We were lucky to catch up with Lindsay Barrasse recently and have shared our conversation below.

Hi Lindsay, thanks for joining us today. Has Covid resulted in any major changes to your business model?

Covid lockdowns really changed not only the way I work but my business as whole. I was primarily working in video production; I worked on everything from films to commercial work. In-between larger projects or passion projects I would do marketing and commercial work. When the first lockdowns began I was not able to do any work and had no income from that source.

I had always been very involved and knowledgeable about graphic design, content creation, social media, digital marketing and advertising. I was involved in many areas of social media since the beginning of it all. It was becoming a trend that people I knew or had worked with were asking me for help to market themselves or their businesses online to survive during the pandemic. I realized “I can be getting paid for my knowledge and skill.”

I started to teach people not only how to film themselves but how to create aesthetically pleasing content as well as how to post across social platforms and the best practices to reach their target audiences.

It grew and grew from there. I began taking on clients to create content for them, then to post on their behalf, and so much more.

When lockdowns were lifted I went back to in person video production, incorporating everything all together.

Lindsay, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

I am a Media and Marketing Mama and have been in the social media and online marketing game from the dawn of social media. When YouTube launched around 2007 – I directly worked with the company creating content as a “partner” as well as producing, filming and starring in segments for Current TV and CraveOnline. I also ran a news blog for Current TV as well.

Filmmaking is a passion of mine and I have been involved in many feature films, shorts, music videos and commercial work. I also have won dozens of awards for media, marketing and film work – I even went in front of the camera to appear on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and a few feature films as well.

I work alongside my husband Dave Corigliano with our company Voyager Creative and recently rebranded and expanded my off-shoot media and marketing agency from Lindsay Barrasse Media to Foxy Media and Marketing, naming it after our son Jack Fox Corigliano. The Foxy Media and Marketing Agency primarily works with creative entrepreneurs, mompreneurs and coaches – focusing on all things creative marketing from social posts and swag to podcasts and videos.

Alongside of the Foxy agency there is The Foxy Mama Podcast – a podcast with creative entrepreneur mamas (and all creative parents) in mind, talking all things motherhood and beyond as well as sharing facts and history of famous foxy mamas. The podcast launches at the end of July.

I love going on adventures (even adventure shows and documentaries), hiking, kayaking, travel, all things art and film and a good historical fiction or detective novel. Alongside of all this, I am a certified yoga instructor with over 1000 hours in various trainings from children’s yoga to trauma informed yoga and mental health services.

Can you share a story from your journey that illustrates your resilience?

It has NOT been a smooth road but it has been an amazing journey.

When I started working for YouTube no one was doing it – then everyone was doing it and it was like reinventing the wheel. I thought “How can I grow and move from this? What can I do to set myself apart?” etc… So I started working more and more in film. I moved to California with what I could fit in a small chevy caviler. Cue the housing market crash. I was barely making ends meet and really struggling. I moved back to my hometown and really got involved in the industry there and started to thrive.

After a decade or so and getting married my husband and I moved to North Carolina with a plan to grow even more. Cue covid and lockdowns. The first lockdowns happened a month or so after we moved and finally settled in. Networking, especially for film, in a new place was pretty much out of the question or really hard. We tried virtual meet ups but really struggled not really knowing anyone prior too.

I knew I had all these amazing other skills that I can use to not only turn into a business but to help people during the pandemic as well.

It is a lot of work and lot of moving parts but I do ALL the things I love and I am helping people grow their own businesses.

Now I am doing a podcast of my own as well as launching courses soon for ‘small business’ ( although I don’t really care for that term as a small business have large undertakings, usually one doing the work of many). I want to help specifically mompreneurs succeed.

The biggest struggle was shortly after starting Lindsay Barrasse Media I was bitten on the face by a dog and have had over a dozen procedures thus far over the past two years. It effected me not only physically but emotionally. Although the bite was relatively small on both sides of my cheeks, I had some minor nerve damage and scarring. Also about a month after the bite my husband’s car and my car, yes- both cars, were stolen from our driveway. I felt defeated and emotionally drained but I kept on keeping on.

You asked for a story and I shared several. I think it is important because that is life. It’s a rollercoaster.

I shared and continue to share what I am going through with a positive light – showing I am real person and I have battles just the same as what others go through.

Not everything is sunshine and rainbows – but when you battle the storms the aftermath is a breathtaking view with smoother sails ahead.

What’s a lesson you had to unlearn and what’s the backstory?

I think the BIGGEST thing I had to unlearn and continue to work on is to stop playing the victim, to let go of things that do not serve me and to move on.

The victim mindset really sets a person back. When you constantly complain you will continue to have things to complain about.

Shifting my mindset to “What can I learn from this?” or “How can I use this to grow? or help others to grow?” really makes a huge difference.

Wayne W. Dyer said “Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.” That quote has really made a huge impact on how I view things.

I guess the backstory is just I was very unhappy and felt like I wasn’t able to get ahead. it was all my mindset. It effected just about every aspect of my life.

When I started to change the way I look at things I started to become more and more happy. The thing is happiness was always there, it was just covered by the layers of the victim mentality.

The past 2-3 years have been a rollercoaster. I am not saying I am Ms. Positivity over here but WOW I am happy. I am the happiest I have ever been. That is because I choose to be.

I am so blessed. I really and truly believe that. And I am grateful, so very grateful for the ride on this rollercoaster that is life.

Contact Info:

• Website: getfoxymedia.com, www.lindsaybarrasse.com
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/thelindsayboo, www.instagram.com/getfoxymedia, www.instagram.com/lindsaybarrasse
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/getfoxymedia, https://www.facebook.com/thelindsayboo
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsay-barrasse/, https://www.linkedin.com/company/getfoxymedia
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/getfoxymedia, https://www.youtube.com/user/LindsayBarrasse
• Other: https://insighttimer.com/lindsaybarrasse podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefoxymamapodcast