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What do you do when someone drops a link to her masterclass on your post promoting your podcast?That happened to me this week and I have some thoughts.Don't do it! In this episode, I'm getting a little disruptive about:The difference between collaboration and hijacking someone else's audienceWhy dropping your offer on someone else's content is not how you build a business or win friendsWhat happens when AI automation starts representing YOUWhy trust, relationships and integrity still matter-maybe now more than everAI may be changing how we do business, but business is still about people.Build something you're proud to put your name on!Connect with Terri:Waitlist for Build in 12 coaching cohortTerri's book, Step ForwardFacebookKeep stepping forward!

Your teenage son may be taller than you, stronger than you, pushing for more independence—and acting like he needs you less.But that doesn't necessarily mean he needs less connection.In this episode of The Single Parenting Reset Show, I'm joined by relational and men's coach Mike Elliott for an honest conversation about what teenage boys may be communicating underneath the shutdown, defensiveness, anger, and “Leave me alone.”Because sometimes what looks like disrespect or withdrawal is actually a young person who doesn't yet know what to do with everything happening inside of him.Mike and I talk about what it means for a teen boy to be under-resourced emotionally and relationally—and why connection, emotional safety, support, and healthy mentorship matter so much as boys move toward adulthood.We also talk specifically about the experience of single moms raising sons.How do you remain the safe place without trying to fix everything?How do you recognize the tenderness that may still be there underneath your son's growing strength and independence?And how do you help him find healthy men to learn from when Dad may not be available—or may not be able to provide the mentorship your son needs?Inside this conversation, you'll learn:Why your teenage son's difficult behavior may be protecting something more vulnerableWhy fixing, lecturing, or problem-solving too quickly can make a teen stop opening upHow emotional safety changes the way your son experiences youWhy boys can still need reassurance and connection even while pushing for independenceHow to separate your own history and triggers from what is happening with your sonWhat healthy male mentorship can offer a growing boyHow to look beyond Dad and intentionally build a wider circle of healthy menMike's simple VAR framework: Vulnerability, Acknowledgment, ReassuranceWhat to say when your teen is overwhelmed and snapping at youWhy seeing your son for who he actually is may matter more than trying to mold him into who you think he should becomeOne of my favorite ideas from this conversation is simple:When your teen brings you vulnerability, you don't always have to fix it. Sometimes your job is simply to hold it.That is connection before correction in action.Listen to the full episode and consider this question:Where might my son need more connection, support, or mentorship right now—not more correction?Mike Elliott is an executive relational coach and men's coach based in British Columbia, Canada.His interest in relationships and emotional development grew partly from his own history. Mike was adopted twice during his first year of life and describes struggling with relationships, identity, substance use, anger, and disconnection during adolescence and early adulthood.After his own marriage ended, he devoted himself more deeply to understanding relationships, attachment, emotional development, and men's work. Today, he works with men around relationships, personal responsibility, emotional growth, mentorship, and becoming more grounded leaders in their families and lives.And if conflict with your tween or teen keeps turning into arguments, shutdowns, or power struggles, download my Tween & Teen Conflict Reset Kit for practical scripts to help you respond differently in those difficult moments.And be sure to follow or subscribe to The Single Parenting Reset Show so you don't miss the next Quick Reset.⭐️ If your family is stuck in repeating school-morning conflict, book a Parent Reset Strategy Session.⭐️Join the Family and get your weekly Mindful Kids and Family Journal here: https://www.mindfulkidsandfamilies.com/join-the-family (Get ready for lessons, podcast leads, offers for parents, and ways to win free parent coaching or masterclasses)

Leave a text or voice message so we can respondHow to Stop Caring About What They Think of YouWhy do you still care what they think about you—even when you know their opinion shouldn't matter?Maybe you've left an emotionally abusive or toxic relationship and you don't even want your ex back, but you still want them to understand what they did. You want the family to know the truth. You feel triggered when someone believes their version of the story. Or you find yourself explaining, defending, and trying to prove that you're not the person someone has made you out to be.If you've ever wondered how to stop caring what other people think of you, this episode of Be A Better You Podcast goes deeper than simply telling you to “stop caring.”We're exploring why being misunderstood can feel so uncomfortable, especially after emotional abuse or narcissistic abuse, and the subconscious beliefs that may be keeping you dependent on someone else's opinion.Beliefs like:I need them to understand me.I need people to believe me.I need him to know the truth.If they think I'm the problem, maybe I am.I need to defend myself.What they think about me says something about who I am.You'll learn why constantly seeking validation, explaining yourself, worrying about other people's opinions, or trying to control how someone sees you may actually point to a deeper struggle with self-trust and emotional freedom.Because healing isn't getting everyone to finally understand your side of the story.It's reaching the point where someone can misunderstand you—and you still trust what you know about yourself.If you're recovering from emotional abuse, narcissistic abuse, a toxic relationship, divorce, gaslighting, people pleasing, or chronic self-doubt, this episode will help you begin separating who you are from what someone else thinks about you.And if you're ready to go deeper into the beliefs that may still be keeping you stuck after emotional abuse, join me for my FREE live training, Stop Coping. Start Healing., on October 15 at 7 PM Eastern.I'll show you why you can understand what happened, know the relationship was unhealthy, and still struggle to move forward—and how working with the subconscious beliefs underneath your thoughts and emotions can help create real change.Click the link to register for free.https://www.radiatenrise.com/stop-coping-start-healing-free-trainingSupport the showReady to stop coping, start real healing and start feeling like yourself again?Visit www.radiatenrise.com and explore coaching programs, self-paced courses, resources, and tools designed to help you break free from emotional abuse, rumination, and self-doubt.✍

Did you like the episode? Send me a text and let me know!! He was a millionaire by 24. He spent 27 years as an executive in cybersecurity — traveling the world, closing deals, chasing quotas and high achievers clubs. And it almost killed him. Not metaphorically. He had cancer. He battled alcoholism. He lost himself so completely in an identity built for someone else that he didn't know who he was anymore. Then he asked for help. And everything changed. In this episode of Undiscovered Entrepreneur: Get Across the Start Line, Kenny Stoddart — founder of Iron Mind Advisors and self-described helper of the "high functioning struggler" — joins Skoob for one of the most honest and courageous conversations the show has ever had. From burnout and recovery to imposter syndrome, identity, and what it actually takes to start over at 51, this episode is for anyone who looks like they have it all together on the outside while quietly struggling on the inside. What You'll Learn: How 27 years of chasing quotas and high achievers clubs cost Kenny his identity — and nearly his lifeThe shift from identity loss (cybersecurity) to identity gain (coaching)Why the "high functioning struggler" is Kenny's ideal client — and why they're everywhereWhy you can't change the world around you until you change your world firstHow to go from "I can help anybody" to finding the one target market that fitsWhy not succeeding out of the gates is actually a gift — and what the bumps teach youWhy asking for help is the biggest sign of strength, not weaknessThe imposter syndrome moment that hit a decorated executive in his first entrepreneur roomWhy passion is what differentiates you in a crowded market — because you are the differentiatorHow student athlete identity loss mirrors executive burnout — and what Kenny does about itWhy boundaries, rest, and wellness aren't soft skills — they're survival skillsKenny's six-month goal: master's degree graduation, big stages, and a business with a bow on itTimestamps: [00:00:00] – Introduction & Welcome[00:01:00] – Meet Kenny Stoddart: 27 Years in Cybersecurity and the Career That Almost Killed Him[00:02:30] – From Identity Loss to Identity Gain: The Pivot That Changed Everything[00:04:00] – We're Both Just Getting Started: The 10% Behind You Worth Bringing Along[00:05:00] – Millionaire at 24 and Still Missing the Most Important Piece[00:06:00] – Operating Through Someone Else's Lens: Why the External Win Felt Empty[00:07:00] – You Have to Wear Your Brand — Passion Is the Only Differentiator[00:08:00] – Change Your World First — Then Change One Person's World[00:09:00] – From "I Can Help Anybody" to Finding the Right Target Market[00:10:00] – The Freedom of Being Your Own CEO — And the Responsibility That Comes With It[00:11:00] – The Entry-Level Price of Entrepreneurship: Grinding Is the Cost of Getting In[00:12:30] – Grateful for Not Succeeding Out of the Gates: Why the Bumps Were Necessary[00:14:00] – Learning From People One Month Ahead and One Month Behind You[00:16:00] – Burnout Again? Setting Boundaries Before History Repeats Itself[00:17:00] – Morning Walks, Meditation & Why Wellness Is a Survival Strategy[00:19:00] – Cancer, Alcoholism & the Moment Kenny Finally Asked for Help[00:22:00] – Student Athletes and Identity Loss: Helping Them Get Ahead of the Curve[00:23:00] – We Don't Know What's Going On Inside Someone Else's Head[00:24:00] – Networking With Entrepreneurs: The Best School You'll Never Pay For[00:26:00] – There's No Competition — Only People Who Can Help Each Other[00:29:00] – Authenticity, Ethics & Being Proud of What You've Built[00:30:00] – One Piece of Advice: Walk Into the Room Like You Belong There — Because You Do[00:34:00] – Fear Is Healthy — If You're Not Scared, You're Not Thinking Big Enough[00:35:00] – Kenny's Six-Month Goal: Graduation, Big Stages & Putting a Bow on the Business[00:39:00] – How to Find Kenny, Iron Mind Advisors & the Free Identity AssessmentFree Tools:

Week 3 — Before Your Body Shouts: Learn to Hear the WhispersWhat if your body isn't fighting against you? What if it's trying to protect you?Tight shoulders. A clenched jaw. Holding your breath. A body that seems unable to relax.We can easily become frustrated with these sensations and wonder, “Why won't my body just let go?”But what happens when we ask a different question?“What might my body be trying to protect?”In Week 3 of Somatic in September, Heidi Hadley introduces us to one of Australia's most ancient and misunderstood animals — the crocodile — to explore the remarkable protective intelligence of the human nervous system.Crocodiles have survived for millions of years because their systems are exceptionally good at one thing: survival.Your nervous system also has protection at its core.Moment by moment, it receives sensory information and responds to what is happening within and around you. When your system perceives a need for protection, that response can sometimes be experienced as muscular tension, bracing, restricted breathing or a feeling of being unable to completely let go.Rather than immediately treating those responses as something that needs to be fought or forced away, Somatic Movement invites us to become curious about them.Because your body may not be the enemy.It may be doing the best it can with the information it currently has.And when we begin providing new sensory information and movement possibilities, we can start developing a very different relationship with our body.

Apply Now to Join the Catalyst Mastermind - catalystmastermind.org You shared what you're working toward, and you watched her face go from polite to a little puzzled. So you made it smaller. You called it a side thing. And somewhere along the way, you stopped mentioning it at all.Real loneliness comes with having a calling, and most women won't say it out loud because it feels like complaining about something you're supposed to be grateful for.In this episode, I'm talking with three women from the same Catalyst Circle: Erin Port, Shawna Yarbrough, and Charlotte Edwards. We're having an honest conversation about what it costs to keep explaining your calling to people who love you but still don't understand you, and what happens when you finally find women who do.What You'll Learn in This Episode:Why the loneliness of a calling is so common, and why naming it is the first step out of itThe difference between being capable on your own and being genuinely connected, and why capable will only carry you so farHow to tell a safe circle from a draining one, and why vulnerability should be earned in stages instead of given away all at onceWhat it looks like to disentangle your worth from your work, so a slow month is information and not a verdict on youWhy setting boundaries and being clear is a form of kindness, not selfishnessHow a midlife season can become an awakening: deciding what you want for your life now that you're not managing everyone else'sTimestamps:(00:00) — Meet the circle: Erin, Shawna, and Charlotte(03:14) — Erin: "I thought I was broken," and finding women who spur you on(05:07) — Shawna: going from shared intention to real friendship(07:26) — Charlotte: grateful for the life you have and still wanting more(08:41) — When you share a dream and get the blank stare (or worse)(10:32) — "How long are you going to keep doing this little thing?"(12:20) — You don't have to apologize for your calling(14:17) — The loneliness of women who carry a lot with a smile(15:34) — When a mastermind doesn't work, and what makes the difference(17:31) — The no jerks policy and how women get placed with care(18:34) — How much time does this actually take? (the honest answer)(20:31) — "Being capable and being connected are two different things"(22:19) — Erin: the year of disentangling worth from work(24:17) — Shawna: boundaries, and why being clear is kind(26:17) — Charlotte: letting yourself be seen while you're still trying(28:07) — What are you proud of yourself for this year?(31:08) — Charlotte: a midlife awakening, and what you want now(32:07) — Why women need a safe place to be cheered on(33:35) — Testing the water: vulnerability is earned, not automatic(35:05) — For the woman who finds friendship with women hardLinks to great things we discussed: Apply NOW for the Catalyst MastermindErin on InstagramShawna on InstagramCharlotte on InstagramFunction HealthUplift AppJoin me on Substack: Wise Woman MethodAlli on YouTubeI hope you loved this episode!

For the first 5 years of Aaron's coaching business he kept a running doc of every question a client ever asked. Hundreds. The single most asked question was a form of: "What actually counts as a training day?" Sounds simple, right up until you have to draw the line. And that line quietly decides whether you run one set of macros or two, and how you feed a surplus, a deficit, and everything in between.The definition we keep coming back to is dead simple: a training day is something you need to recover from. That alone drops a lot of the confusing stuff, big step count days, hikes, a long zone 2 ride, into a gray area, and the call there is about duration and cost, not a hard yes or no. A 30 minute spin is not a training day. A 90 minute zone 2 ride is. From there we run the whole thing through nutritional periodization, because the phase you are in changes the answer. Maintenance, surplus, and deficit each get an argument for splitting your training and non-training day macros, and an argument against.The deficit is where splitting really earns its keep, so that is where most of the episode lives: protecting training intensity as the number one lever for holding onto muscle, pulling food off rest days to hit your target rate of loss, and the psychology of dieting that no spreadsheet ever accounts for. That last part goes deep, from why hard training kills your appetite while rest days leave you bored and food focused, to the counterintuitive move of eating less on training days, to how going bland on purpose and cleaning up your Instagram feed can pull your hunger right back down. We wrap on the constrained energy model and step counts, HIIT versus low intensity cardio, why your wearable's calorie number lies but its trend does not, and the non-bodyweight reasons, stuff like metabolic flexibility and quality of life, that never make the spreadsheet but matter anyway.Covered in this episode:The one definition that cuts through it: a training day is something you need to recover fromWhy needing to recover from something every single day means you are probably doing too muchThe gray area of big step counts, hikes, and long zone 2 ridesWhy a 30 minute zone 2 is not a training day but a 90 minute ride isWhat happens if your expenditure is genuinely too high, and why body weight tells the truthUsing nutritional periodization to decide when to split training and non-training macrosMaintenance: absorbing meals out and protecting insulin sensitivity versus keeping it simpleWhy maintenance is the only phase where letting appetite drive the bus makes senseWhether biasing calories toward training or rest days matters if the weekly total is metSurplus: nutrient partitioning, GLUT4, and intra-workout carbohydrateLoading carbs pre and post workout so 8pm does not become a 100 gram carb problemMonitoring a surplus with photos, performance, and a well-timed DEXAThe build calculus: is the extra muscle from the last six pounds worth dieting it back offDeficit: protecting training intensity as the number one driver of muscle retentionPulling food from non-training days to hit a target rate of loss around 1% per weekBryan's opposite approach: eating less on training days to manage food focusWhy hard training blunts appetite for a couple of hours and rest days do notGoing bland on purpose, and how the Instagram algorithm quietly doubled the hungerThe constrained energy model, step counts, and where movement stops paying offHIIT versus low intensity cardio in a deficit, and why your leg days pay for itNon-bodyweight reasons to split: metabolic flexibility, fat digestion, and quality of lifeHigher carb versus higher fat by phase, and why a deficit favors higher carbWhy a wearable's calorie number is unreliable but its trend is accurate to youConsistent inaccuracy: pick the same food entry every time and let the trend guide youWhy we pull cardio before steps when the rate of loss runs too hotTimestamps:00:00:00 - Intro and updates00:05:00 - The six minute cardio ramp, and why lifting isn't a zone 2 substitute00:09:00 - What actually counts as a training day: recovery as the definition00:10:30 - The gray area: high step days, hikes, and zone 200:13:00 - Nutritional periodization and the maintenance phase00:17:30 - Appetite blunting, rebound hunger, and the weekly average00:22:00 - Surplus: insulin sensitivity and nutrient partitioning around training00:29:00 - Monitoring a surplus: DEXA, and whether six more pounds is worth it00:31:30 - Deficit: the phase where splitting matters most00:34:00 - The psychology of dieting and Bryan's opposite approach00:37:30 - Going bland on purpose: flavor, the algorithm, and hunger00:42:00 - The constrained energy model, steps, and the Pontzer research00:47:00 - HIIT versus low intensity cardio in a deficit00:50:00 - Non-bodyweight reasons: metabolic flexibility and quality of life00:54:00 - Wearables, the trend over the number, and pulling cardio before steps Training hard, but don't look like it? Aaron closes that gap ⬇️https://coach.strakernutritionco.com/bioParagon Training Methods Programming ⬇️https://paragontrainingmethods.comFollow Bryan's Evolved Training Systems Programming ⬇️https://evolvedtrainingsystems.comFind Us on Social Media  ⬇️IG | @Eat.Train.ProsperIG | @bryanboorsteinIG | @aaron_strakerYT | EAT TRAIN PROSPER PODCAST

A couple weeks ago on this very podcast, I said referrals are not a marketing strategy. And because nothing is ever black and white in my brain, the second I said it, I thought, “Well… they can be, though.”

Today's episode is a little different because I'm actually stealing an episode from my friend and podcast producer  Marie's podcast, Your Girl, where we sat down with Andrea to talk through our biggest business lessons from July.And honestly? There are A LOT.We're talking about delayed gratification, client rejection, self-trust, networking, burnout, CEO time, making more money by doing less, and why sometimes the best thing you can do for your business is… go outside.In this episode, we're talking about:Why the clients you sign today might have been watching you for monthsThe reminder that business is basically one giant lesson in delayed gratificationWhy you should never celebrate until the money is in the bankHow to stop taking client rejection personallyThe difference between someone rejecting your offer and rejecting youWhy people can say yes on a sales call and change their mind afterwardHow setting boundaries can completely change the way you show up in businessWhy your network is probably much closer than you thinkHow “one degree away” relationships can lead to clients, referrals, friendships, and opportunitiesWhy you should stop forcing yourself into a productivity schedule that doesn't actually work for youThe weird realization that sometimes the less I work, the more money I makeWhy successful business owners can become addicted to being busyThe importance of creating actual CEO hours instead of spending every second doing client workWhy you need to work on your business, not just in itGiving yourself permission to have hobbies, travel, go to the beach, and have a personality outside of your businessWhat it looks like to let your business grow up a little so it doesn't need you 24/7Why self-trust becomes absolutely essential when you're making big life and business movesWant to check out more from Marie?

September feels like a turning point, but…not in a “change your entire freaking life today” kind of way. It's more like a transition. Summer is winding down, and routines are shifting. This is your opportunity to *finally* stop being wishy-washy about your fitness and decide what you actually want to work toward!In today's episode, I'm building on the Fitness Audit (ep. 256), and everything we've been talking about with deficits, maintenance, and building muscle. Before you change your macros or adjust your workouts, you need to know your goal. Different goals require different strategies, and you can't chase all of them at the same time.Fall doesn't have to become another cycle of going all-in, quitting, and deciding you'll start again in January. Do the Fitness Audit. Decide what you actually want, and choose the phase that supports that goal.You don't need the perfect time or another complete overhaul. You need to decide, lock TF in, and give yourself enough time to actually get somewhere!Episode recap:Why you need to stop trying to fix every part of your fitness journey at onceUsing your Fitness Audit to identify the ONE area that needs your attention mostGetting clear on your actual goal before changing your macros or workoutsWhy you shouldn't automatically default to a calorie deficit every time you want changeUnderstanding when maintenance might be the best goal for youWhy a build phase + eating more may be exactly what your body needsWhy building muscle matters at every age + stage of lifeWhy you don't need the perfect Monday, season, or time to get startedCommitting to your plan long enough to get feedback + see progressUsing fall as a turning point instead of another cycle of going all-in and then quittingDeciding your goal, choosing the phase that supports it + locking TF inLinks/Resources:Ep. 256 | The Fitness Audit: What's Actually Keeping You Stuck?Get your free Fitness AuditSHOP UFYF merchandiseGrab your FREE Body Recomp Meal Prep and get the UFYF NewsletterSHOP Kion - my favorite Protein, EAA's and Creatine!Join FIT CLUB, my monthly membership with workouts you can do at home or the gymConnect with me on Instagram @kristycastillofit and @unfuckyourfitnesspodcastJoin my FREE Facebook group, Unf*ck Your FitnessClick HERE for my favorite fitness & life things!Send me a text with episode ideas or just to say hi! Support the show

We say we want peace.Then peace finally shows up...and something about it feels weird.So we start looking for something to fix. Something to worry about. Something to react to. Sometimes we even create the very chaos we said we were tired of.This week, my friend and DAMN University alum Leigh LaRie is back, and she is NOT the same woman who joined me for Surviving Survival Mode.Leigh has spent the last few years doing the work. Setting boundaries. Changing how she responds to triggers. Taking better care of herself. Reevaluating friendships. Holding herself accountable. And most importantly, learning how to stop sabotaging the peace she worked so hard to find.We talk about why familiar chaos can feel safer than unfamiliar peace, what happens when your growth changes your friendships, and why healing isn't just knowing your triggers. It's seeing what you do when those triggers show up again.And sometimes the hardest part of changing your life isn't getting what you asked for.It's believing you deserve to keep it.In this episode, we talk about:Why peace can feel uncomfortable when you're used to chaosHow Leigh realized her healing was actually workingThe difference between knowing your triggers and responding differently to themWhy we sometimes sabotage the very things we say we wantWhat happens to friendships when you start changingWhy every relationship doesn't need a dramatic "cutoff"Learning to feel emotions without immediately reacting to themFinding self-care that actually works for YOUWhy small changes don't always give you instant resultsAccountability without beating yourself upMaking room for the things that actually matterLearning to accept happiness without waiting for something to go wrongIt's About DAMN Time"It's about DAMN time that people stop running from the peace that they prayed for." — Leigh LaRieConnect with Leigh LaRieFollow Leigh LaRie across social media and check out the Dirty Roses Podcast wherever you listen to podcasts.The DAMN ChallengeThis week, pay attention to one moment when everything is actually...okay.No emergency. No problem to solve. Nobody needs saving.Notice what your brain tries to do with that silence.Before you create a problem, revisit an old one, or go looking for something to worry about, ask yourself:Am I uncomfortable because something is wrong...or because peace still feels unfamiliar?Sit with it.You asked for peace.Give yourself a chance to actually have it.Follow Leigh on IG → hereFollow The Dirty Roses Podcast on IG → hereVisit The Dirty Roses Podcast Website → here

Your story can inspire people. Your purpose can change lives. But neither automatically creates prosperity. If you leave your story as nothing more than memories, journal entries, or private healing, you may be leaving its greatest potential untouched.In this episode, Kellan Fluckiger challenges the idea that purpose is something you simply “find” and then everything falls into place. He reveals how your skills, gifts, and life experience can be woven together into a purpose—and how that purpose can become an actual asset that creates measurable value, serves other people, and generates income.Your story isn't something to process forever.It is something to build with.Key Takeaways:Why your ultimate life is available to you “right here, right now”The three traps of learned helplessness, addiction to mediocrity, and victim mindsetWhy the idea that life is a zero-sum game can keep you stuckThe Triple Helix of purpose: skills, gifts, and life experienceWhy your purpose isn't something you simply find—it is something you choose and buildHow difficult life experiences can refine rather than define youWhy your story and your purpose can become one and the sameThe difference between private healing and public serviceWhy your story isn't something to process—it is something to build withHow a personal transformation can become a repeatable lesson and promise for othersHow stories can become books, courses, coaching programs, workshops, keynotes, masterminds, licensing, and movementsWhy a book can serve as the “source document” for an entire body of workWhy inspiration alone often fails to create lasting transformationWhy structured help can create greater value than momentary inspirationWhy charging for structured help is not exploitation but stewardshipHow refusing to monetize your purpose can actually limit your reachWhy people buy outcomes, not simply inspirationHow asset thinking shifts your identity from being seen to being usefulWhy your integrated story can become a foundation for impact, income, and service

Every brokerage account asks the same question: how comfortable are you with a 20% decline? Are you conservative, moderate, or aggressive? Joe and OG argue that's exactly the wrong place to start, and it's why so many people panic-sell at the worst possible moment. The real question isn't how you feel about risk. It's what rate of return your actual goals require, and whether you can stomach the volatility that comes with getting there. Once you flip the order, risk tolerance stops being a personality quiz and becomes a math problem you can actually solve.What You'll Walk Away WithWhy "risk" and "volatility" are two completely different things, and confusing them leads to bad investing decisionsThe real order of operations for building a portfolio: goal first, required return second, risk tolerance lastHow standard deviation can turn scary market swings into something you expected all along, instead of something that panics youWhy concentration risk quietly builds up in portfolios, even for people who think they're diversifiedA genuinely surprising take on why "getting more conservative as you age" often doesn't make sense, once you think in decades instead of birthdaysReal answers to listener questions on emergency fund sizing, late-start Roth conversions, disability insurance coverage, and whether the 4% retirement rule still holds upWhy This Matters NowA risk tolerance quiz can't tell you what you actually need your money to do. It just measures a feeling in the moment, and feelings change the second the market gets scary, which is exactly when a plan built on feelings falls apart. Building your investment strategy around your actual goals and time horizon, instead of a gut reaction to hypothetical losses, gives you something sturdier to hold onto when the inevitable rough year arrives. That's the difference between panic-selling at the bottom and staying the course long enough to actually reach the life you're investing for.From the BasementA Labor Day trivia detour into the 1916 origins of workers' compensation somehow spirals into a bit about an "employee named Al" being replaced by AI, which is either brilliant wordplay or a sign the basement crew needs a vacation. Possibly both.Resources MentionedStacking Benjamins Field Kit — the all-in-one budgeting and financial tracking toolYell Down the Stairs — submit a question for a future OG and Anna episodeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Every “yes” costs you something.It may cost you time, energy, focus, emotional capacity, peace—or the opportunity to say yes to what matters most.In this episode of Don't Touch My Mindset, Jay Chase returns after taking a much-needed break to have an honest conversation about burnout, boundaries, people-pleasing, priorities, and the law of trade-offs in self-leadership.Many of us are so afraid of disappointing other people that we repeatedly disappoint ourselves. We protect everyone else's expectations while neglecting our own commitments, well-being, and personal growth.But self-leadership requires intentional choices.If everything is important, nothing receives your best. Every current yes creates a visible or hidden no—and your future will be shaped by the trade-offs you are willing to make today.In this episode, you'll learn how to reclaim your time, protect your energy, and align your decisions with the person you are becoming.In This Episode, You'll DiscoverWhy every yes spends your time, energy, focus, or emotional capacityHow people-pleasing causes you to abandon your own prioritiesThe difference between a sacrifice that grows you and one that drains youWhy boundaries are an essential part of self-leadershipHow overcommitment quietly erodes your peace and integrityWhat you may need to release to enter your next seasonWhy familiarity can keep you trapped in patterns you have outgrownHow Pilots, Flight Attendants, Grounds Crew, and Air Traffic Controllers approach trade-offs differentlyA practical framework for identifying, communicating, and protecting your highest priorityPowerful Questions From This EpisodeWhat current yes is quietly forcing you to say no to yourself?What could become exceptional if you stopped dividing your energy across everything that could be good?Whose temporary disappointment are you avoiding at the expense of your long-term integrity?What are you preserving because it still works—not because it still grows you?What opportunity is being spent while you wait for certainty?What does that priority genuinely require from you?What is competing with that priority?What is the hidden cost of trying to keep both?Key MomentsPeople-Pleasing vs. Personal Growth“We have this fear of disappointing people, but it is causing us to disappoint our own priorities.”The Cost of Saying Yes“Every yes spends something, whether that's your time, your energy, or even your emotions.”The Hidden No Behind Every Yes“Every current yes is creating a visible or hidden no.”Leaving Familiarity BehindGrowth may require the courage to disappoint an expectation, leave your comfort zone, and move toward the unknown.The Power of Focus“What could become exceptional if you stop dividing your energy across everything that could be good?”The Cost of People-Pleasing“Whose temporary disappointment are you avoiding at the expense of your long-term integrity?”Trading Familiarity for Growth“What are you preserving because it still works, not because it still grows you?”Waiting for Certainty“What opportunity is being spent while you wait for certainty?”Identifying Your Real PriorityClarify what matters most, what it requires, what competes with it, and what keeping both will cost you.Assigning Your Reclaimed ResourcesA trade-off only creates progress when the time, energy, and focus you reclaim receive a clear assignment.Join the CommunityJoin the Don't Touch My Mindset community on Skool for weekly growth conversations, leadership development, accountability, live check-ins, and hot-seat coaching.https://www.skool.com/dtmm-mentorship-success-circle-8408/aboutConnect With Jay ChaseSubscribe to the podcast, leave a rating and review, and tag @thejaychase and @DontTouchMyMindset on Instagram with the trade-off you are committing to make this week.Remember: protect your peace, protect your purpose, and don't let anyone touch your mindset.

What if one of the biggest advantages in deer hunting has nothing to do with scouting, wind, thermals, or the latest piece of gear?In this episode of Before the Echo, I'm talking about something that rarely gets discussed: COMFORT.We've almost glorified being miserable as deer hunters. Freezing feet, aching backs, uncomfortable stands, soaked clothing — somehow we've convinced ourselves that suffering makes us better hunters.But does it?I believe being comfortable can actually make you a more effective deer hunter. When you're comfortable, you stay longer. You move less. You remain mentally focused. And when that buck finally shows up, you're ready to make the shot.In this episode, I cover:• Why comfort can mean more time in the woods• How being uncomfortable creates unnecessary movement• Why physical comfort affects your mental focus• Choosing a stand, saddle, or setup that works for YOU• Why clothing can matter more than expensive hunting gear• The little things that make all-day sits easier• Being comfortable and confident with your weapon• Why you should stop choosing gear to impress other huntersBeing miserable isn't a hunting tactic.Sometimes the best hunting strategy isn't figuring out how to get closer to the deer — it's figuring out how to stay in the woods long enough for the deer to come to you.

When you're in the early stages of starting your coaching business, it can be really hard to decide whether you should try to get a job to earn money while you get your business off the ground — or whether you should just go all in.That's a big part of what I coach Lori Townsend on in this coaching episode of the podcast. And if you're a coach, a health coach, a consultant, or anyone making a career pivot into work you actually love, this one is for you.Lori spent 25 years in corporate enterprise transformation and agile coaching before deciding to go build the thing she'd actually wanted since she first fell in love with coaching over a decade ago. She's also a gym owner in Tallahassee, Florida, where most of her members are university students. She came to this call genuinely stuck on what to do next — and what we found is that the answer had been sitting directly in front of her the whole time.This is a real, unedited coaching session, so you get to hear the different turns our conversation took to get to a great outcome for Lori — clarity and confidence about her next move.In this episode you'll hear:How to decide between getting a job and going all in on your business — and the one thing that determines the answerThe two things you actually need to have a coaching business (and why everything else is optional)Why building a coaching business is a completely different kind of hard than a brick and mortar — and why nobody warns you about thatWhat your unfair advantage is, and why most people leaving corporate in their 50s and 60s walk right past theirsThe layers you have to dig through to find a real niche — and why the problem YOU see isn't the one that gets someone to pay youWhy selling the prevention of a problem someone doesn't have yet is one of the hardest things to marketSuperimposer syndrome — how one person's "I can't afford it" turns into "nobody will pay me," and what it costs youThe difference between a workshop that's lovely and a workshop that actually convertsIf you've been waiting until you feel ready, until you have the next certification, until the whole thing is built — you're going to love this one!Find Lori:Steelyard Gym: www.steelyardgym.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/steelyardgymPassionate & Prosperous LIVE!: Your Genius Edge is October 16th & 17th in New York City — and there are only a few tickets left. Get yours here! https://www.staceybrassrussell.com/passionate-prosperous-live-2026

I'm recording this fresh off two days of the Money Rewire Experience, and I am full. Full of gratitude, full of clarity, and honestly just so moved by what I've already watched happen in women's lives in just 48 hours.In this episode, I'm sharing the two biggest shifts that came out of those days together, because I think they're going to completely change the way you think about your money.We cover:Why your relationship with money affects every single interaction, decision, and relationship in your lifeHow the energy you bring to money directly affects how money shows up for youWhy control is not actually the end goal with your finances (and what happens when you stay stuck there)The difference between scarcity-based control and what we're actually working towardWhy trust is the real destination, and what your life looks and feels like when you finally get thereWhat it actually means to live in abundance (and why it has nothing to do with how much is in your bank account)If you've ever felt like you just need to get better at controlling your money, this episode is going to reframe everything for you.Because white-knuckling your finances is not the goal. Peace is. Confidence is. Trust is.And that's exactly where we're going.

Do you feel like you have nothing left to give? Like everything feels overwhelming and you're just 10% away from a mental breakdown? In this episode, I'm sharing my personal experience with emotional burnout and what helped me begin to recover.What you'll learn:Signs that you may be experiencing emotional burnoutThe hidden mindset patterns that contributed to my burnoutHow unmet expectations, comparison, and the “I have to” mentality can drain youWhy surrendering what you can't control can bring freedomHow setting boundaries, taking a break, and seeking support helped me recoverHow to identify what needs to change before burnout becomes unsustainableWant further support?

Love to hear from youWhy are we attracted to another sexually? Join Dr. Caroline as she shares a study on pheromones and the Art of Attraction. Welcome to Morning With Caroline.Support the showCaroline S Walrad, Ph.D. is Doctor of Homeopathic Philosophy. The goal of this article is to educate others. Homeopathy doesn't treat or diagnose an illness; it addresses the entire person as a matter of wholeness that is an educational process, not a medical one. It is the reader's responsibility to inform their physician of any physical symptoms.

What happens when the business you built no longer feels like the business you want to run?In this Sacred Business Calibration, Kelle Sparta coaches a spiritual entrepreneur through the tension between burnout recovery, business positioning, pricing, target markets, and the pressure to keep doing what once worked—even when it no longer feels aligned.The conversation explores a challenge many experienced practitioners eventually face: your business may still function on paper, but internally, you've outgrown it.Kelle explains why selling a $997 group program requires a very different message than selling a $5,000 private engagement, why you need one primary offer and one primary market, and why trying to speak to everyone at once weakens your positioning.They also discuss the difference between following trends and leading from alignment, the dangers of applying generic entrepreneurial advice to spiritual businesses, and how burnout can become a signal that your business model, audience, or message needs to evolve.Kelle shares her own experience of reaching the point where she had said everything she wanted to say to the seeker market, losing momentum, and eventually restructuring her work around professional spiritual practitioners. Instead of discarding years of content, she reorganized existing material, added new elements, and created a business model that restored her energy and enthusiasm.For coaches, healers, facilitators, and spiritual entrepreneurs who feel trapped by a business they've outgrown, this episode offers a practical framework for recognizing misalignment and making a strategic pivot without throwing away everything you've already built.What You'll LearnWhy a $997 offer and a $5,000 offer require different positioningHow to choose a primary offer and target marketWhy trying to sell multiple offers simultaneously can dilute your messageThe “one thing, one market, one lead magnet, one platform” business principleWhy burnout can cause business momentum to declineHow generic entrepreneurial advice can misalign spiritual businessesThe difference between following trends and evolving with your own alignmentWhy practitioners can become trapped in “golden handcuffs” inside their own businessesHow to recognize when your business is running youWhy a meaningful business pivot may take roughly 90 daysHow to restructure existing content instead of starting from zeroWhy spiritual entrepreneurs need business strategies designed for their industryReferences MentionedSpiritual Business BurnoutBusiness PivotingOffer PositioningTarget MarketGroup CoachingPrivate CoachingTaki MooreLead MagnetsLinkedInFacebookInstagramTikTokSpiritual EntrepreneurshipEmbodimentSomatic WorkBurnout RecoveryBusiness AlignmentConscious BusinessSpiritual Awakening1998 Spiritual Awakening2016 Awakening2020 Pandemic AwakeningProfessional Spiritual Practitioner ProgramResources MentionedKelle Spartahttps://kellesparta.comSpirit Guides Schoolhttps://learn.kellesparta.com

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If you look in the mirror and your hair is out of place, you don't hesitate to fix it. You don't spiral into "my life is over and I'm not meant for success." You just adjust it. But when we look in the mirror of life, we don't apply that same radical responsibility and simplicity.In this episode I'm talking about why everything we see on the outside is a reflection of what's going on inside, how to take radical responsibility for what you're seeing without making it dense and heavy, and why the stories you're attaching to your results are the thing interfering with your simplicity. This is about looking in the mirror of life and adjusting what needs adjusting — no drama, no story.Key Takeaways:If your hair is out of place, you fix it — no story, no drama, no spiralEverything you see in the mirror of life is a reflection of what's inside youWhy we don't apply the same radical responsibility to life that we do to our physical appearanceThe sticky client situations I had this year (and how I asked: where is this my own reflection?)No avoidance, no projecting, no deflecting — just ownership and responsibilityThe prompt: look in the mirror of life and see what it's presenting you so you can go deeperScaling to multiple 6-figures? Apply for the CEO Mastermind here.Stabilizing your revenue before your scale? Get inside The Inner Circle here.Integrate AI systems & workflows into your business this weekend: Save $100 on Claude in a WeekendTry out the software I use to run my ENTIRE business: 30 day free trial for Go High Level

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You can be completely functional and still not be free.SIGN UP FOR FREEDOM HERE https://oasistn.church/freedomYou can go to work, raise your family, show up every week... and still have something quietly running the show underneath all of it.In week 3 of the Freedom series, Stephanie walks through the story of King Saul, a man who ignored some small, easy-to-miss insecurities until those same insecurities were the ones making his decisions for him. What starts as a little fear or a little compromise doesn't stay little. Left alone, it turns into a leash, and whatever's on the other end of it starts deciding where you go.In this one, you'll hear:Why chains almost never look dangerous when they startThe difference between being functional and being freeHow undealt-with stuff in you eventually starts affecting the people around youWhy admitting you're wrong isn't the same as actually surrendering itIf you've ever wondered what's really steering some of your decisions, this one's worth the watch.

Who are you in the places where you feel most like yourself—and who do you become in the places where you don't?Recording from Martha's Vineyard, Mo reflects on the hydrangeas covering the island and a lesson she first learned years ago: with certain varieties, the conditions in the soil can influence the color of the blooms.That observation opens a larger conversation about environment, identity, and self-expression.We are often quick to ask, “What is wrong with me?” when we feel guarded, quiet, tense, indecisive, or disconnected. But sometimes a better question is:What are the conditions here?In this episode, Mo explores how different environments can call different parts of us forward or send them underground. Some spaces make it easier to rest, speak honestly, ask for help, be playful, take risks, or receive support. Others can leave us bracing, editing ourselves, overfunctioning, or questioning what we know.Discernment matters, and not every person or environment deserves equal access to you. The invitation is to notice.In this episode:Why your environment matters without defining all of who you areHow contrast can reveal patterns you may not notice in your everyday lifeThe difference between challenge and constrictionWhy guardedness, quiet, or hesitation may sometimes be adaptationHow to notice when you are choosing how you show up versus reacting to the conditions around youWhy changing one condition can matter even when you cannot change the entire environmentHow environmental discernment supports self-discovery, self-trust, and self-expressionReflection question:Who do I become here and what do the conditions around me make easier or harder to express?You don't have to make an immediate decision about what you notice. Let the information be information first.Resources Mentioned:www.innerstrengthjournal.com www.glowcircle.us

What if there's nothing wrong with you—and you're not doing life wrong?In this episode of This Daring Adventure, I'm sharing 10 things I wish I had understood much earlier about my brain, my emotions, my power, and what it means to be human.We're talking about why you don't have to believe everything you think, why uncomfortable emotions aren't a problem to solve, why your past doesn't get to determine what happens next, and why you have far more power over your life than you may realize.I also share why mindset and emotional work aren't something you “finish.” They're practices we return to again and again—and why learning how to understand your own brain can completely change the way you experience your life.Most importantly, this episode is an invitation to stop spending so much time wondering whether you're doing life right and start asking a much more interesting question:What am I capable of?Because you haven't met every version of yourself yet.And there is still so much more to discover.In this episode:Why there is nothing wrong with youWhy your thoughts aren't automatically factsThe importance of learning to process emotions and support your nervous systemHow we unknowingly give our power awayWhy your past is information—not prophecyWhy you're not supposed to be happy all the timeThe power of coaching and having someone help you see what you can't see on your ownIf you're ready to apply this work to your own life, I invite you to book a complimentary consultation with me to learn more about private 1:1 coaching.Let's see what's possible for you.Want to take this work deeper? Work with me 1:1. Book your 30-minute free consultation HERE.

Coming home from the Powerhouse Women Conference, I had absolutely nothing prepared for this week's episode.And maybe that was exactly the point.Instead of forcing myself to immediately jump back into researching, recording, creating, and checking things off my list, I let myself actually be present for the experience. And when I got home, I sat down behind the microphone without a script, without an outline, and without really knowing where this conversation was going to go.What came out was something I think I really needed to say.In this episode, I'm talking about what it has actually felt like to become more open about who I am—the crystals, the witchcraft, the spirituality, the podcast, and all the parts of myself I kept hidden for years because I was afraid of what other people might think.Because here's something I've learned: when you finally start showing up as yourself, not everyone is going to come with you.Some of the people you thought would be your biggest cheerleaders may go completely silent. Some friendships may change. Some people may not understand the version of you that you're becoming.And then, somehow, completely unexpected people show up and remind you exactly why you kept going.We're talking about finding the people who truly have your back, supporting your friends when they're brave enough to chase something they love, starting over at any age, allowing yourself to evolve beyond the career or identity you chose decades ago, and why you absolutely do not need to make yourself more palatable for other people.I also reflect on how much my own life has changed since starting Big Crystal Energy—and what this podcast really means to me now.Because Big Crystal Energy was never just about crystals.It's about having big energy for your own life.It's about waking up with something that excites you. It's about following the things that keep pulling at your heart. It's about allowing yourself to change, evolve, start something new, and become someone you couldn't have imagined being five or ten years ago.And sometimes? It's about showing up messy, turning on the microphone, and just fucking doing it.In this episode, we talk about:Refusing to shrink yourself to make other people comfortableWhat happens when the people you expected to support you don'tFinding unexpected friendships and people who truly cheer for youWhy supporting your friends' dreams matters more than you realizeStarting something new later in lifeAllowing yourself to evolve beyond the career or identity you once choseBecoming more open about my identity as a witchWhy other people are probably thinking about you far less than you thinkChoosing authenticity over being palatableWhat Big Crystal Energy really means to meWhy sometimes done really is better than perfectIf there is something sitting on your heart that you cannot stop thinking about, consider this your reminder that you do not need everyone else to understand it before you begin.You just need to have your own back.And if you need a witchy fucking cheerleader in your corner? I'm here.✨ Find me on Instagram: @bigcrystalenergy.ashAnd if you love the show, leaving a rating or review is one of the best ways you can support Big Crystal Energy—and apparently, acts of service are my podcast love language.

You don't get extra credit for suffering.There is a difference between discomfort that should be endured and suffering that deserves treatment. In this final episode of Menopause in the Light, Coach Alex brings the entire series together by tackling some of the most confusing—and heavily marketed—parts of menopause. Hormone therapy. Testosterone. Sleep. Sexual health. Peptides. GLP-1 medications. Expensive hormone panels. “Bioidentical” treatments. Optimization culture.The goal isn't to tell every woman what treatment she needs. It's to help you become a more informed participant in your own healthcare, ask better questions, and recognize when faithful stewardship means doing the hard thing—and when it means getting help.In this episode, Coach Alex discusses:Why menopausal hormone therapy is neither the devil nor the saviorWhat current evidence says about estrogen and menopausal symptomsWhy route, dose, medical history, and individual risk matterWhy many women probably don't need expensive hormone panelsWhat “bioidentical hormones” actually meansThe limited but legitimate role of testosterone therapyWhy painful sex should not simply be accepted as part of agingSleep disruption, hot flashes, insomnia, and sleep apneaMood changes during perimenopause and menopauseWhat to know before jumping into peptide therapyGLP-1 medications and the importance of preserving muscleHow to evaluate the next supplement, hormone, device, injection, or wellness trend somebody tries to sell youWhy health data should serve your life—not become your lifeWhen it's time to stop managing symptoms alone and talk with a qualified healthcare professionalOne of the central questions of the episode is simple: What problem am I actually trying to solve?Before adding another supplement, test, medication, protocol, wearable, or optimization strategy, get clear about the problem first. And through all four episodes of Menopause in the Light, remember:Your body is changing.You are not broken.Train it.Nourish it.Get help when help is warranted.And never confuse your physical health with your worth. As Coach Alex closes the series: “Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come.”There may still be decades of serving, leading, mentoring, traveling, building, teaching, loving, training, praying, giving, and becoming ahead of you.Your Next Faithful Step--If this series helped you understand menopause better but left you wondering:“What do I personally need to work on first?”Start with the Faithful Fitness Assessment.The assessment evaluates your health and stewardship through four Faithful Fitness anchors:Integrity • Grit • Growth • AweYou'll receive a personalized report identifying strengths, gaps, and areas that may deserve your attention next.And your $7.99 assessment also includes your seat in the next live Faithful Fitness workshop with Coach Alex, where you can better understand your results, ask questions, and identify your next faithful step.Take the Faithful Fitness Assessment: https://faithfulfitness.co/assessmentBecause you probably don't need more random information.You need enough clarity about your situation to make a wise decision about what comes next.Train Hard. Pray Harder.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/faithful-fitness-with-coach-alex-vanhouten--5150768/support.

Most mainstream tax advice runs on autopilot, and the autopilot assumes you're married with kids, funding a 529, and leaving an inheritance behind. When none of that describes your life, following it can cost you a fortune. Dr. Jay Zigmont, CFP® and Scott Barnes, CFP®, TPCP®, CLTC start from a blunter premise: the tax code is built to reward having children, so Childfree people are never going to get those breaks, and the smarter move is to design your own. The throughline is the opposite of chasing a lower bill this year. It's using taxes as one more tool to fund the life you actually want, paying the IRS what's owed without leaving a tip, and knowing when the strategy some influencer swears by simply doesn't fit a life without kids.In This Episode, You'll Learn:Why the tax system is intentionally pronatalist, how that shapes everything from the child tax credit to head-of-household status, and why designing your own tax breaks matters when the built-in ones were never meant for youWhy the popular "become a landlord for passive income" advice often breaks down for Childfree people once you factor in the lost step-up in basis, and how a charitable remainder unitrust can turn an appreciated property into lifetime income plus a charitable benefitHow to think through the pre-tax versus Roth 401(k) decision, why your tax bracket, your state's income tax, your student loans, and any dream of moving abroad all change the answerWhy the Roth conversion and backdoor Roth strategies the financial press pushes every November are so easy to get wrong, and when the paperwork simply isn't worth itWhy paying zero tax in a given year is not always the win it looks like, how donor-advised funds let you time your giving for maximum benefit, and why coordinating a CFP® professional and a CPA protects you over a lifetime rather than a single AprilResources Mentioned in this Episode:Early Retirement Tax Planning with Cody Garrett, CFP®, Ep 166: : https://childfreeinsights.com/resources/podcast/episode-166Get Dr. Jay's book "The Childfree Guide to Life and Money" here: https://childfreewealth.com/childfree-guide/Learn more about Childfree Wealth:  www.childfreewealth.comLearn more about Childfree Trust: https://www.childfreetrust.com Episode Hosts:Dr. Jay Zigmont, CFP® is the Founder of Childfree Wealth®, a life and financial planning firm dedicated to helping Childfree and permanently Childless people, and Childfree Trust®, the first of its kind next of kin representation service for Childfree people. He is also the author of The Childfree Guide to Life and Money.Scott Barnes, CFP®, TPCP®, CLTC is an Associate Advisor at Childfree Wealth® and the go-to expert for long-term care strategies and tax planning questions.About Childfree Insights:Childfree Insights is a trusted resource for life planning without children. It explores financial planning, estate planning, relationships, and long-term decisions for adults building a future without kids. Home of Childfree Wealth® and Childfree Trust®.Connect with Us:Ready to work on building better financial habits? Connect with our financial planning team at childfreewealth.com or learn more about estate planning at childfreetrust.com.Follow Childfree Life by Design on your favorite podcast platform and join the conversation on social media:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/childfreeinsightsFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChildfreeInsights/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/childfreeinsightsYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ChildfreeInsightsDisclaimer: This podcast is for educational & entertainment purposes. Please consult your advisor before implementing any ideas heard on this podcast.

Online communities can be great places to gather ideas and learn from other people's experiences. But when it comes to major financial decisions, what worked for someone else may not be right for you.Meredith discusses why financial advice often depends on details that don't make it into a Facebook post, how someone else's income or circumstances can shape their perspective, and when a question is better directed to a financial planner, CPA, attorney, or other qualified professional.Key Topics:Why seemingly simple financial questions often require more contextHow crowdsourced advice can overlook important tradeoffsWhy personal experience isn't the same as individualized adviceWhen legal, tax, or investment questions are better directed to an expertHow to use online communities to gather ideas without letting the crowd make the decision for youWhy “it depends” can sometimes be the most responsible answerCrowdsource the questions and possibilities, but make the decision based on your own numbers, goals, and circumstances.Interested in financial planning built for veterinarians?Learn more or book a free intro call at allvetfinancial.com

If you're paying yourself whatever is left after your software, contractors, taxes, and business investments are covered, you don't actually have an owner pay strategy. In this episode of The Real Truth About Business podcast, I'm breaking down how to think about paying yourself as a business owner, including how much you should pay yourself, how often you should get paid, and why your payment schedule needs to reflect how money actually flows into your business. After 9 years of experience working with service-based entrepreneurs, I see too many owners generating revenue while treating their own paycheck as optional. Your business strategy should support your life, and that means intentionally planning for owner pay instead of hoping there's money left over. We'll talk about personal income needs, cash flow, payment cadence, owner draws, and how to make investment decisions after accounting for your paycheck. Revenue growth matters, but financial strategy is what turns that revenue into a business that actually pays you.What You'll Learn:How to determine how much your business actually needs to pay youWhy “whatever is left” is not a sustainable owner pay strategyHow your business structure can affect the mechanics of paying yourselfHow to create a payment schedule based on when revenue enters your businessHow percentage-based owner pay and reserve accounts can create consistencyWhy investment decisions should account for your paycheck before you spend the moneyEpisode Highlights:[00:00] Introduction: How much are you actually paying yourself?[02:15] Why owner pay is part of your overall profit strategy[05:00] Why paying yourself last needs to stop[07:15] Owner draws, S Corps, and how business structure affects payment[09:30] Determining how much your personal life needs from the business[11:00] Matching your paycheck cadence to when your revenue comes in[13:30] Using percentages and reserve accounts to pay yourself consistently[16:00] How investments affect your paycheck and cash flow decisions[18:15] The two numbers every business owner needs to know[20:00] Wrap-up: Making owner pay a routine part of your businessKey Takeaways:Stop Paying Yourself Whatever Is LeftHere's what I hear constantly when I ask business owners how much they pay themselves:“I don't know. Whatever is left.”Or:“I take a draw when I need it.”Meanwhile, the business is paying for software, contractors, taxes, programs, marketing, and other investments. Then you look at the bank account and decide whether there's enough remaining to pay yourself.That is not a payment strategy.If we're building businesses that are supposed to support our lives, we cannot consistently treat ourselves as the last person who gets paid. Your business needs to have an intentional plan for paying you.Start With What Your Personal Life Actually RequiresBefore deciding how much to pay yourself, look at your personal expenses.What does your business need to provide for your life?If you need $3,000 per month to cover your personal expenses, that needs to become part of the financial plan. You shouldn't automatically drop your paycheck to $1,500 because you decided to spend another $1,500 somewhere else in the business.Think about it another way.If you were looking for a job tomorrow, what is the minimum salary you would accept?Most of us would never take a job without considering whether the salary could support our lives. Yet we become business owners and suddenly stop applying that same standard to ourselves.Your business may not be able to pay your ideal amount immediately, especially if it's newer. But you should at least know the number you're working toward.How You Pay Yourself Depends on Your Business StructureThe mechanics of paying yourself can depend on your business structure.For many single-member LLCs and sole proprietors, that may mean taking an owner's draw by transferring money from the business to yourself. As I explain in the episode, an owner's draw is not treated as a business expense on your profit and loss statement.An S Corporation works differently and generally involves paying the owner reasonable compensation through payroll.This is where I want to be very clear. I am not a CPA, tax strategist, or lawyer. Work with your own qualified tax professional to determine the appropriate structure and payment method for your specific business.Your Pay Schedule Should Match Your Cash FlowOne of the reasons business owners struggle to pay themselves consistently is that business revenue doesn't always arrive consistently.This is where understanding your cash flow becomes important.Look at how your clients actually pay you.Maybe most of your recurring payments arrive between the 15th and 25th. It may not make sense to take identical weekly paychecks when most of your revenue enters the business later in the month.You could instead take a larger monthly payment after that revenue arrives.If your income is project-based and comes in throughout the month, another option is deciding that a percentage of each payment goes toward owner pay.The goal is to build a cadence around how your business actually makes money.Create a System That Makes Paying Yourself RoutinePaying yourself shouldn't be something you remember to do after everybody else gets paid.It should become routine.One option I use is creating a separate reserve account specifically for owner pay. A predetermined percentage of deposits can automatically move into that account, creating a pool of money specifically designated for your paycheck.Then you're not looking at one big bank balance and mentally treating all of that money as available to spend.You've already identified what's yours.Inside the Focused Visionary Framework, we talk about Pricing, Pipeline, and Sales because those are what help generate the revenue. But financial strategy answers the next question: What happens to that money after it arrives?Make Investment Decisions After Accounting for Your PayPaying yourself first doesn't mean you can never invest in your business.It means you understand what the investment is actually costing you.If you want to invest in a new program, contractor, piece of software, or other opportunity, ask what that decision affects.Does it reduce your paycheck this month?Does it require debt?Could you wait until more revenue comes in?Would a payment plan make more sense?Could you create a cash injection offer to generate the additional money?There isn't one universal right answer. The important shift is making the decision from facts instead of spending the money first and discovering afterward that there isn't enough left to pay yourself.Know Two Things: How Much and How OftenThere are two key decisions I want you to make.First, how much do you need and want to pay yourself?Second, how and when are you going to pay yourself?Maybe that's a percentage of every dollar that comes in. Maybe it's one lump sum each month. Maybe you create a reserve account and pay yourself on a consistent schedule.Your exact system will depend on your revenue model and financial situation.What matters is that you have a system.Revenue Growth Is Only the BeginningBusiness strategy can help you generate more money.Financial strategy helps you decide what to do with it.That's the conversation I want us having more often because generating impressive revenue doesn't mean much if the business still isn't paying the person running it.So start with your numbers.Determine how much you need to pay yourself. Look at when money enters your business. Decide how you're going to create a consistent owner pay cadence.Then make your other financial decisions around that reality.You are the CEO. Your paycheck needs to be part of the plan.Resources MentionedGet your FREE Ceo Income PlanBook a CEO Strategy Call Learn more about The Missing Piece IntensiveLearn more about The Focused Visionary AcceleratorDownload the FREE Lead and Conversion TrackerSubscribe to the Sunday Morning Brew NewsletterAbout the Host:Michelle DeNio is a business strategist based in Sarasota, Florida, specializing in helping service-based entrepreneurs break through revenue plateaus using her Focused Visionary Framework. With over 300 podcast episodes and 9 years running her consulting business, she helps coaches, consultants, and service providers scale sustainably through strategic planning, pricing optimization, and sales process development.Connect with Michelle

In this episode we'll talk about:Why passion is less about intensity and more about sustained relationshipWhy loving something makes you curious enough to understand it deeplyHow devotion shows up differently before you have something, while you're building it, and after you've received itWhy mastery lives in the details most people are willing to overlookHow genuine passion can call greater devotion out of the people around youWhy the things that matter most need to be continually chosen—not simply achievedAnd more… START HERE…→ Join The Niche Is You® — my Substack (22K+) — Weekly essays, the full workshop library, the private community + the Quarterly Challenges. → https://mattgottesman.substack.com/aboutNEW HERE…→ 6 Days to Clarity Workshop — clarity for your time, energy, money, creativity, work & play. → https://mattgottesman.com/reverse-engineer-your-life (FREE)CONNECT WITH ME…→ Instagram — @mattgottesman→ TikTok — @mattgottesman→ YouTube — @mattgottesmanRESOURCES…→ Write • Design • Build — my Content Creator Studio & OS masterclass (Included when you join my Substack) — Growing the niche of you, your audience, reach, voice, passion & income — CLICK HERE→ Recommended Book List — CLICK HERE→ Apparel — thenicheisyou.comOTHER RELATED EPISODES:Faith Isn't Knowing the Whole Path… It's Taking the Next Honest StepApple: https://apple.co/3MB62IuSpotify: https://bit.ly/4rZw3RN

What happens when you keep getting signs that something is no longer meant for you, but you're too afraid to make the change?In this heartfelt and deeply relatable episode of the High Vibin' It Podcast, Kelsey Aida and Lynnsey Robinson sit down with Christine Marcario, an intuitive spiritual teacher, Reiki Master, and host of the Aligned and Abundant podcast, to talk about life pivots, trusting your inner knowing, and what happens when you keep ignoring the signs.Christine shares her journey from spending 19 years as a middle school teacher to eventually stepping into spirituality, mediumship, coaching, and podcasting. Through burnout, career changes, unexpected job losses, and doors repeatedly closing, she began to recognize that spirit was guiding her toward something completely different.Together, they explore why we sometimes choose safety and familiarity over what our soul is asking for, how spirit can make the message louder when we aren't listening, and why painful experiences can ultimately become powerful redirections.From trusting your intuition and paying attention to dreams to creating more space for yourself and learning not to carry the weight of the entire world, this conversation is a reminder that you don't need to have everything figured out before taking the next step.✨ What You'll Discover:Christine's journey from teaching to spiritual workWhy burnout can be a sign that you're ready for a new chapterHow choosing safety can keep you stuck in what no longer serves youWhy spirit may keep sending you signs until you listenHow unexpected endings can become powerful redirectionsWhy difficult experiences can still hold valuable lessonsHow Christine discovered her gifts in mediumship and intuitive workWhy dreams can become a doorway for spiritual messagesThe importance of creating space to hear your inner knowingHow to stop carrying things that aren't yours to carryWhy self-trust is essential when making major life changesHow asking "What isn't working?" can help create clarityWhy you don't need to know exactly what comes next✨ Want more?In the extended Patreon episode, Kelsey, Lynnsey, and Christine pull an oracle card and a rune for the collective, exploring themes of healing, heart-opening, clarity, success, and what comes after the storm. Christine also shares more about working with Archangel Michael and Archangel Raphael, while the conversation dives deeper into spiritual guidance, protection, and trusting the path ahead.Join us on Patreon for early access, extended episodes, exclusive oracle card readings, bonus content, and behind-the-scenes fun—all for just a few bucks a month. The first 50 members will receive a FREE Manifestation Toolkit when we hit our community goal!

Sometimes the most useful thing you can hear about your offers isn't that they're brilliant. It's where you're making things harder for yourself. In this episode, I'm giving you a quick offer strategy pep talk with five uncomfortable truths that might sting a tiny bit, but could also change the way you approach your offers.We're starting with patience, because constantly changing your offers means constantly starting the process of selling them all over again. Your audience needs time to understand what you sell, who it's for and why they should care. And while we're letting those offers settle, we also need to actually work on them. Offer strategy shouldn't suddenly become a priority when sales are quiet; your offers deserve the same ongoing attention you give your marketing, numbers and content.I'm also challenging the idea that an offer can ever really be “done”. Your clients change, the market changes, your expertise grows and the way you want to run your business evolves. The offer you're selling today probably won't look exactly the same three years from now, and that's a good thing. Instead of trying to create something perfect, the goal is to keep noticing where you could refine the delivery, improve the client experience, make things more efficient or strengthen the value.And finally, we need to talk about what you're spending your time on when you're not hitting your revenue goals. A new freebie, more Instagram posts or another little offer can feel productive, but sometimes they're a very convincing form of procrastination. When revenue needs your attention, your priority should be the offers most capable of generating it. Consider this your loving kick up the bum to stop fiddling around the edges and put your energy where your business actually needs it.What You'll Learn in This EpisodeWhy constantly changing your offers makes selling harderWhy your offer strategy needs ongoing attentionThe improvements you could be making to delivery and client experienceWhy your offers will never truly be “finished”How your offers will naturally evolve as your business and the market changeWhy perfection is a particularly unhelpful goal in offer designThe non-revenue-generating activities that might be distracting youWhy your signature headliner offer deserves your attention when revenue is the priority“Every offer you create will take time to bed in.”Mentioned in this episode:Join DreamiumIf your offers don't quite make sense together or feel aligned with where your business is heading, you probably need an offer ecosystem. Go back to school on your offers this September inside my offer design school, Dreamium. Just five places available for right-fit students. Apply today at ceelslockley.co/dreamium for your dreamy offer plus a back-to-school bonus: two 30-minute private lessons with me.Dreamium

Leadership comes with expectations. Be steady. Be available. Support your people. Make the difficult decisions. Carry the pressure.But what happens when the person everyone looks to for support needs support too?In this episode of Leaning Into Leadership, Darrin sits down with organizational psychologist, former therapist, and author Melissa Doman for an honest and practical conversation about leadership mental health, communication, emotional intelligence, and what sustainable leadership actually looks like.Melissa challenges the idea that leaders should simply absorb the pressure that comes with the role. Instead, she argues that organizations need to humanize leaders and give them permission to communicate their needs, acknowledge their capacity, and access the same resources they are expected to provide for everyone else.Darrin and Melissa explore the popular idea that “leaders eat last” and why servant leadership can become unhealthy when leaders interpret service as sacrificing themselves for everyone around them. Sustainable leadership requires leaders to care for others and manage their own emotional and cognitive capacity.The conversation gets incredibly practical as Melissa introduces the idea of communicating capacity — being able to tell your team honestly where you are and what you can realistically handle. If you're operating at 30 or 40 percent on a particular day, your team doesn't need you to pretend you're at 100. They need clarity about what they can expect from you.Darrin and Melissa also discuss:Why emotional intelligence, communication, and constructive conflict should be considered core professional developmentWhy policies and procedures aren't enough if people haven't learned how to communicate effectivelyThe danger of practicing servant leadership to your own detrimentHow leaders can give team members permission to speak up when something seems differentWhy curiosity is more productive than immediately judging a leader's behaviorHow to communicate your capacity without using it as an excuse for poor performanceThe difference between mission-critical priorities and manufactured emergenciesStephen Covey's circles of control, influence, and concernCreating personal mental well-being non-negotiables that actually work for youWhy leadership peer-support networks should exist inside organizationsThe importance of leaders modeling the use of the resources they encourage their employees to useWhy leadership can become incredibly lonely — and why leaders need other leaders who understand what it means to “sit in the chair”Melissa also shares insights from her book Cornered Office: Why We Need to Talk About Leadership Mental Health, along with the upcoming Wiley re-release of Yes, You Can Talk About Mental Health at Work: Here's Why (and How to Do It Really Well).And because this is Leaning Into Leadership, the conversation somehow also includes salsa dancing, inflatable Velociraptors, ABBA…and the first-ever Chewbacca impression in podcast history. Well, at least in this podcast's history.About Melissa DomanMelissa Doman is an organizational psychologist, former therapist, author, speaker, and consultant who teaches organizations, leaders, and employees the practical skills needed to talk about mental health, communication, and team dynamics at work. Her clients range from global organizations to professional sports teams, mid-sized companies, and small businesses around the world.Her latest book, Cornered Office: Why We Need to Talk About Leadership Mental Health, explores the often-overlooked emotional and cognitive realities of leadership and challenges organizations to include leaders in conversations and systems designed to support workplace mental health.Connect with MelissaWebsite: melissadoman.comLinkedIn: Melissa DomanInstagram: @thewanderingmelMentioned in This EpisodeCornered Office: Why We Need to Talk About Leadership Mental Health (link)Yes, You Can Talk About Mental Health at Work: Here's Why (and How to Do It Really Well) — re-releasing from Wiley on September 29, 2026.This Episode Is Sponsored by HeyTutorHeyTutor partners with schools and districts to provide high-impact, in-person tutoring in literacy and math, giving students targeted support alongside the work of classroom teachers.Learn more about how HeyTutor can support student learning in your school or district at HeyTutor.com.

THE BOOK OF NUMBERSCHAPTER 7ISRAEL BRINGS, YAHUAH SPEAKSNumbers 7 examines willing giving, assigned responsibility, faithful repetition, corporate accountability, and the supremacy of Yahuah's voice over everything Israel brings.WHAT WE COVERWhy the princes could bring willingly but could not determine how their gifts would be usedWhy Gershon and Merari received wagons while Kohath received noneWhy something can be lawful, useful, and available without being assigned to youWhy the shoulder could not be replaced by the wagonWhy each prince had his own appointed day and his own responsibilityWhy another man's obedience could not remove yoursWhy twelve identical offerings were recorded separately instead of being summarizedWhy every prince was counted individually before the whole offering was counted togetherWhy the strength of the whole depended upon each man faithfully carrying his partWhy the chapter ends not with Israel's giving, but with Yahuah speakingWHY THIS MESSAGE MATTERSNumbers 7 teaches that willingness does not replace order.A gift may be sincere, generous, and useful, but Yahuah still determines where it belongs and how it is used.An easier method is not automatically an obedient method.Another person's faithfulness does not remove our responsibility.The strength of a household, assembly, or people is built when each person faithfully carries his appointed part.And after all the giving, serving, building, carrying, and counting is finished, the Word of Yahuah still stands above everything we bring.The chapter begins with Israel giving and ends with Yahuah speaking.What we bring matters.But His voice must remain greater.SCRIPTURE REFERENCESNumbers 7:1–89Numbers 4:15Numbers 4:49Exodus 25:22Galatians 6:4Romans 12:51 Corinthians 12:141 Samuel 3:9John 10:27ABOUT AHAVA ~ LOVE ASSEMBLYWe teach the pure Word of Yahuah.No religion. No traditions. No compromise.SUPPORT THE WORKGive via Zelle:ahavaloveministry.comFINAL HEART CHECKAm I trying to control something because I contributed to it?Am I looking for a wagon where Yahuah has still commanded the shoulder?Am I relying on someone else's obedience while neglecting my own responsibility?Am I carrying my part in a way that strengthens the whole?After all my giving, serving, building, working, and leading, is the voice of Yahuah still louder than everything I am doing?“And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat...” — Numbers 7:89#Numbers7 #BookOfNumbers #TorahStudy #AhavaLoveAssembly #ShabbatTeaching

THIS Is How God Will Break the Narcissist's Hold on YouWhy is it so hard to walk away, even when you clearly see the manipulation? The answer may have less to do with willpower and more to do with what God is restoring within you.In this episode, we explore the story of Samson and Delilah to reveal how toxic control takes hold over time—and the three ways God breaks that hold through exposure, revealing unhealthy patterns, and rebuilding what was compromised. You'll discover why freedom isn't just about leaving the relationship, but about restoring your clarity, identity, boundaries, and discernment so the cycle no longer has anything to attach to.If you've ever wondered why you keep getting pulled back into the same toxic dynamic, this episode will help you understand what God is doing to lead you into lasting freedom.Watch next:

How much of what you're chasing right now do you actually want?The car. The house. The watch. The vacations. The team. The awards. The social media following. The recognition.And how much of it made its way onto your list because you keep watching everybody else?In Episode 399 of The MindShare Podcast, David Greenspan digs into what "keeping up with the Joneses" looks like in a world where social media puts hundreds of other people's lives, businesses and successes in front of us every single day.And Realtors... we're having a conversation about those videos too.One Realtor pours coffee in a listing video and suddenly everybody needs the coffee shot. Somebody sits at the kitchen island, now everyone's at the kitchen island. Somebody makes a funny video and half the industry decides they're comedians.And then there's the dancing.At a time when Realtors are fighting to demonstrate their value and professionalism to consumers, what are we actually communicating with some of the content we're putting online? But this episode goes much deeper than social media.David explores how comparison affects the businesses we build, the teams we think we need, the brokerages we join, the money we spend, the goals we chase and even how successful we believe we are.Because your situation can be perfectly fine until you see what somebody else has — and suddenly you start questioning something you weren't questioning five minutes ago. The challenge in this episode is to come back to your own Map.Figure out what you want personally, professionally and financially. Build your own scoreboard. Stay in your lane. Stop spending so much time watching what everybody else is doing.And go get your shit done.What You'll LearnHow social media has put "keeping up with the Joneses" on steroidsWhy comparison can completely change how you feel about a life or business you were happy with minutes earlierWhere healthy competition ends and damaging comparison beginsWhy Realtors copying the same content makes it harder to differentiate themselvesWhat your online content communicates about your professionalism and valueWhy your marketing should amplify who you actually areThe difference between wanting a particular business model and liking what it looks like from the outsideWhy seeing another agent build a team, start farming, launch a podcast or change brokerages doesn't mean you shouldHow the pressure to look successful can influence financial decisionsWhy your personal definition of success needs to belong to youHow David's Mapping process helps you evaluate what actually belongs in your life and businessWhy there will always be somebody with more — more money, more followers, a nicer car or a bigger businessHow comparison can quietly become another form of procrastinationWhy staying in your lane gives you more time and energy to actually get shit done00:00 — How Much of What You're Chasing Do You Actually Want?The car, house, vacations, business goals, team, awards and recognition — and how much of it actually belongs to you versus what you've picked up from watching everyone else.02:50 — Keeping Up With The Joneses in 2026Why social media has amplified comparison at a time when people are already questioning their finances, careers, businesses and success.The Question Everyone Keeps Asking: "How Are Things Out There?"Why people are looking around to determine where they stand and how quickly somebody else's highlight reel can make your own life feel inadequate.Realtors... What Are We Doing?The coffee shots. The kitchen islands. The identical listing videos. The comedians. And, of course, the dancing Realtors.Professionalism, Content and Your Value as a RealtorIf the industry wants consumers to better understand the value of Realtors, agents need to think seriously about what their content is communicating.Trying to Stand Out While Copying Everybody ElseWhy your experience, personality, communication style and actual strengths should drive your marketing instead of whatever another Realtor happened to make popular online.15:37 — Commercial Break17:27 — Keeping Up With The Joneses in Your BusinessTeams, farming, podcasts, brokerage changes and the danger of building a business because you like what somebody else's looks like from the outside.Looking Wealthy vs. Actually Being WealthyCars, homes, vacations and the social pressure — especially in sales — to project an image of success.What Are You Trying to Prove — And To Whom?A question worth asking before deciding whether the things you're chasing actually matter to you.Mapping: Come Back to What YOU WantUsing personal, professional and financial goals to create your own Map and evaluate whether the decisions you're making actually move you toward it. Your Scoreboard Needs to Belong to YouWhy somebody will always have more — right up until you finally buy the Ferrari and some asshole flies over you in his private jet.Comparison Has Become ProcrastinationWatching, scrolling, studying, saving, screenshotting and consuming everybody else's strategies while the calls, follow-ups and work in your own plan remain undone. Stay in Your LaneLearn from other people, pay attention to what's working, then come back to your Map and ask: What am I building?Your Action StepAudit the things you're chasing. Ask why you want them. Then do the same with your business and marketing to determine what actually belongs in your plan.You can learn from other people. You can be competitive. You can want the car, the house, the business, the money, the vacations and all of it.Just make sure the life you're working so hard to build is actually your life.Because there will always be someone with more. The Joneses keep changing, and now the algorithm can introduce you to a brand-new one every thirty seconds. Your scoreboard needs to belong to you.Know what you want. Come back to your Map. Stay in your lane.Then go get your shit done.

Why are personal values important for men over 40?Personal values are the principles that define what matters most to you and help guide your decisions, priorities, relationships, health, and behavior. After 40, clearly defining your values becomes increasingly important because your time feels more finite, your responsibilities change, your parents age, your body changes, and you begin thinking more seriously about how you want to live the years ahead.The key is understanding that values aren't simply what you say is important. Your behavior provides the evidence.What You'll LearnWhat personal values actually are and why every man should define hisWhy your values become your internal compass when life gets complicatedThe difference between claiming a value and living a valueWhy your behavior is the real evidence of what matters to youHow losing my father forced me to think differently about possessions, character, and legacyWhy family, service, and responsibility made my decision to move in with my mother clearWhy health should become one of your core values after 40How your food, workouts, mobility, sleep, recovery, medical care, and stress management reveal whether health really matters to youWhy taking care of your health is also an act of service to your familyHow to choose your five core personal valuesHow to identify the gap between the values you claim and the life you're actually livingWhy closing that gap can help you live with greater integrityTimestamps00:00 - Define Your Personal Values00:30 - Going Through My Parents' Home After Losing Dad01:10 - What Happens to Everything We Accumulate?01:45 - The Things Your Family Can Never Put in a Box02:14 - What Are Personal Values?02:45 - Do Your Actions Match What You Say Matters?03:15 - Why Family Made My Decision to Serve My Mother Clear03:45 - Your Values Become Your Internal Compass04:19 - Why Health Should Be One of Your Core Values05:00 - Does Your Lifestyle Prove Your Health Matters?05:48 - Why Values Matter More After 40, 50 and 6006:20 - How Do You Want to Live the Years You Have Left?06:45 - Choose Your Five Core Values07:15 - How to Test Whether You're Actually Living Your Values07:39 - The Over 40 Alpha Action08:15 - The 30 Day Values Test08:45 - Close the Gap Between What You Say and How You Live09:47 - Your Actions Make Your Values Real10:15 - Final Thoughts and Over 40 Alpha

Ep 135: From a Craft Class to Ten Years in Business with Ticina Williams of Creativiti Custom Designs and EventsPart of noseyAF's 31 Days of Black Business series

The beginning of a school year brings an energy that is hard to match. The building is ready, staff members are reconnecting, priorities have been established, and leaders walk into the year determined to lead with clarity and intentionality.Then the students arrive.Suddenly the emails pile up, meetings fill the calendar, parent concerns emerge, staffing challenges demand attention, and the urgent begins competing with what you said mattered most.In this special midweek episode of Leaning Into Leadership, Dr. Darrin Peppard challenges school leaders to recognize five common leadership traps that can quietly derail their best intentions during the opening weeks of school.Darrin explores why presence is different from simply being visible, how the Cycle of Chaos can allow urgency to rewrite your priorities, and why communicating something once doesn't mean people understand it. He also challenges leaders to stop solving every problem themselves and to recognize the important difference between giving someone grace and simply avoiding a necessary conversation.The five leadership traps:Retreating to your office once students arriveLetting urgency rewrite your prioritiesAssuming everyone understood the opening-day messageTrying to solve every problem personallyWaiting too long to address something you already know isn't rightAt the center of the episode is one question every school leader should consider as the year gets underway:Is the leader you're becoming in September the same leader you intended to be at the beginning of August?You probably won't lose your school year in the first few weeks. But you can establish habits during those weeks that you'll spend the rest of the year trying to undo.Be intentional now. Protect what matters. And go have a Road to Awesome year.In This EpisodeWhy presence matters more than performative visibilityHow the urgent can quietly replace your real leadership prioritiesWhy your calendar tells the truth about what you valueThe difference between communicating a message and creating clarityHow solving every problem can actually weaken the people around youWhy servant leadership is about empowerment, not doing everything for othersThe difference between grace and avoidanceWhy addressing small issues early protects the culture you're trying to createHow to recognize leadership drift before it becomes your new normalKey Takeaways“You can't recognize what you never see.”“Your calendar is going to tell the truth about your priorities long before your mission statement ever will.”“Don't confuse delivering a message with creating clarity.”“Don't just solve problems. Build problem-solvers.”“What we tolerate teaches a lesson.”“Clarity early is almost always easier than making corrections later.”This Episode Is Sponsored by HeyTutorHeyTutor partners with schools and districts to provide high-impact, in-person tutoring in literacy and math, giving students targeted support alongside the work of classroom teachers.Learn more about how HeyTutor can support student learning in your school or district at HeyTutor.com.

What do you do when you find yourself in the pit?In this reflection on Psalm 30, John Ortberg explores one of the Bible's most powerful metaphors for suffering: the pit, the depths, the darkness, Sheol.Sometimes the pit is grief.Sometimes it's depression, failure, anxiety, physical pain, a broken relationship, a dream that has died, or something completely beyond our control.And sometimes the night lasts much longer than we ever imagined.John shares personally about a season when the pain didn't go away the next day...or the next. One thought became especially important:It will not always be this way.That doesn't mean circumstances will immediately improve. It doesn't even mean things can't get worse. It means that even in the darkness, God can still be found.Psalm 30 says, “Weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.”We don't know how long the night will last.But the night doesn't get the last word.In this episode:Psalm 30 and the biblical image of "the pit"What to do when suffering overwhelms youWhy "joy comes in the morning" isn't a formula or timelineFinding God in darknessPsalm 139 and finding God in SheolHow to keep going when circumstances don't improveWhy we can't lift ourselves out of every pitMourning and dancing existing togetherHope when the night feels endlessScriptures:Psalm 30 • Psalm 139:8 • Genesis 37 • Jeremiah 38 • Daniel 6 • Revelation 21:4#Psalm30 #JohnOrtberg #Psalms #Suffering #Hope #Prayer #SpiritualFormation #ChristianFaith #BibleStudy #Grief

What if some of the advice you've been faithfully following is actually the thing keeping you stuck?In this episode of Magic Made, Megan and Chrissy are unpacking the best, worst, and downright limiting advice they've picked up throughout life, business, and their creative careers.From being told you have to look a certain way to be taken seriously, to the infamous "niche down" rule, we're talking about what happens when helpful guidance quietly turns into a cage.Because advice can be valuable. Mentors can change our lives. Experts can teach us incredible things. But that doesn't mean every rule, strategy, or piece of wisdom belongs in every season of your life.We get into creative freedom, authenticity, personal branding, finding your niche, breaking business rules, trusting yourself, and knowing when it's time to take an old piece of advice and lovingly show it the door.CHAPTERS:00:00 The Advice That's Keeping You Stuck01:16 Why We Take Advice So Literally03:17 You're Allowed to Break the Rules04:15 The Business Advice That Kept Megan Small06:25 Being Yourself IS the Differentiator09:17 Who Are the “Business Police?”12:01 The Best Creative Advice Chrissy Ever Got13:35 The Power of Three18:02 The Worst Advice: “Niche Down”20:03 When Your Niche Starts Feeling Like a Cage21:49 Why Creators Get Stuck on Social Media24:29 When Advice Kills Your Creativity27:08 Advice Is an Invitation, Not a CageIn this episode:Why we take advice from experts so literallyThe business advice that kept Megan playing smallWhy being yourself can actually become your differentiatorChrissy's surprisingly useful "Power of Three"Why "niche down" isn't always the answerThe danger of creating for an algorithm instead of yourselfWhat happens when business advice kills creative joyHow to decide which advice is actually right for YOUWhy advice should be an invitation, not a cageYou don't have to throw away every rule or stop listening to people who know more than you. You just get to decide what stays.

Do you feel responsible for keeping everyone in your family happy? Do you find yourself trying to fix your kids' hard feelings, keep the peace, or make everything okay?What if deeper connection with your kids actually starts with learning how to connect with yourself?In today's episode of The Secrets of Supermom Show, Lori talks with Diane Sorensen, certified Transformational Coach and host of the Chaos to Connection podcast, about breaking generational patterns, understanding our emotional triggers, and creating stronger relationships with our children.Diane shares how her daughter's mental health crisis and her own divorce forced her to look at patterns of perfectionism, people-pleasing, emotional suppression, and approval-seeking that she had unknowingly carried into motherhood.Together, Lori and Diane discuss:Why connection with your children starts with connection to yourselfHow to recognize your emotional triggers—and what they can teach youWhy trying to keep everyone happy can actually hurt connectionThe difference between feeling an emotion and knowing how to be with an emotionHow perfectionism and “good girl” conditioning can show up in motherhoodWhy your child's emotions are not yours to manageHow to be okay when your kids are not okayWhy connection isn't about spending more time or money on your kidsHow to listen to your children without immediately fixing, reframing, or teachingA simple practice you can use today to start building more emotional awareness and connectionOne of Diane's most powerful reminders? The secret to being a Supermom isn't never struggling—it's learning how to navigate the struggle while staying connected to yourself.If you've ever worried that you're doing motherhood wrong, felt responsible for everyone else's emotions, or struggled with mom guilt when your kids are having a hard time, this conversation will give you a completely different way to think about connection.Connect with Diane Sorensen:Website: dianesorensen.netInstagram: @dianesorensen.bbPodcast: Chaos to ConnectionFree Resource:Drama to Empowerment — Learn how to move out of reactive patterns and into greater awareness, connection, and empowerment.Listen now and discover how doing the inner work can transform the relationships around you.Text us your feedback or questions!Stay connected!Join us in The Supermom Society! Get all the details at thesupermomsociety.com!Get all our show notes, buy the book Secrets of Supermom, and more at our website: www.secretsofsupermom.comSecrets of Supermom on FacebookSecrets of Supermom on Instagram

Learn how to get booked on big stages so you're not stuck waiting for someone to hand you the opportunity. I‘m breaking down the exact five steps I used to land 6 speaking gigs, my first US keynote and a stage with Steven Bartlett as one of only four women in the country.And I did it as a former painfully shy introvert whose first ever talk was a t2wo-minute disaster where I smashed the clicker on the floor. So if I can, you can.You'll learn:The 5 steps to land speaking gigs, even if you're starting from zeroHow to pitch event organizers so they actually say YESHow to build the relationships that get you booked without even pitchingHow to position your brand so the right opportunities come to youWhy you don't need to be the most qualified, just impossible to ignoreTake the free authority quiz (link below) or DM me QUIZ on Instagram @jess.williamson8Want to catch me on stage and hang out in person?PERTH

Summer has a way of knocking routines loose and pushing pet care tasks to “later.” Before fall gets busy, this is a good time for dog, cat, and other pet parents to catch up on the things that have quietly slipped down the list.In this solo episode, Amy covers the pet care tasks worth handling now, from vet appointments and grooming to pet boarding, pet sitting, holiday travel, and changing routines. The goal isn't to create another giant checklist. It's to take care of a few things now that could save you time, money, and stress later.In this episode:Pet health issues and appointments you've been meaning to handleGrooming, gear, and basic maintenance that may have gotten away from youWhy now is the time to think about boarding, pet sitting, and holiday travelHelping pets adjust as fall routines changePlanning pet care around your real life before something becomes urgentNeed help figuring out what your pet needs, what to prioritize, or how to make it all work with your life? Learn more about a Pet Parent Hotline consultation at petparenthotline.com/consult.Stuck on a pet problem? Send it here.Support the showExpert Pet Advice for busy pet parents! Love the show? Leave a 5-star review so more pet parents can find us, and share this episode with someone who needs it. Follow:

ABOUT THE EPISODE:Your kid has been to a program. Maybe two. Maybe four. Each one handed back a diagnosis list a little longer than the last, and none of it ever explained why nothing is sticking.My guest uses a comparison in this one that stopped me cold. If your child had stomach pain, no surgeon would just open them up and look around. They would scan first. And yet with our kids we tend to go straight to treatment, treatment, treatment, without asking who this person actually is underneath the substance use. He calls it treating the problem inside the person instead of the person with the problem, and once you hear it you cannot unhear it.Dr. Graham Husick is a clinical psychologist in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and the director of clinical assessment at the Lakeside Independence Program, which works with severe and complex mental health cases. Part of his job is reading the evaluations other people wrote about kids like ours, and he can tell you precisely what keeps getting left out of them.We get into why he includes IQ testing in every evaluation, what your child's preferred substance choice tells him that they could never say out loud, and why he will usually steer a family toward paying out of pocket rather than running a psych eval through insurance. He also names something I had never heard put into words: why a kid who is finally doing well will sometimes walk straight back into the thing that nearly took them out. I did not have any of this intelligence when my son was in it, and I have thought about that a lot since.If your child has cycled through program after program and you still cannot answer the question "but what is actually going on with them," start here.YOU'LL LEARN:Why Dr. Husick recommends not testing in active addiction, and the window he actually wantsWhat a diagnosis list eight items long tells you, and what it can never tell youWhy he includes IQ testing every time, even when nobody asked for itWhat the substance your child reaches for most says about what they may be needingThe recommendation he sometimes has to put in writing that parents least want to readEPISODE RESOURCES:Dr. Husick's websiteLakeside Independence Program websiteThis podcast is part of a nonprofit called Hopestream CommunityLearn about The Stream, our private online community for momsFind us on Instagram hereWatch the podcast on YouTube hereDownload a free e-book, Worried Sick: A Compassionate Guide For Parents When Your Teen or Young Adult Child Misuses Drugs and AlcoholHopestream Community is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and an Amazon Associate. We may make a small commission if you purchase from our links.

When your body begins changing during perimenopause and menopause, the fitness industry's answer is usually predictable:Eat less.Cut the carbs.Skip breakfast.Fast longer.Do more cardio.But what if eating less isn't actually the strategy your body needs?In Part 3 of Menopause in the Light, Coach Alex Van Houten turns to nutrition—and challenges the idea that midlife health is simply about making the number on the scale smaller.Menopause changes physiology, but it doesn't erase physiology. Energy balance still matters. But so do muscle mass, protein intake, sleep, training, insulin sensitivity, food quality, recovery, and the hormonal changes influencing where and how your body stores fat.The goal isn't just weight loss.The goal is to build and maintain a woman who is strong, capable, metabolically healthy, resilient, well-nourished, and ready to serve.In this episode, Coach Alex breaks down:Why dramatically cutting calories can backfire during menopauseThe difference between weight loss and improving body compositionWhy protein becomes increasingly important as women ageA practical strategy for getting enough protein throughout the dayWhy carbohydrates aren't the enemyThe difference between food and fuelHow whole, nutrient-dense foods can simplify your nutritionFiber, calcium, vitamin D, healthy fats, and bone healthIntermittent fasting and when it may—or may not—serve youWhy breakfast can be a powerful opportunity for better nutritionAlcohol, sleep, and taking an honest inventory of your habitsCreatine and supplements during menopauseIron considerations during perimenopauseWhy you should be skeptical of products promising to “balance your hormones”How husbands and families can support women without becoming the “food police”A biblical perspective on food, gratitude, self-control, and stewardshipCoach Alex also offers a simple framework for building meals:Start with protein. Add plants. Add fuel according to your activity. Pay attention to your fats.Nothing exotic. Nothing magical.Just a repeatable strategy that can still work next year.As 1 Corinthians 10:31 reminds us: “Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all for the glory of God.”Food isn't God.Food isn't the enemy. It's provision—and something we are called to receive with gratitude and steward with wisdom.TAKE THE NEXT STEPIf you're navigating perimenopause or menopause and know it's time to make a change, Coach Alex wants to help you identify where you are now and what deserves your attention first.Go to: faithfulfitness.co/menopauseComplete the Faithful Fitness Assessment and claim your seat for the upcoming live seminar.You'll learn how to take your current starting point and build a practical plan for getting meaningful results over the next 30 days—without miracle supplements, crash diets, or internet gimmicks.Take the assessment and reserve your seat: faithfulfitness.co/menopauseNext week: Menopause in the Light, Part 4 — hormone replacement therapy, sleep, sexual health, supplements, peptides, medical care, and how to know when it's time to ask for more help.Train hard. Pray harder.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/faithful-fitness-with-coach-alex-vanhouten--5150768/support.

Text us a comment or question!What if one of the biggest reasons you're struggling to lose weight... is because you've been trying to eat too little?In this special Behind the Book episode, I'm sharing Chapter 2 of my upcoming book, Fully Alive: A Blueprint for Building the Strongest, Healthiest, and Most Meaningful Second Half of Your Life. This chapter tackles one of the biggest lies we've been taught about weight loss - that getting healthy means living on salads, tiny portions, and constant hunger.If you've spent years believing that the hungrier you are, the better your diet is working, this episode may completely change the way you think about nutrition.You'll discover why so many diets work... until they don't... and why building a healthy body requires a completely different mindset than simply trying to become smaller.This isn't about giving you permission to eat junk food.It's about learning to fuel your body instead of fighting against it.In this episode you'll discover:Why "being good" with food often leads to late-night binge eatingThe hidden danger of the "Rabbit Food Trap"Why hunger is not a sign that your diet is workingThe critical difference between losing weight and building a healthy bodyWhy restriction creates short-term results—but often long-term frustrationHow decades of dieting can leave you feeling like your body is working against youWhy your body is actually trying to protect you—not sabotage youThe powerful mindset shift from thinking like a dieter to thinking like a builder I'd Love Your Feedback!This book is still being written, and your feedback genuinely matters.Did something resonate?Was something confusing?Did a particular story or idea hit home?Email me directly at coach@silveredgefitness.com. I personally read every email, and your feedback may help shape the final version of Fully Alive before it goes to print.Enjoying the Behind the Book series?Please subscribe, leave a review, and share this episode with someone who's tired of dieting, tired of starting over, and ready to build a body that will serve them for the rest of their life.And if you know someone who's been trapped in the endless cycle of eating less, losing weight, regaining it, and starting over... send them this episode. It might be the perspective shift they've been waiting for. Next Episode

When dysfunction is all you know, it can feel normal.For Michaela, growing up with a narcissistic father meant fear, control, walking on eggshells, protecting her younger siblings, and even parenting her own parents. For years, she didn't realize how unhealthy her family dynamics were. It wasn't until she encountered healthy families that she began to see how different love could look.In this episode, Michaela shares how those relationships helped reshape her understanding of family, love, boundaries, and healing.We talk about:Why unhealthy family dynamics can feel normal when you grow up inside themWhat it's like growing up with a narcissistic and controlling parentHow healthy families and mentors can show you a different way to loveHow to stop carrying responsibility for everyone around youWhy forgiveness doesn't always require reconciliationIf you grew up with a narcissistic, abusive, or deeply dysfunctional parent and want to build something healthier, this episode is for you.Resources MentionedFree Guide: 7 Ways to Work Through the Pain of Your Parents' DivorceBook: It's Not Your FaultShare Your Story with Restored