WEBVTT 00:00:00.549 --> 00:00:03.250 Welcome to Leveling Up with Lindsay, the podcast 00:00:03.250 --> 00:00:05.389 where we dive into leadership, small business, 00:00:05.589 --> 00:00:08.050 and everything in between. I'm Lindsay, your 00:00:08.050 --> 00:00:10.310 host and the proud owner of White Puny Boutique, 00:00:10.750 --> 00:00:13.509 a space created to empower women, build confidence, 00:00:13.710 --> 00:00:16.190 and foster meaningful connections. Whether you're 00:00:16.190 --> 00:00:18.949 an entrepreneur, a mom, a friend, or someone 00:00:18.949 --> 00:00:21.730 just looking for a little inspiration. This is 00:00:21.730 --> 00:00:24.829 your space to feel seen, supported, and inspired. 00:00:25.129 --> 00:00:27.969 Join me as we share stories, strategies, and 00:00:27.969 --> 00:00:30.370 a little bit of life's chaos while navigating 00:00:30.370 --> 00:00:32.950 what it truly means to level up in starting a 00:00:32.950 --> 00:00:35.409 business, relationship, and personal growth. 00:00:35.750 --> 00:00:38.750 So grab a cup of coffee, get comfy, and let's 00:00:38.750 --> 00:00:42.929 level up together. There are people who don't 00:00:42.929 --> 00:00:45.460 just walk into a room. They light it up. Today's 00:00:45.460 --> 00:00:47.659 episode feels extra special to me because I'm 00:00:47.659 --> 00:00:49.740 sitting down with a dear friend and someone I 00:00:49.740 --> 00:00:52.500 admire so deeply, Miss Megan Miller. If you know 00:00:52.500 --> 00:00:55.299 Megan, you know her energy is absolutely contagious. 00:00:55.520 --> 00:00:58.700 Her joy is genuine and her heart for people runs 00:00:58.700 --> 00:01:01.679 so deep. She has this incredible ability to truly 00:01:01.679 --> 00:01:05.060 see others, to draw beauty, confidence, and story 00:01:05.060 --> 00:01:07.659 in a way that feels both natural and profound. 00:01:08.060 --> 00:01:10.480 Through photography and far beyond it, Megan 00:01:10.480 --> 00:01:13.079 has always helped people feel known. The last 00:01:13.079 --> 00:01:14.890 time Megan and I talked she was standing in one 00:01:14.890 --> 00:01:17.909 season and today she's standing in another. And 00:01:17.909 --> 00:01:20.209 what I love most about her journey isn't just 00:01:20.209 --> 00:01:22.530 the change itself but the courage, faith and 00:01:22.530 --> 00:01:24.780 honesty in which she walked through it. This 00:01:24.780 --> 00:01:26.859 conversation isn't about titles or timelines. 00:01:27.140 --> 00:01:29.680 It's about becoming. Letting go of the picture 00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:32.299 you once had. Stepping forward without a full 00:01:32.299 --> 00:01:34.980 map and trusting God in the in -between. All 00:01:34.980 --> 00:01:38.219 right, Miss Megan. I am so grateful for you. 00:01:38.299 --> 00:01:41.079 I know how busy you are and I'm so happy to be 00:01:41.079 --> 00:01:44.840 together again. It's about time. Me too. I feel 00:01:44.840 --> 00:01:47.420 like... It's been forever since we've sat down 00:01:47.420 --> 00:01:49.579 together, but it really hasn't been that long. 00:01:49.680 --> 00:01:51.799 It's nice because we can just jump back in like 00:01:51.799 --> 00:01:53.819 it was yesterday. It was almost a year since 00:01:53.819 --> 00:01:56.200 I sat in this seat last. You're right. Yes. Okay. 00:01:56.260 --> 00:01:58.780 So it has been a while. Yeah, it has been. Yes. 00:01:58.780 --> 00:02:01.060 Buckle up. Buckle up friends because we can talk 00:02:01.060 --> 00:02:03.260 for a very long time. I actually have questions 00:02:03.260 --> 00:02:05.459 and everything prepared, but I feel like I'm 00:02:05.459 --> 00:02:07.079 going to throw the papers out the window. That's 00:02:07.079 --> 00:02:09.580 going to happen. That's good. I love it. So, 00:02:09.659 --> 00:02:12.060 well, most importantly, let's do a little bit 00:02:12.060 --> 00:02:14.800 of a recap of what this last year looked like. 00:02:14.699 --> 00:02:17.460 for you. You've been through some really awesome 00:02:17.460 --> 00:02:21.460 changes. Take it away. Yeah. So last time we 00:02:21.460 --> 00:02:24.900 met, we were talking on a topic that I felt like 00:02:24.900 --> 00:02:27.960 was an expertise of mine, and I was so comfortable 00:02:27.960 --> 00:02:30.360 talking about it. And this year, fast forward, 00:02:30.400 --> 00:02:32.979 there has been a tremendous amount of change. 00:02:33.080 --> 00:02:35.439 And so this year, What we're going to be talking 00:02:35.439 --> 00:02:38.400 about is I'm like in the season of change. So 00:02:38.400 --> 00:02:41.300 career has changed. Life looks drastically different. 00:02:41.520 --> 00:02:45.199 And so I used to be an internal coach at a large 00:02:45.199 --> 00:02:48.280 corporation here in St. Cloud, Minnesota. And 00:02:48.280 --> 00:02:50.860 I had kind of entered a season of life where 00:02:50.860 --> 00:02:53.800 I knew that it was time to make a change. Entered 00:02:53.800 --> 00:02:56.520 into a real estate team with my husband at Premier 00:02:56.520 --> 00:02:59.430 Real Estate, the Miller Group. having so much 00:02:59.430 --> 00:03:02.810 fun with that and continuing to do photography, 00:03:03.050 --> 00:03:06.590 but also contracting and continuing to coach 00:03:06.590 --> 00:03:09.449 leaders in sales. I just found out about that 00:03:09.449 --> 00:03:11.789 piece and I couldn't love that more. Yes, it 00:03:11.789 --> 00:03:15.110 was meant to be honestly. So I'm excited because 00:03:15.110 --> 00:03:16.810 I'm doing so many different things and wearing 00:03:16.810 --> 00:03:19.360 a lot of different hats, but. It's been an adventure. 00:03:19.400 --> 00:03:21.659 I love it. Let's just take it back really quickly 00:03:21.659 --> 00:03:24.659 as far as like making your transition referring 00:03:24.659 --> 00:03:26.060 to what we talked about last time. We talked 00:03:26.060 --> 00:03:29.400 a lot about leadership on different skills, but 00:03:29.400 --> 00:03:33.000 tell me you were going through kind of a period 00:03:33.000 --> 00:03:35.520 of time. So tell me why the transition. Yes. 00:03:35.680 --> 00:03:38.780 Okay. So this is so interesting to explain because 00:03:38.780 --> 00:03:43.879 I literally loved the people that I worked with. 00:03:44.199 --> 00:03:47.900 I loved the work that I was doing and kind of 00:03:47.900 --> 00:03:50.780 what was unexpected. It was like I walked away 00:03:50.780 --> 00:03:53.639 from a 10 year career somewhere where I was very 00:03:53.639 --> 00:03:56.159 valued and I had some really strong partnership 00:03:56.159 --> 00:04:00.060 and it wasn't due to dissatisfaction. I was seeking 00:04:00.060 --> 00:04:03.659 alignment and it's like for years I was being 00:04:03.659 --> 00:04:05.800 called to do something different and it's like 00:04:05.800 --> 00:04:08.060 God put it on my heart like Megan you've done 00:04:08.060 --> 00:04:11.180 great work here but what I have for you next. 00:04:11.310 --> 00:04:13.990 is going to be what you were designed to do. 00:04:14.509 --> 00:04:17.089 And I think what was so strange about that for 00:04:17.089 --> 00:04:19.449 me was like, but God, I love these people and 00:04:19.449 --> 00:04:22.149 I love this work. And so it didn't necessarily 00:04:22.149 --> 00:04:24.750 make sense for me. And it was so hard, Lindsay, 00:04:24.870 --> 00:04:27.050 I don't know, cause you did this too. I did. 00:04:27.170 --> 00:04:29.370 And honestly, you took, you take the words, you 00:04:29.370 --> 00:04:32.529 made it sound like perfect from when I made the 00:04:32.529 --> 00:04:35.610 leap also, like I was so grateful for the people 00:04:35.610 --> 00:04:38.170 and so grateful for the position. I always talk 00:04:38.170 --> 00:04:41.629 about like, I sat in this meeting and my mind 00:04:41.629 --> 00:04:44.110 started drifting, but within this meeting. and 00:04:44.110 --> 00:04:46.350 development of what we were working on. I was 00:04:46.350 --> 00:04:48.670 like, Lindsay, this is your dream job. This is 00:04:48.670 --> 00:04:52.209 where you were hoping to be. And my heart is 00:04:52.209 --> 00:04:54.870 being pulled in a different direction, a whole 00:04:54.870 --> 00:04:57.290 different level. It's hard to describe, but it's 00:04:57.290 --> 00:04:59.389 exactly what you're seeing. It's hard to describe, 00:04:59.410 --> 00:05:01.550 and it almost feels so weird because I'm like, 00:05:01.629 --> 00:05:04.889 lady, it's a job. Do people look at this and 00:05:04.889 --> 00:05:07.110 think, why are you struggling so much with your 00:05:07.110 --> 00:05:10.800 identity through this? And I think that... when 00:05:10.800 --> 00:05:14.660 I left, it was like a divorce. It was like a 00:05:14.660 --> 00:05:17.939 divorce from the identity that I had. I had noticed 00:05:17.939 --> 00:05:20.439 this about myself when I went on a vacation two 00:05:20.439 --> 00:05:21.980 years ago. I went to England. Do you remember 00:05:21.980 --> 00:05:28.060 that? It was so, it was so fun. And when I had 00:05:28.060 --> 00:05:30.339 met some, I was like, so what do you do? And 00:05:30.339 --> 00:05:32.680 he was like, you Americans, why do you always 00:05:32.680 --> 00:05:35.939 start with what you do? And it was like, why 00:05:35.939 --> 00:05:39.519 do I introduce myself in that way? And then when 00:05:39.519 --> 00:05:43.160 I stepped out of my career, I found it more challenging 00:05:43.160 --> 00:05:46.740 to identify who I was. It was like the weirdest. 00:05:47.060 --> 00:05:49.540 I was not expecting that. So there were some 00:05:49.540 --> 00:05:52.500 challenges that came with the change like the 00:05:52.500 --> 00:05:55.740 waves of grief. Like I felt such a loss of identity 00:05:55.740 --> 00:05:58.660 and loss of community in the role that I had. 00:05:59.040 --> 00:06:02.699 And then just a change in, I had to shed this 00:06:02.699 --> 00:06:06.279 expectation that not only I had for myself, but 00:06:06.279 --> 00:06:09.600 everybody watching had for me too. That's a tough 00:06:09.600 --> 00:06:11.660 one. Because I think there were a lot of people 00:06:11.660 --> 00:06:13.160 from the outside looking in being like, girl, 00:06:13.199 --> 00:06:16.519 you had it all. Like, I think that it's crazy 00:06:16.519 --> 00:06:19.300 that you walked away from what you did. Yeah, 00:06:19.300 --> 00:06:21.939 I think for someone who knows, I totally can 00:06:21.939 --> 00:06:24.540 see exactly what you're saying. However, for 00:06:24.540 --> 00:06:27.279 someone who really knows you like outside of 00:06:27.279 --> 00:06:31.180 your career, I was like, I can't wait to see 00:06:31.180 --> 00:06:34.360 what you can do. I really appreciate that. Like 00:06:34.360 --> 00:06:36.639 wholeheartedly. So we had conversations about 00:06:36.639 --> 00:06:38.959 this and you know, it fuels us. I do believe 00:06:38.959 --> 00:06:41.600 like we both have that achievement, you know, 00:06:41.680 --> 00:06:44.660 mentality, like overachiever for sure. So for 00:06:44.660 --> 00:06:46.339 me, when I took the leap, it was like I have 00:06:46.339 --> 00:06:49.139 to prove to everyone, I have to hustle. to do 00:06:49.139 --> 00:06:50.899 all these things because I'm like, you know, 00:06:50.920 --> 00:06:52.779 the world is against me right now. And probably 00:06:52.779 --> 00:06:54.639 what you're saying where everyone's like watching, 00:06:54.860 --> 00:06:58.740 like with a, you know, magnifying glass and is 00:06:58.740 --> 00:07:00.060 like, what's she going to do? Is she going to 00:07:00.060 --> 00:07:01.980 make the wrong move? Is she coming back? Yes. 00:07:02.060 --> 00:07:04.740 Yes. And I'll never forget someone had told me, 00:07:04.920 --> 00:07:06.680 I had a meeting with them and they said, you're 00:07:06.680 --> 00:07:08.600 going to do really good. He goes, I had a business 00:07:08.600 --> 00:07:11.480 too. And I was back in the workforce within five 00:07:11.480 --> 00:07:13.420 years, like essentially said, you've got to fill 00:07:13.420 --> 00:07:16.220 your fill rate. And I was like, bring it on. 00:07:16.670 --> 00:07:19.449 Like bring it don't you kind of love that sometimes 00:07:19.449 --> 00:07:21.990 when people put just fuel on your fire It's like 00:07:21.990 --> 00:07:24.670 sometimes that's what that does and yeah and 00:07:24.670 --> 00:07:27.269 for the role that this person was in it I really 00:07:27.269 --> 00:07:31.389 it did make me stop and think it opened my eyes 00:07:31.389 --> 00:07:34.089 to the roller coaster of what I was kind of going 00:07:34.089 --> 00:07:37.480 into so As you were, we talked about this before, 00:07:37.899 --> 00:07:44.860 so terrified. Terrified. Terrified. Can I get 00:07:44.860 --> 00:07:46.639 it a little louder for the people in the back? 00:07:47.420 --> 00:07:50.819 Terrified. Self -employment. It's such a rewarding, 00:07:51.379 --> 00:07:56.139 terrifying, scary, high pressure, flexible, weird. 00:07:56.639 --> 00:07:59.019 And not flexible. Flexible, not flexible. Yes, 00:07:59.040 --> 00:08:01.160 totally. Yes, I know exactly what you mean. I 00:08:01.160 --> 00:08:03.699 work more hours now than I've ever worked. Everyone 00:08:03.699 --> 00:08:06.819 says that. I do. But when you love it, and it's 00:08:06.819 --> 00:08:07.459 something that... It doesn't feel that way. It 00:08:07.459 --> 00:08:09.860 doesn't feel that way. And it's on your own terms. 00:08:10.279 --> 00:08:12.199 Every day when I look at my calendar, I'm like, 00:08:12.420 --> 00:08:15.439 you did this to yourself, but you did it to yourself. 00:08:15.480 --> 00:08:18.920 But what I'm so fortunate for is, so this is 00:08:18.920 --> 00:08:20.699 another thing. I thought I would hop into like 00:08:20.699 --> 00:08:23.500 real estate and everyone in my office, we would 00:08:23.500 --> 00:08:25.899 just become best friends because that's what 00:08:25.899 --> 00:08:29.100 I'm used to having with my coworkers. I'm just 00:08:29.100 --> 00:08:31.379 used to a deep connection and a partnership and 00:08:31.379 --> 00:08:33.779 we share wins and losses. And there are some 00:08:33.779 --> 00:08:35.659 wonderful people I'm working with, but that's 00:08:35.659 --> 00:08:39.419 just not common. And so my community wasn't who 00:08:39.419 --> 00:08:41.840 I thought my community was going to be. And so 00:08:41.840 --> 00:08:46.480 now my clients are my people. I work with the 00:08:46.480 --> 00:08:49.240 best. I mean, you're a client and I adore you. 00:08:49.639 --> 00:08:52.059 And yesterday I was having coffee and I saw Danny, 00:08:52.200 --> 00:08:54.399 who is a client and I adore her. And then I saw 00:08:54.399 --> 00:08:56.519 another client Alison. I'm like, man, do I have 00:08:56.519 --> 00:08:59.000 the best people? I love that. Then I get to work 00:08:59.000 --> 00:09:01.539 with. So that's a, that's a choice in the community 00:09:01.539 --> 00:09:03.759 that I, that I have. That was the kind of an 00:09:03.759 --> 00:09:09.210 unexpected change. Yes. So Definitely. You took 00:09:09.210 --> 00:09:11.929 a big leap of faith. Yeah. You're wearing many 00:09:11.929 --> 00:09:15.250 hats, but you have said to me too, you felt a 00:09:15.250 --> 00:09:17.070 little bit lost in the process, kind of what 00:09:17.070 --> 00:09:19.570 you were just referring to. Yes. So let's dive 00:09:19.570 --> 00:09:21.509 into a little bit of what you're just talking 00:09:21.509 --> 00:09:24.610 about a feeling loss for someone out there in 00:09:24.610 --> 00:09:26.629 the world who is listening to this, who has a 00:09:26.629 --> 00:09:28.429 change in their future is in the middle of one. 00:09:28.830 --> 00:09:31.129 Like tell me a little bit more of how that felt 00:09:31.129 --> 00:09:33.090 kind of like working through with that feeling 00:09:33.090 --> 00:09:36.289 of like, where do I go next? Yeah. So I think 00:09:36.399 --> 00:09:38.980 This is something that I'm actively working on, 00:09:38.980 --> 00:09:41.940 so I can't speak from resolution, but I can tell 00:09:41.940 --> 00:09:46.460 you that I, like many people, had a vision for 00:09:46.460 --> 00:09:49.799 this is what you should do and what success looks 00:09:49.799 --> 00:09:52.019 like. And I was holding myself to this standard. 00:09:52.120 --> 00:09:54.679 I was the only one holding myself to this standard, 00:09:54.700 --> 00:09:58.059 by the way. And moving forward, what I'm really 00:09:58.059 --> 00:10:00.639 focused on to help with the navigation of this 00:10:00.639 --> 00:10:03.100 is being able to shed and let go of what I thought 00:10:03.100 --> 00:10:06.490 was. to redefine what is. I love that. What did 00:10:06.490 --> 00:10:07.970 that look like for you? What was your vision? 00:10:08.230 --> 00:10:10.649 Yeah, I mean, it's like you go to college, get 00:10:10.649 --> 00:10:14.669 a job, a stable job, start, you know, you want 00:10:14.669 --> 00:10:16.990 to get promoted and then get married and have 00:10:16.990 --> 00:10:20.529 kids and work for a company and just. buy a home 00:10:20.529 --> 00:10:22.629 and live in a community. And all those things 00:10:22.629 --> 00:10:24.470 are great by the way. They're wonderful things. 00:10:24.549 --> 00:10:27.190 And people who stay working for companies, it's 00:10:27.190 --> 00:10:30.289 okay. But for me, it just like, it didn't feel 00:10:30.289 --> 00:10:31.889 like this is what I was supposed to be. It didn't 00:10:31.889 --> 00:10:34.190 align. It didn't. And so I guess for people who 00:10:34.190 --> 00:10:37.029 are feeling lost, don't fight against the feeling 00:10:37.029 --> 00:10:39.149 of not knowing what you're supposed to be doing, 00:10:39.429 --> 00:10:42.230 but welcome it and be okay with not having the 00:10:42.230 --> 00:10:43.710 answers. Cause I'll tell you right now, I don't 00:10:43.710 --> 00:10:46.470 have answers. I can tell you, I have never been 00:10:46.470 --> 00:10:51.379 more uncomfortable, excited. inspired, terrified 00:10:51.379 --> 00:10:54.460 in my entire life than I am right now. Like there 00:10:54.460 --> 00:10:57.320 are days on this roller coaster of entrepreneurship 00:10:57.320 --> 00:10:59.460 where I'm like, can you believe I get to do this? 00:10:59.620 --> 00:11:01.500 How lucky am I in other days? Literally five 00:11:01.500 --> 00:11:03.919 minutes later, like, what am I doing? What am 00:11:03.919 --> 00:11:06.419 I doing? What have I got myself into? So there's 00:11:06.419 --> 00:11:10.460 like this wave of self doubt. And so I think 00:11:10.460 --> 00:11:14.360 it's just, here's another thing too. Like I have, 00:11:14.360 --> 00:11:16.840 I've coached many, many people, leaders, sales 00:11:16.840 --> 00:11:20.899 professionals, and I think that there comes a 00:11:20.899 --> 00:11:22.759 point where people are like, I really want to 00:11:22.759 --> 00:11:25.860 do this thing, but I'm scared. And if you really 00:11:25.860 --> 00:11:28.659 like peel away the layers on what's scaring us, 00:11:28.940 --> 00:11:32.259 it's the fear of going from knowing exactly what 00:11:32.259 --> 00:11:35.700 you're doing to not knowing a thing. Yes, like 00:11:36.509 --> 00:11:40.210 The you in order to change and grow you really 00:11:40.210 --> 00:11:42.750 have to be comfortable with being uncomfortable 00:11:42.750 --> 00:11:45.509 being so Uncomfortable and breaking a little 00:11:45.509 --> 00:11:48.210 bit publicly I am being so vulnerable and open 00:11:48.210 --> 00:11:50.669 with my change right now, and I love that I'm 00:11:50.669 --> 00:11:54.129 not like I'm not out here masking like life is 00:11:54.129 --> 00:11:56.940 perfect and everything's great Because it's it 00:11:56.940 --> 00:12:00.200 doesn't it's not real. Yeah, and I the people 00:12:00.200 --> 00:12:03.519 I coach I'm consistently pushing them to do things 00:12:03.519 --> 00:12:06.879 that are hard and that they're gonna be bad at 00:12:06.879 --> 00:12:09.539 first So it's like how do you give yourself permission 00:12:09.539 --> 00:12:12.240 to suck at something? I mean we could all relate 00:12:12.240 --> 00:12:14.620 to yeah when we started and how bad we were when 00:12:14.620 --> 00:12:17.100 we like not saying you were ever bad at lives 00:12:17.100 --> 00:12:19.700 but if you looked at your first live let's never 00:12:19.700 --> 00:12:23.799 actually don't even think about it abby they're 00:12:23.799 --> 00:12:27.120 deleted like get her back there because my podcast 00:12:27.120 --> 00:12:29.879 how much you learned about like the technology 00:12:29.879 --> 00:12:33.279 and the changes and like how to how to optimize 00:12:33.279 --> 00:12:35.519 the process like what a beautiful journey that 00:12:35.519 --> 00:12:38.000 you went through and it was quiet like people 00:12:38.000 --> 00:12:41.269 didn't know all of the like I didn't know yes, 00:12:41.269 --> 00:12:44.230 I will never forget ever ever ever that when 00:12:44.230 --> 00:12:47.000 I was thinking about making this change and I 00:12:47.000 --> 00:12:49.720 stood on it for a long time and I know I'm you 00:12:49.720 --> 00:12:52.080 know, like it was a long time because my heart 00:12:52.080 --> 00:12:54.120 was with the people that I was serving at the 00:12:54.120 --> 00:12:56.539 time and my heart was in all the work that I 00:12:56.539 --> 00:12:59.320 put in but I'll never forget talking about my 00:12:59.320 --> 00:13:02.480 idea saying that this is gonna be more than a 00:13:02.480 --> 00:13:05.360 clothing and it was actually at a Christmas and 00:13:05.360 --> 00:13:08.120 my husband's cousin was listening and his wife 00:13:08.120 --> 00:13:11.500 and he he was the one who actually said to me 00:13:11.500 --> 00:13:14.759 but Lindsay like the look he gave me was like 00:13:14.759 --> 00:13:17.700 I believe you, we believe you, believe in you. 00:13:17.980 --> 00:13:20.259 And he didn't say it, but he said, you know, 00:13:20.360 --> 00:13:22.279 what if you don't have to have all the answers? 00:13:22.679 --> 00:13:24.200 Cause I just kept saying, but then this, I'm 00:13:24.200 --> 00:13:26.500 not sure that, you know, when I was explaining 00:13:26.500 --> 00:13:29.059 and when he said that it stopped me dead in my 00:13:29.059 --> 00:13:32.299 tracks and I was like, I had validation from 00:13:32.299 --> 00:13:34.820 him without him even saying anything. And then 00:13:34.820 --> 00:13:37.860 I was like, you're correct. Like it's one foot 00:13:37.860 --> 00:13:40.720 in front of the other. And I think, If you would 00:13:40.720 --> 00:13:42.600 have told me when I started this boutique, if 00:13:42.600 --> 00:13:44.440 I was going to have a podcast, that would have 00:13:44.440 --> 00:13:47.480 never been in my cards in my future. There's 00:13:47.480 --> 00:13:50.559 something to that too, because we think that 00:13:50.559 --> 00:13:53.419 we look at other people who are doing incredible 00:13:53.419 --> 00:13:54.980 things and we're like, they've always had it 00:13:54.980 --> 00:13:57.440 figured out. Like we have convinced ourselves 00:13:57.440 --> 00:14:00.620 that everybody else knows what they're doing. 00:14:00.700 --> 00:14:03.340 Like this is a journey you walk into naturally. 00:14:03.539 --> 00:14:06.000 Yes. And that is a part of imposter syndrome 00:14:06.000 --> 00:14:09.070 that I don't know if it ever goes away. Like 00:14:09.070 --> 00:14:11.529 I don't know if you ever stop feeling like a 00:14:11.529 --> 00:14:13.590 little bit of self -doubt. When you're doing 00:14:13.590 --> 00:14:17.129 a really good job at putting one foot in front 00:14:17.129 --> 00:14:19.830 of the other through the unknowns and up against 00:14:19.830 --> 00:14:22.149 what makes you really uncomfortable. When you're 00:14:22.149 --> 00:14:24.429 good at getting uncomfortable, I think you're 00:14:24.429 --> 00:14:26.129 going to have a little piece of that. Pressure 00:14:26.129 --> 00:14:30.210 makes diamonds. That's what they say. So I am 00:14:30.210 --> 00:14:33.809 not diamond yet, but boy am I experiencing the 00:14:33.809 --> 00:14:35.690 pressure and I'm loving it. I really am just 00:14:35.690 --> 00:14:39.940 trying to celebrate. If I have a call or a coaching 00:14:39.940 --> 00:14:42.639 call or a moment where I'm like that flopped, 00:14:42.639 --> 00:14:44.720 I will always say at the end of it, what did 00:14:44.720 --> 00:14:46.720 I miss? What could I have done better? What did 00:14:46.720 --> 00:14:49.539 I learn? Megan, I literally sitting here and 00:14:49.539 --> 00:14:52.279 talking to you, like even the experience of being 00:14:52.279 --> 00:14:54.679 an entrepreneur for seven, well, I can't even 00:14:54.679 --> 00:14:56.379 believe I'm saying that because the days that 00:14:56.379 --> 00:14:59.580 feels like it's been a year, days that it feels 00:14:59.580 --> 00:15:01.279 like I've done this my whole life. But when you're 00:15:01.279 --> 00:15:03.759 talking, I literally am like, I cannot wait to 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:05.440 have this conversation a year from now with you 00:15:05.440 --> 00:15:07.549 to just see how everything evolves. so quickly 00:15:07.549 --> 00:15:10.570 because you are the epitome of when you follow 00:15:10.570 --> 00:15:12.889 your heart and what you're truly passionate about 00:15:12.889 --> 00:15:14.929 and that's helping other people. It's going to 00:15:14.929 --> 00:15:18.330 align. Like further. It's not that it hasn't 00:15:18.330 --> 00:15:20.429 because I can totally see everything evolving, 00:15:20.429 --> 00:15:22.649 but I truly am like, I cannot wait to have this 00:15:22.649 --> 00:15:25.070 conversation near. And then in 10 years, can 00:15:25.070 --> 00:15:27.850 you take that little clip of us with the app 00:15:27.850 --> 00:15:30.070 where we forget things and then let's have that 00:15:30.070 --> 00:15:33.159 10 years from now. which will happen. We'll continue 00:15:33.159 --> 00:15:36.039 to do that. I appreciate you saying that so much 00:15:36.039 --> 00:15:38.399 because here's what I'll tell you. I stepped 00:15:38.399 --> 00:15:42.539 out in faith, entirely taking a chance on myself, 00:15:43.139 --> 00:15:46.440 on my family, like, you know, cause Gus is my 00:15:46.440 --> 00:15:50.620 partner, my husband and things, knock on wood, 00:15:50.840 --> 00:15:54.440 have gone so well. When a door that I was waiting 00:15:54.440 --> 00:15:57.120 and maybe took too long to close finally closed, 00:15:57.399 --> 00:16:00.360 there were opportunities for me that I would 00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:03.820 have never in my wildest dreams thought, oh my 00:16:03.820 --> 00:16:05.960 gosh, am I going to be doing this? Like, I can 00:16:05.960 --> 00:16:09.120 recall a time where I told Michelle Pape with 00:16:09.120 --> 00:16:11.220 Next Monday, the queen of all queens. I hope 00:16:11.220 --> 00:16:13.899 she hears this. I love her so much. I told her, 00:16:14.039 --> 00:16:17.750 I said, Michelle, I am terrified of public speaking. 00:16:18.070 --> 00:16:20.389 And she, you know what she said to me? You got 00:16:20.389 --> 00:16:24.230 to speak at my next summit. I'm sorry. I don't 00:16:24.230 --> 00:16:28.809 know if you heard me. I am terrified. Like black 00:16:28.809 --> 00:16:33.049 out hives and weirdly enough, and what I spoke 00:16:33.049 --> 00:16:36.009 about was having my son and postpartum depression. 00:16:36.070 --> 00:16:38.169 So it was really vulnerable, like really deep 00:16:38.169 --> 00:16:41.029 stuff. And it's much easier for me to go up and 00:16:41.029 --> 00:16:43.889 talk about business and work and leadership. 00:16:44.090 --> 00:16:47.029 But when it's about myself and I just cried and 00:16:47.029 --> 00:16:49.529 cried and cried reading, it was a letter to my 00:16:49.529 --> 00:16:51.669 younger version of myself. I think it was like 00:16:51.669 --> 00:16:55.470 letter to your 22. old self and I just let it 00:16:55.470 --> 00:16:57.649 all out and people came up and they're like thank 00:16:57.649 --> 00:16:59.970 you so much for that can I share that with my 00:16:59.970 --> 00:17:02.309 daughter can I share that with so -and -so and 00:17:02.309 --> 00:17:04.829 it was like okay I helped people through that 00:17:04.829 --> 00:17:07.730 and weirdly enough my career it continues to 00:17:07.730 --> 00:17:10.849 bring me to spaces where I public speak. Like, 00:17:10.970 --> 00:17:12.970 I mean, this is kind of, I mean, you're not an 00:17:12.970 --> 00:17:15.670 audience, but you are. Yes. But I am continuously 00:17:15.670 --> 00:17:17.809 being put in front of people and I'm trusting. 00:17:18.450 --> 00:17:20.869 I just give it all to God. Like use me as your 00:17:20.869 --> 00:17:23.450 vessel today. Who needs to hear a message from 00:17:23.450 --> 00:17:26.490 me today and give me the words to say, to help 00:17:26.490 --> 00:17:28.890 them with whatever it is that they're dealing 00:17:28.890 --> 00:17:31.009 with right now. And that has been kind of my 00:17:31.009 --> 00:17:34.349 foundation in this change. Oh, goodness. There's 00:17:34.349 --> 00:17:36.910 so much unpacked there. First of all, for a new 00:17:36.910 --> 00:17:38.670 year, a stronger you theme that we're kind of 00:17:38.670 --> 00:17:40.730 going through with white puny and our theme. 00:17:41.210 --> 00:17:42.869 I just thought to myself when you're saying that 00:17:42.869 --> 00:17:45.130 I need to write a letter to my younger self. 00:17:45.170 --> 00:17:47.390 And I need to have a moment where I just let 00:17:47.390 --> 00:17:49.630 it all out and like look at all the accomplishments 00:17:49.630 --> 00:17:52.250 and a wins because when you take a leap of faith 00:17:52.250 --> 00:17:55.289 and you're going to a new career or you are becoming 00:17:55.289 --> 00:17:58.799 a business owner. It legitimately, there's no 00:17:58.799 --> 00:18:00.599 other way to describe it. Looking back, other 00:18:00.599 --> 00:18:03.759 than you literally pushed me off a cliff. Yeah, 00:18:03.819 --> 00:18:06.200 I pushed myself off a cliff. That is what it 00:18:06.200 --> 00:18:09.859 feels like. And you figure it out. You survived. 00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:13.259 I had no solid answers. I really didn't like 00:18:13.259 --> 00:18:16.279 we had the business moving for sure. But oh my 00:18:16.279 --> 00:18:18.500 gosh, the things that I figured out in the last 00:18:18.500 --> 00:18:23.170 few years. But so That is one piece of it. So 00:18:23.170 --> 00:18:25.630 our New Year's Stronger You theme isn't about 00:18:25.630 --> 00:18:28.529 reinventing yourself or what you could be doing 00:18:28.529 --> 00:18:31.609 or it's literally standing in your power, standing 00:18:31.609 --> 00:18:33.210 in your values, standing in your power, standing 00:18:33.210 --> 00:18:35.910 in what you bring to the table stronger. And 00:18:35.910 --> 00:18:38.369 you know, with we say going through what you've 00:18:38.369 --> 00:18:41.430 been through in 2025, this is the year to take 00:18:41.430 --> 00:18:43.309 what you've accomplished and what you've achieved 00:18:43.309 --> 00:18:47.200 and be dang proud of that. Channel that into 00:18:47.200 --> 00:18:50.839 a bold strength that pushes you to do things 00:18:50.839 --> 00:18:54.299 better, differently, slower, more intentional. 00:18:54.740 --> 00:18:57.279 Because it's not about all the hustle and moving 00:18:57.279 --> 00:19:00.200 faster. It's actually about intentionality, doing 00:19:00.200 --> 00:19:04.119 less, doing it better. So I think a really good 00:19:04.119 --> 00:19:06.240 takeaway from this is to do what you did when 00:19:06.240 --> 00:19:08.839 you're speaking moment, actually, is I would 00:19:08.839 --> 00:19:12.660 challenge anyone listening to take Five minutes 00:19:12.660 --> 00:19:16.460 to write a letter to you. If I think of me 22 00:19:16.460 --> 00:19:19.279 having my brand new little baby, goodness gracious, 00:19:19.480 --> 00:19:21.400 she's going to be a senior. I can't. Darn it. 00:19:21.720 --> 00:19:26.099 I'm already like this. maybe this would be an 00:19:26.099 --> 00:19:27.980 episode of me reading that. I have to have a 00:19:27.980 --> 00:19:29.480 moment going through it, but this is a really 00:19:29.480 --> 00:19:31.859 good process, I think, for anyone starting the 00:19:31.859 --> 00:19:34.839 new year, because friends, I don't care where 00:19:34.839 --> 00:19:37.259 you are in your life, or if you've gone through 00:19:37.259 --> 00:19:39.180 a change, or you're going through a change, you've 00:19:39.180 --> 00:19:40.880 got to look at all that you've accomplished. 00:19:41.140 --> 00:19:44.160 Celebrate all that you have become. But additionally, 00:19:44.680 --> 00:19:48.490 if you had an awful, challenging, hard year in 00:19:48.490 --> 00:19:50.809 2025. It's sitting down and saying, what did 00:19:50.809 --> 00:19:53.630 I learn from that? 100%. How did that change 00:19:53.630 --> 00:19:56.609 me? And how can I use that moving forward? Because 00:19:56.609 --> 00:20:00.589 God uses us and these hardships to give us exactly 00:20:00.589 --> 00:20:03.269 what we need. And there's beauty in the pain 00:20:03.269 --> 00:20:07.329 and all the mess. 1000%. Actually, I've never 00:20:08.319 --> 00:20:11.680 I would say the last two years being in business 00:20:11.680 --> 00:20:16.240 for what I'm doing has definitely been a challenge. 00:20:17.119 --> 00:20:18.779 Entrepreneurship, no matter what you do, where 00:20:18.779 --> 00:20:20.839 you're at, how many years you've been in, it 00:20:20.839 --> 00:20:22.799 comes with a roller coaster. That's just life 00:20:22.799 --> 00:20:25.539 100%. It is, I think, if you're not a business 00:20:25.539 --> 00:20:29.940 owner, right? But the thing is, what has helped 00:20:29.940 --> 00:20:33.400 me actually, it's crazy because I've never been... 00:20:33.440 --> 00:20:36.240 You know, as far as my faith, it could have always 00:20:36.240 --> 00:20:37.960 been deeper. It could have always been going 00:20:37.960 --> 00:20:42.240 to church more. I am the epitome of the quiet 00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:48.240 strength. I dug so deep into saying, like you 00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:50.759 take a deep breath and you're like, I trust. 00:20:50.940 --> 00:20:53.920 I trust that this is leading me to where, like 00:20:53.920 --> 00:20:56.740 you're leading me to where I need to be. I trust 00:20:56.740 --> 00:20:59.500 that this is the process I need to learn. I trust 00:20:59.500 --> 00:21:01.480 that you're giving me a lesson and sometimes 00:21:01.480 --> 00:21:04.039 I'll say, okay, I'm done with the lessons. Yeah, 00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:09.599 I learned. Remove the pressure. Wow. So I have 00:21:09.599 --> 00:21:14.019 leaned into my faith stronger, deeper and quietly. 00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:17.640 through the last few years harder than I ever 00:21:17.640 --> 00:21:20.480 have. I love that. I think that since we're on 00:21:20.480 --> 00:21:22.500 this theme of anybody who's going through a change 00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:25.119 or going through this process, pray through it. 00:21:25.279 --> 00:21:28.559 Pray through it. I prayed so hard last year just 00:21:28.559 --> 00:21:30.380 for clarity and a vision on where I was going 00:21:30.380 --> 00:21:33.519 next. And what's weird was I'm like, I'm not 00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:36.980 hearing anything. I'm not hearing anything. And 00:21:36.980 --> 00:21:40.309 a part of that was he's like, no, you There, 00:21:40.470 --> 00:21:42.029 I'm telling you, but you're just not slowing 00:21:42.029 --> 00:21:44.809 down enough to listen. And so it's how are you 00:21:44.809 --> 00:21:46.990 creating that space? Not where you're like praying 00:21:46.990 --> 00:21:49.109 in the car when you're going from one place to 00:21:49.109 --> 00:21:50.670 the next, because you're busy and you need the 00:21:50.670 --> 00:21:52.309 strength to do whatever it is you're doing. Please 00:21:52.309 --> 00:21:55.990 continue to do that. But if you like create a 00:21:55.990 --> 00:21:59.789 system or a space where you can just be in a 00:21:59.789 --> 00:22:04.039 quiet space for you to Deeply pray and hear what 00:22:04.039 --> 00:22:06.539 and receive. Yeah, they receive do you open to 00:22:06.539 --> 00:22:09.960 receive? Yes. I love that I think and no matter 00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:13.220 what you believe in There is a way to go about 00:22:13.220 --> 00:22:15.799 this. Yeah, there's a way to just give yourself 00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:20.539 that space Period. Mm -hmm. That's in case Okay. 00:22:20.880 --> 00:22:23.660 Thank you. I did first couple of them You might 00:22:23.660 --> 00:22:25.119 have been one of them in the beginning a time 00:22:25.119 --> 00:22:26.880 lapse our whole conversation because I forgot 00:22:26.880 --> 00:22:29.160 like someone hit stop Oh, no. Have a wonderful 00:22:29.160 --> 00:22:33.799 day And then it was like an hour of not to like 00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:36.779 cut or edit anything on your phone. Yeah, it 00:22:36.779 --> 00:22:38.900 takes hours Yes, yes, cuz it you had a whole 00:22:38.900 --> 00:22:41.220 hour of it or whatever. Yes, and it loads like 00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:43.279 Ben Barrett I think his was like an hour and 00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:47.619 10 minutes time lapse. Oh I did on the accident 00:22:47.619 --> 00:22:50.960 and like to do anything with that video. It takes 00:22:50.960 --> 00:22:55.859 me so long. So don't ever do that Oh my gosh, 00:22:56.200 --> 00:22:57.660 okay. Well, I'm sorry. You have to listen to 00:22:57.660 --> 00:23:02.640 me for that long, especially you I'm so sorry 00:23:02.640 --> 00:23:13.440 I Love your voice. It's giving me the tingles 00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:22.609 ASMR. I think I tried to do this last time Cool, 00:23:22.630 --> 00:23:27.130 that's a painful listen Well, I think we recorded 00:23:27.130 --> 00:23:29.869 I don't even know how many podcasts and I was 00:23:29.869 --> 00:23:33.950 like I hadn't Re -listened to one really why 00:23:33.950 --> 00:23:36.569 because it was like we did like interviews and 00:23:36.569 --> 00:23:38.970 then I finally was like I didn't really set a 00:23:38.970 --> 00:23:42.549 launch date because I was like scared and then 00:23:42.549 --> 00:23:45.890 I Was like, okay one day I was irritated just 00:23:45.890 --> 00:23:48.380 whatever and I finally said That's it. I'm listening 00:23:48.380 --> 00:23:50.619 to it. Cause I was like, if I do not like what 00:23:50.619 --> 00:23:53.319 this sounds like, I will not do this. I was like, 00:23:53.359 --> 00:23:55.380 I will not move forward. At that point. Yes. 00:23:55.400 --> 00:23:58.039 You went that far. Yes. I was like, cause I wanted 00:23:58.039 --> 00:24:00.339 to make sure we had enough and I was like, it 00:24:00.339 --> 00:24:02.160 made sense. Like I was getting the hang of it. 00:24:02.180 --> 00:24:04.740 Like it was meant to be rather than just something 00:24:04.740 --> 00:24:06.700 I wanted to try and do. I didn't want to like 00:24:06.700 --> 00:24:08.900 launch it and over promise under deliver. So 00:24:08.900 --> 00:24:12.039 there was one day where I was like, I'm listening 00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:13.500 to it right now. Cause I just don't care. And 00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:15.670 I was like, Actually, you sound pretty good. 00:24:15.690 --> 00:24:17.990 Not as bad as I thought. Do you know who you 00:24:17.990 --> 00:24:20.170 sound like? I've thought about this already today. 00:24:20.230 --> 00:24:23.369 You kind of sound like Meg Ryan. Has anyone ever 00:24:23.369 --> 00:24:26.190 told you that? No, never. It's like, you're like, 00:24:26.369 --> 00:24:30.769 if I close my eyes, you're Anastasia. I don't 00:24:30.769 --> 00:24:34.150 know who that is. Are you the animation film? 00:24:34.309 --> 00:24:38.829 Oh, okay. You have got some homework. Actually, 00:24:38.849 --> 00:24:41.289 I do think I know what movie you're talking about. 00:24:41.490 --> 00:24:43.549 Once Upon a December. Yeah, I got to watch it 00:24:43.549 --> 00:24:46.359 again. It's been years. Okay, I know who you're 00:24:46.359 --> 00:24:48.140 talking about. Yes. Okay. Yeah. Listen, it's 00:24:48.140 --> 00:24:51.420 you. I think that that's your voice, which she's 00:24:51.420 --> 00:24:55.359 famous. So you're on your way there. Okay. Anyway, 00:24:55.660 --> 00:24:58.079 we digress. Okay. So we're talking about faith, 00:24:58.180 --> 00:25:01.559 diving faith. And I was just going to say, giving 00:25:01.559 --> 00:25:04.359 yourself that space. Letting go once was the 00:25:04.359 --> 00:25:06.619 challenges that I wasn't expecting, the change 00:25:06.619 --> 00:25:11.720 in the community, introducing myself. Okay. So 00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:15.099 just in talking with faith and however that looks 00:25:15.099 --> 00:25:19.460 for you because I love and I give everyone their 00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:23.039 own space to believe in what you wish and do 00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:25.700 what you need to do but like give yourself the 00:25:25.700 --> 00:25:28.500 room to receive like you said yeah but honestly 00:25:28.500 --> 00:25:33.380 what that means to me too is putting one foot 00:25:33.380 --> 00:25:36.839 in front of the other and leading with your heart 00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:40.240 when you lead with your heart Side note, you 00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:41.880 are going to trip a couple times. You're going 00:25:41.880 --> 00:25:44.920 to learn some lessons, you know, but you have 00:25:44.920 --> 00:25:48.390 to be open to like learning the process. But 00:25:48.390 --> 00:25:50.430 as long as you're addicted to learning the process, 00:25:50.609 --> 00:25:53.950 I mean, it just like the podcast. We just had 00:25:53.950 --> 00:25:57.549 this conversation. I did not know if I was fully 00:25:57.549 --> 00:26:00.930 ready to launch a podcast and I had imposter 00:26:00.930 --> 00:26:03.710 syndrome. That's so hard. And I've talked about 00:26:03.710 --> 00:26:06.250 that in the beginning because I just didn't know. 00:26:06.349 --> 00:26:08.309 But what I did do is I did put one foot in front 00:26:08.309 --> 00:26:11.430 of the other. And I said to myself, if this is 00:26:11.430 --> 00:26:14.150 meant to be, it's meant to be. And actually I'm 00:26:14.150 --> 00:26:15.750 working on a few things behind the scenes right 00:26:15.750 --> 00:26:19.369 now. And I do not have every answer laid out, 00:26:19.549 --> 00:26:22.269 but it literally is keeping me up at my office 00:26:22.269 --> 00:26:26.049 at night because I'm so excited. Like, yes, I 00:26:26.049 --> 00:26:29.289 don't know, but I just know that I am being led 00:26:29.289 --> 00:26:32.349 for something even greater with white peony. 00:26:33.250 --> 00:26:35.630 And yeah, it's just that to me is faith. Can 00:26:35.630 --> 00:26:40.039 I ask you a question? Can we trade? Okay, so 00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:44.000 you walked away from your career that you were 00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:46.339 like up and coming. There was a lot of promise 00:26:46.339 --> 00:26:47.740 for your future and you were doing some really 00:26:47.740 --> 00:26:51.990 incredible work. You stepped out. open, white 00:26:51.990 --> 00:26:54.049 peony was already open, but it was kind of your 00:26:54.049 --> 00:26:55.589 side hustle. And you're like, I'm going to do 00:26:55.589 --> 00:26:58.309 this, I'm going to go all in. Assuming you struggled 00:26:58.309 --> 00:27:01.130 with an identity crisis at that time, too. What 00:27:01.130 --> 00:27:03.950 did that process look like for you? And how long 00:27:03.950 --> 00:27:06.970 did it take you to feel rooted in what you were 00:27:06.970 --> 00:27:11.049 doing? Yeah, so I'm going to take it back to 00:27:11.049 --> 00:27:15.589 I always go here in my mind, through my careers, 00:27:15.950 --> 00:27:20.140 like my biggest career and my past. There are 00:27:20.140 --> 00:27:22.799 things characteristics that I've carried from 00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:25.740 a little girl that I am realizing deeper and 00:27:25.740 --> 00:27:28.720 deeper and deeper Through my relationships through 00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:32.019 my connections with my employees and the people 00:27:32.019 --> 00:27:37.279 that I oversaw and That either you know as time 00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:41.420 went on What once was maybe something that people 00:27:41.420 --> 00:27:44.960 looked? I don't want to say frowned upon or like 00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:47.700 my ideas were overlooked or I was like a little 00:27:47.700 --> 00:27:51.119 too much. Yes, this or too passionate about that. 00:27:51.140 --> 00:27:57.220 For example, it is crazy because looking back 00:27:57.220 --> 00:27:59.339 at I don't want to call it like what would have 00:27:59.339 --> 00:28:01.220 maybe been a flaw because it's not never been 00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:05.349 flaws of mine. It's actually the biggest strength, 00:28:05.549 --> 00:28:08.890 but they were always, I would say I felt like 00:28:08.890 --> 00:28:11.670 they were definitely overlooked or there wasn't 00:28:11.670 --> 00:28:16.329 room to really empower strengths. So as I moved 00:28:16.329 --> 00:28:18.670 in and took the leap of faith, jumped off that 00:28:18.670 --> 00:28:22.950 dang cliff, I was like, I love clothing. I am 00:28:22.950 --> 00:28:24.490 doing a boutique right now. Things are going 00:28:24.490 --> 00:28:27.049 great, but I still have no idea how I'm different 00:28:27.049 --> 00:28:29.750 from someone else. And I didn't believe in myself 00:28:29.750 --> 00:28:32.940 at that point. I did not believe Like I still, 00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:35.279 the imposter syndrome was so strong and here 00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:38.180 I am. You took my really awesome salary away. 00:28:38.519 --> 00:28:40.660 You wiped me out like a rug from under your feet. 00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:45.839 I still have no idea. how I'm going to be different 00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:48.240 and cooler. How am I going to be a standout in 00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:51.000 a world that has a hundred different stores or 00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:54.259 businesses or entrepreneurs? What do I have to 00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:57.019 bring to the table? I really sat in that and 00:28:57.019 --> 00:28:58.859 I said, I don't know, but I have a business. 00:28:58.940 --> 00:29:00.880 I'm going to move it forward. I literally am 00:29:00.880 --> 00:29:02.180 going to put one foot in front of the other. 00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:06.119 And then I started to hone in on what makes me 00:29:06.119 --> 00:29:11.059 tick, what my values are and over the time of 00:29:11.059 --> 00:29:13.200 owning the business, I'm standing in those stronger 00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:16.759 than I ever have. But it was a bit of a process 00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:19.500 in like an identity crisis, like you said, to 00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:22.200 kind of really be like, you know, peel away the 00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:25.380 achievement layers. Like, yeah, I am. I'm still 00:29:25.380 --> 00:29:27.500 up and running. Like we're still moving. Yeah. 00:29:27.740 --> 00:29:32.019 But who am I? And what that ties to is your business 00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:36.220 and your work. And it's crazy with time and you 00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:39.180 know like the things that brought me joy and 00:29:39.180 --> 00:29:41.779 was starting to bring other people joy and the 00:29:41.779 --> 00:29:44.980 strengths what I thought you know that were overlooked 00:29:44.980 --> 00:29:49.099 started to be like things people needed from 00:29:49.099 --> 00:29:51.579 me and you just kind of like it's an evolution. 00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:55.940 that is very authentic, if you let it be. I love 00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:58.720 that. So authentic. But you have to let it be 00:29:58.720 --> 00:30:01.180 that you have to be you. I love that. And I have 00:30:01.180 --> 00:30:03.619 a couple more questions. But so you talked about 00:30:03.619 --> 00:30:06.220 how the things that made you you in the space 00:30:06.220 --> 00:30:08.960 that you were working in, there was some like, 00:30:09.099 --> 00:30:11.859 be less complex or too fluffy or that's too much. 00:30:12.279 --> 00:30:14.099 But then when you found a space where you could 00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:16.240 be authentically self the gifts that you were 00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:18.940 given, help other people. And that's how you 00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:21.400 know. Like that's, I really believe that's how 00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:24.299 you know is when those things click. So if somebody 00:30:24.299 --> 00:30:27.539 asked you today, Lindsay, who are you and what 00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:31.099 does make you qualified to do what you do? Can 00:30:31.099 --> 00:30:33.259 you confidently say that? Yeah, I would say I'm 00:30:33.259 --> 00:30:36.759 not qualified. Nope. Try again. Just kidding. 00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:39.640 No, but actually, truly. Okay. I'm going to say 00:30:39.640 --> 00:30:42.480 it though. I'm not qualified and that's a beautiful 00:30:42.480 --> 00:30:46.640 thing because the perfectionism in me since I 00:30:46.640 --> 00:30:50.359 was little is unbelievably strong. And I've come 00:30:50.359 --> 00:30:53.099 out of this. I have put one foot in front of 00:30:53.099 --> 00:30:56.099 the other with a business that is actually taking 00:30:56.099 --> 00:30:58.119 my imposter syndrome and turning it against me. 00:30:58.140 --> 00:31:00.599 So you have to face yourself in the mirror. And 00:31:00.599 --> 00:31:04.960 I think what this whole story evolves like, I 00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:07.420 always say everyone is a leader in some way, 00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:10.960 shape or form. And I think when you can hone 00:31:10.960 --> 00:31:13.859 in on that, when you move forward and take a 00:31:13.859 --> 00:31:15.900 leap, you kind of, if you turn to yourself and 00:31:15.900 --> 00:31:19.829 you say, I'm a leader. Your strengths and your 00:31:19.829 --> 00:31:22.230 characteristics in some way shape or form you 00:31:22.230 --> 00:31:24.710 were put on this earth to give to others Mm -hmm, 00:31:25.069 --> 00:31:27.690 and I think we forget that other people need 00:31:27.690 --> 00:31:30.809 these things. Yes Yes, do you know what I mean? 00:31:30.869 --> 00:31:33.190 I feel like I don't have the answers But what 00:31:33.190 --> 00:31:35.690 I do know is I love helping people there were 00:31:35.690 --> 00:31:38.890 moments where I connected so deeply with others 00:31:38.890 --> 00:31:41.490 there were moments where I saw people who needed 00:31:41.490 --> 00:31:45.740 to be connected like you just It's on your heart. 00:31:45.779 --> 00:31:48.779 It's on your heart. You move forward and this 00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:51.099 whole, I don't know if I answered your question 00:31:51.099 --> 00:31:53.859 right, but I just know I'm not qualified and 00:31:53.859 --> 00:31:56.380 that's okay. And it's funny because if you would 00:31:56.380 --> 00:31:58.359 have told me what I'm doing now compared to before, 00:31:58.640 --> 00:32:01.019 that's that achievement thing. Like in my mind, 00:32:01.400 --> 00:32:03.200 I would be making millions of dollars and being 00:32:03.200 --> 00:32:05.440 this huge thing. And I'd have all this education 00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:08.319 under my belt. And here I am owning a business, 00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:12.220 running a podcast and being a mom and a dog mom 00:32:12.220 --> 00:32:14.579 and all the things. It's not perfect and that's 00:32:14.579 --> 00:32:17.960 okay. So the values that are leading me right 00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:21.819 now. More than ever our absolute community and 00:32:21.819 --> 00:32:23.720 connection. I was just gonna bring up community 00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:25.599 I think you're leaving now at a big piece of 00:32:25.599 --> 00:32:28.680 what you do here in this community community 00:32:28.680 --> 00:32:32.099 and connection for me Family to me, especially 00:32:32.099 --> 00:32:34.680 with my daughter becoming a senior. Oh lord. 00:32:35.160 --> 00:32:38.019 That is a whole nother thing But I'm like, it's 00:32:38.019 --> 00:32:41.119 a different it's different. I've ran fast for 00:32:41.119 --> 00:32:44.819 a long time and You know, as Haley's getting 00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:47.420 older and Tendley's growing up to be something 00:32:47.420 --> 00:32:50.420 and her personality is so awesome. She is awesome. 00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:53.319 But it just, it, it slows you down to really 00:32:53.319 --> 00:32:57.779 think about what you want when you're old. Yes. 00:32:58.079 --> 00:33:01.140 So anyways, community connection, family, of 00:33:01.140 --> 00:33:05.200 course, passion in everything. I just, when I'm 00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:06.819 doing work, you're gonna, you're gonna feel it. 00:33:06.819 --> 00:33:09.299 You're gonna hear it when I walk in a room. It's 00:33:09.299 --> 00:33:14.059 a vibe. It is a vibe. And you can see it too 00:33:14.059 --> 00:33:17.099 when you get an idea. That's happened probably 00:33:17.099 --> 00:33:19.160 about six times in this conversation. You're 00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:22.960 like, oh, wait, that's an idea. And the coolest 00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:25.819 part is you don't need approval or permission. 00:33:26.119 --> 00:33:28.680 You just need the community that you have here 00:33:28.680 --> 00:33:31.579 at YPONI to bring your visions to life. Yeah. 00:33:31.619 --> 00:33:34.539 And I just think of with the ups and downs of 00:33:34.539 --> 00:33:39.559 over the last years, it feels so good. this new 00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:42.759 year's stronger you just saying like, here is 00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:45.859 who I am like it or not. I really don't care. 00:33:45.980 --> 00:33:48.599 Like this is what I bring to the table. This 00:33:48.599 --> 00:33:53.680 is what I believe in. This is what the work I'm 00:33:53.680 --> 00:33:55.980 doing. It's good work. Like you fight that imposter 00:33:55.980 --> 00:33:58.480 syndrome. You fight that perfectionism for so 00:33:58.480 --> 00:34:02.220 long. And then it feels so empowering and so 00:34:02.220 --> 00:34:05.059 good to say, this is who I am. You know, there 00:34:05.059 --> 00:34:07.859 was an exercise at a summit, a next Monday summit, 00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:09.480 and they were like, hey, I want you to write 00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:12.179 a letter to yourself. Yes. And we're going to 00:34:12.179 --> 00:34:14.139 just send it. and we're not going to tell you 00:34:14.139 --> 00:34:17.360 when. And just write down who you are. Love that. 00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:19.599 And all these women around me were just writing 00:34:19.599 --> 00:34:22.579 like so fast. And I just sat there and I couldn't 00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:25.300 write. And I was like, this is so embarrassing. 00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:27.460 I like folded up my piece of paper and put it 00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:29.039 in my purse because I'm like, I don't know how 00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:33.119 to answer this question. And what is so weird 00:34:33.119 --> 00:34:36.239 is like I wanted to write down like my job description. 00:34:36.519 --> 00:34:40.699 Truly. Which is so strange, right? And so I folded 00:34:40.699 --> 00:34:42.380 out my piece of paper and I put it in my pocket 00:34:42.380 --> 00:34:43.940 because I'm like, I don't even know how to answer 00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:47.400 this question. So for me, I'm like really working 00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:51.099 on defining who am I, not what do I do? Like, 00:34:51.460 --> 00:34:54.139 who am I? Strip all the titles, strip everything 00:34:54.139 --> 00:34:55.780 you do and what you've accomplished and just 00:34:55.780 --> 00:34:58.829 answer the question. Who are you? When you do 00:34:58.829 --> 00:35:02.070 that the universe responds. The universe responds 00:35:02.070 --> 00:35:06.030 and my shift went from I want to fit the perfect 00:35:06.030 --> 00:35:09.630 ideal vision of success to I want to build a 00:35:09.630 --> 00:35:12.750 life that I'm not like working to count down 00:35:12.750 --> 00:35:15.809 the days to escape. Oh I love that. I am not 00:35:15.809 --> 00:35:18.889 in a rush to escape. I'm not like I cannot wait 00:35:18.889 --> 00:35:21.210 till Friday because I have I get so fired up 00:35:21.210 --> 00:35:23.150 for the work that I get to do and the people 00:35:23.150 --> 00:35:26.829 I coach and the people I get to photograph. Because 00:35:26.829 --> 00:35:29.190 it's not just about taking pictures, as you know. 00:35:29.190 --> 00:35:33.469 It's like really helping people with real estate, 00:35:33.889 --> 00:35:37.429 a huge transition in their life. With photography, 00:35:38.030 --> 00:35:41.309 big life changes and milestones, scary ones, 00:35:41.610 --> 00:35:44.269 beautiful ones, like having children, career 00:35:44.269 --> 00:35:46.969 changes. And so throughout all the things that 00:35:46.969 --> 00:35:49.769 I do, the common vein is I get to help people. 00:35:50.010 --> 00:35:53.210 And that is like... my true purpose and I'm in 00:35:53.210 --> 00:35:56.130 no rush to stop it. I love that. Do you know 00:35:56.130 --> 00:35:58.849 what I tell everyone? And this is legitimate. 00:35:58.949 --> 00:36:02.349 This is zero fluff. I am not joking you if I 00:36:02.349 --> 00:36:04.610 won the lottery tomorrow. You keep doing it. 00:36:04.750 --> 00:36:06.789 Which is why I think the universe should respond. 00:36:08.630 --> 00:36:14.150 Agreed. Hello. I would not change a thing. That's 00:36:14.150 --> 00:36:17.389 beautiful. I would maybe go and sourcings more, 00:36:17.469 --> 00:36:19.250 you know, that kind of thing, but like I would 00:36:19.250 --> 00:36:22.269 never, I mean it. I would not change this. I 00:36:22.269 --> 00:36:24.730 would do this until I can't do this anymore. 00:36:24.869 --> 00:36:28.889 I truly would, but I have really like with blinders 00:36:28.889 --> 00:36:31.269 on kind of put one foot in front of the other 00:36:31.269 --> 00:36:36.610 to Live by what I believe in and I believed from 00:36:36.610 --> 00:36:39.550 beginning without knowing any answers that I 00:36:39.550 --> 00:36:42.730 was going to Be more than clothing, but I just 00:36:42.730 --> 00:36:45.030 didn't know how or why yeah, like I had no idea 00:36:45.030 --> 00:36:49.670 and so Like your purpose with moving your transition 00:36:49.670 --> 00:36:52.789 Mm -hmm. You know you are dabbling in so many 00:36:52.789 --> 00:36:55.539 like things like you are really But there is 00:36:55.539 --> 00:36:57.639 a purpose like is there anything that you could 00:36:57.639 --> 00:36:59.880 say with with blinders that you don't have a 00:36:59.880 --> 00:37:01.860 full answer to but is there a purpose that's 00:37:01.860 --> 00:37:05.880 leading you? It doesn't matter what you're doing 00:37:05.880 --> 00:37:09.179 as long as you're doing it like alongside God. 00:37:09.679 --> 00:37:13.909 So the work that you do Like I don't need just 00:37:13.909 --> 00:37:16.630 the one consolidated job with a title and a benefits 00:37:16.630 --> 00:37:20.349 package in order to have a fulfilled life. I 00:37:20.349 --> 00:37:22.650 need... That was her therapy session coming up. 00:37:23.849 --> 00:37:27.230 I've not had no therapy. Thank you Chat TVD. 00:37:28.150 --> 00:37:31.179 I didn't need to pay for that. But I don't need 00:37:31.179 --> 00:37:33.599 that it's like and I also don't need to just 00:37:33.599 --> 00:37:35.619 be like this is my one thing This is the one 00:37:35.619 --> 00:37:37.960 thing that I'm good at. It's like this brings 00:37:37.960 --> 00:37:40.900 me joy. This brings me connection This brings 00:37:40.900 --> 00:37:43.320 me closer to my faith This brings me and allows 00:37:43.320 --> 00:37:46.320 me more time with my family and that's okay, 00:37:46.320 --> 00:37:48.659 and you don't have to have all the answers It 00:37:48.659 --> 00:37:50.900 doesn't need to be perfect. We have one life 00:37:50.900 --> 00:37:54.860 and make it the best life. Yes, that's it Oh, 00:37:54.860 --> 00:37:59.860 I love that so much. I amongst everything else 00:37:59.860 --> 00:38:04.099 and the universe responding, your family in this. 00:38:04.900 --> 00:38:07.639 Yes, for your kids. Like there's just something 00:38:07.639 --> 00:38:10.000 about this, like looking back, even in the transition 00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:12.260 that took me a little bit longer to make the 00:38:12.260 --> 00:38:14.159 leap in the middle of it, I wouldn't have told 00:38:14.159 --> 00:38:16.219 you that I wanted to like leave any sooner or 00:38:16.219 --> 00:38:19.360 anything like that was ungrateful. But in hindsight, 00:38:20.340 --> 00:38:23.059 looking at that transitional phase and my kids 00:38:23.059 --> 00:38:25.739 even, I was like, I should have read the clue. 00:38:25.860 --> 00:38:28.380 You shoulda woulda coulda at the same time. Yes. 00:38:28.739 --> 00:38:30.340 That's interesting that you say that because 00:38:30.340 --> 00:38:34.460 my husband, like my first week when I had stepped 00:38:34.460 --> 00:38:36.880 away, I was playing a card game with my kids 00:38:36.880 --> 00:38:39.340 and he just looked at me and said, I am so happy 00:38:39.340 --> 00:38:43.400 for you. And I was like, why? I know I said why 00:38:43.400 --> 00:38:45.539 and he goes you literally wouldn't have been 00:38:45.539 --> 00:38:47.659 able to mentally show up like the way that you're 00:38:47.659 --> 00:38:49.920 showing up with your kids right now and so it 00:38:49.920 --> 00:38:52.199 was like yeah it was Monday through Friday but 00:38:52.199 --> 00:38:54.519 it consumed so much of me outside of that because 00:38:54.519 --> 00:38:57.860 I cared so much and I just wasn't showing up 00:38:57.860 --> 00:39:01.280 the way that I wanted to for my family yeah and 00:39:01.280 --> 00:39:05.219 it is a full -time job being a mom yes I mean 00:39:05.219 --> 00:39:08.630 it is so if you're doing that full -time kudos 00:39:08.630 --> 00:39:12.210 it is a very hard thankless job but probably 00:39:12.210 --> 00:39:14.690 the most fulfilling and rewarding title i've 00:39:14.690 --> 00:39:17.869 ever held and that i will ever hold yes and my 00:39:17.869 --> 00:39:21.610 legacy so i'm letting letting that drive each 00:39:21.610 --> 00:39:24.849 decision i make yeah and what i get to do i think 00:39:24.849 --> 00:39:29.159 you know Now the journey that you're on yeah 00:39:29.159 --> 00:39:31.179 self -employed that has definitely been a process 00:39:31.179 --> 00:39:34.400 for me because you're you're evolving You're 00:39:34.400 --> 00:39:36.880 trying to figure out like the next kind of move 00:39:36.880 --> 00:39:39.699 a little bit. Mm -hmm, but Realizing and putting 00:39:39.699 --> 00:39:44.260 your family first is so key. Yes my whole Mind 00:39:44.260 --> 00:39:47.639 and heart shifted this last 12 months in a much 00:39:47.639 --> 00:39:50.440 bigger and better purpose the title of this podcast 00:39:50.440 --> 00:39:53.760 is going to be something about becoming because 00:39:54.579 --> 00:39:56.980 There isn't final answers. It's leading with 00:39:56.980 --> 00:40:00.019 your heart. It's following faith. It's walking 00:40:00.019 --> 00:40:02.480 one foot in front of the other I think everyone's 00:40:02.480 --> 00:40:04.579 always in a journey of becoming no matter where 00:40:04.579 --> 00:40:07.800 you're at But I'd relinquishing this vision. 00:40:07.920 --> 00:40:10.739 Yes that you thought you had for yourself because 00:40:10.739 --> 00:40:14.320 God's plans are so much bigger and better and 00:40:14.320 --> 00:40:17.219 more aligned with who he created you to be and 00:40:17.219 --> 00:40:20.280 for anyone who's feeling stuck Anyone who's feeling 00:40:20.280 --> 00:40:24.139 unsure or afraid if it's too late or you know, 00:40:24.139 --> 00:40:26.280 you're nervous about starting something new. 00:40:26.440 --> 00:40:28.659 Megan, I'll have you end with a little inspiration 00:40:28.659 --> 00:40:30.519 just to give to wrap it all kind of together. 00:40:30.820 --> 00:40:32.940 I said it earlier, but I'll say it again, really 00:40:32.940 --> 00:40:36.480 relinquish control, relinquish the vision and 00:40:36.480 --> 00:40:38.099 the idea that you thought you had for yourself. 00:40:38.679 --> 00:40:42.260 Welcome failure and obstacles and hiccups because 00:40:42.260 --> 00:40:45.900 the only way you will master anything new or 00:40:45.900 --> 00:40:48.239 you will strengthen your ability to do anything 00:40:48.239 --> 00:40:51.420 different, you got to be willing to fail and 00:40:51.420 --> 00:40:55.260 it's okay. It is okay. It's okay. And there's 00:40:55.260 --> 00:40:57.400 more people cheering for you than there are rooting 00:40:57.400 --> 00:41:00.900 against you and lean into that and give yourself 00:41:00.900 --> 00:41:03.159 grace because it's not going to be pretty or 00:41:03.159 --> 00:41:06.179 perfect. Grace. I think that's where we'll end 00:41:06.179 --> 00:41:08.539 it because we all need a little bit of grace 00:41:08.539 --> 00:41:11.659 through this entire journey. Mostly giving it 00:41:11.659 --> 00:41:13.340 to yourself because that's who we're hardest 00:41:13.340 --> 00:41:17.179 on. As we close today's conversation, I want 00:41:17.179 --> 00:41:20.119 to pause and say this. Megan, you are such a 00:41:20.119 --> 00:41:22.440 gift. Your courage, your honesty, and your willingness 00:41:22.440 --> 00:41:25.199 to share the middle, not just the polished outcome 00:41:25.199 --> 00:41:28.519 is what makes your story so powerful. You remind 00:41:28.519 --> 00:41:30.599 us that becoming doesn't require perfection, 00:41:30.940 --> 00:41:33.360 certainty, or a finish line. Your courage, your 00:41:33.360 --> 00:41:35.320 honesty, and your willingness to share the middle, 00:41:35.420 --> 00:41:38.260 not just the polished outcome is what makes your 00:41:38.260 --> 00:41:40.920 story so powerful. You remind us that becoming 00:41:40.920 --> 00:41:43.460 doesn't require perfection, certainty, or a finish 00:41:43.460 --> 00:41:46.760 line. It requires faith, humility, and definitely 00:41:46.760 --> 00:41:49.300 trust. You've always had the rare ability to 00:41:49.300 --> 00:41:51.480 see beauty in others. And in this season, it's 00:41:51.480 --> 00:41:55.800 been so inspiring to watch you extend that same 00:41:55.800 --> 00:41:58.639 grace towards yourself. To everyone listening, 00:41:59.039 --> 00:42:01.380 if you're standing at the edge of change, if 00:42:01.380 --> 00:42:03.880 you're grieving a version of life you once imagined, 00:42:04.300 --> 00:42:07.760 if you feel excited and terrified all at the 00:42:07.760 --> 00:42:10.260 same time, let this be a reminder that you are 00:42:10.260 --> 00:42:13.880 not late. You are not lost and you are not failing. 00:42:14.480 --> 00:42:16.900 Sometimes the most faithful step forward is the 00:42:16.900 --> 00:42:19.480 one taken without clarity, trusting that God 00:42:19.480 --> 00:42:21.619 will meet you there. Megan, thank you for being 00:42:21.619 --> 00:42:24.380 you. Thank you for your heart, your light and 00:42:24.380 --> 00:42:26.960 your courage. And I'm so proud of you and so 00:42:26.960 --> 00:42:30.579 grateful for this conversation. I'm yelling because 00:42:30.579 --> 00:42:33.380 she's across our store right now. Thank you for 00:42:33.380 --> 00:42:35.460 listening. 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