Lara Gideon

I think that your parents instill good characteristics in you that then you're able to take throughout your life, so I would say the characteristic of resilience, like, even when things were messy, hard, annoying, frustrating, like, you just keep going, and even if something feels like it's not working, you just try again in a different way, and then things do shift, they do get better, you do make a breakthrough, so I think it's just not giving up in the face of frustration, annoyance, defeat, and to believe that it's gonna get better, or something is gonna change.

Whatever she feels inspired by, whatever she feels excited to share, like, whatever gives her, like, full-body chills, or when she gets those inspiration hits to act on that and put that out, and don't worry about the metrics or the outcome. And as long as you have good, pure intentions is what you're putting out, good will be brought back to you, even if it's not immediately metrics, but anything that you continue pursuing with a good intention is going to have a great payoff. And to just, yeah, keep moving forward with that.

I would say the greatest challenge is probably... it's not so much social media itself, it's the mental blockages that I feel like I work through with my clients... struggles with fear of being seen, or perfectionism... the mental piece, I would say, is the biggest issue for social media with people, because most people could make it if they just let go of perfectionism and just throw everything out there and figure it out, like, let it be messy.

The values that are most important to me in my personal and professional life is thoughtfulness and compassion... when I'm working with a client... having thoughtfulness and empathy around what they're saying, like, really being present with someone, and never rushing someone through their experience... thoughtfulness and compassion is extremely important in my relationships, professionally and personally.