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Hello Reader, You know that feeling when you’re crushing your to-do list, meeting every deadline, and looking like you’ve got it all together… but inside, your mind is racing a million miles an hour? That’s the topic for today: high-functioning anxiety in business. In this episode, I’ll share: How to recognize if your “productive stress” might actually be high-functioning anxiety Practical tools to manage anxiety without sacrificing your drive Why validating your emotions (yes, even the...
Hello Reader, Today’s topic is close to my heart and probably closer to your daily life than you might realize: the mental health rollercoaster of entrepreneurship. You know those days when you’re on top of the world one minute, thinking “This is why I do this!” and then suddenly you’re ready to burn it all down? Yeah, we’re going to talk about that. In this episode, I talk about: The common ups and downs of being an entrepreneur (spoiler: business ownership is not always Instagram-worthy)...
Hello Reader, I was so excited to talk to Mariah Scrivens, host of the Make it Happen podcast, because: 1) She's actually local to me!! (I live in a rural area in southeastern Ontario so most of the biz folks I meet online are far from me) 2) I felt so validated!! It's rare that I feel validated! I'm usually the one doing the validating. You have to listen in because this two-part conversation is just so delicious. Part 1 (20 minutes) :...