EP109: Setting Boundaries for Your Creative Business (and Yourself!)

Setting boundaries in your creative business (and your life) are key to ensuring you're happy, successful and mentally and physically well. We talk about the key areas to look to and the questions to ask when you're determining what your boundaries are!

This episode is brought to you by Fine Lime Designs Illustrations

This is a great episode for creatives who:

• are feeling like everything is chaotic in their business and their life
• feel like they're never getting anything accomplished or moving forward
• are constantly saying yes at the expense of things that are important to them
• are struggling with feelings of burnout or overwhelm
• aren't living the life they thought they would be when they went to work for themselves
• fear saying no
• are people pleasers

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Episode 109: Setting Boundaries For Your Creative Business

You can find Melissa at finelimedesigns.com or on Instagram @mhchipmunk.
You can find Heather at heatherlynnetravis.com or on Instagram @heathertravis.

You can connect with the podcast  on:

• Instagram at @andshelookedup 
• Facebook 
• YouTube 

For a list of all available episodes, please visit:
And She Looked Up Creative Hour Podcast

And She Looked Up was born from belief that creating for a living takes a special kind of person: one part artist and one part businessperson.

Each week The And She Looked Up Podcast sits down with inspiring Canadian women who create for a living. We talk about their creative journeys and their best business tips, as well as the creative and business mindset issues all creative entrepreneurs struggle with. This podcast is for Canadian artists, makers and creators who want to find a way to make

You can connect with the podcast  on:

• Instagram at @andshelookedup 
• Facebook 
• YouTube 
• Tik Tok at @AndSheLookedUp

For a list of all available episodes, please visit:
And She Looked Up Creative Hour Podcast

Each week The And She Looked Up Podcast sits down with inspiring Canadian women who create for a living. We talk about their creative journeys and their best business tips, as well as the creative and business mindset issues all creative entrepreneurs struggle with. This podcast is for Canadian artists, makers and creators who want to find a way to make a living doing what they love.

Your host, Melissa Hartfiel (@finelimedesigns), left a 20 year career in corporate retail and has been happily self-employed as a working creative since 2010. She's a graphic designer, writer and illustrator as well as the co-founder of a multi-six figure a year business in the digital content space. She resides just outside of Vancouver, BC.