In this mini solo episode of The Art of Lost and Found Podcast, I share how I grew my income by taking on 45% less clients.

I'll share my own experience and insights on the importance of choosing the right clients (and saying no to the wrong ones), recognizing when it’s time to make strategic shifts in your clientele, and how creating systems and automating certain processes can make everything flow with more ease, less time and stress. I open up about my own experiences of moving from low-paying clients to those who truly value quality and are ready to invest in their own growth. And most importantly, I talk about how crucial it is to design a business model that aligns with your core values and allows you to serve your clients in a meaningful way.

Key Takeaways

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to the Art of Lost and Found

01:08 The Importance of Client Selection

05:51 Shifting Clientele for Better Returns

10:40 Streamlining Processes and Automation

14:27 Transformational Shifts in Business Strategy

18:42 Intentional Business Model Design

Keywords

branding, client selection, business strategy, automation, entrepreneurship, design, project management, client relationships, service providers, creative business

In this episode, we deep dive with Shawn Parell, a therapist, yoga + meditation teacher, and creative practitioner, about the process of reclaiming and embodying one's creativity.

We explore the challenges of separating from one's creative self and the importance of reconnecting with it for a more authentic and fulfilling life. We get into the concept of self-abandonment and the fear of judgment that often holds people back from expressing their creativity as well as the value of practice and the evolution of one's creative journey.

Our conversation touches on topics such as vulnerability, worthiness, and the intersection of inner and outer work in creative entrepreneurship.

Shawn shares her personal journey of integrating her various passions and finding her authentic expression and we touch on the therapeutic aspect of creativity and the power of growth and transformation.

You can learn more about Shawn's work on her website here: https://www.shawnparell.com/

If you like her brand and website, learn more about creating your own here: https://iknowagal.co/

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Keywords creativity, therapy, self-abandonment, authenticity, practice, vulnerability, worthiness, creative journey, creative entrepreneurship, creative process, support, collaboration, creative flow, roles, permission, trust, vulnerability, integration, authentic expression, therapeutic, growth, transformation

Use Neuroscience To Create Your Future Self with Dr. Alice Penn

In this transformative episode, I dive in with Dr. Alice Penn, a distinguished executive and career coach who has navigated a fascinating journey from being a medical doctor in London to a career in corporate finance and ultimately, coaching. Alice shares her compelling story of personal and professional transformation, offering valuable insights into overcoming mental health challenges, perfectionism, and limiting beliefs. 

In this episode, we delve into the pivotal moments that led to her career changes and her innovative coaching techniques that blend neuroscience with creativity. Our discussion also emphasizes the critical role of creativity and imagination in personal transformation and professional success. Tune in to discover how Alice harnesses the power of neuroscience and creativity to help high-achieving professionals break free from disillusionment and achieve a purpose-driven life.

Episode Highlights

Alice’s Professional Journey: Transition from medical doctor to corporate finance and coaching, driven by the desire to reach her true potential.

Mental Health and Personal Struggles: Alice’s battles with perfectionism and limiting beliefs, leading to burnout and a re-evaluation of her career path.

Neuroscience-Based Coaching: The importance of addressing root causes and how neurological patterns influence behaviors and thoughts.

Creativity and Healing: The role of creative activities in Alice’s recovery and their importance in her coaching methods.

Visualization Techniques: Using imagination to envision a better future and align with one’s true identity.

Client Success Stories: Examples of how Alice’s methods have transformed the lives and careers of her clients.

Mindset and Belief: The impact of mindset on physical and mental well-being, supported by research and personal anecdotes.

This episode offers a deep dive into the transformative power of creativity, neuroscience, and intentional effort in overcoming personal and professional challenges. Join us as we explore the journey to fulfillment and the continuous process of personal growth.

To learn more about Dr. Alice Penn and her work, visit her website at⁠ alicepennmd.com⁠.

Keywords:

Dr. Alice Penn, Executive coaching, Career transformation, Neuroscience coaching, Personal growth, Overcoming perfectionism, Mental health in professionals, Creativity in coaching, Limiting beliefs, Professional success tips, Visualization techniques, Mindset and belief shifts, Burnout recovery, Personal fulfillment, Career change stories, High-achiever coaching, Neuroscience and creativity, Intentional personal growth, Purpose-driven career, Personal transformation stories, Brand Builders Group, Business coaching, Creativity, Creative business, 

Rachel Rossitto is a coach, guide, and facilitator who has dedicated her life to supporting women in deepening awakening and empowering their Feminine Spirit using ancient wisdom, daily sacred rituals, and embodiment practices, many of which have been informed by her experience as a Birth Doula and as an Integrative Health Coach.

Her approach is deeply transformative and rooted in a profound understanding of the sacred feminine energy. I know this first hand because I’ve been involved with Rachel and her work for several years now, dancing effortlessly between being a student of hers and her being a client of mine. 

In our conversation today, Rachel and I delve into the themes of feminine energy, creativity, and the often messy process of creation. Rachel shares her passion for serving women and helping them connect with their sacred feminine energy with the support, NOT banishment, of the sacred masculine.

Her perspective expresses the importance of embracing the totality of who we are and the healing power of walking in our truth.

We'll also explore creativity as a way of being and the value of staying grounded in our practice. Rachel's personal journey through the messy parts of life and the transformative power of meditation offer profound insights into the human experience.

We get into altars, the intersection of creativity and business, and the dance between discipline and devotion. We'll also delve into her experience as a creative entrepreneur, and what it means to be a vessel for her work in this world.

Topic Areas

​Embracing the Sacred Feminine: Healing and Empowerment

• ​Creativity as a Way of Being: Embracing the Messy Process
• ​The Power of Altars and Creativity
• ​Bridging the Gap: Discipline and Devotion in Business
• ​The Language of Reflection and Mirroring
• ​Journey of Being a Vessel for the Divine
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• Connect With Rachel

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In this episode, I discuss the concept of the "Upper Limit Problem" or better known as the Fear of Success. We explore the fears that arise when you are outgrowing the life you currently have. This fear is deeply rooted in a fear of change and a lack of self-worth, one must explore this fear and build a new relationship with it in order to achieve success and fulfillment. We go into practical tips for overcoming the upper limit problem so that you can move closer to the life you actually desire.

Takeaways

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

00:42 The Upper Limit Problem

04:23 Fear of Success is Fear of Change

06:25 Grieving the Loss of Familiarity

07:24 Self-Sabotage and Unworthiness

10:29 Overcoming the Upper Limit Problem

To explore working together, head over to: ⁠https://brookeestin.com

To connect on Instagram, find me ⁠https://www.instagram.com/brookeestin/

In this episode of The Art of Lost and Found we explore the crucial yet delicate balance between generosity and profitability for creative entrepreneurs. We delve into the challenges faced by creative entrepreneurs in maintaining a sustainable business model while staying in alignment with their values.

We start with an exploration of boundaries, then move into stories with practical insights, including a client's journey toward balancing accessibility with financial sustainability in her healing practice.

We get into self-worth and values and how they relate to setting boundaries that honor both generosity and financial stability.

Finally, we briefly discuss intentional financial strategies, like cash flow management and the diversification of revenue streams to ensure long-term sustainability.

To book your own Brand Strategy Call, head over to:

https://brookeestin.com/#brand-therapy

To connect on Instagram, find me https://www.instagram.com/brookeestin/

Today on the podcast, we welcome author, speaker, and entrepreneur, Adam Vibe Gunton. Adam is the founder of Recovered On Purpose, and he's the author of the book From Chains to Saved.

Through his book, TED talk and online presence, his story of addiction and recovery has reached millions of people worldwide. With an entrepreneurial sales and marketing background, Adam broke sales records in two door-to-door industries and built a multimillion-dollar B2C marketing company with a team of 23 employees in three states.

Now, as the founder and executive director of Recovered On Purpose, Adam lives by the affirmation, “I am the example of what is possible for an addict when they recover.” Adam shares how he started as a joyful young boy with straight A's and a promising athletic career before experiencing the depths of addiction, surviving an overdose that nearly took his life, and then finding his path to recovery.

He shares a profound spiritual experience that solidified his faith and connected him with a larger vision for his life that led him to create his nonprofit, Recovered on Purpose, which now helps millions of people around the globe who struggle with addiction.

We spoke about a variety of related themes such as identity, self-trust, building community, and fully stepping into a purpose that is much bigger than just oneself.

You can find more about Adam's work here:

Non-Profit: https://recoveredonpurpose.org/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adamvibegunton/

TED TALK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuvHBlyLTro&themeRefresh=1

Today, we welcome creative extraordinaire, Nadine Hanafi as she shares how she monetized her creativity using strategic visual design. She's an award-winning designer, creative entrepreneur, and founder of We Are Visual and Digital Brand Kit. Nadine believes that beautiful branding is not a vanity accessory. It's a growth catalyst. When you have beautiful strategic branding, showing up is not just easier, but it's more exciting. And that confident glowing energy that you get from having impeccable branding permeates through everything you do.

Nadine is a master of personal branding. She's known for her incredible digital business strategy capacity and her visual storytelling. Her work focuses on helping online experts package their knowledge and uniqueness into irresistible brands.

Nadine and I first met several years ago when we were both working for the personal brand strategy firm, Brand Builders Group, where she was leading creative direction.

What I loved most about this conversation was something that Nadine said towards the end. She said that one of the things that she wished that she had known earlier was that the growth of her business and her external success in the world was dependent on how much internal growth she had done. When your external success exceeds the work that you've done internally, you can't continue to grow and evolve.

So the fact that she would give herself advice about being more focused on internal wellbeing and personal growth and development, excavating the things that are keeping us small and amplifying the things that are magical and amazing about us, just endeared her that much more to me.

To follow more of Nadine's journey, head over to nadinehanafi.com or Nadine.Hanafi on Instagram.

If you're a coach, consultant or creator who is need of beautiful, fast and budget-friendly branding, then head over to Digital Brand Kit and use the code "CREATIVEAMPLIFIER" to get 10% off your purchase.

In today's quick solo episode, I share a story of how my biggest client taught me to work with my intuition. It's the story of how I came to work with a client who I helped take from $0 to $3 million and how I learned to distinguish my intuition from my fear, and then identify past triggers I was bringing to the current situation that were keeping me playing small.

Working with this multi-million dollar client helped me learn about my own intuition and how it can be harnessed to make better decisions in both my personal and professional life. It helped me better understand the space "where the woo meets the work".

We explore the importance of translating intuition into action and creating structures that support intuitive decision-making.

Takeaways

Chapters

00:00 Introduction: The Woo Meets the Work

01:40 Understanding Intuition

04:06 Listening to Intuition: A Personal Story

09:44 Deep Contemplation and Meditation

12:14 Translating Intuition into Action

19:43 Developing Intuition for Better Decision-Making

21:10 Practices for Connecting with Intuition

23:06 Protecting and Honoring Yourself

24:06 The Magic of Combining Woo and Work

Emily Lane is a futurist and founder of the Evolutionary Intelligence Academy. With a professional background in business, a near-death experience catapulted her into a 20-year quest for deeper meaning and purpose. Her journey led her to distill, explore, and apply some of the most leading-edge inner technologies of our world today. Emily works multi-dimensionally and she shares practical tools of evolutionary intelligence so that leaders and pioneers can solidify their clarity, purpose, and of course, their creative power.

Emily consults on the birth and direction of evolutionary projects, and she shared the stage with luminaries from academia, the World Bank, the United Nations, and World Economic Forum, among many others.

She's spoken in front of royalty, in front of governments, Silicon Valley executives, and thousands of pioneers around the world. She's been published by Mindful Leader and taught at the Omega Institute in New York. She was a founding partner of the groundbreaking Conscious Business World Summit and former host of the world's largest Mindfulness in Business Conference, Wisdom 2.0 in San Francisco.

All of her work is infused with uplifting activation energy and of course, her Irish sense of humor. This comes through quite a bit in the podcast. Our conversation focused on the intersection of creativity, entrepreneurship, leadership and personal development.

As woo or esoteric, as some of these ideas can feel at first, Emily is the master at making these concepts accessible, understandable, and actionable. In this conversation, she guides us through a step-by-step process to help us identify and connect with our inner guidance. This is part of what she calls connecting to evolutionary intelligence.

We do this so that we can access that power to make practical decisions in our life and our work. Stay tuned to the end where Emily introduces her six week program for evolutionary leaders, which I very much look forward to participating in myself starting January, 2024.

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To sign up for her Evolutionary Intelligence Academy, click here:

https://www.evolutionaryintelligenceacademy.com/evolutionaryprofessional