Emma M. Churchman, M.Div. is a business coach with a seminary degree and mad-genius psychic skills, who grew her business offline to multi-six figures within a year! She mentors conscious entrepreneurs who understand that doing business is a spiritual journey. Emma is a catalyst for aligning busines…
In this final episode of the Cleared For Profit podcast series, Emma reflects on her take-aways from 25+ interviews with different conscious entrepreneurs. She identifies the common denominator of entrepreneurs who have experienced trauma: dysregulation of the autonomic nervous system. Tune in to learn how to temper the fight/flight/freeze response and regulate your nervous system.
This week on Cleared for Profit, Emma interviews Marian Hobson. Marian is a sales guide for service based entrepreneurs who is passionate about working with alternative health professionals and coaches to help them get their message out into the world in a big way. They had a great conversation about how trauma impacts sales for service based entrepreneurs. Tune in now!
Emma connects with Nicole Lewis-Keeber, licensed clinical social worker and therapist to entrepreneurs. Nicole shares insights from her work helping clients identify and move beyond the blocks and blind spots in their businesses. Listen in to learn about the specific trauma patterns Nicole has identified and how those patterns recreate themselves in our businesses.
Join us as Emma speaks with Mike Iamele, mentor for spiritual entrepreneurs and author of Enough Already: Create Success on Your Own Terms. Listen in as Emma shares a personal traumatic experience and Mike helps her integrate the trauma using energetic narrative therapy.
ln this episode, Emma speaks with Christy Mattoon, owner of Mind Rewire - Tools for Subconscious Change. Christy draws from her personal experience and extensive study in Nutrition, Personal Training and Energy Healing to help clients heal their trauma. Christy and Emma discuss how to retrain your conscious and subconscious mind to align with your soul, and move into balance and health.
Emma talks with Rosine Kushnick, who uses her intuitive gifts to help conscious entrepreneurs become more aligned, effective, and influential. Emma and Rosine discuss how the Divine Feminine and Divine Masculine are affected by trauma. Rosine spells out how these archetypes influence business and personal interactions.
In this episode of Cleared for Profit, Emma talks with Irene Lyon. Irene is a nervous system specialist and therapeutic coach who helps everyone transform their bodies, businesses, relationships and lives through regulating their nervous systems. Emma and Irene have a powerful conversation about why it’s important to address regulating your nervous system now before you get stuck and can’t grow your business. Irene shares an unexpected perspective on early childhood trauma and how it shows up later in life in our businesses and specifically discusses how the patterns of feeling abandoned or betrayed play out in life and business.
In this episode of Cleared for Profit, Emma talks with Camille Stimach, founder of MoneyTrack WNC, which helps couples and individuals to understand their money personalities and implement an effective budget and spending plan. Emma and Camille discuss fear and scarcity mindset, and the fact that even 6-figure business owners must face their money mindset issues. They dive into the ways in which trauma affects your ability to save money, and what you need to do to start creating financial abundance.
Nancy is the Founder & Chief Transformation Officer for the HeartSync™ Wellness Center in Round Rock, Texas. She has spent 30+ years helping individuals, groups, and organizations formulate winning solutions and achieve successful outcomes. Nancy and Emma discuss how to connect with your heart for guidance and how to differentiate when your emotions are coming from your brain vs. your heart. Nancy shares a process to help you to connect with your heart and create an empowered approach to changing your life or your business.
In this episode of Cleared for Profit, Emma talks with Dr Bradley Williard, who specializes in the relationship between the self and the voice. He serves on the voice faculty at Mars Hill University in Asheville, NC. Dr. Bradley also maintains a performance career as a dramatic bass. He and Emma discuss the importance of standing in the truth of who you are and how trauma can impact your voice. Dr Bradley gives an example of how to address resistance from the body perspective and about the importance of getting out of your own way + taking your purpose seriously.
This week on Cleared for Profit, Emma interviews Rebecca Liston. Rebecca is a copywriter, business intuitive & business coach. They explore the impact that pushing, hustling,and striving has for trauma survivors in their businesses. More importantly, they share about how to shift gears out of that proving energy and start leading with your intuition in your business!
This week Emma interviews Stephanie Synclair, an entrepreneur, best-selling author and Metaphysical teacher who made her mark on the world as a high-level marketing coach. Emma and Stephanie get real about what happens internally for spiritual entrepreneurs as they grow to 7 figures (NO one is talking about this in the coaching industry!). They explore in depth some of the critical elements of that journey, including the temptation to run a business from a place of hustle and grind, and the dysfunction of feast and famine cycles. They also discuss the importance of stillness, every day, and how hearing the gut feeling that tells you ‘this is wrong’ but doing it anyway inevitably leads to the universe forcing you to face that reality anyway! Stephanie shares her personal strategies for finding inspiration when the well is dry and the secret of her ‘rest and reset’ schedule. All this, plus tips for using faith to grow your empire, from a multi-seven figure business woman! Tune in now!
This week on Cleared for Profit, Emma interviews Kristine Madera, a world traveler, hypnotherapist, mind-body fitness instructor, bestselling author, and wellness & business coach. They dig deep into what self-care looks like for people who have experienced trauma, and why empowered self-care is absolutely a non-negotiable when you are upleveling in business.
This week on Cleared for Profit, Emma interviews Debra Sutton. Dr Debra is a minister and therapist who teaches graduate courses and workshops. She navigates feelings in places of brokenness, shines light onto sexual shame and integrates sexuality and spirituality. In the course of her lifetime, Dr Debra learned first, that we don’t talk about sexuality in the religious world and, later that we don’t talk about religion in the world of sexuality education. She finds ways to help people connect their whole selves and to heal their wounded, traumatized places. “We are whole people, with some brokenness within us.” Dr Debra highlights the hard but important work of being willing to show up in your life, as your true self, even in the face of an unsupportive community. She encourages listeners to add a fourth ‘F’ (to fight, flight or freeze). Tune in for the details!
This week on Cleared for Profit, Emma interviews Marisol Colette, the pioneer of therapeutic image consulting, which blends therapy and fashion to remove personal and emotional blocks getting in the way of an authentic expression of themselves from both the inside and the outside, Marisol explains what it means to take a somatic approach to trauma and leads listeners in a method of achieving a ‘calm state of alert’. She and Emma then discuss Emma’s upcoming photo shoot, ways to approach clothes shopping when shopping is intensely stressful for someone and the need to cultivate ease and grace (rather than looking for ‘what’s wrong’).
This week on Cleared for Profit, Emma interviews Dr. Lulu Shimek, a naturopathic physician with additional training in other healing modalities. Dr Lulu shares her experiences treating patients with chronic disease and trauma histories. She believes trauma affects us on a cellular level and that conscious entrepreneurs must release this trauma from their cells in order to heal and be fully aligned in their businesses. Emma shares how she learned the importance of prioritizing her physical health and Dr. Lulu gets specific about how to release cellular trauma.
In this episode Emma interviews Dr Cindy Bergh, the founder of Le Coeur, a wellbeing practice in Asheville, NC. Her definition of trauma, as something that we do not have the energy (resources) to deal with in real time, informs the healing work that she does. She uses chiropractic care to help people to release the trauma stored in our bodies. Dr Cindy describes the physical symptoms that many of us display when we are embodying trauma, whether they have conscious memories of trauma or not, and encourages us to be in relationship with our bodies. She articulates her belief that the stored energy of the trauma can propel us into the next stage of our life or business. Being stuck is telling us that we’ve gotten as far as we can with the amount of energy we have, but the alienated energy of the trauma can provide a boost and a guide for the future. Emma shares her personal experiences of embodying a trauma response while upleveling her business and Dr Cindy breaks it down!
In this episode of Cleared for Profit, Emma talks with Meade Neumann, who is an Energy Healer, Massage Therapist and Life Coach. Meade focuses on working with people's bodies and energies to help them heal. Trauma is stored in the body and causes pain and suffering. Meade shares her experiences of working with people to release their trauma, and talks about the process by which trauma gets embodied (with some great descriptions and metaphors!). She offers her approach of engaging in a dialogue with your body and touches on chakras and symbology. Emma and Meade also talk about the ways our bodies are affected when we uplevel in our businesses and why this happens.
This week, Emma talks with Sarah Shoemaker, an educator and coach who specializes in trauma-informed mindfulness practice. Sarah's focus is on an embodied practice - one that focuses on breath and body - rather than imagination-based meditation. They discuss the ways our brains respond to trauma and how our trauma can reveal to us the next opportunity in our businesses. They dive deep into how our bodies can lead the way towards healing trauma and Sarah leads listeners through a breath exercise.
This week, Emma talks with Jeffrey Van Dyk, the founder of the Tribal Marketing Method, in a transformational conversation about core wounds and what they can teach us about our market. Jeffrey defines a core wound as an identity-based belief that we adopt for survival purposes that at a soul level is fundamentally untrue: I’m a failure, I’m stupid, I’m unlovable, I’m an outcast. Listen in as Jeffrey and Emma talk about wound driven operating systems (and purpose driven operating systems) and how to find the ‘one square inch of the market that you can drill a mile deep’. You don’t want to miss this!
In this episode of Cleared for Profit, Emma talks with Jerome Braggs, a gifted intuitive, spiritual teacher, speaker, and modern day medicine man. Jerome's definition of trauma focuses less on the specific painful event, and more on the soul's experience of disconnecting from the truth of ourselves, and then holding onto, manifesting from, that disconnect. We, as spiritual entrepreneurs, are called to reconnect to the truth of ourselves. For example, if our trauma means that we don't feel 'enough', then we are constantly trying to be better instead of showing up as our full selves. And burning ourselves out. They talk about the ways the principle, "as within, so without" can play out in people's businesses and lives and the deep importance of getting honest with yourself.
In this episode of Cleared for Profit, Emma talks with Rashida Gaye, a NLP mindset coach, hypnotherapist and life and business coach who works with women entrepreneurs who would like to create successful online businesses. Her traumatic childhood left her with many limiting beliefs and emotional blocks that she transformed to create a successful business. She and Emma talk about how Rashida made that transformation, the Law of Attraction and how trauma affects sales. She shares how her strategies like hypnosis and NLP can help women go back and do the healing work they need to do before building a successful business and explains what NLP work actually looks like. "Work on that inner confidence, that inner fire, and you will get to the place you want to be"
In this fast-paced episode of Cleared for Profit, Emma talks with Therese Skelly, former psychotherapist turned business coach. Therese tells us what Emma was like to coach, early on, and shares how she began to understand how integral it was to work on trauma issues with entrepreneurs. Therese also shares her process for helping entrepreneurs begin to identify and clarify the ways trauma is impacting their business and, in particular, standing in the way of them achieving their goals. Emma and Therese pick apart the roles shame and self-sabotage play and Therese ends with a clear call to healing and hope-filled action.
In this episode of the Cleared for Profit series, Emma talks with Julie Foucht, a business coach who approaches her work from the perspective of the feminine. Listen in as they discuss the importance of inner child work, tribal trauma and seeking the gifts in our wounds. Learn how Julie changed her life after an abusive marriage and went on to create a thriving business that she loves. Julie reminds us all that we “are an important part of the work that is happening in the world” and that meeting the needs of the wounded child in us can allow us to fully embody and achieve our mission.
In this episode of the Cleared for Profit series, Emma talks with Winnie Anderson. Winnie works with introverted coaches, consultants and other service experts to help them identify and break through the patterns of behavior that are holding them back. She and Emma talk about how trauma-related issues such as compulsive people-pleasing, fear of speaking out, fear of facing the truth and perfectionism can significantly impact your business as an entrepreneur and what to do about it. Winnie also shares the idea of 'playing a role in the movie of other people's lives' and how understanding this can transform your response to traumatic experiences. Plus, learn about the critical importance of compassion and self-forgiveness in addressing the trauma patterns in your business.
In this episode of her exciting new series, Emma talks with Judy Schneider (affectionately known as The Horse Lady). Judy works with women who have experienced trauma and provides individual and group experiences of healing through horses. She talks about how she sees trauma affecting women entrepreneurs in their businesses and why equine assisted coaching is transformative. Emma and Judy also reminisce about Emma's visit to Judy's ranch several years ago, the ways the experience helped Emma to heal from a traumatic experience in college, and how horses saved Judy from 'a road to hell'. Judy shares her advice for entrepreneurs dealing with trauma, including "Never give up. Never settle for living a small, invisible life".
In this episode of Cleared for Profit, Emma interviews Melissa Binkley, founder of The Intuitive Intelligence Academy and business coach for conscious entrepreneurs. She and Emma discuss the concept of Trauma-tude, the illusion of control, and how to figure out if what is keeping you stuck in your business is trauma-related or not. Melissa also shares an overview of Intuitive Intelligence and how she used the techniques she developed to bust through her income ceiling and triple her income every year since 2014.
In the first episode of Cleared for Profit, Emma talks about what led her to investigate the role trauma plays in the businesses led by conscious entrepreneurs and shares some of the ways that her own experiences of trauma have affected her mindset and business. “I am not enough” “If they see me they will hurt me” “Asking people to give me money is wrong or bad” “I can’t trust anyone” “People won’t like the real me” Do any of those sound familiar? We will be exploring these and other trauma-messages during this podcast series with a list of amazing guests and unpacking a wholistic approach to healing your trauma to grow your business.
In this episode Emma dives into Money Mindset Strategy #21: Hire a Coach.
In this episode Emma dives into Money Mindset Strategy #20: Be Willing to Lose Your Tribe.
In this episode Emma dives into Money Mindset Strategy #19 - Part 2: Transform Your Money Beliefs.
In this episode Emma dives into Money Mindset Strategy #19 - Part 1: Transform Your Money Beliefs.
In this episode Emma dives into Money Mindset Strategy #18: Learn Courage.
In this episode Emma dives into Money Mindset Strategy #17: Be 100% Authentic.
In this episode Emma dives into Money Mindset Strategy #16: Assume Everyone Wants to Work With You.
In this episode Emma dives into Money Mindset Strategy #15: Get Good with Your Shadow Side.
Description: In this episode Emma dives into Money Mindset Strategy #14: Create Urgency.
In this episode Emma dives into Money Mindset Strategy #13: Lead With Desire.
In this episode Emma dives into Money Mindset Strategy #12: Stay in Faith.
In this episode Emma dives into Money Mindset Strategy #11: Drop the DIY Mindset.
In this episode Emma dives into Money Mindset Strategy #10: Track Money in Your Business.
In this episode Emma dives into Money Mindset Strategy #8: Manage Your Resistance.
In this episode Emma dives into Money Mindset Strategy #9: Stop Making Money Just to Pay Down Debt.
In this episode Emma dives into Money Mindset Strategy #7: Take Radical Responsibility.
Description: In this episode Emma dives into Money Mindset Strategy #6: Write a Money Manifesto.
In this episode Emma dives into Money Mindset Strategy #5: Learn to Receive.
In this episode Emma dives into Money Mindset Strategy #4: Be Decisive.
In this episode Emma dives into Money Mindset Strategy #3: Treat Money the Way You Want to be Treated.
In this episode Emma dives into Money Mindset Strategy #2: Know the Universe is Abundant.
In this episode Emma dives into Money Mindset Strategy #1: Start Where You Are.
As women, we say we love money, but we don’t act like it. We refuse to receive any support in our life or business. In order to have more money, we must be able to receive more support, because money is support. A lot of us fempreneurs carry a belief that in order to make more money we have to hustle, drive, push and do to grow our businesses. This energy can be counterintuitive to receiving abundance and money. A lot of women genuinely believe we HAVE to handle everything - in our lives and businesses, and that if we don’t we will be see as less-than, or incapable or incompetent. As we are learning to receive we must step up and ask for what we want, because us having money won’t stop another from having what they need. There is a spiritual fallacy that being poor is more spiritual. The truth is we can do more for the world with more resources. If you don’t have money you will not have the resources you need in order to do the big work you’re called to do in the world. In this episode we explore taking your power back through the platform of businesses and money. We suggest it is disempowered to be selfless, to not focus on money, and to not allow yourself to truly fulfill your purpose in the world. Part of receiving is being in your power. As women we are raised to believe that being powerful is about doing all things and not accepting support. Emma and Julie suggest instead that it is more powerful to allow. We explored how to allow more money in our businesses. We often come from a judgmental place with money. I need $10,000 now and it has to come in this specific way! We try to really control what happens with money, rather than allow it to come to us the way it desires. There is power in leaving the door open so money work can work its magic. If we try and control money, we keep ourselves from experiencing possibilities. We must release attachment to how money will come to us. There is a spiritual practice to receiving money, being non-judgmental, and allowing money to bring its genius into our business. This is a practice of trusting in the Abundance of the Universe, and staying in the present with money.