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In this episode (S8:121) join us as we visit with Kimra Kippes, a talented singer-songwriter from Missouri. Known professionally as Kimra, she started her musical journey at 14, teaching herself guitar. Her dedication and unique voice have earned her a special place in the hearts of her listeners. Kimra's music, deeply personal and emotional, creates a profound connection with her audience. She has released several music videos, including "In My Little Town," "Forgive and Forget," and "The Good Life," each showcasing her versatility and storytelling prowess. Her captivating performances continue to gain recognition for their heartfelt lyrics and soulful melodies. In this episode, Kimra shares her exciting plans for recording on Music Row in Nashville, offering an insightful look into her journey, inspirations, and upcoming projects. Don't miss this opportunity to hear from an artist who stays true to her roots and inspires aspiring musicians with her perseverance and passion. Keep an eye out for Kimra's upcoming projects and performances, as she is undoubtedly a name to watch in the music industry. Tune in to the Lunch with Doug Podcast for an inspiring conversation with Kimra!

Community, exchange, interdependence, celebration, purpose: in this episode, Randall and O+ Founder Joe Concra share an example of bicycles serving as a vehicle first for connection, and from there serendipity, collaboration, and the creation of meaning. Join Joe, Randall, and other members of the community at the O+ Festival in Kingston, NY from October 6-8 for a weekend of music, art, riding, and wellness. https://opositivefestival.org/ Episode sponsor: Hammerhead Karoo 2 (use code THEGRAVELRIDE for free HRM) Support the Podcast Join The Ridership  Automated Transcription, please excuse the typos: [00:00:00] Craig Dalton: Hello, and welcome to the gravel ride podcast, where we go deep on the sport of gravel cycling through in-depth interviews with product designers, event organizers and athletes. Who are pioneering the sport I'm your host, Craig Dalton, a lifelong cyclist who discovered gravel cycling back in 2016 and made all the mistakes you don't need to make. I approach each episode as a beginner down, unlock all the knowledge you need to become a great gravel cyclist. This week on the podcast, I'm going to hand the mic over to my co-host Randall Jacobs. Who's joined by Joe conqueror. Joe is the founder of the O positive festival. In New York. He's joining. Randal's talk about community and how the bicycle serves as a vehicle for connection. I think you'll enjoy this conversation. But before we jump in i need to thank this week sponsor hammerhead and the hammerhead crew to computer The hammerhead crew too, is the most advanced GPS cycling computer available today with industry leading mapping navigation and routing capabilities. That set it apart from other GPS options, free global maps and points of interest included like cafes and campsite. It means you could explore with confidence and on the go flexibility. Once again, the other night I was hit with hammerheads bi-weekly software update where new features are released so unlike other head units, your crew too continues to evolve and improve each ride, getting better than the last. Personally, I love the climbing feature. That's available on the crew too. One thing I noted in comparison to some of the other devices I've used is that now the climber feature kicks in whether or not you've got a route loaded or not. That's super important. I was riding the other day, testing out another device and I had a climb that's very known, but I didn't have a route loaded. And all of a sudden that climbing feature wasn't available. I very much appreciate what the engineers at hammerhead have done to make this computer as good as it can be, but to continue to improve it. For a limited time, our listeners can get a free heart rate monitor with the purchase of our hammerhead crew to just visit hammerhead.io right now, and use the promo code, the gravel ride at checkout to get yours today. This is an exclusive limited time offer for our podcast listeners. So don't forget to use the code. Duck gravel ride. That's a free heart rate monitor with your purchase of a career to. From hammerhead.io. With that business behind us. I'm going to hand the mic over to Randall and I'll talk to y'all next week. [00:02:33] Randall Jacobs (host): Where do we [00:02:33] Joe Concra: begin? I don't know. The Randall Joe Comedy Hour. I have no idea. Where do you wanna start? Well, [00:02:38] Randall Jacobs (host): how about origin story because people have asked me this a number of times and I actually don't know if I get it right. I think I get the high level of it, like how we met, [00:02:47] Joe Concra: how we met. Huh? How did we, you you go back a little ways now. Yeah. So here, this is what I remember. It was a dark and stormy night. And, uh, now if I remember correctly, so I'm sure we'll get into o positive and what O positive is at some point, but I was doing. As I often do research on partners for O positive to help this crazy experiment continue. But I'm also like a mad cyclist, mad being the operative word. And I somehow found thesis and I think I just wrote to the info at and was like, I think this model's really awesome. And I do this festival where we exchange for healthcare, which probably doesn't make any sense at all. And. Would you like to come talk about being a sponsor or a partner? Yeah. And then you said, we're actually gonna be on the east coast. And then I ridiculously said, well, why don't you swing through Kingston and we can demo a bike? Which then I had to buy a bike. That's how [00:03:51] Randall Jacobs (host): that why you bought a [00:03:51] Joe Concra: bike. Well, I rode it. Okay. I mean, it was pretty simple. Once you ride it, you're like, okay, this bike's amazing. I should probably ride more gravel and get off the road. I've survived this long in my life without being killed by a car. So, uh, yeah, that's why. Is that close to what you remember? That's [00:04:07] Randall Jacobs (host): more or less exactly the way I tell the story. Yeah. So essentially you'd reached out and, the way I've told it is you had said, Hey, I like what you guys are doing. I'm thinking about getting a bike also, here's what I do and you should come check out Kingston. Um, and then that evolved into, you know, we did a small, uh, event at, uh, utility bikes. [00:04:28] Joe Concra: Yes. Uh, great time. [00:04:29] Randall Jacobs (host): Yeah. And really from that first moment there was a seed planted in me about being here. Some listeners will know I now live in Kingston, but [00:04:37] Joe Concra: we're closing the gate after you. Yeah. Like nobody else, like, oh yeah. Don't come here. It's not fun here. It's terrible here. Yeah. Don't, this is not where you want to be. Yeah. [00:04:46] Randall Jacobs (host): And I remember, at the time I was becoming, I wasn't quite done with San Francisco, but , I was getting to a different place in life and didn't quite know what would come next. And that seed was watered every single time I came back and I kept coming back. Mm-hmm. So, I'm trying to remember, I think the next time I came, we had a little team summit. Mm-hmm. A couple of team members during Covid. And, we were here with you and, you showed us around, and we were here for a couple of days and that was great. I remember ending up on your roof deck, looking at the mountains on this beautiful day with my colleagues, and then the next time I came, I think it might have been my first O positive. Did the gravel ride. Yep. I made a couple of friends on the ride who are now friends here that, you were starting the, what was then trust hub now Trust up project. Mm-hmm. And, you were looking for somebody to, to help run it. You had this idea for something and some funding lined up. And. I joined the, the hiring committee. And now, I've been involved as a advisor and now, Rob Jameson, who runs that project is a good friend. Yeah. And so, on a very personal level, like you've had a pretty big impact on my life. Through the direct things that you've done with me, but then also, just the, the resonance that I felt while being here, hanging out with you, the people I met through you and through the, the, the community that is here. so much so that I moved here, I bought my first house. That's says a lot about, about you and about this place, and this is a place that has a significant amount of your influence on it. Hmm. You walk around and you have the murals and you see the little o positive, the bottom of the mural. And, you know, there's a number of community initiatives that have been kicked off in this area, presumably stemming from that initial o positive grant when you first got the festival off the ground or, or a few years after that. Mm-hmm. So . [00:06:43] Joe Concra: Thank you. Yeah. I'm so glad we're not. Like you actually said, do you want to do this with video? And I, and it's because of this, cuz I be, people would see that I'm bee red right now. Um, because I'm, I thank you. And also, like, it makes me very uncomfortable to hear these things. I feel like everybody does the best they can. And you get lucky to create space for things to happen if you're really, you know, if you really, really think about what we do. As human beings, as people listen to this as cyclists, right? We're always looking for the gaps. We're always looking for the space. We're always looking for that. That thing between the thing, right? At least I know I am. So when we met, I was like, oh, well here's the bike I'm going to ride, and this, this guy seems really interesting. I want to know more about what they're doing and what gives somebody a. Like, why does somebody wanna reinvent the wheel? Is literally what I thought when I meant you, like you want to bring down costs, you want this thing to be this, this way you're designing it. It's amazing. Like same for me, like being on a bicycle for me in the woods, being out. Like last night I went riding in some hippie, decided to destroy my knee, but it was a voodoo doll. And we'll get to that. And uh, I wanna keep you all the same. You're riding in Woodstock. Yeah. No close. Rosendale, same thing. Yeah. Um, but you know, There is a desire to work a lot in community and do a lot of really good things. The counter weight to that is being on your bicycle and being alone. Yeah, so I can tell you that the thesis bike that I ride more than any road riding I did since 1982 on right. Being in the woods on gravel alone and like riding by a beaver pond and seeing an owl. At seven o'clock at night in the Hudson Valley is the quiet, it gets the monkeys outta your head and quiets you down. So I'm very, very thankful for, you know, what you've designed. This podcast. I really like the, I really like what's on Slack. I think that's really, really great. It's able to communicate with people on the ridership is great. So, you know, there's mutual respect in that way. I think that it's really, really important just to acknowledge how. You know, cyclists are weird, right? They're like hockey goalies, soccer goalies, cyclists, place kickers in football, right? They're, every cyclist I know is like, yeah, I really wanna be your friend, but also leave me alone. Like it's this weird dichotomy, like they've got their hand up and come here at the same time, which I really appreciate and I find that really, really, really, I'm just thankful [00:09:19] Randall Jacobs (host): You have maybe more of an outside view on cycling and cyclists than I do, cuz I had just been in it for so long. Mm-hmm. Like I was a competitive cyclist for a period and that's its own kind of mindset. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. worked for, worked in the industry quite a bit for quite a long time. I mean, obviously I have a company I do this podcast and so on, so I was like in it versus you are, I think first and foremost, what. An artist, a community builder. [00:09:47] Joe Concra: Yeah. I think first and foremost, I, I make paintings. I mean, that, that's what I do. Right. And then I do all these other things outside of the studio. Right. So I, I run a nonprofit with my friends who, which I built since two in 2010, um, that exchanges art and music for medicine at the festival you've been to every year? Yep. We're about to go year-round with a clinic after 13 years to take care of artists, musicians based on an exchange model, not based on money, trying to take money outta the system. Um, and. I ride bikes and I've ridden bikes like every day of my life for my entire life because I love them and surround myself with cyclists and just riding in general. Um, so yeah, not a pro avid cyclist, I think is what they would call it back in the day. An avid [00:10:26] Randall Jacobs (host): cyclist. Well, before we, we dive in on the, the clinic and o positive and so on. I'm just, uh, want to kind of pull at this thread. What, what do you notice? Do you notice patterns amongst cyclists in particular? So you mentioned [00:10:41] Joe Concra: like, can I just throw this? Can I throw a cyclist under the bus? Like metaphorically? [00:10:44] Randall Jacobs (host): I mean, we're under there. All right. It does [00:10:47] Joe Concra: too. I think everybody listening to this knows this. This isn't a secret. But I was a road rider for years. Mm-hmm. Like back in the, you know, you turn whatever age you get your, you save up your money cuz you're working at McDonald's or your newspaper route and you buy your first road bike, it's like a Ross, it's yellow, it's ugly as hell. Then you graduate to your next bike and you get a Schwinn cuz you think that's the best bike, whatever. And you're, Greg Lamonts, your, all those things. Then you spend years in group road rides and you do a little bit of like racing, like you and stuff, and you do all the things and you train to, and you go on group rides. A couple years ago, after getting the thesis four years ago now, I stopped. Hmm. And I was like, what a culture shift. I'm not hammering, I'm riding with my friends, I'm getting a great workout. I'm in the woods and just recently, and I know people are gonna listen to this and know me, and I rode ride with him. Please don't put your pump into my spokes when we ride together. But I went on a group ride again, a road group ride, and it was terrible. I spent the whole time looking at the wheel in front of me and somebody's back when I went to the front. I got to say I have a good, nice view, but that's what I noticed more than anything else. People are moving away from that way of riding to a more community based ride. For instance, you mentioned utility bikes. There's a whole generation of kids in sneakers and cutoff jeans. Yeah. And that's their ride. That's how they ride. Yeah. The old guys like me wearing stupid spandex, plastic shit. Like, sorry, I didn't mean to curse. Can I curse on a [00:12:23] Randall Jacobs (host): podcast? No, no. That's definitely gonna get us in trouble. [00:12:26] Joe Concra: Well, sorry. Ftc. F F, fda, whatever, whatever. Regulatory agency. Not the human consumption, [00:12:32] Randall Jacobs (host): fda, [00:12:34] Joe Concra: But I think that's the big shift, right? There's been this massive cultural shift. I'm a little bit nervous to see money going into gravel riding. Yeah, in a way that I think it might screw it up a little bit. It starts getting a little bit competitive where I really like the, like, like the first big long distance gravel ride I did. I remember like getting ready and being like a little bit nervous, like it was a race. I kept reminding myself it's a ride, and then like some dude passes me cranking out Aerosmith on a boombox tied, tied underneath his top tube wearing a cowboy hat, cut off jeans and sneakers smoking a joint, and I'm like, this is amazing. I couldn't believe it. I was like, what a different culture. So I, I hope that that culture, um, exists and keeps growing. I, [00:13:15] Randall Jacobs (host): I think it will. I think gravel specifically, there's something about the medium that is itself, very conducive to that. You're doing mixed terrain riding. You're leaving from your back door. It's not like a road ride where. You're either going solo or you might be going on some group hammer ride. The train isn't changing all that much and so on. Or a mountain bike ride where you're hopping in your car. so there's something more out the door. I think the events that I've been to, there's definitely a trend towards, elite racing. Mm-hmm. , we, we've had, event organizers, for some of the biggest races on the pod, uh, had, have had elite racers on the pod and so on. Mm-hmm. And like, that's its own thing. And as a, I would've joked in the past and I almost did it again, I was gonna say a recovering racer, but at the time I was racing, it was great. Yeah. Like I was living my best life. And just because current me isn't into that, Doesn't mean that past me was getting it wrong, cuz future me is definitely gonna look at current me and say what were you doing at that time? Right. Yeah. And the other thing I'd say is if you're more resonant with one way of riding create that and let people migrate to it, like the utility ride and a couple of the rides around here. But also what we've talked about, growing o positive rides around that, there's no race. It's more like, here's a ride where we're gonna go out and have a shared adventure. go through a share shared ordeal. It'll be accessible to riders of a variety of different abilities. And then we're gonna have a party after. Totally. [00:14:43] Joe Concra: in fact, it's a whole weekend of [00:14:44] Randall Jacobs (host): a party. Yeah, let's talk about that. So let's get in, but I also, what are, what are the dates? [00:14:48] Joe Concra: Uh, this year will be October 6th, seven and eight. Yep. And, but I just wanna say this for all my roadie friends, cuz I still go out on the road, don't hate me, but there's road rides at Oak Positive too. Are road ride right? Mean there's road gravel and a mural to mural tour. Mm-hmm. Um, for families and kid-friendly and bring your dogs and whatever craft you want to try to pedal around. Yep. Uh, the city of Kingston. So I'll give you a little bit of the origin story and what we do cause I think that'll probably help people. So if you haven't heard about o Positive, which I suppose most people haven't, um, we are based in Kingston, New York. And our festivals, which are music and art based, every artist and musician who plays the festival. Puts up a mural, dances tells comedy, whatever they do. In exchange, we build a clinic, and in that clinic are 160 providers. Everyone sees a doctor, has access to a dentist, mental health professionals, acupuncture, massage, you name it, it's all there. We started in 2010 with a really simple idea. As a painter, it was very, it was very, Easy to say, well you know what, we never have insurance. So what if we did a festival where instead of paying the artists with money, cuz we didn't have any money anyway, we got a bunch of doctors who loved music and art and said, would you see these people? So what started as a very, very small festival in 2010? We've done 22 festivals nationwide. Our home base is here in Kingston every year in October. We do the big one here and, uh, it's grown to include gravel riding and a whole weekend of experiential yoga and sound healing dance parties. You name it, it happens from Friday night till Sunday night. When is [00:16:23] Randall Jacobs (host): this coming out? We can put it out whenever. [00:16:25] Joe Concra: Okay. Whenever makes sense. I can give you a headliner. So yeah, this year one of our headliners will be comedy. It's bobcat. Goldway. I dunno if you remember him from the movies and, but I remember it was a standup guy with that crazy voice. But I can't wait to say hi to him and meet him and thank him for making me laugh for years. Because especially coming outta the pandemic, like, we're not dead yet. Like, we should laugh. Like, we should be like, holy shit, we're alive. Like, let's enjoy this moment. And hopefully he'll go to the doctor, he'll go to the dentist, he'll talk about mental health, you know, and, and people will be able to come out and enjoy the weekend. Yeah. [00:16:58] Randall Jacobs (host): Well, that was one of the things that really resonated with me when I first started looking into a positive and getting to know you and coming here was this feeling of okay, there, are there issues in the world that affect me personally? Like I have a significant concern about engaging with the medical system, the medical industrial complex because you hear horror stories. And I know people who've been bankrupted by a system that, on the one hand people say, here in America we have the best healthcare in the world. Well, you might add the caveat that money can buy. Mm-hmm. But, unless you have really good insurance you can end up drained, if you're a small business owner or something like that. Yeah. and you don't have a platinum package. And then there's all these ways in which it deals with symptoms and not with underlying issues. Mm-hmm. Like mental health isn't simply going to a therapist once a week, though I've had periods in my life where that was really helpful in transitioning and getting context and so on, but it's much more holistic. It's like, do you feel a sense of belonging in your community? Mm-hmm. are you part of something bigger than yourself where other people rely on you for certain things and when you have need people are there to help you out. And that's something I, I experienced from day one, uh, upon moving here. And I have it within my family and I've had it within friend groups, but to a lesser degree, in other places cuz people lived to apart or like they're too focused on their career or whatever it else. Mm-hmm. I had some very dear friends in San Francisco, but, everyone's really busy. Mm-hmm. I didn't know my neighbors. I lived in a building with six units. And I barely ever spoke my neighbors, despite my best efforts, right? Mm-hmm. I, you know, I'm very gregarious in that way. And the dynamics here were different. And last year was really the tipping point for me being at the festival and just seeing how all the things that I liked about, say, something like burning Man, but without the excess and the exclusivity and the whole place of washing and money, even though it's pretending not to be about money. Mm-hmm. and you're seeing live music and you're celebrating with your neighbors. Mm-hmm. Like, you're in celebration with people that you're going to see the next day at the cafe. Mm-hmm. Or my neighbor works at the convenience store on the corner. Mm-hmm. You know, things like this. that's a very different thing that for me, I, I had this feeling of wanting something and not knowing what it was. Mm. And then when I experienced that, I was like, this is it. Mm. This is the thing where, I go positive for me represents something much bigger. As big as the healthcare component of it is. Mm-hmm. It, it is, is a different mindset in many [00:19:37] Joe Concra: ways. Yeah. I think, I mean, that's, So wonderful to hear you say that. I would say that because O Positive takes money out of a system that people are used to having run by money for three days and says, Hey look, this can be different. The whole tenor of that weekend feels. Like what you just said, it feels inclusive, it feels community. And people have always said, I can't even describe what it is. And I'm like, well, don't worry about it because we're not used to it. Right. Like we are not used to living in a system where we go, you know, that's not, I mean, yes, we take donations to come into the festival, we run on donations, right. But when you go through the clinic, if you're an artist or musician or volunteer, and you go through that clinic and you get a root canal in exchange for playing your set, Mm-hmm. That's a whole different conversation because what it does is it says, Hey, we value each other equally. Yes. And that is different because we live in a system that does not value people equally ever. We value money first, usually, and we say it, oh, positive, not this weekend. Not this weekend. And that is vital. And the other thing that I think that's really important is you recently moved to a town where. You know, it's in flux. Yes. Because people have moved in, in, in droves here during the pandemic, but also like we introduced artists, musicians for 13 years now to their local doctor. So we hear it on the medical side. Like, I love being a doctor here because I know these patients, these are now my friends. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Because when you're at that show and you're dancing Yes. That doctor's dancing next to you. Yep. And that is totally cool because the lab coat's not on. Yeah. And we take, we just peel away. All of the, all of the things that we, all the baggage we bring. [00:21:29] Randall Jacobs (host): Well, so you mentioned money and, and we can really distill it down to using price, denoted in money as the sole driver of exchanges. And so you need a thing. And you go on Amazon and you order the thing cuz it's the lowest price and it gets delivered at your door and you get up the next day or a couple days later and it's there. Right? Mm-hmm. You have no relationship with the person who made it. You probably don't even interact with the person who delivered it. Right. There's no relationship there. Mm-hmm. Nobody involved in that exchange is going to be there for you when you don't have money to buy a thing. Right. Right. And furthermore there's benefits of providing things to other people that are not incorporated in what you get paid. Like I don't help out my neighbor when he needs to move an air conditioner because he's gonna pay me. I do it because it's an opportunity to hang out. Mm-hmm. And because the day I moved in, he was coming over the fence to say hello and we were talking about taking down the fence. yeah. And, having that sort of Interdependency and having exchanged that is taking into account. Like, I get to interact with you, I get to be in community with you. That has value. the other thing you mentioned, valuing everybody the same, the trust up project. Core to that vision when you initially pitched it was this concept of time banking. Mm-hmm. It took me some time to get my head around it. I kept wanting to fit it into a model of like, oh, well maybe somebody can earn two time credits if their service is worth more. Right. Or something like that. It's like, no, no, that's not how it works. Maybe talk about some of that concept and how it integrates into the mindset around what you're building with o [00:23:03] Joe Concra: positive. Well, yeah, I mean, it's interesting, right? If we talk, first of all, I mean, The dollar is a great unit, unit of measure, right? We all agree that this is the unit of measure, so I get that side of the story. I think what we are trying to address is the inequity of that dollar and how that dollar is different values for each, for different professions. So if we think about time banking or we think about just straight exchanges, what you want to do is even get away from what you said. In our mind, it's like, no, a doctor visit isn't worth two units of measure. Yeah. Right. You don't [00:23:39] Randall Jacobs (host): need a medium of exchange. It's a, it's, it's a direct exchange. [00:23:42] Joe Concra: Exactly. It's harder. Exactly. And time is just time. Yeah. I will give my time, whatever that time would take mm-hmm. To do this task. Oh, I am available. I could also let you use my lawnmower for this much time. I mean, Yeah, this, the funny part is Randall, at the end of the day, I think what we are doing in all the things we're doing here in Kingston and, and other small communities that are doing a lot of these things, we're just trying to get back to the way our grandparents lived in community. We've somehow lost our way cuz we've gone so global to really hyper-local action and, you know, oh, positive to me, from the beginning, sitting at this exact table, like writing it all up and coming up with friends and dreaming it all up. Was about knowing that my grandparents, who had nothing would trade sweet potatoes to see the doctor with their doctor. And that was enough for the doctor. The doctor always had sweet potatoes. Somebody else would give 'em money. My grandparents could give him sweet potatoes, so they got to go to the doctor. So, you know, it's, it's just a different way of being a neighbor. [00:24:48] Randall Jacobs (host): Yeah. Well I think that the getting to be a neighbor is, Really the essential bit, being in community has value and there is resiliency that comes into it that doesn't get banked in the sense that there's some ledger. Mm-hmm. Right? Mm-hmm. But it's banked in the sense that people have a certain feeling around you. Mm-hmm. And you around them. And when there is hardship, that trust in those relationships that are built up mm-hmm. Form a web of interdependence Amazon's not gonna be there for you if you don't have any money to buy the thing. Right. and you know, it may be more expensive to make certain things locally and there's certain goods that it makes sense to centralize and distribute long distances and so on. But there's a lot of things where it does that doesn't make sense. And the price mechanism only works because there's so much direct subsidy in the firm of government subsidies, tax breaks, and so on. Or there's indirect subsidies in the sense that there's all these negative externalities, depletion of soil fertility or pollution of the water or pollution of the air, or changes in climate , that are not incorporated into the price. And that's Economics 1 0 1. You get Adam Smith's various market failures taught early on. And then you forget about them from then on when you get your neoliberal economics education. That was my undergraduate. Wow. Yeah. That, that [00:26:04] Joe Concra: sounds, yeah. Well, it's interesting what you, what you were just saying. You know, as you're talking, I'm like, oh my God, yes. Oh my God. Oh, it's too big. Oh, what do we do about, because people need money to pay to buy food. Still, we're not, we don't have a, we haven't built a perfect system. What we're trying to do is show people what's possible and then hopefully they can go to their own communities and do something that is important to them to do, because, you know, we are not gonna get away from this system tomorrow or the next day. We may not even have a planet by the time we're ready to get rid of this system and change it with something else. But in the meantime, we sure as hell can try and we sure as hell can build something that like someone like you is attracted to, right? Like, we know people have moved here because of O positive, like you just said it, but like we've been getting that for years because I wanna live in a community that actually values art and medicine and everything else. Equally, that's life, right? Without that, what do we have? Like, I don't know. I don't wanna live in a world without art and music and caring for each [00:27:06] Randall Jacobs (host): other, but we can have some sense of security from accumulating lots of things and living in a big house with a tall fence or Yeah. Or building a big buffer of dollars in our bank account or something like this. But, I don't think that the issue is gonna be, we're not gonna have a planet. I mean, the planet's not going anywhere. The question is how well it's going to support the sort of existence that we actually want to have for ourselves and those we care about. I view it as kind of a series of incremental experiments. Mm-hmm. You know, not everything sticks. Not everything works. And I love the, iteration process [00:27:38] Joe Concra: did you see the waste basket behind me with all the different ideas that are just all over the floor, like thousands of them. Like just the things that don't work. Oh my God, that time I was gonna start, you know, give mayonnaise to a tuna and cut out the middle man, that kind of thing. Yeah. Yeah. [00:27:52] Randall Jacobs (host): Well, I mean, being going for 13 years, so that says something. Yeah, it's hard. [00:27:57] Joe Concra: It's, um, you know, we survive off the support of the community. At the festival, everybody gets tickets. There's a price to it, but it's, it's like $75 for three days, which is insane. Um, and if you don't have that, we have community tickets available for everybody. So it's, it's, you know, It's a very low barrier to entry. In fact, if you have nothing, I'm sure we can let you in. So it's very simple to, to get involved and to, to do it and to do the work. I think that the, the hard part, We started as all volunteers and now we have a staff cuz we're going year round. Mm-hmm. Right. When we're taking over a space, we're building a clinic that's gonna open on August 11th. We're gonna go from three days to 365 with the dream of having a building that has music every night and art every night. And people can just wonder what the hell's happening there. But you get healthcare at the same time. Right. So we're like a Trojan horse of healthcare. Right. We make a party and inside that party, Are all these doctors and dentists and massage therapists and acupuncturists and mental health professionals. So we still need people's money, right? We still need the dollar while we build a separate system. And that is the hardest part. Like, that's what I worry about every day. How do we keep the lights on? And, um, it's daunting. That was my reality [00:29:15] Randall Jacobs (host): check. Yeah. I mean, it is the part that, um, I'm excited to, you know, be more involved with. As you know, my, my other commitments are less all-encompassing. Mm-hmm. Uh, building a house amongst them. Yeah. [00:29:28] Joe Concra: Have you told people about your house? Uh, I've mentioned it because you say building a house, but does everybody know that you like bought like a. Freaking falling down log cabin in a city that nobody even knew was there. It was covered in brambles. Like you guys, you all have to see and ladies, you, he Randall needs to, needs to post pictures from this place cuz it's like some weird mountain man's retreat from, but like 1970s with like shag carpets and bong hits everywhere. Like, but you're doing an amazing job. There may have [00:29:57] Randall Jacobs (host): been some paraphernalia previously. Less bongs and more bullet casings. Yes. Um, in flashband grenades. [00:30:05] Joe Concra: Really? Oh yeah. Wow. Yeah. Yeah. I mean it's [00:30:08] Randall Jacobs (host): pretty, that, that was a scary day when I found [00:30:09] Joe Concra: those. Wow. That's ama It's pretty phenomenal what you found. And you are literally resurrecting someone's dream cabin from the 1970s and making it your own. Yeah. And [00:30:20] Randall Jacobs (host): it'll be, uh, it'll be a community space as well, like adding, uh, a couple of, uh, loft bedrooms in there that I. Uh, we'll make available for, for people to, to, you know, coli. And then, um, there's a new ADU law accessory Dwelling Unit law in Kingston. Be attending some meetings around that and hopefully I can build a couple of smaller structures on the property. Nice. And then everyone who's on the property would have access to the main cabins, so like the grand room and the kitchen and the solarium off the back and so on. And have it be, um, well, I, I want, I want to learn permaculture. Mm-hmm. I want to grow as much food as I can fit. On that small little parcel in the city. Mm-hmm. Have some fruit trees facing the street that people can walk by and graze from. Mm-hmm. As I've enjoyed doing with the, uh, I think, uh, most recently it's, I got raspberries coming in and then, uh, there's lots of, uh, oh, what's the, the tr the tree berry that looks like a blackberry. That poison berry? Uh, mulberry. Mulberry. Mulberry. [00:31:15] Joe Concra: Oh my god. Mulberry's everywhere right now. The [00:31:17] Randall Jacobs (host): birds love them. Yeah. Yeah. I just like stand under, stand on sidewalks, under, under trees and just like, you know, eat Yeah. Eat my weight and, and mulberries in those. Yeah. Sit there for 30 minutes and my hands and mouth are all, you know, blackish purple. Uh, but yeah, that, that is something that I'm, I'm, uh, You know, it's still very much a still, still early stage, but as soon as it is structurally sound, um, there'll be, there'll be [00:31:46] Joe Concra: gatherings. So you haven't put any pictures up on the ground? You got? Not really. No. You have to kind of behind the radar. It's crazy now that we've talked about it. People have to see it. Yeah. [00:31:56] Randall Jacobs (host): Um, so let's talk about, well, let's talk about, so come to a positive. What's the experience? [00:32:01] Joe Concra: Yeah. Um, you get a wristband for three days. You have access to this year, ob. I said earlier about Bobcat, but there'll be 50 bands, maybe more. Um, several different stages to four or five different stages throughout the city. It's all walkable. Um, the art will be, I think there's five or six muralists we have. It's a very small city of 22,000, but we have 60 murals up at this point. Mm-hmm. Um, there'll be five. More murals going up this year. Um, plus all the other art events that are happening. Dance and readings and performances and spoken word. And, you know, you go to go on the website and as we start announcing the schedule, you'll get to see it. It's pretty exciting. Um, headlining music, amethyst Kia is playing. Um, there's a bunch, there's so many bands. It's, it's every year we're like, can we do 30? And it ends up being 50. And then you still reject. Hundreds and hundreds of bands apply and you always feel terrible because you can't accommodate them all. But the clinic can only handle so many artist musicians. So that's one reason for us going year round that is so important. So we could have every night having people seen and then, you know, the whole weekend just feels joyful. And Saturday morning, Those of us who ride get together and go on a 50 to 60 mile road ride. Um, the gravel ride, I think we will design it as like a 30 to 35 mile ramble down all the trails that Kingston is a hub for the Empire State Trail and a number of other trails. Mm-hmm. So we'll ramble down some trails to New Paltz and probably go up into Mohawk a little bit and then come back around and have a barbecue after and a big party and enjoy that. And really, I mean, it's like you get a gravel ride, but you get like, All this music and all this art all weekend long. [00:33:43] Randall Jacobs (host): Yeah. And this, the, in terms of the venues, uh, so there's Kegan Nails. Yep. Uh, which, you know, brew Brewery, local Brewer has been there for a while. And there's a, a whole stage there as well. Uhhuh, that's one of the venues. You have the old Dutch church. Yeah. Beautiful. Uh, just beautiful. And that is a music venue. And that's where the big, I know last year, Kimra amongst others. Yep. [00:34:04] Joe Concra: Kimra played there in Mercury. Rev played there. I'm trying to think else who played there last year. But yeah, it's a beautiful space. It's a Dutch reform church. It's one of the oldest buildings in the city. [00:34:12] Randall Jacobs (host): It's, which is an old city. This was the original capital of New York state. Yeah. [00:34:16] Joe Concra: Yeah, it was a fence around it to keep out people. It was very weird the way it was taken over. Oh, the stockade. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. But hey, we're learning, you know, every couple years in the city of Kingston, they do this thing called the burning of Kingston. And just one year I wanna just see if it actually will just burn. Like, I'm just like, why are we celebrating the, there's this, they do this celebration. This gives everybody an idea of like what living in Springfield and the Simpsons really is like every two years they, everybody dresses up in red coats and. So, and, um, revolutionary wore outfits and they chased the red coats around the streets and forced them out. But the reality is when the red coats got here, everybody just left. Like everybody just, everybody just went to the next town. Nobody fought. Everybody's like, whatever. Take the town. We don't care. But in our myth making history in our American myth making history, this town has turned it into this event where, you know, we held off the British, we didn't, it was no holding off. In fact, if we would've not held them off, maybe we would have a healthcare system. Not saying it would work great, but maybe we'd have a national healthcare system. So too bad we won. Yeah. Um, [00:35:22] Randall Jacobs (host): myth making. Uh, [00:35:23] Joe Concra: but it's true. We make such crazy myths in this country about our history. Well, that's true of [00:35:27] Randall Jacobs (host): any. Any country, any culture, totally. Any, I mean, myth is essential to unifying groups of humans, uh, for collective action, for community, for cohesion. Yeah. Shared myths are essential. I mean, money, we talked about money earlier. Money is a shared myth. That's true. Why does it add value? Like what can you do with money? Muddy? Yeah. I mean, it has a little bit of thermal energy if you burn it, but not much compared to what you have to do to acquire it. Um, but no, it's the, the fact that you believe that this dollar is. So, I mean, that's no [00:35:58] Joe Concra: different, right? Well, except that everybody dressed up in costumes and chases everybody around the streets firing muskets. I mean, that's just weird. Yeah. I mean, I suppose so I think it's actually this year, by the way, and, and it, you, there have been years where it's taken place during O positive, so you get all these musicians and like leather and like weird outfits. Amongst just itself, like a, you know, it's costume. This is my, it's its own mythmaking. Yeah. Oh my God. The rock and roll myths don't even get me started. But, uh, but it's pretty wild to see. Yeah. Rock and roll costumes and colonial costumes at the same time. [00:36:30] Randall Jacobs (host): That's super funny. So we talked a bit about the festival, talked about the rides that are going on. Yeah. Another thing I just wanna share about, you know, from a personal experience standpoint, with the festival is. There, I found, anyways, something very serendipitous, which is to say, I showed up. I, I know you, I knew peripherally a few people, who I'd bumped into. Um, and then I went on the ride and I saw some people I'd seen on the ride, the previous year and had spoken with a bit, but didn't, you know, couldn't even remember their names and so on. Mm-hmm. But there was enough of like, oh yeah, I remember you from last year, and. What started as like, alright, I'm gonna go check out Kingston. Cause I feel drawn to there for some reason, but I'm going solo and I don't really know anybody. Ended up being like a series of serendipitous little events where I get pulled into something. It's like, oh hey, like you're, you know, um, you were here last year. Oh, you know, I, I'm, you know, what do you do? Oh, I do this. Oh. Oh, what do you do? Oh, I'm a musician. I'm actually playing across from Rough Draft. Mm-hmm. Uh, tomorrow. And I go to that show and I see other people from the ride and then hanging out with him afterwards. And it's. And get invited to another thing to, to go sit around a fire. I actually, in that case it was, uh, it was, it was, uh, I get a text from, from Rob who runs Trust Up, which mm-hmm. You got kicked off. He's like, Hey, are you in town? I'm like, yeah, I'm in town. I was thinking of heading back. He's like, oh, well we should hang out. Ended up staying with him and his wife and his daughter. Mm-hmm. Um, over, I think a couple of nights and sitting around a fire, uh, that evening with a bunch of people who I now consider friends and so on, and, and that just, Happened over and over and over again over the course of the weekend, really being, being here. And I find that that often happens as I'm kind of walking around the neighborhood. Mm-hmm. Uh, because there's, again, there's um, it's a big enough place where. It doesn't feel too small, it doesn't feel too isolated or anything else like that. It has all the things that I need. Like I very seldom feel, uh, granted I just got here mm-hmm. Uh, some months ago, but I haven't had this feeling like, oh, I gotta go really far in order to, to find something interesting. Right. Um, but it, it's small enough where you bump into the same people over and over again. Like you see that person at the cafe. You know that that's also working there one or two days a week. Like you, you bump into them every so often and eventually you end up sitting around the big table. Um, and you know, you have a conversation. [00:38:49] Joe Concra: Yeah. The blessing and a curse of a mid-size to small town that Yeah. You know, you get to know everybody and at the same time it's like, oh, do I really wanna know anybody? Everybody. But yeah, you're right. But the other interesting thing, and I mean you're somebody who's moved here recently is I'm always curious how you, how does one I. Wherever you're listening to this, wherever someone is, when someone new comes to town, there used to be a thing called the welcome wagon, right? Like there would be, people would come over with a, a hot dish, right? Welcome to the neighborhood, here's some macaroni and cheese. Like how do you bring people in? And also economically, what's happened here, and I think what's happened if you draw a two to three hour circle around any major metropolitan area during the pandemic is. The value of prices has gone up so high that a lot of our RS musicians have had place housing [00:39:40] Randall Jacobs (host): in particular. [00:39:40] Joe Concra: Yeah. A lot of our folks have had, have had to leave. Yep. Right. So how do you get the new crop, which everybody's always looking for, greener pastures, wants to move somewhere, right? So how do you engage new people to get involved and feel like they're part of the community? I think that's, that's a difficult nut to crack sometimes. [00:40:00] Randall Jacobs (host): I mean, I, I would flip the question. In a way that I think would have similar answers, but is more immediately actionable and say, what can you do where you are to kind of kick off or catalyze those types of dynamics. Mm-hmm. So, you know, examples of like, you know, I have a neighbor who, uh, sometimes I'll come home and they'll be a pastry in a, in a Pyrex container on my deck. Mm. Right. Little acts of kindness go a long way. Um, or I. Uh, you with, I mean, trust, trust up was very much like looking to create, uh, a platform for kind of facilitating those types of dynamics. Mm-hmm. Where it's like, okay, you, here's a place where if you have some, some need or you have something you can contribute, you can come here. And this, it's almost like a clearing house for, for, you know, those needs and resources, whether it be like you, you know, you need a tool, you need a hand with things. Something. Mm-hmm. Or you have some expertise and, uh, you can provide to someone else. And then the process of doing so again, unlike a, an anonymous remote transaction over the interwebs mm-hmm. Where something just arrives at your door, you're having an, you're having a very intimate interaction with somebody that you're going to see again in your community. Mm-hmm. Um, you know, it really shifted, uh, like shifting the perspective from, uh, one of. I need to get as much utility defined very narrowly from every dollar I spend to, I have a certain set of needs and there's more than one way to get them met. And in fact, when I think about fun, fundamental needs, um, most of the things that we think of as needs in in modern culture, even if you don't have a huge amount of resources, are wants. Right. Right. What do you really need? You need to be fed, you need to be Mormon. You know, you need shelter and water security. Right. And then, you know, to, to live a live rich life, like, you know, you need a, a sense of belonging. Mm-hmm. Uh, you need, uh, some, some feeling of purpose, of, of meaning. Right. We are meaning creating machines like it, it's if, if humans do anything that seems really, um, that, that might be unique though. Uh, who knows what we'll discover as we are more and more able to interface with other non-human beings. Mm. Um, but we generate meaning, you know, we're, we're using words that it's like language is meaning built on. Meaning on meaning. It's abstraction. On abstraction. On abstraction. Mm. But its core, like, uh, uh, if you, like, if you feel insecure, Like somatically insecure, and then you have all these narratives around it. Only if I only had more money, only if I had this, this, this thing, right? That would be give me a feeling of, of, of esteem, right? I have the nice car, I have the clothes, I have the fancy bike, right? Mm-hmm. And the blingy, the blingy thing. Um, then I would feel, I would feel enough and I would feel secure and so on. And that whole mindset is something that is uh, uh, it's running up the down escalator. [00:43:15] Joe Concra: Oh, I like that. Yeah. Running up the down escalator sounds about right, but I didn't realize we were gonna get, I thought we were gonna just tell jokes for a while. This is getting really, this is getting, so I'm, I'm in a really philosophical mood these days. Here I am making fun of people who wear spandex like me, and I'm trying to, and we're getting so heavy. But you're right. I mean, it's, are you a mammal, mammal, [00:43:37] Randall Jacobs (host): middle age, something in Lycra. Middle aged man in Lycra. Oh my [00:43:42] Joe Concra: God, I've never heard about that. I hope not. No, I don't think so. I'm past middle age at this point, aren't I? I don't even know anymore. [00:43:48] Randall Jacobs (host): Well, I guess actuarily. I'm middle aged. Yeah. So to the extent that I'm still rocking Lycra on occasion, I guess I'm [00:43:53] Joe Concra: mammal. I, yeah, I think you're mammal. I think they're just looking at me in, be like, you're on the, I'm on the down. I'm on the, I'm on the downhill at this point. There's no more climbing. I'm on the downhill. That's, that's it. But the climbing is my favorite thing to do on a bike, I have to say. Yeah. That's one thing I miss about road bikes versus, versus gravel bikes. Mm. I do love climbing on road bikes. Yeah. I love the dancing on the pedals. I love going up mountains. I think it's, and around here it's great. Like, it's still my favorite thing. It's one thing I have not been able to do on a gravel bike is truly learn how to climb on gravel because it's so different than climbing on the road. And I find it, um, it's just less exhilarating. It's more of a slog. To sit in the saddle, figure out when to stand, when you're not gonna, how to distribute your weight, all that stuff. See, now I'm getting a little cycling geeky. Yeah, keep going. But it's true. I really do. I really do have, I mean, I just, I love climbing and I am, when I'm on the gravel, first of all, most carriage roads and gravel roads around here at least are old rail beds. So the grades aren't super steep. So you find places to go climb. So I find that, and this is one reason I decided to get a thesis, is. With the slicks on, I could just jump off the trail and just go climb a road. Because as you know, there's so many climbs around here. Yeah. So that's really great. But, but I'm not super good at, I'm not good at climbing on dirt. I'm really not. [00:45:21] Randall Jacobs (host): It's a different thing. There's a certain, um, you're far fewer variables on the road, and so you can, I, I find that. Uh, well, not I find recently, but I have found in the past that there's a certain flow state they can get into on a long, sustained road climb. Yes. Where, you know, you're, you're escalating the intensity and your heart rate and your cadence and all your breathing and all these things are kind of at their limits. And then once they fall into sync, all of that perception of suffering just kind of fades away and you're still going like, Really hard, but it's, it's, um, the all there is is that, that, that sinking mm-hmm. Of all the things, like, it's very, very, like in one's body, in, in that particular time and place. Mm-hmm. That, that, that string, that world line of events, it's like very much in that. Uh, I love, I love that feeling. [00:46:23] Joe Concra: I've never heard, I've never heard anybody talk about the thinking of it before. That's exactly it. That rhythm, that moment. Oh my gosh, it's so beautiful. It's so beautiful. You can't even des you just described it, but like, I want to get, I just wanna put on my freaking spandex and go out. Now I [00:46:39] Randall Jacobs (host): described it, uh, it was in Daoism, like the, the, the words used to describe the thing are not the thing itself. Yeah. Any, any Chinese nerds out there. But, but yeah, it's, that was the thing for me with cycling, it's like, oh, everything, everything can go away. Mm-hmm. Everything can fade and it's a whole different context, a whole different head [00:47:04] Joe Concra: space. Yeah. I call my thesis, my mental health machine. I'm sure other people call their bike that too. I think. I think it's just that thing that gets you. To what you just said, that flow state, that place, the other place. I feel that on a personal level is my studio. Yeah. There's only, there's only one place other, and my studio will always win even over the bike. But, but it, but when you're just, when you get to that place where the thinking stops and the being is and it's just, it's, it's tremendous. [00:47:29] Randall Jacobs (host): You know where I get that these days? Clearing brush, I [00:47:33] Joe Concra: had that. I knew you were gonna say something about the cabin. Have we named this cabin yet? What is the name of this cabin? Well someone tried to [00:47:38] Randall Jacobs (host): call it Disaster Cabin. Yes. [00:47:39] Joe Concra: I love that. [00:47:40] Randall Jacobs (host): Um, But, you know, and, and I'll accept it, right. Because, you know, it was in rough shape and there's the Disaster Mansion and Disaster Cottage from, you know, two, two mutual friends. Yeah. In town, other, other falling down houses that hadn't been inhabited in a long time, that are being resuscitated. Yeah. Um, but it doesn't feel like a disaster for me when I saw that house in the condition it was in, um, my feeling wasn't, oh, this is, this is. Gonna be a lot of work. Oh, this is, you know, how, how is it in this state? Or whatever The feeling was, this is my house. Yeah, that's great. I'm going to make this wonderful. And in fact, having that, that thing to push against, kind of like pushing oneself up a mountain, um mm-hmm. But not being, you know, there, there are times, you know, again, just as with on a bike, it's like, oh, the top of the mountain is like so far away and my legs are burning, and like, I, I don't want to, why am I even doing this? Mm-hmm. Why am I choosing this? Why am I such an idiot that I like, take on these hard things? Um, you know, that that's, you know, there are definitely those moments in, I think in any relationship. Mm-hmm. You know, any, any relationship to a thing or a person or something like that. If it's a meaningful relationship, it's, there's going to be some, some great difficulty. Mm-hmm. Uh, but, but the reward is that state of like, you know, I'm doing a thing and yes, it will have a result. And that result will be satisfying. But actually I just love doing this thing too. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah. The reward is the process and not the outcome. Yeah, I [00:49:16] Joe Concra: was just gonna say that it's all about [00:49:17] Randall Jacobs (host): process. I think that, that, if I were to think about like a, a healthy relationship to the bike and, and, you know, would extend to any anything, is, uh, you know, it's used as a vehicle for that type of connection. [00:49:34] Joe Concra: Yeah. Yeah. I, yeah. I thank you again for making such a nice gravel bike. Uh, it's really fun. It's just really [00:49:43] Randall Jacobs (host): fun. There are, there are lots of very enjoyable bikes. I think the stories that you have around it probably matter as much. It's [00:49:49] Joe Concra: crazy how, I mean, I remember we first talked way back when, when you were, when you had been at specialized and you had started a thesis. It felt like a different world. Like there weren't as many companies making gravel bikes. Mm-hmm. And now it's just like it was the early days. Yeah. Oh my gosh. Everybody has a gravel bike. I ride in order I, one of my road bike that I've written tens of thousands of miles on is a 2007 frame where Baya Orca just, I had bought the frame and I built it up with Campy and built all these, it's a Franken bike. Right. I've spent more time on that bike than I have with anything in my life other than my cats. And, uh, And they now make a gravel bike or bay. Oh yeah. Every, and I'm like, what, what? How, how did they end up here? I, I [00:50:32] Randall Jacobs (host): used to define it as the, the multipurpose road bikes that the industry should have been providing to regular riders all along. Yeah. Like most riders don't need, you know, several different bikes for all the different purposes. Like a single bike, maybe with two wheel sets. Maybe with some features to, um, you know, make it adaptable to different types of riding, like a dropper and so on. I mean, that, that, that was the thesis. Yeah. I mean, not the only part of the thesis, but that was one of the core product thesis. Right. And why we, we called it as such. And, uh, I still feel that way. Yeah. Like I, I still have a single bike with two wheel sets, so I still drink my own Kool-Aid, I guess, in that regard. That's great. Um, how'd you get into riding? [00:51:16] Joe Concra: Oh, well, I was a disenfranchised youth. Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan made me ride a bike. Um, I think growing up, you know, we all have our own stories, right? And I, I'm not a big fan of people. It's a big push these days, it seems. Everybody has to tell their story, right? It's just like kind of whatever. Everybody has the same damn stories. At the end of the day, we're all just trying to survive. So, But I found the bike because I was a disenfranchised youth. That's the, that's the broad stroke of it all. And I was just like, I need to get outta here. I just need to get outta here. And I remember my first bike in a paper route, I think in Philadelphia where I had a paper route when I was a really young kid. And just riding around the streets early in the morning, tossing paper newspapers. Remember newspapers? No, no. Nobody remembers newspapers. I do. All right. I delivered papers too. Excellent, excellent. I'm Ask Walham, Walham News Tribune, Massachusetts, right? I think I was the first. My sisters did as well. What the, what is [00:52:14] Randall Jacobs (host): sometimes when I wasn't doing the route that I was supposed to, what was it called? The Wal News Tribune. Oh, [00:52:19] Joe Concra: I love that. I just heard that a nonprofit bought 11 out of the 12 independent newspapers in Maine yesterday to keep them alive. That's pretty [00:52:28] Randall Jacobs (host): cool. That's much better than Sinclair or some other conglomerate [00:52:31] Joe Concra: right. So there's now 11 of the 12 newspapers in Maine will survive as a not for pro anyway. I, I digress. Throwing newspapers and then, um, uh, you know, remember the, the mo there was a movie Breaking Away. Yeah. Right. And as an Italian American that kid's singing in Italian in the beginning of the movie. And then being a cutter and like being an outcast and not in the, the college, I was always an outcast. I was totally never comfortable wherever I was, I became a painter, like nobody, whatever. So I discovered bikes really early on, and it just got me out of whatever bad situation I was in. Hmm. And that to me, that was always the escape machine. So even now when I leave my front door, I can go do a 30 mile gravel ride now and never have to hit a road. And I always feel so much better when I come back, cuz now it's all in my head. [00:53:22] Randall Jacobs (host): Unfortunately at this point, the software we were using, having to cut out. So while the conversation continued for quite some time, we don't have the rest to share with you. However, if you'd like to join us at the O positive festival, whether for the rides or the festival itself, you can visit opositivefestival.org or reach out to Joe or myself in the ridership. So with that, I hope you've enjoyed the episode and as another dear friend of mine likes to say. Here's to finding some dirt. Under your wheels.    

Kimra Luna: "...when you're with those like-minded people, and you know that you're doing something to make the world better... you get hope automatically. It starts filling you up."Leela Sinha in compelling conversation with Kimra Luna: abortion doula, professional ranter, and founder of Idaho Abortion Rights mutual aid. They talk about finding hope in community, taking individual action, strategies for regaining reproductive rights in the US, and the journey that led Kimra to take on the work of an abortion doula. Transcript and Notes:https://dev.intensivesinstitute.com/episode/kimra-lunaLinks! Find Kimra on Instagram, Twitch, Twitter, and beyond. There are also links to Idaho Abortion Rights and other orgs mentioned in the conversation:Idaho Abortion Rights: https://idahoabortionrights.com/ Kimra Luna website: https://kimraluna.com/. Kimra Luna on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimraluna/. Kimra Luna on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/kimraluna_ Kimra Luna on Twitter: https://twitter.com/KimraLunaPlan C Pills: https://www.plancpills.org/ Las Libres: https://laslibres.org/ Act Up: https://actupny.com/Recorded 24 April 2023.

Kimra Luna is a personal branding and online business strategist -- and a social activist. Kimra is the co-conspirator to Idaho Abortion Rights, a mutual aid organization that supports abortion-seeking Idahoans with transportation and child care during their abortion procedures. She is also the founder of the Riot Doll Society community on Discord and the host of the Riot Doll show on YouTube. Their community and chapter cover topics on online business, self-healing, sex, love, relationships, music, sensuality, self-love, psychology, and activism. Kimra has been featured in Forbes, Inc. Magazine and The New York Times and interviewed on over 100 podcasts. In this episode Kimra and I analyze how managers and leaders who feel strongly and passionately about a social issue can bring those core values to the workplace in compassionate activism. What you will learn ... Why it's important to know your personal values and live in alignment with those values How you can support others by standing up for them and checking in How to do little things that make a big difference How to be an advocate for others in the workplace How to live your truth in the workplace, even when you know you may not be supported by your organization Resources Website: https://kimraluna.com/ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/kimraluna_ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimraluna/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/kimraluna Get the full show notes and more information here: https://unleashedconsult.com/podcast/ Please click the button to subscribe so you don't miss any episodes and leave a review if your favorite podcast app has that ability. Thank you! © 2022 Danny Ceballos

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With Kimra Luna, online business strategist who has led over 15,000 students through her business and marketing courses, and over 90,000 students through her workshops. Kimra is founder of the Riot Doll Society community on Discord and host of the Riot Doll podcast. She has been featured in Forbes, Inc. Magazine and The New York Times. She is a one-of-a-kind online rebel, with a huge heart, and a special knack for online business launch strategies (having orchestrated her own launches, including a 1.8 million dollar launch). Join us for this conversation about how she went from being a mom struggling to get by on welfare, to creating a successful online business earning over 1 million dollars within the first year. Listen as Kimra candidly shares her journey, including how she moved to New York, continued to build her business, and then lost it in a divorce. Kimra shares some lessons learned along the way, and how it has all led to what she is creating now (with the launch of her new program, Galaxy), why she is so focused on building community and teaching her students to be more of themselves online in order to create more successful businesses. Kimra also shares the role that Pinterest played in the early days of getting her start in the online space, a bit about her perceptions of the dark underbelly of the online business marketplace where unethical business coaches and other experts take advantage of clients, and how she has always done things her own way, despite some of the advice she has received from others along her path. If you are creating a personal brand, an online business, or want to launch an online course or program, you will not want to miss this conversation with Kimra Luna. She has a lot to say that will help you on your own journey. For more information, check out Kimra's podcast and Twitch channel, where she covers topics on online business, self-healing, sex, love, relationships, music, sensuality, self-love, psychology and activism. She is a Queer non-binary single mama to 3 boys and spends her free time going to punk shows and making vegan food for her family and friends.

Our valiant heroes are off on their first journey! Will they answer the call to adventure? The galaxy's fate may hang in the balance! On this episode of "The Starlight Ascension"; Char becomes the flipmaster, Griff embraces destiny, Kensin fights the patriarchy, and Kimra is OSHA approved Music/Sound Effects Include: Main Theme: "Ascend Beyond The Stars" by David L. Puga IG: davidlpuga Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3uv75vr YouTube: https://bit.ly/3xUDxcX Meditative Space by MaxKoMusic | https://maxkomusic.com/ Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported “Tales From” is: Jeffery Anderson Laine Chan Benjamin Clifford Alex Saulnier McKinin Robin McCulloch We are not in any way affiliated with Wizards of the Coast. However, we do thank them for allowing fans like us to create content like this using their systems.

First off, I want to say thank you to everyone who has been a guest on the podcast and to everyone who listens or reads the show notes. I am shocked that we have 150 episodes. I started this podcast because I felt like I didn't have a voice as a designer and wanted to share other's stories and experiences, no matter their expertise. And we do just that! But I wouldn't be here without you, so thank you.    For this episode I decided to bring in my close friend, Jordan Gill to chat with me about 5 things I've learned in the design world since starting my podcast.  Here's what we covered on the episode: 1. You Bring Something to the Table That No One Else Does  How Jordan and I met through working on a launch for an affiliate program together, ran in the same online space and ended up bonding over a not so good client experience  Jordan's take on me as a designer and what I bring to the table that is different from other designers  Lesson number 1 that I've learned and want to share about the design world is that you are different and bring something to the table that someone else doesn't bring The key to your identity is understanding who you are, what you want out of a job or business and understanding that you are different  How I've never thought of myself as good when it comes to branding but that's not true, and how I am good when it comes to branding digital offers — you might have a skill that you don't consider your best, but that doesn't mean you're bad at it  I touch on the branding work I'm doing for the podcast and how I think it's important to try different things before solidifying your brand  The story of my client, Edie, who came to me wanting to do VIP Days and how I told her to go test it out first instead of building a whole brand around it because she might decide she didn't like it or it didn't work for her  2. Connecting with others in Your Industry Will Help You Go Far Thing number 2 I've learned about the design world is to always be connecting with others because you don't know where a connection could  At the beginning of each episode, I share how I connected with each of my guests to reiterate how important building relationships are in your industry, especially with people who have complimentary skills to your own   My favorite story to tell is how I got my first sales page project by investing in online courses and connecting on Facebook with someone I didn't even know who posted about needing a graphic designer  How reaching out and raising my hand helped me get my first sales page project, and led me to getting referrals to all the all-stars in the online space back in 2013/2014  We discuss how people underutilize the relationships they have because they don't want to bother people or seem like they're needing too much, when in reality you should utilize the relationships you've built When you start connecting with people, you have to go in knowing that it could lead to a great relationship, or it could lead to sales —  don't go into it with expectations of it going a certain way, because it might not 3. You ARE Good Enough The third thing I've learned in the design world is that most of us, especially in the beginning or when we're going through a transition, think that we're not good enough which is not true at all  We think we aren't good enough because somewhere along the way we were told to look at everyone from the competition and there wasn't/isn't enough Design Industry 101 training that teaches you about the different rules, the different projects, how marketing goes with design, etc.  I share that I recorded my first episode for the podcast in April 2019 but didn't post it until October 2019 because I was scared and didn't think I was good enough  If you don't think you're good enough, go out and get projects  4. Your Work Creates a Bigger Impact Than You Think it Does   The fourth thing I've learned in the design world is that you don't realize how big of an impact your work actually has when your head is down and you're doing the work I share one example of how I got to see the impact of my work after creating a sales page for Kimra Luna which helped increased her sales, connected me with another client and how I heard from multiple people at events that they bought Kimra's program because of my sales page design  How you should update your portfolio with 3 or 4 projects you can tell stories about and include projects that feature the kind of work you want to get  I want to take my conversion design skills to the beauty and skin care industry, so if you live it that world, send me a DM   It's Okay to Love What You Do and Get Super Rich Doing It (And Don't Give Up!) The fifth thing I've learned and want you all to know is that it's okay to love what you do, and get super rich doing it and that you should never give up   You are talented and the talent you have in the world matters, no matter what your experience is and if you don't have the experience you want, go get it We recap my 5 main points during this episode which were to truly understand yourself and not be afraid to test things, always be connecting with those in your life and industry, know that you are good enough, realize that the work you do has an impact and know that it's okay to love what you do and get rich doing it   Even if you are in a season of life that is difficult or changing, just keep going —  working a little bit each day is better than giving up on the impact that you could be giving people  It's important to acknowledge that I haven't been feeling like myself for a while so I can remember to be patient with myself instead of feeling sorry for myself — it's okay not to feel okay sometimes  I talk about how I've kept the podcast going this long and through my recent life events because I want to practice what I preach and I understand that sharing the message and stories of other creators is important and has a bigger impact  If you have any questions, comments or feedback, I love DMs on Instagram so send me a message — share this episode on your story and tag me or Jordan's Instagram so we know you listened to this episode or read the show notes   Links mentioned: The Design Business Show - Episode 61    The Design Business Show - Episode 131   Connect with me on Instagram    Connect with Jordan on Instagram  Like what you heard?  Click here to subscribe + leave a review on iTunes. Click here to download my Sales Page Trello Board Let's connect on Instagram!

Meet Kimra Luna. Tim dubs Kimra "the Entrepreneur or Entrepreneurs", but there is a lot more to her. Kimra is an Online Business Strategist, Somatic Sexuality Coach, Activist, & Founder of Riot Doll Society.Learn more about Kimra at KimraLuna.com Watch our Rock Paper Scissors Matchup on YouTube Follow Tim on YouTube – Instagram – Twitter – Facebook Download the FREE 20TIMinutes App Support 20TIMinutes on BuyMeACoffee.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Take Control of Your Mental, Physical, and Spiritual Health with Kris Zahn and Kimra Zadik Kris and Kimra created the Learn Pilates Plus to teach the fundementals of Pilates. Over the last year their vision developed and changed. We discuss  where they're from, what they know, and where they're going! Mat Pilates, Reformer Pilates, Breathwork, Meditation / Yoga and more. The Learn Pilates+ instructional videos will teach you the best techniques and exercises, for beginners and advanced students. Each 2-4 minute video walks you through each step of your pilates exercise, yoga position, meditation, or breathwork. You will maximize your performance and your health. As you learn, you will be able to build custom workouts and meditations. LEARN PILATES ONLINE: https://www.learnpilatesplus.com/ LIKE & SHARE my podcast! Connect with me at: Email: gabi@pilatestempe.com Website | www.healthybodyworksaz.com Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/gabriellemazar/ YouTube | FitMinute Channel     ☆ For information on my 14 Day Whole Body Solution Fat Burner Program go to >>> www.healthybodyworksaz.com/14   ☆ For a copy of my cookbook The Dish: A Real Life Guide to Eating with Autoimmune Disease go to >>> http://www.healthybodyworksaz.com/thedish   Music by Sonic Productions and Voice Overs by Dan Young, of Sonic Productions. Visit www.sonicproductions.biz                

My Million Dollar Lab Series 005 on the Into The LightWeb® PodcastJoanna Hunter interviews Kimra Luna.Kimra Luna is a webinar rock star whose unconventional way of doing business brought her from welfare to a million dollar business owner in just 18 months. Kimra started her business in 2014 after buying a laptop with tax refund money. She had never used a laptop before but taught herself by watching online videos. She then went on to teach herself webinars and Facebook ads and grew her business by teaching others how to grow theirs. Her tips and advice show proven results to grow your business through the power of webinars and much more.Find Kimra Luna at...https://www.kimraluna.com/Instagram: @kimralunaFacebook: @thekimralunaFind Joanna Hunter at...https://joannahunter.com/Instagram: @joannahuntercomFacebook: @joannahuntercomYouTube: @joannahuntercom

Today on 'The Success Diaries' podcast we welcome Kimra Luna, Pleasure Activist. Kimra shares how she uses a combination of healthy relationships and personal liberation to define success for herself. We dive into ways you can tap into your own liberation through pleasure and how you can embrace presence in your journey.

2016 Fantasy Football World Champion Kimra Schleicher joins the show to talk about her fantasy leagues, why she over-drafted Tom Brady, and why the Chiefs offense is great for fantasy football. Also, Lindsay gives some DFS suggestions.

This week on the podcast I get to walk the labyrinth with Kimra Luna.    Kimra is a cosmic sensuality coach and pleasure activist. 
She is the founder of the Cosmic Connection Coven community on Discord and is the host of the Riot Doll podcast. 
Her podcast and Twitch channel cover topics on self-healing, sex, love, relationships, music, sensuality, self-love, psychology and activism. 
Her program, Slowing The Eff Down, helps you discover your deepest desires, connect with your personal pleasure and shed the shame so you can channel your inner creatrix and live the life you deserve.   Kimra has been featured in Forbes, Inc. Magazine, and The New York Times and been interviewed on over 100 podcasts. She is a single mom to 3 boys and spends her free time going to punk shows and making vegan food for her family and friends.
You can find her work at kimraluna.com.   Links: https://kimraluna.com/ https://instagram.com/kimraluna https://twitch.tv/riotdollpodcast   Application to work with me: https://forms.gle/7FcFxCFBQE6cpDVg8 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckybrett.live LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckybrett3/ Music: iScream by Brendan Caldwell

Episode 10-Beyond Obstacles and Shame. This definitely is my most controversial podcast episode to date. I got to interview one of my favorite people, Kimra Luna, who has overcome and gone beyond circumstances to become a super successful entrepreneur and has recently transitioned to step out and follow her passion of empowering people in their sex lives. During this interview, we learn of Kimra's cultural background, being half-Mexican and half-white, how that affected her childhood and her progression to becoming a super successful entrepreneur and then transitioning to sex coaching. My thinking was really challenged, but I also learned a lot. We also covered religious trauma, the power of sexuality, can moms still be sexy, BDSM, sex work, etc. Please let me know your feedback.Here is Kimra's bio:Kimra Luna is a Cosmic Sensuality coach, pleasure activist, host of Riot Doll podcast, and founder of the Cosmic Connection Coven the ultimate Discord resource community for all things sex, love, and relationships.Kimra is here to disrupt the status quo to help you discover pleasure you've always dreamed of while shedding your sexual shame so you can channel your inner creatrix and live the life you deserve.Kimra is devoted to supporting you in designing rituals that lead you to more fulfilling relationship with yourself and your partners.You can find her works at kimraluna.com or on Instagram at @kimraluna or on Twitch at https://twitch.tv/riotdollpodcastSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/beyondblendingin)

It is not just a change of heart. It’s a calling for an overhaul of your business...and life. What do you do when you answer the call to start your life over and change your business, completely? In this episode, Tia chats with Kimra Luna to discuss those very things and more. Kimra Luna is a Cosmic Sensuality coach, pleasure activist, host of Riot Doll™️ podcast, and founder of the Cosmic Connection Coven™️... the ultimate Discord resource community for all things sex, love, and relationships. Kimra is here to disrupt the status quo to help you discover pleasure you've always dreamed of while shedding your sexual shame so you can channel your inner creatrix and live the life you deserve. Previous episode With Kimra: #174: Living Your Truth & Running A Million Dollar Business With Kimra Luna. EPISODE 174 Books recommended by Kimra: *Proof of Magic *The Body Keeps The Score   Help More Spiritual Trailblazers find this show! Please rate and review the show on iTunes Contact Tia at Tia@TiaMarieJohnson.com Freebie page: tiamariejohnson.com/freebies Get Social with Tia! Visit Tia on Instagram @tia_johnson_ (or at www.instagram.com/tia_johnson_ ) ... also on Facebook! Based in Philadelphia, Tia is an intuitive healer, international speaker, and best-selling author. Tia loves helping spiritually centered people crack the code of their intuitive gifts & overcome energetic blocks. For close to a decade, Tia has spoken to thousands of people nationally and internationally at several events, such as the Mind, Body, Spirit Expo, DivaGirl and Women's Empowerment Conferences, and empowerment cruises. Discover more at TiaMarieJohnson.com    

Imagine you have a million-dollar business. Imagine you have a multi-million dollar business that took you years to build. Everyday you get to empower amazing people. You’re living the dream. And loving it. Until one day - you’re not. Inside you start to feel a calling to serve a new mission. That inner-voice grows until it becomes a choir singing it is time to change direction. Would you have the courage to walk away from this super successful company that has brought you notoriety, wealth, and an enormous audience? This was the crossroads this week’s guest, Kimra Luna, found herself about a year ago. If you Google ‘Kimra Luna’ you’ll find a number of articles, including Forbes and Business Insider, detailing Kimra’s journey from “Welfare To $1M [Business Owner].” As someone who has been in the entrepreneur community for a decade, Kimra’s name was one of the first you’d come across when looking for tips to start your business. A few months ago, I was on Facebook and saw Kimra post a Google drive folder that gave everyone complete access to her entire course curriculum, modules, and resources. Previously you would have paid thousands of dollars to access this kind of content from Kimra. And now - it was all there - with the message from Kimra that she is leaving the business coaching world and embarking on her new mission a cosmic sensuality coach and pleasure activist. I immediately messaged Kimra asking if she’d be open to sitting down for an interview to share her story and her journey. As you meant imagine - this turned out to be one of my favorite interviews of all time. Yes - Kimra shares details on what led to her decision. But the majority of this episode goes all in on the vital, important, and necessary mission and business that Kimra has launched. We talked about healing from trauma, sex, love, relationships, music, sensuality, self-love and activism. Topics she covers every week on her podcast and Youtube channel. Kimra took a deep dive into the core component of her new signature program - 30 Days of Slowing The Eff Down - and you discover your deepest desires, connect with your personal pleasure, and shed the shame so you can channel your inner creatrix and live the life you deserve. I’m telling you - this episode is a must-listen! Please do yourself the favor of absorbing the knowledge, compassion, and tools Kimra openly shares during this episode. Alright. This was the longest writeup ever - I know. Time to stop reading and start listening. Hit play. Here we go. You can find her works at kimraluna.com or on Instagram at @kimraluna

My guest for the next conversation in The Limitless Life Experience Podcast is Kimra Luna. Kimra is a Cosmic Sensuality coach, pleasure activist, host of the Riot Doll™️ podcast, and founder of the Cosmic Connection Coven, the ultimate discord resource community for all things sex, love, and relationships. Kimra is here to disrupt the status quo to help people discover the pleasure they've always dreamed of, while shedding sexual shame. She is devoted to supporting people to design rituals that lead you to more fulfilling relationships with themselves and their partners. In this episode she talks us through her childhood and her journey, including coming to terms with her sexuality, different types of abuse, mental health issues and healing trauma. We also cover her ever evolving identity, and her experience of motherhood, breastfeeding and how to speak to our children about their bodies.  Then we dive deep into boundaries, consent and self worth, and unpack female shame around sex and sensuality. Kimra gives us an insight into what it's like to work with her as a sex and relationships coach, including how she encourages people to open up to their sexuality AND how she has done so herself. This is a must listen for anyone looking to explore their sexuality, and feel liberated and limitless!HighlightsKimra's story {4:41}Birth and healing {20:50}Boundaries and self worth {28:31}Coming out as Queer {36:04}Facets of identity {42:28}Sexual empowerment {45:13}Shame around sexuality {47:16}Teaching our children {50:39}The body as a weapon {56:51}Breastfeeding {1:00:58}Sexual exploration {1:10:03}Shame and healing {1:26:15}Pleasure and pain {1:28:47}What does limitless mean to Kimra? {1:32:36}Where to find Kimra {1:33:54}Quotes“The form of a human is so beautiful yet we are taught it isn't. And then all of the fat shaming stuff that goes on. I mean, there's shaming for everything... body hair shaming... I mean, everything. Someone finds a way to shame it. And I tell them all the time, I say this all stems back from the way we're raised, the households we come from. And sometimes just people not even talking to us about these things.”“It starts making it so we can allow other people in when it comes to touching our body and start feeling safe with other partners. And so it all starts with ourselves. You can sexually heal on touching yourselves and exploring yourselves, exploring your own body.” Links of interestFind Kimra on InstagramFind Kimra on TwitterFind Kimra on YoutubeFind me on Instagram Find me on FacebookShare and review the podcastMy goal is 100 reviews in just 6 months. Can you help me? Each month until December 2020, there will be a draw and everyone who leaves a review will be in with a chance of winning a 30-minute laser coaching session with me. So if you want to get a sample of what I do with my clients and see what we can achieve in half an hour, leave me a review on iTunes. You can do that by clicking here. Thank you so much!You can read the transcript here.Faith + Action = Miracles

The Sharvette Mitchell Radio Show airs every Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. EST. Find out more about our host and guests at http://www.Sharvette.com. Kimra Major-Morris is a top-rated intellectual property attorney licensed to practice in Florida, a nationally published author on the subject of trademarks, and the television host of “Legal Connections” in conjunction with FAMU College of Law and Orange TV. Based in Central Florida as the Principal Attorney at Major-Morris Law, LLC, Kimra represents business owners, celebrity talent including professional athletes, international music artists, tv personalities, and entertainment industry executives.  Inspired by her beginnings in the music industry as a recording artist, Kimra segued to a career in video production where she freelanced as a red carpet photographer for Black Entertainment Television (BET) and worked as an HBO video editor for almost five years prior to embarking on her legal career that was initially inspired by her desire to better serve the creative community. Kimra quickly realized the value of her services to business owners and now advocates for the registration, enforcement, and monetization of her clients' most valuable business assets. Kimra's unique experiences have heavily contributed to her entertainment network and celebrity client roster.  Kimra is a sought-after speaker on the topic of brand protection. Her 2020 speaking calendar includes...(more here https://sharvette.com/on-air-with-kimra-major-morris-esq-intellectual-property-attorney/)

Kimra Major-Morris is a top-rated intellectual property attorney who is licensed to practice in Florida. A nationally-published author on the subject of trademarks, and the television host of Legal Connections in conjunction with FAMU College of Law and Orange TV. Kimra is based in Central Florida and is the Principal Attorney at Major Morris Law, LLC. Kimra represents business owners, celebrity talent, including professional athletes, international music artists, TV personalities, and entertainment industry executives.

Kimra Luna is an incredible business strategist and entrepreneur. Kimra is the founder of Freedom Hackers where she has supported thousands of businesses to tell their story, captivate audiences, and monetize their brands. Kimra is passionate about serviced based businesses and most recently has begun supporting people in radical sensuality and creating healthy relationships. We love Kimra because she is like so many of our listeners that are bad ass multi-passionate and purpose driven creatives. In this episode we explore identifying as an entrepreneur in beauty and we learn about using multiple passions strategically. Tune in to get hear her solid guidance for the land of beauty business.http://kimraluna.comInstagram @kimralunaYoutube: Kimra Luna

Wednesday, October 16, 2019, 9 AM PT, Hour 4 of Jesse Lee Peterson's stream, The Hake Report: UAW reaches tentative deal with GM. Cortez and two others in the squad support dirty Bernie Sanders, who's not an honest person. Hispanics will be the largest voting minority in 2020. Great calls! Sal from Denver, CO, Cathleen from TX, Rick from Hampton, VA, T from Oregon (originally from Romania), Maze from Dayton, OH, Chris from Philadelphia (flat earth!), and Kimra from South Carolina. BLOG POST: https://www.thehakereport.com/blog/2019/10/16/weve-been-going-the-wrong-direction-in-america-wed-101619 James's video of this episode: https://youtu.be/BtHRDflwWFo JESSE'S ORIGINAL STREAM: https://youtu.be/kL4mDil6MHA

This week's episode continues deeper into the theme of Self-Love September (a monthly theme I picked up from Kelly-Ann Maddox). First, Anna Joy thanks listeners of The Queer Witch Podcast for picking back up after a several month break, which they explain in the context of their own journey with self-love. Then comes an interview with one of the realest in the game: Kimra Luna.    Kimra Luna is a personal branding and online business strategist with an audience of over 200,000 who has transformed her life from one of poverty and dissatisfaction to one of contentment and unconditional love. In this interview, Kimra shares the processes she personally used to coach herself into the life she knew she and her children deserved when she had no money to invest in therapy or coaching. We hear how Kimra focused intently on healing herself from a childhood of abuse and trauma before she became the well-known business strategist she is today. From binge-listening to Abraham Hicks recordings to religiously writing in her “rage journal,” to accepting that she was a witch, Kimra details her progress and shares what worked for her.    Kimra also shares her experience with coming out of the closet as a queer person in 2018 after establishing a mass following, how parenting changed her life, and why she prefers contentment to just about anything else.   To follow and learn more about Kimra Luna:   Kimra Luna's Instagram   Kima Luna's Youtube Channel   Kimra Luna's website, Freedom Hackers     This week's episode of The Queer Witch Podcast is brought to you by The Queer Witch Coven. Are you looking for a place to meet other Queer Witches, share spells and follow the seasons with? Your answer is The Queer Witch Coven! The Queer Witch Coven is my 100% online community and education platform. When you join, you get access to a moderated community of Queer Witches, and monthly content about spiritual development and current astrology made and delivered by me, Anna Joy. Starting at only $25 per month, this offering is accessible and valuable. If you would like to join, go to www.annajoyhealing.com/coven.     Find The Queer Witch on Instagram at and join our free Facebook community  

If you are loving this conversation and want to go deeper and support our movement to PRIORITIZE and DE-STIGMATIZE mental health especially within the entrepreneurial space, go to bravevisibility.com/circle to join the Brave Visibility Circle. This conversation was so powerful. As mothers, Kimra and I, wanted to start a convo about children's mental health because problems can start at a young age and it’s important to address them right away so our children can grow into confident, happy adults. Our guest, Claire Pierson specializes in helping children with mental toughness with her company, Pivotal Mind. In this episode, we dove deep into positive affirmation exercises, teaching kids how to create meaningful connections and showing our children that taking care of their mind is as same important as their physical health. Keep on listening to this episode if you want to support your kids in TRUE mental health. Claire Peirson is committed to educating young people about taking responsibility for their own wellbeing. From primary teacher to child therapist Claire’s mission now, is to provide evidence based online therapy resources for this digital generation. You can connect with Claire on: www.pivotalmind.com FB/pivotalmind IG @pivotalmind Twitter @pivotalmind

Meet Interview with Angèle Cristina, Life and Biz Coach, Online Visibility Rockstar and Public Speaker at Wondrous Online Women with a little bit of pink thrown in!Angèle is from Malta, 37 years young and lives in Malaga, Spain. She helps women become the best version of themselves and go for their dreams by finding their gift and building an online business around it."I’m a theatre girl and was brought up on stage. My grandma was a very popular actress in Malta so I got used to the spotlight and taking the centre-stage at a very young age. She passed when I was 14 and since then I had chosen to live in fear. My transformation started the year I decided to face fear in the eyes and let go of what was holding me back from being the best version of myself - and that was in 2017.On roadblocksMy biggest roadblocks were to ask for help, money and fears. I realised that if I love helping others, there might be others like me who would love to help, so I got over myself and my ‘pride’ and started asking in the areas I needed assistance in. Money was the next as I was never taught anything to do with finances, budgeting and investing in oneself. This I got over by taking the leap of faith and jumping, not knowing where I would land. I didn’t get it right the first time round but I learnt a lot from it. I was brought up in fear and did not try much - so this kept me in my comfort zone. But by staying there I was realising I wasn’t achieving much, so I started getting more and more uncomfortable every single now and now I have to say I love the adrenaline rush of the unknown. On Role ModelsKimra Luna became my role model - the multi billionaire is who I look up to as an online entrepreneur. I first crossed her when I was searching online to see if there are any online entrepreneurs sporting coloured hair, as at the time I had blue hair as was just let go cos of it. Kimra had blue hair and I loved her vibe and style and that was it. She shows me and the world that if you show up as you and be your true authentic self, one can move mountains.On dealing with Money BlocksRecognise your worth and invest in yourself - there is only one like you out there and the world needs you to show up as you as no one can do what you do the way you do it. It’s interesting you say this as I have created an online money course addressing this, the fears and limiting beliefs around money and all the works. I love this topic as in less than a year I have turned myself from a lack mentality to an abundant one and now things just flow and I have realised I am the master of this show and can create whatever I put my mind to. How can we ‘#chooseloveoverfear’ to move forward?On a daily basis I would suggest to stop for a few seconds, tap into your intuition and ask yourself: is this decision coming from a place of love or from a place of fear? Our intuition knows it best and is never wrong. The more you practice this, the easier it becomes. Just like a compass, our intuition is our daily guide, and she comes for free!Connecting with Angèle Cristinahttps://www.facebook.com/wondrousonlinewomen/https://www.wondrousonlinewomen.comJoin free Facebook community: hSupport the show (https://costawomen.com/help/contact)

  Introducing: Kimra Luna – An influencer on the Brand Strategy Market. Also been named a Punk and a Rebel for thinking differently with her strategies. She is a no hold back woman who has not only come to terms with who she is but also how to flaunt it. She is an innovative entrepreneur who puts purpose over profession. Serving thousands of students to bring their personal Brand not only to life but earning money from it. What Pink is to the Music World, Kimra Luna is to the Business World. A true visionary entrepreneur.   TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS PODCAST EPISODE: (4:06) From Mommy blogging to teaching Branding (8:55) Where the name Freedom Hackers came from (12:00) Perfecting your webinar business presentations (15:55) Scared to post online? Still in hiding? (32:00) Think about it….when you don’t care what other people think on how you do business (33:28) When you share stories it is important to share it if there is a change or progress that can be made from it (44:00) Doing things from a different perspective   HEAR MORE ABOUT KIMRA LUNA: In 2012, Kimra Luna was broke. She and her husband, Seth, and their two young sons were living in California with her in-laws, struggling to make ends meet in a rocky economy. Her husband found work as a Fedex driver and moved states away. Kimra was getting a little bored being a stay-at-home-mom and decided to use their tax refund to buy a computer. Kimra started a blog and took a job in network marketing. She became a popular figure on Pinterest, getting over 80,000 repins of some of her images. At the same time she started reading about women entrepreneurs, learning what it would take to start her own business. In the spring of 2014, she launched KimraLuna.com. Through webinars, she drove traffic through Facebook ads. That Facebook group is the Freedom Hackers Mastermind group. A supportive space for entrepreneurs which currently has nearly 14,000 members.   FAVOURITE QUOTE TO SHARE WITH THE WORLD Figure out what you’re really passionate about and who you truly want to serve being an entrepreneur.   CONNECT WITH KIMRA Facebook Website Instagram Youtube   CONNECT WITH SASHKA Facebook Instagram Pinterest Twitter LinkedIn   Want to be a guest on the podcast? Apply to be featured on the No Name Brand Podcast here. SUBSCRIBE ON     

One of the funniest and genuinely awesome women I follow online. Owner of Freedom Hackers,.She loves teaching business and helping people make money. A personal branding and online business strategist, she helps freedom-seeking entrepreneurs to stand out, captivate their audience's’ attention and monetize their authentic brands online. On today’s episode, Kimra will be sharing her passions with us, and talking through why she is starting a couple of Podcasts, Streaming games AND writing a book. She will also talk about how to build resiliency, and some of the hacks she used to achieve success in both business and life.

In this episode, Kimra interviews her co-host, Yasemin about her journey all the way from her childhood to her entrepreneurial years. They dive deep into: childhood trauma, the need for love and belonging, the importance of support and validation and so many other key things that support one's mental health. If you are loving this conversation and want to go deeper and support our movement to PRIORITIZE and DE-STIGMATIZE mental health especially within the entrepreneurial space, go to bravevisibility.com/circle to join the Brave Visibility Circle.

In this episode, Yasemin Inal interviews her amazing co-host Kimra Luna. Kimra shares some of the most vulnerable, real and raw parts of her very traumatic childhood. The conversation includes: chidhood trauma, healing wounds, generational trauma, having a supportive spouse, friends throughout the healing process, motherhood and so much more. If you are loving this conversation and want to go deeper and support our movement to PRIORITIZE and DE-STIGMATIZE mental health especially within the entrepreneurial space, go to bravevisibility.com/circle to join the Brave Visibility Circle.

You’re ready to start your business. You have the perfect name, slogan, logo… now it’s time to set up your Facebook page, website, print up business cards… in other words, get your name out there. Not so fast, says intellectual property attorney Kimra Major-Morris. Trademark law is much more complicated than you might think and could completely derail your startup if you’re not careful.

Kimra Luna has built a multimillion-dollar business online with no business skills. She’s also not afraid to post anything, and I mean anything on social media… and she doesn’t care what you think about it. That’s is why she’s successful. In this episode, Kimra is going to talk about how she got started as a mom blogger, then built real relationships with people online to grow a four million dollar business. She did all of this after being on welfare, while raising kids, and working on her own personal development. Some resources mentioned in this episode: Abraham-Hicks  Dr. Wayne W. Dyer  Gala Darling  Think and Grow Rich Freedom Hackers  Kimra on YouTube  Kimra on Instagram  PitchPublicityProfit.com Please subscribe to this podcast and leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one.

Kimra Luna is a personal branding and online business strategist. She helps freedom-seeking entrepreneurs to stand out, captivate their audiences’ attention and monetize their authentic brands online. Since May 2014, she’s grown her email list and combined social media followings to over 200,000 people.  Kimra has over 5000 students currently enrolled in her digital courses, and her flagship monthly membership, the Freedom Hackers Galaxy, is regarded as one of the most encouraging places in the online space.

Does your internal monologue ever ask you oh-so-helpful questions like, Oh my God, what is everyone going to think?? That internalized fear of judgement can freeze us in our tracks and stop us from doing what we know we need to do. Brilliant badass though she may be (and trust me: she is), Kimra Luna is no stranger to those sinking feelings of shame. Growing up as a punk rocker in small-town Idaho, she’s endured her fair share of judgmental comments and emerged as a tattooed mother of 3 boys and wildly successful personal branding and online business strategist. But it’s not all fishnets, piercings, and vibrant hair dye. Kimra is refreshingly candid about all the BS she’s had to burn to get to where she is today — in fact, she’s grateful for it. “I’ve been judged in ridiculous ways, and you know what? It doesn’t matter. I do things even though I’ll be judged.” If you’ve seen her Instagram, you already know: Kimra dresses how she wants, she shows up how she wants, and she is firmly grounded in exactly who she is. It’s easier to imagine her grabbing the mic at a punk show than frozen in fear, unable to get out of bed. But from body shame to admitting to the world that her seemingly perfect marriage was coming to an end, she has been there. And for her, the way forward was approaching those fears, pen in hand, and journaling through them. In this episode, Kimra will tell you all about: Limiting beliefs and how they can show up YEARS after you think you’ve defeated them Hyper self-awareness as a superpower (psst: you don’t need a bite from a radioactive spider to activate it) Doing the damn thing even when you know people are going to judge you How journaling helps bridge the gap between irrational fears and reality, asking questions like, Hey… is this even real or factual? Is it going to harm me? Are you dying to tell that little voice in your head to calm the F down? Done caring about what everyone else is going to think? Ready to take that next big step, judgement and shame be damned? Well strap on those hiking boots and put some wine in your Camelbak, folks, because we’re going to cover some serious ground in this episode.

Attorney Kimra Major-Morris serves her clients while promoting creative works and technological advances, supporting entrepreneurship, and protecting the interests of intellectual property owners.   Major-Morris Law, LLC is a hands-on law firm whose mission is to provide personalized service to facilitate the ownership, protection, and profitability of copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets and brands.   From its inception in 2009 the firm flourished with 100% of its clientele born of personal recommendations.  Peer review and recognition has expanded the firm’s online presence in the area of intellectual property.   Website:    https://www.majormorrislaw.com

What did birth teach you? In today’s episode, we have the pleasure of speaking with personal branding and online business strategist Kimra Luna. She shares a little bit from each of her 3 births, a mix of circumstances and lessons. When she first learned she was going to be a mother, Kimra immersed herself in resources like “Business of Being Born,” Ina May Gaskin, Hypnobabies and searched for midwives and doulas to work with. LINKS: Kimra’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kimralu

Meet Kimra Luna the founder of Freedom Hackers, Be True Brand You, and Sacred Mama.  Coming from humble beginnings, she was able to become a self-made millionaire just by sharing value over the internet.  Inspiring and teaching knowledge hungry entrepreneurs how to gain freedom in their lives by following their dreams of entrepreneurship, she has made a mark in the industry as a personal branding expert. Pushing the envelope and staying true to who she is, Kimra selflessly gives value and is changing the lives of many around the world.  Listen in to hear how she has made her commitment to change....

Kimra Luna lived in poverty as a young mom. In under two years, she went on to make millions of dollars. Hear her story and take a peek behind the curtain.Learn more about Kimra here. Get your own apprentice using my link to save $25Get $20 off using my podcast hostFree List Build Like a High Vibe Boss ebook hereVisit my blogYour 2-week trial where I create all of my sales funnelsCheck out my websiteSupport the show (http://paypal.me/kathyhaan)

Welcome to the Branding with Purpose Poccast with Host Shantha Wetterhan and Special Guest Kimra Major-Morris, Attorney, Major Morris Law LLC. Topic:  Protecting Your Business with Copyright Law In this episode Shantha and Kimra talk about the importance of trademarks, copyrights and what every entreprenuer should know about protecting their business with copyrught law. Meet Kimra:  Mrs. Major-Morris deals with a wide variety of intellectual property and entertainment law issues, including conflict resolution, contract drafting, copyright compliance for businesses, trademark registration and licensing, artist, producer and songwriter agreements, trade secret agreements, independent contractor agreements, cease and desist notices, business practices for intellectual property owners, and intellectual property acquisition. She has provided representation to Grammy-nominated producers, The Voice and American Idol contestants. The opinions expressed during this broadcast are for inspiration, information and motivational purposes. Enjoying the Conversation?  Subscribe to the Podcast!  Visit the Branding with Purpose Podcast Show Page at www.up2meradio.com to learn more about our network, Show, Show Host Shantha Wetteran and her guests. This Podcast is a production of Up2Me Radio.  You can find and like us on Facebook at Up2Me Radio and follow us on Twitter @Up2Meradio  

In this episode, Tia chats with one of her mentors, Kimra Luna, personal branding and online business strategist, to discuss Living Your Truth & Running A Million Dollar Business With Kimra Luna. Tia and Kimra discuss: •Vulnerability •Keeping it real •Kimra’s signature course, BTBY, of which Tia is an alumni •Millionaire mindset •The myths of a balanced lifestyle •Dating & being a momma •Why a dash of chaos is a good thing •Things to be wary of when seeking out mentors & coaching •Building your team •Overall business growth Kimra Luna, the founder of Freedom Hackers, is a personal branding and online business strategist. She helps freedom-seeking entrepreneurs to stand out, captivate their audiences’ attention and monetize their authentic brands online. From a standing start in May 2014, she’s grown her email list and combined social media followings to over 200,000 people. Kimra is the creator of Be True, Brand You, her signature online program which has over 1500 students currently enrolled and has 5000 students enrolled in her other online programs. You can connect with Kimra on YouTube, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook or at FreedomHackers.com The New and Improved Spiritual & Empowerment Living Blog: check it out here! More Valuable Resources from Tia: Join The Confidence Lab at http://tiamariejohnson.com/ConfidenceLab Transformational freebies: http://tiamariejohnson.com/Freebies Open for Enrollment: The Spiritual Lifestyle Collective! When you join The Spiritual Lifestyle Collective, you won’t feel alone in your spiritual discovery or spiritual entrepreneur space. You’ll be able to stay in your lane as you work on your personal and business development. Messages from Spirit won't elude or confuse you. You’ll trust the process and it won’t feel like an overused statement. Learn more at SpiritualLifestyleCollective.com.  Or Click here to Join Now for only $10 and get one month free!   Get Social with Tia! Visit Tia on Instagram @tia_johnson_ (or at www.instagram.com/tia_johnson_ ) or on Facebook! Based in Philadelphia, Tia is an intuitive healer, international speaker, and best-selling author. Tia loves helping spiritually centered people crack the code of their intuitive gifts & overcome energetic blocks. For close to a decade, Tia has spoken to thousands of people nationally and internationally at several events, such as the Mind, Body, Spirit Expo, DivaGirl and Women's Empowerment Conferences, and empowerment cruises. Discover more at TiaMarieJohnson.com

Hey, Boss! Today I'm speaking with an entrepreneur I've been following for years! I've always looked up to Kimra Luna. She is as real as they come. Her edge and authenticity have made her a unique and magnetic personality online with an audience of over 200,000.    From welfare to a $1 million business in under a year, Kimra Luna knows how to build a successful business centered around who you are and what you stand for with her signature course being Be True Brand You. And that's what this episode is all about, because recently Kimra decided to unveil another layer of herself publicly. It took courage and conviction and I am so freaking proud of her! And that's why I wanted to have her on the show today.    If you're listening with kids and you are not comfortable talking about sexuality with them, you may want to pop in headphones or listen later, but you definitely want to listen :)   I'd love for you to share this episode and your takeaways, so be sure to tag us on Instagram - @KimraLuna and @SunnyLenarduzzi. And I'll be sure to share your comments and big takeaways on my Instagram Stories as well. Also, please make sure to give us a review on iTunes (or Google Play, Stitcher, Android, TuneIn, Spotify).    Let's get into in!    You can find the Show Notes for this episode HERE   This episode is sponsored by Four Sigmatic. Order your delicious superfood mushroom beverage here and use code “sunny” for a 15% off your order.  ____________________________________________   RESOURCES & LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:   Kimra Luna's website   Kimra Luna's YouTube Channel    Kimra Luna's YouTube video “Kimra Luna Coming Out Of The Closet”    “Clockwork” by Mike Michalowicz “Tapping Into Wealth” by Margaret M. Lynch   Sign up to my FREE TRAINING on How to 100x Your Subscriber Base and Double Your Revenue Using YouTube.    Sunny Lenarduzzi's YouTube Channel    This episode is sponsored by Four Sigmatic. Order your delicious superfood mushroom beverage here and use code Sunny for a 15% off your order.  _____________________________________________ Say hi to Sunny Lenarduzzi on social: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SunnyLenarduzzi/  Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/sunnylenarduzzi  Twitter: https://twitter.com/SunnyLenarduzzi  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/SunnyLenarduzzi  Instagram: http://instagram.com/sunnylenarduzzi/    Sign up to my FREE TRAINING on How to 100x Your Subscriber Base and Double Your Revenue Using YouTube.    Join our community in “Be Your Own Boss Mastermind” Facebook Group here: http://www.byoboss.today    Listen to The Sunny Show Podcast here: iTunes Google Play Stitcher Android TuneIn Spotify   

The majority of us, if we’re lucky, have warm memories of one (or more than one) teacher that really made an impact on our lives. Regardless of the subject they taught, to this day we still remember the lesson(s) that resonated with us. Kimra Luna is with me today to share her lightbulb moment and how it came from a music teacher who took the time to see Kimra as a human being. How can we make this impact on more students? What can we do to share that impact for our future students? Listen in and hear about Kimra’s experiences and what her advice is.  Show Highlights: The first moment Kimra felt someone treat her as a human being What we are doing, or not doing, that is a disservice to ourselves and others When Kimra first viewed herself as a teacher and what that meant to her Why we need to take more ownership for the term “teacher” The benefits of paying attention to students and what they are doing What Kimra does in order to grow and develop as a teacher Why you should not only teach your students, but lead as well Advice on how to move past viewing yourself as a marketer A technique you should try with clients based on The Five Love Languages test The impact Pinterest has had on Kimra’s business and opportunities  Resources: Freedom Hackers  Kimra on Instagram  Freedom Hackers Facebook  Ev’Yan Whitney Sex Love Liberation  Pat Flynn: Smart Passive Income  5 Love Languages: http://www.5lovelanguages.com/    Becky Mollenkamp believes women deserve to feel powerful and fulfilled. As a certified business mindset coach, she helps her clients dream and play bigger, while also finding contentment in the here and now. Learn more about Becky at beckymollenkamp.com.

Kimra Luna is so special to me and we cover all things sacred in this episode (no biz talk at all~) She inspired and motivated me to tell my stories and never hold anything back. She is the one who told me to start this Show + podcast and go all in! Kimra has been a mentor and a soul sister friend to me. She is a Sacred Momma and her story is famous for her rags to riches Forbes feature as she grew an EPIC business online and is coined "The Unicorn" of our online biz world. She is sought after for her business strategy and branding genius but today...we went in on all things sacred. We talked about her abusive childhood and mine- and how she channeled her anger from being neglected and abused through her love of punk rock music and why for her it is all about the movement of Standing UP for yourself and all others. PLUS, she talks about her recent "coming out of the closet" as a pansexual and we dive into releasing shame as individuals and a culture for all humans! All the feels and all the things..this is an interview NOT to be missed. Please share in the comments what your biggest takeaway was with Kimra today! We love you! Kimra Luna is a personal branding, online business strategist, and the founder of Freedom Hackers, an online education platform. She helps freedom-seeking entrepreneurs to stand out, captivate their audiences' attention and monetize their authentic brands online. From a standing start in May 2014, she's grown her email list and combined social media followings to over 200,000 people. Kimra is a mother of three boys and loves every minute of it. Links: freedomhackers.com/free-stuff facebook.com/freedomhackers instagram.com/kimraluna

In this episode we dive in with Kimra Luna, mother, badass, self-made 7-figure entrepreneur, and founder of Freedom Hackers. Many people know Kimra’s success story of going from welfare to creating a 7-figure business on her own in just over a year while raising 2 children and pregnant with her third. What most people don’t know, and what we drop deeply in about today is how painful and chaotic Kimra’s past was. Today, Kimra vulnerably shares about her excruciating childhood trauma, and her experience growing up in an intensely abusive household. She goes in depth on what helped her shift her mindset, so she could heal, rise higher and not have her past define her future. Kimra talks all about the inner work she did to heal and to have the confidence to create the success she now has with her life and business. For full show notes and episode resources head to http://stephaniekwong.com/EP20

Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! I’M SO GRATEFUL FOR THE PEOPLE THAT MARKET POSSIBILITY ONLINE. I knew I wanted more out of my life, but I really didn’t know how to go about getting it, but I’m so grateful for Google. Seriously. Shout out to Google for putting the world of possibility at my fingertips. Yep, Google and the internet are my very first shoutouts today because I wouldn’t know what I know about anything that I do without them. It’s something I know I take for granted, but it’s so, so important! I’M DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR GREAT FRIENDS WHO SINCERELY WANT TO HELP YOU BE THE BEST PERSON YOU WANT TO BE. Friends who see that you’re struggling and striving to change who give you a book, ask you if you want to read it together and go through the program together and that book ends up changing the trajectory of your life and gives you the clarity you need to come up with a plan and execute – and then support you and cheer you on all along the way. I’M GRATEFUL FOR PEOPLE THAT GIVE AWAY ALL THEIR ANSWERS, AND WHO GET EXCITED WHEN PEOPLE ACTUALLY TAKE ACTION ON THE INFORMATION THAT THEY ARE SHARING TO CHANGE THEIR LIVES. People like Chalene Johnson, whose book PUSH was given to me by that friend I mentioned above, and how I discovered by doing the exercises in the book that I had a deep desire to own my own business and be my own boss and by doing that, everything else I wanted in life would be made easier. CHALENE JOHNSON’S PODCASTS, BUILD YOUR TRIBE AND THE CHALENE SHOW – GAVE ME THE BLUEPRINT FOR IMAGINING WHAT LIFE COULD BE LIKE. And her Marketing Impact Academy launch videos showed me the first steps, and her Marketing Impact Academy Live Event forced me out of my shell and made me talk to people in person in real life. And now the 131 Diet, which is coming out right when I’m able to quit my day job because I have my own business – a plan I put in motion 4 years ago after reading PUSH because I wanted more time to focus on my health and fitness. I don’t think it’s any coincidence that Chalene’s new “diet” is coming out right when I’ll have plenty of white space to implement it and take action on it. PEOPLE LIKE PAT FLYNN, WHO RECORD PODCASTS THAT GIVE AWAY ALL THE INFORMATION REQUIRED TO CREATE INCOME ONLINE. Pat interviews guests and asks all the questions I want to know the answers to – like, “Exactly how did you do that, step by step?” and “How much money did you make?” and “How big is your email list?” And who shares how much money he makes, how he makes it and then tells me exactly how I can do it too. Pat does a few things that I love. He shows you not only through himself but through all of his guests that it’s possible to make money online doing something that you love, and he gives you a frame of reference of how much time, work and money it will take to do it. It’s not just fluff, it’s the nuts and bolts of exactly what you need to know, and in a format that you can listen to while you’re doing other things. PEOPLE LIKE NATHALIE LUSSIER, WHO GIVES AWAY THE SECRET TO BUILDING YOUR BUSINESS IN A TOTALLY FREE ONLINE COURSE CALLED THE 30 DAY LIST BUILDING CHALLENGE. I know I’ve said this a million times and I’ll say it again. This course is responsible for me being able to quit my day job. And it cost me $27 because I wanted the fast track. Do you know how much that is worth? So not only is Nathalie going to teach me, for practically free, how to get customers, she’s going to offer me some of the best software out there to do it, which YES, I will buy that because now I believe that anything you put out is gold (and it has been), and you know what else that taught me to do? Give it all away. Nathalie was the inspiration for giving away all the knowledge for free. Nathalie, Pat, and Chalene created a perfect storm of information, inspiration and how-to, and after learning all I could from them, I could not be stopped. Building my business and working toward my dream took priority over all the BS things I’d been doing, like watching crap reality TV, sleeping in because I had too many beers the night before, sitting around complaining about how much I hated my job. AND THEN ALONG COMES REBECCA TRACEY. I have no idea how I found her, I’m sure it was from a Facebook group because I found the Uncaged Life and I was like, holy sh%t, this is the kind of business I want to run. Like, I had all the what and how and why and proof from Nathalie, Pat, and Chalene, but Becca Tracey showed me how to SAY it, and how to BE it, and how to OWN it, and how to be myself, and how to package that up into a product and sell it. I’m not an edgy person, you guys. I’m a plain vanilla basic midwest girl who wishes she was edgier, so at first I wanted to be like Becca, but through her Hey Nice Package course and HNP live workshops and just her blog and webinars, I just figured out how to be me, and that’s a huge relief, because if I had to pretend I was super cool and trendy all the time I would not be able to fake it. I already feel like I’m not in the right job, that would make it worse! AND IF I THOUGHT I KNEW IT ALL FROM TAKING IN AND TAKING ACTION ON EVERY LAST PIECE OF INFORMATION I COULD FROM THOSE GUYS, I’M INTRODUCED TO THE BEING BOSS PODCAST. OMG. This is the not-so-distant future, you guys. Talk about some real people who have taken massive, focused action toward success. Emily Thompson and Kathleen Shannon’s podcast is like hanging out every day with people who GET you – your dreams, your goals, your fears, but also who celebrate your successes. Because let’s face it… When I tell my best friend or my husband about how I finally landed on a name for my course, they smile and are happy for me but they just don’t GET it. It’s a huge dose of validation and it makes me feel like I’m on the right track. And they dig in, you guys, just like Pat Flynn does. It’s not fluff, it’s action. AND FOR CHRIS GUILLEBEAU AND HIS SIDE HUSTLE SCHOOL PODCAST AND SIDE HUSTLE BOOK. This one… this one is just mind-blowing. I heard Chris on Lewis Howe’s School of Greatness podcast, and his message about struggling with depression even with all of his business success really resonated with me, like, this guy is a real, vulnerable person, not just some “bro” entrepreneur out to make bank. I replied to a call for side hustle stories, and I didn’t even know it was for Chris or his podcast – and he featured my story!! A New York TimesBestselling Author told my story on his podcast. And then… I find out my story is part of his book. Are you kidding me right now? Like my name is printed in a book, and my side-hustle story is in a book. That other people read. And then they find me online and I help them build websites to support their side-hustles. It’s really hard to wrap my mind around that… So I’m grateful to Chris not only for the opportunity, the amazing people he’s connecting me with but also for helping me expand my mind around what’s POSSIBLE. ON THAT NOTE, I’M SO GRATEFUL FOR PODCASTS. You guys, if you’ve ever thought you don’t have TIME to learn what it takes to follow your dreams, then I’d like to introduce you to this thing called PODCASTS. It’s the only way to learn where you can be doing other things, like driving, working out, working your day job, making dinner, cleaning your house… Seriously, if you are not taking advantage of learning from some of the smartest people out there who are actually successful online, make it your mission in 2018 to start listening to podcasts. I’M ALSO GRATEFUL FOR HAVING A JOB THAT I HATED BECAUSE I FINALLY LEARNED THAT I’M IN CONTROL OF HOW I FEEL. That my job never did anything to me to make me hate it, it was my bad attitude and negativity that made it unbearable. If I hadn’t figured that out, there’s no way I’d be able to create a successful business of my own, I’d carry the same bad attitude with me. And once I changed my attitude, everything changed. In fact, I’m having a hard time leaving this place now that it’s time because all of my coworkers are amazing people who have gone out of their way to make it know how much they want me to stay. Wow. I’M GRATEFUL FOR HAVING A BOSS WHO IS A TRUE MENTOR.   One who believes in me, who wants to see me succeed, who supported my side hustle from the moment I told her about it, and who knows that an employee who is fulfilled outside of work is a better employee at work. Thanks, Lori! There should be more CEOs in the world like Lori Chovanak, and if anyone can make that happen, she can. AND I’M GRATEFUL FOR THE COACHING INDUSTRY, A THING I DIDN’T EVEN KNOW EXISTED UNTIL A FEW YEARS AGO. And sorry not sorry Vicki Fitch, but I’m so glad you were about to throw your laptop out the window trying to build your website and that you found me in Freedom Hackers (thanks Kimra!!), started my 5 Day Challenge, connected with me, I figured out she was a business coach and signed up for a free 20 minute consultation. IN 20 MINUTES, VICKI FITCH REFRAMED MY MINDSET IN SUCH A WAY THAT SOMETHING THAT HAD BEEN HOLDING ME BACK HAD BEEN COMPLETELY BULLDOZED. The flood of possibility came rushing through. And I’m so glad I got up off my wallet and invested in coaching with her because I’ve made every cent back and then some, and I know I wouldn’t have been able to do it without her. I’M GRATEFUL FOR MY HUSBAND FLOYD, WHO IS MY BEST FRIEND. CLICHE’ I KNOW, BUT TRUE. He works around my busy schedule and never complains about how much I work, who is proud of me, who allows his beliefs about what is possible in our life to change as I do crazy things like quit my job and figure out exactly how much our dream home will cost and make him tell me what kind of lawnmower he would need if we had 10 acres and a log cabin, who does simple, nice thoughtful things for me and believes that I will be successful. I’M GRATEFUL THAT I HAVE A SUPER SUPPORTIVE, LOVING FAMILY WHO IS PROUD OF ME. They encourage me when I share that I’m afraid to quit my job to follow my dreams, who tell me that I HAVE to do it, that I will be fine and give me perspective by reminding me that I’m not the first person to do it and that both my mom and Grandpa have owned their own businesses, who read every single blog post (hi Mommy!!) and by telling me that I can come live with them if I need to or that they have a job I’d be perfect for if it all goes to shit. They make it so that I can’t “fail”, and I love the crap out of them for it. I’M GRATEFUL THAT I BELIEVE IN MYSELF ENOUGH TO TAKE ACTION. To try. To embarrass myself. To fail. To get up and try again. To spend money. To waste money (it’s never a waste, it’s always a lesson). To learn how to give up control. To learn how to ask for help. To admit that I don’t know everything, that I’m not always right, and that I don’t have all the answers all the time. To accept constructive feedback. To have great successes and accomplishments and be proud of them, and not minimize them and play it small. To accept people’s compliments without feeling weird #workingonit. I’M NOT DOING ANY OF THIS ALONE. THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO HAVE HELPED ME MAKE MY DREAMS POSSIBLE. Sara & Christina at One Woman Shop. Amy Porterfield, whose podcast I just discovered (yes, I’ve been living under a rock apparently) and is just what I need at this stage in my business. Lewis Howes who shows how to be authentic and real and vulnerable. AND THEN THERE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT HELP ME ACTUALLY DO THE WORK (AS BEING BOSS SAYS). The She Can Coterie team – those people are amazingly smart, awesome, and insightful, and I can’t wait to continue our work in 2018. Maren, Kim, Marium and Rachel who I rely on for all the things they do better than I do when it comes to building WordPress sites and without whom I’d never have been able to work full time and keep it all afloat. AND FINALLY, I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS, MY BFFS, ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE TAKEN THE FREE 5 DAY WEBSITE CHALLENGE BECAUSE THEY WANT THE SAME THING I DO. All the people that have shared it, told their friends and networking groups about it. Thank you to all the people who have bought my courses and learned from me to get closer to your dreams. I cannot wait to help you get even closer in 2018 and beyond! SO TELL ME IN THE COMMENTS BELOW – WHAT ARE YOU THANKFUL FOR THIS SEASON? Who are all the people that have helped you on your journey? What do you need to start being thankful for that you’re not so thankful for right now in order to move forward (like that pesky day job)?

How often do you make an intuitive decision in your business? It can be scary, especially when fear and doubt gets in your way. But in today’s interview, you’ll learn how valuable intuitive action and vulnerability can be in your business. On this episode of the IHML Show, we’re talking with the incredible Kimra Luna. She is a personal branding and online strategist who helps entrepreneurs stand out, captivate their audience and grow an authentic, thriving online brand. During this episode, we’re diving deep into Kimra’s past, taking a look at her wildly successful business and learning why intuition and vulnerability are two big themes in her life. Growing up in an abusive home, Kimra was always looking for ways to free herself from the chaos that surrounded her. That freedom-seeking desire led her to start her entrepreneurial journey at age 17, to becoming a Vegan mama blogger and to building her current business, “Freedom Hackers.” Kimra was a self-taught branding and online strategist, but that didn’t stop her from earning over $700,000 in sales during her first year of business. By following her intuition, Kimra was able to transform her life and impact thousands of other entrepreneurs wanting to create their own freedom lifestyle. After this interview, you’ll learn how important it is to follow your intuition, stay resilient and hold on to your vision, no matter what obstacles come in your way. Kimra Luna is a personal branding and online business strategist. As a single mom of three, she helps freedom-seeking entrepreneurs to stand out, captivate their audience's’ attention and monetize their authentic brands online.  For Further Insight: Website: http://freedomhackers.com/free-stuff Program: www.betruebrandyou.com

In this episode, we talked to self-made entrepreneur, Personal Brand and Online Business Strategist, Kimra Luna. Kimra helps freedom-seeking entrepreneurs stand out and captivate their audiences' attention and monetize their authentic brands online.  This one is juicy! In this interview, Kimra shares:  What secret tip she does to grow her business  The one question she uses to get insight on how to create content What platform she's using (that people are neglecting) to get more brand exposure What she does to stay to build her brand authority and stay ahead of the competition (and how she really feels)  How she was able to create her first 1.2 million dollar launch  And the one thing people don't know about her!   

Visit EOFire.com for complete show notes of every Podcast episode. Kimra is Personal Branding and Online Business Strategist for aspiring entrepreneurs who want more freedom. She went from raising  her kids on welfare to taking her business from zero to almost $1M in less than a year, then doubling her revenue before her second business birthday.

Kimra Luna is the founder of Freedom Hackers where she helps entrepreneurs attract their audience and monetize their brands as they share their message to make a difference in the world. Kimra specializes in personal branding and creating online business strategies, and launched her signature program Be True, Brand You in 2014. In addition to her businesses, she is a hands-on, homeschooling mother and looks forward to her new venture Sacred Mama. Kimra shares how her Facebook group impacted the success of her business. She talks about where her passion for helping others comes from and emphasizes the significance and timeliness of her new business Sacred Mama, including the critical role parents play concerning controversial issues such as single-parenthood, bullying, trauma, and abuse.   “I want to be able to create a safe place where people can share their pain. ” - Kimra Luna   In This Episode of The Sigrun Show: How Kimra came up with her signature program Why she's a big risk taker The significance of mastering skills The easiest way to make yourself stand out How personal development impacted her message and journey to healing The real source of happiness for her What her new business, Sacred Mama, is about How she balances family life and entrepreneurship Peaceful parenting and why it's important How to raise kids who have a good relationship with their parents Her most significant and only  goal for her children How she plans to avoid bullying on social media Bullying, parenting, and child rebellion Key Takeaways: To start impacting the world, just do things, even if you have to do them imperfectly. Be the master of your craft. Trauma only gets resolved when there's actual resolution. Connect with Kimra Luna: FreedomHackers.com Sacred Mama Blog Sacred Mama on Facebook Please share, subscribe and review on iTunes Thank you for joining me on this episode of the Sigrun Show. If you enjoyed this episode, please share, subscribe and review on iTunes or Google Play Music so more people can enjoy the show. Don't forget to follow and connect with me on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!   Get Your Free Training Through my own entrepreneurial journey and by training thousands of online entrepreneurs I've identified 7 STAGES of a Profitable Online Business. Get free access to the 7 Stages training videos and take your online business to the next stage.

In our first time featuring a guest on the podcast, we’re bringing you a raw, unfiltered conversation with Kimra Luna. Know widely in the online business and branding community for her unique and rebellious style, Kimra has built her Freedom Hackers® Mastermind Facebook Group to over 60,000 people and leveraged her personal brand into a 7-figure business. In this episode, we discuss Kimra’s unwavering confidence, her fears, her spirituality, her new identity as a single mom to three young boys, and her role as a female founder. We were impressed by her honesty, her authenticity, and her willingness to boldly follow her intuition in business. Other Mentions: Freedom Hackers, Freedom Hackers® Mastermind Facebook Group, Sacred Mama   Joy: Amazon PrimeHustle: Airtable

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This week we’ll be speaking with Kimra Luna from BeTrueBrandYou.com! What you'll learn in this episode: 1. Kimra's first launch strategy for her online course. 2. How she grew a loyal following of raving fans. 3. Trends/strategies you should avoid (or DO) in 2017 for your online course launch. The post MTE #027: Kimra Luna on How to Launch a Successful Online Course appeared first on Jess Catorc.

How does a woman become unstoppable? How does she grow a business rapidly toward multi-six figures in only a few years? Kimra Luna is the unstoppable woman to ask because she’s done it. And that’s what I did on this episode of She Means Business. In this conversation you’re going to hear Kimra describe the life she lives now because of the success of her business - but not without some context of where she’s come from. She was on welfare and trying to raise a little one when she first began doing course launches online. Now she’s experiencing the fruit of her labor. You’ll hear Kimra’s amazing story on this episode. From welfare to multiple six figures in one year. Kimra Luna’s amazing story. When Kimra Luna first started doing things online she thought she was going to be one of the thousands of mommy bloggers out there - and she was for a short time. It was the traffic she was getting to her website that got the attention of one of her friends who then suggested that she teach people how she was doing it. So, she put together a quick outline, joined her friend on a Google Hangout, and things began to snowball from there. Those were the beginning stages of Kimra’s product creation and launch process that has now earned her incredible income over and over. You can learn a lot from hearing how she went about it and how she approaches it, so be sure to listen. Kimra Luna’s launch process? Webinars. Webinars. Webinars. Part of what makes an unstoppable woman is a tenacity that keeps at it until something works. Kimra Luna discovered that what works for her are unscripted webinars that provide huge amounts of training to anyone who watches. She doesn’t hold anything back. It’s that commitment to providing full-on help to anyone who wants to attend that has fueled her product launches - and she’s not slowing down the momentum. Kimra continues to do webinars to this day as her go-to strategy for getting attention, helping people, and making her sales engine continue to run. It’s a different but effective approach that she unpacks on this episode. Why has Kimra Luna’s journey been so unstoppable? Kimra says it’s because she has been blessed with tenacity, in spite of a very hard younger life. There is something in her that simply won’t quit until she has what she is aiming to get. People in her life have often remarked how amazed they are that she’s been able to do the things she has done, given the background she’s come from. But Kimra thinks it’s something anyone can train themselves to do. That kind of tenacity can be learned, she’s convinced of it. Hear more of her story. Sometimes we forget how tough we really are. As she works with women who are seeking to build a successful business like she has, Kimra Luna says that she has to remind them how tough they really are. She’ll ask them enough questions to know the hardships they’ve already come through and then point out to them how tough they must have been to make it through. Then she turns the focus toward the present and tells them, “You can do this. You’ve already proven you’re tough enough.” Sometimes, we forget how tough we really are, and we need an unstoppable woman like Kimra to remind us. That’s what this episode did for me. I hope it does for you as well. Outline of This Episode [1:11] My introduction of my great guest today, Kimra Luna. [2:38] The overview of where Kimra’s business is right now (early 2017). [3:48] How Kimra began her entrepreneurial journey as a teen and built a business online. [12:06] The core pieces that Kimra believes has gotten her to where she is. [15:22] The combination of things that got Kimra in front of people. [20:40] Kimra’s launch process: webinars, webinars, webinars. [23:49] The things Kimra has not expected in her entrepreneurial journey. [27:00] The ability to have a strong mindset and personal resilience. [32:34] Why Kimra has been able to become unstoppable in her journey. Resources & People Mentioned Freedom Hackers AND Be True Brand You Evernote Connect With The Female Entrepreneur’s Association http://femaleentrepreneurassociation.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FemaleEntrepreneurAssociation Twitter: https://twitter.com/iamcarriegreen Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/carriegreen2/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/3799179/profile YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/FemaleEntrepreneur  

How does a woman become unstoppable? How does she grow a business rapidly toward multi-six figures in only a few years? Kimra Luna is the unstoppable woman to ask because she’s done it. And that’s what I did on this episode of She Means Business. In this conversation you’re going to hear Kimra describe the life she lives now because of the success of her business - but not without some context of where she’s come from. She was on welfare and trying to raise a little one when she first began doing course launches online. Now she’s experiencing the fruit of her labor. You’ll hear Kimra’s amazing story on this episode. From welfare to multiple six figures in one year. Kimra Luna’s amazing story. When Kimra Luna first started doing things online she thought she was going to be one of the thousands of mommy bloggers out there - and she was for a short time. It was the traffic she was getting to her website that got the attention of one of her friends who then suggested that she teach people how she was doing it. So, she put together a quick outline, joined her friend on a Google Hangout, and things began to snowball from there. Those were the beginning stages of Kimra’s product creation and launch process that has now earned her incredible income over and over. You can learn a lot from hearing how she went about it and how she approaches it, so be sure to listen. Kimra Luna’s launch process? Webinars. Webinars. Webinars. Part of what makes an unstoppable woman is a tenacity that keeps at it until something works. Kimra Luna discovered that what works for her are unscripted webinars that provide huge amounts of training to anyone who watches. She doesn’t hold anything back. It’s that commitment to providing full-on help to anyone who wants to attend that has fueled her product launches - and she’s not slowing down the momentum. Kimra continues to do webinars to this day as her go-to strategy for getting attention, helping people, and making her sales engine continue to run. It’s a different but effective approach that she unpacks on this episode. Why has Kimra Luna’s journey been so unstoppable? Kimra says it’s because she has been blessed with tenacity, in spite of a very hard younger life. There is something in her that simply won’t quit until she has what she is aiming to get. People in her life have often remarked how amazed they are that she’s been able to do the things she has done, given the background she’s come from. But Kimra thinks it’s something anyone can train themselves to do. That kind of tenacity can be learned, she’s convinced of it. Hear more of her story. Sometimes we forget how tough we really are. As she works with women who are seeking to build a successful business like she has, Kimra Luna says that she has to remind them how tough they really are. She’ll ask them enough questions to know the hardships they’ve already come through and then point out to them how tough they must have been to make it through. Then she turns the focus toward the present and tells them, “You can do this. You’ve already proven you’re tough enough.” Sometimes, we forget how tough we really are, and we need an unstoppable woman like Kimra to remind us. That’s what this episode did for me. I hope it does for you as well. Outline of This Episode [1:11] My introduction of my great guest today, Kimra Luna. [2:38] The overview of where Kimra’s business is right now (early 2017). [3:48] How Kimra began her entrepreneurial journey as a teen and built a business online. [12:06] The core pieces that Kimra believes has gotten her to where she is. [15:22] The combination of things that got Kimra in front of people. [20:40] Kimra’s launch process: webinars, webinars, webinars. [23:49] The things Kimra has not expected in her entrepreneurial journey. [27:00] The ability to have a strong mindset and personal resilience. [32:34] Why Kimra has been able to become unstoppable in her journey. Resources & People Mentioned Freedom Hackers AND Be True Brand You Evernote Connect With The Female Entrepreneur’s Association http://femaleentrepreneurassociation.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FemaleEntrepreneurAssociation Twitter: https://twitter.com/iamcarriegreen Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/carriegreen2/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/3799179/profile YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/FemaleEntrepreneur  

On this the 300th episode of Leadership & Loyalty we chat with my guest Kimra Luna of http://freedomhackers.com With her bright blue hair and punk rock style, she is probably the last person you’d expect to have become a millionaire, or to be profiled in The Huffington Post, Business Insider, Yahoo! or Forbes.com. In a modern day “rags to riches” story, 30-year-old mother-of-three Kimra went from growing up on welfare to becoming a highly-sought after personal branding and social media expert -- earning over a million dollars in her first 18 months in business. She now leads a community of over 90,000 entrepreneurs. Find out More about Kimra Luna: http://FreedomHackers.com and http://KimraLuna.com More about the host Dov Baron: http://FullMontyLeadership.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Meet Kimra Luna and discover how she went from mommy blogger to multi-million dollar business legend

Kimra is Personal Branding and Online Business Strategist for aspiring entrepreneurs who want more freedom. She went from raising  her kids on welfare to taking her business from zero to almost $1M in less than a year, then doubling her revenue before her second business birthday. Sponsors: Billy Gene is Marketing: If you're a marketer focused on helping local businesses, then check out this free training from my friend Billy Gene, where he's going to show you the best performing Facebook and Instagram ads that get results! HP Computers: Visit to hp.com/onfire and enter code fire at checkout for 30% off select HP Products!

In this episode I talk with branding expert Kimra Luna about the importance of giving value to your community and Facebook group, and how building a solid community can boost your brand. Kimra talks a lot about what she has done to grow her business to 6 figure earnings in less than 1 year. And what attracts her to brand and how online stores, boutiques, and product based sites can add value for their customers. What you'll Learn this episode: How to build a community and grow your tribe Ways to strengthen your brand and make it stand out How to give value to your customers and turn them into fans the importance of growing a tribe and providing value to your followers

I started the first version of this show back in April 2009 and although the show has grown and changed over the years we have always looked beneath the surface of the leaders I interview On this the 300th episode of Leadership & Loyalty we chat with my guest Kimra Luna: With her bright blue hair and punk rock style, she is probably the last person you’d expect to have become a millionaire, or to be profiled in The Huffington Post, Business Insider, Yahoo! or Forbes.com. In a modern day “rags to riches” story, 30-year-old mother-of-three Kimra went from growing up on welfare to becoming a highly-sought after personal branding and social media expert -- earning over a million dollars in her first 18 months in business. She now leads a community of over 90,000 entrepreneurs. Find out More about Kimra Luna: http://FreedomHackers.com and http://KimraLuna.com More about the host Dov Baron: http://FullMontyLeadership.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In today’s episode, Kimra Luna discusses her habits and mindset for success, while talking about how she uses inspiration and intuition to drive her business. She says she didn’t realize how fast her business was going to grow, and originally thought it would take a few years to make 6-figures. Kimra shares that her first website was far from perfect, and she did it herself for about $100. Perfectionism is the biggest mistake that she sees entrepreneurs making today. They often think everything has to be just right before releasing a course or product. Kimra created her first course in a weekend. She was hesitant at first when starting her business, partly because of the way she looks. “I’m the chick with piercings in the middle of her face and tattoos all over her. That wasn’t what I was seeing (in the industry).” To let go of this, she just went back to why she was in business, which was to help people. She adds that not thinking about the money aspect made it easy for her to do what she does. “I think sometimes you just need to take that little jump and get in front of people. They will respond based on what you give.” The people who spend the money on their own personal development are the ones who get the best results. Kimra created her signature program after being in business for only three months. The price was $1,200 when she first launched it, and it is now more than double that amount to purchase it. Developing her own mindset, specifically when it comes to not complaining and changing her own thoughts, has been key. Learning to be grateful has helped her heal her life as well. “Learn to appreciate the things around you; even if it’s just the breath you have.” Kimra and her husband were on welfare for a number of years, but were able to manifest things such as a job for him, and a vehicle, by doing this practice daily for months. She had been running Facebook groups for mothers when she decided to start a blog, which focused on things she was passionate about such as health and wellness. Kimra’s YouTube channel grew to 25,000 subscribers, and she developed a following on Pinterest. Seeing her success on Pinterest, a mentor asked Kimra to teach his audience how to use it, which lead to webinars and he getting paid for one-on-one consulting. Doing this, she started to notice issues with her clients’ entire brands. “I ended up becoming about branding. People paid me for the knowledge I had in my head.” Kimra feels that people need to reach out to others more often. Her first launch generated $65,000 in revenue, and after that she reached out to James to thank him for how much his content had helped her. “We forget to reach out and connect to the people that are inspiring us” She believes that sometimes things happen that are supposed to in order for us to move forward in our journey. James adds that amazing things can happen when the feedback loop is completed. Kimra appeared on 60 podcasts in her first year of business, but was also declined often by hosts. “You can’t get a yes if you never ask” She only does something if it is going to feel good, and a lot of times we have to know what we don’t want to discover what we do want. When she first started, Kimra did webinars almost every week because she liked doing them and wanted to master the craft. Kimra uses crystals as a way to help her stay grounded and connected with the Earth, and she’s also a reiki master. Over the years, she’s developed an awareness in things that she wishes she could infuse in other people. She believes people should explore things like manifesting, crystals and energy as a way to make them happier, not just from a monetary standpoint. “I utilize The Law of Attraction, spirituality and my intuition to guide me every day” Submit Your Question! LINKS: http://FreedomHackers.com www.KimraLuna.com Episode 036: Gain Clarity by Asking the Right Questions “The Power of Your Subconscious Mind” by Dr. Joseph Murphy “You Can Heal Your Life” by Louise L. Hay

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Kimra Luna is a personal branding and online business strategist.  She helps freedom-seeking entrepreneurs to stand out, captivate their audiences’ attention and monetize their authentic brands online. As a leading authority on the use of Facebook ads and webinar-based training as both list and brand building tools, she took her business from zero to over $880k in sales and cultivated an email list of over 14,000 subscribers from 50 countries around the world during her first year in business. Kimra is the creator of Be True, Brand You, her signature online program which has hundreds of students enrolled.  Her Facebook group, The Freedom Hacker’s Mastermind has over 20,000 members and is widely regarded as one of the most interactive, generous and supportive groups for entrepreneurs online. Kimra has been featured on websites including Forbes, BusinessInsider, Farnoosh.TV, Chris Ducker.com, Female Entrepreneur Association.com and has been a speaker at Nathalie Lussier’s Off The Charts Live. You can find Kimra on YouTube, Twitter, Pinterest and of course Facebook where she consistently provides advice and guidance to her group The Freedom Hacker’s Mastermind. Notes from the show: Freedom hacking is seeking a freedom-based lifestyle through technological advances; freedom is the ability to make your own hours, choose your own clients, etc. Even though Kimra seems to be an overnight success, she spent 8 years growing online mom's groups and health and wellness groups before exploding with Freedom Hacker's Mastermind. Facebook is not like email or other social media--no need for email blasts. Instead, people appreciate that you spend time and give value without feeling overwhelmed by information. "In Defense of Facebook" and "The Gift of Gratitude" She got her start in concert booking and led a music industry life until the economy collapse in 2008. She spent the four years prior to her "million dollar year" on welfare. Social media, especially Facebook, saved her life. "People want to buy from people, not a logo." She started her business by messaging potential clients how they would prefer to learn. Their answer? Webinars. Be True, Brand You is a comprehensive program; it is not "niched down."  In the age of trolling and mommy/daddy wars, entrepreneurship allows for unconventional parenting. "Dumb-Ass Stuff We Need to Stop Saying to Dads" Her superpowers include teaching and being intuitive about people who are givers and people who are takers. Pat Flynn's Smart Passive Income and Ask Pat podcasts This podcast hosted by New York attorney Michael Prywes was sponsored by Prywes Schwartz, PLLC, a law firm devoted to artists and entrepreneurs. This podcast may contain attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee future outcomes.

Kimra Luna is a personal branding and online business strategist. She helps freedom-seeking entrepreneurs to stand out, captivate their audiences’ attention and monetize their authentic brands online. As a leading authority on the use of Facebook ads and webinar-based training as both list and brand building tools, she took her business from zero to over $880k in sales and cultivated an email list of over 14,000 subscribers from 50 countries around the world during her first year in business. In this episode, Kimra shares why you can give away too much information, and she gives tips on how to do your very first launch. As well, she discusses the $1 million launch she has planned coming up soon!

Join us as Kimra shares her unique story of how she grew up on welfare, made $90k a year by the age of 18 doing what she loved, and then went back on welfare, living with her in-laws.  We also discuss the ins and outs of Kimra’s recent venture and how she was able to achieve unbelievable success in just one year. Get full show notes and more information here: http://bit.ly/1nDaAgN

Ep 142 Kimra Luna joins Nathan. Kimra Luna is a personal branding and online business strategist who helps freedom-seeking entrepreneurs to stand out, captivate their audiences’ attention and monetize their authentic brands online. In 2014 and after being on government welfare for over 4½ years, Kimra defied the odds grew her business from zero to $880k in sales in the less than a year.You can find Kimra on YouTube, Twitter, Pinterest and of course Facebook where she consistently provides advice and guidance to her group The Freedom Hacker’s Mastermind. YOUR $100: Remember to subscribe to the show on itunes then text the word "nathan" to 33444 to confirm that you've done it to enter to win $100 every Monday on the show. Do this now. Stop reading this and do it! Click here to join the top tribe and instantly learn how Nathan made his first $10k at 19 years old: http://nathanlatka.com/startertribelive 3 Key Points: Demand for sales on the internet usually grows exponentially right before closing hours. Growing a community based on Facebook ads and other means can be achieved for less than 2$ per conversion. For those just starting out, remember to go for it! Don’t hold back. Episode Notes:  01:00 – Nathan’s introduction to today’s show 01:44 – Kimra joins the show 01:54–  Kimra sells a signature program called Be True, Brand You 02:03 – In her first year of business, she made 880K in sales from the program 02:42 – Before the program, Kimra was a health and wellness food blogger 03:31 – Sales page for program not up currently – the program runs for short periods per year 04:00 – Kimra’s website was designed by Diane and Peach – it’s hand drawn 05:17 – Kimra goes over all her expenses for her program (facebook ads, team, copywriting, sales page, brand video, photoshoot) 07:23 – At first, Kimra’s ad revenue was used for previously familiar audiences 08:45 – In February, Kimra’s list was 10K-11K, by end of launch, 12K. 09:19 – Advertising for her webinar is kept below 2 dollars per conversion (people who saw it) 10:48 – Audience members usually purchased a product after watching 4 webinars 11:16 – 1500-2000 members register for each webinar, about half of them show up 11:30 – The webinars are about 90 minutes long and cover a wide variety of topics 12:03 – Kimra doesn’t do sales on the webinar event, but usually the demand is much more massive last minute    13:07 – Luckily because most of Kimra’s list is in her Facebook community, she doesn’t have to email much 14:03 – The 2K digital course buys into a membership site with videos covering the ins and outs of online marketing – Kimra also answers individual questions from members 16:00 – Kimra grew her group and list simultaneously 18:13 – Famous Five Related: Want to learn how to go from $0-$10k/mo in revenue fast? Join Nathan live on the Starter Tribe Beta free workshop. Famous 5 Favorite Book?— Don’t have one What CEO do you follow?— Nope, don’t have one What is your favorite online tool?— Leadpages Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— No, she’s got three children. (Whew!) If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be?— Go for it! Don’t hold back. Just go for it. Resources Mentioned: Growth Geeks – The way Nathan hires growth hackers on a per project basis for things like info graphics, blog posts, and other growth projects Kimraluna.com – Kimra’s website Diane and Peach – People who designed Kimra’s website LeadPages – Kimra’s favorite online tool Want to learn how to go from $0-$10k/mo in revenue fast? Join Nathan live on the Starter Tribe Beta free workshop. Listen to The Top if you want to hear from the worlds TOP entrepreneurs on how much they sold last month, how they are selling it, and what they are selling - 7 days a week in 20 minute interviews! Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop The Top is FOR YOU if you are: A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4) STUCK in the CORPORATE grind and looking to create a $10k/mo side business so you can quit (episode #7) An influencer or BLOGGER who wants to make $27k/mo in monthly RECURRING revenue to have the life you want and full CONTROL (episode #1) The Software as a Service (SaaS) entrepreneur who wants to grow to a $100m+ valuation (episode #14). Your host, Nathan Latka is a 25 year old software entrepreneur who has driven over $4.5 million in revenue and built a 25 person team as he dropped out of school, raised $2.5million from a Forbes Billionaire, and attracted over 10,000 paying customers from 160+ different countries.   Oprah gets 60 minutes or more to make her guests comfortable to then ask tough questions. Nathan does it all in less than 15 minutes in this daily podcast that's like an audio version of Pat Flynn's monthly income report. Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop

Today I'm talking with entreprenuer superstar, Kimra Luna about how she went from food stamps to “almost” millionaire in just one year of growing her online business, how she's always been full of ideas, how the banks won't leave her alone, what keeps her buzzing everyday and why Kimra's story is evidence that you truly can do anything if you're ready and willing! With her signature blue hair and punk rock style, marketing expert Kimra Luna is a self-taught, self-made “almost millionaire.” Born and raised on government assistance, Kimra went from $0 to $900,000 in the very first year of her online training business. Since May 2014, Kimra has offered cutting-edge courses on social media, technology, and branding to her email list and community of now 30,000 people. Over delivering to clients and customers, she says, is the key to growing a community of raving fans and avid buyers. Kimra is a happy wife and has 3 boys, under age 5. She lives in Riverside, California. Kimra loves traveling, Doctor Who and vegan food. You can find Kimra daily in her facebook community Freedom Hackers – www.kimraluna.com/freedomhackers and get on the waiting list for her signature course Be True, Brand You to get first access and discounts when it opens up again in February – www.betruebrandyou.com

Building a business fast is likely your goal. You can take your time, but fast movers tend to learn the lessons and grab the mind share of the market. Today we discuss the key elements of a fast growing brand. Our guest is Kimra Luna. Kimra built a business by being authentic and adding value to her people. Kimra's success goes beyond money (she did that too), but it is even a bigger deal to grow a thriving community of 20,000 people that just love her. Find out the secrets in today's interview. Get the show notes for 186 | The Key Elements of Growing Fast with Kimra Luna Click to Tweet: Listening to an amazing episode on Leaders in the Trenches with @GeneHammett @KimraLuna #Success #FastGrowing #SuccessgoesBeyondmoney #Episode186 #Podcasts Give Leaders in the Trenches a review on iTunes!

To describe a webinar as an "effective tool" would be a huge understatement. They allow you to reach, teach and sell products and services to your target audience in one fell swoop. Webinars provide a vast number of benefits all with the same goal; to boost, support and build your business. They allow you to build your business contacts - and more importantly - your precious and valuable email list. You also get the opportunity to establish your business as an authority in its field, which adds value to your business. All this while maintaining close communication with your target audience, capturing sales leads and promoting your products and services. And best of all, you could even do it from the comfort of your living room couch if you chose to! Kimra Luna is a webinar rock star whose unconventional way of doing business brought her from welfare to a million dollar business owner in just 18 months.  Her tips and advice show proven results to grow your business through the power of webinars. www.agentsofchangecon.com/podcasts/125

    Raised on public assistance, Kimra Luna and her husband found themselves living with his parents and relying on welfare to support their tiny kids. Eventually, Kimra's husband landed a FedEx job, and this bored housewife became obsessed with online marketing. Have a listen to hear with very limited expertise, blue-haired, pierced Luna launched an online business that grossed seven figures within a year, relocated her family from Southern California to a luxury Manhattan apartment, and today sends her kids to private schools and employs a vegan chef. Oh -- and she started a social revolution, too: Freedom Hackers.  Her tagline? "A Little Bit Of Punk Rock, A Whole Lotta Business"

Today I'm talking with entreprenuer superstar, Kimra Luna about how she went from food stamps to "almost" millionaire in just one year of growing her online business, how she's always been full of ideas, how the banks won't leave her alone, what keeps her buzzing everyday and why Kimra's story is evidence that you truly can do anything if you're ready and willing!  With her signature blue hair and punk rock style, marketing expert Kimra Luna is a self-taught, self-made "almost millionaire." Born and raised on government assistance, Kimra went from $0 to $900,000 in the very first year of her online training business. Since May 2014, Kimra has offered cutting-edge courses on social media, technology, and branding to her email list and community of now 30,000 people. Over delivering to clients and customers, she says, is the key to growing a community of raving fans and avid buyers. Kimra is a happy wife and has 3 boys, under age 5. She lives in Riverside, California. Kimra loves traveling, Doctor Who and vegan food. You can find Kimra daily in her facebook community Freedom Hackers - www.kimraluna.com/freedomhackers and get on the waiting list for her signature course Be True, Brand You to get first access and discounts when it opens up again in February - www.betruebrandyou.com

Today on the show I’m happy to introduce you to Kimra Luna. If you don’t know Kimra yet, I’m guessing you’re gonna start hearing a lot about her because what she’s created with her business in a very short amount of time is remarkable. I’ve gotten to know Kimra a bit over the last few months. I first met her in December at a mastermind that my good friend James Wedmore hosted up in Laguna Beach. We geeked out about Facebook ads and she began telling me her strategy for how she uses them to grow her business. We get into that strategy today. Kimra just finished up a launch of her flagship program called Be True Brand You where she did over $720,000 in sales while spending about $13,000 in Facebook ads. She’s got an inspiring story which you’re going to hear about today.

Join Scott Atkins & Michael Trent as they recap the professional circuit of Fantasy Sports.  Tonight, we are honored to have Kimra Schleicher, the #6 Ranked Player in the World: http://fftoolbox.com/players/High-Stakes-Global-Player-Index.cfm We're going to pick her brain for all her sleepers, busts and breakouts tonight! Also, we make our EARLY PREDICTIONS for the 2013/14 SuperBowl. Last year was the Ravens/Niners. Who will it be this year?  Scott is VP Marketing of Fultime Fantasy LLC, which conducts contests around the country highlighted by the Fantasy Football World Championship (www.fulltimefantasy.com)  Fulltime Fantasy also owns and operates FFToolbox.com, the nation's largest independent fantasy content site in the country.  Scott is the resident Cardinal Fan representing Planet Red (Louisville) while Mike is the heart of Big Blue Nation (Kentucky).  Stop by and join the chat, "The Crew", some of the best minds in the world of fantasy sports, and let's have a good time!  

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