so I was starting from squ...

I wanna tell you a little bit about my story! I'll be the first to say that as a mom at 19, it was so easy to lose myself... I was a postpartum hot mess to say the least. Let's talk about some small + some big ways we can do some things for us mamas! Take a nice bath, go on a walk, or just do something that is just for you :) Learn to care for yourself just as much as you do for other people!! You...

Think about trying to get work done with kids at home. You may have a designated space where you can go and close the door, but if you have littles at home, you know you can't shut mom-brain off if no one is out there watching them right?  You're constantly listening for the pantry door or little footsteps running through the house. You can't dive all in on a project you're working on because you...

Wait, working from home isn't Netflix binging all the afternoon, chilling on the couch with a laptop + playing games with the kids all day? Say whaaatt?   I used to think that when you owned your own business and worked from home, you could pretty much do what you wanted, but I am here to tell you that certainly isn't the case.  Working from home is balancing schedules, many interruptions, and it...

Now in our house this term used to mean exactly what it says, but today we're going to talk about this metaphorically speaking because many of us mamas out there have husbands that travel for work or plan that yearly outing with the guys… you know what I'm talking about? Well, back at the house it becomes survival of the housewife with all the kids right? By day two all nerve-endings are fried + a...

Have you ever heard the quote, "change your story, change your life" or "change your emotional state, change your life?"  I first heard this from Tony Robbins while listening to some motivational videos on YouTube and it hit me hard.  What is the story we tell ourselves about who we are? What emotions do you choose to sit in daily?  Changing your emotional state, a lot of other changes must take p...

Oh boy! I don't know why I hopped on this train but we are taking things in a different direction today. I wanted to talk about Dustin and I's relationship and our marriage. Disclaimer: I am not a therapist, a physcologist, or a marriage counselor! I just wanted to share with you guys my story and how we got to where we are today because it has to go along with a lot of mindset and shifting toward...

We are talking about all things mindset! This is something that I have decided to do in 2021 and I am taking massive actions to accomplish this goal. I just want to talk about leveling up our mindset and some steps that we can take to do that. Did you know, we are on autopilot 45% of our day? This is because we are all in a habit loop.  Habit loops are things that we subconsciously complete during...

I have had to make a lot of big changes this year and one of those changes is shifting your mindset. If you want different results then you have to start taking different actions. Sure the actions that we have taken so far in our lives have gotten us to where we are but, if you are not happy with where you are, you have got to make some massive changes and take action because if you don't you will...

People come and go in our lives and its up to us to decide what we are going to do with that.  We are there to help each other whether it be good or bad. We learn the things we may not want to repeat as well as things we want to take with us moving forward.  This Halloween party changed the trajectory of our plans because I won't lie, we were losing steam! We had exhausted what we thought to be al...

  Back to square one friends…. It sucks. Although a great wave of relief washed over me in my decision to let the first shop go, I also knew it was back to the drawing board.  We had researched and called so many places, but due to Covid, a lot weren't able to help us.  We tried to recruit some help from our local business development office within the chamber and that was a complete strike out as...

Sometimes it's easy to get caught up in the excitement of building a dream that you want to jump on the first shop, opportunity or whatever it may be that comes your way.  I'll be the first to tell you that I was on that train in the beginning because going through the year we had, it was so hard to find anyone that was open let alone wanting to deal with a start-up.  So, I jumped on the first sho...

It is my firm belief that no business is successful or can scale the way that we want to without some help.  I used to wonder how on earth business owners "did it all" until I came to realize that just wasn't the case and they actually weren't doing it all on their own.  I've listened to a lot of Brendon Burchard's classes and he always talks about building a team now that you are going to need la...

After the frustrating weekend on last week's episode, it was time to get to work. We decided to move forward with our product idea and it was time to get it on paper.  This is where our designer, Lindsey comes in. She has done work for me before in my photography business and she has the ability to listen to what I am saying and draw it up.  We knew this is what we needed to be able to take it to...

Boy oh boy when we set off on this camping trip did we learn a thing or two!  The first thing we learned was to never buy a trailer the day before you plan to leave especially if you are as OCD about cleanliness as I am.  Second thing, make a list + check it twice. Nope, this isn't just for Santa! It's for everything because when you don't make a a list and you don't check it twice, many things ge...