Brilliant Balance

Business is challenging on its own. It becomes exponentially more difficult when we let insecurity and self-doubt hold us back.

It's time to stop waiting for permission and go after what you want. Whether it's your job or your own business, you already have what you need to get started.

In this episode, I'm joined by author and business coach Emma Isaacs. We discuss how to overcome the challenges that stop women from taking action, old school secrets for business success, and the importance of believing in yourself.

Show highlights include:

• The subtle but avoidable challenges that hold women back in business and in life (5:44)
• Why you should just start even when you don't feel up to the task (7:03)
• How to capitalize on your internal superpower of intuition to get what you want out of life (9:31)
• An "old school" secret of business management that ensures success non-stop profits (13:46)
• How getting back to basics makes all your business decisions easier (15:07)
• The surprising thing you have in common with the most successful businesswomen in the world (21:00)
• Why self-belief is the key to business success (24:41)

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Have you ever said, "I'll be so happy when…" or "I won't be happy until…"? Or felt let down upon achieving a huge life goal?

This is common for high-achieving women. Nothing is worse than staking your happiness on a goal, only to feel empty when you get what you thought you wanted.

But it doesn't have to be that way.

In this episode, I discuss how to make sure you're pursuing the right goals, why the process is so critical, and how to be happier along the way.

Show highlights include:

• The surprising reason your goals and aspirations are preventing your happiness (3:54)
• Why "moving the finish line" makes you happier and more satisfied. (7:43)
• The first thing you must identify for any goal to avoid depression at the finish line (9:47)
• Why certain actions cause you tremendous stress and how you can fix it instantly (10:59)
• How to immediately recognize you're pursuing the wrong goal and correct your course before it steals your joy (11:54)
• Why having an 8-figure business could make you hate your life (13:14)
• How to build rich, rewarding relationships with less driven family members AND enjoy the process (15:10)
• Why the process is the key to achieving your goals and being happy at the same time (15:51)

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Your words shape your life. And you have an inner dialogue running at all times. But you may not know how profoundly that inner dialogue can affect your actions, decisions, and mindset.

When it comes to harmful inner dialogue, I've noticed three major themes that hold women back from achieving the balance they're striving for.

In this episode, I discuss the three areas that hold women back and how to overcome them.

Show highlights include:

• Why your "shoulds" create constant suffering and how to make the shift to a more abundant mindset (7:40)
• How negative anticipation inhibits your ability and motivation to take action (9:18)
• The subtle but significant difference between guilt and shame that can derail your life (11:47)
• Why the "blinking lights" in your mind light the path to destruction and how you can turn them off (14:29)
• How your inner dialogue magnetizes the results you get in your life (15:41)

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The immense uncertainty and anxiety in our lives today is creating a mental health crisis for some. This can take a variety of forms, but there's no doubt that these unprecedented times have been difficult for all of us.

A lot of women are seeking guidance. But how do you know if you should consider therapy or coaching? And what is the difference?

In this episode, I discuss the difference in focus and methodology between coaches and therapists, and how to decide which is right for your unique circumstances.

Show highlights include:

• Immensely valuable ways coaches and therapists can provide clarity and insight you can't get on your own (3:45)
• A significant distinction between coaches and counselors and how it helps you make the right choice for your situation (4:39)
• How to benefit from the specific set of skills that a coach brings into the helping relationship (7:14)
• A foundational part of your life therapists are trained to help you understand and overcome so you can move forward (8:09)
• How a coach can open your eyes to the next steps you need towards your goals (9:12)
• Where to seek help for past trauma that is holding you back in the present (15:22)
• A unique service that helps you find the therapist that best meets your needs (20:08)

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Have you experienced the feeling of achieving your personal, professional, and financial goals… yet still feeling dissatisfied? We often get stuck in our "zone of excellence", collecting achievements and rewards that don't speak to the core of who we really are.

However, we stay there because it's comfortable and relatively easy, and we avoid moving into the "zone of genius", where our true passions lay.

In this episode, bestselling author Gay Hendricks and I discuss, why your zone of genius is key to unlocking brilliant balance in your life, why we don't allow ourselves to be happy (and how to fix it), and how to increase the amount of luck in your life.

Gay Hendricks is the author of The Big Leap, a book that reveals a simple yet comprehensive program for overcoming our one barrier to happiness and fulfillment, providing a clear path for achieving our true potential and attaining not only financial success but also success in love and life. His latest book, Conscious Luck, reveals eight ways to change your fortunes through the power of intention. Gay has appeared on more than 500 radio and television shows, including Oprah, CNN, CNBC, 48 HOURS and others.

Show highlights include:

• Why we avoid hanging out in our "zone of genius" and how that holds us back (4:25)
• The surprising way compassion can prevent you from achieving your goals (8:04)
• How to effectively get your message across without using words (9:52)
• Why intellectual genius prevents you from living a well-rounded life (12:54)
• The number one explanation given for failed relationships (and how you can avoid it) (15:35)
• The counterintuitive reason we don't allow ourselves to be happy (17:16)
• Why your "zone of excellence" is a potential-destroying trap (23:42)
• Research-backed methods to increase the amount of luck in your life (27:48)
• Why a traffic jam can be your greatest opportunity for personal growth (33:10)

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When our world becomes chaotic, it can be hard to tell if we're still making the kind of progress we want in our lives. But even in the best of times, progress doesn't follow a consistent path. You will have setbacks and missteps. But that doesn't mean that you've failed.

You have to look at the big picture to get an accurate idea of your progress.

In this episode, I discuss why your emotions are a poor indicator of progress, how to avoid discouragement by accurately assessing what you have accomplished, and how to avoid emotional overreactions to highs and lows.

Show highlights include:

• Why early wins set you up for future failure (and what to do about it) (5:53)
• The subtle way your emotions trick you into thinking you're not making progress (6:39)
• The one element you must have in order to accurately gauge your progress (7:49)
• A simple, low-tech tool that keeps you on track with your goals (9:20)
• How to be absolutely certain you're taking the right actions

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With back-to-school in sight, we have so many unknowns to face. This will be unlike any other school year we've experienced before. And while we didn't choose any of the circumstances we are about to face, challenges provide the opportunity to grow.

And the way we grow is by leaning into the discomfort.

In this encore episode, I discuss why avoiding discomfort causes failure, the subtle way comparison drags you down, and three crucial strategies to reframe and conquer your discomfort in order to grow.

Show highlights include:

• The long-distance runner's best strategies for overcoming your discomfort (9:01)
• Why welcoming discomfort makes you more comfortable (12:20)
• A counterintuitive way to use visualization to neutralize uncomfortable situations (13:56)
• Why "toughing it out" is never the right answer to discomfort (and what you should do instead) (14:53)
• The sneaky way your brain blows discomfort completely out of proportion (16:11)
• Three mindset shifts that help you grow through uncomfortable situations (20:15)

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Are you feeling overworked? Crazy busy? Stretched too thin? You know you should be prioritizing your health and family, but it seems impossible when there are so many things that need to get done.

How do you decide what is most important?

In this episode, bestselling author Greg McKeown joins me to discuss the benefits of essentialism, the false dichotomy between yes and no, and how to set up your phone for maximum productivity.

Show highlights include:

• The secret to overcoming your feeling of being overly busy and stretched too thin (4:16)
• Why having lots of great opportunities is bad for your business (6:09)
• This technique holds the key to effectively prioritizing your life (8:15)
• Why having children makes it easier to become an essentialist (11:27)
• The #1 thing you can do TODAY to become an essentialist (12:30)
• Why saying no is often the most polite thing you can do (16:35)
• Why the ability to courageously defend your position is one of the most important skills you can have (21:45)
• The counterintuitive way perfectionism destroys essentialism (23:49)
• A fresh new way to think about your "mission" (26:09)
• The devastating drawback to flexibility (31:05)

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This time of year is a great time to pause and reflect. The start of school and other new beginnings are often the best time to ask yourself what dreams and challenges are out there for you. Maybe it's a new job or starting your own business.

But often the idea of striving for the next level immediately brings out the voice of your inner critic, telling you that you're not good enough.

I've identified three lies that prevent women from going after their dreams, and in this episode, I'll share those lies and what you can do to overcome them.

Show highlights include:

• The deeper emotion that holds you back from your dreams (5:00)
• How to silence your inner critic and level up your life (7:15)
• The experience myth that keeps you stuck and settling for less (8:11)
• How to leverage the talents you have to take advantage of new opportunities (11:12)
• The assumption that destroys your self-confidence when you're trying something new (13:20)
• Only say you're unqualified after you've taken these three steps (16:42)
• Why your lack of experience could be the best thing that ever happened to a company (17:30)

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Maintaining balance as a working mom is a huge challenge. When the stress of your day meets the stress of your family, things can get ugly. If you find yourself yelling at your children only to regret it afterwards, this episode is for you.

Parenting expert Heather Chauvin joins me to show you why we yell, why trying to change your child's behavior is a mistake, and how to retrain your brain to handle stress without yelling.

Show highlights include:

• Why yelling is a symptom and how you can fix the underlying problem (5:57)
• The surprising reason that keeps you from living peacefully in the "green zone" (8:14)
• This common misconception about yelling could change your relationships (9:05)
• What a triggering situation reveals about you (12:00)
• How stage 4 cancer transformed one woman's approach to healthy communication (13:32)
• How a culture of victimhood is destroying your family (16:30)
• The subtle way yelling trains your children to ignore you (17:47)
• How to overcome perceived time constraints that lead to yelling (21:36)
• The single best way to get your partner on board when making changes (28:03)
• How we teach our children that women don't matter (34:09)

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