The first step to starting a business is deciding to start a business. They say the first step is the hardest and in our experience this is especially true when it comes to starting a business. Getting over the mental roadblocks can be tough, often harder to overcome than the challenges you’ll face once you actually start the business. Fellow entrepreneurs share their thoughts below.

Diana DeFatta | Owner and Lead Wedding Photographer

My journey into being a business owner has been anything but conventional. When I lost my job in 2020, I was faced with a pivotal decision: dive headfirst into starting my own business or put it off until 2021, as I had originally planned. Although God had different plans for me, my thought process behind starting my business wasn’t driven by necessity. It was driven by the desire to be the person who captures and creates lasting memories for others, ensuring that the legacy of their loved ones endures even when they are no longer with us. Read more>>

Tricia Otto | Relational and Enneagram Coach

After coming alongside couples and supporting them through marriage coaching for close to 25 years, I added the enneagram to my toolbox. My own 5 children were getting to be teenagers and young adults and we had so much to discuss about how their enneagram number worked. As I worked on my Enneagram Certification, I would apply what I was learning to my children and husband. It was such a joy to see my children’s relationships with each other change for the better after they understood each other better with the understanding of the enneagram. We were able to laugh with each other’s behaviors instead of roll eyes. I also was able to coach them more effectively knowing their motivations and fears. The enneagram enabled me to direct them to live at a higher side of their number (better behavior) and ultimately have a unique sense of self awareness for their ages. Soon, my friends, as well as marriage clients started noticing and asked me to help them with their own children. I was asked to be a “Mentor Mom” for a school group in my community and learned that both the enneagram and the curriculum I had supported marriages with for a long time worked well together in helping families rebuild and maintain connection. Read more>>