How can you create an engaged Facebook Group? The Sabbatical Beauty Facebook Group has over 3,000 members and is one of the biggest converters to sales for my business. How can you do this for yourself as well? Make sure you don’t make these top five Facebook Group mistakes!

It’s the dream of every beauty brand owner to be in Sephora. But I’m not interested in getting Sabbatical Beauty into Sephora. Let me tell you why: as a small business, it’s terribly risky. You could “make it” and it could work out great — but it could also work out terribly.

Big business marketing dogma: you can’t mix business and politics — and still make money. Oh yeah? Last week, I talked about my Homebrew Beauty experiment and how I decided that there’s more money to be made in sharing rather than keeping things secret.

A beauty brand that’s not only going to give you the recipes for its best products — but show you how you can make them yourself, down to where to buy all the ingredients? That’s what I’m doing at Sabbatical Beauty, and that’s how I’m starting the Sabbatical Beauty Craft Skincare Revolution.

Have you been working for the longest time without a raise, but scared shitless to ask your boss for one? In this episode, I’m going to show you the strategy that works with bosses, and how to gather what you need for the discussion.

Thinking about starting your own side hustle? Take it from the Side Hustle Queen herself, Marissa Rhoades: a stay-at-home mom of five who is a freelance makeup artist, does SEO for local businesses, and has been with Sabbatical Beauty for about two years. Here’s what she’s learned from all of the hustling, and her best advice for anyone who wants to start their own side hustle.

It’s a great day … for science! Dr. Jordan Bell is a psychologist, educator, and author from Australia, and one of my first Boss Foundations students. Now she’s about to publish a crowdfunded book called Aunt Jodie's Guide to Evolution! Learn more about the book, how she got it launched, and how Boss Foundations helped her skyrocket her campaign.

Stressed, disoriented, and out of time? Then this is the episode for you! I’m doing something different and answering some commonly asked questions from my students in the Boss Foundations Masterclasses. There’s so much great information here, I have no doubt a lot of it will be helpful to you in your situation, too!

Have you ever created a to-do list with items you never actually did? If you’re the type to hyperventilate at the thought of your list because there’s never enough time to get anything done, this is the episode for you. Today, I’m here to teach you the importance of dialing it back. Break down the steps to your project — and then break them down again even further — to succeed in the way you want to!

It’s that time of year again, full of shiny New Year’s Resolutions and sparkly promises that the year is going to be amazing. So why do these resolutions end up getting broken as the months roll by? It’s because people set goals that are too big and undefined. It’s not you, it’s the process. Let’s change the way we execute on our goals, and achieve those seemingly insurmountable New Year’s Resolutions in 2019!