Growing Steady | Intentional Creative Business Podcast

Episodes

Oct. 30, 2020

062 - A subtle reframing that's helped us a ton

We are conditioned to get as much done as quickly as possible in life and business, but is that the best way to do things? And how can we enjoy more of the mundane tasks in life? In this episode, we share a subtle reframing …
Oct. 22, 2020

061 - What to do when future plans fall apart

If you’re anything like us, 2020 has really thrown your future plans for a loop. We had some pretty big goals to move to Europe in 2021 and live abroad for a year. That isn’t going to happen. So, what the heck do we do now? …
Oct. 14, 2020

060 - How we work together

We've worked together in some capacity for nearly 10 years 😱. It hasn't been all sunshine, rainbows, and gumdrops, but for the most part, we have a really great working partnership! So, how do we do it? How do we work togeth…
Oct. 8, 2020

059 - "Calm businesses"

For years we've been trying to get off the treadmill of "running our businesses" and trying to focus on slowing down, having less stress, and running... calm businesses. The idea of a calm business is to ask our recurring qu…
Oct. 3, 2020

058 - 3 reasons your business isn't making money

You have a business and it's not making money... let us tell you why (from our own experience, obviously). The three reasons your biz might not be making money aren't the ONLY reasons but they are the mistakes we've made in …
Sept. 24, 2020

057 - The 5-step business process we use all the time

For years we didn't have a process to help us understand the most important things to focus on in our businesses. We would jump from working on the product, to marketing, then to our ideal customer avatar, then think about o…
Sept. 17, 2020

056 - Shit sandwiches

Mark Manson wrote a quote that we learned about from Liz Gilbert in her book, Big Magic. The quote is, “everything sucks, some of the time. You just have to decide what sort of suckage you’re willing to deal with. The questi…
Sept. 10, 2020

055 - What brings you purpose every day?

If you're like us, you can find yourself feeling stuck in the daily slog of work. But what if you reframed the work you were doing? What if you asked yourself during every task... what is it all for? Could the majority of th…
Sept. 3, 2020

054 - How have our fears changed over time?

From working with clients, to selling our first digital products, to running software companies, and then building a membership community, we've experienced all sorts of fears along the way. This week, we wanted to share our…
Aug. 27, 2020

053 - Should you switch from product launches to a membership?

As online business owners, we tend to think the grass is always greener. Specifically for this episode, we want to talk about the green-ness of the grass when it comes to product launches (online courses, ebooks, etc) versus…
Aug. 20, 2020

052 - Do we need social media?

We've been heavy social media users since Jason ran his IWearYourShirt project all the way back in 2008 (which is basically an entirely different millennium in the Internet age). Since that time we've realized the negative t…
Aug. 12, 2020

051 - Announcing: What is it all for? (new show name!)

We are super excited to be back in our podcasting saddles (which are VERY comfortable vegan leather saddles) and bringing you a weekly show to help you question every decision you make in life and business with the phrase: W…
July 29, 2020

Changes are afoot...

The next iteration of our podcast will kick off in a few weeks and we wanted to give you a small update of what's coming (but not spill all the beans, obviously).
May 28, 2020

We scrapped part of our big launch...

Whenever you're doing a launch for a product you typically have multiple ideas and plans. For us, we had ONE specific plan that involved something way more hands-on and a ton of extra effort (YouTube Live, promotion, etc). W…
May 21, 2020

If you're not ENJOYING your business, switch it up!

If you're feeling in a bit of a rut or you haven't seen much movement with your biz lately, maybe it's time to SWITCH 👀 IT 👀 UP 👀. Doing something new can reinvigorate you and whatever part of your business you're working …
May 14, 2020

You have to be willing to do ENOUGH selling (one week from launch)

We're getting really close to the final launch of our (un-boring) coaching program for 2020. In this week's episode of The Uncertain Times, we share what last-minute tasks and to-dos we're working on plus some mindset tips o…
May 7, 2020

How do we manage a BIG project (tasks, to-dos, priorities, and mindset), The Uncertain Times - Ep 7

Let's get into the nitty-gritty of how we manage a big project (like our upcoming 2-week launch for our coaching program). We share the details of how we break down a big project into bite-sized pieces and how we stay sane t…
April 30, 2020

What we're doing to lead up to our FINAL launch, The Uncertain Times - Ep 6

So, yeah. Launching and selling anything online-biz-related right now feels a bit weird. But, like many of you, we need to continue to make money to live our lives, so here's how we're moving forward.
April 23, 2020

Dealing with the ups and downs during COVID-19, The Uncertain Times - Ep 5

If you're anything like us 👩🏻‍🦰👨🏻‍🦲 you've recently, A) fought with your significant other, family member, or friend about something really silly, and B) find yourself navigating a roller coaster of emotions more now than e…
April 16, 2020

What 5 movie characters would you want to be quarantined with? The Uncertain Times - Ep 4

If you had to pick 5 movie characters (non-fantasy/non-superhero) to be quarantined with, who would you choose?? We picked our 5 and shared some updates from the past week.
April 5, 2020

Is baking sourdough bread everyone's new normal?? The Uncertain Times - Ep 3

We've lost count of what self-isolation day we're on but that's simply because of what we're talking about in this week's episode of The Uncertain Times: *You have to let go of the past and establish a new normal for yoursel…
March 29, 2020

This is our first pandemic, The Uncertain Times - Ep 2

Repeat after us, "this is my first pandemic." It's such a difficult time right now and no one has all the right answers because no one has been through what we're going through right now.
March 23, 2020

How we're working through coronavirus, The Uncertain Times - Ep 1

For the foreseeable future, we’re coming to you real-time each week to share how we’re navigating these uncertain times (Coronavirus aka Covid-19), especially as business owners. Meet our new weekly video series: "The Uncert…
Dec. 15, 2019

10 key decisions that doubled our business growth during our toughest year

This was the toughest year of our lives and yet we were still able to double our business growth. We walk you through the 10 key decisions we made that allowed us to grow while navigating some rough mental health issues.