Homeward: The Sovereign Business Podcast

This week, I want to talk to you about what it takes to move forward and take hold of the life you've envisioned.

Each and every one of your dreams is possible (if they weren't, you wouldn't have dreamed them), but I know that when you're at the starting line, they can seem completely out of reach. In today's Focus Friday, I map out the 4 ways that you can overcome resistance and start gaining momentum towards those very dreams- today.

• What we've been up to and the moment that inspired today's episode [ 1:24 ]

• How change happens (Step 1) [ 5:59 ]

• Becoming the example (Step 2) [ 9:45 ]

• Question from listener: Why am I feeling resistance to thinks I feel like I *should* do? [ 12:15 ]

• Align with the people who are there to cheer you on (Step 3) [ 15:26 ]

• Remember your why, every single day (Step 4) [ 16:56 ]

• Recap and final thoughts [ 19:43 ]

• "We start, very simply, by starting. Change comes when we begin; the momentum builds upon itself."

• "In order for me to create the change that I desired, I had to be the example."

• "The thing that has been whispering to you all of your days, the thing that you have been called to- it has been given to you. It is a divine gift. You wouldn't have it, if it wasn't for you."

• "Pursue your own joy, you don't need someone else to give you permission."

• "In order to get where you want to go, you've got to put those shoes on and get moving."

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It's not everyday that I cross paths with a woman on my journey who hasn't allowed feelings of unworthiness to hold her back from rocking those dreams that have been calling to them in some way shape or form.

So it was such an awesome experience to dig in with this week's guest, Cameka Smith, and really dive into what it is that has allowed her to never let fear or doubt stand in the way of her divine life's purpose.

Cameka is the epitome of a BOSS; a business development mentor, founder of The Boss Network, one heck of an inspiring speaker and a lifetime entrepreneur. Her faith and her vision have driven her to change lives in a deeply connected and massive way, and believe me when I say, friends, she is just getting started.

Get ready to feel enlivened and recharged with this week's episode and to learn how to step into and own the role of boss and CEO in your own life, whatever way that means for you.

• How to navigate fear and doubt so you can pursue your dreams

• How to discern if entrepreneurship is right for you

• How Cameka used her life's circumstances to build herself up and stay motivated

• How to find mentors in your industry

• The importance of quality over quantity

• How do you know that it is time for you to launch your own business?

• What is the best way for someone to reach out to mentors and people in the industry you want to learn from?

• What kind of support do you have in your life to create balance and get what you need?

• What is a defining moment on your entrepreneurial journey where you felt you were exactly where you were meant to be?

• What are your daily non negotiables?

• "I have come to realize that there is not one person in the world that is more worthy than me, or I'm more worthy than them. We are all worthy of all the abundance and all of the greatness that God has in store for us."

• "Wherever you are, there's always room to grow."

• "I wanted to believe in me more than anyone else believed in me."

• "Don't get caught up in what other people are doing, because that's the easiest way to set yourself up for failure."

• "The best way to step out there is to volunteer. You serve your way to success."

• "If you're in the room, that means you belong there.

• "What comes from the heart reaches the heart."

• "This is the year of the womanhood, it is our time...we don't have to be anything but us."

Find out more about Cameka Smith at www.thebossnetwork.org or on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. You can also reach her on her personal Twitter account here.

I know I'm not alone in saying that sometimes it feels like everyone else has got it all figured out, while your own life feels like one big perpetual 'work in progress.'

Which is why I needed to have this conversation with you; because there are days (like today), when I'm right there with you. Some days (weeks.. months.. seasons)- don't quite go along with the plan; and I've finally learned that this is actually part of the plan (whether I want it to be or not)..

Today's Focus Friday is all about honoring you and whatever season of your life that you're in. It's about stepping into the sacred space that is this moment, and it's about making room for what's yet to fill it in the next.

• Being in the season that you're in in your life, business and relationships [ 0:41 ]

• One of my biggest day to day challenges as a mamapreneur [ 3:07 ]

• What happens when we get stuck "doing" instead of "being" [ 10:01 ]

• How can you carve out time to have a daily conversation with yourself? [ 17:20 ]

• How to use our visions to inspire us rather than defeat us [ 18:15 ]

• "If I can't be in alignment for myself, then you better believe I'm not going to be in alignment for the people I love the most."

• "I want you to stop racing and competing with people who are in a completely different race."

• "Be on the start line of your own race; be in your own lane. Remember why you chose what you chose for this life and practice being in it."

• "We have to stop using our dreams and our desires as a weapon against this present version of ourselves- and allow them to be something that inspires us rather than reminds us of how far we are from where we want to go."

• "Make room for the inspiration that's going to lead you to the creation of what's next."

• "I'm here for the expansion, I'm here for the love, I'm here for the growth; and the pace at which I do that is going to be different from the pace at which others do that- and there's nothing wrong with that."

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Every now and again I have a conversation with someone who totally cracks open the way I am doing things and this is one of those conversations….

Craig Ballantyne is a productivity powerhouse who has spent his entire life devoted to making the most out of every minute.

Craig is the author of The Perfect Day Formula: How to Own the Day and Control your Life and The Cardio Myth, has contributed to Men's Health Magazine for over 17 years (+ countless others) and is the founder of the Certified Turbulence Training Program.

This man knows how to harness the power of intention and Get. It. Done.

You're going to want to grab a notepad for this one, because in today's episode Craig breaks down how to achieve anything you want with just 5 simple steps.

Are you ready? Let's do this.

• iTunes review of the week [ 1:11 ]

• Who is Craig Ballantyne? [ 2:00 ]

• The one party you're not going to want to miss this year, the Ignite Your Soul Summit [ 4:04 ]

• What Craig had to overcome to author his books [ 7:27 ]

• How his life unfolded to lead him to his work today [ 9:15 ]

• Where the desire to maximize every moment came from [ 11:20 ]

• How the transformational system that allowed Craig to overcome his anxiety was born [ 13:49 ]

• The process that lead to the Perfect Day Formula [ 21:38 ]

• The 5 Pillars of Success that can help you achieve anything [ 22:37 ]

• The 3 reasons deadlines are so important [ 29:34 ]

• How to reframe our money mindset around helping people [ 33:30 ]

• Why what we do first thing in the morning matters [ 41:54]

• How to create killer content [ 48:34 ]

• What Craig's morning routine looks like [ 52:20 ]

• "You can transform anything in your life."

• "If we don't have a deadline, we're not going to do anything."

• "If I focus on helping more people, I don't have to worry about money- that's going to take care of itself."

• "If you have a business where you can go create something and sell it, make sure that you are spending time every day in that creative area and not putting it off."

• "We're really focusing on controlling our day, so that we can concentrate on what counts at night."

• "15 to 20 minutes at a time, I built a 6 figure business."

• "When you get into a position where you run your business, you also run your life. "

• You can find Craig's The Perfect Day Formula here!

• Chris Harder's podcast, For the Love of Money

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Be sure to find Craig on Instagram & his website: www.craigballantyne.com, or send him a note about how much you learned in today's episode at [email protected]

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In this week's Focus Friday, I'm answering a listener's question about what it feels like when others take our power away and worrying, correction: obsessing, about what other people think about us.

Been there, done that, right?

If you're in the habit of placing everyone's opinions + everyone's needs over your own, or maybe you've caught yourself dimming your sparkle because you're too busy worrying about how others will see you...click on that "play" button below right now, because I am speaking to YOU.

It's never too late to begin prioritizing ourselves, and in this week's episodes, I break down some of the ways I, myself, have found more space and more love in my life for the one person who has ever had the power to change it…me.

• I answer the question: "How do you take your power back after giving it away?" [ 1:27 ]

• The steps I've taken to reclaim my power and stop caring what others think [ 4:45 ]

• The big question I have for YOU to answer [ 18:30 ]

• "No one can take your power away, especially as high functioning, compassionate adults. But we can give our power away, very readily and very easily, because of patterns that were laid as children when our power was, indeed, taken away from us."

• "Your big goals, your big vision, cannot come to life without prioritizing the delivery system-the channel. And you know who that channel is… it's you."

• "My big vision cannot happen if I don't pick myself for my own team."

• "You have to prioritize a daily conversation with yourself because this is how we build our belief."

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I had the honor of sitting down with Peta Kelly, entrepreneur, speaker, philanthropist, author, voice for the millennial generation and self-proclaimed Human AF.

We rolled our sleeves up and went in deep to talk about her journey, motherhood and what it means to truly thrive in our own unique and precious lives.

I invite you to sit down and grab a notebook and pen for this one. Peta came in hot with some serious wisdom and jaw dropping truths that will have your heart dancing and your soul giving you fist bumps.

Do you want to know how to live your life at maximum potential?

We answer that question for you today, along with so many others.

This episode is a game changer.

Disclaimer: There is some colorful language in this episode. If you have little ones listening, be sure to pop your earbuds in.

• ITunes Review of the week [ 1:12 ]

• What are your plans for the 28th and 29th of April 2018? [ 4:03 ]

• The incredible Peta Kelly [ 7:27 ]

• How did your journey lead you to your work? [ 8:54 ]

• How to find balance between responsibility and guilt [ 14:55 ]

• How to have more self compassion surrounding money and our worth [ 20:07 ]

• How to integrate your soul's purpose into a thriving business [ 32:24 ]

• Why it's important to slow down and make sure you're living in alignment with your soul [ 36:34 ]

• Some of the most profound learnings Peta has had since becoming a mother [ 45:31 ]

• How to think about money differently so that we can live in alignment [ 50:02 ]

• "I'm learning in the small moments of life to let go faster and to not take it so seriously."

• "We need to stop slapping the Universe in the face by accepting these mediocre feelings of unfulfillment when we literally have been given everything."

• "Our vibration is our greatest gift to this earth, period."

• "Our job as an entrepreneur is to be the human partner for these entities, our visions, that are 100% our bosses- then everything about how we do business shifts."

• "I don't want to spend my precious life force on trying to tamper with other people's evolution"

• "So much in the world does not matter when you are gifted with such a privilege of being someone's mother."

• Peta's conversation with Chris Harder on the "For the Love of Money" podcast!

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Be sure to find Peta and connect with her on Facebook & Instagram, or head on over to her website at www.PetaKelly.com

I learned so much last weekend in LA with Lewis and his crew at the Greatness Mastermind retreat, but the biggest realization came from reflecting on what it took to get me there.

It wasn't money. It wasn't time. It wasn't having someone to look after my little one.

It was the courage to get on the plane, itself.

I know you know what I'm talking about.

The showing up is always the hardest part.

That first moment when we walk in to the room of rock stars. That physical CLAIMING of our dreams that takes place when we tell the people we love we're diving in head first.

When we DO show up, when we get on the plane, buy the ticket....signup- for our dreams...our lives are dramatically changed.

When we say YES to the invitation to up level our experience here… magic always happens.

In this Focus Friday episode on the podcast, I talk about the 5 reasons why getting on the plane will make a massive impact in your life and in your business in some surprising ways you may not expect, and why taking the long walk down that jet bridge could be the most game-changing walk you ever take.

• An invitation to get on the plane in your own life [:46]

• What it means to "get on the plane" [ 3:16 ]

• Why getting on the plane helps you dream bigger [ 8:25 ]

• How we grow our tribe by surrounding ourselves with other [ 11:02 ]

• How showing up refocuses you on what leads to results [ 13:40 ]

• How consistency is the way [ 15:23 ]

• How getting on the plane helps you become the person you need to be to get to the next level [ 18:51 ]

• "We are being called to give birth to something bigger and we are being called to trust and have faith in that process."

• "The only way that anything is ever going to happen is if we have the courage to actually dream it."

• "Being in the room with people like the folks at this Mastermind experience, we realize that we're no longer separate. We're more alike than we are different."

• "Get on the plane. Sign up. Say YES. Step up to your own greatness.. You couldn't possibly know what waits for you on the other side of your fear."

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Did you look at the title of this podcast and think, "but what if I'll never succeed"

Or…"I don't even know what success means."

Good news! This one's for you.

Success is not a predetermined destination or a place that only the lucky ones arrive at. Success is whatever you decide it is.

What a relief that we get to choose our own success trajectory.

Today's episode is about reverse engineering our success and defining for ourselves what it is in life that would bring us the most joy; and it's also about living with that joy… in this very moment.

Grab a pen and some paper for this one, I'm about to ask you questions that dig right in to the heart of your desire and help you understand what success looks like for you, and how you just might find it.

• How to define success for yourself

• The questions to ask yourself to help you move into total alignment

• What it means to bring the joy with you

• "We can create a life and a journey to align with what our definition of success is."

• "We don't get what we want because we're desperate. We get what we desire because we're inspired."

• "We cannot operate from a place of ultimate conditions. We need to operate from a place of unconditional success."

• "Are you preparing with, or for, your joy?"

Today's episode hosts one of those conversations that goes straight for the heart and reminds us of the truth: that we don't need to prove anything to anyone to be worthy.

In the words of Dr. Maya Angelou, our crowns have already been bought and paid for, we just need to wear them.

And... in the words of my dear friend and today's rockstar guest…we are all queens.

From the moment I met Karin Haysbert at Brendon Burchard's Expert's Academy, I was drawn in by her spirit and captivating energy. We became instant friends and spent the rest of the weekend sitting together in sessions ( when you meet a soul sister, you just know).

I beyond blessed to have her on the podcast today and to share her wisdom with my tribe.. Karin is the author of Queen Arise: 40 Days to Liberating the Queen Within You, an incredible speaker and, as she so beautifully states, a Queen for Christ.

For the parts of you that feel unworthy, the parts of you that feel like you're a mess… and most importantly, the part of you that's ready to accept and step into the Queen that you've always been, I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did.

• How to see our trials as beautiful and necessary for growth

• What it means to be a Queen

• How having more compassion for yourself helps you have more compassion for your partner

• What practices Karin uses to help retrain her thoughts

• How Karin views money mindset and body image

• How did you begin sharing your message the way you do now?

• What do you say to women who are holding themselves back?

• When you were suffering, what made you surrender and move forward?

• What do you say to someone who wants to hold onto their "victim" status

• How do you define the word "Queen"?

• How have you approached your challenges and fears around money mindset?

• "We're holding ourselves in bondage. We're holding ourselves in these patterns that God has forgotten about, but we're still remembering."

• "People could not hear my voice because I would not open my mouth."

• "The truth is, if you're still here, you still have purpose. You still have destiny. There's still a lot of great things for God to use you in and do through you."

• "If I continue to hold onto the past, I am enslaving myself. You are the jailer and you are the one who can open the lock and let yourself out."

• "Nothing that happens to me diminishes my worth and value."

• "Love is giving someone what they need, even if you don't."

• "Being a queen means that you know who you are. You know what you're sent to do. And you're willing and able to say 'Yes' to that assignment."

• "I just need to believe. The 'how' is up to God, and God will reveal it step by step."

Connect with Karin on Facebook @TheQueensforChrist or reach out to her at [email protected]

Do you ever find yourself scrolling through your Facebook feed or checking out someone's Insta story, only to close the app on your phone and somehow feel a little...less than?

Whether consciously or not, chances are you've got a little bit of comparisonitis going on, and could find yourself in the "compare and despair" mode. Sound familiar?

Today's episode is all about that feeling we get when we believe that who we are, as we are, isn't enough. It's about the beliefs we hold true that trigger us to think that we don't have within us what it takes to be epic; that who we are somehow isn't enough.

Grab a notebook and pen, because I ask some questions in this episode that are gonna get you digging deep in reflection to begin unraveling those lies you've been telling yourself.

Guess what, fam- I'm calling BS on all those little lies today...and I'm showing you how you can too.

• What is "comparisonitis" and how does it hold us back

• The question I asked myself that changed how I will look at myself forever

• Questions for you to journal and reflect on to help you move into alignment and total self acceptance

• "When we spend a lot of time comparing ourselves to other people, it stops us from moving forward on our own missions."

• "So many of us live our lives trying to fix ourselves, rather than focus on, simply, improving."

• "We are coming to the work presupposing that there's something inherently wrong with us, rather than just stepping into the truth that we are good enough as we are."

• "I am not here to fix me, I am here to accept me."

• "You can witness someone that you admire and see them as a reflection of what is already great within you."