Hello and welcome! I'm Tara Swiger and I help makers and artists create sustainable businesses through teaching biz foundations and confidence and mindset tools. I do that through my podcasts, workshops online and around the world, and the tools I offer: books, online community and essential oils.

My podcasts are Explore Your Enthusiasm, which is weekly lessons on how to build your business and comes out every Wednesday, and Essential Enthusiasm, which is a weekly conversation about how to take care of yourself and your emotional wellbeing, so you can do the work you want to do, it comes out every Friday.

The principles of what we do here:
1. You are your most valuable resource – so take care of your emotional, mental and physical wellbeing.
2. Your enthusiasm is your best business advisor. You won't go wrong if you follow it.
3. After you learn the foundations of your business: profitability, marketing message and a workday that works for you, everything after that is about experimenting. Your business is an experiment and no one can tell you what will definitely work.
4. Trusting yourself is the key to loving your business.

Find out more about me here at TaraSwiger.com or follow me on Instagram http://www.instagram.com/taraswiger.

This week I'm talking about taking it easy after big events and how ups & downs are all part of the process.

Get more goodness and support the podcast: http://patreon.com/taraswiger

You can also find me on Instagram as @taraswiger, I'd love to see what you're working on — use #exploreyourenthusiasm to share!

This week I'm talking about my trip to Seattle and surrounding area to meet up with a couple of my Starship captains and teach essential oil workshops.

Get more goodness and support the podcast: http://patreon.com/taraswiger

You can also find me on Instagram as @taraswiger, I'd love to see what you're working on — use #exploreyourenthusiasm to share!

Music: DJ Quads, https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads

This week I'm talking about my trip to Midwest Craft Con, the classes I taught, my lifetime achievement award, and upcoming travel.

Upcoming events:

Natural Solutions for knitters (and all crafters!)
March 8
Perfectly Knotty, Arlington, WA
RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/events/144490012913953/

Rest + Roll: An essential oil Make + Take for moms
March 9th
Bremerton, WA
Details and RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/577730082584678/

Essential oils 101
March 9th
Bremerton, WA
Details and RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/179010709384128/

Intro to Essential Oils
March 10, 11am
Cherry Street Coffeehouse Seattle, WA
Details and RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/1619180364856422/

Get more goodness and support the podcast: https://patreon.com/taraswiger

You can also find me on Instagram as @taraswiger, I'd love to see what you're working on — use #exploreyourenthusiasm to share!

Here’s a round-up of what I saw, did, and read this month! Follow my Instagram Stories for in-the-moment photos + videos. You can find years of Adventures here.

The News:

• I've started a new Friday video series where I talk about the lessons I'm learning while I build my own biz. Find it here!
• Pay Yourself re-opens this month! If you wanna get real about your biz finances, sign up here to be notified when it does!
• I was a guest on Me & Orla's podcast last month! Listen here.

The View

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The Finds:

I’m reading:

• There's no “Undefeated” in entrepreneurship.
• Observations on having money (from someone who never did)
• Why You Can Thank Dolly Parton for Buffy the Vampire Slayer

I'm listening to:

• Missing Richard Simmons
• Garyvee

I'm obsessed with:

• Essential oils! I've been using them to stay healthy and get a handle on my anxiety. I'm going to talk more about it in an upcoming (free!) webinar. Head here to sign up and learn more.

What did you read, listen to and eat last month? Come tell me on Facebook!