THE AMBER WEITZER PODCAST | SILHOUETTES OF SUCCESS
SARA MCDANIEL | EPISODE 110 | SHOW NOTES
FEATURED GUEST
Our V.I.P. Featured Guest is Sara McDaniel. After walking through a devastating divorce, Sara was determined her story wasn’t over. In fact, far from it. Fueled by a tenacious, entrepreneurial spirit, Sara fought her way back to a new and improved life that has far exceeded even her wildest dreams. Sara’s fierce commitment to living debt-free allowed her to retire from a lucrative sales career in 2018. She was only forty-one years old. From there she stepped fully into a life of freedom and flexibility. Sara started and developed multiple businesses while also focusing her energies on the world of real estate investing. In the midst of that busy season, Sara’s social media following unexpectedly blew up and almost overnight Sara found herself as an Influencer. After feeling a divine nudge, Sara moved back home to Louisiana and happened upon an old, broken down cottage in Minden, Louisiana. The moment she laid eyes on it, she knew it was meant to be. Reclaiming and restoring that cottage became the metaphor for her life. Yes, terrible things do happen, but with faith, hope, love, and a little bit of work, beautiful things are waiting just on the other side. Sara’s work has been featured in top shelf print publications such as Better Homes and Gardens, Southern Lady, Cottages and Bungalows, American Farmhouse Style, Country Sampler Farmhouse Style plus many others. In addition, Sara has been featured online by HGTV online, Southern Living, Forbes, Domino Magazine, Realtor.com, and more. Most recently, Sara was the featured talent on HGTV Hometown Kickstart and her work has been seen on The Today Show, Cityline TV, KTBS, KSLA and KTAL news stations.
CONVERSATION HIGHLIGHTS
Simply: Sara shares with us her Silhouettes of Success journey and how she has found her way to her home. She talks about how she found her home and how it found her…so tune in! Sara kicks off her days with some quiet prayer and meditation, Power Hour for the social media component of her business and then it’s meetings, interviews and off to work all things real estate, landlord and business. Her days are action packed, long and full and she loves it! Did you catch her manta on busting it as hard as she can as an Entrepreneur…she is on the other side of the fence and won’t go back! If you missed it, you need to go back and listen to her around 11:00 to 11:50…priceless!
Southern: Real estate investing Mr. Money Mustache and F.I.R.E. (Financially Independent Retire Early)…full stop. Hit pause, find the podcast, save it then come back…Sara is ready to share more! Did you capture Sara’s advice on real estate, save and invest as soon as you are able. She has such a real, down to earth and relatable story and doing projects that are off the charts amazing and successful-but how, tune in. She shares her journey of the renovation of her 8 historic 1930’s Villas in partnership with Cottages & Bungalows and American Farmhouse Style Magazine for 2022 Project House. Sara can tie her present day, living a lifestyle filled with southern beauty, grit and grace to that fourth-grade field trip-pure magic! She lives in what she said is dubbed “the friendliest city in the south”, perfection!
Sara: Sara how do you do it all? Sara rocks it on her own along with giving credit to her stellar real estate team, some therapy and a personal developmental coach Dr. Laurel Emory. Asking Sara about best practices and getting unstuck…therapy! The reality of what goes on behind the scenes can boggle the mind, it is exhausting mentally, physically and financially…listen in, take notes. Sara’s personal development coaching started in 2014-2015 when she needed to rewrite her destiny! Whoa. Dr. Laurel Emory has helped Sara map out her life. Shout out to her good friend, collaborator and P.I.N.K. Creatives partner Wendy Conklin of Chair Whimsy (V.I.P. Featured Guest Episode 65). Sara dives into this new season of her life, so snuggle back in to that cozy chair and listen up! Sara just dropped a big teaser…what is she up to…I guess we just get to follow her and watch for what’s next!
INTENTIONAL INSPIRATION
Don’t be afraid to take risks (calculated risks!).
RESOURCES
SARA MCDANIEL
Social Media: @simplysoutherncottage
Favorites:
Hector Sanchez Photographer
This episode is sponsored by:
