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Dr. Minette Riordan
After a decade in the publishing industry, Minette realized that
what she loved most was coaching creative women entrepreneurs with
big dreams on how to build a profitable lifestyle business.
But making the switch wasn’t at easy as she thought it would be!
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n summer of 2012, my husband and I made a dra-
matic change to our lives – we uprooted ourselves
and our two kids after 13 years in the Dallas, TX area
and relocated to sunny Santa Barbara, CA. I sold my
publishing company and started over – new friends,
new business, and only a vague idea of what I want-
ed to do next.
Moving our family from Texas to California was hard. I can
still remember my kids crying on that last day of school as
we prepared to leave the only home they had ever known.
I remember standing in my empty house and thinking, it’s
not our home anymore… but all the challenges, tears and
changes were worth it.
It was a challenge to start over. My identity as the
owner of Scissortail Publishing was crystal clear
for over a decade, I knew who I was and
what I needed to do every single day
to grow my business. I had a staff
to support me and great mentors
and advisors.
Suddenly, I didn’t have the words to
describe what I was doing or how I
wanted to help others. I didn’t have
a team to bounce ideas off of and
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