Episode 010: The Darkside of the Girlboss Culture with Amber Zaricor

Girlboss. Love it or hate it, it’s a term we’ve all come to know as female creatives and entrepreneurs.

In this episode of Live Creatively, I’m talking with Amber Zaricor about some of the dangers of the #girlboss culture that has flooded feeds and taken over the entrepreneurial world in the last several years. Yep….we’re going there. We reflected on our own experiences with the toxic girlboss culture and the impact we’ve seen it have on other creatives too.

Amber is the owner of Cooperheart Creative, host of the Small Business Big Heart podcast, and co-founder of the Fill Your Cup Conference + Collective!

Amber is authentic and real about her own experience with the dangers she found on the darkside of the girlboss movement and pushing herself to the point of burnout in her attempts to measure up. Amber shares a powerful personal story about the pivotal moment that changed everything for her one day as she walked around a lake in her home town. I got chills listening to her reflect on that moment and recall how the Lord met her in exhaustion and depletion.

Now, Amber creates from a place of love and overflow with her design agency, her podcast, and the Fill Your Cup Conference! Amber reminds us that our identity is not found in our work and the importance of creating a life we truly love!

Listen in as Amber and I chat about:

Amber’s journey with burnout and surrendering her business to the Lord
The dangers of the “shoulding” on ourselves and the girlboss movement
How to disconnect your identity from your work
The story creating the Fill Your Cup Conference and how this has led her to create space for other women
Encouragement for creatives who feel exhausted by the girlboss movement and want to create a fulfilling business

What does it mean to Amber to Live Creatively?

“In order to live creatively, it is creating a life that you love and enjoying every second of it, even the hard parts, and embracing the good.”

If you’re ready to throw the girlboss rule book out the window and create a life and business that fills you up, this episode is for you!

Amber Zaricor is the owner of Cooperheart Creative, host of the Small Business Big Heart podcast, and co-founder of the Fill Your Cup Conference + Collective! Amber believes in building deep relationships, living intentionally, and doing everything with her whole heart. “Heart” is an ongoing theme throughout Amber’s life—something she weaves into every interaction and life decision. Listed amongst The Top 10 Designers in Tennessee, Amber leads a team of creative entrepreneurs in building brands through powerful storytelling at her Nashville-based branding agency, Copperheart Creative. Her podcast, Small Business Big Heart, shares the raw stories of real business owners by digging deep into the heart behind their brand, with the purpose of inspiring and uplifting her listeners on their own entrepreneurial journey. Amber is also the co-found of the Fill Your Cup Conference — a one-day event for career women to rest, connect, and rediscover their passion. In her free time, Amber fills her cup by journaling at local coffee shops, spreading hope through coloring sidewalk chalk, and riding bikes with her husband!

You can find all of the links to connect with Amber and check out anything she mentioned in the episode below:

Website

Instagram

Agency

Fill Your Cup Conference

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