For most small business owners, pricing is a complicated issue! There are so many factors that contribute to a good pricing strategy that often the business owner ends up just guessing. And that can be dangerous for both the client and the customer! I remember doing...

Successfully pricing your services is part art, part math, and part psychology. It’s a common struggle for most small business owners. Over the years, I’ve found that pricing and money conversations are amongst some of the most difficult conversations.  And, I’ve also...

My mastermind buddies and I were talking about work-life balance this past week. Just to put things into perspective, the 3 of us probably have 120 years of business experience between us and we have mostly finished raising our families! So, if you’re a newbie to...

Does your current 1:1 offering or group program have a paid waitlist yet? If not, here’s what you’re missing! I’m seeing a BIG hole in many business owners’ strategy right now and I’ve decided to do something about it starting with my June 17th workshop. Selling out...

Our family gathered around a fire pit this past Saturday to celebrate my son’s birthday. During our fireside chat, there was a debate about the word ‘sustainable’.  Of course, having two family members highly educated and passionate about the environment, the...

In Canada, we’ve just celebrated the traditional Victoria Day weekend which marks the start of the ‘gardening season’.  Here at the farm,  I’ve been attempting to clean up the gardens. Unfortunately, it seems that they weren’t tended to last summer; the grass has...

Yup – it’s been a week since our furniture and boxes arrived at the farm. And what a whirlwind week it’s been! And sooo many boxes to unpack. But there have been lots of other things happening too! One day my husband went out for the afternoon and came home with a...

YIKES …. we are almost halfway through the year. My clients and I are already planning for Q3. So I thought I would give you a sneak peek into what we actually do during a Business Freedom Planning Day. It’s quite simple really … We look in the rearview mirror and...

How are you? Really…. How are you feeling? And pleeeease, don’t answer “I’m busy!”. We are all busy (I’m super busy with my upcoming move) but that’s what we are doing – not how we are feeling! Have you found yourself putting in long hours; being consumed by your...

As small business owners, there are a lot of demands on our time, money and energy. Whether it's the team asking questions; clients requiring our attention; or even our family’s needs, it often seems like a never-ending cycle of demands so it’s often difficult to know...