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This podcast is going to be taken off all platforms as of the 30th of June 2021. I am launching a brand new podcast called the Business Intuition Podcast. If you would like to be informed when it goes live and take part in our awesome online launch party, sign up here http://eepurl.com/gcKmxb. If you would like to get in touch me with, contact me through my new FB page here https://www.facebook.com/BizIntuitionRevolution/ Thank you so much for taking this journey with me. 

In 2012 I manifested a literary agent for my book which was related to the business I ran back then. It was a very different experience from pitching publishers in 1996 after I wrote my first novel. Back in 1996, it was hard work and I burnt out. I ended up with a ten year writer's block. In contrast, in 2012, it happened easily and effortlessly as if the Universe was handing it to me on a platter. If you want to learn to manifest in your business, why not join my five day free challenge? We start on the 23rd of August. Here is the link to sign up. http://eepurl.com/gn0565

As the movement #blacklivematters has shown recently, ignoring politics when you are an entrepreneur, especially a spiritual entrepreneur, can bear a huge cost. This is obviously not the reason to talk about political matters in business, yet my guest and I, talk today on the podcast about the importance of taking a stance. We cannot leave our values at the door and communicating properly to our audience where we stand on important topics is actually a great way to connect to our ideal client. Business is changing and women have a lot to bring to the table, including on social matters. 

My journey of visibility has been long and difficult, mostly because I used to hate my body so much. In 2009, I hit rock bottom with so much self loathing that I prayed for help. The next day, I felt an irresistible urge to run. Out of it, my first book was born, the Journey of the Slim Soul. And today, I am starting a new round of my online programme called the first eight weeks of the slim soul. If you would like to join us, it's £99 for the eight weeks. The doors close on Friday. Head over to the my website for the link to pay. https://www.icanhelpyouthrive.com/the-journey-of-the-slim-soul/ 

You can show up on social media and yet be invisible. Just like you can go to a networking event and no one speaks to you. You know those kind of people? In this episode, I dig into the eight possible reasons why your subconscious is sabotaging your visibility in your business and how to overcome them. I also have a special announcement about a powerful free strategic planning in the akashic records webinar that I am running on Monday the 27th of July. The link to sign up will be in the show notes on my website www.icanhelpyouthrive.com

As we are starting our theme of visibility, I decided to talk about the obsession with beauty for female entrepreneurs and the damage it does to our confidence. I am giving seven tips on how to overcome our beliefs about our physical appearance so we can have a successful business and attract the right clients to us. If you would like to practice visibility in a safe environment, join my free group on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1270150046502922/

As we start the theme of visibility for July, Julie and I talk about the language of branding. As a fine artist doctor, Julie brings to the brand discussion a depth and understanding of colours that goes beyond the usual brand assessment. I have really enjoyed talking to her about when it is time to brand or rebrand, brand personalities, the multiple layers that are created by images, fonts and colours. She also gave us four tips of things to avoid so that you don't damage your brand. 

Today's episode is an excerpt from day 3 of the confident decision making with intuition challenge that I ran last week. I will be running this challenge again on the 21st of September. In the meantime, know that I have opened my VIP spots and that I have three left at the time of publishing this podcast episode. The investment is £1,740 for three months. One of the bonuses you will receive is a copy of my business oracle deck, which I use for my weekly show on my page. If you have not taken part in it yet, click here to be notified when I go live https://m.me/icanhelpyouthrive?ref=w11187130

This week's episode is a recording of the first livestream I did in my five day free challenge about using intuition to make business decision. The challengers asked powerful questions about intuition and I thought it would be fun for the listeners to hear the recording. If you would like to join the next round of the free day challenge, you can sign up here Register for the next challenge

I used to believe that intuitive people were a chosen few that had been visited by the intuition fairy at birth and selected as special. After studying intuition for fifteen years, I now believe everyone is intuitive and it is the emphasis on intellect by our society that kills our intuition. In this episode I will explain the basics of intuition and how you can start to trust your intuition again. 

If you use your intellect to define your niche, you might never feel fulfilled. Your niche should be chosen with your heart (the seat of your intuition). In this episode, I give you the 5 steps to use intuition to define your niche. If you would like to learn how to use your intuition for confident decisions making, why not join my free five day challenge starting on the 21st of June. Click here to find out more. https://mailchi.mp/13c77a9d1c8b/five-day-to-confident-decision-making-with-intuition

Yvette Puliga, a coach for women in their forties or beyond who want to step up and live a bigger life, has come onto the podcast to share her experience of using intuition in business. She shares some powerful stories of how intuition has helped her avoid collaborations that were not right, but also her battle with it as it required her to trust in a way that we are not taught to trust by society. She describes beautifully how intuition works for her and brings magic into everything, including business. 

Once you understand that your business has a separate blueprint from your own, you can start to act like a partnership, rather than solo. You can make sure you and your business are aligned. The best way to start is to go on a virtual coffee date with your business and journal on questions I share in this episode. If you have a big vision, it is even more important as this will avoid you burning out. 

Sensitivity and business have not usually been brothers in arms. It's all about competition, being tough and riding the masculine energy. For this reason, 20% of entrepreneurs have probably considered their sensitivity to be a curse rather than an asset. In this episode, I help you assess whether you are a highly sensitive entrepreneur and if so, I have twelve tips to turn your curse into a superpower. The business world needs you to own your sensitivity and to stop being ashamed of it. 

Einstein said "Everything is energy and that is all there is to it." You don't need to know about energy, or believe in it, in order for it to affect you. It's like gravity. It does not care about your beliefs. If you do not understand about energy, people will drain you, you will feel exhausted and you won't reach your full potential. Learning about energy in your business is crucial to success. Otherwise, difficult people and trolls will suck the energy out of you. And you won't be able to lean into the energy of your business to feel energised either. Energy intelligence is a must for any ambitious entrepreneur. It's a game changer. 

Esther Lemmens, of Zesty branding, talks to us about the energy of our brand. Her unusual sensitivity means that she can feel the energy of her clients' businesses and transcribe into powerful visuals that speak to the soul. We also talk about the power of colours and discussed the three most important energetic elements of a brand. This led us to speak about congruence, being aligned with our businesses and our clients. 

As we finish the month theme of mindset, I am discussing the tight link our culture has created between time and money, and how this paradigm needs to be changed in order for business owners to have more freedom. Prosperity coaches usually focus on the money mindset but neglect the time poverty consciousness. I like to work on both because my own personal experience has shown that without the time prosperity consciousness, we can still experience a lack of financial prosperity. 

The fear of missing out in business will leverage its power from our lack of confidence in ourselves and will make us chase all the shiny objects. It's a common fear and sadly the current climate all around the world is ramping it up. If you need help to deal with your fears right now, this episode will help you, as well as take you through a tapping sequence with EFT to calm your nervous system. Enjoy!

Our money baggage doesn't usually show whilst we are employed, even at a high level, but it can catch up with us when we branch into entrepreneurship. The reason is that we link how much we charge with our worth and that can be a stumbling block. In this episode I explore the various blocks that we can subconsciously hold and which prevent us from reaching the level of prosperity that we deserve. This work is never done. It is an almost daily practice. 

We all want more money but what we don't realise is that this only magnifies our issues around money. Before we ask the Universe for more money, it is important to be a good shepherd for the money that we have. I interviewed Marlene Schmidt, a money management coach today, and asked her for her best tips. Her top tip is to separate your business money from your personal finances. Her second tip is to manage your cash flow, but there is so much more. Come and join us for an empowering chat about money. 

In this episode I talk about the eight steps to being visible in the most effective manner in FB groups to grow your business. You will  learn how groups work, what they are, what to do and what not to do, tips to introduce yourself, how to avoid wasting your time in groups and how to choose the groups you will focus on. For more information on running your business on FB, please check my past episode on the topic. 

Facebook lives (aka livestreams) get three times more engagement and views than videos on social media. They are essential to build the KLT that will get your clients to work with you if you are an online entrepreneur, or taking your business online. In this episode I share my tips to do powerful lives that will get people to come and again and again. I set out the four steps that you need to follow to leverage your FB lives. 

The first thing that online entrepreneurs do, usually, is to book a professional photoshoot. This is not enough. Photoshoot pictures are too curated and do not actually connect you on a deep level with your audience. To stand out online, it is actually important to harness the power of selfies. In this episode, I share my best tips on how to make selfies that will attract to you your ideal client and make you stand out in the crowded online world of social media. 

Challenges can be incredibly powerful tools to grow your list and engage it as well as creating warm leads. However, they are not for everyone. If you do not like planning, if you have no systems and can't be bothered to follow up, then challenges are not for you. You do not need a FB group to run a challenge but it helps, especially if what you are asking people to share during the challenge can be sensitive information about their business. There are four parts to running profitable challenges. It's a lengthy process that is worth preparing well. 

My guest, Michelle Whitehead, and I have a rich discussion in this episode about what intellectual property is, why it is so important for entrepreneurs and how to see the bigger picture so we can make the right decisions to protect it. Intellectual property is possibly the biggest asset of online entrepreneurs and yet not many understand it. This episode will give you the goods without the jargon as well as entertain you. I promise. You will never again confuse trademarks, copyright and trade secrets. 

The more you will become successful and visible, the more you will be targeted by trolls and this might actually be what is holding you back in your business if you are sensitive. In this episode, I will share with you my answer to the question: do I need to protect my energy? And the answer is yes but not by being on guard and keeping yourself small. My approach is two tonged and it involves energy techniques but also self awareness and willingness to work on our own baggage, because as long as we don't, we will attract people who will mirror back to us our unresolved issues. It is a spiritual law. 

Now that I have 63 episodes on this podcast, I thought it would be helpful to share my journey into creating this podcast so that you can benefit from my learning if you have a podcast in you, but are too afraid to start it. I am not a technical person. This was the part that held me back for years. I want you to understand that creating a podcast is not as hard as those tech guys make it. You can do it without a fancy microphone and even without tech support. 

Even though doctors and psychologists do not recognise burn out as a medical condition, it is something to take seriously. It shows as insomnia, lack of appetite, shortness of temper, closed thinking,  headaches, exhaustion and a feeling that nothing is worth the effort. Burn out is a direct consequence of lack of self care. The problem with burn out is by the time you notice the symptoms, it might already be too late, so prevention is key. It is incredibly common in entrepreneurs, even those who created their businesses to work less hours than their day jobs. 

This week I interview Tamala Ridge, an addiction expert, who talks to us how detoxing from drama (and other forms of sabotage) can help us be more successful in business. She brings to the table decades of experience with addicts and a deep understanding of the mechanics of what I call "adrenaline junkies". If we have been in high powered careers before starting our business, we carry over this pattern into our own business. The way to break the cycle is through mindfulness and Tamala give us three gorgeous tips that we can apply right away. 

If you think to yourself several time per day "I don't have the time for this" then this episode is for you. As a coach for female entrepreneurs or aspiring entrepreneurs with big vision, I work with women who have very busy lives. Everyone can be busy but it takes another kind of person to be efficient. I remember my days as a business lawyer and how being busy was a badge of honour. Becoming a mother obliged me to become efficient and I came to understand that these were two very different things. Becoming a master of time (eg having time for the things that are important for you) requires to work on several aspects: mindset, boundaries and being clear on what your big vision is. In this podcast I talk about how to work on all these aspects so you can make your big vision come true.

Inspired by Gay Hendrix's famous book the Big Leap, in this episode I talk about the upper limit, why we have a limited capacity for love, success and abundance and how to change that. We are often unaware that we sabotage ourselves, including through events that seem out of our control. However, I teach the law of attraction and want to share that even a car accident caused by someone else can be your upper limit playing up. Enjoy!

Business owners who do not know how to leverage the law of attraction tend to follow a road to success that involves a lot of hard work and long hours, at the detriment of their health, wellbeing, relationships and more. Leveraging the law of attraction by spending more time in your vortex (aka the business akashic records) will transform your life. Join me for my #30daysinthevortex event on my FB page called I can help you thrive. We started on the 1st of January but it's not too late to join. 

In this episode, Heather Robinson and I talk about the art of planning in a fun way. We talk about where you start with business planning, what to do if you have just started your business, whether you can have a business plan without having a vision, whether planning restricts creativity and much more. Join us for a real fun conversation about a topic that most people don't consider fun at all. And how wrong they are. 

People do not usually associate kinesiology with business. In this interview with Jax Palazzo, I wanted to explore this topic and enlighten my listeners to the power of having an embodied business. As Jax said so potently, business is 50% strategy, 50% energy. If you do not tend to the energy side of things, business can be a lot harder than needs to be. Some people love bragging about how hard they work, but if you have burnt out a couple of times in the process, you might want to reconsider your options. And if so, this episode might be for you. 

I am reading the book by Gay Hendrix (author of the Big Leap) and Kate Ludeman, both corporate consultants. The authors define corporate mystics as visionaries with their feet on the ground. They talk about the 12 characteristics of the corporate mystic. We need more business mystics so that businesses and organisations live in integrity. In this episode I discuss what it looks like and how I can help you step into your role of intuitive leader in business aka business mystic. 

Even though I harp on about how intuition can make your life and business so much less stressful and more fulfilling (and easy too), trusting your intuition is actually one of the hardest things to do. From a very young age we are taught that our intuition is irrational and that we are being silly. In this episode I share the four steps to trust your intuition, as well as the various ways your intuition can show up. 

Often when people talk about launches, it involves an email series, several livestreams, and it can feel big and scary because what we see on social media is the people who talk six figures and a fairly masculine way of launching. My host this week is refreshing as she offers a radically different approach to launches with low levels of stress and high results as she focuses on connection. No need to burn out launching anymore. Come and listen. 

Most people think of intuition as something wooly and certainly not applicable to business because it is irrational. However, this is not true. Intuition has been credited by some of the most successful entrepreneurs as the reason for their success. The secret sauce that has enabled them to follow their vision with unshakable faith. This does not come overnight. There are six elements that you need to cultivate in order to embody that intuitive leadership, so that you create a remarkable business. 

Traditionally, we do not associate business with emotions. We believe that we should leave them at the door of our office but as entrepreneurs, this is not healthy. We need to become aware of our emotions and deal with them responsibly so that they don't corrupt our work. In this episode, I talk about the three options that we have to manage our emotions and what can happen if we don't. We are human beings. We only ignore our emotions at our own peril and at the peril of our health and wellbeing. 

We are often not aware of the unhelpful beliefs that limit us in our success and in our business. In this episode, I share how to identify unhelpful unconscious beliefs, and the three steps to turn them around. We are not the passive receiver of our thoughts. Our thoughts are not us. We have a choice to change our thoughts and our beliefs. And that can literally turn your life around. 

Ten years ago (on my birthday) I published a book called the Journey of the Slim Soul. This was a journey that transformed my relationship to food and to my body. To celebrate this tenth anniversary and my birthday, I am doing a birthday give away with four prizes, the first one being a signed copy of my book. Come over to my Facebook page to watch the whole series of videos (one per day for each prize) and sign up to my slim soul newsletter to take part in the birthday give away here: http://eepurl.com/gcKmxb

My encounter with Feng Shui was spectacular. I never expected to be affected the way I was by the first Feng Shui consultation I had, in a positive way. It opened up my mind to the impact our surroundings have on our energy and every aspects of my life. In this episode I share my top tips to get started so that you can have more energy, more abundance and a business that uplifts you. Get stuck into that massive inbox, folder or generally unfinished business. 

There are many platforms to choose from to do business. Facebook is one of my favourite. In this episode, I share why you should be on it, the dos and donts of Facebook, how not to let Facebook take over your life, the difference between your profile and your page, my top three recommendations for female business groups and how to promote yourself in a way that will make people want to buy from you. 

When you listen to me on the podcast you might think I am a natural and that I have no issues around being visible. False. I was so camera and mike shy, I would hide at parties in the most remote corner of the room to avoid being on camera. I also had huge issues around weight and body image. I share in this episode how I have overcome these issues and if this is something you are interested in, I encourage you to sign up for my slim soul newsletter here: http://eepurl.com/gcKmxb

Some of us have big dreams but how do you make it a reality? I went to see a clairvoyant ten years ago and she said to me "Some people think you are a dreamer, but you are not. You are a visionary." I had been called a dreamer so many times, it comforted me. I would like to share with you my six step process to make dreams into a reality. I was inspired in this episode by Stephen Covey and his time management quadrant. Head over to the show notes on my website www.icanhelpyouthrive.com to find out more. 

In this week's episode I discuss coaching with Stephanie Kakris, my guest. Stephanie is not just a coach, she also trained people in coaching for eight years. We discuss the topic of what exactly is a coach, who can benefit with working with a coach, what coaches do, the difference between coaching, consulting, counselling and mentoring. We also touch upon how to make sure you hire the right coach and get the most out of the experience. 

Let's face it, in business, we do not have one hour every morning before we start our work day to meditate in lotus position, in a perfectly quiet room with incense. I certainly don't. So how do you build in meditation into your day, but also why should you bother? In this episode I will share what I have learnt in the twenty years of practising meditation with variable results. I am glad I have kept at it, but wish there had been someone like me to show me a practical and grounded way to do it. 

Channeling is a lot more common than people thing. It is not reserved for people who talk to intergalactic councils or celestial beings. Channeling is sometimes done by car mechanics when they try to find the best way to tune an engine. In this episode, I talk about how you can use channeling for public speaking or writing a book and why everyone in business should learn how to channel. I also give the three simple steps to get started and go through the objections you may have about doing it. 

Inspiration is one of the most fundamental elements of business because it allows you to find solutions that will fast track your business. Inspiration and worry are however mutually exclusive so in this episode I show you how to get inspiration and let go of worry. I draw on the decades of experience as a clinical hypnotherapist to explain to you how the brain works and how to make it work in your business. 

In business, we tend to think about our voice only when we reach the level where we are facing public speaking. In this episode, Dominique and I discuss how this would be best done much earlier in our business, even if we never intend to do public speaking. Our voice defines us. People have instant likes or dislikes of other people's voices and it is paramount that we own our voice and fine tune it so we can have the impact we are meant to be. 

No one teaches you how intuition works in school. This is an issue because we are all intuitive and this does not equip us to know how to use our intuition and how to react to guidance given by others. In this episode, I explain how psychic readings actually work, how they can go wrong and how to make sure you get the best experience. This understanding comes from having had dozens of reading myself but also my ten year experience as a professional tarot reader.