In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• How to build a community of women in business through networking and connection.
• Why it’s important for women to support and empower other women in business.
• The best way to ask for help and learn from mentors.

Resources + Links:

Connect with Lindsey & Coley on Instagram | @thefound.ress

Learn more and get involved at the https://www.foundress.co/!

Download our FREE mini course: 5 Legal Foundations to cover your butt!

Connect with Sarah on Instagram | @sarahdawnesq

Use code: Podcast20 to save 20% on our easy to use contracts 

https://www.thelegalshoppe.com/

Have questions or need help filing for your trademarks?

https://www.thesdglawfirm.com/

Shoot Sarah an email with an AHa moment from the podcast | [email protected]

Check out the blog | https://thesarahdawn.com/blog

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Show Notes:

Two heads are better than one! That’s why we have not one, but two special guests joining us today: entrepreneurs and co-founders of the Foundress in Scottsdale, Lindsey Holt & Coley Arnold! They’ve built a community of women business owners by fostering connection and support. Now, they’re sharing all their wisdom with us as they go over their incredible business journey from past to future. We’ll talk about starting a business, asking for help, networking, empowering the women around us, and even more! Join us in building a community of like-minded women just like you!

00:00 Introducing the empowering co-founders of the Foundress, Lindsey & Coley!

03:10 Where did your business start?

04:50 How did you find the right space for you?

07:30 What was the first thing you did after starting your business?

09:20 What made you realize women needed more support?

13:05 Why is it crucial for women to support other women, especially in business?

15:35 Why do we need people to bounce ideas off of?

17:10 What made you two start another business after the Foundress?

20:15 What is coming next for the Foundress?

22:55 When and where is it appropriate to “pick someone’s brain”?

24:30 The right way to ask for help.

28:30 How does the Foundress build community through connection?

30:05 Outside of the Foundress, what else is coming up next this year?

In This Episode, We chat about:

The legal contracts and resources you need, without the fluff and legal jargon!

When is too early, or too late to get your legal protection in order.

What you need in place BEYOND your LLC!

How to protect yourself if your business is sued.

Resources + Links:

Check out this book mentioned in the episode

The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks

Download our FREE mini course: 5 Legal Foundations to cover your butt!

Connect with Sarah on Instagram | @sarahdawnesq

Use code: PODCAST20 to save 20% on our easy to use contracts 

https://www.thelegalshoppe.com/

Have questions or need help filing for a trademark?

https://www.thesdglawfirm.com/

Shoot Sarah an email with an AHa moment from the podcast | [email protected]

Check out the blog | https://thesarahdawn.com/blog

Book Sarah as your next speaker | https://thesarahdawn.com/press

Show Notes:

Are you confident in the legal foundation you have in place for your business? Do you even know what that legal foundation should include in the first place? We’re here to help! Just like our motto for the podcast, we’re taking something like legal protection and ditching the “serious” and confusing legal jargon. I’m here to share resources we’ve created to help you get the correct legal protection in order for you and your business, so you can breathe easy and spend your time thriving in YOUR zone of genius! From the right timing to get legal in place, what you need beyond filing your LLC, to some common misconceptions about trademarks, this episode will cover what you need for your legal foundation without being so dang serious!

02:30 True or false: Being an attorney leads to burnout?

06:00 How I’m filling the gaps and creating easy to use contracts you need for your business.

11:40 Is it too late for me to get legal protection in order?

13:50 Do you have the trademarks you need?

19:00 What if someone else has trademarked the name of my brand or business?

23:40 What happens if I am sued and don’t have a proper LLC?

25:30 How do I legalize my website and email campaigns?

29:00 Third party services to use for your email campaigns that meet anti-spam laws!

31:50 Changing the negative connotation around contracts and legal protection.

38:00 Red flags that a client might not be a good fit.

39:00 When is the right time to get legal in place for my business?

41:10 How to separate bad legal information for the correct information that's relevant to you?

44:00 You’re NOT an a**hole for insisting on legal protection!

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• Why nothing in life is a straight line and why we need to rethink the linear myth.
• How to embrace a nonlinear path and live your most fulfilling life.
• Finding, focusing on, and creating what’s important to you.

Resources + Links:

Connect with Sarah on Instagram | @sarahdawnesq

Shoot Sarah an email with an AHa moment from the podcast | [email protected]

Check out the blog | https://thesarahdawn.com/blog

Book Sarah as your next speaker | https://thesarahdawn.com/press

Show Notes:

Are you stuck on your path? We’re here to help get you back on track! Today, we’re going to be breaking down the old-fashioned linear myth of measuring success. We’ll discuss why nothing in life is linear, how it's been holding us back all this time, and what we can do to start living our most fulfilling lives. What happens when we stop measuring our success against others? Why do we need to create conversation and self-reflect? How can we unlock more possibilities and opportunities for ourselves? Embrace your path in life, with all its twists and turns, because you never know what you’ll learn from the journey!

00:40 Are our paths in life linear?

03:10 Why do we need to stop shaming ourselves?

05:25 What did we lose during the past two years of the pandemic?

08:30 The recent shift towards self-reflection.

11:15 How is this shift affecting women?

12:20 Why is the old linear view of life still holding us back?

14:00 What happens when we get stuck measuring ourselves against other people?

17:15 A lesson about personal development.

18:40 Why is nothing linear?

20:30 How can we live our most fulfilling lives?

23:20 How do you find what’s actually important to you?

25:45 Why should we care about the linear myth?

27:45 What is the key to creating and achieving more?

29:35 Getting yourself out of a loop.

30:35 How can you continue the conversation?

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• What causes burnout in graduate school and professional work.
• The connection between race and research data, and the negative effects of overwhelming data on a researcher’s mental space.
• How societal pressure and work culture leads to more and more burnout.
• How modern society treats and views women in power and their earned titles.

Resources + Links:

Connect with Dr. Abrams on Instagram | @drjasmineabrams

Learn more about the Thrive Institute at https://www.whenyouthrive.com/

Connect with Sarah on Instagram | @sarahdawnesq

Shoot Sarah an email with an AHa moment from the podcast | [email protected]

Check out the blog | https://thesarahdawn.com/blog

Book Sarah as your next speaker | https://thesarahdawn.com/press

Show Notes:

What is the key to avoiding burnout and teaching ourselves how to thrive? In this episode, we have Dr. Jasmine Abrams, an international behavioral research scientist, professor at Boston University School of Public Health, and affiliate faculty member at Yale University Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS! Dr. Abrams is the founder of the Thrive Institute for Professional Development, aiming to reduce burnout and encourage healthier lives for working professionals. She’s here to weigh in on the topic of burnout and work culture, especially amongst women and women of color!

We will discuss the inherent connection between data and race, the societal and individual pressures that promote overwork, the way women in power are viewed and treated today, and even more. What causes us to burnout most often? How does overwhelming data impact a researcher’s mental wellbeing? Why do we force ourselves to work too hard for too long? Before you get burnt, join us in learning how to thrive and succeed in the best way for you!

00:00 Meet today’s special guest: Dr. Jasmine Abrams, an international behavioral researcher, educator, and entrepreneur! 

03:50 What work do you do and what made you want to do it?

05:25 How does your program help grad students with burnout?

07:45 What was your burnout experience?

10:40 How long have you been working for?

13:30 How did your research work affect your burnout?

16:30 Why is it impossible for researchers to be non-objective?

19:05 How can data be indirectly harmful to a researcher’s mental wellbeing?

22:40 The connection between race and research data.

24:45 What is the effect of racism on this data?

28:00 What is the issue with rewarding overwork?

31:10 Why do you think people feel pressured to work so hard?

35:55 Trying to “prove yourself” into burnout.

37:45 What was your experience during grad school as one of the only black women in your class?

40:00 What is the pressure behind having to break stereotypes?

41:30 Women in power and their titles.

44:55 How are these titles still challenged even in the modern day?

47:45 What are the similarities between op-eds of the past and today?

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• What happens when you allow yourself to surrender to opportunities.
• The truth about attachment versus detachment, and the benefits of adopting a detached mindset.
• How to pursue your own path and arrive at your intended destination in life.

Resources + Links:

Connect with Samantha on Instagram | @samantha_montalbano

Check out the Boldness Factor!

Connect with Sarah on Instagram | @sarahdawnesq

Shoot Sarah an email with an AHa moment from the podcast | [email protected]

Check out the blog | https://thesarahdawn.com/blog

Book Sarah as your next speaker | https://thesarahdawn.com/press

Show Notes:

Everybody has their own journey, but how do we arrive at the destination we’re supposed to be at? In this episode, we are joined by Samantha Montalbano, an email marketing strategist, copywriter, and mother of twins! She runs the Boldness Factor, a successful email copywriting and marketing business, and today she will be sharing her story of how she got to where she is now. We’ll discuss choosing the path of surrendering and how it can lead to new and exciting opportunities. Then, we dive into the dichotomy of attachment and detachment, and why embracing a detached mindset can be beneficial to personal growth. We have a lot of wisdom to help you along your journey, so join us and learn how to arrive at where you’re meant to be!

00:00 Meet our special guest Samantha, the woman behind the Boldness Factor, email marketing strategist, and copywriter!

03:10 Where did your journey first begin, and how did you know which direction to take?

06:05 How did your parents react to you not pursuing your bachelor’s degree?

08:30 Forcing your visions to come to life.

11:15 Why should we stop shaming ourselves for procrastinating?

12:15 What made you decide to take a rest and surrender?

15:35 What do we need to invest in?

17:05 When did you start writing emails? How did you turn it into an opportunity for a business?

21:25 What does detachment really mean?

25:15 The truth about attachment versus detachment.

28:50 What advice do you have for aspiring copywriters?

30:55 What journey are you on right now?

32:35 How do we arrive?

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• How generational patterns and trauma affect and influence us.
• What causes people to get stuck in cycles.
• How to break the cycle of abuse and trauma for the next generation.

Resources + Links:

Connect with Sarah on Instagram | @sarahdawnesq

Shoot Sarah an email with an AHa moment from the podcast | [email protected]

Check out the blog | https://thesarahdawn.com/blog

Book Sarah as your next speaker | https://thesarahdawn.com/press

Show Notes:

What shapes us into the people we are today? In this episode, we are joined by the incredible Romel Peters, a woman in business, mother of two, and aspiring motivational speaker, who is here to help dissect the generational patterns and traumas we all face! What causes people to get stuck in cycles? What are learned behaviors? How do we carry generational trauma? Most importantly of all, how can we break the cycle and start anew for the next generation? We’ll be taking a close look into self-discovery and self-reflection in this insightful episode! Join us and break the pattern for the happy, fulfilling life you deserve!

00:00 Introducing special guest, Romel Peters: business owner, mother of two, transformational coach, and aspirating motivational speaker!

02:40 How did you get to where you are today?

05:20 What subconsciously influences our personality and habits?

09:30 What made you realize you needed to break your pattern?

14:20 Having the awareness to self-reflect.

16:15 How do people get stuck in cycles?

18:50 What was the moment you recognized your learned behaviors?

21:15 Being the fighter.

25:10 How many generations of trauma do we carry in our DNA? How does that affect us now?

26:25 Wanting “anything but that” in the wake of trauma.

29:00 What can we do to raise our kids with strong male and female role models?

31:35 What do we need to realize about being human?

34:50 How can we stop the cycle of generational trauma?

36:30 Making decisions and setting boundaries that are right for you.

39:55 How do we set an example for our kids to learn from?

41:45 What do you have coming up in the next two years?

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• How to make pivots, find new goals, and move forward.
• The importance of being aligned with your business and your energy.
• Where I’ve been, where I’m going, and where we’re going together next.

Resources + Links:

Connect with Sarah on Instagram | @sarahdawnesq

Shoot Sarah an email with an AHa moment from the podcast | [email protected]

Check out the blog | https://thesarahdawn.com/blog

Book Sarah as your next speaker | https://thesarahdawn.com/press

Show Notes:

After a long break, we are finally back and ready for action! Our revival episode will serve as both an update and advice on starting a business the right way. We’ll be talking about creating and finding new goals, aligning yourself with your business, embracing the normalcy of upheavals, discovering your underlying purpose, and more! Then, we’ll discuss where I’ve been since the New Year and where I plan on going next. Finally, we’re going to take a look into where we will be going for the future of this podcast! There’s a lot to cover in this episode, so don’t miss out!

00:40 Welcome back to Nothing’s Serious!

03:30 How can we revive our New Year’s goals?

06:00 Moving forward and finding new goals after January.

09:15 Why is it important to find the normalcy in upheavals and pivots?

12:25 What was the most difficult time in my career?

15:55 The dangers of being misaligned.

18:40 Is growing a business easy?

20:25 Where have I been and where am I going?

23:15 How did I find my underlying purpose?

26:40 Why am I happy with the shifts I’ve made?

30:15 What it feels to be perfectly aligned.

31:35 Where are we going together?

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• How we identify/label ourselves and the people around us
• The categories we use for identification
• How to make true, genuine connections and the dangers of staying surface level
• The key to personal growth and evolution

Resources + Links:

Connect with Sarah on Instagram | @sarahdawnesq

Shoot Sarah an email with an AHa moment from the podcast | [email protected]

Check out the blog | https://thesarahdawn.com/blog

Book Sarah as your next speaker | https://thesarahdawn.com/press

Show Notes:

How do you identify yourself? On today’s episode, we’re getting deep and examining the question no one can hide from: who are you? From names and job titles to religious and political affiliations, we’re exploring the categories we most often use to identify ourselves and other people. Then we’re digging deeper and exploring what it means to make true connections, and why we tend to avoid them in favor of surface level ones. How does this stop us from evolving, as individuals and as a society? Our goal today is to help you find what’s at your core, so you can start being genuinely you!

00:40 The “who are you?” question.

01:20 What’s in a name?

03:10 Why should we stop tying our careers into our identity?

06:30 How do we use religion as identities?

08:25 What are food identifications?

09:10 How have the last two years changed the way we view politics as identifiers?

14:25 How to not introduce yourself.

16:15 Can we hotwire connections?

18:25 Why do we choose to make surface level connections?

21:45 How have we been conditioned to stay surface level?

22:45 The dangers of staying surface level.

25:10 How does it start, and where does it go from there?

29:10 How do we grow and evolve?

33:10 Finding the core of who you are.

35:25 What is the language we can use to identify our true selves?

38:35 Who do you want to connect with?

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• Superpowers that will help you understand, communicate, and work through conflict.
• What is REALLY behind all the feels when it comes to conflict.
• How to balance self-awareness and giving yourself grace.

Resources + Links:

Connect with Sarah on Instagram | @sarahdawnesq

Shoot Sarah an email with an AHa moment from the podcast | [email protected]

Check out the blog | https://thesarahdawn.com/blog

Book Sarah as your next speaker | https://thesarahdawn.com/press

Show Notes:

So we talked about assholes and what is causing so much stress in the world, now let’s talk about how to resolve conflict. In other words, we’re diving into how to have empathy (for both yourself AND those you have conflicts with) and other superpowers that will help you understand the underlying cause of the conflict and move past it.

02:40 Observations on a plane.

07:15 The super power of having perspective on the big picture.

13:00 What is the conflict actually about?

19:30 How can we step back and get real about what our anger is about?

22:00 The power of being inquisitive of what could be causing the other person's anger.

26:15 How to keep your boundaries while working to resolve conflict.

30:00 Is your conflict about expectations or about what is actually happening?

35:00 Having empathy with those you have conflict with.

39:00 Balancing self-awareness around your behavior and not beating yourself up about it.

41:30 The pumpkin pie story: It’s not about pie.

45:40 How to create space for yourself to resolve conflict. 

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• The deep, root cause of everybody’s anger in today’s world.
• Why we need to become aware of our anger and its source.
• How to begin making real and better changes for ourselves moving forward.

Resources + Links:

Connect with Sarah on Instagram | @sarahdawnesq

Shoot Sarah an email with an AHa moment from the podcast | [email protected]

Check out the blog | https://thesarahdawn.com/blog

Book Sarah as your next speaker | https://thesarahdawn.com/press

Show Notes:

Have you wondered why everyone seems so angry all the time lately? We’ve been wondering the same thing! Today, we’re talking about a**holes - we all know one and chances are we’ve been one. But what’s really the cause of all this anger in the world today? We’re getting to the root of what’s affecting our collective psyche, and what we can do about it. Then, we discuss how we can find new perspectives and make connections in the highly polarized state we live in. There’s only one way we can make a better world for ourselves, so tune in and take the first step with us!

01:15 Why is everyone so mad lately?

03:20 What is the root cause of this anger?

08:50 Are we actually all in the same boat together?

10:20 The polarization of media and content in today’s age.

15:10 How has this affected our psyche?

16:20 What happens once we become aware of our source of anger?

18:35 What can we do when we become the a**hole?

21:10 Learning to lean in.

25:15 Why doesn’t shaming others work?

27:55 How can we start making real change?