Disappointment is cruel. It steals your presence and litters your mind with fear. It’s that sinking sensation in the pit of your stomach. The heaviness in your heart. The thing that knocks you off your feet and makes you doubt your ability to manifest what you want and make waves in the world. As I’m nestled in front of the fire on this brisk winter day, I’m dwelling on disappointment. It’s happened for me this week. It’s happened for my community. It’s one of those things that happens for all of us. But as I stare into the flames, licking the cracked white ash of the wood, it becomes so...

$5,000 PER MONTH. This was my definition of success when I first opened my business. If I didn’t make $5,000 within my first month, I was a failure. So after booking seven sales conversations and receiving a “no” from every potential client, I was left with a whopping $0 earned and the belief that I was a complete and utter failure. It didn’t take much to fall into a deep, dark hole of entrepreneurial despair. Instead of focusing on the fact that I had booked SEVEN sales conversations, I focused on the lack of sales and clients. This created so much fear and doubt that when the next month came...