Are you treating yourself the way you want to be treated? ;-) Of times, we can be our own worst enemy when it comes to the way we talk to ourselves.

What is self victimizing criticism? How can we avoid being negative about ourselves while also being able to give ourselves constructive criticism?

In this super-short Coffee Break, we talk about the difference between constructive criticism and self deprecative thoughts. If you’re overly critical of your work, this could help. If you’re not… it could still provide insight into valuable feedback that keeps you growing.

Conversation Discussion:

- Negative self talk

- Constructive criticism

- Positive habits

"Create the life you want to live one day at a time."

~iCreateDaily.com

In this Coffee Break, we're covering how to grow your Facebook Page.  One of our group members, Colleen Nicole's, asked about growing her brand using social media.

This is a topic relevant to many creators in the iCreateDaily community and the first in several videos covering social media for growing your brand.

Whether you are interested in growing your own brand or becoming a freelance social manger many of the same strategies apply.

Conversation Topics:

- Why an audience is important

- Being consistent

- Starting a Facebook Page

- What and when to post

- Watermarking content

- Working through fear

- Examples of artist-storytellers

- Why storytelling matters

- How authors can use visual art

- Tips for Instagram

Follow Your Heart no Matter What

Teo Alfero is founder of the Wolf Connection and author of a new book titled The Wolf Connection, What Wolves Can Teach Us about Being Human.

Teo Alfero, author, speaker, transformational teacher, founder of the Wolf Connection sanctuary, and creator of Wolf Therapy®, a program that brings healing empowerment to individuals dealing with psychological and emotional pain, addiction and trauma, using the human-wolf bond. 

Teo is also author of a new book, The Wolf Connection,What Wolves Can Teach Us about Being Human that expands on all that we’ll be talking with him about today.

Born and raised in Argentina, Teo moved to California in 1999, where he spent fourteen years in spiritual and shamanic studies.

We’re eager to get into Teo’s origin story of following his heart to doing the amazingly inspiring work he’s doing today with wolves and healing.

"Follow your heart no matter what. I started this organization with $20 and no idea what do with wolves or how to run an organization."

~Teo Alfero, founder & author-The Wolf Connection

Conversation Points:

- Teo's origin story

- Adopting his first wolf

- Finding the original 16 wolf pack

- Learning to trust your heart

- The 'checklist' for following your heart

- Teo's journey as a shaman

- Volunteering at a rescue organization

- Learning from wolves

- Starting a wolf sanctuary with only $20

- Five year "overnight success"

- Do wolves really howl at the moon?

- The magic of wolf howling

- The harmony and connection of wolves

- The human-wolf connection

- Nurturing instinct of wolves

- Giving 150% to your visions and dreams

- Teo's daughter growing up around wolves

- Integrating wolves with Teo's family and pets

- Parenting advice Teo learned from Wolves

- Introducing new wolves to the wolf pack

- Teo's future vision for The Wolf Connection

If you tune in to the news, unfiltered social feeds, radio, and click bait articles long enough, it can feel suffocating.  Overcoming negativity and fear is an option though. ;-)

https://icreatedailypodcast.com/overcoming-negativity/

Generally, letting news (wherever it comes from) that you can't change suck your energy, doesn't serve your creativity or life goals.

In this Coffee Break, we're discussing the types of news that can have a negative impact and what to do about it!

Conversation Points:

- Negative news and clickbait

- Staying focused on goals

- One of LeAura's fears

- Positivity trends

- How to seek positive media

- Cutco's 5-minute rule

Tara Jacobsen has over 19 years experience in the marketing industry and is the owner of multiple businesses and websites and is an expert at marketing on Etsy! https://icreatedailypodcast.com/marketing-on-etsy/

As an entrepreneur and maker, Tara knows how to get results in sales and marketing, which led to the creation of successful marketing systems for her “DIY” and entrepreneur clients.

Tara’s strong history in Psychology, Entrepreneurship, Etsy, Small Business, Real Estate, and Author Marketing combined with her 100 miles per hour, “tell it like it is” personality have earned her the title “The Queen of Marketing Ahhh’s” from her raving fans.

Conversation Points:

- Tara's origin story

- Tara's marketing blog

- How Tara stays productive

- What Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is

- Why creators should incorporate SEO

- SEO for bloggers and Google ranking

- SEO for Etsy sellers

- Tools bloggers and Etsy sellers can use for SEO

- Why analytics and market trends matter

- Optimizing product listings on Etsy

- Writing a book a week for 6 months

- Creating systems for productivity

- Parting advice from Tara

In this Coffee Break, we're sharing about how to be a social media manager and how you can get started! https://icreatedailypodcast.com/how-to-be-a-social-media-manager/

Several members in our iCreatDaily community expressed interest in freelance social media management. If you enjoy chatting about specific topics like art, gardening, writing, or just engaging with people online in general, social media management might be a good fit for you.

How to Be a Social Media Manager

A social media manager is someone who helps maintain other brands, personalities, and businesses maintain a presence on social platforms such as:

- Facebook

- Instagram

- Pinterest

- Twitter

- LinkedIn

- Snapchat

- Smaller industry-related networking platforms if needed

Don't worry though because if you don't have to personally manage all those if you don't want to. Some freelance marketers will manage everything for clients, and others just focus on 1-3 platforms they enjoy the most.

Coffee Break Conversation Points:

- How to be a social media manager

- Social media manager job description

- Getting started with social media management

- Platforms to help gain clients

- Which social site to start with

- Tips for gaining clients

- Difference between Facebook: Group, Page, Profile

- Community Manager job description

- Managing other social platforms (Pinterest, Twitter, Instagram)

- Social media manager rates

- 3 action steps you can take now!

What’s holding you back? 

https://icreatedailypodcast.com/whats-holding-you-back/

If you’re searching for greater clarity and meaning.... and interested in breaking free from unconscious patterns that sabotage your happiness, you will definitely enjoy this illuminating conversation.

Today’s guest, Sandra Biskind, along with her husband, Daniel, is an author, spiritual mentor and coach, teacher and trainer of life mastery and personal development.

Sandra and Daniel have dedicated their lives to empowering people to free themselves from pain, suffering, sadness and limiting beliefs.

We all have unconscious patterns and beliefs that are preventing us from growing more fully into our potential and the life of our dreams.

Sandra and Daniel are adept at helping clients deactivate dysfunctional patterns that get in the way of creating a life of greater success and happiness.

We thoroughly enjoyed our time with Sandra Biskind, co-author of the internationally bestselling book, Codebreakers: Discover the Password to Unlock the Best Version of You.

So please join us for this conversation with Sandra where we cover:

- Sandra's story

- Psychic abilities as a child

- Abusive marriage and massive health issues

- Sovereignty over your own mind

- Conscious vs unconscious mind

- Figuring out what's holding you back

- Four core questions for greater clarity

- The Codebreaker system

- Sandra and David's system for writing Codebreakers

- The Platinum Life system

- Sandra's future visions

"It's up to us to train our minds so that we can have the lives we want." 

~ Sandra Biskind, author, speaker, entrepreneur

Do you ever feel stuck in a rut? Depressed? Feeling like something is missing but not knowing what? https://icreatedailypodcast.com/reinventing-yourself/

Or just ready for a change? Reinventing yourself begins with noticing the signs in your life that indicate it's time for something new.

In this Coffee Break, we discuss how life can give us many signs that it's time to shift... and how you can reinvent yourself at any time.

Conversation Topics:

- Feeling stuck or off track

- Managing frustration

- Listening to signals

- Reinvention

- Mix up your routine

"We grow stronger through ascending. Take the stairs. Rise into your vision of yourself."

~LeAura Alderson, Cofounder-iCreateDaily.com

We first met today’s guest when we were attending training for certification on becoming Passion Test facilitators, in Ft. Lauderdale, FL in January 2011. https://icreatedailypodcast.com/hal-price/

Then, we saw Hal at a Hidden Riches conference in San Diego in the fall of 2013. Our next intersection was in January 2014, for a 3-day, investing seminar with Phil Town and his Rule #1 coaching.

We’re looking forward to catching up with Hal Price to learn more about the heart-centered, service-oriented work he’s now doing in the world.

What we know of Hal’s newest work is that he’s a storyteller of “Heroic Heart Stories” on a mission to help children stay in touch with their special and creative selves.

Topics Discussed: 

- Hal's wake up call

- How Hal's mom influenced his life

- Discovery through identity crises

- The importance of story

- The idea of Eli the Bear story

- Hal's writing habit

- Nature walks for creativity

- How Hal is manufacturing the bears

- Collaborating with other creators

- School systems using his book

- The Bear Essentials of Life

"When I'm moving in nature I'm feeling the flow of life."

~Hal Price

Word of mouth marketing is still the leading form of marketing and the online version of this are reviews.  In this Coffee Break, we're talking about the importance of reviews for creators.

Conversion Points:

- Word of mouth marketing

- Focusing on positives

- The importance of reviews

- How to ask for reviews

- Review based e-commerce platforms

- An offer! ;-)

"We become the stories we tell." 

~ Bill Mosher, documentarian