In this episode of Inner Impact, your host Giada welcomes the very first podcast guest: Amanda Laird, a feminist marketing strategist and business advisor. Amanda chats about her work philosophy, the concept of a feminist business, and how putting her principles into practice requires ongoing work.

The conversation dives into Amanda's journey, the importance of asking, 'What is enough?' and the transformative power of aligning your actions with your core self and values. Amanda keeps it real, sharing her inspiring personal practices and insights as well as challenges and life lessons that will resonate with many solopreneurs and small business owners.

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02:11 Amanda's Feminist Business&Marketing Philosophy

06:55 Applying Feminist Principles & Embracing Imperfection

16:39 Misaligned Measures of Success

25:10 The Concept of Just Enough

31:50 Exploring Alignment in Business

38:09 Amanda's Tools for Reconnecting & Realigning

47:50 Amanda's Next Aligned Action

49:34 Reflection Prompts

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🔗 Links

Connect with Amanda on her Slow&Steady website

Check out her book "Heavy Flow, Breaking the Curse of Menstruation"

Learn more about the "Goldilocks curve of stress"

📖 People, Resources, and Books

Madeleine Shaw and Suzanne Siemens, co-founders of Aisle

Kelly Diels

Jennifer Armbrust's Sister

C.V. Harquail

Stephanie Pellet and her Slowpreneur Podcast

Julia Cameron's Morning Pages, as mentioned in her "The Artist's Way"

Emma Donovan's meditations on Insight Timer

The book about about the Internal Family Systems Model, "No Bad Parts" by Richard Schwartz

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