The Bad B*tch Entrepreneur

Ever thought you could really see yourself on the NYT Bestseller list? Sit on a panel with the likes of Mel Robbins, Gabby Bernstein, or Oprah? Be a thought leader at the top of your industry?

If the answer is anything but a resounding "HELL YES," it's more than just an item on your vision board, and you're taking action on it every day, you need this episode.

Your future self wants to have a word with you - in the best way possible.

What got you to your current level of success won't get you where you want to go. That doesn't mean you'll have to do 10x the work, but you will have to 10x your belief in what you're capable of.

Learning to see yourself in a bigger, more expanded, capable way paves the way for more creative problem solving, simpler paths from here to your goals, and gives you the opportunity to take more risks.

Work is only a small part of success. The way you see yourself - your identity and what's possible for you - determines where you'll be a month, a year, and even a decade from where you are now.

So if you were to imagine your future self, what would that version tell you now?

How does future you walk into a room? Carry themselves? Think about themselves? Solve problems?

Tune into this episode for…

• The sneaky place most entrepreneurs get stuck when trying to grow their business
• How to tap into your future self to solve 90% of your biz problems
• The energetic magic of consulting your future self & what happens when do you that
• The 1 thing that MUST come first before success, followers, and $

& so much more!

Loving this episode? Please leave a rating and review so more feminist entrepreneurs can find the show and change the world! All you gotta do is head here.

How to connect with Melanie:

Wanna sign your next 3 "F YEAH" clients? Get your free copy of my guide to Consensual Sales Conversations and sales will never feel gross again.

Ready to grow your feminist business? Join the mastermind for feminist entrepreneurs building 6+ figure businesses. Get all the details and join the waitlist here.

© 2022 Melanie Childers

Are you feeling burnt out? A lot of us are right now. You could be doing what you love and not hustling, but still feel burned out. There's f*ck ton of things going on in the world, and all of the turmoil can drain us into burnout mode.

That's the bad news. The good news is that there are practical things that you can implement right now to manage your stress and recover. That's right - you cannot just push through, but you CAN recover and kick ass after burnout.

Today I'm talking with Megan Ladd, the Joy Coach. We're not just talking about burnout, but the tools and magic that you can use to grow beyond burnout. Sometimes that means understanding where the magic comes from, and it's not from pressure.

Tune in for…

• Causes of burnout and how to recover
• The goal setting mistakes most people make
• What it takes to energetically prepare for your launches
• 3 mindset shifts that makes achieving goals more fun
• The surprising mindset difference between a $100k biz and a $1million biz
• The 4 seasons of business and how to know which one you're in

& so much more!

Loving this episode? Please leave a rating and review so more feminist entrepreneurs can find the show and change the world! All you gotta do is head here.

How to connect with Melanie:

Wanna sign your next 3 "F YEAH" clients? Get your free copy of my guide to Consensual Sales Conversations and sales will never feel gross again.

Ready to grow your feminist business? Join the mastermind for feminist entrepreneurs building 6+ figure businesses. Get all the details and join the waitlist here.

How to connect with Megan:

Megan Ladd is The Joy Coach. She teaches high-achieving coaches how to take the pressure off themselves, and experience more ease, joy, and presence in their day-to-day lives.

Megan previously worked in the entertainment industry at Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox before making the leap into personal development and joining self-help author Danielle LaPorte's team. She simultaneously began her study in Spiritual Psychology, fell in love with coaching, and started her own practice in 2016.

Through her 1:1 and Joyful CEO Mastermind, Megan has helped hundreds of coaches experience more fun, alignment and magic inside and outside of their businesses.

Website: https://www.megan-ladd.com/

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

The Joyful CEO Mastermind for Coaches: https://www.megan-ladd.com/joy

© 2022 Melanie Childers

When the pandemic hit and a "normal" book tour wasn't an option for Heidi Busche's newly published book, she changed her plans and landed over 100 Podcast interviews instead.

Figuring out how to grow your reach is something we'll ALL be doing forever as social media platforms update frequently and new ones pop up every day. Today I'm talking with my client Heidi Busche about pivoting when plans don't work out and getting over the fear of being "too much" online.

We also unpack what happens when you feel like your real self is "too much" and how to find your best fit clients by being JUST THAT! Spoiler alert - your clients will love your "too much"ness and it will repel those who aren't the right fit - win/win!

This episode is SO juicy it's hard to fit in everything we chat about! Tune in to hear the tea on…

• How to get on TV or podcasts to promote your services
• How Heidi pivoted a book tour during the pandemic and went on over 100 podcasts
• Why you should unfollow these 3 types of people online
• How to find your best fit clients by being "too much"
• How to turn your story into service for others

& so much more!

Loving this episode? Please leave a rating and review so more feminist entrepreneurs can find the show and change the world! All you gotta do is head here.

How to connect with Melanie:

Wanna sign your next 3 "F YEAH" clients? Get your free copy of my guide to Consensual Sales Conversations and sales will never feel gross again.

Ready to grow your feminist business? Join the mastermind for feminist entrepreneurs building 6+ figure businesses. Get all the details and join the waitlist here.

How to connect with Heidi:

Heidi Busche is the ultimate hype-woman and accountability coach, helping female entrepreneurs from all over the world achieve their business (and personal!) dreams. With her higher education background, years of coaching experience, analytical approach, and soul-fueled mission to helping others reach their goals, Heidi coaches clients 1:1 by mapping out micro-goals and strategies, while providing accountability and joy along the way. We're talking tried, tested, and transformative.

You can learn more on her website: https://www.heidibcoaching.com/

Or follow her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heidibcoaching/

© 2022 Melanie Childers

If you've felt like you're unsure about your purpose in the world - even if you have a thriving business and ESPECIALLY if it might be controversial or misunderstood - this episode is for you.

Today I'm talking with my friend and client Amanda Kingsley, who is an incredible abortion coach helping women own their choice and story. She's been there, she's a mom, and she's using her experiences into a powerful tool to help people bring light and life into the world.

We're talking all about how she turned her life experience into her life purpose and how you can do the same along with…

• How she turned her abortion into her life purpose
• How to use your experiences to find your voice
• The power of "yes, and" in owning your story
• Why you shouldn't work for free in helping professions
• How to handle criticism when your work is controversial
• The #1 most powerful investment you can make in your business

& so much more!

If you've loving this episode, share your biggest takeaway & tag me @melaniechilderscoaching on IG!

Haven't left a review yet? All you gotta do is head here.

How to connect with Melanie:

Wanna sign your next 3 "F YEAH" clients? Get your free copy of my guide to Consensual Sales Conversations and sales will never feel gross again.

Interested in Melanie's mastermind for feminist entrepreneurs building hustle-free 6+ figure businesses? Get all the details and join the waitlist here.

How to connect with Amanda:

Amanda Kingsley is a Certified Feminist Life Coach and Doula. She is the host of the Speaking Light into Abortion podcast. And the Author of 'What I Wish: 100 love notes to help you survive, come alive, and thrive after abortion.' After her own unanticipated abortion as a mother of three, she recognized the need for a wider conversation around the complex emotional landscape of life after abortion. She reminds her audience that it's okay to feel all the feelings after abortion, and that we can honor our decisions by living the life we made our choice for. You can learn more and connect with her at www.amandastarkingsley.com or Instagram: @amandastarkingsley

© 2022 Melanie Childers

Got mom guilt while working in your biz? Today I'm talking with my client, Avery Young, about how to rethink the guilt, where it comes from, and her experiences as a mompreneur and lactation consultant.

There's a BIG difference between what society tells mothers about how they "should" parent and the reality of how it really is. Y'all, the patriarchy loves making moms and parents feel bad about how they are trying to raise their families with all KINDS of impossible ideas and standards. Avery's passion is helping moms learn how to EMPOWER themselves when it comes to caring for their babies.

She's sharing the NUMBER ONE thing that every new parent needs to STOP doing, and here's a hint: it has a lot to do with perfection. Perfection is one of the patriarchy's favorite weapons, and we're here to bust that sh*t up.

Tune in for…

• How the patriarchy weaponizes motherhood against women especially around being an entrepreneur and making a lot of money
• Her experience handling other moms' judgment
• How to let go of mom guilt for good so your business can thrive
• 4 ways to set your business up for success as a mompreneur

& so much more!

If you've loving this episode, share your biggest takeaway & tag me @melaniechilderscoaching on IG!

Haven't left a review yet? All you gotta do is head here.

How to connect with Melanie:

Wanna sign your next 3 "F YEAH" clients? Get your free copy of my guide to Consensual Sales Conversations and sales will never feel gross again.

Interested in Melanie's mastermind for feminist entrepreneurs building hustle-free 6+ figure businesses? Get all the details and join the waitlist here.

How to connect with Avery:

Avery Young is an International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant licensed by the state of Georgia. She resides in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband and three children. She has been in private practice as a lactation consultant since 2014.

Avery has spent over two decades as an educator and as an enthusiastic supporter of families who seek to feed their babies and help them thrive, no matter what that looks like for them.

She spent the first half of her career teaching Biology to anyone who would listen, from middle school through college. She began her practice as a lactation consultant in 2014, after the birth of her second child, with the goal of helping empower women to have the resources and confidence to make decisions that were right for their families.

Her own journey into motherhood, her quest to understand the needs of her own neurodiverse family, and her inability to stop asking why, led her into a deeper study of infant reflexes, neurology, and brain plasticity. It was during this study that Avery began to understand the significance of how engaging and using reflexive patterns harnessed to foster development, starting from day one. This transformed her practice, and her ability to help parents solve their infants' feeding challenges.

When she is not working (or researching answers to her own questions), Avery enjoys reading, traveling, and spending time in nature with her family.

You can also find her website at nourishedyoung.com, and she's @nourishedyoung on Instagram, Facebook, and Youtube.

© 2022 Melanie Childers

It's easy to get lost in details and distractions when you have ADHD and a multi-six figure business to run. So how do you run a business when your brain doesn't want to focus? Friends, I'm going to share all of the tools that I've found, how I communicate with my team, and how I've crafted my morning routine to help me focus.

Tune in today for . . .

• A day in the ADHD life of my multi-6 figure biz
• My morning routine for focus and energy
• How I get shit done and hit my goals even when sidetracked
• The tools I use to create multi-6 figure launches
• How I think about deadlines and goals to make them fun for myself

& so much more!

Plus, if you're interested in what I use, here is a list of the tools mentioned throughout the episode…

Google Calendar

Notion

Notion GTD template

Jon Acuff's finish calendar

Action Planner pad

Brown Noise channel on Spotify

Meditation white noise maker

If you've loving this episode, share your biggest takeaway & tag me @melaniechilderscoaching on IG!

Haven't left a review yet? All you gotta do is head here.

How to connect with Melanie:

Wanna sign your next 3 "F YEAH" clients? Get your free copy of my guide to Consensual Sales Conversations and sales will never feel gross again.

Interested in Melanie's mastermind for feminist entrepreneurs building hustle-free 6+ figure businesses? Get all the details and join the waitlist here.

© 2022 Melanie Childers

What does running a business look like when you're a mom? I asked my friend Lara Johnson to join me for a conversation on some of the struggles of being a full-time entrepreneur and mom and some really practical strategies that she uses in her own home and business.

Having a feminist business means creating a business that works for your life and how you run your home. There's no one right way to do it, but there are many practical tools that you can try. It's easy to take a tool, think it's the only way it can work, and give up on it when things don't pan out. Tune in with an open mind, a willingness to try some things, and prepare to have MORE FUN and more free time.

So tune in for . . .

• How to set up systems in your home to handle family and the business
• Why it's so important to try a variety of strategies
• The 1% tweaks to make to help you run your biz better
• Why breaking the rules of business leads to more success
• How to do a time audit to find more hours in your day

& so much more!

If you've loving this episode, share your biggest takeaway & tag me @melaniechilderscoaching on IG!

Haven't left a review yet? All you gotta do is head here.

How to connect with Melanie:

Wanna sign your next 3 "F YEAH" clients? Get your free copy of my guide to Consensual Sales Conversations and sales will never feel gross again.

Interested in Melanie's mastermind for feminist entrepreneurs building hustle-free 6+ figure businesses? Get all the details and join the waitlist here.

How to connect with Lara:

Lara Johnson has been married for 14 years, has 3 beautiful tyrants, 2 spicy cats, and a Womb Baby on the way. She has the best job in the world helping moms live their lives ON purpose and WITH purpose.

In her free time, she likes to grow and kill plants, play with pretty rocks, awkwardly dance in the kitchen, read too many books, and spend time with God, nature, and her family.

As a speaker, podcast host, writer, consultant, and coach, she has helped thousands of moms be in a better mood, play more with their kids, manage their homes better, get their to-do lists done, and answer their purpose with fire in their Souls.

Instagram: @j.lara.johnson

Website: https://www.larajohnsoncoaching.com

Podcast: Mom on Purpose with Lara Johnson

Are you bringing fun and joy into your business? What about pleasure? If there's no space for pleasure in your business, that's a recipe for hustle and burnout.

Ok, but what exactly does that mean? Maybe it's a walk, a hike, some meditation, dancing to your fave music … or something a bit sexier.

Today you get to listen in to a conversation with my friend and biz bestie Danielle Savory, who happens to be a sex coach with a background in neuroscience.

Tune in for . . .

• Non-traditional (and kinky!) ways to run your business
• Why pleasure is an essential feminist value
• The essential role of pleasure in hitting your biz goals
• How to turn your office into a sex room for biz failure (failing is gonna happen, might as well enjoy it!)
• Why you should prioritize pleasure at the top of your to-do list daily

& so much more!

If you've loving this episode, share your biggest takeaway & tag me @melaniechilderscoaching on IG!

Haven't left a review yet? All you gotta do is head here.

How to connect with Melanie:

Wanna sign your next 3 "F YEAH" clients? Get your free copy of my guide to Consensual Sales Conversations and sales will never feel gross again.

Interested in Melanie's mastermind for feminist entrepreneurs building hustle-free 6+ figure businesses? Get all the details and join the waitlist here.

How to connect with Danielle:

Danielle Savory is a master certified coach, speaker, podcaster and influencer who has helped countless women transform their relationship to their sexuality and experience juicy pleasure in and out of the bedroom.

Danielle weaves together her background in neuroscience, her expertise in mindfulness and skills as a coach to help women rewire their brains and connect with their bodies in the most orgasmic way. The host of the "It's My Pleasure" podcast, she lives in Portland, OR with her husband, 2 daughters and dog Bruce.

To learn even more, you can visit her website!

How to connect with Kristen:

Kristen King is a life coach for Type-A, perfectionist, people-pleasing women who are sick and tired of having to be so freaking perfect all the time and are ready to fuck. shit. up. Find her online on Facebook, Instagram, or her website.

© 2022 Melanie Childers

Forget the needy, grasp-y, pushy dude bro selling strategies. Today's episode and your free guide to Consensual Sales Conversations are all you need. Selling without being a douchebag means more "F* yeah" clients who are all in and never ghost you. And those who are a no are loved and served by you as well.

In this guide and today's episode I'm sharing exactly what consent in sales means and what it DOESN'T mean (hint: it doesn't mean don't offer your services!) as well as how to create a safe space for their yes or no, how a feminist thinks about selling and money, and how to assess each call so you learn and course correct the next time.

The day is finally here - Consensual Sales Conversations is live, ready for you to pour over, and have fun with your selling. I am so excited to share this guide with you and hear all about your income bump!

I'm sharing . . .

• What it means to sell with consent (and what it DOESN'T mean)
• Why you want to be a safe space for their yes OR their no on sales calls
• My proprietary BAD BITCH framework for consults that gave me an 80-100% close rate on all my sales calls
• Your free download so you can use this process for yourself

& so much more!

Your guide to Consensual Sales Conversations goes live TODAY! Grab your copy at www.melaniechilders.com.

If you've loving this episode, share your biggest takeaway & tag me @melaniechilderscoaching on IG!

Thanks for listening! Haven't left a review yet? All you gotta do is head here.

How to connect with Melanie:

Ready to hit your biz goals without hustling, pressuring, and racing? I created a FREE 3-day training and workshop just for you! Check it out here.

Interested in Melanie's mastermind for feminist entrepreneurs building hustle-free 6+ figure businesses? Get all the details and join the waitlist here.

© 2022 Melanie Childers

Spirit, play, intuition . . . these are things that "conventional" capitalistic businesses don't usually make space for. You've probably even seen them frowned on when folks talk about running a "real" or "professional" business.

Today I'm talking with my friend and client, Sarah Marie, about how she embraced her intuition and connection to Spirit and stepped into her genius as a psychic medium, how she left her high level corporate exec position, and how being Spirit led is blowing up her business without burning her out.

It's getting witchy up in here, y'all!

Tune in for . . .

• How Sarah went from high level corporate executive to psychic medium
• What it's like running a business while led by spirit guides
• What religion and witchery have in common
• How to tap into your psychic gifts so you can hear spirit speak in your biz
• What happens when you make your office a sanctuary

& so much more!

Plus, if you're interested in reading more, here is a list of the books that we mentioned throughout the conversation…

Mary Magdalene Revealed by Meggan Watterson

Whole Brain Living by Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor

Witch by Lisa Lister

Trust Your Vibes by Sonia Chouquette

Your guide to Consensual Sales Conversations is about to go LIVE! Get it the hot second it's ready by hopping on my email list at www.melaniechilders.com.

If you've loving this episode, share your biggest takeaway & tag me @melaniechilderscoaching on IG!

Thanks for listening! Haven't left a review yet? All you gotta do is head here.

How to connect with Melanie:

Ready to hit your biz goals without hustling, pressuring, and racing? I created a FREE 3-day training and workshop just for you! Check it out here.

Interested in Melanie's mastermind for feminist entrepreneurs building hustle-free 6+ figure businesses? Get all the details and join the waitlist here.

How to connect with Sarah:

Sarah Marie is a Psychic Medium, Spiritual Coach, and healer of hearts and souls. She helps others connect with their intuition, work with Spirit, and guide them through their spiritual awakening.

To learn more, you can visit her website or follow her on Instagram!

© 2022 Melanie Childers