Homeward: The Sovereign Business Podcast

I am thrilled to share this very special episode which is a Masterclass replay that I hosted with the one and only, Mel Robbins.

If you've been following this podcast, you know that we had a conversation a while back and it's one of the most listened to episodes on the show. Mel is about to launch her book The 5 Second Rule: Transform Your Life, Work and Confidence with Everyday Courage on Tuesday, February 28. I am honored to get to share her wisdom and her magic with you here on the podcast and I want to wholeheartedly encourage you to head on over to Amazon to grab her book right now!

Mel Robbins is one of the most sought-after motivational speakers in the world. She's graced the stages of the largest well-known brands in the country and TEDx talk has had over 10 million views. She's already a best-selling author and is one of the most popular CNN commentators on TV. She has been a guest expert on Dr Oz, Oprah, and Dr Phil and more. And one of my most favorite things about Mel is her devotion to her family. Mel's been married to her husband, Chris, for 20 years and she's a mom to 3 amazing kids and an active member of her community.

In this Soul-Fueled CEO Masterclass, we cover topics like anxiety, self-worth, taking the leap in business, and so many other things. We dissect the power of The 5-Second Rule, and how you can apply it to your own life to kickstart massive transformation with small, powerful changes.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:

• How Mel developed the 5 Second Rule just to get out of bed and then used it to shake up her entire life

• Why self-doubt isn't who you are and how to break that pattern of behavior

• How Mel cured herself of anxiety with the 5 Second Rule

• What a 'mental smoking break' is and how we take them all day long to procrastinate and deal with stress

• How to re-train yourself to deal with the things that trigger your anxiety

• The 3 buckets that determine your success in life and business and how to work around your weaknesses to make success easier to achieve.

• Why it's gracious to accept praise and how to acknowledge the people who compliment you

• How to go to war with imposter syndrome and interrupt the pattern

MEL'S JOURNEY

• Being unemployed at 41 years old, facing leans on her house, and a huge financial crisis

• Getting to a point where her dreams didn't seem possible and being overwhelmed with self-doubt

• Beating her habit of hitting the snooze button and figuring out how to change any pattern of behavior with a simple technique

WHAT I ASK:

• How do I use the 5-Second Rule to love myself and take care of me?

• Was there ever a point after the 5-Second Rule that you again struggled and got overwhelmed? What was the course of action you took to get out of it?

• Can you use the 5-Second Rule to hear the praise and positive affirmations people are trying to say to you?

• Are there any moments when the 5-Second Rule hasn't worked for you and do you give yourself consequences when you don't do what you should do?

SOUL-FUELED QUOTES BY MEL ROBBINS:

"Behind any success story, there's at least 10 years of suffering."

"You can always control what you say, what you think, and what you do."

"You don't need to know how it's going to turn out. You need to learn to trust your inner-wisdom."

"Your dreams come down to your decisions. Your life, the happiness you have come down to your decisions."

"You are one decision away from a totally different life."

"If you aren't valuing yourself, it's not because you aren't worth something. Your worth is your worth."

DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:

The 5 Second Rule: Transform Your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage

I've been wanting to have this conversation with you for the last week and today all things aligned for me to sit down and share my refreshed and life-giving approach to handling overwhelm.  To do lists and overflowing inboxes are facts of life; but our response to them doesn't have to be one of overwhelm, angst and stress.  IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN: The trick I use to go from overwhelm + shut down mode to free as a bird + dance parties with my family. How learning to trust myself has been the key to transforming my relationship to overwhelm and external pressure. How facing overwhelm in this very head-on way will help you set beautiful boundaries inside your business, home and most of all, personal mindset.

I've been wanting to have this conversation with you for the last week and today all things aligned for me to sit down and share my refreshed and life-giving approach to handling overwhelm.  To do lists and overflowing inboxes are facts of life; but our response to them doesn't have to be one of overwhelm, angst and stress.  IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN: The trick I use to go from overwhelm + shut down mode to free as a bird + dance parties with my family. How learning to trust myself has been the key to transforming my relationship to overwhelm and external pressure. How facing overwhelm in this very head-on way will help you set beautiful boundaries inside your business, home and most of all, personal mindset.

I've been wanting to have this conversation with you for the last week and today all things aligned for me to sit down and share my refreshed and life-giving approach to handling overwhelm.

To do lists and overflowing inboxes are facts of life; but our response to them doesn't have to be one of overwhelm, angst and stress.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:

• The trick I use to go from overwhelm + shut down mode to free as a bird + dance parties with my family.

• How learning to trust myself has been the key to transforming my relationship to overwhelm and external pressure.

• How facing overwhelm in this very head-on way will help you set beautiful boundaries inside your business, home and most of all, personal mindset.

DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:

• Hilarious YouTube video: Chris Fleming "Company is Coming"

• Soul Fueled Summit - May 21, 2017 - Purchase tickets here

I've been wanting to have this conversation with you for the last week and today all things aligned for me to sit down and share my refreshed and life-giving approach to handling overwhelm.  To do lists and overflowing inboxes are facts of life; but our response to them doesn't have to be one of overwhelm, angst and stress.  IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN: The trick I use to go from overwhelm + shut down mode to free as a bird + dance parties with my family. How learning to trust myself has been the key to transforming my relationship to overwhelm and external pressure. How facing overwhelm in this very head-on way will help you set beautiful boundaries inside your business, home and most of all, personal mindset.

Are you ready to meet my sweet soul sister, Carrie Montgomery? I am so excited to share this conversation with you! We took a deep dive into her amazing work in the world and how it has transformed my life.

Carrie is a personal brand stylist for thriving female entrepreneurs. She consults women on their image and brand projection to embody their soul and business with authentic style. Carrie has an incredibly eclectic background. She sold dreams in marketing, stepped into holistic health, spent time in film, and made her mark in PR and design. She brings ALL of this to her business in supporting thriving entrepreneurs like myself. We discuss the spiritual experience that awakened Carrie to her calling, the health challenges that changed Carrie's perspective, and recognizing when your life is not in alignment.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:

• How Carrie owns her sensitivity to let flow happen

• How Carrie works toward justice and safety in her career

• Why there must be a dialogue between body, mind, and spirit inside your business

• What it's like when the healing process comes slowly

• Why we walk around with clothes that don't fit

• How to meet your needs in order to accommodate your body

• Why style is one of the most central aspects of telling your brand story

CARRIE'S STORY:

• Breaking her back at 18 years old and recognizing a call to greater purpose

• Losing all movement in her body and struggling to heal

• Leaving her job in NYC after 10 years of hustling and losing her creativity

• Reaching out to soul fueled entrepreneurs she barely knew to create a community

WHAT I ASK:

• How do you approach being connected with your body when going through health challenges and low self-esteem?

• What do you do when your spiritual beliefs and practices fail you?

• What would you say to someone who feels too intimidated to have a stylist?

SOUL-FUELED QUOTES:

"You don't just step into leadership. You have to rise to it and cultivate yourself to become a leader."

"I am on a journey with this body. This is just my vehicle to get through this lifetime. My soul is pushing me forward."

"I needed to check in with what my soul needed, not what my ego wanted."

DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:

www.carriemontgomery.com

Carrie's Blog

Carrie's Free Checklist

Carrie is a personal brand stylist for thriving female entrepreneurs. She consults women on their image and brand projection to embody their soul and business with authentic style. Carrie has an incredibly eclectic background. She sold dreams in marketing, stepped into holistic health, spent time in film, and made her mark in PR and design. She brings ALL of this to her business in supporting thriving entrepreneurs like myself. We discuss the spiritual experience that awakened Carrie to her calling, the health challenges that changed Carrie’s perspective, and recognizing when your life is not in alignment.

I'm so excited to introduce you to my dear friend Tory Dube. We are both New Hampshirites and when we first spoke, I lived just streets away from her childhood home! That synchronicity knocked our socks off and brought us together on a soul level... I am so happy to share her with you here on the podcast!

Tory is a certified Holistic Nutrition Specialist, certified Life Coach and certified Hypnotherapist. She's also the founder of Tory Dube Holistic Health, She's leading some incredible retreats in tropical locations, working all over the world. Tory is the champion (in my eyes) of people who feel like they might be all over the place and KNOW they have a message the world just has to hear. We talk about connecting with our souls, how Tory pushed past resistance to create holistic health and business retreats in other countries and dealing with the fear of death.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:

• Why we can't leave out the most important parts of our story

• How Tory dealt with the end of a relationship and ultimately 'manifested' her dream partner

• The ways that Tory connects with her intuitive voice and really listens to it

• The intimacy we discover with ourselves when we're intimate with our partners

• How to face risk and find what will lead us to alignment

• How Tory and I deal with the loss of a loved one and facing the fear of death

TORY'S STORY:

• Growing up as a child of divorce and striving to be a people pleaser

• Following her love of dance into a career in NYC

• Living at home at 29 years old and creating a safe spot for meditation and healing

• Losing her identity and recovering with the power of her soul

WHAT I ASK:

• When you were living in a different world from the norm, with all of the baggage of self-criticism and judgment how did you meet your soul?

• What does your typical routine for tuning in look like?

• What activities in your life allow you to lean into the most natural parts of who you are?

SOUL FUELED QUOTES:

"When I am the wholest version of me, the silliest, the most authentic, that's when I can best be of service to other people."

"Big changes hurt, but I still had this little voice say, 'You're exactly where you need to be.'" "The core of my strength has been that intuitive voice, but only when I can hear it."

I had the gift (thank you to my sweet husband) of traveling for 4 days on down to Richmond, Virginia to visit with one of my best gals at her home. We had a magical visit, which included a soul fueled mastermind meet-up, a photo shoot at the iconic Quirk Hotel with the talented Kimie James of IYQ Photography and a quick bite with our amazing friends and Inspired Desires Tribe business partners.

Rachel Camfield is a transformational life & brand coach for creative entrepreneurs. She launched her coaching business one year ago and in this episode we dove in to some of the invaluable lessons that her first year in entrepreneurship taught her, the breakdown that lead to her breakthrough 6 months in and the rebirth that lead her to more clarity and growth than ever before. We also spoke to some of the most intimate aspects of our friendship and the dynamics of competition, doing work and life together and the powerful levels of trust, truth and leaning in that have helped us expand in every aspect of our lives.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:

• The top 3 lessons Rachel garnered from her first year in business.

• How Rachel reframes her "nerves" in times of tension and fear.

• The powerful role each of her favorite mentors and teachers have played on her journey.

• The synchronistic way our sacred sisterhood began.

• The role of spirituality in Rachel's life, marriage and business.

• How deep and honest conversations inside our friendship has been a fast track to greater expansion and connection on a business and personal level.

MENTORS AND TOOLS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:

Kate Northrup

Laurel Holland - Live Your Inner Power

Amber Lilyestrom

Danielle LaPorte

Lara Casey - Cultivate What Matters

5 Love Languages

Our Soul Fueled CEO™ Podcast episode from April 2016

AWAKE: The Life of Yogananda Documentary

The Rachel Camfield Show

In this episode, I run down the New Year's Eve rituals that Ben and I have been committed to for the last few years. I also share a new ritual we will be weaving in to this year's festivities, inspired by my friends Kate Northrup and Mike Watts.

I created a super simple Google Doc for you to print out and utilize for your year in review work for you to print out and work from. You can access that document here

I wish you a joy-filled, expansive and abundant 2017 and I look forward to hearing how these rituals serve you on your life and business journey.