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- Evie Tavares: Welcome to the Unfiltered Tea with Evie podcast where personal brands and service providers come for honest, anti-sleeves marketing advice that actually works. I'm Evie Tavares, founder of Evie Tavares Branding. And if you're tired of manipulative tactics, sleazy marketing strategies, and feeling like you're the only one who doesn't have your business altogether, you're in the right place. On this podcast, we're diving into a copywriting, personal branding strategy, business mindset, Welcome back to another solo episode of the Unfiltered Tea with Evie. Today we're diving into a little bit of a recap of the High Vibe Women event that I was just at this past weekend. always leave these events just feeling so incredibly inspired ⁓ motivated and energized So I'm excited to share some of that with you. to get us started, for the first thing, if you don't know what High Vibe Women I want to take a quick moment just to thank you so much for joining me in this space just to encourage you that if there was anything that kind of sparked something for you or you felt like somebody that you know maybe needed to hear, please feel free to share the episode. ⁓ And you are excited to hear more, go ahead and subscribe and listen to more of the episodes. and balancing business with kids and real life. I'll be bringing in some epic guests, including business experts share their insights and real experiences in life and business. You can expect real life stories, tactical tips, ⁓ and the spicy EV moment, all served up with your morning cup of tea. So grab your tea, get cozy, and let's get into it. ⁓ you should. No, I'm just kidding. ⁓ basically, High Five Women was founded by Christina and Maria, who are also the co-owners of the social snippet. They invested a lot in their network and in, like this, but a lot of them were in the States. Actually, the majority of them were in the States, I would say. ⁓ they were always sitting with other people who were just there from Canada because there was nothing else like that in Canada. So this was kind of their movement to build those rooms in Canada. I'm so excited that you're here and I can't wait to continue this journey with you. for Canadian women. there's also a ton of people who come from US to this event as well. So ⁓ just grown into something really incredible. And think I've mentioned before, I have been going to the full day event since they first started. So this was number five. I've been to all of them and just being able to see the growth not only in the event, like the caliber of the event, the number of people who are coming, I think the first one was like under 100 people. And now we're like, almost 200 people also the people that I met at that first event kind of seeing the growth from that of how people have grown since the first time that we met at the first event. And ⁓ being to those deeper connections with those people is one of my favorite parts for sure. So. Let's dive into, I had a VIP ticket, so I got to go to VIP night, which was the Friday night, the night before So the VIP night was really It was at the Paletta Mansion in Burlington. ⁓ And I've been to, I think didn't do VIP for the first one. I think I did for the rest of them. So for number two, three, four, and then this one. ⁓ So this VIP dinner was a bit different, which was really cool. ⁓ before we sat down for dinner, we got the opportunity to sit at some tables and all of the speakers ⁓ were from table to table to mastermind with you at your table. So there's probably like five or six people per table. The speakers would come around, ⁓ they share what their expertise was, ⁓ and you would be able to ask them literally any questions that were on your mind. ⁓ So was like Jen Spiegel, there was Kelsey Riddle, was Jake Kelfer, there was Anna Lozano, was Vanessa Bowen, there was Stacey Millard, there was Andrea. I'm forgetting somebody. I know I'm forgetting somebody, so I really apologize. But basically all of these people were hopping from table to table. ⁓ And again, could ask them any question, which was amazing. Just to have the opportunity to sit down with somebody and have their full attention was really cool. So that was really fun. ⁓ I didn't have any questions. I'm so bad for that. I cannot ask. I'm not like a group table person. I, well, not, I wouldn't say that. I would say when I am at a group table, I don't typically speak up to ask my question. That's just a me thing. know I'm like that and I'm okay with it because I'm also a really good listener. So I still get a ton out of these opportunities because I feel like other people ask better questions. And hearing the answers to their questions is still incredibly powerful and helpful for me. So that was before the dinner and then we had a sit down dinner and before the VIP night, we all had questionnaires sent around to say kind of what it was that we were struggling with. So I think there was like scaling, branding, marketing, money. There was a few different options based on again, the speakers who were there. And then everybody had assigned seating. So ⁓ table was really intentional around what you filled out for that questionnaire, which was really cool. ⁓ think we figured out that my table was ⁓ scaling, which was fun. then also the thing that I loved about that is it gave me the opportunity to have that one-on-one conversation with the women next to me, ⁓ was probably my favorite part. Like I loved connecting with the two who were next to me. was between, Elena, who is a lawyer for female businesses ⁓ and Lozano was on the other side of me. ⁓ And, just being able to connect with them on that one-on-one basis just is my absolute favorite part. So after the dinner, I didn't stay for too long after the dinner. They had a lot of really cool things there. They had a couple of vendors. They had some nice surprises like a photo booth and key chains that you could put the photos in. They had their one sponsor, Holistic Med Group there who were putting ear seeds in, which is like an acupuncture thing for your ear, but it's not actually a needle. It's like a little bead on a piece of tape and then they put it on the point in your ear or multiple points in your ears. And does like a gentle acupuncture or acupressure, I guess, based on thing you were looking for. So I think I did nervous system regulation and... I'll be honest, my nervous system was pretty regulated for the entire weekend, I really loved it. That was a really nice ⁓ experience as well to get do that. I didn't end up staying super late. I knew that I would need a very good sleep before the full day event the next morning. So ⁓ ⁓ I think I left around eight o'clock, went home, had a good night's sleep, and then back up and at it the next morning. So the actual full-day event, it was held at The Pearl in Burlington. It was absolutely beautiful, like one of the most beautiful venues and spots I've ever been to. It's right on the, is it a lake? It's right on the body of water. I think it's a lake. It's right on the lake in Burlington. But yeah, just a really cool space. And when you went in, there was already breakfast there. They had like hot breakfast options or they had pastries and like little yogurt parfaits with some fruit. There was an option there for everybody. So it was really, really good and really good food. There was like unlimited tea, which obviously I was fully on board for. And then the room was just, the outside of the room was just full of all of the vendors, there was tons of vendors and they were all so cool and they had each one had like something special about them. Like they each had, like a giveaway ⁓ some sort of activation. they also had the Bruce hotel there in Stratford and the Bruce has something called the cookie hotline where you call and you get unlimited free cookies and they brought some of these free cookies and those were some of the best cookies I think I've ever had in my whole life. really sad I only got one. I wish I had gone back and gotten more because they were fantastic. So that was some of the vendors. One them had like a caricature drawing thing and then ⁓ yeah, so many different things. Some of them had swag. It was really cool. So ⁓ you go around and check out the vendors and then ⁓ for actual event there's like tables for everyone. VIP gets like seating right in front of the stage. So I grabbed my spot, saved my spot, saved a spot for Kelsey as well. Kelsey was doing a workshop, which I will share some more on that later too. ⁓ yeah, just basically getting settled for the day, saying hi to the people who are already there and just getting ⁓ ready a full day ⁓ of vibe amazingness. ⁓ you also got your swag bag when you went in and the VIP swag bag has more stuff in it. and that bag was heavy. Like, if you're watching on YouTube, you can see it behind me. It's a heavy big bag and there's a lot in there. yeah, so I got settled with my VIP bag under the table and my cup of tea and I was ready to go. and something that I want to say. So to kick off the event, Christina and Maria came on. They said hello to everybody. ⁓ They gave me a little shout out for saying that it's my Super Bowl. I still stand by that. And I will say that every single time. I really don't even like football. So, so this is way better to me than the Super Bowl. But that would have happened even even if I did like football, I think. Christina Maria hi to everybody, got everybody settled, kind of gave a lay of the land for what to expect. for the rest of the day. And then we kicked it off with a breathwork session with Regina Lawrence, who was visiting from Tulum. such a great DJ as well. She was DJing the whole day. ⁓ So she opened it up with some And I just find that it's really nice kind of get like grounded in the room, like just have like that bit of a calmer energy as we start the day so that you can really just take a lot of things in. Can be very overstimulating. going to events like this and it can feel like a lot. So it's really nice to take that opportunity at the start to just like take a breath, relax and just really, just really get ready to make the most of it. So Regina was great. And then Lashonda Brown was the first keynote speaker with Work Last Live More. And I do have a couple of notes from her, from her keynote. The first one is around your task list. So if you look at your task list and you look at what can you eliminate, what's non-essential that can just go right off your task list. What can you delegate? So even if it's just like hiring like a personal assistant or a virtual assistant or a bookkeeper or even let's say a I don't know, maybe. And then what can you automate? So I'm very much a fan of like automating, but still keeping it human. Like I'm still going to the one responding to people on my DMs. Like I don't like that whole automated ⁓ on DMs thing. That's not a fan of that. But have looked, I have gotten deeper into how to use AI, use Claude for things like booking calendar events. I've got it set up with my Asana now with my task management program so that it can build tasks for me ⁓ it knows what my workflows are. So if I say, hey, I just booked another photo client, it'll be like, okay, great. We'll open up this project for this photo client and it's all the same workflow. It's all the same to do list and it'll build that all out for me, which I love. that's kind of things I think you can automate. And also like there are tools. ⁓ for like summarizing your inbox and taking your meeting notes from like your Zoom meetings or whatever and summarizing them for you. That's a huge one. Like don't take notes anymore, people. Just ⁓ something to take the transcript of your calls and summarize it for you. It is literally life-changing. Second thing loved about her speech was ⁓ Your life is where your feet are, not where your phone is. this, the context around this was if you're at events like this, just be at the event, be present. It mean not to take pictures, not to take content, but you can post the content after the event. You don't have to post it then. You can post it the next day. You can post it later in the week. You don't have to take the pictures and be posting it right there because that's going to take you away from where you're at. So just be where you're at. You can post when you're home later or whatever. So that was something that I loved. also loved, ⁓ she made the point of what does your calendar say about your values? so she talked about how she books in like coffee chats. She books in like, you can book in like your workouts and everything. So what does it show about your values based on what's on your calendar? So lots of really good tactical tips from there. The next piece was the art of connection with Liat Horovitz, who is wonderful. Like, ⁓ my goodness, loved getting to meet her and getting to chat with her. And this such a great piece because it was about ⁓ networking, but not like the gross networking that we all know. ⁓ but like the networking where you're actually working to build connections and you actually want to genuinely connect with people. So she shared some really great tips on how to do that and then how to follow up, continue conversation with people. also she shared some stories of just like random times that she ended up with connections that have led to massive things in her business. And one of them was like meeting somebody in the aisle at Walmart. So you really never how you're to meet people. ⁓ And actually she did ask if anybody had one of those random times. And I think Kelsey and I told this when we were, doing the podcast together, but Kelsey and I, Kelsey put up her hand and she told our story. which is basically that was selling her aura ring ⁓ Facebook marketplace, which is like the little E rings and was the market for an aura ring. ⁓ So I out to her. We made the arrangement for me to go that evening and to pick up the ring, try it on, whatever. ⁓ And then was in the middle of doing ⁓ a personal course. ⁓ ⁓ It was Crystal Clear with Sarah Monica. ⁓ And was talking about just sharing like really personal on your stories, sharing the behind the scenes. ⁓ And one of the stories that she shared was her with Kelsey Rydell. And I was like, I just saw that name. Like that's the name of the girl who I'm going to buy this aura ring from. So then I go to Kelsey's house to pick up the aura ring. And I'm normally not the person to like put myself out there and like say something like this. But I just basically said like, ⁓ I was just like doing a marketing course from Sarah Monica and your name came up like in the example that she was sharing. And I just think that's really cool. And then it sparked conversation, it sparked connection. ended up booking brand photos with me. She's been such an incredible referral partner for me. and also just like a business bestie. So literally met through Facebook marketplace, buying an aura ring, like incredibly random, but has ended up being an incredible, incredible relationship in my business. So thank you, Kelsey, ⁓ thank you. Or rings and Facebook marketplace. So that was a really cool piece. And then I think we had a chance after that to go through and talk to people. But then we also got into the breakout rooms in the workshops. I personally love breakout rooms in the workshops because they don't have them, they didn't have them at the last one. I don't if there will be at the next one. You'll have to look and find out. But I really love the workshops because... You can get up out of your seat. You can pick which one you want to learn about. There was three different ones. Kelsey's was about getting a client or getting a new lead in five days Vanessa Bowen was talking about and then Monique Bryan was talking about AI. And so they had the three different workshops you could choose from. ended up, I went to Kelsey's because friends don't let friends ⁓ not have b-roll when they're doing awesome like that. And also I really wanted to be in her workshop. ⁓ so I stayed for Kelsey's I took some B roll for her and I also learned some of the things like the three M's of marketing and five strategies to get a client in the next five days. And ⁓ that was like super tactical, very easy little things to do that you sometimes really don't think of. Sometimes I think we see things online of how we think things should go, how we should get clients, but If you just go back to basics sometimes, that's what really needs to happen because it's just like clear, it's basic, it's easy, and it's like underrated, I think often how well that works. So then we had some lunch, which was of course delicious, absolutely delicious. And then there was more breakout rooms. There was live podcasts this time to go and watch, which I also really do enjoy the live podcasts. So the three options for the podcasts were... The first option was BeNu and Sarah Lambert on BeNu's podcast. is wonderful. Her and I actually met at the first one or the second one. And we've gotten to connect at every single one since, so she's just wonderful. The second one was Stacey Millard and Lexi Miles-Corin for the Small Business School podcast. Stacey again, somebody I met the first or second one. ⁓ ⁓ it's like great to connect with her again every time I see her. And the third one was Jen Spiegel from the iconic podcast, Becoming Iconic, Iconic Magazine. she's wonderful, wonderful. the two, the first were guest interviews. So they had guests there that they were interviewing, which was really cool. ⁓ And then Jen's was a Q &A, so you could submit a question ahead of time, and then she was answering it live on the podcast. So I did submit a question and she did answer my question. It was wonderful. So my question, I'll just share my question, and then you can just watch out on my Instagram. share when the actual episode comes out where she actually answered my question. ⁓ I always feel ⁓ when ⁓ hear from Jen, like if it's on her podcast, if it's on Instagram, or on her sub stack, House of Her, it's just like this, she's just got this presence about her that is so impactful and powerful and just makes you want to just go for it and just do it and do the thing. And she's like incredibly practical and insightful. So She is incredible to listen to and then getting to listen to her live and have her answer a question for me was just the best. So thank you, Jen. And then we got to hear from Jake Kelfer, who was the gold sponsor. So Jake Kelfer, he owns a book publishing company. He helps and empowers business owners to write a book that, to write books that help them to market themselves, help to build their authority. And he knows everything that there is to know about publishing a book and how to use it as an incredible tool in your business. So we got to hear more about that from Jake, which was really cool. He is the only that has graced the High Vibe Women's stage. And Christina has said, there's a reason for that. It is because he is a High Vibe man. And yeah, always great hearing from him. I heard from him two ⁓ events ago well. So great to see him again. ⁓ And then next one was a panel hosted by Kim Hebert, who owns Door Gurus. ⁓ she was dealing with the topic of beyond the hustle scaling with ease. She was interviewing Meg Hool and... Andrea Jones of OnlineDrea. and Elena Favaro-Viana, who is a lawyer for entrepreneurs. And I actually got to sit next to her at dinner and it was wonderful. Loved getting to know her. That was a really cool panel because a couple of the notes that I got from that is scaling equals growth. the first, before you know, if you're ready to scale, you need to make sure that your business is built for that. So not building while you're scaling, cause that is just going to lead to burnout, but making sure that you already have the strong foundations in your business before you're scaling. then was a really good mindset shift. can't remember who said this. I think it was Andrea. Think about what you want to scale. Do you want to scale time ⁓ do you want to scale money? Because those are going to be two different things. There's no wrong answer. It's about finding out what works best for you. They also talked about hiring and hiring the right ⁓ the concept of hire slow fire fast was a big one. ⁓ Andrea also brought up the point that she was holding on to things that she felt like nobody could do better for her, nobody could do better than her. But then it ended up that the person that she had take over it was actually really good at it. And so that was like a really good lesson learned there. And just able to let go of things and not feel like, I have to do this, this has to be a me thing. Does it really have to be a you thing? Or is it something that you can hire out or outsource or whatever that needs to look like? And then finally, the closing keynote speaker was Anna Lozano, all about frequency first. taking care of your inner first in order to make sure that your outer is well looked after and ready to go. And this was such a cool, keynote. One of the key takeaways that I had was being mindful and aware of the little wins and the little micro commitments that you make to yourself each day of looking after the inner person. so if that's like holding a boundary, if that's doing some sort of workout or self care, eating well, just keeping track of those wins that you're doing. If it's saying, no, I can't take that call right now. If it's not replying to messages right away and being able to just put the phone down, ⁓ like that, that I think are also very practical for business owners. Cause sometimes we get very into what we're doing and we kind of let those boundaries slip. let, we let our commitment to looking after ourselves slip. That's usually the first thing to slip in my case anyway. And so it's just a really good reminder and loved hearing from her as well. ⁓ and that was, that was day. So then Maria and Christina made the closing comments. They launched for the next event, which I will share the link for that ⁓ in the notes. As of right now, I think they're already down to like 20 VIP tickets, but there is ⁓ still general admission available as well, which general admission, you still get all the work, all the workshops, all of the breakout rooms, the podcasts you still get. seat at the table and you get to meet incredible people the vendors and a swag bag ⁓ it's it's honestly the event that I really really look forward to every single time and I had some people just as a reflection moment I had a lot of people ask me like towards the end of the day they were like ⁓ what's been your favorite part so far what's been your favorite takeaway and I think for me ⁓ The speakers were amazing, the workshops were amazing, the live podcast was amazing. But I honestly think for me, it was getting to build deeper relationships with the people that I know, or that I already knew at some level. Like there is people who I maybe got to speak to very briefly last time. We ended up following each other on Instagram and then getting to see them in person this time and chat with them a bit more one on one. was really cool. So yeah, I did get to make some new connections, which was which I always love. But then also being able to go deeper with those ones that I already know ⁓ is really special and cool. that ⁓ is my of day. I feel like afterwards I ended up with like a bit of a social hangover, but like not in a bad way. Like it's just. have a very small social battery and I charge it up for these events because I want to be able to show up in the best way in these events and I and I always make the most of it. ⁓ then after I'm like, I need to nap. I need to stay in bed. I need to have a chill day. ⁓ that is what I did on Sunday. I had a very chill day. So I am incredibly thankful, infinitely thankful to Christina and Maria for building these rooms and those that I've kind of met along the way and gotten to closer with ⁓ and the new people that I met and. Yeah, just I can't, I honestly can't tell you enough times how important and valuable investment ⁓ to just get in rooms like this. It doesn't have to be high vibe women. It doesn't have to be that big of a room. Can be your local business group or something like that. Just getting in those rooms to meet those people face to face. I am an introvert. You not know that about me. ⁓ I ⁓ very an introvert. I still get a little bit nervous walking into these rooms. Like, knowing that I had a seat next to me for Kelsey was comforting, knowing that I had somebody next to me. But then I ended up with a few people at my table who I already knew. And so it always turns out okay. And I know that it can feel really intimidating. ⁓ And if you feel like you're just a small business, like maybe you're not big enough to be there yet. I promise there is a spot at the table for you. and you will always learn something. You will always make a connection that will make it so worth being there and so worth putting yourself out there. is my little spiel. Let me know if you were there and if you had a favorite part as well, or if there's any part of this that kind of resonated with you. if you enjoyed the recap. I am going to another event soon and I'll be doing another recap of that one too. So let me know if you enjoyed it or if there's anything else that you would want to hear about the day ⁓ or about these events. ⁓ I'm always happy to share. go ahead and let know. And that's for this one. So thank you so much for being here ⁓ and I'll catch you in the next