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Manasa never really set out with the desire to own a company. She really just desired to help solve a problem with a clear solution. It was that passion that drove her to be so successful. She quickly went from doctor to entrepreneur in a short period of time as she developed Ahimsa Home, stainless steel dinnerware for kids. 

From this Episode, You Will Learn 

• The road to becoming a pediatrician
• Standing up for yourself as a female physician
• Finding a need and tending to it
• Going from doctor to entrepreneur

The road to becoming a pediatrician

Manasa shares her journey to becoming a physician. She followed the example of her dad and had the strongest desire to help children. She never considered anything else, not even being an entrepreneur until later down the road. 

Standing up for yourself as a female physician

As a mother, Manasa was a full-time physician, pumping for twins and training. She shares her tips on how she stood up for herself amidst the discrimination and pushed forward. She was eventually able to do all of those things, and get more done than her colleagues. 

Finding a need and tending to it

Manasa was able to find a need within the community after her mother introduced her kids to all stainless steel dinnerware to protect them from harmful chemicals. Her love for children and their health inspired her to do something about this need and help spread the word. 

Going from doctor to entrepreneur

After noticing this need for less plastic and more stainless steel, Manasa knew she needed to do something. She had so much support from her friends and fellow moms. When she learned that plastic chemicals were harmful to children's health, she knew she needed to do something for not only her own kids but also others. She had mom friends asking to get some of the stainless steel that she was using, and that is when she learned only plastic was on the market. Manasa never really set out with the desire to own a company. She really just desired to help solve a problem with a clear solution. It was that passion that drove her to be so successful. 

Episode Resources and Links:

• Discover Your Why Email Sequence
• Ahimsahome Website
• Ahimsa Home Facebook
• Ahimsa Home Instagram

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How do you know if you're self-compassionate enough and how do you give yourself the kind of compassion you deserve? Well, I'm going to break it down to seven rules to follow really quickly and easy wins where you can find more self-compassion today. 

From this episode you will learn:

• 7 quick ways to discover self compassion
• Letting go of things you cannot change
• Using gratitude to transform your outlook 
• Reframing your mind in a way that allows you to create space for abundance and fulfillment.

The key to becoming compassionate is to think about yourself in a way that challenges those unique parts of yourselves and embraces them in this learning process

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If you're looking for more flexibility in your life, have you ever considered what it might be like to run a business of your own from home? That is why I have created VA 60 days, which is a program to help you learn how you can do virtual assistant work from home, setting your own schedules, finding your own clients, being your own boss, and doing things from home that help make another business owner's life that much easier. 

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Erica Johnson is a single mother with a daughter and an outstanding digital designer and content creator. Setting up for success wasn't easy. However, it proved to be worth it, and she has now built a successful career for herself doing something she loves. 

From this Episode, You Will Learn 

• Career shifting from Marketing to creating content for a self-owned business
• How Erica taught herself principles of design and set herself up for success in content creation
• Setting up for success can be a very slow and steady process
• Time blocks and how they benefit your life as business owner and mother

Career shifting from Marketing to creating content for a self-owned business.

Career shifting can be so intimidating, but there is nothing better than settling for what you love! Erica followed her heart to design and after doing small work for other companies, she realized she could make this her full-time job. 

How Erica taught herself principles of design and set herself up for success in content creation

 Erica set out to learn design-something she wanted to do for a long time.  Design had been on the forefront of her mind for so long, so through YouTube, practice, and self-teaching she was able to become proficient in professional design. 

Setting up for success can be a very slow and steady process

Many times businesses don't go from six months to six figures. Erica was able to learn great patience while working hard to build her business. As a single mother raising her daughter, it wasn't easy.  Things were at a good point when 2020 began. However, when the pandemic hit things became rocky and she thought she would lose her clients. Through hard work and miracles, she gained two amazing retainer clients

Time blocks and how they benefit your life as business owner and mother

Erica discusses the importance of time blocking and how crucial it can be in the life of a mother and entrepreneur. She also shares what to do when clients don't respect that. It is important to set boundaries. 

Episode Resources and Links:

• Discover Your Why Email Sequence
• Erica Johnson Instagram
• Erica's Podcast: The Content Cure
• The Content Cure Website 

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Mother's Day is right around the corner...and I want it to be a happy one for you!

Camille  breaks down three tips on how to find deeper happiness and fulfillment in your day to day life.

Taking inventory of how you're spending your time, who you're spending it with, and knowing when to make adjustments to live a full and happy life.

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Andra Erickson is a certified life coach, specifically for mothers. She wants to help you understand that you are the mother your child needs, and get your mindset right so that you can handle parenting with curiosity. 

From this Episode, You Will Learn 

• Implementing systems and mindset shifts 
• Understanding that YOU are the perfect mom for your children
• Creating openness and communication for parenting with curiosity
• Being conscious of the decisions you are making

Implementing systems and mindset shifts

Our minds have a way of creating blocks when it comes to fear and stress. Andra shares how important it is to shift your mindset and open yourself to new ideas. In doing so, she was able to be a better mother and handle parenting with curiosity. 

Understanding that YOU are the perfect mom for your children

Andra shares how important it is not to doubt yourself and your abilities! Your children were given to you specifically, and you are the best mom for them. Keeping that confidence will help you on your parenting journey. She says "Our thoughts are always the driving force. How we think about our motherhood is how we're going to act and the results that we're going to get in our motherhood. So, when we think, we're not a good enough mom, guess what eventually comes to fruition? You're not a good enough mom."

Creating openness and communication for parenting with curiosity

Open communication works wonders in parenting and can really strengthen your relationship with your children. Tap into your intuition and use the wisdom and knowledge that you have to help your children. When you do this, you will behave differently, and so will your children.

Being conscious of the decisions you are making

Andra talks about time management and how often we take ten minutes making unconscious decisions such as watching Netflix, scrolling social media, etc. Not consciously making decisions with your time IS wasting your time. If you really focus on what you want to do and how you need to do it, it can help you become a more loving, hopeful and compassionate mother. She shares that when you come from those emotions, you are a better teacher to your children. 

Episode Resources and Links:

• Qube Money App
• The Life Coach School
• Andra Erickson Instagram
• The Thriving Moms Podcast

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Have you ever wanted to learn how you could build your own business and work from home? This is an introduction to Fearless Fridays where we will explore how you can face your passion, motherhood, and building a business with all the different skills and tools you need.

Camille announces her virtual assistant course that will go live this summer and is now open for enrollment for founding member pricing.

“Do people really need help with virtual assistants??”

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Ummmm, YES! Not only do they want you, they NEED you now more than ever!

The Virtual Assistant Business is on track to be—————yes, you read that right.

Virtual Assistants are needed more than ever with new businesses growing everyday, older brands using remote employees, and outsourcing becoming THE way to get jobs done!

How do I know this? I have been an online business for the past decade where I have relied on the help of virtual assistants. As I interview CEO’s on Call Me CEO podcast EVERY person I talk to is looking for help with building their business in terms of email management, social media, design, scheduling, editing, customer services, etc. Literally the list goes on and on.

THIS is the solution of a busy mom looking for a way to make money from home. You set your schedule, you choose your clients, and I want to help you create the flexibility of an online business like mine. Being at home with my kids has been the greatest blessing in my life.

So I’ve developed a Virtual Assistant in 60 days strategy that will equip you with the skills, the confidence, and the community to develop your own business.

I’m going to teach you my step-by-step strategy on how to craft the perfect personal brand that attracts others to you, your services, and getting the lifestyle you’ve been looking for.

The truth is trusting yourself enough to start is half the battle. We can create a life you LOVE with a place for you to find fulfillment in your skills and still being able to smooch your babies all day long.

∴ Creating a work/life balance that fits your needs as a busy mom.

∴ Finally being able to make enough money as a virtual assistant to create a full or part-time income and turn your passion and dreams into your business!

∴ Actually being excited to call the shots with your own clients, because you know the strategy that helps you build your own clientele and business.

∴ Waking up to a day at home with your littles with fulfilling work you do on your own time. Feeling confident taking on clients knowing you are making their businesses run more smoothly with services you provide on your own schedule.

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 At a young age, Barbara Breen left Zimbabwe to go to the United Kingdom with her sister to start a new life. Her father sent weekly letters that she describes as so full of life and wonder that it created this lifelong love for reading and writing, and eventually led her to write her own book, "52 Weeks of loving you and others." Barbara shares how teaching children love and confidence will help them to go out into the world and love others.

From this Episode, You Will Learn 

• Learning your personality and way of expressing love to others
• Keeping our passions alive as busy wives/mothers
• Why teaching children love and confidence is important

Keeping our passions alive as busy wives/mothers

Next, in this episode, Barbara shares how she manages her time as a writer, mother, and working her 9-5 job. 

Learning your personality and way of expressing love to others

Barbara talks about her personality and mentions that as an introvert, writing is her way of expressing love to others. We all have different personalities and it is important to learn how we best express love as well. 

Why teaching children love and confidence is important

Most importantly, every child is different and deserves to grow up in a home of love and confidence. Barbara teaches that communication and time management are key factors in developing love in your home and helping your children achieve healthy self-confidence. 

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• Discover Your Why Email Sequence
• 52 Weeks of Loving You and Others Book

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FROM THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL LEARN

• Communication in creating a healthy family-work balance
• Turning a hobby into a career
• Learning from failure
• Creating a persona and fulfilling the needs of your audience

COMMUNICATION IN CREATING A HEALTHY FAMILY-WORK BALANCE

Perfect communication is not exactly possible but definitely a focus in Camille’s life. As she strives to communicate well with her family she has found that it becomes so much easier to achieve a balance between work and her home life. An excellent time that works for her family is having dinner together every night.

TURNING A HOBBY INTO A CAREER

By starting a blog about food with her sisters, Camille expected it to be a fun hobby and chance to keep in touch. When it began to explode, she soon realized how beneficial it would be to give some added income to her family, especially as a stay-at-home mom.

LEARNING FROM FAILURE

In the beginning, Camille and her sisters decided to launch an Instagram account all about fashion and style. They planned to sell clothing and quickly learned that they lacked the knowledge and resources to do so. It was a great learning experience and drove them forward as they decided to pursue recipes, cookbooks and more.

CREATING A PERSONA AND FULFILLING THE NEEDS OF YOUR AUDIENCE

When it comes to building a business, you have to truly find a niche audience. Camille and her sisters created a persona-which is a person who isn’t really but has a lifestyle according to the needs of their most attracted audience. This helps them focus on the specific needs of those people that gender and age and has given them great audience views.

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• Discover Your Why Email Sequence
• Six Sisters’ Stuff Website
• Six Sisters’ Stuff Instagram
• Facebook: Six Sisters’ Stuff
• YouTube: Six Sisters’ Stuff

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How did Jessica Ulrich build a boutique? 

Today, Jessica Ulrich is sharing her dream with us of starting a boutique with five adorable kids and working only two hours a day while her children are napping. She was able to build a boutique in 2017 and grow to six figures in only one year. For Jessica, building this business is not about the money. It was about the desire to show women that they can look fashionable and fabulous at any size or at any phase of life.

As Ivie Lola grew, Jessica was constantly getting questions from other wannabe entrepreneurs and quickly developed a passion for helping others pursue their passions as she started privately coaching friends and acquaintances. Equipped with the knowledge and desire to help more women to reach their full potential and dreams, Jessica decided to build an official course Boutique Builder Bootcamp.

From this Episode, You Will Learn How to Build a Boutique

• Developing confidence in yourself and becoming comfortable with who you are
• The first steps of starting a boutique
• Finding the right manufacture
• Using social media as a business platform
• Hiring out other parts of the business to create balance

Developing confidence in yourself and becoming comfortable with who you are

Jessica stepped out of her comfort zone to develop confidence by telling herself that the things she didn't "like" about herself were the things that would propel her to be successful. She said "for me, that was, 'Oh, my body's not perfect so I can't be successful.' But really, it was, 'Your body's not perfect. So, you are going to be more successful because of that.'"

The first steps of starting a boutique

Starting a boutique can seem a little overwhelming but Jessica has some great tips! Some of which she talks about are: researching online; pick a name and get an LLC and business license; create a logo; create a Shopify account, etc. Listen for more details!

Finding the right manufacturer

You definitely need to know your boutique style when it comes to finding sources for your clothing. Jessica talks about the pros and cons of overseas versus local options!

Using social media as a business platform

From starting with a Facebook community, Jessica was able to grow in popularity and increase her network. She moved over to Instagram and began doing try-ons, collaborations, and customer service!

Hiring out other parts of the business to create balance

There are certain parts of a business that need to done by the owner themselves, but once you are making enough money to hire someone, it is important to hire out. Jessica talks about evaluating what things to hire out, and what things you should do on your own. 

Episode Resources and Links:

• Ivie Lola Instagram
• Jessica Ulrich Website -Use the code: callmeceo for 10% off the course!
• Ivie Lola Website -Use the code: callmeceo for 15% off your purchase!

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Amanda Christensen is an accredited financial counselor who created the Utah Money Moms Power Pay Master Course. As a wife and mother, she is very passionate about money and how to use it. In this episode, she teaches us all about how to identify your money personality and learning to create strong financial goals. 

From this Episode, You Will Learn:

• Identify your money personality
• How to empower yourself and your relationship with both money and your partner
• How to understand your natural bias and money history

Identify your money personality

We typically think of money personalities as one of the two: spender or saver. But there is so much more behind that! In this episode, Amanda shares the six money personalities to help you identify yours. The six personality types are: security, giving, status, planning, spontaneous, carefree. The personality type test is linked below if you would like to try!

How to empower yourself and your relationship with both money and your partner

As an experienced financial counselor, Amanda has so many tips to help you and your relationship with money and your partner! Some of these mentioned in the episode include create a financial vision board, regularly scheduled time to go over finances and financial goals, make payments toward debt a number one priority, understand both the money personalities of you and your spouse and how they complement one another. 

How to understand your natural bias and money history

Naturally, we all tend to have our habits and stick with them. It is important to understand your money history and what you have done in the past to recognize how you can be better in the future. Amanda shares her experience working toward a difficult financial goal and how they achieved that, remember that you can too!

Episode Resources and Links:

• Utah Money Moms Website- Use code camille10 for $10 off the Power Pay Money Course!
• Money Habitudes Online Quiz
• How to Start the Money Conversation Worksheet
• Utah Money Moms Instagram