"Digital nomad life, even created in your home town, offers much to explore in the areas in which people live. How can doing new things, in your life and getting out of your comfort zone, actually lead to more internal comfort and learning?"
“I avoid negative comments about age because it just brings you down; you need to be positive when starting your own business, you need mojo and momentum; the negativity stuff, I chose to not play into it and ignore it”
“My goal in any interview or in any conversation is to walk that person along the path with me, I never want to be so far ahead that it causes confusion”
“That’s what drives me to birth photography, it is so vulnerable and intimate and it has that beautiful side; I always hope that what I capture, my clients see and they remember it that way”
“Always treat every day of your job search like your first day because then you are keeping your options open and keeping in the game. Make sure you are utilizing every opportunity and not letting one of them go by; until you sign that contract, you are still looking for a job”
“We’re not static human beings and we shouldn’t expect to have a perfect brand, what we will have is a process and a story that we own; we can tell our story, even the story of change, that is our story.”
“You never know how your network is going to help you; treating everyone with respect and everyone with potential can pay off in really interesting and unexpected ways”
"Happiness is that feeling that comes over us when we know life is good and we can't help but smile. Happiness is a sense of well-being, joy, or contentment. When we are successful, or safe, or lucky, we can feel happiness."
“Set some actions, so that you’re starting to build some momentum; stop saying I’ve been ‘thinking’ about this for years, I say, how’s that working out for you? Stop ‘thinking’ and start doing."
“Women tend to think our accomplishments speak for themselves, we don’t articulate them nearly enough, we really need to try to have a regular rhythm with our bosses of what’s happening, otherwise they’re not going to know; we need to find the right rhythms for us to make sure they know what we’re …
“Entrepreneurship is a marathon, it’s not a sprint, it’s a marathon. Think of your day job as your financial capital, as a way of investing into your business in the way that you need to; then reap the rewards that you want to have”
“As women, I do think we start to come into our own in our 40’s and more so as we get older into our 50’s, as you get to this age you start to think there’s actually some pretty cool things about getting older”
“It’s all about the perception and that’s what I love about personal branding; you can’t change everyone’s mind, but you can dictate a lot of things which can be so powerful”