This week I make a big announcement - we're becoming foster parents!

In today's Very Special Episode I explain what that means, how it all works and where we are in the process. Plus I share a very sweet story about my Poppy.

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It's my birthday month, and that means it's time to review my year and share the lessons I learned from another year on the earth.

Links I mentioned:

• Map Your Business
• EssentialEnthusiasm.com

Past Birthday posts:

• 35
• 34
• 33
• 32
• 31
• 30
• 29 (I opened the Starship!)
• 28 (I launched this site!)
• 27

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Emails. Instagram. YouTube. Facebook. How can you possibly do all the marketing stuff you "should" do? And how can you be sure it's going to be worth your time?

The key is to make it all work together - today I'm going to teach you how to think about your marketing so you can make it time effective and increase your sales.

Links I mentioned

• Craft Your Marketing

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I follow my enthusiasm by reading…a lot. And once a month, I share (some of) the books I read last month and the books I intend to read this month. You can join the informal book club by sharing your own list with me on Facebook and find all the posts here.

(The usual disclaimer applies.)

What I’m reading

• How Reading Changed my Life, by Anna Quindlen
• Dear Farenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks, by Annie Spence
• Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy, by Valerie Ann Worwood
• And Now We Have Everything, by Meaghan O'Connell
• Ancillary Justice, by Ann Leckie
• A Conspiracy in Belgravia, by Sherry Thomas
•  How Make Diseases Disappear, by Rangan Chatterjee
  • This was the Essential Enthusiasm Book Club pick! Joeli and I will be talking more about this book in this Friday's episode, check it out at EssentialEnthusiasm.com. Vote on our next Book Club pick in the Take Care of Yourself Facebook group.

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This week I'm going to talk about something I haven't figured out yet. I'm still working on it, and I know we ALL go through it. How do you get stuff done when you really don't feel it and when you know your best work comes from your enthusiasm?

Links I mentioned:

• Take Care of Yourself with Tara Swiger

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How do you deal with the emotional high and lows in your business? We talked about how to deal with financial uncertainty in your biz, but how about the emotional side of it?

Links I mentioned:

• Ep 205 - What I’m Reading: April 2018 
• Ep 204 - Dealing with uncertainty: Your questions answered
• Want your Q answered in an upcoming episode? Call me! (567) 393-8272

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Books! Podcasts! Classes! How do you handle Information overwhelm? How do you learn what you need to learn and not just totally sidetracked and overwhelmed? Today I’m answering a listener’s question on how to avoid information overwhelm.

Links I Mentioned:

• SelmaLHamilton.com
• CreativeLive
• Map Your Business

Listen in and get your free transcript at TaraSwiger.com/podcast206

I follow my enthusiasm by reading…a lot. And once a month, I share (some of) the books I read last month and the books I intend to read this month. You can join the informal book club by sharing your own list with me on Facebook and find all the posts here.

(The usual disclaimer applies.)

What I’m reading

• Crushing It, by Gary Vaynerchuk
  • I dive deep into what it covers in a recent episode of my book + self-care podcast Essential Enthusiasm. You can find it at here or by searching it up in whatever you’re listening to this episode right now!
• The Wisdom of Sundays by Oprah
• Unmedicated, the Four Pillars of Natural Wellness by Madisyn Taylor
• The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani
• The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula Le Guin
• Americanah, by  Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Listen in and get access to the whole library of podcast transcripts at TaraSwiger.com/podcast205

How do you manage the uncertainty and slow times in your business? Today I’m answering a question from listener Kristina.

Kristina’s question: How do you handle uncertainty in your business? I have up months and down months.

Links I mentioned:

• Pay Yourself
• Episode 162: How to launch your next product or design
• If you’d like to get your question answered, just call (567) 393-8272

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What would I go back in time to tell myself, right as I was starting my first business? Today I’m answering a listener’s question and traveling back in time to give myself advice!

Links I mentioned:

• CC of JavaPurl Design
• All my books and programs
• Trust yourself (the post from July 2013)
• Episode 14: Be Yourself
• EssentialEnthusiasm.com
• You can get your question answered by calling (567) 393-8272 and leaving a message!

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