Fiercely Brilliant

(This is a replay of episode 2 published in September 2020)

Therese and Lana go deep! In the episode we talk about how we very often get caught in mental traps. Lana shares ways to be gentle with yourself, and how to decide what to listen to so you are not in shame, but coming from your highest self. She also shares her journey from being in remedial classes to being a successful business owner.

Lana Dingwall is a business coach, podcast host, speaker and a best selling author, who is focused on helping other women build and grow their businesses. She helps them take their impact and their income to the next level by working with them to create their own unique signature strategy to attract their ideal clients consistently. Her podcast ‘Changing The Story:Kick-Ass Women in Business, explores how women can change the world by growing their businesses, and gives them the tools and strategies to do that. She believes that empowering women to generate more of their own economic resources is key in changing the world for the better.

Are you ready to run the business that you love and have a greater impact in the world? Check out https://lanadingwall.com/ and get in touch with Lana Dingwall for a FREE Strategy Session.

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Have you ever met a person who has NEVER been employed and worked for herself for her whole adult life? Or one who stays so clearly “out of the box?” Meet my guest Elizabeth who knew from an early age that she could not work for someone else and so forged her own path using her intuition, guidance and the energy of what she desired.

You will hear how Elizabeth freely follows guidance when it seems crazy or scary. Like the time recently when she walked away from her existing business and completely let go of her mailing list. (Which in this industry is sacred!) She had the courage to do that with her business because in her mind, “because it doesn’t feel like me any more.”

This episode will inspire you to bravely go into the unknown. You’ll get tools to look for the clues for what wants to emerge, as well as ways to navigate the fears of making the big leaps.

Elizabeth des Roches is a Creatrix. An energetic intuitive, mystic mentor & international speaker, Elizabeth’s transformative practices & immersive experiences support adventurous women as they activate their natural Creatrix powers.

She is the curator of The School of Source, a modern mystery school designed to open her students to increased creativity, enhanced clarity and the unfolding of their physical & meta-physical abilities. Each woman enjoys group & private “Interlacement” gatherings as she consciously re-imagines her life & shapes her own thriving boutique business.

Elizabeth’s work (& play) melds timeless healing modalities, alchemical craft, decades of business experience and a deep exploration of the Art of Self-Illumination along with the study of universal principles, crystals, essential oils, colour & fibre.

Since 2010, she has lived in the French countryside with her family where she can often be found reading to her homeschooled babes in the garden, sipping decadent hot chocolate nestled in a nearby medieval town or wandering by the lake at dusk.

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In this episode Therese shares from her book "Love Based Mission: How to Create a Business That You Love.

You'll hear how your mission came to be, what can interfere, and also discover some good ways to stay connected to it and how you can get it out even more in the world.

If you are a service-based business owner, you likely have a huge heart to serve, and sometimes that can cause you problems! Most women who start this way in business struggle with codependent patterns, have difficulty setting great boundaries, tend to undercharge, and get easily overwhelmed, or sadly…just play small.

What you must know is that your business is a beautiful catalyst for you! It will show you where your limiting blocks and beliefs are as well as call you to be a higher version of yourself. As Therese always says, “It’s your job to be the best steward of the soul-based mission you are here to provide. THAT is the work!”

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This is a story you don’t usually hear. Imagine your husband…the love of your life attempting suicide and surviving. The emotions and fallout from this one event are life-changing and devastating, to say the least.

That’s what happened to my guest Karen Nowicki.

Karen talks about how she was shocked that this occurred, as was everyone who knew her hubby. The fall-out for her family was horrific, but what shifted for Karen was that she started journaling to break free of the shame and share the journey that her family was on. She got huge backlash from some family members for sharing this, and even fought it in herself as this was a big “ask” from God! This decision cost her some relationships, yet it was something she knew she had to do it.

She shares the struggles she’s gone through and is still going through. Karen has used this as a personal growth + transformational journey.

And one of the main themes of this episode is about receiving. As a result of this event, Karen had to rely on many, many people to help pick up the pieces. As you will hear in her story, the receiving has been excruciating in some ways because there was such an outpouring of love that she had difficulty taking in.

As I say in the show, you may not have survived something like this, but we ALL have had some tragedy or place in our lives where we can expand our receiving muscle!

Karen is sharing this story because mental health and particularly mental illness and suicide/attempts need to be normalized as it’s so stigmatized right now. Karen is a warrior who has been through the unimaginable and has been an advocate for truth and transparency. In fact, as a result of her sharing the journey she was on, six people have reached out to her and shared that they or someone they loved decided to NOT take their lives.

This is a very special, and very “real” episode from an amazingly courageous woman.

Karen Nowicki is a successful author, speaker and the creator of Deep Impact Leadership- and SoulMarks Coaching-. She is a two-time recipient of the prestigious national Choice Award® for her book and personal development retreat. Karen was crowned the first-ever “Mompreneur of the Year” Award in 2010 for the southwestern states. She was recognized for her leadership, business acumen and work-life balance.  

Karen has been an expert guest on regional TV and radio shows, including Fox Phoenix Morning Show, Sonoran Living, Good Morning Arizona, The Chat Room, and Mid-Day Arizona. She has been a regular contributor to many print and online magazines - publishing articles and blogs for business and education. 

In addition to working with private coaching clients, Karen is also the Owner & President of Phoenix Business RadioX. The Business RadioX Network amplifies the voice of business - serving the Fortune 500,000, not just the Fortune 500. Phoenix Business RadioX helps local businesses and professional associations get the word out about the important work they’re doing to serve their market, profession, and community. 

Of all the experiences Karen has had the privilege of participating in over her vast career, she shares that Phoenix Business RadioX is a pinnacle adventure!

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Reach Out to Karen

Got questions or want to share your journey with Karen? Or want to know where you can find the support you need? Send her a text message at 480-818-0206

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Karen has written the national award winning children's book, "Maddie Moonbeam's Garden, A Story of Love and Acceptance" It's a beautiful metaphor for life told through this young gardners experience. She is happy to give away complimentary signed copies to Fiercely Brilliant Podcast listeners ($15 retail). Just pay $5.00 for shipping or arrange for no contact pick up (if local). Get in touch with Karen via her website or social media.

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In this episode, we start by chatting about what not charging your worth looks like and why it happens.

Born in Sierra Leone, Mimi knew at age 7 what she was meant to do. She had a vision at that young age where she was working with and inspiring women which in her mind meant being an entrepreneur. But her journey was quite unique in that her parents were both professors. As she says, “in my culture, you don’t grow up “selling things.” You get a professional career and be an employee. I decided I wasn’t going to rock the boat, so I swallowed my voice.”

Mimi did not do what she knew she was called to do because she was scared. Coming from a family that valued education, she elected to go to school. Before she jumped into her own business, she got her MBA, CPA, and become an attorney, so she didn’t really land in her own dream until her 40’s.

Truth is, Mimi needed permission to say yes to her dream. She was fearful of what would happen when she finally stepped made the move, so she stayed in jobs that didn’t serve her soul.

Mimi’s advice: “Be great now!” Don’t wait because someone needs you. Your gifts are not your own. When you keep it inside and hold yourself back, that’s selfish.”

This is a delightful episode! We even ended up breaking into a song at the end.

Described as an “African girl with a dream,” MiMi Dabo is the CEO of MiMi Dabo Coaching. She is also CEO of her fashion brand, Miatta MiMi, and is the designer and maker for her fashion lines Boutique Mix and Baby Okra Boutique. MiMi is the founder of the Miatta-MiMi ‘Do Good While You Shop Campaign,’ which benefits various women and children’s charities.

A designer + stylist, artist, accountant and entrepreneur, MiMi is also a passionate advocate for women creating their best lives. Committed to empowering 1,000,000 women to easily provide food, shelter, clothing and medical +emotional support for their families, she left a 15-year litigation career to become a Coach.

MiMi supports entrepreneurs and coaches create profitable businesses and healthier lives.

Reach out to MiMi Dabo if you're ready to make an impact while enjoying more profits and time freedom.

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Connie started out as a very number-focused accounting/bookkeeping person. She endeavored to grow her business and after 6 years, she realized she had huge debt, hadn’t paid herself in 6 years, and was falling apart. She had a situation where everything looked good on the outside, but she was miserable. The fact that she was a financial person made it much worse in that she had mis-managed her business, so she decided to dive in and learn more about money so she could help her clients beyond just the ‘number crunching.’

In this episode, we talk about how money is triggering for many, loaded with shame, and will bring up all kinds of “stuff” for people.

One fun question we talked about…”How do you think about money?” (It’s more than you think it is!!)

We also talk about debt and how to utilize it to move forward, versus holding old notions that debt is bad or dangerous, and we gave ideas about how to redo your relationship with money.

Connie Vanderzanden is on a mission to help entrepreneurs live the lifestyles they desire by learning the simple steps, structure and discipline to create and save money. With 34 years of accounting and bookkeeping experience, a variety of industry knowledge and her own real-life business growth journey since 2001, Connie developed the Going Beyond Revenue Cash Handling System, focusing on cash flow planning that creates sustainable businesses.

Connie is a true Oregonian, born and raised in the beautiful Pacific Northwest where she spends time with her husband of 34 years and their “fur kid”.

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Very often the concept is taught that what needs to happen for deep change to occur is that you must make a decision first. As in, you are required to no longer be willing to live how you have been living. No longer willing to tolerate less than good enough for yourself.

Creation ALWAYS starts with a decision.

One of the regular listeners of the podcast wrote and said, "But what do you do along the way? How do you get from here to there? What's the process? How do you start to navigate after things may have fallen apart if you want to change course?"

In this episode, Therese answers that question.

You'll hear how to honor your journey, how to be with emotions, and work with your body/energy so you can have clarity and focus for what's next.

Let’s Connect

Ready to break free of the shame that you may have? Set up a call with Therese to discuss how she can help you!

>> https://thereseskelly.com/letsconnect

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In this episode Eva shares the story of when she chased her entrepreneurial dream, it almost cost her her marriage. As a result of being emotionally unavailable and neglecting her husband, he fell in love with another woman.

This is a great story of the journey to forgiveness and self-growth. It’s pretty amazing to hear a woman say, “his cheating saved our marriage,” but the journey that Eva took with her husband will inspire you if you have ever felt a betrayal. While you may not be facing something like an affair, you will really appreciate the process Eva lays out where she talks about how they decided to go “from breakdown to breakthrough.”

Lots of good strategies in this show!

Eva Medilek is a Certified High Performance Coach and a Relationship Success Coach. She has coached both men and women in the areas of personal development, leadership and mastering habits for success. She specializes in helping powerful, successful women have happier, healthier, more intimate connections in their relationships without giving up their power. 

Eva knows, first hand, how a driven personality type can leave you feeling lonely, disappointed, frustrated and resentful. You can achieve higher levels of success without sacrificing your health, well-being and relationships. She uses her personal experiences along with her leadership, transformational and high performance training to teach you the pillars of high performance as well as showing you how to communicate in a way that fosters intimacy, influence and connection in your personal and professional life.

Reach out to Eva Medilek if you're ready to enjoy success without the sacrifice.

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In this episode Candy shares that as a highly driven and successful woman, she ended up being hospitalized at 35 after working 80-100 hour weeks had her finally crash due to stress. She left the corporate world to become a leadership consultant and has the most beautiful take on what leadership means and how you can step more fully into it.

You’ll love the definition of leadership that is quite unique. When you hear how “leadership” is described here, you will be inspired. You aren’t born with it. Candy says “leadership is….How you choose to show up. How you choose to serve others. How you choose to take personal responsibility inside those two spaces.” You will hear the three powerful questions she asks that will really help you dive more into the expression of the leader that you are.

This episode also gives a demonstration of Candy’s perspective that leadership is what you choose. She shares the journey she went on to say “yes” to an idea to host a Facebook group called “Unpacking Racism” last year and how she had to get over the fear of it. If you are ready to step into being more of the leader that you know you are, listen to this show!

Candy Barone, CEO of You Empowered Strong, is a leadership development expert, trainer and executive coach, as well as an international speaker and Amazon best-selling author. She is a catalyst and change agent who works with executives and emerging leaders to help bring “heart” back to leadership while feeding the soul of their business.

Candy is a member of the Forbes Coaching Council, was named a 2014-15 VIP Woman of the Year by the National Association of Professional Women, was recipient of the 2015 Public Speakers Association Local Collaborator Award, and was nominated as a 2015 Profile in Power Central Texas Woman of Influence.

Candy also has been showcased in CNN, U.S. News & World Report, SWSX: Fast Company Grille, The Austin Statesman, Austin Business Journal, Be the Boss Magazine, OffBeat Business Magazine, The Chicago Tribune, ciLiving TV, Femmes Under 40 Magazine, along with numerous radio shows and podcasts. In addition, she serves as a call leader for the Evolutionary Business Council, a Partnering Director for the Public Speakers Association, is a member of the Good Deed Society, and volunteers within her community.

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If you want to be fiercely brilliant, there's no better way for it to show up than in your business! And, business is also the place where you will be brought to your knees and shown where your limits are.

But what if you are in a business that is more “intangible” or esoteric in nature? What if the work you do doesn’t fall neatly in a box? How do you describe it, market it, and sell it? Those are the kinds of businesses that are both a beautiful invitation for you to show up more fully and can kick your ass as well! The “work” as Therese talks about is often who you become, and not necessarily always about what you are doing.

In this episode, you’ll hear the places that you will need to “Activate” in order to fully get your great work out in the world, attract the right clients, and make the money you desire.

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