WPMotivate: Mountains, Birthdays, and Photoshoots

Sometimes life gets a little busy and you have to make extra efforts for self care, for downtime and rejuvenation, and maybe just a little bit of nothing. This show is a lot about nothing, with a meandering conversation about all of the busy happening in Kathy and Michelle’s lives over the last few weeks….

After reflecting on WordCamp Phoenix and their experience repping Kadence as a sponsor together, Kathy asks Michelle how she’s so good at making everyone in the WordPress space feel like they belong. Michelle shares her experience coming into WordPress as a new community member. We talk about the importance of community and welcoming everyone as…

In this episode Kathy and Michelle talk about how powerful helping others can be, not only for the people we help, but for ourselves as that good karma comes back to us magnified. We talk a little about how to handle negativity, leveraging that buffer zone between stimulus and response, and how helping just one…

This week Kathy and Michelle talk about reclaiming the fun where you can. Silver linings? We find them!

Michelle and Kathy discuss Michelle’s trip to WordCamp Europe and some of the experiences. Though Michelle received the worst departing gift ever, she encountered incredible kindness along the way. Her experiences have lessons for all of us. As she gave gifts to flight crews and others along the journey, it was apparent how powerful kindness…

When building a brand or reputation, many might consider creating a specific persona that meets the need of their market. Unfortunately, doing so means building something that isn’t true to yourself, and it can create exhaustion trying to keep up the appearance of the facade. In this episode, Kathy and Michelle talk about the critical…