The Thriving Entrepreneur

Sarah Barbour is a book coach who guides entrepreneurs through the process of writing and publishing a book. Her goal for her clients is to help them create a book that is both personally and professionally rewarding. With a background in professional editing, she has helped dozens of authors tell their stories, and has written five books of her own.

In this episode, Sarah and I chat about how:

• She transitioned to entrepreneurship
• She started working with independent authors
• She published her first book
• She started helping first-time authors navigate the world of writing and publishing a book
• She guides her clients from A to Z in writing their books
• Having a single goal with your book is a great idea

You can connect with Sarah at:www.adventure.ink

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Michelle McGlade is a business strategist and mentor for future leaders in the health and wellness industry who desire to take the leap from local business owner to online business maven. Michelle helps wellness experts that are struggling not only with the business foundations and navigating the basics of online entrepreneurship, but also with reconnecting to their self-worth and regaining their self-confidence. Her one-to-one coaching combines tough love with business savvy to catapult her clients to unstoppable success. Michelle is the #1 International Best Selling author of Unstoppable: Strategies to Launch and Grow Your Holistic Practice. She hosts a weekly podcast, Making the Maven, where listeners are provided inspiration and guidance to take action in building a successful wellness business. Michelle's unique skill set combines her corporate backstory of 15 years in sales and marketing, Master's Degree in Business Management, entrepreneurial journey as a Licensed Acupuncturist, Founder of a holistic health clinic, and online business maven to produce quick and lasting results for her clients. She is the biz savvy healer for healers.

In this episode, Michelle and I chat about how:

• She got back her health with alternative medicine and this was the first spark of entrepreneurship in her
• Not to ignore the voice inside you
• She had everything of the "conventional" success but not what she was aligned with
• She leapt into her entrepreneurial life
• She became an acupuncturist (her first business)
• Being a thriving entrepreneur requires many leaps and the process of letting go

You can connect with Michelle at: www.michellemcglade.com

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Seema Alexander is a business and brand building expert and podcast co-host helping entrepreneurs who want to leave a legacy and make their mark in this world. She specializes in helping influencers, disruptors and thought leaders grow their personal brands to 6 and 7 figure multi-faceted businesses. As a former corporate director for a Fortune 500 company, responsible for brand and marketing strategy for several million dollar businesses, she has the unique ability to seeing the potential in any brand creating the roadmap to get there and helping execute through every stage of the journey. She has worked with over 100s of service and product-based entrepreneurs in industries from sports, finance, coaching, fashion to technology. She has been coined by many of her clients as their strategic partner without the equity.

Seema and I talk about how:

• She was introduced to entrepreneurship as a child with her parents' multiple businesses
• She realized consistency is the key ingredient for a business to thrive as she watched her parents' empire crumble down over the years from a completely thriving state
• She ran away from entrepreneurship for years and preferred to work in the corporate world and was able to climb the corporate ladder fairly fast
• After doing branding strategy in the corporate, she started a consulting business on the side
• Being rushed to the emergency room was what shifted everything
• Pivoting and rebranding can help you thrive

You can connect with Seema at: http://www.seemaalexander.com

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Lisa's a transformational Life & Nutrition Coach who understands that it's not the systems, the doing, the food, the exercise, the degree's, the achievements or the lack of trying that holds women back from feeling fulfilled and successful in their lives, businesses or bodies, it's their lack of connection to how they're feeling inside.

For over a decade now she's been helping women connect to the parts of themselves they've been unable to acknowledge and leads them to emotional freedom, helps them drop self judgement and step into who they really are.

She's also the creator of multiple on line programs including E.A.T! her signature weight loss & nutrition classroom where she supports women from around the globe as they learn to work with food and their bodies so they can ditch dieting and find food and body freedom.

In this episode, Lisa and I chat about how:

• She started her entrepreneurial journey as a personal trainer
• She transitioned into Nutrition and eventually personal growth
• Going to the gym is NOT the answer to losing weight
• She defines THRIVING (powerful)
• Self-care is a non-negotiable
• She defines self-care
• Honoring yourself is the key to success
• You transition from self-care to self-love

You can connect with Lisa at: www.lisacarpenter.ca

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Originally from Scotland, now a digital nomad. Joanna Turner is a leading Intuitive Business & Success Coach, Advanced EFT & Master NLP Practitioner, (and former Chartered Accountant!) She is a mentor to female entrepreneurs, and specialises in busting money & visibility blocks.

She acts as a bridge between the spiritual and business worlds combining her strong business acumen, gained from spending 17 years in Finance and in Boardrooms with the CEOs of Multi-Billion dollar companies and setting up offshore start up companies, with her years of personal development and spiritual practice, including being a certified Akashic Records practitioner. She was recently nominated for the Telstra Business Woman of the Year Award 2016 in the Entrepreneurship category.

Joanna and I talk about how:

• She ignored all the signs and kept pushing through life
• There was always something missing
• You don't have to have everything figured out
• To shatter the glass ceiling when it comes to overcoming money blocks
• We can implement the certain steps she mentions to clear our money blocks

You can connect with Joanna at http://www.missionforbalance.com

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Jenn Scalia is a visibility strategist for entrepreneurs who want to make an impact. She is THE go-to expert for entrepreneurs who want the world to know their name. This self-professed introvert and single mom went from rock bottom to creating a 7-figure business within 3 years. Known for her tough love, no­-B.S. style, Jenn helps entrepreneurs overhaul their biggest fears and empowers them to share their message with the world. She is the CEO and Mastermind of Million Dollar Mommy, a company founded to help women across the world reach their dreams and financial goals. Jenn has been featured in Business Insider, Inc. and Forbes.com.

In this interview, Jenn and I talk about how:

• Getting laid off made her decide to become an entrepreneur
• It took a YEAR to get her first client
• She grew her business to million dollars in less than 2 years

You can connect with Jenn at JennScalia.com and join her FB Community at JennScalia.com/Tribe

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Alyssa is a busy mom of 4 (yes, F-O-U-R!) little ones, CEO and Executive Creative Director of design company, Felicity + Design Inc. She believes you don't have to sacrifice style for purpose, and that you deserve a web presence that is uniquely you AND can make the impact you want. Because when you are authentically you (cliche, but true) and you choose elements of your brand because of the way they make YOU feel, THAT is when your brand will be successful.

In this interview, Alyssa and I talk about how:

• She got into the entrepreneurial world when she became a stay-at-home mom
• Her mindset at certain points created the not-so-thriving moments in her life and business
• Her son's near-death experience amped up her courage
• The whole process of branding should not overwhelm you
• Paying attention to your feelings as you create your brand is the foundation to your success

You can connect with Alyssa at: www.felicityanddesign.com

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Tepsii is the creator of The Write to Profit™, her flagship digital copywriting course for online entrepreneurs. She is also a coach who focuses on messaging and showing entrepreneurs how to start or grow a thriving online business in Sold Out + Booked Solid, her Business Incubator for Creatives. Tepsii started her online business in March 2015 and has since worked with over 100 private clients and created a thriving online community with 16,000 fans!

In this episode, Tepsii and I chat about how:

• Entrepreneurship has always been in her blood and she could never shake it
• She had to overcome so many restrictions and challenges in South Africa to make her dreams a reality
• She dabbled here and there until she finally stumbled into copywriting and got fully booked
• She was able to move her entire family from the US to South Africa, her place of birth
• Clarity comes from trying
• To craft a compelling sales page to grow your business

You can connect with Tepsii at: www.thewritetoprofit.com and you can join her FB group #Copybesties at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Copybosses/

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PollyAnna Brown is the CEO and founder of PK Media, a marketing + PR firm specializing in storytelling and entertainment strategies for business owners, as well as story based copywriting, and the creator of Storytelling Marketing™, a marketing system founded in professional storytelling, community building, and entertainment to create epic brand loyalty + intimate audience relationships for a legendary business that stands the test of time.

In this interview, PollyAnna and I chat about how:

• While playing with her legos as a little girl. she realized she wanted to become an entrepreneur and use the money to end world hunger
• Her mother empowered her at a young age to solve her financial needs and how she started her cleaning service as a 9-year-old to be able to afford a baby doll that she really wanted
• She learned at a young age that she could create whatever she wanted
• She transitioned from her acting career to her entrepreneurial journey
• We can use our stories to transform our businesses and in turn make a huge impact in the lives of our clients and audience
• Brand Story vs Personal Story are both important in your messaging

You can connect with PollyAnna at: www.https://pollyannabrown.com and you can access her Free mini-course at:www.StoryTellingMarketingFormula.com

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Lydia Lee is the Founder and Corporate Escape Coach of Screw the Cubicle, a movement to inspire people to break free from the shackles of conventional work. From building businesses to forging freelance careers, she's already helped hundreds of talented professionals repurpose their skills to create better versions of their careers and become better versions of themselves. Now based in Bali, Indonesia, Lydia has been published in Forbes, The Huffington Post and many more publications.

In this interview, Lydia and I chat about how:

• Her entrepreneurial journey started with a breakdown
• She would always get so bored with regular jobs
• She followed the "regular" route of going to college, joining the corporate life and when she was 28, she realized there was another life for her
• It took digging deep to understand that the corporate world was not for her
• Feeling on purpose was the catalyst for her in starting her business
• She hired her first business coach and how it was the best decision ever
• Her first business was based on international education where she was the agent to recruit teachers to teach abroad
• To "Screw The Cubicle"
• To bring your skills, talents and prior knowledge to your business venture
• Knowing what you don't want is as important as what you do want
• You cannot AUTOMATE INTIMACY in your business

You can connect with Lydia at ScrewTheCubicle.com

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