Episode 90: Reflections: Addiction to Progress
The Fierce Factor with Kaeli Lindholm
Release Date: 01/10/2022
Episode 283: Building What Lasts with Meg Fox, PA-C, MS
The Fierce Factor with Kaeli Lindholm
Tired of attracting the wrong clients? In this powerful episode, join me and special guest, Meg Fox, PA-C, MS, for a deep dive into the art of client attraction. We're redefining marketing as the act of attracting your ideal clients, your "unicorns", who will respect your process and align with your values. Discover how to shift from a transactional to a relational business model by putting culture over everything. Meg shares her unique strategies for using empowered language and intentionality to create a business that is a "magnet" for the right people. You'll also walk away with the Law of...
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Episode 282: The Real Cost of Starting a Business
The Fierce Factor with Kaeli Lindholm
This week, I’m pulling back the curtain on the realities of starting and scaling a medical aesthetics practice. Fresh off the heels of my five-day SPARK Sprint intensive, I’m sharing insights from hundreds of conversations I’ve had with female entrepreneurs navigating today’s shifting landscape, private equity roll-ups, increased restrictions, and the pressure of a contracting economy. I’ll talk about why exceptional clinical skills alone aren’t enough to guarantee business success and break down the hidden costs, time commitments, and mindset shifts required to truly thrive as...
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Episode 281: Lessons Every Female Founder Needs to Hear
The Fierce Factor with Kaeli Lindholm
This week on The Fierce Factor, I’m bringing you something special, a replay of a conversation where I was invited as a guest on FACEit with Dr. G. This episode is packed with raw and honest insight into what it really takes to grow and sustain a thriving business in the aesthetics and wellness industry. We dive into the realities of entrepreneurship—the pressure, the pivots, and the power of leaning into your unique leadership style. I share my personal journey, the lessons I’ve learned working with hundreds of female founders, and the strategies that continue to help women build...
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Episode 280: The Confidence Crisis and How Leaders Rise Above It
The Fierce Factor with Kaeli Lindholm
In this special episode of The Fierce Factor Podcast, you'll hear Day One of our SPARK Leadership Sprint—a powerful training designed to help women stop reacting and step into confident leadership during unprecedented industry change. Kaeli dives into the seismic shifts happening in our economy and the aesthetics/wellness industry, including the largest wealth transfer in human history, explosive industry growth, and the influx of private equity. If you're feeling like your business foundation is shifting like quicksand despite your success, you're not imagining things. Over five days, we...
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Episode 279: Why Your Injector Isn't Booked
The Fierce Factor with Kaeli Lindholm
If you’ve ever wondered why your injector’s schedule isn’t full—despite your best efforts—this conversation is your deep dive into the hidden factors holding your provider back.. As a founder in the aesthetics and wellness industry, you know the pressure of scaling through a team: you hire a talented provider, invest in training, and still find yourself carrying the bulk of the revenue load. Before the frustration and resentment set in, tune in to hear the real reasons your provider isn’t fully booked—and what to do about it. I’ll share the top 10 mistakes I see high-end...
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Episode 278: Bonus: It Won't Happen Until You Fully Commit
The Fierce Factor with Kaeli Lindholm
In this bonus replay episode, I'm delivering a powerful message specifically for my soul sister entrepreneurs. I see you, the women who get things done and are constantly balancing building a business, leading a team, and managing your personal life. I’ll challenge you to assess where you may be "half-committing" —whether it's by not allowing a team to take over, treating core values as an afterthought, or failing to make time for strategic planning. The episode dives into the "lonely middle", a phase where highly successful women may feel stagnation. You’ll learn that true success isn't...
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Episode 277: Comparison, Burnout, and the Confidence to Do Business Differently with Shannon Synoracki, MHS, PA-C
The Fierce Factor with Kaeli Lindholm
In this heartfelt and powerful episode, I sit down with Shannon Synoracki, a PA, mother of three, and founder of Prejuvenation Esthetics in Northern Virginia. Shannon shares her deeply personal journey from loss and hardship to building a values-driven business that reflects who she truly is—not what the industry expects her to be. We talk about: What it means to define success for yourself The mindset shift from provider to CEO Overcoming perfectionism and embracing imperfect action How comparison and social media can derail your vision Why building a team and simplifying your business...
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Episode 276: Attract Better Talent: Identify Your Hiring Superpower
The Fierce Factor with Kaeli Lindholm
In this episode I’m diving into one of the most important — and most misunderstood — skills of entrepreneurial leadership: hiring top talent. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed, unsure where to start, or frustrated by the lack of aligned candidates, I want you to know: you’re not alone. I’m sharing the real-life story of one of my incredible clients, “Susie,” a thriving aesthetic business owner who hit a breaking point. She was in high demand, growing fast — and completely burnt out. Through our work together, we uncovered what was really holding her back: not a lack of talent,...
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Episode 275: The Greatest Transfer of Wealth in Human History: And How to Navigate
The Fierce Factor with Kaeli Lindholm
This week, I’m bringing you a conversation that’s been on my heart and mind for months: the seismic economic shift we’re living through, and why it matters now more than ever for those of us building legacy-driven businesses. We are in the midst of the greatest transfer of wealth in human history. Over $84 trillion is expected to change hands in the coming years as Baby Boomers pass down assets to Millennials and Gen Z. This isn’t just an interesting stat—it’s a full-on redefinition of who holds financial power, how people are making decisions, and what they value in the businesses...
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Episode 274: Bonus: Taming the Wild West of Injector Training Institutes with Leslie Fletcher RN, MSN, AGNP-BC
The Fierce Factor with Kaeli Lindholm
In this bonus replay episode, I’m bringing you one of my favorite conversations to date with board-certified Nurse Practitioner, international educator, and founder of the InjectAbility® Institute, Leslie Fletcher. Originally aired as two episodes, we’ve combined them into one powerhouse session. Leslie and I go deep into the real talk our industry needs—from the wild growth in aesthetic training programs to the integrity (or lack thereof) behind many injector courses today. Whether you’re a new injector, a seasoned business owner considering launching your own training program, or...
info_outlineIn this week’s Fierce Factor episode let’s address the elusive ideology that we aren’t always the ones in control and how we as business owners don’t always have the ability to see through the clearest lense.
I routinely use the analogy that you can’t see the bottle from inside the label. Or the picture from inside the frame. It’s a perspective thing. That is why it is extremely valuable to bring someone you can trust in from the outside who understands your industry and your ambitions to help you see the bigger picture.
So often, we have a distorted view of what is actually going on in the business because we are in the eye of the storm. We are the eye of the storm.
Think about a hurricane… The eye of the hurricane feels completely justified and in control, it’s powerful, its magnetic, its commanding, it’s slowly executing its purpose. But what’s happening around it is chaos. A flurry of disruption that is creating a domino impact. Yet it’s all happening so organically that seems almost indestructible, in fact at times it seems purposeful. And so relating that back to your business, think about the central focus of your business. Similar to the experience of this client, it can be eerily deceiving that the things that once brought you value or you believe still are, are in fact the things that are becoming your biggest barrier to growth.
Success is a double edged sword. It’s so interesting that often the tools, strategies, and mindset that brings success will ultimately become the thing that needs to change to stimulate next level growth in the future.
And it makes sense. Because as business owners we are growing as humans. If we aren't really embracing and investing in this journey of personal growth, our business will never grow beyond us.
Too many times, I’ve witnessed strong, commanding, purposeful business owners become victims to their own storm they have created for themselves because they lose focus. They overlook or misvalue the importance of slowing down and really evaluating their business model.
As I’m reflecting on the past 15 weeks, this is a central idea for me. How can I create meaningful impact in the world that allows me to have freedom, influence, and autonomy at scale?
As you are planning for the future leader, I hope I can inspire you to think about your role in your business and the way you have shown up for your business in the past as a beautiful stepping stone to who are capable of becoming in the future.
Tune in to hear a powerful story of success, growth, and opportunity and how your addiction to progress may be both the catalyst AND the achilles heel to your ultimate fulfillment in business and life.
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