Flaunt Your Fire

So often, when we think about visibility, we think about brand deals and marketing. Visibility is so much more than that. 

Visibility includes those that deal with us and navigate our daily lives with us and their impact on our visibility and how we show up in the world, and how we show up for ourselves. 

Mim Jenkinson joins India for a conversation about applying minimalism and the KonMari Method to more than just the physical objects in your life, how major health crises have shaped their values and their relationships, and how to be an ally when someone in your life is experiencing a crisis.

Content Note: Discussion of cancer, miscarriage

In this discussion:

• How a medical crisis caused India to reprioritize her values and relationships

• Why it’s important to amplify the people behind the businesses and brand

• How Mim’s applied the KonMari Method to her relationships in the wake of her cancer diagnosis

• How to be a good ally to someone experiencing a medical crisis

Connect with Mim Jenkinson:

• Website

• Create + Cowork Club

• Instagram: @paperplannerclub, @lovefrommim

• The Planner Podcast

Connect with India Jackson and Flaunt Your Fire:

• Flaunt Your Fire

• LinkedIn: ​​India Jackson

• Instagram: @FlauntYourFire

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Resources:

• Learn more about the KonMari Method
• Read The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Marie Kondo
• Mim Jenkinson: How to use the KonMari Method on your Friends 
• Mim Jenkinson: What to Say to Someone who has Cancer 
• Mim Jenkinson: 8 Things NOT to Say to Someone with Cancer

A pause is more than a break in the conversation.

A pause can be a spark of curiosity. It can be requesting consent to go deeper on a topic. Pausing can give you space to think through a decision and consider if it’s aligned with your values. And taking a pause can mean making space to Flaunt Your Fire.

India digs into the ways taking a pause can show up in life, what taking a pause from Flaunt Your Fire meant in 2022, and why creating space to pause is so vital to our wellbeing.

In this discussion:

• How the physical clutter created by moving and combining households impacted India’s ability to create

• Why India pressed pause to reevaluate if her content was aligned with her values and intention

• Why she chose to focus on the life her business is in service to

Connect with India Jackson and Flaunt Your Fire:

• Flaunt Your Fire

• LinkedIn: ​​India Jackson

• Instagram: @FlauntYourFire

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Join us for access to events like Collaboration Speed Dating, where we get together to pair up potential collaborators, partners, guests, and speakers in a fun, lighthearted setting.

Membership in The Pause on the Play® Community gets you these events and more, workshops, community conversation, Q&As, and our on-demand library of resources and replays.

Resources:

• Learn about EMDR Therapy

Often in the world of content marketing, we witness what people did well, what their successes were, their wins, what worked.

But when we only get messages about what worked, it leaves behind the beauty and the lessons learned from what didn’t work and what we would do differently today.

Erica Courdae joins India for a discussion about failure, what they’d do over if they could, and why they’re actively viewing some of these events in a different way.

In this discussion:

• What Erica and India wish they had done sooner
• How fear of failure and self-trust have impacted their decisions
• Why curiosity and willingness to experiment are essential to doing things differently

Connect with India Jackson and Flaunt Your Fire:

• Flaunt Your Fire
• LinkedIn: ​​India Jackson
• Instagram: @FlauntYourFire

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Knowing and being able to share your values helps you find your right people and guides your business and marketing strategy. A brand statement helps you succinctly bring that message to your marketing, your communications, your social media, and your bio.

Inside The Pause on the Play® Community, Helen Tremethick leads the workshop, Bring It Home: Creating a Brand Statement That Represents You. She’ll share how to get away from elevator pitches and fill-in-the-blanks and how to craft a statement for your business and your brand that expresses your values. This workshop will provide you the tools to express yourself and your values genuinely and articulately, so you connect with the right clients for you.

Community members get access to the evergreen replay of this and all of our other workshops and resources, as well as community discussion, Q&As with Erica and India, office hours, and more.

Learn more at pauseontheplay.com/community

Resources:Listen to Dr. Donny Jackson on failure, listening, and storytelling

Many of us have experienced a breach of consent.

Whether it’s the person who’s immediately in your DMs trying to sell you something the moment you added them as a connection on social media, or the person who gives you a hug that lasts a little too long when you reach out your hand for a handshake, we know what that breach feels like.

And the context for consent goes beyond bodily autonomy. Consent matters in our businesses.

Kelly Diels joins India to discuss integrating consent into your business, how the concept of refreshing consent has evolved the way she shows up online, and common mistakes and misconceptions around creating a culture of consent in your marketing.

Content Note: This episode contains non-detailed mentions of the experience childhood sexual violence.

In this discussion:

• Why everyone has the power to shape culture in their lives and businesses
• How to build consent in your marketing practices
• How to use your newsletter to facilitate connection
• The most common misconception about integrating consent into your marketing

Connect with Kelly Diels:

• Subscribe to the Sunday Love Letter
• Instagram: @kelly.diels
• Twitter: @kellydiels

Connect with India Jackson and Flaunt Your Fire:

• Flaunt Your Fire
• LinkedIn: ​​India Jackson
• Instagram: @FlauntYourFire

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Posting photos or stories about the kids in our lives has become habitual for many of us. We need to move away from making assumptions, and instead, toward a place of consent and autonomy. Pause on the Play®, The Community members Stacie Lampkin  and Shannon Collins have facilitated a workshop where they encourage folks to re-examine our approach in how we share about children in online spaces. 

Whether you have children in your life or not, this workshop will support you in reconsidering your why in how we interact with children from a place of respecting their full consent, especially around publicly posting private information. Community members have evergreen access to this workshop replay and our entire library of resources.

Learn more at pauseontheplay.com/community

What would it mean to have a business that feels as good to you as it appears on the outside?

How would it feel to have a business that is aligned with your values and is creating and infusing those values into everything it does? That supports and protects people from all backgrounds, especially those who have underrepresented and marginalized identities? 

Rick Mulready joins India to reflect on his journey of bringing his values into his business and his podcast without sacrificing success or growth, and how his approach to integrating his values into the business continues to evolve over time.

In this discussion:

• How to use your platform to explicitly communicate your values
• How social media turns values into a shallow commodity used for approval
• Why your values need to be infused into how you show up on your platform and in your content
• Why conventional business advice isn’t for everyone, and how to let go of what doesn’t work for you

Connect with Rick Mulready:

• The Art of Online Business Podcast
• The Art of Online Business Accelerator
• Instagram: @rickmulready

Connect with India Jackson and Flaunt Your Fire:

• Flaunt Your Fire
• LinkedIn: ​​India Jackson
• Instagram: @FlauntYourFire

Ready to dive deeper?

If you’re wondering how to take your values from static word to action, so you can integrate your values into how you respond, make choices, and create impact with your brand, join Pause on the Play, The Community to get access to a curated exploration on integrating your values.

This self-guided, self-paced curation also includes the workshop replay for Reconsidering What You Know About Values. Plus membership gets you access to our community discussions, Q&A, office hours, and our full library of resources and recordings.

Learn more at pauseontheplay.com/community

If content is king, what is that leaving on the table?

We are living in a world where we’re told that we need to produce more and more to be witnessed, but the myth of more often comes at the expense of the quality and purpose of our content. What if we communicated for impact and transformation rather than just feeding the algorithm?

Tara McMullin joins India to discuss the evolution of her content, her business, and how distancing herself from the myth of more has impacted her work and creativity.

In this discussion:

• How the process of filtering ourselves through content marketing impacts our sense of self
• Why shifting your mindset about credibility from income to impact supports your integrity
• How unhooking your self-worth from how you make money can open you up to opportunities and experiences
• Why we need to build awareness of the stories behind our goals, values, and vision

Connect with Tara McMullin:

• What Works
• Instagram: @tara_mcmullin
• Twitter: @taragentile
• Preorder What Works: A Comprehensive Framework to Change the Way We Approach Goal Setting

Connect with India Jackson and Flaunt Your Fire:

• Flaunt Your Fire
• LinkedIn: ​​India Jackson
• Instagram: @FlauntYourFire

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The last thing we need is another echo chamber perpetuating a single perspective on how we should live, love and earn. If you know that there's more than one definition of and path to success, but haven't found a place that encourages this diversity and divergence? Good news, your search is over.

Ready to find your people? Pause on the Play, The Community, is where entrepreneurs and brands reconsider their normal in life and in work.

Learn more at pauseontheplay.com/community

So often we have a desire to be visible. But there’s also a distinct lack of transparency in the visibility industry, whether you’re an influencer, a photographer, a model, a speaker, even musicians and actors.

It’s really challenging to figure out what other people charge. And what you should, could, or can charge to collaborate with a brand or appear as a speaker.

Evolve Benton joins India and Erica for a discussion on the speaking industry, how to diversify speaking, and using publicity and speaking as means of financial freedom.

In this discussion:

• Why you need to speak in, as well as out with your goals and affirmations
• Why professional communities need to allow us to be our whole selves
• How to set pricing that honors your capacity, needs, and the value you bring
• Why asking for more is about more than just you

Connect with Evolve Benton:

• Speaking 4 Profit University
• Text "Speak" to 323-405-9492 
• Instagram: @Speaking4Profit
• Connect with Evolve Benton on LinkedIn

Connect with India Jackson and Flaunt Your Fire:

• Flaunt Your Fire
• LinkedIn: ​​India Jackson
• Instagram: @FlauntYourFire

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When we communicate with others, we have the opportunity to create impact in our lives and brand, as well as impact in the world, influencing the way people think, the actions they take, and the things they consider.

Every month in Pause on the Play, The Community, we have a curated exploration of a theme through workshops, Q&As, and community conversation.

Join us as we dig into communicating for impact, and get access to all prior months’ themes, replays, and our thriving and supportive community.

Resources:

Listen to Damion Taylor on creating cultures that support difficult conversations in the workplace on Pause on the Play Ep 165: Confessions on Diversity in the Workplace

Podcasts can be a tool for amplifying your influence, but they can also be an incredible resource for your clients and community members.

When you go beyond using a podcast just for content marketing, you can honor the fact that your podcast, or your guest appearances, can also be a resource.

Erica Courdae and India dig into how to use podcasts as a resource for workshops, current and prospective clients, and your community.

In this discussion:

• How podcasts bring ease to pre-work for a masterclass or VIP day
• Why sharing your process on podcasts smoothes your sales process
• How to use your podcast as a resource for your existing community or client base

Connect with India Jackson and Flaunt Your Fire:

• Flaunt Your Fire
• LinkedIn: ​​India Jackson
• Instagram: @FlauntYourFire

Ready to dive deeper?

Support change and vote with your dollars via a financial contribution to the Flaunt Your Fire and Pause on the Play podcasts.

Your contribution goes toward podcast production and show notes article writing expenses to maintain and continue to provide this free resource for those looking to take action and own their values as they amplify their influence.

Support the Flaunt Your Fire® and Pause on the Play® podcasts

Resources:

• India and Erica on using podcasts as a tool for amplifying your influence
• Listen to India on defining brand, company and personal values 
• From Implicit to Explicit: Leading Through Your Values Masterclass
• Listen to Erica and India on why ideal client avatars are racist
• Pause on the Play, The Community

For some people, podcasts operate as a form of entertainment or the modern version of a radio show.

But podcasts can be powerful tools for creators.

Erica Courdae joins India to discuss their perspectives on how their podcasts have evolved, and how to use podcasts as tools for your life and your brand.

In this discussion:

• How a podcast can support your core messages
• Why a podcast is a platform for thought leadership
• How to use your privilege and amplify your influence with your podcast
• How to go from passive to active learning and integration

Connect with India Jackson and Flaunt Your Fire:

• Flaunt Your Fire
• LinkedIn: ​​India Jackson
• Instagram: @FlauntYourFire

Ready to dive deeper?

Join a community of professionals and entrepreneurs connecting at the intersection of values and visibility, who are taking imperfect actions together and creating global impact as we weave our values into our brands.

Inside Pause on the Play® The Community, you get access to live workshops, as well as our entire library of workshop replays that are available on demand, live Q & As with India and Erica, and a thriving, supportive community.

Resources:

• Support the Pause on the Play® podcast
• Listen to Pause on the Play Ep 90: Preventing Human Trafficking Through Education with Brittany Dunn, Safe House Project
• Listen to India’s workout playlist

In brand visibility work, so often the focus is on the tangibles, the things we need to learn.

But it’s also incredibly important to take the time to integrate what we’ve learned.

What becomes possible when you take the time and space to revisit that new information and figure out how to incorporate it into your life, your business, your brand, and your visibility?

Erica Courdae interviews India about what she’s been learning and integrating.

In this discussion:

• How integration can require letting go in order to become who you want to be
• How pushing back against hustle culture intersects with imposter syndrome and perfectionism
• Why you need to exhale your creative ideas
• How India is decolonizing her work and life

Connect with India Jackson and Flaunt Your Fire:

• Flaunt Your Fire
• LinkedIn: ​​India Jackson
• Instagram: @FlauntYourFire

Ready to dive deeper?

How would your business change if you could attract new clients who shared your values, if you could get out of the hustle of content creation and focus on building meaningful relationships that turn passive followers into fans, fans into clients, and clients into lifelong referral sources?

Every month inside Pause on the Play® The Community Erica and India host a live Q&A session where you can get live, individualized feedback and support so you can do exactly that.

Membership gets you access to the live sessions, as well as replay videos from past Q&As, workshops, and community support.

Resources:

• Listen to India and Erica’s conversation about Consumerism and Essentialism
• Listen to Erica’s thoughts on Reconnecting to What’s Essential
• Listen to India’s conversation with Ashley Gartland about Profitability Beyond Hustle Culture
• Listen to Erica’s take on Imposter Syndrome
• Listen to Amenah Arman on Bad Art: Challenging the Negative and Perfectionist Narrative