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On this episode of The Leadership Locker, recorded at Podcast Movement 2021 in Nashville, Rich talks with podcast hosts Heather Parady and Gregg Clunis about their different approaches to the conference, how to make connections, energy management, and FOMO. Heather Parady is a podcast host based out of Atlanta, GA. She hosts the Unconventional Leaders and Happy Brain podcasts. Gregg Clunis is a content creator and entrepreneur. He is the founder of Tiny Ventures, LLC, where he is focused on creating the education, tools, and resources to help everyday people improve their lives. He's the host of Tiny Leaps, Big Changes. ----- https://richcardonamedia.com/personal-branding/ (Personal Branding | Rich Cardona Media) ----- 00:09 – Introduction 09:00 – Rich's approach to the conference 10:30 – Heather's approach to the conference 12:59 – The right way to make connections 15:41 – What Rich would have done differently 16:49 – What Heather would have done differently 18:14 – Greg's approach to the conference 23:17 – Heather on energy management at a conference 25:42 – FOMO 28:20 – Gregg on energy management 30:55 – Advice for conference attendees 33:35 – Where to find Heather and Gregg online 34:03 – Rich's closing thoughts ----- https://podcastmovement.com/ (Podcast Movement) ----- Podcasts https://www.heatherparady.com/podcast (Unconventional Leaders) https://tlbc.co/happy-brain/ (Happy Brain) https://tlbc.co/tiny-leaps-big-changes/ (Tiny Leaps, Big Changes) ----- https://www.amazon.com/Tiny-Leaps-Big-Changes-Strategies/dp/1546082751 (Tiny Leaps, Big Changes: Everyday Strategies to Accomplish More, Crush Your Goals, and Create the Life You Want) by Gregg Clunis ----- How to connect with Heather: https://www.heatherparady.com/ (Website) https://www.instagram.com/heatherparady/?hl=en (Instagram) https://twitter.com/heatherparady?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor (Twitter) https://www.facebook.com/UnconventionalLeaders/ (Facebook) ----- How to connect with Gregg: https://tlbc.co/ (Website) https://www.instagram.com/greggclunis/?hl=en (Instagram) https://twitter.com/greggclunis?lang=en (Twitter) https://www.facebook.com/greggclunis (Facebook) https://www.youtube.com/user/greggclunis (YouTube) ----- Connect with Rich: http://www.richcardonamedia.com/ (Website) https://www.linkedin.com/in/richcardona/ (LinkedIn) https://www.instagram.com/richcardona_/ (Instagram) https://www.facebook.com/richcardonamedia/ (Facebook) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBEz_sleZ4_PtqTwmMIj7Fw (YouTube) ----- https://rocketstation.com/ (Rocket Station) brooks@rocketstation.com

On today's podcast, I talk with Heather Barnes, a Food Photographer and Stylist based out of Austin,Texas. Heather is known for her romantic feeling images and her blog, Mrs. Barnes, where she shares simple, seasonal recipes and how to throw a dinner party as a modern woman. While Heather enjoys working with small local businesses, she has also worked with big names such as Ghirardelli and Bobs Redmill. Today we talk about her journey to becoming a food photographer, the differences between working for small or big clients, and shooting/styling ice cream.Intro (0:00 - 0:53) Heather's Background (0:53 - 4:11) How Heather's background in Fashion Photography has influenced her now (4:11 - 7:19) How Heather transitioned from hobbyist photography to client work (7:19 - 13:15) Heather's Client workflow (13:15 - 19:23) Pre-work deposit and the troubles with licensing (19:23 - 24:37) Why Heather prefers her clients to be on set (24:37 - 26:11) Does Heather make a selection with or without her clients present (26:11 - 31:03)Heather's experience with photographing ice cream (31:03 - 36:02) Heather's experience with working with big clients like Ghirardelli (36:02 - 40:22) Heather's current work on an unusual foraging cookbook (40:22 - 44:59) What Heather finds fun in her work (44:59 - 47:15) Heather's go-to recommendations (47:15 - 51:07) Heathers advice for a beginning food photographer (51:07 - 54:10) Heather's Socials (54:10 - end)

Queen, I am so glad you're here, because this week's episode is amaaazing and you DESERVE the knowledge my guest is going to share with you today.Speaking of guests, ladies and gentlemen, say hello to one of my favorite people: The amazing, gorgeous, brilliant Heather Monahan.Yesss, I know you recognize the name!! And if you don't, well, all you need to know is that Heather is a bestselling author, a TEDx speaker, and a professor at Harvard University. Talk about excellence!!!!Today, she'll be sharing with us her journey and she'll tell us everything about how she went from C-Suite Executive to motivational speaker.So, if this sounds like something you'd be interested in, queen, grab yourself a drink, have a seat, and give us a listen! I promise, we won't disappoint. Key points discussedIntro (00:00)A trip down memory lane (03:10)What Heather is doing now (12:07)Heather's new book (21:33)Where to find Heather (24:41)Words of wisdom from Heather (25:36) Additional resourcesHeather Monahan, what an absolute queen!If you want to learn more about her, check out website here: heathermonahan.com/We'd also be so grateful and honored to hear your takeaways! Screenshot this episode and tag me or Heather on Instagram at:instagram.com/ginadevee  www.instagram.com/heathermonahan...or just shoot me a DM.And if you haven't already, follow the Divine Living podcast, share your reviews, and tune in every week to get one step closer to your Queenhood! ⭐ Get FREE meditations, workbooks, and Q&As with me https://www.divineliving.com/audacityFinally, if you want to make amazing connections, spark creativity, and collaborate with Queens like yourself, come join us over in the Q Club! The Q Club is your new favorite at-home destination for all things Queen: femininity, luxury, spirituality, travel, lifestyle, entrepreneurship, high-vibe community, and unapologetic self-permission. There's still time to join so don't hesitate, click here and let the fierce, feminine, and fabulous FUN start now!

What does it mean to be the leader of your own life? I am lucky to have a total powerhouse, Heather Chauvin, join for an inspirational conversation. She is a leadership coach who helps ambitious, overwhelmed women conquer their fears and become leaders at work and home. Drawing from her professional experience as a social worker and her life experience raising three boys, Heather created a signature approach to help her clients create and enjoy sustainability, profitability and ease in business and life. She is the host of the Mom Is In Control Podcast where she reveals her most vulnerable truths about womanhood, marriage, parenting, living through stage 4 cancer and running a successful business without burning out. She is releasing her first book in 2021. When Heather isn't busy driving her boys to hockey practice, you can find her curled up on the couch next to her husband, planning their next family adventure. Heather releases her first book, Dying To Be A Good Mother, in early 2021, and we chat all about it in this episode. We also talk about Heather's cancer journey and what she learned. She dives into how those skills and tools are at play in her work today in how she supports women from all walks of life. We spoke so much about resistance and the value of resistance. Plus, we dive into playing small, overcoming the fear of keeping up with the Joneses, and smashing all of those expectations that are no longer serving us. In this Episode You'll Learn:  All about today's guest, Heather Chauvin [ 1:00 ] The inspiration behind Dying To Be A Good Mother [ 5:00 ] What was happening with Heather during her lymphoma diagnosis [ 8:30 ] About Heather's journey of healing from cancer [ 13:15 ] The importance of discomfort in order to grow [ 20:00 ] Why we need to challenge our version of success [ 27:45 ] The signs that we are playing small [ 32:10 ] How to push boundaries and be one degree better [ 38:20 ] Why we need to challenge ourselves and TRY [ 41:20 ] What Heather avoided before her cancer diagnosis + how she deals with it now [ 44:50 ] The importance of developing our inner world [ 50:00 ]   Soul Shifting Quotes:  “We can't turn away from it; we have to go through it.” “What we resist will persist and grow bigger.” “We just have to feel the discomfort.” “All behaviors are a language.” “You have to take radical responsibility for your results; everything is under your control.” Links Mentioned:  Learn my 7 Secrets to Uplevel Your Brand & Land Your Dream Clients  Grab your FREE training, How to Call in Your Tribe + Create Content that Converts  Text me at 603-931-4386 Learn more about Heather by following her on Instagram or heading to http://heatherchauvin.com/. Listen to Mom Is In Control Podcast. Purchase your copy of Dying To Be A Good Mother. Learn about The Work of Byron Katie.   Tag me in your big shifts + takeaways: @amberlilyestrom  Did you hear something you loved here today?! Leave a Review + Subscribe via iTunes  Listen on Spotify 

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Hey planners! Happy new year. Can you believe we made it through 2020? It was an unexpected and crazy year. In this episode, we’re chatting about some of the reflections we had over the year and the first season of the Planner Life Podcast. You’ll hear our highs, lows and some of the biggest challenges we faced in 2020. We also take a look forward at what's to come in 2021 in our business, podcast and personal lives.    What’s in this episode: What Heather and Lindsay did for the holidays Our favorite parts about our unique holiday season What we missed most from traditional holiday seasons Our highs, lows and what surprised us about 2020 A look back on the podcast Intentions and goals we have for 2021 What’s inspires them for growth   Links: Know Your Numbers Template The Best in Wedding Planner Education   This episode of the Planner Life Podcast is brought to you by Your Legal BFF. One important part of your wedding planning business is having professionally drafted contracts that protect you and your business while helping clients feel secure about investing in you. Going to a lawyer can be intimidating and expensive, that’s why we’re proud partners of Your Legal BFF, your go-to legal bestie. They offer customizable contract templates specifically for the wedding industry. Head to yourlegalbff.com and use the code: Plannerlife to save 15% off your choice of select templates.    Can’t wait to hear more? Subscribe on your favorite podcast platform so you can be the first to know when we release a new episode! Get to know us even more by following along with us on Instagram @lindsaylongacre and @heatherhoesch. We’d love for you to visit us online on our website. Ready to uplevel your wedding planning business? We have so many resources and goodies available for you at The Planner Life Academy.

Welcome back to the Sprint to Profit Podcast for Amazon Sellers. In this episode, we are going to be speaking with a friend and member of ours who is an Amazon seller herself, Heather York. Today Heather shares her story of how she became a successful Amazon seller and how she went from living paycheck to paycheck, living in a small apartment to where she is now: earning $2.25 million every year off of her Amazon Business. She shares her lows, highs, lessons learned, and her advice for new sellers. If you liked what you heard today on the show, please make sure to hit the subscribe button so you can get updated when we post new episodes. Please share this episode with others who might get value out of it as well. We wish you the best for you and your business. To get some FREE training on what it takes to have a successful business to fuel your lifestyle, head to www.goteamreal.com to download our FREE training today. Also head to www.goteamreal.com/income to download your free INCOME calculator. Talking Points: 00:23 - Hello and Welcome 02:00 - Life before Amazon and how Heather started her Amazon business 07:54 - Growing pains and the beginning of the Amazon process 09:10 - What it’s like working with partners (specifically, her family) 12:42 - Heather’s personal hurdles and how she overcame them 19:00 - What Heather’s business looked like when the growth really started 23:00 - Removing barriers and constraints to build a business 29:14 - Heather’s unique skills which help with her success 34:00 - The thing that Heather changed for success 37:00 - Advice for new sellers 40:08 - How Heather’s business is doing now 48:39 - Resources that have helped Heather 50:44 - Conclusion Resources/Links: Money/Time Investment Tool: https://www.goteamreal.com/smartgoal Our Website: https://www.goteamreal.com/ Real Amazon Seller Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/AmazonSellerRoundTable/ Quotes: 13:05 - “We didn’t know what we were doing. Like we didn’t know what Amazon PPC was. I’m assuming that we were running PPC [in the beginning] but I can’t honestly tell you if we were. We didn’t know about listing optimization. There was just a lot we didn’t know.” - Heather York 14:14 - “Emily specifically was like, ‘Okay, what about this new product? This is something that we is really fun and it is something that we actually like.’” - Heather York 17:00 - “There was still so much we didn’t understand but there was also so much that we learned from failing with the first product.” - Heather York 20:45 - “Like Kirsty said, ‘You don’t know that you don’t know things.’ Not until you find out about them or you make a mistake and you have to learn from it.” - Heather York

Heather Lahtinen is a wedding photographer and educator at the Flourish Academy. Today we talk about how to deal with overwhelm when getting started in photography and the simple mindset tips you can use to feel more motivated today! In This Episode You'll Learn: How Heather accidentally got into photography What Heather struggled with when learning to use her camera The one mindset switch that will remove the overwhelm around learning photography Dealing with imposter syndrome and how to stand out The difference between comparison and inspiration A mistake Heather made early one that set herself up better or success Premium Members Also Learn: How to break past the $100 per session mindset How to NOT lose all your clients when you raise your pricing How to find and define your target client and how to get in front of them Resources: The Flourish Academy The Flourish Academy on Instagram Flourish Academy Episode 73: How to deal with imposter syndrome Heathers Free Pricing guide for photographers

"The more awareness we have, the more choices we have."   This conversation is a continuation of one my friend Heather and I started the other night about one of my favorite topics -- somatic intelligence, or body awareness. Heather is the perfect person to talk to about this because she is a dancer, a dance teacher, and just as passionate about body awareness as I am. In this episode, we discuss several pieces of what it means to hold our body as a home for our worth, the maturing process of learning to befriend and listen to our body, and how increasing our awareness of our body increases our choices. I loved all of this and you can expect more episodes on this topic -- I think it's endlessly interesting.   Show notes What somatic intelligence is and why it matters (4:30) The power of body awareness Heather has learned as a teacher versus a student (7:18) How our choices increase as our awareness increases (14:22) How our bodies teach us about our worth (20:27) What Heather has noticed about teenager's connections to their bodies and worth (25:08) What it means for our bodies to be homes for our worth (32:55) Links mentioned in this episode: Jamie Baker episode on somatic intelligence Susan Bauer's Embodied Teen course Cally Flox's Teacher's Guide to Resiliency Through the Arts Danielle Doby Sensing, Feeling, and Action by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen Follow Heather Instagram Website  

In this episode, we catch up with Heather from Deer Age and discuss cementum annuli and aging deer with science. - What is Cementum annuli?  - Cementum annuli vs. eruption-wear - Accuracy of North vs. South  - What Heather has learned from aging deer across the country.  - A 22-Year-Old PA Doe https://deerage.com/ Feel free to connect with us: Instagram Facebook Website LinkTree  

Today you’ll get a deep dive into Heather, her story and how she got into the wedding industry. Heather is the partner of LVL Weddings and cofounder of The Planner Life Academy. She talks about her transition from being an in-house coordinator to starting her own business. She talks about what she wishes she would’ve known and the challenges she faced. You’ll hear the proudest moments of her journey as a wedding planner and how she cultivates and fosters great relationships with her clients.  What’s in this episode: What Heather was like growing up Heather’s thoughts about marriages and what they mean to her Her idea of what she wanted to be when she grew up The one moment that shaped her life the most Why she was drawn to the wedding industry Challenges that Heather faced when starting her own wedding planning business The proudest moments from her journey as a wedding planner What advice Heather would’ve given herself when she first started Her “I’ve made it” moment during her career What she wants people to remember about her   This episode of the Planner Life Podcast is brought to you by Your Legal BFF. One important part of your wedding planning business is having professionally drafted contracts that protect you and your business while helping clients feel secure about investing in you. Going to a lawyer can be intimidating and expensive, that’s why we’re proud partners of Your Legal BFF, your go-to legal bestie. They offer customizable contract templates specifically for the wedding industry. Head to yourlegalbff.com and use the code: Plannerlife to save 15% off your choice of select templates.    Can’t wait to hear more? Subscribe on your favorite podcast platform so you can be the first to know when we release a new episode! Get to know us even more by following along with us on Instagram @lindsaylongacre and @heatherhoesch. We’d love for you to visit us online on our website. Ready to uplevel your wedding planning business? We have so many resources and goodies available for you at The Planner Life Academy.

Joining Jeffrey Palermo this week is the curious through-and-through international speaker and software engineer, Heather Downing!   Heather is a passionate coder and entrepreneur. She has experience working with Fortune 500 companies building enterprise-level voice, mobile, and C#/.Net applications. She focuses on external thought leadership, encouraging fellow programmers to present on topics outside of the office and in the community. She is also an international technical speaker and co-host of the YouTube channel "The Hello World Show" — a weekly video series that interviews software masters and teaches the audience something valuable in less than 10 minutes. Heather has built a reputation as an early adapter of new tech and is incredibly passionate about .NET 5 — which is the topic of today’s show!   In this episode, Heather shares what she loves about .NET 5, the current project she’s working on in .NET 5, solution building, Blazor, VR, game development, and what the future may look like for developers in the field.   Topics of Discussion: [:38] Be sure to visit AzureDevOps.Show for past episodes and show notes. [:50] About the recent Microsoft Build Conference. [1:08] About today’s episode with Heather Downing! [2:13] Jeffrey welcomes Heather to the show. [2:26] Heather shares her backstory and how she first got into the field. [4:41] Heather speaks about her passion outside of tech: competing as an equestrian. [6:08] What Heather has learned in bringing her two passions, horses and tech, together. [10:55] Heather speaks about one of her .NET 5 projects and the problems that it solves. [16:10] Heather explains why she is using .NET 5. [17:20] Jeffrey and Heather talk about developers’ minds and building solutions. [19:40] A word from Azure DevOps Podcast’s sponsor: Clear Measure. [20:05] Jeffrey shares some quick announcements. [21:54] Is Heather working on this .NET 5 project from a product perspective or will it be opensource? [24:14] Heather speaks about retooling, VR, game development. [29:50] Heather gives her thoughts on the future of the web and Blazor. [32:45] Heather shares how she thinks VR may change the future of video conferencing and connecting with others online. [37:07] Heather gives her recommendations for getting started in the VR world. [39:16] How to find Heather’s content online! [40:28] Jeffrey thanks Heather for joining him in today’s episode!    Mentioned in this Episode: Azure DevOps Clear Measure (Sponsor) .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer's Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon! bit.ly/dotnetdevopsebook — Click here to download the .NET DevOps for Azure ebook! bit.ly/dotnetdevopsbookforcommunity — Visit to get your hands on two free books to give away at conferences or events! Jeffrey Palermo’s Youtube Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events! Jeffrey@Clear-Measure.com — Email Jeffrey for a free 30-point DevOps inspection (regularly priced at $5000!) — Spaces are limited! Microsoft Build Conference 2020 .NET 5 Heather Downing’s Website Heather Downing’s LinkedIn Heather Downing’s GitHub Profile Heather Downing’s Youtube Channel (The Hello World Show) Heather Downing’s Twitter Arduino Oculus Oculus Quest SteamVRRec Room Unity   Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

2:31 - What Heather does as a Sports Athlete Agent3:29 - When she knew being an agent is what she wanted to do.6:13 - What she liked about work with Gold Medal Management.8:19 - How storytelling is important in representing traditional or Olympic athletes rather than mainstream athletes.9:35 - How Heather builds relationships and trust with athletes.11:21 - Expectations athletes should have when working with an agent.13:37 - How Human Interest Group finds brands that looks at an athlete’s qualities for sponsorship.16:30 - How HIG finds its athletes for representation.20:46 - How Pararlympic athletes are getting better opportunities for sponsorships and branding.23:39 - How Olympic Rule #40 affects athletes when they are participating in the Olympic Games.27:35 - What she learned working for Gold Medal Management, Octagon and IMG to help launch her own company, Kinetic Sports Management and how she arrived at Human Interest Group.31:13 - What success Heather has experienced for her clients. 36:13 - How companies are strategizing to find the right athletes to be brand ambassadors.38:22 - What the future of women is for companies wanting to brand.40:22 - What keeps Heather driven to stay in this industry.42:27 - What the craziest experience Heather has had working in this industry.46:48 - How she has worked with women endurance athletes48:05 - What advice Heather has for someone wanting to work in the sports agent industry.50:59 - What sacrifices Heather has to make as an athlete agent.52:20 - Heather explains why she loves being a sports agent.54:19 - Best advice Heather has been given working in this industry.55:36 - Heather explains if many people are interested in being an agent.59:36 - How she was one of the first two women agents in the Olympic space.1:01:09 - How people can find out more about Human Interest Group

I am so excited to welcome Heather Freeman of the Decor Fix onto the podcast today! Heather is an interior decorator turned course creator who brings tons of experience and insight that meshes so well into our world as organizers. Today, we are discussing conflict resolution between our clients and their spouses, as well as some tips Heather has learned along the way about bringing all of your experiences in your toolbelt to the table to give the most value to your client. I know she will be a fan favorite, and I can't wait for you to hear her story.   (00:00) – Intro to the Episode(01:12) – Heather shares a bit about the evolution of her business(02:58) – Heather’s tips and insight on client spousal conflict resolution(08:00) – Developing the tools to create the space for resolving clients’ deeper needs(11:29) – When your client’s spouse doesn’t agree with hiring an organizer(16:09) – Being the mediator between a couple during a project(17:20) – Creating a course or service to upsell to your clients or give alternative value to your audience(23:10) – Heather explains what it means to upsell(25:53) – The value of continually investing in education to accelerate your business(29:45) – What Heather’s business looks like now (32:43) – Eliminating the fear of creating your own course(37:31) – Episode Wrap-up   Join our free Facebook group for podcast insiders to get notified about new episodes (plus get behind-the-scenes access and other goodies weekly)!   Get on our waiting list for more information about the Inspired Organizer® course. Download the Professional Organizer’s Roadmap to Success.   The rest of the show notes can be found at proorganizerstudio.com/blog/client-husband

Heather stops by to talk about how she thought about doing CrossFit while she was pregnant, and we answer some listener questions about what training and nutrition advice we'd give for folks before, during, and post pregnancy.Follow Us On Social:Ben: https://www.instagram.com/benbergeron/Patrick: https://www.instagram.com/pscummings/Heather: https://www.instagram.com/heatherkbergeron/Show Notes:02:40 - What Heather's philosophy of health and training looked like for the first set of kids vs the second06:10 - What we think about as it relates to training and nutrition while you're trying to get pregnant08:10 - The value of strength, or increasing strength, before pregnancy10:45 - Talking about how acupuncture may have helped us13:00 - What happens in the gym after pregnancy18:00 - How we work with pregnant members at CFNE22:45 - What it looks like to come back to training postpartum24:30 - How CFNE makes sure individual coaches are prepared to work with mothers coming back to training28:45 - Why Heather doesn't trust books when it comes to pregnancy-related tips//Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/2lCdeWbSubscribe on Google Play: https://goo.gl/VPYj3GSubscribe on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/yamjhwl8Grab the book: http://amzn.to/2vSjU4qChasing Excellence is a show dedicated to dissecting what it means to live a life of excellence, both inside the gym & out. On each episode, we'll deep dive on various aspects of running a CrossFit affiliate, becoming a better coach or athlete, & maximizing your potential.

Today’s episode of the Dietitian Boss podcast welcomes Heather DiBiasi, MS, RDN. Heather is a virtual registered dietitian nutritionist based in New York who specializes in helping women lose weight with her low carb approach.    In this episode, we discuss: What Heather does in her virtual nutrition private practice and how her business has evolved. How Heather transitioned her private practice from in-person to virtual. How to grow your business and build a name for yourself while working another job. Providing value and building your “know, like, and trust” using Instagram. How Heather identified her niche and how it’s evolved over time. Benefits of offering a package and how Heather developed her own packages.   Guest Resources: www.heatherdibiasi.com Connect with Heather on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube   Resources from Libby: Want new ideas to grow your nutrition business and private practice? Get more clients with this free ebook Libby's Instagram Course for Dietitians Check out Libby's Coaching Programs for Dietitians Libby's Self-study Options for Dietitians  More podcast episodes Instagram @libbyrothschild Libby on Facebook Check out Libby’s programs for Dietitians Contact Libby via email

Elisabeth Embry talks with HeatherAsh Amara, author of the book Warrior Goddess Training: Become the Woman You Were Meant to Be, about how women are perceived in today's world and how women can harness the power that's within them to help them succeed. Key Takeaways: [1:37] What Heather has found women are needing most in today's world [4:13] Acting like men helped women get in the door, but it's not sustainable [7:37] How do you build the skills to be a Warrior? [12:00] Aligning yourself with life [16:24] Tips to build out your inner goddess [21:00] What are the benefits of breaking patterns? Website: www.HeatherAshAmara.com www.WarriorGoddess.com

It's a summer of your favorite episodes! This episode, which originally aired January 7, 2019, was nominated as one listeners loved. There are a lot of different paths to becoming a freelance fashion designer. And Heather Royer took one I’d never heard of before. Instead of working directly with brands, she got her first freelance opportunity designing for a factory in China. The best part? There are ways you can create the same freelance opportunities for yourself, and she shares step by step her best advice to do this. In her 20+ years in the industry, Heather has worked for brands like Target, LL Bean, REI and Talbots. She now runs a team of 9 full time fashion designers located around the world while working remote from her home in south Florida. And it all started with one freelance gig from LinkedIn. In the interview (which you’ll love) we will cover: The simple change you can make to your LinkedIn profile to attract brands or factories looking for freelancers How to turn one freelance project into many to get more work and make more money What brands are looking for when interviewing and hiring freelance fashion designers How to give your opinion and feedback about design without sounding pushy or negative Why staying in touch with past coworkers and industry friends can make or break your success (even if you’re uncomfortable “networking”) What Heather’s transition from working as an employee to working freelance looked like and how you can do the same What Heather learned at her first (big!) freelance project for a Chinese company How she made the decision to start hiring designers to help her The skills Heather looks for in her own freelance candidates-for-hire How Heather runs her freelance business and the freelancers that work for her FROM 4H TO FASHION Heather Royer has created a job for herself that is unlike anything we’ve heard of before here at Successful Fashion Designer. But like most fashion designers, fashion was just a hobby in her early life. But she did get an early start! Heather was in 4H when she was little (the kids club that does hands-on projects surrounding health, science, and agriculture), and loved the sewing aspect of the group. She started making clothing when she was 7 years old! We’d say “the rest is history,” but we’d be leaving a lot out (like when she worked for the park service in Alaska building hiking trails–how cool is that??). Knowing she always had a passion for working in the fashion industry, she took fashion classes on the side, and then made the commitment to going to Rhode Island School of Design. She started designing kids’ outdoor clothes (talk about blending her loves), and then got a great first job as “just” an assistant–but she loved it! It was “the bottom of the barrel,” but she got great exposure to the industry that way. THEN CAME THE FREELANCING Heather’s freelancing career came about as more of a necessity–she wanted to move to Florida, but knew there weren’t going to be a lot of jobs in the fashion industry. So she took her fate into her own hands: she started working on her portfolio, working on her own projects, and branching out. She started her own jewelry line, and got a taste of business for herself. When one of her contacts on LinkedIn reached out to her about an opportunity, she was ready. This is where her career path delved into the unknown. Much like her work for the park service, Heather made her own… fashion-hiking-trail, if you will. What started as a simple proposal for a factory in China for men’s cold weather goods turned into a huge project and eventually a team of 9 full-time designers working for her. How? Partly the usual way: she gave it her all. She worked long long (long) hours, did tight turns, bent over backwards. But she also vocalized her ideas, drew on her previous experience, and eventually started outsourcing her workload to other freelancers, as well. Freelancing begets more freelancing! As much as she cringed at “networking,” she made it work with her friends and contacts. SUCCESSFUL (FREELANCE) FASHION DESIGNER Now that she’s the Vice President of Design and Operations for Weihai Luda Company, Heather is still looking forward. She has plans to build a private label, her own brands, and chooses to think of her company as an investment portfolio that she diversifies and keeps flexible. Heather’s rich experience building her own business has led to enormous insight into the life of a successful freelance fashion designer, and her advice is applicable to almost any fashion designer. She’s learned how to delegate, how to build a team, how to outline tangible results, and how to make sure things are getting done, all while acknowledging that the fashion industry is “not always glamorous. If you can see the humor in that, it’ll go a lot farther.” We loved hearing Heather’s inspirational story–you really can create the job you want! Resources & People Mentioned Heather Royer on LinkedIn Enjoy the show? Help us out by: Rating us on iTunes – it really helps! Subscribing on iTunes Subscribing on YouTube Subscribing on Stitcher Subscribing on Google Play Subscribing on Spotify

Heather Chauvin is committed to living in alignment with who she really is. Just 5 years ago she was in the middle of cancer treatment for stage 4 cancer, and now she’s a thriving mom and inspiring entrepreneur.  In this interview you’ll discover What Heather learned through the process of healing from stage 4 cancer What Heather is learning about letting go now that she has a teenager How to let go of what “science says” and start listening to your own deep truth Deanne Barrett M.A. is an educator, speaker and coach who is dedicated to helping moms lead their family and community with their authentic light and love. Deanne helps moms all over the globe to step into their big vision and make heart-centered decisions with confidence and clarity. Deanne lives in Calgary, Alberta, Canada with her husband and two children. You might find her at a local coffee shop with her laptop, or riding her bike along the pathways throughout the city! Join the Radiant Mom Tribe! A radiant mom is a woman who knows what lights up her soul and embraces her sensitivity. She prioritizes and invests in herself so that she can lead her family and community with her powerful heart-centered presence. To connect with other radiant moms, join us over on Patreon in the Radiant Mom Tribe where members get incredible perks like monthly workshops, community calls, input on future podcast episodes and sneak peeks of the writing of the Radiant Mom book. www.patreon.com/deannebarrett Want to become more radiant, and grow your capacity for leadership at home and in the world? Let’s connect! Web www.radiantmom.ca Facebook www.facebook.com/radiantmomtribe Instagram @radiantmomtribe

How to overcome imposter syndrome - Heather Gray - Mindset Consultant Heather Gray is a Business Mindset coach and consultant it was so nice to hear Heather's upbeat no-nonsense approach to a business mindset. When we start a new business or make changes to existing business we often feel as though we have a mountain to climb and can easily start to compare ourselves to others. We discussed, what is impostor syndrome, if it's a real problem or just a word we use to cover up our insecurities and how to do a gut check ... are we really working as hard as we should, are the barriers as big as we think? Is our confidence affected when we do things because others expect them of us, rather than use the tools that feel right and comfortable for us and enable us to deliver our best self?  Heather believes that often there are so many choices and different ways to communicate with social media and online platforms that forcing ourselves to use mediums that don't fit our personality and this can make us feel uncomfortable and affect our mindset and delivery  Why force yourself to use live video when you're never going to feel comfortable, why write a blog if what you write doesn't come naturally, we talk about finding the right tools that will help you make a move forward and give you confidence.  We also speak about the importance of showing up like a BOSS! We have to spend so much time on the relationship part of building a business that we forget that we have a product or service to sell and when we show up in our business we are there convert what we do into sales. If you feel sometimes that you show up small when it comes to sales? Maybe you show up apologetically, rather than showing up with enthusiasm and pride and passion when you sell ....You really need to listen to this podcast. What Heather says makes so much sense. More about Heather  Heather Gray is a clinically trained Mindset and Leadership coach at Heather Gray Consulting.com Working online, Heather helps online entrepreneurs, leaders, and business owners makes the decisions that will move the needle in their lives and businesses. Heather uses her twenty years of clinical experience to teach her clients the necessary skills for combating fear, making effective decisions, and managing team members. Listen more to what Heather has to say on her podcast, Business Mindset Mastery, available on iTunes and wherever you listen to podcasts.   More from Alison  If you enjoyed listening it would be great if you could leave a review to help other people find us - Thank you   Also ... Join me in the Simply Marketing and Social Media Facebook Group  by clicking HERE    FREE Resources    Make a start with Instagram - Free Training - Get Started With Instagram for Your Business  by clicking HERE   Work with me    Book a Free Marketing Clarity Call - HERE Everyone feels overwhelmed by their marketing at one time. I offer clarity calls to help you to step back and see the bigger picture.     Find me at - www.alisonteare.com      

TITLE Some Ways Highly Sensitive Persons (HSPs) Tend to Cope; Soothing vs. Nurturing with Heather Dominic, Founder of A Course In Business Miracles   GUEST Heather Dominic   EPISODE OVERVIEW Founder of A Course In Business Miracles, Heather explains coping mechanisms and coping cycles as well as what she refers to as the two shadows, and the work that she does with Highly Sensitive Entrepreneurs. We talk about how coping mechanisms tend to be unconscious. When we bring deliberation and intention into the equation, we can embrace our natural rhythms. Heather talks about the difference between soothing versus nurturing, and Tara Brach’s RAINS Process.   HIGHLIGHTS Heather  shares her story of when she discovered she was a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) We discuss the importance of learning about the trait of being a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) Heather tells us about her Course In Business Miracles and how it connects to her Highly Sensitive Entrepreneur movement Your ideal client is a version of you What Heather discovered when she gave her clients Elaine Aron's  HSP self-test Heather discusses the challenges and strengths she notices when working with Highly Sensitive Entrepreneurs (HSEs) through her training process Heather explains the HSE coping mechanisms and the HSE coping cycle We compare the differences between understanding and respecting our natural HSP rhythms and the coping mechanisms of HSEs Coping mechanisms tend to be unconscious; Bringing deliberation and consciousness into the equation is what allows us to embrace our natural rhythms Heather talks about the difference between soothing versus nurturing - Soothing is more reactive where nurturing is proactive Heather discusses Tara Brach’s RAINS Process - Recognize, Allow, Inquire, Nurture, Surrender Heather shares her insights regarding extroverts and introverts in the HSEs that she works with We talk about Susan Cain’s depictions of introversion, and how it overlays the traits of the Highly Sensitive Person (HSP), but does not name the trait Many people identify with what has been written about introversion but are unaware that those traits of introversion include the traits of being a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) We discuss how we bring more to our clients as we level up in our HSP journey The importance of community, especially considering HSPs make up only 20% of the population Heather talks about the two HSE shadows - The shadow of perfectionism and the shadow of analysis paralysis Heather shares some of the challenges that she faces as an HSP We share some lighthearted stories about the growth in our marital relationships with non-HSPs.   BIO Can you be highly successful in business and highly spiritual at the same time? Let’s take this question a step further. Is there a direct relationship between your spirituality and great success? Heather Dominick is a woman who is impressively successful, and highly spiritual. A former high school drama teacher who collaborated with none other than Bette Midler. A graduate of NYU where she received her first coach training. Heather is the winner of the 2015 Best of Manhattan Coaching Award and creator of the 2014 Stevie Award-winning virtual event A Course In Business Miracles®: 21-Day Discovery Series that attracted close to 6,000 official registrants from all around the world including: Iceland, Nigeria, Russia, Asia, South America, Australia, Europe and the U.S. She has appeared on Lifetime Television and has been published in numerous books including Stepping Stones to Success alongside Deepak Chopra An exceptional facilitator and teacher Heather is known for creating a safe, sacred community for true transformation whether she is teaching a Business Miracles® Class, delivering training online or in-person or mentoring members of her Business Miracles Community in her various Mentoring Programs. She has helped thousands of HSE®s release life-long limiting beliefs, overcome fears and learn how to build their business in a way that actually feels so good that they can’t help but create solid, sustainable, high-level financial success. Heather is also the founder and leader of the Highly Sensitive Entrepreneur® movement.     PODCAST HOST Patricia Young is a Life Coach in California. Patricia works with Highly Sensitive People (HSPs) helping them understand their HSPness, and turning their perceived shortcomings into superpowers. Patricia is passionate about providing education to help HSPs and non-HSPs understand and truly appreciate all the gifts we have to offer. Patricia works globally online with HSPS providing coaching. We meet over a private platform (similar to Skype), and you can have coaching from the privacy of your own home—when the kids are at school or are napping; from work; in your pajamas, or when you just can’t face sitting in traffic or going out. Patricia also facilitates online specialty groups for HSPs.   LINKS   Website - www.businessmiracles.com Facebook - www.facebook.com/businessmiracles Instagram - www.instagram.com/bizmiracles Pinterest - www.pinterest.com/BizMiracles   Tara Brach Guided Meditation - The RAIN of Self-Compassion: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm1t5FyK5Ek   Jacquelyn Strickland’s article Introversion, Extroversion and the Highly Sensitive Person: www.hsperson.com/introversion-extroversion-and-the-highly-sensitive-person   Janet Masey Zentangle in San Diego: www.tikitangles.blogspot.com   Zentangle www.zentangle.com/pages/about-the-zentangle-method To write a review in itunes: click on this link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/unapologetically-sensitive/id1440433481?mt=2 select “view in itunes” chose “open in itunes” choose “ratings and reviews” click to rate the number of stars click “write a review”   Website--www.unapologeticallysensitive.com Facebook-- https://www.facebook.com/Unapologetically-Sensitive-2296688923985657/ Facebook group Unapologetically Sensitive-- https://www.facebook.com/groups/2099705880047619/ Instagram-- https://www.instagram.com/unapologeticallysensitive/ Youtube-- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOE6fodj7RBdO3Iw0NrAllg/videos?view_as=subscriber e-mail-- unapologeticallysensitive@gmail.com Show hashtag--#unapologeticallysensitive Music-- Gravel Dance by Andy Robinson www.andyrobinson.com Editor -- David Petlansky of Pitseleh Pictures - www.facebook.com/PitselehPictures

About Heather: Heather Ann Havenwood is a serial entrepreneur whose early career accomplishments include starting an online publishing company and taking it from zero to a seven-figure revenue in less than a year. She is also a prolific author—with titles ranging from dating to podcasting to entrepreneurship—and has been named one of the Top 50 Must-Follow Women Entrepreneurs for 2017 by Huffington Post. On Today’s Episode You’ll Awaken to: Riveting experiences that empowered Heather to now revolutionize the podcast industry to help other women create their destiny in strength and “roar.” Heather’s last straw in exiting male dominating networks. How being aware of the “pool” you swim in speaks volumes on self value. What Heather’s doing now to bring an undeniable force of economic power to change the business world. Is it a male bash, or not? You decide (wink) Stereotypes of women from an early age and how to take back personal power. The 3 golden rules and Heather’s “sexy” advice. How the ecosystem of women only masterminds will grow in 2019 Resources: Connect with Heather Ann Havenwood Share the Love: If you like The Awakened Beauty Podcast…. Subscribe, Rate & Review via iTunes Visit us at awakenedbeautyhq.com for updates. Businesses: www.evoqbeauty.com | www.beautyecology.com Instagram @awakenbeautyhq Instagram @evoqbeauty Watch on Youtube at my channel: Awaken Beauty Podcast Shop natural health and beauty products with EVOQ Here’s how! Go to awakenbeauty-hq on ITunes and write your biggest takeaway in the rate and review section. Just pretend it says “ah ha” here!! Don’t just review the episode, I would love your ah-ha moment from this episode that is more specific so you can confirm your takeaway as you write, but also help others capture your brilliance. It’ll take 3 minutes from your day. What you declare will be life to others. So remember, go to I tunes to rate and review. Comment or question you’d like to ask Kassandra. P.S! Your review is not only paramount in helping others discover the show, but we also read each and every submission personally…and they mean the world to us. Love and Light! - Kassandra In the Meantime, STAY IN THE CONVERSATION! @awakenbeautyhq | #awakenbeauty

There are a lot of different paths to becoming a freelance fashion designer. And Heather Royer took one I’d never heard of before. Instead of working directly with brands, she got her first freelance opportunity designing for a factory in China. The best part? There are ways you can create the same freelance opportunities for yourself, and she shares step by step her best advice to do this. In her 20+ years in the industry, Heather has worked for brands like Target, LL Bean, REI and Talbots. She now runs a team of 9 full time fashion designers located around the world while working remote from her home in south Florida. And it all started with one freelance gig from LinkedIn. In the interview (which you'll love) we will cover: The simple change you can make to your LinkedIn profile to attract brands or factories looking for freelancers How to turn one freelance project into many to get more work and make more money What brands are looking for when interviewing and hiring freelance fashion designers How to give your opinion and feedback about design without sounding pushy or negative Why staying in touch with past coworkers and industry friends can make or break your success (even if you’re uncomfortable “networking”) What Heather’s transition from working as an employee to working freelance looked like and how you can do the same What Heather learned at her first (big!) freelance project for a Chinese company How she made the decision to start hiring designers to help her The skills Heather looks for in her own freelance candidates-for-hire How Heather runs her freelance business and the freelancers that work for her FROM 4H TO FASHION Heather Royer has created a job for herself that is unlike anything we’ve heard of before here at Successful Fashion Designer. But like most fashion designers, fashion was just a hobby in her early life. But she did get an early start! Heather was in 4H when she was little (the kids club that does hands-on projects surrounding health, science, and agriculture), and loved the sewing aspect of the group. She started making clothing when she was 7 years old! We’d say “the rest is history,” but we’d be leaving a lot out (like when she worked for the park service in Alaska building hiking trails--how cool is that??). Knowing she always had a passion for working in the fashion industry, she took fashion classes on the side, and then made the commitment to going to Rhode Island School of Design. She started designing kids’ outdoor clothes (talk about blending her loves), and then got a great first job as “just” an assistant--but she loved it! It was “the bottom of the barrel,” but she got great exposure to the industry that way. THEN CAME THE FREELANCING Heather’s freelancing career came about as more of a necessity--she wanted to move to Florida, but knew there weren’t going to be a lot of jobs in the fashion industry. So she took her fate into her own hands: she started working on her portfolio, working on her own projects, and branching out. She started her own jewelry line, and got a taste of business for herself. When one of her contacts on LinkedIn reached out to her about an opportunity, she was ready. This is where her career path delved into the unknown. Much like her work for the park service, Heather made her own… fashion-hiking-trail, if you will. What started as a simple proposal for a factory in China for men’s cold weather goods turned into a huge project and eventually a team of 9 full-time designers working for her. How? Partly the usual way: she gave it her all. She worked long long (long) hours, did tight turns, bent over backwards. But she also vocalized her ideas, drew on her previous experience, and eventually started outsourcing her workload to other freelancers, as well. Freelancing begets more freelancing! As much as she cringed at “networking,” she made it work with her friends and contacts. SUCCESSFUL (FREELANCE) FASHION DESIGNER Now that she’s the Vice President of Design and Operations for Weihai Luda Company, Heather is still looking forward. She has plans to build a private label, her own brands, and chooses to think of her company as an investment portfolio that she diversifies and keeps flexible. Heather’s rich experience building her own business has led to enormous insight into the life of a successful freelance fashion designer, and her advice is applicable to almost any fashion designer. She’s learned how to delegate, how to build a team, how to outline tangible results, and how to make sure things are getting done, all while acknowledging that the fashion industry is “not always glamorous. If you can see the humor in that, it’ll go a lot farther.” We loved hearing Heather’s inspirational story--you really can create the job you want! Resources & People Mentioned Heather Royer on LinkedIn Enjoy the show? Help us out by: Rating us on iTunes – it really helps! Subscribing on iTunes Subscribing on YouTube Subscribing on Stitcher Subscribing on Google Play Subscribing on Spotify

Heather Havenwood teaches coaches, experts, and service providers current online marketing and sales strategies to close the right clients any time they want. She's regarded as a top authority on digital marketing, sales coaching, and online publishing business strategies. She has been named the top 50 must follow women entrepreneurs by Huffington Post. She's also author of Amazon's best seller book Sexy Boss how female entrepreneurship is changing the rule book and beating the big boys. Screw The Commute Podcast Show Notes Episode 060 Join our Private Facebook Group! One week trial for only a buck and then $37 a month, or save a ton with one payment of $297 for a year. Click the image to see all the details and sign up or go to https://www.greatinternetmarketing.com/screwthecommute/ After you sign up, check your email for instructions on getting in the group. Internet Marketing Training Center - https://imtcva.org/ Higher Education Webinar – https://screwthecommute.com/webinars 01:57 Tom's introduction to Heather Havenwood 05:07 What Heather is doing now 09:04 How she became an entrepreneur 16:12 Advice for those wanting out of the cubicle 20:46 The power of podcasts 27:17 Not enough time to talk about getting screwed over in business 29:47 The best thing about working for yourself 33:55 How you can work with Heather 35:11 Sponsor message 36:28 A typical day for Heather and how she stays motivated 43:48 The worst thing about working for yourself 46:29 Parting thoughts for us Screwballs Entrepreneurial Resources Mentioned in This Podcast Higher Education Webinar – It's the second webinar on the page: https://screwthecommute.com/webinars Screw The Commute - https://screwthecommute.com/ Sexy Boss Inc - http://sexybossinc.com/ Heather's website - http://heatherhavenwood.com/ Heather's books - http://heatherhavenwood.com/amazon Heather's Quote: "Never keep anyone in your life that's not part of your fan club" Internet Marketing Training Center - https://imtcva.org/ Related Episodes Brian Fleming - https://screwthecommute.com/59/ Outsourcing - https://screwthecommute.com/61/ More Entrepreneurial Resources for Home Based Business, Lifestyle Business, Passive Income, Professional Speaking and Online Business I discovered a great new headline / subject line / subheading generator that will actually analyze which headlines and subject lines are best for your market. I negotiated a deal with the developer of this revolutionary and inexpensive software. Oh, and it's good on Mac and PC. Go here: http://jvz1.com/c/41743/183906 The Wordpress Ecourse. Learn how to Make World Class Websites for $20 or less. https://www.GreatInternetMarketing.com/wordpressecourse Join our Private Facebook Group! One week trial for only a buck and then $37 a month, or save a ton with one payment of $297 for a year. Click the image to see all the details and sign up or go to https://www.greatinternetmarketing.com/screwthecommute/ After you sign up, check your email for instructions on getting in the group.  

Heather Cameron is the owner of Ignite Your Market and she is a business coach for entrepreneurial women who are ready to step into their greatness, grow their businesses and give more to themselves, their business and their community.   After a twenty-year career in the IT sector, Heather went back to school and earned her Degree in Adult Education and Executive Business Coaching.   In This Episode:  Pierrette and Heather talk about times of transition, how to re-discover your vision, and re-introduce yourself into your business and your life after deeply challenging times.  How Heather came to decide to put her life and business on hold to take care of her aging parents.  What Heather discovered when she had to face the challenge of changing family dynamics.  How Heather had to learn to navigate the Healthcare system and advocate for her loved ones.  When she knew it was time to ask for help.  Lessons learned that she’d like to share.   What she felt after her world began to open up again after her taxing caregiving journey.  To learn more and connect with Heather, go to: igniteyourmarket.com. To connect with Pierrette, go to www.PierretteRaymond.com. 

Heather Cameron is the owner of Ignite Your Market and she is a business coach for entrepreneurial women who are ready to step into their greatness, grow their businesses and give more to themselves, their business and their community.  After a twenty-year career in the IT sector, Heather went back to school and earned her Degree in Adult Education and Executive Business Coaching.    In This Episode:  Pierrette and Heather talk about times of transition, how to re-discover your vision, and re-introduce yourself into your business and your life after deeply challenging times.    How Heather came to decide to put her life and business on hold to take care of her aging parents.  What Heather discovered when she had to face the challenge of changing family dynamics.  How Heather had to learn to navigate the Healthcare system and advocate for her loved ones.  When she knew it was time to ask for help.  Lessons learned that she’d like to share.   What she felt after her world began to open up again after her taxing caregiving journey.     To learn more and connect with Heather, go to: igniteyourmarket.com   

What Heather came to understand was that when exposed to an environment where respect is abused, demanded and used as a way to control, the exact opposite occurs and it breeds an undercurrent of resentment and contempt.  Extend kind words and being polite was about as much trust and respect Heather was willing to give up.  I had noticed by just being polite, Dale's heart towards Heather started to open up and he would become more kind with his words.  Then in Heather's respect experiment, she started to do kind things for him and as she extended a little more trust and respect, his heart opened up even a little more and they started to get a bit of momentum going. At the same time rebuilding trust. Respect spills into everything. Here are a few examples: Not undermining your husband's parenting style. Ask your kids, "what does Dad say about that?" Finances -  learn to agree with how you spend our money Avoid nagging Give him space and time to spend on his hobbies ...and more! As much as Men like to be and feel loved, as a core, they need to feel respected.   The One Key Wives, ask your Husband: What does respect look like to you? Guys, write your list and share it with your spouse.  

Description: Heather Craik shares with us some pitfalls of dating as a single mom, with some pretty crazy results. Plus a food that fills you up from the inside outHi everybody, I'm Barbara Fernandez, the Rocking Raw Chef, here with my Clean Food, Dirty Stories: one to entertain, the other to inspire.I help people stamp out stress, depression and fatigue over at RockingRawChef.com, and today's title is:How Not To Date As A Single Mom (And Still Find Love Anyway)In addition to this story, at the end of this episode I'll share with you the best food to feel full, in other words, to fill you up from the inside out.OK enough hints from me, let's get on with the story.Our guest, Heather CraikI am super excited to be joined here today for our story by Heather Craik. Heather's going to share with us what it can be like to start out life as a single mom, explore dating on Tinder (which like I've never done) and have long distance relationships (which I haven't done either). So all that sounds super interesting to me! She now helps people solve a completely different kind of problem which we'll mention later.For now though, Heather, welcome to the Clean Food, Dirty Stories podcast! I've been looking forward to having you ever since you told me about your incredible, roller-coaster story!Heather: Hey, thanks for having me. Glad to be here.Me: You're so welcome. So I think if I understood it correctly that your story starts where you were with somebody and you got pregnant? And then you wound up being a single mom? Can you talk about how that came about, maybe?Heather's storyHeather: Yeah, sure. I mean I'd been with this guy for about nine years or so and that's an entirely different story in and of itself. But what happened was I was in Canada when I fell pregnant. And because I wasn't expecting to fall pregnant in Canada, I didn't actually have medical coverage for that. So I came back home to the UK which is where I'm from. And you know a couple of months after that I realized that it was really not working out with this other guy.Me: The nine year guy.Heather: So that was just a bit entertaining for a while. I broke it off with him and went through the rest of my pregnancy, it was just me. My parents were there which was really helpful. But I was about 5 months pregnant I reckon when it ended.Me: That is so, I have to say that is just so, so brave! Oh my goodness. Like how did you...how did you feel like when you... I mean, yeah, how did you feel? I can imagine – I can't imagine, I mean I've been pregnant, I have two kids. But how did you feel when you just like made that, made that decision, you know? To...Heather: Well I think leading up to it was quite stressful. And I noticed that before the decision was actually made, I felt stressed for a lot of days, but once it was done and it was over I actually felt relieved. Which I think was really telling.Me: Wow. That's really telling. Especially like the situation you were in, right? Cause I know that for me, when I was pregnant in some ways I felt kind of vulnerable, you know? Because you're carrying this childHeather: Oh yeah, entirely. I was back staying with my parents even. So yeah. But they were great, by the way. My parents were fantastic from the word go.Me: Oh wow, that's really good. Well I'm sure that at the end of the day they just really want you to be happy, right?Heather: Yeah, they're really good that way.Rebuilding a businessMe: So then you started out as a single mom, so was your son born when you were still living with your parents? I mean, were you working at all?Heather: Yeah, I was still with my parents for about 10 months after he was born, actually. So I was working, I had started work on my business at that point but it hadn't really fully taken off. I had my business before I fell pregnant, let's just clear that up. But then it sort of, you know, the whole moving country and then being very pregnant and then having a very small child, it had fallen by the wayside. So I had to kind of build that back up again.Me: Yeah. Wow. I can't even imagine, like, I don't know, I started...I started my business when my kids were like 10 and 12 or something like that. But I think I was so traumatized when my son was born, my first child, that I don't think I could have had any head for business at all. It was like...Heather: Oh I tell you what, pregnancy brain is such a real thing though. You don't realize it, but probably the last couple of months of my pregnancy and for three months after I couldn't focus on my work at all. I would try, I would sit down in this dazed fog and try to code and it just did not work.Me: Wow, I guess because...that would be an interesting topic in and of itself, right? Pregnancy brain and why it happens and everything. I mean you've got another being with you, right? That's, that could be...that's the first thing that comes to my mind. That must have been really hard. But at least your parents were there to help out, right? I imagine when your son was born, then...Heather: Yeah, I didn't have to cook for the longest time! That was hugely helpful!Me: Oh! Heaven! (laughs)Heather: I know! I do miss that!Time to start dating againMe: Yeah! So then how old was...cause I know that at some point you did...you did want to start dating again. How old was your son when you were like, 'OK, I'm gonna just, you know...'Heather: I think just over a year, actually.Me: And was there anything that happened? Any specific, I don't know, moment or incident that caused you to think, 'OK I'm ready to date now'? I mean, it's a pretty big decision, right?Heather: Honestly, it had been a very long time for me since I'd had any...you know, any of that wonderful sex stuff. Me: Any action. Yeah, of course!Heather: And it was getting to that point...I had moved out which was, you know, helpful. So I'd moved out and had my own place and my son was more settled, he started to sleep better at night which was a real help. Yeah, that was pretty much what led up to it.Me: Wow. And then so you said that you started finding people...How did you start finding people? I'll let you talk about it!Trials of TinderHeather: Well since I pretty much live online anyway, I automatically gravitated over to dating sites. You know, I'd been hearing a lot about Tinder because I'm of that age group that they obviously target for that kind of thing. So I thought 'OK whatever, I'll have a look'. I wasn't expecting to find anybody but I thought whatever, it would be worth a laugh at least.Me: So then like sorry, for people who don't know what Tinder is, can you say a little bit about like how it works?Heather: OK well basically, what Tinder is, it's an app first and foremost. It links into your Facebook but it doesn't post to your Facebook. It just pulls information from there. And you know, you get these photos that come up and you either swipe right if you'd like to talk to them or swipe left if you don't want anything to do with them. Me: Yup (laughs).Heather: So what happens is if you swipe right and someone else, like the one you just swiped right on also swipes right, then you can start a conversation.Me: Right. Kind of like shopping, I guess.Heather: Kinda sorta. You already have that 'OK well we both agreed we like something about you'. You get that. By its nature it can be quite shallow, but there actually are descriptions and bios as well. People don't actually read them...Me: That was my other question as well. Cause if you swipe...So do you have the description under the picture that you can read before you swipe? Or do you only swipe based on...Heather: Yeah, you can see it under the picture. You just have to click and you can read it. Not everyone does.Me: Of course, yeah I can imagine. Interesting people...or notSo you met some pretty interesting people on Tinder, right? I believe there's a little story there...Heather: Oh, yes, did I ever!There were a few interesting ones I will grant you, but the one that still sticks in my head was this one guy. And I don't remember his name, I don't even really remember what he looks like, but I remember he was quite reasonable at first. So obviously we'd both swiped to the right to talk, whatever. We'd exchanged a couple of messages and then pretty much off the bat he was like, “Well I like Lego”. As one of his interests. And I was like “OK, well Lego's pretty cool, fine.” And then he comes back with, “No, no, I really like Lego”. Before I had a chance to respond to that, he follows up with this other message saying that he likes to put it in certain places and I'm afraid that I was out. All done. No way!Me: Oh no, that's too weird (laughs). Did you actually like meet live with anybody on Tinder?Heather: I did actually meet live with one of them and honestly it was probably one of the more shallow ones. It was just one of those 'hey he looked good I looked good'. Fine. We'll meet up. And he was a nice guy, still is a nice guy. Not the brightest tool in the shed, but yeah, we did meet up and we did engage in some activites and that was fine. But not particulary fulfilling, I would say.Is Tinder worth it?Me: Yeah. So is your conclusion that it's probably good for the shallow stuff but not much more? Is that what you would say?Heather: I reckon it probably could work for people that had a bit more time. There were certainly some interesting people there that I reckon if you'd gone out and spoken to them in a coffee type setting that might have been OK. But a lot of people do just go on and use it for shallow whatevers.Me: Yeah. So then, how long did you kind of like play around with Tinder before you went on to somebody else that...yeah? (laughs)Heather: Probably around a month and a half or two months, I was just bored by that point. And you're having to keep up all these other conversations too. It seems sort of mean to be like 'OK I'm not that interested' but at the same time...not that interested.Me: Yeah, and it's time and everything that you're taking up, right?Enter the former loverSo then how did the former lover come into the picture?Heather: Ah, well you see he was one of those people that we never went particularly far emotionally. That was just never our thing. But we had been lovers obviously on and off. And he...I'm not sure how that started again actually, I think what happened was we started talking again cause we were phasing in and out of each other's lives anyway. We started talking again and it was just one of those 'hey OK, so do you just want to come over' type things. I think I actually started out telling him that nothing was gonna happen, and that was obviously not what actually happened.Me: I had somebody like that too. It was actually quite handy, it was because I used to be a singing waitress and a singing coat check girl in this like fancy French restaurant place. Very, totally random and there were lots of different bands that came through and there was a guy like that. You know, we had a kind of understanding that if, you know, if we were in the mood for just something superficial, we'd just, you know, it's fine.Heather: Yeah, and it's not like you don't care, it's just never ever gonna be anything else.Me: And then I feel like, you know, well I think there's a place for that right? If that's what you want and that's what they want, I mean why not, right?Heather: Yeah, I mean it worked out pretty well for that.A long distance relationshipMe: And then you said that after that you somehow then found yourself in a long distance relationship, I mean how did that happen?Heather: Yes, I kinda did. So this guy was somebody that I'd met in Canada about 6 years prior, nothing ever happened there. He was friends to us both but we'd sort of lost contact for a while. We hadn't really seen each other for a while. We started talking again, it must have been a couple months after Gabriel turned one, so it must have been September probably that we started talking again. I was minding my own business, not looking for anything in particular. And he just admits that he likes me, and I'm like “Oh, OK” because I'd always sort of had a thing for him too. So we did that and then it just went boom. Right time. We gave it a go.Me: And then how did you...but you said it was long distance, so like how did that work? Did you like Skype each other?Heather: What we used to do was we would talk a lot on Facebook messenger because that was the quickest and easiest way. But he would also video call. Like after a few months we realized that worked a bit better. He would hop on video and we'd talk. Which, you know, it was fine when my kid was asleep.If he isn't a kid kind of guy...But for whatever reason my sweet, darling toddler that loves everybody hated when I was on video with this guy. He was fine with video with other people even. Hated it. Tantrum after about 10 minutes, did not like it.Me: I wonder why.Heather: Yeah, I mean to be fair, this guy didn't particularly like him either. He tried, but he wasn't ever a kids type person and you know he really didn't like my ex either which didn't help matters because honestly...they're related, so...Me: Oh, your son and your ex, yeah.Heather: Yeah. So, yeah, that didn't go very well. He did make an honest effort but that's not really something you can make an honest effort on. Which is kind of why we ended up splitting actually. It was that and the distance. Because I realized that I didn't want to move back to Canada and he had realized that he didn't want to move either.Me: So how long were you in that kind of situation with him before you were like 'oh well this isn't really gonna go anywhere'.Heather: Well I think probably that entire relationship lasted about 5 months. It was about a month or two of 'OK what are we gonna do about this' so that wasn't particularly fun. And then it became really obvious at the end that it was just never gonna change really. I did entertain the thought of moving for a little while. And I know that he tried thinking about moving too for a little while, and we just wouldn't have been happy moving, either of us, so.Trying out BumbleMe: You said that once you moved on from the long distance relationship, you mentioned something called Bumble. What's that?Heather: Oh, Bumble, right. So it's kind of like Tinder, but with a very noticeable difference. Only the women can do the first message and you only get 24 hours after you've matched to make that message. And then they get 24 hours to message back, and if no-one does within their time frame, that's it. Unless you pay. Some people pay.Me: And how did you find that compared to Tinder?Heather: Honestly it was very similar, but the people seemed to be looking for deeper connections in general. In general. But there were obviously still plenty of the 'oh hey, I just want a casual something'. That's fine, if that's what you're looking for.Me: And then did you meet a lot of people on Bumble?Heather: There were a few people I spoke to actually, and some of them were quite lovely. And there was one I actually met up with. He was fine, we sort of met up during the day at one point first of all. You know, we got on great, it was OK. I think we went to the park actually, so Gabriel was actually there. He was running about at the park. This other guy was there and it was fine, there was nothing going on. We would up meeting up the next evening. And basically we did the kissing thing and then the other stuff, but oh my God no!Kissing a black holeHow would I describe this delicately? Probably not very well, but I'll describe it anyway. Imagine a black hole and imagine chicken pecks and combine the two. And that was his kissing.Me: Oh, that's horrible!Heather: And the sex itself was not much better.Me: Oh, OK that's actually, that's a really good image. That's a bit scary, it's kind of a bit freaky.Heather: Yeah, you sort of wonder how they get to that age without knowing how to kiss. But anyway.Me: I guess some people do, right? I guess that didn't go anywhere! Heather: That did not!Me: (laughs) And then you said you found yourself in another long distance relationship? Or not a relationship?Heather: Ah, completely accidentally, I had in fact sworn off boys at this point. I was like 'you know what, I don't even care anymore. I'm not doing this dating thing anymore, I'm happy on my own'. Because it had come to that point, right? My business was going well by this point. I was perfectly happy just not looking for somebody. That was me at this point.Me: I mean then did you think...sorry, did you think that...when you say you were perfectly happy not looking for somebody, was it because you thought 'oh there's no point, they're all gonna be a bit crap' or was it because...Heather: There was a bit of that but it was more that I wasn't that fussed about it anymore.When you're perfectly happy on your ownMe: Oh! What happened for you to like be not fussed?Heather: I think it was a combination of the ending of that long distance relationship. Because I had cared quite a bit and then obviously it didn't work for practical reasons. Combined with...I'm gonna call it a sex experience, but it's not...you know the one. And then also combined with I'd reached a point where I really wasn't lacking anything.I think probably the reason I started looking in the first place was that I felt this longing for a connection, right? But by that point I was actually OK on my own. I didn't need that to validate me anymore.Me: So the interesting thing I find about that is that there are so many people who try to get to that point through conscious effort, right? For example they think to themselves, 'oh I keep reaching out to others for connection and I'm kind of just fed up because nothing's working. I'm just gonna be by myself and do a lot of introspection'. And stuff like that. Whereas with you...Like in other words, they try to get to that point by working on themselves in a very conscious way. Whereas with you it sounds like it was a very kind of like organic process.Heather: It was completely accidental! I was just doing my own thing.Me: Did it have anything to do with your business doing well? Because I know you did say at one point that it was quite hard with your business, right? There was a bit of a tough period.Heather: Well yeah, because obviously I had a young child. It's not that easy to juggle with business, especially since I was used to just running it by myself.Being your own personI think that took some getting used to. But no, what happened was over the course of that long distance relationship that lasted about 5 months, my business started to take off and have more traction. My child, very helpfully, started sleeping through the night. I wasn't a sleep-deprived zombie anymore. That was a lot more fun! I started to take better care of myself again and you know what? He was actually quite good for me in that regard because I started to explore being my own person again which was really quite helpful too.Me: Oh I know what you mean.Heather: All that combined so that I found who I was again.Me: I know what you mean, it's kind of...cause I can remember that stage with my own kids. It's kind of like, yeah, you do get your own life back in a sense. I think you put it well to me in an email when you said like a mombie, right? You're walking around with no sleep.Heather: Yeah, up until that point I don't think I had slept more than two hours in a row since he was born. Because his longest period of sleep...And that only happened when he was about a year old maybe, was four hours and then two hours and then two hours and then one. But obviously I was still up. So I got two, two, one and a half if I was lucky...Self-affirmationMe: Oh wow. So then...I was gonna ask you something about that. And then your business started to take off, right? You got more clients and everything? Do you think...cause I don't know about you, but for me I know that when the business stuff starts to go really well, that's a big, a big kind of self-affirmation, in a way.Heather: Yeah, it's like this realization 'oh hey I can make it work. It's doing well, I can do this'. That point that you get to. I'd had it before, but I think with being pregnant and having my kid...There was a part of me that was initially worried that 'oh my gosh, what if I don't ever get this back?' You know? So obviously that had been appeased by that point because I started to see it come back again.Me: So then now where are you at now with that? I mean I know that your business is going well. But do you also like, are you at the point where you have somebody in your life? Or are you at the point where...Heather: Oh yeah, it's actually really funny. It was probably about a week after I got to this realization that I was totally fine. I could just have a business and have my son and maybe go travelling and all this fun stuff....Along comes the right guyAlong comes this guy that I'd been speaking to probably since October. He was a friend of a friend, we'd started talking on Facebook. I think we met once some years ago for like 5 minutes. So we'd been talking and we get along really well. We'd video chat just as friends, whatever. And so somewhere in there he decided to profess his undying love for me which was helpful.Me: Oh, wow.Heather: I'll be fair, I do love him too. We are not together. I am still single because I'm incredibly stubborn and I'm not doing the long distance thing again. But he's actually looking at moving here at some point.Me: Wait, so is he in Canada at the moment?Heather: Yup, he's in Canada as well.Me: Oh! Yeah, you've gotta get those guys out of Canada, right?Heather: Yeah, I'm just gonna need to import somebody.Me: Exactly. Well, just the good one, right? The other guys can stay over there.Heather: Yeah, they can stay as far away as they need too.Me: Just get the good one. Being clear about what you wantMe: So are you...how can I put this? Have you basically just said to him, you know, “I'm not moving, if you want us to be together then this is how it's gonna work. And I need you to come here” kind of thing?Heather: Pretty much, yes. What happened was that I was quite open with the fact that I'm not leaving here. Or that if I did leave from here, it would just be to Europe maybe. You know, fairly local because I don't want to leave my family behind again.Me: Especially with your son and everything, right?Heather: Yeah, and a ten hour flight each way is not ideal.Me: Oh I know, I've done that, yeah!Heather: That's where I came into it. And he was all like, well he was initially all 'No I don't want to move either'. Which was fine because, you know, we weren't dating. But he sort of came round to the idea. I think what happened for him basically is he looked at it and decided, 'Actually I don't have much to keep me really. And I want to be over there with her, so...' That's where he came to it.Me: Wow, so yeah, you'll soon have somebody flying halfway across the world to be with you, which is pretty cool, right? Heather: Yes, it makes a change.Me: Exactly! Rather than you doing all the flying, that's really good.What Heather does nowSo what about...so now I know that with your business and everything, well. I'd love to ask you about what you're doing now because I know for a fact that what you're doing now is super helpful to people like me!Heather: Yeah, OK. So what I do is, I run Designmancy. And basically what I do there is I will take your WordPress site and I can build it, I can repair it, I can train you how to use it. I can fix it...Anything you could possibly need for WordPress, that is what I do. I'm your coder fixer gal, basically.Me: Wow that is really cool. And you take on all different kinds of projects, everything from like building sites to fixing existing sites...Heather: Oh yeah, I mean I am honestly at my happiest when I'm getting to fix bits and pieces of code or getting to build something new. Really I get kind of twitchy if I've not fixed anything for a couple of weeks, so just give me something to do!Me: Oh just give me a call, I've got plenty to fix!Heather: Basically that's how I work.Me: That's really cool. And of course you can do it from anywhere, right?Heather: Well yeah, that's a big help too.Me: That's fantastic! Brilliant! What's your...Oh I'll put the link to your website in the show notes. But for the benefit of people listening, where's the best place for them to find you?Where to find HeatherHeather: OK, probably the best place to find me is designmancy.com. I'll spell it cause it's a bit of a weird word. It's design, I think we all know that bit! And then it's mancy dot com. That's the best place to reach me. Depending on when you get there my site may still just be a 'coming soon' page. Because cobbler's shoes and all that stuff. But it does have this really nice early bird discount, so hop on over!Me: Super! So then I have another question for you. Is that the new design of your website? Because your business is already, you know, going well and making money and stuff, I assume you got your previous clients from a previous website? Is that right?Heather: Well I had had a website there for a while but it was never really that good. I've actually been getting a lot of my clients from Facebook groups and referrals and word of mouth. I've not been using my site as much but it has gotten to the point where I really need it to work. I'm really excited by this actually, I've hired a copywriter to help me. So she's doing all my written content. Obviously I'm doing my website bit but I've got a photographer and all that fun stuff as well. It's coming together really quite nicely and it's exciting!Me: Super! And I do know that it's very cobbler's shoes, right? That, you know, the WordPress site designer whose WordPress site isn't designed yet because you're doing everybody else's, right?Super! Oh thank you so much Heather for being here to share your story with us. I love that, so...Heather: Thank you Barbara, I'm so glad I got to be here and thanks for having me!An ideal food to feel fullMe: You're so welcome! So, I mentioned at the beginning of this episode that I'd share with you one of the best foods to fill you up. It's a great comfort food that's actually good for you. And that food is...oats!Now oats are a very powerful yet often underestimated food. They really do help fill you up and give you energy over long periods. As do chia seeds, which I've spoken about in a previous episode.And the reason I'm mentioning food to feel full is because a lot of us could reach for fulfilment in the arms of someone. Man, woman, whatever. But this food can actually fill you up without reaching for anybody's arms. And then you can still reach for the arms of somebody if you want to!In terms of food to feel full, in one study done in Australia, oats actually ranked at number 3 for a 'satiety index'. Which basically is a number allocated to how good particular foods are at satisfying hunger and contributing to a feeling of fullness. Some researchers have found that eating oats can help reduce appetite as well. So if you make yourself some oatmeal with apples, you'd be giving yourself a double whammy of food to feel full, as it were, because apples are good appetite-reducers too.I'm sure that if you've eaten oats, well you may not be very surprised at that because you've probably experienced feeling pretty full after a bowl of, say, oatmeal or porridge as they say in the UK.Other benefits of oatsDid you know that oats do have a lot of benefits, and one of the benefits is that they're great for your gut? They're high in fiber so they're very helpful for digestion, and some researchers believe that they may even help boost some of the beneficial bacteria in our gut.The other cool thing about oats is that they can be very helpful for lowering cholesterol. The oats bind with cholesterol and therefore help remove excess from your body. I've got personal experience with this because my ex-husband used to be on medication for high cholesterol, until he did two things. The first one was he started eating my food, but also he added in oats at breakfast. Within a year he was off the medication and that was about 10 years ago now. And if anyone comes near him and says the word 'oats', they will get an earful about how oats bind with cholesterol and you know, blah blah blah. He goes on about it(!)But the benefits of oats don't stop there. You don't have to eat them, you can bathe in them! For help with inflamed skin conditions such as eczema, chickenpox or even sunburn, you can add one cup of finely ground oats to your bathwater and let your skin soak up all that goodness.What oats containAs to what oats contain, they have many minerals, such as selenium, magnesium, phosphorus, manganese and zinc. So the phosphorus helps if for example you've got students in your house for example and they're studying for exams and things, phosphorus can help there too.Many people ask if oats contain gluten. It's important to note here that oats of themselves don't actually contain gluten. However, if you are celiac or extremely sensitive to even traces of gluten, you'll want to check the provenance of your oats. Because sometimes they can pick up traces of gluten if they are grown next to a field of gluten-containing grains such as wheat or barley. You can buy packages of oats that are marked gluten-free, they're just a bit more expensive. But you can get them.How to eat oatsAs to how to eat oats, when you're faced with buying oats in the supermarket, you may get a bit confused. There are steel-cut oats, oat groats, rolled oats, Scottish oats... all kinds of oats! I'll link to an article below that spells out the different kinds so that you'll know what to buy without tearing your hair out.Personally I use two kinds. I use oat groats, which are the whole grains. They're great for soaking overnight and making into oat milk, and they're also really good for grinding for making oat flour. I also use rolled oats which are basically hearty flakes. They're oat groats that have been pressed flat and they're great for making energy bites.I've got some recipes that use oats in my 5-Minute Chocolate Heaven ebook, so if you'd like to take a look, I'll post the link below in the show notes. Have YOU got a story to share?Which brings us to the end of this week's story – and if you've got a true story to share (and you'd like to know what food could have saved the day or enhanced your situation), I'd love to hear from you! Got a question, or a comment?Got a question, or a comment? Pop a note below in the comments, that would be awesome. You can also subscribe to the podcast to listen 'on the go' in iTunes, Stitcher or TuneIn.I hope you have an amazing day. Thank you so much for being here with me to share in my Clean Food, Dirty Stories. Bye for now!RESOURCESLink to 5-Minute Chocolate Heaven and other recipe ebooks: https://rockingrawchef.com/5-minute-recipes/Article on health benefits of oats: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/270680.phpAn easy explanation of the different types of oats: http://www.webmd.com/diet/oatmeal-benefits#1Heather's bio: Heather runs Designmancy, your place for WordPress design, repairs and training, while raising a 2 year old son and generally plotting to take over the world.Heather's website: http://designmancy.comFind Heather on Facebook and Instagram​

Today's episode is a rebroadcast of an amazing conversation I had with Heather Gray. The original podcast episode is titled "Learning How to Choose Happiness and Create The Life You Want". There’s a fundamental belief that separates the people who feel like they have it all from the people who don’t, and that’s the belief that you have the power to CHOOSE. It’s all about CHOICE. That’s the difference maker. People who feel in their heart and soul that they have it all, have made a conscious choice to feel that way. They’ve literally decided that they can have it all in life, and subsequent choices aligned with the core belief. My guest today is a powerful example and evangelist of that belief! Heather Gray’s business name says it all: Choose To Have It All. Sounds sort of familiar, huh? Heather is an executive coach, working with entrepreneurs and business leaders who have achieved that EXTERNAL success - you know, the great career, fat bank account, titles behind their name, but that success has come at the expense of their internal well being. What Heather does is she helps them have the lifestyle and wealth that they want, but also the personal fulfillment that they truly desire. If you’ve read Stephen Covey’s landmark book The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People, then you may remember that Habit #1 is “Be Proactive”, and that the essence of that habit (the major takeaway) is CHOICE. Proactive people are aware of their ability to choose: choose their response to circumstances, choose their relationship to themselves, others and life, and choose their level of joy and peace in life. That’s the recurring theme in my conversation with Heather. What you’ll hear in this episode: How to tap into your previous experience to find strength and add to your personal toolbox Why you sometimes have to “embrace the suck” in order to move forward How to show compassion and empathy in the face of someone else’s struggle Powerful quotes You have to choose your own happy! Notes from this episode: Heather’s website ChooseToHaveItAll.com Susan Cain’s book Quiet  

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There’s a fundamental belief that separates the people who feel like they have it all from the people who don’t, and that’s the belief that you have the power to CHOOSE. It’s all about CHOICE. That’s the difference maker. People who feel in their heart and soul that they have it all, have made a conscious choice to feel that way. They’ve literally decided that they can have it all in life, and subsequent choices aligned with the core belief. My guest today is a powerful example and evangelist of that belief! Heather Gray’s business name says it all: Choose To Have It All. Sounds sort of familiar, huh? Heather is an executive coach, working with entrepreneurs and business leaders who have achieved that EXTERNAL success - you know, the great career, fat bank account, titles behind their name, but that success has come at the expense of their internal well being. What Heather does is she helps them have the lifestyle and wealth that they want, but also the personal fulfillment that they truly desire. If you’ve read Stephen Covey’s landmark book The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People, then you may remember that Habit #1 is “Be Proactive”, and that the essence of that habit (the major takeaway) is CHOICE. Proactive people are aware of their ability to choose: choose their response to circumstances, choose their relationship to themselves, others and life, and choose their level of joy and peace in life. That’s the recurring theme in my conversation with Heather. What you’ll hear in this episode: How to tap into your previous experience to find strength and add to your personal toolbox Why you sometimes have to “embrace the suck” in order to move forward How to show compassion and empathy in the face of someone else’s struggle

As entrepreneurs and online marketers, taking risks is simply the nature of the beast when you want to be successful. Sometimes you have to shake things up a bit, see what works...and then keep doing more of what works. Today on The Art of Paid Traffic, I talk with one of my students who is testing what I’d say is an unconventional strategy, marketing a high-ticket live event offer to cold traffic, directly off of a webinar. Her name is Heather Hubbard of thelanguageofjoy.com and she’s a lawyer turned lifestyle entrepreneur.  She coaches female lawyers to find work-life balance without sacrificing their professional careers. Last year she hosted her first ever live retreat weekend, exclusively for female law firm partners. This year Heather is gearing up for her second annual retreat to be held at the luxury Miraval Resort in Tucson, Arizona. And tickets to her event are $3,500. I wanted to have Heather on the show because, like I said, she sort of ignored the “conventional approach” when she decided to sell her high-ticket offer to cold traffic using only Facebook Ads and webinars. And so far, she’s seen great success. Plus, she saved herself a ton of time and stress in the process. The stuff Heather and I cover will give you a unique perspective on how you can take calculated risks and avoid costly mistakes with your own sales funnel strategies. On Today’s Episode, You’ll Learn: Heather’s step-by-step strategy for shortcutting the process most people use to market a high-ticket offer to cold traffic The targeting tactics Heather used to reach a specific, sub-niche audience with her Facebook Ads Why changing your Ads once they’re already running is not recommended, plus the impact it has on Ad performance How Heather avoided making one of the biggest mistakes people make when they’re first starting out with Facebook Ads Heather’s recipe for achieving fantastic funnel metrics What Heather did to protect her profits and minimize the risks associated with high-ticket refunds And a lot more…