Way back in 2011, I got fired from my first (and last!) desk job. After three weeks of hiding under the covers, I pulled myself together and resolved to never allow someone else to have control over my income again. 

I slowly started expanding my freelance proofreading business. You name it, I could proofread it. Working with dozens of clients every month, I grew my business to nearly $50,000 a year working part-time hours. In 2014, I launched my own blog, Proofread Anywhere, where I offered online courses on how to start a proofreading business. 

I taught my students not only how to make money proofreading, but also how to step into the identity of a proofreader by adopting a professional proofreader’s mindset and recognizing the limiting beliefs that can so easily prevent them from being successful with the program. Mindset is the #1 ingredient to long-term success, and I always ensured my students knew that. 

But after eight years of blogging and creating products geared toward successful proofreading and working from home, I realized something. Even though my role as “the proofreading queen” had changed my life for the better, it was the resilient mindset I had developed through the ups and downs of owning a business that got me the most jaw-dropping results. I had become a completely different person. I had become confident, creative, and courageous… my life had exploded from what it was when I was a timid and tired freelance proofreader. 

That’s why, in 2022, I sold Proofread Anywhere… so I could go “all in” on helping entrepreneurs and service providers elevate their lives (and businesses!) by crushing self-doubt and dramatically transforming how they see themselves.