And She Spoke

Reimagining our relationship with money takes feeling WORTHY about ourselves, first.

Out of all the core limiting beliefs we face as wellness professionals and entrepreneurs, the relationship we have around money and success can be a BIG one…

...And yet, when our lives feel upended by burnout and overwhelm, it can be hard to capture that worth, and our health can suffer as a result. It takes a BOLD reimagining of ourselves and our business to show up authentically and find NEW solutions for our problems.

On this episode of "And She Spoke," we have a fantastic conversation with Amina AlTai — who you may recognize from our Thrive Online 2020 Conference panel: "Feminist Reimaginings of Money and Power." This enlightening chat reveals Amina's journey from burnout with two autoimmune conditions and battling imposter syndrome to discovering balance and mindfulness, and a new mission to help others achieve balance in career, body, and mind.

We explore topics of worthiness, analog solutions for digital problems, and how we can do what we love and make money doing it — without feeling like an imposter in our own spaces and bodies!

This is a great way to start your 2021 – financial success mindset! Listen in and join the conversation!

Here’s a peek at what else we discuss:

• We delve into Amina's background and work in corporate wellness
• Where she developed her money mindset curriculum and the influence of Steven Cope
• Addressing your core limiting beliefs and money mindset work
• How doing what you love leads you to your best money-making ventures
• Learn how Amina defines boundaries for herself by making a list of her "tolerations"
• Feeling worthy of wealth or having a surplus of money
• How to show up on social media authentically and avoid toxic positivity
• Navigating the digital/analog world and creating boundaries around technology
• How Amina has struggled with her imposter syndrome as a woman of color.
• And so much more!

Resources:

• Amina AlTai on Instagram
• Amina AlTai 
• The Great Work of Your Life 
• Dr. Valerie Young – Imposter Syndrome

This week’s Joy: Silent retreats at home. For 2 days, Amina remained utterly silent, reading spiritual texts and getting back in touch with herself. This is a great way to establish boundaries for ourselves and switch off for a little bit.

This week’s Hustle: Amina's new worksheet on Overcoming Overwhelm. Looking at a 3 step process on how to look at being overwhelmed and how to deal with those things: what we tolerate, what structures we need in place, and the support we need moving forward! 

Know Your Numbers

In our business, we're big fans of financial literacy and accountability. Knowing your numbers is an essential aspect of building a successful business and inherent responsibility for any entrepreneur. 

What you focus on grows, so pay attention to your money.

We use Bench for our bookkeeping. It's simple, elegant, and saves us so many hours that would otherwise be spent neck-deep in receipts on the other side of a spreadsheet.

Each month our transactions are automatically imported into Bench and we get on-demand financial reports. We even enjoy opening up our profit and loss statement to review each month. When tax time comes around, we are up to date and ready to go. And this is what Financial Empowerment feels like.

Use this link to save 20% off your Bench Accounting plan for the first six months!

Overcoming doubt (and the doubters) in our lives is difficult but necessary if we want to succeed.

When those conversations around what it takes to boldly push through difficulties are shrouded in mystery --  we can end up stopping our ambitions before they even start.

But through the power of telling OUR stories, we can find strength in one another and empower people to reconsider their doubts. Because for business owners, success is rarely a straight line.

On this episode of “And She Spoke,” we have a fantastic conversation with a true disruptor in the world of beverages, Kara Goldin, the founder and CEO of Hint, Inc., best known for the award-winning Hint water. She’s also the author of a new book, “Undaunted: Overcoming Doubt and Doubters.”

Starting in the world of tech, Kara made a bold decision as a mother of three (and soon to be four!) to strike out on her own and found a consumer product brand dedicated to health and wellness. How and why she started Hint will surprise you, and we’ll discuss changing minds as a female entrepreneur, how overcoming doubt is possible, and entrepreneurship as social change.

This was very exciting to speak with someone outside the digital space of business, and we gained some incredible insights. Give it a listen, and join in the conversation!

Here’s a peek at what else we discuss:

• Side-hustling (before that was even a thing) with 3 kids and 1 on the way!
• How thinking about her health led her to start her business
• The moment she adopted her entrepreneur mindset
• How she gains strength from her customers and helping her overcome doubt
• The phenomenon of female entrepreneurs as a social change element
• Why social change became an organic part of what she does
• How her leadership style was tested during a pandemic 
• And so much more!

Resources:

• Kara Goldin Show (podcast)
• Undaunted. Overcoming Doubts + Doubters by Kara Goldin

This week’s Joy: 
The joy this week is Kara’s two labradors! She’s appreciated the care they bring her and all the fun, too.

This week’s Hustle:
People ask all the time how to find a mentor... But Kara believes you can find one through reading and listening to podcasts! For her, mentorship is not necessarily defined by a single person but within what brings you strength and insights every day.

Know Your Numbers

In our business, we're big fans of financial literacy and accountability. Knowing your numbers is an essential aspect of building a successful business and inherent responsibility for any entrepreneur. 

What you focus on grows, so pay attention to your money.

We use Bench for our bookkeeping. It's simple, elegant, and saves us so many hours that would otherwise be spent neck-deep in receipts on the other side of a spreadsheet.

Each month our transactions are automatically imported into Bench and we get on-demand financial reports. We even enjoy opening up our profit and loss statement to review each month. When tax time comes around, we are up to date and ready to go. And this is what Financial Empowerment feels like.

Use this link to save 20% off your Bench Accounting plan for the first six months!

So many women have a fraught relationship with their body… but there IS a way back!

Rebuilding that trust takes time and a unique guide to unpack the internalized beliefs that place us at war with ourselves and fighting the perceptions generated from the beauty industry and broader culture.

Even in an era of “self-care,” an important question lingers: Are we just buying into the same false story over and over again?

On this episode of “And She Spoke,” we speak with Lauren Geertsen, author of a new book, “The Invisible Corset,” a modern guide to empower women through regaining trust in their bodies. She believes that by healing themselves, women can heal their families and the world.

In this engrossing conversation, we frankly discuss how self-healing opened her eyes to the flaws of modern medicine. We also reflect on the systemic barriers that still exist in our world and how each of us can enable true change, no matter who we are!

Hear more of this powerful conversation and join us!

Here’s a peek at what else we discuss:

• What leads women to hate and distrust their body: including fears from Western medicine and the beauty industry.

• How an abundant mindset and a sense of playfulness grew Lauren’s blog.

• Lauren’s book-writing journey and the long road it took to get it published.

• Why women are so distrustful of their bodies and try to fight and control them.

• Lauren’s experiences as a 9-year-old and how this shaped her body image.

• The need to de-link ourselves from beauty culture and place that energy elsewhere.

• Her belief that all women have it within them to overcome systemic hindrances.

• Our idea of self-care should not be attached to the products we buy.

And so much more!

Resources:

• Empowered Sustenance  
• The Invisible Corset by Lauren Geertsen
• Lauren Geertsen 
• Lauren Geertsen on Twitter 
• Dita Von Teese 
• Shut Up and Write

This week’s Joy: 
Lauren is grateful for her 15-minute Kundalini yoga video class every morning. Especially since dance and yoga classes aren’t happening in person right now, it gives her that good, juicy Kundalini energy she needs!

This week’s Hustle: 
Zoom writers groups! It’s a great way to show up, say hi to one another, keep one another accountable, but share a fun, collaborative energy to get things done.

Know Your Numbers

In our business, we're big fans of financial literacy and accountability. Knowing your numbers is an essential aspect of building a successful business and inherent responsibility for any entrepreneur.

What you focus on grows, so pay attention to your money.

We use Bench for our bookkeeping. It's simple, elegant, and saves us so many hours that would otherwise be spent neck-deep in receipts on the other side of a spreadsheet.

Each month our transactions are automatically imported into Bench and we get on-demand financial reports. We even enjoy opening up our profit and loss statement to review each month. When tax time comes around, we are up to date and ready to go. And this is what Financial Empowerment feels like.

Use this link to save 20% off your Bench Accounting plan for the first six months!

How can we find the sacred in our own lives and rise as leaders in a community… even as the pillars we once used seem to shift all around us?

Perhaps the answer is within ourselves.

Joyful belonging – of living lives of greater connection, meaning, and depth – takes dedication and a new way of thinking around the spaces we create in our lives. But it is possible to create new sacred texts and spiritual ways, even as our world – and religion's role in it – continues to change.

On this episode of "And She Spoke," we speak with Casper ter Kuile, Ministry Innovation Fellow at Harvard Divinity School, and the founder of Sacred Design Lab, a research and design consultancy working to create a culture of belonging and becoming.

We go joyfully in-depth on how leaders can apply new lessons and research on spirituality to create communities that help all of us belong and become who we are. And we talk about how religion is NOT declining, just changing, how we find the sacred texts we need in unexpected places, and so much more.

Join us in this deep and meaningful reflection on community – and bring your thoughts to the conversation in the comments!

Here’s a peek at what else we discuss:

• Climate activism and how Casper became involved in spirituality.
• Casper's interest in connection and ritual and what inspired him to write about it.
• How honoring ritual and rhythm can foster connection, community, and inspiration.
• Casper's thoughts on the disturbance of COVID and the new essence of gatherings.
• The evolution of pseudo-religious spaces, including those used in the workplace. 
• Preventing burnout through acknowledgment of responsibilities and intentions.
• How the work inside Sacred Design Lab helps provide leaders the support they need.
• Burning Man as a religious pilgrimage and spiritual/secular crossover space.

Resources:

• Casper ter Kuile on Twitter
• Casper ter Kuile on LinkedIn
• Casper ter Kuile on Instagram
• Casper ter Kuile
• Harry Potter and the Sacred Text Podcast
• Sacred Design Lab
• The Power of Ritual: Turning Everyday Activities Into Soulful Practices by Casper her Kuile
• Nuns & Nones
• To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings by John O’Donohue

This week’s Joy: 

RuPaul's Drag Race. Casper loves watching people imagine characters and live into different ways of being. Culminating in a celebration of a new essence in the world in an inspiring and joyful way.

This week’s Hustle: 

Creating the space to tell the truth. Sometimes we like to rush into things to get them done, but often, when we slow down to articulate the truth properly, we can really accelerate the work that we do. Casper recommends a book of modern blessings by John O'Donohue, "To Bless the Space Between Us."

Women getting a seat at the table takes ALL of us working together!

Smashing through those barriers asks us to honestly address the systemic problems that have led us to where we are today.

That means starting from the bottom up, and considering the best ways can help enhance the full diversity of female voices within the business world that are ready to be heard. And surprisingly, what needs to change in our lead generation, scaling, and social media strategies.

On this episode of “And She Spoke,” we speak with one of the women leading the charge, Eleanor Beaton – the founder of SAFI media and author of the upcoming book, Explicit Ambition: Why Women Don’t Want Power.

We address how to shift the narrative of gender equality in leadership positions, by challenging the limiting beliefs of male AND female founders and what resources are out there to make that change. We even dive into rethinking lead generation and the ethics of social media marketing.

This is an incredibly valuable and entertaining chat where we learned so much from Eleanor’s way of thinking, and hope you can join us in that conversation!

Here’s a peek at what else we discuss:

• How Eleanor’s mission began to shift the narrative of scaling and success.
• What internalized biases and systemic barriers are out there (and how to overcome them).
• Rethinking lead generation in a post-COVID world.
• Which creative marketing ideas Eleanor is excited about in the future.
• How partnerships can act like a microeconomic mutually beneficial relationship.
• Why she decided to shift her investment away from paid social media ads.
• And how Schitt’s Creek is bringing Eleanor SO MUCH JOY right now!

Resources:

• Eleanor Beaton
• Her book, Explicit Ambition: Why Women Don’t Want Power
• Power + Presence + Position Podcast
• Jennifer Barcelos on LinkedIn
• Sandy Connery on LinkedIn

This week’s Joy: The Schitt's Creek series.

This week’s Hustle: Two tools that I use every single day to support me, number 1, to have one income-generating conversation per day. The other is to do one thing every day to set up another income-generating conversation (on the phone). With discipline, this practice has a lot of impact.

Know Your Numbers

In our business, we're big fans of financial literacy and accountability. Knowing your numbers is an essential aspect of building a successful business and inherent responsibility for any entrepreneur. 

What you focus on grows, so pay attention to your money.

We use Bench for our bookkeeping. It's simple, elegant, and saves us so many hours that would otherwise be spent neck-deep in receipts on the other side of a spreadsheet.

Each month our transactions are automatically imported into Bench and we get on-demand financial reports. We even enjoy opening up our profit and loss statement to review each month. When tax time comes around, we are up to date and ready to go. And this is what Financial Empowerment feels like.

Use this link to save 20% off your Bench Accounting plan for the first six months!

To 'level up' our careers, we have to take ownership of our worth!

And that also means getting PAID what we're worth as well. 

It takes a significant shift to start seeing and valuing ourselves… and takes determination to keep fighting for what we're worth despite the opposition. What kind of resources and communities are out there for women struggling to claim their worth? And what can we do about it?

On this episode of "And She Spoke," we speak with Claire Wasserman, an entrepreneur and passionate advocate for women's professional + financial advancement.

Claire shares her story of one seemingly minor interaction that changed the course of her life, and led to her founding Ladies Get Paid, a monumental organization assisting over 75,000 women in 120 countries in leveling up their careers.

She openly challenges the social norms that hold us back and is honest about how making money is the first step in improving the wage and leadership gap. Ultimately, we need to rethink our limiting beliefs by sharing our stories and getting paid what we're worth.

Here’s a peek at what else we discuss:

• The town hall that changed Claire's life
• Normalizing the conversation around money
• How to set the right value for your work
• When we should take breaks to recharge
• How Ladies Get Paid was founded
• Achieving inclusivity in her organization
• The impending release of Claire's new book: Ladies Get Paid! 

Resources:

• Ladies Get Paid
• Ladies Get Paid book
• Claire Wasserman on LinkedIn
• Ladies Get Paid on Twitter
• Claire Wasserman on Instagram
• Public
• Todoist

This week’s Joy: Her cat! Pheobe cat! She brings Claire joy and all those who see her via my Instagram.

This week’s Hustle: Taking naps! 30 mins, 45 mins, 10 mins, you have to take breaks. It will actually help yourself and others. Claire also really loves using Todoist which helps organize everything in a simple and straightforward way.

Know Your Numbers

In our business, we're big fans of financial literacy and accountability. Knowing your numbers is an essential aspect of building a successful business and inherent responsibility for any entrepreneur. 

What you focus on grows, so pay attention to your money.

We use Bench for our bookkeeping. It's simple, elegant, and saves us so many hours that would otherwise be spent neck-deep in receipts on the other side of a spreadsheet.

Each month our transactions are automatically imported into Bench and we get on-demand financial reports. We even enjoy opening up our profit and loss statement to review each month. When tax time comes around, we are up to date and ready to go. And this is what Financial Empowerment feels like.

Use this link to save 20% off your Bench Accounting plan for the first six months!

Healers can't fix us. Why? Because we're not broken!

But they can remind us that we're whole – and that our path to healing comes from within. Healing is an inside job. (Hence the title of this podcast episode 😉 ). 

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Plagued by decades of depression and a stubborn autoimmune disease, today's guest embarked on a self-care bender — immersing herself in every holistic treatment and spiritual practice she could get her hands on! 

From shamanic journeys to chakra balancing, silk cocoons to sound baths… what she found along the way was a whole lotta love and peace.

Plus, she discovered that other people craved the same kind of time-honored wisdom from holistic practitioners but didn't know where to find them or who to trust. Soon, an online business idea flourished.

On today's episode of "And She Spoke," we talk about virtual healing with Elizabeth Kendig. 

She is a popular beauty blogger turned podcaster turned founder of Healers Wanted — a community and marketplace platform offering spiritual guidance through different modalities using trusted practitioners. We discuss some things that led her to this online business transformation:

• Transitioning from Top 20 Pinner on Pinterest into the wellness industry
• How her Healers podcast grew to over 700k downloads
• Paying attention to the signs on when to pivot 

Spiritual and holistic practices enable us to connect with ourselves on a deeper level.

And it's at our core where our innermost desires live... 

They can lead us to new businesses, relationships, and profound happiness!

Here’s a peek at what else we discuss:

• How starting over isn’t really ‘starting over’
• Why she feels uneasy about selling something that she believes everyone needs
• Finding purpose beyond the beauty industry
• Shifting her identity in a big, public (and personal) way 
• The nitty-gritty about revenue share, pricing independent contractors, and the most popular modality on the site.
• And soooooo much more!  

• Elizabeth Kindeg on LinkedIn
• Healers 
• Healers Podcast
• Healers on Instagram
• Olive & June
• Molly Jones CBD

Visit Healers Wanted and receive 10% off your first booking. Use the coupon code NAMASTE at check out. Please note: This is for new users only.

This week’s Joy: 

Our joy is getting back to the basics with self-care – falling in love with doing our nails at home.

This week’s Hustle: 

Our hustle(s) are CBD – to calm the nervous system and keep anxiety at bay. + Journaling as a means of recognizing signs and synchronicities.

In our business, we're big fans of financial literacy and accountability. Knowing your numbers is an essential aspect of building a successful business and inherent responsibility for any entrepreneur. 

What you focus on grows, so pay attention to your money.

We use Bench for our bookkeeping. It's simple, elegant, and saves us so many hours that would otherwise be spent neck-deep in receipts on the other side of a spreadsheet.

Each month our transactions are automatically imported into Bench and we get on-demand financial reports. We even enjoy opening up our profit and loss statement to review each month. When tax time comes around, we are up to date and ready to go. And this is what Financial Empowerment feels like.

Use this link to save 20% off your Bench Accounting plan for the first six months!

You are in charge of managing your own experience in the world! 

It’s so refreshing to know that we can speak up to create a better experience for ourselves. Feeling stressed? Say so! Need more time to do something important for yourself or your kids? Say no to that other demand vying for your attention! Here’s the thing: how we maneuver through business/work can have a direct impact on how we show up in life. 

Business coaching can reveal more of WHO we are outside of our professional careers than we initially thought possible.

On today’s episode of “And She Spoke,” we talk about leadership and shaking things up through business with Devon Brooks. She is an entrepreneur, coach, and the founder of Sphere —”her second venture”— a marketplace platform for personal and professional coaching. We discuss all the ideas she’s built her business around:

• Dematerializing an industry
• Being inherently more inclusive 
• Leadership as a vessel for impact 
• The accessibility and affordability of coaching

Female entrepreneurs are challenged every day —especially if you’re a single parent or struggling to find your own work-life balance.

Once we become better at managing our own experiences, we can discover more of what we need for ourselves.

If you’re ready to do that… you’re in the right place!

Here’s a peek at what else we discuss:

• Running a Brick & Mortar business vs. a Software Platform
• Being catapulted to leadership at 20 years old
• How a pandemic affected moving forward in business
• Benefits of a remote team
• Stress management/sleep
• Single parent responsibilities 

• Devon Brooks on LinkedIn
• Sphere 
• Sphere App
• Blo – Blow Dry Bar

Sign up for a Sphere membership and receive 10% off your first 3 months. Use the coupon code SOULFUL at check out. Please note: This is for new users only and will be capped at 50 redemptions.

This week’s Joy: 

Our joy is Mountain Biking (+ drumming) -- both provide the mental challenge of using and stimulating the brain in different ways.

This week’s Hustle: 

Our hustle is Time-blocking… because fitting everything in at the cost of yourself is a hard no.

Know Your Numbers In our business, we're big fans of financial literacy and accountability. Knowing your numbers is an essential aspect of building a successful business and inherent responsibility for any entrepreneur.

What you focus on grows, so pay attention to your money.

We use Bench for our bookkeeping. It's simple, elegant, and saves us so many hours that would otherwise be spent neck-deep in receipts on the other side of a spreadsheet.

Each month our transactions are automatically imported into Bench and we get on-demand financial reports. We even enjoy opening up our profit and loss statement to review each month. When tax time comes around, we are up to date and ready to go. And this is what Financial Empowerment feels like.

Use this link to save 20% off your Bench Accounting plan for the first six months!

It’s okay to be an imperfect ally when navigating difficult times. 

Wanting to participate in an emotionally charged conversation is important, even if we’re afraid of saying or doing the wrong thing. The beauty of it is… we don’t have to get it right or be perfect. We have to see where we can do more, be better, and expand. 

Everything we do in life requires practice and co-creation... we learn in tandem with others. It’s not about being perfect. It’s about taking action that aligns with your values and then seeing where you want to be different.

When we keep the conversation moving forward, we can finally shift the narrative for the better.

On today’s episode of “And She Spoke,” we tackle how to address anti-racism as individuals and entrepreneurs through Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion with DEI Coach and Consultant Erica Courdae. She bases her work on these premises:

• A shame & blame-free environment

• It’s not about being perfect 

• Taking care of the WHOLE human 

• Being better in a way that makes sense for you

• Imperfect allyship

To truly evolve, we must show up because we want to do the work... not because we think we’re supposed to! 

Infusing everything we do with DEI allows us to show up and support what matters to us – even if we aren’t always perfect.

Every time we engage, we chip away at the barriers that hold us back. 

Here’s a peek at what else we discuss:

• Tone-policing

• Values

• Reconnecting to what matters 

• Imperfect action

• Privilege 

• Erica Courdae - Website

• Pause on the Play - Podcast

This week’s Joy: 

Our joy is Conversation – the catalyst for everything and the cornerstone of hope.

This week’s Hustle: 

Our hustle is Voxer… because sometimes context can be lost in text. This free app gives you a way to communicate effortlessly through instant voice memos. You can say what you need to say in the moment and send it when you’re ready.

In our business, we're big fans of financial literacy and accountability. Knowing your numbers is an essential aspect of building a successful business and inherent responsibility for any entrepreneur. 

What you focus on grows, so pay attention to your money.

We use Bench for our bookkeeping. It's simple, elegant, and saves us so many hours that would otherwise be spent neck-deep in receipts on the other side of a spreadsheet.

Each month our transactions are automatically imported into Bench and we get on-demand financial reports. We even enjoy opening up our profit and loss statement to review each month. When tax time comes around, we are up to date and ready to go. And this is what Financial Empowerment feels like.

Use this link to save 20% off your Bench Accounting plan for the first six months!

Sometimes entrepreneurship feels like a constant uphill climb but it is an endeavor that pays off in the long-run: it’s just about staying the course and ensuring that you get the basics right. 

In today’s episode, Sandy and Jeni talk about some of the most common reasons why your business is not making as much money as you would like. 

You’ll learn more about the strategies and mindset shifts that are required to run a successful online business, starting with why focusing on one great offer (rather than trying to provide something for everyone on the planet) is key to success.

Sandy and Jeni also talk about transitioning from a brick-and-mortar to the online space, how to determine what you offer, and how to price it.

Key points from this episode:

• How, after the excitement of a launch, many entrepreneurs don’t know what the next step is.
• Accepting that entrepreneurship involves ups and downs and a long-term commitment.
• The problem of getting the timing of your launch or relaunch wrong.
• Why it is crucial to keep getting more people onto your email list and into your door.
• Building the thing you feel like versus the one that solves a problem for a specific kind of person.
• How you can go about figuring out where the need is to ensure product-market fit.
• What to look out for when you are not successful in your transition from the off-line to online space.
• Why the online world requires you to niche down and be even more specific about your quintessential client.
• Determining your price according to the value you bring to your clients/customers.
• Examples of the money mindset issues and limiting beliefs that can be holding you back.

Resources: 

Launch with Intention Program

Hello Bargello 

Hello Bargello on Instagram 

Basecamp

This week’s Joy:

Bargello as a pandemic-friendly hobby 

This week’s Hustle:

How Basecamp can help you streamline project management in your business.

In our business, we're big fans of financial literacy and accountability. Knowing your numbers is an essential aspect of building a successful business and inherent responsibility for any entrepreneur. 

What you focus on grows, so pay attention to your money.

We use Bench for our bookkeeping. It's simple, elegant, and saves us so many hours that would otherwise be spent neck-deep in receipts on the other side of a spreadsheet.

Each month our transactions are automatically imported into Bench and we get on-demand financial reports. We even enjoy opening up our profit and loss statement to review each month. When tax time comes around, we are up to date and ready to go. And this is what Financial Empowerment feels like.

Use this link to save 20% off your Bench Accounting plan for the first six months!