Hi! I'm Brenda. I am building a calm & modern business and a homeschooling mom of 4 with a passion for reading and hospitality. I'm also wife to an executive chef and reliant on Jesus for grace along the way. Follow our journey with our sometimes daily email where I share life and business insights plus quick SquareSpace web design and Dubsado automation tutorials.
✨ Don’t quit your day dream
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Hi Reader I’ve been slowly working on this online business dream for years in the little moments and occasionally the wee hours of the night. Next to parenting, it’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done. It undoes me at times. It's made me reach down deep into my fears, things I didn’t even know I was afraid of and figure out how to take messy action and be ok with it being messy. One of the things I’ve done to help get clarity in how to move forward is to be a part of a mastermind group. So far I’ve been in two different ones. Both are peer led based on 2 different courses we were all in together. I’m especially grateful for the women I’ve got to connect with through years of business and life building. They encourage to keep going when I want to throw in the towel, reel me back from the edge of shiny object canyon, and facilitate little and big ah-ha moments as they narrate and reframe what I talk about. Another is working on my mindset. I am recovering perfectionist with a super strong fear of rejection. The self criticism is loud, sometimes deafening. Here’s a gem from one of my favorite creators and the inspiration for this email: The Mindset Shift That Changed My Life (In 1 Day) Cheers, When you are ready here’s three ways we can help:
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Hi! I'm Brenda. I am building a calm & modern business and a homeschooling mom of 4 with a passion for reading and hospitality. I'm also wife to an executive chef and reliant on Jesus for grace along the way. Follow our journey with our sometimes daily email where I share life and business insights plus quick SquareSpace web design and Dubsado automation tutorials.
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