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You may recognize Kristen Ostrander’s name from episode 50 of my podcast, How to Grow a Side Hustle While Working Full Time. On that episode, we spoke to Kristen about her booming business Mommy Income. Almost two years later, her business is doing better than ever, even with her intentionally scaling back. I love Kristen’s story and how she’s confidently pursuing her version of success.

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I was six months old when my mom started her little bakery. She was 33 with $64 to her name. She went back to something she had always known and loved: making cakes. Many of you have heard me tell the story before about how she used her gifts and built a business and made an impact. But you know what I don’t usually talk about? Why she started. Mom didn’t have a burning desire to make cakes one...

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I love Stephanie Meek’s story of trusting God’s leading in her business, Five Daughters Bakery, and how she has created work that her family can do together! Check out this video where she shares her story—or read the transcript below! *** We started Five Daughters Bakery solely on the idea of being together. My husband and I really love working together. We enjoy being around each other.

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My husband and I welcomed our first baby boy, Carter, into the world on January 31, 2015. As you can imagine, we were filled with a flood of emotions: excitement, anxiety, gratitude, uncertainty, relief and even fear. But there’s one emotion I was not prepared to battle. I started feeling it the day my child was born, and, unfortunately, I believe I’ll fight it for the rest of my life: Mom guilt.

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Overwhelmed—it’s a common word I hear from the women I speak to in the Business Boutique community. Erika Butler was no different. Juggling an exhausting full-time job she didn’t love and her duties as a wife and mother of two left her feeling burned out. At the lowest point in her life, Erika was encouraged by some friends to attend the Business Boutique conference in Nashville—and I’m so glad...

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Who’s it for? The woman who juggles it all—running the kids to soccer practice, getting dinner on the table, conquering that laundry mountain, and growing her side-hustle. Give her the gift of organization and goal planning with the beautiful, brand-new Business Boutique 2020 Goal Planner. Price: $49.99 Order Now Who’s it for? The woman who’s ready to get her business off the ground.

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“Life balance isn’t doing everything for an equal amount of time. It’s about doing the right things at the right time.” I say this on stage all the time when I teach on life balance. But the principle is true for time management, goal setting, or anything in life. It’s so easy to get fixated on formulas and equality and “balance” that we miss a major factor that makes us successful: focus.

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I started my first-ever side business boarding horses, not because I loved caring for horses, but because I needed an extra income to afford my actual dream—living on a farm. In other words, I started my business to make my dream a reality. But my story isn’t unique. So many of you start your business for the very same reason. Whether you want to work from home, leave a corporate job you hate...

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I love Stephanie Meek’s story of trusting God’s leading in her business, Five Daughters Bakery, and how she has created work that her family can do together! Check out this video where she shares her story—or read the transcript below! *** We started Five Daughters Bakery solely on the idea of being together. My husband and I really love working together. We enjoy being around each other.

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I’ll never forget how I felt working at my first real job out of college. It was corporate and negative and depressing and boring. It was a lot like the movie Office Space, honestly. Now, I know your first job won’t be your dream job, but I felt like I died a little inside each day. And even though I was only 22 at the time, I thought to myself, There has to be more out there than this.

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