Hello my friend and Undependent Woman No agenda today. No offer, no link to a course, nothing to do. I just found myself thinking about this community and wanted to reach out, say hello, and let you know I hope you're doing well. We are all going through so much uncertainty and stress. I wanted to check on you and ask you how you're doing? Life moves fast. Between building, working, caring for the people we love, and chasing our own goals, it's easy to go weeks without anyone simply asking, "Hey, how are you doing?" So consider this that email. I don't get to see you all the time and I want you to know I think about you. Not every day, but right now... I want you to know, I'm thinking about you and wishing you well. And while I'm here... I want to make sure you know you have a standing invitation to something I love about this community. It's our Wednesday Social Hour. Here's the whole idea... we just get together online and talk. For fun. No teaching, no lessons, no pitch, and the call is completely private and never recorded. It's simply a chance to see some friendly faces, laugh a little, and connect as real people. That's it. That's the whole agenda. Sometimes its just nice to have coffee with friends. Wednesdays · 8:00am MT / 10:00am ET You're warmly invited. Come with your coffee, come as you are, come even if you can only stay a few minutes. No need to prepare anything or be "on." Just show up and be yourself, that's exactly who we want to see. Whatever season you're in right now, full speed ahead or quietly regrouping, you belong here, and I'm genuinely glad you're part of this space. Take care of yourself this week. And maybe I'll see you Wednesday. Warmly, Vickie Helm

Celebrate with us

Which one are you? Two women. Same layoff. Same day. Different outcomes. Woman A had been planning her business for eight months. Perfect brand. Beautiful website. Complex funnel. Launch sequence ready. Email list of 47 people. Zero revenue. The day she got laid off, she had a business plan but no boat. Woman B had been selling one simple offer for six weeks. A $97 audit using a skill she already had. Ugly Google Doc. PayPal link. No website. Email list of 12 people. She had made $1,164. The day she got laid off, she had a boat that floated. Woman A spent the next three months finishing her perfect launch. Woman B spent the next three months selling her ugly offer and made $4,200 while looking for her next job. Both women are fine now. But only one of them stayed calm. Here is what I have learned about lifeboat businesses: A raft that floats beats a yacht under construction. Speed to first dollar matters more than perfection. One clear offer beats ten half-built ideas. Sold income beats planned income. Three questions for you are... 1. If your main income disappeared tomorrow, do you have a paid offer you could sell this week? Not "could create." Not "plan to build." Could sell. Today. With what you have right now. 2. What is stopping you from testing one simple paid offer in the next seven days? Not launching a business. Not building a brand. Just selling one thing to one person to prove the boat floats. 3. Are you building a yacht or a raft? Both are fine. But if you do not have a raft yet, the yacht does not matter. Drop your answers below. Or just tell me: do you have a raft that floats? Just say... I have a raft that floats or doesn't float... If it doesn't float... what do you need to accomplish so you have... In my best 90's voice... Whatever floats your boat. Comment below

How to be #1 at What You do, Celebrating Karen Saxe For being #1 on Skool... Celebrating that the Undependent Woman has become #1

This is what you like to see when you run an Undependent Woman's Club You like to see people go to #1 and have such incredible success. CONGRATULATIONS TO @Karen Saxe Eppley She has the #1 Communications ESL Skool... on the Skool Platform...