She Leads Me

Jenny Foertsch was raised here in the Pacific Northwest. She lives between Whatcom and Skagit Counties, on 5 acres nestled in the woods on Blanchard Mountain. She is the founder and owner of Free As A Bird Financial Wellness, and owns a tattoo shop with her husband. 
Together they home school their three boys, ages 3-12 and are passionate about free range parenting, and raising their children with as much access to nature, freedom, and self expression as possible. 

When not working on the businesses or exploring with the kids, you'll find her reading, researching upcoming projects, working on spreadsheets for fun,  cooking,  and working on her property or in the garden. 

Jenny is a certified Transformational Life and Money Coach.

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It's our first #AskHeatherEpisode 

We've heard from our listeners and are answering your leadership questions. 

Have a question you'd like to ask Heather? Want to receive a free consult on the air? Email [email protected] 

Heather answers the following questions today:
Q: I run a team of about 10 people, all with different personality styles… what is the best method to monitor their performance?

Q: In my company, I have a very diverse team of individuals. Some times, disagreements get in the way of moving forward on very important agenda items. How do you manage conflict in an efficient way? Part of me wants to work through this, but there are times where I also want to tell them all to grow up! 

Q: I run my own company and love it! Without the “normal” structure of working for another company. How do I make sure that I am doing the best job I can be doing as a leader? 

Q: How do I know when it’s time to fire someone? This person does a good job at what they do, but we continuously have problems with them in our company. I’m hesitant to fire a good worker bee and also am worried about having an HR nightmare on my hands. 

Listen to Heather's answers as she gives insight with her background and experience to these different questions. 

Have you heard of infrared saunas? Do you know what makes them different than a traditional sauna? 

Meet Katie Kaps. Katie is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Higher Dose, the leading brand in beauty biohacking and infrared light therapy.

HigherDOSE has been featured by major media and was named one of the coolest small businesses in NYC by Business Insider.

Katie graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown, studied at The London School of Economics, and was an investment banker at Merrill Lynch before being recruited to be the marketing and business mind behind the San Francisco Marathon. Following the SF marathon, Katie joined Tough Mudder and helped grow the business from $10 million to $150 million in revenue by the time she left.  There she did strategy, new business development and managed the international expansion team.  She was named international employee of the year in 2013.

Katie has been featured in Forbes, Vogue, The New York Times, New York Magazine, and Huffington Post to name a few.  Katie shares her insights on living the "high" life and successfully running a startup at speaking events such as ABC Home's Beauty Wellness Wisdom, Bumble Bizz Wellness Panel, and Dreamers & Doers.  

Heather Simpson and Katie Kaps go through her journey and evolution in her career, and the milestones that occurred along the way.

You can check out their website and get your own at home experience at HigherDOSE.com

You can follow HigherDOSE on IG HERE

You can follow Katie Kaps on IG HERE 

Heather Simpson interviews author Sherry Cormier, who brings us a whole new look and insight onto grief in our lives.

Sherry is a certified bereavement training consultant, and know first hand what it's like to experience a series of extreme losses, in such a short amount of time.

She helps her clients work through some very foundational questions that we need to ask ourselves... "How do we create more empowerment? How do we grow?"

Sherry has authored several textbooks and has years of experience in both private practice and in the teaching community.

She has fascinating insights and perspectives on resilience and what that means for us as women on our journey's. 


Get Sherry's Book! Sweet Sorrow; Finding Enduring Wholeness After Loss and Grief
www.SherryCormier.com

Barbara Huson (previously known as Barbara Stanny), is the leading authority on women, wealth and power. As a best selling author, teacher and wealth coach, Barbara has helped millions take charge of their finances and their lives.

Barbara's background in business, her years as a journalist, her Master's Degree in Counseling Psychology, her extensive research, and her personal experience with money give her a unique perspective and makes her the foremost expert on empowering women to live up to their financial and personal potential.

"If you don't deal with your money, your money will deal with you." Barbara

"Women's problems with money, are never about money. Money is a very emotional experience." Barbara

Barbara has been featured on Good Morning America, The View, Extra, The O'Reilly Report, and many times on CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, Fox News, PBS and NPR, as well as The New York Times and USA Today.

Barbara is the Author of 6 books:
Prince Charming Isn't Coming: How Women Get Smart About Money
Secrets of Six Figure Women
Overcoming Underearning
Finding a Financial Advisor You Can Trust
Breaking Through
Sacred Success

You can learn more about Barbara and her work at www.Barbara-Huson.com

Kavita is a Relationship Coach. She has studied ancient eastern philosophy for 20 years, and combines those practices with her studies in family systems and human behavior to create her own transformational process, called The Parent Work™.

The Parent Work™ is a unique approach that has helped thousands change the way they operate in their lives by often having one profound conversation…with their parents or a family member. Kavita teaches that our relationships with lovers, spouses, money, our bodies and our kids… are affected by things that happened with our parents or those that raised us in childhood.

Kavita has helped thousands of people around the globe break free of these family patterns that keep them stuck, creating deep levels of connection and love within themselves, so they can call in love, become a better partner, be a better parent, call in more abundance, and overall just feel way more fulfilled in life.

"What you see and experience as a child or with those who raised you, is a direct reflection in your current relationship."

The books she recommends to the She Leads Me Community are:
The Alchemist
Conscious Parenting
The Power of Now

She has been seen in: CBSNews, Huffington Post, FoxNews, Women’s Health, Women’s Day, and more.

Connect with Kavita!
On her website
On Facebook
On Instagram 

Have you ever felt like there just wasn't enough time for you... for ANYTHING you would like to do? Heather Simpson walks us through a talk she gave at the She Leads Me Women's Leadership Event in Seattle on Creating the Space we need in our life, to be the women we want to be. 

"As women, when we create space, we oftentimes feel a sense of guilt and shame around that. We feel an obligation to fill our plates and cups, with other people’s needs, but we fail to recognize our own until it’s sometimes too late."

Does this resonate with you? Heather walks you through 3 simple steps that you can take today, to create the space in your life that you need. 

She also gives us a recap of the She Leads Me Seattle Event, with highlights from the 2 day experience. 

We also invite you to be on the show! You can send in your leadership, business and career questions to [email protected]. If you like to be on the show, let us know in your email. 

Lauren Perry is an incredible power house female. It's no wonder that she has built the amazing City Cycle Seattle, all off the sweat of her own back...literally.

Join us on this episode of the She Leads Me Podcast where Lauren shares her story of building her business from scratch, and overcoming the challenges that business owners face along the way.

www.citycylceseattle.com
IG @citycylceseattle
IG @laurentaylorperry

Today we cover the topic of our February She Leads Me Connections breakfast meeting, and one of our keynote topics at the upcoming She Leads Me | Women's Leadership Event happening March 14th and 15th in Seattle. 

In a world where we are constantly being blasted with information, where everyone's businesses and profiles are starting to look the same... how do we stand out? 

How do you handle content being pushed your way and thrown in your face? Have you tried to make your business or company shine, only to feel swallowed up by all the busyness and noise out there? You're not alone. In fact, this is one of the biggest items that comes up when Heather work's  with women and businesses in her consulting work. 

It is an epidemic that she sees everyone struggling with in one form or another. How do they stand out as a business? How do they stand out 

Heather Simpson takes you through her 7 Steps to walking within your Authenticity in your self, your relationships and in your business. 

When was the last time you checked in with yourself? Like REALLY checked in with yourself. Join Heather Simpson as she walks you through her steps towards mindfulness, intention and focus to realign yourself, your life, and your career on the path you want it to be on. 

Heather takes us through the re focus on our baseline, to get us to other important things in our life. Her topic at the upcoming She Leads Me Connections meeting and the Women's Leadership Event happening in Seattle is "How to Stand Out Authentically in an Auto-Filled World". 

"This topic has gotten a lot of buzz since I released it. I promised you spicy topics in business and leadership, didn’t I? There is so much noise that is happening out there. How do you stand apart, in your authentic brilliance and STAND OUT as the world class leader that you are. You all see it. You all notice that everything seems to have the same message and content from one thing to the next. " Heather shares, "It’s time to turn it off, be intentional and show up in the world differently." 

"So why live events? If you’ve ever been to the right live event, you know the power and experience that takes place for you when you go. The surge and rush that you feel, surrounded by others on the same journey as you, helps you feel connected and empowered. Plus, you add the educational content, incredible speakers, and like minded people around you? Magic happens, especially when you gather women."
 
Get more information about the March event, speaking topics and takeaways at www.SheLeadsMe.com/register