The End in Mind: Personal Development For Entrepreneurs

Why did you start your business? I am sure there are many reasons. One big one for me was dropping a rigid routine. I hated having to squeeze in the gym between 6-7am, showering, jumping in the car, and sitting in traffic on my way to work.  When I thought about creating a successful business, I thought a strict routine was needed - so much so that I had basically created myself exactly what I was...

Here is the deal: I don't know about you, but I have met several people that run extremely successful businesses who strongly dislike social media. Some of them have started their companies without using social media at all and have created extremely high profit margins, which is amazing! Social media isn't for everyone, and when it comes to our marketing coaching, this is something we stress for...

As most of us know, social media can be highly addictive. Many business owners find ourselves comparing through these platforms, thinking we may even get an over night success and years later beating ourselves up for not making it yet. Sometimes social media can even draw us in to where we have completely forgotten what we need to be doing and dissociation - also not great especially when you’re a...

When you grab your phone to get on social media, do you ever stop to ask yourself, “Why am I reaching for this?” Better yet, “Why am I reaching for this specific platform?” When you are gathering information, you may reach for a platform like Pinterest. When you want to mindlessly scroll, you may be reaching for Instagram or TikTok. But most of the time, there is a conscious or subconscious reason...

The power of words has become extremely important to my marketing and to the journey of becoming a business owner over the past few years.  I have my minor in Writing, Rhetoric, and Technical Communication, and in college, I learned a lot about words and how they can yield certain energies,especially in marketing. The more I got into running my own business, the more I found this to be true. I am...

When you think about outsourcing or hiring a team, what feelings come up for you? Maybe you have a team already, or you're working to get to a point where a team is necessary. for what you do. Either way, in my own experience hiring and expanding my team. brought up a lot for me. I thought about releasing control, finding the correct words to outsource, sharing more about me and my moments of impe...

Recently, I started reading a book called Zero Limits. Shout out to @aoifemindbodycoaching for sharing this book with me!  I was shocked at how much this book caused me to jump into action. I have been using the Ho'oponopono since she shared this tool with me a while back, but I hadn’t read about the power behind this tool since this book. @drjoevitale shares many different stories about this pray...

How is energetics playing a role in your business?  Do you ever feel like you are just gaining momentum and all of the sudden, something happens? Your energy is drained and you find yourself back in freeze mode? This is exactly how your energy may be impacting your consistency, your presence with your clients, and even throwing you into a situation where you are negatively driving your clients or...

This week we are chatting with Mind Coach @guineveremartin. We discussed her journey from the solitude of isolation to developing her business. Many would assume that living a Monk’s lifestyle would be more challenging than launching a business; however, Guinevere shares the complete opposite actually on our upcoming podcast episode. She shares that starting a business was one of her biggest mirro...

This week, we are chatting with @life.coach.lawyer, owner of the @sunshinelawfirm and the @maddhippie11 brand!  Maddison and I met through the @badass_womeninbusiness group. From the second I met her, I knew I had to get to know her more! We hit it off immediately, and we decided to do a podcast interview together. Ironically, weeks leading up to our interview, Maddison’s Reel about Non-Compete Ag...

This week we are chatting all things energy with @justinechartier_! Sometimes we don't realize how much we are holding on to, and most of the time these are the things holding us back from becoming the people we want to be!  Justine is a nurse who has spent most of her life caring for others, and as she continued her work, she saw how much energetics could be playing into people's sickness or misa...

Money is a topic most of us are focused on all of the time. I remember when I first started Meraki; money and the thought of it was all consuming. How could I make more of it? Was it possible to create an income I could rely on to fund my life? What about a better lifestyle? Was money hard to make? It felt like it back then, and that only made my thoughts and obsession worse.  Most information on...

What if you’ve been working against your own energy in your business all along? Many of us know what it feels like to try and follow a business plan that someone else has given us, and it fails right? Well, it's mainly because these plans don't work with our unique energies, leaving us feeling drained, uninspired, irritated and maybe even considering quitting. But here's the deal: once you learn h...

When I first started doing cold outreach, I was working with a non-profit group through a school program, launching a Touch a Truck event near JMU in the Shenandoah Valley. Many people don't know this, but in that location, there are a lot of refugee and immigrant families relocated because there tends to be many work opportunities. For this reason, it is important to share with the refugee and im...

Are you living an intentional life? This week we are chatting with the lovely @ashleystrongsmith_ on ‘The End in Mind.’ We run through her life story, why she does what she does, and how she went from running a very successful photography business to coaching people to live an intentional lifestyle.  When you find yourself feeling uncomfortable, unsure of your next step - what do you do? Do you se...

Do you have health struggles? There was a time in my life that I was scared to go to my doctor to hear that I needed medication daily to help. I wanted to be an advocate for myself to find the root cause and not just accept taking medication for the rest of my life. After talking with Dr. Julie, I am so inspired that she has come out on the other side of her health struggles and is now helping wom...

When building your business online, have you thought about or been open to working with others overseas?  A few years back, I was direct messaging with one of my dear friends now, @kristinartodorova. She and I were talking about ways to work together as well as ways to expand and promote one another. And I left the call feeling so excited! I felt like I had broken into a new market in England and...

A few weeks ago, I met this amazing woman, @claire.uncapher, and she and I hit it off pretty quickly. What I loved about her approach to what she does is she’s all about the root cause, which I really resonate with.  For most people that know me personally, you all know I am an open book. I believe vulnerability can lead us to discovering root causes, which is why it is such a big part of what I d...

What would it feel like to stop questioning your business? To just take a step back and accept, “this is what I am at right now. This is okay, this is good in fact.” When I have a moment of lull I am able to…. Spend more time working on myself, think about new offers, connect and reconnect with people I love and that support me.  This level of trust in your business may be what is necessary to act...

This week, we are chatting with one of my favorite online business friends, @haillenorrisdesignco. Haille helps her clients connect with their intuition in order to build a brand from this intuitive space. Haille is also a member of the @wearecocreated with me and is a founding partner as well! We host monthly meetings within the Hub, and tomorrow we will be hosting Vulnerable Networking, Capacity...

When you think about capacity, what first comes to mind? Time, possibly. But what about our capacity to hold clients emotionally? Mentally? How can we start to think about this as we expand our brands?  When I first started my business, I was focused on creating more time, which was looking at efficiency, systems etc. However, once I had most of that set up, I still wasn’t able to remember things...

How has marketing changed in the past few years? Well, drastically. A few weeks ago, I was chatting with a colleague of mine about marketing. She was receiving a lot of unsolicited advice from her mentors, and it started to make her question her vulnerability when it came to building her business online. She was stuck wondering, should I change what I am saying? Should I be less vulnerable? Should...

The world has been a heavy place for the last few years. I’m excited to leave the darkness of the past and forecast into the future. Join me for the first episode in the Social Renaissance Series. In this solo episode, I dive into how to find balance in your personal and work life. It’s time to head into a new zone of genius and this realignment is going to change our lives for the better! Learn m...

This week, we are chatting with @the_sophie.jones! Sophie and I met here on IG, and we hit it off immediately. Sophie helps high achievers to cultivate success from within. She has built several very successful businesses and she truly knows what it takes to create a lifestyle that aligns with your zone of genius to build wealth. Did you have a learning disability hold you back when you were youn...

When scaling your business have you ever wondered what it really takes?  I believe scaling needs to start happening early on in business. Some people would say you don’t need to learn about scaling until you’ve hit capacity as a solopreneur.  I would say that scaling really starts when you begin managing multiple clients simultaneously. This is about creating capacity for yourself so that when you...