Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast

In today's episode, Alisha speaks with Ashley Paggi on art, business, and bringing your work into the world. They also discuss all the opportunities for artists to share and show up for their art in public ways.Connect with Ashley:Website: https://ashcascade.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ash_cascade_design/Download Ashley's free Art Mindset guide: https://ashcascade.com/art-mindsetAshley Paggi of Ash Cascade Design is an artist whose bohemian/retro style evokes a polished yet gritty sense of place. Ash draws infinitely upon the adventures she takes with her husband and their two fierce little girls in the Pacific Northwest.Ash's designs translate beautifully across many industries with her most passionate being outdoor gear, clothing, stationery, dinnerware, wallpaper, gift wrap, home goods and fabric. She is a designer with Cotton + Steel Fabrics. Her fabric collections are sold internationally in boutique brick and mortar fabric shops as well as online in countless shops. Ashley is also a mentor and online teacher to other artists because she believes in the power of community over competition above all else.This week's Sponsor is Fike + Co. Connecting People and Culture! https://fikeandco.com/Do you have questions you want me to answer on the show? Email me at awielfaert@yokeandabundance.comIf you love the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast Consider Supporting us through Patreon.

In today's episode, Alisha speaks with author Allison Kendall on what it was like to write a book about her grief. They also talk about Allison's experience publishing her first book. Connect with Allison:Website: https://www.allisonkendallauthor.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/allisonkendallauthor/This week's Sponsor is Fike + Co. Connecting People and Culture! https://fikeandco.com/Do you have questions you want me to answer on the show? Email me at awielfaert@yokeandabundance.comIf you love the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast Consider Supporting us through Patreon.

In today's episode, Alisha shares how she got started with her coaching business and what's coming next. This week's Sponsor is Fike + Co. Connecting People and Culture! https://fikeandco.com/Do you have questions you want me to answer on the show? Email me at awielfaert@yokeandabundance.comIf you love the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast Consider Supporting us through Patreon.

In today's episode, Alisha shares her reflections on how good can come from bad. This week's Sponsor is Fike + Co. Connecting People and Culture! https://fikeandco.com/Do you have questions you want me to answer on the show? Email me at awielfaert@yokeandabundance.comIf you love the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast Consider Supporting us through Patreon.

In today's episode, Alisha reads one of her favorite children's book, La Corona and the Tine Frog by Russell Hoban and Nicola Bayley. This week's Sponsor is Fike + Co. Connecting People and Culture! https://fikeandco.com/Do you have questions you want me to answer on the show? Email me at awielfaert@yokeandabundance.comIf you love the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast Consider Supporting us through Patreon.

In today's episode, Alisha is having a conversation with Deb Stellato about grief, love, and synchronicity and how you can think courageously to overcome your challenges. Deb also shares how you can develop new ways of approaching grief and love. Check out more from Deb Here: https://www.thethinkgoodcompany.com/This week's Sponsor is Fike + Co. Connecting People and Culture! https://fikeandco.com/Do you have questions you want me to answer on the show? Email me at awielfaert@yokeandabundance.comIf you love the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast Consider Supporting us through Patreon.Check out more from Kelli Here: https://kellimoore.co/on Instagram Here: https://www.instagram.com/kellitmoore/This week's Sponsor is Fike + Co. Connecting People and Culture! https://fikeandco.com/Do you have questions you want me to answer on the show? Email me at awielfaert@yokeandabundance.comIf you love the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast Consider Supporting us through Patreon.

In today's episode, Alisha shares a panel discussion with the authors who are publishing under her imprint, Yoke and Abundance Press. With Anessa Fike as moderator, Allison Kendell Prell, Ramin Gillett, and Amy Banocy share with us the process of writing their first books and pursuing publication with Yoke and Abundance Press. Learn More About Allison Kendall: https://www.instagram.com/allisonkendallauthor/Learn More About Ramin Gillett: https://ramingillett.com/Learn More About Amy Banocy: https://www.instagram.com/amybanocy/This week's Sponsor is Fike + Co. Connecting People and Culture! https://fikeandco.com/Do you have questions you want me to answer on the show? Email me at awielfaert@yokeandabundance.comIf you love the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast Consider Supporting us through Patreon.

In today's episode, Alisha is having a conversation with Kelli Moore about learning how to get curious and advocate for herself. Kelli and Alisha also talk about their experiences with plant medicine and how healing it can be.Check out more from Kelli Here: https://kellimoore.co/on Instagram Here: https://www.instagram.com/kellitmoore/This week's Sponsor is Fike + Co. Connecting People and Culture! https://fikeandco.com/Do you have questions you want me to answer on the show? Email me at awielfaert@yokeandabundance.comIf you love the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast Consider Supporting us through Patreon.

In today's episode, Alisha lets us in on her book launch soiree speech all about setting aside toxic, limiting beliefs and choosing yourself. This week's Sponsor is Fike + Co. Connecting People and Culture! https://fikeandco.com/Do you have questions you want me to answer on the show? Email me at awielfaert@yokeandabundance.comIf you love the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast Consider Supporting us through Patreon.

In today's episode, Alisha is spending time talking to us about what's on her mind lately and book launch party planning.Join the Party by registering for the June 30th (in person) book launch soiree here: https://www.yokeandabundance.com/one-time-mentorship-session/wise-women-panel-international-womens-day-jypmbThis week's Sponsor is Fike + Co. Connecting People and Culture! https://fikeandco.com/Do you have questions you want me to answer on the show? Email me at awielfaert@yokeandabundance.comIf you love the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast Consider Supporting us through Patreon.

In today's episode, Alisha is having a conversation with business coach and author, John Saunders on the benefits of immersing yourself in something to find your unique value proposition, including writing books as a leveraging tool for marketing, speaking engagements, and workshops.Check out more from John Here: https://www.johncsaunders.com/on Instagram Here: https://www.instagram.com/jcs_optimizer/Join the Party by registering for the June 30th (in person) book launch soiree here: https://www.yokeandabundance.com/one-time-mentorship-session/wise-women-panel-international-womens-day-jypmbThis week's Sponsor is Fike + Co. Connecting People and Culture! https://fikeandco.com/Do you have questions you want me to answer on the show? Email me at awielfaert@yokeandabundance.comIf you love the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast Consider Supporting us through Patreon.

In today's episode, Alisha is having a conversation with marketing MavenAmanda McKinney about letting go of comparison, releasing the shoulds, and finding the balance between intuition and research in marketing.Check out more from Amanda Here: https://www.amandamckinney.com/on Instagram Here: https://www.instagram.com/theamandamckinney/Join the Party by registering for the June 30th (in person) book launch soiree here: https://www.yokeandabundance.com/one-time-mentorship-session/wise-women-panel-international-womens-day-jypmbThis week's Sponsor is Fike + Co. Connecting People and Culture! https://fikeandco.com/Do you have questions you want me to answer on the show? Email me at awielfaert@yokeandabundance.comIf you love the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast Consider Supporting us through Patreon.

In today's episode, Alisha has a conversation with artist Krista Coons about creativity, ritual, the uncomfortable place of being a beginner and so much more! Check out more from Krista Here: https://www.kristacoons.com/on Instagram Here: https://www.instagram.com/hername_ismud/Join the Party by registering for the June 30th (in person) book launch soiree here: https://www.yokeandabundance.com/one-time-mentorship-session/wise-women-panel-international-womens-day-jypmbThis week's Sponsor is Fike + Co. Connecting People and Culture! https://fikeandco.com/Do you have questions you want me to answer on the show? Email me at awielfaert@yokeandabundance.comIf you love the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast Consider Supporting us through Patreon.

In today's episode, Alisha talks with Mark Graban about his podcast my favorite mistake, how learning should be happening in all directions, as well as practicing lean. Check out more from Mark Here: http://markgraban.com/This week's Sponsor is Fike + Co. Connecting People and Culture! https://fikeandco.com/Do you have questions you want me to answer on the show? Email me at awielfaert@yokeandabundance.comIf you love the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast Consider Supporting us through Patreon.

In today's episode, Alisha talks with Cynthia Owyoung about her recently published book All Are Welcome. Check out more from Cynthia Here: https://www.cynthiaowyoung.com/This week's Sponsor is Fike + Co. Connecting People and Culture! https://fikeandco.com/Do you have questions you want me to answer on the show? Email me at awielfaert@yokeandabundance.comIf you love the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast, Consider Supporting us through Patreon.

In today's episode, Alisha talks with Liz Kohler Brown about having a creative crisis, teaching online, tiny house living, and so much more! Download Liz's Creative Goals Workbook Here: https://www.lizkohlerbrown.com/free-creative-goals-workbook/Check out more from Liz Here: https://www.lizkohlerbrown.com/This week's Sponsor is Fike + Co. Connecting People and Culture! https://fikeandco.com/Do you have questions you want me to answer on the show? Email me at awielfaert@yokeandabundance.comIf you love the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast Consider Supporting us through Patreon.

In today's episode, Alisha is talking with Azalea Yow Edwards owner of Emerge Skin and Soul about her journey of courage, faith, sharing her voice, and being led by spirit.Check out more from Azalea here: https://emergeskinandsoul.com/This week's Sponsor is Fike + Co. Connecting People and Culture! https://fikeandco.com/Do you have questions you want me to answer on the show? Email me at awielfaert@yokeandabundance.comIf you love the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast Consider Supporting us through Patreon.

In today's episode, Alisha is talking with Jeanetta Gonzales about cultivating a creative life and a creative career. We cover Jeanetta's journey as well as how creativity helps us heal and process grief. Check out more from Jeanetta here: jeanettagonzales.comThis week's Sponsor is Fike + Co. Connecting People and Culture! https://fikeandco.com/Do you have questions you want me to answer on the show? Email me at awielfaert@yokeandabundance.comIf you love the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast Consider Supporting us through Patreon.

In today's episode, Alisha is talking with Dr. Aaron LeBauer about entrepreneurship and chasing dreams.Check out more from Aaron Here: https://aaronlebauer.com/?fbclid=IwAR1A1YyfajGlP23yzE6n9dPYtMdndGDXNGDNLyOmgL6obvalUJ-vVpAPeHIThis week's Sponsor is Fike + Co. Connecting People and Culture! https://fikeandco.com/Do you have questions you want me to answer on the show? Email me at awielfaert@yokeandabundance.comIf you love the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast Consider Supporting us through Patreon.

In today's episode, Alisha is talking with Lorca Smetana about resilience and compassion. This week's Sponsor is Fike + Co. Connecting People and Culture!Do you have questions you want me to answer on the show? Email me at awielfaert@yokeandabundance.comIf you love the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast Consider Supporting us through Patreon.

In today's episode, Alisha is talking with Layla Khoury-Hanhold about how food connects us, memoir writing, and what her energy aligning clarity session with Alisha was like.Check out more of Layla's work here: https://www.wordswithlayla.com/Curious about the Energy Aligning Clarity Session Layla had with me? Check it out here: https://www.yokeandabundance.com/one-time-mentorship-session/energy-aligning-clarity-experinceThis week's Sponsor is Fike + Co. Connecting People and Culture!Do you have questions you want me to answer on the show? Email me at awielfaert@yokeandabundance.comIf you love the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast Consider Supporting us through Patreon.

In today's episode, Alisha is talking with Rachel McKee about her card deck Messages From Her, Rachel's Creative Process, and what it was like to bring such a massive project to life!Grab Rachel's Deck on Kickstarter Here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rachaelmckee/messages-from-herThis week's Sponsor is Fike + Co. Connecting People and Culture!Do you have questions you want me to answer on the show? Email me at awielfaert@yokeandabundance.comIf you love the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast Consider Supporting us through Patreon.

In today's episode, Alisha is talking with Katie Joy Duke about her upcoming book Still Breathing: My Journey with Love, Loss, and Reinvention.Check-Out Katie's Website: https://www.katiejoyduke.com/This week's Sponsor is Fike + Co. Connecting People and Culture!Do you have questions you want me to answer on the show? Email me at awielfaert@yokeandabundance.comIf you love the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast Consider Supporting us through Patreon.

Have you ever lost yourself on the road to achievement? In this episode Alisha is talking to Kelly Brock about building a whole human business, and what it takes to meet the moment of courage.Check-Out Kelly's Website Take Her Whole Human Biz Quiz! Please Support Our Generous Sponsor: MI-Box Triad, facebook.com/miboxtriad, instagram.com/miboxtriadDo you have questions you want me to answer on the show? Email me at awielfaert@yokeandabundance.comIf you love the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast Consider Supporting us through Patreon.

In this episode, Alisha shares how the last 11th months weren't really about writing a book. They were about healing. This week's Sponsor is Fike + Co. Connecting People and Culture! Do you have questions you want me to answer on the show? Email me at awielfaert@yokeandabundance.comIf you love the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast Consider Supporting us through Patreon.

Do you get nervous about investing in yourself or following your spiritual inklings? Today on the podcast Alisha is talking to author, and coach Kate Darnell about making investments in ourselves, following our spiritual inklings or collaboration and stepping into the fullness of ourselves. This week's Sponsor is Fike + Co. Connecting People and Culture! Do you have questions you want me to answer on the show? Email me at awielfaert@yokeandabundance.comIf you love the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast Consider Supporting us through Patreon.

Ever wonder if you're holding yourself back? Today on the podcast Alisha is talking about why New Year New You is Bullshit and giving you a book review of the book The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks. She's covering the 4 hidden barriers that are holding you back and what to do about it. This week's Sponsor is Fike + Co. Connecting People and Culture! Do you have questions you want me to answer on the show? Email me at awielfaert@yokeandabundance.comIf you love the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast Consider Supporting us through Patreon.

Have you ever heard of language justice? Tune in to today's podcast to hear Alisha's conversation with author Kyra Ann Dawkins. We are talking about language justice, her book The We and The They and what it's like to be an author. Check out more of Kyra Ann's Work HereThis week's Sponsor is Fike + Co. Connecting People and Culture! Do you have questions you want me to answer on the show? Email me at awielfaert@yokeandabundance.comIf you love the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast Consider Supporting us through Patreon.

In this episode, Alisha is sharing where she is in the pre-sale campaign for her debut book Little Failures, and how much left to raise in the next 7 days, and why overnight success is always a myth! This week's Sponsor is Fike + Co. Connecting People and Culture! Pre-Order Little Failures Here! https://igg.me/at/little-failures/x/28072816#/Do you have questions you want me to answer on the show? Email me at awielfaert@yokeandabundance.comIf you love the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast Consider Supporting us through Patreon.

In this episode, Alisha is sharing her conversation with Signe Myers Hovem about her new book “The Space In Between: An empath's field guide.” This week's Sponsor is Fike + Co. Connecting People and Culture! Buy Signe's Book “The Space In Between” Here https://www.smhovem.com/Do you have questions you want me to answer on the show? Email me at awielfaert@yokeandabundance.comIf you love the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast Consider Supporting us through Patreon.

In this episode, Alisha is sharing her conversation with Rebecca Garner about her up coming book “Why Won't My Boobs Grow… and other annoyances”, and what it's like to be a first time author. This week's Sponsor is Fike + Co. Connecting People and Culture! Support Rebecca's Pre-Sale Book campaign here Do you have questions you want me to answer on the show? Email me at awielfaert@yokeandabundance.comIf you love the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast Consider Supporting us through Patreon.

In this episode, Alisha is sharing her conversation with Kaira Jewel Lingo about her recentlly published book “We were made for these times”. This week's Sponsor is Fike + Co. Connecting People and Culture! Do you have questions you want me to answer on the show? Email me at awielfaert@yokeandabundance.comIf you love the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast Consider Supporting us through Patreon.

In this episode, Alisha is reading you her all time favorite children's book “Miss Rumphius” by Barbara Cooney.This week's Sponsor is Fike + Co. Connecting People and Culture! Do you have questions you want me to answer on the show? Email me at awielfaert@yokeandabundance.comIf you love the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast Consider Supporting us through Patreon.

In this episode, Alisha is sharing an update on her upcoming birthday and what it's like being an entrepreneur with seasonal affective disorder. This week's Sponsor is Fike + Co. Connecting People and Culture! Do you have questions you want me to answer on the show? Email me at awielfaert@yokeandabundance.comIf you love the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast Consider Supporting us through Patreon.

n this episode, Alisha is sharing her conversation with Liz Summers about Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and participating in RAWThis week's Sponsor is Fike + Co. Connecting People and Culture! Do you have questions you want me to answer on the show? Email me at awielfaert@yokeandabundance.comIf you love the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast Consider Supporting us through Patreon.

In this episode, Alisha is sharing her conversation with Agnes Bilik Host of the Raw and Real Podcast. They cover entrepreneurship, failure, and podcasting. This week's Sponsor is Fike + Co. Connecting People and Culture!

Episode 146 Notes: In this episode, Alisha is sharing a one on one episode about what she's learning on the book writing journey and why it's important to you! She is covering 3 things she's learned writing the first draft of her first book and why it's important to celebrate.Our Sponsor: Abbey Gibb and The MVA! Calling all purpose-driven female entrepreneurs with stories to share with this world. Meet my friend Abbey Gibb, who also happens to be an Emmy award-winning journalist turned business and media mentor.She's helped women like you build million-dollar businesses around your personal story, become best-selling authors, and land TED talks in months.She's currently offering a special for my community on her #1 Media Marketing Course, the Media Visibility Accelerator. A 6 module course for purpose-driven entrepreneurs who want to scale their businesses to $25k+ per month and scale their message into a global movement.This is the program your soul craves and your bank account deserves. CTA: MVAPricing options: Pay in full discount of $1497 ($5,000) or 6 monthly payments of $497

Episode 145 Notes: In this episode, Alisha is sharing her conversation with Tracy Martin about her recently published book “As Good as Gold” a 12-Step to Self-Love, Honor & Respect. Learn More About Tracy Here: https://www.soulsetinmotion.com/Our Sponsor: Abbey Gibb and The MVA! Calling all purpose-driven female entrepreneurs with stories to share with this world. Meet my friend Abbey Gibb, who also happens to be an Emmy award-winning journalist turned business and media mentor.She's helped women like you build million-dollar businesses around your personal story, become best-selling authors, and land TED talks in months.She's currently offering a special for my community on her #1 Media Marketing Course, the Media Visibility Accelerator. A 6 module course for purpose-driven entrepreneurs who want to scale their businesses to $25k+ per month and scale their message into a global movement.

Episode 144 Notes: In this episode, Alisha is sharing her conversation with Bella Mahaya Carter about her recently released book “Where do you hang your hammock: finding peace of mind while you write, publish, and promote your book”. Learn More About Bella's Work Here: https://www.bellamahayacarter.com/Our Sponsor: Abbey Gibb and The MVA! Calling all purpose-driven female entrepreneurs with stories to share with this world. Meet my friend Abbey Gibb, who also happens to be an Emmy award-winning journalist turned business and media mentor.She's helped women like you build million-dollar businesses around your personal story, become best-selling authors, and land TED talks in months.She's currently offering a special for my community on her #1 Media Marketing Course, the Media Visibility Accelerator. A 6 module course for purpose-driven entrepreneurs who want to scale their businesses to $25k+ per month and scale their message into a global movement.This is the program your soul craves and your bank account deserves. CTA: MVAPricing options: Pay in full discount of $1497 ($5,000) or 6 monthly payments of $497

Episode 143 Notes: In this episode, Alisha is sharing her conversation with Jane Houng about creativity, turning pain into hope for others, and the non-profit she started in her daughter's name Becky's Bathhouse.Learn More About Becky's Bathhouse: https://beckysbathhouse.org/Our Sponsor: Abbey Gibb and The MVA! Calling all purpose-driven female entrepreneurs with stories to share with this world. Meet my friend Abbey Gibb, who also happens to be an Emmy award-winning journalist turned business and media mentor.She's helped women like you build million-dollar businesses around your personal story, become best-selling authors, and land TED talks in months.She's currently offering a special for my community on her #1 Media Marketing Course, the Media Visibility Accelerator. A 6 module course for purpose-driven entrepreneurs who want to scale their businesses to $25k+ per month and scale their message into a global movement.This is the program your soul craves and your bank account deserves. CTA: MVAPricing options: Pay in full discount of $1497 ($5,000) or 6 monthly payments of $497

Episode 142 Notes: In this episode, Alisha is sharing her conversation with Dr. Eric Koester Founder of the Book Creator Program. Dr. Koester is an Entrepreneur, professor, and Author and in this episode, we talk about the importance of having meaningful projects and becoming indistractable. Apply to enroll in The Book Creators Program here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeTVWZ4UUdPQWyx3Wpje43wC1nvAleZTKV9S3e6iUtc2Pabeg/viewformOur Sponsor: Abbey Gibb and The MVA! Calling all purpose-driven female entrepreneurs with stories to share with this world. Meet my friend Abbey Gibb, who also happens to be an Emmy award-winning journalist turned business and media mentor.She's helped women like you build million-dollar businesses around your personal story, become best-selling authors, and land TED talks in months.She's currently offering a special for my community on her #1 Media Marketing Course, the Media Visibility Accelerator. A 6 module course for purpose-driven entrepreneurs who want to scale their businesses to $25k+ per month and scale their message into a global movement.This is the program your soul craves and your bank account deserves. CTA: MVAPricing options: Pay in full discount of $1497 ($5,000) or 6 monthly payments of $497

Episode 141 Notes: In this episode, Alisha is sharing her conversation with author Heather Demetrios about her recently released book “Code Name Badass”, how we too often connect our self-worth to our work, and how a mindfulness practice can help. Check out more of Heather's Work Here: https://heatherdemetrios.com/Our Sponsor: Abbey Gibb and The MVA! Calling all purpose-driven female entrepreneurs with stories to share with this world. Meet my friend Abbey Gibb, who also happens to be an Emmy award-winning journalist turned business and media mentor.She's helped women like you build million-dollar businesses around your personal story, become best-selling authors, and land TED talks in months.She's currently offering a special for my community on her #1 Media Marketing Course, the Media Visibility Accelerator. A 6 module course for purpose-driven entrepreneurs who want to scale their businesses to $25k+ per month and scale their message into a global movement.This is the program your soul craves and your bank account deserves. CTA: MVAPricing options: Pay in full discount of $1497 ($5,000) or 6 monthly payments of $497

Episode 140 Notes: In this episode, Alisha is sharing her conversation with Bevelyn Afor Ukah about internalized perfectionism, her relationship to art, and building a tiny house.Check out more of Bevelyn's work here https://www.afioak.com/Our Sponsor: Abbey Gibb and The MVA! Calling all purpose-driven female entrepreneurs with stories to share with this world. Meet my friend Abbey Gibb, who also happens to be an Emmy award-winning journalist turned business and media mentor.She's helped women like you build million-dollar businesses around your personal story, become best-selling authors, and land TED talks in months.She's currently offering a special for my community on her #1 Media Marketing Course, the Media Visibility Accelerator. A 6 module course for purpose-driven entrepreneurs who want to scale their businesses to $25k+ per month and scale their message into a global movement.This is the program your soul craves and your bank account deserves. CTA: MVAPricing options: Pay in full discount of $1497 ($5,000) or 6 monthly payments of $497Check out more of Bevelyn's work here https://www.afioak.com/

Episode 138 Notes: In this episode, Alisha is sharing a solo episode about her epiphany on how she has been dedicated to not feeling good. If you're addicted to not feeling good too Alisha has some tips on what to do to change that. Our Sponsor: Abbey Gibb and The MVA! Calling all purpose-driven female entrepreneurs with stories to share with this world. Meet my friend Abbey Gibb, who also happens to be an Emmy award-winning journalist turned business and media mentor.She's helped women like you build million-dollar businesses around your personal story, become best-selling authors, and land TED talks in months.She's currently offering a special for my community on her #1 Media Marketing Course, the Media Visibility Accelerator. A 6 module course for purpose-driven entrepreneurs who want to scale their businesses to $25k+ per month and scale their message into a global movement.This is the program your soul craves and your bank account deserves. CTA: MVAPricing options: Pay in full discount of $1497 ($5,000) or 6 monthly payments of $497

Episode 138 Notes: In this episode, Alisha is sharing a solo episode about her epiphany on how she has been dedicated to not feeling good. If you're addicted to not feeling good too Alisha has some tips on what to do to change that. Our Sponsor: Abbey Gibb and The MVA! Calling all purpose-driven female entrepreneurs with stories to share with this world. Meet my friend Abbey Gibb, who also happens to be an Emmy award-winning journalist turned business and media mentor.She's helped women like you build million-dollar businesses around your personal story, become best-selling authors, and land TED talks in months.She's currently offering a special for my community on her #1 Media Marketing Course, the Media Visibility Accelerator. A 6 module course for purpose-driven entrepreneurs who want to scale their businesses to $25k+ per month and scale their message into a global movement.This is the program your soul craves and your bank account deserves. CTA: MVAPricing options: Pay in full discount of $1497 ($5,000) or 6 monthly payments of $497

Episode 137 Notes: In this episode, Alisha is sharing her conversation with Christina Glickman master community builder and Author of Xtra, The Art of Being.Our Sponsor: Abbey Gibb and The MVA! Calling all purpose-driven female entrepreneurs with stories to share with this world. Meet my friend Abbey Gibb, who also happens to be an Emmy award-winning journalist turned business and media mentor.She's helped women like you build million-dollar businesses around your personal story, become best-selling authors, and land TED talks in months.She's currently offering a special for my community on her #1 Media Marketing Course, the Media Visibility Accelerator. A 6 module course for purpose-driven entrepreneurs who want to scale their businesses to $25k+ per month and scale their message into a global movement.This is the program your soul craves and your bank account deserves. CTA: MVAPricing options: Pay in full discount of $1497 ($5,000) or 6 monthly payments of $497137 Show NOTES:Christina GlickmanA mother of 4, making sure my humans are alive safe, and healthyAn author, community creator, Tedx, Beauty CounterWe are many things, there are many ands and I get to try a lot of them on. The biggest joy is watching someone uncover who they are and watching them uncover it. It's vulnerable to put yourself out there. There is no shortcut, we show up we do the work, we fail and we keep going. The more we can share our stories the better. Extra, the art of being. Show up and do a little bit moreWhatever I'm doing, put full heart and soul into it. The idea that how you present yourself in the world is so much of who you are. Oprah meets GucciExtra is about showing up in the world and give a little more Extra is doing one thing today that is hanging over me so that I can get it done. Like scheduling the mammograms that I don't want to do. What can I do to get my space feeling better?The grind and hustle is one I don't want to prescribe to. How do I honor my relationship with myself more? Sometime extra is exploring doing the class I'm interested in. I don't want to turn around in 10 years and be exactly where I am. Feel a mindset of getting the best out of life that I can get. What give you joy? That's your success metrics Extra is not being the loudest in the room. When you are able to show up as yourself that is part of how you serve. If we don't allow ourselves to shine brightly we don't give others the permission to shine brightly. When we step into our full power, it give others permission but it allows us to serve others. Sharing your own journey so that you can see the messy complicated steps. If you know me you know my intentionIt takes a lot of practice to show up as yourself. If we are putting ourselves out there in the world, we could be perfect and we are still going to encounter people seeing us as they are not as we are. We have to assume good intentions for others. I've decided to stay in my laneI'm never going to hand you three steps to greatness because it's how you want to show up in the world. If we look to the past, women are the backbone of our society and they are the same collective group that will save us. The process of TEDx is who you get to become in the process. Why is confidence important? If you don't feel worthy enough to show up in the world as yourself you'll never get to achieve anything. We come into this world with a full cup. We are given identities and badges that shape who we are and the world that chips away at it. There is no shame in the lack of confidence that we have, but once we become clear as to why we aren't confident in our own skin, then we can work on it. Ultimately in relationships and parenting if you're not confident enough you can't show up confidently in the world as you are. It's about showing up confidently. It is the catalyst to so much. Christina was doing her book for her. Evolve and repeatYour story mattersStrong loving women who want a container to be held. Life is so hard. It only occurred to me 6-9 months ago that I wasn't supposed to do this alone. We need each other, a coach, a mentor a group. Find your whatever! A place to dip in and out. We all move through things. Go for it, figure it out. There is space for everybody. There is no original ideasIf it's painful you're doing it right. You need the nudge and the help. Anyone who doesn't think it's that hard for anyone might be wrongIf we don't feel the pain in the process, we don't get to see the bloom. I hold a container of love @ChristinaGlickmanI'm worthy of abundance in relationship, in parenting, finances, my job. I'm worthy of it just because I'm here. Do you have questions you want me to answer on the show? Email me at awielfaert@yokeandabundance.comIf you love the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast Consider Supporting us through Patreon.

Episode 136 Notes: In this episode, Alisha is sharing her conversation with Katie Marshall on creating as we speak, how perfection doesn't attract us the way we think it does, and how the end goal is always doing something that will be helpful to others. Our Sponsor: Abbey Gibb and The MVA! Calling all purpose-driven female entrepreneurs with stories to share with this world. Meet my friend Abbey Gibb, who also happens to be an Emmy award-winning journalist turned business and media mentor.She's helped women like you build million-dollar businesses around your personal story, become best-selling authors, and land TED talks in months.She's currently offering a special for my community on her #1 Media Marketing Course, the Media Visibility Accelerator. A 6 module course for purpose-driven entrepreneurs who want to scale their businesses to $25k+ per month and scale their message into a global movement.This is the program your soul craves and your bank account deserves. CTA: MVAPricing options: Pay in full discount of $1497 ($5,000) or 6 monthly payments of $497136 Show NOTES:Katie MarshallLearn More about Katie HERE consulting.comThere's been a lot of life between podcastsHave to have coachesIf you're helping without getting helped you're pouring out too muchI hired Katie to help me nail down my 5 words. Katie helped me take an idea and hone into what I was trying to say. Katie is a word alchemist It's important to hire coachesKatie's first company was creative machine consultingAbra Cadabra translated is “we create as we speak”Katie's rebrand is Communication XKatie works with people in online presentations, facilitating online and interview coachingKatie was helping them with their interviewsKatie was helping women interview. Failure is the captain of the team of presentationsIt's not really interesting to me if you can do a presentation perfectly. Perfection doesn't attract us the way we think it does. If we let failure come in who cares, hold it lightly. If let myself mess up everything is going to work out. The end goal is how can I do something that will be helpful to others. Katie's tea ceremony with failure. Awareness is the first step. Acceptance is the first stepImagine yourself completely failingMeet failure like a friend A lot of the things that make us bad speakers is just our fight or flight system. The fear of public presentation is the fear of losing everything that's important to me. Can I use something from the stories you share. Your public speaking fear peaks in the first 90 secondsAll the stuff that makes us bad isn't real it's just your body trying to help you. Nancy DuartYour public speaking isn't about you, it's about “how can you be helpful”Everything comes back to transending the egoIn public speaking, you have to meet all of the parts of yourself. You have to meet yourself at your most anxious, mentally emotionally. Sometimes you hit a wrong note and you don't even know. A question that a lot of us could ask: Who am I performing for? Do you have questions you want me to answer on the show? Email me at awielfaert@yokeandabundance.comIf you love the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast Consider Supporting us through Patreon.

Episode 135: In this episode, Alisha is sharing her conversation with Artist, Creative, and Author Kara Elizabeth Lewis, talking about empathy, throwing perfect out the window and letting light replace the darkness. Episode 135 Notes: A conversation with Wedding and Branding Photographer Lindley BattleOur Sponsor: Abbey Gibb and The MVA! Calling all purpose-driven female entrepreneurs with stories to share with this world. Meet my friend Abbey Gibb, who also happens to be an Emmy award-winning journalist turned business and media mentor.She's helped women like you build million-dollar businesses around your personal story, become best-selling authors, and land TED talks in months.She's currently offering a special for my community on her #1 Media Marketing Course, the Media Visibility Accelerator. A 6 module course for purpose-driven entrepreneurs who want to scale their businesses to $25k+ per month and scale their message into a global movement.This is the program your soul craves and your bank account deserves. CTA: MVAPricing options: Pay in full discount of $1497 ($5,000) or 6 monthly payments of $497135 Show NOTES:Kara Lewis:A creative powerhouseEntrepreneur ArtistTeacherAuthorCreating in studioCreating personal work and personal workBook: Assentation This book was a happy accidentAs a teacher was starting to feel really heavy about what was happening in the classroom. Was watching disconnection and out-of-control bullying. Not understanding facial expressions, body language, and communication. Schools would have conversations about being kind and helping neighbors but didn't see it happening between students. Kara came across a study that said that children today are 30% less empathetic than we were 20 years ago. Another study said that parents today think that responsibility and hard work are more important than empathy. If parents aren't making it a priority in the home and schools aren't making it a priority in the school, then the art room is a beautiful place to teach it. Art is about grace and a place to let go of perfection and offer ourselves grace. How beautiful would it be if a bit of a moral compass could be woven into the curriculum? So it becomes more about the process than the product. Kara started testing teaching breathing and mindfulness at the beginning of classes. Then making the class about kindness, compassion, peace. The children started asking her, begging her for me. Sees self as a messenger pointing to the light so that everyone can find it. Trusting that there is a plan. Then Kara re-wrote the curriculum for adults. Light is what nourishes and restoresWhen you don't create every day it can be overwhelming to begin to try to createThrow perfect out the window. We are not interested in perfection. Creation should happen in layers. Continue to layer and refine, layer and refine. Walk away and come back with fresh eyes. The more that you talk about your pain, the lighter you'll feel. The more I pushed it out of my body the lighter I felt. Light was replacing the heaviness. The darkness. Light is information and darkness is the lack of. Light is the information that becomes love and it comes back to us. Do you have questions you want me to answer on the show? Email me at awielfaert@yokeandabundance.comIf you love the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast Consider Supporting us through Patreon.

Episode 134: In this episode, Alisha is sharing her conversation with sought-after wedding and brand photographer Lindley Battle about the importance of authenticity, and connecting to your WHY in business. Episode 134 Notes: A conversation with Wedding and Branding Photographer Lindley BattleOur Sponsor: Abbey Gibb and The MVA! Calling all purpose-driven female entrepreneurs with stories to share with this world. Meet my friend Abbey Gibb, who also happens to be an Emmy award-winning journalist turned business and media mentor.She’s helped women like you build million-dollar businesses around your personal story, become best-selling authors, and land TED talks in months.She's currently offering a special for my community on her #1 Media Marketing Course, the Media Visibility Accelerator. A 6 module course for purpose-driven entrepreneurs who want to scale their businesses to $25k+ per month and scale their message into a global movement.This is the program your soul craves and your bank account deserves. CTA: MVAPricing options: Pay in full discount of $1497 ($5,000) or 6 monthly payments of $497NOTES:Sought after photographer up and down the east coastOur businesses have grown alongside each otherGrowing businesses and what’s helped us get to where we are in our businessesPeople who want to be in business will sit down and expect others to be as invested in them as they are. Pursues aggressive growth in business. Marketing: Understanding what I have to bring to the table and need to market it correctlyMarketing to a bride who wouldn’t micro-manage. The 2020 pivotTook 2020 to refine everything. Having to step back and think about what you’re doing and why you’re doing it. Purpose was so refined and so emphasized. I get the eye roll when I say we have to start with the “Why” You have to tell me what you’re doing and why you’re doing it. You have to dig into the why and be connected to it and if you don’t your customer doesn’t know. Being an entrepreneur is tough. If you aren’t connected to what you’re doing and why you’re doing it there’s no point. If money were no object I’d still be doing what I was doing on steroidsThe queen of authenticity in knowing what you’re gonna do and what you’re not gonna do. Selective about clients because you want someone who is as excited about their photos and visions for the photos as the photographer is. You get to get excited about what you do in brand photos. Find the beating heart of your business and photograph that. Intentionally elevated authenticity Wish that I had known to slow down a little and push more intentionally. Don’t do what other people are doing, stay in your own lane and listen to your intuition and you’ll end up on top. We are all trucking alongWhatever you’re doing has to be connected to your personal and professional WhyDon’t be afraid to take risks and do things unconventionallyYou will only succeed by being really true to you. Being really unapologetic Do you have questions you want me to answer on the show? Email me at awielfaert@yokeandabundance.comIf you love the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast Consider Supporting us through Patreon.

Episode 133: In this episode, Alisha is sharing her conversation with Rebekah Modrak and Jamie Vander Broek on their book Radical Humility: Essays on Ordinary Acts. Episode 133 Notes: Radical HumilityOur Sponsor: Abbey Gibb and The MVA! Calling all purpose-driven female entrepreneurs with stories to share with this world. Meet my friend Abbey Gibb, who also happens to be an Emmy award-winning journalist turned business and media mentor.She’s helped women like you build million-dollar businesses around your personal story, become best-selling authors, and land TED talks in months.She's currently offering a special for my community on her #1 Media Marketing Course, the Media Visibility Accelerator. A 6 module course for purpose-driven entrepreneurs who want to scale their businesses to $25k+ per month and scale their message into a global movement.This is the program your soul craves and your bank account deserves. CTA: MVAPricing options: Pay in full discount of $1497 ($5,000) or 6 monthly payments of $497NOTES:Radical Humility: https://www.scuppernongbooks.com/book/9781948742962After visiting rural Iowa Rebekah was struck by how people were not leading with how important they are.There was a culture of humility she didn’t have in her work. Jamie was learning what it meant to work with art professionals and was a brand-new parent. When Jamie signed up her daughter for daycare the daycare wanted to know what her daughter's (a 3 months old) preferences were. Jamie was concerned with a culture that was socializing people to care so much about individual preferences and didn’t teach from an early age about community. Humility can help you be a better friend. We can shift our mindset to be a better friend and centers othersYou before me. It’s so important to decenter yourself and become aware of other people’s pullAttributes that help to center others would be: being raised in an environment where we feel loved. There are times there are things we are powerless to change and that’s important in developing a sense of humility. When you realize that there are things that are bigger then, you can accept and move on instead of fighting the problem the whole way. Humility is Servant leadershipLibraries are about sharingIn the Library you, any you have as much right to that institution as any other human. There is no transaction necessary. Guides for humility. Humility and humiliation, not all communities are perceived the same, so humility looks different in different communitiesYou go in and out of a state of humility. Think about humility, but don’t make it the next juice cleanse. Seek to take up the space that we are owed as humans. Some of us need to take up more space and some of us need to take up less space. There are times when we need to let someone else take up the spotlight. It’s ok to be ordinary and strive for ordinary. We are one of many.Do you have questions you want me to answer on the show? Email me at awielfaert@yokeandabundance.comIf you love the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast Consider Supporting us through Patreon.

Episode 132: In this episode, Alisha is taking you down her journey on the topic of Failure as a Sacred Rite. Hear how many TEDx Conferences Alisha has applied to this far, find out what Alisha has learned so far from interviewing 18 of 50 people on the topic of failure and what she hopes you’ll take away from all of this. Episode 132 Notes: Failure is a Sacred RiteOur Sponsor: Abbey Gibb and The MVA! Calling all purpose-driven female entrepreneurs with stories to share with this world. Meet my friend Abbey Gibb, who also happens to be an Emmy award-winning journalist turned business and media mentor.She’s helped women like you build million-dollar businesses around your personal story, become best-selling authors, and land TED talks in months.She's currently offering a special for my community on her #1 Media Marketing Course, the Media Visibility Accelerator. A 6 module course for purpose-driven entrepreneurs who want to scale their businesses to $25k+ per month and scale their message into a global movement.This is the program your soul craves and your bank account deserves. CTA: MVAPricing options: Pay in full discount of $1497 ($5,000) or 6 monthly payments of $497Episode 132 Transcript: Last month at the very beginning of April, I was talking with my RAW group (the morning group where we all log onto zoom, pull an oracle card, I give a writing prompt we all go on mute for a little while and then come back to talk through what came up for each of us, this is a powerful impactful community that walks with women through there own personal journeys and believe me this group is so special, you don’t want to miss it. There will be a link to it in today’s show notes) on this particular day someone said something along the lines of Failure, it’s not really failure if you learned something and I said hold up that’s wrong. I don’t agree with that. Failure is failure and it’s not bad or good. I think it’s imperative that we own our failures. Well this triggered a lot of feels and discission for everyone. We ended up talking about it almost all week. This topic seemed to spark something in everyone. Everyone in RAW had an opinion about failure. I encountered this once before, when I closed the yoga studio I wrote a blog post that I had failed to meet my original goal when I opened the yoga studio and I considered that failure. No one wanted to let me call it a failure. But Webster Defines failure as not meeting an intended goal. That’s it, neither positive nor negative. Failure is neutral. What I found in talking about failure with RAW is that many people associate failing with being a failure. That is an easy rabbit hole to allow yourself to fall down, but the truth is that failure is an integral step in the learning and growth process. The same week that we were talking about RAW I had a workshop with Abbey Gibb (who also happens to be the sponsor of today’s show) on how to lad a TEDx Talk, abbey talk with us about how we have to be able to tell our story in five words. I knew instantly that my topic had to be around failure because everyone has a feeling and opinion about the topic. I landed on my five words which are “Failure is a Sacred Rite”. And I’ll say more about that in a little while. I’m on this journey of trying to land a TEDx talk and have a goal of applying to at least 20 TEDx conferences and I’ve now applied to 15 conferences and have already been told by one of them that i was not picked. During this time a friend of mine also told me that she was applying for a book writing program that helps first time authors not only complete their book in 1 year but also get their book published. I had an interview with the program creator, got in and he told me to start reading books, listening to podcasts, and talking to people about failure. I challenged myself to interview 50 people on failure for the book. As of last week, I had interviewed 18 people on the topic of failure. Today I wanted to share with you about what I’ve been learning. I want to write this book on failure and I want to give this talk around failure because Chances unless you’re not human, you’ve had experience with failure of some kind. If I asked a room full of people if they have ever failed, every hand would have to go up. Everyone has experienced a failure of some sort because it's an integral part of growth and learning. But here’s the thing, Fear of failure keeps us from going after our dreams, Fear of failure keeps us from starting that business we’ve been dreaming of, or asking out the person we’ve been crushing on. I’m doing this research, trying for this TEDx talk and writing this book because I want all of us to learn how to move through fear of failure to take risks to get back on the horse when we fall off, to repeatedly go after the things we want until we either don’t want them anymore or until we get them. Failure does lead us to growth, success, and learning. When we view failure as a sacred rite three things happen First we learn to expect failure and plan for it. Second, we learn what to do to process and distill failure into powerful learning and truth when it happens. And third, we learn how to talk to and help others when they encounter failure. So here is what I’ve been learning so far… failure is really a spectrum. On one end we have things like learning to walk or ride a bike, or killing the plant we’ve been trying to keep alive in the middle, we have bigger failures that can be things like …not being able to get the score we needed on the LSAT to get into LAW schoolNot getting into the master’s program we wantedNot getting the job we worked really hard forFailing the test or testsAuditioning for the part we really wanted and not getting it. Asking someone out and being turned downThe business we opened failingGetting rejected by publishersAlmost failing out of college or failing out of college. These more middle spectrum failures like a marriage failing, a relationship failing, getting fired from a job, sometimes they can be foundational failures in that they help us learn more about ourselves, they help us see what we are made of and capable of. These failures are often foundational in that they can change the trajectory of our lives. They often help us uncover our true selves and the core of our beings. Now on the very far end of the spectrum, we have what I consider catastrophic failures. These catastrophic failures in my opinion are the ones where there is death, loss of life. I’ll share more on them later. For this episode, I want to focus on the middle spectrum failures, the ones that sting the ones that might have stopped us in our tracks a bit. But first I laid to lay some ground rules for how we talk about failures… Listen I know first hand how badly it can sting to fail, I’m 38 and never married you can imagine the number of failed relationships I have under my belt, My first business did nothing but lose money for 5 years, I applied for 3 management positions while I worked at the insurance company I spent a decade at and was never what they wanted. I’ve even been fired from a job I cared about. Heck, I’ve now been turned away from at least 6 TEDx conferences over the past 5 years. I know a lot about failure, but what I also know is that even what it might feel like it, we, you and me, humans we can’t be failures. Failure is an event it’s not a person. And when we honor failure as a rite that everyone experiences we can help separate failure from feeling like a failure. When we are willing to own our failures and when appropriate we share them publicly we can help each other embrace failure for what it is, a natural part of the learning process. Neutral, neither good nor bad. Failure is only harmful when we connect it to our selfworth. Failure is not a part of your true self. Like I’ve mentioned earlier I’ve now interviewed 18 people and I’m ending up talking about it with everyone! And whether you are 8 or 108 I guarantee you have an opinion about failure. Early on I was interviewing Abigail Dowd who was on the podcast a little while and she said something I thought that was very interesting. She said that all of the things that outwardly looked like successes were really failures because she wasn’t listening to her own intuition. She said when she quit the art schools she had built from the ground up, when she stepped down from city council and ran away to Italy, outwardly it looked like she was failing, but inwardly she was succeeding because it was the first time she had listened to her own inner voice, her true self. Abigail and I also talked about how when she was processing her failures she felt like she “had to go retrieve the parts of herself that she had left behind and kill off the parts of herself that weren’t hers”. All of us have a process of working through a failure whether we know it consciously or not. I’m learning through all of these interviews that those who are able to distill the most learning, and growth from failure are those that do a few things and maybe not in this order but these are what need to happen. First: you feel the feelings, you allow yourself to wallow and grieve whatever took placeSecond: Own what happened and your part in it. Maybe this means even apologizing to someone, including yourself. You may need to forgive yourself. Third: Process, really think through what happened, why it happened and what we could do in the future to have a different outcome. Some people even like to do a SWOT analysis on what happened. Fourth: Surround yourself with community and specifically the right community that you can talk to about what happened who will help you own, and process what happened in a healthy and supportive way. Because community helps dissolve the place where you feel like a failure. The right community is alchemy they help you transmute the failure into learning. Fith: We have to get back on the horse and take recovering actions. We have to essentially try, try again. Failure is the stripping away of the unnecessary to get to the core to get to the heart of who we are, what we love, what we want and are willing to work for. I think repeated failures help us align with our values and figure out what we most want and desire. Failure is feedback. Internalizing failure will keep us out of action. If you can take your ego out of the failure process it really helps us turn failure into fuel. I want to leave you with a question tonight. What haven’t you tried because you are afraid of failing? Or where have you tried failed once or twice and given up? Do you still want that thing? Can you get back up on the horse? Because what I know to be true is something my friend Vicotria brownlee said in her failure interview, she said “Successful people have a common experience of failure” Where are you willing to fail? Where are you willing to try, because if we aren’t willing to try, we will probably have to deal of the pain of regret. If you go practice failure and have an experience you want to tell me about shoot me an email. Do you have questions you want me to answer on the show? Email me at awielfaert@yokeandabundance.comIf you love the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast Consider Supporting us through Patreon.