The Power Project Podcast

This week, I had the privilege of sitting down in person with my good friend, Shandon Guignard of CEO of Flawless Finish & Flawless Lifestyles, founder of the non-profit, Beauty Within, and the Stiletto of Chucks & Stilettos.

Shandon and I had a great time laughing and sharing our hearts as well as discussing relationships. We talked God's purpose for our lives, marriage, divorce, dating, the single lifestyle, our love languages and how I personally think she should marry her Podcast Co-Host.

You are going to LOVE hearing this raw conversation between two girlfriends!

Check Shandon out on facebook: www.facebook.com/shandonguignard or on IG @flawlesslifestyles @flawlessfinishnailsandmakeup And, check out her new podcast launching Oct. 9: https://www.facebook.com/notyournormalrelationshipshow/

This week I am pulling the curtain back and demystifying the subject of network marketing. The good, the bad, the ugly, and everything in between. Don't worry if you're not in the business channel, there are still some great takeaways for you here.

If you are in any type of network marketing, direct sales, multi-level marketing, or consumer connected business, this is the episode for you. I give you a tangible action plan for growing a purpose-filled business.

Develop an ACTION PLAN:
1. Go back to the beginning. Where was your passion, where was your excitement, where was your zeal? Where was your desire to share this opportunity with everyone? Go back there and lets create the action plan of what it looks like to share this with everyone now.

2. Choose which avenue of sharing the business works for your network and craft your action plan around that. If it’s events, go all in on those. If it is One on one, coffee & convos, do those. If you are an Instagram influencer, go all in there.

3. Find which platform works for your market. A perfectly curated Instagram feed doesn’t speak to stay at home housewife. This may speak to a millennial, but a stay at home mom wants to see your authentic life on Facebook.

4. Develop a business mindset through personal development.

5. Find the right type of team members & market to them.

WHAT NOT TO DO
Do not duplicate. **Imitate**
Duplicate=. exactly like something else, especially through having been copied.
Imitate= to follow as a pattern, model, or example
Copy or pasting is as bad as trying to be someone else that you’re not. What you do need to do is find the actions that someone successful in your company has taken. Follow those steps. Don’t copy them. Instead, find your own way along the same path.

2. DO NOT SPAM
Don’t add people to Facebook that you don’t know without having had previous interaction with them.
Don’t send “cold-call” messages immediately without forming some type of relationship.

For more information on my story and what I do, check out
www.the-powerproject.com/powerfulbusiness

In episode 53 of the Power Project Podcast, I had the opportunity to have a conversation with Tess Clarke with Seeking Peace. Tess Clarke's organization is passionate about helping refugees, "live safely, use their voice, and rebuild their lives."

Tess Clarke's point of view on these pressing matters is an alternative view that may not align with either side of the conversation you may be on. Tess focuses on looking into the heart of the matter for real people, and tries to see past the controversy.

You can find out more about Tess and Seeking Peace here:
https://seekingpeace.org/
https://www.instagram.com/seekthepeace/?igshid=k17hx6q12syn

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This week, I have the pleasure of chatting with Legendary Anna Lebaron, daughter of Lebaron, sister to over 50, Mother to 5, and YaYa to one. Anna shares with us how her life of emotional damage growing up in a cult led to healing and restoration and eventually a book chronicling the experiences.

She also shares what it is like to launch such infamous books that belong to Jen Hatmaker, Rachel Hollis, Kindra Hall, and several other NY times chart topping authors.

You can catch Anna's entire family story over on True Crimes podcast this spring, but until then, go check out The Polygamist's Daughter anywhere books are sold. you can find Anna hanging out on Facebook or Instagram.

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This week, we kick off Season 2 of The Power Project & I am so excited about what is to come! Thank you to all of our supporters of Season 1. We promise that we’re only getting better from here! And, our mission will always be to inspire you to go out and lead purpose filled lives while owning your God-given Power.

I had the pleasure of interviewing my real life friend, Jessica Brinkley about her spiritual growth journey, life as a preacher’s kid, and how to heal your heart in Jesus. She chats college, breakups, being called to purpose, God radically revealing himself to her, and how she had to listen closely to God’s voice for her spiritual and physical health. She shares with us how she was called to fight human trafficking at a young age and has not let fear stand in her way of speaking out about the injustices.

Jessica shares with us about her recent travels to Cambodia and Thailand, her work on the ground there, and what it looks like to be like Christ to to others, but not force Christ on anyone.

This lady is the gold standard of walking in purpose as a young single daughter of God. I know you’re going to love her.

You can find Jessica on IG at www.instagram.com/jessicaclairebrinkley
Launch dates for her upcoming books as well as inspirational blog can be found at www.jessicaclairebrinkley.com

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50 Things I’ve learned in 50 Episodes
The Wifi will ALWAYS go out on recording day
2. There are incredible women doing AMAZING THINGS ALL OVER THE WORLD!
3. Women of all ages yearn to see other women walking in purpose, #45 Rita Bautista with Empowerment & All That , #43 Alice Edgerton & Karol Clark with Fulfilled after 50 Podcast , #37 Kaylin with Journey to You Podcast
4. When women hear inspiring stories told by other women, they are motivated to create their own story. Kindra Hall #39
5. Podcasting IS HARD & mostly thankless
6. No matter where you are in the world, you can find someone that shares the same values with you. #7 Malina Enlund & #8 Krya Anachkova
7. Virtual friends are the single greatest blessing of 2019
8. Technology has empowered us to make a greater impact.
9. Social media can be terrible, but it can also be beautiful!
10. People want to bring about change, they just don’t know where to start.
11. Show someone how to start, give them a little encouragement and your impact has become exponential.
12. We can talk about hard things and change stigmas about mental health: #19: Lyndsie’s Light, #36 Les Cross
13. Women everywhere struggle with “poser syndrome”
14. With Google & Jesus we can 100% do anything we set our mind to.
15. Women can be the most supportive people on the face of the planet
16. I don’t know jack about editing.
17. Garage band isn’t just for my kids to make funny noises on.
18. There is an entire world of people out there that totally understand audio editing, decibels, LUGS, and whatever else is involved for professional editors.
19. Professional podcasters (formerly radio) can get hung up on super minor details
20. People don’t care about quality nearly as much as content.
21. “Influencers” are normal people looking to make an impact and are genuinely honored when you reach out to them.
22. An overwhelming amount of people have never listened to a podcast.
23. An even greater number of people don’t understand what a podcast is.
24. And, most people that listen to podcasts still don’t know how to rate or write a review.
WRITE A REVIEW PLEASE!
25. Focusing on ONE thing while wanting to do ALL the things is the greatest struggle for a 3
26. The Enneagram is LIFE!
27. You can find people online that align so closely with you that you think they are inside your head
28. We can disagree about many things and still have impactful conversations about the big ones.
29. A purpose-driven woman on a mission is unstoppable, #26 Donna Durham, #17 Kelly Welk, #5 Caroline Verver,
30. A book can be written in 90 days.
31. Having a mentor that has gone before you in every area of life is crucial
32. Your Purpose continues even after a loss : Episode 3 with Kristen Brown, #9: Kayla Eggenberger, #12: Tiffany Scott, #23: Heather Quisel
33. A woman that answers God’s call can have profound impact: Alicia Bush #14, Melissa Ice #27, Amy Hehre #47, #4 Jodie Webb, Amy Cassidy,
34. Married christian women enjoy an authentic conversation about being a freak in the sheets, #25 Heather McGilvray
35. We are all trying to survive this whole parenting thing: #31 with Demi Austin, #41 Parenting 101
36. It is never too early to start walking in purpose and following the call God has on your life. Kate Watson #15, Mattie Simmons #2 (neither were 18)
37. God truly can form beauty from ashes: Your Past doesn’t define you #33 Sandy Storm, Coach Nikki Foster
38. It’s okay to pivot in life when God calls you in a different direction: Natalie Wood #2, #13 Maria Elena Infantino
39. A COLLEGE DEGREE MEANS NOTHING: hard work and and determination goes further
40. A podcast is as good of a place as ever to share your voice with the world, but the truest platform we have all been given is our every day life. How do you show up?
41. When it comes down to fight or flight, do not underestimate a tiny blonde with a fierce loyalty to family, and penchant for Walking Dead: Terra Newell
42. We are all better together and can accomplish so much more when we realize there is room at the table for all of us. Collaboration over Competition: #46 Cause Pods
43. I really enjoy business coaching and marrying that with walking in purpose. Turns out, my audience digs it to. If you want more purposeful business coaching tips from me, check out the-powerproject.com/powerfulbusiness
44. A podcast is like any other business and will NOT grow itself. It require endless marketing and promotion in order to cast a wider net and REACH those God intends you to reach. Stop, take a screen shot right now. Post it on social media. Tag me. It’s our birthday!!!
45. Speaking of birthdays, you can throw a birthday party for a podcast. I’m doing it next week, be sure to tune in for the Facebook Live over on The Power Project page. You’re not going to want to miss the cake I’m having made!
46. People Love to talk about themselves when they hear you have a podcast!
47. Weird: people telling you in the grocery store that they love your podcast.
48. It is easier to take compliments from strangers online that it is from someone you know.
49. You can find 100 people saying similar things, but your unique voice will reach the one person it was intended to reach.
50. God gave me a voice to share on this platform with all of you and if I hadn’t pursued it, it would have been disobedient. I would have never fulfilled my call and been able to walk in purpose.

This week, we're jumping into a little Branding Bootcamp. This is something that I get asked about often. Want to know a secret? No one taught me how to create a personal brand. I am just extremely self aware and committed enough to being authentic that I was able to google anything else I needed to know.

Branding is crucial if you are wanting to represent and promote anything well. We live in a consumer society where people are buying daily. It's up to us to make sure they are shopping with us because we know we are ethical.

I've attached a Branding Bootcamp Giveaway for this episode: download it here ---->
https://mailchi.mp/6e709ebaba74/brandingbootcamp

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Ready to start your own business and create a brand? Head to www.the-powerproject.com/powerfulbusiness

This week is a Back to School Special:
I discuss the importance of setting your children up for success and what that looks like:
1. Establish Expectations for The School Year:
At School:
What grades are required? What privileges are lost if those grades aren’t met?
Responsibilities: What does that look like for different ages?
At Home:
What household chores are expected throughout the week?
-Lunches packed night before.
-Unpack backpacks and set out notes/reminder binders/things to be signed after school
-Help with laundry, dishes, and kitchen clean up.

2. Remind Them of their Identity (especially in Junior High where they start to find identity in peers rather than family )
-Who are they?
-What traits make them leaders?
-What unique gifts did God give them to use to bring glory to Him?
-Let them know that they are not defined by their athletic or academic abilities. While greatness is admirable to strive for, who God created them to be, is far more important in life.

-What are their morals?
-What temptations will they face? What does this look like at different ages? 5th grade: lying about homework and bullying, 8th grade more serious temptations, vaping, drugs, sex, alcohol, porn….

-Re-establish Boundaries: Remind them of both their personal boundaries as well as respecting other’s boundaries. Have an age appropriate discussion about inappropriate actions and how to know when something doesn't feel right.

-Remind them of what characteristics make them a leader for Christ.
-Stand up for personal beliefs.
-Embrace their unique gifts.
-Be themselves and don’t change for others
-Be proud of who they were created to be.
-Give God the Glory
-Witness to Others: take up for the underdog, make the new kid feel welcome, speak up for the bullied.
-Be Humble & Kind

3. Ways to Stay Organized throughout the school year:
-Sync Your Calendars
-ICal: One address for all family events synced with hubs & one address for strictly kid events synced with hubs & kiddos.
-Cozi Family App: Never tried it, but hear it works wonders to sync all things family.

-Set Bedtime on Kids’ Phones: Set it for 15 minutes before bedtime so that they can know it’s time to wrap up whatever activity they are doing: practice piano, watch videos, read, etc…
Parental Restrictions on Kids phones: Set Parameters on Data & Screen time usage to turn off at bedtime & then turn back on at whatever time you wish the next day.

-What to do with ALL The Things that come home from school:
-Immediately enter dates into phone with notes & throw paper notes away
-Artwork: Download the ArtKive app: it creates digital files of your kids' artwork, stores it in a cloud file & you can order scrapbooks.

4. SAFETY:
-360 LIFE: Great Family Monitoring app
-BARK: monitors who your children are talking to and what they’re talking about. *Must have Apple/Android/or Amazon device:
-Monitors Social Media, Text Messages, Email, YouTube, Safari, and DropBox
-Monitors & Detects risks through algorithms that detect cyberbullying, violence, drugs & alcohol, self-harm & suicide, sexual content & sexting…so that you don’t have to manually read every message and it's only $9/month:
-For Children under 10 years of age:
NCMEC created a campaign to teach young children about safe internet usage: It’s called Into The Cloud and deals with Cyberbullying as well as inappropriate interactions: YouTube: NetSmartz Workshop.

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This week I have the privilege of chatting with Amy Hehre, CEO of OVI Children’s Hospital in Kenya.  At 20 years old, she dreamt of a missional life serving orphans in Africa.  She found the strength to pursue this calling when someone asked her “If that’s the life you want to be living, then why aren’t you doing it?”  

By the age of 22, she had plans for the organization in Kenya.  At 24, she had an active ministry and deed in hand for the hospital.  When she reached the ripe age of 25 she had seen her vision come to fruition in an operating hospital that was at full capacity.  

After two years of operating, she now has dreams of opening 88 more hospitals.

She shares about the struggle of devastation and death that she sees in a daily basis but the beauty that she sees God doing within the midst of it.

Amy also talks about how she is using a non-traditional business model to fund her family while growing the business and is currently modeling that structure for her ambassador program.  

You can learn more about OVI and their Ambassador program at www.ovichildrenshospital.org

You can find Amy on FB https://www.facebook.com/aecorrell

and OVI Children’s Hospital on
www.instagram.com/ovichildrenshospital

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This week, I had the opportunity to be interviewed on Causepods where I was able to bring attention to the Human Trafficking epidemic and raise money for Refuge For Women North Texas.

Causepods is a passion project of The Podcast Consultant, Mathew Passy.  The aim is to interview folks who are using podcasts to raise awareness for a good cause.  Whether that's a non-profit, charity, medical cause, social justice movement, or anyone looking to create a positive impact in the world, from the local level to the global population. 
Check it out here:
https://www.causepods.org/

Refuge for Women is a non-profit, faith based organization providing specialized long-term care for women who have escaped human trafficking or sexual exploitation. With multiple locations across the U.S., Refuge for Women offers up to twelve months of safe housing, at no charge to the resident, with around the clock care as clients progress through evidence-based, trauma-informed programming. The compassionate staff is trained to help residents work through the program to reclaim their identities and reach their goals to overcome addictions, heal from trauma and develop life skills leading to healthy, balanced living and financial independence. Refuge for Women strives to help each woman complete the program with a vision for her future, equipped to succeed and sustain a life marked with dignity and hope.
Link to support them: http://www.rfwntx.org/onetimegift

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