I asked my husband to marry me when I was 16. He said no.
But, a few months later he asked me (persistence and consistency, my friend.) 😆
After he finished Marine Corps boot camp, we got married, moved across the country, and started building a life. That was in 1994. Two amazing kids and a whole lot of plot twists later, I’ve learned a thing or two about resilience, reinvention, and figuring it out as you go.
I started social sales in 1999 as a mom of toddlers. I was an introvert & terrified of public speaking. Before my first "demo", I had made index cards to remember every line of sales lingo and "objections" to prepare me for my presentation.
5 minutes in, I had an epiphany as I recalled the quote, "you can have everything in life you want, if you will just help enough other people get what they want".
I don’t know why I remembered that Zig Ziglar quote from the little souvenir booklets I used to sell as a hotel gift shop clerk as a teenager, but it has stuck with me since the age of 15.
I ditched the queue cards with scripts and told the ladies at my demo the truth - that I was a nervous wreck lol 🙈 I asked them if it would be ok if I stopped trying to be all professional and just helped them shop for stuff they actually needed and wanted. That was a $2,000 sales day for me and it was FUN.
Since then, I’ve led teams, trained thousands, earned trophies, etc. I know the ins and outs of the social selling industry and I love showing others what’s possible when you get out of your head and into your heart and be the authentic YOU that God designed you to be.💖🦄
You don't have to have a huge following to be successful at social selling...
When social media became mainstream, I leveraged that skill in selling with authenticity, and haven't looked back since. Connecting with TONS of people around the world, help them get what they want, and make money? In comfy clothes? 🙌🏻 This is the way.
I have had a long career in social selling since then, both in the field as a rep as well as on the corporate side of the industry.
The networking connections I made also led to some incredible opportunities such as becoming the President of a global organization for female entrepreneurs called the Heart Link Women's Network and becoming an integral part of the digital marketing team behind prominent brands such as Ziglar, Inc. (yes, THAT Ziglar). Talk about a God-wink & full circle moment. 🥹🙏🏻
Although those were both "work-from-home" roles, I was able to retire from both (and retired my husband as well when he was just 42 years old), to focus on my network marketing business full time.
Building a thriving business on social media shouldn't lead to burnout or sacrifice authenticity.
I believe that using social media to sell things can be FUN and SIMPLE.
It should feel normal, authentic, and similar to walking into a room full of your FRIENDS and just chatting about what's new in your world or something you're excited about.
I have developed a formula to posting on social media that anyone can do, that eliminates burnout and overwhelm while giving you results and sales.
Empowering you to level up your social media to get more time freedom to do what you love while keeping your family first is my superpower.
Because of the location-freedom from using social media to build a business, in 2020 we got rid of 99% of our belongings, sold our house, bought an Airstream, and hit the road!
We lived in our Airstream & traveled around the USA until we bought our little mini farm in 2025, but we still love traveling and taking trips in the Airstream - especially to Disney World!
When we're not traveling, we're at home in South Carolina on our mini farm with our donkeys (and soon, chickens!)
I document all the things in my FB & IG stories if you want to follow along with me there!