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New York Times bestselling author Ruth Soukup is dedicated to helping women everywhere create a life they love. She is the host of the wildly popular Do It Scared podcast, as well as the founder of several successful brands, including Living Well Spending Less®, Elite Blog Academy®, and her newest endeavor, Thinlicious™, created to make getting healthy taste and feel good. Her practical advice has been featured all over, including Good Morning America, the Today Show, Family Circle, Entrepreneur, TIME and Fox News.In this episode, Ruth shares so much goodness about overcoming perfectionism and setting a strong foundation for your online business. Hear her insights on the power of taking small steps consistently over time, the importance of human connection in the age of AI, and her recent focus on showing up authentically on social media (primarily Instagram). Ruth also shares her predictions for the future of online business in 2024, including the effectiveness of blogging and other content formats. “Big goals never happen all at once. They are the result of small steps taken consistently over time.”Connect with Ruth Soukup:ruthsoukup.cominstagram.com/ruthsoukupKey Takeaways:(03:20) Ruth's journey in starting her first online business(05:50) Taking small steps and remaining consistent(11:15) The concept of time blocking and dedicating full days to big projects(13:10) How the book, Do It Scared, helped Heather overcome perfectionism(16:00) Fear archetypes; identifying and overcoming fear(18:50) Ruth's predictions for the online business world for 2024(21:35) Showing up on social media and building genuine connections(26:05) Results of organic growth and increased sales(29:35) Blogging in 2024Don't forget to grab the FREE Teacher Biz Starter Guide! teacherbiz.com/StartConnect With Heather:https://teacherbiz.com/about/https://instagram.com/teacherbiz

Hey Friend! Are you a Christian entrepreneur looking for ways to become more successful in your online business? Do you need some business strategy and tips on how to take your business to the next level? Look no further! Our featured guest, Ruth Soukup, CEO and New York Times Best-Selling author of "Living Well Spending Less" is here to show us her secrets to success. In this conversation, we'll discuss strategies she has used over the years in growing her own businesses as well as ones she recommends for other entrepreneurs who are just starting out. Listen now and get ready to learn some helpful business advice from one of the world's most acclaimed women entrepreneurs! I pray this blesses you! Xo, Stef   Visit Ruth Soukup's website here.   SIGN UP FOR THE PROFITABLE PODCAST BOOTCAMP: Learn to grow your show and make money from your podcast! Mon March 27'th- Thurs March 30'th 11AM MST -> https://stefaniegass.com/bootcamp   Next Steps: Watch the Free Workshop: www.podcastforgrowth.com Join the Stefanie Gass School: www.stefaniegass.com/school Grab Your Freebies: www.stefaniegass.com Join the FB Community: www.stefgasscommunity.com   Read the Blog: Business Strategy & Lessons From New York Times Best-Selling Author & CEO Ruth Soukup   Listen to Related Episodes: 570 - Exchange Grind For Grace as a Kingdom Driven Entrepreneur with Shae Bynes 392 - 10 Podcasting Stats That Prove Podcasting is Better Than Reels, Tiktok, and Stories! Swap Views and Likes for PROFIT. 387 - From Zero Following To a 6-Figure Online Business In Two Years 327 - Make Money with a Podcast? 5 Reasons Podcasting is MORE Profitable than any other platform 273 - Thinking About PIVOTING or REBRANDING?! How to Know If You Should, and What to Do!

Margin Membership Sign-up: https://millennialmargin.com/learn/Lifestyle creep can directly influence the amount of unsecured debt we carry and cause us to have little to no margin in our personal finances. Has your discretionary income increased therefore, increasing what you consider to be your basic needs? Well you're not alone, today we are looking at 10 components that might be telling as to whether you are experiencing lifestyle creep. Daily decisions have a tendency of adding up quickly without necessarily realizing the impact that they are having on your financial margin. It's easy to feel the pressure of media, marketing campaigns, family, friends, or even neighbors in influencing decisions, but the decision to make these purchases is on you. Jared created Millennial Margin out of necessity, as he has watched countless people schedule-away, mortgage-up, and max-out their lives. Margin is simply the antithesis, providing leeway in an increasingly margin-less culture. Subscribe for daily tips and discussions about how to better manage your personal finances and, by extension, your margin. Listen to the podcast: https://margin.simplecast.com/ Have a question? Contact Jared at jared@millennialmargin.com Follow Millennial Margin: facebook.com/millennialmargin, instagram.com/millennialmargin1, or simply visit millennialmargin.com Goal/Disclaimer: My goal with [Margin] is to prepare you with the knowledge but then inspire you to act on that knowledge. My goal is to be in your corner bridging the gap between your trusted CPA, attorney, and financial planner. My advice is simply from my own personal experiences and is not meant to override or replace professional advice from your trusted investment professional. The content found here is for entertainment purposes only. W6E4 #spendinghabits #lifestyle #savemoney

Decluttering becomes emotional when we get people and memories confused with THINGS. Learning to separate the two is key! Changing your mindset and creating solid systems will help manage your stuff and keep your home clutter-free.I had the absolute pleasure of interviewing New York Times best-selling author Ruth Soukup and founder of Living Well Spending Less last year for my Beautiful Home, Beautiful Life Summit. Ruth has written not one but TWO popular books on the topic of decluttering and simplifying. She is an absolute expert when it comes to decluttering and simplifying and in this episode she shares her best tips for how to conquer the emotions that often get in the way of decluttering. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Fear is one of our most natural instincts. At its best, fear drives us to make good choices that preserve our safety and security, but at its worst, it inhibits us from taking risks and moving forward. After surveying more than 4,000 people, seven patterns of fear emerged. Knowing your fear pattern, and your colleagues', can help you all achieve your goals.  Ruth Soukup is a New York Times bestselling author dedicated to helping women overcome fear and create a life they love. Through her blog, Living Well Spending Less, which reaches more than 1 million women each month, she encourages her readers to follow their dreams and reach their goals. She is also the host of Do It Scared® podcast, the founder of the Living Well Planner® and Elite Blog Academy®, as well as the author of five bestselling books. Here newest book, Do It Scared®: Finding the Courage to Face Your Fears, Overcome Obstacles, and Create a Life You Love will be available in May 2019.  Ruth and I talk about the 7 fear archetypes each of which has strengths and struggles, we get into my fear archetype, which is a very common one, as well as specific things you can do to manage and reduce your fears. And, we get into how knowing your team members fear archetypes can help you be a better manager and so you can better support your team members. Read the related blog article: Take Control and Conquer Your Fears Join the Modern Manager community (www.mamieks.com/join) to get Ruth’s guide to picking an accountability partner that matches your Fear Archetype. So after you complete the free Fear Assessment, you can use the criteria to help pick an accountability partner that matches your archetype and is a good fit for your needs. Plus, get access to dozens of other guest bonuses and episode guides when you join. If you work for a nonprofit or government agency, email me at mamie@mamieks.com for 20% off any membership level. Subscribe to my newsletter to get episodes, articles and mini-guides delivered to your inbox: mamieks.com/join.  I’m interested in hearing about your experience working for a rockstar manager. Please share your story at www.managerialgreatness.com KEY TAKEAWAYS: Complete the fear assessment to better understand your fear archetype. https://doitscared.com/dis-assessment/ Often fear is unconscious or we experience it as overwhelm, anxiety, feeling stuck or depressed. Once you bring your fear to the surface and recognize it, you can do something about it. Fear does not present the same for everyone but there are seven patterns of fear or fear archetype: (1) The Procrastinator, (2) The Rule Follower, (3) The People Pleaser, (4) The Outcast, (5) The Self-Doubter, (6) The Excuse Maker, (7) The Pessimist. Each fear archetype has positive qualities that serves us and negative qualities that inhibit us. Understand the nature

Fear is one of our most natural instincts. At its best, fear drives us to make good choices that preserve our safety and security, but at its worst, it inhibits us from taking risks and moving forward. After surveying more than 4,000 people, seven patterns of fear emerged. Knowing your fear pattern, and your colleagues', can help you all achieve your goals.  Ruth Soukup is a New York Times bestselling author dedicated to helping women overcome fear and create a life they love. Through her blog, Living Well Spending Less, which reaches more than 1 million women each month, she encourages her readers to follow their dreams and reach their goals. She is also the host of Do It Scared® podcast, the founder of the Living Well Planner® and Elite Blog Academy®, as well as the author of five bestselling books. Here newest book, Do It Scared®: Finding the Courage to Face Your Fears, Overcome Obstacles, and Create a Life You Love will be available in May 2019.  Ruth and I talk about the 7 fear archetypes each of which has strengths and struggles, we get into my fear archetype, which is a very common one, as well as specific things you can do to manage and reduce your fears. And, we get into how knowing your team members fear archetypes can help you be a better manager and so you can better support your team members. Read the related blog article: Take Control and Conquer Your Fears Join the Modern Manager community (www.mamieks.com/join) to get Ruth’s guide to picking an accountability partner that matches your Fear Archetype. So after you complete the free Fear Assessment, you can use the criteria to help pick an accountability partner that matches your archetype and is a good fit for your needs. Plus, get access to dozens of other guest bonuses and episode guides when you join. If you work for a nonprofit or government agency, email me at mamie@mamieks.com for 20% off any membership level. Subscribe to my newsletter to get episodes, articles and mini-guides delivered to your inbox: mamieks.com/join.  I’m interested in hearing about your experience working for a rockstar manager. Please share your story at www.managerialgreatness.com KEY TAKEAWAYS: Complete the fear assessment to better understand your fear archetype. https://doitscared.com/dis-assessment/ Often fear is unconscious or we experience it as overwhelm, anxiety, feeling stuck or depressed. Once you bring your fear to the surface and recognize it, you can do something about it. Fear does not present the same for everyone but there are seven patterns of fear or fear archetype: (1) The Procrastinator, (2) The Rule Follower, (3) The People Pleaser, (4) The Outcast, (5) The Self-Doubter, (6) The Excuse Maker, (7) The Pessimist. Each fear archetype has positive qualities that serves us and negative qualities that inhibit us. Understand the nature of your fear so you can take appropriate steps to move past it. Look for how it shows up in your ways of thinking and behaving. Then replace those thoughts and actions with small, new ways that better serve you. Action is the antidote to fear. You can only overcome fear by moving forward. Because we don’t all fear the same things, a behavior that seems easy for you may cause deep fear in a team member.  When you understand the fear archetype of your team members, you can better motivate and support them to achieve their goals.    KEEP UP WITH RUTHWebsite:www.ruthsoukup.com Book: https://doitscared.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LivingWellSpendingLess/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ruthsoukup/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RuthSoukup| Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/lwsl/ mamie@mamieks.com

Unsure of how to initiate and keep up the money conversation with your kids? My recent discussion with Ruth Soukup can shed some light on this crucial step in the financial literacy journey. A mother of two girls, Ruth runs an eponymous online media company with business, lifestyle, motivation and productivity divisions. As if that isn't enough of a full plate, she is also a New York Times bestselling author, host of the Do It Scared podcast as well as founder of the Elite Blog Academy course for online business owners and the Living Well Spending Less blog. In this episode, we address several of the fear archetypes from her most recent book, Do It Scared, and how they relate to allowance, the money conversation and its impact as well as how to establish and adjust money guidelines.

In this episode: Overview of the 7 fear archetypes Identifying how your fear is showing up Using your fear to serve you Not being afraid to make mistakes Ruth Soukup is a wife, mom, business owner, depression survivor, the New York Times bestselling author of six books, the founder of Living Well Spending Less® and Elite Blog Academy®!  I am SO excited that you are here today to hear from Ruth, a woman on a MISSION to make MASSIVE impact. We talk a lot about the 7 different archetypes of fear that she and a team of researchers found while working on her most recent book, Do It Scared. We are all held back from fear in some way and we really dive into how fear manifests differently in certain personality types. When we become more AWARE of what might be holding us back then we can actually take action - which you know is what I am all about! Ruth talks to you like your best friend but she KNOWS her STUFF and she shares so much tangible advice & things you can actually implement in your life that I really think are going to hit home with you! As always, tag us with your takeaways on Instagram, I can’t wait to hear what you think! PUMP-UP JAM: Pitch Perfect Soundtrack Quotes: “You have to want it more than it hurts. You have to want it more than you’re scared of it. And you also sometimes have to expand your circle and find people that are gonna love you and support you and cheer you on.” “It’s always gonna be that hard, and if you don’t keep pushing through and pushing through and pushing through you never get to the other side, you keep starting over and then it gets hard again, and then you quit… you have to push through.” “Everyone is impacted by fear in some way, but fear does not affect all of us in the same way.” “The worst that can happen right now is that you’ll fail & you’ll learn, and that’s okay.”   Resources: Hey girl, have you joined our email list yet? Subscribe now Connect with Ruth on Instagram @ruthsoukup Find out your Fear Archetype and get Ruth’s book Do It Scared Subscribe to Ruth’s podcast: Do It Scared with Ruth Soukup Check out ALL my favorite things on Amazon (trampolines, books, & more!) If we aren't connected yet be sure to come hang with me on Instagram @kaciafitzgerald and @empowerHERpodcast or online at www.kaciafitzgerald.com Topic or speaker suggestions? Shoot us an email: hello@kaciafitzgerald.com  Follow our EMPOWERHER PUMP-UP JAMS playlist on Spotify!  

On today's episode of The His & Her Money Show, Ruth Soukup, the founder of Living Well Spending Less and Elite Blog Academy, as well as the founder of the Living Well Planner, New York Times bestselling author of six books, including her newest book, Do It Scared. All of us experience fear but it looks different from person to person. The research showed that there are seven fear archetypes. And usually, there are three or four that work together that gives each individual a unique fear fingerprint. Ruth realized that to cure the fear you first had to recognize the type of fear that was holding you back and then identify how it manifests in your life. If you can see it, then you deal with it. Resources Mentioned Do It Scared: Find the Courage to Face Your Fears, Overcome Adversity, and Create a Life You Love by Ruth Soukup The Do It Scared Fear Assessment

Sponsors: Master Your Money Super Bundle: This one’s not a sponsor but an amazing deal and every purchase supports the show. The Master Your Money Super Bundle is a collection of 45 courses, ebooks, printables and videos to help you do better in all areas of your money. Whether that’s budgeting, paying off debt, investing, making more money, whatever. The bundle has over $1200 worth of resources in it but you can get it for only $49.97 when you visit frugalfriendspodcast.com/masteryourmoney Friendship: That’s right - it’s friendship that brings you this podcast today. Obviously. Because friends are the ones you can laugh with, get angry with (as in alongside :)), make bracelets with, start podcasts with, and so much more! Friendship leads to so many great things - try it today! Friendship; the best kind of ship. Notable Notes: What the Internet has to say: This article from Living Well Spending Less gives tips on how to maintain friendships while becoming debt free! What Jen and Jill have to say: Refine how you spend time with others. Good rule of thumb: “If a night out on the town for the two of you costs more than the GDP of a small country, it’s time to scale back your quality time.” Have a heart-to-heart - explain your goals to your friends and how this may impact relationship and make suggestions for how to spend quality time together going forward! Make hard decisions. We like this quote: “You should never kick a friend to the curb over money. However, if you are tempted to overspend or go into debt merely by having a relationship with someone else, you may want to identify whether or not you’re allowing a friend to have too much power over your finances and life.” More from the Internet: This article from Our Next Life takes a different look on this topic and discusses how to build a frugal community, and make new friends based on the common ground of frugality! More from Jen and Jill: We like the tip to look for thematically appropriate meet-ups Send signals through your actions - by living frugally you will most likely attract like-minded individuals BILL OF THE WEEK - Thank you Amarylis for sharing your bill with us! If you want to submit your bill of the week visit frugalfriendspodcast.com/bill to leave us a bill Lightning Round We thought it was important to offer four ways to lose friends and make enemies! 1. Assume they don’t care about their finances - don’t ask them, just assume that because they spend money, it’s not because they feel overwhelmed by their finances, but rather they just don’t care 2. Shame them when they make a purchase you don’t approve of - don’t consider you probably would have made the same purchase several weeks ago, just let everyone know you wouldn’t do it now. 3. Talk only about Dave Ramsey - seriously, only topics from the latest radio show, book, Financial Peace University class, that’s it. Occasionally you can mention Rachel Cruz or Chris Hogan but don’t go crazy. 4. Only advertise your successes - Did you bust your budget? Did an unexpected expense cut your student loan payment? DON’T TELL ANYONE. Only post on social media about how well you’re doing and that God is obviously smiling on you because of your choice to become financially secure Frugal Friends Book Club: We’re finishing up The Soul of Money by Lynne Twist for book club! If you want a free copy, leave us a review on iTunes or Stitcher, screenshot the review and send it to frugalfriendspodcast@gmail.com. We’ll select the winners at the end of the month. See you next week!

Shownotes: http://fizzleshow.co/320 When last did you feel stuck, whether in your business or just in your level of motivation for life? Do you sometimes wonder why you are not getting forward or why you cannot get yourself to do what you know you have to? In this episode we talk about both the positive and negative effects of fear in our lives. Many times, fear is at the root of our passivity and understanding what scares you will help you to recognize when it's controlling your behavior in destructive ways. The other side of the coin is that fear is a self-preserving mechanism that keeps us from doing stupid things. Where is the balance here? Today on the show we are joined by a very special guest, Ruth Soukup, who helps us shed light on this all-important topic. She is a bestselling author who is dedicated to helping women overcome fear and create the life they love through her blog Living Well Spending Less, which reaches more than one million women a month. Ruth is also the founder of the Living Well Planner and Elite Blog Academy as well as the author of five bestselling books. Being an entrepreneur, her story is super relatable to all of us who are still digging the trenches for the business we want. We also talk about taking one step at a time instead of being paralyzed by the daunting 100 steps to achieving your goals. Ruth shares how she went from being suicidal and not having the courage to go to the grocery store to owning a seven-figure company and living the quality of life that exceeds her wildest expectations. Be sure to tune in for this encouraging conversation! Key Points From This Episode: ** * When Ruth started blogging and budgeting and the difficult circumstances preceding it. [0:02:15.0]** * Writing and recognizing an opportunity to make money online. [0:04:29.0] * How the Extreme Couponing show boosted her blog. [0:08:23.0] * More about her company, Ruth Soukup Omnimedia and its four focus areas.** [0:10:31.0]** * Ruth's fear archetypes and how effective this is from a branding point of view. [0:15:03.0] * The structure of the assessment questions and the science that it is based on. [0:18:19.0] * Explaining the fear archetype that is most common and the role of perfectionism. [0:20:25.0] * The benefits of knowing what fears you are most affected by. [0:25:00.0] * How fear is a protective mechanism that also has its advantages. [0:29:26.0] * More about the people pleaser and the self-doubter. [0:33:54.0] * The underlying fears of the excuse maker and the pessimist. [0:40:58.0] * How the seven principles of courage correlate with the archetypes. [0:45:37.0] * Ruth's personal experience with depression and self-harm. [0:48:00.0] * Remembering that there is always hope as long as you keep going. [0:55:03.0] * And much more! *Links Mentioned in Today's Episode: * * Fizzle — https://fizzle.co/320 * Discover.bot — https://discover.bot/ * Corbett Barr on Twitter — https://twitter.com/CorbettBarr * Jen Rao — https://jenrao.com/ * Aiden Fishbein — https://twitter.com/megafishbein?refsrc * Ruth Soukup — https://www.livingwellspendingless.com/ * Living Well Planner — https://livingwellplanner.com/ * Elite Blog Academy — https://eliteblogacademy.com/ * Woman's Day — https://www.womansday.com/ * Family Circle — https://www.familycircle.com/ * Fox News — https://www.foxnews.com/ * Do it Scared Podcast — https://doitscared.com/episodes/ * Do it Scared — https://livingwellshop.co/collections/best-sellers/products/doitscared * Extreme Couponing — https://www.tlc.com/tv-shows/extreme-couponing/ * Ruth Soukup Omnimedia — https://ruthsoukup.com/ * Do it Scared Fear Assessment — https://doitscared.com/dis-assessment/ * Seth Godin — https://www.sethgodin.com/ * Anthony Bourdain — https://www.biography.com/personality/anthony-bourdain * Fizzle Try 5 — http://fizzle.co/try5 * Fizzle Roadmap — https://fizzle.co/sparkline/small-business-roadmap-1-clarity * Fizzle Define Your Audience Course — https://fizzle.co/guides/defining-your-audience * Fizzle Goals Course — https://fizzle.co/courses/goals * Fizzle on Twitter — https://twitter.com/fizzle * Fizzle Just Ship It Challenge — https://app.fizzle.co/just-ship-it-challenge * Chase Reeves on Twitter — https://twitter.com/chasereeves * Fizzle Sparkline — https://fizzle.co/sparkline * Fizzle Journaling Course — https://fizzle.co/courses/journal * Fizzle Essentials of Web Design Course — https://fizzle.co/library/essentials-of-website-design-for-business-builders * Fizzle Website Tune Up Curse — https://fizzle.co/courses/tuneup * Start A Blog That Matters Course — https://fizzle.co/start-a-blog-that-matters * Fizzle 80/20 Copywriting Guide — https://fizzle.co/sparkline/writing-copy-for-web * Fizzle Toolkit — https://fizzle.co/toolkit * Fizzle Craft + Commerce — https://fizzle.co/sparkline/craft-commerce * Fizzle Project Management for Entrepreneurs — https://fizzle.co/sparkline/project-management-for-entrepreneurs * Fizzle Hosting — https://fizzle.co/hosting

Ruth Soukup shares the seven Fear Archetypes so you can better understand and conquer your particular fear.   You'll Learn: How to identify your Fear Archetype™️ and use that knowledge to conquer your fear How to seek out honest feedback How to develop courage to take the first step past fear   About Ruth: New York Times bestselling author Ruth Soukup is dedicated to helping people overcome fear and create a life they love. Through her blog, Living Well Spending Less, which reaches more than 1 million people each month, she encourages her readers to follow their dreams and reach their goals. She is also the founder of the Living Well Planner® and Elite Blog Academy®, as well as the author of five bestselling books. Her practical advice has been featured in numerous publications and news programs, including Women’s Day, Redbook, Family Circle and Fox News. Her Do It Scared® podcast launched on April 30, 2018 and her next book, Do It Scared®: Finding the Courage to Face Your Fears, Overcome Obstacles, and Create a Life You Love (Harper Collins) will be available in May 2019.   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep441

We all tend to look at successful people and think, “Oh, they have it all—it must be easy for them.” But the truth is that everyone struggles with fear, and in Ruth's latest book Do it Scared, she breaks down the idea that other people—yes, even the “most talented” and “lucky” ones—are afraid. At 23, she was divorced. Her friends and family had given up on her. She had dropped out of college and attempted suicide five times, finding herself in and out of hospitals. She finally said, “What is the point? I have nothing left.” With the help of counseling, she put her life back together, one piece at a time. Today, Ruth Soukup is a bestselling author (five times over!) dedicated to helping women overcome fear and create a life they love. Each month, over a million women visit Living Well Spending Less, Ruth's blog about saving money… that she started when she was spending too much! DOWNLOAD MIRACLE MEDITATION NOW! Ruth and I talk about her journey from self-harm to becoming a published author, idea machine, and thriving entrepreneur who now helps other women to reach out for their dreams and touch them—and how being afraid and doing it anyway is the way to do it. Are there things you want to do in life, but you distract yourself with the fear of failure? Listen to this episode. Together, we're going to shine a light on fear. No more hiding in the shadows, and no turning back now! . In This Podcast Episode We Talk About... Finding the courage to face your fears, overcome obstacles, and create a life you love Ruth's journey of creating a blog that eventually allowed her husband to quit the job he hated How does fear manifest? It's different for everyone! The breakdown and the breakthrough What's worse than the pain of failure? . Resources for you: What are you afraid of? Take the Fear Assessment to discover your Fear Archetype at DoItScared.com and order Ruth's book while you're there! Need some practical advice? Visit Ruth's blog at LivingWellSpendingLess.com Join me at Women's Health Matters on May 25th (or sign up for the live stream) by signing up at TheSoulFrequency.com/HealingEvent. Order The Soul Frequency by Shanna Lee at TheSoulFrequency.com/Book, and get your book bonus gifts at TheSoulFrequencyBook.com. Join The Soul Frequency VIP Tribe on Facebook. LISTEN TO MORE SOUL FREQUENCY SHOWS! Send me your questions and show topic requests to info@thesoulfrequency.com.  Follow me on Facebook and on Instagram. WANT TO SHARE THE SHOW? –  share this show through iTunes and many other podcast directories. WANT TO LEAVE US A REVIEW? – leave us a review in iTunes!  I would love to hear from you!! As always, my hope for you is that you love big and live abundantly! xo

Do It Scared! "Do one thing every day that scares you." Eleanor Roosevelt In this episode I chat with Ruth Soukup about her new book, Do It Scared. With equal parts inspiration and tough love, Do it Scared combines practical, easy-to-implement strategies for overcoming fear and resistance in your life, along with the motivation and encouragement to actually start making real changes that lead to big results. I hope you enjoy! Guest Bio New York Times bestselling author Ruth Soukup is dedicated to helping women overcome fear and create a life they love. Through her blog, Living Well Spending Less, which reaches more than 1 million women each month, she encourages her readers to follow their dreams and reach their goals. She is also the founder of the Living Well Planner® and Elite Blog Academy®, as well as the author of five bestselling books. Her practical advice has been featured in numerous publications and news programs, including Women’s Day, Redbook, Family Circle and Fox News. Ruth's Do It Scared® podcast launched on April 30, 2018, and her next book, Do It Scared®: Finding the Courage to Face Your Fears, Overcome Obstacles, and Create a Life You Love (Harper Collins) will be available in May 2019.

http://www.mattbelair.com/ & http://www.patreon.com/mattbelair Ruth Soukup is a New York Times bestselling author and is dedicated to helping women overcome fear and create a life they love. Through her blog, Living Well Spending Less, which reaches more than 1 million women each month, she encourages her readers to follow their dreams and reach their goals. She is also the founder of the Living Well Planner® and Elite Blog Academy®, as well as the author of five bestselling books. Her practical advice has been featured in numerous publications and news programs, including Women’s Day, Redbook, Family Circle and Fox News. Her Do It Scared podcast launched on April 30, 2018 and her next book, Do It Scared: Finding the Courage to Face Your Fears, Overcome Obstacles, and Create a Life You Love will be available in May 2019. In this episode we discuss; Ruth’s journey into blogging How to start a blog The problem with content marketing Some practical advice for making online online How to stop sitting on the sidelines of your life Playing the long game Creating a tribe Getting through The messy middle Letting your audience dictate the direction naturally The 7 Different fear archetypes Find out what your fear archetype is at www.doitscared.com Why you may have bits of each fear and usually a dominant archetype The positive side of each fear Identify and change your core beliefs How can we leverage fear Why courage is a muscle There are no mistakes there are only lessons Why you should have big goals Why you should watch a skateboard video on youtube called “the process” The 7 Principles of Courage Why you only get to respond to what happens Going beyond society guilt Sign up for the email list and most importantly do 1 act of kindness today!

On today's episode of The His & Her Money Show, Ruth Soukup is stopping by! A few years ago Ruth was on the show to talk about her new book, "Living Well Spending Less", and we're so excited that she's here again to share her incredible entrepreneur journey to success, and how she's extended her blog savviness to helping others! Ruth's course, Elite Blog Academy, is dedicated to guiding aspiring bloggers just like you get their blogs up and running. Ruth might be a seasoned million dollar blogger now, but just like anybody starting out, it wasn't always smooth sailing. Back in 2010, Ruth and her husband were trying to get on the right financial track. They were also constantly butting heads over money, and as a stay-at-home mom of two small kids, Ruth needed a creative outlet that didn't involve overspending. That was when she launched Living Well Spending Less, where she started documenting her couponing efforts and organizing tips and tricks for friends and family. She didn't expect much would come from it until the couponing craze hit in full swing and suddenly her blog was shooting up on Google's ranks. Ruth thought she was crazy (and so did her husband!), but as the blog grew, the potential was obvious - it was time to get serious, and the rest was history! Get inspired at EliteBlogAcademy.com! WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE Keeping content fresh and being prepared to change lanes with the trends How Ruth built her million dollar blog from the ground up Different ways to make money from your blog Affiliate marketing vs. selling your own products Setting personal goals, and why it's important for success RESOURCES Elite Blog Academy Living Well Spending Less  Living Well Spending Less: 12 Secrets of the Good Life by Ruth Soukup How To Blog For Profit: Without Selling Your Soul by Ruth Soukup  Thank You for Listening! Thanks for tuning into the His & Her Money Show. If you have any comments or questions about today’s episode, please let us know your thoughts in the comment section below. If you’ve enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post. Also, please leave an honest review for the His & Her Money Show on iTunes! Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and we do read each and every one of them.

If you've ever wanted better time management and to declutter your life then do we have the show for you! Today I'll be talking with Ruth Soukup, the undisputed queen of declutter, blogger extraordinaire, and the author of several phenomenal books on decluttering your life including living well spending less, and her latest Unstuffed. And that's just what I want to talk with her about today, about uncluttering your home, mind and soul. 1. How do we declutter our lives? 2. How do we stop the flow of clutter coming into our lives? 3. How do we begin letting go of things that accumulate? 4. How did Ruth start her Living Well Spending Less Blog? 5. How did it become one of the top blogs out there? 6. How did Ruth move past the fear in starting her business? 7. How has Ruth built her business? 8. How did she start her first blog conference? 9. What does it mean there are no mistakes only lessons? 10. What it means to feel the fear and do it anyway? 11. How do we declutter in order to move? 12. How do you move when you're prioritizing your business? 13. How to reprioritize your time? 14. How do we get organized for our days? 15. What's a daily do-it?  16. How do we time-block our day-timer? 17. How do we guard our time and prioritize? 18. How do we set boundaries and structures? 19. How do we make appointments with ourselves? 20. What's the importance of metrics for reaching your goals? 21. What's the importance of knowing your why? 22. How do we reach our goals? 23. What's the Crush It Formula to Reach Your Goals? 24. How to make a healthy chocolate cake? 25. For More Info Visit: https://www.livingwellspendingless.com/ Ruth Soukup of Living Well Spending Less on De-Cluttering Your Day & Life! Health | Inspiration | Motivation | Spiritual | Spirituality | Meditation | Inspirational | Motivational | Self-Improvement | Self-Help | Inspire For More Info Visit: www.InspireNationShow.com  

Ruth Soukup is a blogger at Living Well Spending Less, the founder of the Living Well Planner, and the author of Living Well Spending Less: 12 Secrets of the Good Life. Ruth encourages more than a million monthly readers of her blog to follow their dreams and reach their goals through easy to implement tips and strategies for saving time and money while focusing on the things that matter the most. She lives in Florida with her husband Chuck and their two daughters Maggie and Annie. Ruth began thinking about writing a book when she was blogging full-time at Living Well Spending Less and her husband was staying at home with the kids. She wanted to encapsulate the knowledge from her blog into a book and she came out with her first book which was How To Blog For Profit: Without Selling Your Soul. She had no expectations when she put this out there as a Kindle book. The first version did better than she had anticipated, so she put out a second version that was longer and included a paperback version. The success of her first self-published book gave her the confidence to create her first traditionally published book. Although, the creation process for Living Well Spending Less was much more personal and difficult. We talk about the book creation process. The importance of having an accountability partner. How books can lead to other opportunities like products, courses, consulting and more. Enjoy the interview as we deep dive into Ruth’s writing and business success.   You can find Ruth here: Living Well Spending Less Living Well Planner Living Well Spending Less on Facebook @RuthSoukup on Twitter Living Well Spending Less: 12 Secrets of the Good Life How To Blog For Profit: Without Selling Your Soul Unstuffed 31 Days of Living Well and Spending Zero: Freeze Your Spending. Change Your Life 31 Days To A Clutter Free Life: One Month to Clear Your Home, Mind & Schedule Elite Blog Academy   Show Notes [01:39] Ruth's first idea for writing a book and was based on her blog and was called How to Blog For Profit Without Selling Your Soul. [04:00] This book taking off allowed Ruth to launch a whole new side to her business as she developed an online blogging course. [06:10] How Ruth went from publishing a book to launching a course and consulting. [07:04] The creation process of writing Ruth's first book just kind of flowed for her. [07:55] Living Well Spending Less her first traditionally published book was much more difficult because it was so personal for her. [08:42] Writing her second traditionally published book was much easier. [09:03] When Ruth's focuses on how she can serve it makes the writing much easier. [09:46] How Ruth got through the low points of writing Living Well Spending Less. [10:56] Ruth's accountability partner and the structure of their calls and their agreement, to be honest, and open. [12:52] Ruth sets aside a couple hours each morning for content creation. During book writing time, she gets up at 4:00 am and goes to her downtown office to get stuff done. [15:53] How Ruth realized that having products was more profitable than ad revenue. [17:01] How the books lead into other money makers, although they make money and build credibility. [20:23] Once someone reads your book, you are way more connected to that person, and it is a great way to grow an audience. [20:54] How Living Well Spending Less had perfect timing with publishing because that was a busy time for her blog which really led to promotion opportunities. [23:12] Downside of Amazon cross promotion is that the wider audience may not be as targeted, such as people not appreciating bible verses in the book. [24:20] They promoted the book with a 12 Secrets email challenge. They filmed the challenge with two versions one for Christmas and one that was evergreen. [25:58] They also emailed their list when there were book coupons available on Amazon. [27:32] A digital bonus of a home planning workbook was also a great idea. They also offered website access for a different book called Unstuffed. [29:22] Using Facebook Ads to market their books. [30:57] Promoting books using 31-day challenges. [31:57] Benefits of repurposing content. [33:51] Using the back end of the book to get email subscribers and then subsequently promoting other products or courses. [37:40] Different phases of working online. Finding your voice, throwing spaghetti against the wall, and refining phase where we know what works. [40:02] Working online actually requires putting in the time and work. [41:15] When someone asks you the same question 3 times create a product for it. [42:22] Focus on what you have to offer and answer your reader's questions and you can write a book.   Links and Resources: Living Well Spending Less Living Well Planner Living Well Spending Less on Facebook @RuthSoukup on Twitter Living Well Spending Less: 12 Secrets of the Good Life How To Blog For Profit: Without Selling Your Soul Unstuffed 31 Days of Living Well and Spending Zero: Freeze Your Spending. Change Your Life 31 Days To A Clutter Free Life: One Month to Clear Your Home, Mind & Schedule Elite Blog Academy self-publishingschool.com Spsfreetraining.com The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results  

Sending your children off with your ex and then a couple days later, receiving them is one of the hardest things to do, especially in the beginning of your divorce. As grown adults we can suffer from separation anxiety. We find the separation difficult sometimes even though we might need it. To cope we might cry, call a friend, or find something to keep us busy. For children of newly divorced parents, the transitions between households can create anxiety as well. But for children, their reasoning skills are not developed, nor are their coping skills. So it's only natural that when they transition they fall apart in the first five minutes of arrival. You can almost set your watch by it. It's predictable. One child might withdraw, another might cry and fuss, and another might rebel. For these times I have a solution for you. I'm calling this my Transition Jar. Click on the link below and get your free template full of tons of ideas to help you transition your kids back home to you calmly and without anxiety. Transition Jar Download This post is close to my heart because I know just how real and anxiety ridden sending and receiving your kids can be. Be it in the early stages of your divorce or in some of the later stages of the divorce. I loved receiving my kids, but I was always anxious about it at the same time. Maybe that's you. Maybe like me you would have paid money for someone else to do it for you—a body double! Hey, now there's my next million dollar business! A service that actually will receive your kids for you so you don't have to see or deal with your ex. That would be a gold mine people! I digress. Maybe it's stressful for you to see your ex; to see how, on outward appearances, he/she is moving on. Maybe it is hard for you to receive your kids who might be going through 'meltdown' at the same time you are going through your own meltdown. In any case I have some really good stuff for you today. In this episode I reference a great article by Christina McGhee of Parenting Apart called, Helping kids transition between Mom's and Dad's house. Check it out. Christina's article compliments today's podcast and is also all about helping children of divorce transition between mom and dad's homes. I'd also like to give thanks to Ruth Soukup of Living Well Spending Less for the template for my Transition Jar ideas. You can visit Ruth at Living Well Spending Less. For more great stuff from me, sign up to get on my email list.

Junk.  Our lives are full of it.  Between the useless stuff cluttering our homes, the onslaught of digital rubbish we face on social media, and the mental baggage that weighs us down, we are constantly surrounded by the many different faces of junk.   Enter Ruth Soukup.  Ruth is a blogger, speaker, entrepreneur, professional encourager, & New York Times bestselling author.  Her books include Living Well Spending Less, Unstuffed: Decluttering Your Home, Mind and Soul, and 31 Days to a Clutter Free Life.    Simply put, she is the foremost expert when it comes to getting rid of junk.  And in today's episode, she teaches us how to do just that.   To learn more about Ruth, check out the links below: http://www.livingwellspendingless.com/ https://eliteblogacademy.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Ruth-Soukup/e/B00F1C4TJ0

After going through years of severe depression Ruth Soukup made her way back to a place of light and hope. She said, “I made a choice to be happy and not spend the rest of my life feeling broken.” Fast forward to today: Ruth is a blogger, author, and entrepreneur, as well as the New York Times bestselling author of Living Well Spending Less: 12 Secrets of the Good Life and the founder of the Living Well Planner™. Through her popular blog, LivingWellSpendingLess.com, she encourages more than a million monthly readers to follow their dreams and reach their goals, sharing easy-to-implement tips and strategies for saving time and money while focusing on the things that matter most. She lives in Washington State with her husband Chuck and two daughters, Maggie and Annie. Nuggets of Wisdom from Ruth: "Success is not final. Failure is not fatal. It is only the courage to continue that matters." -Winston Churchill "Life is just a journey that we're on. We have ups and downs. We have highs and lows. And it is just a reminder to me that when things go right, it does not mean that that is the end, and I can be done. And when things go wrong, it is not the end of the world... you've got to keep moving, and you've got to keep going forward." "I slowly began to figure out how to live again, and it took awhile. But it was that conscious moment of saying, 'I am not going to dwell in the past anymore.'" "There is hope. I think that was the thing that for me, especially when I was in that really dark place. I love my story just in the sense that I am one person that you can look at and say, 'She was there. She was in that dark place and things got better for her.' There is hope, and believe that there is hope and there is light at the end of the tunnel and hold on to that hope even if you cannot see the last light and you cannot feel the hope for yourself." "That is really where my heart is: encouraging women to set goals for themselves and to figure out practical ways to handle those other things that keep us so busy, so that there is a little more margin for those things that really get us excited." "As humans, we do not need somebody to preach at us and tell us all the things we are doing wrong and the other people are doing it better, but to realize that there are other people out there who have struggled just like we do and maybe have a rough time and have some solutions along the way: 'Here's what helped me, this might help you too...'" "Give yourself permission to dream for 20 minutes or half an hour about all of the possibilities and write those things down, and start thinking, 'Yeah, you know what, I could maybe do this.' I like to encourage people to dream, or to set goals that are so big that they scare you a little bit. Because I think that when you feel that little tingle of excitement inside yourself, like, 'Oh my gosh, I cannot believe I just said that. I cannot believe that I just admitted that to myself, that I really want to do that...' -that is where you start to like feel that passion, to feel that fire inside. And then from there, once you have given yourself permission to think big and dream big, I really like to encourage people to dream big and plan small. Instead of starting with a day to day thing, starting with your grand vision. And breaking it down to your goals for the years, and then break that down into your goals for the month. And then break that down for your goals for the week. And then for your goals for the day. Doing that makes you realize what is really important. Because the reality for us is that there is only 24 hours a day. We can only do so much and none of us can do everything. You start with your big things, and you make those the first things on your list rather than the last things on your lists.  You will accomplish more..." "That failure has actually taught me so much about myself. Because I realized failing was not the end of the world. I thought dropping out of law school would have been the end of the world but instead it allowed me eventually to... find what my passion is, which is what I am doing now. But I  would have never been doing what I am doing now if I finished law school. " "Sometimes the process of trial and error, and the process of just putting yourself out there and trying new things allows you to find what you truly love and what you are truly passionate about." "Keep doing the best that you can and you will be fine." Some of Ruth's Favorite Things: Personal habit: "Getting up early." Easy meal: "I love breakfast for dinner. And freezer meals." Possession: "Cheese slicer! Gouda." Ruth's Favorite Books: " The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg, Smarter Faster Better by Charles Duhigg, and Good to Great by Jim Collins" Best advice received: "Everybody feels that way and we are all just making it up as we go along. And the best thing that you can do is just keep plugging away and keep making it up as you go along." Ruth's Happiness Formula: "My kids and my husband. Being able to do the work that I do. Being able to get up early in the morning and work at something that I love. Helping people along the way and making a difference in people's lives. " A Challenge from Ruth: "Take the Crushing It mini course." Resources Living Well Spending Less (Ruth's Website) Living Well Planner Crushing It Mini Course The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg Smarter Faster Better by Charles Duhigg Good to Great by Jim Collins

WorkingWomanEntrepreneur.com Ruth Soukup is a blogger, author, and entrepreneur, as well as the New York Times bestselling author of Living Well Spending Less: 12 Secrets of the Good Life and the founder of the Living Well Planner™. Through her popular blog, LivingwellSpendingLess.com, she encourages more than a million monthly readers to follow their dreams and reach their goals, sharing easy-to-implement tips and strategies for saving time and money while focusing on the things that matter most. She lives in Florida with her husband Chuck and two daughters, Maggie and Annie. In this episode we talk about: Figuring out how to focus on the things that have the greatest impact, let the other things go and not feel guilty. Her blogging journey. Monetizing your platform. Elite Blog Academy Why she wrote her first book. Advice to women who are thinking about taking the LEAP into entrepreneurship. How she learned more from her mistakes than from her successes. Using your  time wisely And more..................... Resources: Asana The One Thing Presence ProBlogger Contact Info: Living Well Spending Less Elite Blog Academy WorkingWomanEntrepreneur.com  

If you've ever felt like your spending, finances, or life is out of control, then do we have the show for you! Today we'll be talking with Money Saving…scratch that, money SPENDING expert Ruth Soukup, best-selling author of Living Well, Spending Less, and the incredibly popular Living Well Spending Less blog! Today we'll be talking about her fantastic book, which isn't just a way to save money, but a different way of living plus we'll talk about how she went from a self-proclaimed shopaholic to a money saving expert and neat freak. We'll learn about finding your sweet spot, achieving your goals, decluttering your life, and of course, spending less, and living more! That plus how to eat an elephant, why a 150,000 chevy tahoe is the greatest vehicle around, why it's okay to fail, and how to eat frogs first thing in the morning. Questions and Topics Include: How Ruth was an imaginary ‘overspender' as a little girl. What Hurricane Charlie did to her spending habits How Target became her toy store. What was the internal struggle Ruth was going through. What the Retail Therapy myth is. What are some key steps for turning your life around What is the sweet spot? And what does it mean to live within your sweet spot. What it means to Bloom Where You Are? Why it's okay to fail. Why failure may bring freedom How prayer and faith can help How written goals helps Ruth What is the power of writing goals down How does one eat frogs – and why do we want to do it first thing in the morning (Brian Tracy) Original Idea by Brian Tracy - Eat That Frog by Brian Tracy How to knock out a couple of frogs before breakfast Why Bob Proctor had insurance salespeople at career seminars be in front a client before 9 AM – frontloading with the big frog first! Why Ruth gets up 4 AM and what her morning routine looks like. Why Ruth blocks off morning time for content creation. Why Ruth took away all of her kids toys Check out her next book Unstuffed which talks about it in detail How to create the write environment to bring out your creativity Why shopping without a purpose was a destructive behavior How shopping was just a way of killing time instead of living life What does it mean to be a steward of money? What a spending freeze is, and what's the Spend ing Freeze Challenge (Another book of hers - 31 Days of Living Well and Spending Zero) 1 month to reset your habits How do you cut your grocery bill in half? How to be a smarter shopper How to use meal plans to save money Highly recommends emeals.com What is Stitch Fix? What other tips does she have for spending wisely? Why quality over quantity is so important What it means that a clean house is a happy house How do we start chiseling into the mountain of clutter? The importance of stopping the flow to control clutter Why we sometimes need to be a little brutal (ruthlessly purging) How do control clutter when you have kids Why you want to show your kids the show Hoarders Discover How to Save Money, Spend Wisely & Live Well On a Budget From Spending Expert & Super Saver Ruth Soukup. Tips for Saving, Decluttering, Taking Care of Kids & Running a Home Business | Entrepreneur | Business | Career | Spiritual | Self-Help For More Info Visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

Can you believe it??!!  I’m SO EXCITED to have both Crystal Paine, Money Saving Mom and Ruth Soukup, Living Well Spending Less on this podcast.  Loved by the millions of moms they have helped, today we get to visit and hear their hearts as they talk about family, working, success, grace, forgiveness, failure and tattoos.  Whew! It’s quite an interview. Can’t wait to hear how you love it too. Key Ideas:  Part 1 – Interview highlights The positive and powerful results of allowing your work to flow from your passion, experiences and point of need What team parenting looks like Teaching kids responsibility The power of compartmentalizing Getting real about where you need help – and then getting it Why you should figure out how to surround yourself with people who can do what you can’t Giving yourself grace Finding peace through obedience Part 2 – How to Recognize When Quitting is the Right Choice Take a good look at where you are Recognize that quitting IS an option Moving forward Using Goals as a measuring stick of what’s working…and what’s not working Videos to Your Best Year Ever program by Michael Hyatt Website Links Crystal Paine Website Facebook Twitter Pinterest Youtube Instagram Ruth Soukup Website Facebook Twitter Pinterest Instagram  Recommended Reading Crystal Paine Say Goodbye to Survival Mode: 9 Simple Strategies to Stress Less, Sleep More, and Restore Your Passion for Life, by Crystal Paine Choose Gratitude: Blessings Journal, by Crystal Paine Ruth Soukup Living Well, Spending Less: 12 Secrets of the Good Life, by Ruth Soukup How To Blog For Profit: Without Selling Your Soul, by Ruth Soukup 31 Days To A Clutter Free Life: One Month to Clear Your Home, Mind & Schedule, by Ruth Soukup Finding your strengths….StrengthsFinder 2.0, by Tom Rath Encouraging Word of the Week:  Ephesians 2:10 (NIV) “For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Question:  There were so many good ideas discussed – which was most impactful for you?  Have you ever had an experience where you quit…and felt good about it?  I’d love to hear your stories – just leave a comment below. The post #035: Crystal Paine and Ruth Soukup – The Money Saving Mom and Living Well Spending Less Bloggers Share From Their Hearts appeared first on Christy Largent.