As business owners, it can be easy to get caught in a cycle of reactivity.  But if you want to break out of the hustle cycle and start scaling your busy in a strategic, aligned way—you absolutely MUST learn how to plan effectively. Personally, planning and strategizing are some of my favorite things to talk […]

QUESTION: I’m a small business owner, a wife, a mom of three kiddos 10 and under. I’m juggling all of the things and I have a short window of time each day for work hours. (Technically, I have five hours each day) When I sit down at my desk to get to work after dropping […]

Real talk: creating great content on a consistent basis can feel completely and utterly overwhelming—when you don’t have a clear plan, that is. Without a plan, content creation can feel a lot like throwing spaghetti at the wall. You spend hours each week planning new content, only to find that no one engages with it. […]

Years ago, I used to call myself the Post-It Notes Queen—because when it came to writing out my goals, I didn’t really have a clear plan. Just a bunch of disconnected notes and ideas. I’d jot down these “goals” on post its or scrap paper, but rarely did I achieve them. Instead, I’d get all […]

Niching down when there are so many things to love about what you do can be a huge challenge for business owners. I faced this challenge myself when I was starting my business. One thing that I’d tell my just-starting-a-business self,  was that my lack of a niche was making it harder for me to […]