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5 Tips For Stepping Away From Your Social Enterprise Without Stress

As a social entrepreneur or business owner, taking time away from your business can be difficult, especially when you have invested time and resources into building it. However, it is essential to step away at some point to avoid burnout and allow your social enterprise to run smoothly, even in...

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Why Social Entrepreneurs are my Jam?

I click “end meeting,” and I feel this rush of inspiration, and I say, “Wow. I was born to do this.” It’s involuntary. It’s like my Spirit is speaking out loud. And it comes out virtually every time.

That doesn’t mean I don’t feel nervous...

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Where To Find A Coach

This is part 3 in a 3-part series about the importance of professional help from coaches and mentors.

Clearly! You have the God-given desires and are already on your path of destiny to change the world. 

Sometimes, oftentimes actually, it doesn’t feel like that.  We may feel...

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Why You Need Coaching

Nothing will change unless I do. Anything can change if I do. ~Trisha Bailey

As you navigate the challenges of life as a social entrepreneur, it’s really, really important to seek out or at least be open to receiving help when it comes in your path.

It’s not easy….asking for...

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What is Coaching?

I am passionate about social entrepreneurs having a safe space in which to seek guidance and ask for help. So,  in a series of 3 blog posts, I’m going to share the W’s of coaching. The What, Why, and Where.

  • What coaching  is
  • Why you need it
  • Where to find one 

As you...

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5 Reasons to Rest

 “Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.”

~ Anne Lamott

This was my sign that it was time for a rest. 

In May, I took my first holiday in 10 months.  I was so depleted. I had no idea how far I’d slipped in my quest to...

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How To Persevere and Grow For Social Entrepreneurs

“Discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”

~Kendra Binney


There are (or will be) seasons when you learn to see your circumstances with new eyes instead of changing your circumstances.

Life as a social entrepreneur is not easy. If it were, everyone...

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How To Work With Stakeholders For Beginners

Share the wealth...and the responsibility. 

You know you’re different, right? 

You’re not just an entrepreneur…a business owner. You don’t have the luxury of bossing people around or a cophers overflowing with cash as many big businesses do. 

You’re...

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How Not To Be Discouraged When Things Don’t Go Your Way For Social Entrepreneurs

Sometimes (most times) it’s about the process, not the result. In social enterprise, in anything really, we are often focused on the destination…the Point B. I’m here at Point A and I want to get to Point B as painlessly and quickly as possible.

This is what we want. This is...

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Messy Middle

Feeling like you’re in a funk, but don’t know why?

You may be in the messy middle.

This post is about the messy middle: what it is, how it happens, and how to pass through it with grace and class.

What is the messy middle?

My fellow academic and entrepreneur, Dr. Chad McAllister1, had...

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