As a mom and stepmom, I want to raise children who become adults and know they are capable of getting through hard times. I experienced the death of my father to cancer at 7 and my stepchildren have experienced divorce. These are big moments in life no matter what age you are, but learning how to cope with them at a young age is even tougher. Sara Olsher is the founder of Mighty and Bright and author of 6 children’s books that focus on everything from kids experiencing divorce to having a parent or loved one with cancer to having cancer themselves. She saw a need for such resources as her own child was going through the confusion of having parents get divorced and then when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Sara is the definition of my show in the way she took the challenges and obstacles presented in her life and turned them into positives to change the future of her daughter, herself and now children all over the country.

Michelle Is Talking About…

• Helping Children Cope with Divorce
• Helping Children Cope with Cancer
• The Benefits of Coparenting
• How Sara’s Journey with Divorce & Cancer is Helping Others
• Sara’s Million Dollar Goal To Help Children with Cancer

Links Mentioned

Mighty & Bright

www.mightyandbright.com 

Sara’s Instagram

www.instagram.com/mightyandbrightco

Stress is a word that we hear A LOT and even more so since last year we had a major election and are still in the midst of a pandemic. What exactly is stress and what are the best ways to combat it?

Founder of the Stress Less Company Carlee Myers is teaching female professionals how to manage stress and overwhelm in order to find more joy at work, home and beyond. Carlee shares how her childhood led her down this path of helping women with the stress in their lives. Her journey is extraordinarily unique, profound and her method and strategies are nothing short of life changing, including her own.

In This Episode, Michelle Talks About

• What Is Stress?
• What Are The First Steps To Combating Stress?
• How Carlee's Childhood Led Her To Her Business
• How Childhood Trauma Can Lead To Stress
• How To Handle Stressful Situations Outside Of Our Control

Links Mentioned

The Stress Less Company

www.thestresslessco.com

The Stress Less Company's Instagram

www.instagram.com/thestresslessco

Complimentary Stress Assessment

www.thestresslessco.com/apply

How to Handle Stress Like a Pro

https://stresslessco.com/handlestressWorkbook

Have you ever taken yourself on a business retreat? ⁠ ⁠ Not a conference or something with your team, but a day or two just for yourself...the CEO of your business. ⁠ ⁠ Freelancer writer and host of the Deliberate Freelancer podcast, Melanie Padgett Powers recently dedicated a podcast episode on her solo business retreat and tweeted about it...that's when I knew I needed to chat with her.⁠ ⁠ We are talking about how we can plan them for ourselves and how you'll be able to create space and time for your own solo business retreat, along with the questions you should ask yourself during this time.⁠ ⁠ I'm always up for some quiet alone time, but this is dedicated time to reflect on your business and how to make it even better! ⁠ ⁠

I love nothing more than listening and learning from another female entrepreneur and my guest today is the ultimate international business owner and mom of six kids.  Emma Isaacs is the founder of Business Chicks and her book Winging It was recently released in the United States. Emma was made to do big things and is one of the hardest working women I've ever met. She's taking us on her journey of what it was like to become a business owner and go from wearing all the hats to hiring a team who gets things done. Emma is a proponent of surrounding yourself with those that you aspire to be and for her that includes people like Sir Richard Branson, and Arianna Huffington. She encourages you to simply go for it and wing it. Stop asking for the opinions of others and listen more to your gut. I promise you are going to fall in love with Emma and learn so much from her. Listen for details on how you can grab a copy of Winging It as a gift from me.

What is a publicist? What is and how does PR help your business? Former publicist and author of How To Be A Media Darling, KJ Blattenbauer is a PR genius. She brings clarity in what you need to do, not only to be ready for PR, but your what your role is when you hire a publicist. It's a publicist's job to land you interviews on podcasts, on TV, online, but it's your job to show up, bring your expertise and have something the audience is going to benefit from.

We are breaking down how you not only need to have a brand, but know your brand, know your audience and know what your end goal is. We're chatting about PR best practices, why hiring a publicist is to your advantage, and how publicists save you a ton of time and energy.

Who has played a role in your life that has helped you in your career or relationships? These individuals have been your mentors. Digital marketer, Host of The Radiant Podcast and author of What They Taught Me Kelsey Chapman is celebrating the launch of her book today! What They Taught Me  gives you an inside look at the various women that have helped shape Kelsey’s life and given her the wisdom she has today. She takes us on the journey of what it was like to not only find these women, but how she often approached her mentors when she recognized that their lives were inspiring her in some way. We are talking not only about her book and mentors but the reality of what it means to be a mentor and not just a mentee.

Who are the mentors in your life? Are you playing the role of mentor in someone's life?

Pamela Maass is an estate planning attorney who is the Law Mother. Pam is helping women and men, business owners and  get their affairs in order. Although she's based in Colorado, she's got referrals for everyone in every state! Having a will, living trust or estate plan is important and yet so many of us put it off.  It protects us, our children, our assets and our wishes. Pam is breaking down for us with the differences between all of these things, and not only giving us the tools to get started, but why it's so important that we start now. Pam  also takes on her career journey that led her to estate planning and it wasn't direct, like so many of us know.

Have you created your will, living trust or estate plan yet?

In this episode, Michelle talks about...

• Naming A Legal Guardian For Your Children
• The Difference Between A Will, Living Trust, & Estate Plan
• Having A Baby and Launching An Online Practice During COVID

Tiffany Bluhm is an author, podcaster, speaker, preacher and mom of 2 who is using her voice to help change the world. Her upcoming book, Prey Tell - Why We Silence Women Who Tell The Truth And How Everyone Can Speak Up is a must-read and discusses how we need to take a stronger stand and support the victims of those in power in order to create equality. We discuss how religion, politics, media, entertainment and everything in between need to change and for the shaming and shushing of victims, women especially needs to stop.

What We Are Talking About...

• Tiffany Bluhm's Book Prey Tell - Why We Silence Women Who Tell The Truth And How Everyone Can Speak Up
• Raising Our Children To Break Cycles And Be Better Humans
• Why Religious Institutions, Politics, and Courtrooms Need To Stop Being So Lenient

Have you heard about the latest social platform called Clubhouse? It's giving those who don't have an iPhone or invite some serious FOMO but what the heck is it all about? How are you supposed to use it? And more importantly, how can you benefit from using it? My guest today is business strategist and influencer Jenny Melrose. Jenny started out her blog in the early 2000s and ended up selling it for a mere six figures, which let her retire from her teaching career. She's been on the forefront of various social media platforms and Clubhouse is no stranger to her.

In this episode, Michelle talks about:

• How you can utilize clubhouse for your business
• What are the benefits to Clubhouse
• How and why you should create boundaries for yourself on social media