Leading Lady Podcast | Coaching and Accountability for Ambitious Women Entrepreneurs

How do you know what to invest in your business, when to invest it, and the order in which you should be investing?

This question comes up a lot in my Masterclass group and my individual clients, and it is a good question. I'm not going to sugarcoat it, it costs money to make money. You have to invest in your business in order to build your business.

In this episode of Leading Lady, I'm sharing how to know when to invest in your business and what you should invest in. No one starts a business without having to put forth an investment of either time or money. Investing in your business is a way to level up with how you're showing up as a professional.

So where do you start? It can be overwhelming to make this decision. The truth is that business isn't really linear. You just have to start where you are. Setting money aside and knowing that you're going to use it to invest in your business is a constant part of being a business owner.

It's a huge leap of faith but you're always going to be investing in something with either your time or money. Tune in to learn more about what to invest in and when.

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Resources Mentioned:

Check out the coaching school I attended: https://www.ipeccoaching.com/

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Having an understanding of finances is such an important skill and tool that women need to truly be leaders in their lives. We all have blind spots, but working with a financial planner could help us avoid financial issues that we might not even know existed.

In this episode of Leading Lady, I sat down with Bridget Borel to talk more about finances and how women can start living and spending in accordance with their values and find financial wellness.

Bridget always says that money isn't math, and math isn't money. Financial decisions come in the context of our lives – events and relationships that shape who we are and how we live. She is driven to connect her clients with the resources they need to meet their goals and dreams.

Her greatest joy is working with women of leadership, ambition, and mission. That could mean a retired public servant, an entrepreneurial scientist balancing the needs of her business and her family, or a Gold Star widow running a non-profit to help other grieving families. These women have a purpose, and she is privileged to help them live out that purpose.

She came to the financial industry through work in insurance as well as research for a wealth management firm. As a fee-only financial planner, she's in the best position she can be to help clients solve their own financial puzzles. She holds a BS from Tulane University and lives in Annapolis with her three children.

Her free time is filled with CrossFit, stand-up paddle boarding, cooking, and live music.

Tune in to learn more about what a financial planner can do for you!

Show notes available at www.leadinglady-coaching.com/podcast

Resources Mentioned:

Visit her website: https://rcsplanning.com/

Get her freebie: https://rcsplanning.com/insights/do-your-finances-align-with-your-values

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Let's talk about publishing.

For any book, there is so much that goes on behind the scenes to put those books in the hands of the readers. I got a firsthand look at it while I was working on publishing my book, Take the Lead.

Today on Leading Lady, I sat down with Hannah Kates, the CEO and chief editor at Lofthouse Publishing. She is my editor and dear friend and the whole reason that my book, Take The Lead, even made it out into the world.

Hannah is passionate about empowering others with publishing in an ethical way. There's a huge need for better publishing and she is doing what she can to improve it as much as possible.

There's an impact that needs to be made with publishing. We need to stop looking at books as the product. The product is so much more than that. At Lofthouse Publishing, they strive to publish books that you don't just read and then put down. They publish books that take you on a journey and change you forever.

Everyone has a story, and your story is valid. Tune in to learn more about Lofthouse Publishing and what you need to know if you are thinking about publishing your book.

Show notes available at www.leadinglady-coaching.com/podcast

Resources Mentioned:

Visit the Lofthouse Publishing website: https://lofthousepublishing.com/

Book a discovery call with Hannah: https://lofthousepublishing.com/schedule-a-consultation/

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How can you show up in business or life if your body, or more precisely, how you feel about your body, is holding you back?

This is something that so many women struggle with. If you think this way, please know that you are not alone. It's really hard to be a human - especially a female - in the diet culture that we live in.

Your body is most definitely not a problem. The problem is the toxic diet culture we all live in that tells us there's a right way or a wrong way to have a body or that promotes unrealistic, largely unattainable, and frankly, ever-changing body ideals.

In this episode of Leading Lady, we are doing another podcast takeover with Leading Lady Ambassador Elizabeth Harris! She's a registered dietitian and intuitive eating counselor with a virtual nutrition practice. She empowers women to find peaceful solutions to food and nutrition without dieting or stressing about the scale with intuitive eating and body image healing.

Your body is not a fashion statement. We may not be able to change the culture itself, but we can change how we react to it. Elizabeth explores how we can turn inward with science and self-compassion and weather the storm of diet culture.

Tune in to learn more about how to do it!

Show notes available at www.leadinglady-coaching.com/podcast

Resources Mentioned:

Join the Health and Healing Intuitive Eating Community: www.facebook.com/groups/nutritioncoachingwithRDNElizabeth

How to Break Up With Dieting For Good mini-course: elizabethharrisnutrition.com/how-to-break-up-with-dieting-for-good

Check out Elizabeth's website: https://elizabethharrisnutrition.com/

Follow Elizabeth on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elizabethharrisnutrition

Book an Intro to Intuitive Eating call: https://elizabethharrisnutrition.com/private-intuitive-eating-coaching

Check out Elizabeth's new podcast, Wellness: Rebranded:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wellness-rebranded/id1651744916

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We all need a hearty helping of resiliency when it comes to food, nutrition, and body image. The truth is, we live in a toxic diet culture where we are inundated with messages telling us our bodies aren't good enough or that we are projects that need to be fixed.

We are constantly confronted with unrealistic body ideals and endlessly told that we need to lose weight in order to be healthier and happier or to feel more comfortable and confident.

All of this messaging can make healthy eating overly complicated, stressful, anxiety-inducing, or guilt-inducing. This can make us mistrust our bodies. It's no wonder that we are having a hard time feeling resilient when it comes to our food and eating.

In this episode of Leading Lady, we are doing another podcast takeover with Leading Lady Ambassador Elizabeth Harris! She's a registered dietitian and intuitive eating counselor with a virtual nutrition practice. She empowers women to find peaceful solutions to food and nutrition without dieting or stressing about the scale with intuitive eating and body image healing.

Elizabeth is diving into the topic of resiliency when it comes to our healthy choices. There's so much information out there that it can be so frustrating and easy to feel like you just can't do what you are "supposed" to do. Elizabeth is sharing mindset shifts that will help you become more resilient when it comes to your health.

Tune in to learn more about how you can break free of diet culture for good and develop resiliency when it comes to nurturing your body.

Show notes available at www.leadinglady-coaching.com/podcast

Resources Mentioned:

Join the Health and Healing Intuitive Eating Community: www.facebook.com/groups/nutritioncoachingwithRDNElizabeth

How to Break Up With Dieting For Good mini-course: elizabethharrisnutrition.com/how-to-break-up-with-dieting-for-good

Check out Elizabeth's website: https://elizabethharrisnutrition.com/

Follow Elizabeth on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elizabethharrisnutrition

Book an Intro to Intuitive Eating call: https://elizabethharrisnutrition.com/private-intuitive-eating-coaching

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Have you ever felt guilty for eating something that you thought you shouldn't? Or do you ever think things like, "I can't have sweets, they're bad for me," or, "I shouldn't have carbs because they'll make me gain weight?"

In intuitive eating, we call these the food police. They're essentially these thoughts that we all have swirling in our heads about what we're supposed to eat. It's like our own inner judge and jury that tell us whether the food we are eating is good or bad.

Have you ever wondered where exactly they came from? The truth is that a vast majority of the time, they come from diet culture and they are not helping us! They come straight from weight loss companies that are selling diets or meal plans or other people trying to make money off of us.

In this episode of Leading Lady, we are doing another podcast takeover with Leading Lady Ambassador Elizabeth Harris! She's a registered dietitian and intuitive eating counselor with a virtual nutrition practice. She empowers women to find peaceful solutions to food and nutrition without dieting or stressing about the scale with intuitive eating and body image healing.

Elizabeth is diving into the topic of food police and "shoulding" all over your food choices. We are human and there is so much more to our health and well-being than the food we eat or how much we exercise.

Tune in to learn more about shutting out the food police and developing healthier habits around food and exercise.

Show notes available at www.leadinglady-coaching.com/podcast

Resources Mentioned:

Join the Health and Healing Intuitive Eating Community: www.facebook.com/groups/nutritioncoachingwithRDNElizabeth

How to Break Up With Dieting For Good mini-course: elizabethharrisnutrition.com/how-to-break-up-with-dieting-for-good

Check out Elizabeth's website: https://elizabethharrisnutrition.com/

Follow Elizabeth on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elizabethharrisnutrition

Have you joined the Leading Ladies Facebook Group yet?! I would love to see you in there! Head to https://www.facebook.com/groups/LeadingLadiesAAL to join!

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How is your relationship with health and food?

In this episode of Leading Lady, we are doing a podcast takeover with Leading Lady Ambassador Elizabeth Harris! She's a registered dietitian and intuitive eating counselor with a virtual nutrition practice. She empowers women to find peaceful solutions to food and nutrition without dieting or stressing about the scale with intuitive eating and body image healing.

Today you'll learn five healthy eating myths that are really common. We need to squash these myths forever so that we can instead focus on genuine, supportive, gentle nutrition and self-care.

This topic is so important because the research shows that a majority of diets fail long-term. Most people end up gaining the weight back one to five years later because they are so restrictive. But healthy eating should be pleasurable, not restrictive!

The intuitive eating approach to health is a great way to shift into a healthier lifestyle without depriving yourself or putting your body into starvation mode.

Having a happy and healthy relationship with food is part of well-being. Tune in to learn more about the common myths in the health world and how to break through them and live your happiest, healthiest life.

Show notes available at www.leadinglady-coaching.com/podcast

Resources Mentioned:

Join the Health and Healing Intuitive Eating Community: www.facebook.com/groups/nutritioncoachingwithRDNElizabeth

How to Break Up With Dieting For Good mini-course: elizabethharrisnutrition.com/how-to-break-up-with-dieting-for-good

Check out Elizabeth's website: https://elizabethharrisnutrition.com/

Follow Elizabeth on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elizabethharrisnutrition

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It's no secret that running a business can be scary. You grow a business, put yourself out there, and depend on other people. It can be overwhelming at times and feel impossible to run your business without fear.

Now, I don't like the term fearless. In fact, I don't think that we can be fearless. It's a very real emotion and there is no denying that. However, running our business out of fear can seriously derail us. It can stop us from running our business in alignment with our core mission, vision, and values.

I've seen my share of struggles with my businesses in the last couple of years. I know how easy it is to let fear drive your decisions in your business and I've had to take a step back and reevaluate.

As business owners, it's our responsibility to set the mission, vision, and values of our organization and hold people accountable, and you can't do that from a place of fear. Your quality and standards will suffer and you'll compromise the integrity of your business.

Tune in to learn more about how to let go of that fear and start bravely leading your business!

Show notes available at www.leadinglady-coaching.com/podcast

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Do you have systems in place in your business?

Life happens sometimes, and as business owners it can be difficult to maintain normal business operations when things come up. In this episode of Leading Lady, I'm sharing why we need to have systems and processes, especially when we're down.

If you have been following me, you probably know that July and August were very busy for me and I really needed to step away and take a pause from all things business related. Having said that, it doesn't mean that my business stopped.

As high-achieving women, entrepreneurs, business owners, and leaders of organizations, we know that we can't just bring everything to a screeching halt. Things have to keep moving, even without us.

Because of my systems and processes, I was able to take a step back when I needed to. My team knew what to do, even without me there. Things continued to run and I was able to get the rest I needed to keep operating at my best.

Tune in to learn more about the systems and processes you need to have in place so that you can take the time off when you need it without slowing down your business progress.

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In this episode of Leading Lady, I want to share my experience with my daughter who recently went through sorority recruitment, or rush, as a freshman in college. I'm sharing my perspective on this topic because recently, someone posted in the Leading Lady Facebook group that she had been hearing horror stories and wanted perspective on it because her daughter was thinking about rushing.

People feel pretty passionately about sororities. Some feel it's archaic and toxic, some think it's a wonderful experience and really appreciate the community and the opportunities that being in a sorority presents.

My experience with this whole process was a bit of a culture shock, to be honest. However, it's important to remember that everyone's experience is unique to them. There is no right or wrong blanket statement when it comes to sororities.

My daughter and I both learned a lot from this experience. One of the biggest takeaways from this is that no one likes rejection, but it is a very real part of life.

As much as rejection hurts, we have to recognize that it's not our place to determine if we are the right fit for someone else. We should instead focus on looking for situations where we are wanted, celebrated, and accepted.

Tune in to learn more about our experience with the sorority recruitment process and what we learned from rejection.

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