In this episode of the Brave Enough to Try podcast, host Cindy interviews Dr. Clarissa Castillo Ramsey, an abstract artist, transformational coach for creatives, author, podcaster, and organizational psychologist. 

Dr. Ramsey shares her journey from pursuing a traditional career path to starting her own business. She introduces her five-step "Painting Your Path Framework" for turning dreams into reality and discusses overcoming fear and self-doubt. Cindy and Dr. Ramsey also discuss the importance of self-care, time management, and maintaining relationships while pursuing personal goals. They emphasize the importance of remembering one's purpose and the people they serve.

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• Ready for a change but not sure what to do next? Let’s connect over coffee: https://calendly.com/clarissaramsey/painting-your-path-coffee-chat
• FREE resource guide: roadmap to move from cubicle to creative life : https://clarissastudio.activehosted.com/f/7
• Join my FREE online community, Painting Your Path™️: www.facebook.com/groups/paintingyourpath/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.clarissacastilloramsey/
• Would you like to support the show? https://www.buymeacoffee.com/clarissaramsey

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In this podcast episode, Cindy interviews Jess, CEO and muralist of White Coffee Creative Company, who is also a pricing coach and mentor for creative businesses. They discuss Jess's journey to entrepreneurship, the challenges she faced, and the importance of finding paying clients. They touch on topics such as valuing oneself, niching down, and finding balance and sustainability in business. They also talk about the significance of pricing and separating one's self-worth from business decisions. The episode emphasizes the value of staying open-minded, curious, and present in order to navigate life's experiences and discover one's passions.


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On this weeks episode, I talk with Artist Katie Smith, on how to turn passion into profit. We talk about different income streams, and how to diversify your profits, to create a sustainable business that you love.

• Focus on what you love: What do you enjoy doing? Keyword being YOU. Let that guide your next steps.
• Start Small: Do you love to paint? Great! You can start profiting with a small product that is both affordable and accessible like making stickers from your artwork!
• Diversify your income: Start to diversify! Think of selling things like your originals, prints of your originals, print on demand, brand partnerships, wholesale and commissions.

Tune in for more!

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In this episode, Michelle shares tips on how to navigate creative burnout.  We go over things like:

• Releasing the pressure - Don't try to attain someone else's version of success. What's meant for you will find you and more.
• Honor the season you're in - Become mindful of your experiences and your journey and more.
• Weed out the noise - Focus on the one important thing, instead of all the things and more.
• Tap into what you really want - Make the time to pursue your craft, small pockets of time are better than none and more.

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In this episode, Ciara shares the ways in which you can leverage your local community to get your artwork (or goods) out into the community! We go over things like:

• Starting small- Who to reach out to and how.
• Making sure your legit - Like having a sellers permit, the ways people can get in touch with you, even the ways you can take payment.
• Thinking outside the box - unusual places you can reach out to that maybe you didn't think about before.
• Reading the fine print - understanding if local businesses will take percentages, how to market yourself, tax guidelines, building an email list etc.

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We pull back the curtain on mental health in the small business entrepreneur space + give you tips and self-care activities to help you push through.

Biggest Takeaways:

• Find a community that can serve as a support system. (Join our Free Brave Enough to Try Power Hour Club!)
• Move your body to release endorphins!
• It's ok to take a break. You don't have have to be all about your business 24/7.

Therapy can be very helpful, check out some of these resources below: (we are not licensed professionals, we just share what has worked for us)

• Best mental health directory: FindTreatment.gov 
• Best resource for finding affordable care: Open Path Psychotherapy Collective 
• Best support group resource: Mental Health America 
• Best for crisis help: Crisis Text Line 
• Best for affordable talk therapy: Online-Therapy.com 
• Best for affordable comprehensive care: Amwell 
• Best overall therapy app: Talkspace 
• Best therapy app for 24/7 access: BetterHelp 

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In this episode, I'm coming at you from the road. I talk briefly about a life first business, and creating a business that aligns with your dream life. Plus, I introduce an exclusive offer from Taylor Renee, brand mentor and strategist,  and one of our incredible previous guests, for her brand new membership, the PCM, The Profitable Content Membership!! You can try out her new program for a month, for only $1!

You get:
Weekly Content Action Plans!
Live Coaching!
Private Community!

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In this solo episode we talk about embracing a slow girl summer:
What is a slow season? How to embrace it, in order to find opportunities for growth and success. We talk about the power of mindset, SMART goals, with 2 different examples and action steps to take during a lull in business. How to use the opportunities of the slow season, to network, diversify, and build relationships with our community. And the most important thing, why it's important to take care of ourselves during this season.

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