Hustle with Heart

Whats so bad about being in the middle ground? Kelsey and April talk about how some things drive us into extremes when it comes to perfecting and procrastinating and how it is a big evolving circle all balled up with the fear of failure. Join us and our insights for some inspiration today!Find us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/aprilyentas

Have you ever caught yourself talking so negatively to yourself? Or thinking so negatively about life circumstances, money, other people, about yourself. Having a negative relationship with your thoughts is, in our opinion, the most detrimental to your life. We are here to give you some tough love in changing your negative talk, whether you know you are doing it, or this episode is an eye opener for you in changing that habit. Let’s start working and living from a place of our positive values and not of your negative talk.

In this episode we move through our life updates and is relates to finding balance during changes. Summer is always a busy season, and for us as wedding industry professionals, that adds a whole other layer to it. April has a few big changes coming up and we talk it out and share our thoughts on how “find the balance” or prioritize your values as those changes happen. We also get into future plans, what you can do to make those plans, but also keep in mind to reevaluate and check in on the path you are on. Tune in to hear about the exciting things going on in Aprils life and business, as well as insights Kelsey has on balancing “busyness”!Find Ignite on Instagram: www.instagram.com/ignite.withusFind April on Instagram: www.instagram.com/aprilyentasFind Kelsey on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kelsey_marie_knutson

Kelsey and April share 5 things to think about and do before starting a business, or even a new endeavor in life! From fundamentals and legitimizing your business, to really asking is there a market for what I want to do? Kelsey and April have both built small businesses themselves and find these 5 things super important to start thinking about when you are going after starting one yourself.Get tickets to the next Ignite event: www.aprilyentas.com/igniteticketsIgnite on Instagram: www.instagram.com/ignite.withusFind Kelsey on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kelseymarieknutsonFind April on Instagram: www.instagram.com/aprilyentas

In this episode April interviews Kelsey! Get to know how Kelsey got into starting her business & hair salon, & entrepreneurship! Also we get into some of our similarities that we believe others can really relate to and then importance of self-awareness and giving yourself grace. Take a listen!

On this episode of Ignite Your Life, Kelsey interviews April! We start off talking about how and why April started her photography business and one of the biggest lessons learned; trying things and doing it is better then not trying at all. Get to know more about April and get some inspiration to show up and do it!Find Ignite on Instagram: www.instagram.com/ignite.withusFind April on Instagram: www.instagram.com/aprilyentasFind Kelsey on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kelseymarieknutson

Kelsey and April introduce you to Ignite Your Life podcast, previously Hustle with Heart. Get to know what we are bringing into the conversation moving forward!Ignite is a community, online and offline full of individuals dreaming up the big dreams, but more importantly DOING the things to get there! Get to know what we have in store for the Ignite your Life Podcast.Join Ignite Facebook community: www.facebook.com/groups/ignitewithusGet Ignite Event tickets: www.aprilyentas.com/igniteticketsFollow Ignite on Instagram: www.instagram.com/ignitewithusKelsey’s website: www.gatherandco.meFind Kelsey on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kelseymarieknutsonApril’s website: www.aprilyentas.comFind April on Instagram: www.instagram.com/aprilyentas

About this Episode:Courtney is a personal brand photographer who serves mompreneurs by providing them three months worth of storytelling imagery for their businesses every quarter. She believes that time is a business owner's most valuable asset so she is on a mission to save her clients just that -- TIME -- by batch-working intentional and strategized photo content that will cause a personal connection between her clients and their targeted audiences. She is a boy mom, wife, dog mom, Seattleite, and she looooves a good old-fashioned cake donut.In this conversation with Courtney we dive into what personal branding is, why it is so important for small business owners and what is a personal branding photo session and how they work. We talk about the major importance that being YOU is the power of your brand, and creating content surrounding who you are and what you represent will cultivate communication with your targeted audiences! Lots of good things in this one, Listen in!Downloadable Resource from Courtney: 3 things you must do before your brand photo shootConnect with Courtney:WebsiteInstagram

Cassandra Shuck is the Brand + Business Doula; a transformation branding and business coach empowering women to live the lives and build the dreams they are capable of. She is the founder of Tola Marketing + Creative, a creative, digital marketing agency for the contemporary entrepreneurial woman, the co-founder of Milkin’ Cookie, a lactation support cookie company for breastfeeding + pumping mamas, a real-life doula, and host of the Labor of Love Podcast. She has been featured in CEO Blog Nation, AdAge and Hearpreneur.Cassandra’s love and expertise for finding creative and intuitive solutions has lead her to build and grow eight successful businesses, along with helping hundreds of female entrepreneurs across the globe start and build their own in the process.She currently runs all of her businesses from home in North Carolina, working about 20 hours a week and raising her 1-year-old daughter Diana.To learn more about Cassandra and her incredible story, go to www.CassandraShuck.com.In this Episode:Cassandra and I get into navigating the waters of going all in! For all those entrepreneur, creative women with too many ideas to think straight, this is the show to bring you the tools to hit the ground running and make sure you are creating and bringing to life something that people want and have a need for. We talk about the importance of holding on to your true self and what a strong mindset in this matter can do for you and your business!

About this Episode:Kimberly McDonald and Kim Thompson host Reds, Whites, & Conversations - a podcast that explores wellness, personal growth, and living an intentional and purposeful life. Kimberly is a health and fitness coach and Kim is a certified yoga instructor. Both have a passion for sharing their journeys of personal growth and development to empower others.During this episode we dive into what it means to keep consistent with your personal development. Kim and Kimberly bring important insight in making sure we are savoring the good stuff, and honoring it. It may seem scary or daunting to apply more personal development to your life, but Kim and Kimberly give incredible tips to apply more goodness to your life! Enjoy!

Get ready to pump the positivity into your life. This quick episode will get you ready for your day, week, or month as I talk about positivity and moving through the hard and sad things and being self aware that life is right here and you should be proud of what you have been served in this life, and moved through it with positivity.

Freddie Smith and Alyssa Tabit join us on this episode of Hustle with Heart. Freddie and Alyssa are Entrepreneurs who live to inspire. Freddie is a Emmy Award winning actor on Days of our Lives and Alyssa is a blogger and speaker. Together, they are cohosts of their podcast, The Freddie & Alyssa Show and authors of The Pivot Principle. They give you facinating, real life, advice about what areas in your life you need to focus on and pivot to revamp your life.From mastering their mindset through tragedy, Freddie and Alyssa bring this conversation to life and we talk about some of these Pivot Principles and some ways in which to ignite YOUR ways to pivot; Getting Comfortable with being Uncomfortable, Fear of Failure, Playing Victim, & Pivoting your Mindset. You are NO DOUBT going to gain inspiration and motivation from this conversation, but you will also gain actionable tips to put things to work in your own life. The Pivot Principle is now available and I suggest you run, don’t walk, to get in on this modern day playbook for mastering your mindset, pivoting your actions and elevating your life.Get connected with Freddie & Alyssa:Buy The Pivot PrincipleThe Freddie & Alyssa Show PodcastFreddie’s InstagramAlyssa’s InstagramAlyssa’s Blog

Guest Emma Rose with Emma Rose Company is on the show in this episode!Emma has had many ups and downs, and changes in business and her personal life, from moving and adjusting to a lifestyle change, to teaching herself everything she could about photography and marketing which eventually led to learning all she needed to start designing beautiful websites for photographers and other creatives.From brand representation to truly living a real, raw life and showing up in that same way, she has claimed a name for herself in the photographer and web design world. Emma also went through a huge life change in her own personal development side of things which started a launch into living a more active and healthy life and it has lifted something in her to sustain that lifestyle with everything in moderation, staying active, and showing up as she is wholeheartedly.Through all of this conversation, Emma shares her advice and tid bits of inspiration for taking charge of your business and life.

In this episode:Transformational and growth coach Ellyn Schinke talks travel, personal development and navigating big life shifts. Ellyn went after the more she wanted for her life. She made a huge life change and travelled the world for a year and found what more was for her in her life. She gave herself permission to change her mind for her life. She embarked on starting her business while abroad, and through the deep dive into personal development in conjunction with that, she found a way to share, explore and love the life she lives.She gives advice on the importance of consistently seeking small steps, giving yourself permission to change your mind, making pivots and taking ownership of where you’re at. Takeaway tips and advice on building your mindset, overcome vulnerability and the importance of showing up in spite of fear, embracing the seasons of life and reevaluating yourself!Connect with Ellyn:WebsiteInstagram

In this Episode:Rachael Novak is a Real Estate Team Owner and Listing Squad Leader. She is a rockstar mom of 3, wife, friend and big mindset personal development advocate. Rachael is a dear friend of mine and I am so excited to bring this conversation to the podcast!When you hear the takeaways, take a screen shot and share the podcast on social media, tag me, @aprilyentas & the podcast @hustlewithheartpodcast!In this episode Rachael and I get deep into mindset habits and what living with purpose is really about. She shares enlightening ideas to kick start your mindset and backs up the importance of how you live a life with purpose all starts with keeping promises to yourself! Dig in to ALL the takeaways in this episode!4:00 - Get to know Rachael!8:30 - How resiliency can you get through the hard and scary10:30 - Rachaels most valuable lesson and why Consistency is KEY12:00 - Keeping promises to yourself, confidence and consistency19:30 - What Rachael calls her Sandbox and why you should have one!23:40 - Setting up for Success30:50 - “Rapid fire” questions; morning routine, favorite healthy snack, books & podcasts39:10 - How Hustle with Heart shows up in Rachaels lifeConnect with Rachael:InstagramThe Novak Real Estate Team

In this Episode:3:00 - Merediths Story.7:30 - How starting health and fitness has changed her life and business.8:40 - Be confident in teaching what you know.10:00 - Recognizing self doubt and how to overcome it.15:20 - Is it something you’re afraid of, or something you just don’t want to do16:50 - What happens when you blaze your own trail.18:30 - Leveling up; When you hit elements of resistance in your journey and what those challenges teach you20:40 - The power of community and having a mentor and space to lean on.28:40 - Book & Podcast recommendations.36:50 - Connect with Meredith.Merediths Links:WebsiteInstagramMerediths Podcast : Confident Women ConquerDownloadable PDF “Take Inventory of your Current Situation”

I am taking about 3 things to remember and take with you as you take on new challenges with the new year coming up!As we come into the end of the year, it is inevitable that we reflect back on the last year, what have we accomplished, what did we not get done that we wanted to, was it a challenging year, was it not challenging enough and we celebrate coming into a new year with some outlooks on the new year, and for some people, the dreaded word.. Resolutions.What new way are we going to go about achieving those goals or keeping those resolutions.You cannot achieve, overcome, or stick to what you have set your goal, challenge or resolution for yourself if you don’t start taking the ACTION to do so.1 - The Push BackI feel this one comes first and full force. Things, people, events will try and get in your way, the littlest hurdles, set backs and interruptions will try and get in the way, stay in the way and persuade you that it is more important to focus on the interruption then the action at hand.2- This World is BigWhat you probably don’t know or sometimes don’t believe is that your part in it matters to the world! You might think, “yeah the world is so big, so what’s the freaking point” but I want you to think of it a different way, What about you taking on this challenge or goal is going to affect other people. This life is about connection, and when we take action and show we are doing so, it’s an automatic invitation for people to ask, be inspired and encouraged from what you are doing.3- Revel in the ReassessmentTake ownership and honor in bringing your goal to life. Make it be true, make it be known and visualize the end result.As you take action, be present and pay attention to the interruptions, recognize them and move forward without hesitation. Doing so will create a connection of affect that you didn’t know you had until you started saying yes to actionable steps. Also make sure as set your goals, set out time to revel in the reassessment. Visualize your end result throughout your course of action, and take the time necessary to reassess to move forward with the same enthusiasm and perseverance you had when you sought out your goals.

Episode 4 of the Hustle with Heart Podcast is here! Here I talk more about my Creative story and personal development journey. You get to know me a little bit more and my background as I started my business and pursued my journey of self development and entrepreneurship.

The first episode of the Monday Motive series is here! Part 1 dives into the aspects of getting our of your own way, becoming the person you want to be by breaking down the barrier little by little and surrendering to outcomes, and letting go of control.What to expect for this episode (2:50)How you will hit a barrier (4:30)Inspiration for what I want to bring forward for Hustle with Heart (5:45)Examples of what your barrier might be (8:05)Takeaway questions (9:00)The base; where to start when we come across barriers (12:10)

Creating a mindset shift to set intention and take action!In this episode:The importance of taking action (1:12)Interacting with others and always expecting different outcomes (1:50)Taking action responsibly (2:27)Taking control of your situations & self limiting beliefs (4:09)Example of the downward spiral into self limiting beliefs (5:55)How change you environment and situation will create the mindset shift (7:30)What takeaways did you gain from this episode! Share and tag me on the gram! @aprilyentas

An intro to the Hustle with Heart Podcast. Get to know a little more of what April will be bringing to you through the Hustle with Heart Podcast.Get to know a little more about April and the conquering of her own fears as she brings this podcast to life for creative entrepreneurs to overcome underlying fears to rise up and serve their mission.02:00 - Hear more about April and where she comes from, her upbringing and her story.12:04 - Inspiration and More on what’s to come in the Hustle with Heart Podcast and future events.