Make It Happen

There's a whole lot of noise out there telling us how to build and run our business. But after four years of running my own business and supporting hundreds of my coaching clients in theirs too, I've learned over and over again that nobody knows what our business needs better than we do. And when we look to others to tell us what to do, we can usually find ourselves getting a little lost and disconnected from our business along the way.So in today's episode I'm sharing why we shouldn't want a workshop, course, coach, or book to tell us how to run our business, and instead why they should be a catalyst for our own discovery and exploration in our work. Because when we look for someone else to tell us what to do, we outsource the leadership of our business and the only person who can ever truly lead it is ourselves.So if you ever feel like you’ve been listening to all of the noise but you’re not feeling any closer to where you want to be in your work, this is the episode for you. My biggest hope is that today’s episode can encourage you to know that you are the expert of your own business, and that you are oh so capable of moving it forward every step of the way too.And if you'd like to connect more you can find me over on Instagram, and dive into more of my work over at my website too.My website and Instagram

What if there was a different way to build a thriving business than the path of hustle, hustle, hustle that's been modelled to us? What if we could thrive in our life every step of way too? In this episode I share how I've recently crossed over into six figures in my business and why, after four years now of taking a very slow and steady approach to my business, what I am most happy about is that I’ve been able to reach that milestone while also being able to work less, live more, and find more fulfilment and joy in my business and life too. Because I don’t believe that we should sacrifice ourselves in the pursuit of success, and I don’t believe that fast and furious is the very best way to build a business either. So in this episode I dive into why slower is sometimes better when it comes to business growth, why I believe it’s just as important to thrive in our life as it is to thrive in our work, and why how we experience the journey is always way more important than the destination we’re trying to reach. And if you'd like to dive deeper into your own business, my Uncover Your Big-Hearted Business mini book may be a great place to start and you can download the PDF through this link here. If you'd like to dive into more of my work you can head over to my website here - I'd love to connect with you more soon!My website

For this season of the show I am sharing with you the audiobook of my mini book, Nobody Is Going To Do Your Business (Or Your Life) For You, which I published last year and is a collection of essays sharing the lessons I've learned about bridging the gap between where we are now and where we truly want to be in our creative work and lives. If you'd like to find out more about my mini books, which I create exclusively for my Weekly Letters community, you can over at jencarrington.com

For this season of the show I am sharing with you the audiobook of my mini book, Nobody Is Going To Do Your Business (Or Your Life) For You, which I published last year and is a collection of essays sharing the lessons I've learned about bridging the gap between where we are now and where we truly want to be in our creative work and lives. If you'd like to find out more about my mini books, which I create exclusively for my Weekly Letters community, you can over at jencarrington.com

For this season of the show I am sharing with you the audiobook of my mini book, Nobody Is Going To Do Your Business (Or Your Life) For You, which I published last year and is a collection of essays sharing the lessons I've learned about bridging the gap between where we are now and where we truly want to be in our creative work and lives. If you'd like to find out more about my mini books, which I create exclusively for my Weekly Letters community, you can over at jencarrington.com

For this season of the show I am sharing with you the audiobook of my mini book, Nobody Is Going To Do Your Business (Or Your Life) For You, which I published last year and is a collection of essays sharing the lessons I've learned about bridging the gap between where we are now and where we truly want to be in our creative work and lives. If you'd like to find out more about my mini books, which I create exclusively for my Weekly Letters community, you can over at jencarrington.com

For this season of the show I am sharing with you the audiobook of my mini book, Nobody Is Going To Do Your Business (Or Your Life) For You, which I published last year and is a collection of essays sharing the lessons I've learned about bridging the gap between where we are now and where we truly want to be in our creative work and lives. If you'd like to find out more about my mini books, which I create exclusively for my Weekly Letters community, you can over at jencarrington.com

For this season of the show I am sharing with you the audiobook of my mini book, Nobody Is Going To Do Your Business (Or Your Life) For You, which I published last year and is a collection of essays sharing the lessons I've learned about bridging the gap between where we are now and where we truly want to be in our creative work and lives. If you'd like to find out more about my mini books, which I create exclusively for my Weekly Letters community, you can over at jencarrington.com

For this season of the show I am sharing with you the audiobook of my mini book, Nobody Is Going To Do Your Business (Or Your Life) For You, which I published last year and is a collection of essays sharing the lessons I've learned about bridging the gap between where we are now and where we truly want to be in our creative work and lives. If you'd like to find out more about my mini books, which I create exclusively for my Weekly Letters community, you can over at jencarrington.com

For this season of the show I am sharing with you the audiobook of my mini book, Nobody Is Going To Do Your Business (Or Your Life) For You, which I published last year and is a collection of essays sharing the lessons I've learned about bridging the gap between where we are now and where we truly want to be in our creative work and lives. If you'd like to find out more about my mini books, which I create exclusively for my Weekly Letters community, you can over at jencarrington.com

For this season of the show I am sharing with you the audiobook of my mini book, Nobody Is Going To Do Your Business (Or Your Life) For You, which I published last year and is a collection of essays sharing the lessons I've learned about bridging the gap between where we are now and where we truly want to be in our creative work and lives. If you'd like to find out more about my mini books, which I create exclusively for my Weekly Letters community, you can over at jencarrington.com

For this season of the show I am sharing with you the audiobook of my mini book, Nobody Is Going To Do Your Business (Or Your Life) For You, which I published last year and is a collection of essays sharing the lessons I've learned about bridging the gap between where we are now and where we truly want to be in our creative work and lives. If you'd like to find out more about my mini books, which I create exclusively for my Weekly Letters community, you can over at jencarrington.com

For this season of the show I am sharing with you the audiobook of my mini book, Nobody Is Going To Do Your Business (Or Your Life) For You, which I published last year and is a collection of essays sharing the lessons I've learned about bridging the gap between where we are now and where we truly want to be in our creative work and lives. If you'd like to find out more about my mini books, which I create exclusively for my Weekly Letters community, you can over at jencarrington.com

For this season of the show I am sharing with you the audiobook of my mini book, Nobody Is Going To Do Your Business (Or Your Life) For You, which I published last year and is a collection of essays sharing the lessons I've learned about bridging the gap between where we are now and where we truly want to be in our creative work and lives. If you'd like to find out more about my mini books, which I create exclusively for my Weekly Letters community, you can over at jencarrington.com

So last year I wrote a book. It's a mini book, less than 50 pages long, called Nobody Is Going To Do Your Business (Or Your Life) For You and I shared it as a little gift with my Weekly Letters email community alongside an audiobook that I recorded for it too. This little book explored some of the lessons I've learned over the years as a creative coach about what it takes to bridge the gap between where are now and where we truly want to be in our creative life. It's filled with 12 mini essays and it's probably one of my favourite projects I've ever brought to life in my business. Since then I've also brought to life some other mini books for my Weekly Letters community, from a ten-step business plan for creatives, to a mini book filled with 105 writing prompts, to a collection of fifty of my favourite letters that I've sent to them over the years, and I have so many other ideas swirling around my mind for future mini books that I'm really excited to bring to life and share with my community soon. So for this season of Make It Happen I wanted to share with you the audiobook of Nobody Is Going To Do Your Business (Or Your Life) For You, in the hopes that it can be of some encouragement and support for you in your creative work and life right now. And if you'd like to dive into the mini book and other mini books I have created, and have exclusive access to new mini books that I'll publishing along the way too, you can find out more and join my Weekly Letters community over at www.jencarrington.comSo what you'll find next are 13 episodes sharing the chapters of Nobody is Going To Do Your Business (Or Your Life) For You, and my biggest hope is that on the other side you will have a little more clarity, a little more courage, and a little more determination to show up and bring to fruition the creative work and life that you're aching for.Find out more at my website

For the last episode of this season of Make It Happen I'm joined by the awesome and incomparable Laura Jane Williams. I've been reading Laura's blog for years, and I loved her memoirs Becoming and Ice Cream For Breakfast too, so I was ridiculously excited to have the opportunity to connect with her for this episode. We explore what it means to be a storyteller not a writer, her own writing process, taking control of your creative career by thinking of yourself as an entrepreneur and so much more.Where you can find Laura:WebsiteInstagramTwitter BecomingIce Cream For Breakfastand for more from Jen head here

In this episode I'm joined by Cat Byrne, a designer who runs her own branding and web design studio over at Gatto Web, a podcast host, and a past client and wonderful friend of mine too. We explore Cat's journey last year of choosing more for herself in her creative business and life, how she pivoted her business to work better for her so she could work less, earn more, and find more freedom and fulfilment along the way too. I had the pleasure of walking with Cat in this journey as her coach, and I was so excited to bring her onto the show this season to share her story with you and have a really honest conversation together about what it looks like to really choose more for yourself in your creative work and life and the work and courage it takes to make that happen too.Where you can find Cat online:WebsitePodcastInstagramand for more from Jen head here

In this episode I'm joined by Yasamin Al-Tiay, a musician based in New Zealand and an awesome client of mine too. We dive into her journey as a musician, how she's recently discovered that her creative happiness comes from within, and how she makes opportunities for herself in an industry full of gatekeepers too.Where you can find Yasamin:WebsitePodcastand for more from Jen head here

In this episode I'm joined by my wonderful friend and client, Fiona Barrows, a brand storyteller based in Frome and we talk all about her journey so far, from leaving a her life in London as a literary agent three years ago to travel around Asia and become a freelance copywriter, to where she is now as a big-hearted business owner living in Frome, UK. We dive into her mindset shift from being a freelancer to becoming a business owner, the message behind her podcast all about living life a little differently, and the philosophy that shapes her work as a brand storyteller too.Where you can find Fiona online:WebsitePodcastInstagramTwitterand for more from Jen head here

In this episode I'm joined by my husband and partner in crime in work and life, Alex Kontis-Carrington, as I knew I had to get him on an episode this season to talk all things podcasting. As a freelance podcast editor, and the editor and producer of Make It Happen since day one of this show too, he really knows about what it takes to bring an awesome podcast to life and in this episode we talk all about producing your own podcast, why it can be such an awesome content stream for business owners, and we also talk a little bit about him taking the leap last year to work for himself full time too. Where you can find Alex online:WebsiteTwitterand for more from Jen head here

In this episode I'm joined by the awesome Sara Tasker of Me & Orla and we talk about the incredible things she's made happen these past few years and the lessons she's learned along the way, we both share our experience of becoming the breadwinner in our marriages, and Sara shares how she creates awesome courses that really deliver and delight. Where you can find Sara online:WebsiteTwitterInstagramPodcastand for more from Jen head here

In this episode I'm joined by my close friend and awesome lifestyle blogger Rebecca Warriner of From Roses to talk all about her blogging and business journey so far, what it's like to make your living through sponsored content, how she shares personal content while still protecting her privacy, and what she's learning in this season about giving herself permission to slow down and take a break.Where you can find Rebecca online:WebsiteInstagramTwitterand for more from Jen head here

In this episode I'm joined by the awesome Kayte Ferris of Simple and Season, a marketing coach and blogger, and we dive into her journey last year of taking a business from just a dream to a reality, how she really stayed the course in the face of uncertainty and the unknown, and we dig into her awesome marketing advice for creative business owners too.Where you can find Kayte online:WebsiteInstagramTwitterAnd for more from Jen head here.

In this episode I share with you my mantra of “showing up as if you’re already where you want to be in your creative work and life” and explore the ways you can honour this along the way in your journey.

In this episode I explore how and why we have to stop taking ownership of other people’s judgements, criticisms, and behaviours along the way in our creative work and life - and encouragement for you to do this yourself if it’s something you’re struggling with in your journey.

In this episode I share some thoughts on how we can stay connected to our own version of success when the noise of the world starts to distract us along the way.

In this episode I share 10 reflective exercises for purpose-driven creatives, in the hopes of holding space for you to dive a little deeper into your creative work and life.

In this episode I explore what it looks like for us to live and work in seasons, and I share some exercises for you to use as a jumping off point to navigate your own seasons more intentionally in your journey.

In this episode I share with you how I’m navigating hustle and rest in this season of my work and my life, and some of the lessons I’m learning along the way so far.

In this episode I share some insights and encouragement around how you can start to redefine your working week when you work for yourself - and how you can work move intuitively along the way in your business.

In this episode I share some thoughts on why we should stop looking for blueprints and shortcuts in our creative work and lives, and some advice and encouragement for what we can do instead.

In the last episode of this season, I share five simple ways you can challenge the fear that may be holding you back in your creative journey right now.

In this episode I share with you the lessons I've learned from seeing big-hearted creatives make things happen since starting my coaching business two years ago.

In this episode I share five reminders for any big-hearted creatives who are feeling a little uninspired, out of sync, or disconnected in their business right now.

In this episode I dive into five of the questions that my clients always ask me about creative living, including what to do when you're freaking out about money, how to market yourself without feeling icky, and more.

In this episode I share with you some of the things I see getting in the way of big-hearted living and working for creative business owners, and how we can move past them and live wholeheartedly instead.

In this episode I explore the difference between clarity and certainty as a creative business owner, and which one can serve us best along the way.

In this episode I share with you five mantras to help you choose a mindset of abundance over scarcity in your journey as a creative business owner.

My clients are always asking me for book recommendations in regards to specific struggles or experiences they’re having in their current season of their creative life, and these are the books that I always recommend them to dive deep into.

In this episode I re-introduce you to Make It Happen, recap the show so far, and share with you what you can expect from Season 4. 

For the last episode of Season 3 I thought it would be fun to switch things up and for the first time ever on the show put me in the hot seat as the interview guest instead of being the interviewer. I have been asking some awesome creatives this season about how they make things happen in their business and I thought how better to end this season than answering those questions myself. And when I thought about who best to interview me I thought who better than my other half Alex, who is also the other half of this show too as behind the scenes he is the one editing and producing this show so it can actually be brought to life each week. Season 4 will be here in early 2017, but until then thank you so much for listening to the show this season and I hope you enjoy this last episode!

In today’s episode I’m joined by the awesome Lucinda Burgess-Farwell. Lucinda is a creative VA and we had so much fun talking about her routine and business and how she makes things happen along the way. Lucinda has also had a really incredible business journey so far too and I’m so excited for you to hear more about it in today’s episode.

In this mini episode I walk you through some of the questions I ask my clients whenever they’re feeling unfulfilled, and lost, and stuck, and unsure of what steps to take next in their business and creative life. This episode is for you if you’re aching for a little more clarity and direction in your creative work and life right now.

In this episode I’m joined by Amy Kuretsky, a health coach for creatives and an acupuncturist and we talked all about how she makes things happen in her business. We also talked a little about what it means to your fuel your hustle and also what it looks like to listen to your intuition as a business owner. I love the work Amy is doing in the world and this is a great episode for any business owners looking to run their business in a healthier, more intuitive way.

Today’s mini episode is all about how to keep your dream job just that little bit dreamy by adding some joy back into your daily grind. If you’re struggling with your business leaving you feeling bored, overwhelmed, drained, or uninspired, this is the episode for you.

In this episode I’m joined by the awesome Amy Young, who is a life coach and video blogger and we talked all about how she makes things happen in her business. So much more than just that though, we also explored our thoughts on routines, motivation, and some of the lessons we’ve learned in our business so far along the way.

Today’s episode is for any creatives who would rather spend less time online and more time doing the work they’re inspired to do and living their life too. I share some of the steps that have helped me to run an online business without having to completely lose myself to the internet along the way.

In this episode of Make It Happen I’m joined by the awesome Paige Poppe and we talk all about how she makes things happen in her business. Paige is a painter, illustrator, and designer and we have a great chat all about her routine, where she finds joy in her business, and how she does things on her own terms along the way.

In this mini episode I share with you a story I used to tell myself that almost stopped me from starting my creative business. If there’s a story you’re telling yourself right now that’s holding you back in your journey, this is the episode for you.

In this episode I’m joined by product photographer and stylist Holly Booth to talk all about how she makes things happen in her business. We have an absolute blast talking morning routines, managing emails, navigating stress, and so much more.

In this mini episode I’m sharing with you some of the biggest lessons I’ve learned so far in my journey of building and running a lifestyle business. If you’re ready to run your business on your own terms and live your creative life by your own rules, this is the episode for you.