Some days the growth feels like all spending and no return. I had one of those days this week, and it was set off by nothing dramatic. The guys at the machine shop asked me to buy another machine, and I went and looked at the cash flow, and it did not feel good. This episode is what I needed to hear, so I recorded it. The premise is simple. There is no success story where everything went smoothly. Not one. The discomfort you are trying to get rid of is the actual process, not a sign you did s...
11 Aug 2026
30 Side Hustles and an Abundance Mindset
If talking about money online makes people angry, it usually points to something deeper: a belief that wealth is fixed, opportunity is gone, and earning more is for “other people.” Scarcity makes us grip tighter and make decisions like there’s no way out. Abundance does the opposite. It helps us notice what’s already working and gives us the courage to create more value so we can earn more money. I'm breaking down 30 side hustle ideas you can start in the gig economy, from content crea...
31 Jul 2026
If Money Can Fix It: Repairing our relationship with money
"If money can fix it, it's not a real problem." I posted a reel saying this and the comments were split. Some people felt seen by it. Some people were pissed. I get both reactions, and I wanted to dig into why. The idea is about the difference between a hassle and a crisis. An unexpected bill is a hassle. A sick kid is a crisis. Most of us treat both with the same level of panic, and that's the thing I want to talk about. I share a season from 2014 and 2015 when I took over a fast-growing bus...
23 Jul 2026
Most Days: Social Media - Anxiety & Addiction
Social media takes your nervous system for a ride. In this episode I talk about why Instagram is so hard to quit and the moment I realized the algorithm knew exactly what I was vulnerable to. When I was pregnant, my feed filled up with worst-case scenario pregnancy reels. When my son was in the NICU, it fed me NICU content that made an already terrifying season worse. I never agreed to that loop. It just found me. We also get into the creator side of this, because I'm on both ends now. All th...
20 Jul 2026
Most Days #7: Money Matters Part I
You can do everything right with your budget and still feel stressed, resentful, and on the edge of burnout. That's why I wanted to talk about money as a mindset thing, not just a math thing. Starting with the costs that hit working parents the hardest: childcare and the day-to-day spending that keeps a household running. I share the reframe that changed my mental health around childcare costs. I stopped seeing childcare as an expense that steals my paycheck and started treating it as an inve...
15 Jul 2026
Naptime with Kevin and Courtney: Public vs. Private School
Kevin and I sit down during naptime to talk through a decision we're in the middle of right now: where to send our kids for preschool and early elementary. Private tuition in our area can rival a mortgage payment. Public school comes with question marks. We don't have this figured out. We're working through it in real time, including the parts that are emotional and messy. One thing we keep coming back to is the future. We were pretty set on a Spanish immersion school 30 minutes away. Then it...
13 Jul 2026
Most Days Episode #5: Burnout Part 2 - Make Work Human Again
Burnout doesn’t always come from doing too much. A lot of times it comes from feeling stuck, unseen, and disconnected, even when the workload looks “reasonable” on paper. I’m Courtney, and I’m sharing what I’ve learned after 10 years as a CEO running a medium, family owned company with about 30 employees, including the policies that have helped and the ones that surprised me. We get specific about how leaders can reduce employee burnout by giving people more autonomy and making rules w...
8 Jul 2026
Naptime with Kevin and Courtney - The Default Parent
The default parent is the one who knows everything. Who knows what size diaper the kids wear. Who tracks the lunch supplies, the babysitter's schedule, the medicine doses. It usually falls on mom, and when both parents work, it's a fast track to burnout. Kevin and I sit down during naptime to talk about how this became a real problem in our marriage, how we started to work through it, and what we're still figuring out. We get into: - Why I stopped communicating early enough and let resentme...
6 Jul 2026
Most Days Episode #3: Burnout, Part I
Burnout doesn’t always mean you need a new job. Sometimes it means you’ve lost the thread of why you’re working in the first place, and your days have drifted out of balance. I break burnout down into a simple framework I keep coming back to: paycheck, passion, and purpose. When one of those pillars gets weak, work starts to feel heavier than it should, even if nothing “big” changed on paper. We start with paycheck, because money is real and pretending it doesn’t matter only adds stress. I s...
1 Jul 2026
Most Days Episode #1: Why the heck am I doing this?
Perfection is a trap, and most advice sounds better than it works. I'm starting Most Days with a simpler, truer standard: aim for progress most days, not flawless every day. In this first episode I get into the real reasons I'm doing this. I want accountability that isn't already built into my work. I want to slow life down through some actual self-reflection. And I've had a long-standing itch to teach while I'm still learning in real time. I also lay out the format so you know exactly what y...
1 Jul 2026
Naptime with Kevin and Courtney #1
We talk honestly about what it takes to run family businesses while staying connected as a couple and as parents. We share the wake-up calls that pushed us from chasing work-life balance to building work-life harmony through boundaries, perspective, and better habits. • why “harmony” beats “balance” when you’re building a career and a family • the moment work comes home and how we try to stop it • how kids change our perspective on success, failure, and stress • burnou...
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