If you're always second-guessing yourself as you grow your side hustle, today's episode is for you.
Jenna Irvin is a young entrepreneur who leads with intuition, uses fear as fuel to grow, and believes that failure is our greatest teacher.
Jenna opened her first business at the age of 21, in a town she had only been to once, and doubled her investment in just ten months funding the purchase of her current business in Hilton Head Island.
My conversation with Jenna was so enlightening for me because at age 23 she taps into her intuition and trusts her gut in a way that I’m still trying to figure out at 40.
Her sense of self, her love for herself and her money mindset are super-inspiring!
Jenna and I talk about:
- Her journey to owning her own Pure Barre studio at 23.
- How Jenna was able to build up the business to the point where it was worth double her investment.
- Why she also became a coach and writer.
- The importance of cultivating deep connections.
- Why what you think about yourself matters in business.
- Her best advice for someone who wants to launch a business and is brand new to the business world.
- Why waiting for the perfect moment is hurting you.
- Jenna’s experience with hiring her first employees and what she learned.
- Jenna’s tips for how to listen to your gut and get in tune with your intuition.
- Jenna’s advice if you are wanting to start a business but are afraid of the first steps.
- The one belief Jenna had to change about herself to get where she is today.
My favorite quotes from Jenna:
- “I realized that so much of the struggle that we feel is universal. Like the insecurity, all of that is felt by so many.”
- “I don't need to be any different to be worthy of the kind of love that I want to be worthy of, the kind of life that I want.”
- “We get so wrapped up in what the world is saying that it takes us out of tune with our hearts and when we're out of tune with that, we're not able to live a life that's in alignment.”
- “Trust yourself more than you think that you should because you have more in your heart than you know.”
- “My dad always told us to never look back and say, I wish I would have.”
- “We don't always know what, what the end's going to look like. In fact, I don't think we ever do, but it's gonna lead you somewhere. It's gonna teach you something, it's not going to be for nothing. And I think that that's what you can rest into because there's never going to be certainty in anything else. So you kind of have to find your comfort in that.”
- “I approach failure in a different way because it's just my greatest teacher. It's my opportunity to grow. And it's like, okay, well this didn't work, so here's the space to do it again and do it differently.”
Bio:
Jenna is a young entrepreneur who dreams as naturally as she breathes. She opened her first business at the age of 21, in a town she had only been to once, and doubled her investment in just ten months funding the purchase of her current business in Hilton Head Island. As both a Pure Barre owner and coach, Jenna leads with intuition, uses fear as fuel to grow, and believes that failure is our greatest teacher. She feels the most alive and connected to her why when she is holding space for others to step into all that they are.
Connect with Jenna:
Instagram: @jennairvin
Website: https://www.jstandingtall.com/
