Earn Your Happy

In This Episode You Will Learn About:

• Working through low moods
• How I got into speaking as part of my profession
• The fears that crept in + how I moved past them
• How wedding planning is going for Evans

Resources:

• The Bliss Project 2020

Show Notes

Time for another Q&A Day with me and Evans! Listen in as we answer questions that you have sent in, and hear our favorite quotes of the moment! Listen in as we answer questions that you have sent in, and hear our favorite quotes of the moment! In today’s “questionably awesome” episode, Evans and I are talking about working through low moods, how I got into speaking, and the fears that tried to stop me from doing what I knew I was destined to do.

Review of the Week: @elizabethd77: “Thank you! I feel like Lori is talking directly to me each and every episode, especially episode 345, which completely resonated with me. I am moved by her authenticity, her tenacity, and her compassion, and have felt the connection even through the podcast! I listen to the questionably awesome episodes with her assistant, Evans, every Sunday as I clean, and I cannot tell you how many times I have to stop because I’m laughing so hard. Truly appreciate each and every episode, and I will make it a point one day to meet the sunshine of my day. Thank you Lori for everything you do. Keep jammin!”

Question 1: @beyourownyou: “How did you get into speaking?”

Question 2: @kaylawilky: “Did you have any fears that got in the way of starting things?”

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In This Episode You Will Learn About:

• What Jane loves about Sydney
• Starting her business journey from accounting
• What Jane’s rock bottom looked like
• What Showpo is and offers
• Starting a fashion business without money
• Welcoming in big numbers in business
• How Like Minded Bitches Drinking Wine came about
• What Jane does in order to market her business + her advice to you
• Finding a growth hack + finding people that are smarter than you
• Getting to the next level in business
• Failures that turned into successes

Resources:

• Learn more: showpo.com

Show Notes

Jane Lu joins me on today’s episode! Jane is the founder of Showpo, an online fashion retail empire. Jane previously worked in accounting and corporate finance, but after returning from a year abroad, was inspired to ditch the “cubicle life”, so she quit her job to start her own business. She had always had a sincere passion for women's fashion online, social media and entrepreneurship– it’s no surprise that Showpo is Jane’s creation! This conversation with Jane is SO great because she shares her business failures as well as her successes. You’ll love this one no matter where you are in your business!

Question Highlights:

• How did you start this amazing business journey?
• How long did you stay in rock bottom and what was the next step after finding a solution?
• What is Showpo?
• How did you become the person who could start to think of big numbers and just accept them?
• How did you focus on what you wanted, and not get stopped up by outside opinions?
• What should we know about marketing our business that we are missing?
• How did you know that you hired the right people?
• What advice do you have for the business person trying to get to their next level?
• What are some big failures that turned into amazing lessons?

Jane Lu founded Showpo in 2010 from her parents’ garage. Jane previously worked in accounting and corporate finance, but after returning from a year abroad, was inspired to ditch the “cubicle life”, so she quit her job to start her own business. With much enthusiasm for entrepreneurship , she set off to start her first business, which failed spectacularly. However, Jane was undeterred and got right back on the horse, starting the online fashion brand, Showpo the following month. What started off with a laptop and two shelves of clothing is now an online global fashion empire,shipping to over 100 countries.

Through being disruptive in the retail space and capitalising on the use of social media, Showpo now boasts a cult social following of over 3.3 million engaged followers collectively and has a team of over 90 across Sydney HQ and Distribution Center. A regular keynote speaker, for some of Australia’s biggest brands and having fronted stages for audiences internationally, Lu’s expertise is unparalleled, and her tone of voice, is real and relatable. A prominent figure in the Australian start up scene, Lu has been nominated for numerous awards,taking home taking the title of Cosmopolitan’s Entrepreneur of the Year in 2015 and Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia in 2016.

Lu’s personal experiences led her to build her own entrepreneurial community, Like Minded Bitches Drinking Wine, which she co-founded with serial entrepreneur, Gen George. ​Together they have grown an active community of over 85,000 members.​​ Bringing women together to hear (and give) real, honest advice, to be inspired and to join forces - all over a good class of wine of course.With Lu at the helm, 8 years since its founding, Showpo owns its status as one of Australia’s fastest growing fashion e-commerce retailers. Recently awarded the highly coveted Australian Online Retailer of The Year Award and is on track to reach its goal of $100 million in revenue by 2020 with no external funding.

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In This Episode You Will Learn About:

• Ripping the bandaid off
• A message that I received that sparked this topic
• The takeaway of success
• What fulfillment means for you
• The question to ask yourself daily

Resources:

• The Bliss Project 2020

Show Notes

Taking the leap into your purpose is a little bit of a loaded statement, because it can mean so much, but it’s important to not allow overwhelm to sink in, because it isn’t all going to happen at once. More often than not, we know deep down what we want and need to do, but we look outside of ourselves for the validation that it’s okay to want those things and have those dreams. Today we are talking all about taking the big leap into what you know is your purpose here, in this life.

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In This Episode You Will Learn About:

• The two of us practicing our Italian
• Returning to a positive mindset
• Friend resets
• Active waiting

Resources:

• The Bliss Project 2020

Show Notes

Time for another Q&A Day with me and Evans! Listen in as we answer questions that you have sent in, and hear our favorite quotes of the moment!

Review of the Week: @lavenderlouise: “I don’t know which is the lion and which is the fox, but I love them both so much! The relationship reminds me so much of me and my best friend. When I listen to their episodes, I can’t help but smile and giggle– sometimes it’s giggling way after I’ve even heard the episode. I love the heck out of you gals! Thank you for being authentic and hysterical every episode! Xoxoxo!”

Question 1: @amandajoy_0: “Hello, hope all is well! I have a question or topic I would love for you to address on your podcast. When it seems things are going well according to plan, and you’re making progress, and that positive breakthrough might happen, why does it not work out? It feels like the rug is constantly being pulled from underneath me. How do you deal, and what do you do to return back to that positive mindset and know when something great will work out?”

Question 2: @westcoast_baygirl: “Is it okay to want a friend reset? I moved to a small town and surrounded myself with unlike people to keep myself company; I feel bad but I want more like-minded friends. Is that normal, or am I just a bitch?”

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In This Episode You Will Learn About:

• Sarah Nicole’s story + what caused her to make massive changes
• Tips on shutting down the negativity looks like
• Sarah shares the questions she is most asked
• Sharing and connecting over her body
• Deciding to use social media as a business
• Where to start if you want to monetize your brand
• What Sarah has learned most on her journey
• Planning for the future
• What Sarah is manifesting

Resources:

• Learn more: thebirdspapaya.com

• The Bliss Project 2020

Show Notes

I first “met” today’s guest on Instagram, during a time when I so much needed to hear her beautiful message. Sarah Nicole Reynolds joins me on today’s episode, and we are talking all things forgiveness and freeing yourself! Not too long ago, Sarah Nicole embarked in a journey to better her life, losing 100 pounds, working through inner dialogue, and finding value within herself. Today, she helps others see and understand their worth, love their bodies, feel less alone in the world, and be ok with life's little shakeups.

Question Highlights:

• Can you give us a few tips on what shutting it down and walking away actually looks like?
• What’s a question you find people ask you the most?
• What do you wish people would ask you more?
• How did you decide to make this work your business?
• Do you have any advice for those who want to monetize their brand, but don’t know where to start?
• What has been one of the biggest lessons that you’ve learned?
• How are you going to plan for your next explosive growth?

Sarah Nicole is a badass mama of 3 who likes to hype herself up in bios while talking in the third person. 5 years ago she embarked on a journey to get out of life's ruts and better her life. She lost 100lbs and went through massive life change with a divorce pushing her into new chapter of single motherhood. But like, a badass chapter. Since then, she met this bearded guy and he drank her poison and asked her to marry him. So she locked that down quickly and now they rock the whole chosen family thing! After struggling to find love for her body after losing all that weight, she worked through a lot of inner dialogues to discover the value and meaning behind self-love - and well, she thinks it's worth sharing about. By using social media as her journal, she loves helping others see and understand their worth, love their bodies, feel less alone in the world, and be ok with life's little shakeups.

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In This Episode You Will Learn About:

• The space I’ve been in lately
• Balance between the extremes
• The questions we need to ask
• Fiercely saying no
• What I’m learning right now
• What has forced me to assess my life

Resources:

• pimsluer.com
• The Bliss Project 2020

Show Notes

I’ve recently been giving myself some time and space to reevaluate what it is that I want, and it sparked a topic for today’s podcast: Happiness doesn’t last. I know that comes off as a really strong statement, but hear me out! Happiness comes and goes like the wind, so you might as well be doing something interesting in the meantime. By finding the balance between the extremes in my life, I’ve been able to learn so much about myself, deeply growing and evolving.

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In This Episode You Will Learn About:

• Whether having a college degree is necessary for success
• Steps to take daily in order to make a difference in your future
• Advice on resentment

Resources:

• The Bliss Project 2020

Show Notes

Time for another Q&A Day with me and Evans! Listen in as we answer questions that you have sent in, and hear our favorite quotes of the moment! In today’s “questionably awesome” episode, Evans and I are talking about whether or not a college degree is necessary for success, what steps to take daily in order to make a difference in your future, and advice on working through resentment.

Review of the Week: @sosweetshop: “I just wanted to say that episode 338 absolutely cracked me up! This is my favorite podcast. Every single awesome episode. Thank you Lori and Evans!”

@alacarpenco1 : “Is having a college degree necessary to be successful?”

@jojoknox2323 : “What is one step you can take each day to make a difference in your future?”

@andy_ruth : “I love helping others but when my DM and text get to be too much, I resent it. Advice?”

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In This Episode You Will Learn About:

• How Adam started spoken word poetry
• Sharing his poetry
• Judgement on himself and his writing
• The vision stage + the creative process for Adam
• Resetting the mindset you’re in
• Turning something that isn’t working into an empowering belief
• Hollowing out periods in life
• Me stepping into my creative
• What Adam is up to in his life outside of poetry
• How Adam truly believes that anything is possible
• Adam shares his spoken word poetry, You Are Who You Have Been Looking For

Resources:

• Learn more: adamroa.com

Show Notes

I am beyond excited for you to hear today’s episode because I sat down with the incredible and transformational Adam Roa! Adam is committed to using creative energy to catalyze change on the planet, and he does so through a variety of artistic projects, sharing his learnings on his Youtube channel and podcast. Adam is on a quest to discover just what it means to be an empowered man, and is doing so with radical authenticity. Adam has served as an inspiration for me for quite some time now, and I know that in this episode he will move you in ways you didn’t think were possible.

Question Highlights:

• Was there a period of time before you shared your poetry?
• How did you keep writing without judgement?
• How do you make your vision happen for you?
• What advice do you have on resetting the space you’re in?
• What belief do you create around something that isn’t happening to make it empowering?
• What are all of the things you are doing right now?
• Is there anything that’s coming up for you that you’d like to share?

Adam Roa is a transformational artist who is committed to using creative energy to catalyze change on the planet.  A modern day Renaissance man, Adam is constantly creating a variety of artistic projects, including conscious film, music, and spoken word poetry.  On a quest to discover what it means to be an empowered man, he is known for sharing his journey with radical authenticity on his reality-based Youtube show, "The Art of Choosing Love" as well as his podcast, "The Deep Dive with Adam Roa".

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In This Episode You Will Learn About:

• Quotes on fear
• An inspiring SoulCycle experience I had
• Giving myself the permission to push past the fear
• Showing up to your vision

Resources:

• The Bliss Project 2020

Show Notes

FEAR. Let’s talk about it. If fear didn’t exist, I bet you that we all would be out there doing things that we WANT to be doing. We let fear guide us away from all of the things we want in life, and it’s about time we stop seeing it as something negative. Today I’m sharing how fear has held me back, and how I’m now using it as a positive tool to live the life I know I deserve. (And how you can, too!)

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In This Episode You Will Learn About:

• Some questionably awesome moments
• Biggest takeaways from Bliss Project
• If I’m going to write another book or not
• Our thoughts on work / life balance

Resources:

• The Bliss Project 2020

Show Notes

Time for another Q&A Day with me and Evans! Listen in as we answer questions that you have sent in, and hear our favorite quotes of the moment! In today’s “questionably awesome” episode, Evans and I are talking about our biggest takeaways from Bliss Project 2019, if I’m going to write another book, and how to make a work/life balance achievable.

Review of the Week: @mel_yssa: “The past week’s Questionably Awesome episode 335 had me LITERALLY laughing out loud from the banter between Lori and Evans!!! In the mix of all the laughter and shenanigans, they always somehow find ways to drop some serious truth bombs and knowledge for their listeners. I always get excited when I see a new episode has been released and it goes to the top of m listening list! Thank you Lori and Evans for bringing laughter and enlightenment together in the form of an enjoyable and entertaining podcast.”

@jessicabrianne_: “Two biggest takeaways from Bliss?”

@jinelleanlea: “Are you going to write another book?”

@housecallswithnicole: “Is work/life balance truly achievable? How to make it happen?”

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