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Lesley Logan and Brad Crowell revisit their conversation with Mary and Kate Swick, hosts of Mom and Me Astrology and experts in blending traditional and modern astrological insights. Together, they uncover astrology's power to validate experiences and guide personal growth. Learn how Pluto's cycles and Mercury retrogrades can reframe obstacles, foster clarity, and inspire adaptability in life's transitions.If you have any questions about this episode or want to get some of the resources we mentioned, head over to LesleyLogan.co/podcast. If you have any comments or questions about the Be It pod shoot us a message at beit@lesleylogan.co. And as always, if you're enjoying the show please share it with someone who you think would enjoy it as well. It is your continued support that will help us continue to help others. Thank you so much! Never miss another show by subscribing at LesleyLogan.co/subscribe.In this episode you will learn about:Why Pluto's long-term cycles highlight opportunities for transformation.How Mercury's retrograde offers a chance to rethink, revise, and refocus.Why astrology validates emotions and offers context for life's challenges.Why understanding your astrological chart provides insight into your strengths.How being curious about astrological influences can foster adaptability.Episode References/Links:OPC Winter Tour - https://opc.me/tourCambodia February 2025 Retreat - https://lesleylogan.co/retreatsFlashcards Waitlist - https://opc.me/flashcardwaitlistPilates Studio Growth Accelerator - https://prfit.biz/acceleratorOPC Spring Training Waitlist - https://opc.me/eventsTry Out OPC $40 for 40 Days - https://opc.me/40Mom, Me, and Astrology - https://beitpod.com/astrolgypodcastMonica Linda Girl Squad - https://www.girlsquadllc.com If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser or Castbox. 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And so to go back, don't blame astrology, but understand what's going on, and then you can work with it. Lesley Logan 0:18 Welcome to the Be It Till You See It podcast where we talk about taking messy action, knowing that perfect is boring. I'm Lesley Logan, Pilates instructor and fitness business coach. I've trained thousands of people around the world and the number one thing I see stopping people from achieving anything is self-doubt. My friends, action brings clarity and it's the antidote to fear. Each week, my guest will bring bold, executable, intrinsic and targeted steps that you can use to put yourself first and Be It Till You See It. It's a practice, not a perfect. Let's get started.Lesley Logan 0:57 Welcome back to the Be It Till You See It interview recap where my co host in life, Brad and I are going to dig into the validating convo I had with Mary and Kate Swick in our last episode. If you haven't yet listened to that one, you need to make time for that episode and maybe listen to it twice. I think Brad listened to it three times. Brad Crowell 0:57 Two and a half times. Lesley Logan 1:02 Two and a half times. So holy freaking moly, there's a lot of information. Grab your notebook, maybe even look at the transcript of it, because you can go to your sun sign, or Mary and Kate often talk about your rising sign, and you can just like, copy and paste what they're saying, because they gave a lot of information. But before we get into that, today is January 2nd 2025 and it's National Personal Trainer Day. And because I'm a Pilates instructor, I think we just need a Pilates instructor, yoga instructor. It's your national whoever is (inaudible)Brad Crowell 1:49 We're gonna, we're gonna adjust it from personal trainer to fitness trainer. Lesley Logan 1:53 Yeah, whoever is your personal person taking care of you, and OPC can be that person for you. So we're gonna celebrate me. To be honest, I think they really phoned it in when they came up with holidays for January 2nd. Brad Crowell 2:07 Yeah, right. Lesley Logan 2:08 Really went through, and this is the best one that didn't have, like, motivate yourself, go do the thing, like, that language is no longer allowed here. So National Personal Trainer Day is an annual day of observance on January 2nd when many people start working toward their new year fitness resolutions. Just so you know, we are not saying that you need to do that. Personal Trainers guide, motivate, and train you to exercise correctly. Yes they do. Brad Crowell 2:30 Yes they do. Lesley Logan 2:30 Yes they do. Without them, many injuries can happen due to bad former incorrect use of the equipment. So they are vital, often overlooked part of society. Personal Trainers should get the credit they deserve for the great work that they do. Yes. Brad Crowell 2:41 Yes, they should. Lesley Logan 2:42 I should. And also, at OPC, we don't do, like, one-on-one stuff anymore. We do provide feedback on your form just by submitting (inaudible)Brad Crowell 2:51 Did we ever? Lesley Logan 2:52 No, we never did. But I did. I used to. Brad Crowell 2:55 Yeah, okay, but you aren't OPC. Lesley Logan 2:58 That's true. I am not OPC. That's true.Brad Crowell 3:02 Hey. Lesley Logan 3:02 Hey. Brad Crowell 3:02 Congrats. Lesley Logan 3:03 Congratulations to me. Okay, so we're not even home yet, so just so you know, we're. Brad Crowell 3:09 We're a solid week away from being home. Lesley Logan 3:11 We're like definitely somewhere in the Panhandle right now but we're gonna come home at some point, and then we're gonna head to Cambodia.Brad Crowell 3:11 I think we're at Pensacola, probably on the way to New Orleans. Lesley Logan 3:21 We're definitely doing a class in Pensacola, and tomorrow is a class in New Orleans. Yes. New Orleans is sold out, so don't even try. At this point. Brad Crowell 3:29 Pensacola, I think, has a couple left in the class. Lesley Logan 3:32 At the time we're recording this, the class had some spots. Austin has some spots in the workshops. Dallas has some spots in the workshops, and Lubbock has some spots in the workshops, but that's it, so and that's also. Brad Crowell 3:43 How about Phoenix? Lesley Logan 3:44 Phoenix, at this point, has three spots left in the workshops, but you guys, we are 34 days away from those places, so they could be sold out by the time you're hearing that. It's very true, but just reach out, because you never know. You know. Brad Crowell 3:56 Never know. Go to opc.me/tour come check it out. Lesley Logan 3:59 So when we come back, we're going to Cambodia in February, and we have announced, it says we've just announced October. Brad Crowell 4:07 When we're listening to this. No, the announcement for October hasn't come up just yet, but it will be, should probably be on the website, y'all. But basically, we're going to be putting out an offer to the people on the waitlist. So go to lesleylogan.co/retreats plural, retreats plural, and add yourself to the waitlist so you can get the special offer. Well, it's our early bird special. So if you want to check out what's going to happen in October, the dates are the 12th through the 17th, 12th to the 18th, 13th through the 18th, something like that middle of October of this year, 2025. What? We're going to be making that big announcement, only the people on the waitlist. So if you're on social, we won't be talking about it. Lesley Logan 4:46 Only people on the waitlist will get that early bird discount and get the invite. And last October, it sold out from the waitlist. So, just so you know. Brad Crowell 4:55 We're the biggest group we ever took, and we literally had to bump people to February because it just went immediately. And that was really exciting and incredible. So if you are thinking about it at all, make sure you check out those dates and come join us. And as you all heard us talk about back in November, we drove to Los Angeles. Lesley did this incredible week of prepping for the guillotine photo shoot.Lesley Logan 5:16 1100 pictures. Brad Crowell 5:17 Yeah, we did 1100 photos for the new, upcoming flash cards accessories deck.Lesley Logan 5:22 I've been going through on the tour, I'm sure at some point by now, when this comes out, I will have sat down and picked the pictures for this deck, and I am supposed to have been done writing by now. So. Brad Crowell 5:33 Yeah, we'll see. Lesley Logan 5:34 We're gonna project all that, because we're trying to actually go on presale earlier than we usually do. Usually we go on presale in May or June, and we're trying to hit that April, March. Brad Crowell 5:43 And here's why we're trying to avoid hurricane season in Florida. Lesley Logan 5:46 Yeah, you know these are things you have to think about. Brad Crowell 5:48 When they ship. Lesley Logan 5:49 Yeah, when you're a business owner, you have to think about things you never thought about. Brad Crowell 5:52 Never thought about.Lesley Logan 5:53 Before. So you need to go to opc.me/flashcardwaitlist to get on the waitlist, because only those people on the waitlist get the presale price. And the presale price is the best price that deck will ever have, ever, ever, ever.Brad Crowell 6:06 If you are feeling stuck in your Pilates business, or you're really worried about this year, my name is Brad. I talk a lot about, how do you grow a small business, especially a fitness business, especially a Pilates business. So if any of that makes any sense to you, if you're like, Okay, it's January. I need to capitalize on this wave of people wanting to get back into the studio, but I'm not quite sure how to connect with those people. You don't know how to get new clients, or you're worried about the money. Come join me for a free webinar when we get back home the following week, I'm going to be hosting a free webinar called the Pilates Studio Growth Accelerator, and in that webinar, I'm going to be revealing three massive secrets that Lesley and I have put together after coaching more than 2500 businesses over the last seven years. Because this year, this January, right now, it is Agency's seventh year. Holy cow. That is unbelievable. I can't believe that.Lesley Logan 6:57 It's insane.Brad Crowell 6:58 Yeah, we kicked it off in 2018 so that's amazing. Anyway, go to prfit.biz/accelerator. That's profit without the O dot biz slash accelerator, and join me for the free webinar. And then finally. Lesley Logan 7:09 Okay, so you guys are first. Brad Crowell 7:11 Drum roll please.Lesley Logan 7:17 We are going to do a spring training OPC, and it's going to be online. It's going to be something you can do live with us. There'll be some replay action. Brad Crowell 7:26 This is like, going to be a big event. This isn't going to be like, oh, join us for a one hour workshop. No, this is like. Lesley Logan 7:31 No, it's going to be a week long event. Something similar to what you used to do four years ago. But we're going to include all the OPC teachers multiple different pieces of equipment. So no matter what you have access to, there's going to be part of this event that is for you. Brad Crowell 7:42 Yeah, no summer camp this year. Okay, we're going to do the spring training instead of the summer camp.Lesley Logan 7:46 You don't know why. If you were listening to the pod, we kept confusing summer camp and summer tour, and we decided that we need to change the season. And I was born and raised in a baseball family. Brad was raised in a football family, but you may not know my grandfather was actually a professional baseball player, and so spring training. Brad Crowell 8:04 He played for the Philadelphia Eagles, right?Lesley Logan 8:07 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Brad Crowell 8:10 Just hit my head with guitar.Lesley Logan 8:14 And the he meaning Brad, no, my grandfather played for the St. Louis Cardinals he was the catcher. So we're gonna do spring training. It's gonna be end of April into May, and I want you to get on the waitlist, because something special will happen for the people on the waitlist. We'll make sure we always put things special on waitlists. You always just want to be on waitlist. Brad Crowell 8:30 Just be on the waitlist. Lesley Logan 8:31 And we don't bug you. We just remind you what's coming out once a month, so you don't forget about it. So go to opc.me/events, opc.me/events.Brad Crowell 8:39 Yeah, by the way, I just want to say the waitlist is different from our newsletter list. So if you get our weekly newsletters. That's great, different from the waitlist where we specifically talk about the events that you may have been wanting. Lesley Logan 8:50 Yeah, if you're like, interested in what our spring training is going to be, then you're going to want to be on the waitlist, because we won't talk about it on the newsletter until whatever special was on the waitlist is over. Brad Crowell 8:59 Yeah, and I'm not encouraging you to do this, but if you're like, oh my God, you send me a lot of emails, you don't need to be on the newsletter list, but you can still be on the waitlist. Possible. Lesley Logan 9:08 I mean, I write good emails. I'm just gonna say it. Brad Crowell 9:10 You do. Lesley Logan 9:10 They all come from me, and they're not chatGPT, we're not even using my bot to write them. So, you know. Brad Crowell 9:14 It's true. It's true. opc.me/events, plural, opc.me/events, get yourself on the waitlist, and we'll be letting you know about spring training. Lesley Logan 9:23 Also that waitlist. Also let you know about all OPC events that includes the course. So there's good stuff on that. Brad Crowell 9:29 Yep, yep. Love it. All right. Lesley Logan 9:31 Before we talk about Mary and Kate, we have a lot to get into, because we do have an audience question. Brad Crowell 9:35 Yes, we do. Okay. Lisa Hansen 6014 from YouTube says hey, in the shoulder bridge exercise, difference in pointing and flexing.Lesley Logan 9:45 Okay. Brad Crowell 9:45 I don't even know (inaudible) to myself. Lesley Logan 9:48 So, don't worry, means nothing to a lot of people. So in the shoulder exercise on the mat, you actually point the foot up when you kick the leg up. Brad Crowell 9:56 Oh, I know exactly. Lesley Logan 9:57 Yes, I know you do. Brad Crowell 9:58 But you go up pointed and down flex? Lesley Logan 10:00 Yeah, do you remember why?Brad Crowell 10:02 Oh snap. Uh, well, probably about this stretch that creates when you do it. Lesley Logan 10:06 Great job. Brad Crowell 10:07 Hey, nailed it. Lesley Logan 10:08 So, okay, so, so in Pilates. Brad Crowell 10:11 Sorry, Lisa. Lesley Logan 10:11 Yeah. So Lisa asked this, and also her further questions that came from this was like, well, my foot cramps when I point it. So, yeah, here's the deal, in Pilates, when you point it is actually to help you get length in the front of your leg, because the hip flexor is going to want to try to jump in there. And when you flex, is to help you have more access on the way down, to help people have more access to the hamstring and glute, allows you to push into something when you flex with the roll up and you push your heels down, it gets you more access to those hamstrings and glutes. Why? Because you need them to turn on so you don't overuse your hip flexors. Brad Crowell 10:42 Yeah, so that's actually why. Lesley Logan 10:44 Yeah, in sidekicks, when you turn the leg out and you point it up, you flex it down. Why do that? You point it up, so your hip flexor doesn't try to lift the leg, and you flex it down so you can get more gluten hamstring. So pointing and flexing in Pilates is not choreography. It is about the connection. Now, when you're new to exercises and Pilates, it will feel like you're learning choreography. That's fine. But then there is a point to it. Brad Crowell 11:07 There is a method to do with the madness. Lesley Logan 11:09 Yes, and then, just to follow up, if you are someone who's foot or feet cramp when you're pointing them, it tells me you are over using your foot, and the point and flex is happening from the ankle down and not from the butt down. And so what I would just say is. Brad Crowell 11:25 Say that one more time. Lesley Logan 11:26 When you point your foot if it's cramping, there's a lot of reasons why muscles cramp. You could be lacking magnesium, electrolyte. You could be dehydrated, the muscles could be tired. But specifically in Pilates, if a foot is cramping when it's pointed in shoulder ridge, for example, she's got one foot on the ground, not cramping, one foot and they are cramping. It tells me that she's over using the foot. Brad Crowell 11:50 Okay, that's what I just wanted you to say one more time. So yeah, she's doing what? Lesley Logan 11:54 Over-using the foot muscle. She's working from the ankle down. Brad Crowell 11:57 Yeah, that's what I was unclear of. Lesley Logan 11:58 You need to, so your foot is not its own thing. Your foot is part of your butt. So you want to think about that point and flex going from up and down the chain up and down the whole leg. It's not choreography. It's part of like your whole body. And so when you're new, it's going to be just the ankle, but as you advance and the more she uses her butt, the lesser foot will cramp. There's an exercise on the Cadillac called shoulder roll down. If your feet cramp in that exercise, 100% you're not using your butt. 100% of the time when you access your ass, your feet stop cramping. Brad Crowell 12:06 And you're fast. Lesley Logan 12:35 Yes. Brad Crowell 12:35 Oh yeah. Well, great answer. Lesley Logan 12:38 And also, Lisa became an OPC member because of all these questions. Brad Crowell 12:42 Hey, Lisa, welcome to the club. Lesley Logan 12:43 And now I asked her, I said, send me a video of you doing this exercise so I could actually see what's going on. So if you would like me to see how you point and flex your foot and see if you're using your butt or you're just overusing your foot, opc.me/40Brad Crowell 12:43 Yeah, go check it out. Opc.me/40, and come join the amazing family, the community that we got going on there. Okay, so this is gonna be super juicy. Make sure you stick around. We're about to talk about Mary and Kate Swick. Lesley Logan 13:09 And ourselves. Brad Crowell 13:10 And they actually read our charts, and we're gonna talk about that too. So we'll be right back. Brad Crowell 13:16 Welcome back all right. Now let's talk about Mary and Kate Swick. Kate and Mary Swick are the hosts of Mom, Me and Astrology, where they bring together traditional and modern astrological insights. Kate, an Aquarius, and lifelong student of astrology, combines her studies in modern astrology with a background in energy work and intuitive practices, offering fresh perspectives on innovation, growth and self discovery. Side note, she's also went to school for psychology, worked in corporate for a long time, running some spas and stuff. So she's got a lot of interaction with a lot of people, but she grew up with Mary, a Scorpio, brings over 35 years of experience in astrology, making her a trusted guide for navigating major life shifts. Together, they provide guidance on navigating life shifts and understanding planetary influences. Also not mentioned here is that Mary's husband, Kate's father, also worked as an astrologist as well. So Kate was like, around, around this whole world. Lesley Logan 14:12 Before the internet and email, like someone would call and Mary would be out, and there's no answering machines, right? So Kate's like, writing down, okay, yes, the North Node thing you said came true.Brad Crowell 14:23 Yeah, the second month, moon's sun did a back flip. And, yeah, I don't know anything about things clearly, Kate, obviously, grew up with all of this and. Lesley Logan 14:32 If any of the things sounded overwhelming, what I have decided since I've met them and we've known them now three years, maybe four years, is that just the more you listen to the terms, the less, the more familiar they become, the less it's like learning a new language. The less overwhelming it is, and the more you study it in yourself, the easier it is for you to understand other things. And I have to be honest, like, the more chaotic the world is, the more I'm like, hold on, what's going on in the moons, let me see, because. Brad Crowell 15:02 I haven't wrapped my head around houses yet, but I've got, like, sun, moon, I'm starting to understand that. But then there's, like, the planets and the degrees. I don't know anything about that.Lesley Logan 15:11 I'm excited because I picked up a journal for this year. And every day, there's a way for me to put an entry. It tells me what's going on with the moons, and it tells me what's going on with like, different things, and it's a way for me to practice you have to look at your own chart, and I had stickers to put what things are in which house and what degree. And so I feel like just every day I get to spend a little time journaling in this area. Again, what's gonna go to what I loved astrology is what Mary said. Astrology is very validating. It's not as much predictive as it is a green or yellow light saying go or slow down or pause. And you can use it as a valuable tool to help you see things you might not have noticed about yourself, or some things like, why do I do that? Like, why am I doing that? Sometimes I find myself going, why do I do that? And then I hear from my chart, like, this is the way you do that, you're like, oh, so that's just like, kind of who I am. So I just need to be aware that that's something that I tend to do, and something else that'll come up. We had them read my chart and your chart, and something that came up is that I'm someone who requires a lot of downtime. And I have noticed in the last year, I require a lot of downtime, like I just do after tours, after things like, I just, I need to lay down on the ground. And I used to think, oh, is there something wrong with my health or something wrong I need? And so going back to the validation of it, no. In the chart that I have, it literally says lay the fuck down, take time for yourself. So I really like that. And she's like, it's like having a friend who can give you an opinion or show you something that to you that you didn't see yourself. And I also think that's really cool. We had them read our chart. And there's a lot of things that are like moving around, that are going on. And every time I show someone my chart, who knows astrology, the things they go, Oh, wow, you need to stock up on your learning. You've got a lot going on over here. And I'm like, what is it? What do I need to learn? But it's not predictive, right? So we can't tell them what I need to learn. But I really enjoyed, in summary, what I, we are in a transition of something going on in our business right now. And what was validating about this is because we're at the end of the seven years, and so there are a lot of things transitioning, because that's how things are working in my chart is a seven year change, and what I need to be doing, what I need to be focusing on. And some things have already, the energy's already started in there. And I was like, oh, this is really validating. And then there was some things that she said. Was like, hey, you go look out for this. Not a beware, but a be aware. And I was just like, oh, that is really good information. The other thing that I'm glad that they said is you might want to not just rethink collaborations, but also check in with new partnerships. Check out new things. There might be someone who is famous or doing this x thing that you can actually like work with. And also there's just some really good stuff, you guys. It basically just says, I'm coming into like, the more authentic I can be, the better it is going to be for me, the more that I can manifest, the better that's going to be for me. And so what was so cool about that is, I've been thinking I need to be spending more time manifesting what I actually want, because that's just something I'm being called to do, and to hear in my chart that it's like, yeah, you're in a manifestation place. Go do that. It really helps put the green light on something I'm intrigued by. And I find that to be really cool, because it doesn't feel like this random hobby or this distraction. It feels like a direction. I have a lot of new beginnings coming up. Is that what? That's what they said. Did you hear that in my chart? Brad Crowell 18:29 I mean, you and me both. I'll get into that in just a minute. Okay, first off, one move Brad over here, this has always been interesting to me. Intriguing to me after having my chart read, I've met Kate multiple times, and her partner, Mike, but I have not met Mary. I've not met mom in person, I don't believe, but I have listened to them for a long time. Lesley Logan 18:50 I know you, you download their podcast. You listen to it.Brad Crowell 18:52 I do. I actually listen to their pod. And the reason is because, first off, I know you're very interested in it, and I just wanted to kind of start to wrap my head around the language of it, and kind of it, and kind of, yeah, I don't really understand it all, all the time, but it's fun. They're very sweet and they're it's easy to listen to. It's not that long, you know, it's pretty informative. It's also not doom and gloom. I don't know. I always imagine movies from the 90s where someone, like, bases their entire life off of, like, a one paragraph astrological reading in the local newspapers some bullshit, and then they go change their world for the better or the worse. That's kind of just the understanding I had of astrology, but listening to them talk about it, it's really kind of changed my understanding of it, so in a good way. So anyway, we did decide to do our charts with them, and that was also incredibly revealing to me, since I know me better than anybody, right? But before I get into my chart, Kate actually said, hey, the context here not to blame astrology, but just to understand. She explained that when you go through hard things, you can say, oh, here comes Pluto again, rearing its ugly head, right? And not in a sense of you have no agency, but it gives it sheds clarity onto things that might be happening in your life, or why you might be responding in a specific way, and you might be looking at yourself going, why did I do that? And that doesn't mean that you're off the hook. There's blame astrology. That's not what that is, but it does give you visibility into certain things. So it may be also a reminder that some of these things are temporary, because things are shifting and changing. Lesley Logan 20:19 Yeah, some planets move really fast. Some move really slow. And another example, because some people might not really be familiar with Pluto, although, my God, I've been so fucking aware of Pluto and Aquarius, but I'm very involved. So a lot of people like to blame Mercury in retrograde. It happens.Brad Crowell 20:35 Mercury's in retrograde. I've heart that a billion times.Lesley Logan 20:37 It happens multiple times a year, which is why you hear it a billion times. And the thing that I love from Mary and Kate is that they've actually really helped me re evaluate what mercury in retrograde is. First of all, I was born under a Mercury in retrograde, so they don't actually affect me as much. They kind of feel comfortable, but retrograde, R-E, they say anything you can redo, redefine, recreate, redecorate, put a re in front of it. And so to go back, don't blame astrology, but understand what's going on and then you can work with it, which is kind of cool, because, like, you said, no agency can go, okay, hold on, we are in a retrograde. So yesterday, I was trying to move these files. I tried two times it didn't freaking work. And I could have gotten mad or upset, because, like, I get frustrated when technology doesn't work for me, when it worked, like, literally an hour ago, and I was just like, you know what? Yeah, I'm just like, You know what, it's retrograde. I'm just gonna leave that there. I texted the team. I'm like, do you see these files? Because I tried two times and I don't see them there, but maybe I can't see them, and they're like, we don't have them. And I was like, we have to redo it tomorrow. I'm not gonna get angry about I'm just gonna redo it tomorrow. And I was like, ooh, retrograde. Brad Crowell 21:39 Yeah, Astrology can validate what you're feeling. We didn't talk about Pluto yet, but we're gonna get into that in just a minute. So Kate also said, astrology is not there to tell you that you're being punished. That's not the goal of it. It's, you know, it can help validate what you're feeling. It doesn't take away the emotion of what you're going through, but it can provide a sense of purpose. You know, what you're going through and dealing with is exactly what you are supposed to be dealing with. She said, It's all part a much larger plan and a much larger cycle, right? For example, we were talking about Pluto, we were talking about mercury, but we weren't comparing it to Pluto just yet. Mercury in retrograde happens three times a year. Pluto, it's like a 20-year cycle, right? And so what was really interesting is when they read my chart, and it was the two of them talking back and forth to each other for about 30 minutes.Lesley Logan 22:26 Okay, I'm so curious, what happened to it 22? I really wanted to go back and go because (inaudible).Brad Crowell 22:31 I'll tell you what happened, in fact. So here's what's crazy. They basically said hey, Brad, and this was Mary, mom. She said, to be honest, I wish you were here in front of me so that we could meet you face to face, because you have a very intriguing chart. She said, I don't think I've read this many, very many charts over my career, 35 years doing this, very many charts where there were three moons, there are three planets at a zero degree, zero degrees. Now that doesn't mean anything to me. I have no idea what that actually means, but they were very intrigued by this, because I was born under a new moon on a specific day in a specific place, and whatever the degrees of all the planets (inaudible). Lesley Logan 23:07 And you have three planets at zero, which means it's like a new beginning. But also you could kind of be either the old other sign, or this sign.Brad Crowell 23:14 I could be a chameleon. Lesley Logan 23:15 Yes, it's really quite crazy. They also said that when you go to a new place, you don't stand out as a tourist. You kind of just are that. And it was, I'm like, yeah.Brad Crowell 23:23 Are you going to let me talk about how excited I am about the chart, yeah. So, all right, so, so basically, they began to describe me, and Mary doesn't know me. Kate knows me. She actually was using some references of my life, of our life, that she's aware of, but Mary doesn't know those references. Doesn't know me. And yet she was looking at when I was born and where I was born, and she was describing why I did things I did in high school, which was fascinating to me, because she talked about, you were talking about being a chameleon. When I was in high school, I used to literally blend into all the different crowds. I hated the Goths versus the preps versus the jocks. I just thought it was the stupidest thing. So I would wear different clothes every single day, as if I was part of a different clique, a different crew, and I had friends in all these different clubs, or what a social hierarchies, or whatever the it was high school. And for me, I did it in a cynical way, because I thought it was bullshit. So I was like, Well, I'm gonna break the rules and I'm gonna be part of everything. But how funny to hear them talk about how I can do that kind of a thing. And I was doing that when I was, like, 16. It was really interesting to hear them talk about how I'm probably very intrigued about travel and about understanding the world and about different cultures and all that stuff. And that could not be more spot on. That is literally my driving purpose in literally life. I always say travel is my drug of choice. Brad Crowell 23:24 Yeah, yeah. And we and they also said next year is a lot of travel, and it freaking does. You were trying to squeeze a (inaudible) trip in a really crazy time, and I'm like, can we squeeze it into this quarter? Can we do that?Brad Crowell 24:59 I have more coming that she doesn't know about. Lesley Logan 25:00 I know, but I also really loved that they brought up. So something about Brad. He's Oh, yeah, let's just go. Let's go to this thing. And I'm like, Okay, I'll go. And then he's like, oh, you know, while we're over here, let's go to this thing. And I'm like, that was not on the plan. And we gotta drop off these three things if we're 12 o'clock at the FedEx and it's, what are you talking about? I thought we were just going to get lunch, and now you're adding three things. And they freaking brought that up in the chart. I swear to God. I mean, I know it's not psychic, but it's definitely validating. And again, yes, Kate has met you several times. We've hung out, we've gone to dinner, but not like, we're like, every quarter.Lesley Logan 25:01 No, maybe once a year over the past three or four years. Lesley Logan 25:39 Yeah, we have to send Mary a picture of you like I think she (inaudible).Brad Crowell 25:43 I feel it. I'm sure Kate pulled up a photo us. It was really just interesting. I lean towards an addictive personality, where, when I commit to something, I go 1000% in on that thing. I love to travel. I'm really good at showing a front and not sharing what's behind, right? So that's also the way I always thought about it is, that's how I was raised. No one ever sees what's actually going on behind the curtain. Maybe that's also just how I am. My interest in language education, my inclination towards technical stuff, you know, just fascinating to me. And then what we never actually circle back around to, and I want to finish with here before we move on, is Pluto. They said that somehow, I don't really understand it, but Pluto is affecting 10 of the planets in my chart, and that cycle, that 20-year cycle, is concluding right now, and next year is going to be a very interesting transitional time for me. Lesley Logan 26:40 I have to look at your chart. It sounds like maybe a 10-year plan must have been like, in Capricorn or something like that. Brad Crowell 26:44 I have a Capricorn rising. And I never even knew that. I was like, I don't know. Lesley Logan 26:48 Yeah, no, you have Capricorn rising. I have Gemini rising. We gotta look at what your moon is. But, yeah.Brad Crowell 26:52 This was really interesting that they were talking about some of the things that they were forecasting for me for next year during this transition period. I've already been doing them literally this past year. I can't remember the specifics now, but there was like, three or four things where I was like, oh, that's already started. I've already started to shift out of some of the roles that I've held in the company for a really long time. I've already started to make decisions on what I want to be doing in the company. And this kind of started six, eight months ago. So it's just funny that there's stuff going on in my world that they had no idea yet they were talking about it as if they did. Lesley Logan 27:26 They gave me some specific dates. I'm not gonna lie. I'm aiming for one of those to be the accessories launch card date, because, like, this is a great day to launch something. I think so too. Obviously, this is not a commercial for Mary and Kate, but what I hope is it's an awareness of take a look at these things, because it can feel like your world is uncertain and chaotic, and maybe it is chaotic. Brad Crowell 27:46 I mean, especially politically now. When the day this comes out, we're 18 days away from a transition in the president's office. Oh, and that's, you know, a lot of uncertainty starting at the end of this month.Lesley Logan 27:56 It's weighing on me. Well, also, like, I had a call today with someone I was like, so do we think that there's going to be a war where we're going at that time, because this is the weirdest thing, that because we travel so much for work, we have to pay attention politically, what's happening in the world like it, it affects us on an actual economical level, like it affects us on our work and affects the safety wise. And she said, well, then we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. I said okay, we're gonna act as a be it until you see it. Here we go. You know. And so having an understanding of this, again, it's not a psychic thing. It can actually just validate. Oh, I do feel like everything is in transition right now, and I have all this stuff happening in my houses. So it is. So it makes you feel to me less crazy, and oh, I'm on the right path, or I can work with this. And so at the very least, you should listen to their podcast. And the episode, we had to talk about Pluto. We went through every single because we're talking to you like, as if you listen to it. We went through every single sun sign, which is a sign that you are born like the birth date, the one that like you. Brad Crowell 28:53 The one that you probably know. Lesley Logan 28:54 You probably know (inaudible) because it's on the magazines and everything. Oh, this your sun sign. Brad Crowell 28:58 Cancer, Capricorn, Aquarious.Lesley Logan 28:59 Yeah, based on your birth date. So you don't have to know the time or location you're born. You can just know your sun sign. We did that for both Pluto and Uranus. So I would just say, like, dabble in it. You can at least listen to the podcast, their podcast, and start to.Brad Crowell 29:15 Yeah, Mom and Me Astrology. Lesley Logan 29:16 Yeah, yeah. Because just to finish Brad's little point here, it's all part of a much bigger and larger cycle and plan. Brad Crowell 29:23 Yeah, stick around, because we're gonna get (inaudible) be it, if we certainly do, we're gonna get into those, Be It Action Items that they laid out for us on the pod. We will be right back. Brad Crowell 29:33 All right. Welcome back. So finally, let's talk about those Be It Action Items, what bold, executable, intrinsic or targeted action items can we take away from your convo with Mary and Kate Swick? I'm gonna jump in first here. I am cancer sun sign. So I was born under that cancer. Will be handed power, but may feel uncomfortable managing it or forming alliances. Cancer may hold taboo or secrets needed to navigate private matters carefully, interesting, because what we see happening next year is growth with the company and my entire shift, my entire goal, has been for us to grow OPC and begin to rub elbows with some other companies so that we can partner with them for marketing efforts and growth efforts and collaboration and all this stuff, but not on a local level, now on a national level, and eventually on an international level, would be our grandiose goal. So I just find it really interesting that may put me in an uncomfortable situation which I get that I could see how that I could be in a room with people who are running a conglomerate, and it might make me feel like imposter syndrome, or whatever it might be. Lesley Logan 30:41 And knowing that is helpful, because then you go, Okay, I'm gonna feel this way, but I'm supposed to be here. I've been handed this power, and so I'm gonna be uncomfortable. It doesn't mean I can't do use this to my advantage. Brad Crowell 30:51 Well actually, so the cancers may hold taboo or secrets really well when navigating private matters. So you know, if you're maybe a therapist, or you've got someone going through something, what I find really interesting is the environments that I came from were prone to secrecy, because there was a lot of controversy in the work environment that I used to work in, right? And I already feel like prepared for this kind of a thing. There's definitely intimacy being heightened coming up, and then cancers are encouraged to prioritize therapeutic services because of it. And there's a couple of action steps here. It's time to reflect on my needs in relationships, and not just intimate relationships, but just relationships in general, and then also explore what fulfills me emotionally and physically. Therapeutic services will help me process and escape into healing activities like mental health walks or yoga, which is interesting because I I totally was driven to that before, when my life was incredibly stressful 10 years ago. I'm excited to see some of that stuff coming back around, and I'm excited to embrace it so very interesting.Lesley Logan 31:56 And if you are not a Cancer or an Aquarius, because I'm going to go into mine and you're like, but I'm another sign, we talked about it in the other episode. Brad Crowell 32:04 We did talk about it.Lesley Logan 32:04 But also, I think what's really cool over the next year and years, you're gonna hear Brad and I talk about some things, and I think it's going to reveal itself how these things are evolving in our lives, because we're pretty open with you guys about what's going on with our lives and what's going on business, what we're going through. And so, for example, I'm an Aquarius, like Kate and Pluto is in Aquarius. So we are here, and Aquarius requires you rebirthing yourself. And this is something that they talked about when they read my chart. It did come up. You may, as Aquarians, and this is if your sun sign, and also your rising could be Aquarius. This could apply to you. Same goes for cancer. It can be your sun sign or your rising sign. So you may experience a tightly packed, intense schedule. I literally made my assistant already send Brad a screenshot of Q1. Yeah, it's in Slack, babe. It's about belief. Are we sure we want to insert this into this quarter? Can we at all look at the next quarter for this Belize trip, and it's because it's already looking very full, and we're not in it yet. And so it's coming through, and you'll hear in my FYF, like, I'm really proud of myself, because I did plan a birthday trip that doesn't need to happen, but I want it to happen. And yes, it adds the intense schedule, but I want Brad to experience a beautiful place that I love. So anyways, it's gonna be in a tightly packed, intense schedule, however, this can lead to big bucks or better bucks than what you've experienced in the past. And so now I'm like, Okay, well, some of that schedule can stay. So Aquarians are encouraged to prioritize their health. I mean, I do, but you should, and if you haven't listened to the ads on this podcast, there's a lot of ways to prioritize your health here, and is it, particularly in the reproductive and unlimited native areas. And I just want to say I've actually been focusing a lot, ladies, if you're over 40, that means, like talking about looking at your hormone health. It doesn't mean to have a baby. I'm just really focused on keeping my hormones as long as I fucking can, and then eliminative areas. It's look at your digestive system. That's what I'm saying. They also said for Aquarians, there's a need to differentiate yourself now, showing more creativity and innovation and how you dress or present yourself. Here's what's so funny. I'm already planning this photo shoot that we're going to do with Monica Linda from Girl Squad, because we're doing a photo shoot with the new decks, and like to get some pictures for future tours. I bought the most amazing fur coat, I mean, the most amazing fur coat, and then I got the skirt that I showed you. And I have wanted to, I want to update the podcast, art and things like that. And if you haven't noticed, I've been wearing more regular clothes lately, you guys. And here's the thing, it's because I'm in a big transition. Yeah, I am showing up, and they said, remind Aquarians this is a big transition. So it does not happen overnight. So I think it's going to take all of 2025 for the new mystic comp. But in my chart reading as an Aquarius, they said, like, you're gonna have a new look. And I have been over this last year changing. I got rid of the eyelashes, right? And I've been practicing makeup, and I've been practicing these different things, and I had started doing my nails. And I'm fucking obsessed with these nails. If you're on YouTube, aren't they beautiful? They're more beautiful than when I came home. So at any rate, like, if you're an Aquarian, we are the weirdo sign. We are the alien sign. We need to stop playing like, ooh, let me hide. I'm an alien. Let's be the weirdos and be the aliens, because this is our time. It's not going to happen in your lifetime again. The last time Pluto entered Aquarius, it was the French Revolution. If I recall, that should have been 1700s that should definitely been a forewarning. Brad Crowell 32:13 The last part, yeah. Lesley Logan 34:50 So let's enjoy the next 20 years (inaudible). Anyways, I hope that you enjoy this. I know there's a lot of information, but please again, use the transcripts, because that can help you sometimes reading it and hearing it and seeing it can help you with your sign and let us know what takeaways you had for your sign. I want to share those. Instead of sharing the wins, I'll share what you took away from it. It's totally fabulous, and I'm really excited to hear how this helped you. They did a lot of research to help both planets. We are so lucky that we got that. If you do want your chart read by them, listen to what they said on that last podcast episode. I'm Lesley Logan. Brad Crowell 36:04 And I'm Brad Crowell. Lesley Logan 36:05 Thank you so much for listening. Hey, Happy Fucking New Year. Brad Crowell 36:08 Happy New Year.Lesley Logan 36:09 We didn't say that the beginning. Brad Crowell 36:11 We did not say that. Happy New Year. Lesley Logan 36:12 Happy New Year. Happy New Year. I don't believe in resolutions. I believe in upgrades, just like your phone. I say this all the time, your phone just updates itself, and then you have the same phone with better systems. And that's what every new year is, to me. It's taking you and just making the systems better based on what you didn't like and what you did like. So share this with a friend who needs it, and until next time, Be It Till You See It. Brad Crowell 36:38 Bye for now. Lesley Logan 36:40 That's all I got for this episode of the Be It Till You See It Podcast. One thing that would help both myself and future listeners is for you to rate the show and leave a review and follow or subscribe for free wherever you listen to your podcast. Also, make sure to introduce yourself over at the Be It Pod on Instagram. I would love to know more about you. Share this episode with whoever you think needs to hear it. Help us and others Be It Till You See It. Have an awesome day. Be It Till You See It is a production of The Bloom Podcast Network. If you want to leave us a message or a question that we might read on another episode, you can text us at +1-310-905-5534 or send a DM on Instagram @BeItPod.Brad Crowell 37:23 It's written, filmed, and recorded by your host, Lesley Logan, and me, Brad Crowell.Lesley Logan 37:28 It is transcribed, produced and edited by the epic team at Disenyo.co.Brad Crowell 37:32 Our theme music is by Ali at Apex Production Music and our branding by designer and artist, Gianfranco Cioffi.Lesley Logan 37:38 Special thanks to Melissa Solomon for creating our visuals.Brad Crowell 37:43 Also to Angelina Herico for adding all of our content to our website. And finally to Meridith Root for keeping us all on point and on time.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/be-it-till-you-see-it/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Navigating Life's Challenges with your 'GIRL SQUAD'

Lift OneSelf Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2024 34:50 Transcription Available

What if the bonds we form in our youth could guide us through some of life's most challenging transitions? Join us on the Lift One Self podcast as we explore this fascinating idea with our incredible guests, Chantel Thomas, Danielle Brooks, and Tanya Winchester. Chantel, lovingly dubbed "the gatherer," shares the story of their lifelong friendship that has provided strength and resilience through middle school, college, and beyond. Danielle discusses her journey of self-discovery as an empty nester and newly divorced woman, while Tanya offers her invaluable insights from her caregiving experience, underscoring the necessity of self-care.Transforming personal video transcriptions into a self-published book is no small feat, but these women have done just that. Chantel's ability to foster a space where vulnerability is not only welcomed but celebrated, plays a crucial role in their collaborative project. They bravely tackle topics like body image and significant life changes, with Tanya's “Play Big” chapter urging us all to step beyond our comfort zones. Their shared stories and collective support weave a rich tapestry that showcases the powerful synergy of enduring girlfriend relationships.Finally, our guests share the wisdom they would pass on to their 18-year-old selves in just three words, offering a poignant and reflective conclusion to our conversation. They emphasize the importance of friendship, dreaming, seeking, and authenticity as cornerstones of a fulfilling life. As we close, learn how to connect with Chantel, Danielle, and Tanya, and find out where to get their book "40 Day Reset." Don't miss this heartwarming and thought-provoking episode, and remember to be kind and gentle with yourself as you reflect on their raw and honest stories.Find the book here :https://www.40dayresetbook.com/ Support the showRemember, the strongest thing you can do for yourself is to ask for help.Please help us grow by subscribing to and sharing the Lift OneSelf podcast with others.The podcast intends to dissolve the stigmas around Mental Health and create healing spaces.I appreciate you, the listener, for tuning in and my guest for sharing.Our websiteLiftOneself.comFind more conversations on our Social Media pageswww.facebook.com/liftoneselfwww.instagram.com/liftoneselfMusic by prazkhanal

424. Strategies You Need to Create Your Personal Brand Energy

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2024 40:34

In this episode, Lesley Logan talks with branding expert Nadine Hanafi about confidence, personal branding, and overcoming fear to show up authentically. Nadine shares her journey of building her second business, Digital Brand Kit, and offers actionable tips to create a brand that represents your higher self.If you have any questions about this episode or want to get some of the resources we mentioned, head over to LesleyLogan.co/podcast. If you have any comments or questions about the Be It pod shoot us a message at beit@lesleylogan.co. And as always, if you're enjoying the show please share it with someone who you think would enjoy it as well. It is your continued support that will help us continue to help others. Thank you so much! Never miss another show by subscribing at LesleyLogan.co/subscribe.In this episode you will learn about:Nadine's journey from PowerPoint to becoming a brand expert.How to understand the full scope of branding beyond logos and colors.The importance of setting boundaries when building a business.The mindset shifts needed to overcome fear of visibility.How brand photography can elevate the look and feel of a business.Steps to confidently create a brand that reflects your higher self.Episode References/Links:Nadine Hanafi's InstagramNadine Hanafi's WebsiteDigital Brand KitDigital Brand Kit WebsiteGuest Bio:If you've been thinking about branding or rebranding your business but you've felt overwhelmed by the process, intimidated by the investment or you're not even sure where to start, then today's {episode/presentation} is for you. I'm joined by award-winning branding expert Nadine Hanafi {pronounced: Ha·Naw·Fee} who is a trailblazer in the branding world, most notably for her signature product Digital Brand Kit which is the world's first full-stack branding system made specifically for personal brands. She spent the better part of the last 10 years providing creative direction to some of the world's biggest brands and since 2020, she has helped brand hundreds of coaches, consultants and speakers. Now she's on a mission to help early and mid-stage entrepreneurs translate their personality and business goals into a visual identity engineered to attract their dream clients and reflect their uniqueness. Nadine is certified in both Digital Psychology and Behavioral Design and her science-based approach to design will completely change the way you think about branding. If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser or Castbox. DEALS! Check out all our Preferred Vendors & Special Deals from Clair Sparrow, Sensate, Lyfefuel BeeKeeper's Naturals, Sauna Space, HigherDose, AG1 and ToeSox Be in the know with all the workshops at OPCBe It Till You See It Podcast SurveyBe a part of Lesley's Pilates MentorshipFREE Ditching Busy Webinar Resources:Watch the Be It Till You See It podcast on YouTube!Lesley Logan websiteBe It Till You See It PodcastOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley LoganOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley Logan on YouTubeProfitable Pilates Follow Us on Social Media:InstagramFacebookLinkedIn Episode Transcript:Nadine Hanafi 0:00 There's a way for you to use branding to show up as the next version of yourself, or, as I like to say, brand your higher self, right? And we've seen this with our clients. We've seen it with me and my brand and my business. And when you brand yourself as the business that you want to build, as that seven-figure business, six-figure business, whatever it is, and you show up with that big brand energy, your confidence catches up to that, right? Lesley Logan 0:27 Welcome to the Be It Till You See It podcast where we talk about taking messy action, knowing that perfect is boring. I'm Lesley Logan, Pilates instructor and fitness business coach. I've trained thousands of people around the world and the number one thing I see stopping people from achieving anything is self-doubt. My friends, action brings clarity and it's the antidote to fear. Each week, my guest will bring bold, executable, intrinsic and targeted steps that you can use to put yourself first and Be It Till You See It. It's a practice, not a perfect. Let's get started.Lesley Logan 1:09 All right, be it, babe. This is a fun conversation today. We've got confidence. We've got branding. When do you start a business? What are you expecting out of it? It's just been, was a really fun conversation. Nadine Hanafi is our guest today. And you know, it's so crazy. It's like the world just make sure you meet the right people in your life. First of all, I would love to keep talking with us. I wish we lived closer. I would love to hang out with her, just one of those people in business. You're like, yeah, I'm so glad I know this person. She is a mutual friend of Jessica Papineau's and mine. But then also, when I was talking to her, I was like, Oh, my God, I've got to introduce you to my photographer, Monica Linda of Girl Squad Media. And she's like, oh, I worked with Monica. And funny enough, Monica showed her my photo. So, like, it's just full circle. It's like we were destined to meet. We were destined for each other. And so I'm excited for you to this conversation, because there's a lot of honesty about, like, you know, how we grow our businesses, and what do we need to do to keep growing them, and what does that look like? And if you're not someone who has a business. There's still a lot of fun things to listen to in this podcast that can give you a lot of things to think about. Just because it's along business side doesn't mean there's not some personal growth stuff in here that's going to change your life. I know it. So take a listen. And here is Nadine Hanafi. Lesley Logan 2:15 All right, Be It babe. I am so excited because we are, we're going to learn a lot from today's guest. I'm and you're going to love all of it. I was introduced by this woman, to this woman by Jessica Papineau, who you all loved. We had her on the pod. If you're an OPC member, we had her in the community. And Nadine Hanafi is our guest today. She is an incredible branding person. Branding strategies for your business. And if you don't have a business, I still, do not stop, you are a brand yourself and I'm so excited to dive into this. Nadine, can you tell everyone who you are and what you rock at?Nadine Hanafi 2:46 Oh, well, thank you, Lesley, thank you so much for having me. I'm so excited to be here. So my name is Nadine Hanafi. I am a branding expert. I'm the CEO of a company called Digital Brand Kit, which is the world's first full-stack branding company, where we basically provide you with all the brand assets that you need as a personal brand. And I've been in business for 10 years. This is not my first business. This is my second business. I started out as a presentation design expert with a company called We Are Visual and my jam was PowerPoint. I know, boring, but I used to make what I call these artistic, beautiful PowerPoints. And I've worked with TED speakers, I've worked with bestselling authors, I've worked with all these beautiful brands with their presentation. And eventually I decided to expand beyond just the presentation to really how you present yourself in the world, which is your branding. And so that's what brought me to doing what I do now.Lesley Logan 3:41 Oh, my God, that is so you know, I've gone this entire life without making a single, like. Nadine Hanafi 3:47 Powerpoint?Lesley Logan 3:47 Yeah, when I know how to use one.Nadine Hanafi 3:51 Lucky you. Lesley Logan 3:54 I know. Nadine Hanafi 3:54 How did you do that?Lesley Logan 3:55 I tell people to take notes. Here we go. I actually would love to change that for myself, and I'd love to be more prepared in advance for things so that will change in my future. I feel it, but also like I teach Pilates so there's no PowerPoint.Nadine Hanafi 4:11 I totally get that. Lesley Logan 4:12 But you know, thank you for sharing that you, this is your second rodeo in your own business, and also like going into, so let's talk about, just in case people have never heard of personal brand or branding itself, I think a lot of people think branding is like colors, my colors, my logo, my fonts. Can you have a little bit of personal brand and a little bit more on what is branding? Nadine Hanafi 4:31 Oh my gosh, yes. Love this question. So first of all, your branding is definitely not just your colors and your fonts and your website. It is so much more than that. There's a lot of debate about what branding is exactly, but to me, it's your brand messaging, it's your brand voice, it's your visuals, it's how you show up in the world, what you sound like, and the energy that you give off. And so we're all about brand energetics, right, which might be something that resonates with your audience, because, you know, it's like, it's all about energy. Branding is energy. And so that's one thing about branding. And then personal brand. What is a personal brand? Well, personal brand versus corporate brand, right? A corporate brand is just a company. It's impersonal. There are lots of humans behind it, but there isn't one human right behind it. A personal brand is you. So you might have a personal brand that then feeds leads leads to your business separately, but you are you. You're your own personality. You show up with a completely different visual identity, a different brand voice, from the corporation that maybe you own or work for. So that's the difference between a corporate brand and a personal brand. And then in terms of visuals, super different, right? Corporations, they have these logos and brand guidelines. It's very much, very strict, whereas your personal brand is where you get to have a little bit more more fun, right? You can color outside the lines. Lesley Logan 5:53 Yeah, that's true. I love that. Color outside the lines. My perfectionist listening, hi, you can color outside the lines.Nadine Hanafi 6:01 Yeah, way outside.Lesley Logan 6:03 So okay, but how did you get into all of this stuff? Like, were you a creative kid? Are you artistic? You love computers? How did this all come about? Because you're really great at what you do. I've seen it, and I know like, and we also have so many mutual friends who, like Monica Linda, and things like that. We always attract You're so awesome at it. But what led you to do this? Because I feel there's got to be like, were you born, is someone from your family a digital brander? Nadine Hanafi 6:29 No, not at all. I totally fell into this by accident. That sounds cliche, but it's true. I didn't discover my, quote-unquote, creative side until much later in life. I think I was always a creative kid, but then I think school kind of has a tendency to beat that out of us. You know, it's like, and especially parents are like, oh, you have to be good at math and you have to do business or be a lawyer or and so I had one of those parents that wanted me to be a lawyer or a businesswoman. And so I went to business school, and I really disconnected from my creativity very early on, and rediscovered it while I was in college, totally by accident, because we had a professor ask us to make a PowerPoint presentation for a class, for the marketing class. And I don't know why, but I decided I was going to make the best damn, you know, PowerPoint presentation ever made. And I did, and it was beautiful, really, I spent like three weeks working on it. It was really awesome. And I enjoyed the process so much, and I enjoyed the feedback that I got so much that it was unique and different and original. And so I just kind of kept playing in that sandbox of making nice fun PowerPoints, just for fun in school. And then when I started my first job out of college, I was asked to make a lot of presentations again, and so I brought those skills to the corporate world, and it made a huge difference in the company I worked for. They really enjoyed the work that I did. It was shared across the company. They have me do PowerPoint presentations for other departments. Next thing I know, I'm creating all these templates for everyone. So it just kind of took on a life of its own. I was like, you know what? I'm kind of good at this thing. Why don't I make a business out of it? Because I wasn't really enjoying corporate life anyways. I don't love being told what to do and when to do it. So corporate, you know, the corporate world wasn't really good for me, and so I just started a business as a PowerPoint presentation expert, and that's how I got into it. And I'm basically self-taught. I took classes online, I took certifications, got certified in digital psychology and all the things, and basically taught myself branding, taught myself design, and that's how I landed here.Lesley Logan 8:42 That is so cool, because I know for myself, I went to college, first I went to be in kinesiology, and then I switched to communications, and then I, like, got out of so it's business, communications, interpersonal communication, and I got out of college, and I just really loved retail. I just thought it was the greatest thing. And I was like, I don't know why I have this $80,000 degree that I'm not using, but I got these student loans to pay off. (inaudible) And so when I got into Pilates, I just want to be Pilates instructor, I was like, oh my God. Like, I already am not using, now I have to spend more money. And but it's interesting how like your skill sets of what you love, they follow you wherever you're going. And, yeah, so I think it's cool that you're self-taught slash you also kind of did some things that were in alignment with what you loved. So you're taking your natural instincts with, you know, some of the information and combining those efforts. That's really cool. Okay, so let's talk a little about you, though, you, obviously, working for yourself and leaving corporate. There's a lot of be it till you see it stories in there, because I know a lot of people listening are like, someday I want to leave corporate. One day they will do it. Were there any like be it till you see it, stories or actions you took to help yourself either get out of corporate or like, recently in your life that you can share with us? Nadine Hanafi 9:55 Oh my gosh. First of all, I have to say that I've been in business for 10 years, but I feel like I've only started really breaking the surface of what I'm capable of in the last maybe two years, and I had a lot of stigma around that. I mean, I gave myself a hard time for that, that I was like, such a late bloomer, such a late learner. Why did it take me so long to finally get this right? Lesley Logan 10:18 Oh my God. Let's just, don't forget what you're gonna have to say. But can we just take a moment like, like I am so hard on myself about like I should be further, I've been doing all the things. Like, the pressure that we put on ourselves is not fun, and it's not helping anyone get anywhere,Nadine Hanafi 10:34 No, no, especially not ourselves. Then it's, you know, I'm like, oh, you're 37 look at all these young women who's 30, 29, 30, they've already built their multi-server figure business like, what's wrong with you? And so the minute that I stopped giving myself help for that, things kind of opened up for me. But it was mostly, it was mostly just accepting that that's my journey, and I can choose my path, and I can just write my own story, and it doesn't have to be a story of like early success. And I heard, I read a quote the other day, and I might mention a lot of quotes (inaudible).Lesley Logan 11:10 We love quotes. Nadine Hanafi 11:11 Love quotes, but it said, "Your first business is not where you make money, it's where you learn." And it's so true for me in my first business, because I made all the mistakes in my first business. And I won't come around to like answering your question, Lesley, I promise, but one of the one of the mistakes that I made was building a golden cage for myself and because, and I want to share the story, especially if a lot of your listeners are maybe in corporate, thinking about getting out of corporate like you said, my only model for what a business would look like was based on what I've seen in the corporate world. I didn't know it was possible to build a business on my own terms, a business around my lifestyle, a business around what I want to do with my time. And so I built, I built another nine to five job for myself when I created my first business. Lesley Logan 12:00 Or nine to nine, something like that. Nadine Hanafi 12:02 Yeah, exactly. And I unwillingly traded one boss, who is a nasty boss, into like, 12 bosses, because every single one of my clients was my boss, and because I did not know how to set boundaries. You know, I was just being bossed around by my own clients. And so my first business was really a playground for me to make all the mistakes and learn from them. And so this second business that I'm building is me doing going back and taking all the things I did wrong the first time and doing them right this time around. But the be it examples, my gosh. I mean, the biggest thing that I did when I was starting my first business was give myself mentors to see examples of what my future success could look like. Because I didn't have those good examples around me. I had to expand my horizons. And meeting people, other entrepreneurs who were further ahead than me and seeing how they run their business like, what does the behind the scenes of their business look like, that was me, my effort of trying to project what my future could look like and how I could design a business for myself on my terms.Lesley Logan 13:15 I, that's so, I love it all. Okay, let's just talk about the like, create what we, it's, in business and in relationships, we create date what we know. Nadine Hanafi 13:27 Exactly.Lesley Logan 13:27 You know, and it can be, which is, makes it hard to be it till you see it, because you're, if you don't look outward, which I love that you talk about mentors, like, if you don't like the situation you're in before you start something, one, be it till you see it can think, can actually just be like, seeking out examples of what you don't, because otherwise, yeah. And then I, so funny that you mentioned boundaries. I just posted from my Profitable Pilates account today, like, if you have policies but you don't enforce them, you don't have policies, what you have is future resentment. Like, you know, like, I have clients who tell me, charge me if they're late canceling because I told them I'm going to charge you. You late cancel, I'm charging you, and now they go, charge me. But like, people aren't going to be like, hey, you didn't charge me for that late cancel.Nadine Hanafi 13:27 That's right. They're not going to enforce your boundaries for you. Lesley Logan 13:37 No, they're not. And you had mentioned your 12 clients, it's true. Like, if you don't tell them, here's when I respond to you, here's the appropriate way to communicate with me, here's when you're when your money is due. They're going to just push you around because they can. It just makes everything unclear. So that is really, I just love that that happened on the same day that I literally said I'm like, if you don't have like, policies or boundaries, to me, they're this, they're the exact same thing. They're like, telling people how you can treat someone. I think the first business is where you learn, it's, you know, it's really hard because of social media. Like young kids on YouTube, young kids can make millions of dollars with their social media, and it's hard to be, I'm 41 to look at that and go, oh my God, I didn't even, like, that wasn't even an opportunity for me. Also, like, good for them, because they are living in a, they don't have bills, they're living at their parent's house, they can do whatever they want. Like the rest of us, do? We have to be kinder to ourselves because we're exactly where we're supposed to be if we learn the lessons we're supposed to learn, and then also we get to do what we want with that. They might be stuck with whatever. They just created $7 million with of subscriber, you know what I mean? Nadine Hanafi 15:21 That's right. And if I may share one more thing on that topic, I guess the biggest lesson for me, and I was telling you how I've been in business for 10 years, but I've only started truly growing my business in the last two years. And that's because two years ago, I had an epiphany, which is that my business growth plateaued at the level of my personal growth, and I, for years, would take all the courses, read all the books, learn from all the gurus about the tactics and strategies of what to do. And I had it all right, and I was doing all the right things. I thought I was. But what I was missing was belief in myself, confidence and my ability to actually create results with those strategies and tactics. It wasn't until I prioritized my personal growth that I actually started seeing real growth in my business, financial growth in my business, and so that mindset shift unlocked a lot of things for me. So I just wanted to share that, because it just was one of my biggest aha moments. Lesley Logan 16:29 Everyone, hit rewind and re-listen to that, because it's like we're on the same parallel universe right now. Earlier this week, I was telling, I've told my agency members this before, I told them this actually the last couple of times we've been in a group session together, and I just reminded them, I'm like, if you don't believe in you, no strategy I give you is going to work. Like, this strategy I'm giving you might not be the right strategy for you, but you're definitely going to think it's crap if you don't believe in you. And I said to them also, like, if you're not protecting, because they're Pilates instructors who are teaching, right, if you're not protecting your Pilates practice, no strategy I give you is going to work, because you're not prioritizing yourself, and you will run out of energy. When we run out of energy, what do we, we don't actually have the ability to believe in ourselves more than we did, you know, you just, you're out of energy. And so, like, it is so your personal growth, protecting your self-care, taking care of like, what do I need today? What is my, how's my body doing today? Those things are going to affect tremendously at your growth of your business, for sure. For sure. Yeah, it's so interesting because being in a business as long as we've been in and having this, some of the success we've had, I've been on some stages with some people who have even bigger success. And I was listening to things that they're saying and and it was so funny, because some of my listeners have heard of the story already, but I was on stage with two guys who have businesses way bigger than mine. We're like, we almost hit a million, this guy runs $100 million of ads across social media platforms. And this other guy worked for like (inaudible). They're all huge, multi, like, right, huge. So it's like, small, medium, large. And I was like, kind of intimidated, right? Like, why am I on the stage with these people? But then they were saying things that I was like, yeah, that works, and I don't, that's not also good. And so it's really interesting. We can put these people on a pedestal who are farther along than us, and we forget we know things. And like, you know, our intuition knows things, and our values know things. And so if you aren't taking care of your personal growth and you're not spending time with yourself, can be so easy to fall into the trap of these other people. What they were saying, and I've like, was like, I really, I really disagree with that.Nadine Hanafi 18:36 I love that. Yeah, straight up. Yeah, you have to be able to tune in to your own thoughts and your own intuition and operate from a place of like conviction, because you know what's right, rather than just listen to what everyone else is telling you, because they're telling you it's good advice. You have to, you know, be able to have that discernment to recognize well what's right for you at this stage for what you're trying to do.Lesley Logan 19:02 Yeah. Discernment is very different than, like, a negative self-talk or self-doubt or a lack of confidence. Like, discernment is, you know, you're actually more firmly planted. Has it been easy? Like, do you find, was confidence easy for you? Nadine Hanafi 19:16 No, absolutely not. So as somebody who is heavily bullied as a child, confidence has been my life's battle. I was born in Minnesota, but I grew up in Morocco. My parents are from Morocco, and I learned English at a very young age, but then they moved me back to Morocco and put me in school right away, before I had a chance to remember Arabic and French, because that's what we speak in Morocco, right? Lesley Logan 19:40 Arabic and French. You have to do two? Nadine Hanafi 19:42 Yes, two. So I grew up trilingual. Lesley Logan 19:46 That is so cool, by the way. Nadine Hanafi 19:48 Thank you. Lesley Logan 19:49 Yeah, I get, so, I learned enough Arabic to say hello, thank you, no, I cannot give you that discount.Nadine Hanafi 19:55 All the martinis.Lesley Logan 19:59 Yeah. And so my wives would shop, and then, like, the husband come in and ask for a discount, and I would say, all I know how to say is, shukran, okay, sorry, I cut you off. That's so hard as a child to remember all three.Nadine Hanafi 20:17 Yeah, so I learned Arabic and French. I'm like, three years old, and then four years old, and they moved me back to Minnesota. I learned English there, and they moved me back to Morocco and put me in school. And I'd forgotten English and Arabic, or, sorry, French and Arabic, and I only know how to speak English, but nobody else did. And so rather than (inaudible) school, I was the American kid. Don't talk to her. She doesn't speak our language. And that just followed me through elementary school, and I was just like the odd kid, and so I would just hang out by myself a lot, and my social skills obviously suffered from that as a child and then as a teenager, and I didn't really grow into my own self until my 20s, and this, this fear, this sense of being inadequate, not belonging, kind of followed me. It's just, and I'm sharing this with you, because I didn't come to this realization until a couple of years ago where I was like, damn, this has actually been following me my entire life, and it's been stunting my growth. This feeling of not being good enough, not being loved, you know? And so, yes, confidence has been like my biggest battle in life is having that confidence. So the name of your podcast speaks to me a lot, because I basically have had to fake it, you know, I've had to fake this confidence for so many years, until finally it just started feeling real. And basically it was my experience, the expertise that I built, the amount of clients that I served, the result that I was able to get for them. All of that is what started to fill the gap between who, how I was showing up, and that quote, unquote, fake confidence and the real me. And today I'm confident because I know the results I can deliver. I know my history, I know my expertise, I know my staff, and that's where my confidence comes from. And I also know my worth. I know my worth now better than I ever have in my entire life, not just my worth as a business owner and as an expert in my field, but also just as a human being. I've come to terms with the fact that I am enough, even if I was crap at business, I would still be enough, and that's huge.Lesley Logan 22:29 I love, yeah, confidence really does come from doing the thing you said you were gonna do, you know. And so, like. Nadine Hanafi 22:29 You keep promises to yourself. Lesley Logan 22:29 Yeah, and then, and just keeping up, and doesn't mean you do it perfectly, but just like you told the client you were going to deliver this amazing product, you did deliver an amazing product, and then you acknowledge you delivered an amazing product. And so often we do the first two things, and then we don't give ourselves the credit for having done the thing. And so we don't get the benefits of the confidence that it comes from being so consistent with what we know.Nadine Hanafi 23:01 And the other aspect of confidence that I struggled with, I know so many people do, is visibility. And so visibility has been a huge thing for me. I was always really comfortable in the behind the scenes of my business, not being the face, you know, like, oh, I like putting my clients in the spotlight, in the limelight, like you go out there, you shine. I'll just sit here and support you. That was comfortable for me. But again, I realized that my business growth was going to plateau at the level of my visibility too, because visibility is also exposure. It's growth. It's putting yourself out there and getting your message out there, so more eyes on what you do. And so that's been the late, the latest monster that I've slain, is the fear of visibility for me. In fact, I just recorded my first podcast episode today because I'm launching a podcast. Lesley Logan 23:52 That's so cool. You guys heard it here first. That is so cool.Nadine Hanafi 23:57 It's called Grand Party and it's been sitting in my head and in my heart for over a year, and I've been so scared of starting it, of doing it because I've been scared of the visibility that will come with it, also the commitment of, like, consistent content every week, but mostly the visibility. And so it's a really huge deal for me that I was finally over, you know, able to overcome that fear and pull the trigger and do this.Lesley Logan 24:24 Yeah, be surprised. Hire someone to do all the editing and all the stuff, and then whether you do it or not, you're paying them, and that makes me get my -ish done.Nadine Hanafi 24:33 Well, you know, that's actually so true, I'm so glad you said that, because I procrastinated for a year. And so I met this woman who owns a production company, and she's like, oh, well, let's do this. And she sent me the contracts. Th e contract sat in my inbox for three months, and she finally sent me an ultimatum, saying, all right, if you don't sign this, I'm gonna have to, like, take down your contract from our system. And I, I said to myself, I didn't write this term, but I said, thank you. Thank you for giving me, sending me that email, because I needed somebody to light a fire under my butt in that moment and just sign the damn thing. And the thing is, is when I signed it, I also had to pay. Now I have skin in the game, and yeah, like you said, the minute you have skin in the game, and you actually have to put out money for this, you better make that thing happen. So it is one way to hold yourself accountable. Lesley Logan 25:22 And also, like, I am not someone who typically needs an accountability person, but especially if there's a little bit of fear, especially putting something out there that is a part of you, yes, visibility, but also, like, the feedback that you didn't ask for from the people you know, like, you can tell yourself a story of like, what it could be and it's never, it's never as bad or as good as you think it's going to be. But there's that fear, until you put it out there, like, when we started a YouTube channel, I resisted it big time. I'm not going to do a YouTube channel. This is back in like, 2014 my husband's like, you should do a YouTube channel. I'm like, no, there's other people who are better teachers than me. They should be doing it, they've been teaching longer. I was just downplaying myself. All the excuses. And really, what it came down to is I was so afraid of what people were gonna say about the videos. They're gonna say I was teaching it wrong or doing it wrong, and so we did some, we put it out there. And you know what happened? Nothing. Because. Nadine Hanafi 26:17 Plot twist. Lesley Logan 26:18 Yeah, like, I mean, people watched it, but especially when you're a new YouTube or a new podcast, like, now if you have a following and a platform to tell people about it, but back then, I had nothing. Instagram was anything. Guys like, I didn't have anything to share what I was doing on, so I was just waiting for the random people to come across it. And the first thing someone said was, thank you, this is amazing. So, like, we tell ourselves a story that like, oh my God, what if people don't like it. What if they say anything? And so that's it. But I do, for the big things that scare me in my business, I do like there has to be some skin in the game, so that I can't talk myself out of it or procrastinate or tell myself I should do it later, or whatever it is. So I'm excited for your podcast. I can't wait to listen to it. Nadine Hanafi 26:56 Oh, thank you. Lesley Logan 26:57 This is so exciting. Okay, so obviously, your next thing, you're being it till you see it as the podcast host. Is there anything else that you are working on as far as being it till you see it? Yeah, tell me more.Nadine Hanafi 27:09 Okay, so with Digital Brand Kit, we are wanting to change the game when it comes to branding. Really, we are innovating in so many ways, and one of the platforms and one of the messages that we want to put out there is that branding can actually help you with your confidence, right? It can help you. We're all about helping you grow your business from the outside in, which is counterintuitive, because I've been talking to you about growing your business from the inside out and like you have to embody the person you want to be, etc, yes. But also, when it comes to branding, there's a way for you to use branding to show up as the next version of yourself, as I like to say, brand your higher self, right? And we've seen this with our clients. We've seen it with me and my brand and my business. And when you brand yourself as the business that you want to build, as that seven-figure business, six-figure business, whatever it is. And you show up with that big brand energy, you then, kind of your confidence catches up to that, right?Lesley Logan 27:09 I mean, it's a BBE, that's what you need, guys. Nadine Hanafi 28:04 That's right. Your confidence kind of just catches up to that. Because, the way, I mean, there's something to be said about how people see you, the love that you get, right, the how you are received and perceived, and how you are going to feel and act, right? And if somebody, if you walk into a room and you have a room full of people, who are you know, they know you, they like you, they want to hear from you, they're eager to learn from you. You're going to come into it with a completely different sense of confidence than if you walk into a room where nobody knows who you are or they don't like you. And so branding is really how you're able to create that perception, create that perception of who you want to be to these people before they even meet you. And make them want to work with you. Make them want to meet you and learn from you, and create like that attractive energy, right?Lesley Logan 29:10 I think you got to coin BBE, babe. Big Brand Energy. I love it. I love it. Nadine Hanafi 29:16 I will. Lesley Logan 29:17 I completely, it's so true. It's kind of like it's an and, right? It's like you gotta work on yourself for your business to grow, but also you might need to put out into the world what you expect your business to be, so that you can kind of close the gap. And that's a be it till you see it like, this is the thing I want, I'll put that out there, and I'm going to get myself developed up to it. Nadine Hanafi 29:36 Yeah, and what I want to say about that too, is we, maybe seven, eight years ago, we lived in a world, in the online business world, where people could afford to just show up and make, take a lot of massive action and put themselves out there, put their content out there in a very messy, unprofessional I just thought this together last night, way, right, but because they were teaching good stuff and there wasn't a lot of people teaching this stuff. They would get attention, they would get business. There's so many people in the online business world now, and there's a lot of charlatans, and there's a lot of people who don't know what they're talking about. And so if you are somebody who actually knows what you're talking about, you owe it to yourself to brand yourself as the expert that you are, so that you don't get mistaken for one of those charlatans who are out there teaching things stuff that they don't know, just because maybe they have better branding than you, right? And so.Lesley Logan 30:30 Yeah, yeah. I mean, you owe it to the people you're here to help to, you know, like. Nadine Hanafi 30:34 Most importantly. Lesley Logan 30:35 Not to put pressure on my perfectionist overachievers listening. I see you, but like Daniel Pink said it in an interview I listened to him years ago, and I have never forgotten it. He said, "If what you do takes pain away from someone, solves a problem that they have, you have a moral obligation to make sure it gets to them." You have moral obligation to sell it to them. It's actually really freaking selfish of you to keep it to yourself.Nadine Hanafi 31:01 1,000% oh, my God, I'm so glad you shared that, because I wrote a blog post about this a few weeks ago, about how I overcame my fear of selling, and it was that exact mindset shift. It was somebody who told me, like Nadine, just get over yourself already. This is not about you. This is about all the people that you can help, and the longer you keep, you stay in this fear of showing up and you're not putting yourself out there, you're not putting your products out there. You are depriving all these people from the solutions that you could share with them, that could change their businesses. So what are you doing? Get over yourself. And I was like, damn, that's a good point. Yeah, that's a mindset shift right there.Lesley Logan 31:41 Yeah, it really is. Okay, we're gonna take a brief break. Find out how people can find you, follow you, work with you. Lesley Logan 31:47 All right, Nadine, if somebody is obsessed and ready to, like, step into their big brand energy, they want you to help them because, my goodness, branding ourselves, it's not easy, and you've already figured it out. So where can people find you, follow you, work with you? Nadine Hanafi 31:59 Well, if you're interested in learning more, I'd love to see you over at our Instagram, @digitalbrandkit or my personal Instagram, which is @Nadine.Hanafi, H-A-N-A-F-I, and if you want to check out our full-stack branding system, that's digitalbrandkit.com.Lesley Logan 32:15 Awesome. You guys, we'll have all the links in the notes below, so it's super easy for you to find everything. And I'm so excited because part of the things we've been able to share with our agency members is your amazing kit. And you guys, I normally don't say this, but I'm going to, we have spent a lot of money as a company on branding and then rebranding things and what you your company has done is figured out a way to make it easy for people to step into that without it being like $10,000. So you do things like, I mean, just amazing how you figure things out. So I just really, really love the work that you put out there. It's very unique. Nadine Hanafi 32:21 Thank you. Thank you. Lesley Logan 32:54 Okay, be it action items, bold, executable, intrinsic target steps people can take to be it till they see it being that big brand energy. What do you got for us?Nadine Hanafi 33:01 Yeah. So my first piece of advice if you want to brand your higher self is book a photo shoot. So we have beautiful templates. We have beautiful branding templates, yes, but our beautiful branding templates are not going to look nice if you put your old, crappy photos in them, right? You're gonna need some really nice high-end brand photography. And brand photography isn't regular photography, isn't going to a studio and doing three poses and getting these professional headshots that look like passport photos, right? It's actual branding photos where it's like you in your natural environment working, assuming your natural environment is a Airbnb you rented for the weekend that's super stylish and doesn't look anything like your house. But that's okay, right? But anyways, creating this library of brand images that are showcasing you in action, working with people, working with your clients, doing work on your laptop, on a whiteboard, whatever it is, is how you're going to allow people to or create an immersive brand experience. So you know, you're not your branding, you're not your beautiful colors and fonts, but when you infuse this beautiful brand photography into it, then it comes to life, right? So I can't stress enough how important it is to book a professional brand photo shoot and actually do it properly. So you need to get at least 50 solid shots, not three, because you need variety, right? Super important. But that's one of the biggest things that you can do that is going to help you create that big brand energy very quickly.Lesley Logan 34:38 I couldn't agree more. I think, like our business changed when, and I also was able to step into that version of myself when I actually worked with Monica Linda of Girl Squad, you guys know her, but we didn't use my space. I used her beautiful space. And I was like, oh, my God, people are gonna think this is my living room. No one cared. No one's like, that's not your living room. Like, no. I didn't have a living room, guys, at the time, we didn't have a living room. Like, people now, all of the stuff we use as my, as my space, but like, it really does make a big difference. And you do want those photos to be the thing that you're wishing you're showing up as, and that you would be showing up at someday, because you'll actually share them. You'll actually use them. Your website will be the thing that you're excited to share and send people to, like if you're embarrassed of the photos you won't, you won't use them.Nadine Hanafi 35:26 And you know, let me share something with you, Lesley, that I did not share with you when we first talked because I didn't realize it after, until after we talked, Monica, before I worked with her, she shared with me some portfolio images, and one of the images that she shared with me were your photos, and I remember your photos were fabulous. And I remember seeing your photos, and I think I asked her even I said, is she a model? Because your photos were just so good. You're so poised, and they're so fun and original. And I just remember, because that was before I worked with here, I was like, oh, I can't wait to have, like, nice, professional images like this, too, and that stayed with me, like, you looked amazing, and you gave off that big brand energy, big time in your photos.Lesley Logan 35:26 Yeah, and you know, thank you, and also like. Nadine Hanafi 35:29 You're welcome. Lesley Logan 35:30 Here is, here's a little tip, guys, laugh out loud, actually, like, make yourself laugh. It, it makes the smile have energy to it, versus, like, right?Nadine Hanafi 36:23 So true.Lesley Logan 36:24 Like, there's a whole different energy that comes out of it. And so that is my big tip on a fun photo. Like a fun energetic photo is like, laugh out loud. Nadine Hanafi 36:33 Authentic. Lesley Logan 36:34 Yes. And I also like to go back, Monica is a branding photographer. I want to highlight you said that a branding photographer is very different than your family photo shoot, than, like, you know, because they do get, but nowadays, you guys, there are these crazy places where people have staged photo rooms, like, here in Vegas, I used one the other day just to get five pictures for our flashcard deck redone. And I walked in, there was like a floral wall. There was a little room that looked like an office, like it was $100 an hour, and you had like, eight different stages that were already set up. And I was like, oh, I can be in a phone booth right now. Nadine Hanafi 37:08 That's right, that's right. No, it's super important. And I can't stress that enough, because I'm explaining this to people all the time. Look, what is the difference between brand photography and regular photography? You want brand photography and you want to see what that looks like, we have a blog post at digitalbrandkit.com which is about like how to plan your photo shoot, exactly our most opened email newsletter that we sent, how to plan your photoshoot like a pro. And in it, we have these examples of how to organize your shot lists, which is a very, very handy tool that most photographers will do for you, but not all of them do. So it's good if you can be proactive and create your own shot list. So go find that blog post on our website to learn more about how to plan your shots.Lesley Logan 37:52 Oh my God, yes. And if you'll send me that link, we'll also put it in the show notes, because that is an essential thing. I can get way more photos than what they said was in the contract because I'm organized.Nadine Hanafi 38:03 That's right, that's exactly what I did. I basically 10x how many photos I was able to get out of my last photo shoot because I was so organized, and my photographer loved me. She's like, I'm literally just checking boxes. Lesley Logan 38:14 Yep, yep. That's exactly what you need to do. We could go on and on for hours. You are so amazing. I'm so grateful for you, and I'm grateful that we got to meet, and thank you for sharing so generously your stories about your life and growing your business and what branding is. You guys, how are you going to use these tips in your life? Let Nadine know, let the Be It Pod know, share this with a friend who's struggling with their business and just kind of like trying to figure things out, this might be the thing they need to get out of their own way and maybe show up with that big brand energy. All right, love, until next time. Be It Till You See It. Lesley Logan 38:44 That's all I got for this episode of the Be It Till You See It Podcast. One thing that would help both myself and future listeners is for you to rate the show and leave a review and follow or subscribe for free wherever you listen to your podcast. Also, make sure to introduce yourself over at the Be It Pod on Instagram. I would love to know more about you. Share this episode with whoever you think needs to hear it. Help us and others Be It Till You See It. Have an awesome day. Be It Till You See It is a production of The Bloom Podcast Network. If you want to leave us a message or a question that we might read on another episode, you can text us at +1-310-905-5534 or send a DM on Instagram @BeItPod. Brad Crowell 39:27 It's written, filmed and recorded by your host, Lesley Logan, and me, Brad Crowell.Lesley Logan 39:32 It is transcribed, produced and edited by the epic team at Disenyo.co.Brad Crowell 39:36 Our theme music is by Ali at Apex Production Music and our branding by designer and artist, Gianfranco Cioffi.Lesley Logan 39:43 Special, thanks to Melissa Solomon for creating our visuals.Brad Crowell 39:47 Also to Angelina Herrico for adding all of our content to our website. And finally to Meredith Root for keeping us all on point and on time.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/be-it-till-you-see-it/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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Ami's Solo Pod | Dating Life, Going on Tour, and Beauty Tips

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2024 34:14

Ami's back on her own this week to chat all about the latest going ons in her life. Ami talks about everything from her best and worst school memories and travelling with the Girl Squad, to first loves and her new crush. Listen or watch every Wednesday at 5pm to keep up with the incredible guests and for exclusive insight into Ami's world - and make sure to subscribe/follow! Plus, feel free to like the show or leave a comment/review, and get in touch with your latest stories, dilemmas, or questions via Instagram. And be sure to follow on all socials...

Interview with Sadye (Sadye Returns!)

Bringin' it Backwards

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2024 35:04

We had the pleasure of interviewing Sadye over Zoom video!Sadye was one of the winners of Optimism's "We Heart The Art" Contest! The contest shines a light on the creativity and innovation occurring onchain. Sadye minted her song Pretty Traumatized on Sound.xyz in January, which was her entry for Optimism's "We Heart The Art" contest.Inspired by her intense struggle with cancer, discovering self-worth, and dealing with toxic relationships, her lyrics are steeped in a sarcastic form of catharsis as she learns to love her literal, and figurative, scars; a theme beautifully juxtaposed by catchy, modern melodies and edgy pop production. Her music has received adds to coveted Spotify playlists including Obsessed, IT"S A BOP!, New Pop Picks, Night Pop and more as well as Apple's New in Alternative, Amazon's Breakthrough Pop, Girl Squad and Tidal's Future Sounds.Her latest single "Pretty Traumatized" is produced by regular collaborators Mike Green (Paramore, Sueco, Gwen Stefani, 5SOS, Paris Hilton) and Nico Stadi (Justin Bieber, Jason Derulo). The track is a bouncy, nostalgic, dark-pop anthem. Featuring airy keys punctuated by 80's synth stabs and driving 808's, Sadye delivers her signature tongue-in-cheek lyrics inspired by her real life story of recovery, reminding us that we can embrace our traumas and still look damn good doing it.Sadye transcends the limits of mainstream pop, challenging listeners and breathing new life into the genre with otherworldly mystique and uncompromising vision. From humble beginnings as a small town singer/songwriter, Sadye writes with depth and heart, often taking on unexpectedly dark and heavy themes. Inspired by her intense struggle with cancer, dealing with toxic relationships, and finally discovering her self-worth, her lyrics are steeped in a sarcastic form of catharsis as she learns to love her literal, and figurative, scars; a theme beautifully juxtaposed by catchy, modern melodies and edgy pop production, appealing to fans of Kim Petras and Charli XCX to Nine Inch Nails and The Weeknd.Boasting hundreds of thousands of streams, TV placements, and playlist covers, Sadye leans into her inconceivable “industry plant” aesthetic, challenging conventional notions of stardom, and prompting listeners to question the essence of celebrity. Intrigued by emerging technology, she boldly ventures into the web3 space, seamlessly bringing her cult into the future with exclusive digital rewards, proof of her commitment to standing out in a rapidly evolving music landscape.We want to hear from you! Please email Hello@BringinitBackwards.comwww.BringinitBackwards.com#podcast #interview #bringinbackpod #Sadye #NewMusic #ZoomListen & Subscribe to BiBhttps://www.bringinitbackwards.com/followFollow our podcast on Instagram and Twitter! https://www.facebook.com/groups/bringinbackpodBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/bringin-it-backwards--4972373/support.

Tallulah and Nya | Boyfriends, Being Besties, and Girl Squad Beef?

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2024 39:54

Ami's ride or dies Nya and Tallulah are back on the pod this week to talk all things Girl Squad, addressing friendship rumours, updates on their love lives, plus the girls get into a very honest Pick and Ick. -- #AD This episode is sponsored by indu, the new beauty brand made specifically for teens, taking social media by storm. If you haven't heard about this brand yet, you're going to want to know. As mentioned in the episode, if you send £20, or more, at indu then you can add a LiquidEyes of your choice to your basket with the code AMICHARLIZE and indu will give it to you for free! And don't forget to head over to our socials on TikTok and Instagram over the next few days to enter our competition with @indu.beauty. Ts&Cs apply. -- Listen or watch every Wednesday at 5pm to keep up with the incredible guests and for exclusive insight into Ami's world - and make sure to subscribe/follow! Plus, feel free to like the show or leave a comment/review, and get in touch with your latest stories, dilemmas, or questions via Instagram. And be sure to follow on all socials...

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Navigating Life's Challenges with Your Girl Squad

Earrings Off! Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2024 33:47

Send us a Text Message.Lou and Teresa interview Shantell Thomas and her friends, the incredible authors behind the transformative book "40 Day Reset"! Join us as they share their inspiring journeys of authenticity, dreaming big, and discovering divine purpose. This is more than just a book; it's an invitation to strengthen your bonds and reset your perspective on life. To connect with 40 Day Reset Squad and to get a copy of the book:Website: https://www.40dayresetbook.com/ Be sure to read this week's blog post:https://www.earringsoff.com/post/the-importance-of-girlfriend-friendshipsLou and Teresa are thrilled to bring you their weekly podcast, where they dive deep into fascinating topics, interview experts, and share inspiring stories. But guess what? We need your support to keep this show going strong! Here's how you can help:Financial Support: Consider becoming a patron by making a one-time donation. Your contributions allow us to improve our content, invest in better equipment, and bring you even more engaging episodes. Donations can be made by clicking the "Support the show" link below. Like and Share: If you enjoy our podcast, hit that like button! It helps us reach more listeners. And don't forget to share your favorite episodes with friends and family. Word of mouth is powerful!So, whether it's a few dollars or a virtual high-five, your support means the world to us. Let's keep the conversation going!

How True Friendships Endure and Thrive Through Life's Challenges (Part 2)

Perpetual mOetion With Dr mOe Anderson

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2024 1:44

In this episode of "The Power of Girl Squads," Dr. mOe Anderson continues an intimate and laughter-filled conversation with four incredible women who balance being wives, mothers, sorority sisters, and bosses. Despite the physical separation caused by the pandemic, these women stayed connected through daily video chats, which eventually led to the creation of their powerful book, "The 40 Day Reset." This episode offers heartfelt stories and practical advice on maintaining meaningful and resilient relationships. Learn how to support friends through challenging times and reset your perspective on life. If you missed part one, make sure to catch up for valuable insights that will inspire you to strengthen your personal and professional bonds.Memorable Quote:"Navigating life's challenges with your girl squad can transform your life in unimaginable ways."Key Points:Importance of enduring friendships among womenBalancing multiple roles: wives, mothers, sorority sisters, and bossesImpact of the pandemic on friendshipsDaily video chats leading to the creation of "The 40 Day Reset"Practical advice on maintaining meaningful relationshipsHow to support friends through challenging timesResetting your perspective on lifeChapter Breakdown:[00:00] Introduction and Recap of Part One[02:30] Balancing Multiple Roles: Wives, Mothers, Sorority Sisters, and Bosses[08:45] Pandemic and Daily Video Chats: Strengthening Bonds[15:20] The Creation of "The 40 Day Reset"[22:10] Practical Advice for Meaningful and Resilient Relationships[29:00] Supporting Friends Through Challenging Times[35:40] Resetting Your Perspective on LifeIf you enjoyed this episode, there are multiple great ways to support this indie, woman-owned, small business providing free educational and inspirational content. My podcast has a Supporters Club! By becoming a monthly supporter of the show you can gain access to exclusive content and play an active role in helping me to continue producing the content you love. Join HERE ORUse one of these secure, fee-free ways to show some one-time appreciation: 1.☕ Buy Me a Coffee: Click Here2.

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[Ep.39] When a Millionaire Reveals Her Truth ft. Nichole Lynel

Banking on Cultura: Where Latino Culture and Entrepreneurship Collide

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2024 53:03

Flash SALE 90% OFF - Learn how to secure lucrative 5-6 figure contracts with ease: https://www.victoriajenn.com/securethebigbag2024replay

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Nya Temple | GCSEs, Girl Squad, and Navigating Friendships

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2024 37:23

"On today's episode, Ami is joined by one of her absolute besties...Nya Temple. The girls sit down to talk about how they met, getting into the world of social media, life at school, the new Girl Squad, and so much more. Listen or watch every Wednesday at 5pm to keep up with the incredible guests and for exclusive insight into Ami's world - and make sure to subscribe/follow! Plus, feel free to like the show or leave a comment/review, and get in touch with your latest stories, dilemmas, or questions via Instagram. And be sure to follow on all socials...

#105: CIA Girl Squad! | Gaza | West Bank | H@m@s Not Going Away? | Julian Assange | How Did We Miss That

How Did We Miss That? by IndependentLeft.news / Leftists.today / IndependentLeft.media

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2024 113:55

Originally recorded during the 3/17/24 Episode of How Did We Miss That?, found here: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfbExv5grDk Rumble: https://rumble.com/v4jqnft-cia-girl-squad-gaza-west-bank-hms-not-going-away-julian-assange-hdwmt-105.html Rokfin: https://rokfin.com/stream/46463 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1595198624560261 ⭐ Not Just Gaza: Israel deploys 15,000 troops in West Bank as Ramadan starts ‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' Day 156: Israel deploys 15,000 troops in West Bank as Ramadan starts: Mustafa Abu Sneineh, Mondoweiss https://mondoweiss.net/2024/03/operation-al-aqsa-flood-day-156-israel-deploys-15000-troops-in-west-bank-as-ramadan-starts/ ⭐ “Hamas Isn't Going Away:” US Intelligence ‘Threat Assessment' US Intelligence ‘Threat Assessment' Says Hamas Isn't Going Away: Dave DeCamp, Antiwar https://news.antiwar.com/2024/03/11/us-intelligence-threat-assessment-says-hamas-isnt-going-away/ ⭐ A Comprehensive Julian Assange Story & Timeline Why the US is trying to imprison Assange: Report from inside the Court: Richard Medhurst, Al-Mayadeen https://english.almayadeen.net/articles/analysis/why-the-us-is-trying-to-imprison-assange--report-from-inside https://rumble.com/v4fxkgf-assange-case-explained.html ⭐ An ALL-FEMALE CIA SHELL COMPANY hidden in plain sight Found An ALL-FEMALE CIA SHELL COMPANY hidden in plain sight: Ian Carroll, Cancel This Clothing Co. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C251aVmvVP0/ All episode links found at our Substack: https://www.indiemediatoday.com/p/how-did-we-miss-that-ep-105 How Did We Miss That? features articles written by independent journalists who expose corruption & worker exploitation, report on the worker organizing movement & routinely challenge establishment narratives & talking points. Watch new episodes LIVE Sunday nights at 10pm ET / 7pm PT on YouTube, ROKFIN, Rumble, Twitch, Facebook, Twitter & Telegram. A podcast version is published within a couple of days to Spotify, Apple, iHeart, Amazon + most other major platforms. co-Host Indie is: ⭐ an INN co-founder ⭐ Co-host of American Tradition with Jesse Jett on INN ⭐ Co-host of Nobody Wants to Work Anymore on INN ⭐ Founder & Editor of Indie Media Today Substack @IndieMediaToday ⭐ Executive Producer, The Politics of Survival with Tara Reade on INN ⭐ Executive Producer, Antiwar + INN Palestine Unity Stream on INN ⭐ Creator of the Indie Media Awards @IndieMediaAward co-host Reef Breland is: ⭐ an INN co-founder ⭐ INN's Technical Director ⭐ Creator, co-Executive Producer, engineer & co-host of INN News ⭐ Producer, The Politics of Survival w/ Tara Reade on INN ⭐ Producer, Antiwar + INN Palestine Unity Stream #SupportIndependentMedia #news #analysis #GeneralStrike #FreeAssangeNOW #mutualaid #FreeJonathanWall #FreeLeonardPeltier #DropTheCharges #JournalismIsNotACrime #FreeMumiaAbuJamal Credits: ⭐ Co-Host, Producer, Stream & Podcast Engineer, Clip Editor: Indie Left ⭐ Co-Host, Producer & Technical Director: Reef Breland ⭐ Thumbnails & Outro: Bigmadcrab & Indie Left ⭐ Intro: Joe @STFUshitlib3 & Indie Left ⭐ Outro Music: Redpilled by Jesse Jett & The Awakening by Patrick Patrikios Wherever you are, Indie is! ⭐ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/indleft ⭐ Substack: https://www.indiemediatoday.com ⭐ How Did We Miss That?: https://rumble.com/c/HowDidWeMissThat ⭐ How Did We Miss That Twitter: https://twitter.com/HowDidWeMissTha ⭐ How Did We Miss That? Podcast: https://anchor.fm/independentleftnews/ ⭐ How Did We Miss That? Clips & Livestreams: https://indiemediatoday.substack.com/p/how-did-we-miss-that-clips-livestreams ⭐ Indie Media Awards: https://linktr.ee/indiemediaawards Reef's Links: ⭐ LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/reefbreland ⭐ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ReefBreland ⭐ Unofficial Jimmy Dore Discord: https://discord.gg/N2Xe3QBvM2 INN Links: ⭐ Network Channels LinkTree: https://indienews.network ⭐ Network Members LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/innmembers ⭐ Substack: https://indienewsnetwork.substack.com

Magical Girl Squad (Charm Bomb 72)

Charm Bomb

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2024 36:56

In this episode, Summer and Joanna chat about running out of creative ideas and what they do to shake loose new inspiration, from keeping creativity lists to getting a change of scenery and more. Topics this week include Delicious in Dungeon (anime), All Creatures Great and Small, Sailor Moon, Turning Red, and their top 5 things they would love about being a magical girl. This week's Ask Charm Bomb question: Do you ever run out of ideas?? To submit a question to Ask Charm Bomb, email your question to charmbomb@geekgirlpenpals.com Support Geek Girl Pen Pals on Patreon for bonus content: Patreon.com/geekgirlpenpals Follow Summer @Sumsicle Follow Joanna @JoannaVolavka Learn more about Geek Girl Pen Pals at www.geekgirlpenpals.com, where geekery and snail mail collide!

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LATE NIGHTS WITH STURDY EP. 1 SHAOLIN VS. MUTANTS: DISSECTING MUTANT GIRL SQUAD

HORROR WITH SIR. STURDY

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2024 58:17

ARE YOU READY TO GET SLICIN & DICIN WITH SIR. STURDY HORROR FANS? IF YOU DON'T KNOW BY NOW I AM YOUR HOST SIR. STURDY. IN THIS THRILLING EPISODE OF "HORROR WITH SIR.," WE'RE SLICING INTO THE WILDLY BIZARRE AND BLOOD-SPATTERED WORLD OF THE 2010 JAPANESE CULT CLASSIC, "MUTANT GIRL SQUAD." JOIN ME, SIR STURDY, AS I DIVE DEEP INTO THIS OVER-THE-TOP GORE-FEST THAT COMBINES HORROR, DARK COMEDY, AND SHEER MADNESS

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Tallulah Metcalfe | Social Media Struggles, Girl Squad Drama, and GRWMs

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2024 34:48

In this episode of Ami Charlize's Private Story, Ami is joined by one of her besties Tallulah Metcalfe to discuss dealing with hate online, the girl squad, her famous GRWMs, and her latest merch drop! Tallulah and Ami also go head to head in a quiz that's so fetch, battling it out to claim the title of being the bigger Mean Girls fan. Listen or watch every Wednesday at 5pm to keep up with the incredible guests and for exclusive insight into Ami's world - and make sure to subscribe/follow! Plus, feel free to like the show or leave a comment/review, and get in touch with your latest stories, dilemmas, or questions via Instagram. And be sure to follow on all socials...

The Glitter Podcast is Pausing for a Glittery Upgrade coming Early 2024

The Glitter

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2023 17:13 Transcription Available

Connect with Sam on Instagram or TikTokToday marks the end of the Glitter Podcast as you know it, but fear not—I'm not stepping away from podcasting. Over the past eight years, podcasting has been integral to my business journey, with nearly a thousand episodes under my belt.In the Bestie Chat episode with Amy Pendle, I explored my mushroom journey, realizing the need for meaningful conversations. So, the Glitter Podcast is taking a seasonal pause, relaunching in the spring with exciting new content—imagine a talk show you can watch, digging into life-changing aha moments.As I reflect on my podcasting journey, I want to share lessons from the Badassery Podcast and The Girl Squad. It's about preparation, bravery in questioning, and understanding that guests don't define success; you do.As I pivot into this new era, I aim to create a deeper, more authentic experience, even envisioning a dedicated podcast headquarters for live video recordings.As we approach a new year, I encourage you to evaluate, declutter, and trim the fat in your life.Let's embrace change, prioritize mental health, and look forward to the next chapter together. Thank you for being on this journey with me. Stay tuned for a more badass Glitter Podcast 2.0!Enjoy your holidays, and see you on the other side. Join CRUSH YOUR CONTENT and learn how to exactly how to Make Money from Social Media, and create content that you are obsessed with! Join NOW and START CRUSHING CONTENT TODAYConnect with Sam on Instagram or TikTokCheck out all the CONTENT CREATION + SOCIAL MEDIA resources I have at THEGLITTER.ME

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7-8am- Trouble in the Girl Squad & Good Karma

Sarah and Vinnie Full Show

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2023 38:37

Brittany Mahomes and Taylor Swift might be over, Elon Musk has a biopic in development, Bianca Censori's family threw an intervention over her marriage to Kanye West, protesters overtook the Oakland Federal Building yesterday, the good things can happen to the good people, secrets, a new way to catch a cheater, and Vinnie reads your texts!

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GUY MOLLOY | Tall Ferns coach selects his first 16 girl squad

Afternoons with Staffy

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2023 10:38

Tall Ferns coach Guy Molloy joins the show following the announcement of the first Tall Ferns 16 girl squad to start preparing for the Olympic qualifiers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Taylor Swift is Bringing Back the Girl Squad + 1989 (Taylor's Version) Draft | Episode 10

Taylor Watch

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2023 43:37

We dive into a kind of quiet weekend for Miss Swift. We catch up on the publicist rumors and Taylor hanging out in NYC. Then, we do a draft of the AMAZING 1989 (Taylor's Version). Let us know who you think won!

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Taylor's Girl Squad Over The Years

Typical Tuesday Night || A Taylor Swift Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2023 24:29

Karli and Jess are giving you a deep dive into Taylor Swift's "girl squad" over the years. From her high school best friend Abigail to Selena Gomez, the HAIM sisters, and everything in between, the girls are breaking down Taylor's different friend eras. Some only for a season and some for life, Taylor's friends have always been important to her – and so have her iconic 4th of July parties..Taylor Swift || Selena Gomez || 1989 Taylor's Version || Blake LivelyFollow along to hear a new Taylor Swift related episode every single Tuesday.Follow Us On Social Media:Typical Tuesday Night Podcast @typicaltuesdaynight.podcastKarli @everyday_ellisJess @jess.tait

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Lowkey Celeb HookUps, Kourtney + Kim, Taylor's Girl Squad w/ Gabi Conti

Deux U

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2023 65:17

Joining the Deux U classroom this week is author, podcaster and talk-show host, Gabi Conti. We're discussing the week's hottest topics, including: People's Sexiest Man Alive Taylor Swift's girl-squad dinner Joshua Jackson + Jodie Turner-Smith Secret Celebrity HookUps Kim Kardashian + Kourtney Kardashian Listen for never-before-heard or read information! Follow Deux @Deuxmoi To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Wisdom Wednesday Podcast - Girl Squad Community

Wisdom Wednesday with Dr. Mary Segars

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2023 14:03

Lean in and listen to your host, Dr. Mary Segars as she shares about "Real Talk" with the Girl Squad Community! This Girl Squad Community will share their wisdom, their knowledge and and experience on a various subject matters in September and October! You don't want to miss these episodes.

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Skam Season 4 Recap Ep 1 & 2: How To Get That Money

BE Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2023 42:53

In this episode Billy and Emma recap episodes 1 and 2 of Skam season 4. They go a bit into how Sana's faith and religion is stronger than her desires. And Emma worries how the Girl Squad are gonna come with 320,000 kroner up front. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/be-podcast6/message

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How To Develop An Authentic Personal Brand With Monica Linda, Founder Of Girl Squad Media

She Leads First

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2023 45:01

Today, I am joined by the incredible Monica Linda, founder of Girl Squad Media and my personal photographer. Monica is a visionary in the world of digital branding with an impressive client list including Beyoncé, Janelle Monáe, and Disney. In our conversation, Monica shares the most valuable lessons she has learned throughout her entrepreneurship journey while emphasizing the importance of authenticity, trusting your intuition, and staying true to your joy. Listen in if you're ready to embrace your Beyoncé energy and shape your online brand. IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT:-(5:12) Monica's exciting past projects and the details of her business-(12:42) How the pursuit of joy oftentimes lead to entrepreneurship -(17:53) Navigating moments of doubt by trusting your intuition -(19:46) Saying “no” to a profit when the project is not aligned to your passion -(20:53) The importance of authenticity and care when building client relationships -(23:48) Monica's unique perspective on visual branding -(25:35) How to navigate feeling uncomfortable in your body-(36:22) Tips for remaining relevant in the digital space-(39:40) Viewing leadership as a commitment CONNECT WITH MONICAOn Instagram @girlsquadmedia Learn more about Girl Squad Media HERESend Monica an email HERECONNECT WITH EMILYOn Instagram @itsemilycincottaWork with me HEREDive into my courses HERE

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ROASTING Titanic Girl Squad Heist (A Million to One | Adiba Jaigirdar)

Unresolved Textual Tension

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2023 86:56

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148. Instilling Work Boundaries and the Pomodoro Method

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2022 35:51

Working for yourself is difficult. Working from home is difficult. Finally starting that big idea is difficult. Brad and LL discuss creating workday boundaries, giving yourself permission to be off, and using the Pomodoro Method for increased productivity.If you have any questions about this episode or want to get some of the resources we mentioned, head over to LesleyLogan.co/podcast. If you have any comments or questions about the Be It pod shoot us a message at beit@lesleylogan.co . And as always, if you're enjoying the show please share it with someone who you think would enjoy it as well. It is your continued support that will help us continue to help others. Thank you so much! Never miss another show by subscribing at LesleyLogan.co/subscribe.In this episode you will learn about:How to switch off from "business thinking" after hoursSetting boundaries in your work day Give yourself permission to be offThe importance of bridging to create changeThe steps of the Pomodoro MethodEpisode References/Links:Learn about the Pomodoro Method!Get on the waitlist for retreats If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser or Castbox.Be It Till You See It Podcast SurveyUse this link to get your Toe Sox!ResourcesWatch the Be It Till You See It podcast on YouTube!Lesley Logan websiteBe It Till You See It PodcastOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley LoganOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley Logan on YouTubeProfitable PilatesSocial MediaInstagramFacebookLinkedInEpisode Transcript:Lesley Logan Welcome to the Be It Till You See It podcast where we talk about taking messy action, knowing that perfect is boring. I'm Lesley Logan, Pilates instructor and fitness business coach. I've trained thousands of people around the world and the number one thing I see stopping people from achieving anything is self doubt. My friends, action brings clarity and it's the antidote to fear. Each week, my guests will bring Bold, Executable, Intrinsic and Targeted steps that you can use to put yourself first and Be It Till You See It. It's a practice, not a perfect. Let's get started.Welcome back to the Be It Till You See It interview recap where my co host in life, Brad and I are going to dig into the evolving convo I have with Lindy Nowak in our last episode. If you haven't yet listened to interview, feel free to pause this now, go back and listen to that one and then come back and join us. And by the way, last time Brad and I did a recap. We realized that we actually kind of like introduce ourselves, or at least I'm only introduced at the very end. (Brad: Oh, yeah.) So hello, I'm Lesley Logan.Brad Crowell And I'm Brad Crowell.Lesley Logan And I don't really know how we changed that intro, but um, we'll think about it. (Brad: We will.) We'll consider it.Brad Crowell It'll be and welcome back to the episode. And I'm Brad and I'm sitting across my lovely, Lesley Logan. (Lesley: That's right ...) It maybe will be like that. (Lesley: I don't know.) Y'all can vote. You just tell ... tell us if I should introduce us or if she should introduce ...Lesley Logan Hey, it's my kind, it's kind of like ... We'll think about it. Well, it's it's the thought that counts. (Lesley laughs) Alright. (Brad: Thanks, babe.) So as you are listening to this, we are in Cambodia. We are at our house in Siem Reap Cambodia and hopefully on a water village tour. So we are totally recording this early but we're going to act like as we're happening now.Brad Crowell Happening right now, this second. Lesley Logan So we're just really super excited for to be in Cambodia, to be honest, like I'm jonesing for this and I have not had to actually make sure that my clothes fit in a check on on like on our carry on only bag in two and a half years. So, it's so also gonna be interesting (Brad: It's been since March 2020) Yeah. I've been ... (Brad: for you) because we'd been road tripping. So I'm like, load up the van. (Brad: Yeah.) But ...Brad Crowell She's like, "I'll just put all my shoes in this other bag." (Lesley: I'm gonna take ...) That's a massive bag.Lesley Logan Yeah, but I need all the tennis shoes because I can have them. It's gonna be fine. It's like an old hat. I'll figure it out. It'll feel really good. But if you are like, "I missed this one." You did. You totally missed this retreat. And so you should sign up for the waitlist because we will come one time next year on a retreat. And Brad is looking at that link.Brad Crowell It's actually lesleylogan.co/retreats.Lesley Logan Perfect. So I'm really, really excited about that. And I actually am still kind of coming off of the excitement of our in person business retreat. I just wanted to say a big shout out to some people. Thank you Mai for being an amazing speaker. Thank you Girl Squad for being an amazing photographer. Thank you to the Intelligent Change people who did this five minute journal, because you gave all of our retreaters, a five minute journal. Yeah, they did ... (Brad: Big shout out) big shout out. Also to Bronze Cafe for keeping us full with your amazing, amazing, amazing food, to Main Street Provision. I feel like I'm accepting an award but really I'm keeping (Brad laughs) that one. Saying all these thank yous and I just wanted to say that because we didn't have a chance before the retreat to actually do that, since we didn't have all of the goodness in our hands to shout out to those people. So big, big, big thank you. You did miss out on all the Profitable Pilates retreats if you were not at the two that we had this year. And (Brad: Ang guess what?) we're not having one in 2023 (Brad: True.) We're like making that a firm decision, even though I frickin love it so much. (Brad: And it's so good.) And I may do a 2.0 situation with the people who already came, but it might still have to be in early 2024. And we're ...Brad Crowell And that was probably going to be invite only. (Lesley: It's going to be invite only. Yeah.) So you know, there's a there's an opportunity here to get on the waitlist. Here's the deal. Tell if you are interested in coming to Vegas to do a business retreat. You can tell us by getting on the waitlist for that profitablepilates.com/retreats. Plural. Okay, retreats, plural. That's how we'll know if you're interested in joining retreat with us here in Vegas. And right now we're looking at 2024. (Lesley: Yeah) So you know, it's gonna be a while but that's okay.Lesley Logan Yeah, it's I mean okay. And you know what, you can still coach with us? (Brad: Yeah. Totally.) A lot of it's happening live just not in our house over at Agency, which is profitablepilates.com/agency. (Brad: That's right.) Anyways, (Brad: I love it.) we had an audience question to respond to.Brad Crowell We totally did. It was a really great question. And I'm super glad we got this because this is actually something that Lesley and I struggled with, to be honest. (Lesley: Yeah.) How do you switch off from quote, unquote, "business thinking" is the main question and here's a little bit of background. I love being entrepreneurial and my approach to my business. I have my studio and office at home. And at times, I feel like I'm always working. I'm just always working. I'm juggling life at home, with my head occupied in my business most of the time. Does anybody else struggle with this? How do you shut off from your business in the evenings or during family time, or just on a lazy Sunday when your mind won't let you rest?Lesley Logan I mean, this is amazing. It's one of our listeners of one of our agents members, he asked us and so when I gave her tips, I think I list out eight different ideas. (Brad: Wow) And I wrote, yeah, I did. I'll share them with you after you go first. But I will ... I was like, I was like, thinking things. I was like, sometimes I have to literally leave the house like, go shopping. Like I have to get out. I have to get away from everything. And that is when I've had the most laziest Saturdays. It's been when we're not here. And we're just like, doing things that people do in normal life like ... So I'm like, (Brad: Yeah.) "Wow, look how lazy I'm been." (Lesley laughs)Brad Crowell Well, you've nailed it. Like, there's a couple, like the thing that I noticed, because I've been working from home. Since 2010, and on and off, but like it, that was the first time I ever did it. And the biggest struggle that I had was my, my apartment was small. So I only had one space, and that space was either, I'm working in there, but I'm also hanging out in there. I'm also eating in there. I'm also like, it was where I lived. So you know what ended up happening over time was, I was if I was in that space, my mind was in work mode. And so at night, I couldn't, I was always thinking about work. And when we moved years later, we moved to Vegas, the biggest thing for me was priority having an office, like have to have an office because it allowed me to dedicate a an environment like you were just talking about to when I'm in this room, I'm working, I'm intentionally working, this is not what I'm relaxing. I'm not watching TV in here, I'm not reading a book in here. This is me working. If I'm not in this room, meaning I go into the kitchen, maybe even for lunch, okay, I'm now at the kitchen table, I'm actually enjoying life, I'm watching a thing, or I'm listening to a pod, or I'm eating my lunch or whatever, and I'm not working. And so when you when you associate your work with a space, it will allow you to more easily quote unquote, "change hats." Right? No, you still have to be giving yourself permission. Okay, because ultimately, it's not like, you can't beat yourself up over this, like, "Oh, I'm thinking about work again." But really what it is, is giving yourself permission to, to not work. Okay. And that's the that's the thing, like as an entrepreneur, that's a really hard part.Lesley Logan That's really great permission to not work.Brad Crowell Yeah. (Lesley: Boom, right there.) Yeah. And I struggle with that, you know, like, we have a team, I feel obligated to make sure that the business is moving forward, we're always bringing in money, we can meet payroll, all those kinds of things. And when when I'm stressed, if I'm highly stressed, I, I really have a hard time not working. And my, my, my environment, it's even more important for me because, you know, I, it's unhealthy to just work, work, work, work work. And so it's really important to dedicate, focus and stress in one space. And then when I'm out of that, I have to like, actually go, "I'm just going to eat dinner now."Lesley Logan Yeah, so agreed. And it's, you know, it also is hard if you both of you are entrepreneur, so it ... (Brad: Yeah, that's were we struggle.) If you are the only one who's entrepreneurial in your household, that's like actually kind of nice, because you just need to have to sit down with your family and like have a code word like banana. So when you start to work, and it's not a quick note to yourself, because you had an idea, because you will have ideas like that's the hard part, you will have ideas around. Like you'll see a billboard and you'll be off this thing, you'll go to a farmers market, like, "Oh, I love this logo. Oh, I could do this and have an idea." So you can quickly voice memo yourself or send yourself an email or something like that. But then if you kept going, if you start to write a whole blog post around what your idea was, then they show to go whatever the code word has just like snap you back out of it. And that's okay. Like you have to also give yourself it's going to be okay, like you said, not get mad at yourself, if you do start to think about work. The other thing is, is that there are so many apps today, so many apps today that will actually turn things off that you can't have access to. So I would the book is Indistractable by Nir Eyal. And he had a ton a ton of like different services that are out there that can like lock up certain apps on your phone, on your computer. So at certain times, you can't use them. Something that we had my assistant do is come over and get on my phone and literally set up different types of DNDs. So there is an apple it's like the focus mode. Right. So I have the hard Do Not Disturb which somehow Brad still can get through which sometimes you hear on the podcasts. Sorry lovesBrad Crowell I'm waking it ... if you're watching on YouTube.Lesley Logan He needs to go on a phone call, my tax ... it, I don't hear that. But I'm the, then we have I have a work one, which allows people on my team who have my phone number to get through to me, but no one else. And then there's like other ones you can have, right? So and those can actually be set to automations. So that you can actually, you don't think about it, the work one will come on at a certain time every day and at a certain time, to sleep on will come on a certain time and in a certain time. So like, you can actually have those in place. A couple other ideas, I actually have this few work apps on my phone as possible, I have to do social media for work. But those all those accounts are in one folder. And I don't have any red dots on any of them. So I'm not tempted to go check Facebook, on a non workday, I only check it when I'm working. (Brad: Yeah) So these are some other things you can do. And then and then I love that we can close the door to our office. I also love like closing my computer, there's certain things you can do this, if I'm no longer working, like maybe you need a sign like one of the girls on Agency that we coz she lived and worked in her same space is that she actually had an open and closed sign. So she flipped the sign open when she walked in because she's open for business. And then she would close it as like a physical thing. So it really is ...Brad Crowell I know you also have like on your actual calendar, end of workday. (Lesley: You did say that.) You literally input in the your workday around 4:30 or 5 o'clock, whatever. Yeah.Lesley Logan Yeah. I have that. I also have no like an app thing that comes up, no appointments. I have, all these things are in place to protect myself from myself.Brad Crowell Right. Totally. And also, like when we take our evening walks. We used to like chit chat about business, the whole walk. And what we realized is we never actually leave time for ourselves to just be together and walk and listen to a pod or just talk or whatever. But as soon as it starts to be a brainstorming session, we try to put a pin in it and be like, "Hey, let's talk about that tomorrow." Because otherwise, you know, we could talk about business until you know next day ...Lesley Logan Well also because not only do we have three businesses but also you coach 145 businesses. So it's like kind of easy to talk about business for anybody anytime but it's true I also bound leave my unless I'm walking the dogs alone. I leave my phone at the house. (Brad: Yeah.) And and that allows only your phone is with us and it's usually paying a podcast that we've decided we both want to listen to and we chitchat about the podcast. (Brad: Yeah.) That's it. So you know it takes practice. We're, it's not a perfect. I'm be real honest. We're not even close. But I do really think the some of it is like giving yourself permission to be off and also being kind to yourself when you're not. And then at whatever you can do to like almost create babysitting things or childproof locks for yourself until it becomes natural for you to just be off on your day off. Yeah, great question. You can send your questions into the @be_it_pod on Instagram. (Brad: Yes.) We love answering them, they can be about anything, they can be about business, they can be about life, dating, dogs. One of ours is snoring in the background. It's cool. Brad Crowell Okay, now let's talk about Lindy Nowak. Lindy is an entrepreneur that left the New York City career path to begin her own website agency. She knows that each small business deserves a great website that properly meets client's needs, needs and as the founder and leader of upinaday.co. Lindy works to encompass patience and confidence in her business and team. Lesley Logan I think she's so cool. I really, I really love her drive. I also loved she was so fucking vulnerable and authentic. (Brad: She was.) She was an open book about her struggles, her trials and everything and I love that because that's how we are and I it you cannot be it till you see it if you think that at all anyone is like slaying it overnight. No one is an overnight success. I promise you, I promise you. I dare you to show me someone who literally is an overnight success. What you're showing me is someone who finally got noticed after years of preparation, that meets opportunity period, (Brad: Yeah.) and so I just thought it was really cool.Brad Crowell Years. (Lesley: Yeah.) Years. (Lesley: Year.) And I think that was great because she she had an expectation of you know, putting her services out there and then just like clients are coming woohoo, and you know now she said it's been two and a half years. And now it feels like they're busy and they have consistency and things are, are beginning to go down that path. But, you know, at first it was like, you know, she's got to fight and, you know, scratch and claw for every single client, like, it's because there's a lot of competition and stuff. And ...Lesley Logan And I mean, also like, even the companies, even the coaches, even the businesses that you see out there that are like selling programs out there, not just turning on like, okay, everyone can sign up and it sells out. (Brad: Right) Like even us, we have to all year long be building relationships, be building that pipeline, be (Brad: Yeah) building that thing, so that when we do those things, it mostly fills up. And then we work really hard to get the rest. And so I just I just really love that she was so gonna vul... and share all of that, because so many of you have shared with me where you're at in your journey. (Brad: Sure) And it's important that you hear that even the people that you hear on this podcast, even the people that you see out there putting this beautiful social media together, they're working really hard. (Brad: Yeah.) ... they're working really hard. So anyway, one of the things I love that she said is the concept of bridging to create change in your life. You know, I love a good bridge. (Brad: Oh, yeah.) I love a good bridge, I am a great bridge. As at least what people say in the Pilates communities, like, "You're a great bridge." I am. So she talked to a couple of bullet points are creating a bridge between one project and the next, or one business in the next or between your full time job and the business you want to start. And she was talking about running her marketing thing, and then going into Up in a Day. I have bridged many, many times in (Brad: Yeah.) my life, and even including adding this podcast in, and there had to be a bridge to that. So (Brad: Sure), anytime and you're wanting to put something new into your life, there is going to have to be a bridge of time because you're going to have this ideal dream schedule where that thing exists in it. And then you have your current one. And then it's like what negotiations of your time and money to make room for the thing that I want to be the thing that I'm doing.Brad Crowell Yeah, I mean, I think the idea of just simply, you know, quitting one thing and starting the next thing, the next day is not realistic. You know, it just never seems to happen that way. Typically, you have one foot in and one foot out. And then something happens. Usually you have to make the leap, take the leap, right. And you actually have to completely remove yourself from the first situation, usually, because you're stuck on getting a paycheck from somewhere and you fear that you're not going to be able to replace that income when you're starting the new thing, whatever the (Lesley: Yeah) new thing might be. And I mean, I I can attest to that. That was like, literally the reason why I stayed in the shittiest situation where it was so stressful all the time. And it was because I was getting paid well enough that it made me go, I don't know how I'm going to replace this income. So maybe I should stick around. And ultimately, you know, it was very stressful to do that.Lesley Logan Well, we actually just talked about this one of our retreat girls, she has a job that pays her bills. (Brad: Yes.) And she doesn't want to do it. She wants to this other thing. But you know, one of the things that holding her back was health insurance. And I was like, "Can you just research how much health insurance costs? Like have you sat down?" And what if I think one of the suggestion was like, just get like a show up and like a show up job, like you show up, do the job and you fuck off, but you leave.Brad Crowell Well, so so what the suggestion was, and this was brilliant. And I will happily share. This is Melissa Capitano's (Lesley: Amazing idea.) ... recommendation. And she said, she said, Okay, how much do you making it each month? Can you live on less than that? If you can live on less than that for multiple months? Put the rest of that money aside? So like, let's just say you're making 5000 a month. Can you live on three? If you can live on three stash that 2000, right. And she said, give yourself a number of months, until you've been able to put aside six months worth of $3,000. So in that scenario, if you're making five, and you're you're working, you're living on only three, you're saving $2,000 a month. So you would need if you have six months $18,000 set aside so we're actually looking at nine months of a bridge of like of a preparation. Right.Lesley Logan But in the grand scheme of your life, nine months is nothing.Brad Crowell Well, that would give you your six month runway, then hypothetically, you could quit cold your your full time job and start your new thing. (Lesley: Yeah) But you've been planning it for nine months. (Lesley: Yeah) Alternatively, the second suggestion that Melissa had was, what if you did that for only a couple months, put a little bit of money aside and then you left the full time job that's actually ca... capturing all of your brain. Because really, that's what it is. It's like you come home and you're fried because you've been working so hard mentally. You know that by the end of the night you just don't even want to think anymore so you don't have time, you don't have the mental energy to work on your thing. What if you could get a throw away job? Actually, I think this became like part of the conversation at that one.Yeah, ... Emily for the throw, she called them throw away job, or the, just show up job or the shut it down (Brad: Yeah) job.And typically, that would be in the service industry where you know, you're not necessarily making the decisions, you're just filling in, you know, so and you're probably not making what you need to make. But it's a, it's a short term income stream that you can keep for three and six months. It's the bridge, right. And that allows you maybe you have that couple $1,000 stashed, so for emergency stuff, but you have some of your income coming in. But really, what's happening is now, instead of working 40 to 60 hours a week, you're only working 40 hours a week at the most, and you're not mentally taxed at the end of the day. When you get out of your job, guess what, you're probably on fire to work on your side project, because you certainly don't want to work in this throwaway job forever, (Lesley: Yeah.) you know, whether whatever it might be. And like I said, typically in service industry, it might not be your your end doll, you know, goal. And every time you go in and work on that, it's going to be very real for you. Like, I don't want to be here forever. I better get my stuff together on my on my project, right. (Lesley: Yeah) So I thought that was a really helpful suggestion.Lesley Logan And I love that she shared it because I because like, her thing is so cool. And they're so cool. And it can be as she tells her story. And this is not a site to her, we do this, everyone does this, you don't want to tell the whole journey and your story. Your story is like, I love this thing and I created this thing. And it's because the the bridge is actually like the middle. I know I'm really fucking loves the middle, like the middle is the middle. And so but I had to ask him like, "Well, did you just turn that off?" And the only thing I was trying to think of like, is there ever a scenario where somebody gets turned off and they only go on to the turn on and that is you get fired and you have a severance package to pay your fucking runway. That is the only time because all my friends who've been fired, didn't actually have the money to go right into their side hustle, they had to get a job (Brad: Yeah) to cover their bills. (Brad: Typically) So so yeah, sounds great. Anyways, what did you love?Brad Crowell Well, what I loved was this idea of the Pomodoro method.Lesley Logan I'm excited to see if you do this actually ... (Brad: So I've never ...) of your alley.Brad Crowell It is not my alley. I've never heard of it before. And it's a productivity method. So what is it? It's a productivity method? What does that actually mean? It's Italian for tomato, I think that's funny. Pomodoro is tomato in Italian. Why would you do the Pomodoro method, it promotes sustained concentration. And it staves off mental fatigue. Okay, so if you are like me, you have far too much to do in one day, and you get burned out, and then you just stop. Right? So this method will help you sustain your concentration level and stave off mental fatigue. Who is it for? And I did a whole bunch of reading on this. (Lesley: And I'm seeing that.) I created a whole list on this. So who is it for? It's for people who find that small things derail your entire workday. Here's a great example of a small thing that derails your workday. You are working, working, working and notification comes along, it's a text message, bam, you're now no longer working. You're now on this text message. It is also for, like, email coming in or anything. If you're in a work environment, and people can interrupt you, that is the most incredibly distracting thing. Okay, second, if you feel like you're slogging through a project way past, when your brain is firing, well, then this Pomodoro method could be for you. Meaning if you're like, "Oh, my God, I have to write a 50 page paper so that I can get my master's degree. And I've been staring at a blank screen. And I just can't think." Right. Maybe you could use the Pomodoro method.Lesley Logan Amy Ledin's kids use it there, they're homeschool. And she taught them the Pomodoro method. They all, she also taught them how to read like Jim Kwik does. And so (Brad: Crazy. I love that.) oh, it's so cool. But they get all their homework done. And they're not taxing them. They they're not cranky, and they love it. They're like they set a little timer up that it's so fun. It's really it's really easy to do once you know all the ways to do it.Brad Crowell So that rolls right into the next, "Who is this for?" If you if you have lots of open ended work that could take an unlimited amount of time. For example, studying for an exam, making social media posts, writing blog posts, for me, it's checking my damn email, it just seems like it never ends. You know, like, if you have lots of open ended work that could take an unlimited amount of time. This could be for you, right? It's not like, okay, I have to load the laundry, there's a start and a stop. Now, there's like those ongoing projects, you could use this method. If you're like me, and I already said this and you have 50 things to do and you're pretty sure you're gonna get them all done in a day. But in reality, you never actually get any of that done. You get like three things done ... I always think I can get done more than I actually get done. Maybe this method will work for you. Lastly, notice I'm not saying that this method worked for me, maybe (Lesley: we are ...) I'm not avoiding this ...Lesley Logan Here's what I, here's what I want to know this is, I'll hold you to this. Amanda helped me out here. I want Brad to try this out before his next solo episode (Brad laughs) so he can report back if he actually gets his ish done ... Because ...Brad Crowell The gauntlet has been thrown. All right. The other thing is, if you love a good challenge or a game, you can gamify your work by using the Pomodoro method. I thought that was pretty cool. Okay, so the question is, how do you do it? Okay, so there's, there are a series of steps. I wrote down seven of them, you most people write down five, but I thought I'll break it out in a couple more easy steps. Step number one is to turn off all distractions and notifications off. No, nothing can distract you to be 100% (Lesley: hard DND) you have to be 100% able to focus. So nothing flashing on your screen. No phone, no flashing lights. People are not allowed to come into your office. If they do you punch him in the face. I told yeah, it's like hard punch in the face. No, don't do that. Okay ...Lesley Logan My face for the listeners is like, like, this is the least violent person in the world. And he's like, punch them in the face.Brad Crowell Step two, pick one task, okay, now, this is not a project. This is a task. This is a task that you can complete. Okay. And if it's not, if it's that ongoing thing, take a bite sized piece of the ongoing thing. Okay, I'm going to answer 15 emails. Okay. Next is, set a 25 minute timer. 25 minutes, okay. Then start that timer. Step four, focus on that task until your timer is up. Step five, take a five minute break. Step six, start another 25 minute timer. Right. Then a five minute break, then another 25 minute timer, then a five minute break. Okay, so you see the idea here. But (Lesley: That seven. every ... Yeah, the last step is you, you figure out three or four hours of these 30 minute blocks 25 working five minutes off, 25 working five minutes off, three or four hours at the max, then you get up, take a walk 15 minutes or 30 minutes, you actually take a legit break, that could be eating lunch that could be walking on the block that could be making the phone call to your folks that because it's somebody's birthday, whatever those things that like, get your mind back into a different mode where you're not concentrating on work. And then you could do a whole another round two of this, another three or four hour session. And then bam, you've now literally worked an eight hour workday. So that's the Pomodoro method.Lesley Logan I'm so excited to see you do this. I love it.Brad Crowell Yeah. I mean, you know, it's for me, I set aside time, I have a lot of meetings. So like, I will like when I have to actually get work done. Like, it will have to rearrange my schedule to be like, here's my three hour Pomodoro time of actual work. Don't bother me, no meetings or phone calls.Lesley Logan But also, what if you just like sometimes you just have 25 minutes. So what if you just did the Pomodoro for 25 minutes? (Brad: Totally.) I mean, we use the timer ... the time cubes, we talked about before, but like, you know, I think that I think you should try it. (Brad: Yeah. I ...) That is me kindly asking you.Brad Crowell This is me deciding myself being making the decision (Lesley: Y'all, I'm upholder ...) if I am going to do the Pomodoro method.Lesley Logan If you all know Gretchen Rubin. I'm upholder, he's a rebel. I'm trying really hard not to make him do it because he fucking won't do it. But I'm really hoping that because he loves me so much. He'll try something (Lesley laughs)Brad Crowell Yes. All of the things ... I'm not very easily guilted. SoLesley Logan He's not. I still get my way. (Brad: I love it.) You're listening to a podcast that was definitely me getting my way.Brad Crowell So that's the Pomodoro method everyone. All right. So finally, let's talk about those BE IT action items. What bold, executable, intrinsic or targeted action items can we take away from your convo with Lindy Nowak? I'm gonna jump in. So she said right away, or she said actually last, she gave us three things. But one of them was the Pomodoro method. But she had already talked about that. She said, hey, write lists, get it out of your head, start your morning, or at the end of your day, with writing everything out that you need to do for that day or for the next day. So essentially, it needs to be on paper. If you're trying to juggle it in your brain, the list of things you have to do, you will not be able to focus. And I know this because I was like this. I could not focus because I was trying to remember all the stuff. Second I started writing things down and I could see it in front of me. Then I could not I could have I allowed myself not to worry that I was going to miss something because I could see it in front of me. Very, very straightforward. This is not like rocket science. But it's so funny how many of us try to remember our mental checklist in our head, get it out of your head onto paper.Lesley Logan I can't even remember what I did this morning. So I gave up on remembering my task like, but I do love this. I write things out in the morning on my walk. And I rarely check it. But I like to get it out of my head.Brad Crowell Well it's good. Like I said, the bigger picture there is not whether you check it, the bigger picture is there that you are you are setting yourself up to release it. (Lesley: Yeah) You don't have to worry about forgetting it because you wrote it down. (Lesley: Yeah) And that is that that worry. Like it's subconscious. You might not even realize you're worrying about your list. But you are genuinely mentally taxing, it is draining.Lesley Logan Do you know what I think is? It's when you get mad at me for how many tabs, I have open on my phone, like I have all my apps open on my phone. And like, all these apps run in the background, so my phone is always dying, like the battery is always dying. And to the point that my husband doesn't really let me leave the house without actually taking the battery with me or he just I find my phone on a charger. And I didn't put it there. So but when you try to keep your list in your brain, you are literally draining your battery. So ...Brad Crowell That's a great comparison.Lesley Logan I thought so. I think I'm pretty good at this. (Brad: Sounds good. Sounds good.) Thank you. I think I'll keep this job. (Brad: What about you? What about you?) My biggest takeaway is be kind of yourself. Place yellow sticky notes with affirmations right your house. I love this. I love this. I mean, I tell myself amazing things all day long. As we all know, but but if you are not so good at that, which I didn't used to be one of the things I had done was actually set reminders on my phone to go off at random times of the day. And so sometimes things happen daily, sometimes things happened, like randomly on the week. And it was like we like 3:33 or whatever it's like a random time. And it would be say things that were a positive affirmation. So take a moment to do that. And then also get sticky notes. Brad and I used to leave ourselves, like leave ourselves, leave each other little sticky notes. And there's something really fun about that. We should bring that back.Brad Crowell But I think so too. I forgot about that.Lesley Logan Oh, we usually leave each notes every day, like on each other's coffee. I think right now I'm a little concerned about the white countertop. So leave me a note somewhere else. But, um, but I would, but literally look up positive affirmations like she said, like, just Google them. And then the ones that resonate with you, write them down. And if you don't like your handwriting, print them out and tape them around your house and random spots. They will surprise you. I know you think, "Oh, I'll see them." No, it'll surprise you all the time. Sometimes I look over my, "Oh I put it right there. It's so fun." So I really love this because y'all our life is already hard enough. You do not have to be harder on yourself (Brad: Yeah) than life already is. So please be kind to yourself. And, I'm Lesley Logan.Brad Crowell And, I'm Brad Crowell. Lesley Logan Thank you so much for being here. Thank you for listening to the Be It podcast. We are so obsessed with you. I can't believe that this is episode 148. (Brad: It's crazy.) That means next episode we talk together 150. We didn't even celebrate that. You can watch this on YouTube, on the YouTube. (Brad: YouTubes) Yeah, you can.Brad Crowell They should. Actually it's all fun.Lesley Logan Yeah, I got great earrings on today. (Brad: Yeah) So I hope you do. And you can follow us on Instagram at the @be_it_pod. We're also on TikTok and slaying over there, (Brad: Yeah) by the way. (Brad: I love that.) So if you are a TikToker, you can follow us there. Leave your comments, leave your questions. That's how we answer them on the Be It, on the @be_it_pod and until next time, Be It Till You See It.Brad Crowell Bye for now. Lesley Logan 'Be It Till You See It' is a production of 'As The Crows Fly Media'. Brad Crowell It's written produced, filmed and recorded by your host Lesley Logan and me, Brad Crowell. Our Associate Producer is Amanda Frattarelli. Lesley Logan Kevin Perez at Disenyo handles all of our audio editing.Brad Crowell Our theme music is by Ali at APEX Production Music. And our branding by designer and artist, Gianranco Cioffi. Lesley Logan Special thanks to our designer Jaira Mandal for creating all of our visuals (which you can't see because this is a podcast) and our digital producer, Jay Pedroso for editing all videos each week so you can. Brad Crowell And to Angelina Herico for transcribing each of our episodes so you can find them on our website. And, finally to Meridith Crowell for keeping us all on point and on time.Transcribed by https://otter.aiSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/be-it-till-you-see-it/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

142. Do You Really Need a Coach?

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2022 25:11

It's time to level up. If you have doubts about coaching, personal or business you are not alone. Let Brad and Lesley, recap their experience with finding the right coach, the benefits of coaching, and how a mentor can boost your biz. If you have any questions about this episode or want to get some of the resources we mentioned, head over to LesleyLogan.co/podcast. If you have any comments or questions about the Be It pod shoot us a message at beit@lesleylogan.co . And as always, if you're enjoying the show please share it with someone who you think would enjoy it as well. It is your continued support that will help us continue to help others. Thank you so much! Never miss another show by subscribing at LesleyLogan.co/subscribe.In this episode you will learn about:The value in hiring a coach and continual growthHow to get clear when looking for a coachHow to avoid making decisions based in fearThe various forms that coaching can come in The signs showing internal chaosEpisode References/Links:Goodman Coaching WebsiteRelentless Growth Podcast If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser or Castbox.Be It Till You See It Podcast SurveyUse this link to get your Toe Sox!ResourcesWatch the Be It Till You See It podcast on YouTube!Lesley Logan websiteBe It Till You See It PodcastOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley LoganOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley Logan on YouTubeProfitable PilatesSocial MediaInstagramFacebookLinkedInEpisode Transcript:Lesley Logan Welcome to the Be It Till You See It podcast where we talk about taking messy action, knowing that perfect is boring. I'm Lesley Logan, Pilates instructor and fitness business coach. I've trained thousands of people around the world and the number one thing I see stopping people from achieving anything is self doubt. My friends, action brings clarity and it's the antidote to fear. Each week, my guests will bring Bold, Executable, Intrinsic and Targeted steps that you can use to put yourself first and Be It Till You See It. It's a practice, not a perfect. Let's get started.Welcome back to the Be It Till You See It interview recap where my co host in life, Brad and I are going to dig into the growth oriented convo I had with Chris Goodman in our last episode. I mean, like it could have been the fear fear, like a fear freeing convo, like a ... free of fear convo. It was such a fucking great conversation. (Brad: It was amazing.) And one of the first times ever I was with you not listening to the episode but listening to you listen to the episode. And I just smiled because I was like, "Yes, so fucking good." It was fucking good episode. So if you haven't yet listened to that interview, feel free to pause this now, go back and listen that one and then come back and join us. Okay, so today, if you're listening this in real time, thank you so much for being on top of it. (Brad: Oh yeah.) We are, we are welcoming our new batch of Agency members, which is so fun. They're actually in what we call like Slack Mini. (Brad: Yeah.) And they are like in a little training playground with each other, like learning how to use the, use of the tools, how to figure out where to find all the things and then they graduate. And so hopefully by tomorrow, most of them are meeting all of our Agency members who are so excited to see them because we we just love when the community grows. It's so fun.Brad Crowell Yeah, so seriously, a big thank you for trusting us and also a big congratulations for believing in yourself and your businesses. And welcome to Mini. Welcome to Agency, I mean.Lesley Logan Yeah, welcome to Agency. And then and now, not then, but now. Technically now. We're literally in the middle of our our retreat here at our house but for Profitable Pilates, this is our business retreat for fitness instructors. And we have the coolest group like it is just a really intimate, awesome group. They're sharing house together like it's so freakin fun. Monica is going to be here in a couple of days to take their pictures. Monica from Girl Squad, you'll know her I think she's from episode I want to say 13. But I could be if I pulled that number out correctly, I'd be so proud of myself (Brad: I'm not to look.) (Lesley and Brad laughs) Yeah, so anyways, she's a badass, and we love her. And so she's our photographer for the retreat, and she's taken all their headshots. And then while he's looking that up, we're like, we're like, two weeks away from getting on a plane. (Brad: Close.) What was, what was it?Brad Crowell Episode 9Lesley Logan Oh, oh, it's so close. It was so weird. As soon as I said 13 that word nine hemline number and as it wasn't 19 I think that was Clare. Oh, well, I was so close. Well, 13 was great too, whoever that was. It's amazing. But we're about to leave for Cambodia for our retreat there and somebody who people have been asking like when it is going to be in 2023. And the truth is, is that I haven't planned that yet. Because I actually we're gonna plan a 40th birthday party for myself. And we have a trip to Cabo, which may or may not become the birthday. I'm not I'm not entirely sure in this exact moment. And so we got to plan some vacations before we plan our next retreat, because those are not our vacations. Those are your vacations. And so you want to get on the waitlist for the Cambodia retreat. If you want to know when the 2023 one is.Brad Crowell Right, you have to get on the waitlist. So if that's something you're interested in, just go to lesleylogan.co/retreatLesley Logan I know I saw you look at me like, "What waitlist for ..."Brad Crowell They are, no, you said those are your vacations and it took me a minute to put together that you've not, we're working when we go on retreat. (Lesley: Yeah.) Yeah. (Lesley: We are.) It's like (Lesley: You, you...) because you were just talking about our vacations to Cabo, and then I got very confused. (Lesley: Yeah.) But it's okay. We're good.Lesley Logan Yeah, I mean, it's fun. It's like the funnest work we could do. But we are...Brad Crowell Oh, it might be one of my favorite things to do. But it is full, a very very full week for us ...Lesley Logan You aren't running up in downstairs making sure breakfast is ready. Making sure tables are where they need to be like your your cons... you're like talking to all of our vendors all the time. Like it is beautiful. And I, and when we get to the temples, I am on vacation. And I'm also counting heads. I'm like, "How many heads do we have? Is everyone here? Anyone wander off in the temple? Okay." (Lesley and Brad laughs) It's so fun. So anyways, get on that waitlist, so you can be the first to know because our space our house only holds so many people. So we want it to be you. Okay.Brad Crowell Yeah, but first, we had an audience question today. And the question was actually about being business owners, you've heard us talk about the fact that we constantly have coaches in our corner, constantly reaching out to us or, you know, working with us and we're, you know, reaching out to them asking questions, all the things and but we've been doing that now for many years. And the question was, "Why, why do you keep doing it? And like, if you got coaching, do you need to keep getting coaching?"Lesley Logan Well, I love this question. And in fact, I'm gonna use one of our coaches, comments, which is be a product of your product. So if you aren't what that means is if you're a coach, you have a coach, if you're a Pilates teacher, you have Pilates teacher.Brad Crowell That was Chris.Lesley Logan No, Jill said it to us.Brad Crowell Oh, good. Well, (Lesley: Yeah.) Chris, also said it in the interview.Lesley Logan Yeah, no, like I (Brad: Yeah.) it's, and it's and they keep saying it because it's true. And it's, and here's the reason like, you will, you will encounter, we've talked about video games before with like you like, learn some of the little devil guys and then you beat them. And then you learn the next level and you beat them and you see all of them in the castle with the princess and fragment Mario and Luigi, and then you see all the ones you've already dominated. And then you have a bigger one that you have the confidence to take on and I got the new level, you have this new level, and there's like new things, don't you want a guide to be like, "Hey, use this thing over here instead of this or would you prefer to wander around in circles, trying to figure it out on your own." So hiring a coach, and you keep hiring them because at some point, unless they're continuing to grow, you get to a level where they are at, and then they go, "Get out of my nest and go into someone else's." And it's, and it doesn't happen for everybody because sometimes like we are with one coaching group where like, they continue to uplevel their offerings and services so that as we grow, there's another level for us, similar for us in Agency, I think we do a really good job bringing in coaches to help our members who've been with us for many years to take on their next level in a very cost effective way compared to like with hiring those people could be outside. But I think you if you are a teacher, you have a teacher, right? Like you look at lawyers, they take continuing education, doctors take continue education, why do they keep taking continuing education, because there's more things to learn.Brad Crowell Or also even CC's if you're, you know, fitness person, continuing education credits.Lesley Logan Yeah, lawyers have to take things, ... my mom goes to some sort of educational thing all the time. So the truth is ...Brad Crowell Yeah, she's a first grade teacher. Yeah. (Lesley: Most ...) Oh, even my, my dad, he's, he's an accountant. And he would go to the ... (Lesley: Yeah sometimes ...) some big accounting work conference every year. Yeah.Lesley Logan Yeah. So the truth is, is that we, the more we get to help people, and the more we get to see where they're growing, the more we can see where we're growing. And hiring coaches to help us get there. Not even necessarily faster, but it is but also with like, less pain and angst of growing like, because they're like, "Hey, why don't you try it like this? Instead of but." I love that idea. It's a little bit too many things. Like why don't just get rid of that, go to that you're like, "Oh, well, thanks for saving me 17 hours building up those things I didn't need."Brad Crowell I was gonna say, when I was starting my Amazon business, my partner told me, he's like, "Dude, I know myself. I am the person who is the perfectionist who needs to make sure that I'm not doing it wrong." Notice, we didn't say we're doing it right in there. But there's that fear, so of not doing it wrong. And he said, "I will be the one who spends 500 hours watching YouTube videos. I would much rather just talked to this guy, who already built a full course, to take a step by step through the process than to spend 500 hours watching videos." So we spent 1000s of dollars to access this course and then have access to this person who had been where we were, so that he didn't have to spend, you know, I mean, and I think that's an incredibly, you know, realistic argument, because he's not alone in that. And also, he knew himself really well. (Lesley: Yeah.) Yeah.Lesley Logan Yeah, I think I think the more you know yourself, the easier it is to hire a coach too, because then you know, the right coach they get for yourself, and it's, and please, please, please, if you're looking into getting a coach, make sure you're really clear on what you're looking for, and ask people around you who are doing the things that you want to be doing, if they work with a coach and who it was. So like, you can just shorten the research process, but you should only get on a phone call with them, or you should be able to read some testimonials by them. And, you know, you you there is a level of trust that you have to have right off the bat with this coach, that is a little bit like scary, because it's a big investment. You don't know if this investments gonna be like have the ROI. But if you if you are really if you go all in and you believe you'd be surprised, like how much you can get even from coach or like, I'm not really ...Brad Crowell I mean, yes 100%. But I don't even think that that's, you know, the I have definitely got into skepticism before. No question. But I have certainly believed that that coach has served others very well. (Lesley: Yeah.) Right. They have a track record. Right. And so I think that the most of the question is like, "Is it gonna work for me?" Even when you pull the trigger already and you hire a said coach, the question really comes down, "Is it gonna work for me?" And you know, I can't speak for everybody else's program, but I can, I can say that instead of Agency, we are very intentional about accountability. And, you know, some people get frustrated at us, which is I find plenty. I mean, it's telling, you know, because I'm that person too. I'm like, damn, you know, and ...Lesley Logan You procrastinate so long, you missed out on the accountability boundary, and then you're they're frustrated and frustrated with yourself but you're frustrated at the process that was holding you accountable in the first place. (Brad: Yeah.) I get that.Brad Crowell Yeah. And then anyway, you know, so so most of the coaches that you would be investigating, have a track record, and you can, you know, see testimonials and you could ask them about their experiences. So do that before you sign up if you have any skepticism.Lesley Logan Yeah. And you know, and, and you don't, I'm not saying if you go and hire a coach today, or you have to hire a business coach even. But it's always nice to have we've talked about this and I forget which episode and it was James out to share it but Brad never found the episode, but it was definitely him. I'm not going to take it from him. It was plus, equals minus, we all have to people that are above us, we have the people that are level, and we have people below us. Brad and I were just in Nashville we had we were with our coaches who are above us. We, they were taught, they're guiding the conversation, we were networking with people who are equals, and all of us there have some process program that coaches people who are not where we are yet. (Brad: Right) And so what's really cool when you're when you hire someone who is your plus, you take the guessing game out, and maybe it's in life, and maybe it's in business, or maybe it's something else, you know, maybe it's a meditation could be having someone who is further ahead in something that you're interested in, really does help you feel secure, even when you feel insecure.Brad Crowell Yeah, and it doesn't just have to be in business. Growing up, I was always a firm believer of a mentor. Right. As opposed to today, I hire a business coach, they're the same thing. But with a mentor, I was willing to share my life, intimate details of my life with people in authority. When I was really young, it was a pastor, or even a youth pastor. And then, as I got into college, it was my professors, some of them, you know, and then after college is when really, it became more mostly focus about business and less about my personal life, until I hired an executive coach. And he was like, you know, "Hey, look, all that stuff you're gonna be able to figured out, we need to talk about you." And I was like, "What?" (Brad and Lesley laughs)Lesley Logan But that's also why you have someone to kind of remind you, "Hey, that's actually let's go talk about you." (Brad: Yeah.) So speaking of coaching, if you don't work with us, or you hire someone else, maybe you end up falling for Chris's guidance, and he's got some coaches on the team. So let's talk about Chris Goodman.Brad Crowell Yeah. When Chris isn't kayaking, or watching the six, his six month old daughter, Chris Goodman can be found coaching entrepreneurs and CEOs, or recording a new episode for his podcast, Relentless Growth, which we'll throw into the show notes. He is on a mission to help clients find their own personal vision of freedom, fulfillment and impact on a global scale. He brings 15,000 plus hours of coaching and training to every conversation that he has, and has a reputation for asking tough, transformative questions in an approachable way.Lesley Logan Agreed. Agreed on that bio. (Brad: Yeah.) Like I cosign. (Lesley and Brad laughs) Well, one thing I loved was a decision rooted in fear will create results rooted in fear and like, don't we know this, like, it's the same thing if you plant, if you plant a seed in soil that is like has no nutrients, it's not growing, you can water it all you want. It's not gonna grow. So it's like ...Brad Crowell That's an interesting analogy. I like that. (Lesley: Yeah. So um, so I, I think ...) We, you know what, let's, let's make that a little bit even more real. We moved into our house a couple years back, and the backyard was completely empty. And it was really, like, actually, annoyingly empty, and I and it was like, we need to plant some stuff here. (Lesley: Looks really weird.) It just a big box. It was so strange. And, and so we started getting palm trees. And my, I asked around, and we found a landscaping guy and I said, "Hey, man, I don't actually know what I'm doing here. I need help. You know, and would you be willing to come work with us." And he told me, "Oh, man, palm trees like, you know, they're, they're impossible to kill. These things are amazing trees. You can plant them anywhere and they're gonna survive." And I was like, "Amazing." So we ended up getting, I don't know, a half dozen or a dozen off of Craigslist and Facebook marketplace and like just through word of mouth have like people like, "I don't want these anymore. Get them out of my yard." And I was like, "Great." So we would go and get these trees and plant them. And we put one in the corner in the back of the yard area, and it died. And I was like, "How come all these other trees are blossoming, they're going just fine. But this, this one just you know didn't make it." And because when I planted it, it was like medium height compared to the other ones. It should have been just fine. And I, I was talking to a neighbor one day. And I said, "I don't get it. This is so weird." And she said, "I think I know." She said years ago, there was a pool in this backyard. And that is where all the pool equipment was stored at right next to that. So I wonder if there was chlorine that leaked into the soil.Lesley Logan Oh, that's so fascinating. That is (Brad: So) so fascinating. So yeah, so just to tie that back, you know, when you are making decisions and about anything, if you have fear around them, before you officially make that decision. Can you have a little rubber band around your wrist? Snap it and then like, take a moment because ...Brad Crowell You need to do something to clear the chlorine.Lesley Logan You need to clear the chlorine. (Brad: Yeah.) You need, you do and and you need to get rid of that fear. And maybe it's meditation, maybe it's going to take time, maybe it's gonna go take who knows, but you have you, you can have the best, you can make the best decision. But if you are in fear, when you're making it, the actions you're going to take are not going to be the actions that get you the result you want. So I just love that. What did you love that he said?Brad Crowell Well, it's funny, I guess we rolled right into it. He also said, is it possible, he asked is it possible to outlearn fear. And then later on in the conversation, he he said maybe we should say outgrow fear instead of outlearn fear. And he talks about his own experience with his coaches because he's still, you know, again, he's a product of his product. And he, he said, you know, when he gets to a new place with his company, where now he's like hiring coaches and stuff, and he never had that before. So now he's, you know, encountering new obstacles. It's, it's still, you know, he goes through this process of fear. And he said, that's when he goes back to his coaches, and they sit down and talk. But this idea of outgrowing fear, he said, he's beginning to recognize it in his own thinking a little bit more today and help him you know, snap that rubber band as it were, to kind of reset, where before he might actually this wasn't this was really interesting. And I'm gonna, I'm gonna kind of roll this in. I really loved what he said, So should I just not have fear? Should I not feel the fear?" And he said, "No, no, we don't want to nullify your humanity." He said, "You should experience you know, all the feels." Right. Like Lesley says, feel all the fields. You should be happy, sad, angry, afraid, joyful, exuberant, every, you should still feel all the feels. He said, but where we have a choice is how long do you feel the feels? (Lesley: Yeah.) Right. And so if you are, when you encounter fear, how long do you want to stay in that moment of fear? Because it could be I mean, holy hell, I remember with my old job. I, I was effectively in a perpetual state of stress, which is like equivalent to fear. Right. Like perpetual for months.Lesley Logan Yeah, (Brad: years) I think a lot of people are, I think a lot of people are for years, they're constantly afraid the next year is going to drop. And so it's like, what I love that we talked about in that whole segment was like, sort of notice when you're feeling that, and then you can speed up the process of getting out of it faster. (Brad: Yeah.) And I and I, I do think that like, you can get to a point where you almost can laugh and that fear comes from like, "Oh my God." Okay, (Brad: Yeah) maybe and if you have any here, right, here's what we're gonna do. And it will be for different fears you may be for some things, I can catch them really quickly when it comes to our business. Oh that's my fear right there. With other things that might be with like family or health or like that you might still be learning what those signs are. So just give yourself permission to to be aware. So and I think that we'll go into our BE IT items. So I'm gonna, I'm gonna let us roll into that. Brad Crowell Okay, all right. Finally, let's talk about those BE IT action items. What both, executable, intrinsic and targeted action items can we take away from your conversation with Chris Goodman? I think that we, we covered some of this already, but find a coach and commit to it. Right. Be a product of your product. And we especially at the beginning, when we were asked answering the question, "Why do you still have a coach?" I think we cover that pretty intentionally. But, you know, this is, this is something you have to seek out, you have to go actually, you know, look for a coach. And like I said, at the beginning, it doesn't have to be business coaching, it could be ...Lesley Logan It could be any mentor, it could be a life coaching.Brad Crowell Life coaching. I mean, and the idea of life coaching is always weird, because it's a very amorphous thing. But if you do have a pastor, who you know, is, you know, relatable, that could be a life coach for you, or that could be a coach for you.Lesley Logan Yeah, there's, there's so many different kinds out there. And you may have need a coach for different parts of your life. So that's, I think, I agree with that BE IT item. I loved it.Brad Crowell What about you?Lesley Logan Learn to witness your own thoughts, which just goes back into what you were talking about, be aware of what is happening inside, you don't have to live in a state of misery. So, so not... like, notice, sometimes you might not notice the thoughts before you notice the feelings like I, if I start to live in a stressed out state, my body starts to tell me sometimes before my mind does, and so you ...Brad Crowell Actually breath. (Lesley: Oh) Right. Chris was talking about breath (Lesley: Yeah) and the shortness of breath, and the shortness of your words, the explosiveness of the words.Lesley Logan Yeah, if you if you if you are like doing just fine, and then you read something, and then you snap at the next person you talk to, that's your sign, something that's going on ...Brad Crowell If you're if you suddenly yell at the dogs. (Lesley: Yeah, yeah.) And you were chill a minute before, whatever it is, you know, you're taking it out on your dogs. Right? Like, yeah.Lesley Logan 100% 100%. So I think, like, start to just witness if you haven't, if you're unsure of what what state is what in your body, just start to, just take a week where like, this is what I'm gonna focus on. I'm just gonna focus on how I'm reacting to things. And you're not going to fix it overnight. But you get to and as we already talked about, you're not going to outlearn it, but you are going to be able to speed up the process to which you get out of the state of the misery that you're in. (Brad: Yeah.) So I'm, I'm obsessed. I really, I'm so glad we got to finally have him on. (Brad: And it was great great great episode.) It was so fun. Chris, thank you so freakin much. Okay, everyone, how are you going to use these tips in your life? What did you use? What were your takeaways, what our takeaways, your takeaways? We want to know tag to @be_it_pod. And, I'm Lesley Logan.Brad Crowell I'm Brad Crowell.Lesley Logan Thank you so much for joining us. We are so grateful. Tag us on the pod, write us review. Let us know what your favorite episode is and until next time, Be It Till You See It.Brad Crowell Bye for now.Lesley Logan That's all I got for this episode of the Be It Till You See It podcast. One thing that would help both myself and future listeners is for you to rate the show and leave a review. And follow or subscribe for free wherever you listen to your podcasts. Also, make sure to introduce yourself over at the @be_it_pod on Instagram. I would love to know more about you. Share this episode with whoever you think needs to hear it. Help us and others BE IT TILL YOU SEE IT. Have an awesome day! 'Be It Till You See It' is a production of 'As The Crows Fly Media'. Brad Crowell It's written produced, filmed and recorded by your host Lesley Logan and me, Brad Crowell. Our Associate Producer is Amanda Frattarelli.Lesley Logan Kevin Perez at Disenyo handles all of our audio editing. Brad Crowell Our theme music is by Ali at APEX Production Music. And our branding by designer and artist, Gianranco Cioffi. Lesley Logan Special thanks to our designer Jaira Mandal for creating all of our visuals (which you can't see because this is a podcast) and our digital producer, Jay Pedroso for editing all videos each week so you can. Brad Crowell And to Angelina Herico for transcribing each of our episodes so you can find them on our website. And, finally to Meridith Crowell for keeping us all on point and on time.Transcribed by https://otter.aiSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/be-it-till-you-see-it/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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Lass ihn gehen, Girlsquad, Die längste Nacht

Kultur – detektor.fm

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2022 5:49

Statt Strandpartys gibt’s in „Girlsquad“ anonyme Drohungen aus dem Netz, in „Lass ihn gehen“ müssen Kevin Costner und Diane Lane um ihren Enkel kämpfen und Gefängnisleiter Hugo erwartet auf Netflix „Die längste Nacht“. >> Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/kultur/was-laeuft-heute-lass-ihn-gehen-girlsquad-die-laengste-nacht

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Was läuft heute? | Lass ihn gehen, Girlsquad, Die längste Nacht

Podcasts – detektor.fm

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2022 5:49

„Girlsquad” bei ZDFNeo: Mädchenträume und Surfervibes an der Atlantikküste

SWR2 Kultur Info

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2022 4:03

Vier Freundinnen, die sich „Girlsquad” nennen, freuen sich auf die Sommerferien. Ruby, die coole DJ, die Influencerin und Fashionista Chloé, die unsichere Constance und Sofia, die aus einer schwierigen Familie kommt, könnten verschiedener nicht sein und sind trotzdem unzertrennlich. Die französische Serie ist leichte Sommerunterhaltung zwischen Thriller und Coming of age, die die typischen Teenie-Themen aufgreift.

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Pilestræde – Berlingskes nyhedspodcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2022 27:14

I 2017 var Ekaterina Krarup Andersen medlem af den feministiske gruppe Girl Squad, der blev kaldt »fortrop til fjerdebølgefeminismen«. I dag fortryder Ekaterina alt. Hun skammer sig over tiden som feminist og er vendt tilbage til de traditionelle værdier og kønsroller. Men hvorfor det dramatiske skift? Og hvorfor skal kvinden tilbage i hjemmet? Ekaterina Krarup Andersen er sidste gæst i Pilestræde på denne side af sommerferien. Vært: Kaare Svejstrup See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Exploring the Dynamics of Female Friendships

@ The Corner w/ imprfct life®

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2022 75:55

Join Kattie as she welcomes Laura Tyler as her new co-host. Together with their friend Maureen Gegan they dive into a candid conversation about female friendships - how they take work and many times don't work out or fade away…but when they do they're so important and create both physical and mental health benefits. Shared on this episode: Healthline: Benefits of a Girl Squad and Female Friendships "Tend and Befriend Theory" Rachel Vorona Cote: The Art of Loving and Losing Female Friends Vox: How to Handle a Lopsided Friendship Compelling Question: W Magazine: The 45 Best Female Friendship MoviesDid You Know: Time: Why Ending a Friendship Can Be Worse Than a BreakupIt Doesn't All Suck: BBC: Long Lost Friends United After a Twist of Fateimprfct life®The CornerInstagramTwitterFacebookLinkedInCreditsHost: Kattie Capozza and Laura TylerGuest: Maureen GeganMusic: Hussa Al HumaidhiSound Effects: Zapsplat

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#2: How I create a girl squad in every city

Recovering with Danie | Eating Disorder Recovery Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2022 29:01

Making new friends is not always that easy, especially if you're moving to another country. I've been able to create amazing friendships using bumble BFF. I highly recommend it (not sponsored yet!). Try to open yourself up to new experiences and be prepared to get disappointed once in a while... it is all part of the course. f you would like to have more information, check out my Instagram page instagram.com/daniellevankay and feel free to send me a DM with a question. If you'd like me to cover a certain topic on this podcast, send me an email to daniellevankay@hotmail.com. Or check out my website for additional support https://www.danievankay.com FOR A LIMITED TIME: APPLY FOR 1:1 INTENSIVE COACHING at https://www.danievankay.com/eating-disorder-recovery-bootcamp

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Covisha Chronicles

Vividly Speaking with Dr. Vivid

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2022 55:33

On this episode, Dr. Vivid discusses her & the Girl Squad's battle with Covisha (aka COVID-19) and Covisha's impact on our mental health. How to approach a loved one in mental/emotional distress & grounding are also discussed. Stay well in these streets y'all!!

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Covisha Chronicles

Vividly Speaking with Dr. Vivid

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2022 55:33

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Ce You at the Theme Parks: Halloween Horror Nights first house announcement: Universal Monsters: Legends Collide with the Final Girl Squad!

Ce You At…

Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2022 61:09

Cece brings in Starlight & Kelly to talk the first Halloween Horror Nights house announcement- Universal Monsters: Legends Collide! Follow Cece and the podcast on Twitter: @cecetron @ceyouatpodcast and Instagram: @ceyouatpodcast Follow Kelly on Twitter: @makemineday and Instagram: kmcdaniel28 Follow Starlight on Twitter: @saturdaystarlit and Instagram: @saturdaystarlight

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Episode #62: A Therapist's Experience with Weight Loss Coaching

The Life You Crave

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2022 38:03

Holy white chocolate covered Oreos at Christmas! Me and my VIP squad have been kicking sugar habits to the curb these past couple of weeks and we've been having actual F U N doing it!! Skeptical, are you? Try it out yourself: The first trick to making it F U N is creating your own Girl Squad to kick the habit with you! Find some friends, make your commitments, and get this party started! Next, head over to my Kick Sugar Instagram Highlight to get all of the tips and tricks you need to make your sugar detox a success. Check out my client, Alyssa, on the podcast this week!! Alyssa is a therapist and a first-year doctoral student in Memphis who has been working with me for the last year. Tune in not only to hear her transformation story, but also to hear about why as a psychologist she still has a life coach-- and how important it's been in navigating her twenties! Listen for free at The Life You Crave Podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Connect with Lia Pinelli! Have you taken my free 17-minute training, Eating Without Fear? Get it here: https://liapinellicoaching.com/eatingwithoutfear Website - https://www.liapinelli.com/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/liapinellicoaching Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/liapinelli/

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Ta-da or To-do with Branding? (ft.Hilary Hartling)- Ep57

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2021 42:24

What happens when you get clear on your vision? In today's episode Hilary Hartling and Lesley Logan swap stories about building their careers in LA and share wisdom about confidence and to how to figure out what you really want in life. If you have any questions about this episode or want to get some of the resources we mentioned, head over to LesleyLogan.co/podcast. If you have any comments or questions about the Be It pod shoot us a message at beit@lesleylogan.co .And as always, if you're enjoying the show please share it with someone who you think would enjoy it as well. It is your continued support that will help us continue to help others. Thank you so much! Never miss another show by subscribing at LesleyLogan.co/subscribe.In this episode you will learn about:You are a brand, even without a businessConfidence with competence and trusting yourselfClarity on your vision to create actionHow to know when to say yes or noDefining courage Following your excitement for confidenceTa-da lists Episode References/Links:IG @hilaryhartlingWebsiteMalcom Gladwell's Book BlinkGavin Becker's book: The Gift of FearGuest Bio:From a former Disney movie marketing executive to a brand and messaging strategist for entrepreneurs - Hilary Hartling helps entrepreneurs infuse meaning into their brands. She is an incredible thought leader, business women, new mom of Ruby, and the master of using Ta-Da lists for success. OPC Flashcards:OPC Flashcards are on AmazonOPC Flashcards are on our site If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser or Castbox.ResourcesWatch the Be It Till You See It podcast on YouTube!Lesley Logan websiteBe It Till You See It PodcastOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley LoganOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley Logan on YouTubeProfitable PilatesSocial MediaInstagramFacebookTik TokLinkedIn Episode Transcript:Lesley Logan 0:00 Hey you, welcome back to the Be It Till You See It podcast. I'm so glad that you're here. I know that there's a lot of podcasts you can press play on right now. There's also like a billion things you could be streaming right now and I, and I just I'm so glad that you pressed play on this so I can drop some gems. And actually, so our guesses we can drop so many gems. Oh my gosh, I have Hilary Hartling here and y'all, I met her through one of our other podcast guests who's my photographer, Monica Linda of Girl Squad. I'm sure you remember her and her amazing story about how she got started and how she was like, being it till she saw it, until she had this great business she has. And so, I asked her for some guests for my agency group, I said, "Hey, you knows some amazing thought leaders and business women and I would love to showcase them to my group. And she introduced me to Hilary, and I didn't even know her when we didn't never even talked to her before. She spoke to our group, actually and she's brilliant. Brilliant. And also, just so engaging. And so anyways, had her in the group and I was like, "This woman has to be on my podcast, this woman has to be my best friend, this woman. (Lesley laughs) This woman needs to be like in my I just want to be in her orbit." Right? So um, so anyways, this, there's so many so many juicy gems in this podcast, I promise you just hit save already, so that you can come back and listen to this episode whenever you want. And I really ... when you see that she is a branding specialist, branding expert, branding strategist. You might think this isn't for you if that's not what you're interested in. I promise you women. Ladies, keep listening because there's just so many life gems in here on like, how to understand what you want on this world. You know, so so I know it's easy to go, "Oh, this is one of her business ones." No, this is like life one. (Lesley laughs) And you are going to want to repeat press play again on this one. I swear it's just we went to different ... too many amazing places and it all will make sense in the end. I know it. I just I could have kept going but we like to keep these in an amount of time for commute, a dog walk, you know, a run on the on the beach, or whatever it is you're doing. So, take a listen, please do us a humungous favor, screenshot, tag Hilary Hartling, tag @be_it_pod with the gem that you're taking away from the podcast because I know it will warm her heart to see that. It will totally warm mine. And it's also how this podcast gets out there to other people. So here you go.Lesley Logan 2:39 Welcome to the Be It Till You See It podcast where we talk about taking messy action, knowing that perfect is boring. I'm Lesley Logan, Pilate's instructor and fitness business coach. I've trained thousands of people around the world and the number one thing I see stopping people from achieving anything is self-doubt. My friends, action brings clarity and it's the antidote to fear. Each week, my guests will bring Bold, Executable, Intrinsic, and Targeted steps that you can use to put yourself first and Be It Till You See It. It's a practice, not a perfect. Let's get started.Lesley Logan 3:23 Oh my gosh, Be It listeners. I mean this woman Hilary Hartling is going to become your new best friend. She is freaking awesome. I'm looking for different reasons that we can talk every week because I just love her, her glowing smile and her like outlook on how life is done. So, I can't wait for you to hear her story. Hilary Hartling thank you for being on the Be It Till You See It podcast. Tell us who you are, what you're excited about right now?Hilary Hartling 3:49 Oh my gosh, well, first of all, thank you for having me. It's so fun to be here because like after we met, I feel like we've become instant best friends. So, it's just like two friends having a conversation, which is exactly the kind of podcasts I like to listen to. So, this is awesome. First of all, I am a former Disney movie marketing executive. I was there for 15 years working with global powerhouse entertainment brands. But now for the last five years, an entrepreneur myself starting my own business and helping other entrepreneurs, build brands that resonate. So, I'm a brand and messaging strategist for entrepreneurs and really helping them infuse meaning into their brand. Define what it stands for, power it with story, and really strengthen it with value, so they have something clear that they can go out into the world with feeling confident about it. And attract the right people so they create a dream business for themselves.Lesley Logan 4:40 Okay, love this. And I I mean, the fact that you worked at Disney, I do wonder if like you just like every office is lined with like Disney characters and princess costumes. (Lesley laughs)Hilary Hartling 4:52 It's not, it's not foreign to see that at Disney (Lesley laughs) In fact, it's what's funny is I should have kept more. But when you're there for so long, you don't think like at one point that I was friends with everybody. So like the movers on the studio lot, my BFF. They would bring me old art prints from animation of like a Tarzan painted print that I would have my office for a while, but then I was like, "Okay, I'm over that for right now." But I should have kept that.Lesley Logan 5:18 Right because that's like, you could be auctioning that stuff (Lesley laughs) (Hilary: I mean or put it in the baby's room or something. Right?) (Hilary laughs) Oh right. Put it in Ruby's room. Yeah, oh my God. Okay. So, I think for people who are listening this, they might be like, "Okay, branding, I you know, I'm not starting my business yet, or I don't I don't know, if I'm ready for branding. " I think it's easy to for people to either a get so wrapped up on branding themselves that they don't build the business or not build the business because they're not branded yet. Like, can we talk a little bit about like those scenarios? (Hilary: Yeah) Like, how does a brand like how would someone like take the next step without like, (Hilary: Yeah) perfectly being branded in a box?Hilary Hartling 5:55 Well, here's the thing, too, you are a brand, even when you don't have a business, right? Because your brand is the experience that you leave behind, right? It's how it's what people expect of you. It's how you're known. It's your reputation. And it's, you know, so thinking about it intentionally is what you want to start to do, whether you're in a career, like at corporate Disney, or whether you're starting your own business. It's really coming at it with intention to say, "Who am I?" I mean, it's a brand is having a strategy for your business. (Lesley: Yeah) So if you don't have a strategy for your business now, here's the thing. Some people might not understand that because they don't understand what brand strategy is. They think of a brand, and they think of a logo. They think of a brand. They think of their colors on Instagram. (Lesley: Yeah, yeah) Right? (Lesley: Yeah) And like, how do you navigate Canva to make it look like a brand? And that's a small, itty bitty part of it. But really, it's about what experience do you want to have your audience have? And then what are the, what's your secret sauce? Like, what's your unique brilliance that you bring to the table that nobody else does? And that's the beginning of your brand.Lesley Logan 7:03 I I love what you said, it's, it's like, how you how people feel, or how you leave people feeling as you said. Right? (Hilary: Yeah) That is, I think that's actually something it's easy to think about, like, you know, it's easy to think maybe you can't think of what you're gonna make yet or create yet, but you can think like how do I want people to feel. So, I'm about to create something, a product for people who want to take their teaching to the next level. And and I was getting, like, my team was asking me all these questions and stuff and I was like, "Hold on, I just really need to figure out how I want them to end," like when they leave it, I need to know what they who they are afterwards and then I can work backwards and they're like, like just you know, one moment. (Lesley laughs) One moment ...Hilary Hartling 7:44 Yeah. It really just starts like if you actually started with your brand and you just started with the vision for where you're headed. Right? Vision for where you're headed so you can then back out of that and say like, "What do I do need to do on a daily basis (that equals your mission). Daily basis to get me closer to that vision?"Lesley Logan 8:00 Oh my gosh, I think that is the best like that it couldn't be more be it till you see it than that right there. (Lesley laughs) What is your vision? Right? And then the mission is how you act each day to that. That is, (Hilary: Yeah) ah, that is ...Hilary Hartling 8:13 And I've done this in so many ways, in so many fashions throughout my life. The Be It Till till You See It is literally without that being my exact mantra that's how I live my ... it's how you manifest it. Right? (Lesley: Yeah) Like, I was in a job right after my undergraduate, so Bachelor's in Business. And I went worked at ad agency in Seattle. And I could not have been more bored. I was doing print media insertion orders for Boeing and Silicon Graphics International (Lesley laughs) and so I was like placing ads and like Aviation Week and Space Technology Magazine like (Lesley: Whoa) something I would never read it was like, it's so nice to have a job but I was so bored. I'm like, I'm not inspired. This is not exciting. So, what I did was I took a step back and I said, "Well, who am I? Who do I want to be? And what do I love?" Because you can market. I was in marketing advertising. You can market or advertise anything. You can brand anything. (Lesley: Yeah.) "What do you want to work on?" So I just made a list, even if it didn't make sense and movies was always the top of my list. So movies became my vision. I knew nothing about the movie business. I didn't even understand that like Touchstone Pictures belonged under the Walt Disney Studios banner, right? Like there's all these things about the movie business. But I went and got my graduate degree because the program had specific ties back to Hollywood. And I was going to do my internship there. But so what I did that entire year, I was in Boston at Emerson College, I papered my entire apartment wall in movie studio posters. (Lesley: Oh my God) Ones that inspired me. I decided I want to work for one of the major seven motion picture studios marketing department, I was that clear. I told everybody about it. Everybody knew what I wanted to do. Whenever we got to choose a project to do in school, I was always like, "I'm marketing this movie in China. I'm going to figure out how to do that." Right? I always use it as an example. The one book I read was "Work in Progress by Michael Eisner," who at that time was the CEO of Disney, I didn't even have a desire to work specifically at Disney. It was just one of the major motion picture studios. But I kept that vision, so clear, so defined. I got an internship at DreamWorks. And then two months after that a job at Disney and then I made that job my own for 15 years.Lesley Logan 10:29 This okay. My friend who's listening while walking your dogs, I hope you just heard, like literally the roadmap of being it till you see it without even that that's the thing. You we have to have that clarity, we will have to go get really granular in what that looks like. Because that becomes really tangible than you know what classes to take, or what books to read or (Hilary: Yeah) what to look up. Like, I have people who are like, "Oh, I want to be on X, Y and Z platform." I'm like, "Okay, are you a member of their thing? Do you watch their classes? Do you follow their instructors?" (Hilary: Yeah) And me like ...Hilary Hartling 11:01 Who to network with? Who to seek out? And like, find a group or some... like something like in, it this is an anything you do but especially in Hollywood. It's who you know, (Lesley: Oh yeah) to not knowing anyone going to that that market. I'm like, "How am I gonna do...? So internship was the best way to get your foot in the door. And then the whole time I was there, I was super intentional. The work I did as an intern, like as a graduate intern was not super challenging for me, (Lesley laughs) however. What I learned was how to navigate a studio, who were all the important departments, what kinds of departments I might want to work for in marketing, at a studio, right? I learned and then I made connections, and I networked and then all these people at Disney had lunch there every other day. Like, that's how you do it. It's the people that will bring you in.Lesley Logan 11:46 Yeah, you're ... you're 100% correct. I think so many times we get caught up on like, what we don't know, like, "I don't know enough. I don't know, I don't know how to do that. I don't know enough." But it really is who you know, like, (Hilary: It is) because the pe... (Hilary: You can learn anything) you can learn anything. I mean, I always tell people, if you can hire her personality, you can teach skill. Like, if you think someone is amazing, and they totally fit your vibe. You can teach them anything you need them to know. (Hilary: Yeah) But you can't ...Hilary Hartling 12:09 Yeah, my first job at the ad agency in Seattle, they literally told me on my first day, I was up against this other woman who had way more experience with me, but they liked me better.Lesley Logan 12:19 Oh, yeah. I think I've told us, either told this to you or I told on another podcast. Oh my God, Brad gets me every time because he's like, "Lesley, you talked about in podcast," and I was like, "I know," but this all happened out of order. (Hilary: Yeah) So forgive me. Um, but I, I was a commercial actor for a very short period of time in my life. And I got I booked my first audition. And it's not because I was talented at all. It's just that they liked working with me. (Hilary: Okay) They, they were talking about when I walked in, I overheard them talking about a restaurant who has the best gluten free pancakes. And I said, "I know it's lunchtime, but someone has to order the gluten free pancakes. I promise you with this on it and this on it, you're gonna love it." And they are like, "Okay, thanks." And then they're like, "Okay, do you want ...?" Like, they asked me to have my audition. I had to be a chef. I can't cook anything. And I was just like, I was just like talking and acting like I was like, I don't even know what I was doing. I was just doing stuff with my hands, and talking and making fun because I was like, "I don't know what the hell I'm doing." So anyways, (Hilary: Yeah) I got a callback, I did the callback, I actually learned how to chop something for that callback. (Hilary laughs) And I booked it. And again, they said, "Welcome to your first commercial." And I said, I said, "Thanks so much." And I was like, "I'm really excited to work with you. I've no idea what I'm doing. I think it's gonna be a lot of fun." That's why they hired me because I was a lot of fun, you know, and I did fine.Hilary Hartling 13:37 And I think it comes with the confidence, right? (Lesley: Yeah) it's it's trusting yourself that no matter what situation you're put in, you can figure it out. And that if you just bring your whole self, that's good enough.Lesley Logan 13:48 Yeah, can we talk about that for a second? Because that is what a lot of I know a lot of listeners, they asked me about my confidence all the time. And as you just heard in this story "I don't know what I'm doing," but I do trust that I know that I can have fun, I can talk with anyone like those are things. How does one trust that? I think maybe it's a lack of self awareness, I'm sure. Or maybe it's just that people aren't giving themselves credit. But do you what I mean, (Hilary: Yeah) how so (Hilary: Yeah) many women don't have that confidence in themselves to like, figure it out?Hilary Hartling 14:15 It's true, I think, I think it comes to I don't know what it is with a female's growing up in our society. But um, number one, we are all tend to be some version of a people pleaser, right? We don't want people to be mad at us, angry at us, awkward with us. Like, we just want things to be smooth. But also like, there's this like gray area of like, "Oh, I'm bragging about myself. I think I'm so good at something" versus like self deprecating. And that being almost like the norm for that's what we should do. I don't know what that is but I feel like confidence comes with competence, too. (Lesley: Yeah) Like, when you feel like you know how to do something. And for you, it can be like, here's the thing, you know, how to network and talk to people. And that's what you actually needed for that job. (Lesley: Yeah) You didn't actually need to know how to be a chef, because you're going to learn that for the commercial. (Lesley: Yeah.) Right? And so you just needed those other skills. So it's like almost defining, like, for each situation, like, "What's necessary for you to feel confident in this this situation?"Lesley Logan 15:21 Yes, yes. That's so that that is that is very something tangible, and something people can think about, like, you know, and, and we had Rob Mack, I think he was episode three, y'all. So he talks about having confidence hill, like a valleys and confidence islands and like, the knowing that like, what are your confidence valleys? Likke the things that don't make you feel confident, because if you spend a ton of time in those valleys, of course, you're not gonna feel confident. But if you know your islands, then before you go into something, you're going to feel less confident. And like spend a little time on the island and take (Hilary: Yeah) that with you.Hilary Hartling 15:52 Well, I'll tell you this, too, like. So most of my younger years, I was a dancer, it was actually my scholarship for my undergrad, I was on a dance scholarship. So, I was on the dance team (Lesley: Cool) and practice makes perfect. So no matter what it is dancing, business, speaking, if you practice it enough, you're gonna feel confident when you do the thing. So when I would go out and perform, I realized when we switched, like team captains or whatever, she didn't have us practice as much as the last one. And I remember getting into a performance like, "Oh, do I remember the next thing I'm supposed to do?" Because in the with all the practice, it was just ingrained, (Lesley: Yeah) it just came naturally. And I think that's true with everything is like people don't put give themselves enough runway to practice the thing that they want to do.Lesley Logan 16:39 Yeah. Well, that that comes with a couple things like needing instant gratification, or like thinking it has to happen sooner, that's probably the same thing. But like, you know, I do, I do understand that because when I started my business, I'm like, "Okay, I want to, I want to launch something, I want to have these big launches, I want to have this stuff." But it's like, really, like, you just gotta at least get people to know what you do first. And like (Hilary: Yeah) giving yourself that runway. And I think people do have that lack of confidence or that nervousness, (Hilary: Yeah) because they haven't enough time doing the thing before they put it out there. Of course, it's not gonna feel good.Hilary Hartling 17:14 I agree. Yeah, and I think part of it is, and I would say this with your branding, too. It's like finding your superpowers, like, what are those things that you are so good at, that you do feel confident at? And how do you infuse that into the thing that you want to do? Right? So like, one of my I guess superpowers is knowing my audience, but not just knowing them. But like, whatever room I'm in, understanding what's happening in that room so that I can, so I'm not just rehearse with like, "I'm going to give you this marketing spiel for what I'm doing to support your movie, such and such director." I'm going to listen to everyone who's talking in the room, see what the filmmakers are really zoned in on and concerned about. And then I'm going to adjust how I talk about the thing I know that like the back of my hand, but I'm gonna alter how I fit so that it hits home with them. (Lesley: Yeah) Does that makes sense. Right?Lesley Logan 18:10 100%. I ended up at a styling party, like a stylist party, it was really hilarious. (Lesley and Hilary laughs) Just a day in the life of LA, you know, you end up at a party at the top of the hill, and there's all these fancy outfits. And, um, and so obviously everyone there's a stylist, I am not. But, you know, I was listening to conversations and then of course, I was able to somehow insert what I do into a conversation with stylists. And it was, you know, it was really funny. I was like, "Oh, look at me. I can still do this." (Lesley laughs) (Hilary: Yeah) Yeah. I think that I think that's really key. So okay, we can talk about so many different things but I want to go back to, you left Disney to create your own thing. And I feel like that's not an easy decision to make. So how did you leap into doing your own thing, you know?Hilary Hartling 19:01 Yeah, well, this is an interesting story, too. So, a couple years before leaving Disney, I sort of kind of reached the ceiling of where I could go in my current position. So, I was a VP of Integrated Marketing and Synergy. I had my own department, my own team. It's what I had had in my vision to create for myself when I was there. And then I think once I reached it, I knew I couldn't go further in the position I was in. And then when I looked around, I was like, "Do I want any other kind of position? Do I want to move somewhere else?" And because I had created my own dream job, because I put things together my own way, and just had the audacity to say, "This is my job." And people said, "Great." (Lesley laughs) It was good crazy. Um, I automatically when you don't, when you know, you can't grow in that way, you start to feel stuck. (Lesley: Yeah) Right? And so it just felt like, "Oh, it's just another movie, or I'm having to remarket myself to all the upper echelon senior executives who keep coming and going, and I have to train them about what I do and the value that I bring." And that just became just not fun anymore. So while I loved working on movies, I was like, "I feel like I've been there done that. It might be time for the next thing." And the interesting thing is, I spent so long on that vision and on that one dream, I forgot to dream about what was next. (Lesley: Right) So you get to have a bigger dream, you get to have multiple dreams, you don't get just one dream. (Lesley: Right) Right? And so the joke at Disney is, "If you decide it's time to go, if you've been there for a while, stick around, you'll get caught in an organizational restructure or voluntary separation package, and you'll get a really great package." That's what I did. (Lesley laughs) I waited. And what's funny is it was on January 1, 2015. And I decided on January 1, because I'm writing my New Year's goals and stuff. I said, "You know what, regardless of like, I've waited too long. I don't want to feel stuck anymore. Let me just see, I'm gonna, I'm gonna leave Disney and figure out what's next." So, I start Googling I don't... something about mid career transition or change. And the first thing that popped up was a questionnaire. And the first question on that questionnaire was, "What would you do if you were 10 times bolder?" And I instantly knew the answer. I said, "I would leave Disney, I would not have another job, I would take a whole year off, I would start writing, I would travel, I would get reinspired. I would figure out what that next dream was." Right? And so two weeks later, on January 15, I got called into a meeting at 9am. And at 9:22, I had gotten laid off in an organizational restructure, and they paid me my whole salary for an entire year. So I got my year off. I ...Lesley Logan 21:46 Oh, my God. I have chills, I have goosebumps, I have so many, this is amazing. Hilary Hartling 21:53 When you get clear on your vision, even if it's a vision to say, "I need to figure out my vision." It happens. So I had that year off. My dad was like, "Oh my God, get another job. You're gonna have double the salary." I'm like, "You don't understand. I need a year." (Hilary laughs) (Lesley: Yeah) I took the year and I got reinspired. And I figured it out. And, you know, starting my own business was not the top of my list. I needed to like decompress after that many years at such a high octane position. (Lesley: Yeah) I was like, "Oh, there's a whole world out here, I didn't realize. Oh, there's so many people who don't care about movies, what" (Lesley laughs) Right? Yeah. So those are their people never go to the movies. It's hilarious. So ...Lesley Logan 22:36 This is so cool. That is really, that is really cool. I mean, that's when you just know everything happens for you. But also (Hilary: Yeah) like, I mean, would you have been excited about that package? You know, or seen it as a gift? If you hadn't taken that done that question where you're like, "I would do this, I would do this." You're like, "Oh, look at this gift. Thanks." (Lesley laughs)Hilary Hartling 22:57 And I'm sure you know, the universe is always working in your favor. So as soon as you start to get clear, they're there to support you.Lesley Logan 23:02 Yeah, yeah, I think that's I think so true. I think a lot of times people like, "Oh, no, it's not." And it's like, "Well, it doesn't know what to give you." It's like you're, you're in limbo and ...Hilary Hartling 23:11 If you're confused. They're confused.Lesley Logan 23:13 Yeah. Yes and everything including ... (Hilary: Branding, too.) Yeah. So branding, business, clients, your life.Hilary Hartling 23:20 Yeah. If you don't narrow your your message and understand what it is be able to articulate what you do and how it helps and the value you bring. The confusion will lessen the power of your message. And then you're basically you're kind of spinning your wheels. Right? You're doing ... you're expending a lot more energy than you need to to get the thing done that you want to do, because you haven't taken the time to really focus and get clarity on where you're headed with your business. So it's the same in life. It's the same in business.Lesley Logan 23:49 Yeah, that is so true. So what are you super excited about right now? Like what are what now you because you've had your business for five years now?Hilary Hartling 23:57 Yeah. So I'm so I all those entire five years, I was also working to manifest Ruby, who is my adopted daughter, she's two months old right now. (Lesley: Oh my God) Um, she she's just was a surprise thrown on me at the end of July ... she's amazing. So, I think honestly, one of the things I'm most excited about right now is design... redesigning and being the architect of my work in my life, to create the lifestyle I want, doing the work I love. So it's not that that wasn't the priority before, but it's even more so now to really say like, "What do I prioritize? What's most important? How can I impart the biggest value in the work smarter, not harder kind of scenario?"Lesley Logan 24:43 Right. So that you can spend time with her.Hilary Hartling 24:45 So, I can spend time because she's my biggest why now. Like, you need to know your why. And she's the biggest why.Lesley Logan 24:49 Well, also like, just going back to what we were talking about with women and not like make sure we're humble, make sure people pleasers and all this stuff like, wouldn't it be so cool if she was raised in a house where she just saw a bold mom who didn't worry about like, hurting someone or not that you're gonna be mean, but like, (Hilary: Yeah, no) "Maybe I'll say no to something" instead, so you can do what you what your why is.Hilary Hartling 25:13 Yeah. I'm there, I'm very good. I think even more so since leaving Disney, I'm very good at figuring out the things that lift my energy and the things that drain my energy, and even whether it's people, projects, opportunities, I say "no" to a lot. And in fact, even on my own discovery calls, my sales calls for one on one clients, I will say to them, at some point in the conversation. I only say "yes" to people who I'm inspired by. So not everybody gets on my calendar, just because we have a sales call doesn't automatically mean that it's a "yes" for me. So that makes them work a little harder to say, "Why they want to work with me as well?" But it's true. Like I do my best work when I'm inspired. And if we go back to what we said in the very beginning, that your brand is this feeling - How do you want people to feel? Why do you think I worked in the movies for so many years? I'm inspired by evoking emotion and that's what brands do. (Lesley: Yeah) The best brands evoke an emotion and make you feel something and inspire you or motivate you to do something that you never tried before. Lesley Logan 26:13 Oh, okay. I've ... like there's so many things. You've said something about being really clear on what you'll say "yes" to and what you'll say "no" to. And like what brings like what your energy things are. (Hilary: Yeah) And I do agree like probably while you're at Disney, that's a little harder, because when you're in that high octane environment, you you're, it's almost like barometer is off. And so you're, you're not really sure at that level. But when you ... how did you how did you recalibrate your barometer? And like, what, what are some ways that people can understand like, what they should say "no," or "yes." Do you have advice on that? Like, how did you come up with that?Hilary Hartling 26:45 Yeah, I mean, I mean, that's part of kind of really knowing your boundaries, your definition of success for you, and what excites you, right? And so like, even I will say, at Disney, um, it wasn't like, I loved my time at Disney. And there were certain moments in my career at Disney that were like, highlights, where I'm just like, "How did I get here? This is amazing. I'm so grateful to be in this room." And I would create situations that reinspired me, or like, if this filmmaker came and inspired me, I would make sure that now I'm gonna like, know that director better because the approach he has for talking about his film is exactly how I want to market this movie, or how I would want to brand something. Like I pulled from all of these thoughts and experiences and the amazing people that I got to meet like, I worked with the best storytellers in the entire world. While I was at Disney. It's people from Marvel, to Pixar, to Disney, to Steve Jobs. Like, you name it, like it was insane and amazing. And still high pressure and high octane but I loved it. But knowing when to say "yes", and when to say "no," first of all, you ... it does come back to feeling because you have to see how does that feel in your body? When you think about doing that thing? (Lesley: Yeah) Right? If you're dreading something, "that's a no, that's a no." (Lesley laughs) Right? Now, there's a different difference between I'm a little bit scared to do something, but it's challenging, and it's good for you. (Lesley: Yeah) Like, this is like a full body, "No." (Lesley: Right) Right? So you have to kind of get back in tune with your own body and your own internal wisdom to understand that. But also, if you've kind of defined like, "This is who I am. This is where I want to go." Like if you ask people, "What do you want?" Not a lot of people know how to answer that. (Lesley: Yeah, that's true.) Like its a big no.Lesley Logan 28:35 That's really true. You know, and I think, a couple years ago, I it wasn't like I was unsure of what I wanted, but it was just like it for whatever reason it didn't feel I felt like I put on a coat that wasn't tailored for me like it (Hilary: Yeah) fit and I could wear it. But I didn't feel red carpet ready. (Hilary: Yeah) And when the pandemic happened, and we did a whole relook on our goals, and I was working with my coach, I said, "I'm only doing it. I'm only doing what I want to the end of the year." (Hilary: Yeah) That's it. That's as far as I can go. And so then we did that and six weeks later, we moved and we had this whole thing cuz when you know what you want, boom, it's just like that, like nine days, (Hilary: Shows up) here's the house, it shows up. (Hilary: Yeah) So then we decided, "Okay, let's do a big dream. What do we want?" And we have a guest coming up, Hazel Ortega. She does these like big, like miracle, like miracle goals were like, you know, they have to be so big. Like, (Hilary: I love it.) you know, like not, there's no logical way that that's gonna happen for you today. But she's that's how she dreams. (Hilary: Perfect) And she's living her life that she wanted. So, I was like, "Let's go on a walk. Let's do this." And now I like literally think about I'm like, "Oh, that's actually that's exactly a yes." Because that is this person did it like because I know my my big thing, (Hilary: Yeah) and then we've like, "What do you want?" Like, "Oh, this is what I want?" I'm not gonna share it here because y'all, it'll come up soon. But ... (Hilary: Yeah, it's okay. Yeah) it's that it's, but it's like you have to know and oftentimes, you're right. They don't know and so then you feel a little lost. And I also think you have to listen to your body. I think so many people are looking for a logical reason to say "yes" or "no." But like "Malcom Gladwell's Blink," and then the book "The Gift of Fear," it's all about like, your gut, like, like your actual body knows, before your brain ...Hilary Hartling 30:21 ... and it's, it's less in your head, it's more in your heart, because your head will take you on all the different ... your head will be trying to figure out the answer and giving you all of the scenarios, right? And it's your heart that's gonna give you what you really want. (Lesley: Yeah) Yeah ... And like, I think, to live your life in like, boldly, you have to have courage to do it, right. And I love the word courage, because the core root of that word is the cor, which means heart in Latin. And so courage just means speaking your heart's truth. Right? And so if you think about, like, "What do you have the courage to do?" And not a lot of people speak their truth. Like, what it does that really mean? Right? It means being your most authentic self. (Lesley: Yeah) Saying what you want, regardless of what other people might think of what you want.Lesley Logan 31:08 Yeah, that's (Hilary: Yeah) beautiful. And also, like, I think people think that courage is like doing things without fear. But it's actually like not, that's not at all like, your people are courageous, and they're doing the (Hilary: Yeah) thing that makes them scared anyway.Hilary Hartling 30:21 It's like, it's actually identifying the fear and facing it. Right? It's walking through the fear, and you have to go through it. (Lesley: Yeah) Because all the good stuffs on the other side. (Hilary laughs)Lesley Logan 31:32 It's all on the other side, it is all on the other side. And for whatever reason, we're like, "No, I'm just gonna sit here in this fear pool and wait around." (Lesley laughs)Hilary Hartling 31:41 You do. Did you know why? The fear pool is, is a feeling we're used to. (Lesley: Yeah) We're not actually used to getting everything we want. When you start doing littler things. It's as easy to manifest big as it is to manifest small, but people need to do the small things to see that it's possible. Lesley Logan 31:55 Yeah. How, okay, really quick. So, how did you get used to getting what you wanted? Was that weird for you or were you born that way?Hilary Hartling 32:03 I was born that way. I think I have a very strong mom, I have a very supportive dad, I had a fabulous, you know, childhood. Not to say that you have to have those things to have, you know, (Lesley: Yeah) to get to have that quality. But I feel like I was always confident in my abilities, and just what I was capable of. And I knew that even if I didn't know how to do something, I could learn it. And if I was, I learned that if I was one of my sayings, that I say to all my clients, "Is follow your excitement." Right? Your excitement is the universe, nudging you in the right direction. And when you follow your excitement, that's literally your heart's calling. That's what you're meant to do. And so if you can start to trust yourself, that actually breeds confidence.Lesley Logan 32:51 Yeah, that's 100% true. And I do agree, like you don't have to have been raised that way to have (Hilary: Yeah) those feelings. (Hilary: No) I think it is, it's a choice of like, "How do you want to live your life?" Like, "Do you want to live it believing that you can have the things you want? Or would you prefer to live in the place that you don't."Hilary Hartling 33:11 And often they don't, remember their wins, right? So like, look back at the proof you have in your lifetime of things going the right way. We tend to think of the things that went wrong. But what went right? What did you go after and what happened? What what things showed up and you're like, "Oh my gosh, this is amazing." Like those are your wins. And that's actually your evidence to say that what you desire, what you want to manifest is possible because you got I mean, even if like you have a husband, you manifested that husband.Lesley Logan 33:41 Oh, when I 100% did and anyone who wants to know, like happy to tell you, but I ...(Lesley laughs) I was like intentional about that and I was like, "No, I want this in a partner, I want this." And if I don't have those things, I'm not settling. And I think it I think it's just like, it's all the wind part is like, I ha... in my coaching group, I have a wins channel. And it is so hard for people to post in there. They feel like (Hilary: Yeah) they don't wait until the this thing and so I some people and I'm like, "It's your homework. Every Friday, you must have a fuck yeah, Friday, and you have to list everything that happened this week. That was great. I don't care how small it was." And it's crazy how the more they do it, the more fun they have doing it. And in OPC and in our Pilates group, you know, on and off because people are like, "Oh, I can't do this exercise. I can't ..." Like, "What did you do? I want to hear what you did. I want to hear what you did. And I want you to celebrate that because I want you to celebrate that you showed up," because our brain really does pay attention to what makes us feel good and what doesn't make us feel good. So, I think you're 100% correct. Like just focusing on what our wins are. Maybe having a little wins journal, you just like type in win (Hilary: Yeah) wins. Maybe ...Hilary Hartling 34:48 You know what I do, I actually take my to-do list and turn it into a ta-da list.Lesley Logan 34:55 Stop. (Hilary: Yeah) Hold on. Ta-da list? Aaah! Are you going to make journals for this? Like you should make it ta-da list. (Hilary laughs)Hilary Hartling 35:02 I should. I posted it on social media before. And I think I do it on my Facebook group sometimes. But but yeah, it's it's like such an easy thing, right? It's like, "Okay, what were your to-do today? and now how do you celebrate that as a ta-da?"Lesley Logan 35:15 Oh, my gosh, Hilary, (Hilary laughs) I really do want like I want my ...Hilary Hartling 35:20 I'm a branding person. So, you know? (Hilary and Lesley laughs)Lesley Logan 35:22 I do. I do. I want I want the ... I want the thing that's sounds like my kitchen refrigerator, that's like "ta-da!" (Lesley laughs)Hilary Hartling 35:30 Right. It's a good checkbox to be like, "Yeah, ta-da." Right?Lesley Logan 35:35 Yeah. Yeah, no, for sure. I was doing my I started writing my ... my ta-da's, daily to-dos ... and my team is like, "We have Monday, like just put it in there." And I'm like, "No, I like to, I like to write it." (Hilary: Yeah) And yeah, when I hit "Done," it does this little like, glitter thing. It goes "peww". (Hilary: Yeah) And you know it's so fun. But I just I like I like to do the check mark. I'm an elder millennial, like, I like to write it down. So, I couldn't read my own writing. So, I was like, "We're gonna call that a done anyways. Win!" (Lesley laughs)Hilary Hartling 36:02 That's awesome. When you do and you're like, "I don't know what this is but I feel like I did that." (Lesley: I did it.) (Hilary and Lesley laughs) That's so good.Lesley Logan 36:09 Oh my God. Okay, Hillary. So where can we in the best way, stalk you? Where are you at? Where do you hang out?Hilary Hartling 36:15 I hang out most on Instagram. So it's at @hilaryhartling. It's Hilary with one L and then it's H a r t l i n g. So you can find me there. And then that's also my website, if you want to just check out all the things that I do and offer and that's just totally hilaryhartling.comLesley Logan 36:29 Amazing. Okay. You gave us so many awesome little things, little nuggets gems in in our conversation already. But to me BE IT is, bold, executable or intrinsic, targetable steps like ways we can prioritize ourselves. So, what would you tell someone listening to this? It can be one thing or whatever has many things did you want (Hilary: Yeah) to to be bolder.Hilary Hartling 36:54 Yeah, I actually think to live boldly it you need, I think there's five steps. Okay, the first one is trusting yourself. And I think I mentioned that before. So trust yourself, find a way to regularly get steel so that you can actually listen to and hear your inner voice because it's there. And that's when you start trusting it more when you know how to access it. I think number two I mentioned this before too, is follow your excitement, right? That's how you know you're going in the right direction. So do that. And then number three, stop comparing because your journey is going to be different from anyone else's. And you're going to get farther faster by staying present with your own goals, your own desires, and getting that clarity and vision that you have for your life. Four, I would say redefine what success means to you, right? So this needs to make sense for you. But then to create goals, from that point of view, right? They don't have to make sense to anyone else but you but redefine what success means to you. For me, success means feeling good. That's literally what success means. And then I would say the fifth thing, to BE IT you have to be you. Right? You're always the secret sauce to your personal brand. And when you show up as your like full body, totally authentic self. The right people are going to be drawn into your universe like you are the light that they've been searching for. Five steps.Lesley Logan 38:16 Those brilliant, brilliant, really Hilary, you are amazing. Everyone you can see how you can follow Hilary in the show notes below. This is definitely a podcast that I would put save on and relisten to because this is gold, it's amazing. I'm just so glad we met and I will come up with a new excuse for us to talk next week. (Hilary: I can't wait) (Lesley and Hilary laughs) I I just adore you. I'm so excited for you and for Ruby like just that she gets to grow up with a mom like you. Oh my God. (Hilary: Thank you) She's gonna be unstoppable, like unstoppable.Hilary Hartling 38:49 She is. She, that's the word (Lesley and Hilary laughs) Thanks for having me, Lesley.Lesley Logan 38:55 Oh, a pleasure and we'll have to do it again. Thank you everyone for listening. Until next time, Be It Till You See It.Lesley Logan 39:01 That's all I got for this episode of the Be It Till You See It podcast. One thing that would help both myself and future listeners is for you to rate the show and leave a review. And follow or subscribe for free wherever you listen to your podcasts. Also, make sure to introduce yourself over at the @be_it_pod on Instagram. I would love to know more about you. Share this episode with whoever you think needs to hear it. Help us and others BE IT TILL YOU SEE IT. Have an awesome day!Lesley Logan 39:30'Be It Till You See It' is a production of 'As The Crows Fly Media'.Brad Crowell 39:34 It's written produced, filmed and recorded by your host Lesley Logan and me, Brad Crowell. Our Associate Producer is Amanda Frattarelli.Lesley Logan 39:45 Kevin Perez at Disenyo handles all of our audio editing.Brad Crowell 39:50Our theme music is by Ali at APEX Production Music. And our branding by designer and artist, Gianfranco Cioffi.Lesley Logan 39:58Special thanks to our designer Jaira Mandal for creating all of our visuals (which you can't see because this is a podcast) and our digital producer, Jay Pedroso for editing all video each week so you can.Brad Crowell 40:10 And to Angelina Herico for transcribing each of our episodes so you can find them on our website. And, finally to Meridith Crowell for keeping us all on point and on time.Transcribed by https://otter.aiSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/be-it-till-you-see-it/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Scream Girl Squad #29: Black Friday (2021) Review

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2021 66:50

As if they need any more reasons to careen down memory lane, Jill and Caryn watch their old crush Devon Sawa kick zombie butt in BLACK FRIDAY.Black Friday (2021)Fun Rating: 4 (out of 5) Vegan Vietnamese ShrimpFright Rating: 0.5 (out of 5) Sticky-Hand Mouth Zombies

Scream Girl Squad #28: Killer Sofa (2019) Review

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2021 73:42

Jill and Caryn recap and review a movie called KILLER SOFA, and doesn't that just say it all?Killer Sofa (2019)Fun Rating: 3 (out of 5) Sushi RollsFright Rating: 0 (out of 5) Killer Sofas

Scream Girl Squad #27: No One Gets Out Alive (2021) Review

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2021 65:13

Jill and Caryn win Netflix Roulette then recap and review NO ONE GETS OUT ALIVE (2021). Fun Rating: 4 (out of 5) Cream Cheese WontonsFright Rating: 4 (out of 5) Glowy-Eyed Ghosts

Scream Girl Squad #26: When a Stranger Calls (1979) Review

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2021 60:40

Jill, Caryn, and a very stubborn microphone recap and review the classic thriller WHEN A STRANGER CALLS (1979), the film which inspired the iconic opening for SCREAM. Sure, they might be biased because the main character has Jill's name, but either way it's a movie worth watching.Fun Rating: 3.5 (out of 5) mini Milky Way barsFright Rating: 4 (out of 5) Curt Duncans

Scream Girl Squad #25: Scream (1997) Review

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2021 71:11

They're back! Jill and Caryn return with one of their favorite slasher horror classics, SCREAM (1997).Fun Rating: 5 (out of 5) Crumbl CookiesFright Rating: 3 or 0 (out of 5) Ghostfaces, depending on when you ask

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How NOT to get stuck on getting started (ft. Brad Crowell) - Ep10

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2021 28:06

Lesley and Brad dig through the last pod's interview with Girl Squad Inc's founder, Monica Linda, highlighting the amazing nuggets of wisdom she was imparting, such as the power of asking for help, being scrappy as a budding entrepreneur and just shutting up and doing the work.If you have any questions about this episode or want to get some of the resources we mentioned, head over to LesleyLogan.co/podcast. If you have any comments or questions about the Be It pod shoot us a message at beit@lesleylogan.co.And as always, if you're enjoying the show please share it with someone who you think would enjoy it as well. It is your continued support that will help us continue to help others. Thank you so much! Never miss another show by subscribing at LesleyLogan.co/subscribe.In this episode you will learn about:• Getting stuck on getting started• Imposter Syndrome• Drawing a line in the sand• Taking the leap• How to be something other than what you currently are• Shut up and do the work• The power of asking for helpIf you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser and Castbox.ResourcesLesley Logan websiteBe It Till You See It PodcastOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley LoganOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley Logan on YouTubeProfitable PilatesSocial MediaInstagramFacebookLinkedInTranscript:INTRODUCTION:Lesley LoganWelcome to the Be It Till You See It podcast where we talk about taking messy action, knowing that perfect is boring. I'm Lesley Logan, Pilates instructor and fitness business coach. I've trained thousands of people around the world and the number one thing I see stopping people from achieving anything is self doubt. My friends, action brings clarity and it's the antidote to fear. Each week, my guests will bring Bold, Executable, Intrinsic and Targeted steps that you can use to put yourself first and Be It Till You See It. It's a practice, not a perfect. Let's get started.EPISODE:Lesley Logan 00:47Welcome back to the Be It Till You See It interview recap where myself and my co hosts in life Brad (Brad: Woo!) and I are ready to dig into the profound conversation I have with Monica Linda on our last episode. If you haven't listened to that interview, feel free to pause this, go back and listen to that one and then come back and join us, or learn what we talked about, and then go back with all the good stuff and then learn more gems because we cannot recap the entire podcast and that's what the other one's for. So, here. Okay, babe. (Brad: Tell me.) I'm so excited right now because we are days away from launching our Reformer Deck of Flashcards, (Brad: yes.) Yeah, and I'm excited about this because they're happening a lot faster than our Mat Flashcard Deck did.Brad Crowell 01:31Are you kidding, like, like literally (Lesley: like lightning fast) a 10th of the time.Lesley Logan 01:37Yeah, and I wanted to share this with you (Brad: 25% of the time, but yeah), I wanted to share this with y'all because I think it's really important to know that sometimes you're gonna have setbacks on things and I wanted to share this with you. So my excitement about the Reformer Deck is that it's happening faster than the Mat Deck, because the Mat Deck took over a year, partially because of the pandemic, partially because it was the first time we are doing something, and then there's just like other things. But our Mat Flashcards, which we've sold hundreds of (Brad: Yeah), which is so exciting. Hundreds of people have this Pilates studio in their hand with my flashcards on the Mat exercises, and we had so many people who love Pilates already who have a Reformer who want to Reformer Deck, so we scrambled, like we worked night and day fast to get it done so I can't wait.Brad Crowell 02:23I love it because it's more than, it's literally double the amount of cards. But, you know, instead of 40 plus cards, it's 80 plus cards. (Lesley: Yeah.) And, you know, now that we have a system, which is something I get I geek out about (Lesley: He loves the system) we've been able to make that happen a whole lot faster. So anyway it's almost out, we can't wait. If you're even wondering what the heck we're talking about you can just go find them on OnlinePilatesClasses.com/flashcards, or you can also find them on Pilates.com (Lesley: Yeah), over at Balanced Body (Lesley: yeah) they're carrying them which is so cool.Lesley Logan 03:04I know, I know, pinch me. The like number one developer of Pilates equipment has my flashcards on their site. So, get them there, get them on OPC, just get them. (Brad: Stay tuned), and if you want one of the Reformer Flashcards definitely get on the list, so that you can find out as soon as they're ready because they will go out fast. Okay, so we have an audience question, babe.Brad Crowell 03:30Yes we do. And I love this question. I'm so excited to answer it.Lesley Logan 03:35I know, I know, trust me, he's not. If you didn't hear that already. So someone hit me up on Instagram and asked if we work out together and I just love this question because the truth is, (Brad: Did you laugh?) like that kind of laugh like, you know, when people...it's like when people ask Brad, How often do you Pilates? I'm like...Brad Crowell 03:59I mean, look, the reality is we do work out together.Lesley Logan 04:03We do. We go on walks every night.Brad Crowell 04:06And we do yoga.Lesley Logan 04:07And we do yoga together. (Brad: So) up to three times a week.Brad Crowell 04:10I would say that 75% of the time that I am working out. We are working out together. (Lesley: Yes. And) So, so actually, yes, we work out together.Lesley Logan 04:26Yeah we do. I won't even do the percentage of how much time I work out alone.Brad Crowell 04:30Well, I definitely didn't reveal the entirety of this situation. I would say that you work out every single day. Aside from our walk, you're actually, (Lesley: yeah), you have a Pilates practice that you literally do every day.Lesley Logan 04:45Yeah, I love our walks because I love to get no minimum 10,000 steps in a day. Y'all your calves are your second heart, every step matters, it's a pump, and it's not automatically like your heart, you got to pump that blood back up, and I like to do it at night with you because you know we do work together a lot but we are not often, like, we're not hanging out together so it's a great way for us to spend time together that's not working, and (Brad: it's a movement) it's a movement, I get my steps in, like clear my mind before I go to bed. But, when he says I workout every day I do my Pilates every day, even if it's just a few minutes, and then I do the morning run with the dog because otherwise they're even crazier. And then I do yoga with you so I work out alone, more, not because it's not like you wouldn't join me but I'm actually grateful to be alone, because I get a lot of energy from being by myself.Brad Crowell 05:37Well, I do think that it's fair to say that I wouldn't join you for all of that. (Lesley: Yeah), just, you know we obviously, we have different life cycles, and I don't get up when you get up and go to sleep when you go to sleep. So, you know, obviously you get up at 5:30 and go run, I don't do that.Lesley Logan 05:55Yeah, and that's okay. It's so okay. Like, maybe you're with someone who doesn't work out with you and that frustrates you, you can say something to them but like you could also look at like what are the positive reasons for not working out with them and then what are the positive reasons for...I mean I love doing yoga with you, because it is something we could do together. And because we do it virtually now we pretty much like get to chitchat a little bit while we're doing class.Brad Crowell 06:19Yeah but also, you know when we were back, when life was normal pre COVID and lived in LA, I would go play Ultimate, you don't do that, so like you know there's like, there's definitely a sense of independence in that. But today, at this point, most of the time I'm doing yoga, you're also joining, but not 100% of the time. And then I don't necessarily, you know, I'm not gangbusters on practicing Pilates, in the way that you are. I don't have a personal Pilates practice, I will happily practice it when we do events and things like that and when we go on retreats, I do like it a lot.Lesley Logan 06:58Yeah. He does Pilates every day on a retreat. He does Pilates, all the time during our challenges, our 100withme challenge. And when I will teach him in the studio he will do his Pilates, so yeah, there's that. So thank you for this question.Brad Crowell 07:11Thanks everyone for that question.Lesley Logan 07:14Keep sending your questions and you can DM me at the be_it_pod on Instagram and ask your questions. Speaking of working out though. Here we are, y'all. If you want to work out with a person in your life. This is a great way to do it. (Brad: Oh yeah), yeah because if you and your partner are trying to figure out a way to work together, maybe it's your roommate or your bestie. You can go to OnlinePilates Classes.com/beit and get a free workout from me. It's 30 minutes. Not only is it free, and that's fun, but it's 30 minutes of moving your body connecting your mind to your body and practicing prioritizing your time. This is really important to me when you use...when you show up for a Pilates class with me, you are literally having to focus on only what you're doing in that moment, which means you clear your mind and you're telling everyone around you, including yourself and the universe that you matter, and your time matters so go to OnlinePilatesClasses.com/b e i t. All right, babe.Brad Crowell 08:13Love it.Lesley Logan 08:14Let's talk about Monica.Brad Crowell 08:16Yeah, let's talk about Monica Linda, so in the last part, obviously, you had this incredible conversation with Monica. I'm so excited to be able to say we're dear friends with Monica, and her wife, and it's just been such a pleasure to have her spirit in our world. Like, she is just the definition of enthusiasm and joy. And she's a powerhouse. I mean, you cannot help but be excited about life, when you're around MonicaLesley Logan 08:51You got to go to Monica's Instagram. And the other day, she posted a reel where she was just face to camera and dancing to Justin Bieber, telling people that they're amazing and it's like, I am amazing!Brad Crowell 09:05I mean, aside from being awesome in life. She is the founder and chief photographer at Girl Squad, which is a media company that focuses on photography, media, which includes video and and also branding. She does...she helps you make social media content and all this kind of stuff. Monica Linda has traveled all over the country to photograph more than 500 women and is now directing movies for clients which is so cool because we had a chance to experience that. (Lesley: Yeah we have a movie), we have, she takes women from feeling invisible to becoming experts who are thriving and immersing themselves in the businesses that they have sacrificed everything to build. I just think it's so incredible, her commitment to setting others up in the lives of their choosing for themselves.Lesley Logan 09:51100%. She is absolutely one of the reasons we're sitting here right now, even doing this because she saw what I wanted to say in me and I couldn't, I couldn't figure out how to say it and she's like, Oh well this is it...and I was like, Oh, she sees it, so that was easier. It's just so important to have people in your lives that can visualize what your dreams are and then help you see the path that's possible. And so I'm just so grateful for her.Brad Crowell 10:17Yeah, I mean, total side note is, you know, not about the pod but for her, like when we started spending money on photographs of you, for social media. It was like it was grease in the wheels (Lesley: Yeah) and it's a tragically rough example. It allowed social media and marketing to be so much easier because we had all this content (Lesley: Yeah). Suddenly we have hundreds and now 1000s of photos that you can go back to and go, I didn't talk about this today. And then, you know, we've organized all these photos since, but you can just go through, find a photo bam, and it keeps it fresh, fun. People look at our social media now and go, Wow, they're so amazing, and that's because we decided to invest in photographs. And then we did it with her because she's so good, she knows you now.Lesley Logan 11:13Yeah, (Brad: Awesome.) It was amazing. So anyways, we can keep going on about how amazing she is and photography with her.Brad Crowel 11:20Okay. But let's actually talk about the pod.Lesley Logan 11:22In the interview, one of the things that I freakin' love was how she was talking about getting stuck on getting started, and here's the deal. She shares her story about how she would say yes to an opportunity and then go rent the equipment to go do the photography job. Right? So she didn't go, Oh, don't have that camera lens, can't just say yes to that job, just will wait for the next one, or get frustrated, like I don't have things I need to get started. No, she literally figured out how she could piecemeal together a business so she could say yes all the time. There was a great story in there how she said yes and had 90 minutes to get her freakin act together, get a camera and get to the place and I love this because I think it is so easy for us to just go, Oh I don't have that training yet so can't do that or I don't have the time, I don't know how, I don't have the, I don't know, insert like the running shoes to go running. She didn't get stuck on getting started, she just figured out a way. And so like I say to people who ask, how do I get started with Pilates? I'm like, Do you have a beach towel and a floor? Great! Get on it. You don't have to have the fancy mat or the fancy leggings to get started. And I just absolutely love that.Brad Crowell 12:32Yeah, I thought that was really powerful and actually reminded me of your beginning with teaching where you were still kind of an apprentice to your mat training program, and then your instructor or your teacher trainer was like, well, here you should practice your hours by starting to teach.Lesley Logan 12:53Yeah, she did. She gave me my first client and I was...like, I thought, oh my God, what am I doing? And...Brad Crowell 13:01I mean, imposter syndrome, right?Lesley Logan 13:03Like so many. But here's the thing that I learned within five minutes of that was that within five minutes of teaching them I knew so much more and so I just didn't get stuck on that. And then I got really excited to teach and what ended up happening is I told everybody about it. But it's easy to get stuck on what to do next and she is just going to inspire you to do so much quicker. What did you love that she said?Brad Crowell 14:42Yeah, I really love that one of the things that she said that made me pause was...I think it kind of came out of the conversation that the two of you are having, is that she wanted to be something other than she was. And this was when she had a job, she was working for someone else and she drew a line in the sand and she said, by 2018, I'm going to leave this job. Right? And so she began to be the person that she wanted to be, even though she still had life and job and things and whatever and fear and all this stuff. She had to be an entrepreneur. She had to do this. And so she began to do it even though she didn't know what she was doing. Right? And then when 2018 came around, she said, I didn't even have a full client list, and I left my job, and it was terrifying. And she started talking about taking that leap. And so, when she, I think that there was a frustration, clearly, that got her to the point of, I must leave my job. Right? And so she made a decision to take a leap, and then she committed to taking that leap. In order for her to take the leap though she had to be (Lesley: Oh yeah) herself, like be her, her entrepreneurial self (Lesley: yeah she had) before she was truly an entrepreneur.Lesley Logan 16:23She shared in the interview, she doesn't have anyone in her family's an entrepreneur. She didn't have anyone to like, look to or look up to in her actual life. And one thing that I don't think we talked about in the interview just because we're friends, she would dress up as the part of the photographer she wanted to be when she would go rent the equipment. (Brad: Oh really?) To buy her first camera (Brad: I love that) she dressed up as this woman had so she could walk in with her head held high. And that's a thing about sometimes being that person is literally putting on those clothes, and I think with a lot of, if you're listening this post pandemic, hopefully, hopefully we're all getting dressed up and going outside again but, you know, one of the things that like a lot of people talk about is they're wearing the pajamas all day and it's like, well, of course you have imposter syndrome. Of course you're having a hard time being motivated. You're not in the clothes to do the work that you want to do. Like, there's something really about that. I made a point this year, I'm putting my makeup on every day. I'm putting on a new, fresh outfit today. Like I'm not gonna be like, Well that's not dirty because I didn't go anywhere. No, because all of that makes you ‘be it' more, so I love that.Brad Crowel 17:32Yeah, I think that's one thing that a lot of people talk about, especially with working from home is: working out, working in your sweats, working in your pajamas, working in your yoga clothes, you know, all that kind of stuff. And it's true. You know there's something very different about my mentality when I am not just rolling out of bed right to my desk. I don't usually...I never was the guy who took showers in the morning, I take my shower before going to sleep. And recently I've started taking showers in the morning because I'm trying to create a morning... I guess it's a routine, but I want to set myself up so that when I sit down I'm like, mentally prepared, mentally ready to shift gears and really dig into it. And I think, you know, I know we kind of shifted the topics here on taking the leap, but being that person, it's been a...even at home...If you're not intentional about making that decision, then you're not going to be that person.Lesley Logan 18:40Right, 100%Brad Crowell 18:42Yeah.Lesley Logan 18:43What did you love about her action steps?Brad Crowell 18:47Yeah I think, let's shift gears here, she was really excited to encourage everyone to be bold. You know when we asked her specifically about what action steps, what tangible action steps could we take on our journey here to ‘be it'. And she specifically called out being bold, and she said something that her...I want to say it's a mentor of hers...Definitely an inspirational person who shifted her career, told her you know that you're going to be okay doing it. You're going to be okay being a photographer, you are going to make it. Now that you know that, shut up and do the work.Lesley Logan 19:42I love it so much.Brad Crowell 19:42Right? And it was like, Oh, thank you for the permission, you know, I guess, to know that I'm going to survive this, even though I've got all this fear. I just need to stay focused and be consistent. And her, but her boldness caused her to do something that I thought, well, that you were talking about, which is.Lesley Logan 20:09Oh, the asking of questions. (Brad: Absolutely), yeah, yeah, so, first I just have to say really quickly before I go into my favorite takeaway and asking questions is like, don't we all just wish someone would tell us that like you're gonna make it and you'd be fine. Like, because the imposter syndrome is so real, and we spend way too much time worrying that we can't do the thing that we're trying to be bold at doing. (Brad: Yeah) And if we could just go, You're gonna be okay. Imagine what you could do with just knowing that like, you're not going to walk off a cliff here, this is gonna be okay.Brad Crowell 20:42What do, you know what, actually. Yes, 100%, I just was reflecting back on when we first met Monica. (Lesley: yeah) Okay, the very first time I ever met her we were at a business conference. It was like a mastermind situation. There were all these photographers all around us. And then there was this lady sitting in the group of roughly 50 businesses in the room, and I just remember her in all white, head to toe white. (Lesley: Yeah) Right? Like, she just looked like. Right? And she..Lesley Logan 21:14I mean y'all J Lo wishes she looked this good, like Monica glows in all white with her hair, amazing.Brad Crowell 21:23And I'm flipping through, we all got this little booklet that had everybody's names in it and had a little like two sentence thing about their business and what they're doing so that we could have some kind of like a touch point to like kind of understand who they are and maybe start a conversation. And then her bio in her thing. It said that she wanted to be running a billion dollar company. (Lesley: Yeah) And I was like, what the...How can a photographer run a billion dollar company, right? I was like, I mean, I guess okay, I don't know her. I didn't know anything about her. Right, but I was shocked at what, how bold (Lesley: bold) that statement was, and then when I heard her talking, I was like, Oh man, her enthusiasm, you know, is like, she's like a train, bam, she's gonna get there.Lesley Logan 22:16Yeah, no, she, she really is and she doesn't let anything get in her way. And it's, it's amazing. So okay, back to how it led her to asking questions and what my biggest takeaway was just asking. So here's the deal. I feel like I grew up kind of, I don't know...not like let's not hate on my parents but they were always like children should be seen not heard. And it's like, you know, so I don't know I guess I just didn't ask questions, and I kind of felt like even though I know that there's like no wrong question like you're not putting one out like I kind of feel like I'm wasting people's time, when I ask a question that like maybe I could just look up the answer myself. And so in the same mastermind, Brad and I are in together, everyone gets to ask a question. And he's like we get to ask two questions, because there's two of us. And so, like, every time we would be at these things like, he's like okay what are we going to ask? And I'm like, I don't know and I would just like hope that he would ask them. And then, one I'll never forget was with Angie Lee where the front table (Brad: Wait, was with who?) Angie Lee, yeah, Angie Lee, and we were at the front table, and you'd ask your question and, you know, other people are asking their questions and you're...he's like, okay well what kind of question....and I'm like, I don't know, I guess I wonder how she does whatever. So he grabs a microphone, I just thought he was going to ask the question, and instead he puts it in front of my face, and I was like, like my whole face showed that I did not want to have this microphone, and obviously like if you know me, you're like, What are you talking about? But like I have this thing about asking. I feel like I'm wasting people's time, I feel like I'm taking advantage. And our whole relationship…we will come up with ideas and he's like, oh I'm just gonna ask this person if they want to do this with us. I'm like, you can't just ask people, they're very busy. Like people are busy, you know. So I just, but in that moment, I was like, I got to get over this because this is really dumb because what's holding me back from where I am today and where I want to be is not asking enough questions, or asking for help.Brad Crowell 24:18It was also a pretty high pressure situation, because it was like the panel was Chris Harder, Lori Harder, Angie Lee plus a roomful of entrepreneurs all watching that, looking at you,Lesley Logan 24:31That room was like, multiple hundreds of millions of dollars of businesses, and, like, experiences, and here's my like little question. But I did realize I'm holding me back because I don't ask people to help me. And she is, she just doesn't stop. If she's got a question, she asks it. If it's on her mind, she asks. Ever since I've known her everything she does even if it's like something has nothing to do business, she'll ask people, the question that's coming up and it has not only...it is exactly why she is where she is right now. And also the job she has gotten is because she's asked the questions and she's put herself in the room, so that is my big takeaway. I'm so grateful for learning that lesson and I'm still learning it, so.Brad Crowell 25:20Yeah and I mean, I have to imagine that she...I know that she has not only photographed Lori Harder, that she photographed Chris and Lori Harder, then she photographed the events, (Lesley: yeah) multiple events for them.Lesley Logan 25:37Hundreds of people at them.Brad Crowell 25:38You know, so I'm sure she was asking, Hey, how can I help you next? What can I do to help you next? You know, that kind of thing because once she had a client, she can bet the easiest sell is to a client who already knows, believes, trusts, loves you, to say, Hey, what else can I do for you? (Lesley: Yeah) So, anyway, she's just an inspiration.Lesley Logan 26:00I hope that a big challenge to you is to ask someone for help, ask someone to join you in something, ask someone to be it with you, ask a question and then tag me on Instagram so that I can root you along, and also be inspired. And I will promise to ask more questions every single day, and ask for more people to help me out too. Okay,Brad Crowell 26:20Yeah.Lesley Logan 26:21Well, thank you for listening to us. It was so wonderful to have you. We're so grateful you're here, and we want to know how you're using these tips in your life, so let us know by sending a DM to the pod on Instagram. And that's, be_it_pod on IG, please screenshot this, tag it on Instagram, tag us and share your takeaways also send this to a friend who needs it, you know, because that's how the word gets out about this podcast and also how more people in the world be it till they see it, we'll see on the next episode.Brad Crowell 26:46Cheers!---Lesley LoganThat's all I've got for this episode of the Be It Till You See It podcast!One thing that would help both myself and future listeners is for you to rate this show and leave a review.And, follow or subscribe for free wherever you listen to podcasts.Also, make sure to introduce yourself over on IG at be_it_pod on Instagram! I would love to know more about you. Share this episode with who ever you think needs to hear it.Help us help others to BE IT TILL YOU SEE IT. Have an awesome day!---Lesley Logan‘Be It Till You See It' is a production of ‘As The Crows Fly Media'.Brad CrowellIt's written, produced, filmed and recorded by your host, Lesley Logan and me, Brad Crowell.Lesley LoganKevin and Bel at Disenyo handle all of our audio editing and some social media content.Brad CrowellOur theme music is by Ali at APEX Production Music. And our branding by designer and artist, Gianfranco Cioffi.Lesley LoganSpecial thanks to our designer Jaira Mandal for creating all of our visuals (which you can't see because this is a podcast) and our digital producer, Jay Pedroso for editing all the video each week so you can.Brad CrowellAnd to Meridith Crowell for keeping us all on point and on time.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/be-it-till-you-see-it/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

How to Battle Shame When Starting a Business (ft. Monica Linda) - Ep9