The Art of Hustle and Heart, Nokomis Beach, FL (2026)

If you are here for Hustle and Heart Hiphop please reach out to [email protected]

02/10/2024

Hi fabulous people!

My name is Katie Kunker and I am the owner of The Art of Hustle and Heart. 2 years ago we moved here from Charleston, SC where my daughter was a professional hiphop dancer and trained at a hiphop only studio that proudly stood for hiphop, positivity, and community. We couldn't find anything like that here, so we started our own little program and it has brought us so much joy!

My daughter and I started this HipHop program last year in Nokomis just for fun to show kiddos in our community how fun, freeing, and creative dance can be. It has been an incredible journey! We will be teaching classes through the end of the school year and would love to invite new families to be a part of our hiphop family.
It is important to note that we do not just teach hip hop. We teach positive affirmations, breathwork, stretching, mindset, etc. This is a safe place for your kiddo to creatively express themselves and hopefully fall in love with the art of movement! We have three different classes based on age and ability and we will be expanding even more next year.

If you are interested, please come on Monday Feb 12th for your dancer to try out the class and to speak to parents and staff about their experience with our program.
We just got back from our very 1st competition where our dancers placed 1st place, 2nd place, the venus award, the opal award, the choreography award, and an invite to nationals! We just did the one competition for fun this year, but who knows what next year will bring 🙂 We were a part of the Venice Parade this year and won the youth joy award. We dance at local communities every month so the kids get an opportunity to perform. We also have a really fun end of year performance.
We serve our community, we laugh, we dance, we pour love and positivity into your kiddos!

CLASSES will be in session for the remainder of the school year
Suitable for ages 4 and up. Price is $85 per month.
(No registration fees, No cost for costume or all the extras ❤️no performance fees)
Schedule: MONDAYS:
4:15-5:00 Girls ages 9 and under
5:00-5:45 Boys ages 9 and under
5:45-6:15 stretching and breathwork session (open to community and dancers) Add this on for Just $15 a month!
6:15-7:15 Intermediate 10 and up (skill and age based, by invite only)

Located in Nokomis DM For address please!

Please let me know if you have any questions and/or would like to join our amazing Hustle and Heart Hiphop family!

*Hustle*Heart*Hihop
-Katie and Kayden

10/12/2023

Flying around the world, winning awards, rapidly climbing the ladder.

That is what others see.

What I see: Tired Mom/Dad, burnt out, disconnected, anxious, masking emotions, heavily struggling.

While others may see you as a “Working or Road warrior”.
Only worried about:
✓ Hitting quotas
✓ Winning the next award
✓ Pushing the company forward

I see you as… having more at stake.

YOU. YOUR HEALTH.

Here are some examples that I have from my life, can you relate?

I thought I’d battle through only having 3 weeks of maternity leave. To everyone else, I did.
❌ I didn’t.
I thought I’d be fine as a road warrior leaving my family, to everyone else, I was.
❌ I wasn’t.
I thought I could still burn the candle at post-work events, to everyone else I could.
❌ I couldn’t.

All my life I’d thought that hard work could get me through everything.
But, it is so much more than that.

Your health, your purpose, and your loved ones want the whole you. Balance isn’t just a fluffy word wellbeing experts throw around, balance (whatever that looks like for you) is everything.

Looking inwards is something everyone needs in order to evaluate their world. If you want to have a long and prosperous happy and fulfilling career that your family supports and brags about…find your balance.

You deserve it.

10/10/2023

Do you radiate the room? Do you know some who does?

You know the people you can’t help but want to be around. The Bad@$$e$, the trailblazers, the movers and the confident shakers, the healthy, the ones that radiate happiness? The people that make you think; I want what they are drinking!

You know what they all have in common? THEY INVEST IN THEMSELVES, they do the work, and they probably drink lots of water 😂 .

They invest in their power. They take it back. They protect it. They honor it.
Because at the end of the day it is not:

❓ Someone.
❓ Someplace.
❓ Something.

It is YOU. It is in your fear, your patterns, your thoughts, your smile, the way you move throughout your day.

You have the power to:
😎 Control your thoughts.
😎 Control your reactions.
😎 Take time for you.
😎 Put you first.

For me, the awareness typically comes when I feel a shift in everything I do. Everything just feels off. Do you know that feeling? Maybe you feel it right now. If I feel like THAT, I have lost a piece of my power. Once I become aware I know what to do.

I have to go to the places I FEAR. I silence myself. I sit with my uncomfortable thoughts. I am alone. I have always hated stillness. I don’t like being alone. I don’t enjoy sitting still. Because it scares me. Yet it is exactly what I need to do every.single.time.

Because for me, FEAR has a habit of creeping in and shortening my stride. I fight with fear all.the.time. I know when fear is near and when I am making decisions from a place of fear rather than a place of knowing. That awareness is power.

So maybe the real question is, Do you believe you are powerful and if not, what do you need to do to regain that power?

Because that radiance is yours to reclaim. It is there. Within you.

Awareness is key.

This is your sign. You are aware.

Lets shout out and lift up those radiant co-worker, partners, and allies.

Thank you for doing the work. Thank you for shining 🌟

Oh and huge shoutout to my babygirl, Makella Rose, who undeniably pushes fear to the side, lives life to the fullest, and lights up the world with her presence! To know her is to love her.

That is power.

10/06/2023

The wellbeing strategies that have been effective for the past 3 decades won’t cut it for the next 3.

I’ve spent the last 4 years navigating the corporate wellbeing terrain and I’ve witnessed many of situations where:

- Organizations pushed their people to the side
- Employees were regarded as profit generators.
- Wellbeing was an overlooked consideration.

For the past 30 years, organizations have done this and continue to work seamlessly. Operating employees like well-oiled machines led to remarkable success.

However, times have changed. People are weary, burnt out, and seeking more.

So, if you aspire to extract the utmost potential from your workforce in 2023 and beyond, I encourage you to:

✅ Allocate a wellbeing budget.
✅ Empower them to invest it in ways that cater to THEIR needs.
✅ Educate them on recognizing the awareness of burnout.

Regardless of how you dissect it, the foundation of your company rests upon its most precious resource...

Your people.

And safeguarding them is paramount at any cost! 🛡️

06/03/2023

I’m a big believer that you have to practice what you preach.

Because if you don’t… well why in the heck should people trust you?

Why do you think cars salesmen or insurance agents have such a bad rep 🤔

Because historically, people don’t trust them to practice what they preach!!!

And making the commitment to actively practice what you’re telling your:

- Clients
- Co-workers
- Or in your promotional material

Needs to continuously be reassessed and rebalanced.

It needs to be aligned with what you’re doing day in and day out.

Because if not… you’ll come across as unethical, hypocritical, and fake.

(Which are 3 things you want to stay FAR away from being!!)

A fitness coach preaching fitness → Needs to make it a priority in their own life.
A financial advisor preaching budgeting → Needs to make it a priority in their own life.
A therapist preaching healthy communication → Needs to make it a priority in their own life.

And for the last 5 years, I’ve been on a mission to align my business and personal life to make sure I do practice what I put out into the world.

So when I have clients tell me they have:

💗 Increased Productivity
💗 Increased Happiness
💗 Increased Revenue

I can sit back with a smile because I know in my heart I am pursuing those exact things in my career and in my personal life.

Practice what you preach and watch your hard work, dedication, and dreams come to fruition!!

05/21/2023

5 ways to make your employees feel like they’re doing more than JUST “going to work”.

1. Support

Have ‘life’ check-ins that don’t include work. With management OR better yet, an outside resource. Did you know external coaches are 60% more effective than internal coaches?

2. Foster

Allow for impact and foster meaningful conversations (if they are speaking their mind it is meaningful to them). Give them a chance to speak their mind on important topics. This creates passion around their work.

3. Build

Let them build the culture, be the culture, and breathe your brand. You hired them for a reason. Trust them to take it on!

4. Provide

Give to the individual. Workshops, retreats, rewards, awards, personalized and meaningful self-improvement options. Provide assessments (I prefer DISC) to better understand their own personalities and how to work better together and form deeper connections.

5. Ask don't Assume

Ask firsthand what they need in order to be supported throughout their day/quarter/year and award them THAT.

The average employee spends around 3 hours a week complaining about their workplace.

How much better would your organization's culture, employee retention, and quality of work be if you spent 3 hours a week implementing these 5 items?

Because let’s be honest for a second…

3 hours a week is NOTHING in hindsight when it comes to putting your employees first.

Wellbeing matters. You matter!

And it’s time for leaders, CEOs, and MDs to start making it matter to their organizations!!

P.S. To those of you who have already…

Thank you. You are the real MVP!

Address

Nokomis Beach, FL

Opening Hours

Monday

9am - 5pm

Telephone

+16037657306

Website

http://www.artofhustleandheart.com/

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