How to Protect Your Energy When You’re in the Spotlight
My CLiCK Retreat is happening in Asheville next week, so I’m going to share something personal about being on stage. I want you to understand that the work you do – yes, even the great stuff – can occasionally come with challenges. And what to […]
Making Space For Silence In A Recklessly Noisy World
I’m on another silent retreat this week. Which makes me remember my first silent retreat. The one where I went batshit crazy. I was out of my mind with rage at the people meditating around me who felt the need to swallow. Or cough. Or […]
Beware of Everyone
Exhibit A: Woman says to her coach: “I’m lowering the price on this package. Everyone says that number is too high.” Coach pauses. Then she asks: “Everyone? How many people have said this?” Woman thinks for a moment. She says, “Well, there were two, actually.” […]
Quit Your Job to Start a Business? 6 Must-Do Mindset Shifts
We love the storyline that goes like this: When you have your own business, you can: √ Live in your pj’s. √ Go to the gym whenever you want. √ Take random afternoon hikes with your dog. √ Run errands while the rest of the […]
How to Name Your Business (My No-Fail 3-Step Formula)
This time you’re determined, dammit. You grab your coffee. You sit down. And you think the same thought that’s been plaguing you for weeks now… “Okay, time to name my business. Let’s do this.” And then? Then, all the RULES rush through your head”¦ You […]
Sick of Selling? Here’s 5 Simple Ways to Get More Out of Every Sale You Make
Think about this. It’s seven times more costly (in both money and time) to get a brand new customer than it is to  KEEP an existing customer. This bit of data comes to us from the White House Office of Consumer Affairs.  (I’m not just […]
5 Questions That Will Change Your Life
“The marvelous thing about a good question is that it shapes our identity as much by the asking as it does by the answering.” – David Whyte Here’s your homework for December. Instead of getting lost in either the resistance of, or the reveling in, […]
Are You Too Sensitive to Have a Business?
In the Uber-Human, Hyper-Efficient, Success-Driven world of business, little attention is given to emotions. (Have you noticed?) Instead, focus is placed on efficiency, strategy, action, and goals. What happens, then, is that people who feel deeply or are sensitive find that this approach doesn’t work. […]
What to Do if You Suck at Numbers, Receipts and Invoicing (Cheat Sheets Included)
Did you tell yourself it’d be different this year?  Did you have big plans for keeping up with your books each and every month? Like, did you write the word “FINANCES” into your Google calendar every other week in a moment of bravado? Now that […]
The $11,127.23 Wake Up Call: Un-boring Advice about Incorporating your Biz
When Sarah first started her design business, it was all just “leap and the net will appear.” She only made about $17K the first year of her business, so she never really had to consider taxes, or even to be bothered by boring phrases like […]