Time To Be You Podcast - Entrepreneurship - Self-Development - Motivation and Business with Laura Berens

Dr. Megan Rigby, @macro_mini is a Doctorate prepared GI Nurse Practitioner, certified nutrition consultant, and owner of Macro Mini, a wellness coaching business she owns with her husband.  After competing in IFBB competitions, Megan realized she wasn't happy. She thought focusing on her physique would make her happy, but subjecting herself to different diet plans and judging her body wasn't how she wanted to live anymore. She made an important switch and decided to focus on health and nutrition.  Episode 39 of the Time To Be You podcast inspires you to follow your passions to find your purpose. Sometimes our happiness is superficial, but if we dive deep into our motivations, we'll reveal a way of life that will truly make us happy. Megan's passion for health and nutrition lead her to become a nutrition coach to help others love their body in a healthy way. It's not easy leaving the corporate world behind, but when you're passion's calling, you have to answer!    --   Bio:   Megan Rigby is a Doctorate-prepared GI Nurse Practitioner, Certified Nutrition Consultant, IFBB Figure Pro, and Owner of MacroMINI. She is passionate about educating others through her coaching, as well as publicly speaking on topics surrounding food, fitness & healthy mindset. Megan has helped hundreds of people experience great physical and overall lifestyle changes. She is on a mission to empower others to become healthier, happier versions of themselves while still enjoying food as one of life’s simple pleasures. In 2018, Megan left a corporate position as a Digestive Nurse Practitioner to open her own coaching business & has made over 400k+ within her first year. Megan has been featured in Oxygen & Strong magazines as a content creator, along with appearances on News Channel 12. She has been recognized as a top industry leader within her community.   --   https://www.themacromini.com/ https://www.instagram.com/macro_mini/?hl=en   --   Follow Laura on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/laura_loveandfit/?hl=en    

Megan Reilly, @meganlreilly, mom of three, co-founder, and COO of Tippi Toe Dance Company, a mobile kids dance company that focuses on recreational dance. The business brings dance class to the kids, making it convenient for moms everywhere! The business started by her sister in college has grown into a franchise with 30 franchises. Driven by their goals, Tippi Toes has adapted over time and has grown with customer needs.   Episode 38 of the Time To Be You podcast is all about knowing what your customer needs and figuring out how to deliver it to them. When you're trying to build your business, it's important to put your plans into motion and understand that you will make mistakes. Learning to take small steps and learning to adapt along the way will help you down the path to success. Running a business as a mom is not easy, but for Megan, she gets to do what she loves all while raising her family and she loves every crazy minute of it!   --     Questions:   1. How did you come up with your business and how did you go about starting it? 2. How to Balance running a business and raising three girls 3. How does one truly drive a business so that it sustains past the 10 year mark? 4. What are some of the key things you learned while creating your business and doing it while being a mama? 5. What would you tell someone who is just starting out?   --   Bio:   Megan Reilly is a mom to three girls & is proud that they usually leave the house with a milk mustache & both shoes on! She beat her husband in a marathon which she reminds him of often. She is a registered dietitian with a masters in nutrition & has owned and operated her company, Tippi Toes, Inc, with her sister for over 20 years. Tippi Toes has more than 30 franchises around the US with plans to go international. She has survived swimming with the sharks on ABC's Shark Tank & she has written children's music that has made it onto Billboard and iTunes charts although she can't carry a tune!   --   Www.Tippitoesdance.com  https://www.instagram.com/meganlreilly/   --   Follow Laura on IG! https://www.instagram.com/laura_loveandfit/  

Katrina McCarter, @marketingtomums  is the Founder of Marketing to Mums, a marketing research and consultancy firm, and award winning online shopping sit Bubbler.com.au. For the last 15 years, she's perfected the art of marketing to moms, the most powerful consumer demographic responsible for 80% of all spending.  Companies need to make sure they're targeting the right audience to get the best sales.    Episode 37 of the Time To Be You podcast emphasizes the importance of targeting a niche market. If you don't understand who is responsible for your main source of sales, your marketing efforts won't be as effective as they should be. Oftentimes, the mom is responsible for purchasing products for three different generations.If you're not correctly targeting moms, you're missing out on a powerful market segment and potential sales! --   BIO: Katrina McCarter is the founder and CEO of Marketing to Mums, a research and marketing consultancy located in Melbourne, Australia. She is a marketing strategist who specializes in understanding mothers as a powerful market sector, through experience and research. Katrina is highly regarded for her creative growth strategies and her ability to negotiate strategic partnerships, and works with both small and big businesses to increase sales and profits selling to moms. An award-winning businesswoman and mother of three, Katrina is a sought-after media commentator and an accomplished speaker having spoken in Paris and New York in the past six months.   --   Resources:   www.marketingtomums.com.au and www.katrinamccarter.com www.instagram.com/marketingtomums   Follow Laura on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laura_loveandfit/    

Hilary Hendershott, @hilarythecfp  is the Founder of Hendershott Wealth Management, a financial advisory firm for women, host of Profit Boss Radio, and a Top 40 Under 40 Entrepreneur. After overcoming her own financial struggles, Hilary decided to meet people where they are. Not everyone can come to the table with six figures to invest, so she created 7 Steps to Wealth to help empower women to own their financial well-being. ⁣   Episode 36 of the Time To Be You podcast encourages women to own up to their financial situations. Debt, high interest loans, and other money obstacles are nothing to be ashamed of. It's time to be honest and own your financial situation, Once you take ownership over your financial state, you can work on changing your narrative. A key to financial success is to learn how to best manage your financial situation. If you start to manage your money, you can begin thriving! ⁣   Bio: Hilary Hendershott is the founder of Hendershott Wealth Management, a leading financial advisory firm for women, where her mission is to motivate women and their loved ones to be financially empowered.   Hilary hosts Profit Boss® Radio, a weekly podcast where she and her guests offer inspiration and actionable advice to support women in their financial journey. She’s also a TEDx speaker, and has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, NBC, ABC, FOX, DailyWorth, Forbes, and Investopedia.    Hilary was recognized as a Top 40 Under 40 Entrepreneur in Silicon Valley and in 2018, Investopedia named her one of the Top 100 Most Influential Advisors in the US. With more than 30 television appearances, she’s considered the go-to personal finance expert in Silicon Valley for NBC, where they have nicknamed her "The Investor's Voice of Reason." Social links: https://twitter.com/HilarytheCFP https://www.facebook.com/hilaryhendershott/ https://www.hilaryhendershott.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/hilarythecfp     -- Follow Laura on IG! https://www.instagram.com/laura_loveandfit/      

Lauren Zander, @laurenzander_coach, is the Co-Founder and Chairwoman of the Handel Group, a life coaching and corporate consulting company, and author of Maybe It's You: Cut the Crap. As a pioneer of life-coaching, she developed the Handel Method which is used by companies and schools to teach people personal integrity. Why are people committed to keeping promises to others but not to themselves? ⁣    Episode 35 of the Time To Be You podcast teaches you to focus on your inner dialogue in order to find what you truly love. Lauren believes we inherit emotional DNA from our parents and that those traits are shaping our inner dialogue. 80% or more of your thoughts are negative which are keeping you from achieving your dreams. You must first recognize these negative thoughts in order to use your lower self to lead you to your higher self. ⁣     --   Bio: Lauren Handel Zander is the Co-Founder and Chairwoman of Handel Group ® , an international corporate consulting and life coaching company. Her coaching methodology, The Handel Method ® , is taught in over35 universities and institutes of learning around the world, including MIT, Stanford Graduate School ofBusiness, NYU, and the New York City Public School System. Lauren is also the creator of Inner.U:Learn to Human Better Ⓡ , the online coaching course that teaches the entirety of The Handel Method, which has been used by dozens of celebrities, CEOs, and entrepreneurs since 2004, and she is the author of Maybe It’s You (Published by Hachette Book Group, April 2017), a no-nonsense, practical manual that helps readers figure out not just what they want out of life, but how to actually get there. She has spent over 20 years coaching thousands of private and corporate clients, including executives at LiveNation, Ticketmaster, Vogue , BASF, and AOL. Lauren has been a featured expert in The New YorkTimes, BBC, Forbes, Women’s Health, Dr. Oz, and Marie Claire and she is a regular contributor to Business week and the Huffington Post. Talk to a human and see if Handel Group coaching options are right for you: http://bit.ly/BEYOUCONSULT On the web: HGLife.Coach Facebook.com/HGLifeCoaching On Instagram @handelgroup   Resources: Learn to Human Better with Lauren Zander's online coaching course, Inner.U. Sign up now with your TIMETOBEYOU100 coupon and get $100 OFF! Sign up before April 22nd and also receive these free gifts: 3 coaching cheat sheets, 3 coaching videos, and exclusive access to a live group coaching call with Lauren Zander on launch day. Get Started here: http://bit.ly/BEYOUINNERU   Questions: 1. Can you give us a brief background of yourself and how you started the Handel Group? 2. What was your inspiration behind your book: Maybe It’s You: Cut the Crap, Face Your Fears, Love Your Life 3. In your experience working with entrepreneurs as well as with marriages - what are the top two things you feel come up the most that people are having issues with? 4. What really is the Handel Method? How did you develop it? 5. How do you balance running your own business, speaking and all that you do all while being a mom of 3?   --   Follow Laura on IG ! https://www.instagram.com/laura_loveandfit/      

Michelle Knight, @brandmerrycoaching, Branding and Business Coach and the founder of Brandmerry.com shifts the focus inward to help people find their life-goals and business objectives. Knowing your purpose will translate into your business. Start by blocking out the outside expectations and removing comparison to focus on the inner you.    Episode 34 of the Time To Be You podcast encourages you to forget about societal expectations in order to find the true meaning of your life. Putting the focus on yourself and your inner happiness will transform your business into a purposeful one. The sooner you find your purpose, the sooner you can give your business purpose! Look within yourself to find the greater reason why and your business will benefit.    Bio:   Michelle Knight is a Branding and Business Coach who has distinguished herself as an entrepreneur by teaching the power of storytelling and its ability to unite people, especially women. She has helped transform the businesses and lives of female entrepreneurs by supporting them in tapping into their story to create a standout brand and message, ultimately leading them to living a life of freedom. Michelle is living proof that no matter what obstacles life may throw at you, or chapters that may contribute to your story, you have the power to write your own ending. As a storyteller and branding expert, Michelle supports women who are unfulfilled in their 9-5 to break free into a life of freedom. Programs include private coaching, self-study courses, and a group program that unites women to create thriving online businesses.     ---   Questions: 1. Can you give us a brief background of yourself? 2. What were you doing before you became an entrepreneur 3. Why do you choose to work with female entrepreneurs 4. How do you balance your work and being a present mom 5. How does one not compare their career to someone else's 6. How to break the habit of being a perfectionist and realize not everyone has your same vision.     -- Resources: Brandmerry.com @brandmerrycoaching     --   Interested in a free discovery call with Laura? Book here! https://calendly.com/itslaurab/discoverycall      

⁣⠀Debra Maldonado, @debrabmaldonado, is a master life coach, instructor, and bestselling author of Let Love In.  She helps awaken peoples mind for their personal development which is what lead her to find her purpose in life, to help people be happy. Debra wants people to know it's okay to feel guilty sometimes or like you're not enough, but if you're conscious of it you can take steps to manage it. You have to realize where you are may not be perfect, but that's because it's not complete. No-one really has it figured out, you have to figure it out for yourself too.     Episode 33 of the Time To Be You podcast wants to help everyone have a healthy mind. Entrepreneurs often try to use their business as a way to find satisfaction in life, a business can't fulfill that for you. In order to be truly successful and find satisfaction, you have to chase your purpose. Chasing your purpose will lead to satisfaction. If you can learn to manage your mind, the happier you'll be with all the ups and downs that life brings!      ----- Bio:   Debi is a Master Jungian Life Coach Instructor and the author of the bestselling book, Let Love In: Open Your Heart & Mind To Attract Your Ideal Partner (Wiley 2010). She is also is a columnist for Inc.com Magazine and frequent speaker on women’s empowerment and leadership and has been featured by ABC News, ABC Radio Network, FOX News, NBC News, WB2, Cosmopolitan, Natural Health, Huffington Post, YourTango, Publisher’s Weekly, Complete Woman, and Playboy Radio, among others. In her former life, she was a marketing executive at MTV Networks and various internet start-ups and then trained as a hypnotherapist and launched her own 6-figure business. She left hypnotherapy behind when she joined forces with Dr. Rob and incorporated their Jungian Coaching model which took their business to the 7-figure level.   ----     Questions asked in this episode: 1. Can you give us a brief background of yourself and what you do? 2. What is Jungian Positive Psychology? 3. For new entrepreneurs, what is the one thing that stops them from being successful? 4. How do you help others step away from their old conditioned patterns that may not be useful? 5. You talk about funnels and business stuff being great but the most being your internal work. Many of us our built to work, work, work and that will bring us success. What would you say to that?  ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ ⁣ ---- Resources https://www.facebook.com/1creativelove http://jungianlifecoach.com https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/debi-dr-rob-show-success-purpose-spirituality-love/id1256289625?mt=2   ---   Follow Laura on IG! https://www.instagram.com/laura_loveandfit/     ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀

Mitchell Levy, @mitchell.levy,  the aha guy, is a global credibility expert; he's created 20 businesses, provided strategic consulting for 100 companies, advised 500 CEOs, and is an international Amazon best selling author. Mitch discovered how to establish himself as a thought leader and is passing that expertise along to clients by creating sustainable credibility.   Episode 32 of the Time To Be You podcast helps entrepreneurs tap into their expertise. You have to identify what pain point you're solving for your customer and present it in a way that answers exactly what's in it for them. Solidifying yourself as a thought leader and clearly presenting your business to customers will have the customers coming to you. Each entrepreneur is an expert, it's all about the information you put out into the world so clients come searching for you!     ---   Bio:    Mitchell Levy (pronounced Lee Vee) is The AHA Guy at AHAthat (https://AHAthat.com) who empowers experts, thought leaders, and businesses to share their genius. His superpower is extracting the genius from your head in a two-hour interview so that his team can ghostwrite your book and make you an Amazon bestselling author in four months or less.He is an accomplished Entrepreneur who has created twenty businesses in Silicon Valley including four publishing companies that have published over 800 books. Mitchell is a TEDxspeaker and international bestselling author of over sixty business books.   He's provided strategic consulting to over one hundred companies, has advised over five hundred CEOs on critical business issues, and has been chairman of the board of a NASDAQ-listed company. In addition to these accomplishments, he’s been happily married for twenty-nine years and regularly spends four weeks annually in a European country with his family and friends.   ---   Questions asked:    1. Can you give us a brief background on what you do? 2. What is thought leadership? 3. For emerging entrepreneurs, what is CPop and how do they make that pain point into a selling point? 4. What are some thought leadership practices one can do daily? 5. How can we work thought leadership into social media and our business?   --- Resources:   http://mitchelllevy.com/ Instagram.com/Mitchell.Levy/   ---   Follow Laura on IG!  https://www.instagram.com/laura_loveandfit   Interested in coaching from Laura? Schedule a free discovery call now: https://calendly.com/itslaurab/discoverycall  

Episode 31 of the Time To Be You podcast features yours truly, Laura Berens!   People keep asking me how to best use Instagram for their business. So, since I'm equipped with examples from my activewear brand, Love and Fit, I wanted to help point other entrepreneurs in the right direction!   This episode will help teach you what's needed to build up your business Instagram page to make sure you're attracting the right audience that will lead to sales!     Every business is using social media, make sure your presence is effective!   --- 1. What do I post on Instagram for my product based business? 2. How do I work with influencers 3. Should I do Giveaways 4. What should I do on Instagram Stories   --     Want to book a discovery call with Laura? https://calendly.com/itslaurab/discoverycall   Follow Laura on IG: https://www.instagram.com/laura_loveandfit/  

Rosie Acosta, @rosieacosta,  founder of Radically Loved Yoga Health and Wellness is a yoga and meditation teacher, teacher trainer, Certified Nutritionist, and life coach found her path in life through yoga and meditation. As a troubled teen suffering from PTSD caused from issues growing up, she looked internally to resolve the past turmoils sending her down the wrong path. Practicing yoga and meditation helped her go from living in a paralyzed state to learning who she was and what she wanted in life.  Episode 30 of the Time To Be You podcast will inspire everyone to make time to be still without all the distractions life can bring. Whether you're on the right path in life or you're lost and in need of direction, practicing yoga and meditation can help bring your inner self to light. There are 1,440 minutes in a day - reserve some time for yourself and start living the radically loved life you deserve!     ---     Bio:  Rosie Acosta is a Yoga & Meditation Teacher and a TeacherTrainer. Certified Nutritionist + Life Coach and Founder of RadicallyLoved Yoga Health and Wellness.Rosie Acosta has used her expertise as a Yoga + Meditation teacher to work with NFL Champions, NBA All-Stars, Olympic Athletes, as well as students in her community and as a volunteer with At Risk Youth andAfghanistan Veterans.Rosie is an expert at helping her students cultivate a life of mindfulness, presence, and intention. An East Los Angeles Native, troubled teen who suffered from depression, anxiety, and overeating and turned her life around with Yoga + Meditation.She is known as a teacher who is skilled in her ability to guide students into experiencing a deeper connection with themselves and exploring the consistent changes of life while creatively weaving in spiritual elements from her own practice and experience.   -- In all her work, Rosie teaches and practices RADICAL LOVE and uses this as a guiding force to overcome adversity. Through yoga, healthy lifestyle choices, mantra, and self-inquiry she aspires to help others find their unique gifts and fire within, she creates practices for her students and connects with people in a way that helps her students live radically loved lives.Her articles can be found in Mantra magazine, MindBodyGreen, FOX News Latino, Pop SugarFitness, Well+Good, and Evolve Fit Wear. She can be found teaching yoga and coaching workshops around the country as well as leading international teacher trainings. Rosie is also a proud ambassador for Yoga Journal, City Silence, Manduka, and Living Yoga.   --   Questions asked in this episode: 1. Can you give us a brief background of yourself and your business? 2. When did you turn into a yoga and meditation teacher? 3. What's the number one thing struggle you are seeing today in people in you teach? 4. For someone who has never done meditation, what would you say to them to help them start? 5. I'd love to talk about self-inquiry?   --   Resources: www.radicallyloved.com https://www.instagram.com/rosieacosta/   --   Follow Laura on IG! https://www.instagram.com/laura_loveandfit/ Book a free discovery call for your business with Laura: https://calendly.com/itslaurab/discoverycall  

Mitch Creasey, @themcpov is a life coach focused on helping overworked executives and entrepreneurs. He's transforming the way people think about their life and their responsibilities through mindfulness training.  Mitch wants you to ask yourself, "what is it you have to do?" to help prioritize your day and focus on what's important.   Episode 29 of the Time To Be You podcast will bring you to the realization that you are responsible for your own stress level. Take the time to focus on what brings you happiness and open up your mind to a new way of living. When you listen to your higher power, you'll be headed in the right direction. By decreasing your stress, you will be on the path to live a healthier and happier life!   ---     Questions: 1. Can you give us a brief background on yourself and what you do? 2. As an entrepreneur we have so many hats we where, how can one stay present on certain areas of their life at a time? 3. What are some simple exercises you give your clients? 4. How does one teach their staff to be more resourceful? 5. What techniques would you apply for someone leaning toward burnout? 6. How can one zone in on the most important things in their life (personal and business)     ---   Bio: Mitchell Creasey is a speaker, facilitator and coach. He helps overwhelmed executives, burnt-out entrepreneurs, and those struggling to find their "thing" get off auto-pilot and take control of their lives.   http://mitchellcreasey.com   ---   Follow Laura on IG: https://www.instagram.com/laura_loveandfit   What to work with Laura? Book a free discovery call now!  https://calendly.com/itslaurab/discoverycall    

Dr. Jenn Chrisman, @dr.jennchrisman is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and host of the Love Your Truth podcast. For over 10 years, Dr. Jenn has been working with women and evolving her practice as she grows over time. She works to heal the early wounds the women unconsciously carry from their childhood that may be holding them back in business and in life.    Episode 28 of the Time To Be You podcast validates that at some point everyone feels like they aren't good enough or they don't belong. Dr. Jenn is helping women peel back the layers of their doubt to find their truth. At the end of the day, we all have a different story, but each of us deserves to feel like we belong and we're good enough!    --   Questions asked in this episode: 1. Can you give us a brief background of who you are and what you do? 2. What trends are you seeing with women entrepreneurs in regards to similar issues and pains? 3. What practice do you teach regarding mindfulness and why is it so important? 4. How can one change their own "self-talk" if they have been negative for years? 5. How to let go of fears regarding finances and building a business?    --   Bio: Dr. Jenn Chrisman is a licensed clinical psychologist, life coach and host of the Love Your Truth Podcast. Using the principles of Mindfulness, Positive Psychology, Spirituality, and Metaphysics she helps women and heart-centered entrepreneurs move beyond fear and doubt by reconnecting with their truths to unlock their highest potential. When she's not working with clients or running her workshops, Jenn can typically be found at the beach with her two kids, or at a Soul Cycle class.   --   Resources:   www.drjenniferchrisman.com and www.aperfectpractice.com   https://www.instagram.com/dr.jennchrisman/   --   Follow Laura on IG! https://www.instagram.com/laura_loveandfit/ Book a free discovery call with Laura: https://calendly.com/itslaurab/discoverycall  

Corina Tripon, @corinatripon Life and Business Growth Coach, founder of Ginger Root, is getting female entrepreneurs from where they are to where they want to go! She teaches women to stop trying to sell themselves and start focusing on reaching your audience in order to propel your business forward.  Episode 27 of the Time To Be You podcast inspires you to lose the safety net and follow your entrepreneurial dreams! Corina teaches us there's power in following your heart and realizing your passion. Women entrepreneurs do themselves a disservice by undervaluing themselves and second guessing their success. Truth is, women are doing amazing things and can achieve the success they deserve! Start by believing in yourself and the success will follow!     --   Questions asked in this episode: 1. How did you get into coaching and what were you doing before that? 2. What is your special niche in this vast world of coaching? 3. Why do you think most entrepreneurs give up and what can they do to change that? 4. If someone is struggling with marketing and making sales how do you implement a mindset shift? 5. What do you love most about coaching entrepreneurs?   --   Bio: Corina Tripon is the life and business growth coach behind the brand Ginger Root. Her ambition is to empower women to own their gifts and rise up with audacity in their opportunities. Corina coaches female entrepreneurs to find the flow in their hustle and freedom in God’s grace. She speaks fire and truth with a bold voice and a gracious heart and aims to massively impact the world around her. She has built a thriving coaching business leveraging social media and hosting live empowerment events in her city. Corina and her husband Branden are raising their two little boys, Cruz (4) and Cash (4 months) in beautiful Spokane WA. www.gingerrooted.com https://www.instagram.com/corinatripon/     --   Follow Laura on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/laura_loveandfit/ Book a free discovery call with Laura: https://calendly.com/itslaurab/discoverycall    

Isabella Silverio, @isabella.guava Business Consultant and THE Instagram Guru learned the ins and outs of business working for startup companies. After being in the startup world she decided to start her own business doing what she knew best - how to build an Instagram following. It all goes back to figuring out what you need to be successful ahead of time. Isabella coaches people to reverse engineer their business and to plan based on that goal!     Episode 26 of the Time To Be You podcast is for all the startups out there! It's all about strategy when you're planning your business in order to be successful. You have to commit to growth and expand your network in order to grow your business. Use Instagram to its fullest potential, because if you show up for your business, your business will show up for you. Stay focused and your business will grow!   --   Questions Asked in this episode: 1. Give us a brief background of yourself and your business? 2. What were you doing before all this? 3. Why do you think Instagram is so important for businesses? 4. To a brand new coach what is the most important thing for them to do, to gain clients? 5. What is the top thing people are doing wrong in instagram? 6. What's the best way to scale your coaching business? 7. How do you stay so upbeat through all the steps in building a business?   --   Bio: Isabella “Guava” Silverio is better known as the INSTAGRAM GURU. She has built a multiple six figure online business with over 12k followers on Instagram, teaching women all over the world how to MONETIZE their platform. Isa’s zone of genius is personal branding and the nitty-gritty strategies and hacks of actually GROWING on Instagram (stories, hashtags, and more). She’s done the work and has tried and tested every method. Isabella is experienced in building start up businesses, so she gets where you’re at and can guide you toward your goals with both EASE and CLARITY. Isabella is also absolutely hysterical and is going to make entrepreneurship & instagram fun as heck for you   --   Resources: www.isabellasilverio.com https://www.instagram.com/isabella.guava/   --   Want to book a free discovery call with Laura? Click here: https://itslaurab.com/work-with-me/ Follow Laura on IG! https://www.instagram.com/laura_loveandfit/  

Liz Forkin Bohannon, @lizbohannon co-founder and CEO of Sseko Designs @ssekodesigns, a company whose products are all ethically produced by artisans who are treated well and paid fairly. It all started out as a fashion business and over time turned into a community of women creating opportunity for other women around the globe! Each artisan Sseko Designs employs in East Africa is sent to University to study and follow their dreams.     Episode 25 of the Time To Be You podcast reminds us that sometimes you find your passion somewhere unexpected. Liz never wanted to be fashion, but she followed her passion of improving opportunity for women which lead her to creating an artisan based fashion company! Never lose sight of why you started because your why will propel you forward. And remember, just because you face difficulties doesn't mean you're in the wrong place, it just means you're doing something difficult.    -- Questions asked in this episode: 1. Can you give us a brief background of yourself and how you started your company? 2. Did you always have a interest in fashion? 3. How does one go about starting a company in Uganda? 4. How did your appearance on Shark Tank help propel you? 5. How do you balance your role as a founder and as a mother? 6. Where do you see women in business going in the future?   --   Bio: Liz Forkin Bohannon is the founder of Sseko Designs. Sseko Designs is an ethical fashion brand that works to educate and empower women. By providing employment and educational opportunities, Sseko enables women to continue their education and become leaders in their country. Liz graduated from the University of Missouri with a Master’s degree in Journalism. In 2008, she moved to Uganda to assist in the communications efforts for a youth development organization based in Kampala. While there, Liz met an incredible group of talented young women who were struggling to finance their education. After travelling the country by motorcycle to find raw materials and learn how to produce footwear by hand, Liz hired three young women and started Sseko Designs. In four years, Sseko has grown from three women making sandals together under a mango tree, to an international fashion brand that provides employment, educational opportunities and entrepreneurial training to over 50 women in East Africa. Using her unlikely story of a journalist-gone-shoe-maker, Liz shares her passion for social enterprise, conscious consumerism, social justice, creative leadership, gender equity, risk-taking, and empowering women. She believes deeply that business is a powerful platform for social change and that girls are our future. She has spoken in venues around the world including France, Estonia and all over North America and East Africa. Her disarmingly authentic and witty voice captivates and inspires her audience. The Sseko story has been featured in dozens of publications including: Vogue Magazine, Redbook Magazine, O Magazine, Shape Magazine, Fitness Magazine, Huffington Post, LA TIMES and others. Among other notable honors, Liz is a Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards finalist, the SVN Innovation Award Winner, the SXSW Eco Social Impact Award Winner, and Bloomberg Businessweek’s top social entrepreneur to watch. She now splits her time between Uganda and Portland, Oregon, where she and her husband Ben run Sseko Designs and raise their son, Theo.   --   Resources: www.ssekodesigns.com https://www.instagram.com/lizbohannon/ https://www.instagram.com/ssekodesigns/ -- Want to book a strategy call with Laura for your business? Just head over to her site and book! www.itslaurab.com Follow Laura on IG! https://www.instagram.com/laura_loveandfit/  

Nichole Sylvester, @nicholesylvester set out on a journey to find herself after surviving domestic violence and overcoming addiction. After her awakening, she became an international best selling author of the book OH SHIFT, a life coach, and a motivational speaker. Nichole has made it her mission to help others find their worthiness because if you feel worthy, you'll start to build the life you want.   Episode 24 of the Time To Be You Podcast is as real as it gets - Nichole found success when she started being honest and sharing her life's journey with the world. You can find your authentic self, just like Nichole did. Start by focusing on love, service, and caring about other people...and see how fast you succeed in your business!     ---   Bio: Nichole Sylvester is the international bestselling author of “OH SHIFT: A Journey from Chaos to Consciousness” and a renowned life coach, motivational speaker and host of her podcast, The Harmonious Hustle. A survivor of domestic abuse and addiction, Nichole shares her inspirational personal story and expertise with others to lead them on a path towards wellness and success through private coaching, guided retreats and live, online support groups. Age 36, Nichole is the single mother of a daughter Chanel, age 13.     --     Questions asked in this episode:  1. Can you give us a brief background of yourself and your business? 2. I know you had a bit of a rocky past, how did you overcome the trauma in your life? 3. Tell me a bit more about your book, "Oh Shift" 4. I'd love to hear more about the silent meditation you went to back in 2014 that really shifted your mindset and purpose. 5. How did you start your coaching business and start gaining momentum.   Resources: www.nicholesylvester.com instagram.com/nicholesylvester   ---   Interested in coaching with Laura? Book a free 20 minute discovery call today! https://itslaurab.com/   Follow Laura on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/laura_loveandfit/  

Meggan Wood, @lilyjadeco creator of Lily Jade, was on a mission to not only create a great diaper bag, but to be a blessing for women. Even though she had no design experience, she built her diaper bags based on the real needs of moms everywhere and gives back to them whenever she can. With the support of her husband Landon, she started the design process and together they built Lily Jade one bag at a time!    Episode 23 of the Time To Be You Podcast proves you don't need to have everything figured out in order to start building something great! Meggan personifies that life truly is a marathon and not a sprint - with twists and turns you have to figure out along the way. So get your running gear ready and head off to find your next adventure...who knows, you may even become an entrepreneur!    --   Questions asked on this episode: 1. Can you give us a brief background of you and how you started Lily Jade? 2. What's been on of the hardest things you have come across building a business from scratch? 3. How did you grow? Was it through Instagram or other online presence? 4. If you had one piece of advice to give another women entrepreneur out there that is just starting out in creating their own business what would it be? 5. How did you manage to start your business financially and did you decide to take on any outside investors? How were you able to grow if not? 6. Where do you see Lily Jade 5 years from now? 7. How has it been working with your husband and what is the best way to grow a team?   --   Bio: Meggan Wood is the co-founder, designer, and branding maestro behind the leather diaper bag and handbag brand, Lily Jade. It all started when she was a new mom and diaper bag options weren’t available for the woman who valued quality AND organization. As a solution, Meggan carried her leather tote filled with a ziploc bag “organizational” system. Her friends thought it was hilarious but her husband, Landon, knew she was on to something. Encouraging her vision, Landon asked her to design the diaper bag of her dreams, and friends, that’s how she went from happy homeschool mom to successful business owner in one year! After launching Lily Jade from their home in San Antonio, Texas in 2013, Meggan said “As much as I love a good diaper bag, this has to be about more than just bags. I want Lily Jade to be a blessing to women.” With that aim in mind, LIly Jade values hosting giveaways, championing adoptive families, inviting women into friendship through Nourishment & Encouragement Groups and helping out mommas with unexpected pregnancies by partnering with Embrace Grace. All you really need to know about Meggan though is that she loves people, sunshine, Jesus and a great bra!   --   Resources: www.Lily-Jade.com https://www.instagram.com/lilyjadeco/ https://www.instagram.com/megganewood/   --   Follow Laura on IG! https://www.instagram.com/laura_loveandfit/ Book a free Discovery call with Laura! https://itslaurab.com/1-1/    

Andrea Waltz, @goforno is the co-creator of the "Go for No!" strategy with husband and business partner Richard Fenton. Their book, "Go for No! Yes is the Destination, No is How You Get There", reached number one on Amazon's best selling list and over the last eight years has remained one of the top twenty sales books. The "Go for No!" strategy has spanned across industries to bring countless people business success.   Episode 22 of the Time To Be You Podcast motivates you to eliminate your fears of hearing the world no! Get to a yes by going after what you want and accepting no as part of the process. Believe it or not, Andrea heard no plenty of times before becoming successful in the coaching business. Changing your mindset can help everyone, regardless of career level or industry. Andrea's advice will help get you to your yes!       --   Bio: Andrea Waltz is the co-author of Go for No! Yes is the Destination, No is How You Get There. Along with her husband and business partner Richard Fenton, she has made her mission to liberate people from fears of failure and rejection, sharing an entire new mindset about hearing the word NO. They have spoken all over the US and the UK teaching the ‘Go for No’ strategies – having been embraced by people in a wide variety of industries and businesses to rave reviews and amazing results. Andrea’s book hit #1 on Amazon’s “Selling” list and has remained in the top 20 of ‘Sales’ books for over the last 8 years   --   Questions Asked in This Episode: 1. Give us a brief background of who you are and what you do today? 2. Let's chat about your "Go for No" Strategy, how did you come up with this and when? 3. As an early entrepreneur hearing no all the time, how did you break free of feeling down or like a failure each time? 4. How could one be actually energized by the word NO. 5. How does one get past the feeling too salesy vibe?   --   Resources: goforno.com https://www.instagram.com/goforno/   --   Follow Laura on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/laura_loveandfit/ Book a strategy session for your biz! www.itslaurab.com  

Brianna Zajicek, @theoneyear is on a mission to help people build their dream life in one year with the One Year Project. She has built and sold multiple companies, all by the age of 27! Starting out as an administrative assistant, Briana put her fears aside, she asked the CEO how she can fix the companies problems and the rest was history!    Episode 21 of the Time To Be You Podcast ignites the spark inside all of us to believe in ourselves and stop letting fear hold us back! Briana has paved her own way on the road to success and is on a mission to motivate others to do the same. She gave herself a year to find her joy and in just one year, you too can start living the life of your dreams!       --   Questions Asked In this Episode: 1. Can you give our listens a quick overview of who you are and how you got to where you are today? 2. From 2012 to 2015 you went through some huge career changes, was there a moment in time when you truly shifted your mindset that made all the difference? 3. After you shifted, what action did you take daily to become a 7 figure business owner? 4. If someone listening is in a job that is draining and they truly want to dive into entrepreneurship but feel they don't have the funds to make their dream come alive what would you say? 5. How has being a mother changed you or benefited you in also being an entrepreneur?   -- Resources: briannazajicek.com https://www.instagram.com/theoneyear/   --   Follow Laura on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/laura_loveandfit/ Book a 20 minute strategy call with Laura www.itslaurab.com  

Twins Chris and Eric Martinez, known as the “Dynamic Duo” in the fitness world, are number one bestselling authors and the founders of an online exercise, nutrition and lifestyle consulting business. They are also Time To Be You’s first male guests! Episode 20 of the Time To You Podcast focuses on how you can look and feel better to live your happiest life! By focusing on exercise techniques, nutrition, personal development, and lifestyle practices that are realistic, enjoyable, and flexible, Chris and Eric assert that if you shift your mindset, you can improve your life! The twins are constantly striving to evolve with their clients, all the while educating and providing prime customer service.   -- Questions asked on this podcast: 1. Can you let our listeners know who you guys are what is Dynamic Duo Training? 2. What were you going before you decided to start your business? 3. How long did it take you to start your business and did you have any mentors along that way that really pushed you? 4. How did you shift your mindset to have a highly successful business? 5. How does one get in the mindset of abundance?   --   Bio: https://dynamicduotraining.com/   Chris and Eric Martinez are #1 International Best-Selling Authors and are the founders of Dynamic Duo Training, an online exercise, nutrition, and lifestyle consulting business. Chris and Eric have worked with thousands of people via online and in person to help them look better, feel better, perform better, and live a dynamic lifestyle. This is all practiced through the new era of fitness which consists of: Exercise, nutrition, mindset, personal development, and lifestyle practices that are realistic, enjoyable, and flexible. They are constantly striving to innovate, learn to be better in all areas of life, evolve, and most importantly execute and serve to their clients. They have what it takes to get you in the best shape possible, develop happiness in your own skin, and be confident along with educating you in the process and providing prime customer service. Chris and Eric are also Business coaches that help personal trainers, fitness professionals, and health enthusiasts grow their online fitness businesses. They practice what they preach daily and that’s to live a dynamic lifestyle, which in their eyes means to keep evolving in all areas of life, personal growth, career, relationships, adventure, fitness, and to never live a static and complacent lifestyle.   --   Follow Laura on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/laura_loveandfit/ Interested in 1:1 Coaching? www.itslaurab.com  

In Episode 19 of the Time To Be You Podcast, Hila Plitman, Grammy award winning vocalist, teaches her listeners exactly how to tap into their creative flow, citing the importance of just getting the process started and putting work out into the world, “even if you think it’s junk.” Besides her work in opera and contemporary classic music, Hila is an active songwriter, actress and mother of a young teenager. While juggling all these roles can prove difficult, Hila is no stranger to putting in the hard work necessary to fulfill all the roles she pleases. Hila has been working in the music industry since she herself was fourteen, and works smart, outsourcing the tasks she doesn’t gain energy from.   -- Questions asked in this episode: 1. Give us a brief background of yourself and what you do? 2. When writing and singing, how do you tap into your creative side when you are also a mother and so many things? 3. How does tapping into your creativity help run your business? 4. In songwriting I know artist tend to have a lot of self-judgement, how do you come from a place of just creating and not thinking about who will or will not like it? 5. How do you tap into the feelings of your body to create? 6. What would you say to someone that hasn't tapped into their creative energy or buried it for a long time, how do they get it back and nurture it?   --   Bio: Grammy award-winning vocalist Hila Plitmann is a glittering jewel on the international music scene, known worldwide for her astonishing musicianship, light and beautiful voice, and the ability to perform challenging new works. She has worked with many leading conductors, including Leonard Slatkin, Esa- Pekka Salonen, Thomas Adès, Carl St. Clair, Giancarlo Guerrero, Robert Spano and JoAnn Falletta, performing with the likes of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the New York Philharmonic and the London Symphony Orchestra. Hila is also emerging as a unique crossover artist, and her own songs and arrangements can be heard on YouTube and in live concert. She has accumulated an impressive catalogue of varied recordings, including Hans Zimmer's Grammy winning soundtrack for The Da Vinci Code, Eric Whitacre’s Good Night Moon with the LSO, and Oscar winner John Corigliano’s song- cycle Mr Tambourine Man with the Buffalo Symphony (for which she won a best female vocalist Grammy).   Some of her recent discs are Richard Danielpour’s Toward A Season of Peace and Corigliano's Vocalise, both released to critical acclaim on NAXOS. In constant demand as a singer of new and contemporary music, Hila Plitmann has appeared as a soloist in numerous world premieres, including: Pulitzer Prize winner David Del Tredici’s Paul Revere’s Ride with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Frank Zappa’s orchestral staged version of 200 Motels with the Los Angeles Philharmonic; the Dallas Opera world premiere of Mark Adamo's Opera Becoming Santa Claus; Richard Danielpour's Darkness in the Ancient Valley with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra; and Yuval Sharon and Annie Gosfield’s War of the Worlds with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. She has a black belt in Tae Kwon Do and lives with her son and their cat in Los Angeles. www.hilaplitmann.com   -- Follow Laura on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/laura_loveandfit/

Want to optimize your diet and lifestyle so that you can live your best life? Episode 18 of the Time To Be You Podcast features nutrition health coach Maria Marlowe and focuses on why and how you can eat healthy. Maria’s secret? “Listen to your body and adapt to what your body needs at that time” It can be hard to make the conscious effort to eat healthy, but, as the podcast explains, oh so worth it. With many benefits besides simply loosing weight, eating healthier can help improve acne, reduce your risk of getting sick and make you feel better all around.   --   Questions Asked In This Episode: 1. Can you give us a brief background on how you started and got into your current business? 2. Where you always into healthy eating? 3. How and when did you decide to create online courses for your eating plans? 4. When working with new private clients, what's the main thing you see that is a need for busy moms or working woman? 5. What are some ways we can break unhealthy habits? What is your coaching style? 6. Are there certain foods that effect your energy and mood?     --   Bio:  Maria Marlowe helps busy women improve their health, reach their ideal weight, and clear up their acne by upgrading their diet. She is a Certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach and Founder of mariamarlowe.com, where you can learn how to optimize your diet and lifestyle to look and feel your best every single day. In 2013, Maria opened a private Integrative Nutrition Health Coaching practice in New York City, and has since coached hundreds of people—from moms to business executives to celebrities—to healthier eating habits. She is also the host of the Happier & Healthier Podcast, available on iTunes, where she interviews doctors and health thought leaders on how to live your healthiest life. Maria’s first book, The Real Food Grocery Guide, has been called “the most practical book to navigate a healthier way of eating” by renowned physician and leading researcher in healthcare, Dr. Dean Ornish.   Her tips and recipes have been featured in Vogue, InStyle, The New York Times, Dr. Oz, and more. Maria currently lives in New York and coaches and consults privately for individuals and brands. She graduated summa cum laude from Fordham University before graduating from The Institute of Integrative Nutrition and attending Natural Gourmet Institute to study plant-based cooking.   You can find her at www.mariamarlowe.com or on Instagram at @MariaMarlowe.   --   Follow me on Instagram! https://instagram.com/laura_loveandfit/  

Episode 17 of the Time To Be You podcast focuses on passion, heart, and driving forces. In it, Christy Wright, creator of the Business Boutique and certified business coach, claims “You’ve got to know your why.” Money and success are all products of our driving forces. That is why Christy takes pride in equipping women with the right tools to make money doing what they love. In all of her work, Christy stresses the importance of passion and action. To be successful, sometimes you have to commit to your dream before you know how, just like she did.   -- Questions Asked in This Episode: 1. Can you give us a brief background on yourself and your business? 2. How did you come up with the idea of Business Boutique? What were you doing before? 3. Why do you feel so many women are now becoming entrepreneurs? 4. What are some of the biggest hurdles you've come across building your business? 5. To someone who has started a business but struggling to keep it alive, what advice would you give them to keep going? 6. How much work does it really take to start a successful business and what are some of your top tools you can give our listeners?   --   Bio:  Christy Wright is the creator of Business Boutique, a Certified Business Coach and a Ramsey Personality with a passion for equipping women with the knowledge and steps they need to successfully run and grow a business. Since joining Ramsey Solutions in 2009, she has spoken to thousands across the country at women’s conferences, national business conferences, Fortune 500 companies and her own sold-out live events. She is the host of the Business Boutique Podcast and her new book, Business Boutique, released April 2017. You can follow Wright on Twitter and Instagram @ChristyBWright and online at christywright.com or facebook.com/OfficialChristyWright.   --   Resources: www.businessboutique.com   -- Make sure to follow me on Instagram! www.instagram.com/laura_loveandfit  

Episode 16 of the Time To Be You Podcast is essential for aspiring female business owners. Entrepreneur and self made millionaire Cayla Craft shares her satisfaction in how she went from working a 9-5 job to helping women pursue their passions, create their own businesses, and shape their communities. This episode focuses on fearlessness and taking action. Cayla inspires her audience to do the things that scare you and take the rules away about how you should act to reveal your true self.   --   Bio:  Cayla Craft, Host of Mommy Millionaire Podcast, is a mom of three, a self-made Millionaire, and a lifestyle entrepreneur. As a California native, she went from saving lives as a nurse in the ER working from 9-5 to helping women pursue a passion for owning their own business. Her first taste of success began when she created an organization of 60k+ people for Isagenix, a company that sells health and wellness supplements. Using that business-building knowledge as a foundation, she branched out as a Business Strategist and found incomparable satisfaction from helping others achieve success. Cayla has inspired thousands of women to believe in themselves as entrepreneurs and business women. Her main goal is to help women shamelessly pursue their ambitions and grow their business to 7 figures. Cayla created Mommy Millionaire to fill a void of community driven by women that desire to uplift, encourage and rally each other’s success. Mommy Millionaire seeks to pour out practical tips and business know-how that is current and relevant to what is working today. Cayla is an expert in speaking about sales, culture, and online marketing with experience in keynote speeches on connecting. -- Questions Asked on This Podcast: 1. Can you give us a brief background of yourself and your business? 2. Can you tell us a bit about how you moved into being a business strategist to women from network marketing. 3. What steps did you take to really start being authentically you? What were some ups and downs on getting there? 4. What would you say to someone that hasn't found the tribe and fits into their vision? 5. Why do you feel so many women are suffering from Imposter Syndrome? 6. How can we all try to focus on serving people rather than selling to people? --- Resources: https://www.facebook.com/CraftCayla/ https://www.mommymillionaire.co/ https://www.instagram.com/cayla.craft/   --   Follow Laura on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/laura_loveandfit/  

We all have goals, though many of us are unsure just how to go about reaching them. In Episode 15 of the It’s Time To Be You Podcast, Sarah Centrella shares her secret to manifesting your vision for your perfect life. In the episode Sarah, a master life coach and premier vision board expert, explains the importance of excitement and clarifying your vision before you start pursuing your goals. Manifesting your dreams is not an easy task, but with Sarah’s tips, getting started seems more approachable than ever! -- Bio:  Centrella is the author of the #1 best-selling self-help book Hustle Believe Receive An 8 Step Plan to Changing Your Life and Living Your Dream. Centrella is known as the premier vision board expert and original Manifesting Gangsta! Her new book of the same title will be released in early 2019. As a master life coach, she’s worked with professional athletes in the NBA and NFL, WAGS and thousands of people from around the world, helping them manifest their dreams. She regularly delivers keynote speeches and leads workshops for clients such as: Pinterest, Nike, BMW, Xerox, Morgan Stanley, NBA Wives Association and she is a national spokesperson for the American Red Cross. Sarah has been featured by The Wall Street Journal, ABC NEWS, The Steve Harvey Show, The New York Times, OK! Magazine, The Oregonian, Yahoo News, Good Morning America and many others. -- Questions Asked on this Episode: 1. Can you give us a brief background on who you are and your business? 2. What was the starting point to you making a change in your life and following your vision board. 3. Do you feel like you had to hit rock bottom to start to change? 4. What are some of the steps you discuss in your book that help you unlock boundaries? 5. You talk about daily practices and training in your book, what are some of your daily practices you had to create in order to step into the best version of yourself. 6. If there is a listener on this podcast that feels stuck and unfulfilled what would be your best advice to give them to start manifesting their dreams. -- Resources:  SarahCentrella.com IG: @sarahcentrella -- Follow me on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/laura_loveandfit/    

We all get stuck sometimes. Whether you want to start your own business, cultivate stronger relationships, or even lose a few pounds. In Episode 14, a mini session of the Time To Be You Podcast, Laura shares three specific tips on how to take action and build the life you truly want, no matter what that looks like. In the episode, Laura shares stories of her past work in the corporate sector, and how she drastically overhauled her lifestyle by leaving that job behind. Like Laura, anyone can get out of the consistency loop. You simply have to stop procrastinating and start creating.   Download Laura's FREE guide on 10 Steps to Discover, Build and Sell a new product!    Follow Laura on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/laura_loveandfit/

No matter which industry we’re in, we can all benefit from a strong, focused online presence. Natalie Franke understands the importance of this type of personal online branding, as she’s a photographer turned entrepreneur who utilized online media to broadcast her own image and kickstart her career change. Episode 13 of the Time To Be You Podcast focuses on how to grow one’s online presence, and provides specific tips on how to revamp your Instagram profile. Entrepreneur, marketer, and community building founder of the Rising Tide Society Natalie Franke shares her tricks to creating “content that will stop their scroll”, and tells her story of how she grew her community of over 100,000 entrepreneurs in a just a year and a half. The takeaway: You can use online media to take your leap of faith and pursue your passion project!   --   Bio: Natalie Franke Hayes is an entrepreneur, mobilization marketer, community builder, and neuroscience nerd.  As one of the Founders of the Rising Tide Society and the Head of Community at HoneyBook, she leads tens of thousands of creatives and small business owners while fostering a spirit of community over competition around the world. --   Questions Asked on This Episode: 1. Can you give a brief background of what you do and who you are for our listeners? 2. What were you doing before you started this business and community? 3. How did you grow your community at Rising Tide Society to 100K in a year and a half? 4. How are you monetizing what you do? 5. For someone who is just starting a business and trying to grow an online presence, what strategies or tips would you have them start with? 6. Where do you think entrepreneurs are going wrong in this day in age via online and in social media?   -- Resources: https://www.instagram.com/nataliefranke/ https://www.risingtidesociety.com/ https://www.instagram.com/risingtidesociety/ https://www.facebook.com/NatalieFrankeCreative https://www.facebook.com/groups/therisingtidesociety/   --   Follow me on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/laura_loveandfit/  

Episode 12 of the Time To Be You Podcast features Kate Swoboda, author of The Courage Habit, centered on facing your fears and the past. Not just an author, Kate has built a career focused on training people to become life coaches and spread the strategies she’s learned firsthand to live her own most courageous life.   So how do you move past your fears and step into your own courage? Kate teaches the practice of habit, and suggests bringing courage into that daily practice. Through explorations of both the psychology and science of courage, Kate explains the importance of prioritizing and letting go. If who you truly are is not working in the corporate sector, you should get out of your situation and pursue the lifestyle which best suits you, though it requires tremendous amounts of courage.   --   Bio: Kate Swoboda is creator of YourCourageousLife.com, Director of the Courageous Living Coach Certification at TribeCLCC.com and author of The Courage Habit: How to Accept Your Fears, Release the Past, and Live Your Courageous Life. She helps individuals, teams, and companies see where old, fear-based habits have kept people stuck or started to limit what’s possible for an organization, and then start creating more courageous lives by getting into “the courage habit,” a four-part process for behavioral and organizational change. Kate has appeared in MindBodyGreen, Entrepreneur, USA Today, Forbes, Lifetime Moms, The Intelligent Optimist, Business Insider, and more, and her website Your Courageous Life was named a top-50 blog for happiness by Greatist. She’s spoken at conferences and seminars on the topic of courage as it relates to personal development, releasing overwhelm, business and marketing, money mindset, wellness, increasing emotional resilience, and healthy goal-setting using habit-formation techniques.   --   Questions Asked in This Episode: 1. Give a brief background of yourself and how you got into the type of work you do today. 2. How would one get rid of fear-based patterns around work and self esteem? - How to Clarify what truly matters to you, and figuring out how to prioritize it and stay focused. 3. What are some of the habit forming techniques you express in your book? 4. What is courageous living? 5. When building a business or starting something new, many of use have doubts or are a perfectionist in all we create. What would you say to those people?   --   Resources:   https://www.yourcourageouslife.com https://www.instagram.com/katecourageous/ facebook.com/YourCourageousLife Free Resource:https://www.YourCourageousLife.com/begin   --   Follow me on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/laura_loveandfit/  

We all want to be authentic and successful. In Episode 11 of the Time to Be You Podcast, Jen Esquer discusses how to be your own authentic self, as well as how she gained success through building her online programs. In addition to being the first wellness expert to be featured on the Time To Be You Podcast, Jen is a Doctor of Physical therapy with her own private practice. Not only does Jen describe the processes of launching a business online but she describes how she got to where she is through following her passions. After posting educational content, she discovered how to give people true value through giving them the tools to make changes in their lives. Also, you HAVE to tune in all the way to minute 30 where I mess up a pretty funny word :)   -- Bio: Jen Esquer is a Doctor of Physical Therapy and movement enthusiast. She treats patients privately in Los Angeles and has online programs called The Mobility Method and The Optimal Body that reach people globally. She uses her social platforms to push educational videos on how to maintain mobility, increase strength, and prevent pain throughout the body. As a former gymnast of 9 years and pilates instructor for 6 years, Jen is an avid mover who dabbles in AcroYoga, calisthenics, weight training, pilates and yoga. Her vision is to empower others to continue to move and live a pain-free, active lifestyle.   --   Questions Asked on This Episode: 1. Brief background of you and how you start your company 2. What made you decide to leave a private practice and start something bigger? 3. Why did you decide to create The Mobility Method? 4. How did you grow your instagram following so fast and what strategies did you use? 5. Do you have an specific tips for entrepreneurs launching a product? Do's/Don't 6. I know breathe and gratitude are a huge part of your being and what you teach, can you explain why having each of these can help us to be better in all aspects of our lives?   -- Resources: www.docjenfit.com https://www.instagram.com/docjenfit/   --   Follow me on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/laura_loveandfit/    

What do you really want to do? In Episode 10 of the It’s Time To Be You Podcast, the incredibly personable Cathy Heller shares her secrets to discovering your own personal, attainable answer to this question. Not only is she a mother of three, go-to expert in the music licensing world, and creator of online courses, Cathy also has her own podcast titled: “Don’t Keep your Day Job.” So how does Cathy recommend one finds a purpose-filled, enjoyable career and lifestyle? You have to combine what you know how to do and what you feel passionate about, all the while amping up the effort and perseverance. You have to have the courage to tell mediocre stories until you can tell better stories. Listen in for even more!   -- Bio: Cathy Heller is a fire hose of inspiration. She’s the host of the popular podcast Don’t Keep Your Day Job, which was given the #1 spot on iTunes recommend list of shows for the New Year. Each week Cathy encourages thousands and thousands of listeners to find more purpose in their life and get paid to do what they love full time. She started out as a singer songwriter and first found success licensing her music to TV, Film and Ads. Quickly she became a stand out in her field and was featured in magazines like Billboard, Variety and the LA Weekly. After making a multi six figure living with her music, Cathy started a music agency and then she began teaching other artists to grow their own careers. Two weeks after her third daughter was born, she started her top ranked podcast. Cathy’s show has been featured in HuffPost and Inc Magazine’s “top 9 podcasts”. She’s been featured several times by Apple themselves and the fans are resonating with how genuine she is. Throughout the show, she has interviewed creative entrepreneurs like actress Jenna Fischer, popular blogger Seth Godin, designer Jonathan Adler, make up artist Bobbi Brown, choreographer Mandy Moore, fashionista Tamara Mellon, novelist Emily Giffin, and Gretchen Rubin to name a few. Cathy often says 'purpose is the opposite of depression' and she is truly lifting others to be the happiest version of themselves.   -- Questions Asked on This Episode: 1.What job did you have that was possibly a 9-5 and how did you transition out of it 2.How do you balance your music/songwriting along with being a mother and the podcast 3.Why do you feel people get stuck in their day job 4.What would you tell someone that wants to leave their job and start a business or new career but is scared about the money or the transition. Would you tell them to wait until they saved up their money? 5.As a working mother what are things you had to set up so you could continue to work as well as make time for your children. Did you ask for help, hire people?   --   Resources: https://www.instagram.com/cathy.heller/ http://www.cathyheller.com/ https://www.dontkeepyourdayjob.com/   --   Follow me on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/laura_loveandfit/    

Why do we hate the way that we look?   In Episode 9 of the It’s Time to be You podcast, I'm reviewing Rachel Hollis’ new, incredibly inspirational documentary entitled: Made for More. In the movie, Rachel describes the ever-present problem of low-self esteem in women, especially when it comes to looks.   After a thorough dissection of these issues, which nearly all women face today, Rachel stresses that we, as women, need to be picking each other up and forming a female support network.   I talk about how I could relate to so many of this issues and even my back story on how feeling like I hated parts of the way I looked has effected me and how I'm trying to change it for the future.  This is a must-listen!   --     Resources: https://www.fandango.com/rachel-hollis-presents-made-for-more-212100/movie-overview https://www.instagram.com/msrachelhollis/   --     Follow me on IG! https://www.instagram.com/laura_loveandfit/    

We are all busy people. That’s why its important we prioritize our needs. In Episode 8 of the It’s Time to be You Podcast, Janna Denton-Howes helps explain this necessity in the bedroom, reminding us all that if you wait for an absolutely perfect time and circumstance, it’s not going to happen. Janna helps couples take sex off the to-do list and rekindle intimacy.   Though she’s now a professionally trained marriage coach known to her clients as the “Husband Whisperer,” Janna came into her profession through her own harrowing experiences. Janna married her husband at 17, and their differing sex drives quickly became the biggest source of tension in their relationship. After years of uncomfortable experiences with different therapists and educational materials, she eventually gained the courage to create her own sex-methodology, and is proud that she can share the tools that saved her relationship with others.   --   Questions Asked on This Podcast:   1. How did you get into your profession? 2. What types of programs do you offer? 3. Why do you feel this is such an issue with woman at this time? 4. Besides your programs, what is one thing daily someone can do to increase the connection with their partner? 5. Can you talk about how having kids can affect your connection with your partner and what we can do to keep the spark alive?   --   Bio: Janna Denton-Howes is a professionally trained Marriage Coach who is known for her popular program, 30 Days To Wanting It More". Affectionately called, "Chief Libido Officer" and "Husband Whisperer" by her participants and coaching clients, Janna not only helps married women take sex off their to-do lists but brings couples back to each other. One of her greatest accomplishments in life has been to beat the odds of teenage marriage and still be married to her prom date! When she isn't working from her garden shed office, you can find her having a beach fire with her husband, John, and their two daughters or curled up with a book about the male brain. Check out her stories, tips and inspiration at jannadentonhowes.com and learn how connection is just around the corner.   --   Resources: https://www.facebook.com/jannadentonhowes/ jannadentonhowes.com   --   Follow me on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/laura_loveandfit/  

Sarah Peck is a jack of all trades. She is the founder and executive director of Startup Pregnant, a writer, startup advisor, and yoga teacher. In Episode 7 of the It’s Time To Be You Podcast, Sarah details the experience of being pregnant and working at a startup and deconstructs the idea that there are certain ways work has to be done and  ways families have to look like. Moreover, Sarah shares what she believes is missing from the current work paradigm. Sarah describes how she finds a balance between business, parenthood, and entrepreneurship, and reveals how she left the corporate world to start her own business… twice! How does she do it all? She believes in herself and makes sure she always has a plan in place.   ---- Questions asked in this episode: 1. Brief background on how you started StartupPregnant and what you were doing before that. 2. How were you able to leave your job and start the business, did you have a plan or financial backing? 3. Do you see a trend happening right now with moms and entrepreneurship? 4. How do you balance work and mom life? 5. Regarding being a startup advisor what aspect do you see most woman needing help on? 6. If a mom CEO asked you what is one thing she can start doing daily to help with self-management and time what would that be?   --- Bio: SARAH K PECK is a writer, startup advisor, and yoga teacher based in New York City. She’s the founder and executive director of Startup Pregnant, a media company documenting the stories of women’s leadership across work and family. She hosts the weekly Startup Pregnant podcast, and she and her partner in life and work are the instigators behind More Women’s Voices, a website that promotes women speakers and entrepreneurs. Previously, she worked at Y Combinator backed One Month, Inc, a company that teaches people to code in 30 days, and prior, as a writing and communications consultant. She’s a 20-time All-American swimmer who successfully swam the Escape from Alcatraz nine separate times, once wearing only a swim cap and goggles to raise $33k for charity: water. To date, she’s written for more than 75 different web publications and and has delivered speeches and workshops at Penn, UVA, Berkeley, Harvard, Year of the X, Craft & Commerce, WDS, and more. One recent viral essay, The Art of Asking, has been used across tech companies and product teams to train teams in clear communications. She’s currently writing a memoir of her experience working in the tech startup world while she was pregnant with her first kid.   ---   Resources:  www.startuppregnant.com https://www.instagram.com/startuppregnant/ https://www.facebook.com/sarahkpeckwriter/ -- Follow me: @laura_loveandfit on Instagram!

Being a mom is a full-time job and Megan Flatt understands that. Women make great business owners because they are mothers, not in spite of. In Episode 6 of the Time to Be You podcast, Megan details the importance and logistics of time management, creating a weekly workflow, and efficiently splitting up time between your kids and work and self.   Megan describes how she transitioned from a career in pre and post-natal fitness to a business growth specialist for female entrepreneurs who want to leave their corporate jobs, with an emphasis on moms. Whilst deconstructing the misconception that working moms are selfish, she gives us her tips to leading thriving businesses while keeping the balance of the rest of their lives intact.   ---   Questions asked on this episode: 1. Give us a brief background on how you started your business? What did you do prior? 2. What was your ah-ha moment? 3. What type of women do you help? 4. Do you think socially it's becoming a norm that mothers can run businesses and raise children? 5. For a CEO mama, that is having a hard time balancing work and kids - what would be the first daily thing you'd recommend them to change or adjust?     ----   BIO: Megan Flatt is a business growth strategist for female entrepreneurs, specifically mom entrepreneurs, who want to lead thriving businesses while remaining present for all the other important things in their lives. Megan believes women make great business owners because we are mothers, not in spite of it. You can almost always find her with a latte in hand, a stack of post-it notes at the ready and a random lego figure in her pocket. You can learn more about Megan and create your own Weekly Workflow at http://meganflatt.com   ---   Resources: http://meganflatt.com http://www.instagram.com/Meganflatt https://www.facebook.com/meganflattpage/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/themamaceoclub/ - Free Facebook group   ---   Follow me at @laura_loveandfit on Instagram!  

I know there are many families out there that are curious about fostering or possibly adopting a child. Today we talk about what this all involves, where to get support and how to help! Also, some great tips on how to start a Nonprofit and how long it really takes to fully launch a business and start paying yourself. My guest Ali Caliendo is a tireless advocate for children and families, focusing on kinship, foster and adoptive families. She launched, funded and currently serves as the Executive Director of Foster Kinship, a non-profit organization devoted to the support of kinship families.  I hope you learn SO much from this episode, I know I did! --- Questions Asked in This Episode: 1. Brief background about you and your business 2. What is Kinship Care? - How did it come about that you were going to start the non profit 3. Why you shouldn't wait to build your business 4. The ups and downs of fostering and adoption 5. How do you balance work and family life? 6. Advice you'd give to parents that adopt or foster a child. -- BIO:   Ali is a tireless advocate for children and families, focusing on kinship, foster and adoptive families. She launched, funded and currently serves as the Executive Director of Foster Kinship, a non-profit organization devoted to the support of kinship families. She founded Foster Kinship to provide much-needed resources and peer-to-peer support for the dedicated individuals working tirelessly to raise their relative’s children, keeping these children both connected to family and safe from harm. A licensed foster and adoptive parent herself, Ali is a frequent contributor to the local, state and national conversation on kinship and foster care. Ali is completing a Ph.D. in Public Affairs at UNLV and holds a Master’s Degree in Organizational Systems Renewal (OSR) from Seattle University, specializing in family systems and systemic trauma and healing, organizational consulting and group facilitation. Ali currently resides in Las Vegas with her husband and 5-year-old son. --   Resources: http://www.fosterkinship.org/ https://www.facebook.com/FosterKinship https://twitter.com/alilovesvegas   Follow me on social media @laura_loveandfit on Instagram!

Ever heard of the term Mother-care? I hadn't either, but Dayna Kurtz came up with this catching term after becoming a mother herself and realizing that motherhood wasn't always so easy! There's so many other types of care out there but where was it for moms! In this episode we talk about how to be a happy and healthy mom. How to empower ourselves and recalibrate our expectations for ourselves. This one is for you mamas! -- Questions Asked in This Episode:   1. Brief background of who you are and what you do 2. What got you into this space, did you see a need then start this venture? 3. What are 1-2 things moms can do daily to keep their sanity and peace? 4. What do you typically see moms having the hardest time with? 5. For working moms, what's your advice to balance work and children? 6. Did you want to stay at home with your son or go back to work? Mom guilt?   ---   Bio:  Dayna M. Kurtz, LMSW, CPT, is a leading authority on the subject of women transitioning to motherhood and serves as Director of the Anna Keefe Women's Center at the Training Institute for Mental Health in Manhattan. She is a writer, licensed social worker and NASM (National Academy of Sports Medicine) Certified Personal Trainer with an additional certification in training pre- and postnatal clients. Dayna is the author of "Mother Matters: A Holistic Guide to Being a Happy, Healthy Mom" (Familius Press, 2018) as well as the soon-to-be-released "Total Body Cure for Women" (Rodale/Hearst). She is also a contributor to The Doctor's Book of Natural Remedies (Rodale, 2018). Dayna serves as a Real Answers expert on TheBump.com. She has written or been consulted on articles for the websites of The Today Show, Pregnancy & Newborn, Pop Sugar, Big City Moms, Pregnancy Corner, Women's Running, ProNatal Fitness, and WAG Magazine among others, and writes the Mother Matters blog for the Huffington Post. A sought-after speaker, Dayna regularly presents on the subject of mothercare. She lives in New York City with her family.   --   Resources: https://www.amazon.com/Mother-Matters-Holistic-Guide-Healthy/dp/1945547782 Website: www.daynamkurtz.com Instagram: @daynam.kurtz https://www.facebook.com/daynamkurtzmothermatters/ -- Music : Produced by Manoj for Ka$hmere Productions Www.soundcloud.com/thee4hgroup Follow me on social media @laura_loveandfit on Instagram and @lauraberensfit on Facebook!

Loved this episode with Rachel Paz! Ever wonder why you have old patterns from childhood that you may not believe in anymore? Are there certain things that you could be doing in your relationship that are not benifical to yourself or your partner? Listen in to get all the answers!      Questions Asked in This Episode: 1. Brief background of who you are and what you do 2. How do you feel your childhood effects your relationships? 2. How can you change past habits and behaviors? 3. How did you get past the feelings of feeling weird or uncomfortable when recognizing your behaviors from your past? 4. Did some of your behaviors have to do with family growing up? 5. If you are an independent woman how can that effect you in relationships? -- Bio: Rachel Paz is a mom to her 9 year old son and a relationship-readiness coach for independent women who feel like finding companionship and intimacy is impossible without settling. She teaches her clients to powerfully own who they are and what they want so they can get rid of old patterns and find the right amount of space in their lives to share with a guy who really gets them. She loves to see women unravel the intricacies of what they want, break patterns, and learn the skills to feel ready to love again without sacrificing themselves in the process. -- Resources: http://rachelpaz.com/ https://www.facebook.com/rachelpazcoaching Instagram: @rachelpazcoaching   ---   Follow me on social media @laura_loveandfit on Instagram!    

You will love this episode with our guest Gina Fresquez! Gina Fresquez, MS, CHC, best selling author, speaker, and transformational clarity coach is the founder of the Women’s Side Hustle Society, where she is committed to empowering ambitious, soulful, side hustling women to bring their biggest entrepreneurial dreams to life in a way that’s infused with confidence, joy, ease, and freedom—without having to sacrifice their health, sanity, or lifestyle. We talk about how she left her corporate job, started her side hustle and how she balances it all as a mother too!  With a son that has sensory processing disorder, she has had to learn how to handle different types of environments for her child and adapt. We talk about ways to cope, and how she manages it all.      Questions Asked in This Episode:   Brief background of yourself How did you go from your corporate job to self-starter? Advice you'd give someone that is wanting to leave their day job. How to get Clarity on their business and structure Why every women should start a side hustle Your experience with SPD What is Daily life like with SPD and what are things to do to help your child? What are the main blocks that hold people from moving ahead with entrepreneurship in your experience? --   Bio:   Gina Fresquez, MS, CHC, best selling author, speaker, and transformational clarity coach is the founder of the Women’s Side Hustle Society, where she is committed to empowering ambitious, soulful, side hustling women to bring their biggest entrepreneurial dreams to life in a way that’s infused with confidence, joy, ease, and freedom—without having to sacrifice their health, sanity, or lifestyle.   Gina holds a master’s degree from the University of Arizona and coaching certifications from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and HCI Transformational Coaching Method as well as being trained in stress management and mindset work.   After spending many years in corporate sales, Gina made her dream of becoming an entrepreneur come true in 2012, when she started her first side hustle. Since then she has enjoyed the journey of strategically and intuitively coaching her clients through mitigating fears and facilitating the breakthroughs, transformations, and transitions of building successful businesses in a way that feels good to them while also making a positive impact on the world. Gina accomplishes this through coaching, masterminds, and retreats. She also loves sharing stories of other inspiring, successful side hustling women on her podcast, The Women’s Side Hustle Society.   Gina lives in Seattle with her husband, René, and three-year-old son, Ezra. Together they love traveling and exploring the outdoors, rain or shine.   --   Resources:   http://www.ginafresquez.com/ https://www.instagram.com/womens_sidehustle_society/ https://www.facebook.com/GinaMFresquez Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-womens-side-hustle-society/id1170577360?mt=2   --   Follow me on social media @laura_loveandfit on Instagram and Laura Berens Fit on Facebook

An introduction to your host Laura Berens. Her background and why she started this podcast!

Corina Tripon, @corinatripon Life and Business Growth Coach, founder of Ginger Root, is getting female entrepreneurs from where they are to where they want to go! She teaches women to stop trying to sell themselves and start focusing on reaching your audience in order to propel your business forward.  Episode 27 of the Time To Be You podcast inspires you to lose the safety net and follow your entrepreneurial dreams! Corina teaches us there's power in following your heart and realizing your passion. Women entrepreneurs do themselves a disservice by undervaluing themselves and second guessing their success. Truth is, women are doing amazing things and can achieve the success they deserve! Start by believing in yourself and the success will follow!     --   Questions asked in this episode: 1. How did you get into coaching and what were you doing before that? 2. What is your special niche in this vast world of coaching? 3. Why do you think most entrepreneurs give up and what can they do to change that? 4. If someone is struggling with marketing and making sales how do you implement a mindset shift? 5. What do you love most about coaching entrepreneurs?   ---   Bio: Corina Tripon is the life and business growth coach behind the brand Ginger Root. Her ambition is to empower women to own their gifts and rise up with audacity in their opportunities. Corina coaches female entrepreneurs to find the flow in their hustle and freedom in God’s grace. She speaks fire and truth with a bold voice and a gracious heart and aims to massively impact the world around her. She has built a thriving coaching business leveraging social media and hosting live empowerment events in her city. Corina and her husband Branden are raising their two little boys, Cruz (4) and Cash (4 months) in beautiful Spokane WA.   --   Resources: www.gingerrooted.com https://www.instagram.com/corinatripon/   --   Want to book a free discovery call with Laura for your business? Book here! https://calendly.com/itslaurab/discoverycall/   www.itslaurab.com   Follow Laura on IG! https://www.instagram.com/laura_loveandfit/