Sure we all want to feed our families well, however the pace of our lives is incredibly fast and can seem to be overwhelming.

Melissa Lanz understands your dilemma. She was a former marketing executive who quit her day job to promote a healthy family food culture.

She is the founder of The Fresh 20 which is her answer to what s for dinner? Melissa strives to bring fresh food back to the family dinner table and reduce the amount of processed ingredients used in American households.

Melissa has released her gorgeous new book the fresh 20: 20 ingredients, 5 weeknight meals, health and happiness and we are going to talk about what you can do to feed your family so you can promote a healthy family food culture.

“It’s a privilege to eat. It is the one thing we can do for ourselves.”

~ Melissa Lanz, on How She Really Does It

In this interview we discuss:

• why did you found The Fresh 20
• usually non-processed equal more money, what do you recommend for families on a tight budget
• how do you talk with your kids about food
• you don t focus on calories or fat grams in your book and you mention your sizes over the years can you say more for those interested in losing weight.
• Two takeaways – for you to get started

“Give up trying to be perfect in the kitchen.”

~ Melissa Lanz, on How She Really Does It

LISTEN HERE

Mentioned in this Interview

• The Fresh 20 website & meal plan
• The Fresh 20, book

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Beth McMullen used to have a normal life. Until she had kids. Then, everything changed.

She has channeled her often hilarious and sometimes distressing experience with parenting into two novels that tell the tale of a life she is definitely not leading.

Her latest book title says it all: Spy Mom, the story of a stay at home mom who used to be a spy. Beth has another book coming out next year.

In this interview we discuss:

• how Beth finally started “being a writer”
• writing + motherhood = the truth: what s it really like
• the process of writing a book
• Beth’s mindset so she can keep writing and move forward
• Two takeaways – what Beth wish she knew 5-10 years ago about this business

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“You have to be in it because you love it and have a story to tell.”

~ Beth McMullen

Mentioned in this interview

• Spy Mom
• Beth’s website

Beth and I talked about getting in the writer’s zone and how she shuts out the rest of the world. I immediately thought of one of my favorite visual images of getting in the zone. It was from the movie For The Love of the Game with Kevin Costner.

Here is a clip of Costner has shutting out the noise from the fans and getting into the zone.

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How often do you hear those words in your own head?

Next time, I invite you to practice “clear the mechanism” as Costner’s character did and as Beth does in her writing process. Let go of outcomes and focus on the process. Beth does one page at a time and Costner’s character did one pitch at a time.

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Creative Entrepreneur Lisa Sonora Beam is a writer and painter who has spent 20 years using her work to help people tap into the healing and transformative powers of creative self-expression. Lisa is the author of The Creative Entrepreneur: A DIY Visual Guidebook for Making Business Ideas Real. We talk about her journey as an successful entrepreneur and artist.

“How to live my life to the things that were important to me?” ~ Lisa Sonora Beam

• What is a Creative Entrepreneur
• Did you know where you were going?
• Why get an MBA as an artist?
• Cash based values/boundaries
• How her life/business is in comparison to what she thought she was going to be doing.
• The importance of structures + support + guidance for being an entrepreneur.
• Two takeaways – for your to build your business.

Mentioned in this Interview

• Book The Creative Entrepreneur
• Website
• Workshop For Love & For Money

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