BONUS EP: Hitting a Six-Figure Month in Business, My Shocking Morning Routine, and MAJOR Life Updates

What's up, you guys? Welcome back to the podcast. I've got another bonus episode for you today. This is our extra episode for the month of March where we're going to do a little monthly recap. And holy cow, was March a massive month. We have so much to talk about, so many things. I'm going to give you the recap of Ultra. I went to Ultra Music Festival in Miami. I met one of my private business clients there. We had an amazing time. I'm going to share with you some recaps about that. I also hit one of the biggest milestones ever in my business, which I'll share some of with you, and some really, really exciting personal news on the relationship side of things. So, so many things happening. I'm so excited to give you the full recap. Let's dive in.

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Let's go make shift happen. I normally write things down for these episodes throughout the month and just kind of keep track and take notes on little things that come up or things that I want to talk about. I had no notes for March because I felt like March was moving so fast. It was like a lightning speed month. I don't even know where it went or what happened, but like, here we are and it's over already. So I just kind of sat down today and I was like, okay, it was a huge month. So many things happened. We're just going to have to like fly by the seat of our pants and give a recap. But there are 3 major things that did happen that I want to dig into, which we will, we will get to all of them. But the first thing that I was thinking about when I thought about, you know, what might be valuable or I don't know what may be relevant for people to share about was this idea of like morning routines. And I think sometimes it's normal for us to be really curious about like, what are other people's morning routines and what are they doing and how does that contribute to their success and all of those things. And I just kind of had this realization where like, I don't really have a morning routine anymore. And I've been going through this stage where I'm kind of in like, it's been a while, I've been in this like rebel phase for a while, where I just kind of like abandoned all of the, like, intense, like, morning routine type things that I once, like, did or wanted to do. I've always kind of like— I've always kind of overglamorized, like, what it would be like to have the perfect morning routine. And I think a lot of people can probably relate to that, where I do think there's a small percentage of people that truly do do all of the things that they say that they're doing every morning. Like, it's probably all the Virgos in the world. Right. But I think most of us, we just have this kind of idealized version of like what it would be like. And I remember this especially when I was like working in regular jobs and working for other people. I always thought once I work for myself and I have complete control of my schedule, I'm going to be able to have the most insane, amazing, in-depth morning routine. And the fact of the matter is, is that I don't anymore. Like, I still have the freedom to be able to create space for all of those things if I wanted to. But that's not the reality of what my life looks like right now. And I think there's value in sharing that because sometimes I think we assume like other people must be doing this or they must be doing that, or they probably, you know, have all the time in the world to do X, Y, or Z. And what brought this up for me was I was on a sales call with a woman who was interested in private business mentorship, and we were chatting on the phone about her journey and all those things. And she mentioned something kind of offhand to me. She was like, you know, I'm not— I'm not one of those people that wakes up at 5 a.m. and manifests and whatever. Like, I like to stay up late and sometimes I sleep until noon. And so I'm not going to be that type of client for you. And you know, I might be different than other people that you work with or might do things in a different way than you do. And I was like, wait, just so we're clear, like, I've never woken up at 5 a.m. a day in my life unless I had to catch a flight. Like, I'm, I'm not that person either. I'm not the person that wakes up at the ass crack of dawn and like has some crazy psycho morning routine. And for some people that really works for them. And I think there is a desire for me, like I always want to be the person that wakes up earlier, but I don't want it bad enough to actually do it, you know what I mean? Like maybe you can relate to that where you're like, oh, it would feel so good to like wake up super early and just get ahead of everybody and everything and have so much quiet space myself. But then when it really comes time to wake up at 5 a.m., my body's like, bitch, absolutely not. You need sleep. Like, that's why we work for ourselves so that we can get a full 8 to 9 hours of sleep. And you don't need to do that. So I don't know, that just brought up this whole conversation about like, what is my morning routine actually like right now? And maybe that's intriguing or interesting for other people to just hear that, like, I don't really have one right now. And I've had morning routines in the past and I may adopt something moving forward, but I'm just kind of like a free flower, to be honest. I don't, I don't need very much. I don't require too much. Basically what it looks like right now is I wake up, I snooze. That's first of all, because I'm like, I want to wake up at 7, but it never quite happens. So I snooze. Then I wake up around 7:20 and I make the bed. I always do that. That's something that I definitely do. I always make the bed. I use my tongue scraper. Ayurveda, scrape your tongue in the morning. So good for you if you're into it, if you want to try it, if you want to get a tongue scraper. I have the Ayurvedic copper one that I use linked on my Amazon storefront, which is in the link in the show notes below if you want to shop that one on Amazon. So I snooze, I wake up, I make my bed, I tongue scrape, I get ready. So I do my skincare and my makeup and, you know, put an outfit on. I get ready for the day and then I make a protein smoothie. That's basically pretty much what I have for breakfast every single day, simply because I'm so lazy. I don't know if— I don't know if that's the best way to say it, but with breakfast, it's just to me, it's the most irritating meal of the day because I feel like in order to have like a balanced blood sugar and to really eat something that's going to sustain me, I want it to be high in protein and fats. And I know that that's what my body needs and I know that that's really good for me. You know, I've spent enough time working with holistic practitioners and private nutritionists and all those types of things that I have that in my mind of like, protein and fats. Start your morning with protein and fats. And it's really important to eat within an hour of waking up. And but I'm like, I don't, I don't want to stand in the kitchen and cook and take all this time. Like, I want to get into my things for the day. So I'm just kind of like with breakfast, I'm like, oh, can't be fucked. Like, I'm just going to make a protein smoothie. And that's basically what I do every single day because it's quick and it's fast and I can drink it on the go and I can basically get going. And so I have a protein smoothie and then I get to work. And oh well, I guess I should say I take the dog for a walk. Okay, so I do that. So that's my morning routine. I snooze, I wake up around 7:30, I make the bed, I tongue scrape, I get ready, I make a protein smoothie, I walk the dog, I start working. And I guess like in some way that is a morning routine. And I think that's the point of me mentioning this is a lot of us are judging ourselves for not having these like really elaborate or like crazy rituals or morning routines. Or maybe you used to do certain things all the time. Like I used to meditate so much more. I used to journal a lot more. And I just have been in a season where I'm not doing those things as much. And it's not because I don't believe in them. It's not because I don't think that they work. It's not because I don't like them. It's just I don't know, it's just what it is. It's just what I'm vibing lately. Like, it's just the rhythm of where I am right now and normalizing that. And also even just recognizing for myself, I'm sitting here being like, I don't have a morning routine. And then I stated out and I'm like, well, that is my morning routine, even though it's like simple and I'm not doing 1,000, you know, biohacking, personal development things. It is my morning routine. Anything you do routinely in the morning is your morning routine. So I think just normalizing like the ebbs and flows of our routines and rituals and also knowing that you can be extremely successful and you can have a really fulfilled life and you don't need to be doing all those things all the time. And sometimes there is a lot of freedom and liberation in letting go of the feeling that you do need to be doing those things in order to get to your next level. I think there is an underlying narrative of that as well. A lot of those tools can be super helpful when you're in a place of truly feeling, you know, down or stuck and you need something to really bring you out of it. Those tools are super helpful. But also sometimes we're, we're at a space in our life where we are good and we're happy and things are okay and we don't need as many tools. And can we lean on the ones that we love and that we enjoy? Yes. But should we be obligating ourselves to commit to these rigid routines all the time just because it's what personal development says or what other people are doing? No, absolutely not. And I think if you, if you haven't listened to the most recent episode with Angie Lee where we talk about biohacking gone wrong and how some of these crazy wellness trends have just taken us way too far, I think this is a nice piggyback off of that conversation. So definitely go back and listen to that episode. But anyway, I thought we'd kick off this one with just sharing my current non-morning routine, morning routine, and normalizing basically doing whatever the fuck you want and still holding the belief that it's good enough and that you're going to be successful and you can uplevel and manifest and reach the next level of your life no matter what. All of that, like there's nothing— it's not contingent on a single thing that you do. Right? And so if you are operating in a way where you feel that you need to be doing certain things or else you're not going to reach your next level or you're not going to be able to manifest your desires, that's a worse place to be, in my opinion, because now you're operating from a place of fear and from a place of lack of like, I'm forcing myself to do these things because I'm scared of what might happen if I don't do them versus I'm okay not doing them. Just because it's a season where I don't fucking feel like it, to be honest, or it doesn't fit into what my priorities are right now, right? Of being able to look at your core values. We talk about this in From Burnt Out to Badass, really analyzing your core values and taking a look at the hierarchy of those core values and being, being able to shift the hierarchy of those core values to fit where you're at in this particular season of life and being okay with certain things shuffling down a bit or being put on the back burner just a little bit because there's something else that's taking the main stage, that's at the forefront, that is more important than that. Right. So anyway, just thought I would share that with you guys. The other main thing obviously is I want to give you an Ultra recap. So as I'm recording this, it's just a couple of days after Ultra in Miami. It's a big— if you don't— if you're not familiar with it, it's a big electronic music festival in Miami, Florida, and it's a 3-day event and it's really massive and people come in from literally all over the world to go to this electronic music festival. So since we live so close, we decided that we wanted to go this year and Jaime made like a big event out of it and a bunch of his friends came and visited all the way from Spain and we went into Miami together and we rented an Airbnb and we just, we stayed there for the weekend and we only ended up going to 2 days of the festival, which I was never planning on going to. I was never planning on going to Ultra on Sunday. I just knew we're going to go Friday and Saturday and I just felt like 3 days would be excessive for me. I just— I don't need that much. I don't need that much drinking and partying and dancing. I love a bit, but I also know my limits. So all of us, we just did the Friday and Saturday and we skipped the Sunday, which was honestly perfect for me. It was more than enough and I was super happy with it. And then what was also fun about this was one of my private clients, one of my private business clients was coming to Ultra and I'm like, okay, let's hang out, like, let's go together. So I got to meet her and her fiancé and hang out in person and just like dance and boogie and vibe and have a good time. And this is like another— for me, it's just whenever I get to meet one of my private clients in person, it's such a cool reminder of Yeah, just like the being in such a privileged position, I guess, where you get to curate the types of people that you work with, right? Like, for example, some of the, some of the guys on this trip, they're, there's lawyers, whatever, and they have, they do other jobs, right? But they also have clients. And there were conversations about, you know, clients and, you know, how much they call them and need them for everything and message them all the time and are such a pain in the ass. And, you know, you have to be so nice to your clients, but they're like so annoying. And I would just even more reminded of like, it's so awesome that that doesn't have to be my life or my story and that my clients get to really be people that I genuinely love and would truly be friends with. And it's not always like this at the start of your business. You know, I think we have to go through those seasons where we're willing to, you know, work with a wider variety of a type of, of clientele. But as you grow in your business, you get to be more particular about who works with you in the most intimate of spaces, right? So there's going to be all different kinds of people that maybe work with you in groups or in large settings. But when it comes to private coaching and like the one-to-one, like most intimate space where you work with a client and you really help them privately, as you grow in your business, you get to be so, so much more particular and curated with who that would be. And I'm so fortunate that I'm at a place where those people are people that I like am friends with, and I only work with people in that capacity that I would genuinely invite over to my house for dinner. And I feel like we would have a good time together. And so being able to hang out with Jada at Ultra and just spend the weekend together, meeting for the first time. But I knew that it was going to be fine because I know this about my clients. I know that my clients are people that I genuinely love, that would— that I would be friends with. Right. And so, of course, it was so much fun. We're like instant best friends. And yeah, it was just a testament to like, wow, that's— it's so amazing that we, if we choose to, we can build a business like that. We can build a clientele of that caliber where we only work with people that we genuinely love and like want to hang out with and want to spend time with. And it's so different than how the majority of the world has to function in terms of like, quote unquote, dealing with clients that are annoying to them and, and just not having to live that way. So that was a cool experience. It was so much fun with her. We just like jumped around and vibed and danced the entire time. I definitely went— was taken back into my, like, college party girl persona. I peed outdoors behind an outhouse at one point. Like, things that you are just reminded of, like, wow, this is what it was like to be 17, 18. 21 years old. And it's fun to do that every once in a while and just like be reminded of your youth. I also don't know how this happened, but by the grace of God, literally none of us had a hangover any single day of the festival, which was amazing, like such a godsend. So I talked about this on my Instagram stories a couple of days before we were going to Ultra. How when I went to my friend's wedding a couple of weeks ago in Cleveland, I ended up puking that night. And I really don't know what it was from because I was drinking responsibly. Like, I stuck to the same type of alcohol. I had like water between every drink. I didn't even like overdo it or drink that much. At the end of the reception, I chugged a bottle of water, which I think was the thing that actually made my tummy turn because we had a really big dinner at the reception pretty late. Like we didn't eat until I think it was like 8:30 PM and there was no lunch that day. So I basically just like had a small breakfast and then no lunch. We didn't eat until 8:30 PM and had this like big dinner at the wedding. And then right after the meal it was like we had to jump up and, you know, do all the dancing for the reception before it finished. And so it was like big meal, bunch of dancing, and then chugged a bottle of water. I think my stomach literally just turned because I was not— yeah, I was not like drunk enough to be puking. It really made no sense. But I went to my room to go to the bathroom and then randomly I was just like, oh my God, I think I'm going to get sick right now. And I threw up in the toilet and then I was like, okay, I'm going to definitely call it a night because I don't know what is happening, but like, I guess we're done here. So I tried to go to sleep because I had an early flight the next day. My flight was taking off at 8:45. So I had to wake up at like 5:45 or 6, something like that, to give me enough time to get ready, checked out, get to the airport, all the things. So I was like, all right, whatever, it's fine. I'm just going to go to bed since I have an early flight anyway. But then I couldn't sleep and I had like the shakes all night long. I don't know if that's ever happened to you, but this used to happen to me a lot when I would be like, when I would get like bad, like hangovers, I would like, I just couldn't sleep. Like I would get the shivers almost. It's like your body knows that it needs to get sick again. And it's just like stopping you from falling asleep almost. And I just couldn't take it anymore. So I literally had to get up, go to the bathroom, make myself get sick again to like purge everything and get all the alcohol or whatever it was out of my system that was clearly bothering me. And then I slept for 2 hours and then my alarm went off and I had to go to the airport and get a flight and I felt so weak. But like, luckily I wasn't nauseous or sick at all. But anyway, I'm like, terrified then because I'm like, okay, I don't really drink that much. I don't, I don't really drink at all. Like, we don't usually have alcohol in our house at all. Like, I don't drink. I don't drink alcohol with meals or dinners. Like, maybe if we go out to a dinner, I might have a glass of wine. But Jaime and I just like, we aren't really big drinkers anymore, but I'm not a completely sober person where I'm against drinking alcohol. I have a pretty good relationship with alcohol. I can have literally one sip and not care and just not be affected by it and not want anymore. I also, when I am drinking, I can— I usually— I've always been like this. I was like this in college too. I would get to my point of like where I wanted to be, of like having— being drunk enough to like have a really good time and feel like all the things that I guess you want to feel when you're drinking and then stopping there. And I was— I like rarely ever— I would basically just drink at pregames and then I wouldn't even— I would barely ever order drinks out at the bars because I just knew myself and I knew that I didn't need more. And I was really good at just like keeping those limits. Obviously, sometimes, you know, there were hangovers, there were pukey-pukies, there were maybe 2 blackouts in my entire life. But pretty much like have never had an issue with alcohol, so I'm not against it. And I think that's maybe that's another conversation for another podcast because there's, you know, people in like the spiritual space that feel like alcohol is a negative vibration or whatever the stories are. Right. So not against like drinking alcohol in any capacity. I just like don't really do it on a normal day-to-day basis. But if I'm going to a wedding or concert or something fun, like I will have some drinks and I enjoy it. So that's my personal prerogative and everyone else is entitled to their own and knowing themselves and their bodies and their values and following that for themselves. But after the experience at the wedding where I puked like out of nowhere, I was like kind of scared for this 3-day music festival where I knew we were going to be drinking. So I'm like, holy shit, maybe I'm like so like out of shape, like unconditioned in like the the drinking aspect, that this is going to be awful for me and I'm going to feel like shit the entire time. And what if this happens to me on day one and then I'm like completely shot for day two and I can't even go? And so I was like, oh my God, pray for me, guys. Like, I don't know. I don't really know what to expect. And so there was that level of kind of just like nervousness of like not knowing what to expect going in. But luckily no hangovers. Like, I was good. Jada was good. All the boys were good. We just had a really great time and I think we kept ourselves within like the right limits and we drank enough to have fun and just enjoy ourselves and that was it. So it was really, really good all around. I wish that— I wish that there was like a little— some more like mainstream. I'm just, you know, I'm not— I'm not like a hard techno person. I'm not like— I'm not really in the electronic music, like, scene. I enjoy it, but I'm not like a groupie who's like, knows all the DJs or whatever. Like, name any DJ and I can't even tell you one song that's theirs. But if you played it, I would probably recognize it, right? So I'm like a— I'm like an ultra, like, a bandwagoner. I'm not like a diehard, like, you know, festival person or like superfan. And I have to say, I like the mainstream stuff. You know what I mean? I want to hear songs that have words. Like, I don't want to just hear the entire time. So I was mostly at like the main stage where there were like bigger name DJs that were going to play songs that had lyrics that were things that I knew. We saw like Tiesto, Alesso, David Guetta, Hardwell. Yeah, I think those are some of like the bigger names of the people that we saw. The person that I was most devastated that wasn't there was Kygo, because I went to a Kygo— I've been twice. No, that's a lie. Once. I've been to Ushuaia twice, but only once was it Kygo. I went to a Kygo concert in Ibiza at the beach club called Ushuaia. And if you ever go to Ibiza, highly recommend. Ushuaia is such a vibe. So Jaime and I would usually go to Ibiza like once every summer, just him and I. And again, we're not like huge partiers or drinkers. So most of the time we were just like vacationing and like going to the beaches and, you know, going to nice restaurants and things like that. But we would do one concert each trip. And the first year that we went, Kygo was there. And you guys, it was the best day of my fucking life. I'm not even kidding you. To this day, it's like in the top 5 of like best days of my life. And I don't know why it The energy. My face hurt from how bad I was smiling. We were in the front row. It was like the vibes were unexplainable. The best experience ever. Like, 10 out of 10. So recommend. So I was devastated that Kygo wasn't there this year because he was at Ultra last year, and I don't know why he wasn't there this year, but that's the only person that I would have given a single shit and, like, actually cared about seeing. Everyone else, I was just kind of like, I'm here for the ride. Like, I'm just enjoying it. But I wasn't like a super fan. But I would have loved if Kygo were there. So that's my only big disappointment. But I think it's just a sign that I want to go back to Spain and I want to see Kygo at Ushuaia because it's also a much smaller venue. It's like a, it's like a little, like, you know, beach hotel and pool, and they make it into this like outdoor concert venue. So it's a lot easier to like maneuver and get to the front and I don't know, maybe that's just my sign I'm ready to go. I'm ready to go back to Spain and see Kygo at Ushuaia. But Ultra was very, very fun overall. Really good experience. Had a good time. So speaking of going back to Spain, a major, major thing that happened this month in terms of relationship stuff is that Jaime was approved for his green card, which is literally the most exciting news. So we don't have it yet. It's supposedly in the mail. We're supposed to get it soon.

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But like, we did it. We did it. We freaking did it. So that's amazing because it means now so many things just become easier. He's now a permanent resident of the United States of America. We can travel back and forth to Spain because for the past year he hasn't been able to leave the country at all. So we're really excited and probably going to plan a trip to Spain for some time later this year, probably like summertime. So I'm really excited about that and just being able to go back and visit Madrid and maybe go to our summer house in southern Spain. And just do all the things and the nostalgia of like living in Europe. And I definitely miss that. And summer here in Florida is like very, very hot, sweltering humidity. So I wouldn't mind going and spending a couple of weeks in southern Spain where it's a bit breezier, the ocean is a bit cooler, and we get to see so many people and just reminisce and Yeah. So that's like super, super exciting news. It's been a long time coming. It's been over a year process so far and it's finally done. Like if I think about 2022, I know we, we— I've shared with you guys a lot on the podcast and we've talked about this of just all the things, all the, all the balls that I was juggling in 2022. So many things that were up in the air, you know, moving to America, house hunting, living with my parents, working with lawyers, trying to get the green card, transitioning my business to a whole new country and state and reestablishing the LLC and shifting all the paperwork and just so many things. It just feels so good that all of those things are like starting to come to a close and they're getting tied up in pretty bows and all those loose ends are just like coming together, it feels really, really good. And it's interesting because that year, 2022, was my Saturn return. And the Saturn returns— well, the one just passed, so my Saturn return finished in March, at the start of March. So it's finally over now. And so many of the, like, tumultuous, like, hard, kind of stressful things that I felt like were going on in 2022 have at least— it feels like they've landed and they're done and we can kind of just move on now. And it feels really good. And it's just interesting to see how the astrology always sort of lines up with our life. It's not that we have to try to match it, it just naturally does. And so that's a really good feeling to just know I've completed my Saturn return. Have passed my tests. I obviously showed up for all of the hard universal assignments that were there for me in the last year, and being able to tie these loose ends into some nice ribbons now feels really, really amazing. So the last major update from March is that I hit a crazy milestone in my business, and the moment that it happened, I wanted to share it, but I've been sitting with it for a couple of days now and I still don't really know. I don't really know. Like, I just feel like I'm in such a new territory and everything is new for me and I'm, I'm up and down about it. Like, I am so excited and then I'm so in my head and I want to shout it from the mountaintops and be like, oh my God, this is incredible. Like, celebrate yourself. And then I also feel like, don't say anything, just retract, hide, like, don't be that person. So I thought, you know, maybe the best place to share it is the podcast because this space to me, it feels— I don't know, it feels more loving and warm than social media. And I probably will share it in some way on social media later on. But just right now it's only been a few days, so I'm just not— I haven't really formulated in my own head like what I want to say about it or how I want to say it or, or whatever. And, and I think there's a, there's an interesting, there's an interesting thing coming up for me about worrying about the way that this may be perceived from, from the outside, from other people. And I'll talk about that in a second because you guys know I always talk about the opinions of other people and knowing that caring about those things is never going to go away. And I think a lot of us are waiting to stop caring about the opinions of other people. And what I've realized in my journey is that you don't stop caring, you just stop letting it hold you back, right? So it's like, oh, so interesting. I feel this fear of like What are people going to say or how are people going to feel? Or I might like trigger somebody or, you know, they might think that I'm bragging or create this story of, of me or whatever in their minds. And instead of letting that control what I do next, I'm sitting here being like, I don't even know what I want to say about this yet, but I guess I'm just going to go for it and I'll share it on the podcast first because that feels like the safest space to me. And then I will journal, integrate, sit with my thoughts, and probably eventually share something on social media about it. But anyways, the big goal is that I hit $100,000 in a month for the first time in my business. So essentially the business has made over $100,000 in sales for the month of March. Not all of that is cash collected, so there's somewhere around $92,000 that have been actually collected in the business. And the rest of that figure is sales. So if people are on a payment plan of some kind, that will come in later on down the line in future months. But the overall like sales figure is over $115,000 in sales as we speak. The month isn't fully over yet as I record this, so these figures could change and could be different. But the reason why I want to share it is because I feel the resistance of talking about it for fear of what people might think or what they might make it mean or how it might make them feel. But what I know to be true is that I needed— I needed other women to share these types of things in order for me to even be here in this position, having this happen for me now, too. And what's so crazy about that is my coach that I'm currently working with, she sent me flowers to celebrate because I set this crazy goal, right, of like, oh my God, I kind of felt like there's a lot of momentum that's been building in the business, especially this year. I've had some content go viral. There's been lots of new followers that have come in. The podcast is exponentially growing. There's so many beautiful things that are happening as a result of the momentum that I've created over the past several years of showing up consistently every single day, right? So this isn't something that happens overnight. It's, you know, day in and day out, working hard for years and years and years and years. And now all of it has kind of compiled or compounded, I guess, and has led to this, this phase of momentum where we're rolling the snowball. And instead of like having to actually push the snowball for every turn. It feels like the snowball is just rolling down the hill on its own. And it's a really beautiful place to be in. But it's also like completely foreign territory for me. And so the coach that I set this big goal, right, of like, I feel like this is the month I could just, I could just sense it. I knew we had a big launch coming up. There were a lot of things I had some, you know, open spots for other programs. And so it just, it felt like, you know, the goal wasn't like out of left field because when I set my income goals for the month, I really do base them off of what I know is happening in the business, what the recurring revenue is that's coming in, um, what I know that I'm selling and what I think the projected sales of that thing could be. Like I really base my income goals off of factual information and off of trends that I've seen happening in the business in the past., and then obviously taking account for new growth and potentially more people or whatever it is and just making those predictions, right? So I felt like March could be the first 6-figure month. I just felt that we were at that, that phase and that, that was now somewhat within the realm of possibility. It still felt really big and really far away.. But I felt like it's within reach, right? Just within reach. And so I decided to go for it. And I did all of my things that I do when I have a really big goal or a manifestation that I want to call in. And I put the goal on my fridge and I saw it every day and I read it every day and I said it out loud and I felt it as if it were real. And I sat down with my journal and I journaled out, you know, the experience of what it was going to be like and what it felt like. And I used all the manifestation tools that I teach you guys all the time. Time. But what I will say is I wasn't really overly focused on it in the sense of like I wasn't doing rituals every single day to call in the, the six-figure month. I set the intention, I placed the goal on the fridge, I saw it and spoke it out loud whenever I, you know, walked by it. But that was really all that I did on a daily basis. And then the other thing was obviously showing up and doing the work, right? Taking the action,, you know, promoting my programs, having conversations, getting out there, posting, sharing, providing value, doing all the things right. And that was it. And what's so cool about the moment in which it happened was what I was going to say is my, my coach that I'm currently working with is the, the very exact first person that I ever saw sharing that she had earned $100,000 in a month. And I almost like my jaw just was on the floor when I saw that. I can remember exactly what that felt like and it was very cool. So like when I hit it, she sent me flowers to celebrate and it just felt even more special that she was the person that got to be kind of witness to this unfolding and got to be by my side while this was happening because it was so full circle. And I told her like, It means so much to me that you are the person who's like in my circle with me right now while this is happening, because I literally wouldn't be here if I hadn't seen you doing this exact thing, which unlocked for me the idea that it was possible for me to— like, I remember seeing her sharing her $100K months over and over again. She had many $100K months consecutively. And I just remember this is all the way back in like 2019 and I I was just barely getting started in coaching space and—

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I had only made, you know, I had just run a beta round of my program. I had only served like 7 clients at that point. I had earned less than $2,000 total and I hadn't even hired my first business coach yet. And I remember like wanting to work with her and I reached out to her and I was like, I was inquiring about her one-to-ones. And of course it was just like way out of my league, you know, it was like $15,000 or something for 3 months at that time. And I thought about like, how could I get that money? Like, I was willing to get resourceful and see, you know, who could I ask and who would be willing to invest in me and this vision. And Jaime was willing to give me money, but he didn't have that much to be able to give me. And I was like, I don't know if like, if I can come up with that much money at this point. And so ultimately I just had to let her know, like, I don't think that that I don't think it's feasible for me right now, but I'll— I will be back. And what I love is like when there's people who say that and they actually mean it and they go out there and they, they do it right. And so I hired another coach that was, you know, within— felt more within my range of what was realistic. I still had to borrow the $5,000 because I didn't have anything at that point. So I still had to borrow the $5,000, but it, it was easier to borrow $5K than to borrow $15K. And I, and I got started and I started making money and I put myself out there and I, you know, was doing content all the time. And I started a podcast and all these things. And then it, and it really started to take off for me. And I joined this year-long mastermind and I got in spaces and got in rooms that really helped me grow. And then I was finally able to actually to hire that coach. And that was a really cool moment in and of itself. And that was all the way back in 2021. And so I hired her for the first time and I was like, this is so cool because I remember exactly where I was. I was on vacation with Jaime. It was New Year's. It had just become 2020, right before the world shut down. We were traveling in Italy, we were in Milan, I was in a hotel room and I remember sending messages to this coach being like, I want to work with you, and then realizing, okay, maybe I need to start somewhere else and come back and to finally like come full circle and be able to work with her. And now to be in the space of seeing myself hit those crazy milestones of a 6-figure month, like I recognize I'm, I am fully intact upstairs of knowing that that is just so illogical. Like, it just doesn't make sense. I'm so painfully aware that so many people in the world are like, what the actual fuck? Like, that doesn't— that's not even real. Like, how is that even possible? Because I was that person. I was that person being like, oh my God, how is she making that much money? Like, this is— what is this? Like, not even knowing what the heck was happening. And then being able to work with her privately and be in her space and learn from her and hit that milestone alongside with her and receive those flowers and just be like, wow, it's really so full circle because I would not be here if she weren't brave enough to share and show what was possible. And, you know, I think what's, what's also important about this is it's almost like, oh, do you need to be brave to share that? And sometimes I think, you know, we can shame the privilege of the situation of being like, oh, you earn so much money. Like, it's not brave of you to like talk about it or share it. You're bragging. And I think that is the fear when anyone in this space like shares their wins or any of these things there. I think most of us, if not all of us, actually do feel that fear of like being perceived as this person who's bragging or who's making it about them or who only cares about the money. And the truth is that it's not. And I hate saying this because it sounds so fucking cliché, and it's not about the money. And I think, oh my God, like, I'm cringing knowing that someone on the other end of this conversation could be listening to this and being like, yeah, easy for you to say that it's not about the money now that you have the money. And I get that. Like, I fully get that, which is why I'm like, fuck, I don't know how to talk about this. I don't know how to share this. It feels insensitive to the world, to like most of society, to people. But on the flip side of that coin, had someone else not done that, I wouldn't be here. I wouldn't have any of the things that I have. I wouldn't be living my dream life. I wouldn't be in my dream beach condo. I wouldn't be I wouldn't have any of the privileges and the freedoms and the abilities that I have. And so it's such a blessing to me that someone got over the fear of coming off as, as being like bragging and shared anyways, because that unlocked a whole new level of consciousness for me. It unlocked a whole new version of what I saw as being possible in the world. If, if my coach had not shared that, there's no way in hell I would have ever been able to even perceive of that level of abundance or freedom being available. There's just no way. It just doesn't exist. I didn't see anyone else doing that or having that. And so I wouldn't have known, right? And it's like this idea of even, even what you think is like your most unlimited, crazy, wild dreams is actually still limited because there's other things beyond that that you can't even perceive of yet. And that's why I want to share about it. That's why I want to talk about it, because I was the girl scrolling Instagram being like, holy shit, this is so insane. I didn't even know that this was possible. Is this even real? Like, could I do this? And it unlocked something for me and it completely changed my life. And I think it reminds me of this idea of bragging. It reminds me of a conversation that I once had with one of my private clients. And she was terrified of the same thing. She was like, I, you know, what I really want to teach people is how to be genuinely happy and have fulfillment and manifest the things that they want in their life and, you know, cultivate more meaningful careers and do work that they love or start podcasts or you know, have more successful, loving relationships, attracting abundance, all these things that had brought her so much joy and fulfillment. She wanted to share that with other people, but she felt like that it was insensitive to what most people are going through or what the, you know, what the general population or society experiences. And so she had this real fear that was holding her back from sharing these things. And she's like, I can't actually sell my services or help anybody if I don't also share my truth of my story, of all the amazing things that I've manifested and attracted into my life. But I'm struggling to do that without feeling like I'm bragging or being insensitive. And I remember talking to her and having a conversation and saying to her, like, Julia, it's your job to show as many women as you can what's possible. Because someone did that for you. And that's the only reason that you are where you are, is because somebody else was an expander for you and stood up and said, look at what I've done, of what I've created, of what's possible. Here are the tools. This is how you do it. Let me show you. And that's why you have the fulfilling career. That's why you were able to leave your corporate jobs and start something of your own and be successful with it and have a podcast and, you know, create such a beautiful, loving relationship and teach your kids how to manifest and help them be happier little human beings. Like, all of those things that she did were because somebody else gave her that idea. They gave her the tools and they gave her that permission. And so I reminded her, like, it would be a disservice for you to withhold that potential and that bigness and that opportunity from people. Because will there be some people that take it the wrong way? Of course. But will there be a handful of women, if not, you know, tens or hundreds or thousands of women that take it and run with it like wildfire and go, you know what, you're so right, I deserve better, I deserve more, I'm going to create something amazing for myself. And maybe it doesn't look like exactly what you're doing, but you just sharing that and showing it has inspired me to cut out some of the toxic things in my life or make a big change or move to a new place or, you know, put myself out there in a new way or go after a promotion or quit my job or whatever it is. Like, even you just standing in your business, if that inspires 1, 2, 5, 10 women to do the same, then you've done your job because that's the ripple effect, right? And I almost feel like there's this responsibility of reaching my hand back and offering that expansion and that belief and that opportunity to other women because some, some women were courageous enough to do that for me. And that's why I'm here. That's why you're listening to this podcast. That's why I'm doing any of the things that I'm doing right now is because someone went before me and said, look at how big you can live. Look at how good things get to be. Look at how high you can set your standards and look at how much abundance you can create for you and your family and all the possibilities of how you can give and serve when you are in overflow, right? Because that's the truth of it is if more of us were in overflow, we would be able to do so much more good for the world. The reason that we can't do more good for the world for the most part is because we're busy worrying about ourselves. We're stuck in survival mode trying to just get ourselves to the surface of the water, right? But if we were in overflow, if there were more people that were overflowing and that had extra, we could do so much more good for the world. And so I think that's the real reason why I want to share this is because there's going to be even just one woman that listens to this and goes, holy shit, I'm going to go for it. And you're so right. And I'm going to live bigger and dream bigger and push myself further and believe that there's things possible for me that are beyond what I can even conceive of right now. And so that's why That's why I want to share it, really. And I think the experience of, you know, hitting a 6-figure month in business— and for some people that's small, to be honest, like, which is also so crazy. Like, I, I see other coaches that are like, if 6-figure months feel small for you, or if 6-figure months feel like a big deal for you, then I'm not the coach for you. And like, there's, there's so many levels, right? And there's, there's spaces where it'll never be enough and all of that. And even at this level, like, it's easy to be witnessing people who are way beyond that. And, you know, they're making multi-millions per month and it can make you feel small no matter how abundant you are. And I think it's just really important for me to stay grounded in remembering what a miracle it is for me to be here. And just wanting to share the expansion and the possibility with somebody else that needs that reminder or that eye-opener the same way that I did back in 2019. I would not be here or have any of the things that I have, and you would not be listening to this podcast if there weren't women who were doing that and talking about their really big, crazy successes that most people couldn't relate to, but that felt really deeply inspiring to me. And so, yeah, I went through this like weird moment when it actually happened, when it first happened, and I realized, holy shit, we've actually crossed the $100,000 in sales. I was in Miami. It was right before Ultra. I was at the pool and I was like with Jaime and his friends, so surrounded by a bunch of dudes, none of which who would have like gotten it or understood. Jaime knew the goal. And so I told him and he was like, oh my God, this is so amazing. But he was catching up with his friends that he hasn't seen in a year. And so I just kind of felt like super weird, like I was sitting there knowing that I just did this like really insane monumental thing. But like, no one— like, I couldn't really talk to anyone around me about it. And so I was just like sitting there in silence by myself, literally being like, what the fuck is happening? And kind of feeling like I was excited and like bursting, and I just wanted to tell someone about it. You know, when something really exciting happens in your life, you just want to tell someone about it. And then I felt this like sudden kind of like weird loneliness of like, there's no one I can tell about this. Like, I thought about calling my mom and then I was like, I can't. I can't call my mom and tell her this. I don't want to tell her this. And then I was like, I can't. I don't know, like, my friends, I can't call them and tell them this. Like, they'll be like, what the fuck, Sam? You know, like, it's just— it's again, that perception of coming off as like being someone who's bragging. But yet when we do other big things in our lives, like get engaged or get pregnant, we are not afraid of that because society accepts that. We call everybody and we're like, oh my God, such exciting news. And everyone is by default happy for you. And if they're not happy for you, they at least pretend to be because they know that that's the courteous thing to do and that's what you're supposed to do. But when you have things like this that aren't really like accepted by society, it's a very weird feeling because you're like, who can I call? Who can I tell? No one else can relate. No one's going to understand. And I might come off as being like a big weirdo or braggy or egoic or narcissistic or greedy or I don't know, like I think there's— and this again just goes back to the societal programming and the narrative that we have around money. And I think that's really what it is of why Even people who maybe like get promotions, or, you know, they earn a bunch of money in their job, like maybe even sometimes with that, you might hesitate of like, who can I actually tell about this? Because there's such a taboo of talking about how much money you make or sharing those types of things. But I just think that society would be better if we did talk about it. Because first of all, there would be so much more expansion because people would realize, holy shit, there's a lot of people making a lot of money. And why am I not doing that? And how can I push myself or get out there or make a change in my career or do whatever it takes to have that too and like feel that experience of like, oh my God, like if they can do it, then so can I. I think that would be a real phenomenon that would happen if we talked about money more often. And I also think people would realize that, you know, a lot of times companies are, are relying on the fact that there are these hidden Conversations about money so that people don't find out that maybe they are being kind of shorted in a sense, right? Like, you're not going to find out that you're making less than your coworkers, or at least they're banking on that because it's like, oh, well, it's not really a societal norm to talk about how much you're making with your coworkers. So it's easy for you to be in the dark and it's easy for women to earn less than men when the men aren't saying how much they're making and neither are we. Like, that's not on men. It's just a societal thing of like, we're not talking about how much money we're making. And I think we actually would be better off in so many ways if we were, because we would be more expanded, we would have more belief in ourselves about what's possible, and we would, we would see way more of the hidden bullshit that's going on because people rely on us not having these conversations. So I do think that's an important piece of the puzzle as well, is like the more that we know, the better that we can do. And being open and sharing and being transparent is really important, especially when it comes to money. And so I felt that because of those kind of like societal norms that we have about not talking about money, I felt so weird in that moment and I was like, I can't really tell anyone about this. I mean, I told my coach, obviously my coaches one of the only people that I felt like safe enough with to really share that and know that she would get it and be able to like have that celebratory moment with me and that there wouldn't be any judgment and that it wouldn't be perceived for anything other than what it was, which was just pure excitement, joy, and gratitude for what I had worked so hard for so many years to create. But maybe this is a larger conversation for another episode about the whole money thing. But I do hope that this was valuable in some way for you to just hear this side of it. And yeah, I almost want to say like, I apologize if it triggered you, but I don't know. I don't know if I should do that. I don't know if I need to do that. I don't know. Like, I'm trusting that this will land for the people that it needs to land for and that it will ripple out into the world and inspire someone somewhere to go bigger. And that you will be the same way that I was, someone who couldn't believe that that was possible and then just a few years later was celebrating it for themselves. That is my hope in sharing this. Truly, that is my wish. Like, I could cry. I could cry right now thinking about just like what it really— how much it really means to me to help other women do this and be able to create this for themselves. Like, at the end of the day, that's what this is all about. Like, I'm proud of myself and I, and I want to celebrate this for me, but it's not even really like about me. It's about— and that's the funny thing is, is the way, the way that this was created was through helping other people do this, was through liberating other women, was through helping other people uncage themselves and break themselves free of the systems that have been put in place to keep us small. Like, that is the work that made this possible, and that's the mission, right? And that's why, that's why I want to share it and keep doing it, because I want to help even more people experience this for themselves. I just know that the world would be such a better place if we had more people that were, that, that felt empowered, that felt liberated, that felt free, that felt in an overflow of abundance. We could do so much good in the world. And that's always been at the center of my work and of my mission. And it's at the center of this celebration too, because my, my hope is that by me doing this, it will create the possibility for other women to do the same. And I know that that can be true because that's exactly how I got here, right? Was by watching another woman do this and talk about it, and then me taking that and going, I'm gonna do that too. And now look where I am, and I get to help other women now and reach my hand back. And so just being able to see the ripple effect of that and knowing what kind of change that can create in the world. It means so much to me. And I hope that, I hope that that comes through in the way that I shared it. And if it, if it didn't, just know that that is the intention. And I'm excited to guide even more women through the process of sharing these gifts and liberating people and helping people heal and helping other women be more empowered and step into their gifts and their power and build abundance not only for themselves, but for their families, for people in their lives, for others, for charities, for whatever it is that's, that's important to them. And making that possible. So wow, that was long-winded. I did not know really where that was going to go or how to explain it or share it, but I knew that it was important to do so. So thank you guys so much for listening to this episode of the podcast. I love you so much. I appreciate you showing up every single week and tuning in. 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