When Jane Smith first opened her wine-centric restaurant Dame in 2016, she thought she had it figured out. She had a business partner, a chef lined up, and a beautiful corner space on Northeast Killingsworth. Just a year after opening, however, the restaurant’s situation changed. Her partner left, her chef left, and Smith found herself treading water.
“Everything went into the restaurant,” she says. “As soon as we got stable, the pandemic happened.” For Smith, it took a reframe of how she viewed her business — and her life — to move forward. “I opened Dame as a people pleaser, but I know how to set boundaries now,”
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