The Healthpreneur Show with Yuri Elkaim

We’ve got an awesome episode for you today on the Healthpreneur Podcast. I’m interviewing Megan Buer, who is the founder of a company called Harmony Restored. She focuses on helping individuals heal from the stress that is at the root of their physical and emotional pain.

She’s a certified Emotion Code Practitioner, author of two books on healing, a Reiki healer, and a mom to three. After suffering for years with anxiety, panic disorder, chronic stress, adrenal fatigue, and an autoimmune disease—she then spent ten years researching to figure out the unique tools that she needed to heal herself.

This episode is jam-packed with awesome wisdom nuggets, seriously. Not only are there some great business tips in here, but for anyone who works from home, especially with kids—take out your notepads and listen up.

In this episode, Megan and I will discuss:

• Tips for working at home.
• Creating boundaries and spending quality time with your kids.
• The transition from physical to online business.
• Some essential marketing tips for starting out.
• How to excel at networking.
• Figuring out what your audience really wants.

3:00 - 11:00 - Working from home, kids, boundaries.

11:00 - 15:00 - How can I take the personal work I do to the masses?

15:00 - 19:00 - The power of asking your audience.

19:00 - 26:00 - Consistency.

26:00 - 29:00 - Big mistakes and learning lessons.

29:00 - 32:00 - Rapid-five questions.

I’ve got a solo episode for you today where I’ll be diving into five costly mistakes I’m happy that I made while building my online business. If you don’t already know, I am a slow learner. And I made a lot of mistakes as I was building my online health and fitness business, but I learned from all of them.

In this episode I’m going to share those mistakes with you, so that you can learn the lessons that I’ve learned—without having to make the mistakes in the first place.

4:00 - 8:00 - Guidance and positioning.

8:00 - 1100 - Under-promise, over-deliver.

11:00 - 12:00 - Hiring a coach!

12:00 - 13:00 - Live events

13:00 - 15:00 - The one-man show

I’ve got a solo episode for you today where I’ll be diving into five costly mistakes I’m happy that I made while building my online business. If you don’t already know, I am a slow learner. And I made a lot of mistakes as I was building my online health and fitness business, but I learned from all of them.

In this episode I’m going to share those mistakes with you, so that you can learn the lessons that I’ve learned—without having to make the mistakes in the first place.

4:00 - 8:00 - Guidance and positioning.

8:00 - 1100 - Under-promise, over-deliver.

11:00 - 12:00 - Hiring a coach!

12:00 - 13:00 - Live events

13:00 - 15:00 - The one-man show

Our guest today is a bit different than a lot of our other guests, because she actually focuses mostly on brick-and-mortar. She is a 47 year-old mother of two, and owns a fitness studio in a very small, low-key area in Vermont.

Amy is an NASM Certified Personal Trainer, a Certified Weight Loss Specialist, and a Precision Nutrition and Lifestyle coach. She is big on working with women over 35 years old who want to get in better shape, and has set a goal to help 1,000 of her local residents achieve a health and fitness goal by the year 2020. Sounds easy, until you realize that she lives in a town with a population of 800.

Why do we have her on our show? Well, she has been able to build a multiple, six-figure business in her small town. And regardless of whether you’re in the online market or not, there are some amazing lessons in this episode and some knowledge that is invaluable to any entrepreneur.

In this episode, Amy and I discuss:

• Similarities between her brick-and-mortar business and the online realm
• Amy’s unbelievable history with Chrohn’s disease
• How to focus on one niche and dominate it
• A few amazing mindset lessons
• How to build a six-figure business in a small town

5:00   - 13:00 - Creating a thriving business in a small town

13:00 - 16:00 - Amy’s story: Chrohn’s disease, her growth mindset

16:00 - 23:00 - Obstacles, goals, dominating your niche

23:00 - 27:00 - Forget about the money, focus on what you want

27:00 - 31:00 - Rapid-fire questions

Amy has many impressive certifications in fitness and nutrition. She loves working with women over 35 years old who want to get healthier, and has set a goal to help 1,000 of her local residents by the year 2020. Sounds easy, until you realize that she lives in a town with a population of 800. She has built a six-figure business and regardless of whether you’re in the online market or not, there are some amazing lessons in this episode that is invaluable to any entrepreneur.

Whether you are training for a powerlifting competition or starting your first fitness business, you need to put in the reps in order to succeed. There is no short cuts, but there are best practices.

That is what we are talking about in today’s episode with Peter Baker.

Peter is a successful trainer out of Tampa, Florida. Before he started his fitness business, he worked at a Coca Cola call center. As a natural entrepreneur, that did not last very long and Peter stepped away to start training clients out of a small space.

Since then he has built a thriving online business and shares his tips for success... which he attributes to patience, focus, and developing the right skills.

Tune in to hear Yuri and Peter discuss…

. How to scale your business online
. The importance of finding your authentic voice in using it in your marketing
. Why Slytherians are not the bad guys in Harry Potter
. How to develop your writing skills
. Strategies for taking your training business from in person to an online platform

5:00 - 10:00 - Going from a job at Coca Cola to starting a fitness business
11:00 - 15:00 - How to start building your fitness business online
15:00 - 20:00 - The importance of patience in starting your business
20:00 - 25:00 - Strategies for building an authentic voice in your marketing
25:00 - 29:00 - Speed questions with Peter

Whether you are training for a powerlifting competition or starting your first fitness business, you need to put in the reps in order to succeed. There is no short cuts, but there are best practices.

That is what we are talking about in today’s episode with Peter Baker.

Peter is a successful trainer out of Tampa, Florida. Before he started his fitness business, he worked at a Coca Cola call center. As a natural entrepreneur, that did not last very long and Peter stepped away to start training clients out of a small space.

Since then he has built a thriving online business and shares his tips for success... which he attributes to patience, focus, and developing the right skills.

Tune in to hear Yuri and Peter discuss…

. How to scale your business online
. The importance of finding your authentic voice in using it in your marketing
. Why Slytherians are not the bad guys in Harry Potter
. How to develop your writing skills
. Strategies for taking your training business from in person to an online platform

5:00 - 10:00 - Going from a job at Coca Cola to starting a fitness business
11:00 - 15:00 - How to start building your fitness business online
15:00 - 20:00 - The importance of patience in starting your business
20:00 - 25:00 - Strategies for building an authentic voice in your marketing
25:00 - 29:00 - Speed questions with Peter

In this episode, I’m going to discuss the nine things most people will never tell you about being an entrepreneur. For those of you who are already up and running—you’ll probably get a few good laughs and be able to relate to a lot of what I talk about here. And for those of you who are just starting out, this will give you some great insight as to what it’s actually like to be an entrepreneur.

2:00   -   4:00 1) There are no overnight successes

4:00   -   5:30 2) Sometimes, being an entrepreneur sucks

5:30   -   7:30 3) Entrepreneurship is in your DNA

7:30   -   9:00 4) Happiness is proportional to your ability to be comfortable with uncertainty

9:00   - 11:00 5) Being your own boss is the ultimate form of security

11:00 - 12:30 6) There’s not a lot of success at first

12:30 - 14:30 7) The best school is the school of hard knocks

14:30 - 17:00 8) It can get lonely sometimes

17:00 - 19:00 9) Entrepreneurs and small business drive the economy

In this episode, I’m going to discuss the nine things most people will never tell you about being an entrepreneur. For those of you who are already up and running—you’ll probably get a few good laughs and be able to relate to a lot of what I talk about here. And for those of you who are just starting out, this will give you some great insight as to what it’s actually like to be an entrepreneur.

2:00   -   4:00 1) There are no overnight successes

4:00   -   5:30 2) Sometimes, being an entrepreneur sucks

5:30   -   7:30 3) Entrepreneurship is in your DNA

7:30   -   9:00 4) Happiness is proportional to your ability to be comfortable with uncertainty

9:00   - 11:00 5) Being your own boss is the ultimate form of security

11:00 - 12:30 6) There’s not a lot of success at first

12:30 - 14:30 7) The best school is the school of hard knocks

14:30 - 17:00 8) It can get lonely sometimes

17:00 - 19:00 9) Entrepreneurs and small business drive the economy

If you’re involved in the gluten free or dietary realm whatsoever, you may have heard of Jennifer Fugo—and if not, you should check her out. Jennifer is a functional nutritionist and CEO of The Gluten Free School.

She has an awesome blog over at GlutenFreeSchool.com, and has been ranking really well and been very competitive in the gluten free space for several years now. In her clinical practice, she helps women with IBS problems get back on track and tackle their problems surrounding gluten.

She’s had a bunch of prominent media coverage—CNN, Dr. Oz, and E-How to name a few—and she is also the author of a best-selling book called The Savvy Gluten Free Shopper: How to Eat Healthy Without Breaking the Bank.

In this episode, Jenner and I discuss:

• Taking time off as an entrepreneur
• How to outsource certain parts of your business and your life
• Gluten free eating!
• Dealing with a QuickBooks disaster
• Several key marketing breakthroughs
• Keeping your personal voice within your business

 

5:00   - 10:00 - Traveling, outsourcing, and staying focused

10:00 - 13:00 - Eating gluten free in Italy

13:00 - 19:00 - Thoughts on taking time off as an entrepreneur 

19:00 - 28:00 - Recognizing challenges, dealing with them, and moving forward 

28:00 - 31:00 - Marketing, listening to your tribe

31:00 - 38:00 - Jennifer’s story and her advice for new health and fitness entrepreneurs

38:00 - 42:00 - Rapid-fire questions