Resilient Entrepreneurs

Leigh Burgess, founder of Big Bold Industries Group, shares her journey from being a corporate high achiever to burned out at 48, sparking her to renew her entrepreneurial spirit to create good for others.

Leigh shares her B.O.L.D Performance Formula - Believe, Own, Learn, Design - and how it supports us to overcome challenges and succeed. A key piece of advice from Leigh, do not go it alone.

If you're in the launch phase of your business, this is a great episode for you. We discuss the pitfalls to avoid and some must-do's for launch, based on Leigh's real-life lessons!

As if that's not enough, we chat about the value of vulnerability, self-acceptance, and different types of resilience in entrepreneurship, which also touches on the challenges of dealing with jealousy and negativity from others.

In this episode, you'll get key takeaways on how to live and do business BOLD-ly!

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Reid Tileston, serial entrepreneur and author of 'Grit It Done', shares his insights on building generational wealth through entrepreneurial business ownership. We discuss the different paths to entrepreneurship and the need for proper assessment to determine if business ownership is the right fit.

We talk in some detail about the importance of a good-fitting peer group, loneliness can be a significant challenge for entrepreneurs, so having a network of like-minded individuals is essential. He shares his Grit it Done approach of if you're not all in, you're in the way. If you're halfway in, you're halfway out.

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Karen Valencic, a Third Dan black belt in Aikido, is a conflict resolution and leadership coach and author. She has crafted the Spiral Impact Method, which combines Aikido concepts with conflict resolution techniques. She shares with us how breath, intention and centring play a role in conflict resolution. We talk about the intersection of innovation, change, and conflict, and why it's critical to engage team members in the change process.

It's a wonderful conversation with some key takeaways:

The saying goes, "It's lonely at the top", and let's not take that lightly. In this episode, Vicki and Laura meet Nick Jonsson, #1 International Best-Selling Author of 'Executive Loneliness. The 5 Pathways to Overcoming Isolation, Stress, Anxiety and Depression in the Modern Business World' . It may surprise you to hear the statistics about how widespread and serious loneliness is as a global health issue.

Nick shares his personal journey and how his experience led him to be helping others. By the end of this episode you may be asking yourself whether hard work is all that we're led to believe, or is there a better way?

A father of a teenage boy, Nick also shares his parenting insights - and what works well for his family!

We talk through the five steps to overcoming Executive Loneliness - what to do, which is also share din detail in Nick's book.

Takeaways

Loneliness is a prevalent issue in the modern business world, affecting executives and entrepreneurs who often feel isolated and unable to share their struggles.

The impact of loneliness goes beyond mental health, with studies showing that it can have physical health consequences.

Men, in particular, face challenges in opening up about their feelings and seeking support, often resorting to distractions or entertainment instead.

The difference between coaching and therapy.

The five pathways to overcoming loneliness, explained.

Resilience comes from being honest with oneself, being vulnerable, and seeing failures as learning opportunities.

Sussi Mattson shares her journey of healing through writing and guides individuals on a transformative path to becoming wisdom writers. She discusses the From Me To You global movement and her book of the same name. Sussi emphasises the importance of acknowledging and addressing past trauma to find healing and turn wounds into wisdom. She shares her four-step writing method for healing and highlights the power of writing letters to oneself. Sussi also discusses resilience and her personal journey of bouncing back from a brain injury. The conversation concludes with a discussion on finding happiness and joy in everyday life.

In this conversation, we interview Ben Risser, a fractional CFO and entrepreneur, about the importance of financial planning and budgeting for small businesses. Ben's journey is far from ordinary - he began as an aerospace engineer for Boeing and is now supporting growing businesses to have financial situational awareness - all the while knowing that he is losing his sight due to a degenerative condition.

His resilience and faith is the basis of his story - where he's flipped an inescapable dis-ability into a mission for his clients. The less sight he has, the more he sharpens the vision for his clients. Inspiring, uplifting and sheer focus, this is Ben Risser. This episode is a fulfilling and necessary conversation!

If you’ve ever dreamed of taking a retreat from your business but just can’t find the time, this episode of Resilient Entrepreneurs is made for you! Just listening to our guest will help calm the nervous system and we’r pretty sure it’ll convince you that it’s now urgent to slow down.

Fabrice Desmarescaux is a thought leader in Conscious Leadership, he works with C-Suite executives to work with their teams around the importance of having a purpose and every day doing one thing toward it.

Fabrice reveals, on this episode and in his book: The Art of Retreats - that taking just one hour can strengthen resilience and can lead to massive improvement in productivity.

We talk candidly about why entrepreneurs who focus on meaningful work are more successful than those who work only to chase the dollar.

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In this episode of Resilient Entrepreneurs, psychologist Dr. Marie-Hélène Pelletier, takes us through a live example of how to develop resilience - with Laura as her client!

Her book The Resilience Plan is full of easy-to-implement techniques to prevent burnout and to create resilience in the workplace - for yourself and your team.

It's a fascinating conversation - and be ready to pause and rewind with the great value MH offers as we chat.

We touch on the unexpected and underreported lingering impact of the pandemic on mental health, globally and how to avoid the everyday traps - how you can stay mentally healthy.

Takeaways
* Pandemic has heightened mental health discussions, particularly among entrepreneurs prone to burnout.
* How to prioritise self-care and recognise signs of burnout early.
* Why exercise and journaling develop resilience.
* Leaders can develop resilient teams by first modelling it.

In this episode, Jessica Lightbourne, a loving leader and extraordinary coach, shares her journey and insights on coaching, imagination, and resilience. Growing up in Bermuda, Jessica had a magical childhood filled with creativity and imagination. She emphasises the power of imagination in shaping our thoughts and reality. Jessica also discusses the importance of community and intentional spaces for personal growth and support. She shares her own tools for resilience, including journaling, movement, and spirituality. Jessica's why is to help others thrive and create a better world, and she encourages everyone to focus on thriving in life.

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In this episode, Amanda Baron-Frank, shares openly about being bullied at school for her weight and how that eventually led her to become a NY State Prosecutor. Her story is riveting and emotional - she offers hope and practical guidance to parents who struggle with these issues today.

Her story of resilience goes on to being featured in People Magazine and other mainstream media, talking about bullying.

Now a managing partner of her family law firm, she shares how she established an anti-bullying school program as a young law student. Amanda is a mom who believes in work-life balance and being there for her kids.
We talk about the potential legal pitfalls of starting a business and and what to look out for.

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