b Cause Work Doesn't Have to Suck

Starting something new can be daunting, but it can also be a breath of fresh air! There's nothing like putting yourself out there and seeing where your talents could bring you.

A side hustle is a great way to test the waters, gain experience and open possibilities for your future. Even if it's just a little extra money per month or learning about a new industry, having a side hustle can really give you energy, positivity and momentum that flows into other areas of your life.

In this episode, Nicole gives us the details on her new and surprising side hustle-how she started it, how it's going and how it's transformed her life.

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To connect with Erin and/or Nicole, email: [email protected]

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• Take our simple, fun and insightful"What's your workplace superhero name?"quiz

• Unleash your Authentic Superpower with Erin's book,"You Do You (ish)"

• Check out our blog for more no-BS career advice

• Work with Us

• Or just buy some fun, authentic, kick-ars merch here

DISCLAIMER: This episode is not explicit, though contains mild swearing that may be unsustainable for younger audiences.

Tweetable Comments

• "The furnace, like any other object in your house, including men, needs servicing."

• "Why are you talking to me? Why are you awake? Why are you here? This is not an appropriate time for a bonding moment."

• "What's a good use of you?"

• "Your passion isn't a business model."

• "Your side hustle doesn't have to be big. It doesn't have to be small. It can just be a good use of you."

Money is such a taboo topic that we don't often talk about it, but it's something that affects all of us daily. From anxiety about whether we can pay our bills to the shame and guilt we feel when we overspend, our relationship with money can be a big source of stress in our lives.

But how do we break free from the money monster's grasp, regain control and hell, even have a little fun? This week's guest is here to tell us how.

Hanna Bier works with ambitious women all over the world to recreate their relationship with money in a life-affirming, positive and loving way.

As an energy healer, family-constellation expert and certified life coach, she has woven her diverse skill set into a proven, and innovative capacity to allow her clients to transform their relationship with money from the inside out.

Hanna spent seven years trying to answer the question: Is it possible to create wealth without compromising our health, wellness and/or happiness. Can we actually create abundant lives while living a life of joy?

Well according to Hanna the answer is a resounding YES. And in this week's episode she's going to share with us how to get started.

Check out Hanna's website

Email Hanna at [email protected]

Connect with Hanna on Instagram @hannamoneybliss

Other financial episodes you may enjoy:

147: Financially Irresponsible Strategies for Success with Rahkim Sabree

32: Financial Freedom, Our New Favorite "F" Words: Nicole Talks With Alexandra Miele, CFP®

If you'd like quick tangible tips and practical corporate career advice to level up your authentic leadership, download the 10 simple "plays" to stop selling out and start standing out at https://bauthenticinc.mykajabi.com/freebie

To connect with Erin and/or Nicole, email: [email protected]

If you like jammin' with us on the podcast, b sure to join us for more fun and inspiration!

• Follow b Cause on Twitter (really it's mostly Nicole)

• Follow Erin on LinkedIn or Instagram

• Join the b Cause Podcast Facebook Group

• Take our simple, fun and insightful"What's your workplace superhero name?"quiz

• Unleash your Authentic Superpower with Erin's book,"You Do You (ish)"

• Check out our blog for more no-BS career advice

• Work with Us

• Or just buy some fun, authentic, kick-ars merch here

DISCLAIMER: This episode is not explicit, though contains mild swearing that may be unsustainable for younger audiences.

Tweetable Comments

• "There were so many invisible forces affecting how my money is going, and that's when I started to connect some dots and see the unseen, that's when I could let myself off the hook and start to be honest about what I really needed."

• "We have to get better at not just giving money and receiving money but having money."

• "95% of our choices every day are based on money. And my vision for women especially, is that we get to make decisions based on soul, based on what's right. And that is for each of us to decide."

• "I have such a stand for us getting to live well now, not when we're retired, living well now. And I understand that that's not always easy to do, but it's a worthwhile fight for all of us."

• "I choose to see money as fun and easy."

You want something, you work with people to get it done, the end.

But what if that's not the way you create real success? What if instead, it's all about continually planting seeds – or magic beans – that will grow into things you haven't even thought were possible?

This week, Erin tells a story about how some magic beans she planted are growing into donuts. Well, a speaking gig at a donut company. She then reflects and reverse engineers how things like this come about, reflecting on the biggest lessons she's learned as an entrepreneur, and how you can apply those lessons to your corporate career.

In this week's episode we're sharing 3 simple ways to plant these beans that will grow into mind-blowing, unexpected success.

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Check out Erin's book, Joy-full AF

If you'd like quick tangible tips and practical corporate career advice to level up your authentic leadership, download the 10 simple "plays" to stop selling out and start standing out at https://bauthenticinc.mykajabi.com/freebie

To connect with Erin and/or Nicole, email: [email protected]

If you like jammin' with us on the podcast, b sure to join us for more fun and inspiration!

• Follow b Cause on Twitter (really it's mostly Nicole)

• Follow Erin on LinkedIn or Instagram

• Join the b Cause Podcast Facebook Group

• Take our simple, fun and insightful"What's your workplace superhero name?"quiz

• Unleash your Authentic Superpower with Erin's book,"You Do You (ish)"

• Check out our blog for more no-BS career advice

• Work with Us

• Or just buy some fun, authentic, kick-ars merch here

DISCLAIMER: This episode is not explicit, though contains mild swearing that may be unsustainable for younger audiences.

Tweetable Comments

• "So that's where we are: cleaning out the refrigerator, not feeling well, drinking tea, freezing my ass off in my dark room, but happy to be here."

• "When you see people sliding over into new positions or using their networks to elevate themselves, there was some kind of professional relationship that came out of mutual investment."

• "Sometimes you need to bring in new things to get you to new places."

• "Practice radical reciprocity."

• "A lot of people short-change themselves by not putting effort into thinking about their own professional development in terms of training."

Let's face it. The job search can be a soul-sucking experience. You spend hours crafting the perfect resume, only to be rejected by automated systems or ghosted by potential employers.

But what if the problem isn't with your credentials, but with your method? Instead of submitting your resume blindly and hoping for the best, why not take a more proactive (and authentic) approach?

That's exactly what our guest did and guess what? It paid off BIG time.

Joshua Cruz is a writer, motivational dancer/speaker and recruiter seeking to help other individuals build their happiness. He uses his career expertise paired with his personal experiences as a gay Afro Latino man in America, to create opportunities for individuals who are often looked over based on things such as race, gender and identity.

In this episode, Joshua shares how he went from unemployed to getting multiple job offers that led to his dream job. His secret? Well, you'll just have to tune in to find that out.

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If you'd like quick tangible tips and practical corporate career advice to level up your authentic leadership, download the 10 simple "plays" to stop selling out and start standing out at https://bauthenticinc.mykajabi.com/freebie

To connect with Erin and/or Nicole, email: [email protected]

If you like jammin' with us on the podcast, b sure to join us for more fun and inspiration!

• Follow b Cause on Twitter (really it's mostly Nicole)

• Follow Erin on LinkedIn or Instagram

• Join the b Cause Podcast Facebook Group

• Take our simple, fun and insightful"What's your workplace superhero name?"quiz

• Unleash your Authentic Superpower with Erin's book,"You Do You (ish)"

• Check out our blog for more no-BS career advice

• Work with Us

• Or just buy some fun, authentic, kick-ars merch here

DISCLAIMER: This episode is not explicit, though contains mild swearing that may be unsustainable for younger audiences.

Tweetable Comments

• "It's really interesting the opportunities that you can get when you show up as yourself, rather than having to feel like you always have to be what society tells you to be."

• "The perception is that you have to have a suit and a tie and be well-kept and no beards and no tattoos and all of these things. And that's not me."

• "We're more than our jobs. We're more than our titles. We're more than the organization that we represent. We're more than that, and I want to show that."

• "Connect with people, connect with their content, comment on their stuff genuinely, intentionally, and purposefully."

• "Even if that person doesn't get that job or even if that person isn't right for that job, that's a connection that you can make for the future, for not only yourself, but for them too."

• "Let them show you who they are so you can see who's working for your company and what value they bring other than the skillset and the qualifications laid out in a job description."

Ahhh the honeymoon period. The time when everything is fresh, new, and exciting as you start your new job. The work is interesting, your colleagues are friendly and helpful, and you can't wait to see what each new day brings.

But then, after a few months or even weeks, the honeymoon period comes to an end. The work starts to feel repetitive, your colleagues become less patient with your questions, and you find yourself hitting the snooze button more often than you'd like to admit. Before you know it, you're back to the grind, and the only thing that is new and exciting is your weekend plans.

But does it really have to be this way? What if instead you could take advantage of the honeymoon excitement and energy before you fall into a workplace slump? In this episode, we'll tell you how.

If you'd like quick tangible tips and practical corporate career advice to level up your authentic leadership, download the 10 simple "plays" to stop selling out and start standing out at https://bauthenticinc.mykajabi.com/freebie

To connect with Erin and/or Nicole, email: [email protected]

If you like jammin' with us on the podcast, b sure to join us for more fun and inspiration!

• Follow b Cause on Twitter (really it's mostly Nicole)

• Follow Erin on LinkedIn or Instagram

• Join the b Cause Podcast Facebook Group

• Take our simple, fun and insightful"What's your workplace superhero name?"quiz

• Unleash your Authentic Superpower with Erin's book,"You Do You (ish)"

• Check out our blog for more no-BS career advice

• Work with Us

• Or just buy some fun, authentic, kick-ars merch here

DISCLAIMER: This episode is not explicit, though contains mild swearing that may be unsustainable for younger audiences.

Tweetable Comments

• "I showed up with some Tupperware and toilet paper because I knew we were going to do two things: shit and eat."

• "How do you make sure you're not living the Gilligan's Island version of job hopping? How do you avoid the initial pleasure cruise, honeymoon period of that new opportunity before you become marooned and engulfed in the crackling hellfire?"

• "Nobody's coming to rescue you. Not the cannibals from the next island. Not another ship captain. Not an alien or a space traveler from Mars. It's not happening."

• "Part of the reason why jobs go shitty is because we're self-destructive."

• "I want there to be a bilateral investment in each other's success."

In this episode, we're pulling back the curtain and letting you in on a conversation with Patti Hall, aka Erin's ride-or-die book coach.

Now, we know what you're thinking..."I don't want to write a book." But, in true b Cause Work Doesn't Have to Suck fashion, we aren't talking technicalities, but instead revelations.

But first, who is Patti? Well, my friend, this introduction is long overdue.

Patti M. Hall is the Master Story Alchemist, whose particular coaching genius is distilling powerful stories and messages into books that serve. Patti is a writer, coach, proposal author and publishing guide for heart-lead entrepreneurs, transformational coaches, thought leaders and courageous memoirists. She's also authentic AF.

In this episode, you'll hear Erin and Patti talk about 6 game-changing revelations they've had through writing Erin's latest book, You Do You-ish, and how these tactics can be applied to any profession.

Check out Patti's book, Loving Large

Check out Patti's Website

Connect with Patti on Instagram

If you'd like quick tangible tips and practical corporate career advice to level up your authentic leadership, download the 10 simple "plays" to stop selling out and start standing out at https://bauthenticinc.mykajabi.com/freebie

To connect with Erin and/or Nicole, email: [email protected]

If you like jammin' with us on the podcast, b sure to join us for more fun and inspiration!

• Follow b Cause on Twitter (really it's mostly Nicole)

• Follow Erin on LinkedIn or Instagram

• Join the b Cause Podcast Facebook Group

• Take our simple, fun and insightful"What's your workplace superhero name?"quiz

• Unleash your Authentic Superpower with Erin's book,"You Do You (ish)"

• Check out our blog for more no-BS career advice

• Work with Us

• Or just buy some fun, authentic, kick-ars merch here

DISCLAIMER: This episode is not explicit, though contains mild swearing that may be unsustainable for younger audiences.

Tweetable Comments

• "We don't have compassion for ourselves until we ask someone else to provide it."

• "How many times do you sit back down in a board meeting and wish you'd had a chance to do it differently? What would you do if you'd had a chance to write it and polish it?"

• "Everything needs a shitty first draft."

• "It takes two to make a thing go write."

• "You don't know and then write. You write so you can know."

• "What you don't write is just as important as what you write."

• "Achieving any big goal requires a custom-fit, stick-to-it plan."

• "Story isn't just what happened. It's the meaning piece that always needs to rise to the top."

• "You don't have to follow the rules. In fact, people are craving new rules."

We've all been there – fixated on what could go wrong that we forget to take time to enjoy the ride. It's human nature to worry, but sometimes we need to take a step back and remind ourselves that life is meant to be enjoyed. After all, if we spend our time worrying about every little thing that could go wrong, we'll miss out on all the good stuff that's happening right in front of us.

In this episode, Nicole talks about how her mom is movin' back to town and Erin shares her best "slap ya mama" advice to help Nicole navigate this transition.

So, whether you're dealing with a difficult family situation or just trying to enjoy life despite all the craziness, this episode is sure to give you a good laugh – and maybe even some useful advice.

If you'd like quick tangible tips and practical corporate career advice to level up your authentic leadership, download the 10 simple "plays" to stop selling out and start standing out at https://bauthenticinc.mykajabi.com/freebie

To connect with Erin and/or Nicole, email: [email protected]

If you like jammin' with us on the podcast, b sure to join us for more fun and inspiration!

• Follow b Cause on Twitter (really it's mostly Nicole)

• Follow Erin on LinkedIn or Instagram

• Join the b Cause Podcast Facebook Group

• Take our simple, fun and insightful"What's your workplace superhero name?"quiz

• Unleash your Authentic Superpower with Erin's book,"You Do You (ish)"

• Check out our blog for more no-BS career advice

• Work with Us

• Or just buy some fun, authentic, kick-ars merch here

DISCLAIMER: This episode is not explicit, though contains mild swearing that may be unsustainable for younger audiences.

Tweetable Comments

• "Pressing shit on screens is not native to people my age."

• "I'm like Kim Kardashian. I go around and I'm acting like a lawyer. I definitely don't dress like one, but I'm throwing it around that I know what's going on."

• "Sometimes I think we miss the opportunity to take the staircase and learn from the small things in front of us to get to the big picture. Instead, we just want to take the elevator."

• "You have to have the big vision, not the big solution."

• "I will take anxiety and the challenges of it any day of the week, rather than spending every day of my life depressed, regretful, unhappy. At least I can say, and I say this with absolute certainty, that every time I take a left turn, I have found some joy in it."

You know that feeling when it seems like everything in the world is against you. No matter what you do, things just keep going wrong. Your alarm clock doesn't go off so you're late for work, your boss yells at you for being late, and then your coffee mug shatters when you accidentally knock it off your desk. It feels like you can't catch a break. But what if the real problem isn't the string of bad luck you're experiencing, but rather the way you're thinking about it?

In this week's episode, Mental Toughness Coach, Chris Dorris, is here to show us there's a different way to think.

Chris started out as a social worker in Atlantic City helping the mentally ill, drug addicted, and homeless populations upgrade their lives. This eventually led him to his true vocation- helping people close the gap between how their lives are and how they want them to be.

And he clearly knows his stuff. Chris has trained the minds of world-famous actors, NFL and NHL Coaches, business executives, Super Bowl Champions and billionaires using his Mental Toughness tools to help them achieve success.

You see, Chris understands that our thoughts have a lot of power. And if we're constantly telling ourselves that things are going to go wrong, guess what? They probably will.

Feeling stuck in a rut and like nothing is going your way? This is an episode you won't want to miss.

Check out Chris' Website

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If you'd like quick tangible tips and practical corporate career advice to level up your authentic leadership, download the 10 simple "plays" to stop selling out and start standing out at https://bauthenticinc.mykajabi.com/freebie

To connect with Erin and/or Nicole, email: [email protected]

If you like jammin' with us on the podcast, b sure to join us for more fun and inspiration!

• Follow b Cause on Twitter (really it's mostly Nicole)

• Follow Erin on LinkedIn or Instagram

• Join the b Cause Podcast Facebook Group

• Take our simple, fun and insightful"What's your workplace superhero name?"quiz

• Unleash your Authentic Superpower with Erin's book,"You Do You (ish)"

• Check out our blog for more no-BS career advice

• Work with Us

• Or just buy some fun, authentic, kick-ars merch here

DISCLAIMER: This episode is not explicit, though contains mild swearing that may be unsustainable for younger audiences.

Tweetable Comments

• "When we're constantly not getting what we want in life, we are spending so much time having a problem with reality."

• "Complaining fundamentally is me practicing getting better at struggling against reality, which is a battle we lose 100% of the time."

• "Practice replacing our complaints with expressions of gratitude."

• "Stay open and do the damn work."

• "Sucky songs never stop coming, it's just how fast you get through them."

1. Quiet Quitting: it's the new buzzword on everyone's lips. It's not necessarily connected to quitting a job outright, but rather doing precisely what the job requires.

This new movement is gaining steam as more and more people get fed up with their jobs. But how can leaders navigate this trend without completely losing their cool?

In this episode, Nicole shares how her performance evaluations took a left turn and how 'quiet quitting' was the culprit.

Tune into this episode to find out how she's navigating the quiet quitting storm and coming out stronger on the other side…and how you can too.

If you'd like quick tangible tips and practical corporate career advice to level up your authentic leadership, download the 10 simple "plays" to stop selling out and start standing out at https://bauthenticinc.mykajabi.com/freebie

To connect with Erin and/or Nicole, email: [email protected]

If you like jammin' with us on the podcast, b sure to join us for more fun and inspiration!

• Follow b Cause on Twitter (really it's mostly Nicole)

• Follow Erin on LinkedIn or Instagram

• Join the b Cause Podcast Facebook Group

• Take our simple, fun and insightful"What's your workplace superhero name?"quiz

• Unleash your Authentic Superpower with Erin's book,"You Do You (ish)"

• Check out our blog for more no-BS career advice

• Work with Us

• Or just buy some fun, authentic, kick-ars merch here

DISCLAIMER: This episode is not explicit, though contains mild swearing that may be unsustainable for younger audiences.

Tweetable Comments

• "You quiet quit all the time."

• "Is that your hair? You look like Hocus Pocus!"

• "Quiet quitting, that fucking term, boy, that's empowered people."

• "Like, the boob that I am, I'm supposed to tell you all the smart things about how you need to rethink performance evaluations and how you need to do them well and how they, they can really turn out to be really powerful. Except. I got nothin'."

• "Use very flippant terms: 'What are things you're feeling like you're rocking at right now?' 'What are things you're feeling like you're sucking at?' Just using those different terms instead of being like, "Where are your deficiencies?'"

It's a Universal truth that we all want to be happy in our work. We strive to find a career that will make us look forward to Monday mornings, rather than dread them. And while it's important to have passion for what you do, there's something to be said for finding a job that you don't hate - even if it doesn't fulfill all your dreams. This week's guest gives us the details on what it looks like to do something because you love it, not because you're getting something out of it.

Mollie Marcoux Samaan is a passionate golfer who has taken her long-term strategic thinking to the world's oldest independent professional women's sports league. In running LPGA, she defined six pillars and created a Be Great performance model that employs best practices from across industries with input also coming directly from players.

Mollie Marcoux Samaan has become a leader for all of women's sports, assuming the spokeswoman mantel on issues related to equality and inclusion. She is a leading advocate for increasing investments and growing opportunities for women in girls in every field of sports and entertainment.

If you're interested in what it looks like to do your "job" for the love, not the goal, this is an episode you won't want to miss.

If you'd like quick tangible tips and practical corporate career advice to level up your authentic leadership, download the 10 simple "plays" to stop selling out and start standing out at https://bauthenticinc.mykajabi.com/freebie

To connect with Erin and/or Nicole, email: [email protected]

If you like jammin' with us on the podcast, b sure to join us for more fun and inspiration!

• Follow b Cause on Twitter (really it's mostly Nicole)

• Follow Erin on LinkedIn or Instagram

• Join the b Cause Podcast Facebook Group

• Take our simple, fun and insightful"What's your workplace superhero name?"quiz

• Unleash your Authentic Superpower with Erin's book,"You Do You (ish)"

• Check out our blog for more no-BS career advice

• Work with Us

• Or just buy some fun, authentic, kick-ars merch here

DISCLAIMER: This episode is not explicit, though contains mild swearing that may be unsustainable for younger audiences.

Tweetable Comments

• "Nobody cares exactly what you do in life. You may have this prescribed sense of what you think you should be doing, or what the world tells you should be doing, but ultimately it just matters."

• "In management or leadership you have to not just understand your own perspective. You've gotta hear from your employees, you've gotta hear from the people that you serve your customers what they're looking for and trying to find that sweet spot."

• "There was this moment where I just really needed to learn from everyone around me. And I realized that even if I did have that experience, that would've been the best approach to be able to really hear from people who are in it every day."

• "You can't pretend to be anyone other than who you are."