60. How To Be a Successful Entrepreneur and Homeschool Your Kids with Chantal Richard-Mercier

Hey you wild women! My next guest is mother of 2, military wife, a self-taught and published photographer/artist/writer, an Independent Consultant and District Manager with Arbonne. Her photography and entrepreneurial journey began as a means to stay home with her baby. Seven years later, she continues to home school her two children, while working on her soon-to-launch mentoring program and her social marketing business. In this episode you will learn about: Where Chantal is from and her upbringing. Why you need to put your head down and keep moving forward. Chantal's mission to find freedom. Embodying your vision. Utilizing your intuition and trusting your gut to make decisions for you. Establishing strong client boundaries. How Chantal's photography journey has changed her approach to business and motherhood. Creating an organic photography experience. Intuiting when there is a moment that needs capturing. How and why Chantal chooses her photography subjects. Storytelling through photography. The balance of home schooling her children and running a business. Teaching the basics and feeding the passion. Finding a teaching approach that works for your children. Utilizing self-care and grounding yourself. Chantal's scheduling tricks. The importance of being gentle with yourself. Defining what education means for you and your children. Public Shoutouts: Book: Atomic Habits by James Clear Resources: Website: https://www.chantalrmercier.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chantalrmercier/ What it means to be a wild woman: "A wild woman, she destroys the labels and the boxes that have been placed upon her by herself and others, and she just does whatever the F she does." - Chantal Richard-Mercier ----------------------------------------------------------- Renée Warren is an award-winning entrepreneur, a 7-figure business starter, and the founder of We Wild Women, a business dedicated to helping women launch their dream business. She previously founded an industry-recognized PR agency that worked with funded technology startups from South Africa to San Diego. She's a mom to Irish Twins (not planned), a published author, and a drummer. Rate, review, and subscribe on Apple Podcast "I love Into The Wild, and think it's the best thing since sliced bread." By having a good rating, it helps me reach more ambitious women who want to start their dream business. Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap, and rate -- 5 stars will do -- and select "Write a Review." Make sure to highlight your favorite bits, and I'll be sure to give some public shoutouts! Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE.  Follow me on social media @renee_warren + @we.wild.women and check out www.wewildwomen.com.