How do you handle your problems? 

Do you immediately begin to problem solve or do you find yourself sulking in the doom and gloom of your current circumstance? 

With the current pandemic unfolding around us, Eddie & I have heard multiple perspectives from friends and family members on how this is impacting their lives. Our follow-up to each one of the experiences shared with us is, “what are you doing to turn your problem into progress?” 

If you’ve followed us for a while now then you know that back in 2008 Eddie & I both lost our corporate jobs and we were faced with so much uncertainty. We didn’t know how we were going to be able to pay our mortgage, we didn’t know how we were going to pay our bills, we didn’t know if we should file for bankruptcy; the list goes on and on. The one thing we didn’t do was sit and wait around for the universe to solve our problems. 

Instead, we embraced transparency with our children and family members. We leaned into acceptance and knew ...

Have you ever considered that your next blessing is being blocked because of your ability to be open-minded? 

Think about the amount of times you’ve put yourself in an uncomfortable situation on purpose? How many times have you gone about your daily routine and have purposely chosen to sit next to someone at a coffee shop or a car wash, who didn’t look like you? Or even sit on an airplane next to someone because they look different from you? 

Oftentimes, we avoid any type of situation that “may” potentially put us in an uncomfortable situation. We’re comfortable sitting next to and spending time with others who look and represent themselves like ourselves. Your vibe attracts your tribe right? But when you open your mind up to the possibilities of meeting and interacting with someone who doesn’t represent what you do, you open yourself up possibly learning a new culture or learning about new routines or even job opportunities. 

To give you a better idea here’s a breakdown ...

It’s time to get your SHIFT together! 

We’re so excited to bring on our special guest, Anthony Trucks! 

Anthony is an entrepreneur, author, speaker, SHIFT coach, and former NFL-player who has been through his share of circumstances. From growing up in foster care to being dropped by the NFL, Anthony has found his purpose in helping others learn their identities and navigate life’s shifts, good and bad.

Here’s a breakdown of what Eddie & I discussed… 

• Learning how to overcome adversity and going for our dreams no matter what (5:56) 
• Common failure, version failure, and predicted failure, and the harm in making them abject (7:12) 
• Avoiding the emotional space of opportunistic joy by not talking aspiration (13:25) 
• How we create either a strong or weak mindset and having the confidence to show up for ourselves (16:42) 
• Getting to a point where success is your second nature (22:20) 
• Showing people the bridge to cross to the other side of the river (25:09) 
• The import...

You guys, this is some serious sh*t! 

On this special BONUS episode of the PUSH Podcast we’re talking to you all about the Coronavirus and WHAT we can do to better support one another, how we can come together as a community, and HOW we can come out of this BETTER, STRONGER and ON TOP!

Trust us, we’re in it just like you…

• Our daughter’s prom was cancelled…
• We moved our oldest out of her college dorm last week and she couldn’t finish her freshman year away at college.
• My brother and soon to be sister in law had to CANCEL their May 9th wedding
• We had to cancel 12 events we had scheduled throughout the country this year, (which means we have over $12,000 tied up with venues that we CAN NOT get back!)
• And, I had  to postpone the SALE of my bakery… (And honestly, who knows what will even happen with business from here…)

With all that, WE STILL WANTED TO REMIND YOU THAT THERE ARE BEAUTIFUL BLESSINGS right in front of our eyes right now! 

Although we are not medical pr...

Our minds are our own WORST enemies… and we’ve got science to prove it! 

It’s called our Ego’s and our special guest this week is bringing us the tools we need to silence our ego’s to become the master of our own thoughts. 

This week we’re so excited to bring on our special guest, Adele Tevlin! She is the founder of Adele Wellness, a premium weight loss consultant agency for high performance individuals like CEO’s and C-Suite Exec, She's a mom to a four-year-old boy, and right now she’s attending Harvard for her Master’s in psychology. 

Best of all, Adele is a behavioral expert who helps individuals experience HUGE transformations and experience breakthroughs in their daily lives. By helping people see their blind spots, Adele is able to help people break routine and behaviors that are getting in the way of achieving their goals! 

Here’s a breakdown of what Eddie & I discussed…

• How sometimes we are our own worst enemy with the things we say to ourselves (03:37)
• Un...

Imagine waking up one day thinking you have a common cold but then the illness never goes away.  You become frustrated, irritated, miserable, and maybe even you start losing hope of ever getting better.  Or even worse, what if you were told you could die? 

Now think about the things that you would do instead because of the amount of time you have left. 

That scenario is exactly what happened to our guest this week, Ari Meisel, after he was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease. He decided he needed to make changes in order to survive. He realized with the time his body would physically allow him to work, he needed to find ways to optimize his time. In short, his disease inspired him to do less. He began optimizing, automating, and outsourcing all of his daily tasks in his business and life to be able to accomplish the things that mattered most to him at the time of his diagnosis; allowing him to limit the stresses of everyday life. 

Here’s an idea of what Eddie, Arie & I discuss...

In life, most of us grow up in a society where the term failure carries a negative meaning. If we fail we immediately take the idea of failure and make it meaningful to our own identity. We start telling ourselves, “you failed because you’re not smart,” or “you failed because you’re not pretty enough.” 

From a young age, we’re told that we have to follow a specific path that will lead to our purpose and what we’re supposed to do in life. We stick to what we’re comfortable and what we’re good at because failure isn’t an option. We know that if we stick in our comfort zones that we will continually be successful. But when we do that, we sacrifice our future selves and what we could be. 

We stick to this idea of conformity so much that it’s nearly impossible to leave what we have, to try something else that can make us happy and more fulfilled.

In this episode, we sit down with Goli Kalkhoran,a lawyer-turned-entrepreneur and the host of the Lessons from a Quitter Podcast. As...

So you want to quit your 9-5 and start a business? That’s AMAZING! But have you ever considered HOW to even get started? Or is this just a one off dream that you’re hoping will one day come to fruition? 

Being an entrepreneur isn’t easy. It’s not going to solve all your problems. It requires dedication, patience, leadership, knowledge, HUSTLE; the list can go on and on. 

Friends, there’s a difference between a Dreamer and a Doer! Do you clearly know which one you are? 

On this episode of the Push Podcast we’re talking all about what it takes to be an Entrepreneur and why if your friends or family members tell you to quit your day job today, DON’T! 

Here’s a breakdown of what Eddie & I discussed… 

• Having a “What in the world” and how Eddie takes retelling stories to a whole other level (02:17)
• Everyone says they would love to leave their 9 to 5, but no one actually takes the action towards that (09:32)
• The huge difference between dreaming something and actually im...

Friends! Why are we so caught up in the FEAR of everything? Some of us are scared to make that career change, some of us are scared to make that big investment (even if it’s in ourselves, might I add). Maybe  you’re scared to have a DIFFERENT perspective than your friends & family, and some of us are even scared to just say NO! 

But this year is different! I’ve got 2020 vision and I’m seeing the life I envision for myself CLEARLY! And I want  you to too! 

Today is a HUGE day for myself and my family, because I’m announcing one of the biggest transitions of my life… I’m selling The Cake Mamas!!! 

YES, the bakery I built in 2009, based off a little dream, from my home, with ZERO DOLLARS to my name, with my husband’s EX, and zero knowledge of the food/baking industry! (STUPID, right?!) 

The bakery that has employed over 100 talented bakers, decorators and amazing customer service providers for the past 10+ years! 

The bakery that my kids grew up in! (That TRUTHFULLY, ca...

“Rejection doesn’t mean you aren’t good enough; it means the other person failed to notice what you have to offer” -Mark Amend 

We all suffer from rejection! Rejection in relationships, rejection in the workplace, and even rejection of ourselves! Rejection is what you make of it. 

You can either look at rejection as being not good enough or not deserving. Or you can look at rejection as the universe simply telling you, not yet. 

So many of us choose to suffer in our comfort zones, unhappy, and feeling a lack of motivation throughout our daily lives because we are so scared to face rejection. We’re terrified of the consequences we “might” face; the disapproval of our ideas, the lack of belief in our ideas, and being told you’re not good enough or deserving. 

We seek answers on how to push past rejection, when in reality the only way to become confident is to be REJECTED! Imagine being told no hundreds of times over again, eventually you’re going to get used to being to...