25. Getting Your Hopes Up with All She Wrote Notes - Maghon Taylor

The Mother's Embrace

Welcome to the show! I have the absolute joy of getting to share a conversation with my dear friend and incredible artist and businesswoman, Maghon Taylor. Maghon talks to us about how it is okay to get our hopes up, how she found her own way to healing after heartbreak, and we also celebrate Maghon's grand opening of her brick and mortar studio in Gibsonville, North Carolina. Tune in to this episode and of course, grab your favorite pen!

Maghon Taylor is on a mission to spread happiness through her handwriting. As the founder of All She Wrote Notes, a calligraphy studio based in North Carolina. She's a best-selling author and award-winning artist, speaker, and educator whose life motto is Work hard, stay sweet, trust God and love deep. Her work has been featured nationally with Hallmark Good Morning America, Medium and Grade. She’s worked with well-loved brands such as Starbucks, Anthropologie, Michaels and Dayspring. Her happy hand-lettering can be found on gift shop shelves nationwide. She loves bright colors, making people smile and turning her mistakes into confetti. Maghon is living her dream in North Carolina alongside her husband and middle school sweetheart, Chris Taylor and their sweet son, Vance. She has built her first brick and mortar studio space in Gibsonville, North Carolina that officially opened in May 2022.

Let’s dive in!

In this Episode You’ll Learn:

• [04:36] A quick snippet about Maghon
• [07:07] How I first met Maghon.
• [09:18] Why Maghon was afraid at the beginning of 2022
• [11:10] Where Maghon’s joy comes from
• [14:46] Maghon’s first time writing on positivity and why choosing to be positive is important to her
• [18:57] Maghon’s story from domestic violence, skin cancer, and how she started her life over again after being heartbroken
• [23:25] The Confetti Story
• [24:44] It is okay to make mistakes and rise up again
• [31:00] Why it is important to believe in yourself and Maghon’s discernment
• [35:01] Maghon’s urges and how she has started being more obedient to them
• [37:02] How it looks like to live a life of obedience and what it does to someone’s spirit
• [41:49] One of the most devastating things for Maghon in 2020
• [45:44] Why you should be faithful with all the blessings that you have
• [47:11] The greatest impact you will ever make is in your home
• [51:02] Maghon's reasons for quitting her full-time work, despite enjoying it.
• [53:10] Why you should not wait until you are ready to start your dream
• [55:08] Her advice for cheering for others
• [57:58] Maghon’s theme song
• [58:30] What Maghon needs a hug about

Quotes:

• “But for me, choosing to be positive just means that you do believe that better things are coming, like you believe, like, even on a bad day that tomorrow is gonna be better, like you believe in a hard season that like there's going to be a rainbow after.” [16:39]
• “Sometimes there's not a bad decision. Like sometimes there's two good things that either one of them are gonna be good, you're gonna be okay either way.“ [40:03]
• “Like the greatest, like, the most important impact you'll ever make, is it your home like is within this walls of your house.” [47:11]
• “You don't have to wait until you're ready. Like you do not have to wait until you have it all figured out. To take a step.” [53:10]
• “If you are uniquely you, the only competition you have is you.” [56:12]

Connect with Maghon Taylor

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/allshewrotenotes
• Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/MaghonTaylor/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/allshewrotenotes/
• YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIZfKIb98XBKuTujkEraO4w
• Website: https://www.allshewrotenotes.com/

Links

• Let’s Write Your IG Bio FREE formula, process + worksheets
• From Social Media Stressed to Empowered in Your Online Brand $24 Masterclass
• The Lab Membership
• Shop my hand-painted Jewelry Line
• Instagram: @Rachelcamfield or @themothers.embrace
• Website: https://www.rachelcamfield.com/
• The Mother's Embrace Spotify Playlist

Resources:

• Podcast: 24th Workshop episode tune in here: Workshop Your Dream + One Year Celebration - Rachel Camfield
• Maghon Taylor’s Books: Happy Hand Lettering, Betty Confetti, 100 Days of Praise and Positivity.