The Living Lab

Life is easy if you know what you are doing and if everything goes your way, but this is not usually the case. When life begins to feel hectic and out of control, it is time to take a look at how you spend your time and see if you can make some changes.

In order to gain a balance between the various aspects of your life, it is important to begin by taking an honest inventory of yourself, your activities and your responsibilities.

These are topics we're diving into today with my guest Emma Marceline Roy. Emma is a Lifestyle Coach for the Corporate Millennial who also just recently launched her program Compass — A four-month 1:1 coaching program designed to guide and support you through the changes of life.

In this episode, we chat about:

• What are boundaries?
• Why do we need them
• Why it's so hard to stick to them
• How to approach a lack of direction
• Why time blocking isn't the best method
• Our thoughts on "That girl" TikTok content

Quick links:

• Don't forget to checkout Emma on Instagram and her coaching website
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Get to know MilkMilkSugar founder Dani Aldwinckle, who creates one-of-a-kind digital art files, perfectly tailored for the Cricket machine. Learn how she built her digital file Etsy business and became one of the top Etsy sellers in the WORLD.

You don't want to miss:

• How to launch a business on Etsy
• Pros and cons of selling on Etsy
• How to build and grow a thriving community on social media
• How to deal with copycats
• Why you need a niche
• and more!

Quick links:

• Visit MilkMilkSugar on Etsy
• Find Dani on Instagram

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Picture this: you've worked hard, you're a valuable and talented employee, and your company is going through a tough time. Usually nothing to do with you at all.

The last thing you need is to be laid off. But that's exactly what happened to me in early 2019 when I was let go from my job as a Marketing Manager at the first tech startup I worked for.

In this episode, I share my advice for how to deal with getting laid off from your job as well as my own personal story.

You don't want to miss:

• Tips for those affected by the tech layoffs in 2022
• "I got laid off from my job, now what do I do?"
• Advice for those laid off from Shopify and other unicorn companies
• Should you make a public announcement when you get laid off?
• My story getting laid off from my marketing job

Tips on building your portfolio website:

• Use notion.com & potion.so or super.so to build a super easy 1-page personal website
• Check mine out as an example here: https://paigeharris.co/

Welcome to the Living Lab pod! Thanks for tuning in.

Meet Dr. Aliya Visram, an acupuncturist, chiropractor and co-founder of Bloom Balance & Wellbe family Wellness, Toronto's most comprehensive family wellness clinic.

An acupuncturist of over 14 years, Aliya specializes in women's health, pre and post-natal care as well as family wellness.

In this interview, we chatted about her journey to launching Wellbe Family Wellness (during a pandemic, might I add) and how to build an eCommerce wellness brand, Bloom Balance, a holistic wellness business that sells curated collections of products that help people achieve mindfulness through ritualistic practices.

You don't want to miss:

• Building a lifestyle and wellness brand during a pandemic
• Why practicing self-care at home is so important
• How to pitch to Dragon's Den Canada and what that was like
• Why organic UGC is better than bought

And more amazing topics!

Quick links:

• Check out Wellbe Family Wellness clinic online and on Instagram
• Visit bloombalance.co and on Instagram

This week I had the pleasure of chatting with Katie Steckly, a content creator with over 160 thousand subscribers on YouTube and the Founder of a social media marketing agency called Creatorly Media.

Katie helps other social media creators, as well as business owners, grow their accounts by sharing the latest and greatest advice on content marketing.

You don't want to miss:

• Overcoming mental blockers when it comes to content creation
• Content copycatting and how to avoid it
• Why having a niche is so essential for growth in 2022
• Best advice for solopreneurs looking to manage their accounts

And more!

Quick links:

• Find Katie Steckly on YouTube and Instagram
• Check out Creatorly Media online and on Instagram
• And last but not least, Katie has some amazing resources and services for creators and founders

Make sure to follow along at @livinglab.co

WTF is a hot girl summer?The official definition comes from its creator, rapper Megan Thee Stallion, who defined Hot Girl Summer as, "just basically about women — and people — just being unapologetically them, just having a [good] time, hyping up your friends, doing you, not giving a damn about what nobody got to say about it".

Here are some ideas that I'm doing to make the most out of the next two months and not waste a damn minute. My goal for this summer was to be stress-free, healthy, and boost my overall happiness and wellbeing.

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Introducing Allison Asis of Cadette Jewelry. Allison founded her everyday luxury jewelry brand Cadette back in 2014. We had an organic and genuine conversation about how she is using authentic storytelling to build a unique brand with a loyal customer base.

We chat all about her jewellery-making process from start to finish, and how she conveys her products on her website, telling a story with every brand interaction.

You don't want to miss:

• Building an authentic brand true to you
• Giving back to the community
• Talking to your customers (literally)
• Sustainable growth
• Why email is the best marketing channel

Quick links:

• Don't forget to checkout the Cadette website and on Instagram

Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE and follow https://www.instagram.com/livinglab.co so you don't miss out on any new episodes coming up. Learn about business, balance and wellbeing from a Canadian entrepreneur for Canadian women!

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Often one of the hardest parts about starting a business is just that, getting started. I remember when I started my first business in 2013 and the amount of fear I had during certain starting points was insane.

There are a ton of thoughts that run through your mind like:

• What if I fail?
• What if people judge me?
• What if I'm "found out"

But these are all just excuses. You can overcome these fears by getting into action and actually doing what needs to be done to start your business!

In this episode of The Living Lab podcast, hosted by Paige Harris, we will chat all about the lies we tell ourselves that end up self-sabotaging our goals, and success and prevent us from getting started.

Thanks for tuning in and don't forget to follow us on Instagram @livinglab.co

Get to know Slipp founder, Victoria Lyons, who almost 2 years ago, made the bold decision to start a condom business. The idea came from her own personal struggles with finding the right birth control option.

In this episode we chat about:

• Launching a sexual wellness brand in 2022
• Why safe sex is self-care
• Why we need better birth control options as women
• Disrupting a male-dominated product category
• Building a bootstrapped DTC brand from scratch on Shopify
• Using TikTok as a marketing channel in 2022 (UGC)
• Getting started in wholesale using Faire

Quick links:

• Don't forget to check out the Slipp website and on Instagram and TikTok
• Taking Charge of Your Fertility Book

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It's June, which means it's the middle of the year. You've made some progress on your goals, but you're probably not where you want to be.

Mid-year is a perfect time to evaluate where you are, what you want and how to get there. It's also a great time to remind yourself that the only thing that matters is what you focus on.

A mid-year reset is a quick review of everything you've accomplished so far this year, as well as an assessment of what you have left to do. It will help keep your mind focused on your goals, rather than on distractions that can lead you off course.

You don't want to miss:

• How to reflect, revisit and revamp your yearly goals
• How to find your "Why" or your North Star
• How to set goals (and actually achieve them)
• Get my FREE template to walk you through your mid-year reset.

Resources:

• FREE Goals & Life Check-in Notion Template
• Make sure to click "Duplicate" in the top right corner of this template to use it for yourself!

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