In 2014, I wrote my first ‘year in review’ as a business owner and it was a wild experiment in radical vulnerability . I expressed the true ups and downs of how I function in the world, and it was quite lengthy. I remember the moment I hit publish, I blushed something fierce. I was scared […]
For the past few weeks, the social fringes of the coaching world have started fraying among a small group of critically engaged, actively frustrated folks. People with certifications, degrees, and abilities out the wazoo. Engaged and enraged by the HEAPING TON of bullshit circulating the world of the interwebs, these smart coaches and professionals have […]
Funny story, I almost posted this yesterday. April 1st. But this isn’t a joke, so I figured I’d wait. Timing is everything after all…Carrying on… A few weeks back I wrote a ‘statement’ in my facebook community and made the declaration public in a number of other communities. I had it. I was ready. I was […]
I’ve been an entrepreneur my entire life. I spent my formative years tossing around business ideas with glee. My parents were happy to listen and help me formulate my half-baked plans to change the world through hand bound books, jewelry and design, and of course…Lemonade and child care for families in my neighborhood. It was […]
I’ve never done a year in review post before. Mostly because…I’ve never had a year to review for my business! This is officially the first, full year I’ve been around the interwebs as a business strategist and coach. And the truth is? I wasn’t planning on doing one. But I figured since 2014 was my […]
If you’re new around these parts, you probably don’t know that I have a tendency to balk at conventional online business practices. And that I find most online marketing (no matter how effective) to be a form of sleaseball tango. As such, I write a lot about slaying the conventional wisdom. So if you’re new, […]
Ever had a moment when you’re at an impasse between ‘to send/launch/ask/apply/’ or ‘not to send/launch/ask/apply’? In that moment, sweat trickles down your neck. You think you’re ready to hit ‘publish’, or ‘launch’, or ‘tweet’ and you freeze. Finger hovers over the ‘return’ key. Your heart races. “What if this could be THE thing that […]
I spent the better part of February holding vigil in the ICU. The adventure (if you could call it that) started with a phone call from my mother, 5 minutes later I had a plane ticket. 10 hours later I was on an airplane. For 10 days I sat at her bedside, watching nurses make […]
About six months ago, I wrote the title to this post. Hid it into my ‘draft folder’ and ignored it. I wrote it after a conversation with a client who nearly threw her phone across the room because she was so sick of being told that she’ll never be ‘successful’ with her business. I asked […]
“Hire Makenna to speak at your event, if you want your audience to have prompts to look deeper into themselves and the ways of operating that are not serving themselves or the greater good + someone who is honest and real.”
— Allison Braun, The Business Joyologist
“Makenna knows how to orchestrate an event. This was a mother effin symphony. Every detail, every moment, every speaker, (did I mention the massages during check-in?!), filled with intention. I felt so taken care of. This is a mandatory event for my business. I will attend as long as she’s keen on hosting them!”
— Lindsay Padilla, Academics Mean Business