How She Really Does It

Kelly Rae Roberts is a possibilitarian. She is an artist, author, businesswoman + most importantly wife and mother.

From social worker to licensed artist selling $14 million retail in just under 3 years. She believes we get to make the rules, that we get to choose, that we get to craft the exact life that has been waiting for us. And when we do, we become fully alive. She also believes that we are meant for the complicated journeys of brokenness and wholeness, vulnerability and courage, wisdom and silliness.

Kelly Rae talks about her journey: her best + worst mistakes, her tips, and lots of true stories about what it is like to start, grow and nurture a successful creative business.

Am I being brave with my life?

~ Kelly Rae Roberts, on How She Really Does It

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In this interview we discuss:

• Social worker –> artist by small steps
• Doing things you never thought you could + the impact on your life
• Imposter syndrome + gremlin stories
• Strange inner callings that made no sense + allowing for space to listen + create
• Developing faith + trust
• Doing things you are afraid to do
• Vulnerability with putting your work out into the world
• Two takeaways – for listeners to practice trust + faith as you create your right life.

"All those little steps you take towards whatever it is calling you, nudging at you + pestering at you to pay attention to, the second you take action towards those things, something happens. That is my journey." ~ Kelly Rae Roberts, on How She Really Does It Mentioned in this Podcast

• Providence quote Kelly Rae mentioned in the interview: "…the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no (human) could have dreamed would come his way." -Goethe
• All things Kelly Rae ~ website, store, blog, social media
• Cards + my first Kelly Rae Roberter art piece from my loving clients

• Kristin Neff interview about compassion ~ "Compassionate people have boundaries"
• Peter Walsh interview ~ key to succes is to absolutely COMMIT + reevaluate every 6 months

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Do you compare your insides to other people s outsides? Do you think successful entrepreneurs have a magic wand bestowed upon them and that is why they are successful? Do you think it is not possible for you to be successful? Do you wonder what it is really like to be a successful entrepreneur?

Today I am talking with Alexandra Franzen, she is a writer, a wordsmith + an author. In this interview, Alexandra shares with you how she really does it and how she built her business to align with who she is + her dreams.

"I always want to choose a number that feels good physically + a little nervous in a good way."

~ Alexandra Franzen, on How She Really Does It

LISTEN HERE In this interview we discuss:

• wordsmith ~ what is it?
• what her week like in your biz?
• her plan to entrepreneurship
• the highs and the lows
• the leaps and dares
• doubts and fears
• What it takes to make business really successful?
• Two takeaways – for listeners wanting to build their business

"You can trust in your abilities + methodologies in yourself."

~ Alexandra Franzen, on How She Really Does It

Mentioned in this Podcast

• Alexandra's website
• Alexandra's book 50 Ways to Say You're Awesome
• Bruce Springsteen's SWSX talk

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Katie Hess is a flower alchemist + the founder of Lotus Wei one of the world s leading floral apothecaries.

Katie s hand-crafted flower elixirs have been praised by Oprah s right-hand man, Adam Glassman, enjoyed by A-list celebrities like Johnny Depp, and custom-blended for President Obama + his family. With products sold in 12 countries and featured at several of the world s premiere hotels + spas, Katie s flower-powered empire is thriving + growing.

A lifelong spiritual seeker, Katie has trained internationally with flower essence practitioners, and studied meditation + mindful-awareness techniques with several Tibetan Buddhist masters, including The Dalai Lama, The Karmapa Tibet s next generation leader and Ayang Rinpoche.

Katie is on a quest to create world peace, one human being at a time through powerful flower remedies that ease the heart, heal the body, and awaken the mind.

Katie and I will talk about her journey into becoming a flower alchemist and how flowers can help you.

"We are all looking for happiness. We all on some level at some point have some kind of suffering. We are all seeking to remove that suffering."

~ Katie Hess, on How She Really Does It

LISTEN HERE More specifically, in this interview you will find out about:

• What a flower alchemist is?
• Kaite's journey + mission
• Energy medicine
• Health statistics
• Quick fix systems
• Being an entrepreneur of an unconventional business – what's it really like?
• Two takeways – for listeners

"Anything with uncomfortable emotions is insight, wisdom." ~ Katie Hess, on How She Really Does It

Resources Mentioned in this Podcast

• Lotus Wei website
• facebook
• twitter
• Wei of Chocolate
• interview mentioned with Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D.
• interview mentioned with Dr. John Medina

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You dream of obtaining your dream job. But what happens when the dream job is no longer your dream and you leave without knowing where you are headed?

Tess Vigeland recently wowed the crowd at WDS (World Domination Summit hosted by former guest Chris Guillebeau).

Tess speech at WDS, What the Hell Are you Doing?! A Serious Stare Down the Barrel of an Ordinary Life. was raw and ripe with vulnerability.

She talked about her dream of being a host of a national radio show Marketplace Money, obtaining her dream job and leaving when she still had too much self respect to stay.

Unlike the movie story endings we so often like to watch, Tess left her dream job without a safety net and without knowing what was next. On the WDS stage, Tess, let down her armor and shared with us her real journey.

"I did not have a plan." ~ Tess Vigeland, on How She Really Does It

LISTEN HERE Tess and I will talk about the truth of leaving your dream job and figuring out what s next.

• Why say yes to the World Domination Summit?
• WDS – stepping up and showing us what it is really like to leave
• When others tell you about what you are capable of; support that makes you cringe; how you will support others
• HOW TO KNOW WHEN TO LEAVE – too much self respect to stay
• Paralysis of change
• Real ups and downs – Bruce Springsteen believe you are the baddest ass in town and that you suck.
• Journalists have armor, you let go of your armor, what was that like
• where are you now – what have you learned from these past 11 months and the last few weeks
• Two takeaways – for listeners wanting to leave….

"What's amazing about a leap of faith – everyone around you is so sure it's all going to work out."

~ Tess Vigeland, on How She Really Does It

Resources Mentioned in this Podcast

• Tess Vigeland on facebook
• Tess talk at World Domination Summit
• Read her speech here "What the Hell Are You Doing?!"
• Bruce Springsteen SXSW talk
• Interview with Jonathan Fields
• Interview with Gretchen Rubin
• Interview with Chris Guillebeau, founder of WDS
• World Domination Summit

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Do you want to tap into your true power?

My mentor & frequent guest Martha Beck is here to help guide you to your own true power. Martha is a life coach . + best selling author of several books, her latest is The Martha Beck Collection: Essays for Creating Your Right Life. These essays are from the O, The Oprah Magazine column she writes each month.

The way we think is through our language

~ Martha Beck, on How She Really Does it

LISTEN HERE More specifically, in this interview you will find out about:

• Powerless statements + beliefs
• Fear
• Love
• Judgment from others
• Disrespect from others
• Worthiness/Approval
• Inner voice & knowing
• Two takeaways – for listeners wanting to practice living in their true power.

The more I am willing to use my power in the service of my vision the less it is important whether I am afraid.

~ Martha Beck, on How She Really Does it

Resources Mentioned in this Podcast

• The Martha Beck Collection
• Steering by Starlight
• Leaving the Saints

Listen to more interviews with Martha Beck

• What dieting really does to your body + the story of Martha's career.
• Feeling Stuck, Uncertain + Blocked
• Creating the Life You Want
• Success and Martha's WIG's

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Lissa Rankin, MD is a mind-body medicine physician, founder of the Whole Health Medicine Institute training program for physicians and other health care providers, and the New York Times bestselling author of Mind Over Medicine: Scientific Proof That You Can Heal Yourself. She is on a grass roots mission to put the care back in health care, and to heal our broken health care system one doctor and one patient at a time.

Discouraged by our broken health care system and curious why some patients do everything right but still wind up sick, Lissa set out to discover why some patients experience miraculous cures from seemingly incurable illnesses, while others remain sick even when they receive the best medical care. She researched what really makes people healthy and what predisposes them to illness not just diet, exercise and standard healthy behaviors, but everything else. What she uncovered in the mainstream medical literature led her to develop a type of medical practice she terms Whole Health Medicine, based on the scientifically-proven healthy behaviors she shares in Mind Over Medicine. She is now leading a health care revolution to empower patients to heal themselves, while encouraging the health care industry to embrace and facilitate, rather than resist, such medical miracles.

What does my body need to heal?

~ Dr. Lissa Rankin, on How She Really Does it

LISTEN HERE More specifically, in this interview you will find out about:

• the holes of health care
• health is more than numbers – (happiness, connection, relationships,etc)
• the power of our mind
• how to use alternative medicine and traditional medicine together
• tools for better health – stress reduction
• Two takeaways – for listeners

Your natural self-repair only operates when your body is in a relaxation response.

~ Dr. Lissa Rankin, on How She Really Does it

Resources Mentioned in this Podcast

• Mind Over Medicine Book & Resources
• Lissa Rankin's website
• Whole Health Medicine Institute

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Why do we get fat? That is one of life s great questions and today s guest Gary Taubes, science writer and best selling author, is here to tell us what he has found in the research.

His latest book Why We Get Fat is an eye-opening, paradigm-shattering examination of what really makes us fat.

What if what we know about nutrition is wrong? I invite you to read his book Why We Get Fat to learn more about the problems & flaws with the research and also with our common belief of calories in and calories out.

It is not because we eat too much and exercise too little.

~ Gary Taubes, on How She Really Does It

LISTEN HERE More specifically, in this interview you will find out about:

• what Gary has learned about what makes us fat
• saturated fat: old beliefs & what about people with heart disease or family history of heart disease
• insulin resistance
• metabolic syndrome and what we can do.
• Two takeaways – for listeners

Resources Mentioned in this Podcast

• Why Do We Get Fat
• Good Calories, Bad Calories
• New York Times Magazine: What if It's All Been A Big Fat Lie
• website
• Nutrition Science Initiative

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Money and kids…. Do those two words stump you? What and how do you raise kids and talk about money? Did you grow up in a home where money was never talked about? Maybe you don t feel confident that you know much about money. Today s guest Joline Godfrey is an innovator in financial education for children and families. She is the author of several books and her latest is Raising Financially Fit Kids.

Joline and I will discuss how you can raise your kids and teach them about money so they can thrive when they are adults.

"Allowance is a tool for teaching children how to manage money."

~ Joline Godfrey

In this interview we discuss:

• what does financially fit mean & why is it important?
• allowance "It is a tool for teaching children how to manage money"
• money values
• tools – are there apps, technology that can help families in these busy, overwhelming times that you recommend
• Two takeaways – for you to implement with their kids

The function of a family is to love, live and work together. There are obligations and privileges that must be shared.

~ Joline Godfrey

LISTEN HERE Mentioned in this Interview

• Raising Financially Fit Kids
• Independent Means Inc

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Do you know what is really in your food and where it comes from? Or were you like me, did not want to know because it seemed to overwhelming.

Melanie Warner is a reporter for The New York Times covering the food industry. In her book Pandora s Lunchbox: How Processed Food Took Over the American Meal, Melanie takes you through how our food is processed and it s powerful effects on our health. Melanie shares with us what we can do about food and our health. Her book is eye opening as she blasts open the food industry secrets of how our food is made

"The rise of the soybean oil is the single greatest, most rapid dietary change in the history of Homo sapiens."

~ Joe Hibbeln, acting chief of nutritional neurosciences at the National Institutes of Health

LISTEN HERE More specifically, in this interview you will find out about:

• why it is important to understand where your foods come from
• the profits of food
• why food companies make processed foods
• the effects on our health of processed foods
• cereals – the truth about the health benefits and what to look for and eat
• soy bean oil -how is it really made
• vitamins
• Two takeaways – what can we do to bring real food back into our lives while also busy

Resources for this Interview

• Book Pandora's Lunchbox
• 100DaysofRealFood.com
• Melanie Warner's website
• Melanie's twitter

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Sure we all want to feed our families well, however the pace of our lives is incredibly fast and can seem to be overwhelming.

Melissa Lanz understands your dilemma. She was a former marketing executive who quit her day job to promote a healthy family food culture.

She is the founder of The Fresh 20 which is her answer to what s for dinner? Melissa strives to bring fresh food back to the family dinner table and reduce the amount of processed ingredients used in American households.

Melissa has released her gorgeous new book the fresh 20: 20 ingredients, 5 weeknight meals, health and happiness and we are going to talk about what you can do to feed your family so you can promote a healthy family food culture.

"It's a privilege to eat. It is the one thing we can do for ourselves."

~ Melissa Lanz, on How She Really Does It

In this interview we discuss:

• why did you found The Fresh 20
• usually non-processed equal more money, what do you recommend for families on a tight budget
• how do you talk with your kids about food
• you don t focus on calories or fat grams in your book and you mention your sizes over the years can you say more for those interested in losing weight.
• Two takeaways – for you to get started

"Give up trying to be perfect in the kitchen."

~ Melissa Lanz, on How She Really Does It

LISTEN HERE Mentioned in this Interview

• The Fresh 20 website & meal plan
• The Fresh 20, book

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