"You can make money making art."
Holy moly! If you’ve ever considered quitting your full-time job to go after your heart-centered desires, then you GOTTA grab those earbuds and listen to this episode today. Jena Theilges is a graphic designer and one of my success stories, a former coaching client, and a student inside Your Conscious Empire that put in her resignation letter within only 6 short WEEKS of working together! She shares about how she had the courage to do that, how she took the leap and the aura reading that told her a big change was on the horizon. Plus, we talk about how she manifested Jess Lively as a client and how Jena has blended her two passions of graphic design and wellness into a full-time career.
About Jena Thielges:
Jena Thielges is a graphic designer and founder of sundai studio. She helps female entrepreneurs in the wellness and personal development space look professional by crafting beautiful logos and brands for their businesses.
She is the creator of three design packages: The Going Pro Logo Package, A Website Made For You, and the A La Carte design package. All three packages were developed in order to serve and support female entrepreneurs so they can start off on the right foot with clean, cohesive, authentic brands that reflect their personality and resonate with their audiences.
Jena’s design work has been recognized by top design publications including PRINT, How, AIGA and The Dieline.
You can find her at sundaistudio.com, and on instagram and pinterest at sundaistudio.
In this episode, you'll learn:
How Jena got into helping female entrepreneurs in the wellness & personal development world look professional by crafting beautiful logos and brands for their businesses.
How Jena does "intuition-led design" and produces only one final product for the client (versus a million different edits).
Jena's zone of genius and the things that make her exceptionally unique!
How Jena was one of my biz coaching clients (and a student in Your Conscious Empire!) and how she took the title for the fastest person to quit their full-time job. She did it within 6 weeks of us working together + you enrolling in Your Conscious Empire!
How Jena had the courage to leave her full-time job after working for 7 years in the design industry.
How Jena commits and take decisive action towards her goals. Within the 6 weeks of working together, Jena put together a fresh new website with amazing copy, created two service packages, got bookkeeping set up, worked with a lawyer to get legal agreements, created an LLC and then after scored a $1,000 client right away and went on to work with many more amazing clients.
What the tipping point was in Jena’s life where she DECIDED to go for it + that certain moment that ignited her into action.
How Jena signed Jess Lively as a client + manifested that.
How Jena was a recovering perfectionist that tended to overthink and gather as much data as possible before taking any action -- which made her feel like you were moving at a glacial pace. She shares how she move through this pattern + find the gumption take action.
What was Jena’s life like at the start of January 2019 and where she is now in January 2020.
How Jena is doing the work she was born to do + how it feels to live in alignment with your truth.
How getting business coaching + enrolling in Your Conscious Empire
improved Jena’s confidence to take action?
The most helpful takeaways for Jena inside of Your Conscious Empire ?
How was business coaching was helpful to Jena in terms of transforming Sundai Studio to a full-blown company.
Resources Mentioned:
Flow with Intention by Jess Lively
Take the quiz here called “What’s Your Zone of Genius?”
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