I have to share this email with you!

Remember Janna from Mommy’s Piggy Tales? I interviewed her in September about her Record Your Youth project and about the power of sharing your story.

Look at this amazing email she sent me this week:

From: Janna Antenorcruz

Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 12:50 AM
To: Shannon Stoltz Living-Life-At-Home
Subject: I finished my ebook!

 Shannon,

Thank you for your encouragement to write an ebook. I currently have a fifty page ebook titled Share With Me: Someone Needs to Hear Your Story for sale through ejunkie! Hooray for meeting a goal that seemed way too big at the time:)

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Wishing you all the best! This accomplishment was nourished by your encouragement:)
–
Janna A.

And look, here’s the cover. Isn’t it beautiful?

It’s so exciting to see this come together!?!   Please help me congratulate Janna on this success. She bounced the idea off me after our podcast interview and I knew it was a good idea. 

Everyone has a story worth telling or sharing; and somewhere someone’s life will be encouraged, uplifted, or given clarity because of what you shared; even if it’s “just” family stories. Family heritage is so powerful.

Anyway she acted on her idea, and made it happen, even though it seemed too big of goal at the time.  A lot of people will say they want to write a book, but few actually follow through. Janna did it, even though it seemed ”way too big” at first. And you can too!

Anyway, please help me in congratulating Janna on her accomplishment. I’m so proud of her for taking an idea that she was tossing around in her head and seeing it through.

 If sharing your story is in your heart – go for it! Someone needs to hear it. (If don’t believe me, read Janna’s book   ) 

If you have a big goal that you’re not sure about – go for it. You can do it!

I believe in you.

…Shannon

P.S.  If you haven’t already, be sure to listen to the interview with Janna on the power of sharing your story. It’s free…

Is it really possible to make money working from home and homeschool at the same time? 

Absolutely! I’ve done it for over 11 years, and so have many other homeschooling parents.  In this episode of the Living Life at Home podcast, Teisha Shelby-Houston (aka LadyT) and I share our insights into working from home while homeschooling.

Teisha is  The Business Coach for Moms and the author of Get Your Home-Based Business Up and Running in 30 Days, Even with a Baby On Your Hip. 

Teisha is a work-at-home, homeschooling mom to 5 kids, four boys and one girl, ages 17 to 3.  And she is passionate about helping moms, like you and I, stay at home with their kids.  

In today’s podcast, Teisha shares her heart and experience on how it is possible to earn money working from home while homeschooling your kids. Some of the topics we talked about included:

• What the first thing is you need to do if you want to make money from home

 

• How your interests, passions, and God’s plan for you factor into how successful you will be

 

• The question you should ask your friends and family that will help you find identify which options are best for you

 

• What prayer can do for your work-family balance

 

• What homeschooling looks like in her household

 

• What it means to set our kids up for success

 

• How to balance kid activities with family needs and work

 

• What your children learn from your example

Teisha and I had such a fun converstion, I wish we had more time than the hour to talk ‘cuz Teisha is really generous with her experience and expertise and so passionate about helping moms like you and I succeed in both our personal and professional endeavors. I hope you enjoy listening in as much as I did recording it for you.

To listen in, simply click the play button below. To download the recording to your computer, right click on download link below and choose ‘Save Target As’.

Insights on How to Make Money Working From Home While Homeschooling Your Kids [ 1:01:50 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

…Shannon

P.S. Don’t forget to download Teisha’s free ebook Get Your Home-Based Business Up and Running in 30 Days, Even with a Baby On Your Hip. Even if you are an experienced work at home homeschooling moms like myself, you’ll find useful tips and insights. Enjoy!

P.S.S. Want a free transcript of this episode? Be sure to subscribe to our email list and I’ll let you know as soon as the transcript is available. Thanks!

Yeah! It’s clean! (or as clean as I’m going to get it).

The January Challenge over on the mastermind group I belong to was to clean our desktops/ home offices. And as you saw on the before tour, my office really needed a cleaning.

Well, here’s the result (and thank you for keeping me accountable!)

Angela Wills of MarketersMojo.com does this great podcast interviewing business owners who LOVE what they do – and this week she interviewed me!

If you have some spare time, I encourage you to check out the interview. You’ll learn more about:

• The work I do & why I do it
• My thoughts on working from home
• My big lesson on staying healthy and balanced,
• Why I needed to create my own definition of success & why I think you should too, and
• My advice on casting a vision & keeping it in front of you.

But most importantly, you’ll learn how to get started freelancing (writing), training, and consulting. As well as some tools I recommend learning, especially if you are interested in training.

And of course you’ll learn why I love my business

You can listen to the interview directly on Angela’s website, or by downloading the MP3 and listening to it on your computer or on your mp3 player. Angela’s introduction to our interview begins at the 9:48min mark.

Enjoy!

…Shannon

P.S. Here’s some of the links that Angela & I mentioned:

Fat Loss Quickie

Lynn Terry’s Self Starters Weekly Tips Elite Mastermind Group

and my other sites:

ITCustomerService.com

TheShrinkingMommy.com

So in the mastermind group I belong to, we’re having a “Clean Your Office” Challenge this month, and I’ve decided to participate and use this as an opportunity to give you a tour of my home office. 

On January 31st, I’ll post the “After” version, but for your viewing pleasure…here’s my home office as it currently stands today.  

Enjoy!
….Shannon