The Game On Girlfriend Podcast

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: https://bit.ly/411buZW (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 https://sarahwalton.com/pushing-water-uphill/  Why Zigzagging Your Path Means More Success https://sarahwalton.com/susan/  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 clicking here, 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 watch this quick tutorial.)   #SuccessMindset #SmallStepsBigResults #BuildMomentum #AchieveYourGoals #DailyHabits #ChangeYourLife #SustainableSuccess #HealthAdvocate #IntuitiveBusinessCoach #AskExpert  

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: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15XW8p-qlJsMoBc1TfOhKH3MIEk15OOI2/view?usp=sharing Connect with Sun Yong: https://dreambigsetgoals.club/  Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: Power of Pause: Why Your Brain Cannot Solve the Problem: https://sarahwalton.com/take-pause/  Overcome Societal Expectations of ‘You're Not Enough': https://sarahwalton.com/societal-expectations-for-women/  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 clicking here, 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 watch this quick tutorial.)   #InvestInYourself #QualityOfLife #StayInspired #SuccessTips #Motivated #PathToSuccess #IntuitiveBusinessCoach #AskExpert

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: https://stan.store/KimRogne/p/floself Mentioned in this episode: The Gap And The Gain, https://amzn.to/4h3fuhN Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: Overwhelmed? Plan Your Week to Reclaim Your Time: https://sarahwalton.com/importance-of-weekly-planning/  What Burnout REALLY Is (And How It Differs From Stress): https://sarahwalton.com/burnout-versus-stress/  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 clicking here, 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 watch this quick tutorial.) #FeelingBehindInLife #NoFakeHustle #MindsetShift #PersonalGrowth #SuccessJourney #AskExpert #JournalPrompts #BusinessCoach #IntuitiveBusinessCoach

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: https://www.thewealthconservancy.com/  Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: How Your Nervous System Shapes Your Money Habits: https://sarahwalton.com/nervous-system-regulation/  You Deserve the Money: https://sarahwalton.com/bookkeeping-for-women/  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 clicking here, 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 watch this quick tutorial.)   #FinancialLiteracy #Wealth #FinancialSuccess #Abundance #WealthBuilding #MoneyMindset #PersonalFinance #AskExpert #WealthCoach #FinancialFreedom

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: https://www.lauraconley.com/plan Laura's podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lose-weight-for-the-last-time-with-laura-conley/id1540639164   Other GoG episodes you might want to check out:  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 clicking here, 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 watch this quick tutorial.)   #WeightLossJourney #BodyAcceptance #HealthyMindset #WeightLossTipsforWomen #WeightLoss #AskExpert #IntuitiveBusinessCoach #WeightLossCoach  

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: https://www.reddoordesigns.com/book How to Write Compelling Copy in 5 Minutes: https://www.reddoordesigns.com/free-resources Building a Story Brand Book: https://amzn.to/3P4JYUE    Other GoG episodes you might want to check out:   How to Write Sales Copy That Sells: https://sarahwalton.com/how-to-write-sales-copy/    Storytelling, Sharing With Clients and Taylor Swift: https://sarahwalton.com/sharing-your-story/    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 clicking here, 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 watch this quick tutorial.)   #WebFlow #WebSuccess #HowtoStartaBusiness #WebDesign #AskExpert #WomenInBusiness #SalesCoach #IntuitiveBusinessCoach

If men could connect to the idea that taking personal responsibility leads to expansion, more love and what they want – things could get easier. However, they have to stop looking at themselves with the self-sabotaging belief that they're not enough. The reason we have Dr. Ray Doktor as our first male guest on the Game on Girlfriend podcast is that he is working very diligently to help the men on this planet heal. I personally believe this is something that can have a massive effect on how we as women are doing business, how the world is working overall, how our sons feel as they grow, and the examples that men are giving to each other. Much like it's going to take women talking to other women about the 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, and still be warm, have integrity and understand 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 for men who don't have confidence and they are insecure and they want to be in a partnership, the messages that they're getting is that if they approach a woman, they could offend them. On the other hand, there are men who are not seen as a predator and are well-received. Dr. Ray says in his case, over the past four years he's been told he's mansplaining as an expert. 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 there are many men who will put more value on performance than inner work. He finds that when he posts about holding space for women and their emotions, it's typically the men who will want to shut down those posts and ideas. The perspective can become competitive and combative due to insecurity. Dr. Ray says so many men are very much immersed in the collective narrative of competition and perfectionism. For example, if their partner shares something and it was 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 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 the man has 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 been able to remain masculine, assertive and confident and still have access to his emotions is the example that so many men are looking for. It's important for them 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: https://raydoktor.com  Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: Sick of People Pleasing? Childhood Trauma Might Be The Source https://sarahwalton.com/people-pleasing-trauma-response/  The 5 Stages of Healing https://sarahwalton.com/stages-of-healing/  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 clicking here, 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 watch this quick tutorial.) #MenHealing #MensMentalHealth #Masculinity #MentalHealth #TraumaRecovery #HealingJourney #AskExpert #BusinessCoach #IntuitiveBusinessCoach #WomenInBusiness

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: https://interviewconnections.com/  Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: How to get the PERFECT guest to say yes to your podcast: https://youtu.be/Ta8bSk4bOG4  How to Make Money Podcasting (Without Burning Out!): https://sarahwalton.com/make-money-podcasting/ 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 clicking here, 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 watch this quick tutorial.) #PodcastTips #PodcastGuest #Podcasting #Interview #AskExperts #WomenInBusiness #PodcastHost #PodcastHelp #PodcastGuesting

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: https://calendly.com/wendysterling/intuitivecall  Connect with Wendy Paige Sterling: https://wendypaigesterling.com/  Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: Stop Trying to Figure Things Out – Feel Them Instead: https://sarahwalton.com/amy-eliza-wong/  What You REALLY NEED from an Intuitive Business Coach: https://sarahwalton.com/need-a-business-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 clicking here, 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 watch this quick tutorial.)   #PowerOfPause #RedefiningHustle #LifeTransitions #ClarityAndFocus #StrengthInTheStillness #PauseForClarity #Mindfulsuccess #WomenSupportingWomen #IntuitiveBusinessCoach

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: https://sarahwalton.com/care-gap/  Quiz:  Connect with Dr. Camilla Moore : https://www.thewellnesscabinet.co Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: Build Your Business Without Burnout: https://sarahwalton.com/business-without-burnout/  Feeling Stressed? Catch Your Breath: https://sarahwalton.com/breathing-and-stress/  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 clicking here, 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 watch this quick tutorial.) #Burnout #Stress #BurnoutAwareness #StressManagement #BurnoutPrevention #SelfCare #BurnoutRecovery #MentalHealthAwareness #AskExpert #WomenInBusiness  

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: https://www.ugliventures.com/overwhelm  Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: Why You Should Invest in Marketing: https://sarahwalton.com/invest-in-marketing/  How to Write Sales Copy That Sells: https://sarahwalton.com/how-to-write-sales-copy/  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 clicking here, scrolling to the bottom, and clicking "Write a review." Then, we'll get to inspire even more people! (Watch this quick tutorial if you need help leaving a review.) #ResultsDrivenBranding #ProfessionalBranding #MarketingInsights #MarketingForBeginners  #BrandingStrategy #marketing #marketingstrategy #AskExpert #SalesCoach #BusinessCoach

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: https://patricewashington.com/  Cathy Heller: https://www.cathyheller.com/  St Bart's Retreat [link coming] Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: How The Abundance Academy Changed My Life: https://sarahwalton.com/abundance-academy-changed-my-life/  5 Tips to Create an Environment for Abundance: https://sarahwalton.com/abundant-environment/  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 clicking here, scrolling to the bottom, and clicking "Write a review." Then, we'll get to inspire even more people! (Watch this quick tutorial if you need help leaving a review.) #MoneyMindset #Abundance #FinancialLiteracy #FinancialFreedom #WealthBuilding #BuildWealth #GrowYourMoney #MoneyManagement #IntuitiveBusinessCoach #WomenInBusiness

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: https://www.thelovelyalea.com/shop/p/1g1f1awnn6g0hw16f0kxaipg5og3og  Connect with guest Alea Lovely: https://www.thelovelyalea.com/  Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: 7 Steps to Manifesting: https://sarahwalton.com/julie-foucht/  Ready to Reinvent Yourself? A Conversation: https://sarahwalton.com/reinvent-yourself/  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 clicking here, scrolling to the bottom, and clicking "Write a review." Then, we'll get to inspire even more people! (Watch this quick tutorial if you need help leaving a review.) #Manifestation #ConsciousCreation #SelfImprovement #LifeTransformation #PositiveThinking #Mindfulness #TransformYourLife #Spirituality #AskExpert #IntuitiveBusinessCoach

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" https://wwwcaitlinbacher.com/masterclass Connect with Caitlin Bacher: https://instagram.com/caitlinbacher Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: Test That Marketing Tactic to Accelerate Your Business https://sarahwalton.com/test-marketing/ Building Community Online https://sarahwalton.com/building-community-online/ 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 clicking here, scrolling to the bottom, and clicking "Write a review." Then, we'll get to inspire even more people! (Watch this quick tutorial if you need help leaving a review.) #EvergreenContent #CreatorInsights #ContentCreatorTips #ContentMarketing #AskExpert #SalesCoach #BusinessCoach #WomenInBusiness

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. Connect with Meg Rentschler: https://www.linkedin.com/in/megrentschler Sarah's Episode on Star Coach Show: https://starcoachshow.com/403-abundantly-successful-sales-pages-with-sarah-walton/ Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: The Truth About Motivation (and Why it Feels Mysterious) https://sarahwalton.com/truth-about-motivation/ Rewrite Your Unspoken Rules to Live Like You're on Permanent Vacation https://sarahwalton.com/unspoken-life-rules/ 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 clicking here, scrolling to the bottom, and clicking "Write a review." Then, we'll get to inspire even more people! (Watch this quick tutorial if you need help leaving a review.) #Motivation #Changes #Motivation2025 #SuccessMindset #Ambivalence #Confidence #IdentifyingAmbivalence #AskExpert #SuccessCoach #WomenInBusiness

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 : https://www.marissaroberts.com   Less Effort, More Results: https://www.marissaroberts.com/affirmations-for-rest-abundance-business-owner-edition/  Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: Rewrite Your Unspoken Rules to Live Like You're on Permanent Vacation https://sarahwalton.com/unspoken-life-rules/  The Importance of Putting Yourself First https://sarahwalton.com/putting-yourself-first/  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 clicking here, scrolling to the bottom, and clicking "Write a review." Then, we'll get to inspire even more people! (Watch this quick tutorial if you need help leaving a review.) #BusinessWithoutBurnout #SustainableSuccess #WorkSmarterNotHarder #EntrepreneurLife #BurnOut #BusinessTips #AvoidBurnout #WomenSupportingWomen #AskExpert #BusinessCoach

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 update 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 : https://www.oleganatravelboutique.com/  Anna is offering $250 off group trips for listeners in 2025. Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: Ready to Reinvent Yourself? https://sarahwalton.com/reinvent-yourself/  The Importance of Putting Yourself First https://sarahwalton.com/putting-yourself-first/  How to Deal With Mom Guilt and Balance https://sarahwalton.com/albiona/  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 clicking here, scrolling to the bottom, and clicking "Write a review." Then, we'll get to inspire even more people! (Watch this quick tutorial if you need help leaving a review.) #TravelWell #WomanTraveler #TravelTips #SoloTravel #WomenTravelSolo #WomenWhoLovetoTravel #TravelCommunity #AskExpert #BusinessCoach

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: https://www.instituteforlivingcourageously.com/  Decode Your Destiny Quiz: https://www.decodeyourdestinyquiz.com/  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: https://sarahwalton.com/reinvent-yourself/  How to Let Go of the Bully In Your Brain: https://sarahwalton.com/negative-self-talk/  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 clicking here, scrolling to the bottom, and clicking "Write a review." Then, we'll get to inspire even more people! (Watch this quick tutorial if you need help leaving a review.) #UnspokenRules #UnlockYourPotential #ManifestingYourReality #UnwrittenRuleBreakers #UnwrittenRules #WomenInBusiness #AskExpert

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: https://www.wellness.vegas  Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: How Your Nervous System Shapes Your Money Habits [https://sarahwalton.com/nervous-system-regulation] Overcome Societal Expectations of ‘You're Not Enough' [https://sarahwalton.com/societal-expectations-for-women/]  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 clicking here, scrolling to the bottom, and clicking "Write a review." Then, we'll get to inspire even more people! (Watch this quick tutorial if you need help leaving a review.) #Empowerment #SelfLove #PrioritizeYourself #SelfCare2025 #SelfPrioritization #Success #SelfGrowth #AskExpert #MentalHealth #MentalWellbeing

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: https://www.stephaniecrochet.com/  Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: “I Can't Make That Much Money!”: https://sarahwalton.com/limiting-beliefs-women/  Feeling Stressed? Catch Your Breath : https://sarahwalton.com/breathing-and-stress/  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 clicking here, scrolling to the bottom, and clicking "Write a review." Then, we'll get to inspire even more people! (Watch this quick tutorial if you need help leaving a review.) #NervousSystem #FinancialTherapy #MoneyWounds #SelfImprovement #MoneyMindset #FinancialWellbeing #NervousSystemRegulation #AskExpert

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: https://www.ciarastockeland.com/inventory-genius-ebook-ad   Connect with Ciara Stockeland: https://www.ciarastockeland.com Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: How The Abundance Academy Changed My Life: https://sarahwalton.com/abundance-academy-changed-my-life/  The Secret to Your Business Numbers Will ChangeEverything: https://sarahwalton.com/understand-business-numbers/ 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 clicking here, scrolling to the bottom, and clicking "Write a review." Then, we'll get to inspire even more people! (Watch this quick tutorial if you need help leaving a review.) #KnowYourBusinessNumbers#ProfitAndLoss#NetProfitGoals#FinancialSuccess#RevenueGrowth#FinancialManagement#SmallBusinessOwner#AskExpert #SalesCoach#ProfitabilityGoals    

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 https://sarahwalton.com/how-to-use-chat-gpt/ How to Increase Revenue In Your Business, Quickly https://sarahwalton.com/increase-your-business-revenue/ 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 clicking here, scrolling to the bottom, and clicking "Write a review." Then, we'll get to inspire even more people! (Watch this quick tutorial if you need help leaving a review.) #BusinessTrends2025 #FutureBusinessTools #MakeMoney2025 #2025 #OnlineBusinessTrends #SalesCoach #BusinessCoach #AskExpert #WomenInBusiness

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 : https://www.liveyourglow.live | On Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/hollyswenson_liveyourglow/  Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: How to Deal With Mom Guilt and Balance https://sarahwalton.com/albiona/  Top Strengths of the Highly Sensitive Entrepreneur https://sarahwalton.com/highly-sensitive-person/  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 clicking here, scrolling to the bottom, and clicking "Write a review." Then, we'll get to inspire even more people! (Watch this quick tutorial if you need help leaving a review.) #ConsciousParenting #ParentingTips #SupportForParents #MindfulParenting #FamilyWellness #Family #EmotionalRegulation #Mindfulness #Parenting #AskExpert

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: https://www.senasea.com  The Copy Cure: https://www.marieforleo.com/the-copy-cure  Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: How to Write Sales Copy That Sells https://sarahwalton.com/how-to-write-sales-copy/ How to Use ChatGPT Without Losing Your Personality https://sarahwalton.com/how-to-use-chat-gpt/    Does Your Story Matter? (More Than You Know) https://sarahwalton.com/your-story-matters/  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 clicking here, scrolling to the bottom, and clicking "Write a review." Then, we'll get to inspire even more people! (Watch this quick tutorial if you need help leaving a review.) #EmailMarketing #HowToBuildEmailList #EmailListBuilding #BusinessOwner #SmallBusinessTips #EmailList #AskExpert #WomenInBusiness  

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 clicking here, scrolling to the bottom, and clicking "Write a review." Then, we'll get to inspire even more people! (Watch this quick tutorial if you need help leaving a review.) #ScaredToStart #FightThroughFear #BecomeACoach #FirstCoachingProgram #NewtoCoaching #CoachingBusiness #HowToStartACoachingBusiness #AskExpert #WomenInBusiness

So many things need your attention daily as a business owner. How do you know what you're supposed to be prioritizing? How do you know which tasks are actually going to move the needle? Amber De La Garza is the Productivity Specialist! With over a decade of experience helping small business owners maximize profits, reduce stress, and make time for what matters most by improving their time management and increasing productivity! Amber is the host of the Small Business Straight Talk Podcast and creator of Leverage Lab®. While coaching highly successful people, Amber noticed they would come back to sessions without having done the homework or taken action—the running theme was, "I don't have time to work on my business." "I actually shifted to productivity because I wanted to focus on the actual behavior and the skill set of managing themselves and managing time and managing others." Amber's definition of productivity is when we're investing our best time into our best activities. This is purposely a framework because my best activities will be different because my goals are different from yours. The best time is to focus uninterrupted and deep dive into the work. "I just want to follow that up to say that I also believe we are not meant to be productive all day, every day," says Amber. "If you think you're going to truly be productive all day, every day, then you're diluting your high-value activities." All tasks and activities are not created equal. Productivity is different from organization or organization. "Have you ever met somebody that has a color-coded calendar, perfectly clean desk, and not reaching their goals? Yes," says Amber. "And have you met somebody that looks like they're practically buried behind piles of paper, but they can get into some deep work and do amazing things and slay their goals? Yes." Amber says it's important to honor both sides. She needs a clean desk to focus on, and she generally starts her day by clearing her inbox and checking in with her team and clients before starting that deep work. When you invest your best time, you show up your best. It's your job to find out what that is and then purposely create that environment, create that time in your schedule to show up at your best, and then focus on those high-value activities. Amber says there are four buckets on which business owners should regularly focus their time, which will move the needle. She calls them buckets because the idea is to fill the first one and have it cascade and overflow into the next. And you don't own the bucket; if you have a team, they can help fill it as well. The first is marketing and visibility, how you let the world know what you do. The second is sales. The third is servicing your clients or product development. And then, fourth is leadership. Listen in for how Amber breaks down that framework and how you can use it in your own business. Take Your Business to the Next Level Quiz: https://www.Amberdelagarza.com/quiz Connect with Amber De La Garza: https://www.AmberDeLaGarza.com Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: Overwhelmed? Plan Your Week to Reclaim Your Time https://sarahwalton.com/importance-of-weekly-planning/ Take Back Your Time Every Day https://sarahwalton.com/heather/ 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 clicking here, scrolling to the bottom, and clicking "Write a review." Then, we'll get to inspire even more people! (If you need help with how to leave a review, you can watch this quick tutorial.) #ProductivityHacks #TimeManagement #WorkSmart #SuccessTips #Productivity #AskExpert #BusinessCoach #EntrepreneurLifestyle #WomenInBusiness  

If you've been feeling this pressure as you age to stay the same, if you've been feeling stuck, like "this is it," today's episode will help you start to see beyond what you think is possible in a way that could change how you spend your life on a daily basis. I know that sounds grandiose. But what if we could take that step by step and actually cause it to happen? Today's guest, Sue Willoughby, does that as she works with Equus Coaching. She brings horses into the coaching process because horses have a profound ability to help people heal. They do that because they know the truth, they sense it, they feel it, and they know when a human being is not actually saying what's happening on the inside. Sue Willoughby is the founder of Willoughby Coaching, where women over 40 confront obstacles and change their lives' trajectories through Equus Coaching. "I've always been in sort of a leadership role and a mentor role," says Sue. "That background combined with the horses just really resonated with me. Horses are so intuitive. They've helped me so much in my life. I want to bring that to other people." Finding the window or door outside of a person's comfort zone so they can step out of a place of fear—be it fear of success or failure or even just knowing where to begin—can be broken down into small steps. If you have a dream or desire that feels too big, the usual objections might sound like you can't afford it. I'm too old. No one's going to buy anything from me. Sue says whether it's a financial situation or maybe leaving a toxic relationship, a lot of coaching involves asking people to question themselves so that they can understand what's really going on behind the story. Where did that story you're telling yourself come from, and is it the truth? The magic of horses can help people she coaches be more vulnerable. As prey animals, horses are always alert and awake, even when calmly grazing in a field. They have amazing intuition and survival skills. "So being in their presence really brings people out of their head and back into their bodies," says Sue. "I can see the emotion. Can you sit with that and tell me where it's coming from? Where did it originate? And horses, you know, they feel they're very comforting, and they will mirror what they're getting from you." Horses respond to the truth within, not the truth coming out of your mouth. Horses can sense when you're not being congruent. "So it really puts people in a big place of vulnerability to be with a horse," says Sue, who also offers retreats. Sue believes midlife is one of the best times to make big changes. Whether you've had some longevity in your career or raised a family, it's that natural point in our lives where, after taking care of others for so long, the question becomes, what do you want for the next 10 years of your life? There are so many resources available now to women. Options and opportunities exist for anyone who might have felt stuck in a situation. In Sue's case, she's able to collaborate and offer retreats with any horse—not just her own. She clarified that no horse is riding while she is coaching, so no experience is necessary. Mentioned in this episode: The Go-Giver Series: https://amzn.to/4elOx8k Free 30-day workbook/blueprint on how to embrace discomfort and step out of your comfort zone: https://willoughby-coaching.myflodesk.com/podcastgift Connect with Sue Willoughby: https://www.willoughbycoaching.com/ Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: Ready to Reinvent Yourself? https://sarahwalton.com/reinvent-yourself/ The 5 Stages of Healing https://sarahwalton.com/stages-of-healing/ 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 clicking here, 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 watch this quick tutorial.) #EquineTherapy #HorseTherapy #EquusCoach #HealingWithHorses #AskExpert #BusinessCoach #IntuitiveCoach #WomenInBusiness 

Have you or someone you loved received a cancer diagnosis? Chances are you just said yes. If you've ever felt talked down to when you are not feeling well or someone says something really unkind, this episode goes deep on how much we need people and how we can tell when we don't need some people in our lives. Deb Krier is an entrepreneur, cancer advocate, and the visionary behind TryingNotToDie.LIVE. With a background in communications, marketing, and public relations, she's navigated diverse roles, from spearheading communication strategies for large corporations, small companies, and nonprofit organizations to founding her own marketing agency over 20 years ago. It wasn't the game plan. It wasn't on her vision board. Deb says she was sailing along at her marketing firm when she had a nasty diagnosis pop up. She'd gone in for her annual physical and had a mammogram. The office called her before she'd even got home from the appointment. "What they discovered was not a lump, not a bump, not anything easy to find. They found microcalcifications," says Deb. "The vast majority of the time, they flit away and never have any problems. ... They start gathering, and when they gather, that's when there is a problem." Deb was initially diagnosed with zero-stage breast cancer, which is sometimes called pre-cancer. She saw a specialist and did some biopsies that came back negative, but her surgeon suggested checking her lymph nodes to be sure. Eight of 12 lymph nodes came back as cancerous. "We decided, you know, let's really kill this and do it really hard. Well, they about killed me. I got a complication," says Deb. "I ended up with septic shock and was this close, as in hours away from dying. My doctors were fighting about it. The one surgeon didn't want to do anything because I wasn't going to make it through the day. And the oncologist said no. And I remember thinking, excuse me, I get a vote." Deb started working with a business coach, who pointed out to her that she didn't go through everything she went through without using it to help others. This push led to the creation of TryingNotToDie.LIVE. "The try not to die part comes from the fact that when we have anything that is very serious, or even if it's just how we live life, we are living just to try not to die. And that's what we're focusing on," says Deb. "And the live part is we've got to focus on living our life five hours, five days, 50 years, whatever it is, we absolutely have to live our lives." The concept is to build a support system for anybody who has cancer. Deb says one of the biggest questions she receives is what to do when someone you love gets diagnosed with cancer. What tends to happen is that people do nothing because they don't know what to do. Sometimes, the elephant in the room is small, and occasionally, it is giant. But it is there, so don't ignore it. "When you do go to them, don't just say, tell me if there's anything you need," says Deb. "Our little brains are so full of trying to not die that we can't think about that. So say, 'Can I bring you dinner on Thursday? Can I take your kids to the park?' Give them something specific to say yes or no to." She also encourages people to feel anger. It's okay to get angry. Deb recommends visiting the Mayo Clinic and the American Cancer Society rather than consulting Dr. Google if you're given a specific diagnosis. "But remember you are in charge, not your doctor, not your spouse, not whoever you are, the one in charge," says Deb. "So research it and do what YOU want." Free Gift: We are proud to offer our "Bear Hug" Care Package™ as a way for someone to show their support to a friend, loved one, co-worker, etc., as they are on their cancer journey. Featuring a cuddly stuffed bear named Warrior, the care package comes with essential items for someone who is bravely fighting. Use code 10SPECIAL for a 10% discount: https://tryingnottodie.live/bear-hug-care-package/ Connect with Deb Krier: https://tryingnottodie.live/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1465660477225232 Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: Don't Believe the Hype: You're Not Special https://sarahwalton.com/notspecialv You can check out our podcast interviews on YouTube, too! http://bit.ly/YouTubeSWalton Thank you so much for listening. I'm honored that you're here, and I would be grateful if you could leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts by clicking here, 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 watch this quick tutorial.) #CancerDiagnosis #CancerStories #CancerSurvivor #Cancer #Health #WomenInBusiness #IntuitiveBusinessCoach

Have you noticed people cannot talk to each other? Have you noticed there is a them versus us? Andrea Goulet has studied empathy and she has studied it in a way I don't think I've ever seen before and she's going to share her framework with us. Andrea Goulet is on a mission to make empathy a core technical skill in software development.  She is a sought-after international keynote speaker, experienced software entrepreneur, and award-winning industry leader. Her expertise centers on using empathy and effective communication to modernize legacy and mission-critical software systems.  She is currently working on her first book, Empathy-Driven Software Development, where she aims to provide detailed mechanisms and system schematics of empathy's inner workings in a way that makes sense to engineers. Andrea started her career in strategic communications where she had a technical understanding about empathy and organizational psychology. She was approached by a friend to help build a software company and lead it as the CEO.  They landed on doing consulting together, and also ended up falling in love with each other. (Hollywood screenwriter, where are you?) “What we ended up having in building this business was the stereotypical dynamic of the salesperson and the engineer,” says Andrea. “They don't get along professionally. I did not understand how his brain worked. I had never worked in software.” It was 2009, and they wanted to have a software company where empathy was at the core of the organization. She says they were advised not to do that to avoid being “laughed out of the industry.” Andrea doubled down. “[Empathy] was the thing that drove business profitability, that drove business efficiency, that contributed to organizational effectiveness,” says Andrea. And it wasn't just in working with clients – empathy was needed in her daily operations with her now husband and business partner, Scott. She recalls an incident where she needed to pull Scott into a client meeting, and walked over to his desk. Her ask pulled him out of his work process that led to a visceral reaction. When they sat down to discuss why he was so upset, he likened it to the movie Inception – saying he was nine levels down, and the action of interrupting him had ripped him from the solution he was on the cusp of solving.  The feeling of being completely ripped out of something Andrea could understand. And together they came up with a way to move forward, which became the subject of Andrea's keynotes at software development conferences. Over the course of her work, Andrea realized there was no consensus as to what empathy meant. Phrases like walking in someone else's shoes, treating people how they want to be treated were often heard.  “The reason that we have evolved empathy as a species is so that we work together. And as a species we don't go extinct. So we are a hyper social species,” says Andrea. “Empathy is the mechanism that enables collaboration.” She defines empathy is a functional system of emotion, cognition, regulation, and motivation that is influenced by external factors such as culture, context, capacity, and skill. To make empathy more concrete; she uses a model called structured reappraisal.  A reappraisal is a psychological term for taking a beat before you act. And the pause can be learned and practiced. What to do once you pause is where the structure comes in. The three rules are: collect, connect, and communicate. Listen in for ways to practice this framework. Empathy can help us navigate through all of those different systems and then create something that is more effective through these experiments and through implementing these improvements. But you can't get there unless both people are willing to do it. Connect with Andrew Goulet : https://andreagoulet.com  Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: Top Strengths of the Highly Sensitive Entrepreneur: https://sarahwalton.com/highly-sensitive-person/  The Art of Self-Control: https://sarahwalton.com/take-back-self-control/  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 clicking here, 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 watch this quick tutorial.)

It can be terrifying to reinvent yourself and then need to tell other people -- whether it be your work or your coworkers, your significant other, or your family members -- that you are trying to do something different or you want to go in a different direction. Those moments are real and they happen to all of us. And today's guest, Anita Rombough, will help you walk through these one by one. As a gentle yet bold change agent, Anita helps fellow big-hearted dreamers discover and align with their soul or “sole” purpose to achieve their version of Soulful Success, the  sweet spot where personal fulfillment meets impact and financial prosperity. If you recognize this ache that so many people are feeling towards wanting more, but not necessarily more stuff, not necessarily more money, but more life, more joy, more connection and more love – this episode is for you. Anita says she's done a lot of things – her current career is a reinvention. Her love language is soulful success. So many of us have kind of chased that path of “should”, have gone through the motions of what we think the definition of success should look like. “We're putting all this emphasis on the external part, right, like what we call ourselves at work,” says Anita. “We judge each other based on that, you know, our paychecks, what kind of flashy things we have, all those kinds of labels and accolades. … But I also, more importantly, want to feel fulfilled and impactful.” Anita says this is what she unlocks for people, but to do that, she needed to go through it herself. She has three psychology degrees, and she was an occupational therapist. But she wanted more. She went back to school and got her MBA then worked in the corporate world for 10 years.  “I couldn't help but think, is this it?” She realized the one piece she hadn't integrated yet was her spiritual and intuitive background.  “My background is Indian. I come from this rich ancestry of yoga and meditation and, you know, all this, this beautiful goodness that I embodied on a daily basis, but not for the external world to see.” She says there's also those expectations and pressures from your own heart. Especially as women, we get trained at a very young age not to listen to that soft voice, because it usually tends to make other people uncomfortable. To take a stand for the softest voice in the room can be really challenging. It's a skill like any other that we have to practice and learn how to lean into. Entrepreneurship, reinvention, pivoting, whatever life choices you make, if they're different, it's not for the faint of heart. But it is so liberating when you can march to the beat of your own drum and just and find your own path. Anita says it's key to listen to your energy, which is like your gas tank. You always want to keep it on high. It's about elevating your vibration, tuning into your emotions, your energy. That is the clue that you're heading in the right direction.  Mentioned in this episode: The Surrender Experiment by Michael Singer: https://amzn.to/3UGjQD3  What Happened to You by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce Perry: https://amzn.to/4a7rL0y  Connect with Anita Rombough: https://www.anitarombough.com/  Free gift: Quick Dopamine Hits and Spiritual Lifts: https://anitarombough.lpages.co/dopaminehits/  Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: Carve Your Career Path and Make More Money https://sarahwalton.com/women-career-path/  Overcome Societal Expectations of ‘You're Not Enough' https://sarahwalton.com/societal-expectations-for-women/  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 clicking here, 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 watch this quick tutorial.) #ReinventYourself #MindsetTransformation #PersonalGrowth #GlowUpTips #IdentityShifting #ChangeYourLife #Reinvention #AskExpert #IntuitiveBusinessCoach #WomenInBusiness

When Adriana found out we were talking about The Abundance Academy and why I created it, she asked to share her experience. I knew she got results, but I was blown away by this conversation. Adriana Keefe is a human design expert and motivational speaker who guides women in defining and embodying who they really are to bring magic back into their life (and she's been on the podcast before!)  Adriana graduated from The Abundance Academy in the summer of 2023. She found more confidence through not only the guidance and lessons, but in the reminders that she had a lot of the answers already. “I walked away with this insane confidence in my ability, not just as a coach, not just as an expert, but in my healing gifts and what I bring to other people in the spaces that I hold. Which, of course, was a game changer for my business because I believed more in what I was selling,” Adriana says. Since graduating, Adriana says her business has blown up. She's surpassed her income goal and expects to double her income this year. She's hired another person. “Although I don't always know the how of where I'm going, I have this really deep connection to my business that I didn't have before, which makes it easier to just talk to people about it, like on the streets and in the gym,” says Adriana. “So I share more. Obviously, that makes my business more profitable. It makes it grow.” Adriana believes in divine timing. While working with Sarah at the Abundance Academy, her husband lost his job and was unemployed for nine months. This sent Adriana spiraling financially because her business wasn't yet able to sustain a family of five. Adriana brought everything going on in her life to the Abundance Academy – from one-on-one calls with Sarah, to using Voxer to send message updates and discussions with the group. And a lot was happening: Their nanny was diagnosed with breast cancer, and Adriana made the decision to share her story of childhood abuse. “If I didn't have any support, it would have been totally different for me last year.” Adriana just finished her second round of her program Revive the Sacral. She credits the program and Sarah in helping her to have the confidence she needed to launch it. Her program is very trauma informed and she would ask herself, “Who am I to teach this to these people?” “And something you said to me, I repeat to people all the time, you said, ‘what you went through and healed through can't be read in a book.' And that changed everything to me.” Adriana says she's always struggled with putting people on a pedestal. She says she had to move through the discomfort to receive the attention of a coach like Sarah.   “I think when we put people on a pedestal, especially coaches and mentors and anyone like that, we lose the opportunity to learn so much more for from them and to actually evolve and transform with them.” There is no work any person does on this planet lifts them up out of humanity. We all wake up and stub our toes and mess things up and do things wrong, or send an email that wasn't spell checked. And I think that shared humanity is actually what makes the program work so well. If you're ready to enhance your relationship with money, check out the Abundance Academy: https://sarahwalton.typeform.com/to/X8lEWujM.  You'll hear directly from Sarah personally. Connect with Adriana Keefe: https://www.AdrianaKeefe.com  Other GoG episodes you might want to check out:  Marketing Not Working? Human Design Could Help https://sarahwalton.com/human-design-adriana/  How I Created a $1 Million Business Idea https://sarahwalton.com/how-to-create-one-million-dollar-business-idea/  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 clicking here, 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 watch this quick tutorial.) #AbundanceAcademy #SuccessStories #MindsetReset #PersonalGrowth #MindsetMatters #AskExpert #IntuitiveBusinessCoach #SalesCoach #Abundance #WomenInBusiness

You can look up the steps online to make seven figures in a business. You'll probably get a good strategy. But that's only 20% of what will make you successful. The other 80% is where the magic happens. This is not a gimmick. After being a coach for more than 16 years, there is a common thread among all the extraordinary human beings I've had the privilege and honor to work with – and that's actually believing something is possible. When we're up against a world where it looks like everybody's trying to sell something, everybody's being a little slimy, we start to question what's actually real, what's actually authentic, and what actually can happen. So I'm going to pull back the curtain on how I came up with my million-dollar idea. There are several avenues to create a business that can sustain you completely. I'm going to let you inside how I work with my students in the Abundance Academy. Now, if you've never heard of the Abundance Academy, it's my signature program to answer how I could help more people faster. If you were asking that question, you might say you would write a book. Or start recording videos. You might create an online course or become a keynote speaker. All of these are valid options for hitting seven figures.  The 20% strategy is necessary for success. But the magic happens when you start breaking down what is holding you back. We all have those niggling doubts. Can I really do it? Is it really for me? Can I really make it happen? The magic 80% is your mindset. Because as you start to implement the 20% strategy, your mindset, your experiences, your childhood, things that didn't land how you wanted to will have you quit. You'll start to chase the shiny objects. You'll redo your website, your about page, your services page. Those shiny object activities are happening because you are bumping up against the edges of where you've been before and it starts to get uncomfortable. And we were not meant to go through massive expansion periods in our lives by ourselves. That is another way that I knew I was onto $1 million idea when we came up with the Abundance Academy. Not only were people getting held back by what they thought was real, they didn't have anywhere to go.  One of the best pieces of advice I've ever heard: when you really want to create something amazing, you want to be in rooms with people who've already accomplished what you want to accomplish, or who are up to accomplishing the same thing. They didn't have a coach by their side; they were alone trying to figure this out. But there is so much that we can see in others that we cannot see in ourselves. So when you're looking to create $1 million idea or how to even generate something at that level for you, maybe you need to start by saying, what's a $3,000 idea that I can execute this month? What's a $5,000 idea I can execute this month? From there, I want you to move to $10,000. From there, I want you to move to $50,000 and start expanding on what you think is possible.  If you're ready to enhance your relationship with money, check out the Abundance Academy: https://sarahwalton.typeform.com/to/X8lEWujM.   You'll hear directly from Sarah personally. Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: 5 Tips to Create an Environment for Abundance https://sarahwalton.com/abundant-environment/  How to Increase Revenue In Your Business, Quickly https://sarahwalton.com/increase-your-business-revenue/  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 clicking here, 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 watch this quick tutorial.) #MillionDollarBusiness #BuildingABusiness #BusinessGrowth #BusinessBooks #BusinessStrategy #AskExpert #AbundanceAcademy #SalesCoach #IntuitiveBusinessCoach

Money is a terrible master. It will drive you into the ground if it's running your life. But it's also an amazing servant if you tell it where to go and you understand funds. If you are just dipping your toes into the world of money and you feel intimidated or it feels like it's this hard, weird, complicated thing, I want you to understand first and foremost, that is by design. But honestly, managing your money well isn't really that complicated. I consider it my job to put more money in the hands of more women, I like to deconstruct the scary and make it super simple. In today's episode, I want to share with you the top five books I really think can make a massive difference in your financial journey, and also in helping you create a new relationship to money. Book 1: The Psychology of Money The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel talks about very specific stocks that you can purchase or decide to invest in through Vanguard. (I am not an affiliate of Vanguard, but everybody that works with me knows I am a huge fan and I am actually invested in my own funds inside of Vanguard). He really breaks down exactly where their money is, how they've decided to divide it up inside of retirement and before they retired. And it's that simple breakdown that makes this book so valuable.  The other thing I think you're really going to love about this book is the first opening chapter. It talks about how nobody on this earth decides one day to wake up and mess themselves up financially. So if you've been beating yourself up for where you are financially or judging others, think of family members, spouses, your children, anybody and the way that they're using money, it's probably either a fear they haven't dealt with or something they just don't know. Book 2: Quit Like a Millionaire There are two authors for Quit Like a Millionaire, and they are actually romantic partners, and it's so great to watch their journey. It's Kristy Shen and Bryce Leung now, their journey together, you guys, they started their investment journey right before one of the biggest stock market crashes we've all ever experienced. And I so appreciate her honesty about this journey. These two beautiful humans are part of the fire generation. If you don't know what that means, it stands for Financially Independent Retire Early the fire generation. So what they do is they share how they were able to retire well, in their 30s. And this is not like some crazy scheme. What I appreciate about this book is the practical approach. These are two regular human beings who have figured out exactly how to invest in the market in a healthy, consistent, sustainable way and the sustainable piece, I think, is the most important. This is one book I recommend you get an actual hard copy of in your world, because she goes into great detail about IRS rules and how you can pull out your money without creating taxable events. All legally. Listen in for the rest of my money book recommendations. Let's get to it! Books Mentioned: The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel Amazon: https://amzn.to/4ecUNi1  Quit Like A Millionaire by Kristy Shen and Bryce Leung Amazon: https://amzn.to/4cNps45  The Soul of Money by Lynne Twist Amazon: https://amzn.to/3TgwDem  Profit First by Mike Michalowicz Amazon: https://amzn.to/3Mw09sJ  Unshakable by Tony Robbins: https://amzn.to/4g9PSjy  The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing  Amazon: https://amzn.to/3X9ilNL  #FinancialFreedom #MoneyMasteryBooks #SmartInvesting #MoneyWisdom #FinancialSuccess #MoneyMindsetBooks #WealthBuilding 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 clicking here, 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 watch this quick tutorial.)  

I want to address the $3.6 million care gap in the United States. Yeah, you heard that right. The care gap deals with who in the family is providing the most care for other members of the family, community and extended family – and you guessed it, the care gap tends to fall on women. Obviously, things are changing – and we hope they continue to change. But there is a human in a family who tends to pull back their career and care for other members of the family – this can be aging parents, Aunt Myrtle, children or people in the community. There is a level of care given that causes that human to pull back on their career and making money.  The person who does that in a family, on average, in the United States, is worth $180,000 a year. That's shopping. That's food planning and cooking. That's cleaning. That's driving.  If there isn't a family member doing it, you're paying someone else. As women, this affects our ability to have more financial power. I think as we talk about this, one of the things that we can do is ask ourselves why we don't value the care gap work as much as we value revenue generating work? For some reason, we pretend like it doesn't matter as much.  There are varying theories about that, from this is really hard work. I don't want to do it, which means it doesn't matter. The other theory is that it's invisible work.  It's the invisible, unpaid work that makes the world work. It is making lunches. It's making sure programs are met. It's making sure deadlines are met. It's making sure people are a doctor's appointments. My son went to college this year, and before he left there were a couple weekends where he watched me around the house. I love to clean. I love to patch drywall. I love to take care of my home. It's one of my big passions. And he was watching me do this, and he looked around and he asked, “Wait a minute, how often do you do this?” I said, once every two weeks. There's a mental load to having life work properly. I asked him, do you know if the dog's been fed? No.  Do you know if the cat's been fed? No.  Are they up on their vaccinations? I don't know.  Do you have a doctor's appointment coming up? I think so.  Do you know when it is? No.  I went through all the things. And I didn't do that to scare him. But I want you to recognize if this happens to be you in your home, I want you to recognize the mental load that exists nonstop for you. Just feel that. Because somebody has to do it. So if you are finding yourself feeling like you're always behind the eight ball, or you're like, what is wrong with me? Why can't I do all the things I know I need to do?  How many things are you actually doing? We don't talk about or acknowledge that. We minimize it. We don't pay attention to it and then we assume there's something wrong with us when we can't handle all of it. I want you to keep track of what you're doing. Keep track of the time that it costs you. We have to be honest about the time that it costs us to run our lives, but also how much time there is and the reason we do what we do. Once we start to talk about something, we start to create solutions. Mentioned in this episode: The Nordic Theory of Everything: https://amzn.to/4e3fiNM  How Much Is a Mother Really Worth? https://www.salary.com/articles/mother-salary/  Other GoG episodes you might want to check out:  Wealth is the Luxury of Choice Not a Number with Kaitlyn Carlson https://sarahwalton.com/wealth-business/  Overcome Societal Expectations of ‘You're Not Enough' With Wellness Coach Ali Sempek https://sarahwalton.com/societal-expectations-for-women/  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 clicking here, 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 watch this quick tutorial.) #CloseTheCareGap #SAHM #FinancialFreedom #BeYourOwnBoss #AskExpert #IntuitiveBusinessCoach #SalesCoach #Abundance

If you have been struggling with how to increase revenue, I want to teach you how you can increase revenue in your business without extra hustle or driving yourself crazy.  If you've been in business for a while, most of us coaches will come along and tell you to increase your prices. Sometimes that's the right answer; sometimes it's not.  So, let's talk about what you can actually do to increase revenue without increasing your prices: Look at your expenses There is so much money flying out of business accounts and personal accounts. Ask yourself, Where are you spending money on subscriptions, and where are you spending money on software?  You can also look at things you're spending on that aren't necessary. Here's an example: When I had a new client sign up for a new program, we would send huge, expensive packages all the way around the world. We loved them. But it was so much money going out. Instead, for people who don't live inside the United States, we decided to send them gift cards to their favorite local store so they could pick out things themselves. It ended up really decreasing our expenses, and it actually increased the joy in most of our customers. Where are your customers and clients failing Deconstruct where your customers and clients are failing. An example from one of my recent clients was to deal with late cancellations and late shows to her one-on-one sessions. This did two things: One, it did end up increasing her revenue, and two people started showing up on time, which actually benefits everybody. The other thing is a late cancellation fee. If someone has decided at the last minute not to rehire you for a subscription or to renew their contract with you, but they said they would and changed their mind. Similarly, you can put a fee into your contract. If they're signing the contract for six months and for some reason they choose to leave early, that's fine. But here's a cancellation fee of 50% to 100%. Make sure it is very clear in all of your documentation. Remember as the business owner, you have the discretion whether or not to charge that fee.  Work you've already done. Most of the time, just talking about what you have for sale will end up increasing sales. It may not increase sales for the one specific thing you were offering, but people remember you, and they may come back and purchase something else. Has there been a marketing campaign that didn't work as well as you wanted? Go back and tweak it, and try it again. The benefit is that it won't take you weeks or months to put together. Also, reach out to past clients. How are they? What's been happening in their business? Ask them for referrals if they're not ready to work with you again right now, or if they're not looking to buy something new from you right this minute. They may know somebody who is. Listen in for the final tip! Mentioned in this episode: Save your spot in The Abundance Academy: https://sarahwalton.typeform.com/to/X8lEWujM  What's Causing the Results You Have Right Now?: https://sarahwalton.com/causing-results/  Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: Test That Marketing Tactic to Accelerate Your Business: https://sarahwalton.com/test-marketing/  3 Easy Tips for Your Sales Conversations: https://sarahwalton.com/sales-conversations/  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 clicking here, 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 watch this quick tutorial.) #IncreaseRevenue #SmallBusinessTips #EntrepreneurSuccess #MakeMoreMoney #RevenueManagement #BusinessOwner #GrowYourBusiness #AskExpert

Limiting beliefs are everywhere, and they can sound very subtle. They can sound like, I'm too old to do that. I should have done that by noon, and now it's 2 p.m. I can't make that much money. That's a big one and today's guest goes deep, as she shares her own personal story about how much money she didn't think she could really make. Molly Claire is a Master Coach Instructor and founder of Holistic Master Coach Training inside The Masterful Coach Collective.  She helps coaches develop superior coaching skills so they can guarantee results for their clients, while designing a simple, profitable business model. Molly says she was born with entrepreneur blood. As a kid, if she wanted something, she had to figure out how to earn the money. In adulthood, she was a stay-at-home mom, but was always looking for the thing -- the thing that is going to allow her to use her gifts and help er feel alive and help others, and also have that balance in her life. Molly found coaching at a crisis point in her life. She had three kids, and had just been diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome. She was depressed, her marriage was struggling, and she couldn't be the person she wanted to be. Molly did a coaching session and it blew her mind. “I remember thinking, ‘Oh my gosh, this is really something.' And number one, wow, there's more possibility in my life. And number two, this is something I want to do. I want to help other people have this experience,” says Molly. Molly says we all have limits because we have perceptions of the world. We have these ways that we see what's possible and what's not. We could all think today about what things you believe that you are limited in, just in small ways. Then ask yourself, is this really true?  One of her own past beliefs centered on money. At the time, she was launching her business and going through a divorce. With three children, she wanted to provide well, but she was terrified of finances. Her own coach asked her, “well, why don't you just make as much money as your husband does?” The question was absurd to Molly. Her answer, a limiting belief, said to her, “well I can't because I'm a woman.” “I didn't want to claim it. And yet there it was, clear as day that I had a belief that as a woman, I could not make as much money as a man,” says Molly. She started collecting evidence that her belief was a lie. She found women who made more money than her husband -- meaning her goal to make $250,000 was possible. As you're collecting evidence, it's important that we pay attention to who we're listening to and what we're giving credence to. The narrative starts to become part of your normalized conversation. “As women, when we are building a business and we believe that our business and our personal life are in conflict with each other, it lends itself to us always feeling spread thin, overwhelmed, guilty,” says Molly. “I should be here. I should be there. It's not useful. What I believe is that your personal life and your business are two parts of a bigger picture, which is your ultimate way of existing and living in the world.” Free gift: Visit the Pop up podcast https://myperfectbiz.com/  Connect with guest Molly Claire: https://mollyclaire.com/  Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: How to Let Go of the Bully In Your Brain: [add link] You Deserve the Money: https://sarahwalton.com/bookkeeping-for-women/  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 clicking here, 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 watch this quick tutorial.) #HowToOvercomeLimitingBeliefs #HowToIdentifyYourLimitingBeliefs #Money #PositiveThinking #SelfImprovement #MindsetShift #LimitingBelief #AskExpert #SalesCoach #BusinessCoach

Are you mean to yourself? It seems like a strange question to ask. I'm so stupid! Ugh, I can't believe I did that! You know what I'm talking about. Those moments where we attack with negative self-talk. Today's guest, Allison Guibault, helps women release self-doubt and deal with what she calls high functioning anxiety. She has made it her job on planet Earth as both a therapist and a coach, to help women let go of doubt, shame and limiting beliefs so they can reconnect to their confidence, reclaim their empowerment and realign with their intuition and highest power. Allison was stuck in a corporate job that she was successful at but didn't really like. She was burnt out and exhausted. One day, she snapped and said she rushed to her therapist's office.  “I spent the next few years really trying to rework my entire life, and it was really hard,” says Allison. “There wasn't a lot of messaging out there that I was connecting to about, you know, things you talk about like abundance, mindset, the ability to change your mind.” But she did it. And she hopes her work coaching helps other women shorten the learning curve in seeing there's another way to work hard, keep all their core qualities and find fulfilment in life. The truth is, we're really impressionable. Allison thinks back to all the messaging we receive as girls, as simple as, “Don't speak up in class, you're going to come off as bossy,” which taught us to quiet ourselves. Whereas a boy in class doing the same thing might hear that he's a leader.  Overtime, we start to collect all of these stories about what life is supposed to look like. Allison says it's important to ask yourself where this thought came from?  “Shifting our thoughts from something that's really negative to something positive -- and it doesn't even have to be positive,” says Allison. “We can land on neutral. Like I'm just not going to bully myself today.” It does come down to science. The more you think something, the easier it is to access that thought and the more you start to apply it. It could be as simple as saying, “I'm allowed to have needs.” This will chemically shift your brain, and you'll become more likely to believe that.  Allison likes to offer a 30-day challenge. When you're brushing your teeth, practice saying something – literally anything – that isn't negative.  “I get a lot of resistance,” says Allison. “Like someone who's not used to saying nice things to themselves. Even neutral things to themselves. They're in that mind chatter that's really negative. This is going to feel weird and uncomfortable.” Healing is powerful. Personal growth is incredible. Change is transformative. But you can't get to any of those steps without some discomfort. Some fear. Healing usually means letting things go – whether it's old patterns or a relationship, which can be really difficult for people. “To take those steps, we need to resecure our safety. We need to feel supported because we don't usually do that work like blindly and alone.” Sign up for Allison's newsletter: https://www.anotefromyourtherapist.com/innercircle  Connect with Allison : https://www.instagram.com/anotefromyourtherapist/  Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: Overcome Societal Expectations of ‘You're Not Enough'  https://sarahwalton.com/societal-expectations-for-women/  What to Do When ‘You Can't Do Anything Right!'  https://sarahwalton.com/negative-thoughts/  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 clicking here, 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 watch this quick tutorial.) #NegativeSelfTalk #PowerOfThoughts #OvercomingDoubts #PersonalGrowth #MentalHealth #AskExpert #SalesCoach #BusinessCoach #SelfWorth 

We are talking all things marketing -- now, if your hair just stood up on end … or you're thinking you already know everything there is about marketing … or you can chat GPT your way through,  I want you to hang on to your hats and glasses and listen to today's conversation. Alicia Branham, the marketing powerhouse with a story beyond business savvy. Her journey reflects adaptability and determination, traits cultivated during her formative years when her parents uprooted her to Uruguay. Navigating the challenges of a new language and culture, Alicia not only embraced the unfamiliar but thrived in it. This early experience laid the foundation for her ability to connect with diverse audiences and approach marketing from a truly global perspective. And the reason it is so important to invest in marketing, it is SO LOUD now. We must be able to stand out so that the people who are looking for us and need our help are going to be able to find us. Alicia helps brands crush their visual presence with her background in design and marketing.  When she started, she ran an in-house marketing department for a large valve manufacturer. It was the sort of behind the scenes – or your wall – reason that people have clean water in their faucets and can bathe their babies. She learned what it entails to buy an American-made product and the pressures put on people requesting her services to help them succeed. She works with a lot of second- and third-generation businesses to freshen up or rebrand their services to help them gain recognition in their industry.  “At some point, you have to care about how you look and represent yourself to the world, even if you are a small business,” says Alicia. “It's no different than walking out of the house and running a brush through your hair and putting on some clean clothes.” Alicia says the one thing she wished more business owners did is to create a marketing plan for themselves – no matter what product or service they provide. How are you going to attract any new business and grow if you don't invest in your business's marketing plan?  “Wouldn't you want someone that maybe specializes in your industry to bring you some new insights and some new data … and help your business really stand out? A lot of people think that they have to do it alone,” says Alicia. “You don't.” She points to using contractors, who can help fill a need. One of the first people Alicia hired was a bookkeeper. Alicia says a mistake she made in her business was not getting her monthly numbers. Alicia says her life changed when she started looking at her numbers. It also makes you a stronger business owner, even if you're a solopreneur, it gives you all the tools and the information that you need to make educated decisions. If you're looking to start investing in marketing, the first step is to really understand your end user, your client or your customer and the spaces they occupy. “What's your message? What are you trying to get across? Who are you trying to attract? And then start building a conversation around your clients ... providing value in the form of either blog posts or articles,” says Alicia. “Marketing and just everything in general is just is changed so much, but you shouldn't be afraid of it.” Connect with Alicia Branham: https://www.aliciabranham.com and https://www.getbran.com  Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: Test That Marketing Tactic to Accelerate Your Business https://sarahwalton.com/test-marketing/  Marketing Not Working? Human Design Could Help https://sarahwalton.com/human-design-adriana/  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 clicking here, 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 watch this quick tutorial.) #MarketingStrategies #MarketingExpert #MarketingManagement #MarketingConsultant #BusinessMarketing #AskExpert #SalesCoach #WomenInBusiness

If you really feel in your heart, “I can't wait till my kids grow up,”-- what you mean to say is how, do I solve for the and? How do I solve for joy with my children and the thing that fuels me so that I can be available for the joy with my children moments?  Tiffany Sauder is a wife, mom, entrepreneur, CEO, board member, investor, podcast host and keynote speaker. She founded the marketing agency, Element Three, 18 years ago and ever since she and her husband have been building their companies and their family on the exact same timeline. That means four kids, three businesses and two careers, all building towards one abundant life. We are going to talk about what happens inside a household when a woman is truly ambitious. Be sure to listen to the full recording to get her tips about implicit expectations vs explicit agreements and how she found herself “marrying” the same man twice! Tiffany says entrepreneurship is just this massive process of discovering yourself – your real motivations, your real, a real understanding of your talents and gifts. She says she loves the pressure the business environment affords her.  “You talk about putting more money in the hands of women. I feel like my job is to, like, show that you can do this,” says Tiffany. She would often hear an exhausted “I feel so out of balance.” Tiffany recognized there were seasons in her life where she slept four or five hours a night, but no part of her felt tired. And she started to realize that balance wasn't connected to time. Her definition of balance is the intersection of your priorities and your values, and being “out of balance is when we begin to behave in ways that are not aligned with our priorities. For example,  let's say, health is a priority, but you're having trouble eating foods that are real. You're not making time for movement. You're not making time for personal reflection. You begin to say, “I am so out of balance.” But what if you said to yourself more specifically, “I am not honoring in my choices, my priorities.” “When I'm just like ‘I'm so out of balance' that feels like I'm a reactive victim to this concept that other people are sort of putting on me instead of saying if I fell out of balance, it probably means I am violating a priority, or I'm pursuing a priority at the expense of a value,” says Tiffany. She says it doesn't mean the choice to choose this priority was bad. It means that you're doing it to a degree that is violating what you really care about. In that sense, balance isn't about time or having more of it. “I think what you want is to say, I want to be doing things that are moving towards the things I care about. The adventures I want to have. The stuff I want to create value around,” says Tiffany.  “The causes I want to serve, the people I want to have adventures with, and I want to do those in a way that are aligned with who I am as a human being, which is our values.” The waitlist is open at the https://LifeOfAndAcademy.com for Tiffany's four-week course to help two-career families get on top of the life of and, and begin living in a way that feels free and abundant and present. Mentioned in this episode: The Nordic Theory of Everything : https://amzn.to/4av6MFs   Connect with Tiffany Sauder: https://www.tiffanysauder.com  Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: How to Deal With Mom Guilt and Balance https://sarahwalton.com/albiona/  How do I Find Work-Life Balance? https://sarahwalton.com/find-work-life-balance/  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 clicking here, 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 watch this quick tutorial.) #LifeBalanceManagement #MomsInBusiness #WorkLifeBalance #ProductivityTips #Success #LifeBalance #MomEntrepreneurs #AskExpert #BusinessCoach

Have you ever been stuck in a job you hate? Have you been nervous that there's only one possible path for you to take to use your college degree, and that everything else is off limits? Keep your head down. Put in your dues. Everyone raising their hands? Me too. Today's guest, Lata Hamilton, is on a mission to help other millennial women carve their own paths for a change in career, leadership and life, and find the confidence and authenticity to truly earn their worth. Lata was born in India and lived in an orphanage before her Australian parents adopted her. It was the 80s and the orphanage was filled with girls – girls Lata says weren't valued.  “I always grew up knowing that I was adopted (…) it's really made me realize just what a big impact that actually was,” says Lata.  “It doesn't matter where you start, it's where you're going and the lives that you change along the way that really matters. And so, for me, that's what I'm always looking to do. It's almost like living up to my full potential.” She watched her father, the breadwinner, work at one company getting promotion after promotion and raise after raise. She says on an unconscious level, she thought that was the path to success. Lata went to university and pursued a creative industry – media and communications. When she received her salary offer for her first job in advertising, she realized she could have skipped university and stocked supermarket shelves for the same pay. “I went into the corporate space because at some level I was like, ‘well, corporate is the way that you go in order to get a bigger salary,' ” says Lata. “But that's not what happened because I'm not my dad. I'm not a 50-year-old white man.”  In the first years of her corporate career Lata says she felt stuck and stifled as she came up against people saying “you've got to do your time.” She wasn't getting promotions. She did graduate training for leadership and was offered an entry-level role. It was frustrating. She did some coaching and moved to a new company that boosted her pay by $20,000 and it was there that she found change management, which had the variety, flexibility and challenge that she wanted. “We're not going to work for fun,” says Lata. “Otherwise, it would be a hobby, or it would be volunteering. We actually want to go to be compensated.” Lata loves to share her salary and salary progressions openly because she wants to inspire people about what's possible. As women, we often don't want to talk about money. But often, that means we don't understand what is possible out there for us. For Lata, change management was a career path presented to her only once she was in the corporate world. She says if you're looking to make a change, have the courage to talk to people around you. She suggests that it doesn't have to be your leader or manager at work; it can be a neutral third party like a colleague or someone outside the company.  “There are so many ways of doing things, and often we just don't have that information, or we're not aware,” says Lata. Get Lata's free "Underpaid and Overlooked Coaching Action Guide" with her 5-step formula to change careers with confidence and earn your worth: https://www.latahamilton.com/worthit Connect with Lata Hamilton : https://www.linkedin.com/in/latahamilton  Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: Let Your Ambition Fly: https://sarahwalton.com/ambition/  Why Zigzagging Your Path Means More Success : https://sarahwalton.com/susan/     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 clicking here, 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 watch this quick tutorial.) #CareerPath #MakeMoreMoney #CareerChange #IncreaseSalary #FeelingLostInYourCareer #CareerSuccess #AskExpert #SalesCoach #BusinessCoach #WomenInBusiness

Do you know how much money you should be saving from your business? Do you know how to create wealth from your business? These are the tougher questions that can enhance your work especially if you're starting to get a handle on your business numbers. This episode will have you think about all the different ways you can start building wealth for your business and have your money work harder for you. Kaitlyn Carlson is the Founder & CEO of Theory Planning Partners, a boutique wealth creation firm for the top female entrepreneurs in the United States. Kaitlyn saw her uncle lose his restaurant. She saw her grandfather have to sell his home. She saw the financial stress in her family and felt responsible as the oldest child to learn and create a better future. She graduated with a major in psychology and took her first job in asset management. “How do they create wealth?” asked Kaitlyn of her clients. “It became very clear to me that in order to create wealth, you need to know the rules of the game, and you need to know how to play the game.” When people start their business, Kaitlyn says the one thing she wishes business owners do is calculate their financial freedom number.  “Context leads to intention,” says Kaitlyn. “When I was working with average Americans that were getting ready for retirement, the majority of them were not prepared for retirement, and it was because they didn't have this information earlier in time.” She says the wealth creation journey is like ascending and descending a mountain. A lot of business owners will put one foot in front of the other without having any idea of where they are. For emergency funds, Kaitlyn recommends three months' worth of expenses in cash. Personal emergency funds are similar, anywhere from three to six months of living expenses in a cash reserve. “Wealth is not a specific number; wealth is the luxury of choice.” Kaitlyn says it's ok not to force yourself to love the numbers. If you don't love doing the bookkeeping, then become successful enough to hire a bookkeeper and delegate. “Business owners that really start to rise above are the ones that are great delegate and recognize this is always going to be a weakness for me,” says Kaitlyn. “That's where I've really seen the breakaway between, you know, the five figure and then the multi six, seven and eight figure is they're a fantastic delegators.” To start building wealth, you need to secure the recurring profitability of your business. A mistake entrepreneurs might make is when their business has eclipsed their former salary and can cover their living expenses, they'll enter a period of lifestyle creep. They're making more money than they've ever made before and they'll just go out and start spending it – neglecting the financial freedom number that needs to be funded. “So we really try to catch people when they get to that point of, okay, now my business is doing really well. I'm starting to make more money than it costs to live my lifestyle. This is where I need to stop and assess what my plan is, what my intention is,” says Kaitlyn. Quit Like A Millionaire: https://amzn.to/490Ny9G  Plan for Profit: https://sarahwalton.com/freedom/  Connect with Kaitlyn Carlson : https://theoryplanning.com/  Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: Are You Protecting Your Assets? https://sarahwalton.com/protecting-your-assets/  Debt Doesn't Have to Be a Dirty Word https://sarahwalton.com/debt-for-business/  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 clicking here, 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 watch this quick tutorial.) #WealthManagement #WealthBuilder #FinancialFreedom #HowMuchToRetire #PersonalFinance #Investing #AskExpert #BusinessCoach #SalesCoach

Photos are the gateways to our stories. They are the gateway to learning more about our ancestors and where we come from – even if you have a broken family or past; photos can help you heal and understand your stories from a different perspective. Haleh Shoa is the Founder and CEO of Picturli, a photo organization, curation, archiving, and design studio that helps families, individuals, and businesses transform their photo mess into one sortable digital library.  Haleh firmly believes that our family histories and personal memories are some of the most valuable treasures we can have and that preserving and sharing them is essential for future generations. Today's episode is going to inspire you to listen to the nudges and look at what makes you happy, because you really can start a business based on anything. Haleh was working as the Director of Operations for Jaguar/Land Rover and was flying around the globe. She loved it. But it made her wonder if she could do it for herself. She started working with a life coach, who asked her what she loved doing the most. They dug deep, and Haleh realized she loved photo books and creating gallery wall art. Haleh started her business in 2016 and was questioning herself – was she doing the right thing?  Her passion for photo organizing stems from her family's history of being uprooted by the Iranian Revolution in 1979. While they were unable to bring most of their belongings to the U.S., they did manage to bring all of their photo albums and memorabilia.  Now, the only memories that remain from Haleh's childhood are through her family photos and the stories shared with her through the collection she has preserved. “I would take my photos into work and start scanning them,” says Haleh. “Because of the revolution, I have family in four continents. … And it really would get my cousins calling going, ‘Where did you get these photos? We've never seen them.'” Haleh says anytime you start a business, you have to go with the energy of its growth and changes. Haleh's first client had a house full of 45,000 photos that needed to be organized and archived. While she knew she wanted to do photobooks, this client needed the organization and archival aspect first. She listened and led with service. “It's so incredible to learn someone's story and for them to be able to not now have access to it,” says Haleh. The first step is to gather all the items – photos, albums, scrapbooks, films and videos, and then to have a goal. That's where curation comes in. “We learn about their family birthdays, passings, weddings. And we do a family chart,” she says. Once everything is organized, her team digitizes, renames, and redates all the files.  Haleh still works on the creative side, designing curated photo books. One of her recent projects involved creating a book that a client used to propose to his girlfriend. “We're not just the scanning agency. We make sure that we understand your story, and we apply that to your assets.” To contact Haleh Shoa at Picturli or to download the 7-step guide to archiving and downloading your photos, visit https://www.picturelifecurated.com  Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: Does Your Story Matter? (More Than You Know) with Catherine Nikkel https://sarahwalton.com/your-story-matters/  How to Make Money as an Artist with Miriam Schulman https://sarahwalton.com/make-money-as-an-artist/  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 clicking here, 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 watch this quick tutorial.) #PhotoArchiving #PhotoSorting #FamilyMemories #OrganizeYourPhotos #FamilyPhotos #PhotoBookDesign #AskExpert #BusinessCoach #IntuitiveBusinessCoach

Have you ever felt that you just don't look right? That You're not enough. You should take up less room. Be quieter. Most women really tend to feel this is when it comes to food and weight. Today's guest helps women heal from all of the societal expectations thrown at us. Ali Sempek is an Internationally Certified Wellness Coach and Founder/CEO of her own women's empowerment company, Ask Coach Ali. After a decade of disordered eating, she's changing the narrative of what healthy looks like by helping women transform their relationships with food and who they see in the mirror. Ali says we live in an action-based society. Do this and get something in return. You do this diet and you'll get this fat loss. You do these things in a relationship and you'll get married. What happens when you do and do and do and do, and you never get the result that you want, or one that's not long lasting? “If you're not getting what you want, you've got to go all the way back and say, how am I thinking? What is my mindset around this,” says Ali. “Whether it's about limiting beliefs or it's about how I'm showing up in the world or what I think we've been even capable of.” Ali asks her clients to look at who taught them, or what experience taught them. Your thoughts impact your feelings, your feeling impact your actions, you actions impact your results. We have become a society that is starting to be more open to mental health, to therapists, to psychologists, to that realm. But there is no one that's in the middle. There's no one that says, “Yes, you might have a lot of areas we need to work on, but you can also love yourself in the interim.” You're allowed to have the “and” not just the “either or.” Ali says as a coach, she looks at right now to find the reason you're not getting what you want. She recognizes as a wellness coach the reason is probably painful, restrictive or punishing in some contexts.  “I'm going to say something that might be a little triggering to some people. I find it hilarious that as women, we outsource our intuition to men,” says Ali. “We're outsourcing to men who are trying to help with our hormones, with our relationship to our bodies, our relationship to food. And I just want to shake everybody and go, but they're not a woman. They haven't had the same experiences that you are having.” We are constantly being told as women what we should be, what we shouldn't be, how we should eat, how we should act, how we should talk. Society is constantly telling us what's wrong with us. And then offering, saying, “here, but buy this and we will help you fix it.” It teach us that it's our fault, that we are the broken ones, that we need to be fixed. And the only way to be fixed is to buy into the system. But why would it ever want to heal you, Ali asks. “Investing in yourself is the only knowledge and tool and resource that no one can ever take away from you,” says Ali. We can't avoid the pressure that is thrown at us. We can't avoid the truth of those conversations and the impact that it's had on each of us. “I always say curiosity over judgment, always,” says Ali. “You cannot feel curious and judgmental at the same time. Rather than judging yourself, why did I do that? … Get curious about who you are and where that's coming from because that's going to give you a lot more feedback for the future rather than continually keep you stuck.” Connect with Ali Sempek: https://www.askcoachali.com   Mentioned: You Are a Goddess by Sophie Bashford: https://amzn.to/3SdDaWy  Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: What's Causing The Results You Have Right Now? https://sarahwalton.com/causing-results/  Demand What You Need https://sarahwalton.com/demand/  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 clicking here, 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 watch this quick tutorial.) #DefyingExpectations #SocietalPressure #HealthCoach #FoodCoaching #wellness #SocietyExpectations #SelfConfidence #AskExpert #BusinessCoach #IntuitiveBusinessCoach

Content warning, this episode includes references to sex trafficking and abuse.  Megan Camille is a psychic and intuitive business consultant who's built seven- and six-figure businesses from scratch, relying on her intuition and inner guidance.  As a mother with no college education, Megan really understands firsthand the challenges that come with starting a business from the ground up while raising children. She firmly believes that business is 80% energetics and 20% strategy. Her clients have gone on to leave their corporate careers and create successful multiple six figure businesses, add additional streams of income, and enjoy their first million dollars. Megan loves her work; it has provided a beautiful, full, luxurious life for her and her family. She has five kids and is happily married. But the need to generate her money came after she was sex trafficked as a teenager and spent four years as a prostitute in Vegas and L.A. When she tried to apply for jobs, she was unemployable. She had a record of having been trafficked. In the adult industry, the punishment falls onto the women and not necessarily those who are abusing or exploiting them. “I had to learn how to do it a different way,” says Megan. “I started using, you know, my own intuition. And that has really guided me through my entire life.” “And I don't mean this in an airy-fairy kind of way,” says Megan. “This is where the grit comes in. Oftentimes, it's much more difficult to listen to your intuition than it is to listen to your husband, or to listen to your mother, or to listen to the outside world.” Megan says it was during her teen years that she really learned the difference between the nervous system, human chatter, emotions, desire, and intuition.  “My human desire wanted to be with this person who was dangerous, abusive, hurtful, exploitive. …  But my intuition was always “go home, go home, go back to your mom,'” says Megan. “My intuition was always there, but the humanness wanted instant gratification.” Megan says that experience plays out in business where you want to feel safe – be it seeking approval or thinking you can't invest in yourself. If you're feeling scared about deviating from the plan or what feels safe and secure, Megan suggests getting comfortable with the worst-case scenario.  Most entrepreneurs and business owners wait for confidence before they take big action. It's the big action that brings in great results – and confidence comes from those results.  “Your entry point is in courage. Courage is what you need, not confidence. Confidence comes after courage,” says Megan. “So sometimes it's about just doing it.” Megan suggests developing a process to move through the feeling of being afraid and spinning your wheels. That's where the worst-case scenario comes in.  “Most people are actually more committed to the mediocrity than they are to this big vision. I will actually keep this 40 to 50 hours a week, not spending much time with my family, feeling a little burnt out because at least I know I'm not ‘failing by society'. And worst-case scenario says what does failing actually mean to you?” asks Megan. Connect with Megan : https://www.megancamille.com  Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: Top Strengths of the Highly Sensitive Entrepreneur https://sarahwalton.com/highly-sensitive-person/  What it Takes to Go From 6 to 7 Figures with Sigrun https://sarahwalton.com/scaling-seven-figure-business  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 clicking here, 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 watch this quick tutorial.) #IntuitionTraining #InnerGuidance #IntuitionBasedGuidance #intuition #ActivateIntuition #IntuitionDevelopment #AskExpert #IntuitiveBusinessCoach #WomenInBusiness #ScaleYourBusiness

If you own an online business and you don't think seven figures is realistic -- you are going to love this episode. Our guest, Sigrun, is Europe's number-one online business mentor. What I love about Sigrun is her honesty, her accessibility, and how much she's willing to share all the mistakes and all the internal mindset pieces. You know when you think, "I am too dumb to do this. I can't do this." She had them, too. Sigrun Gudjonsdottir is an award-winning business coach, bestselling author, international speaker, and host of the Sigrun Show podcast (I've been a guest!). Sigrun had what she thought was her dream job as CEO of an IT company,  but changes with that board led to Sigrun taking leave and traveling. She found herself in Switzerland starting from scratch to build her reputation and career. Sigrun developed repetitive strain injury and took time off to heal. After seven months, she knew it was time to start her own business. "What the woman was doing, you know, not discrediting her in any way, but joining this course it was a wake-up call. Like, okay, I can do this," says Sigrun. "I realized that my problem, my alchemist journey of not figuring out what I want, was a very common problem." From there, she came up with the idea of a Passion-athon – a free boot camp where you find your true passion and the right business idea in seven days. She gave herself a week to promote it and built the modules based on the exercises she had done to find her passion. Looking back, Sigrun says it was silly to offer something for free with no next steps or offers. She did get amazing testimonials, though. "I was obviously not clear on what I was doing. I was all over the place and even and I need to say this to anyone who is having like doubts if they've got what it takes," says Sigrun. "I had ten years' experience as CEO and I had an MBA from top like we're talking about a top ten business school in the world, and I had no clue what I was doing." Sigrun had ambition to replace her previous income. She worked to double her business every year from $72,000 to $164,000 and then $340,000. She attributes her jump in year three to her husband losing his job. Suddenly, she was the family breadwinner. She set a goal to make a million dollars. By August, she'd only made a third. "I wrote down all my progress and everything I could sell, even next year, because I was running retreats at the time," says Sigrun. "I saw it was theoretically possible." Sigrun dove in. She launched her podcast in August 2018, did her first live event in September, sold out her Masterminds for the following year, and sold out her group coaching program.  "I started to make a habit of writing down, okay, this is what I need to make still and can I still do it? And every time I convinced myself," says Sigrun. "It was all about convincing myself that it's still possible." Sign up to get a copy of Sigrun's latest book, Kickstart Your Online Business - Create an Online Course and Start to Make Sales: https://www.sigrun.com/gameongirlfriendpodcast Connect with Sigrun Gudjonsdottir: https://www.sigrun.com/ Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: 3 Lessons I Learned From My 8-figure Coach: https://youtu.be/zYDGzcb0u9I The One Thing You Need to Scale Your Business: https://sarahwalton.com/tina/ 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 clicking here, 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 watch this quick tutorial.) #ScaleYourBusiness #CEOEntrepreneur #7Figures #BusinessGrowthStrategy #BusinessGrowthTips #6Figures #Millionaire #AskExpert #BusinessCoach #WomenInBusiness  

Law contracts done right are a small business owner's best friend. They will protect your personal assets. They will protect potential clients from stealing your work and not hiring you, which happens more often than you think. Sharon L. Tasmin is a seasoned business and technology attorney with over 30 years of experience in law and over 10 years as a businesswoman. Having spent 15 years at HoganLovells, one of the world's largest law firms, and serving as in-house counsel at MedImmune, Sharon founded HTBiz Law to offer clients the best of both worlds—a boutique law firm experience with the expertise of a global firm. Contracts don't have to be scary. Your clients and customers sign things all the time. They sign contracts daily but may not think of them as contracts.  "If somebody refuses to do business with you because you want them to sign a contract that protects you and still gives your client or customer what they need run because that's the potential client that will not pay," says Sharon. They will likely leave bad reviews. They will likely have unreasonable expectations. The contract protects both of you. The single greatest disagreement between service providers, consultants, business owners, and their customers is when there isn't a clear understanding of what you are going to do, for how much money, and in what time, versus what they were going to get in, what time, and for how much. The simplest way to solve that problem is to put it all in writing and sign. Sharon says not all money is good money, and not all clients are good clients for you. "The hardest decision a new business owner will make when they are new and desperate for money is 'I must take every bit of work that comes in the door,' and that is 100% the wrong thing," says Sharon. "If you are so desperate or foresee that you will be so desperate that you will not be able to say no, you're not ready to start your business as your full-time job yet."  "The first thing you need to do is file an LLC and it will be the best one to 300 hundred dollars you will ever spend. If you can't afford that, for sure you should not be starting a business." This creates a distinction in the eyes of the law between you as a business and you as a person. Without it, if you make a mistake and get sued, all your personal assets are at risk -- your house, your car, your savings. Next, do the inventory. Think of everything you've created, and then make sure that you're taking that into account in the rates you charge. Do you add $25 an hour? Is it a flat fee? "If you take the project that absorbs 40 hours a week of your time, it isn't just that it may not be the right client and you may be getting paid less for this project, it's you're losing the opportunity cost of something else," says Sharon. Get "Securing Your Brilliance: A Hands-On Workbook for Copyright & IP Protection" to help you identify and protect your valuable digital and intellectual property assets: https://www.htbizlaw.com/workbook It usually is $19.95, but with the promo code "GAMEON" it will be only $9.95. Connect with Sharon: https://www.htbizlaw.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharontasman/ Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: Business Cash Flow: How to Pay Yourself (and the IRS) Consistently https://sarahwalton.com/business-cashflow/ How to Manage Your Money Before Divorce https://sarahwalton.com/financial-planning-for-divorce/ 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 clicking here, 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 watch this quick tutorial.) #AssetProtection #ProtectAssets #LawsuitProtection #Law #WomenEntrepreneursSuccessStories #WomenEntrepreneurs #WomenInBusiness #WomenEmpowerment #BusinessCoach #SalesCoach    

If you are running an online business today you know how painful it can be to try out a new marketing tactic and have it bomb. Maybe you tried to launch a webinar, or that email campaign just didn't work. What if it didn't actual fail? There's a good chance you're receiving extraordinary data that could turn your business around. Today's guest is Market Your Genius author Nikki Nash, who approaches the testing of marketing with her M.A.A.D Scientist Framework. Nikki has always been the person that followed their gut with what decision to make – and her journey to marketing started when she got really frustrated with where her career was going. She started out as a journalist, working in magazines and ended up in advertising.  She went to get her MBA and landed a job at Intel where she ran digital content and social marketing for North America. She set her sights on becoming CMO. At the same time, her aunt was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Nikki's grandmother had died of it, and her mother had tested positive for the BRCA 2 gene. Nikki and her sister tested negative but Nikki knew she wanted to make a change. She quit her job and became a consultant, teaching marketing and working for a startup. “What I learned at startups is nobody knows what the heck they're doing, and they're really just testing and figuring stuff out, she says. Nikki says most people overcomplicate their business and that ends up slowing it down. She says when she started, she didn't have a website – she had a Google Doc with some information, but she still had money and clients coming in. Here are her five essential pieces, listen in for more: Power of singularity Identify one buyer Customer journey or marketing game plan Sales process Test and validate the plan Nikki developed the M.A.A.D Scientist Framework when she was teaching marketing as a side hustle. She was trying to explain to people how to collect data from their marketing. What tends to happen is people will jump from marketing tactic to tactic.  “People get so hung up on minute tactics that they don't actually sit back and think, my ideal buyer. I'm trying to get them to buy this specific offering. What is the best way to find them, connect with them, build a relationship with them, and invite them to buy from me?” says Nikki. The point is to do it again. This is the basis of test marketing. Experiment in cycles with your hypothesis of how you're going to reach your buyer and pitch to them. Setting up the experiment cycle takes the pressure off.  For example, if you know you will launch a program eight times in a year, you have more room to reach your target and do the tweaks to help you reach your sales goal. The best part of running a business is you get to choose. You can do an incremental increase in your income if you feel like you're going to have a bigger impact. You can say no. You can choose to travel or be location independent. You can choose to have flexibility for your family or yourself. You choose what to do with the money. Connect with Nikki on Instagram (https://instagram.com/nikkinashofficial) for a free blueprint to help grow your business. Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: Marketing Not Working? Human Design Could Help: https://sarahwalton.com/human-design-adriana/  Storytelling, Sharing With Clients and Taylor Swift: https://sarahwalton.com/sharing-your-story/  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 clicking here, 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 watch this quick tutorial.) #TestMarketing #BusinessGrowth #MarketingPlan #MarketingTips #MarketResearch #MarketingStrategy #LeadGeneration #WomenInBusiness #AskExpert #SalesCoach

Does it freak you out to even think about possibly going into debt? If so, you're definitely not alone. Our thoughts tend to jump to the total due and not the monthly payment or the possibility of short-term use. Today's guest talks about how you can start to switch your money mindset around the debt you may already have. Danielle Hendon is the founder and owner of 4 Corners CFO. She's an accountant that helps business owners understand both debt and their money mindset and then obviously how to grow and expand.  If you love running your business, but you're not always so sure about the financial piece, today's episode is going to help you relax and give you great ideas.  Danielle says her origin story goes back to being a music major in college. Her English professor had the class write about the future of their career and she realized the future of a music major was not going to support her financial habits.  But she had friends in accounting and decided to try it out. She loved the auditing side of accounting, and loved everything about it until she started a family. A newborn and 80-hour work weeks did not mesh. “Yeah, we want to be there for our family. We want to have the flexibility, but we are still really smart women that can do an amazing job,” she says. Danielle wants to start by normalizing how she thinks a lot of us view debt. The narrative behind debt has a really negative connotation. It's built around the unintentional and habitual use of debt, rather than being built around the intentional and purposeful use of debt. “I want people to switch the narrative to understand that that negative connotation comes with the unintentionality. It has nothing to do with the debt itself. Debt is just a tool that can be used in good or bad ways,” says Danielle. That intentional debt could be the thing that launches your business. You cannot start a business without money. It's going to take time to get clients in the door. It's going to take time to get marketing up to speed. That is not a bad thing when it's intentional and it's planned for, and you know how much you're going to need to launch and be successful. If you're risk averse, you might start small and show yourself the facts. Run the numbers. Take the emotion out of it and deal with pure data. Then let yourself add a little emotion back in to motivate you to knock those payments out even quicker. When it comes to growing their business, Danielle says hiring that first employee is always a good investment.  The fear usually comes from the ability to make payroll, which she says comes back to the importance of having a budget and a plan. She suggests a line of credit is a good way to counter that fear, as it will take three months to get an employee up to speed. “I will say 90% of the time hiring an employee is almost always the right decision when they are a revenue generating employee,” says Danielle. “Usually, your first hire is somebody to help do the doing. […] And then you free up space to grow, because if you are the only one doing the doing in your business, you cap out real quick.” Listeners are invited to connect with Danielle by visiting the following link: https://4cornerscfo.com/gameongirlfriend Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: Master the Art of Hiring: https://sarahwalton.com/how-to-hire/  You Deserve the Money: https://sarahwalton.com/bookkeeping-for-women/  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 clicking here, 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 watch this quick tutorial.) #DebtManagement #GoodDebtBadDebt #FinancialEducation #DebtFreeCommunity #WomenInBusiness #AskExpert #SalesCoach #MoneyMindset #MoneyManagement

Catherine Nikkel is a ghost writer extraordinaire and a woman on a mission to help you know and understand that your story matters. If you have been thinking about whether or not you should tell your story, or if it's time for you to write that book -- Catherine gets her clients from idea to first draft in 120 days. She believes everyone has a story to tell. Drawing upon her extensive 15-year background as a former social worker, she empowers people to use their voice to make an impact—within themselves, their relationships, and their communities. “There's a quote I always refer to and I still can't find who wrote it […], ‘Our story could be the key to unlock someone else's prison.' And I just feel that. Don't be selfish with our stories because it could really change someone's life,” she says. Her goal is to get people out of their head. Some might think they aren't a good writer; others might be caught up in the vulnerability.  “When we're sharing our stories, we're putting ourselves out there to be critiqued, to be judged, to be shamed. But on the flip side, we're also there to be celebrated,” says Catherine. She says it's exciting and humbling to be a guide for people who are gearing up to share moments they might not have shared with anyone else or vocalized before.  When working with people who have been through a traumatic event, the first thing Catherine does is talk about the vision. That means looking at what the author hopes to get out of the story and who they picture reading it. What impact is the author looking to make? “When we think about the pieces of our story we want to tell, especially in the world of memoirs, it doesn't need to be a whole chronological ‘here's my whole life story,'” she says. “It's what are those inspiring and impactful moments in a slice of your life that are going to lead to that main North Star? Because before we do anything together, we need to know what that is.” Writing can be a cathartic and healing journey, but that doesn't mean you have to share everything. Catherine says some people might write the book and then decide not to publish, and that's okay because the goal was to write the book.  “Sometimes we're still healing, and it's really tough to publish and put yourself out there where your end result, for whatever that means, may not be the same in five years. So their main goal is let's just get the book and then decide the rest from there.” Having someone who can get you on the right path – even if it's just working on an outline – the accountability piece is key. Constructive feedback coupled with helping an author meet their deadlines can be the difference between someone saying they want to write a book; and actually writing it.  It can also be helpful to have someone help pull out the story because authors can be so close they might miss details the reader needs to know. “If you can take some of your story and just inspire someone else, you know, again, those cliches, those that trauma to triumph, people are so inspired by that and people deserve to hear your story,” says Catherine. Catherine is sharing a book outline called the Write Track on her website: https://www.catherinenikkel.com. Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: Storytelling, Sharing With Clients and Taylor Swift https://sarahwalton.com/sharing-your-story/  The 5 Stages of Healing https://sarahwalton.com/stages-of-healing/  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 clicking here, 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 watch this quick tutorial.) #BusinessStorytelling #StoryTellingTips #WritingTips #AuthorStruggles #WriteaBook #GrowYourBusiness #BookCoach #WomenInBusiness #EntrepreneurLife #AskExpert

After unexpectedly making it to the semifinals of the 2022 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Search competition, NoorJehan Tourte made it her mission to get women excited about the prospects of falling on their faces over and over. She believed that becoming a Sports Illustrated model would represent the culmination of a lifetime spent searching for her true identity. But the experience helped her realize that her childhood dream was not only to be a cover model, but also a role model, one who empowers women to show the world in every way, from every angle, who they really are, unapologetically. NoorJehan says leadership and empowering other women has made her more productive. She says it reminds her there was a time in her life where she was feeling insecure or threatened by other women, and that held her back in many ways. “All that was doing was robbing me of time to do what I wanted to do and to put myself out there,” says NoorJehan. Striving to be the best mom, best business owner, best wife all comes from a place of needing validation. It's a cycle we have to break to steer away from the women-on-women dynamics of competitiveness and insecurity. As co-lead of the brand strategy department at AREA 23, she says she has to remind herself that leading equals doing. She's been told to delegate and be a role model and has seen that some folks interpret role modeling as having direct reports look up to them. NoorJehan says her interpretation of role modeling is her direct reports to see her if you look to the left and right instead of up. She wants her reports to think, “I'm just so happy that she's here and she's doing this with me. I'm going to get it done, and it's going to be done well, because NoorJehan is here supporting me through it.” Leading is knowing when you need to get in the trenches because it's for the greater good of someone's well-being or someone's mental health. She says when you build that kind of trust, and you show them your credibility, the hope is to have earned their goodwill if you need to call upon them in the future. Oftentimes as women we might look at other people's lives and think, “they're so lucky that things just work out for them, or fate is just on their side,” says NoorJehan.  Then, you start to count all the reasons and all the times things didn't work out for you. NoorJehan says she did that as a young girl, but she was able to shift her perspective because her parents would remind her of her resilience. “If you really peel back your life, you will see that you are getting rejected more than you were ever getting accepted. And that's okay. That's life. But my mind immediately pivots to okay, how do I open my own next door?” says NoorJehan. She says when we talk about people that are always looking for the next best thing, it's someone who's scared of commitment or just scared of accepting a lot. But for her, she's very content. Contentment is what drives her desire to try again when something didn't work out. What's the next thing that you can try? Connect with NoorJehan Tourte : https://fgpbar.com/  Use 20% off your first purchase with code: gameonfgp20 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/noorjehantourte/  Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: Recognizing Your Self Worth When Things Feel “Too Hard” https://sarahwalton.com/self-worth/   Sharing Women's Success – Who is a Torchbearer? https://sarahwalton.com/women-success-stories/  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 clicking here, 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 watch this quick tutorial.) #LeadershipForWomen #WomenEmpoweringWomen #NoorJehan #LeadershipWomen #LeadershipLegacy #LeadershipLessons #EmpoweringLeaders #WomenEmpowerment #SalesCoach

Have you been told that you need a brand story? Has somebody said to you, “You know if you don't have a story, your stuff will never sell.?” Given the success of some people, who are now billionaires because they tell stories very well (Taylor Swift), it seems like there's something to the power of storytelling. Christine DeHerrera is a writer and business coach. As a publicist, she told stories for Olympic athletes, Fortune 200 individuals, experts, authors and business owners of every type for more than 20 years. Better storytelling helped them increase their sales, uplevel their collaborations and brand deals, grow their audience and increase their media presence. (She's helped me with my grocery store story, too!) Christine says storytellers make the culture, but business owners don't necessary think about it. The more storytelling we can do, the more impact we can have. Part of that power is owning our stories, and then changing the culture by changing the stories. If you'll let me have a fangirl moment right now, Taylor Swift is a billionaire of her own making because she sits down and writes stories. She can be your best friend, a maternal figure, or inspire and empower you with her lyrics. Whether you like her music or not, she's tapped into the zeitgeist. “As human beings, our brains are literally wired for story,” says Christine. “It's what differentiates humans from every other lifeform on the planet.” Our brains are constantly scanning for information to keep us safe and information to keep us like moving ahead, because that's how we stay alive as human beings. Christine notes that Taylor Swift, is not only great at meeting her listeners with her stories, but also, she has controlled her own narrative in a way that is pretty much unprecedented for a female artist. That's what we have to do to as business owners is take control of our own narrative. Christine says she sees the whole picture, the whole business, from the lens of story. Christine says when she works with clients, most often they think their stories aren't interesting. There's the idea that their story isn't big enough or that it's not interesting enough. Spoiler: We all get glued to reality TV and social media; other humans are inherently interesting to other people. “Your own journey is inherently interesting to your clients and to your viewers, your listeners, because they're going through something similar,” says Christine. “It's a little bit like your journey becomes your medicine.” The stories that apply to your customer help them understand and what journey they're on are always relevant, because in business, we're helping them transform in some way. Christine says timing is important – especially now with social media. Sometimes you'll get a warning about a vulnerable story coming through a post. Take the pressure off with social media. You don't owe them anything. You don't need to share any of your experiences immediately. What you're looking to do in your business is to have other people telling their story, their excitement around whatever it is you do. Connect with guest Christine DeHerrera: https://www.christinedeherrera.com  Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: Fall Back In Love With Social Media with Katie McKiever https://sarahwalton.com/what-to-post-on-social-media/  How to Make Money Podcasting (Without Burning Out!) with Chelsea Riffe https://sarahwalton.com/make-money-podcasting/  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 clicking here, 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 watch this quick tutorial.) #Storytelling #storytellingForBusiness #StorytellingForEntrepreneurs #AskExpert #EntrepreneurLifestyles #BusinessCoach #Branding #BrandStory