When the house quieted down and I was finally alone, I opened the side door and finally smiled.

Magnificent. Beautiful. Peaceful.

The snow covered bushes, the sidewalks covered in white…. A complete winter wonderland!

When I first started my business, I called myself a Business Strategist.

However, I learned quickly that strategic advice is not enough to effect real change.

I decided that I don’t want to be the consultant that gives my clients a one-hundred-point plan which leaves them even more overwhelmed than before. I want to stay a while and see actual results.

Are you looking to take email off your phone, but think that it’ll be impossible?

Today I’m going to share with you a helpful hack that I discovered that allows me to live peacefully without being glued to my Gmail account.

While I've been using my new-found time to learn how to bake bread, children everywhere have become obsessed with their bikes.

I've never seen so many kids riding around town. Schools, offices, and parks have been closed and their parking lots have been empty of cars. Children with bikes have completely taken them over.

The bread trend has finally hit me!

It feels like half the world has tried baking bread at some point during self-quarantine. Okay, I'm not yet at sourdough-level expertise. But I still felt the urge to join the fun and bake delicious home-made bread.

I'm going to be bringing you behind the scenes of the work I do with clients... but with a twist!

It's not going to be me, but rather my clients who will be giving you an inside view of how working with a business coach impacted their life.

Almost a year ago a prospective client reached out to me and booked a discovery call.

Our call went great and I felt like we really hit it off.

I was excited for the possibility of the kind of work we can do together and had a feeling that she felt the same way.

When you first start your business, every little aspect of it is exciting!

It’s not too hard to act upbeat and positive. After all, you’re not acting… the feelings are very real.

Some time passes and yes, you still love what you do. But you don’t anymore get automatic happy feelings every time your phone rings.

Real life kicks in and it’s not always fun.

Wandering around Target this past weekend, I discovered a beautiful stoneware mug buried among Joanna Gaines’ exclusive home brand, Hearth and Hand.

The design was pretty, but is was the message imprinted on the mug that really spoke to me. It simply stated in black bold text, “Actually, I can.”

It's new, it's scary.

It's big, it's hairy.

It's precious and sacred.

It's a dream.

And it's yours.

Don’t get me wrong. I believe in asking questions. I wrote a whole blog post about that.

But I also know that merely asking the right questions is not enough to get you moving forward.. At a certain point, you have to trust yourself enough to choose one direction and try it out. 

This lesson really hit home for me last week when I had a business dilemma and I needed to find a solution.

Summer is upon us! It’s during this time of year that I am especially grateful to own my business. I can make homemade pancakes for a lazy morning breakfast, take an afternoon off to spend outdoors, and even block off full days on my calendar to completely unplug.

We are dreamers. We dreamed the business we wanted to create. We dreamed the life we wanted to live. And we dream big.

Being a part of bringing your vision to life is a privilege that I don’t take lightly. Your beautiful dreams have inspired me.

I actually don’t know how long it used to take me to write a blog post. It was divided into way too many steps. I would rely on inspiration to chance upon me before I would move forward. And when I did get started, I was a bit scattered and slow… afraid to put constraints on creativity.

Can you relate? Is there an activity in your business that you don’t have a grip on?

You got into business for a reason. Maybe because you have always dreamed of using your talents to support your family. Maybe because you feel like you have a light that you just need to shine. You have a gift to share with the world.

But did you ever stop to think about the gifts your business has given you?

Last week I shared a super optimistic plan for my upcoming business development retreat.

Now comes the moment of truth. What really happened?

When I first started my business practically every day was a business development day. I would gobble up any information that I could find on business. Did I mention that I’m kinda addicted to learning?

Today is Thursday. It’s as good of a day as any.

It’s a perfect day to celebrate.

If you’ve been following me for a while

Is there a knot in your business that seems impossible to untangle?

Are you facing an issue that you don’t know how to solve?

As business owners, when we are stuck in a dysfunctional cycle it’s all too easy to start feeling crazy ourselves!

Hey, since when is that a problem?

Since your business has grown and you don’t have time to work for free anymore. That’s a good problem to have!

Yet for us business owners, it can be difficult to navigate the complicated waters of the expectations that come from friends and family.