In this “first ever” for Making Good, I sat down with a small business owner who’s just starting out, Corinne Monaco, the artist and owner behind Just Peachy Illustration. She also helps produce and edit this very podcast. In our coaching style conversation, we talked about where she is in her business and why she’s focusing on wholesale, and together we came up with a step-by-step plan of action for her next few months. We’re going to check in with Corinne in 90 days to see how our plans panned out, so be sure to keep an eye out for some Just Peachy updates here on the podcast!

If you ever struggle with doubting yourself, lack of motivation, consistency... or so many other things, you're not alone. In this episode I'm sharing 10 very common things you might be experiencing in your small business journey.

In this episode, we discuss the book The Go Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea by Bob Burg and John David Mann. This is a book that has been recommended to me a LOT over the last couple years and I’m excited I finally got a chance to read it! In this book club discussion, my co-host Charelle Griffith and I discuss the power of giving, the 5 laws of stratospheric success, why it's better to be a go giver than a go getter, and more.

I often say that being a small business owner is the greatest adventure in personal growth that a person can go on.

We learn and we grow SO MUCH as small business owners. I am not the same person I was in December 2017 when I first launched Good Sheila, my stationery brand. In this episode I'm sharing 5 of the biggest mindset shifts I've made that have changed the course of my life and business.

In this episode, I’m sharing 9 tips for creating a lot of content… without spending all of your time creating content.

My guest today is Katie Zeppieri, founder of The Mic Drop Agency. In this episode we discussed all things personal branding! Why it matters, why it's relevant to your business, the best ways to build a strong personal brand, how to translate your personal brand into sales and much more.

Let’s go back to basics. In this episode, I’ll walk you through how to start creating a custom marketing strategy just for your business.

In this episode, I’m sharing 10 things I learned in 2022.

In this episode I’m sharing 20 New Years content ideas.

Today’s episode is all about doing a Year in Review for your business – taking a close look at 2022 before we close that chapter and move into 2023. A Year in Review helps us celebrate the highs, learn from the lows, and figure out how to make things even better moving forward.

My guest for this episode is founder of Proof to Product, Katie Hunt. In this conversation, we discuss everything from hiring to wholesale outreach to parenting and everything in between.

In today's episode, we're bringing back our favorite holiday season tradition... Double episodes for all of December! This year, Lauren decided to do something very special. She's going to share four episodes from the private podcast that only members of the Making Good Happen subscription service have access to.  We'll be sprinkling these episodes like holiday magic throughout the month, so keep an eye out wherever you get your podcasts for these special episode drops. 

Today, we're sharing the private podcast episode from December 8th: December Permission Slips

Nell Wulfhart is a journalist, a writer, a world traveler, and on top of it all, a decision coach. Nell attributes her successes to her talent for making quick decisions at various crossroads in her life. To Nell, time wasted in perseverating over a decision is a tragedy, so she opened up shop to help others make decisions quickly and save precious time.

My friends, it is time for another marketing Q&A episode! Every few months I do a Q&A episode where I answer questions that I’ve received in my membership program, Making Good Happen, as well as some of the questions I’ve received over on Instagram.