WBS Magazine - Issue 2
Welcome to the second issue of the WBS Magazine!
This issue is jam-packed with articles and tips from an array of female entrepreneurs on topics that are interesting, fun and will help you grow - whether you are an experienced business owner or just thinking about starting up.
WBS is focused on not only just promoting & supporting your business - we want to help you grow your business by empowering you with knowledge. Information is so important, and with this magazine, our podcast, our events and our website, we constantly pushing forwards to give our members the tools to reach the stars.
WBS would like to thank all our members for making all this possible. A special thank you to our major sponsor, Bookit Bookkeeping, and to every one of you who have supported WBS over the last 5 years!
Welcome to the second issue of the WBS Magazine!
This issue is jam-packed with articles and tips from an array of female entrepreneurs on topics that are interesting, fun and will help you grow - whether you are an experienced business owner or just thinking about starting up.
WBS is focused on not only just promoting & supporting your business - we want to help you grow your business by empowering you with knowledge. Information is so important, and with this magazine, our podcast, our events and our website, we constantly pushing forwards to give our members the tools to reach the stars.
WBS would like to thank all our members for making all this possible. A special thank you to our major sponsor, Bookit Bookkeeping, and to every one of you who have supported WBS over the last 5 years!
It was at this time I started drawing again. Something I’d do when I was a little girl, in my room with the music on because it took me to a magical place of freedom. It gave me clarity and a chance to be me…….and now FREEDOM of a child I felt I couldn’t parent. I felt completely isolated, like friends didn’t understand me, a husband that didn’t quite get it (because I was never the crying type) and most of all I didn’t get ME. I didn’t want to talk about it because who on earth wants to talk to a mother that doesn’t have her shit together. Or so I told myself. I’m wondering if you’ve ever felt this way? I started to create. I found my passion again. This was my outlet and I threw myself into it with all of my might because it was an escape. It was at this point I realized I wasn’t passionate about my MLM/Direct Sales business. I had never cared about skin products, although the results were fabulous. I just didn’t have the drive or passion for the product, so how could I sell something authentically that I wasn’t passionate about? I’d started seeing a psychologist for help dealing with my emotions and trying to parent my child... something I’d questioned about myself as I felt I’d failed as a parent if I needed help. And Jessica of Hopscotch and Harmony (https://wbsociety.com/listings /hopscotch-harmony-childfamily-psychology/) was the one to give it to me. She just got me and I can’t thank her enough. She suggested to me a mindfulness approach... and noticed huge change in both myself as well as my connection with son and my family. So what does one do when they are going through an emotional breakdown? They found a start up company! I’d fast come to realise that my life wasn’t going the way I wanted it to, I lacked inspiration, wasn’t keeping appointments and was just not coping. I’d collated all of my notes, mindfulness tips, my drawings etc and as I was a stationery lover I couldn’t find something that allowed me to have all of this information in one place. Nothing help me stay guided, motivated, grateful and calm. So My Mindful Year was created. "THIS WAS MY OUTLET AND I THREW MYSELF INTO IT WITH ALL OF MY MIGHT BECAUSE IT WAS ESCAPE" P A G E 1 2 | W B S M A G A Z I N E
"I WORKED DAY IN AND DAY OUT ON MY NEW FOUND PASSION." " I ’ D W O R K T I R E L E S S L Y T H R O U G H T H E N I G H T T O W R I T E , D R A W , B R I N G I T A L L T O G E T H E R " I worked day in and day out on my new found passion. I’d work tirelessly through the night to write, draw, bring it all together. The people close to me started to see my happiness again and, more importantly, believed in me, my vision and my new product. I’m a superstitious person so I researched my lucky numbers for 2017 and found that 7 was my number. Not that it felt like it at the time because it was also my youngest son’s birthday. How ironic, the son that was challenging me the most, causing me all this anxiety, tears and emotions could actually be my lucky charm. I researched the market, sat up late at night reading through thread after thread on Facebook groups to learn, i asked questions, for help, built relationships & connected with people. I had prototypes made & the response when I started showing people was amazing. It made me smile again. . I researched ways to launch. Much like any start up company, funds were lacking to purchase or manufacture thousands of units to get it to market. "IT WASN’T ALL SMOOTH SAILING. I HAD REJECTION. I HAD PEOPLE LAUGH IN MY I’d read about Crowdfunding and looked into it. I decided it was worth pursuing, & before I knew it I was knee-deep in launching, but my self-doubt started to kick in. FACE" “What if no one wanted to buy it?” “What if no one believed in my product or vision?” I got through it & I launched on the 7th July (7/7, for good luck) via Pozible, an Australian crowdfunding platform. If you don’t know anything about crowdfunding (depending on the platform you choose), if you don’t reach your target - you don’t get your funds. So that was my next worry. But within 24 hours were well underway of achieving our target. I’d set the target of $7000 dollars to get the print run off the ground and 5 days later we had reached that. I was ecstatic. Considering I’d set the preorders for 30 days, I had been overwhelmed that I’d reach the target so quickly. It continued on, reaching approximately $13,500 which allowed us (as a company) to print more than required and have more available to purchase once we received them. It wasn’t all smooth sailing. I had rejection. I had people laugh in my face. I had people that just didn’t see the vision or have the belief that I did (and probably because I was also still in a frame of mind that didn’t allow me to talk about how this product helped me through dark times in my life) I wasn’t able to communicate my authentic story completely…until 12 months later.
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It was at this time I started<br />
drawing again. Something I’d<br />
do when I was a little girl, in<br />
my room with the music on<br />
because it took me to a<br />
magical place of freedom. It<br />
gave me clarity and a chance<br />
to be me…….and now<br />
FREEDOM of a child I felt I<br />
couldn’t parent. I felt<br />
completely isolated, like<br />
friends didn’t understand me,<br />
a husband that didn’t quite get<br />
it (because I was never the<br />
crying type) and most of all I<br />
didn’t get ME. I didn’t want to<br />
talk about it because who on<br />
earth wants to talk to a mother<br />
that doesn’t have her shit<br />
together. Or so I told myself.<br />
I’m wondering if you’ve ever<br />
felt this way?<br />
I started to create.<br />
I found my passion again.<br />
This was my outlet and I threw<br />
myself into it with all of my<br />
might because it was an escape.<br />
It was at this point I realized I<br />
wasn’t passionate about my<br />
MLM/Direct Sales business. I<br />
had never cared about skin<br />
products, although the results<br />
were fabulous. I just didn’t<br />
have the drive or passion for<br />
the product, so how could I sell<br />
something authentically that I<br />
wasn’t passionate about? I’d<br />
started seeing a psychologist<br />
for help dealing with my<br />
emotions and trying to parent<br />
my child... something I’d<br />
questioned about myself as I<br />
felt I’d failed as a parent if I<br />
needed help. And Jessica of<br />
Hopscotch and Harmony<br />
(https://wbsociety.com/listings<br />
/hopscotch-harmony-childfamily-psychology/)<br />
was the<br />
one to give it to me.<br />
She just got me and I can’t thank<br />
her enough. She suggested to me<br />
a mindfulness approach... and<br />
noticed huge change in both<br />
myself as well as my connection<br />
with son and my family. So what<br />
does one do when they are going<br />
through an emotional<br />
breakdown? They found a start<br />
up company!<br />
I’d fast come to realise that my<br />
life wasn’t going the way I<br />
wanted it to, I lacked<br />
inspiration, wasn’t keeping<br />
appointments and was just not<br />
coping. I’d collated all of my<br />
notes, mindfulness tips, my<br />
drawings etc and as I was a<br />
stationery lover I couldn’t find<br />
something that allowed me to<br />
have all of this information in<br />
one place. Nothing help me stay<br />
guided, motivated, grateful and<br />
calm. So My Mindful Year was<br />
created.<br />
"THIS WAS MY<br />
OUTLET AND<br />
I THREW<br />
MYSELF INTO<br />
IT WITH ALL<br />
OF MY MIGHT<br />
BECAUSE IT<br />
WAS ESCAPE"<br />
P A G E 1 2 | W B S M A G A Z I N E
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