Whenever a new year begins, I try to think of a practical New Years Resolution.  Nothing too crazy.  Do I want to lose 40 pounds?  Totally. I’m doing things to work on that, like going to CycleBar almost every day (it’s become a bit of an obsession- seriously, you should come with me!). Am I […]

It’s an interesting thing to celebrate, your independence day.  The day that you quit your full-time job and went full-force into your business. That terrifying moment when you leave your regular paycheck, and really start believing in yourself.  That “baby bird, you’ve gotta fly” moment. Today marks 3 years of my independence. I qualify that […]

I love a good “year in review” and 2017 was an incredible one.  If you can believe it – I did FORTY styled shoots this year.  FORTY.  Let me be clear that means that a lot of them didn’t make their way into the blog – but only because I had to keep it shorter!  […]

It’s okay to say no.  As business owners, we have the hardest time saying no.  We see everything as a potential missed opportunity – whether it  be revenue, exposure, or whatever else may be happening.  Saying no in business is okay – and that’s because you should always be working towards your own goals.  Not […]

Why did you go into business for yourself?  Did you think that you had a novel idea that needed to be implement?  Do you have talent that you could sell to the world? Whatever your reason may be, ultimately, I think we all went into business for ourselves because we wanted to have a say […]

Doesn’t owning a business sometimes just feel like a perpetual state of drowning? Like you’re under a mountain of to-do lists, attempting to market yourself, and balance four books on your head at the same time? From a marketing standpoint, I have a lot of clients who start working with me because they feel like […]