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February + March 2024 Income Report EP 87
byShannon Mattern
WDA Live Strategy Call 02/13/24


Summary + Transcript

Chat

00:02:19 Tracy Trathen • e design studio, LLC: With you and Erica’s help – I finally got through a “stuck” place, and am ALMOST done with M4 !!!
00:02:26 Erica Nash: Reacted to “With you and Erica’s…” with 🥳
00:02:29 Anika Loewen: Reacted to “With you and Erica’s…” with 🥳
00:02:37 Michelle Self: Reacted to “With you and Erica’s…” with 🥳
00:02:38 Erica Nash: Replying to “With you and Erica’s…”

YES!!! Way to go Tracy!! So proud of you!
00:02:43 Tracy Trathen • e design studio, LLC: Reacted to “YES!!! Way to go Tra…” with ❤️
00:02:47 Janet Hoover: Reacted to “With you and Erica’s…” with 🙌
00:03:04 Kaila – HeyKaila Media: Reacted to “With you and Erica’s…” with 🥳
00:03:23 Anchen Le Roux: Did I already celebrated in this group that my client had a $160 000 Summit (No Sponsors)? Totally taking that win for myself 🙂
00:03:30 Erica Nash: Reacted to “Did I already celebr…” with 🥳
00:03:50 Erica Nash: Replying to “Did I already celebr…”

Anchen, that’s amazing!!!!
00:03:51 Janet Hoover: Reacted to “Did I already celebr…” with 🙌
00:03:52 Kaila – HeyKaila Media: We LOVE to celebrate others’ wins just as we would our own in WDA! 🥳🥳🥳
00:03:56 Michelle Self: Reacted to “Did I already celebr…” with 🥳
00:03:59 Kaila – HeyKaila Media: Reacted to “Did I already celebr…” with 🥳
00:04:00 Tracy Trathen • e design studio, LLC: Replying to “Did I already celebr…”

WOOHOO!
00:04:04 Erica Nash: Reacted to “We LOVE to celebrate…” with 🥳
00:04:11 Janet Hoover: Reacted to “We LOVE to celebrate…” with ❤️
00:04:37 Anika Loewen: Finally finding a solution with my doctor to get a handle on my ADHD with some medication. The side effects suck…. But there is a light at the end of the tunnel. (Insomnia is real, which is why I’m keeping my camera off today!!)
00:04:47 Kaila – HeyKaila Media: Reacted to “Finally finding a so…” with 💕
00:04:49 Tracy Trathen • e design studio, LLC: Reacted to “Finally finding a so…” with 🤗
00:04:57 Janet Hoover: Reacted to “Finally finding a so…” with ❤️
00:05:00 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “Finally finding a so…” with ❤️
00:05:13 Kaila – HeyKaila Media: Replying to “Did I already celebr…”

Wowww! So good Anchen!!
00:05:17 Erica Nash: Reacted to “Finally finding a so…” with ❤️
00:05:18 Angelica Hidalgo: So amazing!!
00:05:45 Tracy Trathen • e design studio, LLC: Reacted to “We LOVE to celebrate…” with ❤️
00:05:46 Erica Nash: Replying to “Finally finding a so…”

Hugs!!
00:06:02 Kim Blake: Reacted to “Finally finding a so…” with 🤗
00:06:16 Kim Blake: Reacted to “Did I already celebr…” with 👍
00:06:50 Kaila – HeyKaila Media: Reacted to “Hugs!!” with 🤗
00:06:55 Janet Hoover: Just got back from a facial appointment lol —— working on my selfceare domino!
00:07:01 Kaila – HeyKaila Media: Reacted to “Just got back from a…” with ❗
00:07:02 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “Just got back from a…” with ❤️
00:07:05 Erica Nash: Reacted to “Just got back from a…” with ❤️
00:07:05 Tracy Trathen • e design studio, LLC: Reacted to “Just got back from a…” with ❤️
00:07:11 Kaila – HeyKaila Media: Replying to “Just got back from a…”

WOOO Janet!
00:07:11 Angelica Hidalgo: Replying to “Just got back from a…”

Omg love that for you!!!
00:07:16 Janet Hoover: Reacted to “WOOO Janet!” with 😂
00:07:18 Janet Hoover: Reacted to “Omg love that for yo…” with ❤️
00:07:21 Diana Richards: Reacted to “Finally finding a so…” with 🤗
00:07:27 Michelle Self: Reacted to “Just got back from a…” with ❤️
00:08:52 Janet Hoover: It’s a roller coaster, always ups and downs …we’re here for you! 🎢
00:08:53 Erica Nash: For additional questions today: https://airtable.com/appBKMODI6rJUNuPk/shrQMjgC7CiiWTBsh
00:09:23 Kaila – HeyKaila Media: ‘She who knows what to do when she doesn’t know what to do’ – aka works for her dad because that’s what feels right, right now!
00:09:27 Kaila – HeyKaila Media: Also a win
00:09:28 Erica Nash: Reacted to “‘She who knows what …” with 🙌
00:09:28 Janet Hoover: Reacted to “‘She who knows what …” with ❤️
00:09:31 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “It’s a roller coaste…” with ❤️
00:09:33 Erica Nash: Reacted to “It’s a roller coaste…” with ❤️
00:09:39 Janet Hoover: Reacted to “Also a win” with 🙌
00:09:56 Anika Loewen: Reacted to “It’s a roller coaste…” with ❤️
00:10:00 Anika Loewen: Reacted to “Just got back from a…” with ❤️
00:10:36 Anchen Le Roux: Reacted to “‘She who knows what …” with ❤️
00:10:43 Michelle Self: Reacted to “‘She who knows what …” with ❤️
00:10:49 Anchen Le Roux: Reacted to “We LOVE to celebrate…” with ❤️
00:10:54 Anchen Le Roux: Reacted to “Wowww! So good Anche…” with ❤️
00:11:01 Anchen Le Roux: Reacted to “Anchen, that’s amazi…” with ❤️
00:11:03 Anchen Le Roux: Reacted to “WOOHOO!” with ❤️
00:11:48 Kim Blake: Replying to “It’s a roller coaste…”

So true!
00:13:25 Kim Blake: I can relate, Angelica. I know my slow season and try to prepare for it. I usually start working on my business goals. This helps me stay motivated.
00:14:29 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “‘She who knows what …” with ❤️
00:14:45 Janet Hoover: 🙌
00:15:04 Kaila – HeyKaila Media: So many hugs!!
00:16:07 Anika Loewen: So much love!
00:16:09 Janet Hoover: Replying to “So many hugs!!”

SO many!! 🤗
00:17:40 Michelle Self: HUGS! This is so so normal
00:18:25 Tracy Trathen • e design studio, LLC: I can totally relate — Having just come through a very similar place… I had to slow down the treadmill – the push push push – take a breath and look at where I am and take it slower – for my case
00:20:12 Anika Loewen: Totally understand this. Sometimes you have to make some decision that feel like a step back to free you to put your investment in something else.
00:20:13 Kaila – HeyKaila Media: Investing in this group and leaning on us for support is not what ‘failing’ looks like. (Personally, I think quite the opposite!) And also, I hope you never feel bad for showing emotion! (And I cry alongside everyone else who cries because I can’t help it so also, you’re not alone haha)
00:21:07 Kaila – HeyKaila Media: Reacted to “Totally understand t…” with 💕
00:21:11 Janet Hoover: Reacted to “Investing in this gr…” with 👆
00:21:13 Kaila – HeyKaila Media: Reacted to “I can totally relate…” with 💕
00:21:27 Diana Richards: Reframe: working with Dad takes off pressure while still building your business
00:21:32 Tracy Trathen • e design studio, LLC: Reacted to “Reframe: working wit…” with 👆🏻
00:21:34 Kaila – HeyKaila Media: Reacted to “Reframe: working wit…” with 👆🏻
00:21:56 Janet Hoover: Replying to “Reframe: working wit…”

AND…that’s ok (and smart!)!
00:22:28 Tracy Trathen • e design studio, LLC: Replying to “Reframe: working wit…”

Definitely / EXACTLY this. I work for my sister (she’s an estate planning attorney) – one day a week, and I work one day a week at a retail clothing store – because that is my base for paying for living while I work on this. So
00:24:17 Diana Richards: Reacted to “AND…that’s ok (and s…” with 💕
00:24:18 Kaila – HeyKaila Media: Replying to “Reframe: working wit…”

This chat reminds me of Trish. Getting another job was what she needed to give her the space to do what she really wanted to do! She talked about it feeling like a failure but I think now when she looks back, she realizes how big (and integral) of a part it was of her journey!
00:24:57 Kaila – HeyKaila Media: Reacted to “AND…that’s ok (and s…” with 💕
00:25:07 Kaila – HeyKaila Media: Reacted to “Definitely / EXACTLY…” with 🙌🏻
00:25:55 Anika Loewen: Could you look at it like selling a house… You don’t have to make the setup perfect for that potential buyer, you just have to make them SEE THEMSELVES in the space
00:26:11 Janet Hoover: Replying to “Reframe: working wit…”

@Kaila – HeyKaila Media Exactly what I was thinking too
00:26:23 Tracy Trathen • e design studio, LLC: Replying to “Reframe: working wit…”

yes. Took me a bit to get to that place in my head as well…. I’m so relating to this conversation big-time!
00:26:26 Janet Hoover: Reacted to “This chat reminds me…” with ❤️
00:26:33 Janet Hoover: Reacted to “Definitely / EXACTLY…” with 👍
00:26:39 Tracy Trathen • e design studio, LLC: Reacted to “Could you look at it…” with ❤️
00:26:53 Janet Hoover: Reacted to “Could you look at it…” with 👍
00:27:54 Michelle Self: Replying to “Reframe: working wit…”

Same here – I am taking on some proj management work to give me the space to build my brand while still keeping the lights on. Definitely relating to the ‘freeze' situation right now.
00:32:27 Erica Nash: They’re looking for you too! You just have to find each other.
00:32:35 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “They’re looking for …” with ❤️
00:32:37 Kaila – HeyKaila Media: Reacted to “They’re looking for …” with ❤️
00:34:54 Janet Hoover: Angelica do you work with WordPress or Squarespace or? That way we can send people your direction if possible
00:35:07 Kaila – HeyKaila Media: Reacted to “Angelica do you work…” with 👍🏻
00:37:03 Anika Loewen: 6 degrees of separation! If you do one job… it leads to others!
00:38:25 Anika Loewen: YES!! *snaps*!!
00:39:49 Anika Loewen: I literally just got a call from my Property Managers (I’m my condo board) asking if I’d be a reference for them. GREAT suggestion, Kim!
00:40:06 Kaila – HeyKaila Media: Yes! I hear Alecia in my head saying something about ‘giving someone else the opportunity to help you so they can feel good too!’
00:40:18 Tracy Trathen • e design studio, LLC: Reacted to “Yes! I hear Alecia i…” with ❤️
00:40:29 Janet Hoover: Reacted to “Yes! I hear Alecia i…” with ❤️
00:40:31 Kim Blake: Reacted to “Yes! I hear Alecia i…” with ❤️
00:40:38 Kim Blake: Reacted to “I literally just got…” with 🙂
00:41:30 Kaila – HeyKaila Media: The other thing I’ve also seen Is a niched provider saying something on their website like ‘Not a fashion designer? I work with other industries too! Please reach out so we can see if we’re a good fit!’
00:44:21 Kaila – HeyKaila Media: It’s TOTALLY therapy!
00:44:44 Janet Hoover: Reacted to “It’s TOTALLY therapy…” with 🙌
00:44:46 Kaila – HeyKaila Media: No-one understands this stuff quite like our WDA amigos!
00:44:47 Kim Blake: Crying is allowed.🥰
00:44:53 Kaila – HeyKaila Media: Reacted to “Crying is allowed.🥰” with ❗
00:44:54 Tracy Trathen • e design studio, LLC: And this was totally helpful to everyone, too!
00:45:02 Kaila – HeyKaila Media: Reacted to “And this was totally…” with ❗
00:45:23 Kim Blake: Reacted to “And this was totally…” with ❤️
00:45:46 Anchen Le Roux: Reacted to “And this was totally…” with ❤️
00:46:32 Tracy Trathen • e design studio, LLC: Reacted to “Crying is allowed.🥰” with ❗
00:46:37 Tracy Trathen • e design studio, LLC: Reacted to “No-one understands t…” with 👆🏻
00:50:07 Anika Loewen: This is why community is SO important! No woman is an island!
00:50:07 Shannon Mattern: Reacted to “Crying is allowed.🥰” with ❤️
00:50:14 Janet Hoover: Reacted to “This is why communit…” with 🙌
00:50:16 Kaila – HeyKaila Media: Reacted to “This is why communit…” with 🙌
00:50:28 Shannon Mattern: Reacted to “Totally understand t…” with ❤️
00:50:31 Tracy Trathen • e design studio, LLC: Reacted to “This is why communit…” with 🙌
00:51:02 Shannon Mattern: Reacted to “Angelica do you work…” with ❤️
00:51:10 Shannon Mattern: Reacted to “YES!! *snaps*!!” with ❤️
00:51:19 Shannon Mattern: Reacted to “I literally just got…” with ❤️
00:51:20 Diana Richards: Reacted to “Crying is allowed.🥰” with ❤️
00:51:24 Diana Richards: Reacted to “This is why communit…” with 🙌
00:51:31 Shannon Mattern: Reacted to “It’s TOTALLY therapy…” with ❤️
00:52:00 Michelle Self: this is fascinating, Erica!
00:52:23 Janet Hoover: Dr. Erica ❤️
00:52:31 Tracy Trathen • e design studio, LLC: fantastic
00:53:02 Janet Hoover: My dog has saved my life I think…walkies are necessary
00:53:13 Kaila – HeyKaila Media: Reacted to “My dog has saved my …” with 💕
00:53:17 Kaila – HeyKaila Media: Reacted to “Dr. Erica ❤️” with 💕
00:53:34 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “Also a win” with ❤️
00:53:42 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “I can relate, Angeli…” with ❤️
00:53:49 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “🙌” with ❤️
00:53:51 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “So much love!” with ❤️
00:53:54 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “So many hugs!!” with ❤️
00:53:56 Erica Nash: Reacted to “This is why communit…” with 🙌
00:53:58 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “SO many!! 🤗” with ❤️
00:54:01 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “HUGS! This is so so …” with ❤️
00:54:06 Erica Nash: Replying to “this is fascinating,…”

I think so too!!
00:54:07 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “I can totally relate…” with ❤️
00:54:08 Erica Nash: Reacted to “Dr. Erica ❤️” with 😆
00:54:15 Erica Nash: Reacted to “fantastic” with ❤️
00:54:18 Erica Nash: Reacted to “My dog has saved my …” with ❤️
00:54:21 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “Totally understand t…” with ❤️
00:54:29 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “Investing in this gr…” with ❤️
00:54:38 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “Could you look at it…” with ❤️
00:54:45 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “Reframe: working wit…” with ❤️
00:55:04 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “Definitely / EXACTLY…” with 👍
00:55:06 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “This chat reminds me…” with ❤️
00:55:14 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “yes. Took me a bit t…” with ❤️
00:55:26 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “Same here – I am tak…” with ❤️
00:55:31 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “Angelica do you work…” with ❤️
00:56:40 Angelica Hidalgo: Replying to “Angelica do you work…”

I work with Shopify for fashion businesses. Squarespace and Showit for service based businesses! Thank you Janet ❤️
00:56:42 Kaila – HeyKaila Media: lollll
00:56:43 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “6 degrees of separat…” with ❤️
00:56:47 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “I literally just got…” with ❤️
00:56:54 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “Yes! I hear Alecia i…” with ❤️
00:56:59 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “The other thing I’ve…” with ❤️
00:57:11 Angelica Hidalgo: Replying to “The other thing I’ve…”

Love this!!!
00:57:15 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “It’s TOTALLY therapy…” with ❤️
00:57:18 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “No-one understands t…” with ❤️
00:57:21 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “Crying is allowed.🥰” with ❤️
00:57:22 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “And this was totally…” with ❤️
00:57:23 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “This is why communit…” with 🙌
00:57:25 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “Dr. Erica ❤️” with 💕
00:57:30 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “My dog has saved my …” with ❤️
00:57:33 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “this is fascinating,…” with ❤️
00:58:04 Janet Hoover: Reacted to “I work with Shopify …” with 👍
00:58:08 Kaila – HeyKaila Media: Reacted to “I work with Shopify …” with 👍
00:58:17 Michelle Self: Reacted to “The other thing I’ve…” with ❤️
00:58:27 Angelica Hidalgo: Thank you so much everyone, I really appreciate all your kind words and support, it means so much ❤️❤️❤️
I don’t know what I’d do without you all
00:58:34 Tracy Trathen • e design studio, LLC: Reacted to “Thank you so much ev…” with ❤️
00:58:40 Erica Nash: Reacted to “Thank you so much ev…” with ❤️
00:59:37 Kaila – HeyKaila Media: Reacted to “Thank you so much ev…” with ❤️
01:03:04 Diana Richards: Reacted to “Thank you so much ev…” with ❤️
01:03:30 Anika Loewen: LOVE THAT
01:03:31 Erica Nash: That’s so good
01:03:35 Kaila – HeyKaila Media: Reacted to “That’s so good” with ❗
01:03:36 Angelica Hidalgo: Thank you Tracey! Morning mantras I love it
01:03:48 Janet Hoover: Reacted to “That’s so good” with 👍
01:04:11 Angelica Hidalgo: I need to give my voice a character and name so I can tell them to stop hahahaha
01:04:15 Janet Hoover: Isn’t that funny how we do that to ourself?
01:04:20 Angelica Hidalgo: Reacted to “Isn’t that funny how…” with ❤️
01:04:24 Tracy Trathen • e design studio, LLC: Reacted to “I need to give my vo…” with 🤣
01:04:30 Tracy Trathen • e design studio, LLC: Reacted to “Isn’t that funny how…” with 👆🏻
01:08:00 Tracy Trathen • e design studio, LLC: You guys rock!
01:08:04 Kaila – HeyKaila Media: What a great chat! Thanks for being so vulnerable Angelica!
01:08:04 Angelica Hidalgo: Thank you!!!