Mental health & sharing your story
with Candace Ramirez of Moon Honey Media
On this episode of the Brazen Podcast, I’m chatting with Candace Ramirez of Moon Honey Media. She’s a content manager for creative, women-run small businesses and is here to talk about mental health and how it affects connection with people and life as an entrepreneur. Your brain and business are very interconnected when it comes to the state of your health and wellbeing. Having developed PTSD from an abusive relationship, Candace has personally seen the impacts of mental health, especially on work. Feeling isolated after her trauma, it was scary for her to sort through it, but when a coworker who also had PTSD reached out to her, she realized how helpful it is to have a support system. This lead her to build a community of people who are open about talking about their healing journeys, specifically relating to work life.
We discuss the silence and stigmas around mental health issues, the power of speaking up and sharing about your struggles, and the benefits of sharing your message no matter what the response is. There’s always someone listening.
Your mental health is not an excuse to not reach your goals. We speak on the self-care culture and mentality aimed towards entrepreneurs on social media and its potential for making it difficult to start or grow a business. Candace emphasizes the balance that’s needed between rest, drive, and making goals. Finding a balance between mothering yourself and having an outside voice, like a therapist, to give you guidance and words of reason is also extremely helpful as a business owner.
“Sometimes we need someone to just tell us it’s gonna be okay and we need a break and we need to be gentle and that’s totally okay. But I do… advocate strongly for knowing when it’s time, when you’re ready, to like step up and get motivated.”
—Candace Ramirez
Tune in to hear about the tool that Candace has been using to keep herself from working around the clock, as well as her candid thoughts on networking through social media, specifically Instagram, and finding your niches on TikTok. I also share about my connection challenge, which you can find a link to in the resources below!
Resources
Time yourself and track your projects with Toggl: www.toggl.com
Create a network that makes you feel unstoppable with The Connection Ritual: www.ashtonwhitney.lpages.co/the-connection-ritual
About Candace Ramirez
Candace Ramirez is the Founder of Moon Honey Media, which she started because after years of doing content and PR at different types of companies, a few things became clear to her… To learn about those motivations, visit www.moonhoneymedia.com/about-candace.
Visit her website: www.MoonHoneyMedia.com
Follow her on TikTok: @moonhoneymedia
About Ashton
Ashton Robertson is a curious entrepreneur who lives for combining strategy and creativity in how we talk about ourselves & our work—especially as womxn business owners, a community that’s growing without precedent.
Like many women, she used to believe that not questioning authority or assumptions made her a ‘good girl.’ Now, she realizes that the world doesn’t need more good girls. It needs more women who have come alive. Today, she uses her communications strategy and writing skills to help other women speak up and start movements. She believes that confidence, clarity, and connection are the three keys to creating the life, business, or change you crave, and you can learn more about her courses and services at ashtonwhitney.com.
