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How to take the first step towards your next big leap

What’s something that you would do if fear wasn’t standing in your way? What would you do if you stopped caring about what other people

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Staycation: Olea Hotel

“I can’t believe this is where we live…” …I said to my husband as we pulled into Glen Ellen, the speck of a town 20

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Lauren Keplinger

Podcast 132: How to Stand Out in a Crowded Market with Lauren Keplinger

Authenticity & Following What Makes You Come Alive with Kathryn Lounsbery. Today’s episode of our podcast is all about coming alive; that painful but necessary

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4 Time-saving tips to increase your email ROI

Have you seen this Instagram Reel yet? There are 1,000s of versions of it, all featuring small business owners sharing what it’s really like to

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Tatiana O'Hara

Podcast 131: Running Your Business Like a CEO with Tatiana O’Hara

Authenticity & Following What Makes You Come Alive with Kathryn Lounsbery. Today’s episode of our podcast is all about coming alive; that painful but necessary

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the secret to making really great artistic work

When I sit down to write these monthly letters to you, I usually have a starting point… . . . but tonight it’s different. There’s

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Melanie Falick

PODCAST 130: Making a Life with Melanie Falick

Authenticity & Following What Makes You Come Alive with Kathryn Lounsbery. Today’s episode of our podcast is all about coming alive; that painful but necessary

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Podcast 131: Authenticity and Following What Makes You Come Alive with Kathryn Lounsbery

Authenticity & Following What Makes You Come Alive with Kathryn Lounsbery. Today’s episode of our podcast is all about coming alive; that painful but necessary

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8 CONTENT IDEAS FOR YOUR EMAIL NEWSLETTERS

What am I supposed to put in my email? When I encourage someone to start sending out regular emails to their audience, 9 times out

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How to push past your inner critic and just start

“I don’t think I can do it. I mean I want to but I think I am having an actual anxiety attack right now”… …

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PODCAST 128: with Christina Loff

Marketing for Creatives with Christina Loff, a marketing strategist. Christina and Nicole talk about Christina’s big leap to starting her own business after working at

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PODCAST 127: Time Management, Trauma & Productivity with Nache Snow

Time management, Trauma & Productivity with Naché Snow, a podcaster, online educator, and maker. Naché and Nicole talk about the accident that led Naché to

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Eight Engaging Email Opt-in Ideas for Creatives

Do you get as frustrated as I do… …when one of your Instagram posts or reels (especially one you put a lot into) doesn’t get

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Join The Club! Enrollment is now open!

Did you know that trees talk to each other? They have a complex network of underground fungi that they use to communicate and share resources.

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PODCAST 126: The Genius Zone with Gay Hendricks

Healing your way to a purposeful life with Nakeia Homer, a well-being educator, mental wellness advocate, and author. Nakeia and Nicole talk about Nakeia’s powerful

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PODCAST 125: Discover Your Purpose with Quinn Tempest

Healing your way to a purposeful life with Nakeia Homer, a well-being educator, mental wellness advocate, and author. Nakeia and Nicole talk about Nakeia’s powerful

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Welcome to The Club . . .

did I ever tell you about the time… …that I led an entire San Francisco public bus of strangers in a round of singing Take

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STAYCATION VISIT: HOTEL ERWIN

Editor’s Note: Welcome to the first in our new blog series Staycation Tour! I’m hitting the road and taking you with me on a tour

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PODCAST 124: Healing your way to a purposeful life with Nakeia Homer

Healing your way to a purposeful life with Nakeia Homer, a well-being educator, mental wellness advocate, and author. Nakeia and Nicole talk about Nakeia’s powerful

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27 SELF-GROWTH & BUSINESS BOOKS THAT CHANGED MY LIFE (& BUSINESS)

Okay, I know that title is a little dramatic but it’s true… These are some of the books that have made me a better business

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Three Things About Me…

three things you may not know about me… For the first time ever I posted a public photo of me in a bikini. My hand

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Podcast Summer Break

Hello Friends! Patchwork season is over so we’re going to be taking a little summer break to focus on the rest of Camp Dear Handmade

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PODCAST 123: Creativity as a Way Through with Lisa Bardot

I haven’t touched a knitting needle or a skein of yarn since my water broke just over a year ago. The strange thing is that

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PODCAST 122: Building an Engaged Audience with Nica Tanaka

I can’t be the only one out there who despite knowing that it’s NOT all about the numbers (it’s about engagement, right?!) still has moments

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