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  • Sharon Gaskin: Creating Power

    Sharon Gaskin is the founder of The Trainers Training Company, a company she set up in 2009 to help freelance trainers thrive in their careers and their business.

    With years of experience in training and development, she has become the go-to person for those who wish to take their professional lives as freelance trainers to the next level.

    Sharon joins me today to share how she created power in her life by pursuing a freelancing business despite it being an unfamiliar field to her while supporting her children in their endeavours. She shares her driving force to continue doing what she does, how to accomplish tasks especially when your company is getting bigger, and her go-to programme for motivation and encouragement so she could create the power to live more.

    “When you feel less than your best, you can choose to say, ‘This is going to be hard today, but I’m going to plough through it.’” – Sharon Gaskin

    This Week on the POWER to Live More Podcast:
    • How Sharon became the go-to person for freelance trainers
    • How her business coped with the different phases of her life
    • Tools she uses to organise and prioritise tasks
    • The people who help her get things done
    • Activities she does to relax
    • Why reading books and listening to podcasts help her grow
    • Two options business owners have when they’re going through a terrible day
      • Resources Mentioned:
      • Google Calendar
      • Gmail
      • Pen and Paper
      • Subject Notebook
      • Zoom
      • Meet Edgar
      • Missinglettr
      • Virtual Assistant
      • Copywriter
      • Mentor
      • Goodreads
      • Creating Power
        • Connect with Sharon Gaskin:
        • The Trainers Training Company Website
        • Membership Programme for Trainers
        • Sharon Gaskin on Facebook
        • The Trainers Training Company on Facebook
        • Sharon Gaskin on LinkedIn
        • Sharon Gaskin on Instagram
          • Connect, Share, Inspire

          Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to iTunes or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favourite episodes on your social media channels.

          Don’t forget to check out my website, join my Facebook Group,  follow me on Twitter and connect up with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience!

          Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC

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          44 min
        • Alexis Kingsbury: Miracle Morning, Time Blocking and Think and Grow Rich

          Miracle Morning, Time Blocking and Think and Grow Rich with Alexis Kingsbury, serial entrepreneur and business consultant.

          Listen Below and Here’s What We Recommended:
          Tools & Apps
          • iThoughts app – a mind mapping application. “It’s probably the best app and most powerful app that I use, and it’s the one I’m asked about most often when I’m at conferences because I take all my notes into iThoughts.”
          • My Fitness Pal app – fitness and food app for tracking data like meals, calories and exercise.
          • WordPress app – for blogging straight into a blog from a phone or tablet.
          • Intercom – a customer communication platform. “I have an application called ‘Intercom’, which is used by my software business for one of our support tech teams, so I can keep an eye on what conversations people are having.”
          • Buffer – for scheduling tweets.
            • Other Resources
            • People that Alexis admires – Richard Branson, Robert Kiyosaki from Rich Dad, Poor Dad
              • Books
              • Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod – essentially sets out six activities for you to do every morning.
              • Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
              • Live It by Jairek Robbins – Alexis says “in the book it says to identify your perfect day, because the more you bring that to life in your head, the closer you’ll get to actually achieving it in your life”.
              • How Will You Measure Your Life? – Clayton M. Christensen – one of the things he highlights is that he went to a very reputable university, and as he went to the reunions he saw that initially people were extremely successful. After about the fourth decade of reunions or whatever, suddenly some of them are on their own and lost their relationships, some are in prison, and some have lost it all, some have committed suicide, and so on. He just reflects on the fact that intelligence doesn’t prevent that. The problem is that we tend to get the goals wrong and we tend to prioritise a particular thing, so at the end of the rainbow, then the dreams will come true. I think actually you have to start living the dream now.
                • Tips
                • Eat that Frog – Brian Tracy ie doing the worst thing you need to get done on a day in the morning so that it’s out of the way.
                • “I’ve got it as part of my visioning in the morning that I make sure that I have gone to bed before eleven.”
                • From Think and Grow Rich – “invent a council of people who you would almost like as coaches, alive or dead, that you know enough, perhaps by reading their autobiographies or knowing them through basically whatever, that you can almost give yourself advice through their lens.”
                • “What could I meaningfully do today/this week/this month to achieve that?” Using this question on a short and long term basis to ensure that work is meaningful and taking you to wherever you plan to be, rather than just ‘being busy’.
                • Relative prioritisation is really important; what is most important at any given time.
                • Time blocking on your calendar to achieve tasks and reach goals
                • Planning and ensuring that the right stuff gets done so that there is no ‘guilt’ of not achieving what needs to be done.
                • Exercise “baking it into my life. It’s not trying to have it as this crazy add on and decide, “Oh, I’m going to run in the mornings even though I don’t want to. I’m going to go to the gym on Tuesdays and Thursdays, but then feel fed up that I’m not seeing my family. Instead, it’s built into my life that it’s just part of it now.”
                • “If I realise I’ve had a really inefficient day, I’ve not eaten that frog, I’ve not done the exercise or whatever, if I catch it I will talk to myself out loud. I think it’s like a pattern break, which I believe comes from the world of NLP, and Derren Brown, and so on. ‘Alexis, you haven’t done anything productive this morning…’.”
                  • To Contact Alexis
                  • Alexis’ Twitter
                  • Making Greatness Blog

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                    55 min
                  • Simon Jordan: Google Calendar, Timetrade, and Inspirational Tips

                    The late Simon Jordan was a coach, mentor, branding, and design consultant and founder of Simon Jordan Marketing. He worked with coaches and consultants internationally to help them to build profitable and powerful brands that make a difference in the world.

                    We lost Simon just before Christmas 2021. It was a shock as he was always so lively and full of energy. About ten years ago Simon lived with us for a few weeks between houses. We were close and I miss him loads. It was lovely to hear his voice again though when I listened back. This is the first show I did with him; there was another closer to his death that you can listen to here.

                    Google Calendar, Timetrade, Pinterest and Inspirational Tips from Simon Jordan of SimonJordan.com

                    Listen Below and Here’s What We Recommended:
                    Tools & Apps
                    • Simon uses his Get More Done Today system to stay organised and get stuff done. It’s a day planner, with the planning completed the night before, free to download.
                    • Google Calendar – for diary scheduling and planning
                    • Google Translate – as he lives in France and is learning the language!
                    • TimeTrade – to allow people to schedule calls and meetings automatically into his diary
                    • Simon uses his iPhone extensively to run his business – even from the side of the lake!
                    • Pinterest – to search for inspiration or motivation to find ideas and people to connect with
                      • Tips
                      • Charity – Silver Line – Simon regularly volunteers through this charity, speaking with lonely people
                      • Simon tries to exercise most mornings, outside. “Gets the blood pumping and it’s my time”
                      • He recommends no tech for the last hour before bed
                      • Simon eats a good quality clean diet and is vegan
                      • “I only work four days a week now, every Wednesday is family time because the kids’ school is closed on a Wednesday. April and I down tools and we spend the day. It’s good, because you’re still more productive. You’re just as productive on the other days, in fact you’re probably more productive because you know you’ve only got four days, so it’s good. When I started using this system, I think I got more done in three hours focused work than I did in two days. It’s phenomenal how much time you waste, especially on social media.
                      • When it’s all ‘going wrong’ “I have to think, in a day’s time, a week’s time, will it really matter? No, not really. What can you do? If you can’t fix it right now, don’t give it too much energy”.
                      • “Gratitude is the language of the truly rich. When you come from that place, energy flows.”
                      • “I only check my emails at 10 o’clock in the morning and at 4 o’clock in the afternoon.”
                      • Time blocking is key in managing Simon’s diary, scheduling blocks of time in for the week in advance, like for coaching or other projects
                      • “I love the line that Jim Rohn wrote, don’t wish it was easier, wish that you were better’.
                      • “I love the line, true success is knowing that someone else has breathed more easily because you’ve been there.”
                        •  To Contact Simon Jordan
                        • SimonJordan.com
                        • Simon’s Twitter
                        • Simon’s Facebook
                        • Simon’s Instagram
                        • One Planet One Place
                        • One Planet One Place on Facebook

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                          45 min
                        • Cindy Bidar: Take‌ ‌More‌ ‌Time‌ ‌Away‌ ‌from‌ ‌Your‌ ‌Desk‌ ‌by‌ ‌Automating‌

                          Cindy Bidar works with 7-figure marketing teams and numerous profitable online businesses to set up and manage marketing and sales funnels.

                          Through training programmes and coaching, she helps clients scale their business by assisting them to create automated systems that improve conversion rates and increase sales.

                          Cindy’s company has been entirely online in one guise or another for the last nine years, and she enjoys helping her clients put their marketing on autopilot and carve out time away from their desks.

                          Cindy joins me today to discuss how she made the transition from a traditional office-based role into entrepreneurship.

                          She dives into the philosophy of taking opportunities as they appear and how that has benefited the development of her business. She discusses what it’s like to work with her husband and shares the tools she uses to automate different processes that keep her business running smoothly.

                          Cindy also shares what she does with her precious time away from her desk and how she uses this time to refocus if she has a day full of frustrations. 

                          “Work on the tasks which are in your zone of genius and let other people do what they are really good at”

                          Cindy Bidar
                          This Week on the Power to Live More Podcast:
                          • Why you need to learn to say no
                          • Where Cindy is moving her business focus next
                          • What it’s like to work with her husband
                          • How automating saves her clients time
                          • The benefits of outsourcing
                          • The drawbacks of working from home and how she deals with them 
                          • Why she loves learning but has to be disciplined in what she takes on
                          Resources Mentioned:
                          • Active Campaign App
                          • Infusion Soft App
                          • Todoist App
                          • Evernote
                          • Google Tasks
                          • Remember the Milk App
                          • The Big Leap book
                          Connect with Cindy Bidar:
                          • Cindy Bidar’s website
                          • Facebook
                          • Twitter
                          Connect, Share, Inspire

                          Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favourite episodes on your social media channels.

                          Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience!
                          Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC

                          Connect, Share, Inspire

                          Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to iTunes or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favourite episodes on your social media channels.

                          Don’t forget to check out my website, join my Facebook Group,  follow me on Twitter and connect up with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience!

                          Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC

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                          38 min
                        • Finding Fulfilment by Making Connections: with Paula Gardner

                          Paula Gardner is a Business Psychologist, Executive Coach, and the Founder of Scarlet Thinking, a visibility coaching company based in London specialised in helping executive professionals and brands gain more visibility and raise their professional profile.

                          She is the author of Do Your Own PR and Get Noticed and the creator and facilitator of several workshops and mastermind groups, including Your Archetype Workshop and The Hot House Business Mastermind Group.

                          Paula joins me today to share how she finds fulfilment by making connections and building relationships with her friends, family, and professional colleagues. She explains how she prioritises her tasks to achieve her goals and how she manages to find a work-life balance that suits her lifestyle. She also explains how blocking time in her schedule to allow her to focus on herself, the things she values most, and the connections she’s made with others allow her to have the power to live more.

                          “One of the beauties of working for yourself is that, quite often, your clients or the people you meet through networking become friends.” – Paula Gardner

                          This Week on the Power to Live More Podcast:
                          • How she helps clients overcome fear and anxiety around building visibility and raising their profile.
                          • How she prioritises her personal and professional tasks and responsibilities to achieve her goals.
                          • Time-management strategies she uses to balance her personal and professional life.
                          • How she incorporates technology into her business.
                          • How she used video to train new hires.
                          • Why prioritising “deep-thinking” time is important to her.
                          • How she manages her health and wellbeing while travelling and running her business.
                          • The importance of being intentional about how you spend your time and understanding when to say ‘no.’
                          • How she gets motivated to stay fit and active.
                          • How she finds time to relax and unwind.
                          • Learning from mistakes and failures.
                          • Why building relationships and connecting with others is her idea of living more.
                            • Resources Mentioned:
                            • Episode #2 – Journaling, Books, Films, Notebooks and Paper-based Planning with Paula Gardner
                            • Canva
                            • Notepad
                            • ACR
                            • Audible
                            • The Power book by Naomi Alderman
                            • Be More Pirate book by Sam Conniff
                              • Connect with Paula Gardner:
                              • Scarlet Thinking
                              • The Hot House Business Mastermind Group in London

                                • Connect, Share, Inspire

                                Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to iTunes or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favourite episodes on your social media channels.

                                Don’t forget to check out my website, join my Facebook Group,  follow me on Twitter and connect up with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience!

                                Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC

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                                42 min
                              • Kari DePhillips: The Perks of Being a Digital Nomad

                                Kari DePhillips is a full-time digital nomad who makes the most of her time and her life by traveling the world – mixing remote work and vacationing.

                                Kari is the founder and CEO of the digital marketing agency, The Content Factory, a company built on SEO with a website that produces over $1-million worth of organic traffic each year.

                                Kari is also the co-host of The Workationing Podcast – a podcast that has been featured on Fast Company and Glamour – where she and her best friend and podcast co-host, Kelly Chase, shares their travel adventures. 

                                Kari joins me today to share how she transitioned from corporate to freelance to full-time entrepreneur and digital nomad.

                                She discusses the perks of working remotely, how she became an expert in her industry, and what to do if you want to be an expert at something.

                                Kari also shares how she provides her employees the same freedom she enjoys as well as how she gives herself experiential gifts so she can live more and make the most out of each day. 

                                ”If you can do it from home, you can probably do it from everywhere.”

                                Kari DePhillips 
                                This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast: 
                                • What urged Kari to do her work from home. 
                                • How one blog post generated $1 million in revenue to her company. 
                                • Her favourite thing about SEO. 
                                • The more important question to ask yourself aside from “Can I rank for this?” 
                                • The criteria to be a part of her team. 
                                • The goal for every piece of content and how it impacts the clients. 
                                • The system she uses internally and with her clients to ensure a smooth workflow. 
                                • Factors she considers when managing her time. 
                                • The structure and primary goals of each podcast episode. 
                                • Where to start looking for remote work and which remote jobs to stay away from. 
                                • Why the SEO curriculum taught in schools does not reflect real-life SEO principles and challenges. 
                                • How her employees save 500 hours by working from home. 
                                • How a quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson helps her get through a tough day. 
                                • How to make procrastination productive. 
                                Resources Mentioned: 
                                • SEMrush 
                                • Slack 
                                • Skype 
                                • Google Hangout 
                                • Trello 
                                • Google Drive 
                                • Mixmax 
                                Connect with Kari DePhillips: 
                                • The Content Factory Website 
                                • The Workationing Podcast 
                                • Workationing Facebook Group 
                                • Workationing on Instagram 
                                • Kari DePhillips on Twitter 
                                Connect, Share, Inspire 

                                Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to iTunes or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favourite episodes on your social media channels. 

                                Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience! 

                                Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC 

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                                44 min
                              • Nick Davies: Finding Your Purpose

                                Nick Davies is a business and career coach, who uses his 20 years of experience in financial services and personal development to mentor other people to progress personally and professionally.

                                Over the last four years, Nick has focused on creating and evolving his purpose and now helps individuals and businesses through the coaching company, ProAdvisor Coach.

                                He uses his knowledge of the Tony Robbins coaching method and experience as a certified health coach to help clients rediscover their passions and grow their business.

                                Originally from Essex, in the UK, Nick has also lived and worked all over the world, but currently resides in Charlotte, North Carolina with his wife and daughter.

                                Nick joins me today to share how he helps people find their purpose by uncovering their fears and aligning their intentions with their passions. He discusses why we should be working consistently to achieve our goals.

                                He shares his insights on the importance of recognising and avoiding succumbing to fear-based thinking and understanding the implications of the amygdala hijack ‘Fight, Flight or Freeze’ response.

                                Nick also discusses the importance of being intentional about your purpose and taking consistent action to progress to where you want to be.

                                “If you want to be different, if you want to break out a little bit you’ve got to do things consistently different.”

                                Nick Davies
                                This Week on The Power to Live More Podcast:
                                • How and why Nick transitioned from financial services to coaching
                                • Why it’s essential to be intentional about your actions
                                • How Nick has been coaching clients through this challenging time
                                • Why you should have a split-focus that enables you to have an overview of your purpose while also being able to recognise when it’s time to take action
                                • Why we have the power to choose what we prioritise in our lives
                                • The danger of analysis paralysis
                                • How Nick ensures he takes action to get to where he wants to go professionally
                                • What the AAA approach is and why Nick always comes back to it
                                • How to avoid ‘shiny object syndrome’
                                • How Nick keeps moving forward and improving his skills
                                • Where Nick’s sweet spot is and what he does on days when he’s ‘living more’
                                Resources Mentioned:
                                • One Man’s Balance website
                                Connect with Nick Davies:
                                • Proadvisor Coach Website
                                • Nick Davies on LinkedIn
                                Join the POWER to Live More CALM Membership

                                Attention home-based coaches and consultants!

                                Are you tired of feeling alone, isolated, and frustrated with running your home-based coaching or consulting business? Are you sick of feeling like your life would be better, and you’d be happier if you felt more organised and productive? Do you feel like there’s simply not enough time in a day to get all the things done that you need to do to build a successful business while making time to live more?

                                It’s time to stop the isolation and start getting more organised, productive, and focused on the tasks that will move the needle forward.

                                It’s time to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership!

                                If you’re ready to:

                                • Stop recreating the wheel and focus on the things that truly matter in your life and business
                                • Learn what you need to know to be successful and ‘live more’
                                • Get accountability help from a group of like-minded home-based business owners

                                Then you need to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme!

                                To learn more about the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme and apply, visit PowerToLiveMore.com/GetCalm

                                Connect, Share, Inspire

                                Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favorite episodes on your social media channels.

                                Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience!

                                Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC



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                                53 min
                              • Susan Stutzel: The Art of the Intentional ‘No’

                                Susan Stutzel is a CPA and Mindset & Productivity Coach.

                                She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Coe College. Following a successful corporate career, she started her own CPA business.

                                Using her own experiences of balancing a busy home life and business, she became a certified coach.

                                Susan is passionate about helping women work less so they can live a life they love.

                                Susan works with professional women and CPAs through one-on-one coaching, group sessions, and training.

                                She helps clients go from overwhelm to success by finding their voice and rebuilding their expectations and habits. 

                                Today, Susan joins me to share her story of the inspiration behind starting her coaching and CPA companies and how she balances her busy home life while running two businesses.

                                She shares how she structures her day and why being able to say ‘no’ is an essential skill for everyone. 

                                Susan highlights the importance of creating your own definition of success and the tools she uses to manage her everyday tasks.

                                She also shares why she is a big advocate of delegating and why daily rituals are essential for creating the right mindset.

                                “We really have to be intentional with our ‘Yes’ so that we can be intentional with our ‘No.’”

                                Susan Stutzel
                                This week on The Power to Live More Podcast:
                                • How Susan’s own experiences led her to start her businesses
                                • How Susan effectively manages two businesses
                                • How Susan balances her work and home life
                                • How Susan structures her day to ensure everything necessary gets done
                                • Why learning to say ‘no’ is important
                                • Why you need to create your own definition of success
                                • The tools Susan uses to manage her task list
                                • Why Susan is a big advocate for delegating
                                • How Susan continues with her education and self-development
                                • The importance of a morning ritual
                                • How Susan deals with challenging days
                                • What an ideal day of living more looks like for Susan
                                Resources Mentioned:
                                • Outlook
                                • Canva
                                Connect with Susan Stutzel:
                                • S Stutzel Coaching
                                • S Stutzel Coaching on Facebook
                                • Susan Stutzel on LinkedIn
                                • Susan Stutzel on Twitter
                                Join the POWER to Live More CALM Membership

                                Attention home-based coaches and consultants!

                                Are you tired of feeling alone, isolated, and frustrated with running your home-based coaching or consulting business? Are you sick of feeling like your life would be better, and you’d be happier if you felt more organised and productive? Do you feel like there’s simply not enough time in a day to get all the things done that you need to do to build a successful business while making time to live more?

                                It’s time to stop the isolation and start getting more organised, productive, and focused on the tasks that will move the needle forward.

                                It’s time to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership!

                                If you’re ready to:

                                • Stop recreating the wheel and focus on the things that truly matter in your life and business
                                • Learn what you need to know to be successful and ‘live more’
                                • Get accountability help from a group of like-minded home-based business owners

                                Then you need to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme!

                                To learn more about the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme and apply, visit PowerToLiveMore.com/GetCalm

                                Connect, Share, Inspire

                                Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favorite episodes on your social media channels.

                                Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience!

                                Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC



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                                41 min
                              • Madeleine Black: Broken and Unbroken

                                In March 2018, Madeleine Black won the Amazing Strength award at the No. 1 Magazine Amazing Women Awards and, in October of the same year, was asked to be the Patron for Say Women, the Scottish organisation that supports survivors of sexual abuse.

                                She is a TEDx speaker, a storyteller for The Forgiveness Project, and has recently become involved with their programme RESTORE, sharing her story in prisons. Madeleine recognises that she was a victim of a crime that left her silent for many years but has now found her voice and intends to use it, not just for her, but for so many who can’t find theirs yet.

                                Madeleine joins me today to discuss why she eventually decided to share her story of sexual violence publicly and let go of what she saw as her shame.

                                She explains how she uses her experience to help others and how her memoir, Unbroken, and her talks can help others realise that it isn’t healthy to hide or fight trauma. She shows that with work, it is possible to have a fulfilled life.

                                Madeleine also shares why she decided to leave her job as a psychotherapist behind and make being a full-time speaker her primary role. 

                                “When we don’t speak out, we hold ourselves back.”

                                Madeleine Black
                                This week on The Power to Live More Podcast:
                                • Why Madeleine looked for a sign to guide her and confirm she was on the right path when she decided to transition into being a full-time speaker
                                • How not to get ‘zoomed out’ in the new way of working during the COVID-19 pandemic
                                • Why she decided to start her new podcast, Unbroken, and the message she hopes to share
                                • Why forgiveness was crucial in allowing her to move past her trauma
                                • How Madeleine integrates her business and her work life while quarantined
                                • Why it’s important to understand that self-care isn’t selfish and why it’s critical to set boundaries
                                • The importance of letting go of perfection when on webinars and Zoom calls
                                • How Madeleine cares for and grounds herself in nature
                                • How Madeleine’s background trauma helps her in her speaking and connecting with others
                                • Tips for staying resilient in challenging times
                                Resources Mentioned:
                                • If You Sit Very Still by Marian Partington
                                Connect with Madeleine Black:
                                • Madeleine Black website
                                • Unbroken: One Woman’s Journey to Rebuild a Life Shattered by Violence. A True Story of Survival and Hope by Madeleine Black
                                • Unbroken the Podcast
                                • Madeleine Black on Instagram
                                • Madeleine Black on Twitter
                                • Madeleine Black on Facebook
                                • Madeleine Black on YouTube
                                Join the POWER to Live More CALM Membership

                                Attention home-based coaches and consultants!

                                Are you tired of feeling alone, isolated, and frustrated with running your home-based coaching or consulting business? Are you sick of feeling like your life would be better, and you’d be happier if you felt more organised and productive? Do you feel like there’s simply not enough time in a day to get all the things done that you need to do to build a successful business while making time to live more?

                                It’s time to stop the isolation and start getting more organised, productive, and focused on the tasks that will move the needle forward.

                                It’s time to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership!

                                If you’re ready to:

                                • Stop recreating the wheel and focus on the things that truly matter in your life and business
                                • Learn what you need to know to be successful and ‘live more’
                                • Get accountability help from a group of like-minded home-based business owners

                                Then you need to join the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme!

                                To learn more about the POWER to Live More CALM membership programme and apply, visit PowerToLiveMore.com/GetCalm

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                                Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favorite episodes on your social media channels.

                                Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience!

                                Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC



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                              • Kim Ades: How Your Mindset and Emotional Resilience Affects Your Goals

                                Kim Ades is the Founder of Frame of Mind Coaching and an expert in the field of thought mastery.

                                She has coached respected business leaders across a variety of fields. Kim uses her experience as an entrepreneur and a unique philosophy to help her clients shift their thinking to yield extraordinary results in their business and personal lives.

                                Kim is an author and keynote speaker who has been featured at the World Business and Executive Coach Summit amongst other prestigious events and is the founder of JournalEngine Software, a popular journalling tool for entrepreneurs. 

                                Kim joins me today to discuss her coaching philosophy and why your mindset is so critical in achieving your goals. She shares her enthusiasm for the processes of reflection and self-awareness as a business leader and highlights the relationship between emotional resilience and your goals as an entrepreneur.

                                Kim also shares the reason she doesn’t recommend seeking a work/life balance and why entrepreneurs should instead focus on managing the highs and lows of life. 

                                “Emotional resilience is the ability to get back up from adversity – and that requires the type of thinking that is significantly different from the average population.”

                                Kim Ades
                                Today on the Power to Live More Podcast:
                                • Why the coaches at Frame of Mind Coaching are so committed to their clients
                                • Why the coaching process is one of collaboration
                                • How she discovered the key strength of successful entrepreneurs
                                • The coaching journey and how it unlocks mindset factors that help or hinder you as a leader
                                • Why it’s important to journal and record coaching calls 
                                • How she recommends her clients unload negative energy and redirect their energy
                                • How she uses the analogy of a maths problem to show people how they can align their goals and their mindset
                                • Why action follows thought in achieving goals
                                • How to uncover your true goals
                                • Why Kim values taking time for herself and how she deals with bumps in the road
                                Resources Mentioned:
                                • 3 Minutes of TimeCrafting with Mike Vardy  podcast
                                • Zoom app
                                Connect with KimAdes:
                                • Frame of Mind Coaching
                                • LinkedIn
                                • Facebook
                                • Instagram
                                • Twitter

                                Connect, Share, Inspire

                                Thank you for joining me for this week’s episode of the POWER to Live More Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help support the show, please head over to Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, subscribe to the show and leave your honest review! You can also help me reach even more amazing business owners and leaders by sharing your favourite episodes on your social media channels.

                                Don’t forget to check out my website join my Facebook Group, follow me on Twitter and connect with me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram to interact with me and my amazing audience!
                                Show notes provided (brilliantly, my words not theirs!) by Lidwell Writing Services, LLC

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                                43 min

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