The Creative Entrepreneur Blueprint

Josh Ellis, Founder of WithCo Cocktails, sat down to talk about his journey to building he successful company and how he learned some hard lessons about the shadow side of success along the journey. You'll hear how he managed to survive the complete collapse of his family's business, his divorce, and learned to leverage the energy he get's when his back is against the wall.

I think this is a great episode for those of you that are looking to understand what it takes to do your own thing and that it's okay to not always be what society might think you need to be or do.

After a dinner conversation went down a rabbit hole of AI generated images and how they can impact the news and what we know to be true... I started to really ponder this question, "What the F*ck is real anymore??"

I explore this question through the lens of our brains, and recent advancements in AI that are making the lines between reality and altered states a lot more blurry.

All about the way I've been building my business with out doing all the things you're told to do. No social media posting... no awkward sales calls. It's not rocket science and I share with you exactly how I've been doing it.

I wanted to share this episode from the heart. It's not an episode about anger or division, rather one of inclusiveness. To hold space for the humans that lost their lives recently. To also share some ideas on how to help maybe even prevent things like this from happening. This recent tragedy in Nashville opened my eyes to just how close to home these things can hit and what I can do to be a sign of change or hope in my community. I trust this episode articulates my heart's desire for you and others to be able to continue to work together despite not agreeing on everything.

Jim Carrey said in his commencement speech to a group of graduating students back in 2014, "..my search for identity deepened. I wondered who I’d be without my fame. Who would I be if I said things that people didn’t want to hear, or if I defied their expectations of me?"

Those words have stuck with me for years. I ask myself the same thing..and as I move away from what people want to hear and say and lean into being me... a true power is emerging.

Join me in this quick 15 minute episode.

After a tempting offer to adventure in Portugal with a beautiful woman, I listened to my body which told me to stay in Nashville and do a week long fast and silent retreat. The results... so much deep self love, focus, and confidence. It shocked me actually how amazing it was. I share the challenges and wins this week with you.

The biggest regret I'd have in my life is if I didn't listen to my heart and take a chance on building my own creative business. So I left my cushy, $300k/yr salary job to do just that, to build a video production company that I'm proud of. I share with you exactly how I came to the realization and got the confidence to finally leave.

I left my $300k/year job to FINALLY build my own creative business. After years of the side hustle... I'm going all in. Follow me each week as I share with you exactly how I'm doing it. I'll also continue to interview other successful creatives and dive into exactly how they run their business. Tune in each week!

In this episode we explore what it's like living life from a place of force and will compared flow and ease. I was humbled by a successful author at a party recently and it really reminded me of how I can choose to live my life a different way.

Seriously...if you didn't feel fear as much as you do. If we weren't afraid of being successful, of what people think, of doing things the right way. If you didn't let those fears seep into your thinking, what kind of life would you be living? That's the question I explore today after meditating on it myself and realizing my life and business could and would be drastically different. This is an episode about embracing our core human nature of having fear, but choosing another way of living and the benefits of doing just that.