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This week's episode is featuring Jaime Bell, founder of Contracts Market!

Jaime Bell is a business lawyer and founder of Contracts Market, which provides legal contract templates for Canadian entrepreneurs. After working in corporate law for almost a decade, Jaime wanted to create and easier and more affordable way for freelancers to get instant access to lawyer-drafted and industry specific contracts without the steep legal fees. She created Contracts Market as a one-stop shop for business owners to get the contracts needed to run their business so they can feel confident knowing they are legally protected.   

We talk about:
- What made her decide to get into law
- Transitioning from corporate law to starting her own business
- Resources she used to overcome the fears of starting a business
- One item that is often overlooked by business owners - but can have a HUGE impact!
- Starting not one, but two businesses during the pandemic
- How contracts can truly impact your business & services
 
Resources:

Website: www.thecontractsmarket.com
Instagram: @contractsmarket
Get a Contract: www.thecontractsmarket.com



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This week's episode is featuring Betty Gulko, Confidence + Mindset Consultant/Coach, Inspiring Speaker, Podcast Founder Host Chat w Betty and Positivity Infused Content Creator!

After receiving a double masters degree and working in the field of therapy with children on the Autistic Spectrum, Betty Gulko began to pursue her passion for creativity. She started her business and blog SuchaBetty, LLC while working as an editorial fashion stylist in NYC and sharing her own fashion, beauty, and lifestyle creations on Instagram. With her passion to inspire and positivity infused content, she began to mentor teens about self esteem. Betty, ‘your glow up bestie’, is now spreading her personal story to inspire each and every one of you, young or old, to believe that through your mindset and confidence you can change the direction of your life. Through one on one consulting/coaching, Betty guides you towards elevating your life from the inside out to GLOW UP in all areas of your life - Confidence on Video, Confidence in Dating, Confidence with your Voice. Join The GLOW UP Club today.

We talk about:
- How her childhood in foster care led her to build barriers & struggle to find who she was
- The transition from being a Behavioral Therapist, to a Stylist, to a Business Owner & Coach
- Confidence tips for anyone struggling with self-esteem & building her GLOW UP Community 
- How she lefts herself up when she is feeling down or unmotivated & what inspires her
And much more!


Resources:

Website: www.bettygulko.com
Social Media: @bettygulko @chatwithbetty


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This week's episode is featuring Sophie Gray, founder of DiveThru!

Sophie Gray is the founder of DiveThru, a mental wellness company that helps you DiveThru what you go thru. They work with mental health professionals to create resources that help you to take charge of your mental wellbeing.

Sophie shares her work with an audience of over 400,000 through her personal social channels. Her work has been featured in Cosmopolitan, People, Women’s Health, Refinery29, Marie Claire, Yahoo, Shape, Self, and many more.

Sophie had built an audience of over 500,000 people through her social channels where she regularly talked about physical wellness. In reality? Her mental health was struggling. She was continually pretending to be fine when she was, in fact, very much not fine.

Flash forward, Sophie was traveling for work, and her mental health had had enough. Upon boarding a connecting flight, her body and mind revolted and threw her into a full on panic attack. The end result? A 38 hour drive home… 3200 kilometers to be exact.

After arriving home from her cross country drive, she realized she could no longer pretend things were fine and embarked on a journey that involved a whole lot of crying, journaling, therapy and self-realizations.

After finding stable ground, Sophie began sharing her experience with her audience. She was both comforted and upset to learn that so many people felt the same as she did. She also realized quickly that there wasn’t a place where people could discuss their experiences and learn about themselves at the same time. Additionally, she saw that mental health support often came (and continues to come) with a high price tag or academic terminology that gets in the way of accessing help.

Because of this and a desire to prevent others from feeling like they were going to shit their pants and throw up at the same time, Sophie began building DiveThru.

We talk about:
- Transitioning from the fitness industry to the mental health field
- Going from a solopreneur to building a team with DiveThru
- Advice for anyone struggling with mental health right now
- Challenges she's overcome and fundraising through the pandemic
- Dealing with self-doubt as a business owner
- How she takes care of her mental health while running a business & advice for other entrepreneurs 
And much more!

Sophie also answers some listener questions and a quick rapid-fire question round!


Resources:

DiveThru
Website: divethru.com/
Instagram: instagram.com/letsdivethru/

Sophie Gray
Instagram: instagram.com/sophiegray/



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This week's juicy episode is featuring Monique Bryan; an international speaker, workshop host and executive producer of personal brands. Following her battle with breast cancer, Monique built her multi-faceted branding platform on the principles of presence, audience, and sound marketing strategy to leverage her expertise and thirst for self-motivated results. 

Monique has a BA in fashion design, three startups under her belt (so she knows a bit about entrepreneur life) and has developed programming in partnership with companies throughout Asia and exciting global brands like PayPal, Burberry, Toms Shoes and Shopify. Bringing over 15 years of top-level industry experience in the areas of product development, entrepreneurship, branding, business development, and personal styling today, today Monique runs a successful personal brand consultancy while being a brand herself. When you work with her, you’re getting a creative director for your brand. She will train you on how to clarify your messaging, build your unique brand personality and up-level your style profile so you can amplify your credibility in your industry and use your personal brand as a visual communication power tool. 

Monique is a breast cancer survivor and has grown an engaged community of over 15,700+ people on social media, while in remission. She is also the host of a 5 Star rated Podcast, The Juicy CEO, speaks on international stages and has been featured on Global television, in Entrepreneur and Elle Magazine, Bustle, and countless podcasts. 

Her motto is, “Our personal brand is all we have, so it is your job to control the message going out about you.

We talk about:
- The importance of your reputation in the marketplace and what people find when they google you
- Going from the corporate world to entrepreneurship and what to consider before transitioning full-time  
- How being diagnosed with breast cancer pushed her to do what she wanted to be doing all along
- What you can be doing right now if you're looking to become a speaker at events
- How to clean up your online presence & really build your personal brand to who you want to be
- Having a face and personality to your business while disconnecting your personal brand

Plus fun rapid-fire questions to finish off!


Resources

Monique Bryan

Website:
www.moniquebryan.com/
Instagram:
www.instagram.com/moniquebryan_co/


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This episode is featuring Jass Stupak, Holistic Nutritionist & Founder of Nourish with Jass!

As a new holistic nutritionist, Jass was working 3 different jobs in order to “make it” as a self-employed, private practice practitioner. Through trial and error, she pushed herself until she was the best nutritionist she could be for her clients. Just one year later, Jass took her nutrition business full-time and never looked back. 

Today, she is the go-to nutritionist mentor that helps new nutritionists build their businesses from the ground up. As someone who has been through it all, Jass teaches all her secrets and experiences through her 1:1 Bloom in Business program or her self-paced program.

We talk about:

- How her business started through Instagram & how to get noticed online
- The toxic mentality of having to have a 6-figure business and how to overcome this messaging
- How her own personal experience got her into nutrition
- The struggle of setting prices and trying to 'please' clients
- Taking her side-hustle full-time
And much more!


Resources

Website: www.nourishwithjass.com/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/nourishwithjass/



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This week's episode is featuring Katy Williams, founder of Miller Box Co.!

"Currently a full-time Events Manager, I assist in the planning and execution of weddings, corporate retreats, & hotel events. Growing up, I always had a passion for giving in every sense of the word. I often used my creativity to connect my family and friends through family outings & events. My love for gifting really became apparent when I moved away from home and began to miss the connection I craved celebrating every birthday and holiday with my family. Enter Miller Box Co. Truth be told, I was never a fan of giving a gift that didn't have a purpose or convey any emotions. I love seeing someone cry or laugh when they read a note card, or smile when they see those bath salts they've been asking for. I started this business to follow my passion for supporting small businesses, sourcing quality products that people love & lessening our impact on the environment with reusable gift boxes made from recycled materials. " 

We talk about:
- How her parent's story inspired the business through thoughtful gift-giving
- What business platforms have been key in her success
- Why she decided to donate a portion of all sales to a local organization
- What marketing strategies have led to the growth in Miller Box Co.
- The behind the scenes of running a business with a full-time job
And more!

Resources:

Website: https://millerboxco.ca/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/millerboxco/


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This week's episode is featuring Katie and Jenni, founders of The Girl Gang Canada!

The Girl Gang Canada is an online collective of small, female-forward, Canadian businesses. Their mission is to encourage each other to reach goals above and beyond through collaborations, events, promotions and wholesale opportunities. They are all about community, integrity, honesty, inclusivity, empowerment and our fellow girl gang’s successes. Not only does The Girl Gang give you access to unique and exclusively Canadian-made goods, but they provide a platform to showcase the top Canadian creatives and local goods and service providers nationwide. Shop local, shop national, shop Canadian.

We talk about:
- Building the community of 'The Girl Gang'
- The benefits of supporting small businesses
- How to grow an online e-commerce store
- Learning how to set boundaries in your business and saying no
- Knowing your worth and how to price your products
- The biggest lesson they learned as entrepreneurs early on in their business 
And more!


Resources

Website
www.thegirlgang.ca
Instagram
www.instagram.com/thegirlgang.ca


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This week's guest is featuring Courtney St. Croix, the founder of LeadHer Publishing & The LeadHer Collective. She is a 10x Bestselling Author, Publishing Coach, Podcast Producer, and Business Mentor. If you are looking to write your own book or want to be a published author, this episode is for you!

Courtney is here to be your partner in taking your concept from IDEA to BESTSELLER. The LeadHer Collective is for womxn who lead themselves and others. LeadHer serves
womxn in many different ways, including through daily social media inspiration, group leadership programs, 1:1 coaching, mentorship, The LeadHer Show (Podcast) and of course, inside LeadHer Publishing we assist women who are ready to become authors.

LeadHer Publishing supports womxn who want to become authors with varying authorship programs. Collaborative Author Projects are for the women with no time to think let alone write a whole book; her Self- Publishing Course is for the woman who wants to figure it out herself, and her 1:1 Publishing and Mentorship spaces are for women with a solid book plan who just want to write and delegate the rest.

We talk about:
- How she got into publishing
- What roadblocks she has overcome in her journey to starting her business
- The process of becoming a published author
- How to overcome the imposter syndrome of becoming an author
- How to self-publish your own book & the benefits
- What to do first if you want to write a book but don't know where to start
- Getting over the fear and logistics of publishing
And more!


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LeadHER website
www.lead-her.com

Self-Publish Planner
www.lead-her.com/selfpublishplanner

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This week's episode is featuring Elise Gasbarrino, Editor-in-Chief at Style Canada, and founder of Pink Pearl Canada.

Elise has spent over a decade establishing herself in the world of fashion and lifestyle. Living in New York City for the majority of that time and working for iconic brands such as Oscar de la Renta and British luxury brand Burberry.

Elise is passionate about her involvement in initiatives that support women. Her entrepreneurial spirit has led her to invest in female-founded start-up organizations. Her personal experience with cancer lead her to found Pink Pearl Canada, a registered Canadian charitable organization focused on bringing together young women affected by cancer through a network of peer support and innovative programs.

Elise is a recipient of the Burberry Icon Award, has been recognized by Cancer Care Ontario with their Human Touch Award, and received the Community Leadership Award from her alma mater The Lazaridis School of Business and Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University.

We talk about:
- Taking risks as an entrepreneur   
- Purchasing Style.ca and the growth of Style Canada
- Starting her own charitable organization after her own personal experience with cancer
- Balancing her time with running two businesses
- Challenges she's overcome with her business
And more!

Resources
style.ca/
pinkpearlcanada.org/

This week's episode is featuring Sonya Denton, founder of weDstll!

weDstll was founded by Sonya Denton, a former CBC and CTV reporter and news anchor who developed vitiligo early in her career.  Since then, she prioritized health and wellness and eventually, her skin cleared up. During her journey, she discovered her passion: sharing the right information to help people focus on becoming the best version of themselves.

weDstll is a mobile beauty app that matches shoppers with each other and natural beauty brands based on their shared values such as sustainability, philanthropy, ethical, vegan, cruelty-free. This is a first of its kind beauty platform that connects like-minded users through contextual storytelling, meanwhile focusing on both inner and outer beauty.  Sonya Denton, founder and CEO of weDstll saw a lack of transparency with many brands regarding how products are made, sourced and distributed and created weDstll to help bridge this gap by only working with honest, transparent and clean companies. 

We talk about:
- Where the idea for weDstll  came from
- What surprised her about the beauty industry
- Hiring passion over skills
- Transitioning from broadcasting to entrepreneurship
- Marketing her new start-up
And more!

Resources:
wedstll.com

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