Building something the world doesn't understand requires more than strategy and determination.

It requires the internal capacity to withstand loss, criticism, and the constant voice in your head saying you should just do what everyone else is doing.

Most entrepreneurs think they want to be trailblazers until they face the real cost.

In this episode, Genea reveals the messy, powerful truth about what it takes to carve your own path and why most people give up before they ever really begin.

Here's what this episode explores:

🔹 The moment Genea chose to dismantle her entire San Francisco life and why destruction had to come before creation 

🔹 Why the "lone wolf" isn't who you think it is, and the real story behind choosing your own path

🔹 What Genea learned from defying her astrologer's advice and why trusting yourself matters more than anyone's forecast 

🔹 The freedom that comes from being willing to lose everything for your vision

This is for entrepreneurs who are done playing small and ready to trust what they know in their bones

Connect with Genea: 

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

About Genea:

Genea Barnes is a Performance Coach for Entrepreneurs, Speaker, and Podcast Host. 

She helps entrepreneurs create more money, impact, and joy by expanding your Success Zone. This results in solid, steady growth while working less and using fewer sales, marketing, and money-making strategies. 

Her custom state-of-the-art system saved her own business from financial ruin and is based on 20 years of experience, study, and training with leading experts.

She's helped hundreds of people take their businesses and lives to the next level giving them time freedom, financial breakthroughs, and more joy. She believes that when you unleash the power of YOU, humanity evolves.

The most successful people aren't the ones who learned to be perfect. They're the ones who learned to be real.

Genea welcomes Carrie Trabue, former trial lawyer and CEO, for a conversation that cuts straight to the heart of what it takes to step into your authentic power. From surviving sexual harassment in her early legal career to launching LawSphere at midlife, Carrie's journey reveals how our greatest challenges often become our greatest strengths.

This episode explores the messy, necessary process of shedding the versions of ourselves we created to survive, fit in, and keep others comfortable. It's about the courage required to move from background singer to lead singer in your own life.

Here's the transformation you'll witness: 

🔹 How walking on eggshells with a narcissistic father developed the intuition that guides her business today 

🔹 Why letting go of the "casserole train" became the first step toward claiming her power

🔹 Why her "worst" quality became her competitive advantage as an entrepreneur 

🔹 The internal knowing test that guides her biggest decisions without needing anyone's approval

This conversation will leave you questioning what you're willing to release to become who you're meant to be.

Connect with Carrie:

Website: https://lawsphere.com/

Carrie's Book: https://www.carrington-smith.com/ 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carringtonatx/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carriesmithtrabue/

About Carrie: 

Carrie Smith Trabue is the Co-Founder & President of LawSphere, a newly launched online community for lawyers. Carrie worked as a trial lawyer for seven years and has been the CEO of Carrington Legal Search for the last 25 years, where she listened to the hopes, complaints, problems, and desires of thousands of lawyers nationwide. 

LawSphere was born out of her desire to address the needs of lawyers and give back to the industry she loves. A best-selling author and mother of two college-age children, Carrie is passionate about living a purpose-driven life. She is the author of Blooming: Finding Gifts in the Shit of Life. She is a graduate of Tulane Law School (along with David) and the University of Texas. She resides in Austin.

Some quotes she lives by:

*With adversity comes opportunity.

*Mindset is a muscle. Be disciplined with your internal dialogue. It determines the outcome of your life.

*Seek not success, but instead seek to provide value in all that you do.

*It's an Instagram world, and I'm living life unfiltered. 

Connect with Genea: 

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

It's the paradox every high-achieving entrepreneur knows but rarely admits: you can execute flawlessly for clients, plan perfect events for friends, and solve everyone else's problems with ease.

But when it comes to your own dreams and business vision, you procrastinate, doubt, and second-guess every move.

In this episode, Genea reveals the hidden programming that creates this pattern and why it's not a willpower problem.

She shares her own story of completing a meaningful photography project only by tricking her subconscious into making it about others, and breaks down the two distinct paths every entrepreneur faces.

🔹 The employee mindset that makes you bend over backward for clients while neglecting your vision 

🔹 Why straight-A students often become struggling entrepreneurs 

🔹 The cultural programming that teaches us to ignore our internal compass 

🔹 How to start operating in service to yourself without becoming selfish

This isn't about productivity hacks or time management. It's about rewiring the fundamental programming that determines whether you build a business that traps you or sets you free.

Connect with Genea: 

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

About Genea:

Genea Barnes is a Performance Coach for Entrepreneurs, Speaker, and Podcast Host. 

She helps entrepreneurs create more money, impact, and joy by expanding your Success Zone. This results in solid, steady growth while working less and using fewer sales, marketing, and money-making strategies. 

Her custom state-of-the-art system saved her own business from financial ruin and is based on 20 years of experience, study, and training with leading experts.

She's helped hundreds of people take their businesses and lives to the next level giving them time freedom, financial breakthroughs, and more joy. She believes that when you unleash the power of YOU, humanity evolves.

Peter Kennedy built and sold Tagger Media for $140 million.

On paper, he had everything. In reality, he was chasing his grandfather's identity and running from the belief that he was fundamentally broken.

The day after closing the deal, he woke up deeply depressed, realizing that all the success in the world couldn't fill the void inside.

In this raw conversation, Peter shares his journey from fear-driven CEO to conscious leader building an AI company that puts employee growth above profits.

This isn't just another success story … it's a blueprint for what happens when you stop running from yourself and start building from who you really are.

Here's what we dive into:

🔹 The moment he realized no one cared about his $140M win and what that taught him about validation

🔹 The identity trap that keeps successful people feeling like failures inside

🔹 The plant medicine experience that cracked open his fear-based patterns and changed the way he looked at everything

🔹 How his new company operates from love instead of fear and why that's changing lives.

If you've ever wondered whether the success you're chasing will actually fulfill you, this conversation will give you permission to redefine what winning really means.

Connect with Peter:

Website: https://www.evolveweird.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therememberingbook/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterkennedy182/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@the.remembering4

About Peter:

Peter Kennedy is a father of five, entrepreneur, and author of The Remembering—a raw, immersive memoir chronicling his journey from high-functioning overachiever to awakened, embodied man.

He built and led Tagger Media to a $140M acquisition by Sprout Social (NASDAQ: SPT), living a life that looked perfect on paper but felt painfully empty inside.

For years, Peter chased success to outrun a deeper truth: beneath the polished image was a boy who believed he had to earn love to be worthy of it.

Everything changed during a temazcal ceremony in the jungles of Brazil. That night cracked open the illusion of control and set him on a path of radical surrender and soul-level healing.

His journey led him through plant medicine ceremonies (iboga, ayahuasca, psilocybin), somatic therapy, a 10-day darkness retreat, and the dismantling of everything he thought success required.

Today, Peter is the co-founder of EvolveWell Inc., an AI-powered platform designed to help coaches support their clients between sessions.

At EvolveWell, growth isn’t a buzzword—it’s a business model.

The company prioritizes the personal evolution of its team above all else, redefining what conscious business can look and feel like.

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

You've read the books. Hired the coaches. Built the funnels. Posted daily. Optimized everything. And somehow your business still feels like you're pushing a boulder uphill.

In this episode, Genea exposes the hidden pattern that's been sabotaging entrepreneurs for years: the subconscious need to please others, follow rules, and avoid judgment. When you're more worried about doing things "right" than doing what's right for you, your business becomes a prison instead of freedom.

This isn't about strategy. It's about the invisible decision-making mechanism that's been running your life.

Here's what Genea uncovers in this game-changing conversation:

🔹 How childhood survival patterns show up as business self-sabotage 

🔹 The 35,000 daily decisions that are moving you away from what you want to create

🔹 Why "should" is the most dangerous word in entrepreneurship 

🔹 A simple visualization tool to reclaim your power and make decisions from your truth

If you've ever felt like you're building someone else's business instead of your own, this episode will help you start creating from your own truth.

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

About Genea:

Genea Barnes is a Performance Coach for Entrepreneurs, Speaker, and Podcast Host. 

She helps entrepreneurs create more money, impact, and joy by expanding your Success Zone. This results in solid, steady growth while working less and using fewer sales, marketing, and money-making strategies. 

Her custom state-of-the-art system saved her own business from financial ruin and is based on 20 years of experience, study, and training with leading experts.

She's helped hundreds of people take their businesses and lives to the next level giving them time freedom, financial breakthroughs, and more joy. She believes that when you unleash the power of YOU, humanity evolves.

Drew O’Brien is the first to tell you he was being a fake in his business.

He was a successful designer teaching clients about authentic branding while wearing a costume of khakis and button-downs, speaking in a voice that wasn't his own, trying to be who he thought would get paid.

In this conversation, Genea explores the exhausting performance of entrepreneurship and the courage it takes to stop being who you think people want and start being who you are.

Drew's transformation from "The Design Company" to "We Make Cool Shit" isn't just a rebrand. It's a masterclass in what happens when you finally bet on yourself  … your TRUE self.

Genea and Drew dive deep into the transformation that happens when you choose authenticity over approval:

🔹 The fear that kept him wearing khakis to client meetings for years 

🔹 Why his biggest breakthrough came from making stickers as a joke 

🔹 How losing his dream job became the best thing that ever happened to him 

🔹 The difference between earning fake money and eating what you kill

If you've ever felt like you're performing your way through business instead of building from who you really are ...

This conversation will remind you that your authenticity isn't just nice to have … it's your greatest competitive advantage.

Connect with Drew: 

Website: https://www.wemakecoolshit.co/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wemakecoolshit/

Strategy Consultation: https://www.wemakecoolshit.co/free-design-strategyconsultation

About Make Cool Shit:

We Build Brands That Kick Doors Down.

Connect with Genea: 

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

The feeling that there's never enough time, money, or energy isn't just stress. It's the invisible force controlling your business decisions.

Most entrepreneurs don't realize they're operating from lack.

They think they're being strategic, responsible, efficient.

But Genea reveals how this underlying emotion creates a cycle of short-term choices that keep you busy but not growing.

From procrastination to people-pleasing to that constant feeling of being behind, it all traces back to the same source.

This episode uncovers the patterns that keep you spinning:

🔹 The yo-yo cycle from superwoman mode to complete burnout that destroys sustainable growth 🔹 Why your communication with clients and team feels stressful even when nothing's wrong

Listen if you're ready to understand why your hard work isn't translating to the growth you want.

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

About Genea:

Genea Barnes is a Performance Coach for Entrepreneurs, Speaker, and Podcast Host. 

She helps entrepreneurs create more money, impact, and joy by expanding your Success Zone. This results in solid, steady growth while working less and using fewer sales, marketing, and money-making strategies. 

Her custom state-of-the-art system saved her own business from financial ruin and is based on 20 years of experience, study, and training with leading experts.

She's helped hundreds of people take their businesses and lives to the next level giving them time freedom, financial breakthroughs, and more joy. She believes that when you unleash the power of YOU, humanity evolves.

What if the hardest conversations are actually the gateway to your deepest connections?

Megan O'Nan learned this the hard way when she was outed in Mississippi and faced rejection from everyone she loved. Instead of running forever, she came back to heal those relationships and discovered something powerful: when you lead with your vulnerability instead of your defenses, everything changes.

In this conversation with Genea, Megan shares the tools that transformed her most painful relationships into her strongest ones.

Here's what they explored together:

🔹 The devastating moment when support turned to Bible verses and rejection 

🔹 How cancel culture lives in our phones, but connection happens face-to-face

🔹 The simple question that dissolves defensiveness and opens hearts 

🔹 Why safety comes from within yourself, not from controlling other people's opinions

This episode is for anyone who's tired of surface level connection in business and life. And for those who are ready to risk being seen for who they really are.

Connect with Meagan:

Website: https://www.meaganonan.com/

TED Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWuBaXuALB0

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/megonan/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meaganonan/

Speaker Slam Winning Speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV7iIHEB3RM

Meagan O’Nan is a human connection consultant, 3x award-winning author, award-winning international speaker, and TEDx speaker who brings over 15 years of experience helping people find common ground in uncommon conversations.

She has worked with organizations like the Red Cross National, Inspire Brands, Toyota, and school districts and colleges across the country — guiding leaders, educators, and teams to create cultures where people feel seen, heard, and valued.

Her work has been featured in Forbes, New York Weekly, FOX 13 Seattle, Brainz Magazine, and Authority Magazine to name a few. Her recent TEDx Talk, “What To Do When You Disagree With Someone You Love,” has garnered over 70,000 views in just a month since its launch.

Through her storytelling, Meagan doesn’t just talk about connection — she creates it. She reminds us that we don’t have to agree to belong to each other.

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

You've invested in courses, worked with coaches, and followed all the manifestation advice. Yet your business still feels like an uphill battle.

In this episode, Genea reveals why the popular "become the person who has what you want" formula keeps entrepreneurs spinning their wheels instead of creating real change. Through a powerful story about a business owner who overcame bullying but created new problems, she shows how focusing on surface-level traits like consistency and discipline misses the deeper work that actually transforms your results.

Here's what this conversation will shift for you:

🔹 Why chasing traits like consistency and resilience might be reinforcing the wrong identity 

🔹 The hidden fear patterns that create enemies and conflict 

🔹 How to dig down to who you need to become so success becomes inevitable

🔹 The difference between fighting back and becoming truly unbothered by criticism

If you're tired of working on yourself without seeing it translate to business growth, this episode will show you where to focus your energy instead.

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

About Genea:

Genea Barnes is a Performance Coach for Entrepreneurs, Speaker, and Podcast Host. 

She helps entrepreneurs create more money, impact, and joy by expanding your Success Zone. This results in solid, steady growth while working less and using fewer sales, marketing, and money-making strategies. 

Her custom state-of-the-art system saved her own business from financial ruin and is based on 20 years of experience, study, and training with leading experts.

She's helped hundreds of people take their businesses and lives to the next level giving them time freedom, financial breakthroughs, and more joy. She believes that when you unleash the power of YOU, humanity evolves.

In this episode, Genea sits down with business and lifestyle strategist Kathy Feather to explore the uncomfortable truth about change resistance in business. 

Together, they dive into why successful entrepreneurs must embrace change, even when it feels terrifying.

Through Kathy's journey from risk-averse corporate employee to business owner, listeners gain insight into the real reasons many entrepreneurs resist change and how it silently caps their growth. 

For anyone who feels the tension between security and freedom, this conversation illuminates the path forward.

Listen as they explore:

🔹 The moment Kathy realized her security-first mindset was costing her everything 

🔹 Why most entrepreneurs stay paralyzed by technology fear until pain forces them to change 

🔹 How your brain makes terrible business decisions when you're tired or depleted 

🔹 The surprising freedom that comes from finally trusting yourself to navigate uncertainty

Whether you're contemplating a business leap or simply tired of playing small, this episode delivers the honest perspective needed to move beyond fear and into your full entrepreneurial power.

Connect with Kathy: 

[free gift] Tech Audit Cheat Sheet: https://cs.kfeathersolutionsllc.com/TechSheet

Website: https://www.kfeathersolutionsllc.com/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathrynfeather/

Blog: https://www.kfeathersolutionsllc.com/blog

Appointment link: https://www.kfeathersolutionsllc.com/appointment 

About Kathy: 

Kathy is the owner of K Feather Solutions LLC. She serves as a Business and Lifestyle Strategist to coaches and course creators. 

Kathy understands the unique challenge of balancing purpose-driven coaching with sustainable growth. That's why she offers tailored solutions designed to reclaim your time & amplify your impact.

With 20 years of corporate and consulting experience guiding teams to successful project delivery, her Blueprint to Freedom process is straightforward and customer-focused. Just a commitment to understanding your unique needs and providing tailored solutions that fit them.

From strategic planning that aligns with your vision to seamless technology management that streamlines your workflows and even personalized travel planning for essential retreats or well-deserved breaks, her services empower you to build a thriving business that fuels your passion while allowing you to fully support your clients' journey.

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/