Support is Sexy

"Just because you're not moving doesn't mean you're not moving."--Karen Taylor Bass

Karen Taylor Bass is the Founder and Media Strategist for TaylorMade Media, LLC. She has created strategic public relations, branding, and marketing campaigns for nonprofits, schools, corporations, luxury brands, celebrities, athletes, and entrepreneurs.

Her talent is crafting engaging branding campaigns while simultaneously securing top-notch media placements. Karen's placements range from the Associated Press, NY Daily News, New York Times, NPR, WBLS-FM (NY), Hot97-FM (NYC), ABC News, Washington Post, USA Today, Yahoo News, Oprah, Forbes to Entrepreneur magazine.

On this third installment of our "WHERE IS SHE NOW?" series of the Support is Sexy podcast, where we revisit some of our previous guests and find out where they are in their business today, we catch up with Karen during a beautiful time of transition in her business and in her life, a time when something she deeply loves — yoga, mindfulness an meditation — are playing a larger role in her business. In this episode, Karen shares how she's moving through life and business on-purpose, how she's drawing a powerful circle around her dreams, and how you can do the same!

For more interviews and insights from more than 400 women entrepreneurs around the world and to get links to the resources mentioned in the episode, go to supportissexy.com!

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I don't care how gentle a rejection is, there's always some part of it that makes us say, "Ouch!" In this flashback episode of the Support is Sexy podcast, I share how I went through this after receiving a rejection from an agent about my book proposal for the "Support is Sexy" book. (OUCH!) But, I learned something from this experience. AND, because I kept going and didn't let the rejection stop me, I ended up finding the right agent, getting a book deal with HarperCollins and my book -- which is written and turned in -- is on its way to entering the world

On this episode, I share what I learned from the experience of initial rejection, and three ways that you can handle rejection as the journey to your dream.

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"Spirit, tell me what I need to know."

These are the words that Regina Louise has used throughout her life to guide her to know when it was time for her to make a move — including moments when she had to fight for her life in order to make that move.

By sixteen-years-old Regina, lived in — and failed to adjust to — thirty foster homes, group homes and psychiatric facilities and survived harsh abuse. Emancipated from the system at age 18, she had to find her own way, and was committed to one day graduate from college despite all of the school she missed and to one day share her story. At 48 years-old, Regina Louise walked across the stage Magna Cum Laude from California Institute of Integral Studies, and two weeks later, she was chosen as a Dean's Distinguished Fellow at University of California, Riverside as a graduate student. And today, she is author of the celebrated memoir Somebody's Someone, which has been adaptedLifetime Television Network and is scheduled to air in late 2019.

On this throwback episode of the Support is Sexy podcast -- which originally aired January 2, 2019, Regina shares why it's important to take your dreams to bed with you, to trust where spirit guides you and to pay attention to your intuition. It's a powerful episode about courage and resilience that needs to be heard again and again.

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"Your dream has to scare you in some way for it to change the world."

Celebrity makeup artist and businesswoman Camara Aunique Helps has worked with celebrities like Ava DuVernay, Quincy, June Ambrose, Yvonne Orji, Lil Rel Howery, Angela Bassett and countless others. On this second episode in our "WHERE IS SHE NOW?" series, we catch up with Camara when she is literally pushing herself outside of her comfort zone. At the time, she was signing up for the Brooklyn Half marathon and thinking about the way she could go bigger in her life so she can build her legacy and have an impact. Camara was first on episode 33 of the Support is Sexy podcast, and during this interview, she talks to us about manifesting your vision, taking risks, being pushed outside of your comfort zone and building a legacy.

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In the first episode in my Where is She Now? series on the Support is Sexy podcast, we bring back our very first repeat guest: Michelle Khouri, founder and CEO of FRQNCY Media — a podcasting production studio and company based in Atlanta, Georgia. Michelle announced the upcoming launch of FRQNCY during her first interview on episode 544 in September 2018, and on this episode we talk about where her business is today, what she has learned and what's next!

On this episode, Michelle discussed:

• Prioritizing your revenue plan from the start of your business.
• The importance of multiple revenue streams.
• The importance of delegating to optimize your time and energy.
• Abundance doesn't come through self sacrifice.
• How to embrace "slow flow."

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5, 4, 3, 2, 1…

If, within just five seconds, you challenged yourself to do the thing you said you were going to do — to keep a commitment, send that email, make that call, feed the kids, go to the gym — think of how different (and productive!) life would be!

This is a lesson I discuss in this flashback episode of the Support is Sexy podcast that I recorded in 2017 when I read The 5 Second Rule, by Mel Robbins. I highly recommend it -- still! Such a simple concept that has the potential to be the catalyst for a major mindset shift for all of us who apply it. How do I know? Because I apply it often!

Have a listen, and then get busy in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1…

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On this throwback episode of the Support is Sexy podcast, author and television executive Mitzi Miller shares how, as a high-powered editor-in-chief position at a magazine she long admired, she was unhappy, felt stuck and was making herself seriously ill. But she felt trapped by the "golden handcuffs" -- that is until she finally released herself and made the leap.

Today, Mitzi — who is also author of five books, including The Vow, which was made into a TV movie for Lifetime — is VP of Development for Rainforest Entertainment and was executive producer on the BET series, The Yard. She lives in LA, she loves the work she does, she is healthy, she is happy. And as she shared in this episode, she wants you to know that you can walk away and be okay.

For more interviews and insights from more than 400 women entrepreneurs around the world, go to supportissexy.com.

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Tricia Molloy is an expert on developing a positive mindset so women entrepreneurs can reduce stress, achieve goals and enjoy better balance. She's the author of the book, Working with Wisdom: 10 Universal Principles for Enlightened Entrepreneurs, and she is a coach for those who crave more success at work and in life. Tricia presents keynote talks and workshop on goal achievement and work-life balance at companies and conferences. She also facilitates vision board workshops so participants gain the clarity, confidence and courage to pursue their dreams.

On this episode of the Support is Sexy podcast, Tricia — who started her speaking business in 2006 but has had her own marketing firm since 1988 — shares what it means to CRAVE your goals, how to build your speaking business and how to find your voice.

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Do you suffer from "shiny apple syndrome?" If you're an entrepreneur with any ambition, it's likely you have. Instead of drilling down on what's working, we get caught up focusing on what's next. But what's next may not be what's needed.

Ask yourself: What's the one thing that I should focus on to help me achieve extraordinary results?

This is what I learned while reading the book, The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller with Jay Papasan (Bard Press 2013). In this flashback episode of the Support is Sexy podcast, I share how the book is helped me to clear away some of the "shiny apples" in my entrepreneurial journey and focus on what really matters, both to the business I want to build and the life I want to lead.

Listen to learn one of the most important questions you can ask yourself when searching for your One Thing.

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When Dorie Clark, marketing strategy consultant and author of the enlightening new book, Entrepreneurial You, was executive director of a non-profit, she realized, essentially, that she was running her own small business. This sparked the entrepreneurial flame that — after a year of planning that included taking courses and doing extensive research — Dorie decided to cultivate.

Ten years later, the Pinehurst, North Carolina, native has run her own successful marketing and consulting business for more than ten years, is a global speaker, has worked with clients around the world — including Google, Yale University and the National Park Service, and has eight (yep, eight) streams of income. On this episode of the Support is Sexy podcast, Dorie, who also teaches at Duke University Fuqua School of business, shares her top strategies from Entrepreneurial You to help you "monetize your expertise, create multiple income streams and thrive."

On this episode you'll learn:

• The market will show you when your original idea is not the right one.
• Why it's important to have a "portfolio career."
• Why most successful entrepreneurs have at least seven streams of income.
• Seven strategies that entrepreneurs can use to monetize your expertise and create multiple income streams.
• How writing a book shifts the perception on your credibility and leads to opportunities.
• Why having your own email list is more important than ever.
• Why Dorie talks about maximizing long-term relationships and reputation over maximizing money.
• How to attract your ideal client.
• How to know when it's time to upgrade your clients.
• How to consciously uncouple from your client.
• Smart ways to get professional speaking engagements.
• The power of podcasting (and podcast guesting).
• The importance of pruning the dead shit!

For more interviews and insights from more than 400 women entrepreneurs around the world, go to supportissexy.com.

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