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You are now tuned in to the mom CEO suite podcast.

I'm your host, Felicia, wife, mom, and

entrepreneur. In this podcast, I'll be sharing my mompreneur

journey along with strategies that will help you build your online

business operations in a sustainable way. The goal is

to help you build a business that fits into your lifestyle as a mom who

values putting family first. We will also hear the

experiences and expertise of other moms with service

based businesses. You'll get a peek into our journeys, so you'll

know that you aren't alone. Motherhood gets hard.

Entrepreneurship gets hard. But together, we can

do hard things. Welcome to the suite.

Hey friends. Welcome to another episode. Thank you so much for being here. So

today's episode is going to be a little bit shorter and

straight to the point. I'm going to be telling you guys about the 100

hard challenge for mompreneurs. Okay. There were a lot of little

things that. Kind of led up to the

quote unquote launch of this challenge. And I'm saying launch in quotes

because it's just, um, this is really a last minute

thing. And I'm really just going off of feeling

like I'm being lit to do this. Okay. so what is the

100 heart challenge for mompreneurs? So basically starting on

September the 22nd, every mom in business who commits to this

challenge. We are going to do one

heart thing every day. Now we're not doing the same.

Thing for the 100 days, every day is going to be

something different. And the purpose of this is to really

get out of our comfort zones to break free from

procrastination. Break free from fear and

really gained some momentum in life and in

business. And really this is all stemming, just from my personal

experiences over the past couple of days. And just,

I don't know if you guys have ever felt like there were a bunch of

little things nuggets being dropped or you were, or you felt like you were

being led in, in a direction and you got a bunch of little confirmations

about things. So that's kind of what happened with this.

And so I'm just going to really quickly share how this all came

about. But a few days ago, I had a random memory. I don't know if

you guys ever just have random memories of things from your past.

So I had this a random memory from years

ago. When I had planned a trip to New York.

To attend a trade show and back

then, I had the desire I still do,

but back then I was, uh, actively. Working

towards or doing the research towards starting an

online clothing boutique. And so I went, I was going to this trade

show, you know, applique the train ticket to New York book. The

hotel went up there for the day by myself. He came back

the next day. And I was talking to my husband

about it. And I had this memory and I'm like, wow, I

really used to just get up and go and do things. And

not second guess things and take action. And.

take more risks than I do now. And it really got me

thinking how over the past few years, and

that they didn't know if it wasn't related to motherhood, but I think it really

started. With COVID and then right after COVID I had my

daughter, so. COVID and then just becoming, um,

a mom and a wife, all kinds of consecutively. So for the

past four years or so. I've really just kind of been in my own little

bubble. Right. I've been online, but just kind of getting out there

and really connecting with people the way that I used to. Pre

COVID. premium life. It just, it looks different

now. So I was thinking about that trip, The

energy that I had back then, and I don't mean energy in terms of

just. You know, Not being tired from being a mom. I

just mean. Like the vibrancy and

the, I guess the audacity, the

bravery. That I had to try new things

that has been something that has been missing from my

life, from my business for the past few years.

So. That happens. And I'm like, man, I really

need to start just doing things, getting out of my comfort zone

again. So then either later that

night or the next day, a best friend of mine.

She had went to this event. and I saw that they were doing

another event. Basically quick pitch competition,

where you can pitch your business first, come first serve type of

situation, and they were hosting another one. And

October. And so. It kind of

clicked for me like, oh, this can be the start of

you. You know, getting back to that place

of audacity, that place of bravery, that place of

taking risks, that place of stepping out on faith. And

so I went ahead and I signed up for that event. Now. that

might not seem like a huge thing to you but for me,

just knowing the space that I've been in for the past few years, it's like,

okay, I'm really wanting. I'm really going to do this. I'm really going out to

an in-person event, which I have not done in so long. So there was that.

Okay. That was like my heart thing. I felt really good about it.

Um, you know, I was taking a risk. I was stepping outside of my comfort

zone. Then I saw something online. The next morning that

said there's a little more than a hundred days left. In

2024. I immediately hit this thought.

Like, wow. What if I did something hard every day

for the rest of the year for the 100 days? And

I I was reminded of how on social media, they have these

challenges. So they have the 75 soft and the

75 hard, honestly, I don't even know

what. People do during those challenges, I

just see people posting about 75 solves 75

heart. And I know that it's related to. Um,

Self-improvement consistency. I know there are some,

workout routine involves drinking. Water's involved. I'm not really a

hundred percent sure. I just know I've seen 75 solves 75 heart.

So I'm like, oh, Let's do a 100 heart

challenge every day. We're going to do something

hard. And then as I'm sitting thinking like, okay, am I really want to do

this? I was reminded of. My

own slogan that I created for the moms CEO suite. Well,

one of the slogans, which is a motherhood gets hard.

Entrepreneurship gets hard. But together we can do

hard things. It's literally in. The

intro to the podcast. And so I'm like, this makes total

sense. We are going to do these hard

things together. Because, as moms in

business, especially if you have small children,

It's so easy to get wrapped up and caught up

in the day-to-day of taking care of the kids. And if you're

married, you know, The day-to-day of being a wife and

just managing the household and all of those things, and it can be super

easy to lose sight of. Um, I don't want to say

lose sight of who you are, but it can be really quick for.

For you to not be the priority. Right. And

so. I really just want to create this space. Where

moms can push themselves back outside of their comfort

zone. It's so easy to get comfortable in being

home in working from home, in taking care of the

kids. That there's like this borderline or a

thin line, right? Remember the movie Finland between love and

hate. Right? So there's a thin line between. Understanding the season that you're

in and knowing that you have less capacity because you're taking care of the

children. There's a thin line between bed and.

And making excuses for you not taking action towards

your goal. It's a very, very thin lie. And so it's easy to

cross that line and get into complacency and to

stay in our comfort zones. Um, in the name

of, um, taking care of my children, this season is for the

kids, you know, not for me. I saw, I really just

went this challenge to be. An encouragement. Uh,

momentum shift for the moms who are going to participate. We are

going to every day, starting September the 22nd

every day, we are going to do a hard thing. Now the heart thing

does not need to be related to your business. It can

be. But it's it's really for anything in your life.

And so. If you need to have a hard conversation with somebody. If there's a

conversation you've been Avoiding, you can have that

conversation as one of your heart things. Even if it is in your

business, If you've been on the fence about sending more emails. And

one day you want to send two emails instead of sending one

email. It can literally be anything.

If you need to set boundaries with clients or you need to

set boundaries with someone in your family. That can be one of your

hard things. If you need to pitch yourself or complete a grant

application. Or, um, Even if it's

something, spiritually related, if you have not been

in a place where you've been able to pray and praying

feels hard for you, that can be your heart thing.

Talking to guy, maybe if your relationship with him has not been.

Um, that's strong if it's been strained and it feels hard to

talk to him that can be. Your heart thing,

opening up your Bible, doing a devotional. That can be your heart thing. So

it's going to look different for everybody. But. The

goal is for you to really be honest with yourself about what those hard things

are. And then every day just tackle one thing. One thing.

And then I'm anticipating that. At the

end of the year. We will be in a space. Where we are

outside of our comfort zones, where we are not being held back

by fear procrastination. We're not making excuses. And we

really have seen some momentum and changes in our

business and our lives. Okay. So if you want to participate

in the 100 heart challenge for mompreneurs. It is

all going well. The hub for is going to be our Facebook group.

As of revived, the mom CEO suite Facebook group. And so if you

want to participate, just go ahead and

click the link in the show description so you can join the Facebook group.

This is where the community will be. We'll be able to,

encourage one another. Every day for those heart things that we are

doing. I'm also just kind of as a bonus, going

to be coming onto the podcast weekly and sharing

my week's worth of hard things that I've done. Just for accountability

sake. And so again, if you want to participate in that, click the link in

the show description. To join the Facebook group. And

I think I'll also create a link for you guys just to sign

up so you can join the Facebook group directly, or you

can sign up. Via email. All of that will be in the show description,

but if you have questions about it, feel free to DM me on

Instagram and I'll answer any questions that you have. I look

forward to seeing you all in the 100 heart challenge for

mompreneurs. Thanks for listening. And I'll see you guys in the next episode.

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