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Being profitable as an artist doesn't necessarily mean you need to do more. Sometimes it's about doing less by being discerning about what you take on and where you invest your energy. This is extremely difficult to do when you are trying to show and sell your art. You want to do more. To add new income streams and the latest marketing platforms. The ads and social media posts want you to do more. But more is exhausting. My guest for this episode knows how to get what she wants without doing more. Jill Soukup, who has been a student and client of mine over the past decade, is dedicated to becoming a better artist. She methodically improves her work to make sure that her career, her business, and her life are what she wants them to be. In this conversation, Jill and I discuss how and where she sells her work, how teaching fits in with her income plan, how she makes sure she remains profitable, and why it's important for her to keep things simple. Highlights   Jill's transition to full-time artist and where she shows and sells her art today. (1:51) The inspiration behind Jill's Western-themed art. (5:56) Selling on Instagram is changing the dynamics of Jill's work. (8:39) Logistics of selling prints and giving customers what they want. (11:34) You have to spend money to make money. (15:25) The strategies that allow Jill to get work done without working harder. (19:31) For Jill, doing less has resulted in even more success in her art business. (23:47) Dedication to your craft and honing your skills is the hallmark of an exceptional artist. (29:10) Teaching, raising prices, and decreasing her painting output keeps Jill's income steady. (30:45) Bookkeeping details and how Jill knows she is profitable. (37:24) Why is simplifying so important in Jill's business — and life? (40:56) Insights from Jill's typical work day and what she's working toward now. (46:14)   Mentioned Jill Soukup Jill on Instagram Coors Western Art Exhibit & Sale Ranchlands Later social media scheduling   Resources Complete transcript, images, and listener comments Artist Planning Sessions Free e-course: 31 People Who Can Help Sell Your Art Intro and outro music by Wildermiss   Quotes “As artists we ebb and flow in our process and what we're producing.” — Jill Soukup “This experience is teaching me to dig deeper and to see things that I wasn't seeing before.” — Jill Soukup “At that point I recognized that I was so overwhelmed. I wasn't making any decisions because I had too many decisions to make.” — Jill Soukup “At that moment I realized what really was important to me, and that all of the other things on my list were not even necessary.” — Jill Soukup “Everything I chose to do had to meet one of my three goals and it just simplified everything. And it was such a beautiful thing.” — Jill Soukup   About My Guest Jill Soukup was born in Buffalo, New York. Shortly thereafter, her family moved to Colorado, where she still resides. Jill's affinity for horses as a young girl resulted in countless drawings and studies of them, which made for a strong drawing foundation. As a teen, she started a pet-portrait business, acquired jobs painting murals, and designed logos for local organizations. Jill graduated from Colorado State University in 1991 with a Bachelor of Fine Art. There, she received awards for illustration and design and worked as an illustrator and designer for the university. She initially pursued a career in graphic design while continuing to paint part time. After 11 years as a designer, she made the switch to full-time painting. Her work continues to gain recognition as she receives awards, appears in national publications, and shows in important juried and one-woman exhibitions.   First posted: artbizsuccess.com/online-events-griffin-podcast Let's do this together: https://artbizsuccess.com/community Music by https://wildermiss.com

Today I'm excited to be welcoming Jill Kelly to the podcast. For more than a decade, Jill has been a district Vet with the Local Land Services in Western NSW supporting farmers with ruminant nutrition, welfare and sustainability on farm. When she's not up to her elbow dissecting a sheep carcase, Jill's creative side flares to life as a painter where she goes by the alias of Miss Vet. I love the saying, "When the going gets tough, the tough get going" – During the recent drought there were a few shining beacons, one being the well-known #BuyFromTheBush Campaign, for Jill it turned her hobby into something more. For Jill, on the front line of supporting farmers it was a little initiative called the Drought Smoko, as she describes 'an idea born our of necessity', every Tuesday she'd bake a cake, and spend the morning chatting about a topic that would help the farmers in her community with their livestock in the midst of the drought. If you enjoyed this podcast, please rate & review it and recommend any guests or topics you'd love for us to cover. This episode is sponsored by LAWD, The specialists in Agribusiness valuations and transactions, to find out more head to www.lawd.com.au --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/humans-of-agriculture/message

I hope that we can get to the point where we can honor the journeys of other people while honoring our own truth and let both be true at the same time. That being said, in this extremely raw episode, I’m going someplace that I did not expect to go on the podcast yet. I felt the nudge and heard the whisper and as uncomfortable as I am, this episode is meant to happen now. You’re here because you read the title, or you are triggered by the title, or you are carrying grief, too. For whatever reason you are here today, thank you for listening. If you are someone who is against abortion, do not use my story as ammunition against others. If you are someone who is pro-choice, do not use my story as a statement that you are wrong. This is my story and my journey and I know that someone needs to hear it.    Links and Resources: Join our text community! Text (260) 217-4675 to join! Be You Home Page Be You Podcast on Instagram Be You Collective on Facebook My Best Year Ever Workshop Recording Don’t forget to download your free ebook to help you discover how to live a life of POWER, FREEDOM, and JOY! Be You and Break Free From the Opinions of Others by Jill Herman Show Notes: [1:28] - You might be listening to this episode because of the triggering title of the episode or maybe the episode was sent to you because you are also carrying grief. [2:50] - Jill shares a quote from another podcast that she listens to about not knowing exactly where she’s going but she knows how to get there. [3:49] - Jill reads a lengthy excerpt from her work-in-progress book. The book will be called Bad Mutha because a lot of us feel like we are bad mothers, but we are not. [6:35] - In this excerpt, Jill expresses the feelings she had at the time of the abortion. [7:59] - In her thoughts and dreams, she represented herself as fierce and strong and she realizes now that that was Goddess Jill who she was afraid to be. [8:55] - At 20, her boyfriend of 4 years was a “puppeteer,” and Jill describes how their relationship unfolded. [10:01] - After telling her boyfriend the news of being pregnant, his reaction was typical of him. Jill describes the clinic they went to and how the abortion had to be postponed due a reaction to the medication. [11:36] - Jill experienced love from the doctor in the ER and the nurses at the clinic but felt no reaction from her boyfriend. [13:00] - Her boyfriend dropped her off at a different clinic and Jill was confronted by protestors. [16:14] - At this clinic, Jill did not get the privilege of an exam room but the same room as everyone else with dividers. She describes the doctor as a villain in a movie. [17:38] - Through the process, Jill held the hand of a nurse and wanted to change her mind.  [18:33] - The recovery room was another shared room with others but the energy was different. She felt older and wiser somehow. [19:36] - Jill used an afghan to cover herself in the recovery room and compared the holes to the holes she felt in herself. [20:28] - “The only way for me to find him was to find God and to love peace and joy. But I didn’t go looking there. I willingly drowned myself in the sea of regret and self loathing. It became my new home.” [21:40] - Jill has not read that excerpt in many months and wrote it a year ago. She shares the quote that pushed her to write it: “Make sure you are writing from your scars and not your wounds.” [22:39] - The feelings in the chapter of this book are not just about the abortion, but how Jill found herself in that position and why in the moment of pain and agony did she feel familiarity? [24:12] - Although appearing to be fine on the outside and moving forward in having children and relationships, Jill continued to sob in the shower to stay connected to her grief. [25:39] - As soon as she had the abortion, Jill continued to play the part of the “good girl” even though she felt horrible. [26:17] - Jill was no strong enough to say no to the decision that was made for her to have the abortion. [28:00] - Jill acknowledges the fact that if she had loved herself she wouldn’t have attracted someone who was toxic and would not have made the decision she did. [29:02] - She has not done the work on forgiving her boyfriend of that time and has a lot of pain around the relationship. [29:54] - Many women have had abortions, even those who are married, but Jill has noticed that it is not a mainstream conversational topic. [30:51] - If you are someone who is against abortion, do not use Jill’s story as ammunition against others. If you are someone who is pro-choice, do not use Jill’s story as a statement that you are wrong. [31:40] - Jill has done a lot of work on forgiving herself for this experience. [32:56] - Once she was able to forgive herself, she felt more connected. [33:53] - There are many beliefs on what happens to souls of miscarried children, but Jill believes that they are moved forward through the birth of another child. Jill describes her bond with her youngest son. [34:51] - Jill describes the experience of telling her children about her abortion just a few years ago and why it was the right time. [36:30] - The bond between her and her youngest, she really believes that there’s a connection between his soul and that of the child she lost. [37:51] - If you are still living in grief, Jill assures you that there is an amazing and happy life that is beyond this once you forgive yourself. [39:05] - For Jill, the abortion felt like a wrong decision. There are many women who don’t share that feeling and that’s okay. [40:14] - After this incident, Jill says she completely broke. She had panic attacks and left college. It triggered trauma from her childhood that she had not even faced. [41:46] - Jill believes that she was meant to have this experience in the exact way she had it even though it was traumatic. [41:54] - If you have made the decision to terminate a pregnancy, this is not judgemental. If you are someone who is judging people who are pro-choice rather than loving them while disagreeing, how is that okay? [43:43] - Jill admits that she did not expect to go to this topic for a very long time and she shares how she knew that this was what she needed to talk about this. I know there was something in this episode that you were meant to hear. Let me know what that is. Thank you for being here today with me on our healing journeys.   Be You is meant for women who are ready for transformation in their self esteem, personal growth and spirituality. Overcoming trauma through personal development can be intimidating, but Jill encourages a mindset of self love and women’s empowerment to be yourself and improve every aspect of your life - career, marriage, parenting, family, and more. Listen now and be a part of the Be You collective of women helping women!  Some of Jill’s favorite quotes on spirituality, marriage, trauma, self love, and women helping women:    Spirituality: “Practicing spirituality brings a sense of perspective, meaning and purpose to our lives.” -Brene Brown “Spirituality is a brave search for the truth about existence, fearlessly peering into the mysterious nature of life.” -Elizabeth Lesser “Spirituality is not adopting more beliefs and assumptions, but uncovering the best in you.” -Amit Ray   Trauma: “Your trauma is not your fault, but healing is your responsibility.” -Elizabeth Wirja “Trauma is a fact of life. It does not, however, have to be a life sentence.” -Peter A. Levline “Trauma is personal. It does not disappear if it is not validated.” -Danielle Bernock   Marriage: “Marriage, ultimately, is the practice of becoming passionate friends.” -Harville Hendrix “Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is hundreds of tiny threads which sew people together through the years.” -Simone Signoret “A happy marriage is a union of two good forgivers.” -Ruth Graham   Self love: “How to love yourself is how you teach others to love you.” -Rupi Kaur “Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.” -Lucille Ball  “Loving yourself isn’t vanity. It’s sanity.” -Katrina Mayer  “Self love is all about self acceptance.” Jeannine Morris    Women helping women: “When women support women, incredible things happen.” “Empowered women empower women.”

As I was contemplating this episode and deciding on the topic of discussion, it was given to me. We already know about triggers and our inner child and looking inward. We know about all of that. But why are we doing this? Why are we going through coaching and personal development? We don’t need to be improved.    We talk a lot about excavating the true self here on the Be You Podcast. That’s the real work we’re doing. Because typical coaching is an attempt to improve the false self. That self isn’t really us and we wind up on a hamster wheel. It’s like putting whipped cream on shit and in the end, we’ve learned nothing about our true selves.   So in this episode, we’re putting it all together. We’re taking every experience, good and bad, and learning the lesson and coming home.   Show Notes: [3:51] - Many of us have gotten to a point where we are comfortable with saying that we’re not broken. We’ve come a long way from thinking that there was something that needed to be fixed. [4:24] - Sometimes we forget that we don’t even need to improve ourselves. You don’t need any of the coaching and personal development. You get to, but you don’t have to. [5:16] - For Jill, she didn’t feel flawed or broken, but she is addicted to personal development. [6:00] - “The whole idea of real, quality, ordained personal growth isn’t about improvement. It’s about you and I coming back home to ourselves.” - Jill Herman [6:43] - Reminding us that we are excavating the real you, Jill explains that we are killing off the fake us and finding the person that God sees.[8:04] - Childhood trauma, even from loving upbringings, causes us to layer on different qualities. Jill calls this the fake self or the false self as we compensate for not having needs met as a child. [9:04] - When we notice people’s behaviors, think about why they are acting that way. Is that the true them? [11:10] - This isn’t new. Have you ever known something but then one day it actually clicks? [12:22] - Something has clicked for Jill. Our soul, the true us, is bringing us people, experiences, conversations, to bring us back home to ourselves. [13:31] - Try a different direction when other people’s actions are what you are focusing on. [14:48] - What is the lesson teaching you about yourself rather than other people? [15:37] - Jill describes the connection between how she has reacted to things as an adult to how she felt as a child. [17:38] - Their journey is their journey. Your journey is the one that matters to you. [18:48] - If you have figured this out and know this, message Jill. She wants to know how you figured this out and when. How do you live your life like this? [19:51] - A lot of the information Jill is giving in this episode is similar to those in previous episodes. We know all this, but the point is that all these things are calling you home to your true self. [21:15] - As you go about your day, every experience is your soul and creator trying to bring you back home to yourself. [22:31] - Pay this forward to those who haven’t figured this out yet. Imagine if you had known this sooner. I know there was something in this episode that you were meant to hear. Let me know what that is. Thank you for being here today with me on our healing journeys. Links and Resources: Be You Home Page Jill Herman on Instagram Be You Collective on Facebook My Best Year Ever Workshop Recording   Don’t forget to download your free ebook to help you discover how to live a life of POWER, FREEDOM, and JOY! Be You and Break Free From the Opinions of Others by Jill Herman Join our text community! Text (260) 217-4675 to join!

Welcome back to the Scale Your Small Business Podcast with your host, Jillian Flodstrom. If you’ve been a solo entrepreneur for any amount of time, you probably know that you need help. Everybody tells you that you need help, but you have no idea who this first person that you should hire, what they should do, who they should be, maybe even what to look for. Today, we’re answering the question: who should be my first hire?   Hiring can be emotionally draining. It can also be expensive. You want to make sure that you find the right person upfront, that way you don't have to worry about any potential problems down the road. You have to ensure that your first hire is especially good so you can build confidence in hiring and allow yourself to go with your gut.    When you’re looking to hire or bring someone onto your team, it’s important to first get clear on what this person can help you with. Is there a task that you consistently procrastinate doing? Is there an aspect of your business that is outside of your zone of genius? These are all great qualifiers that can help you make the right choice. For Jill, this meant finding a top-notch video editor that can bring her personality through in her videos. This also meant finding someone to help manage, organize, and label the seemingly endless stream of emails.    You want to get as granular as possible when you’re making that first hire. Be very aware of what this job looks like now and what it’ll look like in the future. That way, you build a position with longevity and efficacy, and you’ll be able to write a proper job description should you need to rehire.    Hire people who really want it. Consider offering your candidates a project to complete with a deadline to make sure their skills, whatever they may be, are up to your standard. Sometimes people can be great interviewers, but not great workers. Give them a chance to prove themselves early so they can keep that energy as they join your team.   Your new hire doesn’t necessarily need to be in your timezone. Don’t hesitate to go outside of your area to find an assistant. There is a pool of incredible candidates that are ready to work for you virtually, and who have something to prove. You won’t regret it.    Key Takeaways Hiring can be emotionally draining. It can also be expensive. You want to make sure that you find the right person upfront because when your first hire is especially good, you can build confidence in hiring and allow yourself to go with your gut.  Get clear on what this person can help you with. Is there a task that you consistently procrastinate doing? Is there an aspect of your business that is outside of your zone of genius? These are all great qualifiers that can help you make the right choice. Be very aware of what this job looks like now and what it’ll look like in the future. That way, you build a position with longevity and efficacy, and you’ll be able to write a proper job description should you need to rehire.  Hire people who really want it. Consider offering your candidates a project to complete with a deadline to make sure their skills, whatever they may be, are up to your standard. Sometimes people can be great interviewers, but not great workers. Give them a chance to prove themselves early so they can keep that energy as they join your team. Your new hire doesn’t necessarily need to be in your timezone. Don’t hesitate to go outside of your area to find an assistant. There is a pool of incredible candidates that are ready to work for you virtually, and who have something to prove. You won’t regret it. 

We’ve all been there--it’s a Monday, you’re still easing into the week ahead, and suddenly you get to your desk and there are 500 things you had forgotten about, things that came up at the last moment, and even more things that just need your attention now. It can be overwhelming and can start you out on the wrong foot for the rest of the week. Today, we’re going to talk about how we can get ahead of that feeling and set ourselves up for a smooth, productive start to your workday.   The name of the game is weekly reviews. This is something that people like David Allen and Michael Hyatt use to get out in front of their upcoming week. For Jill, it starts with a cleanup. Right now, many of us are working from home, and things can get a little messy. Gathering up everything on your desk and putting them in a pile is a good place to start. Now, everything that was on your desk is still accessible, but it isn’t cluttering the place in which you need to work to achieve your tasks.    This is also a great time to go through voicemails, emails, and paper mail. Sometimes we respond to things or take care of tasks during the week, but those communications stay at the top of your inbox or at the forefront of your mail pile. Sifting through these things lets you start fresh next week. Starting with a clean slate is refreshing!   From there, a brain dump is definitely in order. We’ve heard Jill talk about this before, but it’s important to remember the importance of getting your ideas down on paper to avoid the moment your head hits the pillow and a million ideas come flooding into your head. Over a period of time, you’ll find that you’re sleeping better, waking up ready to take on the day, and generally feeling like you have a head start.    As you gear up for the week coming up, writing out your to-do list prevents you from overloading one day or another. As you’re doing this, take a look at the previous week’s to-do list and move anything that needs to be rescheduled. That also means organizing and sorting emails (check out the episode where Jill talks about that!).    While you’re doing this, remember to set up a timer, silence your phone, and see what you can get done with uninterrupted focus. It might take longer at first, but once you establish a system, you’re going to thank yourself at the start of next week.  Key Takeaways:   Getting ahead of your upcoming week can set you up for a successful, productive workday, every day.  Gather up everything on your desk at the end of the week so you can start fresh on Monday! Dump every idea you have onto a centralized place so nothing slips through the cracks and pops into your head as it hits the pillow! Review last week’s to-do list and draft next week’s so you don’t overload one day or another.  LINKS   Hijillian.com  

  One thing defines your membership's message: finding people that vote with their wallet and then finding continuing to find more people like them. Most importantly: get people to join you and getting it off the ground. Don't hold yourself back! You are more ready than you think. The curse of knowledge in the membership world makes us want to dump everything we've ever learned about out field into the memberships, while it's happening. Sometimes, people make the mistake of thinking ‘okay, well I don't have what in my mind is the perfect model already laid out. Then, people aren't going to want to join it.'   The 'lowdown' on Jill Fox: Lives in Orange County, CA Owner of Fox Social Media Working to start membership site based on helping small business owners and solopreneurs learn simple marketing strategies to grow their businesses and increase sales. https://foxsocialmedia.com   Show Notes How many businesses need social marketing right now? All of them! There are a couple things about businesses like this when you transition into the membership model. You have to careful with what kind of content you're including. (Zero in that content in to something that is evergreen). For instance, one problem is the constant changing of the platform you're using. If facebook changes the way you set up a Facebook page, your content is no longer valid. You have to be very careful how much of that you focus on going forward.  Utilize a launch strategy. For Jill, we said her's looks like this: Change your branding, get all that set. Focus the first month or two on trying to tighten up your message enough for a list. For Jill, the best lead magnet is walking people through how to set up or optimize their business Facebook page. Most people have access to this, most people want to come in at. The lead magnet is to a free trial, it is not necessarily to an opt-in. That opt-in would trigger your emails to follow-up. Reach out to people organically, reach out to people through YouTube, start building hype for your membership. Pick a day and open your site. Do a personal reach-out to those beta members. Let them put their money where their mouth is. Discount your launch to that beta group to get a few people in there. Don't dabble - set big goals.  Use what we call Membership Math. Jill wanted to have $100K. However, we talked her into setting her sights on $250K. In Orange County, $100K pays for half her bills. We want her to not only be able to pay for everything with her membership site. We want her to make that full $200K, plus more. Of course, that doesn't mean we want her to stop there! Membership Math is calculating how many members it will take to afford whatever you want. Jill only needs 163 members, of all the people on planet earth, to meet her goal. Members are not going to pay you forever - and that's okay. Back to where we said Jill only needs 163 people out of all the humans on earth. There is marketing, there is churn. But, that is a very small percentage of people. You will get more members! Here's our idea for Jill: Start a beta group with 20 people at $50 a month. Learn from them! As you're doing some content marketing on the side of that, you're building your audience, build that list up again. Do another beta round of about 20 people at $50/month. Have a goal for the next year to have 163 people at at least $97 per month. That is $250K/year. Email marketing 101. The first thing you have to do is tell people who you are and what you do. You have to tell them all about you and your background. Indoctrinate them into what you're doing. The second thing you want to do, at the same time, is deliver what you promised. In Jill's case, when her beta members sign up for her trial, they would get 2 emails: Telling everyone your story, what you do, why you're the expert, here's where they can connect with you.

    The most important part of your membership: getting people to join you and getting it off the ground. Find people that vote with their wallet and then find more people like that. It defines your message, it defines your membership. This is some of the advice we gave Jill Fox. Jill wants to add to her agency business and work a membership site in. Jill says through her agency, she often gets asked how to market small business, from people that can't afford a full agency service and need to do it themselves. So, she decided to transition some of her knowledge into a membership site, like ours!   The 'lowdown' on Jill Fox: Lives in Orange County, CA Owner of Fox Social Media Working to start membership site based on helping small business owners and solopreneurs learn simple marketing strategies to grow their businesses and increase sales. https://foxsocialmedia.com   What You'll Learn: How to Create Forever Customers (10:50) Don't Hold Yourself Back (13:45) Start a Beta Group (18:10) Utilize a Launch Strategy (24:50) Different Niches Have Different Value Ceilings (26:45) The Most Important Part of Your Membership (31:00) Don't Dabble (32:45) Members Are Not Going To Pay You Forever (34:45) Email Marketing 101 (41:30) Get Your Members To Renew (43:30)   Show Notes How many businesses need social marketing right now? All of them! There are a couple things about businesses like this when you transition into the membership model. You have to careful with what kind of content you're including. (Zero in that content in to something that is evergreen). For instance, one problem is the constant changing of the platform you're using. If facebook changes the way you set up a Facebook page, your content is no longer valid. You have to be very careful how much of that you focus on going forward. You really want to shift your focus to the tactical stuff, the Q&As, the member calls, those are more real-time and what's happening now. The membership is not evergreen. The membership is a living, breathing, growing community with a leader. And, that's you how build a membership site. That's how you create forever customers. Your content is necessary because that's what draws them in. It's nice to say, I'll help you ____,' you just have to be mindful of how evergreen your content is. For Jill's case, she really has to think about this as she continues to build, as she is dealing with social media. Be ready to have a plan in place to update things and be aware of changes.  Don't hold yourself back! You are more ready than you think. Jill did not feel ready because she didn't know how to set up a page. The people she knew that had, did not know how to create them completely, or even sometimes just not well. Jill had 18 courses ready to go, but wanted to prepare more before she started her site. Jill was talking to people that want her help, she simply needed to start small and with what she already had! The curse of knowledge in the membership world makes us want to dump everything we've ever learned about out field into the memberships, while it's happening. Your audience does not know your end goal. They don't know what Jill's perfect membership looks like. Sometimes, people make the mistake of thinking ‘okay, well I don't have what in my mind is the perfect model already laid out. Then, people aren't going to want to join it.' Start a beta group. Go ahead and reach out to those people who are asking you for your service now, tell them your membership site is ready. You are already the expert, get the beginners in. What you will find is the beginners only need about 10% of what you know for the next 6 months. It is going to take your members about 6 months to a year to catch up to the first step with you. Answer the question for yourself: ‘if all this did for these people was help them _______.' People will have questions for things you didn't think of,

In the latest installment of "For Jill's Consideration", Mike shows Jill "The Prestige"!

Since 1999, professional real estate investors, Steven Jack Butala & Jill DeWit, built a $24m land resale empire completing close to 16,000 transactions without incurring any debt or leverage. In 2015, they co-founded Land Academy to share their experience and provide access to professional level tools for like-minded investors at all stages of their careers.   To date, they have produced more than 1,000 podcast episodes and provided over 500 hours of live webinars all in the name of education through sharing their transaction experience.  Podcast Highlights Who is Jill DeWit and Steven Butala?  If Steven had to choose a superhero to be like it would have to be Batman, being an entrepreneur is a lot like the way that Bruce Wayne took his circumstances and resources and found a way to use them for good. For Jill, she identifies with Wonder Woman and the way that she operates. Wonder Woman is forthright and truthful, and that’s how they run the Land Academy. Steven graduated in 1989 and became a commercial real estate broker in one of the worst real estate environments possible. It took him several years to make it work but he learned a lot about real estate by working on some of the most complicated and difficult types of deals you can do. That lead him to look for a simpler way of doing a deal and towards a different kind of transaction. Jill’s father raised her to believe that she could do anything that she wanted and to act like she knew what she was doing. She followed in his footsteps in many ways but was never very far from real estate. She worked with some developers in her early 20’s and when she eventually met Steven it all clicked together. Steven’s Unique Abilities include the ability to analyze data and make connections that other people can’t see as well committing to a project and following up until it’s complete. For Jill, she can connect with people from all backgrounds and situations. This makes her very good at talking to sellers and developers and making everyone feel good about a deal. She’s never had trouble seeing anyone as another human that has similar hopes and dreams to herself. Formal Education Steven believes that some form of formal education is important but that doesn’t necessarily mean the traditional four year degree. Getting the experience in a professional environment is important to be able to make a go of it when you do decide to go out on your own. Jill was raised to think about what she was going to do with her life and was encouraged to go for the big stuff. Formal education does not prepare you in any way for the politics of an office. They prepare you academically for what’s possible but they don’t show you how to do anything. Formal education also doesn’t teach the skills of scrappiness, talking to people, and dreaming big. In many ways formal education places limits on people’s abilities to think about and achieve big goals. In many ways a vocational education has more value in today’s marketplace than an education from a more well known and traditional institution. Land Academy and Buying and Selling Land Landing is one of the easiest product types in the real estate business. The majority of the time there is just a seller and a buyer, there is no appraiser, agent, lender, or inspector. With just those two people you can close a transaction very quickly. There is always somebody out there that is interested in a piece of land that you wouldn’t be interested in at all. Jill and Steven’s business model is predicated on not improving property, they buy property and then immediately resell it to people who then go and sell it on terms. The secret is in the offer campaign that reliably generates consistent results. The real key to successful direct mail campaigns is se

What’s In This Episode: Have you had a great experience with a brand that leaves you feeling good? For Jill, it was a follow-up email after leaving a review for blinds. For Brad, it was tea that traveled all the way from England with a personal note and a recommendation. "Empathetic customer service can go a long way." - Brad Jill and Brad talk to the Pitch Whisperer John Livesay, a speaker who's in high demand, but he's not sure how to scale, especially because he can't be everywhere at once. They recommend that the consulting aspect of his business be delegated, and to raise his prices for speaking gigs. "You're saving you time; you're not saving me time." - Jill When it comes to showing the human aspect of your business, how can you do it? Personalization takes time and effort. In today's hurried world, some of that personal touch gets lost (don't get Jill started on calendar links and Brad recently talked about automated pitches on the Offline podcast). Are we automating things that shouldn't be automated? How do you make your business more welcoming? Guest: John Livesay, aka The Pitch Whisperer, is a sales keynote speaker and shares the lessons learned from his award-winning sales career at Conde Nast. In his keynote “Better Selling Through Storytelling,” he shows companies’ sales teams how to become irresistible so they are magnetic to their ideal clients. Visit his website here.

In this surprise, pop-up (is that a thing?) episode Jill talks about the evolution of The Food Freedom/Body Love Method, her biggest message and teaching for 2019, exciting new ways to work together, an opportunity to work FOR Jill, and a new BOOK coming early this year.

Everyone I know has been telling me that I have to interview Jill Coleman, who is like a fitness model and captain of industry all rolled into one. Jill is the owner of the hugely successful brand JillFit, where she helps people in the areas of mindset, physique, and business.   In This Conversation We Cover: [2:40] Growing up in a big Irish family [6:10] Launching JillFit [7:25] Deeply personal stories about marriage [10:40] The mindset Jill developed to create her hugely successful international brand [13:10] Working smarter instead of harder [16:50] A crazy story about running into your ex-husband, staying friends, & the power of mindset [29:20] Forgiveness & trust [31:10] How stoicism philosophy entered Jill’s life & how she applies it to the play hard part of her life [38:25] Getting out of “blame & complain” and into relentless positivity [40:40] Using practical pessimism as a productivity tool [42:10] Why Jill created JillFit & what she’s doing next [45:20] What Play Hard looks like for Jill [54:10] Jill’s evening wind down routine [58:00] Your questions for Jill   Stoic Philosophy & Playing Hard   Memento Mori translates to remember death, and it’s a phrase at the heart of Stoic philosophy.   For Jill, it really means creating or living life to the fullest. “Remember Death reminds me that this is finite. I have a limited amount of days or hours or minutes that I get to live and be in this space, and for me, it reminds me to take action, to do the scary stuff, to invest, to make a choice when I’m scared.”   Practical Pessimism & Productivity   Practical pessimism is really just a systematic way of looking at all of the scenarios that could happen if you take a big leap.   Say you’re going to start a business. Ask yourself, what is the worst thing that could possibly happen? Most people might go to I’m broke, homeless, or have to move back in with their parents.   Then ask yourself two more questions: If that happened, could you handle it? And if that did transpire, what is one single step you could take to get back to baseline?   There’s actually a lot of freedom in the worst-case scenario because it’s almost never as bad as you think it’s going to be.   Resources: Check out http://jillfit.com/ (JillFit.com) Connect with Jill: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube Learn more about modern Stoicism & Byron Katie at thework.com A Thousand Names for Joy by Byron Katie and Stephen Mitchell The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday Watch: “Tim Ferriss on The Practicality of Pessimism: Stoicism as a Productivity System” Inbound Marketing by Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah The Power of Full Engagement by James E. Loehr and Tony Schwartz To Sell Is Human by Daniel H. Pink

Today we’re talking with Jill Martin of Strong Hearts, Strong Women. Jill and her husband Sean live in Texas and are parents to 13 kids: 11 at home and 2 who live in heaven. Their family has been built by birth and adoption, and includes several kids with special needs. Strong Hearts, Strong Women is an online community that Jill has built over the last year. I’m so excited to chat with this amazing woman about how she’s grown her business over the last year and how she’s used her planner to juggle everything and live intentionally. You will absolutely LOVE how Jill has gotten her kids involved in planning too! It’s a unique focus that will probably surprise you! Listen Now   1:15 - From Stay at Home Mama to Encourager and Community-Builder Strong Hearts, Strong Women started almost a year ago, when Jill originally wanted to coordinate fitness and nutrition groups. It’s a passion of hers and something she already does in her free time. A fitness coach friend of Jill’s encouraged her to give it a go, so she did! Thirty women signed up for a one-month Facebook group, and when she looked at the makeup of the group, Jill felt like the women would be best served by the addition of a Bible study. In Jill’s mind, “No matter how many push-ups you do, if your insides aren’t right you’re still not going to be happy with your life.” Jill’s first group was so successful that ladies were begging her to do it again! These groups, that initially began as month-long groups, kept going for months after. Well into the New Year, Jill hosted a group every single month, with between 30-40 new women in each group. From these groups, Strong Hearts, Strong Women was born. Jill put together a 3-week test group with women she knew where they talked about common struggles they experience. Together, the group tackled fitness and nutrition issues, but also self-image, forgiveness, or feeling that part of your life was a mistake. (They dug really deep!) Shortly after this beta test group, Jill’s daughter had a big surgery. During that time, when Jill was using Facebook live to talk about her daughter’s recovery, a lot of people really connected with Jill and asked her to keep Strong Hearts, Strong Women going.  Jill was grateful for that interest, but had a lot on her plate! What should she do next? In July, she was finally ready to reopen the group. Currently the Strong Hearts, Strong Women community is at 260 members! She sees herself as a community leader -- helping women to focus on character qualities, growing strong in heart, mind, and life. In short, it’s a safe place to be honest about hard things. 5:35 - Using a Word of the Year Encouragement is Jill’s word of the year for 2017. (Let us know if you chose a word of the year, too!) And though encouraging others was a big goal of Jill’s, she found that she was the one getting encouragement in return. 6:20 - Family Goal Setting Jill has always been a big goal setter and she’s introduced the practice to her kids. Each year between Christmas and New Years, the entire family picks areas of life to focus on and decides what they want to learn and spend time on. All together, they brainstorm the next year and lay out their goals. One year, Jill’s daughter wanted to make homemade bread, so they chose a new recipe to try each month and wrote it at the top of the month on her calendar. Isn’t that so fun!? 7:25 - Using the Brilliant Life Planner Calendars have always been important to Jill since she loves scheduling and plotting things out. The Brilliant Life Planner came her way at the perfect time last year and she especially loves the visual planning tools, like the Big Goal Mind-Mapping page. The way Jill uses these pages is that her kids will choose one character quality to write in the center as their big goal. For example, they may choose kindness or diligence. One of Jill’s daughters, Joanna, has given us permission to use her worksheets as an example. (Thanks, Joanna!!!) Joanna chose kindness for the year. She wrote kindness at the center of the mind map. Then she has all sorts of ideas for how to make kindness part of her life on the lines pointing back to the center: have more people over, more pizza nights, read to her brother, and so on. I love how the Martin family centers their year around these one-word character qualities! And they don’t limit themselves with their goal-setting. Jill says their goals can be about anything: educational, business, personal, spiritual, crafty...whatever they want! As long as the goal connects back to the character quality, it gets put on the calendar for completion. For Jill’s goal of encouragement, she would plan out how to make that happen for the year, like writing letters to friends or doing an act of kindness. 9:50 - Kindness in Action: How a Character Goal Comes to Life To give a real-life example of how this plays out, Jill shared more about Joanna’s goal of kindness. Joanna has some academic struggles, including reading and writing. Jill took this as an opportunity to get reading onto Joanna’s goal list by asking: What are some kind things you can do for others? Sure enough, reading aloud to another sibling (a brother with a lot of disabilities) made her list. He recently received a diagnosis of brittle bone disease, which means his lifestyle is especially limited, and Joanna found a way to help. One of the MANY things we love about Jill is how she views challenges as opportunities. In Joanna’s case, she saw the challenge of her brother being in bed as an opportunity to put a smile on his face by reading to him. Is that not a triple win!? Building character, bonding with siblings, and - surprise - becoming a great reader all wrapped up in the goal of kindness. Jill and her older teenager have physical copies of our Brilliant Life Planner, while her littles use our printable pages, which you can get for free here: http://bit.ly/blpprintables Each month, Jill and her littles do a monthly check-in with their goals. I can’t love this enough!!! As a busy mom, I use the weekly reflection pages to check in on my own goals, but how fabulous to check in with the kids on theirs, too! 13:45 - How a Goal of Encouragement Led to an Entire Community Jill started off 2017 with a character goal of encouragement, and she’s been using that to guide her choices ever since. She says she would never have guessed that her goal of being more encouraging to others would lead to an entire community of women who are growing in their faith and their character. The Strong Hearts, Strong Women Facebook community is a closed community that’s free to join. Jill governs her Facebook group tightly so the women in it know it’s a safe and secure place to bring their struggles. Members of her group get a monthly printable and devotional guide, as well as workbook pages; they can complete as much or as little as they want. The topics of these resources are geared around a character quality of the month, which the ladies in her group select. 15:50 - How Block Scheduling & Buffer Zones Help this Mama of 11 Run a Tight Ship Can there possibly be a typical day with 11 kids in the house!? (And did we mention Jill homeschools her kiddos!?) Surprisingly, Jill actually does have a typical day. She says she runs a tight ship, and she likes it that way:  “I’m that person who likes surprises when I plan them,” she laughs. “I like to know what to expect.” Having multiple kids with special-needs, Jill has spent a lot of time in doctor’s offices. And you know what? Her favorite doctor, an orthopedic surgeon, taught her about efficiency! She only waits ten minutes in the waiting room, her family gets to spend a half hour with him, it’s not rushed, and everyone leaves happy! That wonderful doctor taught her how to schedule her home. While homeschooling and managing her kids will change with the seasons of life, what doesn’t change is block scheduling and leaving buffers. That’s what the smart surgeons do! The offices that squish everyone in for the sake of more patients end up spending only 5 minutes with each patient, which means nobody's happy. Jill didn’t want that for her life. She follows the natural rhythms of life to block out her day: From Get Up to Breakfast From Mid Morning Snack to Lunch From Lunch to End of the School Day Afternoon Evening Then, depending on the ages of her children, Jill will put 3 - 5 tasks in each time block, accounting for buffer time within each block. Her high schoolers get to come up with their own schedules, but they’re not allowed to get behind on work! Life will happen in the middle, so Jill PLANS to have time to change diapers and deal with meltdowns...or answer the phone...or fix a clogged toilet...or whatever comes her way! Here’s her trick: At the end of the block, nothing from that block moves on to the next. 20:00 - What We Can Learn about Productivity from High Schoolers It’s really simple when you think about it! Even high school works like this: If English class is over, but you haven’t finished all the work for that class, do you stay in English or move on to the next class? You move on to the next class, and you pick up where you left off with English tomorrow! Jill uses the same system with her time blocking. The things that occur in her morning block (between Breakfast - Morning Snack) stay in that block. And she has a buffer zone built in. So, if it’s a good day, Jill might use that buffer to do business and social media stuff. She does mini tasks in those buffer zones or gives extra help to her kids, whatever is needed. If a Morning Block task doesn’t get finished, it moves on to the next day in the same block. So the next block is FRESH. Jill is fresh, tasks are fresh, and no one is stressed out. Tomorrow is always there! (I LOVE that!) 21:20 - The Rhythm of the Day The tasks that Jill needs to do every day are defined by the fact that most of her 11 kids are at home. The 2 oldest are away at school, but she has every age from littles to teenagers still at home. Her family lives on a farm in the country and they homeschool. So first up in the day? Farm chores! These come before breakfast. Then, after breakfast, they do morning school work. She’ll put the hardest tasks first on the list, the ones that hit her children’s weakest points. It’s a mental thing and it teaches her kids to push themselves. So that might be spelling, language, or vocabulary development. Jill’s buffer zone almost always includes diaper changes, bathroom issues, and medication delivery. Then they have additional reading time, then go into math and writer’s workshop. Next up is lunch and a prep time. Each kid has an assigned job. These jobs stay the same for the school year. One person sets the table every time, every meal, every day...for the whole calendar year! Each person does their job before lunch. Then they do afternoon school work: history, science, singing, and art. Then the afternoon includes free play, outside time, and farm activities. For the evening there’s family time: Dinner, playing outside, games, riding bikes, whatever sounds fun! 24:50 - Rolling Right Over the Stuff that Keeps Others Down Jill has an incredible mindset when it comes to her kids with special needs. She doesn’t want the disabilities of some of her children to define their family life, or their own lives! She describes their approach as “not fussy; we just roll with it!” she says, “some kids get vitamins, some get seizure meds. It’s not an obstacle for them, it is what it is.” 27:00 - No Obstacles. Only Opportunities. Isn’t Jill proof that every mom is capable of doing and accomplishing so much more than we think we can!? Jill says, “If you make too much out of it, it will be. The mountain in front of you is only as big as you perceive it to be. You can decide: I’m not going to let this be an obstacle, I’m going to let it be an opportunity.” Jill admits that her schedule was much more complex when she had just two kids. Now, it is much simpler. She sets those boundaries now because she has to. 27:35 - Facebook Live Tips - From one Brilliant Biz Mama to Another! One thing we love about Jill is how she leverages Facebook Live to grow her online community and her ability to encourage others. Jill says that she doesn’t practice, and she doesn’t do trial runs. If she’s going to a friend’s house, she’s not going to practice how she’ll answer a friend’s questions or have a conversation with them! She’ll just talk to her friend! Jill treats Facebook Live the same way She usually has reasons for going live and she won’t just fish up topics for fun. Her content is natural and relevant for her audience. So Jill’s Facebook Live Advice? “Don’t practice! Don’t make it too big. If you flub up, just go on or delete it. It’s not a big deal!” And rewatch yourself to catch those mistakes or quirks you might want to fix for later lives! 30:40 - Jill’s Funny Mom Moment One of Jill’s favorite memories is when her eldest, Jacob was really struggling with how to be patient with his youngest brother - who was a bit of a copycat and drove Jacob just a little crazy! The two were playing basketball in the driveway when Jacob yelled, protesting, yet again, about his brother’s copying. Jill started out with a stern warning in her Mom voice, and Jacob quickly responded, “But I’m sick of opportunities for leadership!!!!!!!!!!!” (Too funny! Jill’s kids love to joke about how she frames every struggle or nuisance as a “leadership opportunity!”) Stay In Touch With Jill Personal Page: Jill Martin Facebook Page: Strong Hearts Strong Women Facebook Group: Community Group-Strong Hearts, Strong Women Jill's Full Course: Recalibrate

Jill Angie is the “Not Your Average Runner” Founder and Coach.   Jill was the first person to go through my workshop and she doubled her business in 10 days because she stepped into the person who made a difference and inspired the people who she wanted to inspire and was able to write emails from that inspired place. It became easy and effortless to sell out her program.   At times you step into a version of yourself because you need to know you can do it.   Old Money Story No One Will Pay For This at $398/year! New Money Story $6K Running Coach Builds A Tribe   WHO IS JILL ANGIE   Not Your Average Runner is for women who haven’t considered themselves athletic, are in the 40-50 age range and want to rid extra weight and feel more confident, happier and healthier. Her clients may feel like running is not within their grasp. Jill helps them change their life as a life coach, running coach and personal trainer. Jill helps people change things through the eyes of running.   LIVE MORE INTO WHAT YOU DO   My favorite quote from Jill Angie is this, “If you run, you are a runner.”   Many people think running has to look a certain way - as far a speed, size of your body, etc. but only 5-10 % of the running population look like they just came off of Running Magazine’s cover.  In fact, most people who run do so at different speeds, have different body shapes, some of us run/walk, etc. Running is basically faster than a walk.   This same concept applies to what we do here to on the More Money Show. If you manifest money at all, you are a money manifestor.   Let’s find out what has happened with Jill in the last two years.   EVOLUTION OF NOT YOUR AVERAGE RUNNER   In 2013, Jill wrote the book “Running with Curves” and she was doing personal training from her Philadelphia home. The book is about how you can start running in the body you have right now. Women started reading the book and emailing her and finding her on Facebook that Jill had changed their life.   She was pleasantly surprised and wondered what she could really do with it.   For most of 2014 she wondered how she could incorporate this into her business.   She started working with a business coach who told Jill she should start a year long program and Jill thought that was a terrible idea that no one would do. She told the coach, “No one would ever pay for that”.  The coach encouraged her to try anyway.   Eventually Jill launched this very underpriced program at $398/year plus a free retreat. Jill lost a ton of money on her first program but she sold it out. What Jill learned from this was how to launch a program, what worked in that business model, what she liked and what she didn’t, and who her ideal client was.  This was an investment in her confidence, skills and ability as a coach.   She wanted to sell it for thousands of dollars but her money mindset and worth as a coach kept her from that. She raised the price over the next few months and a year later, she easily sold the same program for $6,000.   JILL KNEW JUST ENOUGH TO LAUNCH HER BUSINESS   For Jill it was all about the learning process of being a coach. The program was basically “If you are overweight and struggling to run, I can help”.   In order to be a coach, you have to be coaching. The magic happens when you are coaching not when you are trying to figure it out.   Jill originally thought this model should include a weekly group coaching call, discussions on their training plans, guest speakers on webinars, teach extensive lessons and having a detailed website full of content but her coach encouraged her to do something different.   Jill started with a free Facebook group and a weekly call using a free conference call number for the first six months of her program. What her clients really needed was time with her.   JILL INVESTED MONEY TO LEARN   For the first year, Jill used free resources - Facebook group, free conference call, zoom so she had no technical costs in the beginning.   In 18 months, she went from charging $400 to $6,000 for her program.   Jill raised her program every time she “knew” it was time, she just knew. When it felt like it was time, she changed it. Everytime she raised the price, it became easier to sell. This was a fascinating concept to her. When she believed the program was worth more, that came through in her promotion of it.   Because Jill started her business in this way, the perfect system showed up a year later because Jill now knew what she needed.   JILL INVESTED IN HER OWN CONFIDENCE Jill just launched a $20/month membership group for her community which allows Jill to influence and help more people. She loved the idea of building and working with a huge tribe. This membership group includes a weekly coaching call on zoom and a place where people can get their questions answered from a $6,000/year running coach.   It has been wildly successful and fun so far.   The people in this group are varied. Some people have never ran before and some people are doing their first marathon. It is great because new people can see what is further down the road for them, and people who are struggling can ask for help for their personal training plan.     Jill has realized that she needed to prove to herself that she could charge a $6,000/year package so that she could now decide what price point she wanted to sell her program at. This gave her confidence. She now sees the worth in her own program.   Now she sells her membership program at $20/mo because it feels fun, easy and amazing. Everyone can do it.   YOU ARE ONLY AS GOOD AS THE COMMITMENT YOU MAKE TO YOURSELF   Jill started her business so she could come to work everyday and have fun.   The clients who got results in her $6,000 program were the clients who showed up and did the work they needed to. People can get the same results with Jill by paying $20/month.  Jill has realized in this process, “You are only as good as the commitment you make to yourself.”   The concept holds true for all people from coaches to course participants.   Jill is an instructor for her Life Coach School and one of the things they make all their coaches do before they get their certification, is coach non-paying clients for 3 months. This helps them learn their skill and not worry about selling. The magic comes in getting to do what you do. This can be coaching, running or anything that you do.   I LOVED HELPING JILL GAIN CONFIDENCE   Jill said working with me became life-altering. She said she was all in her mind before working with me and that I showed her that she could drop all of this head stuff long enough to look at possibility. Jill says this was a turning point in her career.   CONNECT WITH JILL   Watch for periodic openings for Jill’s monthly program at http://runyourbestlife.com or her main website at http://notyouraveragerunner.com

Mike, Jill and Nick play another round of For Jill's Consideration.

This "How I Broke Into" interview is filled with stories of courage and self-discovery, and provides tremendous insight into how a global brand can result from the initial efforts of one person’s decision to forge a new path. Here are notes from the show: Jill's love of yoga and fitness began early on. She has a love/hate relationship with business--she grew up in a solar community and her family's business was solar. She worked in the family business from a young age. As a child, Jill was on the standard American diet, was overweight, teased, scrutinized. She discovered Jane Fonda's Workout and Raquel Welch's Yoga Program (Total Beauty and Fitness). She discovered how important a teacher, even one on video, is. But she overdid t with the videos and became anorexic. We discussed "The Best Little Girl in the World" (1981) with Jennifer Jason Leigh (I wrongly said it starred Ally Sheedy). Anorexia/Bulimia is the #1 cause of death in teenage girls. For Jill, falling in love led to a path to self-love. She started studying shiatsu while attending Northwestern University, and this led to healing. The Coregeous Ball is part of her product line; it's a soft, grippy pliable ball meant for self-healing. She never planned to teach. But she was inspired by her mentor Glenn Black at the Omega Institute. Shortly before 9/11, she decided to explore teaching. She enrolled in the 200 hour Teaching Program for yoga. She felt inhibited by the rigidity of the teaching program's failure to take time for body and tissue sense. She started to change the way she taught. Jill became known for her lateral abdominal churning--Nauli Kriya--and had an 8 page spread in Yoga Journal. Her mother worked for JetBlue, which has a family program of flights all over the U.S. Jill offered to fly to yoga studios all over the country. "I had balls. And now I have a ball products business." She does compassionate cadaver labs with Gil Hedley so movement educators can see the anatomy on the inside. Yoga Tune Up does not stay in the yoga space. Center for Pain Rehabilitation - Mitchell Prywes, MD, Danbury, CT Hospitals are finally embracing all parts of well-being. Tune Up Fitness has 500 teachers worldwide. Jill's husband Robetr is a serial entrepreneur. 6 months into dating, he came to a 3 hour core workshop and couldn't believe how fast it flew by. He said, "We need to bottle this." The collapse of her mother and step-father's business made Jill reticent to build a business. She licenses materials and products globally. The Roll Model is being translated into other languages. "Self care health care." She has shared perspective with Dr. Kelly Starrett, best-selling author Becoming a Supple Leopard and Katy Bowman, author of Move Your DNA. She doesn't quite feel like she's arrived yet. We discussed the school system and deskbound kids. She recommended Starrett's Deskbound: Standing Up to a Sitting World.  I mentioned how much I enjoyed Starrett's appearance in 30 Days of Genius on Creative Live, in which he mentioned Jill. She did programs on breath, fascia, and pre-natal fitness for Creative Live. "We met at a time when all of us were trying to reach people." Robert is her business backbone, loves building businesses. It's scary to go along with new initiatives. Jill knew, in writing her first book, that she need to capture the soft-tissue soft tool market, so she did The Roll Model instead of a book on breath. That will be her second book. She has become known as a go-to expert in the field of fascia. She is impressed with Wim Hof's breathing method. Her daily practice involves soft tissue self-care, walking, range-of-motion exercises. Josh Landis is a strength and conditioning coach that has been helpful. Web sites include YogaTuneUp.com and TuneUpFitness.com. Subscribe to "How I Broke Into" on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, TuneIn, I Heart Radio, or Google.

There is a lot of excitement from our hosts this week on We Want The D. All three are bursting at the seams to not only talk about their love for the classic animated stories of Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin, and their friends in the  Hundred Acre Wood, but each have very specific takes on what  they love best about the collection of shorts that make up Disney's The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. For Vicky, it's all about her love of the title character as not only her spirit animal, but a fashion icon. For Nolan, it's all about love for the charming songs the Sherman brothers turned out for the film. For Jill, it's copyright law. Of course. It's more than just Tiggers that are wonderful in this week's episode, so grab your hunny pots and condensed milk, and join us for another episode of We Want The D!

For Jill, the unpredictable nature of the changing transmission dates can present enormous challenges, not just in terms of scheduling but in terms of rotating staff and fitting in with police cases. This is compounded by the fact that the show goes out live. The production manager’s job is therefore a challenging balancing act of a lot of guesswork, good forward planning and a good deal of flexibility. Jill's team consists of three production coordinators and a part time production management assistant, all allocated specific roles on the days leading up to transmission, such as producing graphics, planning and logistics, and organising studio briefing notes and the studio plan. "If nothing else, in production management communication is key. Don’t make any assumptions that people will do things or will understand everything." – Jill Jones In terms of budget alone, Jill has to factor in a mix of chargeable items and things hired in, on top of other costs incurred when items are brought in to meet specific appeal points for cases the police are trying to crack. In all it’s a high risk production, as appeals can vary enormously in scope, meaning more locations, a bigger cast and extras, and greater cost, none of which the production manager can control. For Jill the show is a logistical juggernaut, but an incredibly rewarding production to be involved in. “Anyone joining the Crimewatch team for the first time cannot fail to bitten by the Crimewatch bug,” she says. “I think if they come with an open mind and a lot of energy, it is hard work, but the rewards both personally and professionally are huge and you gain such a wide experience of every facet of television production, just neatly packaged into one programme.”