The Create & Thrive Podcast

  My friend Megan Auman has been running her eponymous jewellery line for over 12 years. She also, like me, [...]

  This month marks my 10-year business anniversary! I wanted to celebrate the milestone by sharing 10 of the many, [...]

To offer free shipping or to not offer free shipping – that is the question. More and more handmade sellers [...]

  Do you wish you could see your handmade creations in your fave magazine? Or maybe get a feature on [...]

  I have seen so many handmade business owners flounder and give up, and there is one thing so many [...]

  Do you ever feel frustrated and overwhelmed because you don’t feel like you’re moving forward with your handmade business? [...]

  Do you struggle with putting boundaries around your work – especially if you work from home? Maybe you have [...]

  Want to get featured in a big magazine or online publication? Making sure your Etsy shop is top-notch is [...]

In this members-only episode, I outline why you need to work out the marketing strategy that suits you, and your [...]

Does your marketing copy sometimes just feel a bit… blah? Like – you’re not quite sure what to say to [...]

And so we reach the end of our journey – the final episode of the #MakingItPodcourse! In this wrap-up I [...]

Welcome to the final lesson of the #MakingItPodcourse! Tomorrow I’ll have a wrap-up and reflection episode for you – but [...]

  Is your schedule under your control… or a bit of a mess? In today’s #MakingItPodcourse lesson, I talk schedule [...]

Today on the #MakingItPodcourse I’m talking systems and workflow. I share a couple of my own systems, and discuss why [...]

  Today on the #MakingItPodcourse we’re talking about time – and how to manage it. I’ll discuss how setting goals [...]

Management of time, focus, systems and more are all well and good… but nothing works (including you!) when you don’t [...]

We live in a world of distractions. Our technology, our family… even our own brain can distract us constantly from [...]