I have a confession to make. I’ve been battling some serious Instagram envy recently. And it started when I found an old acquaintance’s feed.   I was just checking in on the people who liked my post when I came across it. Her feed was full of perfectly styled photos. You know, the ones with the brightest of white backgrounds and careful pops of pink and teal. The desks were pristine and the coffee cups unstained and the flowers perfectly perky. The magazine and notebook covers untouched and unbent.   And she had thousands of followers. And all her photos […]

Instagram is by far my favorite social media platform. Actually, it’s really the only platform I’ve seriously invested in to promote my business. And it has paid off way more than I ever expected it to!   Almost every client, opportunity, and growth spurt in my business can be traced back to Instagram somehow. I’ve connected with leads, gotten speaking invitations, and found moral support for the hard days all on Instagram. It’s been seriously instrumental to my business’ growth.   And you can use Instagram to grow your business too!   Instagram is a great platform for real authentic […]

Moving from sunny Las Vegas to the rainy Pacific Northwest brought a lot of changes. Most, I was more than able to prepare for. But there was one that for some reason caught me completely off guard.   The light is so different here!   I remember feeling so proud that I’d managed to wake up so early our first morning in Oregon. The sun wasn’t even out yet!   Then I looked at my phone and realized it was almost 9 AM. What the heck?!     I quickly realized I had zero skills for taking photos in low […]

Imagine it’s Christmas morning. You’ve sleepily made your way to the living room where there’s a hot cup of coffee waiting for you. You’re handed a gift and as you’re letting the wrapping paper fall to the ground, it hits you.   You forgot to take that perfect Christmas morning photo you needed for today’s Instagram post!   Now the living room is a mess and there’s no way the pristine photo you imagined is going to happen. Even worse, you’ve been yanked out the moment and now your mind is on followers, comments, and likes.   Instead of those […]