{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode #9: Being Multi-Passionate and Making It Work Well with Erica Leman","description":"Welcome to Episode 2 of season 2. Today I am chatting with the fabulous Erica Leman!  Erica is multi-passion working a full time job that she loves AND owns a successful and growing Wedding Photography business, Sweet Alice Photography, in Hudson Valley, NY. This episode is FILLED with GOLDEN nuggets of wisdom from her journey. We discuss everything from how she balances it all between her full time job, her business and her life to overcoming comparisonitis. We chat a bit about how it\u2019s a growing movement of entrepreneurship especially among millennials and doing what\u2019s on your heart. She shares the boundaries she needed to set, the mindset shifts she had along the way, her approach to attracting the ideal clients, and how gratitude keeps her handling everything with grace.    Powerful Insights from Erica:   \u201cYou\u2019re not going to have something in your heart, you\u2019re not going to have this desire in your heart, if it\u2019s not meant for you\u2026It\u2019s not going to be there and you\u2019ll never get that opportunity. Sometimes you have to create your own opportunities\u201d   \u201cThere is such an ability and temptation to compete with other people, but I always just think to myself, I can\u2019t photograph every wedding and I don\u2019t want to\u2026I think sometimes we need perspective\u2026.are we feeling this way because we really feel competitive against a person or a certain ideal or is it that we really aren\u2019t feeling good about ourselves in that moment.\u201d   \u201cThere is always more than enough to go around. People will always find you. And their clients are not my clients and that\u2019s ok.\u201d    \u201cIn the beginning, it wasn\u2019t this easy. In the beginning it took me longer. And I think there is something to be said fo that too. In the beginning this will be harder and it\u2019s way normal and you won\u2019t have a work flow down right away, and that\u2019s ok. And just knowing that you have a season to hustle and a season to refine, a season to enjoy it, and that all takes time to get to the place you want to be.\u201d   Tips to move you forward on your journey:   \u201cYou don\u2019t have to be only one thing. We love our labels but you don\u2019t have to be under one of them. I you want to, great, if you don\u2019t want to, also great.\u201d Turn your Nightmares into fuel for your dreams. \u201cSometimes we go through crap. There\u2019s no way of getting around it\u2026.Even though these things are not fun to go through, whenever you do go through them, they are a growth point for you. Sometimes your nightmares or nightmare experiences kind of inform your dream and shape them for the future.\u201d Raise your prices! \u201cYou have your seasons of laying your foundation and that\u2019s when you\u2019re doing things for free and doing things at ver discounted rates, but I don\u2019t think you always have to be there and that\u2019s up to you to make that determination and to know when it\u2019s time to up level\u201d   Connect with Erica: On Instagram   Connect with Katerina and True Joy Experience On Instagram On Facebook www.truejoyexperience.com   Ready to transform your life? Join the True Joy Experience Inner Circle and receive weekly inspiration, resources, and VIP and early bird access to workshops, trainings, masterclasses.  Or join the Aspiring to Thriving Entrepreneurs Facebook Group and start taking action to becoming the CEO of your life and business!   Did you hear something you loved today? Leave a review, so others know what to expect from the show!   And don\u2019t forget to Subscribe to the podcast so you receive the episodes right to your phone when they launch each week.    Had takeaways from this week\u2019s episode? Share it on Instagram or Facebook and tag me @truejoyexperience ","author_name":"The Fearless Female Entrepreneur","author_url":"http:\/\/truejoyrevolution.libsyn.com\/website","html":"