Find Holiday Joy Now

Speaker 1: [Music] hi I'm Melanie bar welcome to the she builted experience with Melanie join me as I talk to women who have successfully built it a career and business that they love we dive into the topic of how they built it and talk about everything from Having the courage to make career leaps to the details of how to lead effectively create successful teams Implement strategies for growth and Infuse Tech Innovation magic happens when we focus on the part of ourselves and our business that breaks us joy so let's dive in welcome back to the shilp podcast today we're exploring why for our mental and physical well-being finding joy in our days is so crucial we are discovering its sources and understanding how even the simplest of things can transform our lives from a sunny day to the profound Joy of achieving a personal Milestone today you will hear how previous guests Business Leaders and Founders find their joy and how I find mine too because say I am a believer in continuous learning a seeker of information and believe that we can learn something from everyone in each episode of the Sheila podcast I ask every incredible woman on the show how they make sure to find and live their Joy whether you're sipping on your morning coffee or unwinding after a long day thank you for joining me on this 5-minute Journey as we celebrate joy and travel through the holidays life is busy my alarm goes off at 6:00 a.m. every morning and I usually don't stop until 11:00 p.m.

Speaker 1: after hundreds of episodes of the Sheil it podcast I know how important it is to make sure we have joy in our days from the little things to the big achievements I know how important it is to make sure to have joy in our days I live by the beach and I'm going to admit some days I don't see the beach or the waves I think often about going down to the beach for a sunset but some days by the end of the long day I am so exhausted that I don't do it I don't make the time the other night I said we are going everyone put on your shoes and grab a drink a football whatever you want to do when you get to the beach so we can go down and watch the sunset it was amazing to breathe the fresh air and watch the sun turn from pink to Orange to yellow in The Amazing colors across the sky my reason for mentioning this is I came home in a completely different mood I was relaxed taken out of my routine and felt so happy when walking back in the door I didn't even care about the sand shoes coats and everything else that was now strung through the rway it was a simple thing that cost nothing to watch the sunset yet it made me so happy getting out of your daily life and routines can be completely transformative we all live in places where we can find a beautiful view next is a personal Milestone at the beginning of 2023 I had no idea that I would run two half marathons thank you Erica Pauline and Rose I would not have done it without you the training motivated me in ways that spilled over into my work and personal life I was actually signed up to run three marathons one of them being the Malibu half marathon in November the race weekend was also the weekend of my twins birthday how I thought I could host two birthday parties attend a fun event that happens every year on the weekend of their birthday and run a half marathon I don't know what I was thinking I had taken on too much as the race was getting closer I realized that it might not happen something had to go but I didn't want to let it go completely while I didn't run the half marathon I woke up determined to go the 13.1 miles on race day by the time I went to sleep I had gone 13.6 I decided that just because I wasn't running the race or getting the medal the real reason I was running it in the first place was for my health Fitness and to prove to myself that I can overcome challenges push myself to accomplish things I'm not sure I can do and to prove to myself that I can do difficult things I found joy in the personal milestones and accomplishments even if they did not turn out exactly as planned now I can't wait to share with you how these five podcast guests Emily harpel Danielle mcpartland Eileen e barley Nita L and Caitlyn Carlson make sure to find and live their Joy too how will you make sure to find a live your joy as you move through your days in 2024 the overall being able to come into a space that was is just something that I had imagined in my mind and is now a reality is a really beautiful thing and being able to constantly be creative and thinking outside of the box and really finding new ways to innovate not only even just within the cotton candy world but just as a business as a whole brings me a lot of joy and makes all of the really hard moments and the long hours and the tears and and all of that worth it at the end of the day the joy in my business is helping people is just bringing them knowledge and helping them one meal at a time and for me that's my magic it really is I love being from the Midwest and taking our Midwest recipes as green bean casseres and the shepherd's pie and the all those things that have all the canned soups and things and those and making up the recipes to taste the same our food is like comfort food made healthy so I love when people are like my God this is good because it's not just plain chicken and broccoli because that's not going to be sustainable either sloppy or whatever our meals are good we call oursel I'm the sauce boss so all the sauces that come up with there's always a great sauce for our dishes yeah so I just love helping people look their best and feel their best whether it's for a special occasion whether it's for a wedding or a trip and helping people really reach their goals I work a lot on myself in the sense that I always prioritize genuine and authentic communication Within Myself in the sense that I'm very honest with where I want to go with what I want to do with this brand and why I want to do it it's really easy to get lost in all the superficiality of things but in reality when a startup and it's been four years now you have a lot of ups and downs and what keeps you going what motivates you every day what gives you the passion that you need to go through difficult periods or very stable periods where there's not a lot of adrenaline or excitement it's really about understanding what your priorities are and what you want from this what are you try to do and who are you trying to do it for and asking myself questions like this competively and working with people who remind me the importance of why this exists and where it comes from I think that's the most magical part of this company I always use this question which I think I use it to make every decision which is this choice or this decision align with who I want to be the people I choose to be friends with the relationships that I choose to invest my time and my energy in how I want to show up in in different relationships and with my clients and I always try to find new things to do in life new projects because I know that energizes me I love ideation love Innovation but it it is always about the impact that I want to create in this world on the personal side moving my body going getting back to yoga this morning literally like since Luke was born so almost a year that felt so good too to start moving my body again and on the business side to the whole ego thing historically I very much identified with my worth being in my skill set and my knowledge I have recently brought on a team over the last six months and being okay with the fact that I love being more high level I love going on podcasts I love speaking out of Vance that is where I come alive and thankfully hired a phenomenal adviser who loves the planning software way more than I do be able to hand that off to her and delegate that to her and really finding my joy and educating and empowering women has been a really I'm still going through it I still feel like I'm only a few weeks into it realizing wow I think this is what I was meant to do thank you for joining me this week on the Sheila podcast I wish you the best holiday season and happy New Year until next week feel the fear and make your leap anyway