Oct 16, 2019
Ep 037 | Getting School’d with Tracy Pendergast
Tracy Pendergast is a lifestyle blogger and host of The Home School’d podcast and is sharing how she uses creativity as a form of self-care. While being a mom of two kids keeps her busy, Tracy is finding time for home remodels, business launches, building her online community, and the importance of educating yourself. We are discussing all of this and dive into some home remodel stories along with our favorite and least favorite parts of a remodel…hint, the furniture design, and colors are the most fun!
It’s important to pay attention to what fills your cup!
What we’re talking about
- Creativity
- Building A Brand
- DIY vs Hiring
Creativity As Self-Care
Self-care is so important and something we cover quite a bit. Tracy’s form of self-care is allowing herself to be creative because it fills her cup and allows her to feel whole. By doing what she loves, it enables her to be a good mom and a good wife, which in turn also makes her feel even more whole.
Building Your Community With Your Brand
Tracy has had a community of followers since she started her lifestyle blog many years ago, but launching a new podcast has brought the need for growing her audience. Tracy’s advice is to engage with your community and involve them instead of worrying about a large number of followers. It’s important to be around those that inspire you and energize you and your community is a perfect place to start in finding those people.
Remodels, Paint and DIY Projects
Tracy and I are both fans of beautiful things and are not strangers to remodels, and we are definitely in agreement that hiring professionals is better than doing the work yourself! With the ease of shopping online and strolling through the warehouse of Ikea for ideas, all you have to do is pick out the designs and colors you love and then let those who do it for a living, make it come to life.
Have you found your tribe of inspirational and energized people?
LINKS MENTIONED
TIMESTAMPS
2:17 (53 sec TP) – I started Hey Tracy back before I had kids and once I had kids and I had this huge creative block for a couple of years and I could not figure out why I didn’t feel like sharing and writing and blogging anymore. It was really weird. And it took me a long time to figure out that it was actually because I stopped investing time in learning how to do things. And it’s like once you kind of exhausted your skill set, there’s really not much to talk about anymore with people. So I started really taking time to learn how to do things myself and really pour time and effort into educating myself again and I just became really passionate about things, especially around my home.
QUOTES
- Once you’ve exhausted your skill set, there’s not much to talk about.
- For me, creativity is self-care.
- It’s important to be around people who inspire you and energize you.
- Focus on your community; engage and involve them.
SOCIAL MEDIA TEXT
TCC Facebook post
- Tracy Pendergast is a lifestyle blogger and host of The Home School’d podcast. She’s sharing how creativity is her version of self-care, how home remodels are now a way of life for her and the importance of building on Ep 37 of The Confidence Crown!
Day of
- Tracy Pendergast is a #blogger and #podcast host and is talking about #creativity as #selfcare for her on EP37 of The Confidence Crown.
- Tracy Pendergast is sharing how #educating yourself furthers your #skillset and is an asset on EP37 of The Confidence Crown.
Next day reminder
- Tracy Pendergast, lifestyle blogger, and host of The Home School’d podcast shared what self-care looks like for her along with why building a community can grow your brand. Head over to iTunes to listen!
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