Talk with a K

Some would call what we’re living in right now crazy times I’d say, right friends? In today’s episode, Jessica Carey and I chatted about what it looks like to be led by Jesus in the crazy times. It’s so so timely. 

Jess is a wife and mother of two children, who has moved more than eight times across more than 11,000 miles in the past decade, including a stint internationally. From acting in New York to running a business overseas, she has consistently sailed into the unknown. 

In her book, Chart a Course: Taking a Journey With God at the Helm she shares her inspiring journey from a life adrift, to one full of adventure and purpose. She challenges her readers to dive into deeper faith, resilient hope, and God-sized dreams, which is right up my alley. Her goal is to practically equip people with strategies that help discover and follow the leading of God. Learn more about her book HERE. 

We had a great and relatable conversation about how we can pursue God even when everything around us is in chaos. It’s a really encouraging chat today friends so I can’t wait to hear what you think. 

 

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I know you’re going to love today’s episode! Especially if you are constantly feeling like you have so much going on and sometimes you don’t know how to manage it all. 

I sat down with Rachel Van Kluyve, who is literally all the things. She’s a wife, she’s a mom of two, she’s an author, she’s the founder Crate & Cottage, she released her first book in March. It’s called, She Made Herself a Home.

Oh, and she’s also a homeschooling mom, an online interior design influencer, and she owns a successful real estate business with her husband. 

ALL. OF. THE. THINGS.

In this episode, I sat down with Nicola Charlotte (who honestly has the best accent ever). She was born in London but lived in Madrid & Barcelona for 7 years combined. She is a huge foodie & fitness fan, and a firm believer in the power of positivity. 

 

Nicola is a Career & Life Coach who supports ambitious, young women while they navigate their next steps of life. She helps women build courage, resilience, and confidence to disrupt their autopilot life and essentially curate their dream future so that they can feel more confident and value themselves more than ever before. Her aim is for her clients to feel re-energized and excited about their road ahead. 

 

Our minds are powerful - and this is what Nicola and I are diving into today. She's a firm believer that the stories we tell ourselves are so convincing. So how can we control this and create an incredible life for ourselves? This is the question she's asking her clients and what she is walking us through today.

 

This episode is super powerful! The Bible says, "As a man thinketh, so he is." (Proverbs 23:7) And that is so true! I'm sure you've heard this before but this episode is so good because Nicola lays out powerful, actionable steps and practical tools that you can take to start having more positive thoughts, to change the way you're thinking to effect your outward life.

 

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I'm excited about today's episode. It's a topic that I think we definitely need to cover more because so many of us feel stuck and we feel like when we have failures or we get rejected that it's all over.

 

I got to sit down with Dawn Foster who is a marketing strategist and brand guru who sees shapes and colors before words. The way her mind works is unique and beautiful!

 

We have such a great conversation and I love seeing through her perspective and seeing how she got to where she's at now by working through the failures + rejection instead of letting it stop her. She's led small and large marketing teams for over a decade and now works with solopreneurs and small business owners to take their marketing to the next level.

 

Dawn is an analytical person who specializes in not only creating a branding foundation, but in using numbers and data to amplify marketing strategies. She's worked with Dick's Sporting Goods, formerly known as Golfsmith, Renewal by Anderson, QuantumDigital and many more & shares what she's learned along the way with her clients. 

 

If you're dealing with rejection, failure, or things that are trying to pull you out of walking in your purpose, this episode is going to help you so much and it's going to encourage you to keep going and never give up.

 

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In today's episode, I got to sit down with Kendra Swalls, who used to be an elementary school teacher turned entrepreneur. But she's not only running one successful business, she's running TWO! Kendra has a passion for helping women go after their wild and ambitious dreams of creating their dream business, while spending time with their children and having control of their life and their schedule.

 

Kendra is navigating the ups and down of entrepreneurship, she's surviving and might I add, thriving, in motherhood. She's a natural educator and is not only sharing everything she has learned along the way, but also helps to apply the tips and tools to grow your business so you can leave today with tangible action to take, which I absolutely love.

 

In this episode, you will hear my "a-ha!" moments and shifts in perspectives I have as I'm talking to Kendra about how to market your business creatively. It's such a great episode, friends. I know you're going to love it and it's definitely going to broaden your horizons and help you take action to continue to market your business with ease.

 

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I got to sit down with Tiffany Bluhm- the author of Never Alone and She Dreams, a writer, speaker, podcast co-host of Why Tho- which is honestly one of my favorites podcasts right now.

 

She’s a Gatherer-in-chief of Sip and Savor, a women’s movement in the Seattle area centered around fine food, fine wine, and community. As a minority, immigrant woman with a interracial family, she is passionate about inviting all to the table of faith, equality, justice, and dignity. Which I am ALL FOR.

 

Her work has been featured on the Youversion Bible App, Scary Mommy, TODAY Parents, the Hallmark Channel, and the Jenny McCarthy Show. Tiffany and her husband, Derek, live in the Seattle area with their two sons, Jericho and Kingston.

 

So friends, she’s pretty amazing. We’re talking about how we continue to dream with God amid uncertain times. Which is right now. I’m sure you’ve noticed. We have these thoughts: Is my dream even worth it? Is now the time? We unpack all of this in the episode and I know you’re going to leave with clarity and steps to take today when you’re done listening.

 

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Entrepreneurship and burnout - sometimes it feels like these two can go together like peanut butter and jelly, and really - they shouldn’t!

 

But if you’re an entrepreneur, I know it’s easy to push push push and go go go because there’s just something in us that’s an amazing quality, but needs to tamed a little. You know what I mean friends? If you’re nodding right now, this episode is going to be so helpful.

 

I sat down with Melissa Lin, who is a previously successful chemical engineer turned multiple six-figure business coach, business owner, and podcast host. 

Melissa has been featured on Born to Rise, Savage Babe, Follow Your Heart, and this summer you will hear her on SHE podcast with Jordan Lee Doley. 

Over the course of 2.5 years, she was trying to DIY her online business and it went nowhere. She was barely making $1k most months until she decided to push past her fears and take real action. She figured out powerful strategies, stopped with the burnout and constantly hustling and she went from barely making it to fully thriving in it. Now she helps other women do the same.

 

So, is it possible to be an entrepreneur without the burnout and constantly hustle? YES!!! Tune in and find out how!

 

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I’ve been seeing everywhere people launching webinars about how to take your business from no online presence to easily shooting and recording videos to go live NOW and how important it is to be in that space and I couldn’t agree more.

Having an online presence and using your platform, regardless of its size, is beneficial for anyone right now.

 

Shortly after recording this conversation with Patricia, I quickly saw the value in videos and decided to start my IGTV Friday’s series on Instagram - if you haven’t seen it, go follow me at @talkwithakaepodcast.

 

Patricia has serious experience in the industry, she helps companies with promo videos to double and triple their revenue, she’s traveled the world as a documentary filmmaker, and did I mention, she’s also an Emmy award winner (for filming

As an entrepreneur, time is one of our most precious commodities, and often we don’t find enough of it.

 

I know I tend to feel overwhelmed and sometimes instead of getting the most done with the time I have, I end up being all over the place and doing a little here and a little there.

How do we truly juggle it all? As a mom, a wife, a friend, someone who’s still working in corporate, someone who has other commitments. Is it possible?

In this episode I sat down with Crystalee Beck of The Mama Ladder and we talked about it and how she manages to get it all done.

 

Covered in this episode:

What to focus on when you have a lot to focus on 

How to balance your every day tasks and responsibilities 

Tips to keep you focused 

Advice to take the pressure off 

 

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You know all those great ideas, big or small, that you have in your head? Maybe you've written them down or daydreamed about doing them all day long instead of what you do now. Or maybe you've actually sat down to start pursuing them and didn't know where to even start or felt like you didn't know enough to start?

In today's episode, I will be giving you some tips on how to JUST START, sharing  vulnerable stories of my own personal failures, and shedding light on how those failures were actually really special lessons. 

 

In this episode:

Tips to take the pressure off and help you start with confidence

Vulnerable stories + real talk

 

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