Mindset Shift - Kayla MacArthur

July 5, 2024

A New Chapter Begins 📖

I’ve been IN IT lately. Have you? On June 1st, Ryan, Creature, and I packed up our Sayulita apartment and drove clear across the country to start a new chapter in San Miguel de Allende, a UNESCO World Heritage site known for its art, rich history, and charming colonial beauty. We chose to spend the summer in San Miguel because the cool, dry weather is a stark contrast to Sayulita’s intense heat and humidity. Little did I consider how tough this new chapter was going to be. Sayulita is my soul home. It’s one of the few places in the world that feels like an expression of who I know myself to...

February 12, 2023

1 Minute Mindset Reset to Stress Less & Trust More in Your Business

Business

When you’re presented with a challenge as a business owner, the hardest part is not knowing what’s going to happen or how it’s all going to work out. You can’t see the future.Or if the dots are going to connect. When this happens, your mind goes into overdrive. —am I going to be okay?—is that sale going to come through?—will I have to go back to my dreadful, soul-sucking job? With all of this mind chatter, how is it possible to stress less and trust more in your business? Here’s the thing: Over the past nine years that I’ve been an entrepreneur, I’ve found that the dots ALWAYS connect. Miracles...

October 29, 2022

The Call Back Home: A Return to What We’ve Lost

Travel

Feet sinking into sand. Sticky air. Heat kissing my face and arms. The sound of waves galloping to shore. Foamy fingers; bubbles popping.The call back home. Birds whistling. Palms rustling. Driftwood everywhere. The sharp scent of smoke. Salt and ash on my tongue. And the foul bowels of low tide. I am here, in my body, tasting every sense, one at a time. My phone is untouched in my backpack. There is no podcast playing. There is no book in my hands. It is just me and the ocean, her heartbeat thumping rhythmically with mine. As a collective, we are losing the experience of presence. The devices in our hands...

May 21, 2021

What a Bad Surfer Taught Me About Hitting Home Runs

Travel, Business

I learned something new this week: Ryan is pretty bad at surfing. Most days around 5pm, we close our computers and head down to the beach. While Ryan typically surfs in the gray dawn of morning, on Tuesday, he decided to bring his board. Knowing how fond he is of the sport, I was excited to witness him catch a wave. I mean, he’s surfed in Portugal, Australia, and Peru; he had a business training professional athletes; and he was a YES to Sayulita for surfing! He must be good, right?! After picking out an empty spot on the sand, I unfolded my chair, sat down, and scanned the horizon for...

April 13, 2021

Going On a Trip? Bring Conscious Relating to Travel with These 7 Questions

Relationships, Travel

✈️ Before embarking on each new adventure, my partner and I have a conscious conversation designed to deepen our experience of a trip. Conscious relating is something we’ve been practicing since we met. When we first came together as virtual strangers to live as roommates in Mexico, there were a lot of unknowns. What if our personalities and lifestyles were vastly different? What if our daily routines clashed? What if we got on each other’s nerves and there was conflict? The typical response for me—and, I would assert for many others—is to brush these questions under the rug, let the trip unfold, and then deal [or not deal] with whatever comes up. ...

December 18, 2020

Love in the Time of Corona: A COVID Love Story

Relationships, Manifestation, Travel

What happens when two virtual strangers move down to Mexico together during a worldwide pandemic? This is mine and Ryan’s COVID love story. ♡ “I’m sorry, but I don’t choose you as my person.” Ryan’s face fell from across the table. It was Saturday night—the night before we were separating while his family came to visit. After dating for a few weeks, Ryan was curious to know where my feelings were. From the start, he had been like a laser. He knew what he wanted. He knew I was who he wanted. I’ll never forget when he asked me out on our first date. He said, “you are everything I...

August 2, 2019

Do You Have a Marketing Problem or an Avoidance Problem?

Business

If you’re a brand new or new-ish service-based business owner and you think you have a marketing problem, you most likely have an avoidance problem. Here’s why… For you, mastering marketing is alluring. The world of marketing makes you believe that if your marketing was on point, THEN you would have the epic, thriving business you dream of. You know—the one you imagined when you first signed up for entrepreneurship. Seriously though: ❌ If only you could pinpoint your ideal client with the right words, in the right way, she will flock to you!❌ If only you had a solid brand that stands out and shines, she will blow up your inbox!❌...

December 22, 2017

Read This When You’re Feeling Stuck

Uncategorized

The world is falling down around you.Negative thoughts cloud your mind like thick fog in early morning.Your chest is heavy with feeling. Lead weight. It’s hard to breathe. It’s another one of those days/weeks/months where you can’t seem to catch a break. You work hard to create what you want and just when things start to happen, an unseen force yanks you back to where you don’t want to be. Now you’re feeling stuck—as if you’re treading water in the middle of a lake and the fog is making it impossible to see the shore. You spend so much time here, treading water and searching for the shore, that you...

December 15, 2017

The #1 Mindset Hack for Making Your Dreams a REALITY

Business, Manifestation, Travel

Identifying what you want in life and business is easy.Making your dreams a REALITY is an entirely different story. How do you reconcile the two? There was a particular day four years ago—October 1st, 2013 to be exact—when the U.S. government was forced to shut down, and all of the national parks were closed until further notice. While this typically wouldn’t be an issue, that day, it was. It just happened to be the day my best friend and I were leaving to go on our eight week road trip across the U.S. Our intention was to visit all of the national parks 🙈 From the moment we decided to...

November 17, 2017

6 Signs You’re On the Other Side of a Major Shift

Manifestation, Business

What happened? Not long ago, you were lit up by your work and your ideas. You were taking action and thriving. You were dreaming BIG and creating. And then, you weren’t. Excitement and possibility took a hard brake and you were catapulted into a black hole of exhaustion and smallness. Now you’re trying to find your way out because 1.) it’s uncomfortable and 2.) you know you’re meant for more. I totally get it. And actually, for how uncomfortable and confusing it is, you’re in the best place you can be. Even though you can’t see it yet, magic is afoot and pretty soon, you’re going to blast out of...