Episode #57: An Honest Conversation About Stepping into Integrity Once You Release the "Shoulds" with co-host Michele Duwe
The Fearless Female Entrepreneur
Release Date: 01/26/2023
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info_outlineWelcome to Episode 57! I'm so excited for this episode which is the first where I'm joined by a co-host. Today, I'm joined by Michele Duwe, content manager for online coaches and business owners, for an informal coffee chat sharing our own personal stories and experiences and discussing:
- Our journey to overcoming our SHOULDS in our careers and businesses.
- Giving ourselves permission to burn down what we’ve created and start over to be more aligned to what we desire.
- Creating content and repurposing content for our marketing, our struggles with creating content and having to come up with the methods that work for us after we broke free on how others told us we had to do it.
- Action vs. mindset and the realization that our mindset is creating our reality.
- Learning from our missteps along the way and accepting those missteps as lessons learned and part of the evolution and journey.
- The journey to finding YOUR way of showing up in your business with ease.
- The Fear of Success and how it holds entrepreneurs back from enjoying their businesses and loving their lives.
We invite you to grab your cup of coffee and listen in on this informal conversation about the highs and lows of creating a business and all the behind the scenes personal growth and mindset shifts that make it all come together.
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