Archive for July 2017
How to Embrace Change + Join Me and Korie Robertson
This season ahead is full of change for our family. I’m taking a big leap and starting homeschool with Grace. This means a lot of things are changing, namely my work schedule and what will be filling my brain and heart each day. The journey ahead isn’t just about teaching her to read and write…
Read MoreMaking Things Happen: Join Me in March 2018!
The Making Things Happen Conference began in 2009 after I posted a blog entry answering a question I’d been emailed. I was running Southern Weddings magazine, doing brand consulting, and producing high-end weddings (wow, how life has changed since then!), and the woman who emailed wanted to know, “How do you make things happen, Lara?” At the…
Read MoreHow to Get Hired: 10 Essential Interviewing Tips
We are a small team of nine women who run both Cultivate What Matters and Southern Weddings. Half of us work in our main office here in North Carolina, and the other half work remotely from their home states of Tenessee, Florida, Virginia, and Georgia. Over the last two years, we’ve grown from five employees…
Read MoreGracie’s Garden Tour + a Secret Garden Reveal!
I have been looking forward to sharing this post for months! We talk a lot about embracing slow growth and little-by-little progress in life here on the blog, but, I’ve had to be extra patient as the literal plants in my garden grew this season. As I shared in my new book, Cultivate, I am…
Read MoreJune Recap + July Goals and Some New Thoughts
June was a big month around here. We released my new book, Cultivate, and I’m so grateful. But, I have to tell you that, ever since the release last Tuesday, I’ve been mulling over some new thoughts. My favorite spot in the garden right now. I’m still processing all of this, but yesterday, Emily, Amber, and Kristin…
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