I have learned that Gratitude is a practice that can help us go from negative thinking, fear, and scarcity and replace those suffocating feelings with positive thinking, faith, abundance, and hope. Moreover, Gratitude is for everyone at any time. An attitude of gratitude costs nothing, requires nothing, and you can practice at any age, anywhere in the world, at any time, with or without people.

A mindset reset is the best thing we can do for ourselves sometimes. There has been no better time than now, to learn ways to calm the mind. We cannot control the world around us, but what we can control is how we respond.

My first year in business I did not have much help, I worked part-time with kids at home, and I managed it. Many of you are in that situation now, and these strategies can help you create even better work at home practices moving forward. You have to be willing to let some things go. The housework, laundry, and piles of mail will be there. Just focus on the kids and your business and learn to lean into imperfection.

Spending more time at home will require us to be patient, to do things differently, and to work on ourselves like never before. While it is a scary time of the unknown, I also view this as an opportunity to make the best of what is. It is what it is.

Mind, body, and spirit - we have to protect and nourish these parts of ourselves and of each other, especially now. I can’t help but lean into spirituality during this time of uncertainty - the Corona Virus Pandemic is uncharted water. It is something we have never experienced and its impact far exceeds anything I have seen in my lifetime.

I can’t believe it has been 18 years since I first opened my eyes to something that was not for me on the outside, but in my search to find a way to make an income and have flexibility. I ended up here, in Direct Sales as a Mom Boss!

Making assumptions can ruin our peace. As much as we work on ourselves, we also are human, vulnerable and for many, there are scars that are deep. When things happen, especially if making assumptions, we can let those ugly thoughts bubble up.

There is so much power when we show up with a positive attitude, support each other as women and cheer each other on. This topic is so near and dear to me because I believe in it wholeheartedly. In my corporate days, we taught the power of teams, relationship building, conflict resolution, mentorship and collaboration (interestingly enough, it was a male-dominated audience with women as well).

Plan B is on my mind, as my company had to cancel our conference due to the Carona Virus. The first lesson was attitude, while many were disappointed, all were grateful that the company put the people first. It was a hard decision to make, but it was the right one.

Curiosity is a wonderful thing, it can lead down a path you might have not expected or when you expected.   The concept of curious came to mind to me today, as I realized it is exactly one year ago that I looked at the site to build our house.  We were not in the market of buying or selling, we loved the house we were in, but knew our long term plan was to be by the water, that was not just a wish, it was a vision, declaration and ultimately became a decision.  I happen to love realtor.com, and my hobby is studying the market, look at homes and making my own assessment and projection.

The past few years our older two kids have demanded the spotlight as they had prom, graduation, college and then respective college activities, it is part of growing up Guyer (and not unique to our family).  My baby (my Colby) just rolls with it as he has since day one.  

While he rolls, he was never behind the scenes, he has always been front and center in our family: delightful, charming, smart, funny, athletic and as a child sometimes mischievous.  We have a nickname for him and his world “Colbism”, meaning he just crushes most things he takes on—he is magnetic and draws people in.