Happy Friday, Reader,

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I'm popping into your inbox briefly today because the sun is out for the first time all week here in Maryland and I plan to enjoy it before the April showers return next week.

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Yesterday, my podcast episode with Melanie Padgett Powers, host of the Deliberate Freelancer podcast, came out and can I say that I think it's my best podcast interview to date?

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First, Melanie said that I make the law "fascinating." Roll your eyes if you want to, but it's a huge point of pride for me to have someone call something that is usually categorized as boring, cumbersome, overbearing, and/or scary fascinating because of you and the way you talk about it.

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So I'm going to take the weekend to pat myself on the back for that accomplishment (and also go to a networking event and try not to be the awkward introvert in the corner).

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But if you're up for it, Reader, I'd like to invite you to participate in a little thing I call "legal exposure therapy" by listening to my episode with Melanie. You can find it wherever you get your podcasts or check it out on her website.

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Thanks to my talk with Melanie, I'm starting to think about my work more and more as a form of exposure therapy where I help folks like you build your capacity to engage with and feel confident managing the law a little bit at a time.

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Because in a world where we are taught to fear the law and associate getting it wrong with monumental consequences, most of us are naturally going to tense up when anything law-related comes up in our lives let alone our business.

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And from my years of being a wellbeing entrepreneur, I know one of the ways to expand your nervous system's capacity to be with something that makes you feel uncomfortable, scared, or something similar, is to expose yourself to it in small, manageable doses.

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My episode with Melanie is all about understanding and negotiating business contracts. It's especially valuable for the freelancers in the house who are B2B (business-to-business) service providers. But even if that's not the nature of your business, I promise you'll learn something.

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So, if you want to listen to this episode but you're also really terrified of the law, then just take it in small doses. Maybe try listening to the episode while you go for a walk or listen to it 10 minutes at a time. It's an hour-long episode so perhaps it makes sense to set a goal to listen to it during two 30-minute walks.

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If you're already comfortable listening to an hour-long talk about the law, but contracts generally still make you nervous, then I invite you to check out my updated course Contract Foundations for Freelancers (in sweatpants).

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I recently updated the course based on the conversation I had with Melanie to include additional contract strategies for getting paid faster and protecting yourself. I also break down the nervous system triggering contract provisions like indemnity clauses, noncompetes, and insurance, and give you tips for getting them out of your contracts.

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The updated course is $95 and you can enroll via the button below. Transparently, my goal is to have this course pay my monthly grocery bill, which with inflation is about $250. That means my goal is to have 6 people buy this course every month to comfortably hit that goal after taxes and business expenses.

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So if you're ready to take your legal exposure therapy to the next level and help me buy some nutrient-dense groceries, then I invite you to check out Contract Foundations for Freelancers (in sweatpants)!

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The course is 1 hour long, but it's packed with lots of information. Each lesson is 10 minutes or less, but most are only 5 minutes. You can take the whole course in an afternoon or spread it out over time; whatever's best for you and your nervous system. There's also a discussion section where you can ask me questions about the material in each lesson. And finally, the course comes with a template service contract that I teach you how to customize for your business.

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If you've already bought the course, you automatically have access to the updated material.

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I hope to see you over in that container soon!

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And if it's been rainy, cloudy, or even snowy where you are, I hope the sun makes its way to you soon.

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Happy contracting,

Brionna