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It’s Launch Week! The Artisan’s Advantage Signature Coaching Program is OPEN!

I am very excited to announce to my wonderful podcast listener family that it is launch week for the Artisan’s Advantage course. I have poured all of my love, skills, and resources into this course. 

I am also having some amazing giveaways, so make sure to go and follow me on Instagram to find out what they are.

With all of this excitement of launch week, I wanted to make sure and be real with you and let you know that course launches are a huge source of Anxiety for me! If you feel the same way about launches, you will want to listen to this episode so you will know that you are not alone. 

To learn more about The Artisan’s Advantage Signature Course, click on the link below:

The Artisan’s Advantage Signature Course

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It was such a joy to interview Suzanne Glover today. Suzanne is the author of Be a Video Influencer: Reinvent your life and Business as a Midlife Movie Star, as well as a video influencer coach, and speaker. She teaches the secrets of connecting and influencing through the camera for greater audience engagement. 

Suzanne shares some insights on how she began helping women find their confidence on camera, progressing past the freezing in front of the camera. She also talks about how women can implement video, save time with video, and the seven step formula to becoming a video influencer. 

To learn more about Suzanne, visit the links below:

Suzanne Glover Website

Book: Be a Video Influencer: Reinvent your life and Business as a Midlife Movie Star

Suzanne’s Instagram 

Be Positive Facebook group

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“Privilege isn't, I have all the money in the world where I can go to the store and buy all the toys that I want.  Privilege is that I would have to think about how to navigate situations differently if I weren't white.”

In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Shannon Joyce Prince, a lawyer, legal committee leader, and author. Dr. Shannon has earned her doctorate in African and African American Studies, a law degree from Yale Law School, a master’s in English from Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and a bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College.

During this episode, Shannon shares her experience as a lawyer and community advocate for minority groups to provide you with tools to advocate for the changes you want and inducing systemic world transformation in the world at the level you are.

[00:57] Introduction to the show

[07:15] Dr. Shannon’s grandma’s legacy that inspired her to pursue a career in law practice 

[12:51] Dr. Shannon career journey and how she discovered her passion

[15:40] Dr. Shannon advocacy work with Cherokee nations in its landmark litigation against the opioid industry

[19:32] How to advocate for the change we want to see

[23:45] Making a difference and advocating for the people of color and the minority

[32:32] How to educate the young generation to help them be the change we need

[34:39] What is a privilege and helping our children in understanding it

[43:46] The inspiration behind Dr. Shannon’s upcoming book “Tactics for Racial Justice” and what to expect.

[47:04] How to reach out and connect with Shannon

Shannon Joyce Prince book: Tactics for Racial Justice: Building an Antiracist Organization and Community

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I had such an interesting and enlightening interview today with Sandy Vo. Sandy is a Meditation Teacher and the Founder of Royal Glow Meditation Retreat.

Her signature transformation program is called Prosperous: School of Self-realization, a 90-day integrative breakthrough experience for modern-day leaders. Sandy speaks on stages, hosts live events, and facilitates experiences for people to remember their true nature. She supports others in bridging the gap between the outer world of achievements and the inner world of fulfillment. She offers a heart-centered holistic approach that integrates the mind, body, and spirit.  She guides individuals, no matter how busy, to experience life’s greatest prosperity: Self-realization. She is also the co-founder of a conscious media platform, Ladies Aligned. Her work creates positive momentum for current and future generations.

Because I know that we have a lot of mothers that are entrepreneurs, and like most mothers, we are always putting our needs last, I wanted to bring Sandy on the show to help guide us through and speak to us about the power of meditation and self-realization for our wellbeing.

To learn more about Sandy, visit the links below:

Sandy Vo’s Instagram Page

The Prosperous Facebook Page

The Prosperous Podcast

Sandy Vo Website

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Do you feel completely lost when it comes to financial planning?  Does it scare you or do you feel overwhelmed when you start thinking about the future and what you need to be doing with your money? If you do, today is the perfect episode for you!

Today I am talking to Lauren Pearson and Emily Lassiter, Co-Founders of The Wealth Edit. Lauren is a certified financial planner and Emily is an attorney, and together they make a great team. They bring their knowledge and financial guidance to help women realize the importance of understanding their finances, and how to plan and use their money for current and future projects.

This is an amazing episode that you don’t want to miss.  Make sure and click on the links below to learn more about the financial membership courses that Lauren and Emily have available.

To learn more about The Wealth Edit, visit the links below:

The Wealth Edit Instagram

The Wealth Edit Facebook

The Wealth Edit Podcast

The Wealth Edit Website

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Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Dennis Gillan.  Dennis is the Executive Director at Half A Sorrow Foundation, as well as an advocate for mental health and a speaker. We will be discussing a very tough subject today, suicide.  But this topic needs to be addressed so that we can reach more people and help stop the cycle of pain that leads to suicide, and show people how important it is to take care of your mental health.

Dennis is not only an advocate, but he has also lived through the pain of losing family to suicide. By hearing his story and how determined he is to help those around him work through their issues and learn to handle life’s hard times without resorting to suicide, further justified to me how important mental health really is.  It was a very eye-opening conversation, and all I can say is that we are blessed to have someone like Dennis to help guide all of us on how to support our mental health, as well as the people around us.

Main topics we discuss:

Risk factors

Warning signs

Positive Coping Skills

Mental Health Awareness

To learn more about Dennis, visit his links below:

• Dennis Gillan Instagram
• Dennis Gillan Facebook

• Half a Sorrow Foundation

Links for suicide prevention:

• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention www.afsp.org 
• National Alliance on Mental Illness www.nami.org
• Mental Health America https://mhanational.org/ 
• Safety Plans:  https://dennisgillan.com/safety-planning/

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I had such a great time interviewing Stefanie Stahl, a psychotherapist, author and coach. She is a best-selling author and Germany's number 1 psychotherapist. She is the author of The Child in You, which has almost sold 2 million copies worldwide.  She has also written 10 other books and her knowledge and expertise in helping people with not only their inner child, but with their fear of commitment, has helped numerous people to get out of their own way and to live their best life by being their true authentic self.

I was really quite intrigued by the prospective she brought when speaking about our inner child.  I also found it interesting, how she approaches her therapy and what steps she helps her patients take in order to understand and heal their inner child.

Topics we will discuss:

• Inner Child Healing
• Personal Growth
• Relationships
• Early childhood trauma

To learn more about Stefanie, visit her links below:

Stefanie’s Instagram

Stefanie’s Facebook

Stefanie’s Podcast

Buy books by Stephanie Stahl

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Today, I had the pleasure of interviewing Marlayna Glynn, a Memoirist and Publisher.  She is an award-winning storyteller on page, film, and photography and she is the creator of Birthright Books, LLC, a writing and publishing house dedicated to the art of creating memoirs.

Marlayna was so interesting to talk to, not only do I admire her work, but I admire the way she approaches her writing. Her love and determination to put her stories and the stories of her clients out into the world was fascinating. It was very interesting to me how she can interconnect memories into stories, to reflect the true authentic life story of the people that she writes for as a ghostwriter.

Additional topics we will discuss in this episode:

• The process to getting your ideas in a format that is best for a book.
• Writing a memoir, even if you are not a writer.
• What do I include and not include in a story?
• How does a ghostwriter work?
• Spiritual guidance

It was a joy to interview Marlayna and discuss so many topics and life experiences that we have in common. I know I gained a lot of great information that will help me with my continued journey of writing my memoir.

To learn more about Marlayna, visit her links below:

Books by Marlayna Glynn on Amazon

Book Goodies Podcast

Marlayna’s Facebook

Marlayna’s Instagram

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Today we continue our discussion on the ADHD Tax! I will not only give you examples this time, but some tried and true methods to help you navigate your way through dealing with this diagnosis. I will talk about my personal life and struggles with my ADHD diagnosis and the effects it has on my business.

We will discuss time blindness, toxic phrases not to say to someone with ADHD, strategies to help combat ADHD, and much more…

As a bonus, if you missed it last week, I am providing to you, FREE of Charge, an ADHD strategy guide. Please click on the link below to subscribe and receive your free strategy guide:

Click on this link to get the free guide.

I also have a very exciting announcement! Today, at 6PM, I will be launching my new website.  You will be able to find all my coaching, podcast, and photography information and resources all in one spot!!

Please go and visit my site and leave me a review on this podcast or on Instagram to let me know what you think!! We will be having a lot of fun giveaways, through Instagram, so make sure and visit my Instagram feed for more details!!

https://alishacrossley.com/

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Do people call you forgetful? Or do you feel like you forget to do things on a daily basis, no matter how much you want to remember.  Not the out of the ordinary things, but things like losing track of time, forgetting about your food in the refrigerator, forgetting that you bought a new outfit or appliance and find it weeks later? Then you might have ADHD.

Today, I will talk about how ADHD takes a toll on my life on a daily basis. How I manage to run a successful business, despite my struggles with ADHD.  I will also give you a little insight into how the brain works, and by knowing this it helped me understand that my problem was much bigger than being just forgetful, but it was a real scientific reason behind my behaviors and my inability to manage time.    

As discussed in the episode, I would like to provide you with a free guide filled with useful tips and strategies to help with your ADHD symptoms! Click on this link to get the free guide.

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