I am Raising a glass to all of my fellow business babes right now; it sure takes a lot of blood, sweat and tears to just ~ Get After It, Get Over Yourself, and just Get Shit Done in preparation to better your business on a daily basis. Better your 'baby' I should say; because let’s be honest, it's like you gave birth to that business. It will keep you up at night, all while you foster and nurture it to actually reap the fruits of your labor. It takes weeks, months, even years to build; one …
Struggles
Mid-Summer Wellness Check In
Mid-Summer Wellness Check in It’s almost halfway through the summer (!!!) and it’s time to check in! How are my Better Business Babes doing?? Take a second and answer these simple questions: Are you tired? Have you felt overwhelmed in the last week? Have you cancelled plans to socialize? Have you been forgetting to eat or overeating? Has anyone remarked about you not seeming like yourself...? If you answered “yes” to any of the above, you’re are probably enjoying a …
A Proactive Approach to Developing Your Brand
You’ve done it! You’ve finally hung the ~ “Come in, We’re Open” sign in the window, customers are pouring in and complimenting you on how wonderfully you have executed every detail of your lovely new shop down to the beautiful logo you have displayed on your signs, business cards, and on all of your merchandise bags! Then, only a few weeks into your new venture you get a letter from an attorney demanding that you stop using the name you have chosen for your new business within a very short …
Journey to Hair Detox – Part 2
This is Part 2 of this series~ Read part 1 {here} I started with my doctor. The advice I got at the clinic was less than favorable and far from natural. Chemical based options like Rogaine and Minoxidil were advised and they even encouraged me to consider taking an estrogen pill daily. I am thinking “I’VE HAD CANCER” I am a mother with 3 young children and I am not about to put more chemicals on my head or in my body!! Feeling defeated and alone I began to scour the internet for answers. …
Journey to Hair Detox – Part 1
Hi my Name is Sarah and I am a full time mommy, a full time hairstylist, and hair is my passion! For over 17 years I've been helping people get the hair of their dreams and I love every minute of it! During that time I have also been listening to my clients personal challenges with their hair and some days I am more of a therapist then a stylist ~ A Hairipist as I like to call it! Haha :) At the core of all this I am passionate about helping people and great hair -as you know- can change your …
Apples to Orchards
What happens when we start to question; even challenge, the path that we are on? We all live with guidelines to life that have been established over time by our upbringing, culture, family, and faith convictions. We hold them to be true and key to living a good and fruitful life. These guidelines or values will help to determine paths that we take and effect decisions we make. Your current path may even be fruitful…an apple here and there; but have you failed to consider how breaking from the …
Confessions of a Working Mother & Wife
I don’t know when it really hit me, but when it did I felt a sense of both relief and terror. The realization that I was a great teacher, a fun mom, a mediocre wife, and a horrible homemaker. To make matters worse, my priorities were exactly in the same order… except for wife and homemaker, sometimes those were interchangeable at the bottom of my priority totem pole. How did I let this happen? When did I let my home, my husband, my family come after my job? Okay, if I am being completely …
From a Place of Emptiness
Being in a place of emptiness is teaching me a valuable lesson. What I am putting into my mind and heart is what will come out. For the last few weeks I have been trying to write blogs and be more loving and encouraging to my family. Instead, I have found that I am mentally and emotionally dry, used up and exhausted. But why? After going through the She Reads Truth Lent Bible study, I stopped reading my Bible. I got busy and tired, and my daily reading of inspiration and truth fell out …
7 Easy Steps to Financial Accountability
Creating and staying on a budget can be very difficult especially during the Holiday Season. The demands on our wallets can leave us in danger of going not only over budget but also into debt... In this article I will talk about a system that our family has adopted that has helped to give us a better understanding of where our money is going and how we put it to use! I will be honest it's been very difficult for my husband and I who are both pretty 'go with the flow' kind of people to take …
5 Ways to Take the Hassle Out of the Holidays
If you are busy and often take on a lot at once (and don’t we all?), then the holidays can be a really stressful time of year. Here are some reminders and ideas on how to survive the season and the fast approaching New Year ahead. 1. Plan ahead: If you are able to prepare, usually life goes a lot smother. What kind of things during the holidays might you plan for? One obvious one is gifts. Make a list of whom you need to give to and plan accordingly. I also suggest that you have a few gifts …