The Game On Girlfriend Podcast
Why are some people more successful faster? Do women really support each other? How big does my online presence need to be? What do I do first to make money in my business? Can I really make money starting my own business? How important is social media? Am I going to have to work 24/7 to make a real living? Welcome to the Game on Girl friend podcast where we answer all of these questions through behind-the-scenes podcasts, interviews with successful business owners like you and direct coaching from veteran entrepreneur, Sarah Walton. We’ll share industry insider tips on influence, productivity, confidence and always * always * motivation. There’s nothing worse than feeling like you could’ve acted on your dreams, but you didn’t. Sarah believes you were given your dreams, ideas and wishes for a reason. You’ll come to consider this podcast a gentle nudge to remind you that you matter, your work matters and your dreams deserve a chance. But the best part? We’ll actually talk about how to make that happen. This isn’t your practice life. The game is on and you’ve got one shot and making it your best. Game on, Girlfriend…game on.
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287. The $68 Trillion Wealth Transfer: Why the Future of Money is Feminine with Chelsea Williams
07/01/2025
287. The $68 Trillion Wealth Transfer: Why the Future of Money is Feminine with Chelsea Williams
The largest wealth transfer in human history is already underway - and women are positioned to inherit the majority of it. But most women aren't prepared for what's coming, and the implications extend far beyond individual bank accounts. In this transformative episode, I sit down with Chelsea Williams, fractional CFO and self-proclaimed "money whisperer," who reveals the shocking truth about women's exclusion from the financial system and why the next 20 years will reshape society itself. Chelsea accidentally discovered accounting in college when everyone told her to avoid it. That "mistake" led to a career revelation: she had a natural gift for numbers, but more importantly, she understood that money conversations needed a completely different approach - especially for women. Episode Highlights: The Historical Context Most Women Don't Know Chelsea breaks down the "financial algorithm" - how the financial system was built by and for white male property owners for 99% of its existence. Women couldn't even get credit cards without male co-signers until 50 years ago. We were literally listed as assets on men's financial applications. The Coming Wealth Revolution, as baby boomers pass away over the next two decades, trillions of dollars will transfer to their heirs - with the majority going to women. This represents the first time in history that women will control this level of wealth, but it also threatens to dramatically widen the wealth gap. Why Women Handle Money Differently Research shows that when women control financial resources, entire communities benefit. We're natural multipliers - whatever you give us, we make it grow and share it. But we've been taught to negotiate and invest using masculine strategies that don't align with our strengths. A Revolutionary Social Impact Vision Chelsea shares her groundbreaking project: converting vacant nursing homes (left empty as boomers pass away) into supportive community living spaces for single mothers, complete with financial literacy programs, childcare, and mentorship. It's a perfect example of how women can use inherited wealth to create systemic change. The Skills We Need Now Financial literacy isn't optional anymore - it's essential preparation for this generational shift. But Chelsea emphasizes we don't need to become masculine to succeed. We need to lean into our natural strengths while building competency in negotiation, investment strategy, and wealth management. What You'll Learn: Why the wage gap is partially about skills we were never taught (and how to close it) The generational patterns embedded in women's DNA around money How to prepare yourself and your business for unprecedented economic change Why supporting other women isn't just nice - it's strategically essential The balance needed as men navigate their changing role in this new paradigm This conversation will fundamentally shift how you think about money, opportunity, and your role in the largest wealth transfer in human history. The future truly is feminine - but only if we step into it with intention and preparation. Guest Bio: Chelsea Williams is a fractional CFO, money strategist, and founder of Money Mastery. With over a decade of experience working with entrepreneurs and individuals on their finances, she's discovered that money conversations are "always and never about the money." Her mission is to splash color on the traditionally black-and-white topic of finance, especially for women preparing for unprecedented economic opportunity. Resources Mentioned: "The Soul of Money" by Lynn Twist Money Mastery website: Financial literacy resources for women Domestic violence support organizations Connect with Chelsea: Website: . Sign up for her newsletter to stay updated on the nursing home conversion project and receive wealth transfer insights. Connect with Sarah Walton: Website: Abundance Academy: Social Media: You can check out our podcast interviews on YouTube, too! Thank you so much for listening. I’m honored that you’re here and would be grateful if you could leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts by , scrolling to the bottom, and clicking "Write a review." Then, we'll get to inspire even more people! (If you’re not sure how to leave a review, you can .)
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286. Mastering Magnetic Communication Through Masculine/Feminine Balance with Nicola Navon
06/24/2025
286. Mastering Magnetic Communication Through Masculine/Feminine Balance with Nicola Navon
When your business relationships mirror your personal ones, there's a deeper pattern at work. Nicola Navon, relationship communication coach and host of the Divine Union podcast, discovered this firsthand when her people-pleasing patterns in romantic relationships showed up as client codependency in her business. In this conversation, Nicola shares her signature Union Method framework and explains how balancing masculine energy (structure, boundaries, direct communication) with feminine energy (intuition, receptivity, play) creates magnetic communication that builds both intimacy and influence. You'll discover why vulnerability without grounding leads to collapse, how to communicate desires from empowerment rather than desperation, and the critical difference between healthy manifesting and controlling behavior that kills results. Whether you're struggling with client boundaries, romantic relationships, or finding your authentic voice as a leader, this episode offers practical strategies that work in both boardrooms and bedrooms. What You'll Learn Why people-pleasing in relationships creates codependent client dynamics How masculine energy grounds you so feminine energy can play The courage required to discover what you actually want versus what you think you should want Practical steps for identifying your needs and communicating them powerfully Why control kills manifestation and how to take action without forcing outcomes How to hold yourself through rejection while continuing to show up authentically The connection between your internal relationship and all external relationships About Nicola Nicola Navon is a speaker, communication, and leadership coach who specializes in relational dynamics. As the host of the Divine Union podcast, she helps individuals master the art of influence and create vibrant, impactful relationships in leadership, love, and life. Her signature Union Method framework blends three core pillars: balance, communication, and polarity energetics. Nicola bridges self-mastery and thriving relationships, understanding that who you are at work shapes who you are in relationships and vice versa Connect with Nicola Podcast: Episode Highlights "Two people choosing to relate with each other. Not out of codependency, not out of need, but out of true depth." "I couldn't until I worked on my healing my masculine and bringing it in. I wasn't able to put myself out there in relationships and business as vulnerable." "Think of the masculine like it's your roots of a tree. It's your groundedness in who you are, what you're about, the agency behind your words, the conviction in what you say."
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285. Creating a Multi-Million Dollar Franchise Business Out of Joy with Rhea Lana Riner
06/17/2025
285. Creating a Multi-Million Dollar Franchise Business Out of Joy with Rhea Lana Riner
When I tell you you can start a business out of anything, do you have like an internal eye roll? Today’s guest started a business out of her living room. You can start a company simply because you want to help others. It really is that simple, but simple doesn’t mean easy. Rhea Lana Riner is the CEO and founder of Rhea Lana’s Children Consignment Events, a national franchise with 120 locations in 26 states. What started as a simple clothing swap in her living room has evolved into a multi-million-dollar business. Listen for the moments of courage – we're talking about the courage to start small and try again when something doesn't work exactly as planned the first time. It takes courage to keep going when you're not sure what the next step will look like. Rhea Lana was a stay-at-home mom who grew up in a military family. She was an introvert and, according to her, not someone you'd call a leader. “There was a season in our life where my husband left the corporate world and went into nonprofit work. We moved to another state, and I had these three small children under the age of five,” says Rhea Lana. She loved the hunt for secondhand shopping. However, the experiences with secondhand shopping weren't great at that time, ranging from garage sales to consignment stores – Rhea Lana felt there had to be a better way with more accountability. She got 11 women to sign up as consignors. It was a win. But no shoppers came to her first sale. She asked for a second chance and got to work on grassroots invitations. She printed flyers and made yard signs. “I wanted each mom that was selling her things with me; I wanted her to be able to see exactly what sold and exactly how much so that there would be no questions of just integrity of what happened.” You really can start with nothing and turn it into something. As women we're so creative; we generate idea after idea. It's essential that we find joy in what we do in business, and we don't have to undertake huge, risky ventures. It can be moment by moment. Rhea Lana says for that first sale, expectations were low. She remembers when she made $200; it was a win. She went out and bought a fancy purse – the first new thing she'd bought for herself in a long time. “Because all the money that came in, it went for the kids, or the bills, or the house payment. And I do think that's what women do experience,” says Rhea Lana. “We tend to put ourselves last. And so when I did this little business, all of a sudden, Of course, there was some tension.” She had to spend money but also felt the freedom to buy for herself, which was motivating. She says that the push for growth helped her narrow her focus to grow and increase her earnings. Her business grew gradually with each event. After working for a few years, Rhea Lana realized she was making in one event what a friend made in a year. “It was just part of the journey of probably giving me the push I needed to kind of take that next step towards franchising.” She didn't have the money to hire a consultant; instead, her sister helped her test an event in another community. She read "Franchising for Dummies". “It just kind of felt manageable. And, sure, there's a level of risk, but just a small amount. And we didn't know if anybody would buy it. I had no idea.” For some women, chasing their dreams or finding their purpose in life is about being good at what they do. Success isn't cookie-cutter. Expanding into your joy and what truly makes you happy and trusting yourself to have the courage to take step after step -- that's a little bit different for everybody. Free gift: Book a complimentary, 30-minute consultation call to offer women in your audience valuable insights on the next step in their journey. Maybe it's a business or entrepreneurial interest in our franchise system, or maybe it's something else. I will also be sending a free leadership resource to aid them in their journey of personal growth, along with some free Rhea Lana's merch! Book your call here Connect with guest Rhea Lana Riner: Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: The Impact of Your Small Steps on Success: How to Make BIG Changes and Invest in Yourself When You’re Scared: You can check out our podcast interviews on YouTube, too! Thank you so much for listening. I’m honored that you’re here and would be grateful if you could leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts by , scrolling to the bottom, and clicking "Write a review." Then, we'll get to inspire even more people! (If you’re not sure how to leave a review, you can .) #BuildingJoy #FranchiseBusiness #StartingABusiness #IntuitiveBusiness #JoyBusiness #BuildingWithPurpose #BuildingPassion #WomenInBusiness #EntrepreneurLifestyle
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284. Why Marketing Online Feels Awful with Authority Coach Christine Blosdale
06/10/2025
284. Why Marketing Online Feels Awful with Authority Coach Christine Blosdale
Is marketing online enough to make you want to stick a fork in your eye? If you've been feeling that way, I want you to know one, you're not alone, and two, something's happening in online marketing that not enough people are talking about: the authenticity factor. We have a nose for BS. We know when people feel desperate. We know when things aren't going well. We know when someone is showing up just to show up, because they think they're supposed to. If you've been wondering how you can show up in an authentic way and have people really be attracted to you and not in the I'm going to call it the “white broligarchy way”, but in the, “Hey, I have this amazing thing and I think I can help way,” -- this is going to be the episode that's going to help you get there. Christine Blosdale is the expert authority business coach. She successfully guided more than 500 business owners, coaches, authors, and nonprofits in developing and expanding their brand and business, helping them achieve magnificent growth and success. If you've been feeling stuck about how to market and how to show up just as yourself, you're going to want to pop in those earphones. Christine says her whole trajectory has always been about helping people and creating. From speaking the truth in assessing a client’s work, to helping them share their natural gifts, she says it’s about zeroing on each person’s individual superpower. “I use my intuition when I'm working with clients to see their expert authority, their gift,” says Christine. “If they're not conveying that in a real clear way, as a lot of business owners, a lot of entrepreneurs do, then they need just need help in getting the word out the message.” She remembers helping her mother get ready for work each day. Her mom would always ask how she looked, seeking Christine’s opinion. “At a really young age, I think that formulated something within me that, oh, I have value in what I, you know, what I think,” says Christine. “To this day, if I go to a hotel or a spa or wherever, a restaurant, I'll pick out the things that they're doing well.” This extends to her clients. She says especially as women, we suffer from limited beliefs about what we can accomplish and imposter syndrome. “My job is to really dismantle all of that, because the stories that we say to ourselves, even when we're at the top of our game and where we've got such great skills and wisdom -- it's that story that we're not good enough; who's gonna listen to me?” Christine says people stepping into their passion and acknowledging their strengths isn’t ego or arrogance. It’s tapping into who we were, not who the world wants us to be. You can’t be an impostor if you’re being your authentic self. “You'll reach a certain age and reach a certain point in your life, and you'll look back and you go, ‘Oh wow. I did all this for other people but what I could have done is at least tap into those passions that are important to me.’ You could have even been a better role model.” Christine says a common challenge for her clients is visibility. Often, when she looks at their website and socials, she finds the scent of desperation in their content. “No one wants to necessarily go onto a sinking ship,” she says. “That is a real game changer for people because it flips the script. … It's, ‘hey, I'm here. This is why I'm so confident in what I can do.’” Christine says it’s important to look at the socio-cultural landscape. People are moving away from the Kardashians and Dynasty-type perfection. They’re looking at content creators and speakers who are authentic and relatable. “You want to have that authenticity and that relatability going out so that your people will come to you,” says Christine. “The less perfect you are, the more people are going to be attracted to you.” Free gift: Free copy of “The Social Media and Branding Survival Guide”: Take the expert authority quiz: Connect with Christine Blosdale: Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: Marketing Not Working? This Might Be Why: How to Find Your Signature Talk: You can check out our podcast interviews on YouTube, too! Thank you so much for listening. I’m so honored that you’re here and would be so grateful if you could leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts by , scrolling to the bottom and clicking “Write a review.” Then we’ll get to inspire even more people! (If you’re not sure how to leave a review, you can .) #AuthorityMarketing #PositionYourself #ContentMarketing #ExpertPositioning #GrowYourBusiness #AskExpert #SalesCoach #IntuitiveBusinessCoach #EntrepreneurLifestyle
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283. How to Find Your Signature Talk With Speaking Coach Jen Oliver
06/03/2025
283. How to Find Your Signature Talk With Speaking Coach Jen Oliver
Are you someone who wants to give a TED Talk? The entire idea of that platform is ideas worth spreading. Maybe you want to be better on stage or understand what makes a speaker so compelling. There's something that makes people connect to us when we're on a screen or on a stage. Sometimes, it works, and sometimes, it doesn't. How does the person's authentic, awesome, gooey-goodness self get up and deliver something that hits us in a way that is so compelling we can't look away? Jen Oliver has devoted her life to becoming a speaking coach. As an executive producer, she's deeply connected to the entire TEDxCommunity. Jen coaches women to speak with impact and is highly effective at helping her clients show up REAL while leveraging their story, mission, and embodiment to exert a powerful influence. To understand how Jen pulls people onto the stage to share her story, she begins with her own. She recalls her second marriage—she rushed into it. She thought she'd restored the legacy for her children after her first marriage ended and herself as an upstanding woman. She was with a wonderful man but didn't belong in the marriage. She wrestled with the truth of it. It was making her feel sick and ill at ease in her body. She remembered what a relationship mediator told her, "It is so profoundly unkind to not tell the truth. You're torturing another person because you're they're dealing in the absence of communication. They are dealing with a fiction That's so far worse than the reality. Give them the dignity of the truth. Speak your truth." Jen had to admit she didn’t belong in the marriage. "It's those little moments where we look at what is the dis ease? Where am I not showing up true? Where am I not saying what is honest? Like, where's that voice?" says Jen. Jen says she's unconventional in her work as a speaking coach because she focuses on authenticity and sharing that truth as a means of connection beyond the typical tips of how to be persuasive, make eye contact, etc. Helping people tell their truth puts energy behind their words, ideas, or coaching. Whether you're on stage in front of 4,000 people or in the boardroom, you have energy watching you, and if you don't meet that energy, it will bowl you over. “Here's what happens and is the mistake: We don't partner with and see that energy there in service to us,” says Jen. “We instead take it as an indictment and an indicator that we're somehow inadequate for that task.” Those feelings of fight or flight are normal because this is a higher-stakes situation than your average moment in the day. "Let's teach you to drop into your body, which is what I do with women is drop into your body, connect with that. Let's partner with it," says Jen. "I'm real, showing up like a real human as opposed to this perfectly polished, managed little automaton." Jen says we need to pay attention to what we've grown numb to. Before her business took off, Jen needed to own the parts of herself she was ignoring so that she could help others. When you do that personal work, it really is the precursor to other things. You can, in fact, shake the nervousness off – it resets your nervous system. You can hold your truth and have your nervous system contain it. “It doesn't mean that when the contraction happens in that same week, because it's this ebb and flow, that something's wrong, or you're not making the progress. You are,” says Jen. When Jen works with others to find their signature talk, she asks them to slow down. "I believe that the body if you can slow down long enough and regulate and listen to it, is the voice of spirit and soul. It holds memories, it holds emotions, it holds so much wisdom and data points," says Jen. She asks her clients to tap into their bodies instead of their minds—the mind can be a bully. If you want to give a TEDx Talk, start by connecting yourself to your deepest, truest wisdom. "Some of those people, their talk shifts a little bit, and the premise behind their talk, and their main tenets and talking points and the thing they ache to give their audience morphs and changes," says Jen. "It's their truer work." Transform your idea into a signature talk: Connect with Jen Oliver: Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: Power of Pause: Why Your Brain Cannot Solve the Problem 3 Easy Tips for Your Sales Conversations You can check out our podcast interviews on YouTube, too! Thank you so much for listening. I’m so honored that you’re here and would be so grateful if you could leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts by , scrolling to the bottom, and clicking "Write a review." Then, we'll get to inspire even more people! (If you’re not sure how to leave a review, you can .) #SignatureTalk #SpeakerTips #TEDTalks #SpeakingCoach #BusinessCoach #AskExpert
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282. The Impact of Your Small Steps on Success with Kate Maguire
05/27/2025
282. The Impact of Your Small Steps on Success with Kate Maguire
Time is limited, but it's also, there's lots of it. So you've got room to make mistakes. Have you ever wondered what people do to get successful? What makes the difference? Today’s guest, Kate McGuire, will share her journey, and she talks about those moments in life that you think are like the success moments. The ones where you think “I’ve made it!” For her, it was her first $100,000 month. What do you do with milestones like that? What are the steps you're supposed to take first? Kate is a dynamic entrepreneur, devoted mother, and a passionate advocate for health and personal growth. Kate's journey is fueled by her desire for independence, which shapes her strategic approach to business and life. In her 20s, Kate was struggling to learn what she was going to do with her life. It caused her anxiety and stress; she went to her doctor. She wasn’t interested in taking prescriptions, and ended up seeing a naturopath. It was life changing. “I was exposed to the importance of my health. And the choices I had to make to actually get your head straight, get your head right, right? And I didn't need pharmaceuticals. And I was really struck with how easy it was to go down that path,” says Kate. After having such a positive experience, she wanted the world to know there were other options and that you could be the biggest advocate for your own health. “It is not easy to look after yourself. It does mean researching. It does mean talking to people. It does mean shutting out the circle of family and friends that you have that have their opinions about the way you should be managed,” says Kate. Her passion for health and seeing her father's role model entrepreneurship pushed her into the industry. “It does require you having some guts and having some faith in yourself,” says Kate. “It's okay if you fail, it's okay. Like your life is so long and when you're young, you feel like what's happening in that moment is like so important and so immediate.” If we don't feel safe, it's really hard to show up in your business as your best self, get excited about marketing, and do all the things. Some business owners get to a certain level and then they pull back because they worked so hard to get there. Steady sales. Income levels. They did it. But it means they don’t try anything new. They’re afraid of making mistakes, so they don’t take any more chances. And the biggest lessons can bring the most hurt. It can be hard to overcome because there is always someone to compare yourself to. “Sometimes entrepreneurs are encouraged to get around other entrepreneurs who are doing much bigger and better things than them. And I think you need to tread lightly with that. depending on your personality. Because for me, that was actually a little bit detrimental,” says Kate. Some people can go all in as a CEO, but others might need to divide their time and avoid burnout. Putting in the internal work so that you can arrive at your business already fully yourself is important. Make what you’re creating through the business an extension of creativity and joy – and that will bring money. When Kate started working in the health industry, she was a sales rep for Omega-3 fish oil. She worked on commission. Her method was handshake by handshake, brick by brick, and door by door. She encountered so many nos before she’d get a yes. But then she started to get momentum. For her, it was hard work and belief in herself that paid off. There was no magic answer for her success. “You can end up in the job that you hate and it's safe, or you can take a chance on yourself and, you know, make mistakes and get in a bit of trouble,” says Kate. “But the exhilaration and the enjoyment and the things you'll learn and the people you talk to, I really do believe it's worth it.” Free gift: Benecin immune supplement: (Use 20% off code GOG20) Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: Feel Like You’re Pushing Water Uphill? This Will Help You Find Success Why Zigzagging Your Path Means More Success You can check out our podcast interviews on YouTube, too! Thank you so much for listening. I’m so honored that you’re here and would be so grateful if you could leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts by , scrolling to the bottom and clicking “Write a review.” Then we’ll get to inspire even more people! (If you’re not sure how to leave a review, you can .) #SuccessMindset #SmallStepsBigResults #BuildMomentum #AchieveYourGoals #DailyHabits #ChangeYourLife #SustainableSuccess #HealthAdvocate #IntuitiveBusinessCoach #AskExpert
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281. How to Make BIG Changes and Invest in Yourself When You’re Scared with Sun Yong Kim-Manzolini
05/20/2025
281. How to Make BIG Changes and Invest in Yourself When You’re Scared with Sun Yong Kim-Manzolini
What causes people to change? We have a really tough time actually shifting who we are, and how we’re walking through the world. The answer is one that I touched on, in the very first podcast episode of the Game on Girlfriend podcast when I said, “don't live a life of almosts.” Sun Yong Kim-Manzolini was born in South Korea and abandoned at birth by her family. She spent her early years in an orphanage, enduring hardships that she likened to living in a modern-day concentration camp. Today, Sun Yong is a highly successful seven-figure entrepreneur and the CEO of Lush Enterprises, LLC. In 2015, she retired from a $35,000 a year job with no savings and limited resources. Determined to change her circumstances, she dedicated herself to options trading. By the end of her first year, she had earned $178,000, six times her previous annual revenue. She believes that true freedom comes from living authentically, pursuing dreams without fear, and achieving financial security. Sun Yong says being orphaned gave her a sense of abandonment – no one invested in her. She was adopted by an American family and eventually got her dream job as a certified medical assistant. But she was missing something. She wondered how she got there. “So that's when I started investing myself by saying, I'm going to retire, even though it was my dream job,” says Sun Yong. She decided she would retire within a year. She had $10 in her account and was living paycheck to paycheck. “Of course I was scared, but I thought for me to invest in myself, I have to get those things out of my mind,” she said. “I have to start taking actions. So that's the beginning of investing in ourselves. And it is very, very critical. The reason is because if we don't invest in ourselves, who's going to invest in you?” Sun Yong says she started to learn to serve herself, as she had with her patients. She started talking about her own story – even the ugly parts that she didn’t want to share with others. She says we tend to focus on negative things, what we’ve heard and what we’ve faced. We might think we’re not worthy – the excuses and reasons are easy to find. Sun Yong said the decision to change was made easier watching the lives of her patients. She says some of them were struggling as they got older, and in some cases by the time they were ready to retire they were too sick to enjoy it. It prompted Sun Yong to retire while she was still healthy and could enjoy life. Sun Yong says once you have healed, you can help others from your present self without focusing on the past. “I’m no longer an orphan, but a lot of times we hang on to this thing like ‘Oh, I’m an orphan,’” she says. “We have to let go of the things that we used to be.” She says it takes many pieces to become who we are – from investing with money, investing within ourselves mentally, investing in ourselves with who we spend our time with. You have to implement every part on a daily basis to have a balanced life from your physical and mental health, to your financial stability and your relationships. To start living the life you want, you need to take action. This is likely going to be something you’ve never done before. But the fear will be there. Sun Yong says to think of it like loading a new album into your brain, so a new record starts to play. I want to do this! Oh no, I can’t. I don’t have the time. You have never done that before. The record’s on repeat. So you need to do something different from how you talk to yourself, the way you talk to others, and the way you act when nobody is watching. What can you do differently today than what you did yesterday? Those actions will be different results. “Think about how special you are, and there's only one you. You're one of a kind in the world, right? And you have to give the best treatment that you could give to yourself.” Free gift: Read one free chapter of Sun Yong's book, Invest in Yourself: Connect with Sun Yong: Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: Power of Pause: Why Your Brain Cannot Solve the Problem: Overcome Societal Expectations of ‘You’re Not Enough’: You can check out our podcast interviews on YouTube, too! Thank you so much for listening. I’m so honored that you’re here and would be so grateful if you could leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts by , scrolling to the bottom and clicking “Write a review.” Then we’ll get to inspire even more people! (If you’re not sure how to leave a review, you can .) #InvestInYourself #QualityOfLife #StayInspired #SuccessTips #Motivated #PathToSuccess #IntuitiveBusinessCoach #AskExpert
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280. You’re Not Falling Behind in Life, Here’s The Proof with Kim Rogne
05/13/2025
280. You’re Not Falling Behind in Life, Here’s The Proof with Kim Rogne
You cannot do big things if you don’t slow down. We're tackling that ever pesky, always present feeling of overwhelm. We live in such a hustle society where the to-do list keeps growing, everything keeps happening, and you can’t shake that hamster wheel feeling. Kim Rogne is a high performance coach, and she specializes in supporting working moms. The way that Kim approaches this work is she really talks about the phase of life that you're in, understanding what that phase brings to your life, what you can and cannot do in that phase, but also remembering that that phase ends. Kim started For the Love of, a personal and professional development company where she’s a high-performance coach and keynote speaker. She took up coaching after a traumatic skiing accident forced her to slow and really reflect on what she wanted the second half of her best life to be. Prior to coaching, she’d managed multiple real estate brokerages, but she was burnt out. She’d given herself two months’ notice to figure out her next move, when a friend told her she’d pay Kim to coach her. She knew then she’d start her own business. “As much as I coach and I teach and I’ve written about mindset, I don’t always have my own mindset in check, and hearing it from somebody else helped me cross that bridge,” says Kim. Kim believes overwhelm is based on choices. It’s based on having high standards and comparing ourselves to others. She works with working moms and part of that means acknowledging the phases these working women are going through. A 30-year-old with young children can’t compare to Kim talking about waking up at 5:15 a.m. to journal and sip her coffee. It’s just not realistic. It’s not that you’re falling behind, you’re comparing yourself to others who aren’t at the same stage in life as you are. “I think it's really just taking a step back and asking the question, ‘what can I do right now based on the phase of my life that I am in without comparison,’ ” says Kim. It’s also owning your choices – deciding what you are going to choose. It’s also allowing yourself some rest and recognizing when to have that downtime. There is no right or wrong way to rest, it’s about figuring out what works for you … and doing it. Kim says one of two of her clients both took a month off. They learned that their business could survive without them and what it meant to be recharged. What you can do right now matters and it’s sufficient. “[Allow] yourself to be okay and trust yourself when you're like, ‘this is enough. I don't need to do more,’” says Kim. When Kim started her business, she committed to a few things: her word of the year was “confident” – she would embody confidence internally and externally; she hired a social media director, and she was going to do daily mindset journaling. January 3, 2023, was her first entry – she had three borrowed prompts: I will let go of, I’m grateful for and I will focus. She started sharing her entries with a friend. It was their way of holding each other accountable. Somehow, this expanded to her clients sending snapshots of their entries. The journaling was working. Kim worked with her sister, a publisher, to rethink the journal. They chose new prompts. For the Love of was built from three parts: planning your week for success, mindset prompts and an end of week reflection. As women, we tend not to brag about our accomplishments; sometimes we forget them. We push through and keep going. Take a moment to recognize what you’ve done. Connect with Kim Rogne and download her personal growth journal: Mentioned in this episode: The Gap And The Gain, Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: Overwhelmed? Plan Your Week to Reclaim Your Time: What Burnout REALLY Is (And How It Differs From Stress): You can check out our podcast interviews on YouTube, too! Thank you so much for listening. I’m so honored that you’re here and would be so grateful if you could leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts by , scrolling to the bottom and clicking “Write a review.” Then we’ll get to inspire even more people! (If you’re not sure how to leave a review, you can .) #FeelingBehindInLife #NoFakeHustle #MindsetShift #PersonalGrowth #SuccessJourney #AskExpert #JournalPrompts #BusinessCoach #IntuitiveBusinessCoach
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279. Can Goodness and Wealth Go Hand-In-Hand? with Myra Salzer
05/06/2025
279. Can Goodness and Wealth Go Hand-In-Hand? with Myra Salzer
When someone inherits money, you have to mourn the loss of your life as you have known it up until that time before you can move on. Most people don't think about that. They think, “Oh, $18 million, woohoo!” But it's a big change. If the idea of making a lot of money scares you, because you think it will make you a jerk, today’s episode will give you insight into the mindset of heirs to incredible wealth. We are leaving so much about our relationship with wealth and money unexamined. Let’s blow the relationship with wealth wide open: People with and without money are almost identical – not in their day-to-day, but how they view themselves. Our guest, Myra Salzer is an advocate for people who have received a significant inheritance. Since she founded The Wealth Conservancy, she has worked with inheritors who have collectively inherited billions. The firm's services combine life and wealth coaching and financial planning. If you are thinking this doesn't apply to you, it does, especially if you are trying to grow your business and earn more money. Myra says it’s important to recognize the people she works with don’t have an advocate, and they’ve been born into a situation they have no control over. “There's no manual on how to manage $50 million … and yet they're expected to be happy,” says Myra. Business owners, too, can get insecure about money. There’s this idea that if you have money, you must somehow be bad. Myra says she sees this with her clients as well. Their net worth and self-worth are misaligned, and they are afraid of judgments. This might mean hiding their wealth, because they want to fit in This is true on the other side of the financial spectrum as well. Whether you’re born into wealth or poverty, there’s a pattern of thought that says you’re just supposed to know what to do with money, and we’re not supposed to talk about it. Myra notes that being an heir isn’t like winning the lottery. Usually, it’s a gradual event. Myra recalls one of her first clients as a financial planner: A young couple booked an appointment – he came in downcast that he didn’t have any income; she was playing with a large engagement ring. Myra learned he’d lived off trust income for his whole life, but it terminated when he hit 35. He didn’t know what to do with the $18 million in the bank. Her ring was $60,000, and she was wearing it with the stone towards her palm – embarrassed at the thought of showing her father who couldn’t make a mortgage payment. This appointment laid the foundation for Myra’s specialty. “The amount of money doesn't matter. It's the impact it has on your life,” says Myra. “So it could be $100 to a homeless person. Or $1,000 to a recent high school graduate. If it impacts their standard of living, it's a lot.” Myra breaks down the five stages of inheritance progression as: innocent stage, denial, ignorant acceptance, learning, growing and integrated authority. Ignorant acceptance is where Myra steps in to help. People have accepted their financial circumstances, but they have no training. Reaching the final stage of integrated authority is empowering. Heirs start thinking outside the box. They start thinking in a way that maybe deviates from what their family thought patterns are. Oftentimes, inheritors are only second or third generation from the wealth creator. The wealth creator's mindset is completely different they are future-focused and abundance-oriented. Whereas an inheritor is legacy-based and scarcity-oriented with a fear of loss, says Myra. But an inheritor might face hostile envy from people who feel like they didn’t benefit from the same luck. Heirs need to have that sense of perspective, so that their investment managers are aligned with the inheritor's values and objectives. Money isn’t who we are, but it can magnify us. Myra says if inheritors tend be a philanthropist or entrepreneur, they can be great ones. Money just helps boost their personalities and skills; it enables them to amplify what’s already there. Connect with Myra Salzer: Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: How Your Nervous System Shapes Your Money Habits: You Deserve the Money: You can check out our podcast interviews on YouTube, too! Thank you so much for listening. I’m so honored that you’re here and would be so grateful if you could leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts by , scrolling to the bottom and clicking “Write a review.” Then we’ll get to inspire even more people! (If you’re not sure how to leave a review, you can .) #FinancialLiteracy #Wealth #FinancialSuccess #Abundance #WealthBuilding #MoneyMindset #PersonalFinance #AskExpert #WealthCoach #FinancialFreedom
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278. Your Dream Body IS Possible with Laura Conley
04/29/2025
278. Your Dream Body IS Possible with Laura Conley
If hunger isn't the problem, food isn't the solution. If you're hating your body, starving it, or overfeeding it, chances are you're hindering your impact on this planet. Because when we don't feel good, we don't want to show up. Your health is your number one business asset. How you view your body, walk around inside your body, and use your body daily furthers your mission. Today's guest, Laura Conley, is the founder of the Yummy Mummy Method, which has successfully helped hundreds of women lose weight for the last time. Her clients have lovingly labeled her the fun weight loss coach. This is one of those episodes that will make you feel good about your life and probably help you on your journey to becoming the most successful entrepreneur you can be. Laura was stuck in corporate as a drug rep. She admits it was a cushy job: she had the company car, a fun lifestyle, and made a lot of money, but it wasn't fulfilling. "There might not be such a thing as your passion just dropping in your lap," says Laura. "But when I started to feel the lack of fulfillment, I started to follow just my curiosity." That curiosity led her to teach yoga. She and her husband developed an exit strategy, and a week later, her corporate boss sat her down. The company was going to be laying off 50% of its workforce. She would be spared, but she didn't want to be. She took a voluntary severance package. Laura eventually became a life coach and niched down to become a weight-loss coach, body-love coach, and food freedom coach because she didn't want to pass down her diet drama to her daughter. "When I was six weeks postpartum, and I got out of the shower," says Laura. "She's like cooing up at me, smiling, being so cute, and fat, and chubby and perfect. And I'm beating myself up for not bouncing back into my pre-baby jeans 'fast enough,'" She started applying the coaching tools and psychology principles she was using to help her clients change their lives to weight loss. Hormones were a significant piece of the puzzle. Laura always thought she needed to be on a calorie deficit to lose weight – she didn't like it, and it was unsustainable. Your hunger hormones are insulin, leptin, and ghrelin. About 94% of Americans have an imbalance in hunger hormones. Once you balance those hormones, your cravings go away. It's like a natural Ozempic. "Nobody is teaching us this because the big pharma can't make money off of teaching us how to heal our hunger hormones," says Laura. The other piece was to stop using food for what it's not for. Laura says she was using food for boredom relief, stress relief, pleasure, and comfort. She points to grabbing a handful of nuts when she is bored or some dark chocolate at 9 p.m. It was the little things. A lot of people think that if they want to lose weight or change their relationship with themselves, their body, or their food, they're bad or wrong for wanting that. You can approach that change from abundance. The question becomes how to give yourself a true pleasure versus a false pleasure. Laura likens it to a check engine light. Ask yourself, what is going on? Do you need to be replenished? For many people, food is a false pleasure because it's a net negative that leaves us hung over. The journey to loving your body really does start with two thoughts that feel neutral or in the ballpark of acceptance. What are one or two thoughts about your body that don't make you feel hate or shame? Our bodies are desperate for our love, and we can give it to them. Free gift: Laura's podcast: Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: You can check out our podcast interviews on YouTube, too! Thank you so much for listening. I’m so honored that you’re here and would be so grateful if you could leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts by , scrolling to the bottom and clicking “Write a review.” Then, we’ll get to inspire even more people! (If you’re not sure how to leave a review, you can .) #WeightLossJourney #BodyAcceptance #HealthyMindset #WeightLossTipsforWomen #WeightLoss #AskExpert #IntuitiveBusinessCoach #WeightLossCoach
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277. Why Your Website Isn’t Working (Top 3 Mistakes) With Kris Jones
04/22/2025
277. Why Your Website Isn’t Working (Top 3 Mistakes) With Kris Jones
Have you ever slogged through writing a sales page on your website thinking, "This is the one; it's going to work!" And crickets. Nothing seems to stick. If you run a business and you have a website, you know what I'm talking about. Kris Jones will explain exactly why that's happening and what you can do to fix it. StoryBrand's Donald Miller hand-selected Kris as a mentee. She's cracked the code on turning expertise into sales. She helps coaches and consultants scale from $30,000 to $300,000 months using her signature storytelling system, proving that you don't need endless content or complicated funnels to attract premium clients – just one story told very well. "My heart's always been with that self-employed business owner, the small business, the solopreneur, the people that are really also on the planet doing the work that they're meant to do, right, that are really aligned with their purpose," says Kris. "Those are the people that I like to help. And those are the people that really can benefit the most from telling a really powerful story." When you apply a story to your website, people recognize that you're somebody they can really trust. It's important that the story you're telling them doesn't pressure them to take action but inspires them to take that next step of wanting to work with you. "Our environment has changed a lot as far as the digital world that we live in, but we are all wired for story, and that is never going to change," says Kris. Kris says the biggest mistake people make on their websites is making themselves the hero of their story. She likens it to meeting someone for a quick coffee date—you sit down and connect with them first, then check in with where they are. You wouldn't sit down and say, "I just had a flood at my house, and this is the best plumber, and you should work with this plumber!" They don't have any plumbing issues. Take the time to connect with them first. In your website copy, you want to let people know that they matter and understand what is going on in their lives before you start talking about yourself and the problems you solve. The call to action needs to be a natural next step in working with you. She says many people offer a "learn more" call—nobody wants to "learn more." People don't want to have to go to multiple pages to gather the information they need. Kris suggests a one-page homepage format, which allows users to scroll. It's a comfortable and natural mobile design. It also allows the story to unfold and provides all the information rather than siloing your website's copy on different pages, such as services or testimonials. Changing pages requires more effort than the scrolling motion. Another common website mistake is designing the page as an afterthought. The design components need to bring your story to life and align with it. Our brains process visuals so fast. Photographs are so powerful. Instead of having pictures of ourselves, show the client in their happy, successful state. Shift the lens to make your clients the hero of your story through both words and visuals. "When you're the hero of your own story, you kick a potential client out of your story," says Kris. That's the most powerful way to create that connection on your website—really articulate their problem. Clients then feel seen, heard, validated, and not alone. Most importantly, when we articulate their problem well, they feel like we are the best ones to solve it, says Kris. "The way that I see a lot of people doing this wrong is that they take this opportunity to talk about features of the work they do, which is actually talking about yourself," says Kris. "We really want to answer that question that they have in their brain when they land on their website. They're asking three important questions: What's in it for me? What's in it for me? And what's in it for me?" Connect with guest Kris Jones: From Click to Client: How to Write Compelling Copy in 5 Minutes: Building a Story Brand Book: Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: How to Write Sales Copy That Sells: Storytelling, Sharing With Clients and Taylor Swift: You can check out our podcast interviews on YouTube, too! Thank you so much for listening. I’m so honored that you’re here, and would be so grateful if you could leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts by , scrolling to the bottom and clicking “Write a review.” Then, we’ll get to inspire even more people! (If you’re not sure how to leave a review, you can .) #WebFlow #WebSuccess #HowtoStartaBusiness #WebDesign #AskExpert #WomenInBusiness #SalesCoach #IntuitiveBusinessCoach
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276. How the Patriarchy has Hurt Men (And How Men Can Heal) with Dr Ray Doktor
04/15/2025
276. How the Patriarchy has Hurt Men (And How Men Can Heal) with Dr Ray Doktor
Things could get easier if men could connect to the idea that taking personal responsibility leads to expansion, more love, and what they want. However, they have to stop looking at themselves with the self-sabotaging belief that they're not enough. We have Dr. Ray Doktor as our first male guest on the Game on Girlfriend podcast because he is working very diligently to help the men on this planet heal. I personally believe this can have a massive effect on how we as women do business, how the world works overall, how our sons feel as they grow, and the examples that men give to each other. Much like it's going to take women talking to other women about invisible unpaid work, we're also going to need men to work with other men to show them the example of men who can be assertive, confident, and wonderful while still being warm, having integrity, and understanding their own emotions. Dr. Ray is a best-selling author recognized by the team behind the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. With a doctorate in clinical psychology and over 28 years of experience as a life and relationship coach, he has shared stages with some of the most influential voices in personal development, including Marianne Williamson, Bruce Lipton, John Gray, and Eckhart Tolle. Dr. Ray says that for men who don't have confidence, are insecure, and want to be in a partnership, the message that they're getting is that if they approach a woman, they could offend them. On the other hand, some men are not seen as predators and are well-received. Dr. Ray says that, in his case, he's been told he's mansplaining as an expert over the past four years. He's even had his coaching partner – a woman – receive messages questioning her judgment and accusing him of narcissism. "I have just come off as a confident man with a certain level of certainty, but I'm also very assertive, you know, and I'm direct, but it triggered stuff in them." Dr. Ray points to the more conservative men, who might be looking for a 1950s housewife and are too narrow-minded to accept women who want to be able to show up and express themselves. He said regardless of what type of man you're talking about, the issue is that most men are not doing the inner work. They want the easy path. They'll seek pleasure over pain, even knowing it's going to lead to pain again, so they make poor choices. Or they say, "I can do it, I'll figure it out," but they don't. Dr. Ray says many men value performance more than inner work. He finds that when he posts about holding space for women and their emotions, the men typically want to shut down those posts and ideas. Due to insecurity, the perspective can become competitive and combative. Dr. Ray says many men are very much immersed in the collective narrative of competition and perfectionism. For example, if their partner shares something and it is delivered using an "I statement," such as "the way you spoke to me, it didn't feel good, and I didn't feel safe," it's important to realize that this is not a conclusion. "[Women are] basically saying that I'm here to improve also. I want to grow with you, also. And therefore, when you take personal responsibility, I'm excited again," says Dr. Ray. "But what happens men go into denial, they go into saying, well, you're not perfect." As far as what women can do, Dr. Ray says men have to do the inner work. No matter how many compliments you give him, he won't hear it if he doesn't love himself. He says women can be mindful of language when they are engaging. Seeing a man who has remained masculine, assertive, and confident and still has access to his emotions is the example that so many men are looking for. They need to see that it's safe to heal and if they'll still be accepted in the world if they do this work. Drop One Big Hidden Belief and Transform Your Life: https://www.allittakesisonebook.com/ Connect with Dr. Ray Doktor: Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: Sick of People Pleasing? Childhood Trauma Might Be The Source The 5 Stages of Healing You can check out our podcast interviews on YouTube, too! Thank you so much for listening. I’m so honored that you’re here, and would be so grateful if you could leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts by , scrolling to the bottom and clicking “Write a review.” Then, we’ll get to inspire even more people! (If you’re not sure how to leave a review, you can .) #MenHealing #MensMentalHealth #Masculinity #MentalHealth #TraumaRecovery #HealingJourney #AskExpert #BusinessCoach #IntuitiveBusinessCoach #WomenInBusiness
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275. 3 Ways to Be a Great Podcast Guest with Jessica Rhodes
04/08/2025
275. 3 Ways to Be a Great Podcast Guest with Jessica Rhodes
You want to be on podcasts! What a great way to be introduced to someone else's audience, share your story, and have people learn about your business and what problems you solve. However, there are some ways to blow that opportunity as a podcast guest. Jessica Rhodes founded Interview Connections back when no other agencies like it existed. She loves helping entrepreneurs who feel like the best-kept secret grow their business online through genuine, human-to-human connections. The podcast interviews Jessica and her team have booked have helped their clients generate millions of dollars in sales, sell thousands of books, and transform countless lives. Jessica has three important pillars for becoming a podcast guest. The first pillar is the relationship with the podcast host. Many people leverage podcast guesting as a ticket to someone else's audience, but they don't focus on the host. Podcast interviewing is about networking, collaboration, and having a connection with another human being who's in your line of work and has your target market. Recognize the value of the interview, even if nobody listens to or downloads the show. The opportunity to answer questions, share a story, and reflect on how powerful what you're saying is valuable. Jessica recommends connecting with the host on social media and learning about their business. "I don't think entrepreneurs really understand or know the amount of resources, time, and money that goes into having a podcast," says Jessica. "Whether there's 50 people listening or there's a thousand people listening." The second pillar of podcast guesting is repurposing the content: What stories are you talking about? What are you sharing? What anecdotes are you sharing? What are you saying about your story? Prepping the host by explaining what you will share will help you have a compelling interview. Jessica says it's important to have good-quality equipment, from learning how to use your microphone correctly to having good lighting. Some audience members might listen to audio only, while others might watch clips. When you give a good interview, there will be many clips that can be edited and leveraged on social media. The third pillar is to give a clear call to action. It should be free—it's not a webinar or a pitch. If you gave a good interview and people liked hearing from you for the first time, where can they get more? It might mean a discovery call or offers to join the guest's online community—whatever gets a conversation going. "There is so much less legwork on the back end once they opt-in versus an ad lead who's very cold and just kind of you caught their attention,” says Jessica. Podcasting can be a great way to generate warm leads. Jessica says this is all about being intentional with show selection. It expands and opens you up to audiences that aren't in your immediate circle of influence. Podcasting is a long-term strategy. Refine your message over time, and it's a skill to give a great podcast interview, whether you're a host or a guest. Stay visible and stay consistent. It also takes time for people to hear you. The podcast industry is continuing to grow—the medium is not going anywhere. There are more than 3 million podcasts, and they are becoming more targeted and niche. This can mean a better return on investment because they're small podcasts with more concentrated listeners. “You're going to see really targeted small audiences that drive big results because you're in front of the right people,” says Jessica. At its core, podcasting is a networking strategy. “If one out of every 10 podcasters that interviews you, you guys end up doing something amazing together, that's incredible. So see the value in every interaction, every opportunity.” Check out Jessica's free Podcast Interview Prep Checklist: Connect with Jessica Rhodes: Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: How to get the PERFECT guest to say yes to your podcast: How to Make Money Podcasting (Without Burning Out!): You can check out our podcast interviews on YouTube, too! Thank you so much for listening. I’m so honored that you’re here and would be so grateful if you could leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts by , scrolling to the bottom, and clicking "Write a review." Then, we'll get to inspire even more people! (If you’re not sure how to leave a review, you can .) #PodcastTips #PodcastGuest #Podcasting #Interview #AskExperts #WomenInBusiness #PodcastHost #PodcastHelp #PodcastGuesting
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274. Power of Pause: Why Your Brain Cannot Solve the Problem With Wendy Paige Sterling
04/01/2025
274. Power of Pause: Why Your Brain Cannot Solve the Problem With Wendy Paige Sterling
There is a misconception that pausing means ceasing any and all activity, that you are lazy, or that you are incapable. Ironically, the pause is actually where the acceleration happens. Are you up against a problem that you've had more than once? Maybe you're starting to notice this is a pattern; something's happening where you're constantly uncomfortable, things don't feel right, or you are exhausted. The truth is, your brain is not going to solve that problem for you. How do you deal with this? Today's guest, Wendy Paige Sterling, has the answer. She helps us tap into the power of the pause and walks us through how to move forward when we're feeling our most stuck. Wendy says that from a young age, she had the innate ability to be OK with how different she was—but that feeling got silenced. She was the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors on two sides of her family. So when her grandparents moved to the U.S., it was all about fitting in, the American dream. "I was not born to fit into anybody's mold or role," says Wendy. "I needed to finally stand up for myself to stop playing small, to stop feeling lost on a daily basis and seeking external validation, to stop feeling suffocated by the weight of other people's expectations." She says at the end of the day, her fire within was all about helping other women turn on their lights inside. Taking a pause and listening to their intuition would help guide them. "It's really about resetting your fuse so that you can ignite the fire within you to start living that dream, but ultimately, it's got to come in these moments of pause where we give ourselves that ability to not only breathe but to fully exhale," says Wendy. Those deep exhale moments can come with fear and doubt, but for Wendy, they mean choosing yourself and your authentic being. We all have the power to pause. But Wendy says women juggling multiple balls—that they might see as accolades—feel the pressure to keep going; they can't put them down. She hates hustle culture and the idea of powering through. It only gives you a false sense of momentum because all you are doing is doing. But you're not present or connected; there is no intention or focus. "You think your focus is on the outcome, but you are completely ignoring everything in between," says Wendy. "And what the pause gifts you is the in-between, which then attaches the outcome that much faster." She says the pause silences your mind. It's in your mind that fear, doubt, regret, judgment, and ego live. It's loud and distracting. Wendy says she's not the type to meditate. Her pauses come on walks with the dog or even in the shower—they're places where you can hear your intuitive thoughts and inner wisdom. Intuition is a calm, easy, firm little, "Hey there." You're going to have no logic attached to it. Intuition is going to be something that you've never even thought of. "When your mind is driving the bus, it is not the right answer for you. But when your body gets curious, and it feels very calm, then that's the direction you can flow," says Wendy. Because listening to the noise isn't serving you, Wendy says we tend to downplay the ripple effect. If you're operating on fear, everybody in your universe is feeling that frequency. It's contagious. You can be more conscious about the energy you're putting out there. "This is why it's so important for us to slow down, to engage in more moments of pause so that we are feeling in deeper alignment, not only with ourselves but with the people that we want to bring into our life," says Wendy. "Or that the people that are in our life, how we want them to feel when they are with us." Book a free intuitive call with Wendy: Connect with Wendy Paige Sterling: Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: Stop Trying to Figure Things Out – Feel Them Instead: What You REALLY NEED from an Intuitive Business Coach: You can check out our podcast interviews on YouTube, too! Thank you so much for listening. I'm so honored that you're here and would be so grateful if you could leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts by , scrolling to the bottom and clicking “Write a review.” Then, we’ll get to inspire even more people! (If you’re not sure how to leave a review, you can .) #PowerOfPause #RedefiningHustle #LifeTransitions #ClarityAndFocus #StrengthInTheStillness #PauseForClarity #Mindfulsuccess #WomenSupportingWomen #IntuitiveBusinessCoach
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273. What Burnout REALLY Is (And How It Differs From Stress) with Dr. Camilla Moore
03/25/2025
273. What Burnout REALLY Is (And How It Differs From Stress) with Dr. Camilla Moore
Things in motion tend to stay in motion. It takes more energy to change than to keep going down that path. That's where we can get into trouble because we are net depleting ourselves—we are not net gaining. If you constantly give more than you're getting, you will eventually burn out. How do we get clear on where the burnout is coming from? What is actually stressing us out? Dr. Camilla Moore helps ambitious women leaders burnout-proof their businesses by focusing on the most crucial element: themselves. "Oftentimes when we are stressed and trying to prevent our own burnout, we default to the things that we know we 'should be doing,'" says Dr. Camilla. "These are complex issues. Burnout is a complex issue, and it needs a little bit more refinement to get down into the root cause." Burnout is not an inside job. If you're trying to fix yourself, you cannot fix the burnout piece. Dr. Camilla says we have three terms that are often misused or misunderstood. Stress is supposed to be a short-term event. It is a survival mechanism, a physiological response. You're driving down the highway, you get cut off, you white-knuckle it, the other driver drives off, and you recover. That is stress. Chronic stress is when you have a bombardment of stressful events, and you don't have the ability or the capacity to recover from each one individually before the next one comes. So if you're driving to work, you get cut off, but before you can fully recover, you go into the office. Suddenly, you need to manage a crisis and another fire drill. You get compounded stress, and you're not able to recover. In the long term, we know that leads to chronic disease, that leads to depression, that can lead to anxiety. That's where our physiological changes really occur. We are at a greater risk for things like obesity, Type 2 diabetes, sleep disorders, and all of those things that function physiologically because our biology hasn't been able to recover from each stressful event. Burnout is really about the depletion of who we are as people. It is a product of not being seen or heard in a relationship or a workplace. Dr. Camilla says that when burnout was studied in the 1970s, it was a workplace issue. "But what I have seen in my work over time is that women in particular get burnt out in relationships, in their marriages, in their partners, as well as in other caregiving roles," she says. "When we are giving of ourselves, not just the tasks that we're doing, not just the work that we are doing, we begin to feel like we don't matter and our needs are not met, and that's where you start to get extinguished." She says you can have chronic stress, and you can have burnout that overlaps. But when we break it down there are very different root causes. Dr. Camilla says we want to start evaluating based on our energy. The most straightforward exercise you can start with is to journal and make two columns, charges, and drains on your energy. Write down everything that comes to mind. "The key to this, and this is where it all connects with mindfulness, is being able to look from the 30,000-foot view to zoom out on our life and to be able to listen to our guts and listen to ourselves about what is actually filling us up and what is actually draining us," says Dr. Camilla. When you start setting boundaries, you have another lens through which to look at your life because it's not necessarily saying no; it's saying less. What you're doing is recognizing your limitations. "When you start to live based on your values of what is most important to you in that gut feeling, then it becomes much easier to set those boundaries," she says. Mentioned: The $3.6 Million care gap: Quiz: Connect with Dr. Camilla Moore : Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: Build Your Business Without Burnout: Feeling Stressed? Catch Your Breath: You can check out our podcast interviews on YouTube, too! Thank you so much for listening. I’m so honored that you’re here and would be so grateful if you could leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts by , scrolling to the bottom and clicking “Write a review.” Then, we’ll get to inspire even more people! (If you’re not sure how to leave a review, you can .) #Burnout #Stress #BurnoutAwareness #StressManagement #BurnoutPrevention #SelfCare #BurnoutRecovery #MentalHealthAwareness #AskExpert #WomenInBusiness
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272. Marketing Not Working? This Might Be Why with Victoria Hajjar
03/18/2025
272. Marketing Not Working? This Might Be Why with Victoria Hajjar
Did you know that only 2% of female business owners break the million-dollar mark? If you've ever struggled with marketing, thinking it’s just not working, or you’re wondering if you’re wasting marketing dollars on paid ads, today’s guest will show you where to focus. Victoria Hajjar, founder of Ugli Ventures, specializes in assisting startups in scaling from 6 to 7 figures. She focuses on helping entrepreneurs optimize sales and marketing strategies, team building, and leadership development to establish sustainable and profitable 7-figure enterprises. Her clients have had million-dollar months and earned billion-dollar revenues in their businesses, and she has mentored women who have landed Forbes 40 under 40. Listen in to what Victoria shares about how to market, the power of your storytelling, and the fear that so many of us have around really connecting our stories to our businesses, which is the one thing, especially if you're worried about AI, that will continue to set you apart. “As a business owner, you need to understand how to sell the words that sell,” says Victoria. “You need to know your customers more than anyone else. And it's not something you can easily outsource 100%." Victoria says she's seeing an increasing divide between brands that make genuine effort to create copy that tells stories and brands that post regurgitated AI. Using AI posts and comments can be an ineffective marketing strategy when people crave effort and authenticity. However, AI lends itself well to help with brainstorming and generating ideas. She says you can have massive growth by writing an amazing blog or doing a podcast—whichever channel you choose to optimize. But it needs to start with something that you like. If you enjoy podcasts and want them to be your lead generation tool, there are so many avenues for getting exposure. You could advertise other podcasts. You don't have to show up on social media. You could write an excellent newsletter and focus on making it incredibly rich. You don't have to show up on social media every day to connect. Ask where social media sits in your marketing strategy. "I think so many of us assume that social media is an awareness strategy, meaning we're going to be reaching brand new people, like brand new prospects and leads through social media," says Victoria. "But the reality is, if you're not really all in on your social platform, you are not going to be getting exposure to anyone new." She says some people believe that they can just remove social ads and that their organic audience will grow. If you've earned your way into your organic audience on social media, then it is a good time to start supplementing that with some paid traffic. She says she's seen many companies where the owner doesn't understand what success looks like and wants to hire everyone to do it for them. Those businesses often fail. “You have to understand how to sell, how to market,” says Victoria. “And then I believe it's the moment where you can start giving it away, and you can start outsourcing it and all of those things.” Victoria says the most important thing to focus on as a business owner is building a sales-focused marketing strategy. It's the steps of your client journey – from finding prospects to converting them. She says the problem is when you learn the basics and do the minimum at each stage across each channel. You spread yourself too thin, and when nothing works as you expect, it's easy to get discouraged. Learn to do one channel well. You don't have to go fast, says Victoria. You just got to keep going. Listen in for more about how to leverage a marketing flywheel with your team. Connect with Victoria Hajjar: A Free Guide to End Marketing Overwhelm, which teaches the number one marketing system founders need to streamline their marketing effort, measure results, and make data-driven decisions: Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: Why You Should Invest in Marketing: How to Write Sales Copy That Sells: You can check out our podcast interviews on YouTube, too! Thank you so much for listening. I'm so honored that you're here and would be so grateful if you could leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts by , scrolling to the bottom, and clicking "Write a review." Then, we'll get to inspire even more people! ( if you need help leaving a review.) #ResultsDrivenBranding #ProfessionalBranding #MarketingInsights #MarketingForBeginners #BrandingStrategy #marketing #marketingstrategy #AskExpert #SalesCoach #BusinessCoach
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271. You are Deserving of Wealth This Year
03/11/2025
271. You are Deserving of Wealth This Year
Why do we pull back from stepping into the awesome current that is currency? Do you know what women do with money? Do you know how awesome we are when we have money? Your clients are already here. What are you waiting for? Step into who you are and let them know you're here. Dealing with money is no different. It is my birthday episode. And today I'm celebrating a big one! Yep, 50th birthday. I have some girls’ trips planned, and those of you that are joining me for the Reimagine Your CEO Life Retreat in St. Bart's, we're going to keep the party going there, too. Here's what I'd love to share about the lessons I've learned over this last year and also, what I think is so important for all of us as we step into the roles that we are here to do. Because we are all deserving of wealth and abundance. This is what I've embraced mostly over the last probably three or four years; I've really stepped into owning what I'm here to do. I truly believe that it is time for women to step up into our power. And at this moment in time, it's really increasing our financial wealth. I want you to watch what just happened to your own body when I said the words “financial wealth.” What happened? Did it feel dirty to you? Did you wince? I want you to ask yourself something: If I don't alter my relationship to money over the next year, what will the next two years look like? What will the next three years look like? What will the next five years look like? And I want you to get really honest with yourself. I do an exercise at conferences where I hand a $100 bill to the front row of people, and they pass the bill from person to person until it comes back to me. In all of that transacting, did the $100 lose any value? No. And what did it do on its journey? It brightened the life of every single person who touched it along the way, and then it always comes back. So over this year, my challenge to you is to really heal your relationship to money. And what that's going to take is you healing the need to be liked, you healing the need to be understood. One of the gifts I want to give you on my birthday, on my 50th birthday this year, is I would love for you to find a childhood photo of yourself from ages 2 or 3. I want you to look at that child and I want you to tell that child it doesn't deserve wealth. That child is not deserving of love. Tell that child she can never succeed in business. She just doesn't have what it takes. Tell her she doesn't really deserve all of the success and the joy and the happiness that she desires because she's just not good enough. Watch what happens to you. What will happen as you see the beauty of that little one is you will start to understand that of course you are deserving of everything that you want on planet Earth. And it doesn't matter what it is that you want, you deserve to have it simply because you want it. You were given your desires because they are yours to have. I don't want the same things you want, and you probably don't want the same things I want. I want to make sure that I help as many women as possible make as much money as they would ever want. Because I know the women that are attracted to me and that want to work with me understand that that money is just flowing through them. It's just being borrowed for a little bit until they decide what to do with it, and then it moves on and it goes to someone else. But we can't play at that level if we're pretending like we don't deserve it. We can't play at that level if we allow all the things that other people put on top of that little child that you're going to look at that picture. So my gift to you on my 50th birthday, is that we are elevating this year. We are stepping into worthiness. We are stepping into deserving. We are stepping into power. I cannot wait to see what magic you create, the lives you change, and how differently you start to feel as you walk through your own life over the next 365 days. Mentioned in this episode: Patricia Washington: Cathy Heller: Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: How The Abundance Academy Changed My Life: 5 Tips to Create an Environment for Abundance: You can check out our podcast interviews on YouTube, too! Thank you so much for listening. I'm so honored that you're here and would be so grateful if you could leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts by , scrolling to the bottom, and clicking "Write a review." Then, we'll get to inspire even more people! ( if you need help leaving a review.) #MoneyMindset #Abundance #FinancialLiteracy #FinancialFreedom #WealthBuilding #BuildWealth #GrowYourMoney #MoneyManagement #IntuitiveBusinessCoach #WomenInBusiness
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270. The Truth About Learning to Manifest with Alea Lovely
03/04/2025
270. The Truth About Learning to Manifest with Alea Lovely
Have you ever watched the movie The Secret? It shares this idea that you can manifest whatever you want you desire. One of the misconceptions is that if you really want something, you should just meditate or hope, and it will just fall on your head. Today, we’ll demystify what manifestation actually is, with Alea Lovely, who is a spiritual advisor and philosopher who's been an intuitive and energy coach for over seven years. She's the creator and host of the podcast, Spiritual Shit, which is a No. 1 podcast on iTunes. I really hope you hear the humanity in Alea's story and how she talks about her journey in childhood. She shares about learning to listen to herself over the rest of the world and what that takes from each one of us to find the courage, the strength, and the honesty to do that with integrity. Alea had a religious upbringing. She was used to asking others – the priest, the pastor, the college professor – what her experiences meant rather than finding those answers within herself. She went through the process of learning her intuition, how her trauma informs her decisions and anxiety, and then trying to find her inner voice and questioned how it spoke to her. “It's really important for me in the work that I do that I not only help guide others to, you know, the answers that they're looking for, but also give them the tools and the depth of understanding how to do that themselves,” says Alea. “So that way they're never reliant or never dependent on someone else again.” Alea says manifestation was her gateway into spirituality. At 25, she became an atheist and was in a dark place where she felt she had no guidance and no one to turn to. She was scrolling on her phone, and “The Secret” came across her feed. She dove headfirst into the idea of manifestation, positive thinking and affirmations. But she found missing elements to The Secret’s formula, because they were calling it a law, but it doesn’t work the same for everyone every time. “I can think positive all day long, but I'm still a Black woman of size in this world,” says Alea. “There are certain things that are of it feel available to me and that are not in my socioeconomic status." She says positive thinking is important, because if you’re in a negative mindset, it’s going to be more difficult to see those opportunities. The Imagine Method came from Alea asking, what does it mean to live a good life? “I start people off before you even get into the method of listing off your five maxims,” says Alea. “Your five maxims are like the top five things that you need to have in order to have a good life. So to give an example, financial security, romantic love, time spent with family, health and wellness.” Then rate your list. What follows is the Imagine Method framework: Inception – what are you starting from, and what is your current reality? Manifestation – the acknowledgment of what you want and asking why you want it. Are you being influenced? Or is that an authentic need that's per your maxims? Anti-Belief – What is the belief challenging what you want? Growth – What change needs to happen to get what you want? Integration – How do you apply that change to your life? Notice – Observing the signs and synchronicities to help you expand Expansion – What do you do once you’ve manifested? Alea says the last step, expansion, is one rarely talked about. What do you do once you’ve realized that manifestation? And what happens if you worked really hard and realized this isn’t what you wanted? “All my problems weren't solved because I got that manifestation. I think that that's so important for people to realize that happiness is an inside job,” says Alea. “I really believe that manifestation is only here to help us learn about ourselves, who we are, what we want, our identity, those kinds of things. And then the process starts all over again.” Free workshop that goes along with Meaningful Manifestation: Connect with guest Alea Lovely: Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: 7 Steps to Manifesting: Ready to Reinvent Yourself? A Conversation: You can check out our podcast interviews on YouTube, too! Thank you so much for listening. I'm so honored that you're here and would be so grateful if you could leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts by , scrolling to the bottom, and clicking "Write a review." Then, we'll get to inspire even more people! ( if you need help leaving a review.) #Manifestation #ConsciousCreation #SelfImprovement #LifeTransformation #PositiveThinking #Mindfulness #TransformYourLife #Spirituality #AskExpert #IntuitiveBusinessCoach
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269. Be it an Evergreen or Launch Model -- Being Ready is a Choice with Caitlin Bacher
02/25/2025
269. Be it an Evergreen or Launch Model -- Being Ready is a Choice with Caitlin Bacher
Being ready is a choice. If you've been on the cusp of something new -- you hired a new coach. You tried the new course. You did the thing. And then you hit this invisible wall that seems to say, "No more for you!" And you believe it? It's a really common experience. You can create an online course about anything. That's where the fun and power lie. And being ready is a choice. Are you ready to choose business success or not? That's the question I want running around in the back of your mind as you listen today. Caitlin Bacher is the CEO of Scale with Success, a company dedicated to teaching coaches and course creators how to turn their online courses into a 7-figure business without launching. She's learned this lesson the hard way after years of being trapped on the launch roller coaster, which resulted in inconsistent revenue and sleepless nights wondering where her next sale would come from. "As entrepreneurs, there's always a million reasons why we can't do something," says Caitlin. "It's really up to us to think about how we can. On any given day, anything that we have to do, a million reasons why we can't do it, but that doesn't matter. It's so important that we remain focused on figuring out how we can." No magic checklist will tell you when you're ready to start a business. It's a mindset shift that asks the business owner to recognize you are ready to start. You are willing to make mistakes. You are willing to encounter unexpected challenges. But it's a choice to get started and keep moving forward. Launching typically requires two to three months of intense list building and content distribution, which leads to an open cart. The open cart can be for your services, one-on-one, or enrolment in your course—whatever it is. That open cart lasts anywhere from five to seven days, and no one can buy until your next launch. "What most course creators find is that when that launch ends, so does all of the momentum that they've been working so hard to generate," says Caitlin. "Then it's radio silence for your business until you begin the launch cycle all over again." Using an evergreen model allows you to enroll new students in your program on an ongoing basis, not just a couple of times a year, enabling you to grow over time. You can continue to collect data on what marketing messages resonate with your audience. You can make little pivots as needed, and you're putting less pressure on yourself to make this one big thing go or else—evergreen doesn't have to be all or nothing, which is a feeling that comes up when you're launching. "I think that a lot of times people, they get caught up in feeling like, 'you know what, I'm launching and I really don't, I just don't like it. It doesn't really mesh with my lifestyle and my personality, but I feel like it's the only way to do it,'" says Caitlin. "And so I'm here to basically shed light on another approach that may be more fitting for someone." For anyone considering selling a course, Cailin outlines three key steps to keep in mind. You have to love your topic. Teach what you know. Connect with your audience. Caitlin notes that when she's working with clients who scale past six or seven figures, they've learned how to manage their emotions and measure their results. "It's just like this constant iteration," says Caitlin. "Every second that you spend stuck in the drama of it all is taking you further and further away from your goal." When your head's down and focused on your goals, nobody's there to applaud you. Nobody's there to tell you, "Good job". They don't even know what you're doing. And that's why it is so important that when you are choosing a topic, when you are figuring out what it is that you want to do with your business, that it's something that you're very passionate about and connected to, so you have that to pull yourself forward. Watch Caitlin's free masterclass, "How to Generate Launch-Sized Revenue Without Launching" Connect with Caitlin Bacher: Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: Test That Marketing Tactic to Accelerate Your Business Building Community Online You can check out our podcast interviews on YouTube, too! Thank you so much for listening. I'm so honored that you're here and would be so grateful if you could leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts by , scrolling to the bottom, and clicking "Write a review." Then, we'll get to inspire even more people! ( if you need help leaving a review.) #EvergreenContent #CreatorInsights #ContentCreatorTips #ContentMarketing #AskExpert #SalesCoach #BusinessCoach #WomenInBusiness
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268. “I want to, BUT …” When Ambivalence Drains Your Motivation with Meg Rentschler
02/18/2025
268. “I want to, BUT …” When Ambivalence Drains Your Motivation with Meg Rentschler
Are you facing down the ambivalent monster? This might sound like, "I want to get healthy and strong! But I'm not waking up at 5 a.m." It could be a goal or a new project, and all of a sudden, there's a big BUT. (Yes, I made that joke.) Ambivalence is a natural part of change, though. If you're struggling to make a change—even a positive one—this episode will discuss some strategies for finding your motivation and reconnecting with your intentions. Meg Rentschler loves helping other people live their best lives. After 20 years as a psychotherapist, she transitioned into executive coaching in 2008 to help create healthy workplaces where people can thrive. Meg believes in the power of coaching and its ability to break down barriers and create connections. To that end, she's trained and mentored over 2,000 coaches so they can bring their impact into the world. After 20 years as a psychotherapist, she transitioned into executive coaching in 2008 to help create healthy workplaces where people can thrive. "I began to see that so many of the people that were coming to see me for therapy were working in really dysfunctional work environments," says Meg. "They were being asked to lead without being given leadership skills. They were being led by people who were great individual contributors, but then made to be a leader and had no earthly idea how to lead." She says when we think about what lights us up, if we start to feel like the energy drain is not matching the energy input from what we do, we should assess what's going on. Can you be the best you can be in this environment? Meg says it's important to pay attention to whether or not you're looking forward to going to work or dreading it. Are you excited to engage with and be a part of it? You need to pay attention to those little energy shifts. Sometimes, we have to do things because the boss has a deadline to hit. But if all our motivation comes externally and we're not getting that internal drive, it won't be driven by the same fuel. Some people might feel the disconnect between giving a project or client everything they've got and doing well but hating it. You may be doing something strictly for someone else. Meg asks, "What makes the work important to you?" What motivates you and creates a fullness of life? In some cases, Meg says her clients might have a day job that isn't giving them that sense of purpose, but on the weekends, they might find it in volunteer work. Others might use that day job to help bridge the gap between starting their business as entrepreneurs. "What are you doing to continue to build that so that when you make that transition, it's not a transition of scarcity?" asks Meg. Even the corporate clients Meg works with sometimes need that leap of faith that entrepreneurs find themselves struggling with – can they go for that next promotion, do they have what it takes? Anytime we consider doing something differently, we'll say, "I want to, but…" But this is more comfortable. But this is routine. Meg says ambivalence is a natural part of change. Even if it's a positive change, it might be hard. Normalize the ambivalence. Acknowledge it. "Do I continue with the change that I said was important, or am I doing something else? And if I do something else, what's the cost of that?" asks Meg. Because sometimes priorities and goals do change. Maybe you need to consider the advantages of the change and why you wanted to make it in the first place. What are the costs of not making it? Four months down the road, those advantages and costs might seem increasingly distant. How can you tap into your intention? Feeling that ambivalence is just a sign you need to tweak some things and move down a different path. Free gift for listeners: Connect with Meg Rentschler: Sarah's Episode on Star Coach Show: Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: The Truth About Motivation (and Why it Feels Mysterious) Rewrite Your Unspoken Rules to Live Like You're on Permanent Vacation You can check out our podcast interviews on YouTube, too! Thank you so much for listening. I'm so honored that you're here and would be so grateful if you could leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts by , scrolling to the bottom, and clicking "Write a review." Then, we'll get to inspire even more people! ( if you need help leaving a review.) #Motivation #Changes #Motivation2025 #SuccessMindset #Ambivalence #Confidence #IdentifyingAmbivalence #AskExpert #SuccessCoach #WomenInBusiness
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267. Build Your Business Without Burnout And Make More Money with Marissa Roberts
02/11/2025
267. Build Your Business Without Burnout And Make More Money with Marissa Roberts
When we’re busy and tired, we give up the things that bring us joy because we don’t see them as important. I'll read that book when I've got time. I'll do that puzzle when I've got time. I'll go for that massage when everything else is done. It’s not going to be done. This is an episode you’re going to want to come back to when you feel burnout creeping in. Host of the Simpler Business Podcast, Marissa Roberts is going to turn all the stress and anxiety on its head for you. What I want you to listen for is how much our feelings and emotions as the business owner leak out into the business. If we’re feeling anxious and nervous, it’s going to impact our revenue. So listen for what Marissa says is possible as you relax and bring more money in. Marissa’s first business was Beautifully Organised. She went into homes and helped make the lives mothers with young children easier. She was burnt out in two months. “My house is messy because I'm spending eight hours a day tidying other people's homes,” says Marissa. “And then I come home and I'm like, I can't do anything, and I'm too tired to play with my kids … I've dug this hole too deep and now I have to deliver on it and I don't have enough hours in the day to do it.” From there, Marissa pivoted to online courses. She went down a rabbit hole of passive income and scalability. “I wanted to make life easier for me, and now I get to make life easier for other people.” Business owners might have a hard time asking themselves, “What feels hard for me, and how can I delegate?” For Marissa, this meant hiring a virtual assistant who helps her with self-promotion. We’re so driven by productivity, achievements, goals and actions. Marissa says taking the time to pause and really do the internal work of why something feels difficult is key to knowing when it’s time to delegate. Sometimes a small tweak can make a big difference. For example, if you feel overwhelmed with email, telling your clients you’ll only be responding to emails between certain times each day might be the boundary you need. “Clients don't mind if you set a boundary because it lets them know exactly what to expect, and they're not guessing while they're working with you,” says Marissa. Burnout can manifest differently for different people, and at various points in your life. We have an innate ability to handle things as they are raised, but what you can handle in your 20s, might look different in your 40s, or if you’re handling one client versus seven. “A lot of what the strength and the resilience we get overtime comes from challenges,” says Marissa. “So it's this really interesting dynamic where I get stronger, I get tougher, I get better at problem solving, but I also get more tired and more worn out and full.” Remember that this isn’t the only opportunity, and if you’re clinging to the client or job as if it’s your only chance, the energy you’re giving out is one of desperation, need, and lack. Whereas if you recognize the opportunity, and think, “This is fantastic, I want to give it my best but I can’t do that this month,” you can go back to the client thank them, and check if they can be flexible. The change is the delivery. The ultimate self-care is tuning into what you personally need in that moment. Sometimes it will be a glass of water, sometimes it will be two weeks off. If you are having a really hard day, what would you crave to make that day feel better? “All of those things we should be doing for ourselves and it shouldn't be lost. It's just as important as any other project we're working on,” says Marissa. Connect with Marissa Roberts : Less Effort, More Results: Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: Rewrite Your Unspoken Rules to Live Like You’re on Permanent Vacation The Importance of Putting Yourself First You can check out our podcast interviews on YouTube, too! Thank you so much for listening. I'm so honored that you're here and would be so grateful if you could leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts by , scrolling to the bottom, and clicking "Write a review." Then, we'll get to inspire even more people! ( if you need help leaving a review.) #BusinessWithoutBurnout #SustainableSuccess #WorkSmarterNotHarder #EntrepreneurLife #BurnOut #BusinessTips #AvoidBurnout #WomenSupportingWomen #AskExpert #BusinessCoach
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266. Don't Wait to Travel, Take that Vacation With Anna Fishman
02/04/2025
266. Don't Wait to Travel, Take that Vacation With Anna Fishman
It is time to travel. It is time to get back out there and enjoy what this world has to offer, from amazing food, the sound of different languages to vibrant cities. If you've been feeling the travel itch, you’re going to love today’s guest. Anna Fishman is founder of the Olegana Travel Boutique. With a passion for crafting unforgettable experiences, Anna has redefined luxury travel, making it accessible to families, couples, and now an exclusive community of women. She calls it her second wind career. She had worked in daycare, police departments, she did taxes – and her last corporate job was in marketing and advertising compliance. “I didn't love any of those experiences, I never felt at home when I was at work and never felt like I was making a difference,” says Anna. “I remember sitting in my last job in a cubicle thinking, is this it?” Having her first baby flipped her life upside down. She says looking back, she had postpartum depression. Returning to work after maternity leave had her dreading going into the office week after week. But on paper, she says everything was great. Anna took some time to get honest with herself. “I asked myself if I didn't have to do anything … if I don't have to pay for mortgage or care for the baby. What the heck would I do with my life?” asked Anna. “Travel. It's always been travel. Good times, bad times. You know, like I travel to forget. I travel to celebrate, I travel, I just travel.” With that realization, Anna used her four-hour commute each day to research how to start a travel business. She had no experience running one, but she says for the first time in 15 years, she felt alive. She credits the support of her husband as being the most important catalyst on her journey. “His belief in my vision, his belief in giving me that freedom to quit my corporate job a year and a half into this … if he didn't show me that support, mental, financial, emotional, … if I didn't have him, this would never have happened. So I want to stress how important it is to have that support,” says Anna. “We're fighting against the market, the clients, the suppliers. But we're also fighting this invisible fight at home against our partners who are not supporting us. Unfortunately, it will never work if you're fighting on if you're divided on two fronts,” she says. Six years into her travel business, Anna started focusing on small group trips for women. The camaraderie and connection she found was powerful. “Being in a destination with the client who comes alone, was a little nervous, a little shy, doesn't know anyone, maybe just lost a partner, maybe just, you know, got divorced. … That said, ‘that's enough. It's time for me to put me first and take this crazy step.’ … We have all kinds of interesting people that come on our trips, and then seeing them, open up like a flower throughout the trip and really start enjoying life again, if I may say that, … It's such an incredible, powerful experience and emotion and feeling,” says Anna. The experience allows her clients, who might be burnt out, to get a reprieve from decision fatigue. Anna says her job is really to know the client and what they’re looking for, and she has many conversations with women about not waiting to retire to travel. “Women who come on our trips are a little bit older, but I don't want to wait till I'm in my 50s,” says Anna. “I don't want to wait to retire, to live my life. I need to fulfill myself now so I can be better for my kids and for my husband and for my clients. “I don't care if you block it ten years from now, or one year from now, or three months from now, unless you get on the calendar and say, ‘this is when I'm going to Italy or Greece’ or whatever you want to go, it will never happen.” Connect with Anna Fishman : Anna is offering $250 off group trips for listeners in 2025. Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: Ready to Reinvent Yourself? The Importance of Putting Yourself First How to Deal With Mom Guilt and Balance You can check out our podcast interviews on YouTube, too! Thank you so much for listening. I'm so honored that you're here and would be so grateful if you could leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts by , scrolling to the bottom, and clicking "Write a review." Then, we'll get to inspire even more people! ( if you need help leaving a review.) #TravelWell #WomanTraveler #TravelTips #SoloTravel #WomenTravelSolo #WomenWhoLovetoTravel #TravelCommunity #AskExpert #BusinessCoach
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265. Rewrite Your Unspoken Rules to Live Like You’re on Permanent Vacation with Marni Battista
01/28/2025
265. Rewrite Your Unspoken Rules to Live Like You’re on Permanent Vacation with Marni Battista
What would it be like if your life felt a little bit more like a vacation? Now, before you freak out and go, that is for other people. That is not possible. That is for irresponsible people who don't have responsibilities and who don't have bills. That's not real life. I hear you. And I want you to know I've been one of those skeptics for years. But today, with this guest, Marni Battista, I think you're going to hear something you maybe haven't heard before. Marni helps you understand what unspoken rules and what invisible laws are running your life. “I was just really inspired by the reinventing. That is possible if you follow your soul,” says Marni. Her first step is breaking down the “shoulds” in life. Question every assumption because the unspoken rules that we have about our lives and what things “should” look like are so baked in. For example, that you're not supposed to work on weekends, that you're supposed to close your laptop at 5:00 p.m., and that you're supposed to eat vegetables. All of these things are shoulds. “Think about it this way. If you've read a great fantasy book or you watch shows like Bridgerton or movies like Marvel … you either get in with the rules of the world or you go, “no, I can't get with this,” and you abandon it,” says Marni. “But once you're in, you don't question it. Fairies fly and Iron Man has a suit, whatever it is.” Examine the world of your life. If you were going to share it with someone who didn’t know anything about you, what would the rules be? Those are the pieces that you can start to deconstruct what your shoulds are so that you then can begin to question, is this designed by me? For me? Is this essential, explains Marni. “We are so focused on making other people happy and what's convenient for other people at the expense of our own flow and engagement,” says Marni. Once you’ve identified your shoulds, you can ask: where did you learn this? Who told you this? How far back does it go? “You can choose to keep them, by the way, of course, because not all shoulds are bad. And that's the point, consciously choosing them so that you are designing a life and a world that is aligned with who you really are at the core,” says Marni. One small step at a time, you can start to make adjustments to your life to align it with your soul map. “Shoulds from the outside may or may not apply because you are living your life designed for you, not by everyone else,” says Marni. “That's why I say design a life you don't need to retire from. Find work that you love so much. You don't need to be free from it because it's just you doing your thing, and it doesn't even have to be paid work. It's just you living your gift. That's freedom.” Marni says most people have the fear fantasy of being broke or homeless if they dare to pursue their dream life. She says they always come up with a safety net because it is real life, and people have to pay their bills. “Most people just imagine or dream a 10% variation of their current life,” says Marni, who adds that experimenting is what helps you unfold and uncover the things that are beyond the 10% you can imagine. “Actually allowing your emotional self to have psychological safety so that you can start to intuit and bring information in,” says Marni. “There's no Thelma and Louise moment in this. We want to like, live life on your terms without blowing up the life that you have.” Connect with Marni Battista: Decode Your Destiny Quiz: Your Radical Living Challenge: 7 Questions for A Meaningful Life: Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: Ready to Reinvent Yourself? A Conversation: How to Let Go of the Bully In Your Brain: You can check out our podcast interviews on YouTube, too! Thank you so much for listening. I'm so honored that you're here and would be so grateful if you could leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts by , scrolling to the bottom, and clicking "Write a review." Then, we'll get to inspire even more people! ( if you need help leaving a review.) #UnspokenRules #UnlockYourPotential #ManifestingYourReality #UnwrittenRuleBreakers #UnwrittenRules #WomenInBusiness #AskExpert
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264. The Importance of Putting Yourself First with Dr Tiffany Smith
01/21/2025
264. The Importance of Putting Yourself First with Dr Tiffany Smith
Put yourself first. We are bombarded with marketing messages; we're told we're not doing enough, we're not being enough, we're not pretty enough, thin enough, left enough, right enough. Pick a thing. When it's this loud out there, it's hard to remember the smallest voice in the room, which is you and your intuition. Dr. Tiffany Smith is a trailblazing functional psychiatric nurse practitioner and founder of Aroma Functional Nutrition. She found her calling by helping her combat veteran husband recover from debilitating pain, PTSD, and other conditions. She witnessed the debilitating effects of the Western medicine approach and turned to functional medicine and nutrition to create a holistic approach to healing. Dr. Tiffany loves empowerment. As a self-proclaimed DIYer, she likes to take control. She became a nurse and eventually went back to school to do a Master’s in Education, where she found herself working in a crisis unit for 55+ adults, and asked herself, why is there a revolving door in mental health? “Sometimes I just talk to people and be open, and in that conversation they're able to release and those symptoms can dissipate,” says Dr. Tiffany. “And in our [health] system, it's like, oh, you're sad. … You've been saying for two weeks you can't sleep, you have a loss of appetite. You're not remembering having an issue. Oh, you qualify for a major depressive disorder, not the human aspect that again, life is just beating you down and you were screaming for help.” Dr. Tiffany created her own practice to give that support and add wellness back into the business side of medicine and health. “So with treatment, let's start with first life navigation and where you are and what's really pressing on you,” says Dr. Tiffany, who says the next steps can include physical and physiological. Dr. Tiffany says when life has you by the throat, do what you can to step out of the situation. Find moments for you – even if it’s just a few extra minutes in the bathroom to take a breath. “Make sure you are on your schedule. Make sure you have that time for you. Identify those things that make you happy that bring you relief,” says Dr. Tiffany. “You're going to be able to remove a lot of the barriers that are inhibiting you from hearing yourself, and because you need to hear yourself to figure out how to get out the heck of the stuff, you're in, right? And all that noise prevents you from doing that.” Be fair to yourself. It’s ok to say no. Look for opportunities to take the burden off of you. “Pay attention to what you're putting on yourself, how you got there, and then start to be very, very protective with yourself and what you bring on, what you say, who you're around,” says Dr. Tiffany. “You first. Because if you aren't, well, if you aren't doing okay, how does that affect everything else? So you first.” You have to pause and pause frequently. If you're very stressed, you have to pause a lot. Dr. Tiffany says most people don’t come to see a psychiatrist at the beginning of their symptoms; they come at the end when they’re at their breaking point. “You remember you and who you are. Tell yourself the things you love about you. Surround yourself with people who tell you how awesome sauce you are, and believe them. Accept them. Take their word.” Connect with Dr. Tiffany Smith: Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: How Your Nervous System Shapes Your Money Habits [] Overcome Societal Expectations of ‘You’re Not Enough’ [ You can check out our podcast interviews on YouTube, too! Thank you so much for listening. I'm so honored that you're here and would be so grateful if you could leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts by , scrolling to the bottom, and clicking "Write a review." Then, we'll get to inspire even more people! ( if you need help leaving a review.) #Empowerment #SelfLove #PrioritizeYourself #SelfCare2025 #SelfPrioritization #Success #SelfGrowth #AskExpert #MentalHealth #MentalWellbeing
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263. How Your Nervous System Shapes Your Money Habits with Stephanie Crochet
01/14/2025
263. How Your Nervous System Shapes Your Money Habits with Stephanie Crochet
Have you ever had a phone call with your mother and the next thing you know, you're in the pantry eating a ding dong? Yeah. How about those moments where you know you're about to look at your checking accounts, but instead you get up and decide to go for a run? What just happened? In those moments, what's actually happening is your nervous system has taken over to keep you safe and secure when you feel scared or uneasy. Stephanie Crochet is a nervous system regulation coach, and I've been working with her personally. I have her working with the women inside the Abundance Academy, and the results are already pretty astounding. When you regulate your nervous system, you really start to understand what you need to be at your best. We're talking about how we react. Just that simple conversation alone is going to probably shift your entire day. Stephanie says she loves creating a safe space for women to be authentically themselves. Her passion began in teaching yoga; it’s where she found herself. “So much of our habits and our beliefs and our patterns as women is shaped for us by society, cultures, environments we grew up in. And yoga gave me the permission to be myself,” she says. “I have a seven year old daughter. It's really important that I'm an example of a woman who is aligned in her body, aligned with what she values, knows how to make herself feel safe from the inside so that she can step into the world, be safe to be who she is.” A regulated person is someone who is in harmony with themselves; they feel in balance. It doesn’t mean they’re avoiding bad or sad feelings or triggers, but they can be balanced in that state. For example, Stephanie says you could be an exhausted person, but still be present. You wouldn’t try to numb, fight or resist the exhaustion. Because our nervous system is shaped based on past life experiences and beliefs, everyone will react and respond differently when they are triggered. “How we react a lot of the times is done on autopilot. So we might not even be aware of our reaction, and we might not even be aware of the response we're going to give to that reaction,” says Stephanie. “That actually is a dysregulated nervous system.” When women start dealing with money, making money, and managing money, we can get triggered. And our nervous system can shape our money habits. Someone who grew up in facing scarcity might be an over achiever who can’t relax. They might hit a financial goal and won’t celebrate it because they feel it’s not enough. And someone who grew up in abundance, might avoid a relationship with money because it was always there. They might not know how to handle it. “We can't go after the big goals and do all the things and help all the people we want to help. If we're not first pouring into our own cup, that's also like safety right there,” she says. The nervous system’s role is to feel. So, if you want to reshape your money habits, ask what is a practice that will fill you up and bring you joy and safety. Your nervous system needs a felt experience, a felt practice, for it to integrate. Look at the practices that are going to help you reshape your thoughts in your mind and create new neural pathways that then become just who you are. Understanding what you need in that moment before you take an action will look different for everyone. “You have to start with an action. You have to start with a felt experience. And for everyone that particular practice is going to be different because we're all responding differently to how we're surviving right now in life,” says Stephanie. Connect with Stephanie Crochet: Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: “I Can’t Make That Much Money!”: Feeling Stressed? Catch Your Breath : You can check out our podcast interviews on YouTube, too! Thank you so much for listening. I'm so honored that you're here and would be so grateful if you could leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts by , scrolling to the bottom, and clicking "Write a review." Then, we'll get to inspire even more people! ( if you need help leaving a review.) #NervousSystem #FinancialTherapy #MoneyWounds #SelfImprovement #MoneyMindset #FinancialWellbeing #NervousSystemRegulation #AskExpert
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262. Making the Most of Your Profit Margin with Ciara Stockeland
01/07/2025
262. Making the Most of Your Profit Margin with Ciara Stockeland
Have you ever made a boatload of money in your business and had nothing to show for it? You're hitting high six figures, but you're not taking a salary. If you have started to run a business and chased the ever-elusive " more sales, more sales, more sales!" chances are that what's happened with those increased sales is increased expenses. That means you're not making money in your business, which can feel horrible. The emotional toll of feeling like a fraud, like you're hiding and as if nobody knew-is a common business experience. Today's guest, Ciara Stockeland, will break this down for us in a way no one else has. Ciara is a speaker, author, 4x Ironman, and Fractional CFO for inventory-based businesses. Ciara is a third-generation entrepreneur. She started her first business at 13 and moved to retail to open a maternity baby store in 2006. She then built up a boutique business and franchised it. With the second location, the expenses grew too. A second location meant more stuff, which meant the need for a forklift and forklift driver. On it went. At the time, Ciara was getting national recognition, which included speaking at the White House for small business advocacy. “On the inside, I felt like a fraud. I was like, I feel trapped. I don't know what to do with all this debt. This is out of control,” says Ciara. To make matters worse, Ciara noticed on social media that one of the franchisees had rebranded the store. A group of franchisees was running two point-of-sale systems and not paying royalties. Ciara filed lawsuits for trademark infringement and breach of contract. “We won on paper, but we lost everything,” says Ciara. “And so in a year's worth of time, I went from being at the White House speaking on behalf of small business to being on my couch with no business, no team having to move because we lost our home, everything. Ciara looked at the numbers. "I wouldn't have pushed so hard to grow top line revenue, but instead, I would have focused on profitability and paying myself, I probably wouldn't have sold franchises to the wrong people," she says. You have all the puzzle pieces when you understand your profit and loss statement and balance sheet. “Looking at [the numbers] gives us reality. And when we have reality, we can make a plan,” says Ciara. “If we don’t look at it, we can’t move forward.” Regarding profitability goals, most people either try to increase sales or cut expenses. But if you don't have the foundation for more sales, your whole business could collapse, and cutting expenses won't actually help your business grow. Ciara likes to focus on margin instead. “There's always options,” says Ciara.“We can not sell as much. We can sell more. We can payless for our sales. There's lots of ways to slice and dice those five categories. And I think understanding those buckets, sales, cost of sales, margin, expenses, profit. What can I do in each of those buckets to move the needle in the right direction?” Check out Inventory Genius: Connect with Ciara Stockeland: Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: How The Abundance Academy Changed My Life: The Secret to Your Business Numbers Will ChangeEverything: You can check out our podcast interviews on YouTube, too! Thank you so much for listening. I'm so honored that you're here and would be so grateful if you could leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts by , scrolling to the bottom, and clicking "Write a review." Then, we'll get to inspire even more people! ( if you need help leaving a review.) #KnowYourBusinessNumbers#ProfitAndLoss#NetProfitGoals#FinancialSuccess#RevenueGrowth#FinancialManagement#SmallBusinessOwner#AskExpert #SalesCoach#ProfitabilityGoals
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261. 3 Trends to Boost Your Service-Based Business in 2025
12/31/2024
261. 3 Trends to Boost Your Service-Based Business in 2025
If you want to make a difference based on your passion, experience, or expertise, and you're looking at 2025 thinking, 'What the heck are we going to do?" Let's talk about the top three trends you're going to see as an online business owner in 2025. The first trend is AI; it's not going anywhere. How are you going to use it? Have you noticed how many people are starting to sound the same? I want you to look at your AI-produced content and remove the words "unlock" and "embark." I don't want any rockets in your copy. You know what I'm saying? Don't have it be obvious. As you're looking to build your business, make enough money to pay yourself, make sure your family has what they need, hire the right people, hit new financial goals you've never seen before, and have enough time to create beautiful content, use these tools that we have access to. They can help you brainstorm. That's where I'd love to see you use them the most: give me ideas for different ways to say this. How many people are actually suffering from this? What are people searching for when they're upset about XYZ? Those are the different ways you can use AI to support your content creation. Use these tools to help craft an outline of what you'd like to say. And if you're going to use ChatGPT (or my personal favorite, Claude), don't just copy and paste it. It's really transparent when someone uses AI copy that they haven't put themselves into in any way, shape, or form. All of these tools are going to get smarter and better. Still—don't copy and paste it. I want you to ask yourself if that's how you talk. If someone's reading it, can they hear your voice? Does your brand shine through? Are you actually speaking to them, or is AI speaking to everyone because that will kill your business in 2025? The second trend is micro-communities. We have all these different people teaching very similar things. So, how the heck are you supposed to stand out in 2025? What you can do is start to think of your people as a tight little baby community or micro-community. What I mean is that you know who you're speaking to. It takes work to understand your micro-community—many people call it niching down (but I don't like that!). We're talking to people. So, micro-communities have similarities that bring us together. Making more money in business is mine. I have heart-centered, passionate women who've started to have some success in business, but they're hitting plateaus and not growing. Those are my women. We talk about that, your next 90 days, how we're going to get you to hit your next big, huge financial goal, and what that will take from you if it calls to you. You know you're one of my people. That's my micro-community. Listen in for the third trend. Before I wrap up this episode, there's one more thing I want to leave you with: Find the joy in your business again. Daily, who are you looking to help? How do you want to change this planet? We have a lot going on, and I really believe we probably need you and what you're here to offer. You're here to do what you are here to do and don't let anyone take that from you. In 2025, it is time for you to shine as yourself and grow your online business. Because over here at Team Sarah, it's our job to put more money in the hands of more women. Happy New Year, and let's make this one great. Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: How to Use ChatGPT Without Losing Your Personality with Leanne Shelton How to Increase Revenue In Your Business, Quickly You can check out our podcast interviews on YouTube, too! Thank you so much for listening. I'm so honored that you're here and would be so grateful if you could leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts by , scrolling to the bottom, and clicking "Write a review." Then, we'll get to inspire even more people! ( if you need help leaving a review.) #BusinessTrends2025 #FutureBusinessTools #MakeMoney2025 #2025 #OnlineBusinessTrends #SalesCoach #BusinessCoach #AskExpert #WomenInBusiness
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260. 5 Rights to Parenting and Other Tips to Change Your Life With Holly Swenson
12/24/2024
260. 5 Rights to Parenting and Other Tips to Change Your Life With Holly Swenson
Can we just be honest about something? Everybody just thinks they're supposed to know how to be a parent, and then they freaking hand you this kid in the hospital, and you go home, and you're like, where's the manual? If you have been struggling with parenting, and you are struggling to run a business it’s not for the faint of heart. Today's guest, Holly Swenson, is an award-winning and best-selling author of “Stop, Drop, Grow, & Glow”, a revolutionary book on conscious parenting. She’s also a wellness blogger and perpetual student of life. Formally trained as a registered nurse and mother to four incredible sons, she brings her wisdom and lived experience to the forefront of her writing as a means to help others on their parenting and personal path. In today’s episode, Holly drops tools, tips and talks about the five rights of parenting, which is a pattern and a method she picked up from being a nurse. Holly says becoming an author stemmed from having her four children and wanting to create a book that would serve other parents. “I think parenting is one of the most intense initiations you will ever face in life,” says Holly. “You know, it's awesome, it's beautiful, it's joyful, but it can be messy and trying.” She says self-awareness is a good first step, as many parents are so busy and don’t necessarily have the time to slow down and pause. When you’re giving and giving for your family, you can forget to check in on how you’re doing as a person. Holly drew from her background in nursing to develop the 5 rights of parenting – an homage to the 5 rights of medication administrating. This check in asks that you’re doing the right thing and not causing harm (the right medication, the right time, the right dose.) In the same vein, the 5 rights of parenting is a way to touch base with how you’re presenting as a parent. They work to ensure you're doing the right thing and not causing unnecessary harm to your child or yourself in the process. Here are the 5 rights of parenting: Right now: This speaks to being in the moment with your child and being present. Right intent: This is being intentional about the choices you make, the guidelines you set, and how you treat your child. If you don't know why you're doing what you're doing, it might be time to reevaluate your parenting strategy. Right use of speech: This can be one of the toughest rights to implement. As a parent, your voice is a tool of creation; you have the power to uplift or tear down. Right use of power: This is something that you want to wield with care. You are the one responsible for setting boundaries, the discipline, and as the parent have the final say in whatever you might arise. Right use of love: Holly says when you let your child know how much you love them and are there for them, it will help plant their spirit in deep, rich soil as they grow. “Reflection is really that superpower in personal growth and in parenting,” says Holly. Reflection helps you take more ownership of who you are as an individual. Holly says even when you’re going through a hard time, rather than avoid the moments, try to align yourself and work through it. Try to become braver, stronger, better, kinder. Connect with Holly Swenson : | On Instagram : Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: How to Deal With Mom Guilt and Balance Top Strengths of the Highly Sensitive Entrepreneur You can check out our podcast interviews on YouTube, too! Thank you so much for listening. I'm so honored that you're here and would be so grateful if you could leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts by , scrolling to the bottom, and clicking "Write a review." Then, we'll get to inspire even more people! ( if you need help leaving a review.) #ConsciousParenting #ParentingTips #SupportForParents #MindfulParenting #FamilyWellness #Family #EmotionalRegulation #Mindfulness #Parenting #AskExpert
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259. How Building an Email List Helped Increase my Revenue 10X With Sena Wheeler
12/17/2024
259. How Building an Email List Helped Increase my Revenue 10X With Sena Wheeler
Being a CEO is no joke. If you are running a business, you are a CEO. You may not think of yourself that way, but when you're a CEO, you must learn specific skills to make the business grow and remain healthy and strong. Today’s guest Sena Wheeler has the best story about the one skill she doubled down on to increase her revenue to keep her family's business afloat. And it's something she still uses every single day. Her family's mission is to make sure that we get really healthy, pristine, beautiful food, specifically fish on our plates. It was on an eight-hour drive to Thanksgiving dinner, where she was talking to her husband and suggested how to market his fishing business, and he reeled her in. It was a good fit; Sena had studied onboard handling techniques that correlated to flavor and quality attributes. She knew how to market the Copper River salmon he was catching. “I took [Marie Forleo and Laura Belgray’s] B-School and just set up the business while we had the site going, and we were selling fish by the time he left for Alaska. … So it was actually like a pretty, pretty fast,” says Sena. “And if it hadn't gone fast, I think I probably would have overthought it.” Sena says that first summer was a lot of trial and error. There were weeks where Sena was tempted to quit, but she says her husband telling her, “You’re the CEO” helped change her mindset. She would ask herself, “what would a CEO do?” when she felt like she wanted to quit. “It forced me to be like, have we exhausted every avenue? Is there something else to try? Let's try this.” She started writing emails for her small but growing list every other week. “I would get like $500 of sales on an email,” says Sena. “Very early on, I could see that that was the needle that's making the business move, you know, when not many other things are.” She leaned into writing and did The Copy Cure. It took a bit of time. Sena says when you’re writing to a list there are levers, how good the email is and how many people are on the list. “My best emails, I sit down to write one thing, and I write something else, and something else just comes out and, and it just starts going in a new direction,” says Sena, who finds consistency in imperfection. Getting a first draft done, even a terrible one, is better than not writing at all. Now she’s sending emails every Monday and started a Fish Friday email, which is a recipe and link to the featured fish. “I'm going to say like 30% of the time, I'm like, ‘oops, well, this is the email that came out. So this is what we're doing.’ ” Sena says she sets a challenge for herself to see what she can tie back to her business when she writes. Writing helped open the door for people to understand where their food is coming from and that connection provides value. “When we have kids over, I'm going to feed them fish, right? … I will talk about Rich and how he caught it. And maybe my kid’s right there. They were out on the boat, too,” says Sena. “Just bringing that connection immediately changes how they how they perceive the food.” Connect with Sena Wheeler and download free cookbook: The Copy Cure: Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: How to Write Sales Copy That Sells How to Use ChatGPT Without Losing Your Personality Does Your Story Matter? (More Than You Know) You can check out our podcast interviews on YouTube, too! Thank you so much for listening. I'm so honored that you're here and would be so grateful if you could leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts by , scrolling to the bottom, and clicking "Write a review." Then, we'll get to inspire even more people! ( if you need help leaving a review.) #EmailMarketing #HowToBuildEmailList #EmailListBuilding #BusinessOwner #SmallBusinessTips #EmailList #AskExpert #WomenInBusiness
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258. What Waiting 10 Years to Start Coaching Taught Me About Fear with Candy Motzek
12/10/2024
258. What Waiting 10 Years to Start Coaching Taught Me About Fear with Candy Motzek
Do you understand your own relationship with fear? Have there been moments in your life where you knew there was something you wanted to do, and you kept not doing it because it just seemed too big? Today's guest, Candy Motzek, waited 10 years before she decided to pursue her dream of being a coach, and she knew she was going to be a great coach. She calls coaching a calling, but she had to overcome fear and deeply understand her relationship with fear before she could begin this journey. Candy is an author, podcast host, and business coach for life coaches. She helps her clients get unstuck and feel more confident and clear so they can play bigger, sign clients, and create more meaningful success. She is a "recovering" corporate executive and engineer who combines practical strategy and mindset in her calming, unique approach. "There's something really magical, for me anyway, in that one-on-one conversation with people, like there is a connection, and I see them … the essence of them and who they really are," says Candy. "And there's something super powerful in that." For Candy, coaches call their clients out to live that bigger life, which requires them to be courageous and face things they might be scared to do in service of who they are becoming. It's one of the reasons she says it's important for coaches to have a coach. "You just don't have that perspective on yourself that somebody else can have, and they can see those patterns that you have where you're not living to the thing that you said you wanted to do," says Candy. "You get your results faster when you have somebody that holds you as fully accountable." It took Candy 10 years to pursue coach training. It was never convenient, and it was expensive. How would she find the time? These were some of the things Candy told herself. "I had all the great excuses, but really, it was my ego and just my fear saying, "Oh, don't rock the boat. Don't do anything too crazy," says Candy. "There's this tension that happens." But Candy says it's not an all-or-nothing thing. You can just start. "We can just take the training, and we can just say, 'You know what, I'm going to have three clients. I can do three clients.' Right?" says Candy. "Or I could use these skills in another way in my life." Coaching is a skill, so if you're thinking of starting a business, you first want to get a little training. Coach as many people as you can, get that skill, practice that skill, and then you start to feel like a coach. Candy recommends coaching for her clients who are new to coaching. Do not build the website or start an email list. Create a program and deliver it. You watch people transform, learn from that, and make a little bit of money. So now you're ready for the next step. Visit Step Into Success for free resources: https://stepintosuccessnow.com/pages/free Connect with Candy Motzek: https://stepintosuccessnow.com/ Podcast: She Coaches Coaches: https://she-coaches-coaches.captivate.fm/listen Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: Overcome Fears in Business to Safeguard Your Freedom and Independence https://sarahwalton.com/fears-in-business/ Can Coaches Really Make Money? BTS With MY Coach Kelsey Murphy https://sarahwalton.com/can-you-make-money-as-life-coach/ You can check out our podcast interviews on YouTube, too! http://bit.ly/YouTubeSWalton Thank you so much for listening. I'm so honored that you're here and would be so grateful if you could leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts by , scrolling to the bottom, and clicking "Write a review." Then, we'll get to inspire even more people! ( if you need help leaving a review.) #ScaredToStart #FightThroughFear #BecomeACoach #FirstCoachingProgram #NewtoCoaching #CoachingBusiness #HowToStartACoachingBusiness #AskExpert #WomenInBusiness
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