She Makes Waves

Stop overthinking it and get in the damn game! Yes, we want to move forward in the most thoughtful way and with the most information possible, but we don't know what we don't know. That is why I love the idea that nothing can prepare you for where you haven't been. Nothing! So, that frees me up to try a bunch of stuff, learn on the fly, and make adjustments as I go! Follow along on Instagram: @Lin...

When you think of slowing down, what comes up for you? Wow, how cool to be able to appreciate the simple stuff, or do you feel behind? It is fascinating because "slowing down" meant very different things at different times in my life. Going into fall, I think it is an excellent time to clarify what is important to us and how to show up more presently. When we slow down and zoom out, we can gain cl...

Do you give up right before you make it happen? I firmly believe in not calling the game unless you have to call the game! The perfect example was recently when I was up shit creek for child care before my busy day in the salon. I had one hour to line something up and be at the salon. So, what did I do? I threw a hail mary pass and, against all odds, pulled a rabbit out of my hat. It gets me think...

The truth is a lot is programmed into us vs. being truly a desire of our own. The matrix says obey, consume, stay asleep,  compare yourself to others, watch the news, work hard, drink to have fun, procreate, do everything to stay young, live in the future, live in the past, and give us your energy. I used to live in a world where I thought, well... you would love to be living my life if you c...

There are years of my life that I gutted things out, thinking once I get this over with, I will ______. I can remember feeling like I didn't have a choice regarding how I lived my life. This usually starts in our childhoods, shocker! I have since learned that when I think, "I need to get this over with," it tends to be a strong indicator that something is off. These patterns, AND we all have them,...

This is a tough one; I wish I could answer how to do this thing called forgiveness magically. All I can do is share with you what has worked and continues to help me in my journey with forgiving. I have found grieving to be a HUGE ingredient in forgiveness. The answer to most things is to grieve, and it's not easy. When we do this work, we can move through forgiveness with compassion, humility, an...

I can look back over the first twelve years of my career and see where my "selflessness" was something else entirely. I was controlling the interaction and getting a lot out of being the gal that can do it all! I was the person that anticipated your appointment time and your beverage of choice. I have since learned that I was forfeiting genuine, meaningful connections when I did that. The very thi...

I have been doing my podcast on a folding chair next to my treadmill since covid began. I had a moment of clarity when I said I need space to make the stuff I want to! Fast forward, I grabbed a console table from the dining room and all the art lying around to create a gallery wall in my new office space (in my guestroom). I had everything I needed to make this happen, and it got me thinking... Ho...

One of the most important skills I believe we must acquire in living out our dreams is to tune out other people's limiting beliefs. At every big move in my life, I have been met with a little voice, whether real or not, saying, "you can't do that," and I have had to choose to tune it out and believe in the possibilities! I tune in to what I think can happen, working towards what is possible. I am...

Guardrails, you got any? I believe that we have to have them to keep us living on the up and up. When it comes to my day-to-day life, things have been going swimmingly, but throw in a business trip with my husband, and the whole thing goes to shit! What I mean is that when we don't have a designated plan for how we handle xy&z, we find ourselves falling right back into old habits that do not s...

It's my birthday, and I'll cry if I want to. I'm just kidding; I don't feel like crying at all. This week I turned thirty-five, and I am pumped to share some of what I have learned over the last five years. When I turned thirty, I had a plan... and I thought I had executed it. I was a girl boss business owner, had the power couple marriage, and really I had killed it, or so I thought. I am looking...

Amy Galvin is coming in hot with the realities of being a woman in the workplace and the home. She has built a very successful real estate business alongside her husband. During the pandemic, Amy got honest with herself about where her heart was at, and it was in helping women have equity in the home, allowing them to thrive in their own lives. She saw how many women (working moms in particular) h...

I believe that the work we do that no one sees makes the stuff people admire possible. Michelle Wheatley is a walking example of this right here. She has done a phenomenal job of putting herself into a position that allows her to act when the opportunity arises. Michelle never had aspirations of owning a hair salon, but her money management skills had her making moves! We could all learn a lot abo...

Have you ever wondered if you are making the "wrong" choice? What if I say no to what's for me and yes to what isn't? The more life I live, the more I learn that you can't make a wrong decision if you make one. Hear me out because you will gain knowledge and information that will get you closer to what you do want in making a decision. You can't get where you are going if you don't get going. Your...

What are we jimmy rigging together in our lives to make things work? I recently started working out with a trainer, and David has mentioned that I have been tucking my hips pretty intensely for years! I was doing that, so my lower back wouldn't hurt. Turns out that my tucking solved one problem but put the "stress" elsewhere. It got me thinking about how often we do this kind of thing in our own l...

Are you looking for life in dead-end places? This one stopped me in my tracks when I heard it during the Easter service at Soul City Church. I can remember a time when I was looking for love, connection, and fulfillment in all the wrong places. I thought my career could meet my EVERY need, and I was wrong. I now see that I was trying to get all of this from the wrong source. Once I started to give...

MK joins me this week and shares how she chose to close her successful bridal planning business this last year. Like so many of us, she decided what she was going to be at such a young age that as she grew, things changed. The pandemic got us all thinking, but MK doesn't pin this move on the pandemic. We talk about how hung up people get on their professions but making $60,000 is $60,000 is $60,00...

I have a confession; I spend way too much time scrolling rescue dogs and not enough time sitting with the loss of my beloved Capone. I have found my new drug of choice, scrolling for puppies. We all have losses in this life, and it is hard for many of us to sit with the magnitude of those losses. I know it is for me, so I want to shine a light on what happens in our lives after the last condolence...

Are you an anytime business? Do you respond to emails at all hours? You may very well be running an anytime business and not even know it. I know I was for years! I no longer operate my business in this way, which has changed who my business serves. I could have shaken those boundary pushers much earlier had I known that by adjusting how I ran my business, it would self adjust who my business was...

We are taught how to acquire things not what to do when we lose them. I would add a caveat to this, we don't know what to do once we acquire the things. We chase after possessions, titles, and attention but what do we do once we get them? Well, we need more, we don't find the feeling we are seeking in any of these external things. I have found for me that I have to take that energy that made the l...

I see this happen a lot... The frustrated stylist leaves the big commission salon and knows EVERYTHING they hated about where they worked. They use it as fuel to create their own thing, but I don't believe that knowing what you don't want is enough of a roadmap to where you want to be. It can be helpful, don't get me wrong, but it is not enough of a guide forward. What happens is that the stylist...

Can we please talk about Brené Brown for a moment? She is the queen of vulnerability, and I hang on to every word she says... I mean, these takeaways from her latest book are fire! Check out my biggest takeaways from Brené Brown's new book on meaningful connection! Are you dressing something up in humor that actually requires clarity and honesty? The broken-hearted are the bravest among; they dare...

How many of us have a story that we cling to that doesn't allow us to move forward? I know that what has happened in my life is never as bad as reliving it day in and day out is. I have found that we can move forward in the most beautiful way when we let go of the past pain and move on feeling empowered, but we have to be willing to drop the story! Follow along on Instagram: @Lindsaymakeswaves

Cash Lawless is bringing the wealth-building real talk this week, and we are here for it! Cash was once a homeless dropout who found himself sweeping hair in a Jacksonville salon. He has grown multiple successful businesses while maintaining a celebrity clientele. If you take anything from this episode, please have it be ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE WHEN YOU PUT YOUR MIND TO SOMETHING. Women are better in...

The invisible load of being a mom is nothing anyone can prepare you for. You have your own dreams and aspirations, and at the same time, you are tasked with raising a human. That human gets SICK, has feelings, needs, and their own unique life to live. Fast forward, it's a lot! I love being Birdie's mom, and I still want to be Lindsay! As stylists, we can move around schedules, yet we cannot "work...