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In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks with the Founder and President of Interview Connections,Jessica Rhodes. Jessica Rhodes, the founder of Interview Connections, a leading podcast booking agency, recently shared her insights on the transformative power of podcast guesting as a marketing strategy. Jessica emphasized that successful podcast guesting hinges on authentic connections with hosts, which can open doors to future collaborations and opportunities.Jessica also covered the importance of repurposing interview content. She suggested that transforming a single podcast appearance into various forms of content, such as blog posts, social media snippets, or YouTube videos, can significantly enhance visibility and audience engagement across multiple platforms.Interview Connections operates by representing entrepreneurs and business owners, assisting them in monetizing their interviews and converting listeners into leads. The agency offers a tailored approach, including creating a guest expert media kit and strategically selecting podcasts that align with the client's objectives. Additional support is provided through group coaching calls and interview audits to ensure sustained engagement and success.Jessica also addressed a common misconception about the importance of audience size in podcast guesting. They highlighted the advantages of focusing on quality over quantity, advocating for appearances on niche podcasts that target ideal customers to foster more profound impacts and higher conversion rates.Key Points from the Episode:Impact of podcast guesting as a marketing strategyValue of relationships and networking in podcast guestingRepurposing interview content for increased visibility and engagementImportance of targeting specific audiences through podcast guestingDemocratization of voices in podcastingRole of Interview Connections in representing entrepreneurs and business ownersStrategies for monetizing interviews and converting listeners into leadsMisconception of focusing solely on audience sizeImportance of diversity in the podcasting industrySupport provided to clients by Interview ConnectionsAbout Jessica Rhodes:Jessica Rhodes is the visionary founder of Interview Connections, the world's pioneering podcast booking agency established in 2013. At a time when the concept was novel, Jessica's agency broke new ground by being the first dedicated service of its kind. Under her leadership, Interview Connections has achieved remarkable success, booking over 30,000 podcast interviews for more than 800 clients, significantly enhancing their online presence and business growth. Her innovative approach to marketing and commitment to creating authentic connections have been pivotal in transforming the digital landscape for entrepreneurs.Beyond her professional achievements, Jessica has diverse personal interests that ground her in community and wellness. She actively participates in health practices such as using a sauna and cold plunge and enjoys managing her backyard chickens. Despite her initial hesitance, Jessica has also embraced the role of team mom for her daughter's all-star cheer team. Her multifaceted life reflects her dedication to her career, her personal life, and community involvement in Rhode Island.About Interview Connections:Interview Connections, co-owned by Jessica Rhodes and Margy Feldhuhn, is a trailblazer in the podcasting industry. It is credited with being the first-ever podcast booking agency. Since its inception in 2013, the agency has transformed how entrepreneurs gain visibility
Welcome back to The Consistency Corner Podcast! Today we're joined by Margy Feldhuhn - podcast host, multimillion-dollar serial entrepreneur, and thought leader in neuro-regulation! In this episode, Margy takes us through her entrepreneurial journey, and shares how she discovered the power of neuro-regulation in her own life, as well as its impact on her professional success. In this episode, you'll learn:Why neuro-regulation is important to understand in mindset work and entrepreneurship.How nervous system dysregulation can lead to various stress responses, such as fight, flight, freeze, flop, and fawn.The difference between neuro-regulation and therapy, and how they can complement each other in personal development.How consistency in nervous system training can help business owners manage stress and increase their capacity.Connect with Margy:Podcast Guesting (Interview Connections)Nervous System Training (Brain-Based Wellness) Get a 2-week free trial!Learn more about the Done For You 9 Grid and apply for your very own custom Instagram strategy that will allow you to step away from social media! Keep your funnel full, and get new eyes on your business, FOR FREE! Grab the Attract Strategies mini course at www.theconsistencycorner.com/attract. Connect with Ruthie and The Consistency Corner on Instagram!Please leave a review wherever you listen to podcasts and be sure to screen shot, share, and tag me in stories so I know you listened and can root for you!
Super pumped to welcome my guest this week, Margy Feldhuhn! Margy started off as an employee and worked her way up to being a CEO. She shares what her life was like before creating a MULTI-Million dollar company, it definitely wasn't easy. We dive into the polarity of failure and success, and why it's necessary on any entrepreneurial journey. She explains why she decided to pursue podcasting, the kind of results she has gotten from choosing this path, and the kind of support she provides to her clients. Margy Feldhuhn is a Forbes featured podcast host and multi-7 figure CEO. She runs and co-owns Interview Connections, the first and leading podcast booking agency. She and her business partner lead an in-house staff of 20 full time employees in their (now virtual) Rhode Island office. With her podcast, “We Get It, Your Dad Died,” Margy uses her own experience of losing her dad to suicide to transform the conversation around grief and show the transformation that is possible on the other side of loss. Her show won First Prize in the Best Podcast Category of the 2021 Rhode Island International Film Festival. We're now enrolling in the Inner Feminine Beast™ Sales Academy with early adopter pricing, this 6-month program helps you reach your first 6-figures & beyond! Learn more HERE! Come connect with other like-minded entrepreneur women and enjoy complimentary sales trainings in my private Facebook group, Sales Is Sexy & Simple with Cynthia Stant HERE! Stay tuned for new episodes every Monday and Thursday! Connect with me on Instagram & Facebook
In order to talk about boundaries, we must first understand what they are and why they're important. That's why we start off this episode with a definition by somatic practitioner, Prentis Hemphill: “Boundaries are the distance at which I can love you and me simultaneously.” Joining hosts Jennifer and Elisabeth for a second time is Margy Feldhuhn, CEO of Interview Connections and neurosomatic intelligence coach. They'll explore the role of boundaries in our lives, including how they open the door for authentic self-expression and deeper relationships. You'll also learn more about codependency, fawn response, the neuroscience of emotions, how boundaries cause disease, and the connection between attachment and the ability to set and respect boundaries. Tune in as we dive deeper into boundaries, and find out how you can use NSI tools to feel safe enough to discover and express your boundaries! Topics discussed in this episode: Why boundaries are so important Boundaries and our need for connection versus autonomy How the 3 F's lead to self-abandonment and lack of boundaries Self-expression and authenticity What leads to codependency Margy's experience with quiet manipulation Cultural body boundary violations The neuroscience of emotions and emotional processing Respecting other people's boundaries The impact of emotional neglect on our ability to set/receive boundaries How boundaries affect our emotional and physical healthy Using neurosomatic tools to move stress through the body Get more information on Margy Feldhoun's company, Interview Connections, here: https://interviewconnections.com Connect with Margy: https://www.instagram.com/heymargy/ https://www.tiktok.com/@heymargy Get started training your nervous system with our FREE 2-week offer: https://www.rewiretrial.com Learn more about the Neuro-Somatic Intelligence Coaching program here: https://www.neurosomaticintelligence.com/?utm_medium=aff-traumarewired&utm_content&utm_source Connect with us on social media: @trauma.rewired Join the Trauma Rewired Facebook Group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/761101225132846 Head to https://calendly.com/traumarewired/consultation for a consultation to identify trauma responses in your own life and learn how to train your nervous system to move out of behaviors that aren't serving you! FREE 1 Year Supply of Vitamin D + 5 Travel Packs from Athletic Greens when you use my exclusive offer: https://www.drinkag1.com/rewired This episode was produced by Podcast Boutique https://www.podcastboutique.com
Leadership, especially leadership as an entrepreneur, comes with unavoidable stress. Even those without a history of past trauma can struggle to manage the dysregulation that comes with this kind of consistent stress. Imagine if leaders added nervous system work to their leadership toolkit. Companies and organizations would look and function a lot different, that is for sure! Sharing her unique perspective on the show today is Margy Feldhuhn, CEO of Interview Connections and executive coach for entrepreneurs. She is also a neurosomatic intelligence certified practitioner, and uses her training to help leaders build resilience and create a safe environment for their team to succeed. Margy helps us shed light on the ways dysregulation affects our effectiveness as a leader, recounting her own mental health journey processing with grief and other trauma. Plus, hear how simple practices like neuro drills have yielded positive results for her team. Tune in to learn why nervous system training is beneficial for everyone in leadership! Topics discussed in this episode: ● Margy's mental health journey ● How NSI changed her approach to healing ● How the nervous system affects leadership ● Ways Margy integrated NSI into her company ● Processing grief and childhood trauma ● Recognizing a flight or fight response ● How dysregulation shows up in the workplace ● Why all leaders should have nervous system training ● Benefits to team performance Get more information on Margy Feldhoun's company, Interview Connections, here: https://interviewconnections.com Connect with Margy: https://www.instagram.com/heymargy/ https://www.tiktok.com/@heymargy Start your FREE Brain-Based Wellness 2-week neuro training: https://www.rewiretrial.com Get more information on the Neuro Somatic Intelligence Certification: https://www.neurosomaticintelligence.com?aff=traumarewired Join the Trauma Rewired Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/761101225132846 Head to https://calendly.com/traumarewired/consultation for a consultation to identify trauma responses in your own life and learn how to train your nervous system to move out of behaviors that aren't serving you! Follow Trauma Rewired on IG: https://www.instagram.com/trauma.rewired/ FREE 1 Year Supply of Vitamin D + 5 Travel Packs from Athletic Greens when you use my exclusive offer: https://www.drinkAG1.com/REWIRED. This episode was produced by Podcast Boutique http://www.podcastboutique.com
Margy Feldhuhn is a multi seven-figure CEO, a certified neuro-somatic coach, and the Forbes-featured podcast host of “We Get It, Your Dad Died.”Do you ever feel like you are missing your opportunity or that you should be further along?Margy tells us the story of her meteoric rise from a $15/hour contractor position to CEO at Interview Connections that came after years of struggles and multiple rock bottom GFR moments she'd experienced before taking that first position.Margy vulnerably shares her journey from being medicated for anxiety and depression at age 11, through a tumultuous adolescence and early adulthood of abusing alcohol and drugs. She also opens up about when she was 26 and working a fulfilling job in Taiwan, she suffered the ultimate crash of losing her dad to suicide.Hear how taking 5 months to clean out her parents' hoarded house after her dad's death gave her perspective on his life, and learn about the healing she found in offering her mother, and herself, a new way of living.Listen in to learn how Margy's lessons from her traumatic past—and the massive amount of work she did to heal from it—turned out to be blessings that empowered her to stand “rock solid” in the face of any challenge that came her way.ResourcesTo learn more about Margy visit https://margy.com/Margy's Podcast - We Get It, Your Dad DiedFollow Margy on TikTok at HeyMargyThe 12 GFR Commandments - download your own copy nowJoin the GFR Squad - get started for just 20 Bucks! Plus get access to the Squad exclusive video “Nervous System Regulation to Maximize Rest & Rejuvenation” with Margy Feldhuhn Did you enjoy the podcast?If you liked this episode let me know! Reviews for the podcast on iTunes are much appreciated! This helps us reach entrepreneurs just like you to be unapologetically themselves. If you received value from this episode, it would mean the world if you could take a moment and leave your 5-star rating and positive review. You can do that by visiting right here.
The impact a book can have on your life and business Have you ever read a book that completely changed your perspective and life in a lasting way? It's incredible how words on a page can have a profound and lifelong impact on us. This week's episode of She Talks Business is a milestone episode. We have finally reached 100 episodes on the show! And we have an incredible returning guest, Margy Feldhuhn, who loves talking about books and learning new things as much as I do. Margy is a Forbes-featured podcast host, a multi-7-figure CEO, and co-owner of Interview Connections, a podcast booking agency that is the first and leading of its kind. She started working at Interview Connections as a part-time contractor earning $15/hour and became the CEO and 50% owner of the company within two years. Margy shares three books she has implemented into her life, whether through action or a mindset shift. We spend a lot of time discussing how to eliminate friction and create a culture of agility that empowers everyone on your team to do their best work. We also take a little dive into the intersection between leadership and the nervous system, but you'll have to tune in to uncover that concept! What's in This Episode Reading that has impacted Margy's personal and professional life Restructuring your business Why you should choose to go all in The agility umbrella Eliminating friction How Margy reads to maximize the impact of books in her work The power of surrendering The cycle of grief to gain perspective Neurosomatic intelligence Visit lisalarter.com/e100 for all resources from this episode.
Leadership, especially leadership as an entrepreneur, comes with unavoidable stress. Even those without a history of past trauma can struggle to manage the dysregulation that comes with this kind of consistent stress. Imagine if leaders added nervous system work to their leadership toolkit. Companies and organizations would look and function a lot different, that is for sure! Sharing her unique perspective on the show today is Margy Feldhuhn, CEO of Interview Connections and executive coach for entrepreneurs. She is also a neurosomatic intelligence certified practitioner, and uses her training to help leaders build resilience and create a safe environment for their team to succeed. Margy helps us shed light on the ways dysregulation affects our effectiveness as a leader, recounting her own mental health journey processing with grief and other trauma. Plus, hear how simple practices like neuro drills have yielded positive results for her team. Tune in to learn why nervous system training is beneficial for everyone in leadership! Topics discussed in this episode: Margy's mental health journey How NSI changed her approach to healing How the nervous system affects leadership Ways Margy integrated NSI into her company Processing grief and childhood trauma Recognizing a flight or fight response How dysregulation shows up in the workplace Why all leaders should have nervous system training Benefits to team performance Get more information on Margy Feldhoun's company, Interview Connections, here: https://interviewconnections.com Connect with Margy: https://www.instagram.com/heymargy/ https://www.tiktok.com/@heymargy Start your FREE Brain-Based Wellness 2-week neuro training: https://brainbased-wellness.com/membership/?aff=Jenebug Get more information on the Neuro Somatic Intelligence Certification: https://www.neurosomaticintelligence.com?aff=traumarewired Subscribe to the free Brain Training Video Series: https://www.brainbased-wellness.com/membership/?aff=Jenebug Join the Trauma Rewired Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/761101225132846 Head to https://calendly.com/traumarewired/consultation for a consultation to identify trauma responses in your own life and learn how to train your nervous system to move out of behaviors that aren't serving you! Work with Jennifer: https://linktr.ee/traumarewired https://www.instagram.com/trauma.rewired/ FREE 1 Year Supply of Vitamin D + 5 Travel Packs from Athletic Greens when you use my exclusive offer: https://www.athleticgreens.com/rewired This episode was produced by Podcast Boutique http://www.podcastboutique.com
Podcasts are arguably the most popular media platforms and still an untapped gem. Margy Feldhuhn works with one of the leading companies that connect guests to hosts. Listen in to find out how Mary and her team became one of the leading companies you need to know and how they can help you leverage podcasts for profitability. To get in contact with Margy, check out the following links: https://interviewconnections.com/get-started/ Grab your copy of Converted: Uncover The Hidden Strategies You Need To Easily Achieve Massive Credit Score Success. This book is only for those who want to radically transform their credit. If you used the code “MENTALMONEY” you can save 20% off of the hard cover. Grab your copy today! Book Recommendation (Check out Nathalie's Amazon Shop) https://www.amazon.com/shop/iamnatnoise If you have any questions about something you heard or you want to work with me, directly e-mail me your questions or inquiries at mentalmoney.me@gmail.com. For Media Inquiries or Ad placement, please contact Nathalie at 1-888-773-5777 or mentalmoney.me@gmail.com. Disclaimer: All information contained within this audio is a reflection of the author's opinion in proximity to when the audio was produced. Business is an ever-changing organism, due to this notion, there can be changes to this podcast at any time based on new information. Also, the host's opinion may change as well. The host has done their due diligence to ensure that the information presented is presented with the most relevant information, but takes no responsibility for any changes that may be made. Again, these are opinions. You are more than welcome to cross-reference any information presented in this audio. Any missing information is not the responsibility of the host. Any results direct, indirect or consequential, or otherwise are not the responsibility of the host. The information is not to be taken as legal advice. If you are in need of legal advice please contact a qualified attorney.
In this episode, we learn from Margy Feldhuhn about how you can use grief and loss to grow as a leader.We Chat About:How grief can transform you as a leader What you can learn about failureHow entrepreneurs are using the wrong kind of math when it comes to big milestonesABOUT MARGY:Margy is the co-owner and CEO of Interview Connections, the first and leading podcast booking agency. Margy and her business partner Jessica lead an in-house staff of over 20 full-time employees in their (now virtual) Rhode Island office, and have successfully scaled the agency to multiple 7 figures.Margy joined Interview Connections in 2016 as a contractor, becoming the first employee in 2017 and acquiring 50% equity in the business by 2018. By 2019, she had helped lead the business to its first 7 figure year without any direct marketing or advertising.In 2021, Margy won First Prize in the Best Podcast category at the Rhode Island International Film Festival for her podcast We Get It, Your Dad Died. When she's not busy recording her own shows or running the business, Margy is active in animal rescue, organizing a yearly fundraiser called Art for Animals. In 2019, she was recognized for her efforts with a "Humane Heroes" award. She is owned by her 19-year-old cat and 10-year-old toothless Yorkipoo. CONNECT WITH MARGY:WEBSITE: https://www.interviewconnections.comINSTAGRAM: @interviewconnectionsCONNECT WITH HOLLY: TEXT HOLLY: 614-810-4236 or click hereJOIN THE FILL YOUR FUNNEL CHALLENGE: https://www.hollymariehaynes.com/funnelI hope these tips help! Keep in touch! Leave me a message at hollymariehaynes.com or instagram.com/holly_marie_haynesSmart Passive Income PodcastWeekly interviews, strategy, and advice for building your online business the smart way.Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify
Margy is the co-owner and CEO of Interview Connections, the first and leading podcast booking agency. Margy and her business partner Jessica, lead an in-house staff of over 25 full-time employees in their (now virtual) Rhode Island office, and have successfully scaled the agency to multiple 7 figures. Their team of in-house Booking Agents are the podcast powerhouses behind a rapidly growing catalog of hundreds of successful entrepreneurs and businesses including Ali Brown, Paul Ross, JJ Virgin, Aweber, and USA Financial. Margy joined Interview Connections in 2016 as a contractor, becoming the first employee in 2017 and acquiring 50% equity in the business by 2018. By 2019, she had helped lead the business to its first 7 figure year without any direct marketing or advertising. In 2021, Margy won First Prize in the Best Podcast category at the Rhode Island International Film Festival for her podcast We Get It, Your Dad Died. When she's not busy recording her own shows or running the business, Margy is active in animal rescue, organizing a yearly fundraiser called Art for Animals. In 2019, she was recognized for her efforts with a "Humane Heroes" award. She is owned by her 18-year-old cat and 10-year-old toothless Yorkipoo.Connect with Margy:Website: www.interviewconnections.comFacebook Page: @InterviewConnectionsPageFacebook Group: @GuestExpertProfitLabInstagram: @interviewconnectionsLinkedIn: /company/interviewconnections/
As co-owner and CEO of Interview Connections along with being an author and producer of a podcast called "We Get It, Your Dad Died," Margy Feldhuhn finds a way to connect with others through profound losses. After Margy had a huge loss in her family in 2015, she found herself gaining strength and transforming through it. Margy shares how out of the hard times can come an opportunity for a learning experience. Margy offers wisdom she has learned along with her take on the current great debate of the return to the office.Subscribe to ideamix radio and stay tuned for new episodes every other Thursday. On ideamix radio we speak with entrepreneurs, solopreneurs, career changers, experts, and enthusiasts for insider tips that help you build the life, business, and career you want. ideamix is the go-to destination for entrepreneurs to turn their idea into a business. Check out our website at www.theideamix.com. For comments, questions, podcast guest ideas, or sponsorship inquiries, please email info@theideamix.com.
In this episode, Jess shares about a pivotal moment recently when she realized that her workaholism was actually masking her people-pleasing tendencies. Audio Transcript: Jessica Rhodes: On this episode, I want to share a really, really great breakthrough, I had. 2 00:00:10.559 --> 00:00:21.870 Jessica Rhodes: spoiler alert we're sharing all of our breakthroughs on this podcast now, but I want to share a really important breakthrough about like workaholism and people pleasing and the connection because. 3 00:00:22.470 --> 00:00:35.640 Jessica Rhodes: I had this pivotal moment recently when I was you know talking with my husband Jamie he was like hey you know we do our two week vacation every summer with our like extended family. 4 00:00:36.390 --> 00:00:51.660 Jessica Rhodes: And then he was like I really think this summer, we should also do a week vacation like just the four of us, and I was like yeah and when he suggested that I was starting to get a little nervous about taking another week off and. 5 00:00:52.740 --> 00:01:06.270 Jessica Rhodes: Normally one would be excited for a vacation, but it was like kind of stressing me out like scheduling it in, and you know we found this week where it's fine like there's no launching happening and. 6 00:01:07.530 --> 00:01:10.410 Jessica Rhodes: It was like we were looking at this Wednesday to a Wednesday. 7 00:01:11.490 --> 00:01:19.350 Jessica Rhodes: And I saw that on the calendar was like a group mastermind call and content day like where we record all our podcast and I was like. 8 00:01:20.100 --> 00:01:26.430 Jessica Rhodes: Okay Jamie maybe like let's leave like Wednesday afternoon because, like, I have some stuff in the morning and he was like. 9 00:01:27.240 --> 00:01:41.250 Jessica Rhodes: it's we're talking about August, like you, can't move it and I was like getting really nervous and like uncomfortable and I was like um no I can get it, and he, like what he gave me the look right he was like seriously like you can't move this like. 10 00:01:42.360 --> 00:01:50.850 Jessica Rhodes: And I really like it was just in that moment, where I was like oh my God like I don't i'm not like addicted to work i'm not a workaholic I am. 11 00:01:51.240 --> 00:01:56.970 Jessica Rhodes: deeply afraid of inconveniencing other people, because I knew that if I. 12 00:01:57.390 --> 00:02:05.610 Jessica Rhodes: said i'm going to be off that day I would have to ask Maggie can we record our podcast on a different day and I would have to say to MARQuIS can you lead the call that day. 13 00:02:06.390 --> 00:02:16.320 Jessica Rhodes: And I was so afraid to make that request, and I was like I have always identified as a hard worker I love work i'm a career woman like. 14 00:02:16.770 --> 00:02:28.830 Jessica Rhodes: That has been my identity and through all of this work that's happening right now, this personal work I realized, it is like people-pleasing manifesting as workaholism and an addiction to work. 15 00:02:29.130 --> 00:02:40.080 Jessica Rhodes: it's not an addiction to work, I actually quite enjoy taking time off, but I was so afraid of inconveniencing somebody that I just was like I love working. 16 00:02:42.120 --> 00:02:48.150 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): yeah and, like the stuff that justice talking about is like very easy to reschedule to. 17 00:02:48.600 --> 00:02:49.950 Jessica Rhodes: Like it just exactly. 18 00:02:50.040 --> 00:03:02.100 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): Like we reschedule like our content block when we record the podcast we reschedule it like all the time, in fact, the August, one is a reschedule of the original one because I booked a weekend with my basti and all the colleges move this. 19 00:03:03.840 --> 00:03:05.880 Jessica Rhodes: knocking I have different trauma tendencies. 20 00:03:07.770 --> 00:03:11.190 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): yeah, but I think this is really good, because this is something. 21 00:03:12.840 --> 00:03:17.220 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): When we did the leadership and the nervous system panel hold on. 22 00:03:19.470 --> 00:03:30.540 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): When we did the leadership in the nervous system panel which we also put out as a podcast episode So hopefully you listen to it and talks about psychological safety we talked a little bit about. 23 00:03:32.880 --> 00:03:46.920 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): trauma informed leadership, which I think is really, really interesting and i'm excited to go down more of a rabbit hole on that, but one of the things we talked about because, having worked with Elizabeth Elizabeth Christoph who, I guess, we talked about in every. 24 00:03:46.920 --> 00:03:50.040 Jessica Rhodes: episode is basically our co host now we're. 25 00:03:50.820 --> 00:03:57.390 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): only slightly obsessed with her and the work that she's doing but um she was talking about herself how. 26 00:03:58.380 --> 00:04:08.850 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): You know nervous system dysregulation and trauma and stuff manifested as perfectionism and high achieving and how true that is for a lot of business owners, a lot of high performers. 27 00:04:09.810 --> 00:04:17.190 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): there's like this aspect of like yes, you love what you do, but then there's this aspect of the way that you're doing it that can be dysfunctional. 28 00:04:17.580 --> 00:04:22.020 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And it was really interesting because we're talking about leadership and the nervous system and talking about our teams. 29 00:04:22.440 --> 00:04:36.120 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And there's this sort of myth in mastermind groups and just groups of entrepreneurs talking it's like if somebody has a team Member who's like all into like first two o'clock in first o'clock out like all this stuff that like your. 30 00:04:36.120 --> 00:04:36.960 Jessica Rhodes: Last too long ago. 31 00:04:37.500 --> 00:04:37.950 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): Oh yeah. 32 00:04:40.650 --> 00:04:41.520 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): See I can't even say. 33 00:04:43.050 --> 00:04:51.690 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): yeah So if you have someone who's like the first in in the morning, the first out at night, like just working super hard I can't. 34 00:04:51.840 --> 00:04:53.460 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): See it's not me. 35 00:04:57.240 --> 00:05:08.820 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): there's this myth that if you have this employee who is so all in there working longer hours and everybody they're trying harder their work is perfect like they're just like this quintessential a player. 36 00:05:09.330 --> 00:05:15.330 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): everybody's like oh my God you're so lucky like where did you get them, how can we clone them. 37 00:05:15.720 --> 00:05:23.760 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And there's nothing wrong with having someone who's a super high performer i'm a high performer just as a high performer like it's good but there's also. 38 00:05:24.270 --> 00:05:31.470 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): With trauma informed leadership, there is this aspects of is that person. 39 00:05:32.160 --> 00:05:42.240 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): Working that way because of dysregulation and a lot of the times, I think the answer is yes, we can still perform at a high level, we can still work hard. 40 00:05:42.510 --> 00:05:49.710 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): and go hard on the things that we love that we're in flow and alignment on that feel really easy but that generate results in revenue. 41 00:05:50.130 --> 00:05:56.100 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): But I do think it's really powerful to look at this idea of especially. 42 00:05:56.550 --> 00:06:04.500 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): You know within capitalism it's being a hard worker being a duo or being a grinder being the hardest worker in the room, like. 43 00:06:04.860 --> 00:06:16.470 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): All there's so many sayings are so many quotes there are so many motivational posters like it's so glorified and I think it's really important to bring in this aspect of the dialogue that. 44 00:06:17.370 --> 00:06:34.230 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): it's kind of dysfunctional and while the label of being a workaholic or super hard worker feels really validating to the ego that ego boost might be covering up some less you know, maybe attractive or less. 45 00:06:34.770 --> 00:06:45.060 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): gratifying to the ego traits that have more to do with proving self worth getting affirmation not letting people down people pleasing all that stuff. 46 00:06:45.480 --> 00:06:51.690 Jessica Rhodes: yeah and when you understand and have these breakthroughs of understanding, your tendencies and what they're coming from. 47 00:06:52.380 --> 00:06:59.460 Jessica Rhodes: A lot of your actions can be similar, but it is totally perceived in a new way and you feel so much more different. 48 00:07:00.330 --> 00:07:02.010 Jessica Rhodes: You know so for me like I. 49 00:07:02.250 --> 00:07:16.020 Jessica Rhodes: I do, I love this business and I love, what I do and before I realized that I had these people pleasing tendencies, like, I mean i've heard for forever people like i'm a people pleaser and i'm like that's not me that's not me and i'm like so Okay, maybe it is so i've had. 50 00:07:16.530 --> 00:07:26.520 Jessica Rhodes: Since i've had this realization around like how I do, I have had these people pleasing tendencies now i'm realizing oh my gosh like I can see how many times, I was. 51 00:07:27.210 --> 00:07:36.690 Jessica Rhodes: working more hours working harder doing more things because I wanted to please people and I didn't want to inconvenience anyone, and I wanted to like show my worth. 52 00:07:37.200 --> 00:07:47.850 Jessica Rhodes: And now that I realized the difference like you know i'm working on our social media at seven in the morning because I want to because it's fun, not because i'm trying to please somebody and then. 53 00:07:48.210 --> 00:07:56.850 Jessica Rhodes: I may stop working at 430 or four o'clock because I know i've provided the value that I can provide that day and I don't feel bad or guilty about it and it's just. 54 00:07:57.990 --> 00:08:05.970 Jessica Rhodes: it's so interesting to have this realization and this breakthrough because i'm now seeing it and other people, which is like i'm like okay now I gotta. 55 00:08:07.050 --> 00:08:15.450 Jessica Rhodes: I can't not coach this person or this or you know, and I think it's I love what you're saying about the dysfunctional. 56 00:08:16.470 --> 00:08:26.970 Jessica Rhodes: You know traits because it's It makes me sad right when people are like they want to check their email on vacation because they don't want to inconvenience, you and I think that's something. 57 00:08:27.330 --> 00:08:38.010 Jessica Rhodes: I mean you talk about this, all the time, like really healing the workplace healing the team, so people can feel free to to take that time off without feeling stressed about it. 58 00:08:38.970 --> 00:08:51.000 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): yeah and the healing of a team starts with the leaders right like it's you it's not enough to just work on an individual level, you also have to work with the organization and, as a group, but it starts with the leader. 59 00:08:51.330 --> 00:09:02.730 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And you can send a message with your words that it's okay to unplug and take a vacation if you're not actually modeling that energetically and with your actions. 60 00:09:03.480 --> 00:09:10.080 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): They people are smart social mammals pick up on cues and it's not just what you say. 61 00:09:10.320 --> 00:09:24.510 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And if you say something's Okay, but every other piece of you is indicating it's not okay your team will get the message they're like all right wink wink got it it's okay to do this, like I know it's not and they won't do it so. 62 00:09:25.380 --> 00:09:38.430 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): This healing that we do as leaders has such an impact to create this next level team to create group healing and we knew think about how people spend and we i'll probably do a whole. 63 00:09:38.910 --> 00:09:44.040 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): episode on this, but when you think about how people spend the majority of their time at work. 64 00:09:44.400 --> 00:09:56.280 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): The space that you create within your Organization has such a huge impact on people's lives which then has this ripple effect on all the people that they live with and come in contact with. 65 00:09:56.610 --> 00:10:11.970 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): So I think leaders have this incredible opportunity to create the shift in consciousness and to heal generational trauma and all of this stuff by creating these safe spaces, with our teams, but it really does start with you as the leader. 66 00:10:12.780 --> 00:10:26.610 Jessica Rhodes: yeah So if you do feel like you're a workaholic and you're addicted to your work just know that there may be some trauma to process there may be some tendencies playing out that are in your blind spot and. 67 00:10:27.150 --> 00:10:40.560 Jessica Rhodes: As somebody who has felt like a workaholic there is this, there is a possibility for you to enjoy taking time off and to do it in a way that feels really good and free and not like it's constricting you know. 68 00:10:41.130 --> 00:10:46.470 Jessica Rhodes: So we hope that this was helpful and maybe shed a light on something that you weren't looking at before.
Wondering what is it like to be CEO of a multi-seven figure business? Well, you're in luck because in this episode Nikki chats with her friend Margy Feldhuhn, CEO of Interview Connections about what it's really like to lead team and build a business. If you have a desire to build a profitable business, this episode is a must! Plus, since it's Nikki's birthday week - if you buy a copy of Market Your Genius between June 20th and 24th of 2022 and forward your receipt to marketyourgeniusbook@gmail.com, you'll get access to a special live group business coaching session with Nikki.
Margy recently attended Kathleen Cameron's Rise Retreat in May and she shares all about it in this episode! Links mentioned: https://www.instagram.com/asoulcalledjoel/ Audio Transcript: Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): In this episode, I am going to share some of the breakthroughs I had going on a manifestation retreat with Kathleen camera and I went on her rise retreat last week in the Bahamas and it was a really. 2 00:00:19.740 --> 00:00:39.270 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): Profound amazing experience it wasn't what I thought it would be, but it definitely ended up being what I needed and so i've been sharing this on my personal instagram at hey MARQuIS on live, but we wanted to bring some of those lessons here to the podcast. 3 00:00:39.930 --> 00:00:50.310 Jessica Rhodes: yeah, and so this came about, we were in Florida for a mastermind that we're in Kelly Roach his legacy leaders, and you know Margie had this. 4 00:00:51.480 --> 00:00:52.230 Jessica Rhodes: Really, this like. 5 00:00:52.710 --> 00:01:02.280 Jessica Rhodes: Calling she's like I need someone to pour into me do I need like an executive coach like I need something right so she's now out seeking and I remember we're walking through the airport. 6 00:01:02.370 --> 00:01:14.910 Jessica Rhodes: Well, she had previously heard from Anna rains like you should go to kathleen's retreat and so we're walking she tells me about it in the hotel room and I was like okay like cool like an expensive retreat in the Bahamas sounds like a. 7 00:01:16.260 --> 00:01:17.250 Jessica Rhodes: Perfect business and. 8 00:01:21.120 --> 00:01:21.780 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): It was like. 9 00:01:22.140 --> 00:01:31.350 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): A true into MARQuIS style of like being like I think I want to invest in a you know, an executive coach should work with me a CEO. 10 00:01:31.680 --> 00:01:40.830 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And, but I had been afraid to ask because it felt really selfish to ask the business to invest in coaching that was just for me, but, but I was like you know. 11 00:01:41.250 --> 00:01:49.830 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): As CEO and showing up and coaching and pouring into everybody else I was like I really feel like I need somebody who's like pouring into me. 12 00:01:50.340 --> 00:01:57.930 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): So I was like i'll hire an executive coach and then as just said, I, so I reached out to Anna rains and i'm just kind of like researching different coaches. 13 00:01:58.590 --> 00:02:07.170 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): Kathleen Cameron is amazing she's somebody i've like had my eye on who does incredible work with manifestation and she's a really powerful very authentic person. 14 00:02:07.500 --> 00:02:09.360 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And so I reached out to Anna and i'm like. 15 00:02:09.750 --> 00:02:20.790 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): All right, like what a what a kathleen's programs look like you know she's got like some six months programs and there's like a group they're like group programs with a call once a week, which I really was looking for something one on one, but I figured i'd ask like. 16 00:02:21.150 --> 00:02:24.750 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): What does it look like and Anna was like you know I actually think. 17 00:02:25.770 --> 00:02:37.140 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): I don't know that her programs would be as good a fit for you as this retreat this like three day retreat in the Bahamas it's going to be amazing Kathleen is going to be there again her energy you'll have these breakthroughs. 18 00:02:38.100 --> 00:02:47.730 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And so, like when, for me, hiring an executive coach to me like telling jess and my wife like I think i'm going to go to the Bahamas and then being like what. 19 00:02:47.760 --> 00:02:54.360 Jessica Rhodes: Are you talking about so we're like walking through the palm beach airport and. 20 00:02:54.870 --> 00:03:00.990 Jessica Rhodes: she's like she has her phone out and she's like I really feel like I need to be there and i'm like all right. 21 00:03:04.230 --> 00:03:17.340 Jessica Rhodes: And like if you know mark it as as argues wife and I know very well when she says she really feels like she needs to be there, like we know it's going to happen and like there's not you know. 22 00:03:17.700 --> 00:03:22.710 Jessica Rhodes: it's like get on board or not, but like business happening, and so we sit down. 23 00:03:23.460 --> 00:03:28.530 Jessica Rhodes: And she's like really sharing like I really feel like I need to be there. 24 00:03:28.890 --> 00:03:37.320 Jessica Rhodes: And she was sort of like and I was like Okay, what does that mean because, like whenever we work with a coach like we always work with a coach like together like we do a mastermind together we're 50 partners and all that. 25 00:03:37.860 --> 00:03:48.420 Jessica Rhodes: And she was sort of like like do you want to check it out like what do you think, and I looked at it and I was like I mean I it's hard to do it's hard to look at a luxury retreat in the Bahamas and be like this ain't for me. 26 00:03:48.930 --> 00:04:01.830 Jessica Rhodes: But I looked at it and I was like this ain't for me like i'm like this Okay, you have my blessing, you can go on this retreat and i'm like I know it'll pay off, but it was like. 27 00:04:02.820 --> 00:04:09.060 Jessica Rhodes: Okay, this, this is what it's like to partner with marky she is like i'm going to do this and you're like I trust you. 28 00:04:10.380 --> 00:04:13.110 Jessica Rhodes: and go ahead. 29 00:04:14.340 --> 00:04:16.860 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): yeah I get some intuitive hits that. 30 00:04:18.420 --> 00:04:26.820 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): seem really off topic, sometimes, but so far 100% of the time they have like paid off. 31 00:04:27.630 --> 00:04:34.590 Jessica Rhodes: it's just so funny because, like it went from like when I think executive coach and I know this like isn't probably super. 32 00:04:35.040 --> 00:04:51.090 Jessica Rhodes: You know, politically correct, but I just think of like an old man in a suit i'm like okay she's gonna go get some like CEO you know, and then it turns out she's like two weeks later in the Bahamas like in clear blue water and this like $33 million mansion and i'm like okay. 33 00:04:52.080 --> 00:05:05.730 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): yeah and it was like and the thing is like yeah I mean a luxury retreat is cool but that wasn't what I set out for I really set out because I knew that I needed to up level as a leader. 34 00:05:06.090 --> 00:05:18.990 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And I wanted someone that was coaching me and I wanted some coaching that was like just for me because, like just said, we are coaching together all the time, but increasingly we have very, very different roles and. 35 00:05:19.620 --> 00:05:29.100 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): Like i'm the only one in the CEO see and like it's just a different vibe it's a different like I don't feel like i'm alone, sometimes. 36 00:05:29.370 --> 00:05:43.500 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And so having a coach who's just working with me directly to help me be the best CEO possible and to help me coach and mentor everybody else in the business, who I met her directly and like to help them up level even more. 37 00:05:44.880 --> 00:05:47.250 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): I was also picturing an old white man. 38 00:05:48.390 --> 00:05:53.550 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): Which is why I was so funny because it was like the feeling was so strong and it was like also funny because. 39 00:05:53.970 --> 00:06:04.890 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): I am a little bit like easing into travel, so the idea like i'm looking at this thing we're in the airport and I had just been like I think I want to travel less. 40 00:06:05.220 --> 00:06:10.830 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And this retreat is like less than a month away an international trip it, which is just like. 41 00:06:11.700 --> 00:06:23.550 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): On the surface, I was like this is, and of course it was like every annual doctor's appointment, I had fell during that one week it was like there was, like all these inconveniences that I was just like. 42 00:06:23.970 --> 00:06:31.020 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): Oh, but I felt so strong and I was like I have to be there, and so I just I was, like all right i'm rescheduling everything and like. 43 00:06:31.650 --> 00:06:48.900 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): You know, deep appreciation to just for supporting me and for believing that there would be an Roi to the business and to my wife, for supporting me when she was like really not happy that I had just gotten home and was like i'm going to the Bahamas like by. 44 00:06:51.120 --> 00:07:06.450 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): She was not happy, but I knew that I had to go and I thought it was because I needed to go and get into kathleen's presence, because she has this incredible vibe and Energy I had heard about it. 45 00:07:06.930 --> 00:07:26.670 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): I ended up going and we actually didn't spend a lot of time with Kathleen because she had some health issues, which was really interesting because, at first, the first day she wasn't there and I was like there was a part of my mind that was like oh wait a minute. 46 00:07:26.880 --> 00:07:38.340 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): Like Why did I have this intuitive hit that I needed to be at this thing when the person who whose presence, I wanted to be in to get this next level guidance to bring back to the business. 47 00:07:38.790 --> 00:07:47.220 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): isn't here and I don't say that with any rudeness, but like those are the sort of limiting thoughts that come up sometimes but then there was this other part of me that was like. 48 00:07:47.550 --> 00:07:55.830 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): i'm here this investment is made, I am going to have a breakthrough and like when I decide i'm going to have a breakthrough. 49 00:07:56.250 --> 00:08:03.570 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): As I told a few people I could have a breakthrough staring at a telephone pole like breakthroughs on demand baby if. 50 00:08:04.020 --> 00:08:12.450 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): i'm going to have a breakthrough i'm going to have a breakthrough and I did end up having these huge breakthroughs, but they weren't and This is so true like when we did landmark it was like this, like. 51 00:08:13.050 --> 00:08:25.110 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): I the breakthrough is never Look how I think they're going to look but it's always the breakthrough that I need and showing up without my wife without jess and justin I always go to business things together. 52 00:08:26.340 --> 00:08:35.310 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): It was so weird I like I couldn't believe it, so I show up in the super expensive Villa expecting to feel. 53 00:08:35.940 --> 00:08:43.590 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): This like amazing manifesting abundance right and I showed up and I actually felt kind of weird. 54 00:08:44.070 --> 00:08:57.300 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And I was like shit like i'm not i'm not manifesting right, you know, like i'm supposed to i'm supposed to be in this expensive Villa and feel the feelings of abundance and, like all of this stuff and. 55 00:08:57.840 --> 00:09:04.710 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): But I like showed up, and it was sort of awkward because I came a little bit earlier than everyone else, so there was only a few people in the House and, like. 56 00:09:04.950 --> 00:09:09.210 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And again, that i'm not knocking the retreat amazing retreat Kathleen is amazing. 57 00:09:09.540 --> 00:09:14.550 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): This is how I experienced it because of my level of consciousness, which then evolved we're going to take you through it. 58 00:09:14.850 --> 00:09:19.920 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): But, so I first arrived and i'm feeling awkward and there's like a few people and i'm kind of like high. 59 00:09:20.370 --> 00:09:26.970 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And they all seem to know each other, because they had participated in Bob proctor and Kathleen programs for a long time. 60 00:09:27.270 --> 00:09:33.720 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): They are part of that world which I have never done any of those things, so people are like, why are you here, and I was like. 61 00:09:34.440 --> 00:09:42.960 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): i've gotten that question a few times you know, like just an Alex would would ask the same thing i'm not sure I just knew I had to be here and. 62 00:09:43.350 --> 00:09:51.780 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): It was sort of awkward and then everybody arrived, and we had this dinner but Kathleen was supposed to be there, but she wasn't there and it was. 63 00:09:52.110 --> 00:10:05.820 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): It was a little weird and I didn't really know anyone I knew one person I knew Annabel like she had other friends there who she's been friends with for a long time, so I didn't want to like intrude on her time with her bfs so I was just sort of like awkwardly floating around. 64 00:10:07.650 --> 00:10:22.740 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And being like Why do I feel so weird like i'm like Marty what the hell is wrong with you like you're literally in a mansion on the beach, why are you feeling uncomfortable you should just be feeling like amazing and manifest it. 65 00:10:24.180 --> 00:10:35.250 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And so we go through the first full day of the retreat Kathleen still not there it's very unclear when she's going to get there if she's going to get there and i'm kind of like what is happening. 66 00:10:35.520 --> 00:10:45.150 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And i'm still like in this battle against myself of like Come on, you asshole like manifest like look at the ocean and feel the feelings of abundance margate. 67 00:10:45.210 --> 00:10:47.340 Jessica Rhodes: swing on those swings in the water. 68 00:10:48.330 --> 00:10:50.220 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): But well we didn't get to the swings yet that was like. 69 00:10:50.220 --> 00:11:10.230 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): Okay, but but i'm like come on girl like talking to myself, like and but still feeling so weird so we get through day one, and it's like nice um I think it was the I think it was all day one, because we get to dinner and or like dinner time and people are sharing. 70 00:11:11.820 --> 00:11:17.730 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And I was like I need to share this because i've experienced this so many times. 71 00:11:18.150 --> 00:11:28.320 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): Where there's just something like not it up and you and you're like fighting against yourself and only when you say it out loud to other human beings are you free of it. 72 00:11:28.740 --> 00:11:40.650 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And it's always awkward but it's like I knew I needed to do that so everyone's doing their shares and they're like talking about abundance and, like all like the stuff we're supposed to be talking about. 73 00:11:41.100 --> 00:11:49.560 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And I, so I get the MIC and we're at this big giant live live edge wood table with this insane ocean view. 74 00:11:50.520 --> 00:12:06.090 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And I get the MIC and, of course, my voice starts cracking immediately so i'm like into the MIC like I just feel like it's like so embarrassing voices like that, through this entire speech. 75 00:12:08.130 --> 00:12:09.090 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And I just like. 76 00:12:09.330 --> 00:12:24.510 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): open to other them about like feeling so insecure and like showing up alone and feeling like those old feelings from like middle school of like. 77 00:12:24.960 --> 00:12:35.160 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): You know, it does my body look right like Am I wearing the right clothes, am I saying the right things like everybody knows each other they're already friends and i'm like I you know i'm like. 78 00:12:35.670 --> 00:12:46.170 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): I don't know anyone so i'm kind of floating around and i'm like trying not to look like a weird outcast but i'm also trying not to intrude on other people's conversations like like just like being an absolute nutcase. 79 00:12:46.290 --> 00:12:47.790 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): In this like gorgeous. 80 00:12:48.390 --> 00:12:50.130 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): With this gorgeous backdrop. 81 00:12:50.610 --> 00:12:56.190 Jessica Rhodes: If you have not seen the instagram stories like imagine selling sunset It is like one of those mansions. 82 00:12:56.340 --> 00:13:08.460 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): yeah and it's like and one of the lessons I think, is that, like, no matter how gorgeous scenery it's like what what is happening inside of you that's what matters like you could have a view of a dumpster and if you're in alignment. 83 00:13:08.880 --> 00:13:22.440 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): it's gonna be amazing and you can be in a gorgeous $35 million Villa and like battling old insecurities that you thought you were like 20 years away from experiencing. 84 00:13:22.860 --> 00:13:32.040 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): So I share all this in my like cracked voice, and it was so beautiful and by like being honest with people about how I was feeling. 85 00:13:32.400 --> 00:13:40.470 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): I was able to actually connect with them people new group are tearing up people told me they felt the same way and I was like, and it was like. 86 00:13:40.890 --> 00:13:49.590 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): I was like really because you look amazing and they were like you look amazing and I was like maybe we're all crazy and it was just so amazing. 87 00:13:50.250 --> 00:13:59.970 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And so after I did that share Oh, you know what this was after the boat experience, so we did have that really cool but experience, which was really nice, but I still felt kind of weird and then. 88 00:14:01.230 --> 00:14:12.840 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): After I said that we you know we finished our food everybody's like milling around and rosie this really nice woman who was there comes up to me and she was like you know. 89 00:14:13.830 --> 00:14:22.800 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): Today, when we were on the boat excursion I told you, I love your bathing suit it's like your style is so gorgeous and so unique. 90 00:14:23.250 --> 00:14:33.660 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And she had said this compliment at a normal volume of voice to me people around heard because they were they could hear that conversation they're like yeah I heard that. 91 00:14:34.080 --> 00:14:40.530 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And I didn't answer her like it must have looked like I snapped her because I literally didn't hear it. 92 00:14:41.160 --> 00:14:56.040 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And that blew my mind, I was like I because I wasn't feeling confident in myself I literally physically could not hear the nice things that people were saying to me. 93 00:14:56.850 --> 00:15:01.140 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And that blew my fucking mind because it's like how much love. 94 00:15:01.410 --> 00:15:16.290 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): and support is around you that you're not even hearing how much money are people trying to give you, and you are not even hearing them you're not even seeing it because you're out of alignment with that and so. 95 00:15:17.010 --> 00:15:32.790 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): That was, like the first that was like part one of the lesson that was really, really profound for me and then the next day there was like a deeper version of that same lesson, do you want me to pause just. 96 00:15:35.520 --> 00:15:40.650 Jessica Rhodes: um no I don't think I have anything to add, so why don't you keep going. 97 00:15:41.820 --> 00:15:53.730 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): Okay, so the next day, and I also want to say it wasn't like it wasn't like I said this and then everything was great like right, I was still in the space of discomfort. 98 00:15:54.060 --> 00:15:59.730 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): But it wasn't like it was before I felt connected to the people around me I just felt a little uncomfortable. 99 00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:06.420 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And one of the things i've realized is that being connected with people makes me uncomfortable, and so I have to work with my nervous system. 100 00:16:07.020 --> 00:16:14.550 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): Like true connection so that really broke the ice when I was able to share that people started coming up to me. 101 00:16:14.880 --> 00:16:18.210 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And like you know there were like you seem really confident like. 102 00:16:18.480 --> 00:16:28.110 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): I was there were like one person was like I was really surprised to hear you say that because you seemed really confident you seemed really happy and friendly and confident and I never would have guessed you're feeling that way. 103 00:16:28.530 --> 00:16:37.350 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And that was cool because I was like how many other people are feeling that way that we just think are so much more confident than we are, but they are actually feeling a totally different way, so. 104 00:16:37.920 --> 00:16:47.880 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): I connected with people Peggy shout out to Peggy my bfs who we know who's done like a bunch of our master classes, I got to know her. 105 00:16:49.530 --> 00:16:58.920 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And it was just really special so i'm still feeling a little uncomfortable because i've just been super vulnerable with all these basically strangers, but I felt this relief and people were like you look lighter. 106 00:16:59.490 --> 00:17:07.950 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And so the next day thing was the next day, or maybe it was two days later, then the our last morning there we did a. 107 00:17:08.460 --> 00:17:21.240 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): Guided meditation with this amazing musician named Joel his handle is a soul called Joel will link to it in the show notes he's on Tik Tok and on Instagram as a soul called Joel. 108 00:17:22.800 --> 00:17:27.900 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): he's the best he's like the most calming person in the entire world, he also has all these amazing. 109 00:17:28.530 --> 00:17:35.550 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): manifestation and affirmation and just instrumental stuff on spotify he's an incredible guitar player and singer he. 110 00:17:35.880 --> 00:17:47.760 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): Is the guitar player for India irie they've been working together for like seven eight years he manifested that that's a whole sidebar but he told me the story of how we manifest that she found him online crazy so. 111 00:17:48.900 --> 00:17:49.560 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): he's like. 112 00:17:49.710 --> 00:18:03.030 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): Alright, so i'm going to walk you through this meditation called I am the love of my life and I had seen it on the agenda and i'm like cute like whatever like that's Nice. 113 00:18:03.330 --> 00:18:14.250 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And then I met Joe I sat with him at dinner The night before and I was like oh this guy's great like he's like so calm and like he just has one of those people who just love immediately he's so open. 114 00:18:14.550 --> 00:18:31.110 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): he's so calm he makes you feel calm he he can like regulate other people he has a superpower so having talked to Joel and gotten to know his very calm energy i'm like cool this is going to be a chill time this like morning meditation. 115 00:18:32.400 --> 00:18:34.080 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): It was not in fact a chill time. 116 00:18:35.820 --> 00:18:48.900 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): But it was the time I needed so he's playing guitar he's having us like breathe in and breathe out and then he starts playing this song which is on spotify. 117 00:18:49.950 --> 00:18:58.110 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): called I am the love of my life which, like i'm like okay like that's super cute but I wasn't like I didn't like here that title is like oh my gosh. 118 00:18:59.580 --> 00:19:03.060 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): i'm like that's that's nice i'm sure other people will get a lot of that I think is. 119 00:19:05.460 --> 00:19:06.930 Jessica Rhodes: So classic MARQuIS. 120 00:19:07.920 --> 00:19:09.540 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): I I don't learn sometimes. 121 00:19:09.720 --> 00:19:17.580 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): So he's like playing the guitar and he's like an amazing guitarist and also he's so present and in flow when he plays that it just has a different quality. 122 00:19:18.150 --> 00:19:27.600 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And so, he starts he's like close your eyes i'm like all right Joel and then and then he's like I want you to watch a movie of your life. 123 00:19:28.110 --> 00:19:37.470 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): For two minutes, starting at your birth and coming to this moment for two minutes I want you to just close your eyes. 124 00:19:37.950 --> 00:19:47.910 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): and watch the video and so he's playing the song the love of my life he's like coming in and talking to us a little bit and everybody's eyes are closed and. 125 00:19:48.840 --> 00:19:58.290 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): I just start to hear like loud cry coming from all around me, you know, like and and like and i'm crying too so. 126 00:19:58.680 --> 00:20:14.070 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): i've done a lot of trauma work i've done i've done i've like gone back there i've process stuff so i'm like I kind of felt like I knew what to expect like this, I am about to embark on watching a very sad movie. 127 00:20:14.460 --> 00:20:29.370 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And like fine so but I started, and the reason I started crying was not because it was sad, it was because of the opposite, so I start watching I like watch my birth and, like my dad's there and it's like so cute. 128 00:20:30.180 --> 00:20:34.560 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And and i'm like this little baby and then I watched like my life. 129 00:20:35.460 --> 00:20:44.550 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And it was so weird because I felt like I could see things differently, even though it was just an imagination like it's a projection. 130 00:20:44.850 --> 00:20:57.330 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): But it really felt like I was there and suddenly I could see all these things watching it from the outside, that I hadn't been able to see when I was actually experiencing it as my younger self. 131 00:20:57.900 --> 00:21:12.300 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And the thing that I saw that blew my mind was that I have this very subconscious narrative that like I am alone right like that, like i've just always been so. 132 00:21:13.020 --> 00:21:22.470 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): lonely like i've always like even I feel the most lonely when I have the most people around me, even if it's like people I love. 133 00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:37.230 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): i've always just felt like disconnected and out of place, and like sometimes being around other people was worse than just being alone because it made me feel even more alone, so I know this is kind of kind of. 134 00:21:37.620 --> 00:21:40.320 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): dark right, but I want to be really. 135 00:21:40.320 --> 00:21:42.570 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): honest about it, because if i'm not. 136 00:21:42.630 --> 00:21:44.880 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): You won't be able to get anything out of it so. 137 00:21:47.040 --> 00:21:58.320 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And it was like it's subconscious like I wouldn't have described it as that what I thought was that, like people just didn't love me as much as they loved other people that's what I thought, because I couldn't feel the love. 138 00:21:58.650 --> 00:22:05.580 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): So I thought that people don't love me enough like I feel alone when i'm with my loved ones, because they don't love me enough. 139 00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:11.160 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): they're not giving me enough love they're not you know, giving me enough words of affirmation support and all that stuff. 140 00:22:11.700 --> 00:22:27.000 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And then I watched the movie of my life and what blew me away was the amount of love the number of people who have been rooting for me, since day one cheering me on supporting me. 141 00:22:27.390 --> 00:22:40.020 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): loving me, and it was so crazy and then those people who are really memorable like those negative experiences of people who like said mean things to me are called me uglier said I was fat like that stuff that. 142 00:22:40.620 --> 00:22:47.100 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): in so many ways, has like shaped me kind of and made me more closed off and made me distrustful. 143 00:22:47.490 --> 00:22:59.940 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): It was such a minority of people who are mean and the majority of people like loved me and supported me so much, I was like crying because i'm like seeing all of this love and support. 144 00:23:00.780 --> 00:23:13.260 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): That I hadn't seen and I hadn't felt it and the analogy that came to me was like it was sort of like you've got like this jug of water right and the waters, the love. 145 00:23:13.710 --> 00:23:22.950 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And then i'm this jar and the tops on the JAR and so you're pouring the jug of of water over the JAR trying to get it in the JAR. 146 00:23:23.250 --> 00:23:28.470 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And it's all just hitting the top and going out there's nothing going in the JAR. 147 00:23:28.890 --> 00:23:45.330 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And then, instead of me being like the tops on the JAR I kept thinking there's not enough in the jug there's not enough love i'm not getting enough love and it was crazy to realize how much love and support I was getting and that I wasn't receiving it. 148 00:23:46.830 --> 00:23:56.250 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And that, just like changed everything for me, I feel like and I realized, and I I voice message my wife Alex I voice messages because. 149 00:23:57.300 --> 00:24:07.110 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): The two of them, particularly they see me a lot they know me well, that you know, and one of the things I do is like. 150 00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:13.770 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): I just don't like to show weakness I because of my narrative that i'm alone it's me verse everybody. 151 00:24:14.190 --> 00:24:26.550 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): it's like I always have my game face on like almost no matter what i'm like no worries I know what to do, we're good i'm fine i'm good like let me help you i'm fine. 152 00:24:27.210 --> 00:24:32.700 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And I realized that I had noticed, I had picked up on. 153 00:24:33.030 --> 00:24:40.080 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): Those moments where to me, I was showing weakness, where I don't think this is actually weakness I don't think they would say this, but my interpretation was. 154 00:24:40.320 --> 00:24:47.700 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): Weak moments moments, where I didn't know what to do, moments, where I got emotional and I didn't mean to moments, where I was vulnerable. 155 00:24:48.450 --> 00:24:56.220 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): I could tell that both jess and Alex in those moments were happy right they would like lean in there, like yes. 156 00:24:56.700 --> 00:25:09.240 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And my interpretation for my previous understanding of me verse everyone was like these assholes like they want to see me week, while they're not fucking gun like you know it was like. 157 00:25:09.810 --> 00:25:20.040 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And it was so funny to have this realization and be like they're not happy because they want me to suffer they're happy because they love me. 158 00:25:20.370 --> 00:25:30.480 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And they want to actually be able to see me and contribute to me and connect with me and when i'm acting like everything's perfect and i'm on top of it, and I have my game face on. 159 00:25:30.810 --> 00:25:48.240 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): They can't connect with me when i'm like let me help you and i'm supporting them but i'm not allowing them to see me or support me i'm like robbing them of this gift of contribution of real contribution and connection with me, and that was like so crazy. 160 00:25:48.810 --> 00:25:55.140 Jessica Rhodes: yeah yeah because when you're it feels it feels like a one way relationship, you know. 161 00:25:55.770 --> 00:26:01.200 Jessica Rhodes: When when you know one person is not ever opening up or showing their vulnerabilities are showing their weakness like. 162 00:26:01.710 --> 00:26:09.810 Jessica Rhodes: I know, for me it was like after i'm like well MARQuIS always has it together, she is always right, she is never having a down moment and. 163 00:26:10.650 --> 00:26:17.340 Jessica Rhodes: Meanwhile i'm like crying and like broad dlp, and so I think you know for so long i've always felt. 164 00:26:17.730 --> 00:26:29.490 Jessica Rhodes: You know I would feel less than you because i'm like well she never has breakdown she's not you know, then so it was just I really acknowledge you for like having that breakthrough and sharing that because it does feel. 165 00:26:30.210 --> 00:26:35.160 Jessica Rhodes: So good to be able to support somebody when they're feeling down because everyone has those down moments. 166 00:26:36.930 --> 00:26:40.890 Jessica Rhodes: And it's nice to be able to support each other. 167 00:26:41.550 --> 00:26:46.020 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): yeah and it feels good to receive support it's uncomfortable. 168 00:26:46.080 --> 00:26:52.050 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): Like for me and if you're like me after work with your nervous system, because it feels like you just want a snapshot. 169 00:26:53.040 --> 00:26:54.150 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): Then you gotta like. 170 00:26:54.300 --> 00:27:01.620 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): stay open and like ease into it, but it feels good to receive that and it also feels good to like. 171 00:27:02.280 --> 00:27:10.950 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): be a real person like it's and it's like I do, I do have it together a lot like I, but there are moments where. 172 00:27:11.490 --> 00:27:20.370 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): I don't share what's going on, or one thing I do is like when it's happening like when i'm in something when i'm really in it. 173 00:27:20.700 --> 00:27:27.600 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): my mind to keep me safe is like don't tell anyone don't tell anyone because it feels like an open nerve that I have to protect. 174 00:27:27.900 --> 00:27:36.300 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And then it's only once i've like figured it out by myself and i'm, on the other side of it that all then tell this really sanitized version of it. 175 00:27:36.540 --> 00:27:46.650 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): which looks like authenticity and is a kind of authenticity, but it's not the same as opening up when you're in it, because that's what feels really threatening but that's also. 176 00:27:46.920 --> 00:27:54.240 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): What allows your people to see you and to support you, and it was also like to hear you say that justin Alex said something similar to me. 177 00:27:54.960 --> 00:28:03.660 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): It was crazy to realize that because of my fear of people hurting me and my belief that, I mean I am so sensitive. 178 00:28:04.110 --> 00:28:15.300 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And I always looked at extreme sensitivity as a handicap and something that I had to hide and like protect and to realize that. 179 00:28:15.990 --> 00:28:26.490 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): In my fear of like vulnerability in my fear of being hurt in my effort to protect my sensitivity and what felt like an opener for me. 180 00:28:26.820 --> 00:28:34.530 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): I had made the people that I love most feel bad about themselves because i'm showing up protecting myself acting like everything's fine. 181 00:28:34.860 --> 00:28:44.490 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And not realizing that i'm making them feel less than or like they can't contribute to me, and that was crazy, because that is not at all what I intended. 182 00:28:44.880 --> 00:28:53.640 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And it was just it was very cool and of course it's like an ongoing thing i'm gonna have to keep reminding myself like reminding my body doing the neuro drills. 183 00:28:53.940 --> 00:29:03.780 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): it's safe it's safe to let people in it's safe to let people see me what I don't have it together but it's so powerful and it's just. 184 00:29:04.620 --> 00:29:19.350 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): I feel less alone, like, I really feel differently, after a lifetime of unconsciously feeling alone, I feel, and receive the love and support around me now for the first time. 185 00:29:21.120 --> 00:29:22.110 Jessica Rhodes: so beautiful. 186 00:29:24.930 --> 00:29:29.880 Jessica Rhodes: We are really taking y'all on some deep journey so welcome to our life. 187 00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:33.090 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): yeah June is a deep. 188 00:29:33.810 --> 00:29:37.770 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): Deep month on the podcast, so I hope I hope that you like it. 189 00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:40.320 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): follow us on social. 190 00:29:40.320 --> 00:29:40.740 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): media. 191 00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:46.410 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): shoot us an email, I really am interested in people's takeaways like. 192 00:29:46.710 --> 00:29:56.430 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): If you heard something here and you're like oh my gosh this is me feel free to like send us a DM or you can email me at marquee at interview connections COM if you're just like oh my gosh. 193 00:29:57.060 --> 00:30:07.110 Jessica Rhodes: Like honestly were the type of friends, you can like dms and tell us your deepest traumas on the first DM and like we're not going to judge you for that So if you are hearing this and you're just like wow I can relate to this like. 194 00:30:07.560 --> 00:30:10.410 Jessica Rhodes: You can find us on social you can send us a message. 195 00:30:11.190 --> 00:30:12.300 Jessica Rhodes: Like we're happy to. 196 00:30:12.690 --> 00:30:24.210 Jessica Rhodes: to connect with you, if you're you know, an entrepreneur that's like really serious about up leveling and you want to coach with us, you want to get out on podcasts like reach out to us, you know interview connections COM marquee at interview connections COM. 197 00:30:24.780 --> 00:30:27.450 Jessica Rhodes: Multiple calls to action breaking my own rules, but. 198 00:30:28.680 --> 00:30:30.330 Jessica Rhodes: yeah alright thanks all.
In this episode, we nerd out on all things nervous system! We share more about nervous system co-regulation and how actually dysregulating each other's nervous systems was the key to experiencing a quantum leap of personal growth. Links mentioned: Elisabeth's previous podcast appearances on our show: Applied Neurology: https://interviewconnections.com/elisabeth/ Leadership and the Nervous System: https://interviewconnections.com/leadership-the-nervous-system/ Audio Transcript: Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): On this episode, we are going to be nurturing out on the nervous system and on some really deep work that dustin I have been doing together. 2 00:00:14.219 --> 00:00:25.410 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And then, with the help of Elizabeth Christoph who is our nervous system angel and the incredible breakthroughs that that work has really made available. 3 00:00:26.790 --> 00:00:37.170 Jessica Rhodes: yeah I have learned, I mean i'm embarrassed to say I really didn't know what the nervous system was until like a year or year and a half ago, I mean, I guess, I had heard the phrase, but I really didn't understand it. 4 00:00:37.530 --> 00:00:52.980 Jessica Rhodes: and Elizabeth has been on this podcast I think three times I interviewed her a couple of years ago, so definitely will link to these episodes in the show notes, so you can can listen she's been on marquees panels leadership and the nervous system panels. 5 00:00:54.030 --> 00:01:02.940 Jessica Rhodes: And i've just learned so much about the nervous system and it's helps me like experience the biggest breakthroughs i've ever had. 6 00:01:04.080 --> 00:01:12.330 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): yeah, and the reason that elizabeth's work and she's legit she has been featured in forbes she's like we're clearly obsessed with her. 7 00:01:13.110 --> 00:01:24.480 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): We feature her every possible opportunity we both personally work with her, we have coaching clients work with her when they have something they need to process through their nervous system, like the level of. 8 00:01:25.140 --> 00:01:32.460 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): Our trust in her and our love of her is like very, very high, because we don't take that lightly, who we work with and also who we send our clients to. 9 00:01:33.030 --> 00:01:46.110 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): So what I love about elizabeth's work is I think there's such a huge focus in the personal development space on these mindset emotional energetic up levels. 10 00:01:46.590 --> 00:01:59.250 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And I love them they're amazing like I love them i've had so many like mindset and your feelings and your emotional guidance system, all that stuff is so real and so important. 11 00:01:59.970 --> 00:02:11.730 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And also, I felt that I personally and i've observed other people kind of hit a ceiling on how far I could go with just mindset and emotion and energy. 12 00:02:12.150 --> 00:02:19.680 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And I really wasn't sure why until I learned more about the nervous system and the work that Elizabeth doing. 13 00:02:20.040 --> 00:02:35.760 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And realizing that my mind my energy my spirit was like leveling up like crazy, but no one had talked to my body about what we were doing and that resulted in. 14 00:02:36.180 --> 00:02:46.230 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): Yes, migraines exhaustion fatigue, but also in me sort of like getting up to the ledge of doing this thing that I knew I should do in this leap of faith. 15 00:02:46.710 --> 00:02:52.020 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And backing off because the discomfort in my body was so intense. 16 00:02:52.470 --> 00:03:01.560 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): I felt like I couldn't handle it, whether that was like you know super tight in the chest like shaking hands shaking voice like it was just like. 17 00:03:01.830 --> 00:03:15.630 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): It was like my body was like hell no and so i'm ready to show up powerfully and make this big move, and meanwhile i'm like shaking i'm like I have this week voice i'm like so tense, I can barely get the word out like. 18 00:03:15.990 --> 00:03:27.660 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And i'm like this in it like this any would make me back off because i'd be kind of honestly embarrassed because my body is not cooperating and I feel so powerful, I want to show up powerfully. 19 00:03:28.050 --> 00:03:36.120 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And then i'm showing up with so much fear in my body and people can feel that and I can feel that and it started messing with my mindset. 20 00:03:36.420 --> 00:03:50.220 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): Because I would like go for these up levels, then I would have these reactions his old fear and stuff in my body, and I would back off because I would be like oh God it's too much Oh, it was like there was a fear. 21 00:03:50.520 --> 00:03:59.610 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): Of the fear like feeling the discomfort in my body from the fear was so uncomfortable that I would back off and i'd be like okay I won't do it then. 22 00:03:59.940 --> 00:04:03.120 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And then I would be getting mad at myself for playing small. 23 00:04:03.510 --> 00:04:15.900 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): But the threat response that my body was going through, it was like you're gonna die you're going to die is like you're not gonna die from going on Facebook live, but if your body is sure that you will. 24 00:04:16.290 --> 00:04:23.850 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): It will feel really, really scary and your brains job as Elizabeth says, all the time, is to keep you safe so. 25 00:04:24.420 --> 00:04:27.510 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): This has been such a profound thing for me because. 26 00:04:27.930 --> 00:04:40.950 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): it's really allowed me to quantum leap because i've already done all this work i've like I mean i've processed, a lot of trauma i've done a lot of energetic work i've done so much mindset so much emotional guidance system stuff. 27 00:04:41.430 --> 00:04:50.970 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): It was the body was really the last piece, for me, and by now learning how to work with my nervous system and get the nervous system on board and take that time. 28 00:04:51.240 --> 00:04:57.630 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): To be like hey here's what we're doing it's going to be safe and like doing the neuro drills and the tapping. 29 00:04:58.260 --> 00:05:07.920 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): It the power and the grounding that I now have is absolutely incredible and I say that as someone who has a tendency to dissociate. 30 00:05:08.520 --> 00:05:15.300 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And when you dissociate you're not in your body and so getting in my body is a focus for me. 31 00:05:15.900 --> 00:05:24.480 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): it's it's always something that I have to be really mindful of and i'm like up in the head i'm like flying like let's do this. 32 00:05:24.990 --> 00:05:39.030 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): Typical air sign if you're into astrology and my my Achilles heel is always grounding a lack of grounding and feeling safe in my body feeling safe grounding into my body. 33 00:05:39.450 --> 00:05:50.130 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): has made me so much more powerful as a leader as a mammal You know, as you know, we are, we are like. 34 00:05:50.910 --> 00:06:06.210 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): alpha apex predators as humans like and there's something when you bring that full power, not in an aggressive way in your body to all the other work you've done mentally it's fucking crazy are we allowed to swear on the spot. 35 00:06:06.780 --> 00:06:16.890 Jessica Rhodes: Now well well we'll have the explicit sign, but I feel like that's very fitting for a show with you, because we always put the little explicit emoji react in slack so. 36 00:06:17.250 --> 00:06:18.150 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): yeah i'm a big. 37 00:06:18.450 --> 00:06:24.030 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): fan of being explicit I always say I want to tell you explicitly what I want. 38 00:06:24.450 --> 00:06:26.040 there's no miscommunication. 39 00:06:27.420 --> 00:06:30.660 Jessica Rhodes: yeah I love, all of this, and you know. 40 00:06:31.680 --> 00:06:43.080 Jessica Rhodes: MARQuIS came to me recently and I alluded to this and I didn't lead to it, I said it in the last episode, but I want to dive more into this, I mean, are you why don't you share that side of story because yeah I want you to share. 41 00:06:43.350 --> 00:06:50.700 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): Okay, so something was happening, where I was getting dis regulated, when I was talking to us. 42 00:06:51.090 --> 00:06:58.770 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And there, there are something we talked about last episode we'll talk about it this episode like mirroring and funding and stuff like that which is a trauma response. 43 00:06:59.070 --> 00:07:08.790 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): where you want someone to like you, or you want to connect with someone, but to do that, you try to be what you think they want or to mirror what they're doing. 44 00:07:09.060 --> 00:07:19.290 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): which can backfire right, because if people feel like you're being in authentic and you're kind of stepping on their toes and you're doing what they're doing but it doesn't feel like it's really authentic. 45 00:07:19.740 --> 00:07:28.530 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): It can dis regulate them right and they start to get like they don't know why but they're just getting this feeling around you have like I don't know like I don't know if I like this. 46 00:07:29.010 --> 00:07:42.840 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And I was starting to get that feeling and especially stepping into the personal brand I was getting it more, because just was getting more regulated, understandably, I was also kind of just regulated, because it was scary to step out into this content. 47 00:07:43.950 --> 00:07:58.860 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And I really wasn't working with my nervous system, yet at that point so i'm already I would say delicate nervous system, wise in this new situation and then justice dysregulation was like we were just. 48 00:07:58.890 --> 00:08:00.750 Jessica Rhodes: It was a thing out of 10. 49 00:08:01.380 --> 00:08:06.870 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And yeah and I, like the reason people, people are like, why do you have such a successful partnership and like. 50 00:08:07.620 --> 00:08:11.640 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): We are able to talk to each other about stuff that like. 51 00:08:12.090 --> 00:08:23.790 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): You you would never talk to someone about like because I started and I started to think about susie so susie if you've heard past episodes i'll let just do the whole story, but she was like a friend in middle school and there was this. 52 00:08:24.120 --> 00:08:29.880 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): Experience with her were in typical middle school girl on evolved fashion. 53 00:08:30.750 --> 00:08:31.230 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): Like. 54 00:08:31.410 --> 00:08:38.400 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): You know pulled this kind of power move, where she stopped talking to just she brought the friend group with her to super traumatizing. 55 00:08:39.210 --> 00:08:45.330 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And, in some ways and justin I have talked about this, there are some parallels between me and susie. 56 00:08:46.320 --> 00:08:59.100 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): Just like energy wise and like so it was really interesting because, as this, I was already a little wonky with my regulation because i'm stepping into this new level. 57 00:08:59.790 --> 00:09:07.260 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): Just seems just regulated, I can tell that there's more like finding and mirroring which is making me feel smothered which is making me feel this regulated. 58 00:09:07.800 --> 00:09:21.720 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And I started thinking about susie and we had done coaching we've worked with great coaches and you know both jess and I are quite familiar with each other, like middle school drama and we talked about it all the time with our coaches. 59 00:09:22.200 --> 00:09:26.490 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And I was like you know what I wonder if this happened with susie. 60 00:09:26.850 --> 00:09:34.230 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): I wonder if susie was getting this regulated and, of course, a middle school girl is not going to be evolved enough to say. 61 00:09:34.500 --> 00:09:46.080 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): You know what I think you're just regulating my nervous system, can we talk through the trauma that we might be playing out together so that we can have a more aligned dynamic now middle school girls are bitches she was like by. 62 00:09:47.250 --> 00:09:57.300 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And like and she used her influence to create you know, the new situation that she wanted, which is what people do, especially in middle school. 63 00:09:57.690 --> 00:10:04.620 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): So it was really interesting though, because I realized, we had talked a lot with coaches about. 64 00:10:05.130 --> 00:10:13.080 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): The susie situation, but it was always the aftermath right, it was always like okay you've been abandoned and now there's this abandonment wound. 65 00:10:13.440 --> 00:10:22.860 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): How do we, you know build your self worth up, which is like fine but, honestly it's kind of superficial right, because if you don't get to the root of something. 66 00:10:23.100 --> 00:10:33.090 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): You can layer affirmations all day long it's not gonna work it's not going to work at the level of your nervous system, and you can say I feel so much better, but people can tell that you don't so. 67 00:10:33.630 --> 00:10:51.990 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And that's not just just like i've done that too we've all done that, and then like i'm doing great and it's like maybe, so I realized we've never gone before the susie incident right before it right so we've always just said yeah like susie's a jerk middle school girls are. 68 00:10:51.990 --> 00:10:55.860 Jessica Rhodes: traumatized and if susie if you happen to be listening I forgive you and I love you very much. 69 00:10:56.910 --> 00:11:01.350 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): We understand what happened with your nervous system, we get it we're on the level with you. 70 00:11:03.030 --> 00:11:06.900 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): and honestly, as far as middle school girls got like truly no judgment. 71 00:11:07.590 --> 00:11:15.720 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): it's a savage time so yeah, but it was really I was like we've never gone we've never asked the question why did susie leave. 72 00:11:16.020 --> 00:11:22.140 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): Because it's always been I think people are afraid to ask questions like that, personally, and one of the things I like to do coaching people. 73 00:11:22.530 --> 00:11:29.280 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): Is ask those questions that other people are afraid to ask because it's it's hard to tell someone who's like Oh, I had this. 74 00:11:29.670 --> 00:11:39.570 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): You know, someone abandoned me it was so traumatizing it's pretty in your face to say like, why do you think they left you right like because it's not just there a terrible person. 75 00:11:40.050 --> 00:11:48.210 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): Everybody as Elizabeth would say is acting on the level of their nervous system, everybody is doing the best that they can. 76 00:11:48.510 --> 00:11:58.380 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And so, are there, people without empathy yes, there are, but the majority of people, they don't do things for no reason right, it might be their own reasons, it might be their own trauma and have nothing to do with you. 77 00:11:58.890 --> 00:12:09.270 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): But, as I was getting this feeling I was like I wonder if there's something here that we should dig into about what drove susie away. 78 00:12:09.600 --> 00:12:18.240 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): and not in a blame way, and this is what I said to just it's very easy to go from a victim of like this person abandoned me because they're an asshole. 79 00:12:18.630 --> 00:12:23.250 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): To self blaming have they abandoned me because i'm unlovable and i'm terrible. 80 00:12:23.580 --> 00:12:32.160 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): Those are basically the same thing those feel like two different things that are two sides of the same coin So how do we take responsibility in a way that's like. 81 00:12:32.430 --> 00:12:43.140 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): What caused this result is there a way that I contributed to this and what did that look like, because we know it's not the answer is never going to be your own lovable like spoiler alert. 82 00:12:43.590 --> 00:12:45.690 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): If that's what you're getting you're very lovable. 83 00:12:46.350 --> 00:12:53.940 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): it's never that you're a bad person it's never that you're fundamentally unlovable you'll never be enough, I know you have those thoughts I know they feel real. 84 00:12:54.210 --> 00:13:02.940 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): it's never going to be that, so if we can rule that out, and we can rule out that that person is just a monster, then we can come into this middle space of. 85 00:13:03.240 --> 00:13:14.130 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): What might have happened here what energy did I bring into this situation that somebody else didn't want to be around, and I think it's so incredible. 86 00:13:14.850 --> 00:13:22.950 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): The way we manifest the people in our lives, that we need to learn these lessons and to get to the next level and, like. 87 00:13:23.250 --> 00:13:36.930 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): I was joking, with just but it's kind of true she's manifested me who is like this evolved susie right like I was probably more of a Suzy maybe even meaner and middle school because I had a lot of problems. 88 00:13:37.260 --> 00:13:50.190 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): But i've done the therapy, I have processed my trauma I have done the personal growth work so whereas susie as a middle school girl, the level of her you know evolution all she could do was be like by like. 89 00:13:50.280 --> 00:14:05.580 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): An abandoned you, I am an adult who's done a lot of work, so it was so incredible that it's like you've manifested this version of susie who's evolved enough to not just be like by i'm going to abandon you but to really be like. 90 00:14:06.180 --> 00:14:15.300 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): what's going on here because I am feeling dis regulated by like the funding and the mirroring and I want to like dive into it. 91 00:14:16.410 --> 00:14:19.590 Jessica Rhodes: I love it you're like all that just told us, the story, and then you know so. 92 00:14:21.060 --> 00:14:22.230 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): I OK. 93 00:14:22.350 --> 00:14:23.160 Jessica Rhodes: I know I like. 94 00:14:24.720 --> 00:14:26.820 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): I was like i'll just defer to just but then I was like. 95 00:14:26.850 --> 00:14:28.680 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): I kind of want to keep my narrative on track. 96 00:14:28.860 --> 00:14:29.070 Jessica Rhodes: Now I. 97 00:14:30.120 --> 00:14:34.170 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): would love to go to your version of this susie story, though, because they think. 98 00:14:35.310 --> 00:14:35.700 Jessica Rhodes: And i'm. 99 00:14:36.060 --> 00:14:44.370 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): sorry that I did that, and I would love to be able to honestly tell our listeners that I don't usually do stuff like that, but I can't lie to you guys. 100 00:14:46.470 --> 00:14:54.840 Jessica Rhodes: No, no, no, it was it was absolutely perfect okay so let's talk a little bit about manifesting people into your life because. 101 00:14:54.900 --> 00:15:01.530 Jessica Rhodes: Again, people ask me all the time, how did you know Marty was the right partner, and I said I don't know I just know. 102 00:15:02.340 --> 00:15:14.550 Jessica Rhodes: And God the universe was like girl, you need to get complete with your past trauma of feeling abandoned feeling disconnected feeling like the female leader of the pack doesn't want you around like that's all of my ship. 103 00:15:15.330 --> 00:15:22.080 Jessica Rhodes: And so, really, for the past I mean we've been in each other's lives for like five six years now, as as business partners. 104 00:15:22.800 --> 00:15:32.190 Jessica Rhodes: And, and there are there was like these moments of feeling just regulated and feeling disconnected or abandoned and i'm just like. 105 00:15:33.030 --> 00:15:43.830 Jessica Rhodes: Ah, you know it was like Why do I feel less than Why do I feel just regulated and when MARQuIS came to me and was like it was a Monday morning at 930. 106 00:15:44.820 --> 00:16:00.960 Jessica Rhodes: On Monday morning at 930 guys MARQuIS does not do zoom calls before 10 like if she can help it and she was like hey girl, can you hop on zoom and I was like sure like whatever and she gets on and she's like get ready for a break thrill and I was like. 107 00:16:03.690 --> 00:16:11.910 Jessica Rhodes: And I was like sick i'm always down for breakthrough morgan's always serving one up on a platter like, here we go and she then tells me how. 108 00:16:13.980 --> 00:16:16.650 Jessica Rhodes: This regularly that she feels around me and I was like. 109 00:16:17.820 --> 00:16:31.080 Jessica Rhodes: Okay feeling very humbled and up moment um and so she starts talking to me about the susie thing because, like really the recent break there was like Oh, I have an abandonment pop up I like i've shared it on this podcast before. 110 00:16:31.710 --> 00:16:41.970 Jessica Rhodes: And, and she was like I want you to go deeper and so literally it was like 48 plus hours of me going to the depths of my deepest insecurities and like. 111 00:16:42.690 --> 00:16:49.830 Jessica Rhodes: dramas, and I was really fucking pissed that Murray, he was putting me on this journey, because I was like really that Monday morning was. 112 00:16:50.400 --> 00:17:03.300 Jessica Rhodes: Perfect until you sold me on zoom and was like i'm gonna send you on there's like she buckled me into a roller coaster and then I went like straight down to the bottom, and I was there for a couple. 113 00:17:05.010 --> 00:17:11.490 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): yeah yeah I do that, like there will be aggressive breakthroughs during times. 114 00:17:11.490 --> 00:17:14.820 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): Where it's like everything's going great and i'm like okay. 115 00:17:14.940 --> 00:17:18.150 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): let's face this this thing you've been avoiding for so long. 116 00:17:18.360 --> 00:17:18.780 Jessica Rhodes: yeah. 117 00:17:18.810 --> 00:17:20.640 Jessica Rhodes: But it was so great, because. 118 00:17:21.630 --> 00:17:27.330 Jessica Rhodes: The feeling dis regulated around each other, like really had never been spoken um. 119 00:17:28.140 --> 00:17:39.720 Jessica Rhodes: And so, getting like really facing that head on, was so helpful and there's been like so many like breakthroughs, and like getting into alignment like if you're clicking a puzzle together and just be like every few days we've just like click click click click click click. 120 00:17:40.830 --> 00:17:43.530 Jessica Rhodes: So it's been it's been really, really great and. 121 00:17:43.740 --> 00:17:50.610 Jessica Rhodes: So you know, had this big breakthrough like i'd be like okay well, maybe this happened she's like before susie, it has to be before sixth grade what happened before, and I was like. 122 00:17:50.730 --> 00:17:58.230 Jessica Rhodes: revealing to her like some really embarrassing things that she's like it's not that and i'm like my God, are you serious like I have to keep. 123 00:18:00.030 --> 00:18:04.020 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): i'm like the least judgmental person ever like you can't. 124 00:18:04.080 --> 00:18:09.060 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): No one can shock me you could tell me anything and i'd be like okay like. 125 00:18:09.510 --> 00:18:12.750 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): yeah you know it, I know it's embarrassing to you and honestly wasn't that. 126 00:18:12.750 --> 00:18:21.270 Jessica Rhodes: Bad yeah I know I can tell you anything like I like if I make an off color joke like I know she's never gonna like get upset or judge before it so um. 127 00:18:21.600 --> 00:18:22.590 Jessica Rhodes: yeah so anyway. 128 00:18:22.830 --> 00:18:37.410 Jessica Rhodes: Like we got to the breakthrough we got to the the deepest darkest root of this problem here, and then she sent me to work with Elizabeth she's like now, you need to like here because, like trauma lives in the body and Elizabeth says this all the time. 129 00:18:38.100 --> 00:18:45.540 Jessica Rhodes: trauma really is not in the cognitive mind like I never really could have like completely healed that without doing. 130 00:18:46.260 --> 00:18:50.760 Jessica Rhodes: This nervous system work so Elizabeth worked with me on you know eft tapping and. 131 00:18:51.330 --> 00:19:00.420 Jessica Rhodes: gave me these really important exercises he's applied neurology exercises to call my nervous system, so now several times a day if i'm feeling like in a heightened state of threat. 132 00:19:00.690 --> 00:19:04.890 Jessica Rhodes: I have like an exercise that I can do that immediately comes my nervous system. 133 00:19:05.340 --> 00:19:15.540 Jessica Rhodes: And I also have these really great affirmations that I do when i'm doing those neuro drills which are really great and one of them is myself express myself wait. 134 00:19:16.410 --> 00:19:26.280 Jessica Rhodes: By self expression protects me, which is amazing because being self expressed and like being fully myself. 135 00:19:26.850 --> 00:19:31.500 Jessica Rhodes: I previously would feel really scared that that would be the reason somebody would leave me. 136 00:19:31.800 --> 00:19:43.740 Jessica Rhodes: So when I am self expressed by nervous system is like this is a little scary, so I do these applied neuro drills, and I say like i'm safe Being myself my self expression protects me so when i'm putting myself out there. 137 00:19:44.640 --> 00:19:48.540 Jessica Rhodes: I can remind my nervous system like this is safe, and this is actually like a good thing. 138 00:19:50.670 --> 00:19:57.480 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): yeah and I think for anyone listening, even if you can't relate to this exactly like we all have this. 139 00:19:57.990 --> 00:20:06.840 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): We all have situations where we get dis regulated or dynamics, where we get dis regulated and if we're willing to really face that and look at what's going on. 140 00:20:07.260 --> 00:20:18.720 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): there's so much of your power available to you that you can take back and like when we went jess and I look back, we found a few situations of these, and it was always with these. 141 00:20:19.380 --> 00:20:27.420 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): super dominant alpha females, and it was so it's not with everybody it's like this certain type of person the certain type of energy. 142 00:20:27.690 --> 00:20:36.870 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): will bring something out of you, that is unprocessed trauma that's either a farming or maybe you're fighting and its aggressive very like. 143 00:20:37.140 --> 00:20:41.910 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): is so and we all have those things, and when you can look back on those patterns of like. 144 00:20:42.210 --> 00:20:54.450 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): This certain type of person who I always end up friends with or I always end up dating and it plays out the same way if you're willing to look at that and look at why. 145 00:20:54.750 --> 00:21:05.460 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): like what happened before this what am I trying to get out of these situations, what is the energy this old energy that i'm bringing to these situations, and I think a lot of the time. 146 00:21:06.090 --> 00:21:13.890 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): It has to do with wanting something from people like wanting something that's old like old validation old connections something like that. 147 00:21:14.250 --> 00:21:25.290 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And I think that's what dis regulates people, because if they can feel that you're either being an authentic or that you want or need something from them, it can it can dis regulate them. 148 00:21:25.710 --> 00:21:37.410 Jessica Rhodes: And I barely just recording this episode at all like clicked into place in in your episode with alicia on we get it your dad died you guys went down this whole personal responsibility rabbit hole and that's that's it like. 149 00:21:37.800 --> 00:21:40.350 Jessica Rhodes: me taking personal responsibility. 150 00:21:40.470 --> 00:21:46.680 Jessica Rhodes: For the abandonment of like strong female friendships that i've had because, like susie wasn't the only one i've had other. 151 00:21:47.370 --> 00:22:00.270 Jessica Rhodes: best friends that are women that totally left me and i'm like what happened there and it was always they abandoned me until the breakthrough came and taking personal responsibility, not being a victim, up until now, I had always been a victim. 152 00:22:00.630 --> 00:22:09.360 Jessica Rhodes: In those relationships so go listen to marty's episode with alicia on we got it your dad died argue with a hard g.com slash alicia is where you can find it. 153 00:22:10.800 --> 00:22:17.430 Jessica Rhodes: But that, like all just clicked into place for me, because it was really like confronting at first you're like what did you do and I was like bitch I didn't do anything. 154 00:22:18.330 --> 00:22:29.010 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): yeah and it is tough and I love that episode with alicia because personal responsibility had been like my secret weapon and I never told anybody because it's very awkward. 155 00:22:29.250 --> 00:22:37.470 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): To like you don't want to seem like a victim blame or you don't want to you don't want someone to say oh my gosh this person mistreated me or abandoned me and you don't want to be like. 156 00:22:37.800 --> 00:22:45.570 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): Well, what did you do like what energy, did you bring to that situation, especially if it's something that's happened multiple times to you like. 157 00:22:46.230 --> 00:23:05.100 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): what's up you know, like what what part of you is co creating that with them and yeah I love it, it is personal responsibility and as a coach and as a mentor, the best thing that we can do for the people that we're working with is be brave about. 158 00:23:06.120 --> 00:23:15.570 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): shining a light on areas for personal responsibility, even though it might dis regulate our nervous system right because people might get really mad at us, but it is. 159 00:23:16.470 --> 00:23:23.580 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): The only way to access your power and the only way that therapy nervous system work personal growth affirmations. 160 00:23:23.880 --> 00:23:35.010 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): None of that stuff works until you first take the radical personal responsibility step and once you take radical personal responsibility over your results over the things that have happened. 161 00:23:35.280 --> 00:23:44.910 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): Again, not self blame it's not i'm a bad person it's not I deserve this it's not i'm unlovable that's never going to be right that's always going to be a distraction. 162 00:23:45.270 --> 00:23:52.140 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): But once you take true personal responsibility of Why am I, continuing to see this pattern show up in my life. 163 00:23:52.800 --> 00:24:03.090 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): Then you actually are able to heal the therapy works, the nervous system stuff works personal growth will actually work and hit deeper if you don't take that step. 164 00:24:03.750 --> 00:24:15.720 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And you can see all around you and on the Internet, people who are doing the work quote unquote they're doing the personal development they're doing the therapy and it's not working right like you're just like. 165 00:24:16.740 --> 00:24:30.720 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): that's not it like I don't think they've got it, they have not taken that step and it's palpable the changes that they're making are superficial their patches but, once you take personal responsibility that's when there's a true transformation. 166 00:24:32.280 --> 00:24:39.270 Jessica Rhodes: yeah so we hope that you, like us, pulling back the curtain and revealing so much to you. 167 00:24:40.680 --> 00:24:47.190 Jessica Rhodes: If you want to connect with us online, of course, interview connections COM going to get booked up podcast that's where you can find us. 168 00:24:47.520 --> 00:25:01.830 Jessica Rhodes: follow us on tick tock to I am taken over the tech talks and getting us out there, so interview connections at hey Maggie go follow at hey MARQuIS for amazing brilliant life changing 62nd videos. 169 00:25:02.310 --> 00:25:05.700 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): yeah and and since we've gotten really deep into this coaching. 170 00:25:06.120 --> 00:25:14.940 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And, as I mentioned in the coaching when we work with people I also bring in all the best to work with them to process through their body what we work on with their mind and energy. 171 00:25:15.630 --> 00:25:24.540 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): Since this is very focused on coaching if this type of coaching and mentorship that we're talking about in these types of breakthroughs are something that you know. 172 00:25:24.990 --> 00:25:42.120 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): you're ready for if there's a part of you that's ready to stop avoiding it and knows it's time and it's time to get this stuff complete and have this breakthrough to get to your next level reach out to me marya interview connections COM, you can email me directly. 173 00:25:43.590 --> 00:25:45.420 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): And we can talk about working together. 174 00:25:46.560 --> 00:25:47.490 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): it's not cheap. 175 00:25:48.690 --> 00:25:54.300 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): But if you're ready to invest and you really want these breakthroughs I would be happy to talk to you. 176 00:25:56.040 --> 00:25:56.970 Jessica Rhodes: Alright, thanks all. 177 00:25:57.300 --> 00:25:58.020 Margy Feldhuhn (she/her): Thank you.
Introducing Podcast Guesting Expert Jessica Rhodes Podcast guesting expert Jessica Rhodes is todays guest joining us on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots Podcast. She is the Founder and President of Interview Connections, awarded by Corporate Vision Magazine as the Best Specialty Podcast Booking Agency of 2021. If you don't know what that means, is Jessica finds great people to demonstrate their brilliance on the right podcasts. She takes away the effort of finding and connecting her clients with the sexy and attractive podcast hosts. Jessica and and her business partner, Margy Feldhuhn lead their company with a vision to transform the lives of entrepreneurs by transforming their businesses with visibility and strategy. Back in 2007, she was a million miles away from where she is todays as she began her journey working in the position as Field Manager for Clean Water Action, where she directed, managed and trained a staff of up to 25 canvassers. and supervised the office manager in all administrative tasks. After that, her organisation skills were taken to the next level, whilst her communication skills went up several notches too, by stepping into one of the hardest environments of all.
In this episode of We Get it Your Dad Died, Margy Feldhuhn is joined by Sam Jayanti. At 12 years old, both of Sam's parents and her brother died in a plane crash. She was left with her nanny and her dog to recover from this tragedy. The three of them moved to India to live with Sam's aunt and uncle with this question: Will we survive this, or will it ruin us? Listen to Margy and Sam discuss the impact this tragedy has had on her. She swallowed her vulnerability, and it wasn't until she was in college college when one person was the catalyst to begin her healing journey.
In the first episode of season 3 for We Get it Your Dad Died, Margy Feldhuhn invites Suzy Ashworth to discuss the loss of her parents. Suzy's foster parents were found in the back of a magazine and they raised her from the age of 3 months old. In this conversation, they discuss how Suzy's parents raised her and her sister in an environment that balanced freedom with building a strong work ethic. They explore how the relationship between themselves and their loved ones evolve even after they pass, and how these reflections impact their lives.
In this episode of the Influence By Design podcast, Samantha chats with Margy Feldhuhn, an esteemed business owner and the co-owner and CEO of Interview Connections, the first and leading podcast booking agency. For full show notes and links visit: https://samanthariley.global/podcast/358/
In episode #55 Taylor Graham and Chloe Willemsen are back after a week off of podcasting to catch you guys up on what they've been up to! Taylor has been traveling through Italy, while Chloe was sick + attending a family wedding. After their catch up, your favorite CEOs sit down with Margy Feldhuhn who is the co-owner and CEO of Interview Connections, the first and leading podcast booking agency. Margy and her business partner Jessica, lead an in-house staff of over 25 full-time employees in their (now virtual) Rhode Island office, and have successfully scaled the agency to multiple 7 figures. Margy is also a fellow podcaster she has a podcast called We Get It, Your Dad Died where she speaks with high performing entrepreneurs about their experiences with grief and death. Together, we all chat about: All things podcasting How any why entrepreneurs should be leveraging podcast interviews to grow their business Why mindset is the most important part of podcasting Tips for starting off pitching How to overcome grief and loss as an entrepreneur How podcasting has affected her relationship with grief And more!! Taylor's Favorite of the Week: Women's Ellie Chelsea Boots - A New Day™ Chloe's Favorite of the Week: Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Niacinamide Dew Drops Small Business Shoutout: This week's small biz shoutout is going to the coffee and tea company BLK & Bold. Their founders, Pernell & Rod, created BLK & Bold with a desire to make purpose popular. They welcome the obligation to equip young people with tools to live their best lives and overcome familiar unfortunate circumstances by turning a daily ritual, enjoying a cup of coffee & tea, into a means of giving back. BLK & Bold pledges 5% of its profits to initiatives aligned to sustaining youth programming, enhancing workforce development, and eradicating youth homelessness. To keep up with Margy on Instagram click HERE To keep up with Interview Connections on Instagram click HERE To stream the We Get It, Your Dad Died Podcast click HERE Feel free to stalk your hosts a little further: Chloe: @chloew.art Taylor: @taygrahambiz and @sociallytaylored To check out the official CEOish website click HERE To ask us a question or request a guest, connect with us on Instagram and Twitter @ceoishpodcast or email us at ceoishpodcast@gmail.com
Margy is a CEO Multi 7 Figure Agency Owner Business Strategy and Messaging Mentor and Award Winning Podcast Host. She has gone from employee to CEO and taken the company from 6 figures and is on track for 8 figures in the next 24 months.
Looking back on some of our top favorite guests of all time has been a great exercise, and one filled with gratitude. Not only because guests like Margy Feldhuhn inspire us, but also because they have had an impact on our company. We have been honored to receive numerous excellent guests from the company she operates alongside the founder Jessica Rhodes, Interview Connections. We also want to thank Thomas J who left us a nice review of the Shock Your Potential Podcast, along with a 5-star rating on iTunes! Meet Margy Feldhuhn, the co- owner and CEO of Interview Connections, which is a podcast booking agency that offers clients a high-touch, concierge-level experience while getting you booked to guest on podcasts. Margy and her business partner Jessica lead an in-house staff of over 20 full time employees in their (now Virtual) Rhode Island office, and have successfully scaled the agency to 7 figures. Margy joined the company in 2016 as a contractor, becoming the first employee in 2017 and equal co-owner by 2018. She has helped to quickly scale the business by designing and implementing systems to increase revenue, streamline operations and achieve the highest quality client experience. She has taken on a creative role in the agency as well, co-hosting and producing podcast and video content for the podcast We Get It, Your Dad Died. In 2021, Margy won First Prize in the Best Podcast category at the Rhode Island International Film Festival for her podcast We Get It, Your Dad Died. Being a podcaster herself and a client in her own business, Margy uses Interview Connections to get booked on other podcasts. When she's not busy recording her own shows or running the business, Margy is active in animal rescue, organizing a yearly fundraiser called Art for Animals. In 2019, she was recognized for her efforts with a "Humane Heroes" award. She is owned by her 19-year-old cat and 10-year-old toothless Yorkipoo Social Media Contacts: Interviewconnections.com https://www.instagram.com/heymargy/ https://web.facebook.com/margy.feldhuhn https://www.linkedin.com/company/interviewconnections/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/margy-feldhuhn-832b30117/ https://www.margywithahardg.com/
Today's guest is the co-owner and CEO of Interview Connections, the first and leading podcast booking agency. Her and her business partner Jessica, lead an in-house team of over 25 full-time employees in their (now virtual) Rhode Island office, successfully scaling their agency to multiple 7 figures. Their team of in-house Booking Agents are the podcast powerhouses behind a rapidly growing catalog of hundreds of successful entrepreneurs and businesses including Ali Brown, Paul Ross, JJ Virgin, Aweber, and USA Financial. She's won a ton of awards and accolades including first prize in the Best Podcast category at the Rhode Island International Film Festival for her show “We Get It, Your Dad Died” In her spare time, she is active in animal rescue, organizing a yearly fundraiser called Art for Animals even winning a "Humane Heroes" award. She is owned by her 18-year-old cat and 10-year-old toothless Yorkipoo. Please welcome today's guest, Margy Feldhuhn! Top 3 Amplifiers: 1. How to scale your business to 7 figures. 2. How to turn interviews you do on other podcasts into profit 3. How to utilize and scale podcast connections To listen, find other episodes, access the show notes, and find out more go to www.amplifyto7figures.com Connect with today's guest: Website: https://interviewconnections.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/interviewconnections/?hl=en
Today I'm pleased to introduce you to Margy Feldhuhn, the CEO of Interview Connections. Today, Margy is bringing us so much deep wisdom on scaling your business into 7-figures and beyond. I've known Margy as a client of Interview Connections and I follow she and her business partner Jessica Rhodes for all their podcasting knowledge and business savviness. In this episode: Margy shares how grief and loss fueled her entrepreneurial journey and led her to co-owning a 7-figure business. We discuss how processing your personal trauma and triggers can help you be a better employee, leader, and business owner. Lessons of growing from mid-six figures to 7-figures, and now to multi-7-figures. What role mindset played. How knowing your numbers transforms for your business. What role has mentorship and personal development played in the success of Interview Connections Margy talks about how Interview Connections changed their program packages to better serve their clients and their bottom line. The infamous $2 million ceiling and how to surpass it. Margy shares how to leverage podcasting to grow your business and to evolve your brand's messaging. Margy is the co-owner and CEO of Interview Connections, the first and leading podcast booking agency. Margy and her business partner Jessica, lead an in-house staff of over 25 full-time employees in their (now virtual) Rhode Island office, and have successfully scaled the agency to multiple 7 figures. Their team of in-house Booking Agents are the podcast powerhouses behind a rapidly growing catalog of hundreds of successful entrepreneurs and businesses including Ali Brown, Paul Ross, JJ Virgin, Aweber, and USA Financial. Margy joined Interview Connections in 2016 as a contractor, becoming the first employee in 2017 and acquiring 50% equity in the business by 2018. By 2019, she had helped lead the business to its first 7 figure year without any direct marketing or advertising. In 2021, Margy won First Prize in the Best Podcast category at the Rhode Island International Film Festival for her podcast We Get It, Your Dad Died. When she's not busy recording her own shows or running the business, Margy is active in animal rescue, organizing a yearly fundraiser called Art for Animals. In 2019, she was recognized for her efforts with a "Humane Heroes" award. She is owned by her 18-year-old cat and 10-year-old toothless Yorkipoo. “If you're building a team or stepping into bigger leadership, get the help that you need. It is worth the investment in yourself to be able to show up.” – Margy Feldhuhn To learn more about Margy and her work, check out the Interview Connections website, visit Margy's blog, and listen to her podcast. You can also follow her on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook. Let's meet Margy Feldhuhn. Margy Feldhuhn Show Notes
Co-owner and CEO of Interview Connections, Margy Feldhuhn, join us on the She Built It™ Experience today. She shares her story of development through Interview Connections, how family loss led her to start sharing powerful stories on her own podcast show and why business owners should seriously consider podcast guesting as a growth strategy. Listen in and enjoy!Visit this episode's blog post here: https://www.shebuiltit.com/podcast-blog/59-margy-feldhuhn
“Behind every powerful leader is a great therapist. And it doesn't have to be a true therapist — maybe it's a coach, maybe it's a mentor. But every great leader has processed their trauma.”— Margy FeldhuhnThis episode of the Business Society Podcast focuses on the emotional side of entrepreneurship.Margy Feldhuhn is co-owner and CEO of Interview Connections, the first podcast booking agency. Since acquiring 50% equity in 2018, she's helped scale the business to 7 figures — without direct marketing or advertising!Margy credits much of her success to her therapist.A year prior to joining Interview Connections, Margy tragically lost her father to suicide. She underwent over a year of EMDR trauma reprocessing therapy — important work that helped her to step into a leadership role. “If you are out there getting triggered with your team or with your clients, your business is going to fall apart,” she explains. Tune in to hear Margy and I talk about the power of resilience when it comes to leadership, why every entrepreneur should have a therapist, and We Get It, Your Dad Died, her podcast about entrepreneurs and grief.In this episode, you'll discover: How Margy transformed from her company's first employee to its CEO in 2 yearsWhy processing trauma is a crucial piece of effective leadership Why dealing with your emotions will help you avoid sabotaging your resultsAbout Margy Feldhuhn: Margy Feldhuhn is the co-owner and CEO of Interview Connections, the first and leading podcast booking agency, and hosts Rock the Podcast and We Get It, Your Dad Died. Highlights: 01:04 Intro02:00 Meet Margy Feldhuhn04:14 Interview Connections05:03 Trauma, resilience & leadership09:22 Therapy & entrepreneurship11:00 Creating meaning out of grief13:20 Why we hide grief14:51 Margy's podcast guests19:03 Listener feedback20:09 Deal with your stuff23:14 Takeaway Links: https://interviewconnections.com https://www.facebook.com/InterviewConnectionsPage https://open.spotify.com/show/3YtI2LDFqprjsV8kiP3Zj5 https://www.linkedin.com/in/margy-feldhuhn-832b30117 Twitter: @margyfeldhuhnThe Business Society: https://thebusinesssociety.co 5-Step Roadmap to Biz Finance Freedom: https://melissahoustoncpa.lpages.co/5-step-biz-finance-roadmapWork with me: https://www.melissahoustoncpa.com/work-with-meWant more tips and inspiration? Follow me on Twitter @melissahcpa and Pinterest @melissahoustoncpacga and visit my website: https://www.melissahoustoncpa.comNeed a Fractional CFO? Check out The Fractional CFO Agency!
237 Margy Feldhuhn Interview Connections instagram: @interviewconnections Margy Feldhuhn is a podcast host and the co-owner and CEO of Interview Connections, the first and leading podcast booking agency. She and her business partner lead an in-house staff of over 25 full time employees in their (now virtual) Rhode Island office, and have successfully scaled the agency to multiple 7 figures. In addition to being an entrepreneur, Margy is also an animal rescue advocate and personal development enthusiast. With her podcast, “We Get It, Your Dad Died,” Margy uses her own experience of losing her dad to suicide to transform the conversation around grief and show the joy that is possible on the other side of loss. Her show won First Prize in the Best Podcast Category of the 2021 Rhode Island International Film Festival. MyImpactAcademy.com/Join
Margy's father committed suicide and her struggle with his mental health symptoms didn't end with his death. He was a hoarder. Margy, as his only child, was thrust into the role of going through her parents' house after he passed. She was the one who had to hire help and a dumpster and motivate her mother to go through her belongings every single day until the house was cleaned out.Margy provides us insight into the life of a hoarder by talking about her dad. Her father was funny. He was a successful self-employed lawyer and an animal lover. Margy never suspected he might choose to die by suicide. Many hoarders present well to the world with good personal hygiene and success at work and no one would ever know if they didn't go to their house and see (and smell!) the nightmare.What causes a person to become a hoarder? Margy's observations suggest that it's similar to alcoholism. There is an underlying trauma that has not been dealt with, which causes a person to make decisions every day that may not benefit them or their family. When a person hoards their emotional responses to triggers, those feelings manifest in other ways, such as hoarding behavior. Margy is now the CEO of a company called Interview Connections. They work to connect business owners to podcasters so they can get their name out on shows. The way she moved up so quickly in business and brought it to 7 figures is astonishing. She attributes all her success to the hardest project she's ever worked on, cleaning out her parents' home.Thank you for listening to Hope to Recharge! If we are important to you, help us out and Leave us a review on iTunes here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hope-to-recharge/id1464788845. It makes a huge difference!—————————————————————————Our 2022 Retreat is Live! Space is limited to 25 people. Signup today to reserve your spot: https://hopetorecharge.com/retreat—————————————————————————Today's episode of Hope to Recharge is sponsored by The Gift of Light.As we approach 2022, Matana offer us her "Gift of Light” special program, where she offers her listeners the option of working with her 1 on 1, over 8 sessions. This offer only has a small amount of slots open and is available for a limited time. The program is custom tailored to each individual and she will share her tools and techniques on topics she has implemented, such as gratitude, forgiveness, positive mindset and self love.Link: Gift Of Light programhttps://hopetorecharge.com/product/giftoflight/—————————————————————————Connect with MargyTwitter: https://twitter.com/margyfeldhuhnBusiness Site: https://interviewconnections.com/our-team/We Get It; Your Dad Died Podcast: https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/wegetityourdaddied—————————————————————————Quotes“My old life fell apart. And I created this new life that was so much more authentic that I had this much deeper understanding of myself.” @MargyFeldhuhn @MatanaJacobs #HopetoRecharge“What your environment looks like has such an impact on your mental health.” @MargyFeldhuhn @MatanaJacobs #HopetoRecharge“I believe that the majority of the world's problems are just people with unprocessed trauma walking around.” People take that trauma out in different ways. @MargyFeldhuhn @MatanaJacobs #HopetoRecharge“Hoarders are just normal people… Everybody has something, everybody has some little weird thing that can get out of control… Look at your own life. There's something that you do that you don't love or you don't feel fully in control of. And I think it's no different.” @MargyFeldhuhn @MatanaJacobs #HopetoRecharge“A big part of hoarding is that hoarders don't believe that they deserve better. 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**This episode was published under our former branding The Choice with Amy Bett. The content is still so relevant so we have kept it available for you. :) This episode is with Margy Feldhuhn the co-owner and CEO of Interview Connections, the first and the leading podcast booking agency. Margy and her business partner Jessica, lead an in-house staff of over 25 full-time employees in their (now virtual) Rhode Island office, and have successfully scaled the agency to multiple 7 figures. Their team of in-house Booking Agents are the podcast powerhouses behind a rapidly growing catalog of hundreds of successful entrepreneurs and businesses including Ali Brown, Paul Ross, JJ Virgin, Aweber, and USA Financial. I was so interested to chat to Margy because I know first hand how powerful securing guest interviews on other entrepreneurs podcasts are for exposure and sales. I am not joking when I tell you that 80% of my 1:1 clients have found me through hearing me on someone else's podcast. In this conversation Margy and I discuss; Why implementing this strategy into your marketing campaign is so powerful. What types of businesses would benefit from podcast guesting. What you need to know when reaching out to hosts. How to land a spot as a guest expert. Common Mindset hurdles and so much more. INTERVIEW CONNECTIONS FREE MASTERCLASS - The team at interview connections also have a free masterclass where you can learn how to create a global personal brand, and generate a consistent stream of warm, qualified leads with podcast guesting. It's happening in December, it's the last one for the year so if you are interested in learning more REGISTER HERE || CONNECT WITH YOUR HOST AMY BETT || Register for my FREE LIVE VIRTUAL TRAINING and learn the minimum amount of bank accounts you need for your business to manage money like a boss REGISTER HERE INSTAGRAM: Follow for tips and extra resources HERE WEBSITE:HERE This episode has been proudly powered by LegalVision. For more information on their unlimited legal services membership, visithttps://legalvision.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode 92 - If you've ever wondered how businesses scale up to $10m-plus turnover, this is a conversation you can't afford to miss. In this episode, Sam is joined by Margy Feldhuhn, CEO of the world's first podcast booking agency, Interview Connections, who's working on doing just that.As the ultimate 21st century business, Interview Connections works with podcast hosts and entrepreneurs to build connections and help grow their personal brands. Margy shares her views on the importance of knowing and understanding her numbers, and her own personal journey of taking her business, in conjunction with her business partner, Jessica Rhodes, from 7 figure turnover to cracking the 8 figure mark.Sharing the statistics on the number of women running businesses over $2 million turnover and beyond, Sam relays to Margy her own personal experience and the lessons she's learned along the way. They discuss their shared love of numbers and Margy imparts valuable insights on getting numbers to work for you.With a business on the brink of $3million turnover and growing exponentially, Margy is well placed to guide other aspiring business owners on their path to scale. This inspiring, yet very relatable conversation, will give you a fresh perspective on what's truly possible.Here at BlueprintHQ, we are here to help. We are super passionate about the professional services industry and supporting you with what you need. We are offering a short, sharp 15 minute consultation call to help you with this process. Go to https://www.blueprinthq.com.au/consultation
Margy Feldhuhn is a podcast host and the co-owner and CEO of Interview Connections, the first and leading podcast booking agency. She and her business partner lead an in-house staff of over 25 full-time employees in their (now virtual) Rhode Island office, and have successfully scaled the agency to multiple 7 figures. Since 2013, Interview Connections has been booking successful entrepreneurs as guests on podcasts and providing them strategy and coaching to monetize their guest appearances. They currently represent over 250 business owners. In addition to being an entrepreneur, Margy is also an animal rescue advocate and personal development enthusiast. With her podcast, “We Get It, Your Dad Died,” Margy uses her own experience of losing her dad to suicide to transform the conversation around grief and show the joy that is possible on the other side of loss. Her show won First Prize in the Best Podcast category of the 2021 Rhode Island International Film Festival. In this episode, we chat about how their clients utilize podcast guest appearances for their businesses and podcasts, how Interview Connections was created, how many shows they have to pitch to get four podcast guests appearances per month for their clients, why they typically target “mid-range” shows for their clients rather than shows with massive audiences, the criteria they look for when finding podcasts to pitch, why don't ask podcasts hosts for their download numbers before deciding whether or not to pitch to them, and more. To learn more about the resources mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes. Want even more podcasting insights and updates? Join the Podcasting Insiders Club for just $5/month! Want to connect with me further? Follow me on Instagram! Want to work together? Here's how we can do that! One-on-one podcast launch packages Self-paced online course for launching your podcast Podcast auditing (Ideal if you're getting ready to launch and want an expert's eyes on everything first or if you've already launched and you want advice on how to improve your show.) Podcast self-audit online course Podcast editing (Let me take care of the time-consuming post-production aspects of your show.)
To be human is to experience loss. Whether that's the loss of a loved one, the loss of a relationship, or the loss of normalcy, loss has the power to knock us down and keep us low. But after the initial shock, it also has the power to transform us—if we let it. (I know many of us have seen that first hand in the last year and a half!) The first thing loss can transform is our beliefs about ourselves, which, as my guest on my upcoming webinar says, “can be an incredible gift.” This special live episode with guest Margy Feldhuhn. Margy is the CEO of Interview Connections, a podcast guest booking agency and the host of the podcast “We Get it: Your Dad Died.” Her refreshing perspective on grief will inspire you toward transformation, whether or not you're experiencing loss right now. Listen in for a healing conversation that takes the stigma out of grief, helps you identify the gifts that loss may have given you, and encourages you on your personal transformation journey. Schedule a clarity call with Elle: https://calendly.com/ellezimmerman/60min?back=1&month=2021-11 Tune in to Margy's podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-get-it-your-dad-died/id1565341223
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As business owner, you are always thinking about how to grow your business. But do you know what is one of the most important considerations for success? Your mindset. It's not enough to have an idea or even skills that are needed in today's business landscape; you need a growth mindset that will help ensure you achieve your goals and reach new heights. I'm so excited to share guest, Margy Feldhuhn who will be sharing why mindset is so important in terms of personal growth and transformation, the power of sharing your story and what steps business owners can take when building a strategy. Main Topics: - The Importance of Knowing Your Numbers- Personal Growth and Transformation- The Power of Sharing Your Story Key Takeaways: - How have grief and loss can empower you as an entrepreneur - Knowing your numbers will transform your business- What steps business owners should take with beginning a strategy
Join Andrea and Jessica Rhodes in this conversation about increasing the visibility of your business through podcast guesting. Jessica is the founder of Interview Connections, a podcast booking agency. In this episode, she talks about everything you need to know about reaching the audience your business wants through podcasts. Stay tuned! Here are the things to expect in this episode: No strategy, attack, or tactic would get you to where you are without personal development. The joy that you feel about your business is what attracts people. Podcast guesting is all about networking. It's not about who you know but about who knows you! Don't wait for someone to call you an expert. Taking ownership of the knowledge you have makes you an expert! Being a guest makes you a better host. And much more! About Jessica Rhodes: Jessica Rhodes is the leading expert on how to leverage podcast guesting for increased brand awareness, more leads and higher profits. She created the podcast booking industry in 2013 when she founded Interview Connections, the first and leading agency of its kind. Along with her business partner, Margy Feldhuhn, Jessica has quickly scaled Interview Connections to over $1M in annual revenue with nearly no direct marketing or advertising. Their team of in-house Booking Agents are the podcast powerhouses behind many successful entrepreneurs. Connect with Jessica! Website - https://interviewconnections.com/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/InterviewConnectionsPage/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/interviewconnections/ --- For more tips and strategies follow along with Andrea: FB Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/uplevelcollective Website - https://www.andreafreemanconsulting.com/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/afreeman_insta/ Podcast Powerhouse Masterclass - https://www.andreafreemanconsulting.com/masterclass 5 Minute Journal link - https://www.andreafreemanconsulting.com/5minutejournal Podcast Guest Expert One Sheet Template - https://www.andreafreemanconsulting.com/podcast-expert
Move from being in denial about the numbers to being connected to the numbers in your business. Every once in a while I meet a woman so in tune with her business numbers that I instantly know I've found a kindred spirit! In this week's episode you are going to fall in love, just like I did, with Margy Feldhuhn's courageous approach to embracing the metrics inside her business and hear how doing that has made Interview Connections, the business she co-owns, the first and leading podcast booking agency doing 7 and now almost 8-figures a year. Margy and I are on a mission to wake you up to what is possible in your business when you start asking the right financial and performance questions and answering those questions with simple math. If you're thinking, “Oh, Margy's probably had a lifetime of experience in the business financial sector.” OR “She's got to be some kind of math whiz.” You'd be wrong on both counts. Margy is in her twenties and has figured out how to scale a team, exponentially grow revenue and protect profit with her feet on the ground in her business. Listen in to hear Margy tell you the story of Interview Connections' humble beginnings, to how her now business partner, Jessica started the agency as a side hustle, to Margy coming on as a partner and promising to triple each of their take home profits (which they did!), to where they are at now - on target to grow the company from 3 M dollars a year to 10 M dollars a year. I know you will love how transparent Margy is about the “failures” she's learned from growing a company so rapidly and she gives fantastic advice for anyone looking to start or get back on track with profit growth. Get out your P&L spreadsheet, your calculator and let this episode inspire you into action! What's in This Episode Why you CAN run the financial side of your business How to organize your bank account to make profit a priority The story of how Margy and Jess built a 3M dollar company What it takes to scale a business to 10M Why you need an organization chart with number if you want to scale The truth behind why businesses are revenue rich and profit poor What To Do Next Visit lisalarter.com/e27 for the transcript and all resources from this episode.
When listening to a podcast, do you ever wonder how the host found their guest? I had the pleasure of sitting down with the founder and owner of Interview Connections, Jessica Rhodes. Jess, her business partner, and the whole team at Interview Connections, are who you want in your corner when you want to expand your brand through podcasting. Whether you are just starting out or you are a veteran podcaster, she is dishing out all the tips on how to grow your podcast and business. About the Guest: Jessica Rhodes is the leading expert on how to leverage podcast guesting for increased brand awareness, more leads and higher profits. She created the podcast booking industry in 2013 when she founded Interview Connections, the first and leading agency of its kind. Along with her business partner, Margy Feldhuhn, Jessica has quickly scaled Interview Connections to over $1M in annual revenue with nearly no direct marketing or advertising. Their team of in house Booking Agents are the podcast powerhouses behind many successful entrepreneurs and businesses including Ali Brown, Perry Marshall, Aweber, USA Financial and more. Jessica has done hundreds of podcast interviews both as a guest, and co-host of Monetize the Mic. She is the acclaimed author of Interview Connections: How to #RockThePodcast From Both Sides of the Mic and has been a featured speaker at Podfest Multimedia Expo and FinCon. www.interviewconnections.com www.facebook.com/InterviewConnectionsPage/ www.instagram.com/interviewconnections/ twitter.com/monetizethemic www.linkedin.com/company/interviewconnections/ About the Host: Following the crumbs in the chaos is a full time job. As a busy mom of three, a wife to a traveling hubby, and keeping it weird in Austin, Texas, it's safe to say that my life is never boring. In addition to running my coaching business as C'N'C's CEO, I'm a certified coach for a premier virtual fitness and nutrition program helping others feel better while sustaining a healthy lifestyle. My mom and dad are thrilled that I'm putting my Exercise Science degree to good use. Along with my experience training pro athletes, S.W.A.T. members, and a high school football team, I gained 10+ years experience as the Director of Marketing building multiple court reporting companies. Lastly, I am a published writer, Content Coordinator, and Account Executive for a publication by Best Version Media. They even gave me a monthly “How to” column where I teach others how to be more self-sufficient with common household tasks. Every woman should know how their home functions and what to do if something malfunctions, man or no man. With my husband on the road, searching “How To” on the internet has transformed me into a “Mommy MacGyver”. “I don't know how you have the time.” “You're like a Supermom!” These are common things that people say, but the truth is that life hasn't always been easy or pretty. Even with the bumps, I always try to find the humor in everything because laughter is good for the soul and you should never take life too seriously….where's the fun in that? www.chaosncookies.com https://www.instagram.com/heathersteinker https://www.facebook.com/heathersteinker https://linktr.ee/hsteinker https://chaosncookies.com/shop Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below! Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. You can also subscribe in your favorite podcast app. Leave us an Apple Podcasts review Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts,...
What comes first - a polished, magnetic message or the perfect platform? What really matters when it comes to visibility - is it truly all about your eyeliner or backdrop? How can a camera-shy business owner make a lasting impact? This week, Annie P. is joined by the brilliant Margy Feldhuhn, CEO of Interview Connections and true crime enthusiast. This episode is jam-packed with gems about storytelling, style, and finding your own spotlight. Plus, Margy shares tips on how to prepare for your brightest (and darkest) moments. *Parentpreneur advisory: this episode contains colorful language. Connect with Margy's company, Interview Connections, through their Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and website. Check out these fabulous Etsy finds for Dateline fans, each made and sold by independent artists. Tired of feeling sleazy when you sell - or avoiding "the ask" altogether? Annie P.'s free masterclass is for you. For full show notes and more visit www.toolegitimatetoquit.com Extra Credit: Don't forget to subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts! New episodes drop every Monday. Reviews and ratings really help our little show grow, so thank you for the boost!
In the final episode of Season One of We Get It Your Dad Died, host Margy Feldhuhn speaks with Debra Driscoll. Debra Lynne Driscoll is a Grief Guide, Author, Healer, and Speaker. Through spiritual practice and creative process, Debra works with groups and individuals to ease the ‘ouch' of loss and open to the heart and soul expansion possible when we surrender and journey with life, death, grief, and loss. Debra first dealt with the grief after the man she loved took his life. Debra was only 20. Seven months later, Debra's father unexpectedly died. She felt like she was swimming in grief, with massive waves hitting her. That's when Debra began her journey of healing and grieving. She realized she couldn't continue to deny it, or force herself to be so busy that she doesn't have the time to process it. Grief would come, seemingly out of nowhere, and strike Debra down again. Grief continues to get heavier the longer you go without processing it. Debra was on her journey of exploring spiritual practices and healing techniques so she could then process her grief. One month before her son Sage's 11th birthday, he passed away unexpectedly in his sleep. Debra was entirely devastated. She asked herself, “If I apply all these things that I have learned, will I be able to swim in these waves?” That is what helped Debra pick herself up and process the grief of losing her son. Grief is not linear. Processing her grief was a series of surrenders for Debra. She continued returning to the promise she made to herself: “I will work with this, I will not deny this. I will continue to surrender to the question, what is here for me, what can I learn, what is possible within this?” That was a grounding place for Debra to return to when she was lost at sea under the waves of grief. In Debra's healing work, she uses the concept that grief has relationship to joy. If we minimize one feeling, like grief, we minimize them all, like joy. When grief comes to the heart, the heart breaks and that's universal. Debra asks, how do we build the capacity of our heart? If we are seeking more joy, how can we build that? Debra started thinking about building muscle. When we work out and strengthen our muscles, the muscles are sore the next day because our muscle fibers have been stretched and broken. The process of those fibers healing themselves is what strengthens our muscles. Debra applied this concept to our hearts. Grief comes and breaks our heart and the process of working with grief helps us to build those fibers back together and strengthens that heart. You can connect with Debra at Debralynnedriscoll.com. At her website, you can purchase her memoir, or you can download a sample read.
In this episode of We Get It Your Dad Died, host Margy Feldhuhn speaks with Chris Kenney. Chris Kenney is a multi 7-figure business owner and a sought-after business leverage expert who teaches coaches and consultants the Chris Kenney Sales Mastery Formula. This episode tells the story of Chris losing his dad and his sister. In 2016, Chris was in London for a speaking event when he found out that his dad had died suddenly and unexpectedly. Chris had come home for the funeral the next week and was spending time with his brothers and sisters. The very next day after the funeral, Chris's 17-year-old sister died from a cocaine overdose. Chris had also just learned that his father's cause of death was from fentanyl-laced heroin. One thing that started to help Chris put his life back together was to start teaching from the experience. Being able to teach, learn, and help others from this terrible experience started to create meaning from their deaths. Another thing that Chris did to cope was drinking. A lot. It took three years of Chris asking himself, “What are you resisting?” to finally find the answer. Chris was resisting quitting drinking, even though he knew he had to. He knew that the deaths of his father and his sister would be for nothing if Chris didn't learn from the experience in some way. Chris had to choose that he wouldn't be a victim. He had to choose how to respond to the events that happened in his life. After Chris stopped resisting the lesson that the universe was trying to show him, he was able to quit drinking. Once he was able to stop drinking, Chris added 1.6 million dollars in revenue to his business in 2020. The deaths of Chris's father and sister allowed Chris to finally stop resisting the lesson and stop his own substance abuse before it was too late.
In the third episode of We Get It Your Dad Died, host Margy Feldhuhn speaks with Brandi Bernoskie. Brandi is a digital strategist, website developer, and founder of Alchemy+Aim and North Star Sites, companies that help entrepreneurs and business owners elevate their online presence and enhance their digital experience. She is an advocate for using technology in ways that humanize, connect and serve people as well as for asking deeper philosophical questions and teaching others to think more broadly about impact when they create. Brandi and Margy met at the Ali Brown Iconic Event in Miami. While they were sitting at lunch, Brandi and Margy started sharing stories of loss and grief. That conversation is part of what inspired Margy to create this podcast as a space to share stories about loss and how it has impacted us. Brandi agrees and is an advocate for normalizing the process of grief. It's so important to feel like you don't have to hide your grief, or only grieve when you're alone. Brandi explains that there is a lot of potential for healing when we share what we're going through with others. Brandi has always followed her curiosity. She has a BFA in theater, and minors in physics and math. She also ended up getting a bachelor's degree in physics, philosophy, and religion with another minor in math. Brandi also spent two years in a Ph.D. program in philosophy of science and science studies. She loves to think bigger about who we are in the world. Two and a half years ago, Brandi lost her mother to cancer. Her mother's battle with cancer was up and down, going through chemotherapy and surgeries to give her more time. Brandi moved back home to be closer to her mom in her final months. After moving her mother to hospice, Brandi realized that her mother's body was like a prison for her mother. Brandi explains that, even though you want your loved one to stay with you so badly, you realize you have to let them go. There is so much heartbreak and absolute beauty in that moment of gut-wrenching loss but knowing that you were there as the person that your loved one needed. Loss profoundly shaped Brandi. She learned that the stages of grief are not linear things. Her grief pops up at seemingly random times. But she actually learned something very important in a business mastermind. She learned that it's okay to go fetal and feel your emotions. Brandi let herself feel my emotions anytime they came up. While grieving her mother's death, Brandi also learned that being honest and vulnerable led to deeper relationships with her clients. Ultimately, Brandi knows that her grief was the price of love, and she loved her mother so much. You can connect with Brandi on Instagram - www.instagram.com/brandibernoskie
In this special episode of We Get It Your Dad Died, host Margy Feldhuhn continues her conversation with Brandi Bernoskie. If you haven't listened to episode 3, go back and check that episode out! After Margy and Brandi stopped recording, they couldn't stop talking so they decided to record a Part II. This episode focuses on the grief experienced when losing a pet. After Brandi's mother passed, Brandi also lost her cat of 16 years, Hugo. Even though Brandi knew she would likely outlive her cat, it didn't make the process any easier. Hugo became very sick, and Brandi had to syringe feed him to keep him alive. After Hugo passed, Brandi experienced incredible heartbreak. Hugo was Brandi's soulmate. He was with Brandi through the most confusing times of her life, through abusive relationships, and through the difficulty of starting a business. The only constant in Brandi's life was Hugo's love. Losing Hugo was the greatest heartbreak of Brandi's life. The loss of Hugo was particularly hard because Brandi had just lost her mom. Brandi didn't have her best friend, her mom, to comfort her. Without Hugo, Brandi's days feel emptier, and it reminds her of the emptiness she experienced losing her mom. Brandi explains that when that love you experienced was unconditional, you process that grief entirely differently. She felt like she had time to process and grieve her mother while she was sick. However, Hugo's death happened so quickly she didn't feel like she had that time. Brandi and Margy talk about how positive events in your life can still trigger the trauma and grief from loss. Margy recently got engaged and realized that when you hit a big milestone that is supposed to be a happy event, you can get hit with all the feelings of wishing your loved one could be with you to experience it. Ultimately, Margy and Brandi have found healing in feeling their emotions and telling their stories. The goal of this podcast is to create a safe space for people to feel those emotions connected to loss and grief and talk through them. You can connect with Brandi on instagram or her website.
In the fifth episode of We Get It Your Dad Died, host Margy Feldhuhn speaks with Rubina Cohen. Rubina is an expert marketer who has helped numerous businesses and individuals develop and implement profit-raising marketing strategies. Rubina guides entrepreneurs, freelancers, and marketing managers in mastering their marketing efforts and elevating their strategic outcomes. Rubina lost her mother at the young age of 12. Her mother was sick most of Rubina's life. As the middle child, Rubina took responsibility for her younger siblings while her mother was sick. Rubina had to grow up really fast as she was taking care of herself, her siblings, and her mom all at the same time. When Rubina's mother passed away, Rubina was pulled out of school. Her father wanted her to be homeschooled so she could take care of the household and she essentially became the matriarch of the family. Rubina really felt like she was mourning both the loss of her mother and the loss of her childhood. After rejecting an arranged marriage, Rubina ran away from home and attended college. She didn't speak to her father for a few years, but thankfully Rubina and her father now have a great relationship. While she was in college, she had to rebuild a family with people she was meeting in an entirely new place. Even though this was an immense challenge, Rubina reframed it in her mind as an adventure and as an opportunity. Reframing was integral for Rubina to not feel like a victim. With every challenge, she asked herself, “What am I supposed to learn from this?” Rubina highly recommends that everyone should acknowledge and embrace that challenge that they've been through. For Rubina, she is thankful for the challenges because they showed Rubina who she really is and what she is capable of. You can connect with Rubina at her website www.fireflystrategies.com/
In this episode of We Get It Your Dad Died, host Margy Feldhuhn speaks with Jacqueline Nagle. Jacqueline has forged a successful career dependent on redefinition and evolution. She has conceptualized and deployed strategies and projects which have driven rapid multiple 7 and 8 figure growth repeatedly. Realizing that the only way ‘out' is ‘through' Jacqueline has emerged from personal and professional firestorms knowing first hand that the scars from our past and the demons in our mind must be dealt with to truly create a brighter, clearer future. Working through more than just a business loss, professional smashing, and profound heartbreak, Jacqueline is determined to bring the whole of her experience to the forefront in helping the people surrounding her understand anything is possible. In the last few years, Jacqueline had been doing work in resilience and mental strength which led her to a new understanding of grief. Grief is not just the loss of a person, it is the loss of something that you love. That loss can be a way of life, can be a business, or can be the death of someone. We automatically relate grief to the loss of somebody, but grief and grief reactions and processes actually exist wherever there is the loss of something that you love. Jacqueline lost her right-hand woman. Jacqueline and Alicia were in total flow. Everything they did together worked. Alicia was suffering from bipolar disorder. She never got treatment because she felt like if she got rid of the bad, she would get rid of the good. Alicia's best friend died of cancer and became a trigger for her bipolar. After taking some time off, Alicia came back to work but she wasn't the same. It was the first time Jacqueline believed in the soul. She would look into Alicia's eyes, and her eyes were so empty, devoid of a soul. Jacqueline had stopped Alicia from killing herself a number of times, but Alicia's 7th attempt at taking her life was successful. Jacqueline was completely shattered. She was then told she would not be welcome at the funeral. Alicia's husband categorically blamed Jacqueline for her death and the community stepped back from Jacqueline and her team. She felt like she was high-functioning walking dead. It took a long time for Jacqueline to deal with it and get through it. If you are busy and don't take the time, no matter how much time has passed you won't be able to go through it and process that grief. Jacqueline realized she had never processed her grief. She had a stored grief reaction in her body, and 6 years later, she realized she had to do the work. You can't side-step grief. Jacqueline reminds us that we can trust something, but until we believe in it we can't actually bring it to life. Trust is the logical analytical assessment, but believing comes from deep within your heart. When recovering from grief, every step is important, and every step is an achievement. Every single day there is something you can celebrate. But you have to do the damn work. You can connect with Jacqueline at jacquleinenagle.com and speakableyou.com.
In the inaugural episode of We Get It Your Dad Died, host Margy Feldhuhn, tells her story about losing her dad to suicide in 2015. The day Margy's dad died, Margy was living across the world in Asia. When she got the call that her dad had died by suicide, she was entirely shell-shocked. Pretty soon, she would have to face this reality head-on, and she found that this experience completely transformed her life. When Margy returned to her dad's house, completely broken, she found that the house was completely unlivable. Her dad had been a hoarder, and it was now up to Margy to clean the house. She spent 5 entire months cleaning every single day. What initially seemed like an impossible task became an incredible achievement. The impact of grief is not black and white. It affects us in so many different and conflicting ways. However, profound loss is one of the many ways life can tear down our beliefs about who we are and what we are capable of. Overcoming something that was insurmountable didn't magically solve Margy's problems. It didn't heal the pain. But it did change Margy's life and has had a lasting impact on Margy as a human being, and Margy as an entrepreneur.
Jessica Rhodes is the leading expert on how to leverage podcast guesting for increased brand awareness, more leads, and higher profits. She created the podcast booking industry in 2013 when she founded Interview Connections, the first and leading agency of its kind.Along with her business partner, Margy Feldhuhn, Jessica has quickly scaled Interview Connections to over $2M in annual revenue, and their team of in house Booking Agents are the podcast powerhouses behind many successful entrepreneurs and businesses including Ali Brown, Perry Marshall, Aweber, USA Financial and more.In this episode, you'll learn about how Jessica took a virtual assistant business and scaled it into a highly profitable brand. She'll teach you the importance of knowing your strengths and weaknesses and finding someone to help balance those weaknesses. Jessica talks about how visibility and strategy are the two most important ways to grow your business as well as the importance of close relationships and networking versus vanity numbers such as Instagram followers.Listen is as Jessica takes you along her crazy journey to scale her startup into the success it is today!Connect with your host on Instagram @shauna.armitage and visit www.startuprenegades.com/become-a-renegade to join the free Renegades Community.
In this episode, Margy Feldhuhn of Interview Connections shares her career journey as well as the importance of finding meaning and fulfillment in your work. Margy has used the setbacks in her life as a foothold to take a step up and to drive herself forward. Margy believes having a mindset of serving first will set you up for success in whatever work you do. Margy is the co-owner of Interview Connections, the first and leading podcast booking agency. Margy and her business partner lead an in-house staff of over 20 full time employees in their (now virtual) Rhode Island office, and have successfully scaled the agency to multiple 7 figures.
In this episode I talk with co-owner Margy Feldhuhn of Interview Connections. They are the first as well as the leaders in the podcast booking industry. Visit them on the web at www.interviewconnections.com
In this episode I talk with co-owner Margy Feldhuhn of Interview Connections. They are the first as well as the leaders in the podcast booking industry. Visit them on the web at www.interviewconnections.com
"Until there were shows about hoarding, I didn't know it had a name; I just knew something was not right with the house." ~ Margy Feldhuhn Learn more about this episode of A Celebration of You at http://www.hollydowling.com/ep135