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Copy Me. Go Ahead. Seriously.

I have been waiting for 3 days to write this post. This week, I was semi-accused (twice) of copying someone else in my business, and it left a bad taste in my mouth. And I knew I had to write about it. I knew this was part of a bigger conversation. I usually post on…

How To Get Anything You Want

Once upon a time, there was a little princess who lived far away in a beautiful castle. Ok let’s cut the crap. The girl was me, and I didn’t like in a faraway land. I lived in Ottawa, Ontario, with divorced parents and a really smelly hamster named Nipper (she used to bite me to…

How To Bring Your Offline Business Online

Yoga teachers, chiropractors, reiki teachers, osteopaths, personal trainers, and anyone else who runs a business that’s typically hands-on, something you physically have to be IN PERSON to do – this is for you! You’re craving the online business lifestyle, yeah? But you feel totally stuck because your thing has to be done in person, yeah?…

Not Everything Is Precious

I asked a question recently in my Uncaged Lifers Facebook group about whether you’d choose perfect fulfilling work, or freedom and lifestyle, if you had to choose. Would you rather have a job that was kind of “meh”, where the work wasn’t particularly fulfilling, if it gave you tons of freedom to work from anywhere with…

The Ups and Downs Of Solopreneurship

Sometimes, I’m convinced that I can take over the world. Other times, I’m not even sure I can help a single person. Once in a while, I wonder how long I can really do this for. Is it sustainable? Will I consistently make a good income, forever? Will I get bored, and want to drop it…

Don’t Change Yourself, Change Your Business

I used to be a nutritionist. Sort of. I spent 2 years in nutrition school, learning how to clean up a messy gut with with an advanced supplement regime, how to prevent my goddamn adult acne by eliminating gluten from my diet, and writing lengthy protocols that would cure everything from candida to cancer. I…

Start A Project, Not A Business

One of the main struggles I see with my clients and the other wanna-be entrepreneurs I’m connected to, is that they come at their new business with this all-or-nothing mentality. They think they have to have it ALL figured out before they start, or else they can’t start. This happens especially when people are trying…

Don’t Take Another Business Course Til You Read This

Here’s what usually happens when you start a business: You’re excited about it! You make your cute little DIY website, you take all the business courses, you start a Facebook page, and for all intents and purposes, you’re a proud business owner. Sure, you’re hustling your ass off, the clients aren’t really coming in as…

08/08/08

Flashback to 08/08/08. I’m mid-move from Vancouver to Toronto, spending some time at my then-boyfriend’s parents place in Winnipeg before we headed to Ottawa to visit my family. Life is a bit of a mess – everything I own is in boxes being shipped to Toronto. I’m (once again) leaving the place I’ve lived for the…