Make money; change the world. Basic translation: Make a living doing what you love, what you were meant to do … you deserve it!
Following your dreams doesn’t mean you’ll end up in the poorhouse. Yet so many of us are terrified to make the leap and for good reasons.
Money is a difficult topic, and it brings up lots of unresolved issues. Old resentments, anxiety, fear – the almighty dollar rustles up the gunk. I had money issues for the majority of my life. As a result, it was nearly impossible for me to ask for and accept help or own my value.
It hasn’t been easy to get to a place where my business feeds/nourishes me and supports my dream – and my team! Early on, I didn’t know what the heck I was doing. I learned by trial and error and trial again. And boy did I make some juicy (smelly) mistakes. What can I say? I’m an artist at heart, a free bird with a whole lotta love + wisdom to share. But I sure wasn’t a biz maven.
In the past few years my business and life have totally transformed. One major reason: Marie Forleo + B-School.
Marie taught me how to grow a business that’s positive, bright and soul-level successful. You know, the kind of job that isn’t a job – one you can’t wait to wake-up for!
Now let’s get practical and strategic. Here’s one of my secret entrepreneurial weapons: Map out a year of products and work flow on your calendar (Ex. We have the rest of 2012 and most of 2013 planned and cruisin’). As Marie says, if you don’t schedule something, it doesn’t exist. And if your products and services don’t exist, you don’t have a business (or a means to buy/make green juice!). A calendar ensures we don’t bite off more than we can chew – especially when I’m also writing a traditional book for a publisher. This roadmap allows us to deliver smart + truly useful content that our customers love + appreciate. And that content changes lives, helps people feel better and ultimately helps change the world. See why your vision is so important?
Your plan may change. Your desires may sharpen. Stay flexible but don’t flounder. Sure, life is complicated. And yes, we get pulled in many directions. But when you have a strong foundation, you won’t get blown over by passing physical or financial storms.
Are you a coach, designer, artist, word chef, cook, shoemaker, brew master, graphic designer or founder of a unicorn sanctuary?
Do you want to work from a laptop in sweatpants (like me!) while spreading your art and your message? Your vision is the new reality. All you need is a lil’ confidence and some tools.
B-School will teach you how to provide incredible value, optimize your biz + your time, create authentic marketing, run a successful launch, up your communication + organization game, build your list, and polish your newsletter, opt-in and website + sooo much more. Seriously, Marie breaks everything down into easy actionable steps and lays out the path for you to follow your bliss while creating a dazzling income stream.
Watch Marie’s complimentary training videos. They are packed with useful content that will rock your world NOW.
Still on the fence? Join me + Marie this Thursday! I’ll be interviewing Lady Forleo and taking your questions. LIVE. FREE. EASY-BREEZY.Register here.
FYI: This year is probably the LAST time Marie will be teaching B-School live. So it doesn’t matter if you feel not “ready” yet, are traveling or having a baby! Enroll now, because we honestly don’t know how or when Marie will roll it out again. Also, as a B-Schooler, you’ll be part of a worldwide network of women who are committed to growing themselves and their businesses for all the right reasons. Plus, all students get LIFETIME ACCESS to the program.
Hope to see you around the digital campus. :)
Peace & pens,
KC
BONUS: If you join me in B-School, I’ll be offering an exclusive group coaching call only for Crazy Sexy grads who sign up here and complete the entire program. I’ll share my biggest biz failures + successes so you can learn from my mistakes, and then I’ll tackle what you’re struggling with in a Q&A.
Happy Valentine’s Day! Today is the day! Crazy Sexy Juices & Succulent Smoothies is here!
I am so excited to offer this beautiful e-book to you. It was a joy to create and it fills my heart with pride and fire knowing you have yet another Crazy Sexy tool on your health & happiness journey.
It means a lot to me to be able to share this luscious e-book with you on Valentine’s Day. Chances are you’ve heard my story, but in case you haven’t, nine years ago today, on February 14, 2003, I was diagnosed with a rare and incurable stage IV cancer.
This life-changing moment sparked a deep desire in me to learn how to take impeccable care of myself. I’ve written several books outlining my journey, philosophy and transformation.
If you take only one gem from all the jewels I teach, let it be making juices and smoothies. This simple practice will give you power, energy and strength beyond words. Juicing and making green smoothies has vastly increased the quality of my life (and countless others). It’s the one daily practice that I will never ever abandon. I’m so grateful to have a juicy compass and blueprint for healthy living.
Are you ready to learn what I know and taste some ridiculously awesome liquid love?
Crazy Sexy Juices & Succulent Smoothies is your go-to manual for everything juicing and blending. Seriously, at 80 pages, this downloadable baby is packed with the answers to all your juicing and blending questions: Want to know which juicer and blender to buy, the difference between juicing and blending and why both are great for you, how long juice lasts (hint: it’s different for every juicer), how to take your new healthy habit on the road, solid tips for picking the best produce to optimize nutrition (this will save you $$ every week), how to save time on the prep and cleanup, which superfoods really pack a punch in your smoothies, how to save money on kitchen equipment, and more — it’s all in here!
Plus, you’ll get 60 unique and delish recipes from me and the brilliant Crazy Sexy Community! I was blown away by your creative culinary skills. We received over 300 recipe submissions with ingredients like watercress, arugula, rhubarb, endive, mint and for those who like it spicy – jalapeño! You really spread the green love to every corner of the fruit and veggie kingdom, and I am so proud of you!
Now give yourself some Valentine’s Day self-love and grab your copy at crazysexyjuice.com. Oh, and I hope you enjoy the video! A special thanks to my awesome hubby for shooting and editing and most of all, for making us laugh. Laughing=health.
Change. It’s the most popular topic on the Internet this week. Some folks love resolutions; some rally against them. Some call them intentions, rituals, goals or promises. I tend to call them resolutions ‘cause I like metrics and sweeping. When you sweep you can see your accomplishment instantly.
I generally reflect on my year (the good, bad, ugly and grace-filled) throughout the month of December; then I write my resolutions and tuck them away to review the following New Year’s Eve. Of course, I loved reading your resolutions on Facebook and twitter this week. Thanks for sharing!
Some years I post my resolutions on my vision board to inspire me to stay on track. Perhaps I’ll break them into categories like health, biz, art and mental clean-up. If I’m in a Virgo-esque (anal) phase, I’ll assign a resolution to each month. For example, January: Forgive that relative who hurt you to the bone. February: Clean the attic. March: Heal cellulite. April: Solve the exploding chronic disease crisis. May: Get comprehensive blood work done and for God’s sake, take your supplements. June: Know God. July: Learn Spanish. And so on.
Let’s just say that allotting a timeline to change has never worked for me. Scheduled growth mostly ends in failure and scotch. Why? Because I’m an artist at my core. I struggle, snuggle, protest, pound fists, open arms, break, yell, hide and fly. That’s how I expand. How do you wrangle that!? You don’t.
So as I sit and ponder 2012, I’ll share my 2011 with you: what worked, what didn’t and my hopes for 2012. But before I do, here are my personal tips for transformative follow-through.
Take inventory. Get a clear picture of where I am before planning where I’m going.
Review my bandwidth. How much room do I have in 2012? Don’t pack my life with goals ‘til I’m emotionally constipated and physically exhausted. Sure I want to stretch my wings and land on the moon in heels. But I want to do it without casualties and consequences.
What’s the emotional thread I want to experience in 2012? What feeling do I want to permeate through the pores of the New Year? Compassion? Unconditional love? The shift is the honey.
Be specific. “I want to save the world” won’t cut it. What are the activities that will help me make the world a better place? Hint to all interested in that one: GO VEG!
What’s non-negotiable? What feelings or activities must change or I’ll lose my mind? And how can I hold myself accountable? Writing this blog post is a great start! Putting it out there makes it real. When we keep our goals private it’s easy to conk out.
Make time for the magic hour muse. I’m always surprised by how much I accomplish personally and professionally when I give myself time to star gaze. Time to stroll and play without structure. Ideas come. Revelations reveal themselves. Ah ha’s take my breath away. Mindlessly flipping through Vanity Fair by the fire can ignite a revolution. You never know where the muse lives. That’s why it’s a muse. Make space for it.
Beautiful new friends came into my life (Tara Stiles: You’re one of them.)
Had two majestic soul coven weekends with my trusted unicorns, Marie & Danielle.
Started a mastermind/visionary group of 15+ Crazy Sexy Women who support and nurture the fire and brilliance in each other (truly juicy & quenching!)
Great CT scans! Graduated to every 1.5 years (my beauty marks are behaving quite nicely – thank you beauty marks! I have too much work and life and love to do for y’all to get in the way. Appreciate you keeping it real.)
Dealt with other (non-cancer/non-baby) health issues. Ahhh, more lessons. Raged at first. Now I’m finding the gems.
Worked on ancient resentment and allowed myself to miss someone I vowed not to miss.
Fell deeper for my husband & dog.
Fell in and out of love with P90x and would like to rekindle the flame in 2012.
Made yoga my church.
Started writing again …
2012 (Here I come!) …
London. I must visit you.
Find a new spiritual teacher (I need to deepen the well.)
Tap more (EFT) with Nick Ortner (my brother from another mother who loves me no matter how sticky my personal gunk gets). He helps me clean up old, stale emotional garbage like no other.
Go to the theater.
See art. Make art. Use my new camera (thank you, Santa husband!)
Rescue more horses.
Hire more peeps to help me run CSL.
Be a better manager.
Deliver a phenomenal cookbook (Crazy Sexy Kitchen is coming in October 2012!) and help that baby soar!
Launch a few online goodies for y’all :)
OK. That’s good. Did I overcommit? Only time will tell. And as for the overall feeling I want to experience in 2012: that whatever I do is enough. I want to cruise through the year on a continual exhale. No matter what it brings or how life changes.
How about you? Chat with me on Facebook and twitter and right here in the comments. Share one of your resolutions (intentions, goals etc) for 2012. I’d love to know.
Wishing you loads of love & magical adventures in 2012 – Happy New Year!
Last week I finally hauled my assets to the hospital for my annual cancer CT scan. I was a bit late this year—like by six months! But I needed to push the limit. To stretch and spread my wings further. If all went well, perhaps my oncologist would give me more time between check-ups. A girl can dream. Plus, it’s been nine years! If I’m going to continue to live well with cancer (fingers crossed, green juice galore) then more time between scans would a major gift. In fact, listen up Santa: All I want for Christmas is a longer grace period. The vegan cookies and almond milk are waiting for you. Love, Kris.
So off we went. But wow did it feel different this year. Like an old shoe. Worn out but reasonably comfortable. No sharp edges. No tight swelling. Very little scan anxiety. That feeling alone was a great improvement. I guess I’m doing my personal work and practicing what I’m preaching! On the car ride we talked about movies and horses, our renovation, the beautiful wedding we attended the night before (we love you Ann and Andy), how funny Lola is and what we’d do if we won the lottery. Oh, and we also talked about kids. To me, this was the make it or break it scan. I’m not getting any younger (Well, actually I am—but my lady parts aren’t.) Where did the time go? Wait, I know. I was busy being a “young” woman on a mission to help myself and others. Poof! I lost a decade.
So there you have it, the backstory …
Now for the results: Solid. Stable. No growth. Holding firm. The tumors are still asleep. All good under KC’s hood.
Thank you baby Jesus Santa Elvis Buddha—the whole crew and especially me + my body. Thank you, me.
Before I get to my next point, I really want to revel in the good. Because it’s so easy to just check it off and move on. My oncologist reminded me that my disease can change at anytime and that we have been very blessed and lucky. I made a flippy comment about how he always says the same thing and can’t we just record his voice and play it once per year? Save the veins (mine get pissed) and the trouble. Ooh child, spanky time! “I never take your continued good health for granted. Though you live with a slow-moving cancer, it still can be deadly.” Got it. Ouch.
I am lucky, very happy and blessed. And I hear you, Dr. D., loud and clear. Cheers!
Now for the bummer: This time around my trusted oncologist wasn’t keen on the idea of having kids the good old-fashioned way. He gave us a brilliantly terrifying metaphor, and now I hate rocks.
It went something like this … Your health is like a rock. It’s balanced at the top of a mountain. If the hormones generated during pregnancy tip that rock so that it tumbles down the mountain, we can probably stop it at some point, somewhere along the tumble, but I don’t know if we can get it back up the mountain. That’s a lot to risk.
Damn rocks.
And yet, who’s to say. There’s no real evidence because there aren’t many cases to compare me to. In addition, there are other ways to become a parent (through adoption, surrogacy, miracles, etc.) or to more sweet animals or possibly just birthing books and beyond. No matter what, I’ll be creating and thoroughly embracing life. This unicorn will gallop.
And all that is why life is messy and brilliant, gorgeous and staggering, crazy and sexy. Remember the last line from my film? It still applies.
Love you.
Thank you for the global hugs I constantly feel and sometimes fold into.
If you like this article, please let me know on Facebook & twitter. I’d love to hear from you!
Peace and endless soul adventures,
KC
P.S. I did get more time. I will get scanned every 1.5 years now. Cheers!
Well, well, well, look at our brilliant bloggers rockin’ the mic at TEDx! It’s like a Crazy Sexy party. Grab some tea or juice, settle in and enjoy. I’m so proud! Ladies and gents, I give you the phenomenal Gabby Bernstein, Alissa Vitti, Mama Gena, Lissa Rankin, SARK and of course, my very own spectacular sister, Leslie Carr. Can you believe that her very first public speech was a TED talk? Oh, yeah! Cause that’s how we roll in my family. WOOT!
Beware: You will get goosebumps. Oh and you may want to quit your job, change your life and lock and load into your greatness. I’m just saying. :)
Have a terrific weekend!
Peace & inspirational lectures,
kc
Gabrielle Bernstein
Featured in the New York Times Sunday Styles section as “a new role model,” motivational speaker, life coach and author Gabrielle Bernstein is making her mark.
Alissa Vitti
Alisa Vitti, HHC, AADP (Holistic Health Counselor, American Association of Drugless Practitioners) founded Laughing Sage Wellness, now the FLO Living Center LLC, in Manhattan, ten years ago—this, after battling the frustrating health symptoms of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and then healing herself through food and lifestyle changes.
Mama Gena
Regena Thomashauer (Mama Gena) is a revolution: an icon, teacher, author, mother and one of a handful of pioneers on the planet researching the nature of pleasure and dedicating her life to the discipline of pleasure.
Lissa Rankin
Lissa Rankin, MD is an OB/GYN physician, author, keynote speaker, consultant to health care visionaries, professional artist, and founder of the women’s health and wellness community OwningPink.com. Discouraged by the broken, patriarchal health care system, she left her medical practice in 2007 only to realize that you can quit your job, but you can’t quit your calling.
SARK
SARK is a best-selling author and artist, with sixteen titles in print and well over two million books sold.
Leslie Carr
Dr. Leslie Carr is a registered clinical psychologist in private practice, where she works with adults out of her San Francisco, CA office, as well as via Skype.
