Audacious Life — The Podcast

Welcome to Episode 43, Interview With Lesley Bush! Lesley describes herself as "the little red-haired girl smelling the roses while her daddy takes her picture, always looking for the positive and believing anything is possible," including soulmates. She was fortunate to have as a teacher and huge influence Pulitzer-Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver, who said, "Do the most you can with your one wild and precious life."

So you might say she's the adventurous type, growing up in Connecticut, going to college in Virginia, working for Disney Publishing in New York City, and heading west to Arizona where she met her future husband. After marriage, they moved to Denver, started a family, and finally settled where they are today in Fort Worth. Today she is a successful Rodan Fields rep.

Leslie had a lot to navigate as a young girl. Between the ages of 8 and 12, her father underwent a quadruple bypass after a massive heart attack and her mom had breast cancer and a radical mastectomy. One sister suffered a brain hemorrhage while away at college, having to relearn how to walk and talk, and her other sister was anorexic. But these experiences taught her to take an objective, positive perspective when confronted with issues that otherwise can be emotionally draining.

Key Points From This Episode

• It's easy to get so caught up in the day that we forget to take action.
• What will you do with your one wild and precious life?
• You can allow yourself the time you need to dwell on a challenge, but at some point you must take action.
• Don't get so caught up in the day-to-day routine that life passes you by and you end up with regrets.
• Write down what you really want, not what you think you should want.
• Take the time to remember what you accomplished yesterday and what you will accomplish today.
• Delegate. People want to help.
• Determine your hourly worth based on how much you want to make annually.

Tweetables

"I'm that same little red-haired girl who saw a lot of illness at a young age and has a fear of death, abandonment, and the unknown." — Lesley [11:06.0]

"My 'why' is to help others sigh. By that I mean to 'breathe freely.'" — Lesley [13:38.0]

"My mom [was] incredibly strong…. We'd stop on the way home [from the hospital] every day and have ice cream. So that might be why I sometimes emotionally eat!" — Lesley [18:40.0]

"I want to die not having said, 'I wish I had.'" – Lesley [19:25.0]

"Audacious is being surprisingly bold, fearless and courageous, with a little bit of sass…" — Robin [20:20.0]

"An audacious life is being authentic." – Lesley [20:40.0]

"I'm a huge believer in working with a coach." – Lesley [32:25.0]

"Eat the frog." — @TheRobinWSmith [41:25.0]

Links Mentioned in Today's Episode

Roden+Fields

Hustle Planner

Acquity

Audacious Life Website

Robin on Instagram

Robin on Twitter

Episode 41: Show Notes

Welcome to Episode 41, Interview With Tatiana Miller! Tatti offers yoga therapy at Cook Children's Hospital in Fort Worth, where she has made it her life's passion to integrate yoga therapy with western medicine. She came to yoga at a young age indirectly as a result of her sister's death in a car accident, when it was recommended by a therapist she was seeing to help her work through her own trauma of learning to drive. 

Tatti studied holistic medicine and yoga therapy and has taught for more than 18 years. As a one-time pharmaceutical rep, she has witnessed first-hand the limits of western medicine and pain management. 

Yoga therapy is a new modality of medicine in the United States. In its true form, yoga is not simply exercise but a therapy meant to work your body so you can sit and meditate and, in that stillness, find yourself.

Tatti also runs a nonprofit as a vehicle to help spread the gospel of yoga therapy at RX4LifeMovement. Check it out!

Key Points From This Episode:

• Anxiety is the number one disability in the United States. 
• Thoughts and feelings manifest in your body as pain and physical ailments.
• Western medicine has not learned to deal well with anxiety.
• A patient who has a positive attitude heals much faster than one who is grumpy and frustrated.
• Yoga therapy teaches us how to move beyond anxiety. 
• We find our true nature through stillness.
• Helping children realize they can be accountable for their health is empowering.

Tweetables:

"My goal is to always be a ray of sunshine to those children, make them feel loved, let them know they are not alone, and there is hope." — Tatti [14:00.0]

"We want to be resources for health and joy." — Tatti [30:00.0]

"Our children aren't being taught to be still." — [30:37.0]

"The number 1 cause of disease is forgetting your true nature." — Tatti [35:00.0]

"When we learn how to get through our own struggles, I feel we have a responsibility to share it with the world." — @TheRobinWSmith [32:00.0]

Links Mentioned in Today's Episode:

Holistic Medicine Fort Worth

RX4LifeMovement (Nonprofit)

wfaa.com News Item

Audacious Life Website

Robin on Instagram

Robin on Twitter

Success as an Entrepreneur (2 of 4)

Welcome to Episode 40, Success as an Entrepreneur. Today's podcast is the second in a series of 4 episodes highlighting elements of entrepreneurial success.

Episode 2

Episode 2 focuses on 2 elements that are critical to creating a project layout, which in turn is essential to the success of the launch of your product or service:

1. Set a deadline for announcing your product or service launch. (Six weeks is a standard rule of thumb. Your announcement should include the following:
   1. What the product or service is
   2. How much it will cost
   3. How to purchase or register
2. Stop selling and start teaching. Your customers are smart and want to know what you are offering and why they will need it. No fluff!

Welcome to Episode 39, Interview With Natalie Pedigo. Natalie has already lived a lot in her 21 years. Her mom died when she just 3 years old. A little over a year ago, her brother died of a drug overdose. 

Despite her relatively young age, Natalie is Social Media and Marketing Manager with M2G Ventures, a forward-thinking real estate investment and development company, where she hired on as the company's first employee only 3 years before.

But not content to rest on her early success — a great job with enduring relationships — she has decided now is the time to begin the next chapter on her life, chucking it all and moving to Colorado. Now that's Audacious!

Key Points From This Episode:

• Grief helps shape who we become.
• Surviving eventually can become a good feeling.
• Allow yourself to feel all the things you are feeling.

Tweetables:

"In the beginning, we worked out of a tiny office, they [the owners, who are identical twin sisters] shared a desk and I sat at a little coffee table with a sofa chair." — Natalie [3:19.84]

"There are 3 questions I always ask that I coined the 3Ws, and I know we have to have the answers to these questions before any of us can move forward with anything that we're doing, and that's who are you, what do you want with your time on this planet, and why?" — @TheRobinWSmith [5:43.0]

"I am strength." — Natalie [6:57.0]

"Nobody want to be static." — Natalie [7:20.44]

"Sometimes you feel guilty about smiling and laughing, but allow yourself to do these things." —Natalie [17:0.0]

Links Mentioned in Today's Episode:

M2G Ventures

Audacious Life Website

Robin on Instagram

Robin on Twitter

Welcome to Episode 38, Success as an Entrepreneur (Part 1 of 4). Today's podcast is the first in a series of 4 parts highlighting some of the elements of entrepreneurial success.

This episode focuses on the following 3 areas you must get right to succeed:

1. Learn your finances. What are all of the costs involved in the make-up of your business? What is your time worth in dollars? Break it down to an hourly basis for comparison. Know your biggest sellers (services or products) and your smallest. Determine what is costing you money and kill it!
2. Focus on 1 project at a time. Set a timer to manage the time you spend on one item. Find an accountability buddy, one who won't agree with you just for agreement's sake. You don't want a yes person.
3. Be a teacher, not a sales person, of your product or service. Who is your product/service for and why do they want it? Which problems does it solve? Teach your customers the value your product or service provides them.

Key Points From This Episode

• Know your finances.
• What are your costs?
• What's the dollar amount of your time worth?
• Do your homework.
• Go with your gut.
• Have an accountability buddy.
• Be a teacher of your product or service.

Tweetables:

"It's go time!" — @TheRobinWSmith [01:54:00]

"What's the dollar amount of your time worth?" — @TheRobinWSmith [03:50:23]

"What's your most popular product or service? Once you know that, figure out why." @TheRobinWSmith [05:23:5]

"You have to kill your darlings." — @TheRobinWSmith [06:16:24]

"My brain is on fire! I have a thousand things going on all the time in my head, these wonderful ideas." — @TheRobinWSmith [06:52.9]

"Have an accountability buddy. This is somebody who is going to really hold you accountable. It's not your yes man." — @TheRobinWSmith [07:58.22]

"Be a teacher of your product or service. This is your game changer." — @TheRobinWSmith [08:46.22]

"People don't like to be sold to." — @TheRobinWSmith [09:32.09]

"What people want is for you to teach them something, or solve a problem." — @TheRobinWSmith [10:47.15]

"Go with your gut." — @TheRobinWSmith [12:45.15]

Links Mentioned in Today's Episode:

Audacious Life Website

Robin on Instagram

Robin on Twitter

Welcome back to Audacious Life — The Podcast! Today Robin touches on her life experiences dealing with neglect, abortion, living with alcoholic parents, and the addiction of her son. She talks about how she is thriving after surviving because and in spite of things she has experienced in her 50 years on the planet.

There is no better time to be a woman and Robin talks about it. She is the #DisruptorGuru and wants to help you reinvent yourself and rid yourself of self-doubt.

Don't listen to those who indulge the status quo. If you want it, go for it!

Welcome back to Audacious Life — The Podcast! This episode brings you up to date with all the happenings at Audacious Life HQ in Fort Worth, what is coming up on the podcast and 3 tips to help you kick-start the upcoming holiday season with a POA (a Plan Of Action, not a piece of ass)!

Key Points From This Episode

• What is Audacious Life-HQ?
• Where have I been?
• Where can you find more details on
• 3 Tips to for success this season:

• Brain
• Plan
• Budget

Tweetable:

'Don't be afraid to be Audacious" – Robin

Links Mentioned in Today's Episode:

www.robinwilkinssmith.com

Audacious Life HQ200 Carroll Street Suite 120 Fort Worth, Texas 76107

Welcome back to Audacious Life — The Podcast! Today I conclude the You Attract What Your'e Ready For series in a big way with my wonderful guest, friend, and inspirational woman, Dr. Lori Atkins. Episode 30 (Part 1 – Intro) of this series discusses why you attract what you're ready for and how to do some of the self-reflexive work necessary to let in those dreams and desires. Episode 32 (Part 2 – Physically) of this series deals with attracting what you're ready for physically and how to better prepare and cleanse your body. Episode 33 (Part 3 – Emotionally) focuses on attracting what you are ready for emotionally and how to nurture your emotions. Episode 34 (Part 4 – Financially) describes attracting what you're ready for financially. 

Besides being my personal doctor, Dr. Lori is an expert OBGYN and has recently launched the new website, Fenom Health, which I implore you to visit. It is truly sensational. Fenom Health is all about women's health and the multitude of layers that this encompasses. Like me, Dr. Lori is also an avid Baptiste Yoga practitioner. During our chat we cover some of Dr. Lori's experience and background up to her current projects. 

Of course, we talk about her fabulous website, what inspired it, and the amazing team involved with it. We go a bit more in depth around the idea of team building and get Lori's perspective on tribes versus teams. We also have some time for a few fun questions at the end. You do not want to miss this episode and be sure to check out the other episodes in the You Attract What Your'e Ready For series too!

Key Points From This Episode

• A quick introduction to Dr Lori Atkins and her work with audacious women
• What inspired the idea behind Dr Lori's practice and the team with which she works
• The mindset difference between a tribe and team
• Dr Lori's business sense and her strengths and weaknesses
• Some information on the Fit to Lead program and Baptiste Yoga
• Finding purpose and exceeding expectations through goals and actions
• Attention spans and the dispelling the myth of multitasking
• How Dr. Lori uses the Fenom website to attract what she is ready for
• Journalling, questions, and how Baptiste Yoga can help you improve the world
• Some of Dr. Lori's favorite words
• A few quick and fun questions and answers
• What Dr. Lori is working to attract in her life at the moment
• And much more!

Tweetables

"There are just so many dimensions to female." —  Dr. Lori Atkins [0:03:59.8]

"To create that team, we needed more tools, because we were just individuals." —  Dr. Lori Atkins [0:09:12.4]

Links Mentioned in Today's Episode:

Dr Lori Atkins

Previous podcast with Dr Lori Atkins

Fenom Health

Baptiste Yoga

Indigo Yoga

Welcome to the You Attract What You're Ready For Series (Part 4 – Financially). Episode 30 (Part 1 – Intro) of this series discusses why you attract what you're ready for and how to do some of the self-reflexive work necessary to let those dreams and desires in. Episode 32 (Part 2 – Physically) deals with attracting what you're ready for physically. Episode 33 (Part 3 – Emotionally) discusses attracting what you're ready for emotionally and nurturing your emotions.

Today's episode describes attracting what you're ready for financially. Because money can be a taboo subject, few of us like to talk about it. But why? Making more money and being financially thriving gives us the opportunity to be out there in the world helping more people. 

This stinking thinking about money must stop! It's okay to make money and to use it to attract more money into your life. I discuss why we, especially we women, must start charging what we are worth and start believing that we deserve to make more money. 

Key Points From This Episode

• Why you must learn to be okay with making more money
• The lesson I learned about money that I wish to share
• How more money can enable you to help your community
• Why women have got to start charging more for their worth
• Being open to money coming in rather than being afraid of it
• Knowing what you're going to do once you start making money
• Understanding that you deserve to make more money
• Deciding today that you are ready to attract more money
• And much more!

Tweetables

"If you say you don't want to make more money, I call BS on that!" — @TheRobinWSmith [0:00:30.0]

"Just because you want to make more money, does not make you a bad person." — @TheRobinWSmith [0:01:00.0]

Links Mentioned in Today's Episode

Episode 30 (Part 1 – Intro)

Episode 32 (Part 2 – Physically)

Episode 33 (Part 3 – Emotionally)

Audacious Life Website

Robin on Instagram

Robin on Twitter