We all know that voice. Your inner critic sitting in the corner of your brain waiting to weigh in on each & every thing you’re trying to do.

During our last Substack Live, we got into the reality of that inner critic, that all-too-familiar voice that can really mess with your confidence and hold you back. If you’ve ever felt challenged by the noisy critic in your head, this one’s for you.

Learn about why the inner critic gets so damn loud, how to recognize its various personas, and most importantly, simple steps to quiet it down. From understanding your nervous system’s reactions to proving your inner critic wrong, this chat is packed with insights & advice to help creative entrepreneur women push past their doubts, move toward their dream goals & tell that inner critic to shut up.

Here is this week’s Substack post and check out all the October goodness!

October Workshop: Using Your Voice In Your Content - Wed, October 22ndClick here for info & to grab your set!

And coming next month:The 5 Day Content Confidence Challenge - Monday, Nov 3 - Friday, Nov 7

Wait, you’re not Inside The Haven with me?! Get on in here!

Timestamps:

00:38 Understanding the Inner Critic

01:23 The Impact of the Inner Critic on Women

01:42 Steps to Silence the Inner Critic

02:30 Recognizing the Inner Critic’s Voice

03:53 The Nervous System’s Role

05:15 Personal Experiences and Insights

07:16 Confronting the Inner Critic

09:28 Step-by-Step Guide to Silence the Inner Critic

11:56 Identifying the Inner Critic’s Motivations

16:21 Proving the Inner Critic Wrong

19:28 Final Thoughts and Encouragement

22:04 Conclusion and Upcoming Events

Here’s the thing about content creation: there is no magic formula but there are ways to make sure that what you’re putting out for whatever reason - business, personal, for the aliens - is categorically good.

This week on our Substack Live, we got a bit deeper into what makes content truly good and why it’s a non-negosh for those of us building & running businesses & brands online.

We talk about the four elements of quality content: clarity and relevance, authenticity, creating connections, and having a clear purpose.

Whether you’re just starting out in content creation or looking to refresh & refocus your overall content strategy, this episode is all about things you can do right now to help you connect with your ideal audience.

Click here for this week’s Sustack post: What Even Is Good Content?

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I’m not a pumpkin spice Fall girl.

I’m a let’s-get-quiet-and-reconnect-with-our-magic Fall girl.

So in this house, Fall is when we reset, reconnect and find a bit of forward motion clarity.

And this year, coming off a summer of ‘I don’t know’, I'm sharing the reset I’ve done the last few years - with some new added clarity steps.

The Fall Reset Workbook & Guide combines my love for purging what’s not serving us, refocusing on actual self-care, and the concept of 'tiny experiments' over rigid goal setting.

(Members of The Haven, let me know what you think of the guide! It was in your email this week ☺️)

Click here to get your instant download

Whether it's through spiritual resets, energy audits, imaginative play, or physical space cleanups, this reset guide is designed to help you find clarity and move forward in a way that feels truly right for you.

Oh also! I’ve included some awesome cozy playlists and EFT tapping resources to keep your nervous system regulated.

Let's lean into the energy of the season and reset for ourselves.

A whole lot of forward motion focused stuff in this one!

We chatted all things clarity, forward motion & being ok with the “I don’t know” parts of life.

I walked thru the 4 step clarity process I’ve been taking myself through and if you’d like to do it too here’s yesterday’s post that lays it all out.

Inside The Haven is where midlife moms building businesses (and def needing a nap) come to feel seen, supported, and reminded they’re powerful as hell.

Part pep talk 💕, part permission slip 👍🏻, part practical magic ✨ & all for you.

With this powerful New Moon in Cancer over us today, I decided to do a New Moon Activation Spread with my Goddess Power Oracle deck - one of my absolute faves.

I did this spread as a collective reading & would love to know what resonated with you! There we sooo many things that hit home for me here.

If you’re curious about this deck, you can check it out here.

Thank you to everyone who tuned in! Happy New Moon!

🏝️ Hey, wanna come hang out on our island?

Inside The Haven is more than a newsletter—it’s a cozy, empowering space for entrepreneurial women figuring it out in business, motherhood, healing, growth & a whole lot more.

We don’t do fake, we don’t do hustle.

We do the real life s**t that makes or breaks us - and even if we’re breaking, we’re still doing a damn good job.

As a paid subscriber on The Grounds, you’ll get access to:→ Weekly content prompts→ Substack Live sessions + replays→ Full archive of posts & resources→ Bi-weekly co-working calls→ Discounts on workshops & masterclasses (those happen in The Clubhouse)→ And a whole lot of soul-aligned, no bs, deeply empowered support

It’s $15/month & just for you.

I’m so glad you’re here! Subscribe below & we’ll catch up soon! xo, Katie

For those of us who have days when we are ready to fling a lit match onto the pile & watch it burn, I hear you, I see you, I am you....

But before you light it up, take a quick & dirty pause.

Entrepreneurship is a rollercoaster of good, bad, ugly & brilliant. And we all have moments, days or even weeks where we want to give it up & walk away.

But do we?

I'm sharing my own recent "burn it down" day & how I got to the other side.

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Are you an Entrepreneur Mom ready for some business/marketing/YOU focused community?

Check out The Haven!

The Haven is a safe, supportive and empowering space for women to find community, learn business skills and put a focus on what it means to be a woman, mom and business owner.

Doors open for our next group of badass business owning mom on April 28th - jump on the waitlist!

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Are You Ready Summer!?

Summer as a business owning mom can be so fun, so memorable, so successful or an insane mixture of it all.

OR it can be an overwhelming mess of missed opportunities & guilt.

Take the quiz & find out how ready YOU are to make this summer exactly what you want it to be - for you, your kids & your business.

Take The Summer Ready Quiz here!

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Thank you Kristi Keller 🇨🇦, Sarah, and the other almost 3 dozen people who came to hear us yap & think & wonder & challenge & f****n’ LAUGH for an hour!

This week’s live with Dre Beltrami was, per usual, so much fun and the convo was SO important.

Visibility - getting visible for your business, brand, whatever - is not everyone cup of tea.

And for so many it’s more like a cup of anxiety.

BUT if getting visible is something you truly what you want to do, no matter the reason, you have to just to do what Melinda Mae did in the Shel Silverstein poem (thank you to the wonderful person who helped me remember the name!).

You take one small bite after another until you’ve eaten the whole damn whale.

(I can’t find my book, it’s really bugging me, but here’s the poem & illustrations)

Melinda Mae

by Shel Silverstein

Have you heard of tiny Melinda Mae,Who ate a monstrous whale?She thought she could,She said she would,So she started in right at the tail.And everyone said,'You're much too small,'But that didn't bother Melinda at all,She took little bites and she chewed very slow,Just like a little girl should......and eighty-nine years later she ate that whale

Because she said she would! ! !

Getting visible means simply doing the thing that scares you one little bit at a time until it’s not as scary any more. Until you conquered your whale.

And now I need someone to tell me I’m not alone in my childhood love of Shel Silverstein! We read Where The Sidewalk Ends every night before bed for years.

It was true on it's first release in Jan 2024 & it's still true now!

Breaking Free from the Overnight Success Myth

We dig into the societal (and social media) obsession with overnight success, how it impacts entrepreneurs and shapes our perceptions of success.

I also ask 3 pretty big questions to help you determine & redefine success on your own terms.

Entreprenuer Moms, get ready to challenge the status quo and find a healthier, more 'You' version of success!

00:00 Introduction and Host Welcome

00:19 Revisiting a Popular Episode

01:00 The Obsession with Overnight Success

05:16 Impact of Media on Success Perception

10:16 Redefining Success for Yourself

12:38 Conclusion and Call to Action

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Are you an Entrepreneur Mom ready for some business/marketing/YOU focused community?

Check out The Haven!

The Haven is a safe, supportive and empowering space for women to find community, learn business skills and put a focus on what it means to be a woman, mom and business owner.

Doors open for our next group of badass business owning mom in April - jump on the waitlist!

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Substack - @katiekastnermarketing

Threads - @katiekastnermarketing

TikTok - @katiekastnermarketing

Blog - www.katiekastner.com