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If you've been chasing clients one cold email at a time, this episode is your permission to stop. This week on Pop Up to Powerhouse, Jamie pulls back the curtain on how she built a six-figure luxury balloon business without ever sending a cold email, and why about 90% of her business now comes from the same planners and venue managers who've referred her for years. Whether you're a balloon artist, event designer, florist, planner, or any creative service provider, this is the inbound approach she's used for ten years to attract the right clients instead of chasing them. Inside this episode, you'll learn: The outbound vs. inbound marketing lesson from a chamber of commerce mentor that shaped how she built her businessWhy "tell anybody and everybody" and counting on friends and family didn't replace her incomeWhat an ideal client (customer avatar) actually is, and why talking to everyone means talking to no oneHow being one of the only organic balloon artists in her area was timing, not luckHow she posted inspiration on Instagram before she had a portfolio (and always gave credit)Why she ditched styled shoots and only did free installs where the most people would see themThe question from her chiropractor that changed everything: "Who are your referral partners?"Why you should network the vendors, not the guests, at venue showcasesWhy venue managers and planners are the front line of defense and her top referrersOne question to find your own referral partners: who talks to your ideal client before you do?How to network on social without pitching (and why DMing for business too early backfires)Why cold outreach isn't wrong, and how Carolina Gomez built her business on it in Ep. 16The rubber band analogy that kept her going through the slow early monthsWhy the moment you stop networking, your business stops growing, and what COVID taught her about consistent marketing Jamie also gets honest about why she's been afraid to teach this, and how her business coach helped her see that never cold emailing is exactly what makes her different. Plus, the Charge Your Worth Challenge officially launches November 2. If you've been stuck in a cycle of busy months and empty months, or wondering how other creatives get booked without ever pitching, this episode is your roadmap to building a business the right clients come to. Jamie Taylor Creates on Instagram Get my free Charge Your Worth Guide Subscribe, review and follow the podcast on your favourite platforms: Youtube - Spotify - Apple

You send the proposal. Then the voices start. Was that too much? Should I have charged less? Are they going with someone cheaper? If you've felt that, this episode is for you. In the final episode of the Charge Your Worth series, I'm getting practical about the moment your price leaves your hands. How to hold it without backing down. And without losing the jobs you actually want. I share the Nordstrom request that hit my inbox this year: five stores, one week's notice, and a knee-jerk urge to charge less. Instead, I charged what it actually cost to produce, plus a rush fee. And I learned what they were willing to pay. We also talk about why you rescope instead of discount, the one line in my proposal email that opened the door to a $3,000 budget on an $8,000 quote, how to handle AI-generated inspo, anchoring with options, how I follow up, and why not every no is a loss. Some of them are protection. In this episode: Why wanting to win every job keeps you booked, busy, and brokeWhere the urge to discount really comes fromWhy discounts follow you through referralsDiscounting vs. rescoping, and what each one signals to your clientHow to keep the door open after a noWhy being firm comes from knowing your numbers, not from being brave Mentioned in this episode: Ep. 23: Anchoring and offering clients optionsEp. 24: Look-backs and adjusting your pricesCharge Your Worth Challenge: six weeks, launching November 2 Get on the launch list: ⁠⁠Charge Your Worth Guide⁠⁠ Jamie Taylor Creates⁠ on instagram Subscribe, review and follow the podcast on your favourite platforms: ⁠Youtube⁠ - ⁠Spotify⁠ - ⁠Apple⁠

No outline. No script. Just me. In this chapter of the Charge Your Worth series, I'm doing something new. I'm riffing and I apologize in advance. The more I taught about these past few episodes the more it sounded like I had it all figured out going in. I didn't. The truth? I never cold emailed anyone. I never had a client-getting system. When my business coach asked what makes me different, her answer was the exact thing I'd been hiding: I didn't have a framework. But looking back, I was way more intentional than I realized. In this episode: Why I went off script and what I want this podcast to feel like going forwardHow I went from $300 installs to $8,000+ installs, and the intention behind itThe moment I saw Geronimo Balloons' work and knew what I wanted to createThe challenge of scaling while keeping your design level highHow to make a $2,000 budget feel like an $8,000 installWhat really happens to people who undercut youThe simplest pricing check: look back at every install and ask if the profit was thereKnowing your value, and the power of "let them"Why you're never done learning, and why stagnation feeds anxietyWhy I started this podcast, and what's coming next Chapters 0:00 Going off script1:13 Why the Charge Your Worth series exists4:20 "I didn't have a framework"5:54 From $300 installs to $8K installs7:18 Intention first, then get in the game8:47 Seeing what was possible with balloons9:41 Scaling vs. keeping the design level high10:45 Making a small budget look big12:10 What happens to people who undercut you13:37 Look back: was the profit there?14:29 Know your value and let them16:51 You're never done learning19:07 Why I started this podcast21:22 What's next for Pop-Up to Powerhouse ⁠Jamie Taylor Creates⁠ on instagram Get my free ⁠Charge Your Worth Guide⁠ Subscribe, review and follow the podcast on your favourite platforms: ⁠Youtube⁠ - ⁠Spotify⁠ - ⁠Apple⁠

Why do two businesses offering what looks like the same service charge completely different prices? And why do some clients happily pay two or three times more? In Part 3 of the Charge Your Worth series, Jamie breaks down the psychology behind why people pay more. Using research on pricing and decision making, plus real stories from Confete Balloons and Confete Party Box, she walks through what buyers weigh beyond the product itself: trust, risk, context, convenience, confidence and identity. This is not about tricks or manipulation. Your work, service and reputation still have to back up your price. It's about communicating your value so clearly that price stops being the only thing a client considers. In this episode you'll learn: Why clients are really paying to reduce uncertainty, and what creates certainty Why your price is information, not just a number How anchoring works, and why Jamie shows the biggest option first The client who picked the proposal at twice their stated budget The compromise effect and why three curated options beats five or six Identity signaling: what hiring you says about your client Why scarcity only works when it's real An 8-question listener audit to apply to your business Important Timestamps: 02:09 What makes price matter less to the right buyer 03:22 Buyers pay to reduce uncertainty 08:29 Anchoring and the first number a client sees 12:11 The client who chose 2x their budget 13:39 The compromise effect and three curated options 16:19 Identity signaling 17:24 Scarcity works, but only when it's real 19:55 People pay more when they trust the outcome The listener audit: What risk is my customer trying to avoid? What proof do I provide that reduces that risk? What does my price communicate about my quality? What context am I giving the customer for evaluating that number? Am I helping them choose, or overwhelming them with too many options? What does hiring me allow them to say about themselves? What legitimate limits or scarcity exist in my business? Does my actual work support the promise my pricing makes? Research sources: A Test of Services Marketing Theory: Consumer Information Acquisition Activities by Keith B. Murray Word-of-Mouth Processes Within a Services Purchase Decision Context by Harvir S. Bansal and Peter A. Voyer The Effect of Price, Brand Name, and Store Name on Buyers' Perceptions of Product Quality by Akshay R. Rao and Kent B. Monroe Coherent Arbitrariness: Stable Demand Curves Without Stable Preferences by Dan Ariely, George Loewenstein and Drazen Prelec Choice in Context: Tradeoff Contrast and Extremeness Aversion by Itamar Simonson and Amos Tversky When Choice Is Demotivating: Can One Desire Too Much of a Good Thing? by Sheena S. Iyengar and Mark R. Lepper Where Consumers Diverge from Others: Identity Signaling and Product Domains by Jonah Berger and Chip Heath Effects of Supply and Demand on Ratings of Object Value by Stephen Worchel, Jerry Lee and Akanbi Adewole ⁠Jamie Taylor Creates⁠ on instagram Get my free ⁠Charge Your Worth Guide⁠ Subscribe, review and follow the podcast on your favourite platforms: Youtube⁠ - ⁠Spotify⁠ - ⁠Apple⁠

Raising your price is never the finish line. In Part 2 of Charge Your Worth, Jamie breaks down why two people can offer the exact same service and one gets paid double, and it usually has nothing to do with how hard they're working. Jamie shares how she went from $500 balloon installs to $8K-$20K projects, and why simply attaching a bigger number to the same offer never works. She walks through the three things that actually earn a premium price: Your offer — what's genuinely different or better about what the client receivesYour positioning — whether the difference is actually visible to the people you want to attractThe experience — how it feels to work with you, from the first inquiry to the final resultJamie also shares the exact tagline shifts that repositioned her business, the mistake that cost her a scissor lift and double the install time, and why the scariest part of raising your prices is the quiet space between bookings. Closes with a listener audit: the questions to ask yourself, without using the words "quality" or "customer service," to find your real differentiator. Catch Part 1 (the pricing fundamentals) if you haven't yet, and come back next week for Part 3: the psychology of why people believe a higher price is worth it. Jamie Taylor Creates on instagram Get my free Charge Your Worth Guide Subscribe, review and follow the podcast on your favourite platforms: Youtube - Spotify - Apple

If you've ever pulled a price out of thin air and then held your breath hitting send on the proposal, this episode is for you. This week on Pop-Up to Powerhouse, Jamie breaks down what "charge your worth" actually means once you strip away the vibes. It's Part 1 of a two-part series, and it gets into the real formula behind pricing: cost, value, and capability, the overhead most creatives forget to account for, and why confidence to charge more comes from reps and exposure, not just courses. Jamie also gets personal about hitting $300,000 in revenue and still feeling financially frustrated, and the audit she built to figure out why. Inside this episode, you'll hear: The 3 real components of pricing (cost, value, capability), and why most people only account for one Why "charge your worth" without understanding your numbers is just permission to guess The overhead items you're not exempt from, even without a warehouse or a team Why confidence to charge more comes from reps and exposure to bigger budgets, not classes alone The moment Jamie realized $300K in revenue still didn't feel like enough, and what she changed How to tell the difference between a $500 sale and a $500 payday The sustainability test: signs your pricing isn't working even when revenue looks fine What actually goes into "your value" beyond the physical product (decision fatigue, reliability, your creative eye) Why doing more reps, not more courses, is what actually shortcuts the confidence gap The exact percentages Jamie now checks on every large job before deciding if the price was right A full mini audit you can run this week on one service you assume is profitable Jamie also shares the story of taking on a client's five-location install instead of discounting it, and realizing the value wasn't in the balloons, it was in giving the client one point of contact instead of five. Part 2 drops next week: what actually has to change in your business to charge a premium price. Jamie Taylor Creates on instagram Get the free charge your worth guide Luxury Balloon Academy Waitlist Subscribe, review and follow the podcast on your favourite platforms: Youtube - Spotify - Apple

If you've been working harder than everyone in the room and still hitting the same income ceiling, this episode is the reframe you didn't know you needed. This week on Pop-Up to Powerhouse, Jamie sits down with Jillian Minter, a money and business coach who works primarily with female entrepreneurs stuck at that "I've done all the things and it's still not working" ceiling. The conversation goes places most business podcasts don't: into money as energy, capacity as a skill you can build, and why your subconscious beliefs about money are running your business whether you realize it or not. It also directly connects to Jamie's own pivot series: the $100K in debt, the scarcity mindset, the moment she realized she wasn't having a financial breakdown, she was having a burnout breakdown disguised as one. Inside this episode, you'll hear: Why money doesn't actually come from hard work (and what it comes from instead)The scarcity trap that keeps money from flowing to you even when you're doing "everything right"Why 80% of what moves the needle is mindset, and only 20% is strategyThe "money thermostat" concept and why lottery winners lose it all in a yearHow your parents' money beliefs are still running your business todayWhy hoarding money actually blocks more money from flowing to youThe inherited money beliefs you didn't even know you had (and how to spot them)How working with the wrong clients slowly bankrupts you emotionally and financiallyWhy hiring is a capacity problem, not a strategy problemThe difference between over-delivering from alignment and over-delivering from scarcityHow to spot when a business decision is being made from your money block, not your strategyWhat EFT tapping is and how it reprograms your body's capacity to hold more moneyThe story behind Jillian's own burnout and how she rebuilt in alignmentWhy coaching testimonials almost never mention money (and what they DO mention)The reps required to build real pricing confidence Jamie also shares the recent story of charging her worth + adding a 10% rush fee on a job she almost discounted and getting an email from the client afterward saying she outperformed every other vendor they hired across the country. Jillian Minter - Website - Instagram Jillian's free Tapping Into Abundance guide: https://jillianminter.com/eft-money-tapping/ $7 Money Thermostat Tracker: https://jillianminter.com/money-thermostat-tracker/ Jamie Taylor Creates on instagram https://www.instagram.com/jamietaylorcreates/ Get your free guide: https://thejamietaylor.com/freeguide Join the email list: https://thejamietaylor.com/email Subscribe, review and follow the podcast on your favourite platforms: ⁠Youtube⁠ - ⁠Spotify⁠ - ⁠Apple⁠

This week's episode started with a DM. A listener wrote in and said what so many of us are thinking: "I just winged it. I don't have SOPs. I'm still working so much in the business versus on it, and I've never owned a business before or dreamed it would get to this stage." Jamie knew immediately this needed its own episode, because almost every founder hits this exact wall. You start something you love, it takes off, and suddenly you're managing people, building systems, and delegating pieces of a business that used to live entirely in your head. In this episode, Jamie breaks down why winging it isn't actually the problem (staying in winging-it mode after you've outgrown it is), how she built her project management system from Trello to ClickUp, what SOPs really look like day to day (hint: no binder required), the two bad extremes of delegation and how to avoid both, why the 80-20 rule changed how she manages people, how to hire for attitude over experience, and the mindset shift that finally got her out of guilt every time she stepped back from the hands-on work. The listener DM that started it all: why "I'm still winging it" is more common than you think Winging it isn't the problem: staying there after you've outgrown it is From Trello to ClickUp: building a project management system that doesn't live in your brain What SOPs actually are: no binder, no jargon, just documenting the process The Google review checklist trick: a simple SOP that quietly built their online reputation Loom for proposals and training: how video replaced hours of verbal explaining The goal isn't a perfect SOP: it's that someone can do the thing without you standing next to them Two bad extremes of delegation: "nobody can do it like me" versus "just figure it out" The 80-20 rule: the mindset shift that changed how Jamie manages people Hire for attitude, not experience: you can teach almost everything else Employees are not your best friends: and why that's okay The guilt of stepping back: from blowing up balloons to running the business Job descriptions and responsibility lines: the clarity tool that made delegation easier Working in the business vs. on the business: what your job actually becomes as you scale The financial leak story: how Jamie caught bots quietly inflating her Klaviyo bill Three questions to ask yourself: to figure out what only you should be doing What do I do that only I should or want to do? What is something I absolutely hate doing that somebody else could own? What part of my systems is still living only in my head? Trello: free project management tool, great starting point, limited on task assignment ClickUp: free project management system Jamie's team uses now, with task assignment, due dates, priority flags, checklist templates, and a board view for tracking client status Loom: for sending design proposals and building employee training videos Klaviyo: Jamie's email platform, and the surprise lesson in checking your subscriptions regularly Get the free guide: Charge Your Worth → thejamietaylor.com/freeguide Join the waitlist: Luxury Balloon Academy Follow along: @jamietaylorcreates Subscribe and leave a review wherever you listen

If your brand feels like it's blending in with every other business in your industry, this episode is your permission slip to stop playing safe. This week on Pop Up to Powerhouse, Jamie sits down with Bex LaFranchi from Hey Bex Creative House: brand strategist, AI expert, and self-proclaimed fairy grandmother to feral founders. Bex builds founder-led brands for creatives, disruptors, and "dirty little fun havers," and this conversation cracks open why so many small businesses look and sound identical, why beige and minimalism aren't the same as luxury, and how to build a brand that actually filters in your dream clients (and filters out everyone else). If you've ever caught yourself trying to appeal to everyone, copying another brand's template because it looked "safe," or wondering why your business feels like it has no energy — this episode is the wake-up call. Inside this episode, you'll hear: Why most brands go through an identity crisis at year three (and what to do when it happens)The six components Bex uses to build every brand: vibe, values, viewpoint, vision, voice, and visualsWhy "different is better than better" is the only rule you actually needThe Google exercise that will show you exactly what NOT to do in your industryHow to know if you actually have taste (and why AI slop is teaching us the difference)The 4-tier client framework: ideal audience, dream client, dreamiest client, and repel archetypesWhy "just because you can help them doesn't mean you should"The uncomfortable truth about how working with the wrong clients ruins the work you do for the right onesWhy AI is flattening brand voices and the one word you should stop using in your promptsHow to use AI upstream (brainstorming and clarity) instead of downstream (writing your captions)The tools Bex recommends for training AI on your actual voice (Granola, Whisperflow)Why founder-led brands are the ones sticking in 2026The "feral founder" mindset and why unpolished energy beats perfection every timeWhat Gen Z is teaching us about visibility and letting go of the polished aestheticThe brand rule to break: chasing best, chasing better, and people-pleasing Bex also gives a straight-talk take on imposter syndrome (spoiler: she doesn't believe in it), and Jamie shares her own recent shift from hiding behind her products to putting herself in front of the camera for the podcast. Follow Bex at @heybex.creativehouse and @bex.thebrand on Instagram, or visit heybex.com to see her full services and semi-custom brand kits. Jamie Taylor on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/jamietaylorcreates/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Charge Your Worth Free Guide: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠thejamietaylor.com/freeguide⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join the Email List: ⁠⁠⁠⁠thejamietaylor.com/email⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe, review and follow the podcast on your favourite platforms ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple⁠

She breaks down the real research behind why niching works (processing fluency and the mere exposure effect, not just vibes), tells the story of pitching her gift box company at Starbucks headquarters with a one-line “Hello Fresh, but for gift boxes” comparison, and walks through the Seattle Symphony installation that forced her to solve a problem she'd never faced — a ceiling that didn't exist. If you've ever felt like you have to pick one tiny lane forever or you're doing it wrong, this episode reframes what niching actually means. Inside this episode, you'll learn: Why Jamie has refused to niche her personal brand right now — and why that's a different decision than niching a business The real difference between letting people know you and asking them to hire you What Jamie learned comparing her business to Carolina Gomez's — same corporate market, opposite strategies, both profitable The Howard Schultz “one cup at a time” lesson that shaped how Confete Balloons was built Why Jamie never posted balloon columns on her own Instagram — even though she did plenty of them The Seattle Symphony install with no ceiling, and the design problem that came with it The science behind niching: processing fluency and the mere exposure effect, explained without the lecture The “Hello Fresh, but for gift boxes” pitch that got Confete Party Box instantly understood at Starbucks headquarters Why a scattered professional identity reads as less capable, even when it isn't The 4-question audit Jamie uses to find a niche by reviewing her last 10 jobs How to build a portfolio that only attracts the work you actually want Why niching down doesn't mean picking one thing forever — it means giving people a starting point Jamie also opens up about the tension between wanting freedom in her personal brand and knowing niching built every other business she owns — and why she's letting that stay unresolved for now instead of forcing an answer. If you haven't listened to Episode 16 with Carolina Gomez of Grow My Balloon Biz, start there — this episode builds directly on that conversation. And once you're done, send Jamie a message and finish the sentence: “Call me when you need ___.” Jamie Taylor Creates on instagram https://www.instagram.com/jamietaylorcreates/Get your free guide: https://thejamietaylor.com/freeguideJoin the email list: https://thejamietaylor.com/emailSubscribe, review and follow the podcast on your favourite platforms:⁠Youtube⁠ - ⁠Spotify⁠ - Apple

If you've been waiting for corporate clients to magically find you, this episode is the wake-up call. This week on Pop Up to Powerhouse, Jamie sits down with Carolina, founder of Balloon Element and Grow My Balloon Biz, for a masterclass in landing corporate clients from someone who did it fast going from a laid-off corporate employee to hitting six figures in her first full year of business by targeting corporate exclusively. Whether you're a balloon artist, event designer, florist, planner, or any creative service provider, the systems Carolina shares in this conversation are the exact frameworks she uses to sign five-figure jobs on repeat and teach other business owners to do the same. Inside this episode, you'll learn: The podcast moment that made Carolina decide, in one day, to only work with corporate clientsThe door-to-door school visit that turned into her first $1,500 contract (and gave her the belief she needed)Why corporate clients aren't price sensitive — and what they actually care about insteadThe simple 6-line intro email template Carolina used to build her whole business (she reads it verbatim in the episode)The Flodesk follow-up system that booked her an $8K job after eight months of no repliesThe $4K referral she got from a client who never once replied to an emailWhy "simple scales" is the mantra that keeps her business growingThe mindset shift around COIs, insurance, and "professional" fears that keep new artists stuckHow to use LinkedIn and ChatGPT to build a corporate leads list in under an hourThe "your money needs to know where it's going" reframe applied to rush fees and pricingWhy competition doesn't exist (and why two vendors can book the same event)The $12K fireworks reframe every underpriced creative needs to hearRapid-fire myth or fact: portfolios, followers, negotiation, referrals, and moreJamie also shares her own recent story of finally charging a rush fee (with her team member calling her out for not walking her own talk), and the two founders unpack why even seasoned business owners still wrestle with pricing anxiety. If you've been playing small with your reach, waiting for the algorithm to hand you clients, or telling yourself the market is "too saturated" — this episode is your permission slip to start emailing, following up, and charging what your work is actually worth. Follow Carolina at @balloonelement and @growmyballoonbiz on Instagram or her Website: https://www.balloonelement.com/ Jamie Taylor on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/jamietaylorcreates/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Charge Your Worth Free Guide: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠thejamietaylor.com/freeguide⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join the Email List: ⁠⁠⁠thejamietaylor.com/email⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe, review and follow the podcast on your favourite platforms ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple⁠

If you've ever wondered why you're working harder than ever in the gym, tracking every calorie, running yourself into the ground and somehow feeling worse, not better this episode is a wake-up call. This week on Pop-Up to Powerhouse, Jamie sits down with Desiree Burgess Alford, founder of West Coast Wellness and Harts & Pearls, for an honest conversation about pivoting from your first business into your second, the health rules that actually change the game for women over 35, and why the gym is the one place where effort in doesn't equal effort out. Desiree is 16.5 years sober, built her first business at 18 months of sobriety, and quietly launched her second business with no website and no social media for a full year and a half and her story of following what her body was telling her, even when she couldn't fully explain it, will hit hard for anyone in the middle of their own transition. Inside this episode, you'll hear: Desiree's pivot from Harts & Pearls to West Coast Wellness (and why she launched quietly for 1.5 years)The sister comment that fired her up to build a business as a single momWhy she hired a business coach for a full year before landing on her second businessHow Jamie lost 20 pounds without a single structured workout in the first weeks of the programThe "no matter what" moment that made Jamie realize she was choosing a life of mediocrityThe sneaky weight blockers most women don't track: oil, bread, and processed carbsWhy your resting calorie rate matters more than the 2,000-calorie mythThe 3-workout, 20-minute-per-session formula that changed Desiree's body after over-training failed herThe new research: why you should stop doing a fourth setDesiree's hormone reveal building visible muscle while her testosterone was extremely lowJamie's story of thinking it was business burnout when her hormones were actually running the showWhy "just walking" or "just HIIT" isn't enough after 40 and what to do insteadThe alcohol truth nobody wants to hear in a fat loss phaseRapid-fire myth-or-fact round: carbs, protein, walking, weights, and age If you've felt like you're doing everything "right" and still not seeing results in your body, your energy, or your business, this conversation will change what you focus on. Because you can't out hustle your health. Not at 35, not at 45, and definitely not while trying to run a company. Links: About Desiree Burgess Alford: https://www.shopwestcoastwellness.com & https://www.hartsandpearls.com - Instagram Content Calendar Spreadsheet: ⁠thejamietaylor.com/content-planner⁠ Jamie Taylor on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/jamietaylorcreates/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Charge Your Worth Free Guide: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠thejamietaylor.com/freeguide⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join the Email List: ⁠⁠thejamietaylor.com/email⁠⁠ Subscribe, review and follow the podcast on your favourite platforms ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple⁠

This is the episode you've been waiting for. If you've been following the pivot series on Pop Up to Powerhouse, you already know the story — the debt, the burnout, the tears, the moment I almost quit. But in this finale, I'm walking you through exactly how I paid off $100,000 in debt in one year, blew past my Q4 stretch goal of $90,000 to hit $120,000, and closed the hardest chapter of my business with a debt-free bank account on December 30th. And here's the wild part: there was no viral moment, no big campaign, no salesperson I hired. It was systems, tiny consistent actions, and one specific mindset shift that changed how I ran my entire business. Inside this episode, you'll learn: The reactive vs. proactive marketing loop that keeps most small businesses stuckHow I built the systems (automated emails, content pillars, social media calendar) that kept me consistent when I got busy again — including the exact spreadsheet template linked belowWhy I stopped waiting for inquiries and started reaching out to past clients myselfThe "behavioral activation" psychology principle that reframed how I take actionTwo tiny, unglamorous actions that led to two of the biggest clients of the year (a cold email to the Seattle Kraken and a passive comment that turned into my dream install at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel)How the "badass list" pulled me out of my worst mental spiralsThe Mel Robbins quote about self-trust that changed how I speak about my goalsWhy I read my future story out loud on air (and why you should write your own)The financial framework that helped me actually pay off the debt: getting lean, setting quarterly goals, and giving my money a jobThe Kaylin Faulkner quote — "your money needs to know where it's going" — that finally clickedThe mindset shift that turned $90K into $120KWhat manifestation actually is when you strip the woo-woo away If you've been sitting in a season that feels stuck, if you've been waiting to feel motivated before you take action, or if you've been telling yourself the same "someday" story for way too long — this episode is your permission to start behaving your way out, not thinking your way out. You don't need a 47-step morning routine. You need one piece of evidence today that you haven't given up on yourself. Thank you for showing up for this series. And next week, we're bringing on Desiree from West Coast Wellness to talk about how prioritizing your health and strength directly impacts your business, energy, and mental clarity. You won't want to miss it — hit subscribe. Links: Content Calendar Spreadsheet: thejamietaylor.com/content-planner Jamie Taylor on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/jamietaylorcreates/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Charge Your Worth Free Guide: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠thejamietaylor.com/freeguide⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join the Email List: ⁠thejamietaylor.com/email⁠ Subscribe, review and follow the podcast on your favourite platforms ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple

For the last few episodes, I've walked you through the darkest chapter of my business: the debt, the burnout, the crying, the moment I realized I wasn't happy for anyone. Now it’s time to tell you what actually pulled me out. In Part 4 of the Pivot Series on Pop-Up to Powerhouse, I'm sharing the exact habits, routines, and mindset shifts I used to stop spiralling and start rebuilding. Not just my business, but me. What's wild is that I wasn't following some perfectly mapped out plan. I was grasping at straws. It wasn't until I started researching this episode that I realized every "random" thing I tried actually has research behind it and a name for why it works. Inside this episode, you'll learn: Why I stopped trying to think my way out (and started behaving my way out)The personal development stack that got me unstuck (books, podcasts, apps)Why your to-do list will literally never end and what to measure insteadHow to build a numbered, prioritized to-do list the night beforeThe right-side goal list that keeps you from just working "in" the businessThe 6PM shutoff and the science of psychological detachment from workWhy meditation is a muscle, not a magic pill (and how to start when your brain won't stop)The nightly journaling practice that revealed my real triggersHow to make gratitude actually stick (get granular)The morning routine that removed every chance for me to spiral before 9AMWhy lifting weights became mental proof that I could do hard thingsThe self-efficacy concept that reframed how I approach every install and every hard moment in businessIf you're stuck in negative thought loops, if your days feel reactive instead of intentional, or if you've been telling yourself you'll feel better "when things calm down" this is the episode that shows you it doesn't work that way. Feelings don't lead the change. Behavior does. And next week, we're getting even more tactical. I'm walking you through the exact steps I took to stop being reactive, get my business back on track, and pay off $100,000 in debt in a year. Hit subscribe so Part 5 lands in your feed the moment it drops. Jamie Taylor on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/jamietaylorcreates/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Charge Your Worth Free Guide: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠thejamietaylor.com/freeguide⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join the Email List: thejamietaylor.com/email Try Growthday App for Free: https://app.growthday.com/referral-trial?via=8vck4 Subscribe, review and follow the podcast on your favourite platforms ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple

There's a part of my pivot story I've been quietly sitting on… because I wasn't sure I was ready to say it out loud. During the hardest chapter of my business, I wasn't happy for other business owners. Especially the ones in my own industry. In this episode of Pop-Up to Powerhouse, Part 3 of the pivot series, I'm getting honest about the season when I stopped clapping for other people's launches, felt resentful watching everyone start their own balloon businesses, and quietly wondered why I was the only one who couldn't seem to feel excited anymore. But here's the truth I finally uncovered: it wasn't jealousy. It wasn't competitiveness. It was burnout wearing a really convincing disguise. It wasn't their success that bothered me, it was their excitement. And that reveal changed everything about how I rebuilt myself and my business from the ground up. Inside this episode, you'll hear: The confession I was ashamed to say out loud (and why I'm sharing it now)The stats behind why my industry felt so saturated (a 24.5% increase in new US business applications in 2020 alone)Why other people's success doesn't create insecurity, it reveals itThe three things I knew I had to face to get out of the fogWhy I started unfollowing people on social media (and how it saved my mindset)The dinner with my girlfriends that reminded me I wasn't aloneHow I separated my identity from my business's successThe morning and evening routines that quietly changed everythingWhy gratitude gets harder and more powerful the more granular you getThe moment I realized I could design a new life the same way I designed the current one If you've ever felt yourself go quiet when a peer wins, if you've ever caught yourself scrolling and feeling worse instead of inspired, if you've ever missed the version of yourself that used to be excited — this episode is for you. There's nothing wrong with you. It's a season, not a personality. And in next week's episode, I'm sharing the exact routines, mindset shifts, and habits that helped me pay off $100,000 in debt in one year. You don't want to miss it. Hit subscribe so Part 4 lands in your feed. Jamie Taylor on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/jamietaylorcreates/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Charge Your Worth Free Guide: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠thejamietaylor.com/freeguide⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Luxury Balloon Academy:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ luxuryballoonacademy.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe, review and follow the podcast on your favourite platforms ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple