In today’s episode Sara and Jen respond to a letter writer who is struggling to feel confident in their new business. Together they dive into the different ways we can all find courage and confidence in our own journeys, and share some encouragement for today’s letter writer moving forward too.Links to the pages and articles mentioned are at: www.lettersfromahopefulcreative.com/episode-47You can write us a letter at our websiteMore from SaraMore from JenLetters From A Hopeful Creative is produced by Sonics Podcasts

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Finding the courage and confidence to build the business you want to build

In today’s episode Sara and Jen respond to a letter writer who is finding more joy, ease, and freedom in their business and life during this time of forced lockdown and is wondering how they can bring this into their daily life when they’re back to business as usual. Sara and Jen dive into how we can bring more freedom, ease, and joy into our businesses and lives and how we can navigate the fears and beliefs that can hold us back from doing this too.Links to the pages and articles mentioned are at: www.lettersfromahopefulcreative.com/episode-46You can write us a letter at our websiteMore from SaraMore from JenLetters From A Hopeful Creative is produced by Sonics Podcasts

How can I steer my business into something more joyful and stress-free?

In today’s episode Sara and Jen respond to a letter writer who is struggling to decide whether to focus on creating products or building a community first. Today’s letter writer also shares a whole lot of fears that are holding them back at the moment too, so Sara and Jen dive into how today’s letter writer can feel confident and courageous in the pursuit of their business goals while also exploring how best to approach balancing product creation and community building too.Links to the pages and articles mentioned are at: www.lettersfromahopefulcreative.com/episode-45You can write us a letter at our websiteMore from SaraMore from JenLetters From A Hopeful Creative is produced by Sonics Podcasts

Should I focus on creating products or building a community first?

In today’s episode Sara and Jen respond to a letter writer who is wondering how best they can refocus and adjust in their business during this world health crisis. Sara and Jen explore how we can feel grounded in this time, how to re-route some of the goals and intentions that we set for ourselves this year, and why they believe we all still have permission to remain optimistic in our business in this time too.Links to the pages and articles mentioned are at: www.lettersfromahopefulcreative.com/episode-44You can write us a letter at our websiteMore from SaraMore from JenLetters From A Hopeful Creative is produced by Sonics Podcasts

How do I refocus and adjust in my business during a crisis?

In today’s episode Sara and Jen respond to a letter writer who is wondering how (and if) they should sell in this time while we all navigate this world health crisis. Together they explore how to make business decisions from a place of integrity in this season, how to navigate any feelings of fear and shame that comes with selling, and how they’re both approaching running their business in this time too.Links to the pages and articles mentioned are at: www.lettersfromahopefulcreative.com/episode-43You can write us a letter at our websiteMore from SaraMore from JenLetters From A Hopeful Creative is produced by Sonics Podcasts

Should I keep selling in a crisis?

In today’s episode Sara and Jen respond to a letter writer who is struggling to decide where to focus next in their business. Together they dive into the lessons they’ve learned about finding focus in their own businesses and explore their advice and encouragement for today’s letter writer too.Links to the pages and articles mentioned are at: www.lettersfromahopefulcreative.com/episode-42You can write us a letter at our websiteMore from SaraMore from JenLetters From A Hopeful Creative is produced by Sonics Podcasts

How do I decide where to focus next in my business?

In today’s episode Sara and Jen respond to a letter writer who wants to take the freelance career they’ve built and turn it into a thriving business instead. Sara and Jen explore the difference between being a freelancer and a business owner, how you can start to develop a vision and a plan for your business, and the mindset shifts necessary to go from freelancer to business owner too.Links to the pages and articles mentioned are at: www.lettersfromahopefulcreative.com/episode-41You can write us a letter at our websiteMore from SaraMore from JenLetters From A Hopeful Creative is produced by Sonics Podcasts

How can I go from freelancer to business owner?

In today’s episode Sara and Jen respond to a letter writer who is battling with burnout in their business and is struggling to show up and run her business in this season. Sara and Jen share their own experiences with burnout, the lessons they’ve learned, and their advice and encouragement for today’s letter writer too.Links to the pages and articles mentioned are at: www.lettersfromahopefulcreative.com/episode-40You can write us a letter at our websiteMore from SaraMore from JenLetters From A Hopeful Creative is produced by Sonics Podcasts

Let’s talk about business burnout

In today’s episode Sara and Jen respond to a letter writer who is struggling to find focus in their work and is curious as to whether or not they can still build a business on Instagram. Sara and Jen encourage today’s letter writer to think bigger than just Instagram when it comes to building their business, and share how they encourage them to get moving forward too. Today’s letter writer also shares that they live with ADHD, something Sara has recently been diagnosed with too so she shares her advice for anyone navigating this diagnosis right now too.Links to the pages and articles mentioned are at: www.lettersfromahopefulcreative.com/episode-39You can write us a letter at our websiteMore from SaraMore from JenLetters From A Hopeful Creative is produced by Sonics Podcasts

Can I still build a business on Instagram?

We’re coming back from our break with another ask us anything episode, diving into topics like how to deal with a bad client experience, how to prepare for starting a family when you’re self employed, whether or not to put your prices on your website and lots more!Links to the pages and articles mentioned are at: www.lettersfromahopefulcreative.com/episode-38You can write us a letter at our websiteMore from SaraMore from JenLetters From A Hopeful Creative is produced by Sonics Podcasts

Ask Us Anything: Part 3

In today’s episode Sara and Jen respond to a letter writer who is struggling to decide what to automate, eliminate, and delegate in their business. Sara and Jen share their own approach to this in their business, the lessons they’ve learned, and their advice for anyone else struggling with this too. Links to the pages and articles mentioned are at: www.lettersfromahopefulcreative.com/episode-37 You can write us a letter at our website More from Sara More from Jen Letters From A Hopeful Creative is produced by Sonics Podcasts

Automation, elimination, and delegation

In today’s episode Sara and Jen respond to a letter writer who is struggling with their work being copied online. Copycats is such a tricky subject that so many of us have to navigate along the way, and in this episode Sara and Jen share their own experiences of being copied, how they deal with it, and the mindset they embrace when it comes to the inevitability of being copied too. Links to the pages and articles mentioned are at: www.lettersfromahopefulcreative.com/episode-36 You can write us a letter at our website More from Sara More from Jen Letters From A Hopeful Creative is produced by Sonics Podcasts

Let's talk about copycats

In today’s episode Sara and Jen are diving into more listener questions, from our thoughts on Instagram potentially hiding like counts, our advice for being organised, how we motivate ourselves when we don’t feel like doing the work, navigating trolls online and more. Links to the pages and articles mentioned are at: https://www.lettersfromahopefulcreative.com/episode-35 You can write us a letter at our website More from Sara More from Jen Letters From A Hopeful Creative is produced by Sonics Podcasts

Ask Us Anything: Part 2

In today’s episode Sara and Jen are answering listener questions, from our advice for starting something new, navigating quiet seasons in business, how we approach setting short and long term goals, how to deal with people who don’t understand your business and more. Links to everything we mentioned will be on our website https://www.lettersfromahopefulcreative.com/episode-34 You can write us a letter at our website More from Sara More from Jen Letters From A Hopeful Creative is produced by Sonics Podcasts

Ask Us Anything: Part 1

In today’s episode Sara and Jen respond to a letter writer who is curious about what it actually looks like to build a community online. Together they explore the biggest lessons they’ve learned about building community online, why they don’t believe in trying to hack your way to audience growth, and why they believe the most important part of building a community online is the connection you create and find within it. Links to everything we mentioned will be on the website at www.lettersfromahopefulcreative.com/episode-33 You can write us a letter at our website More from Sara More from Jen Letters From A Hopeful Creative is produced by Sonics Podcasts

What does it actually look like to build community online?

Letters From A Hopeful Creative is a fortnightly podcast brought to you by Sara Tasker and Jen Carrington. In each episode they answer a letter from a hopeful creative who is looking for some guidance, support, and encouragement in their journey, and share some of the lessons they have learned along the way as creative coaches and online business owners. Each episode is like a mini coaching session and pep talk all rolled into one - tune in every Monday morning for brand new episodes.

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