“This is a story all about how my life got flip turned upside down.”

Whether you want to hear a comeback story to get inspired, or you're on a financial journey of your own and in need of some glimmer of inspiration, this episode is for you.

In today’s Powerback® episode, I'm sharing the incredibly vulnerable, but also incredibly empowering journey and story behind my experience with bankruptcy.

You’ll learn how we went from shame to empowerment and from scarcity to completely taking power back in our finances and what that process has taught me in my life and in my business.

We’ll go through:

• You are not alone!
• What you don’t heal and release will continue to show up
• Shitty moments are not defining moments
• Vulnerability is an incredible superpower
• Overcoming challenges is a choice
• The incredible power of the mind

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Do you ever look at other people and think… damn, how did she get so confident? Or perhaps confidence is something you’re hungry to have but have no idea where to even begin. Today, we’re talking with Erika Cramer, The Queen of Confidence, about building and creating your version of confidence, and spoiler alert… it doesn’t happen overnight.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Embodying your alter shego
• Erika’s story: from trauma and adversity to healing and success
• Creating confidence feels like shit, but you should do it anyway
• The 5 C’s for creating confidence
• Newsflash: it’s hard for everyone, not just you
• The #1 thing that stops women from creating confidence
• How to stop giving a fuck about what others think
• The importance of confidence in business
• Get out of your own way

Erika is an international confidence coach, inspirational speaker, author, and podcast host who has transformed her story of trauma and adversity into a journey of healing and success. Her raw, real, and unapologetic approach has inspired millions of women around the globe to reclaim their confidence and transform their lives. With a 7-figure global business supporting women, an award-winning podcast, and a Bachelor's degree in psychotherapy underway, Erika is a powerhouse who is supporting women everywhere to take up space. Her story is proof that you can turn trauma into triumph and emerge stronger than ever before.

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Take my Power Leak Quiz to help you identify if you're unintentionally giving away your power and where that leak is coming from.

If you want to dive deeper into the practice of creating confidence, make sure to grab your copy of Erika’s Five Steps to Creating Confidence cheatsheet.

Join the Gutsy Collective - a community of energetically driven female entrepreneurs + visionaries who desire meaningful growth – mentally, physically, and energetically. Join us online or in-person for monthly mentorship to reignite your fire and get the answers you seek.

Get the support you need and feel alive again! - My mission is to help you discover your own personal alignment so that you can feel deeply connected and expansively alive – all with ease and flow. Whether you are a brand new or aspiring entrepreneur, you have a growing small business, or you are an expanding CEO ready for your next level of success, I’ve got your back! Click here to learn about the 3 ways I can support you and your business.

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Instagram: @thequeenofconfidence
Podcast: The Confidence Chronicles
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Before you are a business owner, you are a human, and as a human, you have thoughts, feelings, desires, emotions, backstories, habits, and all of these things that go into making you who you are.

But, when you start a business, those things don't go away. If anything, they get challenged, they get amplified, they get seen and they get heard. So, when you are looking at growing the business, you are also looking at growing yourself.

In today's Powerback® episode, we’re doing just that. I will teach you the five habits that I recommend implementing and some really tangible ways for you to start making those shifts to help not only yourself but also your business grow.

We’ll go through:

• #1 Working on yourself and your mindset
• #2 Learning to trust yourself and your intuition
• #3 Take messy action
• #4 Knowing when to let go of something or delegate it
• #5 Befriend your numbers

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Mind Fuckery: 5-day Live Workshop to help you overcome the thoughts and the beliefs that tell you that you cannot, that have you overthinking and worrying, and that are stopping you from moving things forward and achieving the goals, the dreams, the visions that you've had for so very long. The class will run from July 24 to July 28 and you can sign up here.

If you want to learn more about taking messy action, catch up with Powerback® Episode 160: Embracing Messy Action.

For a walkthrough of the Powerback® Process, catch up with Powerback® Episode 161: Are You Stuck In This Mental Cycle?

If you want to learn more about the 3 spaces of intuition and how to start to strengthen them, catch up with Episode 66 of The Gutsy Podcast: Learning Your 3 Spaces of Intuition with Sarah Martucci.

Get the support you need and feel alive again! - My mission is to help you discover your own personal alignment so that you can feel deeply connected and expansively alive – all with ease and flow. Whether you are a brand new or aspiring entrepreneur, you have a growing small business, or you are an expanding CEO ready for your next level of success, I’ve got your back! Click here to learn about the 3 ways I can support you and your business.

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Money is one of those topics that either excites you or makes you want to hide under the covers. As a small business owner, building a healthy relationship with your money not only empowers you, but helps you to create and grow a sustainable business. Today, we’re talking with Angie Noll about running a profitable business instead of “just getting by” and wondering where the cash is going.
In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Always honor yourself first
• The importance of having visibility and clarity to your financials
• First steps to get organized and embrace your numbers
• Growing from solopreneur to having a team
• A walkthrough of the Profit First method
• Understand the basic financial terms you face as an entrepreneur
• The power of KPIs, measuring what you do and sharing it with your team
• Find your business’ Sweet Spot

Angie Noll is the owner of Reconciled Solutions where she and her team of bookkeepers, accountants, and Profit First advisors help small businesses find visibility and clarity to their financials. Angie knows how very arduous and difficult the journey can be toward running a profitable small business and avoiding entrepreneurial burnout and losing your sanity, so she is dedicated to helping high-achieving professional services-based firms advance toward financial stability and sustainability.

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Mind Fuckery: 5-day Live Workshop to help you overcome the thoughts and the beliefs that tell you that you cannot, that have you overthinking and worrying, and that are stopping you from moving things forward and achieving the goals, the dreams, the visions that you've had for so very long. The class will run from July 24 to July 28 and you can sign up here.
If your books are a mess and you need help but aren’t ready to work with a bookkeeper on an ongoing basis quite yet, Reconciled Solutions offers DIY packages that give you the chance to clean up your books, clear up your QuickBooks confusion, and get the support your growing business needs on its path to permanent profitability! Find out more about them here.
Also, if you want to get started with QuickBooks, you can find some great savings through this link for the first 6 months of service for new subscribers.
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Facebook: @ReconciledSolutions
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Website: guestwebsite.com

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What’s your own personal flavor of bullshit?

Do you tend to shut down when you feel overwhelmed? Do you overcommit when you’re excited? Do you tend to procrastinate when you’re not sure what to do next? Or do you tend to isolate as soon as you recognize you need help?

Look, we all have our own tendencies that show up when we’re feeling or expressing a big emotion. The problem is that these tendencies are one of the things that are keeping you stuck.

So, in today’s Powerback® episode, you're going to get to know yourself a little bit better, you’re going to get to know your tendencies, how to recognize them, and how to shift them. Because when you get to know your own personal flavor of bullshit, you take your Powerback®, and you start to see and feel the changes that you've been searching for.

We’ll go through:

• Understanding what tendencies are
• A helpful exercise to start to recognize and shift your tendencies

Resources from this episode

Mind Fuckery: 5-day Live Workshop to help you overcome the thoughts and the beliefs that tell you that you cannot, that have you overthinking and worrying, and that are stopping you from moving things forward and achieving the goals, the dreams, the visions that you've had for so very long. The class will run from July 24 to July 28 and you can sign up here.

Join the Gutsy Collective - The Gutsy Collective is a community of energetically driven female entrepreneurs + visionaries who desire meaningful growth – mentally, physically, and energetically. Join us online or in-person for monthly mentorship to reignite your fire and get the answers you seek.

Get the support you need and feel alive again! - My mission is to help you discover your own personal alignment so that you can feel deeply connected and expansively alive – all with ease and flow. Whether you are a brand new or aspiring entrepreneur, you have a growing small business, or you are an expanding CEO ready for your next level of success, I’ve got your back! Click here to learn about the 3 ways I can support you and your business.

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How many times have you felt angered by something only to push it down or write it off? How many times have you wanted to rage out but decided that wasn’t acceptable and chose to bottle it up instead?

Anger is a primal and natural emotion that wants to be expressed, just as joy, sadness, and excitement do. When we learn to honor and safely express anger, we can free ourselves from the density that it holds in our minds and bodies.

Today, we’re talking with Anger and Communication Coach, Vanessa Alfaro, about honoring and releasing anger to transform your life and relationships.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Building awareness and giving yourself permission to feel are life-changing
• The consequences of suppressing our emotions
• How moving through and releasing your rage can be transformational
• An overview of The Anger Algorithm, a lifelong tool to process rage
• Verbally venting versus physically venting
• Anger and rage are signals of something that needs healing
• Safe and healthy ways to feel and express anger

Vanessa turned her rageful traumatic upbringing into what inspires her to do what she does today, believing anger and rage are opportunities for deep transformational healing. She developed a revolutionary process that saved her life – The Anger Algorithm. Vanessa's been a coach for 10+ years and uses The Anger Algorithm to help married women relieve bottled-up anger and resentment so they can skillfully navigate conflict and have empowered conversations.

Resources from this episode

Mind Fuckery: 5-day Live Workshop to help you overcome the thoughts and the beliefs that tell you that you cannot, that have you overthinking and worrying, and that are stopping you from moving things forward and achieving the goals, the dreams, the visions that you've had for so very long. The class will run from July 24 to July 28 and you can sign up here.

Join the Gutsy Collective - a community of energetically driven female entrepreneurs + visionaries who desire meaningful growth. Join us online or in person for monthly mentorship to reignite your fire and get the answers you seek.

Get the support you need and feel alive again! - My mission is to help you discover your own personal alignment so that you can feel deeply connected and expansively alive – all with ease and flow. Click here to learn about the 3 ways I can support you and your business.

Connect with Vanessa Alfaro
Facebook: @TheEmpoweredCommunicator
Instagram: @theempoweredcommunicator
Website: vanessaalfaro.co

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What if today instead of deciding “I can't”, you decided that “I can”? And then, most importantly, what if you backed that up with “I will”?

One of the things that I see more often than not, particularly in women, is that you get an idea, a thought, a glimmer of inspiration and it starts to build in your mind and in your body. But before you can even take a singular action forward, you talk yourself out of it.

Somewhere deep inside your subconscious, you have formed the belief that you can't. “I can't do this, because I don't know enough.”, “I can't do this, because I don't have time.”, “I can't do this, because I don't have the finances.”, etc. But, in most cases, it's not all these external sources or resources that are stopping you. It's yourself.

So, in today’s Powerback® episode, I'm going to challenge you to start to shift that narrative.  Because when you switch from convincing yourself that you can't, to convincing yourself that you can, everything in your life and your business starts to shift because of it.

We’ll go through:

• What’s happening in your mind and its impact on your reality
• Breaking the cycle with a conscious decision
• Examples of coaching clients who switched from “I can’t” to “I can”
• Recognizing where you have resistance for change

Resources from this episode

Catch up with Powerback® Episode 161: Are You Stuck In This Mental Cycle? for a walkthrough of the Powerback® Process.

Take my Power Leak Quiz to help you identify if you're unintentionally giving away your power and where that leak is coming from.

Mind Fuckery: 5-day Live Workshop to help you overcome the thoughts and the beliefs that tell you that you cannot, that have you overthinking and worrying, and that are stopping you from moving things forward and achieving the goals, the dreams, the visions that you've had for so very long. The class will run from July 24 to July 28 and you can sign up here.

Get the support you need and feel alive again! - My mission is to help you discover your own personal alignment so that you can feel deeply connected and expansively alive – all with ease and flow. Whether you are a brand new or aspiring entrepreneur, you have a growing small business, or you are an expanding CEO ready for your next level of success, I’ve got your back! Click here to learn about the 3 ways I can support you and your business.

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If you're a creative business owner who's juggling multiple roles and responsibilities and also trying to grow your business, today's episode is specifically for you.

We're talking with Phoebe Sherman about taking messy action, knowing that done most certainly is better than perfect, how delegating tasks and empowering your team truly allows you to grow, and really honoring yourself as a human that also happens to be running a business.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Branding and business building is a practice
• Taking messy action with your audience alongside you
• Outsource to focus on the CEO tasks that move the needle
• Taking care of yourself is also taking care of your business
• The positive domino effect of being a really great boss
• Dealing with comparison and the wish to go viral
• The to-do list is out, scheduling is in

Phoebe Sherman is the founder, designer, podcast host + funny video maker over at Girl Gang Craft a community for creatives. GGC began when Phoebe was looking for affordable + fun places to sell her work, so she created her own craft fair. Now GGC is a multifaceted community with a podcast, apparel line, classes + courses, a membership, and craft fairs in Oakland, CA + Salem, MA.

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If you are also having a hard time getting into fairs, they're not quite aligned with you, or there's not one close by. Maybe you should throw your own craft fair! You can find all of the Girl Gang Craft’s classes and information at girlgangcraft.com/events.

Mind Fuckery: 5-day Live Workshop to help you overcome the thoughts and the beliefs that tell you that you cannot, that have you overthinking and worrying, and that are stopping you from moving things forward and achieving the goals, the dreams, the visions that you've had for so very long. The class will run from July 24 to July 28 and you can sign up here.

Get the support you need and feel alive again! - My mission is to help you discover your own personal alignment so that you can feel deeply connected and expansively alive – all with ease and flow. Whether you are a brand new or aspiring entrepreneur, you have a growing small business, or you are an expanding CEO ready for your next level of success, I’ve got your back! Click here to learn about the 3 ways I can support you and your business.

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TikTok: @phoebe.sherman
Instagram: @phoebesherman
Podcast: Girl Gang Craft
Website: girlgangcraft.com

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Do you feel confident in your life and in your business?

When we feel confidence within ourselves, we are grounded, we feel like we're on top of the world, and that ‘of course, we've got this shit’ certainty. It's a really good feeling.

But when this feeling is missing, when we seemingly are lacking confidence within ourselves, everything feels harder. That’s when comparison comes out of left field and smacks you in the face, and when you really start to question yourself and your abilities.

So, in today’s Powerback® episode, we'll talk about discovering and building your own version of confidence, so that you can start to show up in your life and your business as YOU, the unshakeable you, the you that backs herself up even when she doesn’t have all the answers because there is a deep knowing that you're meant to be there.

You’ll learn:

• Everyone has their own version of confidence
• Someone else's confidence is simply proof that you too can be confident
• What confidence actually is
• The recipe for building confidence

Resources from this episode

Mind Fuckery: 5-day Live Workshop to help you overcome the thoughts and the beliefs that tell you that you cannot, that have you overthinking and worrying, and that are stopping you from moving things forward and achieving the goals, the dreams, the visions that you've had for so very long. The class will run from July 24 to July 28 and you can sign up here. You’ll also find a $20 OFF coupon for the Mind Fuckery Workshop in the Gutsy Collective (available until July 1st).

Join the Gutsy Collective - The Gutsy Collective is a community of energetically driven female entrepreneurs + visionaries who desire meaningful growth – mentally, physically, and energetically. Join us online or in-person for monthly mentorship to reignite your fire and get the answers you seek.

Get the support you need and feel alive again! - My mission is to help you discover your own personal alignment so that you can feel deeply connected and expansively alive – all with ease and flow. Whether you are a brand new or aspiring entrepreneur, you have a growing small business, or you are an expanding CEO ready for your next level of success, I’ve got your back! Click here to learn about the 3 ways I can support you and your business.

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“If no one is reading your emails, clicking on your ads, or looking at your sales page, there’s no real relationship.” Those are the wise words from today’s guest, Sage Polaris.
Creating content can feel like a chore of its own – so when you spend time and effort writing for your social, emails, or website and there are crickets when it comes to sales, it can feel overly frustrating. We’re going to talk about creating content that aligns with you and your business AND sells your products or services.
In this episode, you’ll learn:

• The importance of finding your own path
• Find your biggest profit sweet spots to help decide your next moves
• The Color-Coded Copy System: understand the four types of buyers
• Ways to test and experiment to discover what works for your audience
• The biggest mistake people make when writing copy
• Storytelling versus Story selling
• How to create content that actually sells your product

Sage helps rising influencers who want to kick conversion rates up a notch – especially for launches. She helps entrepreneurs find their more important sweet spots and helps them go from storytelling to story selling, creating copy that starts a conversation and builds strong relationships.

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Sage has created a special offer just for you! Visit sagepolaris.com/gutsy to receive Sage's free "3 Magic Emails" resource to triple their email open rates.
Mind Fuckery: 5-day Live Workshop to help you overcome the thoughts and the beliefs that tell you that you cannot, that have you overthinking and worrying, and that are stopping you from moving things forward and achieving the goals, the dreams, the visions that you've had for so very long. The class will run from July 24 to July 28 and you can sign up here. You’ll also find a $20 OFF coupon for the Mind Fuckery Workshop in the Gutsy Collective (available until July 1st).
Join the Gutsy Collective - a community of energetically driven female entrepreneurs + visionaries who desire meaningful growth – mentally, physically, and energetically. Join us online or in-person for monthly mentorship to reignite your fire and get the answers you seek.
Get the support you need and feel alive again! - My mission is to help you discover your own personal alignment so that you can feel deeply connected and expansively alive – all with ease and flow. Click here to learn about the 3 ways I can support you and your business.
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Facebook: @CreativeCustomWriting
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Website: sagepolaris.com
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