Inspiration

Wanna Be Successful? Eat an Apple + Get a Grip!

Wednesday, November 7th, 2012

One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned since being in business for myself? You HAVE to be responsible – to yourself, to your clients + to your business as a whole, if you ever want to succeed. Seriously. When you’re trying to make it big (or just make it – as in, not living off of [...]

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Things to Remember After the Storm:: 1 Part Poetry, 1 Part Prose, 2 Parts Blog

Wednesday, October 31st, 2012

When nothing is certain, everything is possible NOTE: All my love goes out to those along the east coast affected by Hurricane Sandy, or any other type of storm – emotional, verbal, spiritual – in the past few weeks. Stay strong. You got this! It’s hardest the morning after the storm. Oh no. Contrary to [...]

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Real Talk #002: We’re ALL Impostors … At First.

Sunday, October 28th, 2012

P.S. We’ve ALL felt this way! P.P.S If it’s your copy that’s got you feeling like a total poser, click here to get the guidance to move forward!

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How to Handle the Fear to Create (Hint: It’s Not What You Think)

Thursday, October 25th, 2012

There have been so many days I’ve tried to sit down to write +….nothing happens. Well, nothing but a nagging voice telling me that I have no authority, no right to pump out whatever pearl of wisdom I’m about to pump out – to unveil whatever ache in me that needs to be set free. [...]

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Real Talk #001: Inferiority is an Illusion

Sunday, October 21st, 2012

P.S. Copy woes got you down? Let’s get you pumped about your business! I’m giving away 10 FREE sessions of Copy Talk, a 15-min all-virtual experience guaranteed to get you ten kinds of jolted about the words you use to sell your stuff. P.P.S. Did I mention I’ll be throwing down a five wad toward [...]

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do you know how people really see you?

Friday, September 21st, 2012

hey, you. yes, you. reading this. do you know how people really see you? the short answer for most of you is probably, “yes! of course! absolutely!” (or maybe more like, “duhhh, girlfriend!”) but in reality… the way you think others perceive you & the way people actually perceive you are very different beasts. thanks [...]

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It’s Never About You.

Friday, September 14th, 2012

  When it comes to business – and life – it’s not always about you. Actually, strike that. It’s never about you. I know that’s sometimes a hard pill to swallow. It was for me, for years. But it was the most monumental lesson I ever learned, for my business + my life. Allow me [...]

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it’s what you do with the feeling that matters.

Monday, August 20th, 2012

I am afraid too. I am frightened all the time, but I do not let the fears determine my behavior. How I act and whether or not I am afraid are two separate things in my process. I think questions such as, is this doable, reasonable, and morally sound? What are the consequences going to [...]

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Stuck in Your Biz? It’s Okay to Change Your Mind. Really!

Monday, June 4th, 2012

For a long, long time (+ in a place far, far away, except, well, not really), I used to get really rather unhealthily attached to things. This included everything from my boyfriends (I once trapped a high school ex-boyfriend inside a clothes hanger to keep him from leaving my house – totally messed up story [...]

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The Unhappily Uninspired Creative’s Guide to Kickstarting Creativity (+ Gaining Back Creative Confidence)

Tuesday, May 29th, 2012

[This post is from my archives over at my old blog EricaLeeXO.com/blog, although it's been slightly tweaked + updated. Enjoy!] In this “Information Age,” we can devour all kinds of different creative media.  We can scour the web for new photographers, research the latest in emerging fashion designers, see an artist’s work before it ever [...]

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