The Dark Side of Heart-Centered Entrepreneurship
The Heart Centered Entrepreneur
Release Date: 05/27/2025
Motherhood and Mental Health with Liz Kent
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Visit today's blog post . Pull out your coffee cup because in this episode, I’m sharing real motherhood confessions alongside my amazing guest, Liz Kent. Liz specifically helps therapists and wellness providers grow their businesses, so if you're heart centered (like I know you are), you're going to love our honest convo today. ❤️ –– Connect with Anna on Instagram:
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11 Years of Entrepreneurship with Chantelle Davis-Gray
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Visit today's blog post . In this week’s episode, I’m thrilled to welcome back my amazing friend and client Chantelle Davis-Gray. It's been a joy to coach her for over 10 years now! YES, before my daughter was born. When we met, she was doing health coaching and shortly after pivoted to website design and has been adding more graphic beauty into the world ever since! She is celebrating 11+ years in her website design business, and in this episode, she’s dropping some amazing tips and insights on what it takes to sustain entrepreneurship with your values/integrity and JOY...
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Live Coaching: Hiring 101
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Visit today's blog post . In this week’s episode, I’m taking you behind the scenes of a real coaching call with my amazing client Christina, who’s growing her business and getting ready to make her next hire. This episode will help you navigate the mindset, strategy, and trust it takes to build a team that works for your business and life. Growing your team isn’t always easy, but it’s so important, because you can’t build a sustainable 3 days a week, six-figure biz WITHOUT support. If you’re in the season of making your first (or next) hire, this episode...
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Awakened After 40: Aging with ADVENTURE with Marissa Axell
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Visit today's blog post . One of my biggest secrets to getting my clients a lot of results, and having MY business continually growing on a 3 day work week... Is having a LIFE outside my business that INSPIRES me to work only 3ish days a week. Traveling with my kids, dancing 5+ hours a week, doing pilates... I remember a time when it felt impossible to make time for things outside of work and motherhood. Today, Marissa and I are having a conversation about smashing the patriarchy one 5 minute block at a time. Every time you take up space. Every time you prioritize your...
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Get Clients in Any Economy
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Visit today's blog post . San Diego had a massive and amazing turnout to the 'No Kings' protests - I am so proud of my city. We are in uncertain times for sure, politically and economically. And in this episode, I’m sharing some real talk about how to make it through and make money in hard times. Here’s what I know to be true… Even in a “bad” economy, the hardest days in my business are still better than the “best” days I had working a traditional 9–5. I share about the importance of designing your business and life to operate so that your baseline income works in any...
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A Letter From Your Next $5K Client
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Visit today's blog post . Pretend I’m your next potential client, ready to pay in full for your $5K offer. What would I want from you? This episode was inspired by a recent hire I made and taking 10+ sales calls in a short span. It reminded me what actually matters when someone’s deciding to work with you—and it's probably not what you think. I’m sharing a note I created from the perspective of your future client. Things like: I want you to believe in me even when I don't. I want to be challenged. I want to be respected and treated with kindness and grace. I want you to be secure....
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You’re Not Lazy, You’re Overloaded
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Visit today's blog post . Ever feel totally scattered trying to show up for everything—from marketing to delivery, from your family to your clients, from selling to serving? In this episode, I’m diving into something I see all the time with heart centered entrepreneurs (and feel myself too): constant context switching. That back-and-forth between life and business, between action and planning, between serving and showing up… it’s exhausting. And it’s the hidden reason so many capable business owners are stuck, spinning, or secretly thinking about quitting. If you’ve been...
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“Being Flexible” Is Burning You Out
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Visit today's blog post . In this episode, I share a personal story about saying yes to a kid’s field trip—and the reminder I got when they said, “Mom, I’m sad you couldn’t make the last one.” Whether you’re working a 9–5, no job, full-time biz, or part-time biz, you can’t do it ALL, all the time without burning out. I dive into why pretending you should be able to do everything is exhausting, why boundaries around your work hours are essential, and how respecting those boundaries gives you the actual freedom to unplug and enjoy life. –– Connect with Anna on...
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The Mindset That Made Me Rich (and Present)
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Visit today's blog post . What happens when someone doesn’t show up to my sales call? I recorded this podcast—with my sweet daughter on my lap instead. It might sound wild, but no-shows don’t bug me at all. And in this episode, I’m sharing exactly why. This mindset is 100% the reason why I’m able to make money year-round, while building a sustainable heart centered business, and feeling REALLY GOOD about it. This is also the mindset that keeps so many women stuck in corporate making $75K a year feeling “good”, when they could be making $300K with half the effort—if...
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Talk Less and Close More Sales
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Visit today's blog post . In this episode, I’m sharing the two most important things you need to say after you listen to your potential client’s challenges on a sales call if you want it to convert into actual cash. I’m breaking down what to say (and what not to assume) to confidently close more sales with aligned clients. Plus, I share a wild story about a sales experience I had recently that reminded me exactly what not to do. This episode is super important for heart centered entrepreneurs- especially if you’ve been guilting yourself around visibility or struggling to convert...
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Let’s call this what it is: the dark side of heart-centered entrepreneurship.
Having a big heart is a gift—but sometimes, it holds us back. As heart-centered women, we care deeply. As ambitious women, we dream big, move fast, and aim high. But the dark side of that combo? We can be brutal with our past selves.
In this episode, I’m sharing some very personal reflections from the last six months—specifically what’s come up for me in therapy around my divorce—and how regret can show up even in moments of success (like when a client hit a big income goal but asked, “Why did it take me so long?”).
This is a conversation about self-forgiveness, freeing up emotional real estate, and remembering that your past self got you here. If you’ve been hard on yourself or feel like you “should be further along,” this one’s for you.
There’s nothing wrong with your timeline. There’s no behind. There’s just the next brave choice you’re willing to make. ❤️
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Connect with Anna on Instagram: @heartcentered.entrepreneur