This Entrepreneur Life Podcast

Keep running down your dreams. No matter how long it takes you to get there. Introducing How to Stop Quitting. A short goodbye to This Entrepreneur Life. Check out www.howtostopquitting.com for more information on where I'm taking my business and how I can help you find ways to keep going so you can reach your goals. I help people quit quitting. And I can help you too.

This week, we're digging into a story about your future, instead of digging into the past. It's time to start thinking about how your thoughts now are going to impact you later. To learn more about This Entrepreneur Life and Heather Deveaux, visit heatherdeveaux.com

This week, we're digging into the idea that something is wrong with you because you want more from life than the average person. There's nothing average about you. That's why you run a business. Stop telling yourself you're wrong because you don't fit the mold. For more information about This Entrepreneur Life and Heather, visit heatherdeveaux.com and fuckthisshit.ca

This week, we explore how confusion keeps you safe and how you can tackle confusion with pointed questions about why you're holding back. We're also talking about how you can show up for your business, even when you feel confused and why you need to keep taking action, especially when things get hairy. For more information about This Entrepreneur Life and Heather, visit heatherdeveaux.com

In this week's episode, we're hitting the pause button to talk about current world events and how those events might impact your business now and in the future. Then, we dig into how to create alignment for your business so that your thoughts, beliefs and actions are lined up and you are moving forward. To download the workbook for this episode, visit www.heatherdeveaux.com/episode11 For more information about The Persist Workshop, visit www.heatherdeveaux.com/persist To learn more about coaching, visit www.heatherdeveaux.com/coaching

This week, we're talking about what it means to stand outside the fire and what it means to be someone who runs into the flames. Entrepreneurship is about taking risks, and while there are many risks to be taken, the biggest one is leaving the safety of the pack. For more information about This Entrepreneur Life and Heather, visit https://heatherdeveaux.com

In this week's episode, you'll explore how you judge yourself and what that means to your success and progress. Sometimes, you stop yourself before you even start and it's because of a thought. Learn to overcome those thoughts by asking the right questions. To learn more about This Entrepreneur Life and Heather Deveaux, visit www.heatherdeveaux.com

This week, we're exploring how profound it is to be wrong about things. It feels awful, sure, but it's worth it to learn new ways of doing things. Find out about some questions to help you make meaning of failure and keep going. To learn more about This Entrepreneur Life and Heather Deveaux, visit www.heatherdeveaux.com

This week, I'm taking a minute to do a check-in with you about where I'm at with my business and sharing some insight about how to drop the word "just" from your vocabulary so you can stop undermining your efforts in business. To learn more about This Entrepreneur Life and Heather, visit https://heatherdeveaux.com

This week, consider the ways in which you avoid showing up for your business and how your lived experiences have prepared you for the hard things in entrepreneurship. There are many situations in life that have required you to do hard things. Business is no different. For more information about This Entrepreneur Life and Heather, visit https://heatherdeveaux.com

This week, we're exploring what being consistent can yield in your life and business. By focusing on one or two goals at a time, you make room in your life for the consistency you need. But what happens when you get overwhelmed or miss the mark? You're just a thought away from starting again, to build on that consistency. To learn more about This Entrepreneur Life and Heather, visit www.heatherdeveaux.com

This week, we're exploring the connection between thinking everything is going wrong and you being wrong. How we treat ourselves and what we say when things don't go right has a huge impact on our resiliency and success. Learn how to make productive connections between your past choices and where you want to go now to grow your business. To learn more about Heather and how she can help you, visit www.heatherdeveaux.com

In this week's episode, I'm asking you to challenge what you think you are worth as an entrepreneur and to step outside of your beliefs to see if there are other things that exist outside the realm of possibility for you and your business. To learn more about This Entrepreneur Life and Heather Deveaux, visit www.heatherdeveaux.com

This week, I'm sharing some insight into imposter syndrome to help you identify how it shows up in your life and providing you with some action items to help you kick it to the curb. To learn more about Heather and This Entrepreneur Life, visit www.heatherdeveaux.com

Welcome to This Entrepreneur Life Podcast! In the official first episode of the podcast, we're talking about thinking new thoughts and how to start to identify the thoughts that are keeping you small and preventing you from growing your business. To learn more about This Entrepreneur Life and Heather Deveaux, visit www.heatherdeveaux.com

Download the workbook for this episode at https://heatherdeveaux.com/2019podcast In the final episode of marking the transition from The Freelance Writing School to This Entrepreneur Life Podcast, we celebrate the year that has passed. Wherever you are on your journey of entrepreneurship, this podcast episode is for you. Gratitude carries you through the good times and the bad and helps you see just how far you have come from over the last year. Happy new year and lots of love! To learn more about Heather, visit https://heatherdeveaux.com

Planning for the future is just one piece of the puzzle of success. You have to actually plan to take action on those plans as well. In this episode of This Entrepreneur Life Podcast, we're exploring how a simple idea can become a plan, which can provide relief and results when you take action toward your goals. For more information about Heather, visit www.heatherdeveaux.com

The stories we tell ourselves have incredible power over us, but we don't often think about how they impact us. We pay more attention to what other people of our stories. We try to craft a story instead of trying to share stories that feel true to us. This episode of This Entrepreneur Life Podcast will help you see how your stories are serving you - or not - and help you find the courage to change them if need be. To learn more about Heather and coaching, visit www.heatherdeveaux.com

In this week's episode, we're exploring a unique approach to business appreciation in an exercise called, "Your Business as a Person." We're also talking about money and how we treat our businesses and money like bank machines, not really stopping to think about how we show up for them. To learn more about coaching and other services from Heather, visit www.heatherdeveaux.com

This week, we dig into what it means to create a customer profile in real time and how trial and error can help you build a solid foundation for understanding your customer to grow your business. For more information about Heather and how coaching can help you grow your business, visit www.heatherdeveaux.com

In this third instalment to bridge the transition phase between The Freelance Writing School and This Entrepreneur Life, we're digging into the vision for the future of your business. Where do you want to go? What do you want to create? What will it all look like after you put the effort in over and over again? There's only one way to find out. Plan for it! Learn more about coaching with Heather at www.heatherdeveaux.com

In this second transition episode of This Entrepreneur Life Podcast, I'm exploring what it means to decide on a mission for your work in the world. Why is it important to know not only what you do, but why? And I share my thoughts on what took me so long to decide on one for myself. This one piece of information can help you take your business into the future. Don't put off answering this question any longer. For more information about This Entrepreneur Life and my work as a life and business coach, visit www.heatherdeveaux.com

Welcome to This Entrepreneur Life Transition Phase Episode! After thinking about the direction of The Freelance Writing School and the podcast, I came to realize that it was time for a bigger change than just going all-in on coaching. This is the first transition phase episode where I begin closing the door on The Freelance Writing School and welcome you to This Entrepreneur Life. Change happens fast when you are committed to making decisions that serve you and your business. For more information about This Entrepreneur Life and my work as a life and business coach, visit www.heatherdeveaux.com.

In this week's episode, we're exploring how comments from other people make us feel and how it's an opportunity to check ourselves to make sure we love our sh*t. Show notes: www.thefreelancewritingschool.com/episode88 Learn more about Heather, www.heatherdeveaux.com

This week's episode of The Freelance Writing School Podcast walks you through some of the destructive thoughts you have about being in business for yourself. What does it take to be a successful entrepreneur? Managing your mind. Show notes: www.thefreelancewritingschool.com/episode87 Learn more about coaching with Heather www.thefreelancewritingschool.com/contact

In this week's episode, we're digging into the importance of professional development to understand why you should invest in your business, why you aren't and what it says about your approach to business. Show notes: www.thefreelancewritingschool.com/episode86 Learn more about how to grow your freelance writing business, www.thefreelancewritingschool.com Learn more about Heather www.heatherdeveaux.com

In this week's episode, we're talking about how to move away from doing the same things all the time when you are trying to grow your freelance writing business. What got you here, won't get you there. Show notes: www.thefreelancewritingschool.com/episode85 Learn more about The Freelance Writing School, www.thefreelancewritingschool.com Join The Podcast Group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thefreelancewritingschoolpodcast/

This week, we're talking about marketing and messages in your market efforts to reach the clients you want to work with. Get some clarity around who you want to help and why and share what you can do to make their business better. Show notes: www.thefreelancewritingschool.com/episode84 Learn more about The Freelance Writing School, www.thefreelancewritingschool.com Learn more about Heather Deveaux, www.heatherdeveaux.com

This week, dig into why we think we're not good enough to be freelance writers and where that doubt comes from. It's not always something that happens to us that causes us to freak out. Sometimes, we just think bad things are going to happen. Show notes: www.thefreelancewritingschool.com/episode83 Learn more about Heather www.heatherdeveaux.com Check out The Freelance Writing Summit 2019 at www.thefreelancewritingschool.com/summit

This week, we're talking about contracts, NDAs and Proprietary Information in your freelance writing business. Wondering if you need a contract or should sign an NDA with a client? Check out this week's episode to get the nitty gritty on paper work. Show notes: www.thefreelancewritingschool.com/episode82 Learn more about freelance writing as a career option, www.thefreelancewritingschool.com Learn more about Heather at www.heatherdeveaux.com

We're wrapping up the 6-part series on resiliency in your freelance writing business on The Freelance Writing School Podcast. Add to your skillset for being more resilient by learning what you need to be resilient against and craft a plan for dealing with a crisis in your business. Show notes: www.thefreelancewritingschool.com/episode81 Learn more about coaching with Heather at www.thefreelancewritingschool.com/startupcoaching Learn more about Heather at www.heatherdeveaux.com

This week, continue the conversation about resiliency in your freelance writing business with a discussion about mindfulness. Learn what makes you more resilient as you start and run your freelance writing business. Show notes: www.thefreelancewritingschool.com/episode80 Learn more about coaching from The Freelance Writing School at www.thefreelancewritingschool.com/startupcoaching Learn more about Heather Deveaux at www.heatherdeveaux.com

This week, explore part 4 of the resilience series from The Freelance Writing School and discover how information about yourself can help you get where you want to go. Show notes: www.thefreelancewritingschool.com/episode79 Learn more about Heather at www.heatherdeveaux.com

This week, we're continuing our talk about resiliency as a freelance writer with a focus on doing the opposite of what you think you should be doing in life. Question everything. And then grow your own way. Show notes: www.thefreelancewritingschool.com/episode78 Learn more about Heather at www.heatherdeveaux.com

This week, we're talking about how distraction can help you be more productive in your freelance writing business and how it can help you learn to be more resilient as you continue to grow your own way. Show notes: www.thefreelancewritingschool.com/episode77 Learn more about Heather: www.heatherdeveaux.com

This week, explore part one of a six-part series on how to be resilient. Everyone talks about being resilient, but nobody is teaching us how to be that way. Explore what is available to you in this episode and five more coming down the line. Show notes: www.thefreelancewritingschool.com/episode76 Learn more about Heather Deveaux at www.heatherdeveaux.com

This week, I struggled to plan and fell behind on some things. How do you get motivated again when you've lost your groove? What has to happen in order for you to do the things you really do want to do, but feel they feel like a chore? Show notes: www.thefreelancewritingschool.com/episode75 Learn more about Heather at www.heatherdeveaux.com Learn more about how to become a freelance writer at www.thefreelancewritingschool.com

This week, I'm exploring what really makes us happy and if being a freelance writer can contribute to that happiness. Life is about following your dreams, but do you get more out of the journey than the result? Show notes: www.thefreelancewritingschool.com/episode74 Learn more about Heather www.heatherdeveaux.com

This week we're talking about what makes your freelance writing business stand out: good customer service. Don't leave growth to chance. Take advantage of opportunities to show clients what you are made of. Show notes: www.thefreelancewritingschool.com/episode73 Learn more about Heather at www.heatherdeveaux.com

This week, we talk about changing your mind. Maybe you got into freelancing and think it's not for you anymore. Maybe you want to change directions and grow your business in a new and different way. That's okay. Show notes: www.thefreelancewritingschool.com/episode72 Learn more about Heather Deveaux at www.heatherdeveaux.com

This week, we're digging into the notion of business development. This isn't a how to, it's a guide to make sure you focusing on the right things. Show notes: www.thefreelancewritingschool.com/episode71 Learn more about Heather www.heatherdeveaux.com

In this week's episode, I tackle the thoughts that make us think we should be living a certain way when all we want is to follow our dreams. The Shadow of Should holds us back in more ways than one. Show notes: www.thefreelancewritingschool.com/episode70 Learn more about coaching: www.thefreelancewritingschool.com/startupcoaching Learn more about Heather: www.heatherdeveaux.com

This week, I answer a listener question about how to take a client from pitch to paid. Show notes: www.thefreelancewritingschool.com/episode69 Learn more about coaching with Heather www.thefreelancewritingschool.com/startupcoaching Learn more about Heather www.heatherdeveaux.com

This week, we're talking about the three things that most aspiring freelance writers struggle with. The struggle is real, but most of it is in your head. Learn more about how to build your freelance writing business at www.thefreelancewritingschool.com Learn more about Heather at www.heatherdeveaux.com

This week, I'm talking about people who can't. People who lead with losing and who don't see the possibility in their own lives. Show notes: www.thefreelancewritingschool.com/episode67 Sign up for coaching with Heather www.thefreelancewritingschool.com/startupcoaching Learn more about Heather www.heatherdeveaux.com

This week marks two years of full-time operation of my freelance writing business! Congratulations to me! I'm celebrating all the things that helped me get here in this week's episode. Show notes: www.thefreelancewritingschool.com/episode66 Join the Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/thefreelancewritingschoolpodcast Learn more about Heather www.heatherdeveaux.com

This week, I'm tackling ways you can write for different markets even when those markets aren't your expertise. Join the new Facebook group at www.facebook.com/groups/thefreelancewritingschoolpodcast Show notes: www.thefreelancewritingschool.com/episode65 Heather's website: www.heatherdeveaux.com

This week, I'm sharing stories about how I worked for lower paying writing clients but made lots of money working on volume. If you're struggling to find higher paying clients, check your stories, but also, look for jobs that are quick and easy and add up the dollars that way. Show notes: www.thefreelancewritingschool.com/episode64

This week, learn about how shame holds you back. Whether it's something you hold on to from the past, or something that just happened, turning shame on its head can be an empowering experience for you and your freelance writing business. Show notes: www.thefreelancewritingschool.com/episode63 Visit www.thefreelancewritingschool.com for more information about becoming a freelance writer.

This week, I'm sharing some insight into ghostwriting as an option for freelance writers and announcing some big changes to The Freelance Writing School! Show notes: www.thefreelancewritingschool.com/episode62

Being an entrepreneur can be a lonely road, but you are not alone. You are not alone in worrying, fear, anxiety, joy, celebrations, and everything else that comes with being human. Show notes: www.thefreelancewritingschool.com/episode61 To learn more about The Freelance Writing School, visit www.thefreelancewritingschool.com To hire a freelance writer, visit www.heatherdeveaux.com