By Julie Calcote
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"In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity."
– Albert Einstein
Is your business working for you? What happens to your business when you have to course correct or change direction?
In this episode, we're talking with one of my favorite guests and humans, Kim Weldin. If you haven't met Kim Weldin yet, she’s a certified integrator and virtual assistant coach on a mission to help women—especially moms—build thriving businesses while maintaining a life full of passion, self-care, and FUN!
After spending 10 years as a special education teacher, Kim made the leap into entrepreneurship to create more flexibility for her family, particularly for her daughter, who requires multiple therapies due to Fragile X Syndrome and Autism.
Starting out as a virtual assistant, Kim’s entrepreneurial journey has been anything but ordinary. She’s refreshingly candid about the highs and lows of business ownership and isn’t afraid to get real about hitting rock bottom. Instead of following the typical industry advice, she forged her own path, embracing authenticity and resilience to build the thriving business she has today.
Now, four years later, Kim is a certified integrator, helping female visionaries turn their big ideas into organized, actionable plans. From streamlining workflows to managing complex projects, Kim transforms chaos into clarity—always with a generous serving of fun, sass, and positivity.
Beyond her integrator services, Kim is passionate about empowering women to step into the virtual assistant world. She’s preparing to launch her first product, 7 Days to Launch: Your VA Business Action Plan, with a mission to help moms start their VA businesses for $47 or less. On top of that, she’s also pouring her heart into The Soulful Balanced Journal, a side passion project that came to her serendipitously, designed to help women cultivate balance and well-being in their lives.
As a neurodivergent mom, business owner, Jesus-loving, and a little woo woo, Kim embraces a holistic approach to life and work. This unique balance inspired her to create The Soulful Balanced Journal, a tool she developed to track her own sleep, mood, and spiritual practices, such as daily affirmations and intentions. The journal also features a space for reframing the mind and choosing daily micro-actions, leading to progress on an action board—her twist on a vision board.
Today we talk about:
I know whether you are experiencing the highs or lows of building your business you're going to find something helpful in today's episode!
You can find Kim on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/kimberlyweldin/
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My website: www.juliecalcote.com
Instagram: juliecalcoteobm
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It's that time of year again in Alaska when you wake up and feel the bite in the air. I don't know if everyone feels like this but for me there's this primal feeling to get things wrapped up because winter is coming and it's time to hibernate.
Now, with the school and client schedule, there's definitely no hibernating but it got me thinking about today's episode.
There's still time in the year to hit your goals!
There's still time to make your goals!
But if you have goals and don't make a plan of action it will be next to impossible to actually achieve them.
Today we talk about:
Links You'll Love:
My website: www.juliecalcote.com
Instagram: juliecalcoteobm
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"It is far more lucrative and fun to leverage your strengths instead of attempting to fix all the chinks in your armor.
The choice is between multiplication of results using strengths or incremental improvement fixing weaknesses that will, at best, become mediocre"
Tim Ferriss
Do you focus on building up your strengths or shoring up your weaknesses?
If we over-focus on what we're not great at we're neglecting spending time practicing and excelling in that thing we're really good at.
Today on the podcast I'm giving examples of re-framing common weaknesses and how they might actually be serving you in your life and in your business.
We also talk about how focusing on what your great at and making it better could be a much easier (and more enjoyable) path to success for you.
Links You'll Love:
My website: www.juliecalcote.com
Instagram: juliecalcoteobm
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"If I had a word of the year it would be unhinged." Richelle
Have you ever felt stuck in your business?
Do you doubt yourself? Make investments without knowing if they will increase your bottom line or drain your time and profit?
Introducing my friend and copywriter extraordinaire Richelle Villalta, your tough-love biz bestie who cares enough to tell you the truth other people skate around.
On this episode, we take you behind the scenes of our (formerly) private "Hot Goss" sessions and tackle the topics of:
If you haven't had the pleasure to meet Richelle yet - she is a freelance copywriter and virtual assistant, based in Colorado. She was born and raised in rural Kansas. She is a Kansas State alum, where she earned a degree in Entrepreneurship with a focus in Marketing. After graduation, she made the move to Colorado.
Early in her professional life, she quickly realized that the corporate world and the role of an "employee" were not where she truly belonged. While on maternity leave with her daughter, she launched her business and became fully booked within 4 months. This allowed her to leave her corporate job and become a full time freelancer. Richelle specializes in email marketing, blog posts, social posts and VIP Day Dubsado builds. In addition to her business, she is also a blog contributor to the Colorado Springs Mom Collective.
She is a mom, with two kids under 3, a dog mom to 2 chihuahuas, and fulfilling her dream as a trophy wife. In her free time, you can find her working on a DIY home project, hiding away in the craft room or playing with her plants.
You can find Richelle at:
https://www.instagram.com/sproutandscript/
https://msha.ke/richellevillalta
Do you have joy and ease during your workday or are you putting off your happiness until you clock out?
This quick episode is for you if you want to explore bringing more happiness into your day-to-day and you have space to make small shifts in your life and environment.
We talk about:
Links You'll Love:
My website: www.juliecalcote.com
Instagram: juliecalcoteobm
Do you work with or do you identify as someone who is neurodivergent?
In today's episode, I'm sharing three things I do to best support clients who are neurodivergent (primarily ADD, ADHD, and Autistic). If you have some strategies and a better understanding of where your client might struggle you'll be much more effective at helping them!
Some takeaways from this episode:
Book I mentioned in the episode (non-affiliate links):
Disclaimer - I'm not an expert but just a boots-on-the-ground person working with and through my and my clients' time management challenges.
Links You'll Love:
Free: Dream Team Starter Kit
My website: www.juliecalcote.com
Instagram: juliecalcoteobm
As a business owner, do you dread summer vacation? Are your routines out of whack, your kids are home eating 10x as much as they normally do, and your business feels overwhelming?
That's not why we got into business!
In this episode of the podcast, I'm sharing how I adjust my summer schedule to fit around my business and my kids. After 6+ summers in business and many lessons learned, the schedule comes together like a well-oiled machine!
Some takeaways from this episode:
☀️ How to make adjustments in your work calendar and availability: when you'll work, what to cut, and alternative services you can incorporate
☀️ Using a digital calendar to create a summer schedule and flexible framework of kids' activities to beat the summer boredom
☀️ Creating your personal summer bucket list so you also feel happy and fulfilled when fall rolls around
Links You'll Love:
Free: Dream Team Starter Kit
My website: www.juliecalcote.com
Instagram: juliecalcoteobm
Have you ever been so fed up with certain parts of your business that you want to ghost them? Have you felt you needed to step back from your business to gain clarity on where you should be focusing?
In this episode, I share insights into how to make big shifts in your business without starting from scratch, how to spot burnout before it happens, and how to know if pulling back from some areas of your business might be right for you.
Here are a few of my favorite takeaways from this episode:
Most of all, I'm so grateful to be back recording episodes with you, and thank you for listening!!
Links You'll Love:
Free: Dream Team Starter Kit
My website: www.juliecalcote.com
Instagram: juliecalcoteobm
Setting boundaries with your clients is a gift to yourself and a powerful example for your clients and colleagues.
Today I'm sharing my top tips about how I clearly set boundaries and expectations with clients from the beginning of our relationship - and how you can too!
Links You'll Love:
Free: Dream Team Starter Kit
My website: www.juliecalcote.com
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Today on the podcast we're sharing a timely episode all about how to stand out with the rise of computer-generated, bot AI content and copywriting.
My guest Jennifer is a copywriter and storytelling extraordinaire, whose business it is to write copy that converts.
On this episode we talk all about:
If you haven't met Jennifer yet, she is a copywriter and storytelling expert. Jennifer supports female entrepreneurs around the globe by crafting story-driven content that converts.
As a former librarian, Jennifer believes in the power of words and the importance of using your voice. Now, she's on a mission to help more business owners harness the strength of stories, too.
Jennifer's Links:
Visit Jennifer's website: https://jenniferdewittcopy.com/
Find Jennifer on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenniferdewittcopy
Jennifer's Freebie: 100 Storytelling Prompts to Help Your Copy Connect & Convert: https://jenniferdewittcopy.com/story
Links You'll Love:
Free: Dream Team Starter Kit
My website: www.juliecalcote.com
No Sweat SOPs (use code SUMMER for $10 off)
& Pitches to Riches
Instagram: juliecalcoteobm
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The podcast currently has 107 episodes available.