Goalden Girls Podcast

Hustle culture is real. 

I feel it!  There’s so much pressure on us to do all the things. Do it now. Have the big to-do list and CRUSH it, day in and day out.

If you’re ambitious, you can probably relate to this.

Not only does our culture teach us to work soo dang hard, but it also validates us for working hard.

Today’s guest is someone who takes a lot of action - and helps others do the same. 

Emily Williams is a success coach, author, podcast host and CEO who, at one point, couldn’t get a job at Starbucks.

After experiencing a quarter-life crisis, she moved from Ohio to London (where she knew no one!) and in 2014 launched her company, I Heart My Life. She made $442 in her first month—and then went on to hit six figures in six months, before her 30th birthday. She grew her business into seven figures in under 18 months.

Today, she works with ambitious, heart-centered women all over the world in helping them bust through the obstacles that hold their dreams and goals hostage so they can free themselves to create a life that's better than their dreams through the company's membership, courses and retreats. She also personally coaches entrepreneurs to help them scale their businesses (and their lives!) to new heights.

While Emily’s accomplishments are impressive - she’s been featured in FORBES, INC. SUCCESS, Money, Entrepreneur, Business Insider and so much more — today’s episode is about the exact opposite:  

Tune into this episode to hear about slowing down, listening to your intuition, social media addiction, getting comfortable with pausing, quitting the things you need to quit, and putting a STOP on doing just for the sake of doing.

Episode Shownotes: www.lisamichaud.com/podcast/89

I've heard it countless times: "I really want to try a cold plunge, but where do I even begin?”

I get you. The struggle is real.

 “How long should I endure the icy water?”

“Where is the best place to take the plunge?”

“How often should I commit myself to this chilly adventure?”

 It's a whirlwind of uncertainties, a maze of HOWs.

One of my favourite tips for anyone interested in cold plunging, especially those people that don’t like to be cold is …. to start cold plunging in the summer time.

So, here I am: creating a summer episode before I head on vacation – to help YOU start a cold plunge habit or routine, even if you hate the cold.

My intention with this episode is to touch on the science bits, and the benefits…

But also, to speak to you on a personal level, and give you a FEMININE perspective.

And to tie it to something deeper than just the outer benefits… to tie it to your goals, to your dreams, and to who you ARE as a human being.

All while keeping it simple and digestible enough so you can integrate it easily in your full, busy and amazing life.

Episode Shownotes: www.lisamichaud.com/podcast/88 

Whether you’re a professional, parent, entrepreneur, or hey, even living that passive-income lifestyle, I’ll tell you the truth:

Every woman - honestly, almost every human - I talk to is facing some common experiences. We’re working on prioritizing joy and self-care. We’re navigating success and cultivating resiliency in the face of adversity, challenges and failure. We’re balancing personal, family, and professional responsibilities.

And we’re deeply yearning for community, connection, and collaboration and whether we all have the language or awareness yet or not, we’re working towards being grounded, present, and conscious.

Today’s conversation touches on all of those topics and so much more. I’m honoured to be joined by Jenna Herbut an entrepreneur, visionary, author and creative powerhouse to talk all about this… and so much more.

Episode Shownotes: www.lisamichaud.com/podcast/87 

Last year, around this time, when things in Canada started to re-open, I found myself looking around at what other people were wearing, and felt like a FISH out of water. It turns out somewhere in the last few years, we’ve gone from bikini bottoms to thong bottoms. And no-one sent me the memo.

Sometimes it feels like there’s a secret club that knows the trends, and I clearly am not on the email list. Staying up to date on fashion feels like a second job, and it’s hard to know how and where to stay up-to-date on trends and we wind up feeling lost. 

Fashion and style also can be seen as superficial, as something that’s optional, or “froo-froo” and not taken seriously.

That’s why I’m so excited to be joined today by Tamara Mainardi, a Style Curator, which if you’re out of the loop like me, means a Personal Stylist to talk about the DEEPER meaning of fashion, style and how we can feel confident in our clothes and take it to the rest of our lives including our goals.

Why does this matter?  Because you’ve got ONE life my friend, and whether you decide to go full thong on the beach, or not, I want YOU to feel confident, have FUN, feel GREAT in your body, and be ready to play with how you present yourself with the world.

Get ready to feel excited about dressing yourself, expressing yourself, and feel inspired and ready to have FUN with style.

Episode Shownotes: www.lisamichaud.com/podcast/86 

When it comes to business, and frankly, all types of success, our culture seems to be SO focused on doing it fast. Get rich quick. Get 10,000 followers fast, $10k months NOW. Build and scale QUICKLY!!Those are the messages we all get sent multiple times a day, and of course, because of that, it’s NO WONDER we often feel like things are happening slowly, or we feel like we should be doing more, or feel like we’re falling behind.I know a LOT of us feel this pressure to do more, be more, do it faster, in fact why not do it yesterday!I ALSO know that a lot of us feel lonely and isolated. And we look around wondering why we aren’t “more successful” - no matter what the definition of success is. 

There’s a beautiful African proverb that I believe describes what need to shift:“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”

Today’s episode is about going far - together. In our hyper-individualized society, we’re doing it without villages, support networks, and close knit family and friends. This episode is about changing that: doing it differently… and going TOGETHER.Today’s guest is the incredible Danielle Wiebe.  Danielle is a community builder, collaboration expert, business strategist and the founder of Business Babes Collective, a global community for female entrepreneurs.

This is all about showing you that there’s a different way to grow a business – and opening your mind to the idea that consistent collaborations and working collectively is a great way to grow your business (versus just trying to go viral and leaving it up to chance)

Episode Shownotes: www.lisamichaud.com/podcast/85 

Have you ever had brain fog - a blend of confusion, forgetfulness and lack of focus and mental clarity?And now, let’s get personal: do you get up to pee in the night - every night?!If that’s you, you’re not alone.

As women, entrepreneurs, professionals (and truthfully ANY human) living in our North American, silo-ed, hustle culture, we’re all wearing a LOT of hats.The reality is that so many of us have a lot on our plates, and are super busy, often putting other people’s needs in front of our own.It’s not a surprise that our health is suffering, as a collective.

If you know me, I’m a big believer in Whole-Life Success, what I call “Multidimensional Success” which means you’re thriving in every area of your life.And that’s why I’m so excited to welcome Ollie Matthews onto Goalden Girls Podcast: to help simplify health and wellness, AND help us understand the signs of burnout BEFORE they hit with proactive tips to avoid and prevent burnout.

Ollie is a healer working as a functional medicine doctor, nutritionist and health coach - and what he does is very unique. Ollie specializes in taking high achieving entrepreneurs from the brink of burnout to true peak performance using bespoke functional medicine, nutrition therapy, mindset and movement techniques without adding overwhelm to their lives.

By the end of this episode, you'll realize that you can improve your health and wellness and know what the key signs are that your health needs more attention and support. You’ll also have some simple - and totally actionable ideas and steps that you can take TODAY and THIS week to improve your health, vitality and ability to LIVE LIFE and create magic in this world, like you know you’re destined to.

Episode Shownotes: www.lisamichaud.com/podcast/84 

Look, I don’t know about you, but I know YOU and I have been put on this planet to do a lot more than just eat, sleep, work, pay bills, do some laundry, and then die.And yet - when you look around, it seems like most people are doing just that:  going through the motions, doing all the to-do’s without truly living with deep satisfaction, reverence or joy. 

On some level, I believe most of us can feel it: we can FEEL the fact that most people on this planet are disconnected from their true selves, their purpose, and in many ways, just walking the prescribed path that our society has set out for them.  

Chances are, you’re here, you’ve been guided in some way here because you sense that there’s a disconnection. You sense that you’re missing a piece of fulfillment in your life and that there has to be more to your existence, more to what you’re doing here than just doing for the sake of doing, and endless productivity without the inspiration and motivation that comes from alignment.

It’s no secret that we’re not given the tools on how to process energy and the emotions of life and so we carry it with us or express it in ways that aren’t healthy or supportive of the life we want or the people we want to be.

In today’s episode, I’m honoured to be joined by Robert Grover and Gary Logan, two MASTER Spiritual Advisors and Human Potential Experts. Together, they are The Journeymen Collective.

Friend, I can’t promise exactly what you will take from this episode but I can promise you this:  there will be medicine in here that meets you with exactly what you need. 

There are beautiful, gorgeous nuggets in here and a connection to something deeper, more powerful, more enlightening and grounding than a “map with 5-steps to success” can offer. 

Episode Shownotes: www.lisamichaud.com/podcast/83 

If you haven’t yet heard about ChatGPT, you might be living under a rock.

I say that with no judgement - because usually that’s me. I mean, to this day, I’ve never watched an episode of Keeping up with the Kardashian's and I legit could not pick out any of them out of a crowd except for Kim.

But something about this tool, ChatGPT, caught my attention, and it’s blown my mind and I have a feeling it’s about to blow yours too :) 

In this episode, I really want to focus on how it can help YOU to save time, and save your mental energy, help you with decision fatigue. Not so you can add  more to your overfull plate – and keep people pleasing and over perfecting sh*t. 

NO. 

I want you to save your brain power, and your energy so you can spend more time LIVING, enjoying, and being in YOUR zone of genius. Live your BEST LIFE my friend! Sleep more, yoga more, dance more, whatever you desire!!

Episode Shownotes: www.lisamichaud.com/podcast/82   

If you are reading this, chances are you grew up hearing the same recipe for success that I did. The recipe went something like this: Go to school. Get a degree. Maybe a second degree, or masters or Ph.D. Get a stable job with benefits, and a retirement plan. Stay there until age 65, then retire. 

BAM! Success would be inevitable.

It was great advice a few decades ago. The reality of today is that so many people are stuck in jobs that aren’t supportive of the life they want to be living. Maybe that’s you: you’re doing work you don’t enjoy. Maybe you have a creative pursuit or passion and don’t know how to go for it. Maybe you know there’s untapped potential within you and you know your job isn’t the way it’s going to come out. You know that freelancing can serve as a way out but you don’t know how to actually make the transition. Maybe you’re afraid. Afraid of not knowing how and afraid of failure You might be worried that your career growth may be stunted. And of course, you’re driven - ambitious - passionate about doing cool work in this world.

I know taking the leap into freelancing can be scary and overwhelming,

That’s why I’m honoured to be joined by Joy Batra, author of the brand-new book “The Freelance Mindset: Unleashing Your Side Hustles for Better Work, Play, and Life”. 

Episode show notes: www.lisamichaud.com/podcast/81

The social media landscape has changed dramatically over the last few years. 

I mean , do you all remember when Instagram was a photo app? I still remember the days of stock photography being enough to grow huge followings.

This was before all the filters, reels, changing algorithms, IGTV, and drama, and before we knew what Clubhouse and TikTok were.  

As much as I yearn for those days in some ways, and as much as I’ve been in denial the truth is change is here, and it’s time for us even me to adapt :) This is me coming to the realization that REELS are here to stay — and I’m ready to jump in!

Today we're talking about how to use Instagram reels in your business, to launch your next online product or service.

If you're feeling overwhelmed by the ever-changing landscape of Reels, or if you're intimidated by the need to dance, sing, or seemingly light things on fire, to go viral, you're not alone. 

In this episode, we're brought: the expert, Laura Bitoiu, a social media strategist with 8 years of experience and a reach of over 1 million people organically each month on Instagram.

Laura is going to share with us her accidental journey into becoming a Reels Expert, and how her life changed after discovering the power of Reels. 

You are going to learn a lot of great tips and strategies for making reels that will allow you to get in front of your target audience, grow your followers organically and grow your business. 

Episode Shownotes: www.lisamichaud.com/podcast/80