Make It Happen

In this mini episode of Make It Happen I’m sharing my best advice for anyone currently trying to climb the first mountain in their creative journey. If this journey is feeling daunting and overwhelming along the way, this is the episode for you.

In this episode of Make It Happen I’m joined by a returning guest from S1, Asia Croson, and her business partner over at the Space To Face podcast, Paige Poppe. We have a really great chat about creative friendships, marketing yourself as a visual creative, and trusting the journey as creative business owners. This was one of my favourite ever episodes to record so I hope you enjoy it too.

In this mini episode of Make It Happen I’m asking the question: what are you living your creative life in response to? I share an exercise to hopefully help you make purposeful, intentional, and brave decisions in your journey along the way. If you’re fed up feeling unfulfilled, scattered, or stressed from all the decisions you have to make in your creative journey, this is the episode for you.

In this episode of Make It Happen I’m joined by Violeta Nedkova to talk all about authentic marketing and being a rebellious creative. If you want to build and market a creative business on your own terms, this is the episode for you.

In today’s mini episode I’m sharing with you three questions that I walk my clients through when they’re struggling with their content creation process. I’m a big believer in being intentional and purposeful when we show up and share ideas online, and this episode is for you if you’d like to explore some steps to help you do exactly that.

For this episode of Make It Happen I’m joined by Jen & Danielle of the podcast She Percolates to talk about defining success on our own terms in our journey. We dig into what Jen & Danielle are defining success as right now, and the lessons they’ve learned from interviewing over 50 creatives about success too. We also talk at the end about podcasting and why it’s a medium we all love so much. If you want to give yourself more permission to define success on your own terms and pursue a life that feels fulfilling and successful along the way, this is the episode for you.

In today's mini episode I'm digging into a topic that comes up a lot in both my own journey and the conversations I have with my coaching clients each week too. That topic is money, and more specifically the fears and uncertainty we face as creatives when we're in charge of making our own living along the way. I'm sharing with you how I face those money fears and move past them, in the hopes that it can be a jumping off point for you to do the same.

In this episode I’m joined by Ashley Beaudin of Fire + Wind Co to talk about building a lifestyle and a business of soul and success. We dig into Ashley’s story and journey so far, the purpose that guides everything she does, and our thoughts on sensitivity as a business owner. If you’re looking for permission to put more of your soul into the work you do, this is the episode for you.

Are you struggling to ignore all the noise online and listen to your own gut instincts and intuition instead? In today's mini episode I share the advice, encouragement, and insights that I work through with my coaching clients when they're struggling with this too. If you’re consuming more than you create, and if you're fed up of feeling like you have to compromise your own vision and values along the way in your creative journey, this episode is for you.

For today’s episode I invited Cait Flanders of Blonde On A Budget to come on the show to talk about mindful budgeting and choosing your own financial adventure. We dig into her journey and story so far and just have a really honest and fun conversation about our approaches to money, spending, and budgeting and share the lessons and mindset shifts that we’re embracing along the way. Cait’s blog has been a huge inspiration for me in recent months while I embrace a healthier, more intentional mindset when it comes to how I spend, save, and budget my money and I’m really excited to have her on the show today so she can hopefully encourage and inspire you too.

In this mini episode, I share my own experience of struggling to balance everything and the steps I've taken to build an effective and fulfilling routine that doesn't lead to burnout, overwhelm, and stress. For anyone else struggling to balance all their adventures, this is the episode for you.

Make It Happen Season 2 is here and for our first guest of the season I invited the awesome Caroline from Made Vibrant onto the show to talk about what she learned from choosing Savour as her word for 2015 and what she’s hoping from 2016 with her word being Curate. We also explored together how our personality types influence and shape our business, and we both deal with burn out and our need for rest in our routines. This is a great episode for you if you’re struggling with burn out or if you’re aching to embrace a “less but better” approach to your work and your life.

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In this episode of Make It Happen, Jen is joined by Jess May of The Fire Stokers to talk about how to balance a business alongside a relationship. Jess is a relationship coach who works specifically with entrepreneurs and business owners to help them balance their business and their partner, and in this episode Jen and Jess talk about their own experiences alongside their ideas and advice for anyone hoping to build a game changing business without having to sacrifice their relationship along the way. This is a great episode for any creative entrepreneurs and freelancers struggling to balance their two greatest loves; their business and their partner. If you’re fed up of feeling like you have to choose between the two, this is the episode for you.

In this episode of Make It Happen, Jen is joined by Megan Minns, a business strategist and virtual assistant, and they talk all about Megan’s story and journey so far and the lessons she’s learning along the way.  This is a great episode for anyone who is working a 9-5 alongside their creative business, is interested in becoming a VA, or just wants to listen to two creatives talk shop and share some behind the scenes insights of what it's like to live the freelance life.