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Tomorrow is Thanksgiving here in the USA and even before I knew the power of gratitude, it's always been my favorite holiday.My family took part in the tradition I think many families do-- we went around the table and listed something we were thankful for after we said grace.We still do it to this day.  How cool is it to have a day set aside each year totally focused on being thankful for the abundance in our lives? Gratitude, I think is the antidote to worry.And because gratitude is a core value of this brand, I wanted to share a...

Like many of my creative friends, I’ve been reading Elizabeth Gilbert’s Big Magic the last couple of weeks.  Her premise is that creativity is something we all possess just by virtue of being human.    She says, “If you’re alive, you’re a creative person. You and I and everyone you know are descended from tens of thousands of years of makers--decorators, tinkerers, storytellers, dancers, explorers, fiddlers, drummers, builders, growers, problem-solvers and embellishers--these are our common ancestors.”   With her book, she seeks to encourage us that even though the world tells us otherwise, some people are not any more destined to...

There is nothing more inspiring to me than someone with passion. Someone who hustles to make something from nothing.  Someone who believes so deeply in their dreams that they find a way to make it happen, despite huge obstacles they may face. This is the inspiration behind Compliment. It began as a fundraising effort for scholarships for my own students--young women who dared to dream big and who had the faith and courage to pursue life in order to make their mark on the world, but just kept coming up short financially. No student should ever be kept from an...

A couple weeks ago, I was contacted by Dr. Mark Costes and was asked to be interviewed for his podcast, The Six Figure Side Gig.  (Yeah... whoa.)  Here's a picture of us taken right after the interview.  He was even gracious enough to sign our Gratitude Wall! Sharing Compliment's story is always fun, but this interview was really special.  We talked a lot about the transition from teaching to entrepreneurship and how Compliment was formed from the ashes of a really dark time.  We talked about mentorship and building something from nothing, how Instagram has helped build the business and...