Plenty with Kate Northrup

Today we have a special interview with Tracee Stanley, a Yoga teacher who has been studying Yoga and Tantra since 1995. Tracee actually used to be a high-level executive in the film industry, and she was able to bring balance and calm into her life with the practices she talks about here today.

Tracee shares her thoughts on the power of rest, what Yoga is really about, and also about her film career and what’s it’s like to be a movie producer. You’ll want to hear how she answers when we ask her what she feels is the purpose of life, and she gives her profound insights on how we can heal the division on the world right now, both on a macro and a micro level.

Show notes and links for this episode can be found at http://www.katenorthrup.com/podcast. 

Today we have a super fun interview for you with the amazing Nadine Artemis. Nadine is the co-creator of Living Libations, which is a beautiful botanical-based personal care company out of a small town in Ontario, Canada. We love Nadine’s philosophy about health, wellbeing and how each of us should be treating our skin is revolutionary. In this episode she shares all about this philosophy, why she wrote her new book called Renegade Beauty, as well as a whole lot of helpful information. The way that Nadine built and operates her business is also so inspiring, so we hope you’ll get us much from this conversation as we both did.

Show notes and links for this episode can be found at http://www.katenorthrup.com/podcast. 

Have you been in business for a few years and have gotten some traction, but feel like you’re limited in what you can do as a one-person show? In this episode we’ll be looking at the mindset shifts that will allow you to ask for help and hire your very own rockstar team! We’ll share what you need to do once you’ve decided to hire, how to find the right people, ways to structure your business and a lot more!

Show notes and links for this episode can be found at http://www.katenorthrup.com/podcast.

Today we’ll be talking about a recent business decision to reorganize our promotional calendar around this maternity/paternity leave and family time. You’re going to get an exclusive peak at what we decided to do, why we did it, and how you can apply the same sort of thinking yourself in order to live the life that you want to live.

Show notes and links for this episode can be found at http://www.katenorthrup.com/podcast.

It’s been some time since we’ve done a life update on the podcast, but that’s exactly what we’re doing today! Not only do we fill you in on the new arrival to our family, Ruby, but we go deeper on how it has affected both of us, the way we’ve been able to keep the business running (and thriving!) while doing a lot less work, and much more.

Show notes and links for this episode can be found at http://www.katenorthrup.com/podcast.

The world is heavy right now with the increased awareness of violence and injustice against black people that's been going on for over 400 years here in the United States.

To the black people in our community, you are in my heart and prayers but most importantly, my actions. 

As one of my favorite writers and teachers, Adrienne Maree Brown, said:

"Things are not getting worse, they're getting uncovered."

I also shared the following words from writer, producer, and performer Sarah Jones on Instagram the other day:

Rather than sharing a new episode of The Kate & Mike Show as we’d originally planned this week, we’re talking about anti-racism, healing, and liberation. There’s no other conversation I can imagine having right now.

This week I’m directing your attention to a conversation we had two years ago almost to the day with Rachel Cargle, activist, public academic, writer, and lecturer.

If you’re new to anti-racism and liberation work, welcome. Listening to Rachel is a great place to start.

If you’ve been actively engaged with this work for a long time now, I’m glad you’re here. This episode is for you, too.

In this conversation about Unpacking White Feminism you’ll learn:

• What’s particularly important for white women to know when it comes to showing up for the movement toward racial healing and liberation
• Why it’s so important to take your anti-racism work offline into your real life relationships as soon as possible and as often as possible (and how to do that)
• Where capitalism started and how to navigate entrepreneurship in that context
• An incredibly important yet often overlooked consideration we need to make when we’re researching who to vote for
• How to find out if your child’s school is racist
• And so much more

Please note that this conversation was recorded 2 years ago and while the salient points are just as relevant today, some of the details about Rachel and our lives have changed. If we were to have recorded this conversation today I would have asked things differently and not said certain things, but we’re sharing anyway because perfectionism and being afraid of messing up can be a bastion of white supremacy that can silence us and can perpetuate violence in some cases.

Show notes and links for this episode can be found at http://www.katenorthrup.com/podcast.

Today we have a different type of guest on the show, and we’re really excited to bring you this interview. Derek Halpern is the founder of Social Triggers and he’s an expert marketer and entrepreneur. As you’ll hear, not only is Derek smart and funny, he can also be pretty controversial.

Derek developed his effective marketing approaches with some wildly popular websites, one which attracted over a million page views in a single day. Social Triggers was originally created to help people build their online business through courses, but it’s now transitioned into being a software company. Derek shares his experiences with this transition and why he made this move, as well as revealing the details of his recent move into the personal consumer space with a product called Truvani, in which he has partnered with Vani Hari (aka The Food Babe). He also talks about why he recently started a daily vlog, how he manages to do this, and a whole lot more.

Derek really says what’s on his mind and telling the truth in a very straightforward way. He’s big on transparency, and we think you’ll find this conversation refreshing.

Show notes and links for this episode can be found at http://www.katenorthrup.com/podcast.

Today’s topic was a huge paradigm shift for us, and many of our community members. In this episode, we’re excited to share it with you and hopefully it will change your life and business as much as it’s changed ours!

Show notes and links for this episode can be found at http://www.katenorthrup.com/podcast.

Welcome to the Kate & Mike Show! This is Kate, and today I’m here with another sneak peek at what’s inside my membership community, Origin. This week I am sharing with you one of our most popular how-to lessons, on how to practically help you succeed in mothering, business and whatever success looks like for you. This episode is about how to ask for and receive help (I actually wrote a whole chapter on this topic in my upcoming book). What I talk about here today is both actionable and action-packed, and I think you’re really going to like it.

Show notes and links for this episode can be found at http://www.katenorthrup.com/podcast.

It’s just Kate here today, and I have a very special Origin Sneak Peek for you. Each month we have a Maven Masterclass, where I interview an incredible woman who has powerful insights around entrepreneurship and/or motherhood. This month we are featuring Dr. Shefali Tsabary, and as a podcast listener, you are getting special access to this exclusive interview.

Dr. Shefali Tsabary is an internationally recognized parenting expert, and her book, The Awakened Family, was a major gamechanger for me in how I approach parenting – as well as life in general.

You’re going to hear Dr. Shefali talk about what mom guilt is really about, and how we can dissolve it, as well as the surprising way that she ended up on Oprah. We also discuss how we can unhook ourselves from what she calls the “race to nowhere” and our obsession with constant achievement.

Show notes and links for this episode can be found at http://www.katenorthrup.com/podcast.