The Room To Be In

Welcome back! This week's guest is the refreshing Erin Piper, Founder of Saint Crewe! If you've ever felt like you've got a great idea but don't have the "right" background or the "right" people, this episode is for you.

With a background in social work and then jumping to Erin and Katie talk avoiding ego-driven decisions, focusing on genuine connections, the value of trusting your intuition, and so much more! This is a mind cleansing, heart cleaning, maybe even skin cleansing episode that'll refuel any journey you may be on!

Don't forget to send this podcast to your fellow entrepreneurs!

HIGHLIGHTS:

1:52 The Origin of Saint Crewe

5:25 Favorite Room and Family Advice

9:24 Lessons in Business and Unlearning

15:31 Underestimated and Proven Wrong

18:15 Trusting Instincts Wisely

19:59 Book Recommendations and Mindset

25:40 Failing Forward in Beauty

28:25 Favorite Product Pick

Recommended books

The Calamity Club, any Douglas Kennedy books, World Without End, Pillars of the Earth

Follow Erin and Saint Crewe! @saintcrewe

Current favorite Sant Crewe product: Water Whip!

Follow the show! @theroomtobein || theroomtobein.com

Follow Katie! @itslifewithkatie

This season of The Room To Be In is sponsored by Secret Garden Beverage Co. All float, no fuss. Order with show code ""THEROOMTOBEIN"" for 15% off! https://trysecretgarden.com

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The Room To Be In is a OneEleven Media podcast, created and hosted by Katie Garwood. The show is produced by Maddie Buis with production services by Line Brunet, Podcast Maven.

Welcome back! This week's guest is the passionate Chandler Lee, a master of turning female founders into thought leaders!

If you've ever felt like you're unlearning perfectionism, stuck in a one-size-fits-all path, or attemping to build community and connection online, this episode is for you.

Chandler and Katie talk personal branding, embracing failure and risks as part of the journey, and social media as a tool for connection, and so much more! Not only does Chandler embrace the pain of growing, she encourages it for all founders to leap ahead!

Don't forget to send this podcast to your fellow entrepreneurs!

HIGHTLIGHTS:

0:28 The Elevator Pitch

3:57 Mastermind Lessons

12:12 Unlearning Control

26:13 Underestimated by Herself

44:15 Advice and Book Recs

Recommended books: The Mountain Is You, A Course In Miracles, Many Lives Many Masters

Follow Chandler! @chandlerleeco

Follow the show! @theroomtobein || theroomtobein.com

Follow Katie! @itslifewithkatie

This season of The Room To Be In is sponsored by Secret Garden Beverage Co. All float, no fuss. Order with show code ""THEROOMTOBEIN"" for 15% off! https://trysecretgarden.com

Follow @trysecretgarden everywhere!

The Room To Be In is a OneEleven Media podcast, created and hosted by Katie Garwood. The show is produced by Maddie Buis with production services by Line Brunet, Podcast Maven.

Welcome back! This week's guest is the Tracy Gilchrist, Journalist, Host, Cultural Commentator! If you've ever worried about holding on to your authenticity after a viral moment, struggle with self trust, or juggled balancing authenticity and professionalism, this episode is for you.

Tracy and Katie talk the role of community and support systems, viral moments and their impact, and unlearning societal behaviors and stereotypes, and so much more! This conversation not only holds space for the creative and entrepreneur in us all but it psuhes you into a new realm!

Don't forget to send this podcast to your fellow entrepreneurs!

HIGHLIGHTS:

0:21 Viral Holding Space Moment

2:16 Viral Impact and Community

8:12 Favorite Oscar Room

10:04 Unlearning Self-Doubt

14:44 Being Underestimated at Work

20:48 Best and Worst Advice

25:34 Book Recommendation: Sunburn

Follow Tracy! @tracyegilchrist or @holdingspacewithtracy

Recommended books: Sunburn by Chloe Michelle Howarth

Follow the show! @theroomtobein || theroomtobein.com

Follow Katie! @itslifewithkatie

This season of The Room To Be In is sponsored by Secret Garden Beverage Co. All float, no fuss. Order with show code ""THEROOMTOBEIN"" for 15% off! https://trysecretgarden.com

Follow @trysecretgarden everywhere!

The Room To Be In is a OneEleven Media podcast, created and hosted by Katie Garwood. The show is produced by Maddie Buis with production services by Line Brunet, Podcast Maven.

Welcome back! This week's guest is the candid Chelsea Fagan, Co-founder of The Financial Diet! If you've ever felt like you're struggling to handle visibility and public opinion, can't clearly set boundaries in social media, or working to build a strong sense of self outside of the internet to handle public feedback, this episode is for you.

Chelsea and Katie talk building genuine relationships, how authenticity is a key to success, the pitfalls of coaching and online entrepreneurship, and so much more! Most business advice is not universally applicable, but this episode allows you to focus on your unique situation with takeaways that will make a lasting impact.

Don't forget to send this podcast to your fellow entrepreneurs!

HIGHLIGHTS:

1:16 Finding Home and Hosting

4:09 Unlearning and Career Origins

7:57 Handling Online Visibility

12:16 Women in Finance

13:19 Worst Advice Ever

14:45 Books for New Entrepreneurs

18:57 Cutting Through Business BS

Follow Chelsea! @faganchelsea and @thefinancialdiet

Follow the show! @theroomtobein || theroomtobein.com

Follow Katie! @itslifewithkatie

This season of The Room To Be In is sponsored by Secret Garden Beverage Co. All float, no fuss. Order with show code ""THEROOMTOBEIN"" for 15% off! https://trysecretgarden.com

Follow @trysecretgarden everywhere!

The Room To Be In is a OneEleven Media podcast, created and hosted by Katie Garwood. The show is produced by Maddie Buis with production services by Line Brunet, Podcast Maven.

Welcome back! This week's guest is the intuitive Zora Feraji, Founder of Hauz - a global talent management agency, by creators for creators!

If you've ever felt like you're struggling to manage growth, disillusioned by your environment, or failing to trust your intuition, this episode is for you. Zora and Katie talk the creator's journey, creator economy, business building, and so much more! This is for everyone and anyone who wants to go from creating content to CREATING CONTENT.

Don't forget to send this podcast to your fellow entrepreneurs!

HIGHLIGHTS:

0:27 Meet Zora's Creator Empire

2:12 Favorite Rooms and Spaces

4:13 Lessons in Unlearning

9:38 Advice, Noise, and Intuition

14:32 Books That Matter

Recommended books:

The Lean Startup by Eric Ries

Start with Yourself by Emma Greed

Read the Room Substack

Follow Zora! @zoraferaji or @hauz.global and @sundayforcreators

Follow the show! @theroomtobein || theroomtobein.com

Follow Katie! @itslifewithkatie

This season of The Room To Be In is sponsored by Secret Garden Beverage Co. All float, no fuss. Order with show code "THEROOMTOBEIN" for 15% off! https://trysecretgarden.com

Follow @trysecretgarden everywhere!

The Room To Be In is a OneEleven Media podcast, created and hosted by Katie Garwood. The show is produced by Maddie Buis with production services by Line Brunet, Podcast Maven.

Welcome back! This week's guest is the fail forward Nancy Benet, CPA and Founder of Fixit Accounting!

If you've ever felt like you're self doubting, struggling with financial resilience, or unlearning money myths, this episode is for you. Nancy and Katie talk money mindset, financial freedom, resilience, and so much more! This door will lead you from failure to financial freedom in no time!

Don't forget to send this podcast to your fellow entrepreneurs!

HIGHLIGHTS:

2:30 Kitchen and Family

3:54 Self-Doubt and Debt

6:05 Money Mindset Shift

10:59 Failed Forward

12:10 Best and Worst Advice

17:40 Looking Only Forward

18:39 Live Below Your Means

20:21 Book Recommendation

Recommended books:

Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki and Sharon Lechter

Success Your Way by G Richard Shell

Follow Nancy! @success.your.way || https://www.fixitaccounting.com https://successyourway.com

Follow the show! @theroomtobein || https://theroomtobein.com

Follow Katie! @itslifewithkatie

This season of The Room To Be In is sponsored by Secret Garden Beverage Co. All float, no fuss. Order with show code ""THEROOMTOBEIN"" for 15% off! https://trysecretgarden.com

Follow @trysecretgarden everywhere!

The Room To Be In is a OneEleven Media podcast, created and hosted by Katie Garwood. The show is produced by Maddie Buis with production services by Line Brunet, Podcast Maven.

Welcome back! This week's guest is the adventurous Beetle Campbell, Founder of Xoom Africa! If you've ever felt like you're feeling passionless in your journey or can't balance work and fun, this episode is for you.

Beetle and Katie talk networking to success, wild boar hunts, failure as a constant, and so much more! This conversation will have you roaming all over the wild fields of entrepreneurship and packed up ready to join the adventure!

Don't forget to send this podcast to your fellow entrepreneurs!

HIGHLIGHTS:

0:22 South Africa’s Next Generation

2:28 Wild Dogs in Botswana

4:39 Crown Prince’s F1

7:35 Overlooked in School

9:04 Learning Through Failure

10:59 Two at a Time

14:56 Lessons From the Himalayas

17:24 Build What You Love

Follow Beetle! @beetlecampbell or @xoomafrica

Follow the show! @theroomtobein || theroomtobein.com

Follow Katie! @itslifewithkatie

This season of The Room To Be In is sponsored by Secret Garden Beverage Co. All float, no fuss. Order with show code "THEROOMTOBEIN" for 15% off! https://trysecretgarden.com

Follow @trysecretgarden everywhere!

The Room To Be In is a OneEleven Media podcast, created and hosted by Katie Garwood. The show is produced by Maddie Buis with production services by Line Brunet, Podcast Maven.

Welcome back! This week's guest is the clipped in Colette Bernard of viral hair clip fame!

If you've ever felt like you're a creative stuck growing the business side of your art, waffling on taking a big risk, or just don't know where to start (hint: try stickers!), this episode is for you.

Colette and Katie talk building a thriving art business, handling underestimation and bias in business, and small business building, and so much more! This episode takes off as quickly as Colette's work went viral and launches you into the most beauitfully decorated head space (inside and out) for entrepreneurship possible.

Don't forget to send this podcast to your fellow entrepreneurs!

HIGHLIGHTS:

2:27 Critique and Feedback

3:08 Underestimated in Business

5:04 Learning From Pre-Orders

10:03 Unlearning Pressure

10:52 Best and Worst Advice

14:11 Start With Stickers

17:25 Find Colette Online

17:57 Book Recommendations

Follow Colette! @artistcolette || artistcolette.com

Recommended books:

PROFIT FIRST by Mike Michalowicz

HE'S SCARED, SHE'S SCARED by by Steven Carter and Julia Sokol

Follow the show! @theroomtobein || theroomtobein.com

Follow Katie! @itslifewithkatie

This season of The Room To Be In is sponsored by Secret Garden Beverage Co. All float, no fuss. Order with show code "THEROOMTOBEIN" for 15% off! https://trysecretgarden.com

Follow @trysecretgarden everywhere!

The Room To Be In is a OneEleven Media podcast, created and hosted by Katie Garwood. The show is produced by Maddie Buis with production services by Line Brunet, Podcast Maven.

Welcome back! This week's guest is the musical Brian Falduto, country star!

If you've ever felt like you're struggling to slow down and listen to your inner voice, unlearning productivity traps , or working to create new safe spaces, this episode is for you.

Brian and Katie talk self-development, authenticity, mental health, personal success, and so much more! Not only will you feel this one deep in your soul, this episode will empower you to feel like you're taking this city back!

Don't forget to send this podcast to your fellow entrepreneurs!

HIGHLIGHTS:

2:36 Finding Safe Space

3:27 Underestimated in Country Music

4:59 Learning From Failure

6:55 Unlearning Productivity

9:17 Best and Worst Advice

11:55 Return to the Audition Room

14:08 Trust Your Inner Voice

Follow Brian! @brianfalduto and find his new single 'Takin' This City Back' anywhere you get music!

Follow the show! @theroomtobein || theroomtobein.com

Follow Katie! @itslifewithkatie

This season of The Room To Be In is sponsored by Secret Garden Beverage Co. All float, no fuss. Order with show code ""THEROOMTOBEIN"" for 15% off! https://trysecretgarden.com

Follow @trysecretgarden everywhere!

The Room To Be In is a OneEleven Media podcast, created and hosted by Katie Garwood. The show is produced by Maddie Buis with production services by Line Brunet, Podcast Maven.

Welcome back! This week's guest is the empowering Emily Best, Founder & CEO of Seed & Spark! If you've ever felt like you're lost in the creative shuffle, stuck on a crowdfunding journey, or lost in they chaos of leadership, this episode is for you.

Emily and Katie talk the importance of authentic partnerships, leadership & boundary setting, navigating AI's role in creative industries, and so much more! This convo will have you leave repeating our new mantra "Do the next right thing" and believing in yourself and your journey more than ever!

Don't forget to send this podcast to your fellow entrepreneurs!

HIGHLIGHTS:

3:48 Rothko Room Revelation

7:40 Underestimated Startup Founder

13:28 Unlearning Power and Boundaries

19:00 Learning Through Failure

24:22 Advice for Hard Moments

26:18 Friendship Over Transaction

Follow Emily! @ebestinthewest or @seedandspark or website https://seedandspark.com

Follow the show! @theroomtobein || theroomtobein.com

Follow Katie! @itslifewithkatie

This season of The Room To Be In is sponsored by Secret Garden Beverage Co. All float, no fuss. Order with show code "THEROOMTOBEIN" for 15% off! https://trysecretgarden.com

Follow @trysecretgarden everywhere!

The Room To Be In is a OneEleven Media podcast, created and hosted by Katie Garwood. The show is produced by Maddie Buis with production services by Line Brunet, Podcast Maven.