how do you know where to spend your money? How much to
spend? If somebody’s asking you for $20,000, which they likely wouldn’t if they were a micro influencer,
but let’s say even $10,000 for a post, How do you know if you’re going to get your return on investment?
Well, there’s a lot of new tools out there, and you’ll see them moving forward into 2023

Right? It’s difficult. It’s not easy. It is a tug war. It’s a personal tug of war. And I think that as you grow
your personal brand, as you really step into who you are, it’s easier to take that leap of faith and say, I’m
going all in on myself. I always think back, and I mean it relates to trusting your gut so much, but our
great-grandmother used to always say, doubt means don’t.

“No program has ever given us the feeling that we
could before. And what we need to realize is what we think we can’t do alone is basically the suck. Like
when we were reporting to someone who was because it sucked so bad that we needed someone, but I
don’t need external accountability because my life itself inspires and motivates me.”

How do I do it? So I just came, started coming up with the idea, what if we talked to Canadian designers,
we aggregated their products into one store, which really is not done.

Maria Michelle’lee (00:00):The vibe is so good here. I feel like I’m actually doing all the things that I want to do was which is have apodcast and see myself on radio, huh?Laura (00:13):Oh my goodness. You are manifesting. There’sMaria Michelle’lee (00:16):Power in that. I just have that voice who’s not going to come on […]

“All right. We’re going to get down to it because the whole debacle with the royal family right now, I think really centres around the idea of perception and what do we perceive happen? What do we perceive their motivations to be? I don’t know. Everyone is very split. “

“And I am confident that there is someone
listening who this is going to resonate with. And so I’m going to tell you guys straight up, if you’re
somebody who struggles with self worth then you’re my person, everyone is my person. But I especially
love people who are hurt. And the longer that I am blessed to be on this earth, the deeper the
realization comes to me that everyone hurts and everyone struggles. “

Lana (00:01):Wait a minute. Your parents are there now too?Dez Melenka (00:04):Oh Yes. Everybody’s here. Cousins are next. Wait for it. <laugh>.Lana (00:17):Welcome to Woman Up. Today we are going to be chatting with another sister duo and they are prettydamn rad.Laura (00:25):That’s Right. We’re sitting down with Dez and Lindsay Melenka and Dez is […]

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All right. So today we are talking about should you, I hope kids aren’t listening now. Should you lie to
your children about Santa Claus being not real? Or should you tell them the truth? Keep up the magic.
The magic. Yeah, because it, I think every parent has that conundrum, that difficult choice where
especially when kids get to a certain age and certain kids are more perceptive than others.