Choosing Authenticity with Venessa Kaufman

We ALL crave human connection. Real, authentic human connection. In this episode, we're so excited to be joined by Wealth Management Broker turned blogger, Venessa Kaufman. Venessa shares her own personal story of building a side hustle that eventually replaced her corporate job, and how she has been able to connect with her audience authentically. It's that human connection over real conversations, and adding value to other's lives that have been a major piece of her success in building her blogging career. We also dive into how we can connect with our kids by having these same authentic conversations! Tune in to this special (very first) guest episode on how showing up as a human is one of the best things you can do. Spoiler, we're all human, and we need each other.   01:30 Welcome to our very first guest, Venessa Kaufman. 03:00 How did you get started as a blogger? 06:20 The importance of fostering your creative side in life. 10:50 How have you connected with your audience and decided what to share? 13:00 Respecting your kids privacy and consent to be shared on social media. 17:40 With having your life shared online, what has helped you share authentically? 23:00 How can you learn from setbacks and turn them into success? 27:15 What value are you offering your audience? Are you connecting with them? 29:00 The power of asking yourself, "What is important to me?" 32:00 Who are you BEING? 33:40 How do you approach the same conversations with your kids that you are having with your following online? 38:00 Ways we can support our girls by having open conversations with them. 41:15 Allowing yourself to be human, gives your kids permission to be human too. 44:00 How can we connect with you? Is there something you're working on that you're excited about?   ………………………………...   Follow Venessa on Instagram | @wetheclassy Check out Venessa's Blog | wetheclassy.com