Beyond The Stethoscope

Favorite quotes of the episode: "What does stress have to do with my gut? It's everything!"

"You have got to learn to prioritize yourself."

"Happiness is enjoying life, no matter what's thrown at you."

"What you eat matters, even if it's not in the now."

Episode Overview

In this episode, I talk with Kira Whitham. She holds a Master's in Health and Nutrition Education from Hawthorn University, as well as additional training through the School of Applied Functional Medicine, Metabolic Healing Institute, and IFM. She combines the principles of holistic nutrition and functional medicine to help people bring their bodies back to their intended state of wellness. She is a firm believer in the healing power of food and works hard to help her clients improve their relationship with food while gaining an understanding of what nourishes and depletes the body.

TOPICS

- Your Career Path and the genesis of your company.

- Gut health, the ties between gut health and anxiety.

- Are we truly allergic to all of these foods? Or do we just have a leaky gut?

- How do you go about healing the gut?

- How to find a functional nutritionist?

5 Questions Segment

Q1. We know that the most successful and happy people have a morning routine, what do you do each morning or evening that sets your day up for success? I have a morning gratitude practice, I set my intentions for the day, and a morning meditation practice (ideally) and in the evenings there is an evening meditation and a little more gratitude.

Q2. What's your definition of Success? Is giving 110% at everything I commit myself to.

Q3. What's your definition of Happiness? Enjoying life no matter what's thrown at you.

Q4. What do you know now that you wish you would have known 10 years ago? What you eat matters, even if it's not in the now.

Q5. What do you think is the biggest issue facing busy professionals today? Not prioritizing themselves.

RESOURCES

Institute of functional medicine www.ifm.org

Connect with Kira at www.anourishedlifenutrition.com or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/anourishedlifenutrition/

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Favorite quotes of the episode: "It's your personal finance journey and it doesn't have to be perfect."

"Entrepreneurs are different, savings are going to come much later, so reinvest in yourself."

"The goal is to be able to have a sustainable lifestyle and save for your future without interrupting life."

"If you don't believe in what you do, it's going to be really hard to go in each day to work, so you have to have some of that money saved so you can take a step back and evaluate what you want to do in life."

"At the end of the day, when they are thinking about how they want to spend money, is it aligning with where and what they want to do long term?"

"Success to me is being able to do meaningful work that I believe in and feel passionate about."

"To me, happiness is being satisfied with where you are and who you are today, that you are enough, that you've done enough."

Episode Overview

In this episode, I talk with Isaiah Douglass, he is a fee-only, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™, and advisor to Veterinarians.

He graduated from Indiana University in 2012 with his MBA.

He left a big national firm to found ID Financial Planning & Wealth Management in 2018 to pursue a planning approach that is dedicated to identifying ways to grow the net worth of veterinarians.

Welcome, Isaiah! Thanks for joining us today!

TOPICS

- Isaiah's unique career path and the genesis of his company.

- What does personal finance mean to you?

- What do you think is the balance between cash flow and saving for retirement?

- The 50-30-20 Rule

- Work-Life-Financial Balance

5 Questions Segment

Q1. We know that the most successful and happy people have a morning routine, what do you do each morning or evening that sets your day up for success? Co-parenting in the morning and helping everyone get out in time.

Q2. What's your definition of Success? Being able to do meaningful work that I believe in and feel passionate about. Time freedom and flexibility is important and have my wife and son be proud of the work that I do.

Q3. What's your definition of Happiness? Being satisfied with where you are and who you are today, that you are enough, that you've done enough.

Q4. What do you know now that you wish you would have known 10 years ago? Life is messy. No one has it figured out. And that relationships are more valuable than anything else.

Q5. What do you think is the biggest issue facing busy professionals today? Having space to give yourself time to reflect is really important. There is so much pressure to achieve but sometimes, less is more.

RESOURCES

Connect with Isaiah on Twitter @IDFinancial,

Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/in/isaiah-douglass-mba-cfp%C2%AE/, at www.growingyournetworth.com or www.idfinancialplanning.com

The Next Millionaire Next Door, Dr. Sarah Stanley Fallaw

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Favorite quotes of the episode: "Don't be afraid to experiment [with your career] because you aren't going to figure out what you do like until you figure out what you don't like."

"Figure out where you can fit things in, it doesn't have to be a massive implementation into your life, but you do have to be consistent."

"Manage your energy and not your time."

"Front-load your efforts, do your research ahead of time and that will get you quicker incremental changes."

"I block off my calendar each day and you cannot get on my calendar during that time because that's when I walk my kids to school."

"Spend the time to formalize your processes, it saves so much time once it's done."

Episode Overview

In this episode, I talk with Damon Burton to discuss Search Engine Optimization and learn about his unique career path. Damon is a husband and father of three who founded a successful SEO agency in 2007. Over the past decade he has written a book on SEO, been a speaker at conferences and featured on Buzzfeed, USA Weekly, and has optimized websites for INC5000 companies, NBA teams and businesses featured on Shark Tank. Welcome, Damon!

TOPICS

- Damon's Career Path and what work-life balance means to him.

- How did you get into SEO?

- Abundance vs. Scarcity Mindset.

- Work-Life Balance

- Update your understanding of SEO.

- What are the best SEO tools you've found?

- Build infrastructure to support your personal ebbs and flows.

- Paid vs. organic traffic

- Where to start with SEO

5 Questions Segment

Q1. We know that the most successful and happy people have a morning routine, what do you do each morning or evening that sets your day up for success? I get up at 5 am, hit the rowing machine and get in an hour or so of work before the family wakes up then have breakfast and take my kids to school. I block off my calendar every day to be able to walk them to school.

Q2. What's your definition of Success? Flexibility and freedom is what I would define as success for me personally.

Q3. What's your definition of Happiness? To be able to go on vacation, walk away from your company for a few days and know that your customers are going to be fine because your team is taking care of them.

Q4. What do you know now that you wish you would have known 10 years ago? The ways to properly hire and outsource.

Q5. What do you think is the biggest issue facing busy professionals today? Picking a routine. Be proactive with defining your boundaries and when you'll be available and when you won't and you'll be fine.

RESOURCES

www.answerthepublic.com

www.iwriter.com

https://www.spyfu.com/

www.seonational.com/free

www.damonburton.com

E-Myth Revisited https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Revisited-Small-Businesses-About/dp/0887307280

The 4-hour work week, Tim Ferris

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Favorite quotes of the episode: "Burnout is not a work crisis, it's a soul crisis."

"When the ego is in service to the soul, then watch out, the sky's the limit, and I believe that's what we are all put on this earth to do."

"There must be some way we can do our big work in the world and not go insane."

"Before we can talk about boundaries with other people, we have to first talk about boundaries with ourselves."

When you go through failure, you have an opportunity to re-evaluate, 'What is success for me?'

"Where most people get tripped up, is that they stay in this cycle between conscious numbing and anxious exhaustion."

"My definition of a boundary is that it is an action we take to protect our values."

"Wholeness is not perfection, wholeness is embracing all of the parts of ourselves."

Episode Overview

We are here today with Dr. Shelley Prevost. She is an educational psychologist and leadership coach with a diverse professional background.

In 2019, she launched a coaching business designed specifically to help entrepreneurs navigate the emotional and mental landmines that come with starting a company.

In addition to coaching, Shelley is also co-founder and active investor with the JumpFund, an angel fund investing in women-led high-growth startups in the Southeast.

Shelley was the Director of Happiness and partner at Chattanooga-based VC firm, Lamp Post Group, and has also worked as a performance consultant and a startup CEO.

She has written about her work on purpose, relationships, workplace culture, and leadership in columns for Inc. and The Huffington Post.

Her work has also appeared in Time, Yahoo Business, Fast Company, LifeHacker, and Business Insider. Passionate about helping women develop authentic leadership, Shelley gave a 2015 TEDx talk entitled "Lead Like a Girl."

TOPICS

Shelley shares her unique career path, including some highs and lows

When work becomes your personal mission…

The importance of Resilience

5 Stages of Burnout (Subtle Dissatisfaction, Subconscious Disregard, Conscious Numbing, Anxious Exhaustion, Full Blown Trauma.) The last stage is where clinical diagnoses will come up.

How to identify the stages of Burnout to end the cycle.

Boundaries, what are they, how do we implement effective boundaries that we can feel good about?

Journaling and Gratitude are two actions to take to get the mind tracking on positivity and gratitude to help buffer us from burnout.

The Big Self Society - -When your Big Ideas meet your True Self.

5 Questions Segment

Q1. We know that the most successful and happy people have a morning routine, what do you do each morning or evening that sets your day up for success?

Every night I do my daily 3-2-1; It's the 3 good things that happened that day, 2 professional must do's for tomorrow and my 1 personal must do tomorrow. Then in the morning, I start my day in solitude, with my coffee and morning meditation.

Q2. What's your definition of Success? Intentionally creating and serving. When you go through failure, you have an opportunity to re-evaluate, what is success for me.

Q3. What's your definition of Happiness? The pursuit of wholeness. To be a fully integrated, fully functioning adult. That pursuit of growth and wholeness is happiness to me.

Q4. What do you know now that you wish you would have known 10 years ago? Stop looking for external validation of your value and do the inner work. To stop looking for something outside of yourself to make you feel good about yourself.

Q5. What do you think is the biggest issue facing busy professionals today? We need more silence and white space in our lives to really get that clarity we desire, it requires more silence than what we are comfortable with. How do we create the white space to do this deeper, inner work?

RESOURCES

Connect with Shelley

https://www.shelleyprevost.com/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/BigSelfSociety/

Join the 30 day gratitude practice. www.shelleyprevost.com/gratitude

Tedx Talk, Lead Like A Girl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7djE1X16og

Book: Meditations for women who do too much

Join the Busy Professionals who Thrive Tribe

https://www.facebook.com/groups/BusyProfessionalsWhoThriveTribe/

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Favorite quotes of the episode: "Feedback is hard because feedback is about learning and growth and learning and growth are uncomfortable. Always."

"Learning that discomfort is not a barrier to being effective, is powerful."

"The purpose of feedback is to help people get more effective at meeting their own goals."

"Try it, do it badly, and you will get better."

Episode Overview

I kicked off 2019 with a promise to discuss big issues, big ideas and provide real-world actionable solutions that we can all implement in our daily lives as busy professionals.

In this episode, I talk with Kate Arms, on how to give and receive feedback.

She has been creating cultures where people thrive since 1984 when she first realized she could turn the lonely outlier kids in her middle school into a group of friends. She has learned through experience that every person has the power to improve the culture of a group with or without formal authority.

Her superpower is facilitating open, challenging, and respectful conversations on controversial topics on Facebook.

She has negotiation and mediation training from Harvard Law School. Her coach training includes coaching certification from The Co-Active Training Institute (CTI), Organizational and Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC) training from CRR Global, and certification in Creativity Coaching from the Creativity Coaching Association. She is a certified InterPlay Leader and a graduate of CTI's Co-Active Leadership Program.

TOPICS

Kate's career path

Setting the stage, overview, how to prepare for feedback

Preparing to receive feedback, building trust

How to Give Feedback / How to Receive Feedback (steps, tactics, framework)

From the book, Crucial Accountability:

STAR Method (Situation, Task, Action, Result)

Framework for looking at where failure happens: (Individual, Group/System, Tools)

• Does the individual have the skills to do the job?
• Does the individual have the right motivation?
• Does the group have the skillset?
• Does the group have the right motivation? (or incentive structures?)
• Does the individual have the right tools?
• Are the Tools impacting the motivation?

Common Fails, pitfalls to avoid

5 Questions Segment

Q1. We know that the most successful and happy people have a morning routine, what do you do each morning or evening that sets your day up for success? I text my friend each morning a daily message to help keep us on task and being the people we want to be that day.

Q2. What's your definition of Success? A sufficient quantity of good feelings, a sense of accomplishment, a sense that my work and I matter, a sense that I am leading my life rather than being a victim of circumstances, and good relationships. ~ from Martin Seligman's work.

Q3. What's your definition of Happiness? Enough ease with discomfort to pursue my goals, savoring success so that I truly enjoy it and enough courage to let go and begin again.

Q4. What do you know now that you wish you would have known 10 years ago? I'm not dependent upon anyone else for my happiness and that I can create relationships that make me happy, I don't have to wait for other people to do it. If I want great power, I have to take great responsibility, but only for things that are within my power.

RESOURCES

Connect with Kate: www.signalfirecoaching.com

Upcoming class: Enhance Your Natural Leadership

http://katearms.com/enhance-your-natural-leadership/

Books mentioned:

Flourish by Martin Seligman

Crucial Accountability by Joseph Grenny, Kerry Patterson, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler, David Maxfield

Have a question for Kate? Angela will be following back around with her next year, send your questions to [email protected]

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Favorite quotes of the episode: "You are right where you are supposed to be, and you can't F it up."

"Women are receiving only 2% of VC funding but get up to a 35% higher return on investment than men—so we do better at our jobs, but we're getting less investment."

"Wild is the brand for underestimated entrepreneurs."

"Entrepreneurship is the essence of the American Dream."

"If we are a Country that supports everyone, then everyone needs a seat at the table."

"To be fully present is such a success and a gift in itself."

"You aren't just a human doing, you are a human being."

TOPICS

Amanda's unique career path

What's an accelerator program

Start-up lingo – What do all those words mean?

Women are receiving only 2% of VC funding but get up to a 35% higher return on investment.

5 Questions Segment

Q1. We know that the most successful and happy people have a morning routine, what do you do each morning or evening that sets your day up for success?

First coffee and let the dog out, then work out on my bike or power yoga, those are the have to's.

Q2. What's your definition of Success? If I've been fully present and helped somebody then I've done my job.

Q3. What's your definition of Happiness? The only thing I can control in my life is my attitude. I choose joy, it's not fleeting, it's long-lasting, it's eternal, it's bigger than myself. Joy can be in bad times too.

Q4. What do you know now that you wish you would have known 10 years ago? To relax a bit more. So many beautiful things were happening, and I missed them because I was so busy chasing the next big thing. I'm grateful that where I am today was a surprise.

Q5. What do you think is the biggest issue facing busy professionals today?

The belief that you can keep up with the pace that you are going and that if you are more efficient with your time that you can get more stuff in. That belief doesn't allow for rest or for play.

RESOURCES

Wildaccelerator.org

@WildAccelerator, IG and Facebook

[email protected]

Make any decision in 5 minutes or less! 5-minute decision: www.pawsconsulting.com/5mindecision

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wild-accelerator-season-02-demo-event-tickets-73889799379

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Favorite quotes of the episode: "As public health professionals we think of health as the overall mental, physical and social wellbeing, not merely the absence of disease."

"The purpose of the Away Zone app is to promote true inclusion and true equity."

"I take a moment to say a prayer, others may simply take a moment, to be thankful that I have another day to pursue my dreams and my goals."

"You will achieve your dreams; the path may not look like what you thought it would."

Episode Overview

I am super excited to continue my series on Entrepreneurship with Busy Professionals who are living the life of their dreams.

We are here today with LaToya Johnson, CEO and Founder of Away Zone "Your Zone Away From Home." Check out the app in the apple app store or google play.

TOPICS

LaToya's career path from MPH to Entrepreneurship.

How a dual-sided marketplace app is bringing communities together and helping travelers or new residents find businesses and service providers to meet their needs.

No one knows your community better than you! Have suggestions for businesses that should be highlighted on the app? Send an email to [email protected]

Want to connect with LaToya? [email protected]

Join the Busy Professionals Who Thrive Tribe https://www.facebook.com/groups/busyprofessionalswhothrivetribe

5 Questions Segment

Q1. We know that the most successful and happy people have a morning routine, what do you do each morning or evening that sets your day up for success? I take a moment to say a prayer, others may simply take a moment, to be thankful that I have another day to pursue my dreams and my goals.

Q2. What's your definition of Success? Making sure that I've accomplished something that my son and the younger generations that come behind me will be proud of.

Q3. What's your definition of Happiness? Having joy in what you are doing.

Q4. What do you know now that you wish you would have known 10 years ago? Patience. You will achieve your dreams; the path may not look like what you thought it would. As long as you are genuine, have a passion and a vision and you will get there.

Q5. What do you think is the biggest issue facing busy professionals today? Having access to resources that can help them throughout their journey. The resources aren't all in the same place so chasing them down in a time and cost-effective way is the biggest challenge.

RESOURCES

Have suggestions for businesses that should be highlighted on the app? Send an email to [email protected]

Want to connect with LaToya? [email protected]

Join the Busy Professionals Who Thrive Tribe https://www.facebook.com/groups/busyprofessionalswhothrivetribe

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Favorite quotes of the episode: "There is a story around every corner."

"People love people, we are just helping them get their stories out into the world."

"The last job on earth will be the storyteller."

Episode Overview

I kicked off 2019 with a promise to discuss big issues, big ideas and provide real-world actionable solutions that we can all implement in our daily lives as busy professionals.

In this episode, I talk with Sarah Gardiner, the Founder, and Editor-in-Chief of Nanny Goat Press. For the last two years, Nanny Goat has served as the community bookseller for downtown Louisville, and they are making the leap into medium-press publishing. As a multi-media storytelling startup, they seek to give creative equity back to the storyteller and promote underrepresented voices.

TOPICS

Your Career Path; how you decided to become an entrepreneur and the genesis of your company.

Discussion of Publishing a book and how that works looks and feels.

How Nanny Goat Press elevates underrepresented voices and supports authors.

5 Questions Segment 22:08

Q1. We know that the most successful and happy people have a morning routine, what do you do each morning or evening that sets your day up for success?

I'm a night owl and now I have leaned into it. From midnight until 2 am I take me time. I can take things at a slower pace since the world is a bit quieter.

Q2. What's your definition of Success?

For me, success is at the end of the day, knowing I did my best and feeling good about how I closed the day. I'm someone who yearns for more always and I've had to learn to take things day by day.

Q3. What's your definition of Happiness?

Feeling ok. When you walk out of a meeting and the sun hits your face and you feel warm and you can be in the moment and value every second of the day.

Q4. What do you know now that you wish you would have known 10 years ago?

That life goes on. We've all had trips, falls, and failures but it's ok.

Q5. What do you think is the biggest issue facing busy professionals today?

Lack of Connectivity.

RESOURCES

Connect with Sarah and Nanny Goat at https://www.nannygoatbooks.com/

Email: [email protected]

Linked IN https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-gardiner-b4802188/

IG @nannygoatbooks

Join the Busy Professionals Who Thrive Tribe https://www.facebook.com/groups/busyprofessionalswhothrivetribe

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Favorite quotes of the episode: "1 out of 3 adults do not have dental insurance in the United States, so we created this solution to offer preventative dental care at an affordable price."

How to balance being an entrepreneur and a new mom? "Just take it one meeting, one phone call, and one email at a time. Don't overthink career transitions, the reward could be so incredible."

"As an entrepreneur, your job is to be a problem solver, your personal life is no different. You have to figure out who is going to pick up the kids and be a problem solver and that's your responsibility."

"I believe true happiness is being at peace with yourself."

Episode Overview

In this episode, I talk with Megan Lohman. She describes herself as accidentally becoming a co-founder of a tech startup, Plan Forward. One of her driving forces for co-founding this software company was to help people access and afford dental care.

Today, she finds herself still trying to help bridge the gap between access and affordability for patients, and profitability for providers.

She's had an incredible and amazing career path taking her from medical device sales to lots of travel with a sports marketing agency and stumbling into this new career trajectory as an entrepreneur while navigating life as a new mom!

TOPICS

Megan's Career Path; how she decided to become an entrepreneur

Info on Plan Forward and Dental Subscription Plans from a consumer perspective

Subscription models in other professions (veterinary medicine?)

What's it like being an entrepreneur and a new mom?

What it was like participating in the Indiana Innovation Showcase

5 Questions Segment

Q1. We know that the most successful and happy people have a morning routine, what do you do each morning or evening that sets your day up for success?

My ideal morning routine is to wake up at 5:30, start the coffee, daily devotional, workout and jump in the shower and wake my kids up, but it usually looks a little messier than that with two little kids.

Q2. What's your definition of Success?

When you feel like you are in control tackling problems you are faced with on a daily basis and positively impacting those problems.

Q3. What's your definition of Happiness?

I believe true happiness is being at peace with yourself.

Q4. What do you know now that you wish you would have known 10 years ago?

Get things in writing, it is not a deal until it is signed.

Q5. What do you think is the biggest issue facing busy professionals today?

In our culture, I believe it is time for self-care and a focus on mental health and feeling good about carving out quality personal time in order to refuel.

RESOURCES

www.planforward.io

Connect with Megan: [email protected]

Facebook and Linked IN @teamplanforward

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Favorite quotes of the episode: "If I handed you a magic wand, what would your ideal day look like?"

"The effects of sleep deprivation can sneak into your life."

"Trust your instincts – There's no one right or wrong answer to parenting."

Question for our listeners: "Can we use the word happy in the definition of happiness?"

Episode Overview

I kicked off 2019 with a promise to discuss big issues, big ideas and provide real-world actionable solutions that we can all implement in our daily lives as busy professionals.

I am super excited to continue my series on Entrepreneurship with Busy Professionals who are living the life of their dreams. We are here today with September Morgan. She is the founder of the Bluegrass Baby Co.

TOPICS

September's unique career path

Newborn care and sleep coaching

Unconditional support for new parents

Overcoming misconceptions

More info about the Bluegrass Baby Co. (Who they help and what they do)

5 Questions Segment

Q1. We know that the most successful and happy people have a morning routine, what do you do each morning or evening that sets your day up for success? Shocker—I love routine! Morning, I wake up around 5:45ish, take the dog out, and sit down with my planner every morning and prioritize what I need to do within that time. I also fill a square in my planner with gratitude.

I wind down at the end of the day with my Spotify playlist and a cup of tea.

Q2. What's your definition of Success? Living in your purpose, the cross-section of what you love, what the world needs, what you can get paid for and what you do well all combine.

Q3. What's your definition of Happiness? To be content with where you are and grateful for the journey.

Q4. What do you know now that you wish you would have known 10 years ago? That being myself is enough, not to block my own blessings but to lean into who I am and what my strengths are. You have everything you need within you to succeed.

Q5. What do you think is the biggest issue facing busy professionals today? Lack of sleep! We'd be so much more efficient and happy if we could just get enough sleep?

RESOURCES

Bluegrassbabyco.com

Instagram & Facebook @bluegrassbabyco

Join the Busy Professionals Who Thrive Tribe https://www.facebook.com/groups/busyprofessionalswhothrivetribe

Angela's favorite books will be raffled off to those who leave a review!

Angela will raffle off, 1 book each week for every 5 new podcast reviews. After you've submitted your review, send an email to [email protected], include where you left your review, and the username you left the review under so we can read your review on a special podcast episode and communicate with you to ship out books to our winners!

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Sign up for a free High Performance Strategy Session at https://www.pawsconsulting.com/podcast

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