Courage & Clarity

This week I have Kali Rogers with me, Founder & CEO of Blush Online Life Coaching! Kali has created a life coaching membership site where women & girls around the world can receive guidance from Masters' Level Counselors for just $79/month. But of course, this is far from where Kali started. Years earlier, she moved her life to Texas only to be fired from her job a few weeks in. She felt trapped, stuck and deeply afraid that she'd be spinning her wheels forever. But Kali and her now-fiance took a leap of faith and moved their lives to LA, where Kali hustled Blush to success. In this Courage AND Clarity episode, you'll hear: How Kali started Blush (and all the fears along the way) Why Kali believes having a "back up plan" might not be compatible with entrepreneurial dreamsHow to coax yourself forward if you're feeling lost in life Practical, super useful daily exercises to help us work on decision making so we can stay OUT of crisis mode 

It's Thanksgiving week! To celebrate, this episode has got a Thanksgiving-themed twist to it, and I'll bet it's not what you think.Lately, it seems I've been having a LOT of conversations with listeners & Fizzle members who express a general restless or unsettled feeling in their businesses right now. It's almost like they're itching to burn it all to the ground, re-brand, start over or quit something in order to feel a spark or some freshness again. Does that sound familiar to you right now? If I'm honest, I've felt it too. So today on the show, we're digging into this funk. It seems to me that most of us are SO focused on all the areas where we're falling short, all of the things we haven’t gotten done.As the year 2017 draws to a close -- we’re coming up on the very last month of the year -- it’s easy to start beating ourselves up for all of the things that we didn’t finish this year and all of the promises that we couldn't keep.In other words, all the ways that we fell short.And so instead, because I know you’re gonna feel this way because I have felt this way, I want to ask you a question...

It's a Courage AND Clarity mega episode with Kristen Ley, Founder of Thimblepress! In this episode, you'll hear both the Courage & Clarity components stitched together with some music inbetween so you know when we're switching. We talk about: Kristen's story of how she hustled Thimblepress out of her garage while she had a day job she actually liked Why she had zero fears nor doubts about her business, and how you can feel this in your business too 6 big ideas for creating a compelling story for your brand How to make selling easier, lighter and more fun by leveraging a story 

Today on the show, Arianna Taboada is back for her Clarity episode -- she's dropping 4 major ingredients we need to cook up the perfect maternity leave.In this episode, you'll hear: How to figure out how much business help you're actually going to need as a new momWhat you need to know about delegating, BEFORE you go into labor How to know exactly what you're going to need, and how to actually ask for it The key to a less-bumpy transition back to work And a bonus: what's working for me 18 months in! 

In this Courage episode, I'm talking to Arianna Taboada, a Maternal Health Consultant for Entrepreneurs who helps ease the collision between business and babies!I can't articulate how important and compelling I believe Arianna's work is having gone through "la pequeña muerte" myself. In this episode we go deeper into Arianna's work, her recent trans-international move prompted by violence & conflict, and how she streamlined her income to become the sole bread winner while moving in with her parents and dealing with her grandmother's death.... Whoa, I felt exhausted just TYPING that. Arianna's been through a lot, but despite the upheaval she has a refreshing perspective on the role work can play during times of personal chaos. She's got me challenging how I view my own work, and I hope you take the same thing away from this conversation! 

In this special episode, I'm sharing details about an exciting November Challenge I'm spearheading with my new friend, Crystal Escobar!In this episode, you'll hear: A recap of my recent experience as a keynote speaker (in front of 300 people, eek!)My 4 big tips for excellent public speakingHow you can leverage video tools like Facebook and Instagram to sharpen your speaking skillsCrystal's experience with creating video every day for 6 months, including the unexpected results in her personal life How to get your hands on 15 days of prompts to jump-start and up-level your video strategy (think FB live + insta stories)Join us for the challenge starting November 1 at wannabebalanced.com/wannabefearless! 

It's been a while since I set my microphone down and asked you exactly what you'd like to hear, so this week's episode is dedicated to just that: it's my Fall 2017 Q+A episode! You guys asked some awesome questions, and as I listened back to the recording I thought "man, this is like 5 episodes packed into one!" In this special Q+A episode, you'll hear me talk about: Exactly how my target audience has changed over time (and what you can learn from this evolution) A painfully honest look into my "morning routine" (spoiler alert: I really don't have one, and there's something that works better for me instead) What to do when you feel like things aren't going your way & where I turn when I need answers How to set up your life when you work from home to avoid feeling like a hot mess all dayHow my goals have changed in the last 5 years, and how this shift has shaken me (eek, this one was kinda scary to tell you about!) A huge thanks to everyone who submitted Q's this time around! 

The dreaded "Sunday Scaries" ... chances are you've had 'em.You know, that feeling on a Sunday that you are so overwhelmed by the thought of the week ahead, it can be hard to even get a good breath in your lungs? It's easy to get lost in that "how am I going to get through this? What can I DO to fix this??" panic. In this special Facebook Live encore episode, I'm dishing: A story of a revelation I had about major Sunday stress while I was in the shower -- it prompted this episode3 things you can do, right away, to stop feeling so exhausted by the effort and relax into true acceptance insteadA popular Instagram trope I can't stand, and how I suggest we edit it for massive improvement 

It can be super intimidating to start a business when you look at your "heroes" and see they have 10k, 20k, 100k or even more followers. It can leave you wondering, how can I ever get that many people to pay attention to me?The good news is that you don't need so many people. Rachel is here to tell us about how it's completely possible to grow a profitable business with a small social media following, and she's got 5 actionable tips to get us started right away.  In this Clarity episode, you'll hear: The under utilized power of your personal network Which method Rachel recommends for having an easy excuse to keep getting in front of your ideal customers One big tip for getting more exposure fast -- even though this one might make you nervous! How to partner with influential people, even if your following is small What Rachel recommends you offer to people in order to grow meaningfully, not just vanity metrics  

This week I'm chatting with Rachel Sandall, social media maven and owner behind Sandall Social and Inhouss! When I connected with Rachel, I was fascinated by her two stories of rock bottom moments. She attributes a lot of her success to that make-it-or-break-it mindset. In this Courage episode, you'll hear: How this entrepreneur built not one, but two successful businesses with her back against the wall both times How a 23 year old Editor in Chief found herself scrambling to avoid working at StarbucksA creative idea for hiring help, even if you have zero money to spare right now  How a rock bottom moment led Rachel and her husband to go into business together, folding his expertise in with hers