The Fearless Female

Welcome to Episode 15 of #TrueJoyRevolution. Today I am chatting with my dear friend and Angel Intuition, Cynthia Long, Angel Roots and Boots. Cynthia is an energy Goddess and has great knowledge about tapping into the divine messages we receive on a daily basis.

Cynthia and I can chat all day about tapping into your intuition. It is such an important piece of living your best life and leading a life that is smooth, joyful and with minimal struggle and stress.

We chat about not only tapping into your intuition, but also, the power that energy has on our decisions and life journey, and about gratitude, self-love, divine timing, energy, and our vibrations.

If you find yourself struggling to reach your goals, feel overwhelmed, feel stuck, frustrated and directionless in your life and career, then this podcast episode and blog is for you!

Don't let the to-do list control you. It's time to tap into your intuition and press reset back to the joyful, happy, and aligned life you are meant to live!

Powerful Insights from Cynthia:

"It's a matter of actually being able to listen. Sometimes when we get into that busy work, we are purposefully not listening. We are looking for some other distraction because we are afraid of what the answer might be or we're afraid of the work that might have to be put into it. So, we will busy ourselves or we'll procrastinate with things and this winds up delaying that message that you have been asking for." Cynthia

"You have to be willing to listen. And so when we get stuck in that busy work, and that grind, sometimes it is essential to whether it's getting stuff done or getting paid or what have you, there is also that balance that we need to seek. And that balance is where we just kind of get quiet. You don't have to be like a huge Yogi meditation guru type of a thing. You don't have to sit there like surrounded by 14 salt lamps. You just sit quietly, turn off TV, put your phone down, don't even hold the phone and just listen. Listen to your breath. That's where it starts." Cynthia

"They say if it's not going to matter five years from now, then why are you spending five minutes on it?" Cynthia

"And so many of us will spend dozens of five minutes on something, and let it just tear us apart versus just figuring out is this my issue to handle? do I need to let this go? Can I come back to this tomorrow in 24 hours after I slept on it? So having a shift in perspective, having gratitude, being in that place of compassion, all fantastic ways to just naturally shift that vibration. And so when you do that, when you are in that space, you will find that you start naturally calling these things to you … it's almost like the lights at the intersection all start turning green for you." Cynthia

"If you're staying in this Debbie Downer moment and then you're attracting to you other people that are Debbie Downers. Misery loves company. That's what you are drawing to you. But you actively know "I don't want this anymore. I don't want to be in this cycle any longer". So you know what you want so you have to start actively switching it up and seeking out the things that you do want. vs. the things that you don't want." Cynthia

"There's stuff out there that's like, 'Well we can't be happy 100% of the time' and I'm like you can't be in a negative space either" Cynthia

Cynthia's tips on tapping into your intuition and clearing any negativity:

1. Show people compassion instead of getting frustrated or hurt or angry. Switching your heart and mind to kindness keeps you in a loving energy instead of a heavier angry energy. This allows for more positive experiences to be attracted to you.

2. Be in nature: Walk barefoot in the grass, sit in the grass, or next to a tree. Nature shifts your energy to calm and grounds you back to what is important. Natural has a calming energy (unless it's a hurricane!) and can help get you back to stillness and center.

3. Gratitude - By showing gratitude and focusing your energy and mindset on what is a blessing or what is making your life awesome, you don't have the space to sit in negativity or focus on what isn't going right.

4. Look for the lesson in your experiences. Instead of wallowing in the fact that things didn't go your way or planned, look for the lesson you can take away from it. Then let that lesson go, so you can move forward and not repeat the lesson again.

5. Love Yourself: The more love you have for yourself, the more others will love you and what you offer. If you have negative thoughts or beliefs about yourself then you are sitting in some heavy energy.

   "If you can't love yourself 100% how you are, then you can't expect somebody else to do that for you. " Cynthia

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Welcome to Season 3 of the #TrueJoyRevolution Podcast. It has been one year since launching this podcast and there is so much to celebrate.

In this episode, I share how the podcast has evolved as well as the mindset shifts I I embarked on to get back to the heart of True Joy Experience and fall back in love with both my business.

I share the obstacles I overcame and how simple shifts in perspective transformed my life and business.

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Welcome to Episode 13 of #TrueJoyRevolution. Today I am chatting with Brand Strategist, Helen Munshi, The Start-Up Studio!

Helen has worked with hundreds entrepreneurs to create a business strategy to target their ideal audience with incredible content.

This conversation is filled with so much wisdom! We chatted about your niche - speaking to just one person, the content that will help solve their problems and come back for more, the perfect place for your content, reusing content across mediums, and sticking to just one focus.

Helen shares IT ALL in this podcast. Content is so important to your business, but can be the most overwhelming. She breaks it down so it is simple for you and for your clients to consume and get the most out of.

If you are new to business or have a business that isn't growing fast, listen to this podcast! It will bring you right back to the simple tips to get you the results you are looking for.

Powerful Insights from Helen:

"Everything in business any success you have, any sales, literally anything, anyway you represent yourself out in the world starts with content. Everything in your business starts with content."

"There are very few unique businesses in the world anymore.... the reason someone will buy from you is because of you. So when you start to try to hide who you are behind someone else's voice or strategy, or way of doing things, or style or anything, that's when you don't connect with your audience."

" Become a value contributor not a noise creator."

"Figuring out the perfect business idea... is about figuring out what your skills are, what you're interested in, and what you're passionate about, and what your clients might want...you've got these three big areas and there is this perfect overlap in the middle of all of those which is where your niche is."

"Consistency is everything in content. It's everything in business.... it is literally what will make or break your business. Anything you do once or twice just doesn't impact."

"Content is your value. It is your way to get your value out of your head and into the world..it's very rare for people to just come to your website and just buy something because it's what they want... people want more of an experience when they buy something...they need to understand who you are, what you're about, whether they like what you're about....and the way to do that is through your content."

Here is what we discuss in the episode:

• We talk about what content really is as a business owner and why it's so important for an entrepreneur to understand content.
• Why you need to niche down and speak to one specific audience.
• How your content can stand out in the crowded social media space.
• How to figure out what your niche is.
• How to cut out the noise you find on social media and Pinterest on what to do first/next
• How to choose the platform to share your content.
• How to reuse the content you create on multiple platforms
• The importance of reviewing your content and asking key questions to make sure it's right for you and your audience.

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Welcome to Episode 12 of #TrueJoyRevolution. Today I am chatting with personal branding guru Hilary Hartling, BrandPolish Co! Hilary has an impressive background working in marketing with companies such as Disney and Pixar. She is a personal branding strategist working with entrepreneurs and business leaders to build impactful brands.

This episode is FILLED with GOLDEN nuggets of wisdom from her journey and her expertise. We discuss everything from how she quit her dream job at Disney to build her dream business, what a personal brand is all about, and how you can take the steps to create a personal brand for that dream business on your heart.

She shares so much wisdom in this episode. I can't wait for you to learn these tools that will help you cut through the overwhelm and bring your dream business to the next level.

Powerful Insights from Hilary:

"Your brand is about building relationships…it's all about connecting to your audience. If you don't know who your audience is or who your ideal clients are, you can't position your brand successfully because your brand is all about your audience and it has nothing to do with you."

"Once you know your audience, you have this treasure trove of content because all you need to know is what are they currently struggling with…and how can you specifically help them do that."

"Everyone helps in a different way….but the right people are going to find you IF you can clearly top out what it is you do, why you do it, that it's specifically for them, and the value they are going to get from working with you from what they take away."

"Think about Disneyland. Disneyland doesn't sell the experience of their park by telling people the number of rides they have. They tell people it's the Happiest Place on Earth. So not only is that an experience, that's also tugging at your emotions. And when you create emotional connection points with your audience THAT'S the gold standard for branding."

"When you share your brand values and when you share your story, you're going to connect with people. And people will often times align on the values and what you believe in what you believe is possible more than just talking about the features of what you do."

"Just because you can do it, doesn't mean you should."

Hilary's tips on starting your business and creating a personal brand:

1. "One of the things you have to do first is get really clear on WHY you want to start a business and what you want to be known for."
2. "Get known for one thing first. It will help you grow faster. It will help you attract the right kind of clients faster. And it will help you create the right type of messaging that is going to actually stick with people as opposed to being watered down to try to do too many things for too many people."
3. "Get very clear on who your ideal client is because everything after that is based on who that person is that you're going to be serving."

4. "Say you have 5 people in your audience, serve those 5 people really really well doing what you do best and those people are going to tell other people to come and find you. "

   "You want to have goals for growth, but you want to have goals for the right kind of growth and the growth comes from establishing relationships and creating engagement and serving your audience. That's what it comes from. It doesn't come from anything else. It doesn't come from follow/unfollows because there is no relationships there. It comes from actually having 1:1 Interactions with people who are on this journey and you can help them on that journey."

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In this solo episode we talk about an issue that plagues most of us especially interacting in the social media world.

The #1 way to zap your confidence and derail yourself from success is to compare yourself to others, to compare your unique journey with someone else's journey.

I share how comparisonitis is steering you further and further away from your dream life and business, and why it's so important to take action today to stay focused on your own path.

I include 7 tips on how you can shift your mindset and actions to make comparing less intriguing, as well as limiting the opportunities to do so.

I also share my own vulnerabilities with comparisonitis and how it has had an impact on my own entrepreneurial journey.

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It is so easy to lose faith when you feel stuck in the life you are living. When you feel like you are running on a hamster wheel or treadmill going nowhere fast, it's time to ask yourself some really deep questions.

This podcast episode is based off of my most popular blog post about the 6 Questions to Ask Yourself When You Feel Stuck and Stagnant. This is also the #1 reason my clients find me. They know that where they are in life isn't bringing them joy. They know there is a life and business they want to make a reality, but they don't know where to start to gain direction.

This is where you start. In this episode I share 6 powerful questions that you need to ask yourself to start digging deep to create a new vision for your life, or refresh and fall in love where you are at right now. You have the power to design a life and business you love, you just have to tap into your heart and soul, and dust off the dream that you stored there along the way.

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Welcome to Episode 2 of season 2. Today I am chatting with the fabulous Erica Leman! Erica is multi-passion working a full time job that she loves AND owns a successful and growing Wedding Photography business, Sweet Alice Photography, in Hudson Valley, NY.

This episode is FILLED with GOLDEN nuggets of wisdom from her journey. We discuss everything from how she balances it all between her full time job, her business and her life to overcoming comparisonitis. We chat a bit about how it's a growing movement of entrepreneurship especially among millennials and doing what's on your heart.

She shares the boundaries she needed to set, the mindset shifts she had along the way, her approach to attracting the ideal clients, and how gratitude keeps her handling everything with grace.

Powerful Insights from Erica:

"You're not going to have something in your heart, you're not going to have this desire in your heart, if it's not meant for you…It's not going to be there and you'll never get that opportunity. Sometimes you have to create your own opportunities"

"There is such an ability and temptation to compete with other people, but I always just think to myself, I can't photograph every wedding and I don't want to…I think sometimes we need perspective….are we feeling this way because we really feel competitive against a person or a certain ideal or is it that we really aren't feeling good about ourselves in that moment."

"There is always more than enough to go around. People will always find you. And their clients are not my clients and that's ok."

"In the beginning, it wasn't this easy. In the beginning it took me longer. And I think there is something to be said fo that too. In the beginning this will be harder and it's way normal and you won't have a work flow down right away, and that's ok. And just knowing that you have a season to hustle and a season to refine, a season to enjoy it, and that all takes time to get to the place you want to be."

Tips to move you forward on your journey:

1. "You don't have to be only one thing. We love our labels but you don't have to be under one of them. I you want to, great, if you don't want to, also great."
2. Turn your Nightmares into fuel for your dreams. "Sometimes we go through crap. There's no way of getting around it….Even though these things are not fun to go through, whenever you do go through them, they are a growth point for you. Sometimes your nightmares or nightmare experiences kind of inform your dream and shape them for the future."
3. Raise your prices! "You have your seasons of laying your foundation and that's when you're doing things for free and doing things at ver discounted rates, but I don't think you always have to be there and that's up to you to make that determination and to know when it's time to up level"

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Welcome to season 2 of #TrueJoyRevolution. After a brief unexpected hiatus, the show is back with new inspiring interviews and solo episodes on topics that will take the hard out of leaving your current job and career to start and grow your dream business or creative venture. This is where you get the courage, confidence, and clarity to live life your own way.

In this episode, I share a bit about the break between podcast seasons and the meaning behind #TrueJoyRevolution. You'll learn what makes you a true revolutionary and what my mission and goal is for the podcast!

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In this episode, I chat with Karen Kiess, Teacher and Mindset and Wellness Coach. Karen and I discuss mindset and the power of not getting attached to outcomes, so that you can be open to new opportunities that present themselves on your journey.

During our conversation we chat about:

• The opportunities that repeatedly present themselves for you are meant for you.
• Being open to exploring and trying new things.
• Tapping into your intuition to guide you to the path you need to take next.

Powerful Insights:

• "If you don't see that there is a detour to take because you are so focused on getting to that end point, then you are going to miss so many opportunities, and I really appreciate stepping back and just allowing for space, and allowing for it not to be like a race, because I think we are constantly given opportunities ,but we have to be open to see it. "

• "When it is in your gut and its your intuition telling you and its been gnawing at you I feel like there are also signs and there's also messages, that are constantly being dropped in front of you but then you just don't see it or you are not open to receiving it because you are resisting already."

• "We are our best allies, but also our worst enemy. So we are the ones that can propel ourselves, or we are one and the same that can hold us back. So it depends. Where are you going to put that energy?"

• "If you didn't have it in the first place, you have nothing to lose….If you didn't step out of your comfort zone, go for it, explore it, try it, have your learning curves, your learning experiences, then what's the big deal, you never had it in the first place…the worst that could happen is that you could be exactly where you're at right this moment, but the best that could happen is that you could be in that dream that you had tugging at you…Everything we experience is exactly what we were supposed to experience and every person we come across is a person that needed to get us to get to the next place."

• "Don't think that this journey is a lonesome journey. Get community, have people around you, be in a group of people who are going to be supportive and lift you….Sometimes when you change, you may have to change the people around you….put yourself in a different environment of people that can support your journey. "

Tips to move you forward on your journey:

1. "Put yourself first. Love on your self….If we give so much of ourselves away there is no way we are going to be able to fill other people's cups. Our pitchers need to be full." Having a lot of self love for yourself, investing in your own self is probably the best thing you can do for helping and supporting others….Our purpose is to serve others…It's hard to serve from a place of lack, a place of scarcity."
2. Spend some time stepping back and just listening to your internal self…Study yourself and get into your own mind.
3. "Listen. Try the thing. Do the things. Explore the things. Give your intuition a place in life and value. And have the dream….Give yourself an opportunity to grow and thrive and live this vibrant purpose-filled life."

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In this episode, I chat with Kat Melo, owner of One on One Salon in Rhinebeck, NY. Kat shares her journey about following her intuition from discovering how she realized going to college wasn't right for her to gaining clarity and eventually becoming a successful entrepreneur. We also chatted about intuition, being opening to opportunities, building a support system, being a working mom, remaining flexible in life, and self development.

During our conversation we chat about:

• Admitting what you want and don't want is the best place to start when you are trying to figure out what is right for YOU and YOUR journey.
• It is so important to acknowledge what you don't want to do, and accept that it is ok if you are not doing what others think you should do.
• Why finding a support system is key to being successful.
• Trusting and honing your intuition. Intuition is like building a muscle. You have to work on listening for it and trusting it, but when you do, the results are amazing and life flows a bit more easily.

Powerful Insights:

• "You are never the same person you were yesterday. Things are going to change in your life and just go with it."

• "Life is always changing. It is going to throw a curveball at you. Don't be afraid of that. Don't let that get you down. It's going to change."

• "When it's the right time, the universe kind of opens up for you"

• "My intuition even said it is time for you to not be doing the same thing you've done before. It's time for you to open up and do something you haven't done."

• "We need as many good positive relationships too in our life as possible whether they are from our clients or our friends or our family, we need those…I think we all know that we need that support, but we're not sure if we should really reach out for it….I don't know if we expect it to kind of just come to us or not, but I think you really need to reach out for it. You need to meet people that are like you..Find your people at your level and just connect with them so you have the support for where you are right now in your life"

Tips to move you forward on your journey:

1. Exercising - "Physical momentum, We don't give it enough credit. But it does tend to build so when you build the physical momentum just through exercise you are building physical momentum in all your life." It also does give you time to like,…your doing something and your mind, its a form of meditation without needing it to be quiet. "
2. "Don't get too in your head. It's so easy to dwell on something that's not working for you. Just let it go and just move to something that you can just physically change or physically focus on thats positive…Don't get too stuck!"
3. Keep learning - Keep learning and reading and going to a class if you have to. Keep listening to those motivational speeches, keep reading the books about business and entrepreneurship, or the topic that interests you. Immerse yourself in it.

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