Couch Time with Amy Wine

Have you thought about bringing your spouse home to work in your business with you?

For a lot of mompreneurs, that’s the dream. Today’s guest, Ashley Shaw, knows all about the highs and lows of working with your spouse, and she’s here on the podcast sharing some of the most valuable lessons she’s learned. 

Ashley also knows what it’s like to have a baby whilst managing a business and she’s touching on that experience in this episode too. 

Each person in a marriage or business partnership brings their own experiences (good and bad) to the table. Learning to make space for both perspectives and communicate effectively is key to the success of both the marriage and the business. 

Ashley is the leading expert in social selling for network marketers and grew a 7 figure business in just 3 years with only 7,012 social media followers. She is famous for turning regular people into micro-celebrities who easily attract their ideal customers like a magnet, without chasing everyone or being even remotely “salesy.” She's the author of Celebrity Magnetism and host of the Social Selling Simplified podcast. Her success has given her the freedom to retire her husband, travel between their 3 vacation rentals, and enjoy raising their daughter by the beach. Now she's dedicated to teaching others how to become successful social sellers and experience the same freedom in their own lives.

Whether you plan to work with your spouse soon or you already do, this episode has so much value packed into it, so tune in!

Resources Mentioned:

www.godcreatedrest.com/plan

www.ashleyshaw.ca 

www.instagram.com/theashleyshaw 

I would love to connect on Facebook or Instagram!

 Show notes available at http://amywine.com/episode15

What qualifications do you need to have to speak about Jesus online? 

I used to be afraid to share my whole self online because of what other people might say. Someone once told me that I’m not qualified to speak about Jesus, but I believe that anybody who loves Jesus is qualified to speak about him. That’s why I do, and thankfully, I’m not afraid of it anymore. 

If you’ve been here for a while, you know that I love helping high-achieving, Jesus-loving women design a life they love, but that wasn’t always the case. In this episode, I’m sharing a little bit of my journey from hiding parts of myself to being my fully-authentic self and why I choose to talk about Jesus even though some people might say I’m not qualified to. 

If you’ve ever felt like you’re not qualified to speak about Jesus, this episode is exactly what you need. 

Resources Mentioned:

www.awakenmecourse.com

www.facebook.com/groups/sacredlivingwomen 

I would love to connect on Facebook or Instagram!

 Show notes available at http://amywine.com/episode14

Do you feel like you’ve lost yourself a little in the roles of wife, mom, CEO, cook, chauffeur, and everything else?

In this episode, I’m sharing the eight things you need to do right now to rediscover the most important person in your life: you. 

When I was working with married couples, the common theme that I noticed was that women did not know who they were, and I can totally relate to that feeling too. What does it take to find yourself again? When you’re feeling lost it can be hard to answer that for yourself which is why I want to share this episode with you. 

I’ve been on this journey myself, and it’s life-changing. By the end of this episode, you’ll have the formula to find yourself again whenever you lose your way. 

If you want to rediscover the real you, be sure to catch this episode. 

Resources Mentioned:

www.awakenmecourse.com

I would love to connect on Facebook or Instagram!

 Show notes available at http://amywine.com/episode13

Are you someone who has tried taking the Enneagram test but didn’t understand the results? Maybe you read your results but you just don’t relate to them? Same. 

Every time I try to figure out my Enneagram I end up frustrated and confused, so I brought someone onto the podcast to help me (and hopefully you) out. 

Nicole McDonough coaches leaders and entrepreneurs to lead with excellence, focus, and innovation by stepping into their unique superpowers using tools like the Enneagram. Her clients learn to welcome challenges as opportunities for self-reflection so that they can thrive in leadership relationships and navigate complex dynamics with clarity, insight, and open hearts.

In this episode, Nicole is sharing her approach to understanding the Enneagram and chatting about other important topics like self-care, boundaries, and putting yourself first. 

If you don’t know how to unpack your Enneagram, this episode is a great place to start. 

Resources Mentioned:

www.nicolemcdonoughcoaching.com

www.nicolemcdonoughcoaching.com/enneagramtyping 

www.myleadershipsuperpowers.com

www.theenneagramimpact.com 

www.instagram.com/nicoledianemcdonough

www.facebook.com/nicole.mcdonough.925

www.awakenmecourse.com

www.godcreatedrest.com/plan

I would love to connect on Facebook or Instagram!

 Show notes available at http://amywine.com/episode12

Do you love handling the financial side of your business or hate it? 

Portia Jackson is joining me in this episode because I love her approach to finances. 

Finance is in my drudgery zone, so I am learning just as much from her as I know you will while you listen!

We’re talking about aligning your money with your life using the Enneagram. The Enneagram is a great tool to better understand your own thinking and the way you relate to others, but have you ever heard it applied to finances before? You’re going to love the way Portia explains this. It’s a total game-changer if, like me, you don’t love handling your finances. 

Portia R. Jackson, CFP® is obsessed with all things related to personal finance, designing your fulfilled life, and the Enneagram! After leaving her corporate job as a rocket scientist, she completed a certification in Personal Financial Planning from UCLA, got her CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional designation, and helped hundreds of Fortune 500 employees as a Financial Wellness Coach at PricewaterhouseCoopers. She transformed her love of personal finance, organization, and personal development into a step-by-step system to help entrepreneurs and driven professionals make the most of their money through her company Hello Portia.

Tune in to find out how to make your money work for you and your life. 

Resources Mentioned:

I would love to connect on Facebook or Instagram!

 Show notes available at http://amywine.com/episode11

How often do you make time to work on yourself? To really do the inner work?

There’s always so much going on in life, it can be all too easy to put ourselves at the bottom of the to-do list. 

Our guest in this episode, Julie Morvant, is all about finding ways to do the inner work even when you feel busy and overwhelmed. She believes in finding your purpose through life's challenges and in this episode, she’s sharing how she did that for herself.

Julie Morvant was born and raised in South Louisiana. She is one of ten children and had a good childhood until her father passed away when she was just ten years old. After experiencing her father's death, she struggled with some anxiety, and as a teenager, running became her therapy. She noticed that after a run, all her stress and anxiety were gone. She continued to run as an adult and completed an anxiety therapeutic program. By the age of twenty-two, she decided to go to graduate school to receive her master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy and Counseling.

In 2010, knowing what running did for her mental and physical health, she decided to become an injury-prevention running coach. Now that she is counseling people with anxiety and depression, she can't help but reflect on how she took her own suffering and found a purpose for it. It brings her great joy to help her clients find a purpose through the challenges of life. She believes that nothing we go through is ever wasted.

If you’ve never taken the time to work through past trauma, this episode is not one to miss. 

Resources Mentioned:

Connect with Julie Morvant on LinkedIn

I would love to connect on Facebook or Instagram!

 Show notes available at http://amywine.com/episode10

Do you ever wonder if there’s more out there for you?

If you’re in a role that you know deep down isn’t fulfilling to you, but you’re scared to leave it, take this episode as a sign. 
 

Go after your dreams. Find the thing that lights you up. 

In this episode, Brittany Long is sharing her journey to finding her passion. She changed paths a lot of times along the way, but she knew there was more out there for her and she didn’t stop until she found it. Now she’s sharing her lessons learned with you so that hopefully your journey can be a little easier.

We are talking about making life transitions, finding your passion, and what to do when you know there is more out there for you. 

Brittany is the expert email marketer known as the Queen of Evergreen. She makes taking time off possible and profitable for 6, 7, and 8 figure business owners through her unique email sequences. Brittany lives in rural central Florida (think introvert heaven, small mom-and-pop bakeries, and freshwater springs) with her husband, one-year-old daughter (#quarantinebaby), and their two dogs. Brittany nerds out over all things email marketing, space, and delicious food.

If you want to find out what’s out there for you, this is the episode for you. 

Resources Mentioned:

Follow @thequeenofevergreen on Instagram 

www.winwithsystems.com

Connect with Brittany Long on LinkedIn

[email protected]

I would love to connect on Facebook or Instagram!

 Show notes available at http://amywine.com/episode9

How confident do you feel in your own skin?

Our guest in this episode, Liza Hippler, knows all about what it takes to do the internal work to get comfortable with yourself and the confidence it takes to show the world exactly who you are and what your dreams are.

Liza is a brand photographer and she is talking to us about what that means and how brand photography can help align you with your dreams. She’s also sharing some of the other tools she has under her belt to help women get confident and comfortable with themselves. 

Fiercely passionate about empowering women to cross that abyss between wanting more and being more when it comes to their gifts and their callings, Liza is a "show up" mentor, giving women strategy, space, and celebration to do just that. She's a life-long explorer and never-ending healer of her own patterns and behavior, has worked 1:1 with dozens of women and brings all her experience into her membership program. She loves to help women #CreateBeautifully by teaching them DIY brand design and offering custom brand photography,  all the while supporting women to show up through self-doubt and into the magic of the other side.

In this episode, she’s sharing a specific approach to moving through trauma that she calls alchemizing your emotions. If you want to find out what that means, you’ll have to tune in! 

Resources Mentioned:

www.lizahippler.com 

www.instagram.com/lizahippler

I would love to connect on Facebook or Instagram!

 Show notes available at http://amywine.com/episode8

Why is it that we are always so hard on ourselves?

We hold ourselves to impossible standards that we would never hold anyone else to. 

Our guest in this episode, Michele Cushatt, is challenging the way we think about our own worth. She’s challenging the idea that you always have to be at your best in every area of your life and teaching you how to make peace with your own humanity. 

Michele changed my life. Her book “I Am” is the reason I became a counselor and it’s the reason I was able to find myself after getting lost in motherhood, so I’m super excited to share this episode with you. 

A lover at heart, Michele Cushatt communicates with a rare warmth and transparency that draws people in. A three-time head and neck cancer survivor and parent of “children from hard places,” Michele is a (reluctant) expert on trauma, pain, and the deep human need for authentic connection. Thus, she’s absolutely committed to sharing her honest struggles, experiences, and questions so you know you’re not alone in yours.

She has written three books, hosts two podcasts, and serves as the Chief Training Officer at Michael Hyatt & Company, where she trains and develops coaches for the Michael Hyatt & Company BusinessAccelerator and one-on-one coaching programs.

Michele and her husband, Troy, live in Colorado with their six children, ages 13 to 28. She enjoys a good novel, a long hike in the mountains, and a kitchen table filled with people. And donuts. Lots of donuts!

If you feel it’s time to give yourself a break, tune in to this episode. 

Resources Mentioned:

www.michelecushatt.com 

www.michelecushatt.com/speaking

Follow Michele on Facebook 

Follow @michelecushatt on Instagram 

Follow @MicheleCushatt on Twitter

I would love to connect on Facebook or Instagram!

 Show notes available at http://amywine.com/episode7

How much help do you have in your home? Do your kids help out? Do you have hired help?

We’re joined by Ashley Buffa, and I think that every mom in the world needs to hear her message. She believes that no woman should have to do everything alone. 

In this episode, she’s talking about why we put so much pressure on ourselves to do everything and how to break that cycle. She knows the value of a well-run home, but she also knows that it shouldn’t all fall on you. 

Ashley Buffa is the mother of 10 children (yes, 10!), a business owner, and dedicated non-perfectionist home systems extraordinaire! She is passionate about teaching overwhelmed moms how to transform themselves from a minion martyr mindset into confident, capable, respected home CEOs.

It’s time for you to get some help in your home. Tune in to find out how to make that a reality. 

Resources Mentioned:

www.freedommoms.com 

I would love to connect on Facebook or Instagram!

Show notes available at http://amywine.com/episode6