Thank you all for rallying behind this incredible group. All your contributions, support, and positive energy have come together to make this an amazing place to be. I can't wait to see what we all create in 2026 together. It's going to be a great year. Now no one churn! 😂

As we roll over to a new year and enter the comma club (in terms of members) it seems fitting that this is also a good time to introduce a new moderator! Please help me in welcoming @Faith Adebayo who will be joining @Mona Weathers as moderators for this group. Both have a wealth of experience leading groups, have been around the CLASSIFIEDS since the beginning, and I am so grateful that they have both agreed to help out with ensuring the CLASSIFIEDS is a positive, supportive place where you want to hang out. I think this is also a great time to clarify some of the guidelines that people get confused about: 1. Posts in the community are for free offers (paid Skool groups are fine). 2. Paid offers must be posted in the Classroom (you can link to the classroom from the community). You can do this by becoming a Premium member. 3. You can post once a day in any category, NOT once a day in each category. If you have more than one group, you still only get one post a day. This is to prevent the feed from getting clogged up. 4. You must promote yourself (and you must be the one doing the posting - not a VA, admin, etc). Affiliate links and shoutouts are reserved for the #FriendFriday thread. 5. Absolutely not promotional DMs or DMs inviting people to join your group - this is grounds for immediate removal from the group. The whole purpose of the group is to promote yourself, so please do it in the public feed. I'm so looking forward to seeing what everyone creates this year, how everyone collaborates, and most importantly getting to know you all more through our meet ups, which you can find on the calendar. Don't forget that you are able to earn affiliate commission by using your personalized invite link in the right panel. Let's do this, team!

In ProSpirit, nurtured by the values I share in my books, we normalize celebrating the fumbling forward towards worthwhile goals. Big or Small, we are normalizing excellence, self-reflection and deep community support on whatever your ambitions may be!

I recorded a coaching-style episode for the podcast that I think a lot of you will relate to, especially if you have been feeling the pull to create a course but keep stalling out at the topic decision. Kathy Quan came onto the show for coaching. She is a brand and website designer with a background in visual storytelling and motion graphics. She has spent years delivering high-touch one-on-one work, and she is ready to bring her expertise into online courses. Here is the exact crossroads she is standing in. She has two course ideas. Both are aligned. Both are useful. Both make sense for her skill set. One idea is practical and foundation-based. It addresses a gap she sees in the market and would give people skills they can apply immediately. The other is more creative and expressive. It is about helping people use design and visual expression to get seen and stand out in a way that feels authentic to them. If you have ever been stuck between what feels exciting to teach and what feels like it would be the smarter business decision, you will recognize yourself in this conversation. In the episode, we talk about how to move forward without guessing, without building a full course in isolation, and without waiting until your idea is “perfect.” We also talk about what it really means to validate a course topic, who to talk to, and why building your audience and building your course need to happen in parallel. If you want to listen, the link is here. If you want to discuss it, drop a comment with which side you tend to default to when choosing a course topic: 1. practical and ROI-driven 2. creative and joy-driven And if you are looking for help validating your own idea, I'm hosting a free, live mini-course in the Build Lab starting on Monday, Jan 12 - join now for only $12/year.