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I promise that this will (maybe) be the last time I talk about my taxes! I was catastrophizing the event and acting as if this was the end of the world and I wasn't going to make another penny. I had to remind myself that everything is temporary. How to Support the Podcast: Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please like, share, and leave a review. If you like the content, please share with your friends by posting on social media so that we can reach and impact more people. If you want to purchase any of the books that we discuss, please use the link in the notes to shop on Amazon. In fact, if you shop on Amazon at all, then use our link to help support the podcast. https://www.amazon.com/?tag=weddbyheat-20 Connect: Heather Lahtinen: Website, Facebook, Instagram

In this episode, we talk about the fear of selling your work and how to overcome it. After validating all your anxieties and fearful thoughts, Nicole talks with Heather while she whips out her sledgehammer and smashes your excuses to bits. I hope they weren't too precious! Join us as we reframe the idea of sales, work through some possible scenarios, and leave you ready to lift the profit ceiling in your business.   Please visit the link below to change your life: http://flourish.academy/time   Major Points from this Episode: Selling isn't sleazy. We are offering a service and people can decide whether or not they want to hire us. Actionable Strategies: Ask yourself: What are my current views of selling? Are these views serving me? How can I reframe my thinking? How to Support the Podcast: Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please like, share, and leave a review. If you like the content, please share with your friends by posting on social media so that we can reach and impact more people. If you want to purchase any of the books that we discuss, please use the link in the notes to shop on Amazon. In fact, if you shop on Amazon at all, then use our link to help support the podcast. https://www.amazon.com/?tag=weddbyheat-20 Connect: Heather Lahtinen: Website, Facebook, Instagram

I worried about my tax situation for longer than I care to admit, so I came up with four questions to ask myself. You can use these questions with any issue that may be coming up for you. How to Support the Podcast: Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please like, share, and leave a review. If you like the content, please share with your friends by posting on social media so that we can reach and impact more people. If you want to purchase any of the books that we discuss, please use the link in the notes to shop on Amazon. In fact, if you shop on Amazon at all, then use our link to help support the podcast. https://www.amazon.com/?tag=weddbyheat-20 Connect: Heather Lahtinen: Website, Facebook, Instagram

Everyone is talking about gratitude these days and the importance of journaling about what you are thankful for. We are taking a different spin on this by introducing the gratitude scale so that you can work to improve your perspective.   Please visit the link below to change your life: http://flourish.academy/time Major Points from this Episode: Determine where you are at on the gratitude scale. Work to increase your level of gratitude by practicing these skills. Actionable Strategies: Ask yourself: How is this serving me? What is this teaching me? What is this preparing me for? How will this make me better? How to Support the Podcast: Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please like, share, and leave a review. If you like the content, please share with your friends by posting on social media so that we can reach and impact more people. If you want to purchase any of the books that we discuss, please use the link in the notes to shop on Amazon. In fact, if you shop on Amazon at all, then use our link to help support the podcast. https://www.amazon.com/?tag=weddbyheat-20 Connect: Heather Lahtinen: Website, Facebook, Instagram

What are your money stories? In this quick episode, I'm sharing a story from a wedding I photographed many years ago where the mother made a comment about my rates. How to Support the Podcast: Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please like, share, and leave a review. If you like the content, please share with your friends by posting on social media so that we can reach and impact more people. If you want to purchase any of the books that we discuss, please use the link in the notes to shop on Amazon. In fact, if you shop on Amazon at all, then use our link to help support the podcast. https://www.amazon.com/?tag=weddbyheat-20 Connect: Heather Lahtinen: Website, Facebook, Instagram

Transcend your limiting beliefs. This is principle #33 in Jack Canfield's book, The Success Principles. How can you be certain that everything you believe is true?   Please visit the link below to change your life: http://flourish.academy/time Major Points from this Episode: Your subconscious mind believes what you tell it. Many of us truly believe that we aren't capable of accomplishing our goals. It's possible to overcome any limiting belief. Actionable Strategies: Ask yourself: What beliefs do I have that I am assuming are 100% true? How could I turn around these beliefs? How to Support the Podcast: Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please like, share, and leave a review. If you like the content, please share with your friends by posting on social media so that we can reach and impact more people. If you want to purchase any of the books that we discuss, please use the link in the notes to shop on Amazon. In fact, if you shop on Amazon at all, then use our link to help support the podcast. https://www.amazon.com/?tag=weddbyheat-20 Connect: Heather Lahtinen: Website, Facebook, Instagram

I often wonder where I would be if I had started on my personal growth and development journey earlier in my life. As a result, I decide to pay my children to read books that I feel will help them learn and grow. I also pay them to keep a gratitude journal. How to Support the Podcast: Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please like, share, and leave a review. If you like the content, please share with your friends by posting on social media so that we can reach and impact more people. If you want to purchase any of the books that we discuss, please use the link in the notes to shop on Amazon. In fact, if you shop on Amazon at all, then use our link to help support the podcast. https://www.amazon.com/?tag=weddbyheat-20 Connect: Heather Lahtinen: Website, Facebook, Instagram

In this episode we are talking about the 50,000+ thoughts we have every day and the impact that the negative thoughts can have on our outcomes. This is principle #32 in Jack Canfield's book, The Success Principles. Transform your inner critic to an inner coach.   Please visit the link below to change your life: http://flourish.academy/time Major Points from this Episode: 80% of our thoughts are negative and automatic. Research shows that our thoughts have a powerful effect on us. Our negative thoughts actually control our behavior. Actionable Strategies: Ask yourself: Are my thoughts serving me? How could I reframe my negative thoughts? How to Support the Podcast: Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please like, share, and leave a review. If you like the content, please share with your friends by posting on social media so that we can reach and impact more people. If you want to purchase any of the books that we discuss, please use the link in the notes to shop on Amazon. In fact, if you shop on Amazon at all, then use our link to help support the podcast. https://www.amazon.com/?tag=weddbyheat-20 Connect: Heather Lahtinen: Website, Facebook, Instagram

I posed this question recently on Facebook, "How complicit are you in creating the conditions you say you don't want?" How to Support the Podcast: Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please like, share, and leave a review. If you like the content, please share with your friends by posting on social media so that we can reach and impact more people. If you want to purchase any of the books that we discuss, please use the link in the notes to shop on Amazon. In fact, if you shop on Amazon at all, then use our link to help support the podcast. https://www.amazon.com/?tag=weddbyheat-20 Connect: Heather Lahtinen: Website, Facebook, Instagram

In this episode we are talking about the importance of accepting and embracing change. This is principle #31 in Jack Canfield's book, The Success Principles. Everything is always changing, including us. How can we learn to accept, embrace and even seek out change?   Please visit the link below to change your life: http://flourish.academy/time   Major Points from this Episode: Change is inevitable. Good is the enemy of great. We need to seek out and embrace change if we are to grow. Actionable Strategies: Ask yourself: What change am I resisting? What am I afraid of with respect to this change? What's the next step I could take? How to Support the Podcast: Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please like, share, and leave a review. If you like the content, please share with your friends by posting on social media so that we can reach and impact more people. If you want to purchase any of the books that we discuss, please use the link in the notes to shop on Amazon. In fact, if you shop on Amazon at all, then use our link to help support the podcast. https://www.amazon.com/?tag=weddbyheat-20 Connect: Heather Lahtinen: Website, Facebook, Instagram

We all have expectations that we place on others. I wonder if most of our disappointment stems from the fact that others don't do things, or respond the way we would. Are we always projecting our behavior onto others? How to Support the Podcast: Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please like, share, and leave a review. If you like the content, please share with your friends by posting on social media so that we can reach and impact more people. If you want to purchase any of the books that we discuss, please use the link in the notes to shop on Amazon. In fact, if you shop on Amazon at all, then use our link to help support the podcast. https://www.amazon.com/?tag=weddbyheat-20 Connect: Heather Lahtinen: Website, Facebook, Instagram

In this episode we are talking about the necessity of facing what isn't working in your life. This is principle #30 in Jack Canfield's book, The Success Principles. First, you have to recognize what isn't working by acknowledging the issue. Secondly, you have to decide to develop the courage to tackle this issue so that you can move forward.   Please visit the link below to change your life: http://flourish.academy/time   Major Points from this Episode: If you want to be successful, you have to face what isn't working. We often rationalize and deny what isn't working. Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. Actionable Strategies: Ask yourself: What is not working? How can I improve it? What do I need to do? How to Support the Podcast: Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please like, share, and leave a review. If you like the content, please share with your friends by posting on social media so that we can reach and impact more people. If you want to purchase any of the books that we discuss, please use the link in the notes to shop on Amazon. In fact, if you shop on Amazon at all, then use our link to help support the podcast. https://www.amazon.com/?tag=weddbyheat-20 Connect: Heather Lahtinen: Website, Facebook, Instagram

Door slamming drives me crazy! What triggers you? How does it make you feel? Could we reframe and lessen the emotional impact of said trigger? How to Support the Podcast: Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please like, share, and leave a review. If you like the content, please share with your friends by posting on social media so that we can reach and impact more people. If you want to purchase any of the books that we discuss, please use the link in the notes to shop on Amazon. In fact, if you shop on Amazon at all, then use our link to help support the podcast. https://www.amazon.com/?tag=weddbyheat-20 Connect: Heather Lahtinen: Website, Facebook, Instagram

In this episode we are talking about the importance of completing your past to embrace the future. This is principle #29 in Jack Canfield's book, The Success Principles. You are most likely limiting yourself by hanging on to baggage from the past. It's time to let go of what isn't serving you so that you can create space for new opportunities.   Please visit the link below to change your life: http://flourish.academy/time   Major Points from this Episode: Our past impacts our future more than we think. Forgiving people helps to open up space in our brains. When you forgive and let go, you will be surprised at the opportunities that find you. Actionable Strategies: Ask yourself: Who do I need to forgive? What do I need to let go of? How to Support the Podcast: Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please like, share, and leave a review. If you like the content, please share with your friends by posting on social media so that we can reach and impact more people. If you want to purchase any of the books that we discuss, please use the link in the notes to shop on Amazon. In fact, if you shop on Amazon at all, then use our link to help support the podcast. https://www.amazon.com/?tag=weddbyheat-20 Connect: Heather Lahtinen: Website, Facebook, Instagram

Sarcasm literally means to tear flesh, stop using it. You are using it to put others down to elevate yourself under the guise of humor. Not funny. How to Support the Podcast: Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please like, share, and leave a review. If you like the content, please share with your friends by posting on social media so that we can reach and impact more people. If you want to purchase any of the books that we discuss, please use the link in the notes to shop on Amazon. In fact, if you shop on Amazon at all, then use our link to help support the podcast. https://www.amazon.com/?tag=weddbyheat-20 Connect: Heather Lahtinen: Website, Facebook, Instagram

In this episode we are talking about the importance of owning your accomplishments. In her book Believe It, Jame Kern Lima talks about why it's necessary to believe in the power of letting your light shine.   Please visit the link below to change your life: http://flourish.academy/time   Major Points from this Episode: We tend to bond over negativity and where we fail, and this needs to stop. Sharing your accomplishments will inspire others. Dimming your light serves no one. Actionable Strategies: Ask yourself: How am I holding myself back from sharing my success? What accomplishment can I share today? How to Support the Podcast: Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please like, share, and leave a review. If you like the content, please share with your friends by posting on social media so that we can reach and impact more people. If you want to purchase any of the books that we discuss, please use the link in the notes to shop on Amazon. In fact, if you shop on Amazon at all, then use our link to help support the podcast. https://www.amazon.com/?tag=weddbyheat-20 Connect: Heather Lahtinen: Website, Facebook, Instagram

We had an incident on our homestead... Mary was murdered and chaos ensued.   How often are you basing your feelings on wrongful assumptions? Don't believe everything you think.

In this episode I am sharing the reasons I decided to seek out help from a therapist and I think you should too. This is a personal episode, and something I wouldn't have talked about in the past, but I feel it's important to normalize therapy for the sake of our mental health, the health of our families, and our future.   Please visit the link below to change your life: http://flourish.academy/time   Major Points from this Episode: Everyone needs a neutral person to talk to. Actionable Strategies: Ask yourself: How am I holding myself back from seeking help? How to Support the Podcast: Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please like, share, and leave a review. If you like the content, please share with your friends by posting on social media so that we can reach and impact more people. If you want to purchase any of the books that we discuss, please use the link in the notes to shop on Amazon. In fact, if you shop on Amazon at all, then use our link to help support the podcast. https://www.amazon.com/?tag=weddbyheat-20 Connect: Heather Lahtinen: Website, Facebook, Instagram

Your excuses are real and your reasons are valid. But you can't have excuses and progress.

In this episode I am sharing the books that I read in January and the lessons I've learned. Because a few of these books were extremely thought provoking, I guess the truth is that beyond the lessons I've learned there are serious questions that I am pondering.     Please visit the link below to change your life: http://flourish.academy/time