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This was my facebook memory today 🤦‍♀️ I

This was my facebook memory today 🤦‍♀️

I almost can't even believe this used to be my life 😂

And I'm not mocking the chamber, I met some amazing people as an ambassador and they really did some pretty awesome stuff. It's more that I used to network in person ALL THE TIME and used to wear shoes to work.

Here I am at a ribbon-cutting... and now... I can't think of the last time I wore real pants to work...

But man, it was ROUGH on me. I can only compare it to is the feeling of walking into the first period of the first day of high school and realizing none of your friends are there. Over and over and over again. *phew* Thank goodness being sloshed was (is) part of the culture in business networking and I was able to fit right in by self-medicate to get through it...

One thing I can say is after networking (lead gen) in real life for over a decade with crazy social anxiety, doing it online is now the easiest part of running a business and I even teach others how to do it as an introverted, socially awkward, do-what-I-want "lazy" person.

Which leads me to a big announcement. I'm my passion project that I've been feverishly working on and that I've been wanting to do for almost 7 years now. eeeeeeeeee!

On August 1st, I'm launching a super-duper low-cost (because I truly want to make business ownership accessible to as many people as possible) Business Jumpstart membership that will guide people through the very beginning stages of starting a profitable business.

If you sign up for the waitlist, I promise to give you a ridiculously low "founding member" forever price when it launches.

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"Mom, can you drive me to school today?" Those we

"Mom, can you drive me to school today?"

Those were the words that led us towards a downward spiral before school this morning.

Hear me out, I'm not a strict mom. My kids (almost 15 and almost 13) don't have too many rules (so long as they understand that no means no), they're allowed to ask "why" (when it makes sense) and be active participants in what their days and lives look like. I allow mental health days from school just cuz. I think homework is stupid. And I think our kids have way too much asked of them these days.

So when he asked me this, I asked him why. I knew we were in for something magical when his voice shifted into Academy Award Winning tone and inflection.

"It's 7 degrees with a negative 6 degree wind chill! I just don't want to walk that far [50 feet] and wait outside [he can watch from the door] in the cold"

Hmmm... no, I don't think I will. Go grab your jacket.

THE. AUDACITY. (But seriously, why are teens allergic to coats?!)

"But it's soooooo inconvenient!"

Sooooo, you want me to walk outside to warm the car up (10 feet from the bus stop), come back in while it heats up, walk back out to the car with you 10 feet from the bus stop, drive you to school, sit in the godforsaken parent pick drop off line and then drive all the way back home?

The rest of this story doesn't really matter. The end result does (he rode the bus, he wore a coat). He begrudgingly wore that comfortably inconvenient coat and road the warm bus 7 minutes to school.

After he left, I thought... what an absolute ridiculous, time-wasting, roundabout suggestion this kid offered up. And then I realized, that dang kid is me! And this was a pretty accurate representation of my entrepreneurial journey!

How many times as entrepreneurs do we make our lives infinitely more difficult, waste a shit ton of time, drag things out, buy courses (his coat) we don't bother using, just to not do the one simple but obvious thing that will lead us on the correct path and towards the end result we're looking for?

Don't tell me I'm the only one. Can you relate?

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A few weeks ago I posted inside of a private Faceb

A few weeks ago I posted inside of a private Facebook group for a coaching program that I'm a part of. I was very specific about what I needed - someone to help me with the mechanics of speaking (such as tone, tempo, intonation, speed and clarity).

You see, I was cursed from the start...

As a first-generation American, English was not my first language. I did not learn English until I went to grade school and every once in a while - especially when I'm upset, anxious, or over-excited - this shows.

Also, I'm Chicana, which means that I'm unnecessarily loud and speak at lighting wtf-did-you-just-say speed.

I have ADHD. This doesn't help the speed issues ESPECIALLY when I'm speaking about something I'm crazy passionate about.

I'm a DV survivor. This means that for about 40% of my life I was subjected to someone who constantly silenced my voice.

So you know... the ONLY thing that I needed help with was mechanics 😉

Brienne of @yourvocalvitality answered the call. As a voice health & empowerment coach, sure she's helping me with what I was looking for. But she's so much more. She's kind, caring, compassionate, and has created the safe space I didn't know I needed to start healing some of the scars around my voice that I've been carrying since I was a small child.

Brienne - thank you for your love and for this beautiful surprise gift.

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Forgetting about forgetting to cancel all those fr

Forgetting about forgetting to cancel all those free trials 😬 #adhdtax #adhd

When even technology tries to stop you from moving

When even technology tries to stop you from moving forward.

"The change you wanted was rejected" 🤦‍♀️

That's what #kajabi told me today when I was working on updates for a client's site. Freaking harsh, bro.

But how many times do we do that to ourselves? We spend time, energy and resources to buy a new book, enroll in a course, learn a new skill. We spend all the time in the world setting up this new amazing thing and then... BAM! We get in our own heads about it and reject our own growth.

When was the last time you go into your own way?

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