Time To Be You Podcast - Entrepreneurship - Self-Development - Motivation and Business with Laura Berens

Michelle Knight, @brandmerrycoaching, Branding and Business Coach and the founder of Brandmerry.com shifts the focus inward to help people find their life-goals and business objectives. Knowing your purpose will translate into your business. Start by blocking out the outside expectations and removing comparison to focus on the inner you. Episode 34 of the Time To Be You podcast encourages you to forget about societal expectations in order to find the true meaning of your life. Putting the focus on yourself and your inner happiness will transform your business into a purposeful one. The sooner you find your purpose, the sooner you can give your business purpose! Look within yourself to find the greater reason why and your business will benefit. Bio: Michelle Knight is a Branding and Business Coach who has distinguished herself as an entrepreneur by teaching the power of storytelling and its ability to unite people, especially women. She has helped transform the businesses and lives of female entrepreneurs by supporting them in tapping into their story to create a standout brand and message, ultimately leading them to living a life of freedom. Michelle is living proof that no matter what obstacles life may throw at you, or chapters that may contribute to your story, you have the power to write your own ending. As a storyteller and branding expert, Michelle supports women who are unfulfilled in their 9-5 to break free into a life of freedom. Programs include private coaching, self-study courses, and a group program that unites women to create thriving online businesses. --- Questions: 1. Can you give us a brief background of yourself? 2. What were you doing before you became an entrepreneur 3. Why do you choose to work with female entrepreneurs 4. How do you balance your work and being a present mom 5. How does one not compare their career to someone else's 6. How to break the habit of being a perfectionist and realize not everyone has your same vision. -- Resources: Brandmerry.com @brandmerrycoaching -- Interested in a free discovery call with Laura? Book here! https://calendly.com/itslaurab/discoverycall

⁣⠀Debra Maldonado, @debrabmaldonado, is a master life coach, instructor, and bestselling author of Let Love In. She helps awaken peoples mind for their personal development which is what lead her to find her purpose in life, to help people be happy. Debra wants people to know it's okay to feel guilty sometimes or like you're not enough, but if you're conscious of it you can take steps to manage it. You have to realize where you are may not be perfect, but that's because it's not complete. No-one really has it figured out, you have to figure it out for yourself too.

Episode 33 of the Time To Be You podcast wants to help everyone have a healthy mind. Entrepreneurs often try to use their business as a way to find satisfaction in life, a business can't fulfill that for you. In order to be truly successful and find satisfaction, you have to chase your purpose. Chasing your purpose will lead to satisfaction. If you can learn to manage your mind, the happier you'll be with all the ups and downs that life brings!

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Bio:

Debi is a Master Jungian Life Coach Instructor and the author of the bestselling book, Let Love In: Open Your Heart & Mind To Attract Your Ideal Partner (Wiley 2010). She is also is a columnist for Inc.com Magazine and frequent speaker on women's empowerment and leadership and has been featured by ABC News, ABC Radio Network, FOX News, NBC News, WB2, Cosmopolitan, Natural Health, Huffington Post, YourTango, Publisher's Weekly, Complete Woman, and Playboy Radio, among others. In her former life, she was a marketing executive at MTV Networks and various internet start-ups and then trained as a hypnotherapist and launched her own 6-figure business. She left hypnotherapy behind when she joined forces with Dr. Rob and incorporated their Jungian Coaching model which took their business to the 7-figure level.

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Questions asked in this episode:

1. Can you give us a brief background of yourself and what you do? 2. What is Jungian Positive Psychology? 3. For new entrepreneurs, what is the one thing that stops them from being successful? 4. How do you help others step away from their old conditioned patterns that may not be useful? 5. You talk about funnels and business stuff being great but the most being your internal work. Many of us our built to work, work, work and that will bring us success. What would you say to that? ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ ⁣

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Resources

https://www.facebook.com/1creativelove

http://jungianlifecoach.com

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/debi-dr-rob-show-success-purpose-spirituality-love/id1256289625?mt=2

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Mitchell Levy, @mitchell.levy, the aha guy, is a global credibility expert; he's created 20 businesses, provided strategic consulting for 100 companies, advised 500 CEOs, and is an international Amazon best selling author. Mitch discovered how to establish himself as a thought leader and is passing that expertise along to clients by creating sustainable credibility. Episode 32 of the Time To Be You podcast helps entrepreneurs tap into their expertise. You have to identify what pain point you're solving for your customer and present it in a way that answers exactly what's in it for them. Solidifying yourself as a thought leader and clearly presenting your business to customers will have the customers coming to you. Each entrepreneur is an expert, it's all about the information you put out into the world so clients come searching for you! --- Bio: Mitchell Levy (pronounced Lee Vee) is The AHA Guy at AHAthat (https://AHAthat.com) who empowers experts, thought leaders, and businesses to share their genius. His superpower is extracting the genius from your head in a two-hour interview so that his team can ghostwrite your book and make you an Amazon bestselling author in four months or less.He is an accomplished Entrepreneur who has created twenty businesses in Silicon Valley including four publishing companies that have published over 800 books. Mitchell is a TEDxspeaker and international bestselling author of over sixty business books. He's provided strategic consulting to over one hundred companies, has advised over five hundred CEOs on critical business issues, and has been chairman of the board of a NASDAQ-listed company. In addition to these accomplishments, he's been happily married for twenty-nine years and regularly spends four weeks annually in a European country with his family and friends. --- Questions asked: 1. Can you give us a brief background on what you do? 2. What is thought leadership? 3. For emerging entrepreneurs, what is CPop and how do they make that pain point into a selling point? 4. What are some thought leadership practices one can do daily? 5. How can we work thought leadership into social media and our business? --- Resources: http://mitchelllevy.com/ Instagram.com/Mitchell.Levy/ --- Follow Laura on IG!

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Episode 31 of the Time To Be You podcast features yours truly, Laura Berens!

People keep asking me how to best use Instagram for their business. So, since I'm equipped with examples from my activewear brand, Love and Fit, I wanted to help point other entrepreneurs in the right direction!

This episode will help teach you what's needed to build up your business Instagram page to make sure you're attracting the right audience that will lead to sales!

Every business is using social media, make sure your presence is effective!

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1. What do I post on Instagram for my product based business?

2. How do I work with influencers

3. Should I do Giveaways

4. What should I do on Instagram Stories

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Rosie Acosta, @rosieacosta, founder of Radically Loved Yoga Health and Wellness is a yoga and meditation teacher, teacher trainer, Certified Nutritionist, and life coach found her path in life through yoga and meditation. As a troubled teen suffering from PTSD caused from issues growing up, she looked internally to resolve the past turmoils sending her down the wrong path. Practicing yoga and meditation helped her go from living in a paralyzed state to learning who she was and what she wanted in life.

Episode 30 of the Time To Be You podcast will inspire everyone to make time to be still without all the distractions life can bring. Whether you're on the right path in life or you're lost and in need of direction, practicing yoga and meditation can help bring your inner self to light. There are 1,440 minutes in a day - reserve some time for yourself and start living the radically loved life you deserve! --- Bio: Rosie Acosta is a Yoga & Meditation Teacher and a TeacherTrainer. Certified Nutritionist + Life Coach and Founder of RadicallyLoved Yoga Health and Wellness.Rosie Acosta has used her expertise as a Yoga + Meditation teacher to work with NFL Champions, NBA All-Stars, Olympic Athletes, as well as students in her community and as a volunteer with At Risk Youth andAfghanistan Veterans.Rosie is an expert at helping her students cultivate a life of mindfulness, presence, and intention. An East Los Angeles Native, troubled teen who suffered from depression, anxiety, and overeating and turned her life around with Yoga + Meditation.She is known as a teacher who is skilled in her ability to guide students into experiencing a deeper connection with themselves and exploring the consistent changes of life while creatively weaving in spiritual elements from her own practice and experience. -- In all her work, Rosie teaches and practices RADICAL LOVE and uses this as a guiding force to overcome adversity. Through yoga, healthy lifestyle choices, mantra, and self-inquiry she aspires to help others find their unique gifts and fire within, she creates practices for her students and connects with people in a way that helps her students live radically loved lives.Her articles can be found in Mantra magazine, MindBodyGreen, FOX News Latino, Pop SugarFitness, Well+Good, and Evolve Fit Wear. She can be found teaching yoga and coaching workshops around the country as well as leading international teacher trainings. Rosie is also a proud ambassador for Yoga Journal, City Silence, Manduka, and Living Yoga. -- Questions asked in this episode: 1. Can you give us a brief background of yourself and your business? 2. When did you turn into a yoga and meditation teacher? 3. What's the number one thing struggle you are seeing today in people in you teach? 4. For someone who has never done meditation, what would you say to them to help them start? 5. I'd love to talk about self-inquiry? -- Resources: www.radicallyloved.com https://www.instagram.com/rosieacosta/ -- Follow Laura on IG! https://www.instagram.com/laura_loveandfit/ Book a free discovery call for your business with Laura: https://calendly.com/itslaurab/discoverycall

Mitch Creasey, @themcpov is a life coach focused on helping overworked executives and entrepreneurs. He's transforming the way people think about their life and their responsibilities through mindfulness training. Mitch wants you to ask yourself, "what is it you have to do?" to help prioritize your day and focus on what's important.

Episode 29 of the Time To Be You podcast will bring you to the realization that you are responsible for your own stress level. Take the time to focus on what brings you happiness and open up your mind to a new way of living. When you listen to your higher power, you'll be headed in the right direction. By decreasing your stress, you will be on the path to live a healthier and happier life! --- Questions: 1. Can you give us a brief background on yourself and what you do? 2. As an entrepreneur we have so many hats we where, how can one stay present on certain areas of their life at a time? 3. What are some simple exercises you give your clients? 4. How does one teach their staff to be more resourceful? 5. What techniques would you apply for someone leaning toward burnout? 6. How can one zone in on the most important things in their life (personal and business) --- Bio: Mitchell Creasey is a speaker, facilitator and coach. He helps overwhelmed executives, burnt-out entrepreneurs, and those struggling to find their "thing" get off auto-pilot and take control of their lives. http://mitchellcreasey.com --- Follow Laura on IG: https://www.instagram.com/laura_loveandfit What to work with Laura? Book a free discovery call now! https://calendly.com/itslaurab/discoverycall

Dr. Jenn Chrisman, @dr.jennchrisman is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and host of the Love Your Truth podcast. For over 10 years, Dr. Jenn has been working with women and evolving her practice as she grows over time. She works to heal the early wounds the women unconsciously carry from their childhood that may be holding them back in business and in life.

Episode 28 of the Time To Be You podcast validates that at some point everyone feels like they aren't good enough or they don't belong. Dr. Jenn is helping women peel back the layers of their doubt to find their truth. At the end of the day, we all have a different story, but each of us deserves to feel like we belong and we're good enough! -- Questions asked in this episode: 1. Can you give us a brief background of who you are and what you do? 2. What trends are you seeing with women entrepreneurs in regards to similar issues and pains? 3. What practice do you teach regarding mindfulness and why is it so important? 4. How can one change their own "self-talk" if they have been negative for years? 5. How to let go of fears regarding finances and building a business? -- Bio: Dr. Jenn Chrisman is a licensed clinical psychologist, life coach and host of the Love Your Truth Podcast. Using the principles of Mindfulness, Positive Psychology, Spirituality, and Metaphysics she helps women and heart-centered entrepreneurs move beyond fear and doubt by reconnecting with their truths to unlock their highest potential. When she's not working with clients or running her workshops, Jenn can typically be found at the beach with her two kids, or at a Soul Cycle class. -- Resources: www.drjenniferchrisman.com and www.aperfectpractice.com https://www.instagram.com/dr.jennchrisman/ -- Follow Laura on IG! https://www.instagram.com/laura_loveandfit/ Book a free discovery call with Laura: https://calendly.com/itslaurab/discoverycall

Corina Tripon, @corinatripon Life and Business Growth Coach, founder of Ginger Root, is getting female entrepreneurs from where they are to where they want to go! She teaches women to stop trying to sell themselves and start focusing on reaching your audience in order to propel your business forward.

Episode 27 of the Time To Be You podcast inspires you to lose the safety net and follow your entrepreneurial dreams! Corina teaches us there's power in following your heart and realizing your passion. Women entrepreneurs do themselves a disservice by undervaluing themselves and second guessing their success. Truth is, women are doing amazing things and can achieve the success they deserve! Start by believing in yourself and the success will follow! -- Questions asked in this episode: 1. How did you get into coaching and what were you doing before that? 2. What is your special niche in this vast world of coaching? 3. Why do you think most entrepreneurs give up and what can they do to change that? 4. If someone is struggling with marketing and making sales how do you implement a mindset shift? 5. What do you love most about coaching entrepreneurs? -- Bio: Corina Tripon is the life and business growth coach behind the brand Ginger Root. Her ambition is to empower women to own their gifts and rise up with audacity in their opportunities. Corina coaches female entrepreneurs to find the flow in their hustle and freedom in God's grace. She speaks fire and truth with a bold voice and a gracious heart and aims to massively impact the world around her. She has built a thriving coaching business leveraging social media and hosting live empowerment events in her city. Corina and her husband Branden are raising their two little boys, Cruz (4) and Cash (4 months) in beautiful Spokane WA. www.gingerrooted.com https://www.instagram.com/corinatripon/ -- Follow Laura on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/laura_loveandfit/ Book a free discovery call with Laura: https://calendly.com/itslaurab/discoverycall

Isabella Silverio, @isabella.guava Business Consultant and THE Instagram Guru learned the ins and outs of business working for startup companies. After being in the startup world she decided to start her own business doing what she knew best - how to build an Instagram following. It all goes back to figuring out what you need to be successful ahead of time. Isabella coaches people to reverse engineer their business and to plan based on that goal!

Episode 26 of the Time To Be You podcast is for all the startups out there! It's all about strategy when you're planning your business in order to be successful. You have to commit to growth and expand your network in order to grow your business. Use Instagram to its fullest potential, because if you show up for your business, your business will show up for you. Stay focused and your business will grow!

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Questions Asked in this episode:

1. Give us a brief background of yourself and your business? 2. What were you doing before all this? 3. Why do you think Instagram is so important for businesses? 4. To a brand new coach what is the most important thing for them to do, to gain clients? 5. What is the top thing people are doing wrong in instagram? 6. What's the best way to scale your coaching business? 7. How do you stay so upbeat through all the steps in building a business?

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Bio:

Isabella "Guava" Silverio is better known as the INSTAGRAM GURU. She has built a multiple six figure online business with over 12k followers on Instagram, teaching women all over the world how to MONETIZE their platform. Isa's zone of genius is personal branding and the nitty-gritty strategies and hacks of actually GROWING on Instagram (stories, hashtags, and more). She's done the work and has tried and tested every method. Isabella is experienced in building start up businesses, so she gets where you're at and can guide you toward your goals with both EASE and CLARITY. Isabella is also absolutely hysterical and is going to make entrepreneurship & instagram fun as heck for you

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Resources:

www.isabellasilverio.com

https://www.instagram.com/isabella.guava/

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Liz Forkin Bohannon, @lizbohannon co-founder and CEO of Sseko Designs @ssekodesigns, a company whose products are all ethically produced by artisans who are treated well and paid fairly. It all started out as a fashion business and over time turned into a community of women creating opportunity for other women around the globe! Each artisan Sseko Designs employs in East Africa is sent to University to study and follow their dreams.

Episode 25 of the Time To Be You podcast reminds us that sometimes you find your passion somewhere unexpected. Liz never wanted to be fashion, but she followed her passion of improving opportunity for women which lead her to creating an artisan based fashion company! Never lose sight of why you started because your why will propel you forward. And remember, just because you face difficulties doesn't mean you're in the wrong place, it just means you're doing something difficult.

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Questions asked in this episode: 1. Can you give us a brief background of yourself and how you started your company? 2. Did you always have a interest in fashion? 3. How does one go about starting a company in Uganda? 4. How did your appearance on Shark Tank help propel you? 5. How do you balance your role as a founder and as a mother? 6. Where do you see women in business going in the future?

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Bio:

Liz Forkin Bohannon is the founder of Sseko Designs. Sseko Designs is an ethical fashion brand that works to educate and empower women. By providing employment and educational opportunities, Sseko enables women to continue their education and become leaders in their country. Liz graduated from the University of Missouri with a Master's degree in Journalism. In 2008, she moved to Uganda to assist in the communications efforts for a youth development organization based in Kampala. While there, Liz met an incredible group of talented young women who were struggling to finance their education. After travelling the country by motorcycle to find raw materials and learn how to produce footwear by hand, Liz hired three young women and started Sseko Designs. In four years, Sseko has grown from three women making sandals together under a mango tree, to an international fashion brand that provides employment, educational opportunities and entrepreneurial training to over 50 women in East Africa. Using her unlikely story of a journalist-gone-shoe-maker, Liz shares her passion for social enterprise, conscious consumerism, social justice, creative leadership, gender equity, risk-taking, and empowering women. She believes deeply that business is a powerful platform for social change and that girls are our future. She has spoken in venues around the world including France, Estonia and all over North America and East Africa. Her disarmingly authentic and witty voice captivates and inspires her audience. The Sseko story has been featured in dozens of publications including: Vogue Magazine, Redbook Magazine, O Magazine, Shape Magazine, Fitness Magazine, Huffington Post, LA TIMES and others. Among other notable honors, Liz is a Cartier Women's Initiative Awards finalist, the SVN Innovation Award Winner, the SXSW Eco Social Impact Award Winner, and Bloomberg Businessweek's top social entrepreneur to watch. She now splits her time between Uganda and Portland, Oregon, where she and her husband Ben run Sseko Designs and raise their son, Theo.

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Resources:

www.ssekodesigns.com

https://www.instagram.com/lizbohannon/

https://www.instagram.com/ssekodesigns/

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