Inspirational Archives — Michelle Spalding

Are You Leading To Create Positive Change?

I woke up this morning thinking about a call I received many years ago from a New Jersey Realtor inquiring about using my company’s services. At one point in our call, she told me she’d reviewed our website and was open to working with almost anyone except one particular person who lived in Atlanta. Odd,…

Treasure Box

People will try to knock you down. They will say untrue and mean things. They will write reviews that are not true or try to steal your clients. They will sign up to receive the free offer on your website, only to plagiarize it. They will attempt to copy your services or products. They will…

Do More of What Makes You Happy

Zen Advice from Pia, Office Manager Recently, I was with Michelle on Zoom, chatting with a lovely woman about some of her struggles. It seems her business wasn’t what she wanted it to be, and she was exasperated. No, silly, I wasn’t ON Zoom; I was sitting on her desk like any good fluffy office…

Gardening & Entrepreneurship

When we moved from Chicago to Waco in the summer of 2020, I left all my plants with a friend. Unfortunately, we ran out of room to safely transport them – being a plant lover, this was especially hard. Some I’d had for ten years or so. But, I had to let them go –…

Join us as we talk Glitter, Duct Tape and Magic

We have the amazing Michelle Spalding – Author, Business Owner, Coach, Mentor and so much more. We pick her brain about being a woman business owner and the struggles and magic that has followed + her new book + launching a Transaction Coordinating business in a time when no one even knew what that term…

Build a Business and a Life That You Love – Michelle Spalding

Soulful Entrepreneur - Michelle Spalding

Learn To Be Present and Enjoy the Journey Have you ever had a big idea that someone told you was impossible? Are you looking for freedom and flexibility in your career and your life? Maybe you’re considering becoming an entrepreneur, or you recently decided to run your own business? If so, this episode of Offer…

Reconnecting with WHY as an Entrepreneur

With just a few minutes between meetings, I am often tempted to stay at my desk and work. Even when nothing needs my immediate attention, my inner “people pleaser” often encourages me, or should I say, attempts to shame me, not to leave anything undone, even for just a moment. For years I’ve been working…

Be Authentic. Be Real. Be Proud

I recently got a new phone. It wasn’t planned by me, but apparently, my old one decided for us it had enough. While setting it up in my Jeep it snapped a photo. Initially, my reaction was to delete it as quickly as possible. After all, I was frustrated and not smiling – this was…

It’s what’s inside that matters most.

“It’s what’s inside that matters most.”We’ve all heard this countless times and likely even said it to our children to soothe them after a rough experience. For me it was something I think I believed but hadn’t actualized fully. Until this… In my house, we eat a lot of jalapeños and each one has loads…

It must be nice…

You are so lucky, it must be nice to…. • Own your own business • Work from home • Employ a full-time virtual assistant • Have a housekeeper • Be able to travel (pre-Covid restrictions of course) • Have time to write two books Perhaps you have also been the recipient of similar comments, and…