What You Need To Grow

By Jennie BellingerBusiness Entrepreneurship Education Self-Improvement Marketing

What You Need To Grow episodes

July 24Jenn Greiner: Why Alignment Beats Hustle Every Time
Episode Summary
What if the fastest way to grow your business wasn't doing more—but becoming more aligned with who you already are? In this episode, Jennie Bellinger sits down with Human Design Therapist and Emotional Sovereignty Guide Jenn Greiner to explore how understanding your unique energetic blueprint can help you avoid burnout, make better decisions, and build a business that feels authentic and sustainable. Whether you're new to Human Design or looking to deepen your self-awareness, this conversation offers practical insights for creating success without sacrificing yourself.
Three Topics Discussed
Recognizing burnout, frustration, and misalignment before they impact your health and business.

Using deconditioning practices to release limiting patterns and reconnect with your authentic purpose.

How Human Design provides a roadmap for personal and business alignment.

Three Key Takeaways from Jenn Greiner
Burnout often comes from trying to operate according to someone else's blueprint instead of honoring your own unique energy.

The emotions of frustration, anger, bitterness, or disappointment can be signals that you're out of alignment—not signs that something is wrong with you.

Every person has a unique purpose, and greater self-awareness allows you to step more confidently into the work you're meant to do.
What You Need to Grow Podcast is presented by Badass Podcast Mastery and Jennie Bellinger, C.P.C.

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37 min
July 22Amy Nunn: How to Save Your Business $250k
Episode Summary
Great businesses aren't built by having all the answers—they're built by leaders who ask better questions, coach their people well, and create cultures where teams can thrive. In this episode, Jennie Bellinger sits down with leadership strategist Amy Nunn to explore how poor communication, misaligned systems, and ineffective leadership quietly drain organizations of time, money, and talent. Discover how coaching, emotional intelligence, and the right leadership approach can strengthen your team, reduce costly turnover, and help your business grow from the inside out.
Three Topics Discussed
Recognizing the leadership bottlenecks and organizational misalignment that slow business growth.

Why coaching employees creates stronger teams than simply managing or reprimanding them.

Building healthy workplace cultures through humility, adaptability, and asking better questions.

Three Key Takeaways from Amy Nunn
Leaders become bottlenecks when every decision depends on them. Empowering and coaching others creates stronger, more independent teams.

Most workplace conflict comes from assumptions and poor communication. Asking thoughtful questions uncovers the real issue before problems escalate.

Personal growth and business growth are inseparable. Stronger leaders create healthier cultures, stronger relationships, and more successful organizations.
What You Need to Grow Podcast is presented by Badass Podcast Mastery and Jennie Bellinger, C.P.C.

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46 min
July 08Mary Kennedy Thompson: Why Great Businesses Are Built on Relationships, Not Transactions
Episode Summary
Success isn't about reinventing the wheel—it's about committing to proven systems, building meaningful relationships, and never stopping your own growth.
In this episode, Jennie Bellinger sits down with Mary Kennedy Thompson, CEO of BNI, Marine veteran, franchise executive, and leadership expert, to discuss how strong cultures create strong businesses. Mary shares her journey from the Marine Corps to leading some of the world's most recognized franchise organizations before becoming CEO of BNI
Together they explore why successful entrepreneurs embrace systems instead of resisting them, how "Givers Gain®" transforms networking into genuine relationship-building, and why lifelong learning is one of the greatest competitive advantages a business owner can have.
Whether you're building a business from the ground up, leading a team, or simply looking to grow personally, this conversation is filled with practical wisdom that reminds us: your business can only grow as much as you do.
Three Topics Discussed
How proven systems help entrepreneurs grow faster without reinventing the wheel

Why a strong organizational culture creates long-term business success

How franchising creates opportunities for business ownership and wealth creation

Three Key Takeaways from Mary Kennedy Thompson
Strong business cultures are built on shared values that extend to both employees and customers.

Comfort may feel safe, but lasting growth always requires stepping outside your comfort zone.

Networking is most effective when your focus is serving others before expecting anything in return.
What You Need to Grow Podcast is presented by Badass Podcast Mastery and Jennie Bellinger, C.P.C.

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22 min
July 03Cecil McIntosh: The 60-Second Shift That Can Change Your Life
Episode Summary
Sometimes the biggest breakthroughs come after life completely falls apart.
After experiencing divorce and bankruptcy in the same week, Cecil McIntosh realized he'd spent years chasing success while ignoring the wisdom that had shaped him growing up in Barbados. That painful season became the catalyst for a completely different way of living—one centered around inner stillness instead of constant striving.
In this conversation with Jennie Bellinger, Cecil shares how returning to the lessons of his grandmother transformed not only his personal life but also his approach to leadership, business, relationships, and communication.
If you've ever felt exhausted from trying to force results, this episode will challenge you to discover how slowing down may actually be the fastest path to growth.
Three Topics Discussed
Why community, presence, and generosity create lasting success

How Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) improves communication and leadership

The power of inner stillness and the "60-Second Shift" for overcoming challenges.

Three Key Takeaways from Cecil McIntosh
Lasting success begins with inner alignment rather than external achievement.

Listening to your inner wisdom often leads to better decisions than reacting from fear or pressure.

Business growth and personal growth are not separate—they strengthen one another.
What You Need to Grow Podcast is presented by Badass Podcast Mastery and Jennie Bellinger, C.P.C.

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46 min
June 24Alexei Musienko: How Strategic Relationships Can Change Your Business and Your Life
Episode Summary
Alexei Musienko, entrepreneur, bestselling author, and relationship strategist, sits down with Jennie to explore how meaningful relationships can transform your business, mindset, and future. Alexei shares his journey from building successful companies to overcoming personal struggles, including depression and burnout, and reveals how the concept of being "one relationship away" became the foundation of his life's work. Together, they discuss intentional networking, creating a vision for your future, and aligning your time and resources with the life you truly want to build.
Three Topics Discussed
How a single relationship can create opportunities, breakthroughs, and life-changing momentum.

Matching your calendar to your dreams to ensure business growth and success.

Leveraging podcasts, video books, and speaking gigs to create value-driven content that builds trust and attracts opportunities.

Three Key Takeaways from Alexei Musienko
The right relationship can dramatically accelerate your growth, create new opportunities, and help you achieve goals that would take much longer on your own.

If your time and money aren't being invested in your goals, your results won't align with your vision. Growth requires intentional investment of both resources.

Shifting from limitation-based thinking to possibility-based thinking unlocks creativity, problem-solving, and momentum toward your biggest goals.
What You Need to Grow Podcast is presented by Badass Podcast Mastery and Jennie Bellinger, C.P.C.

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1 hr 4 min
June 17Fabienne Marneau: What’s Really Blocking Your Success
Episode Summary
What if the biggest thing holding you back in business… isn’t strategy—but energy?
In this powerful conversation, Fabienne Marneau shares how unseen ancestral patterns, emotional blocks, and energetic misalignment can quietly sabotage success. Jennie and Fabienne explore how clearing these hidden influences can unlock confidence, clarity, and true business growth—revealing that success starts from within.

Three Topics Discussed
How ancestral patterns and unresolved emotional blocks impact personal and business success

The connection between healing, self-alignment, and sustainable business growth

Practical ways to clear energetic blocks and reprogram limiting beliefs

Three Key Takeaways from Fabienne Marneau
Your business reflects you. Growth in business starts with internal healing, alignment, and self-awareness.

Not all limitations are yours. Many beliefs around money, success, and confidence can be inherited and unconsciously carried until identified and cleared.

Healing can be fast—but reprogramming takes time. Real transformation happens through consistent work to replace old patterns with empowering habits and beliefs.
What You Need to Grow Podcast is presented by Badass Podcast Mastery and Jennie Bellinger, C.P.C.

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30 min
May 27Courtney Epps: The Million-Dollar Tax Strategies Small Businesses Need to Know
Episode Summary
Most business owners are overpaying in taxes — not because they have to, but because nobody ever taught them the strategies available to them.
In this episode of the What You Need to Grow podcast, Jennie sits down with tax expert and founder of Out of the Box Taxes, Courtney Epps, to uncover the tax strategies small and medium-sized businesses should be using to build wealth, increase profits, and stop leaving money on the table.
Courtney shares how she built a $10 million company while making advanced tax education accessible to everyday business owners instead of hiding it behind expensive paywalls. From tax deductions and tax-free income strategies to the biggest myths business owners believe about taxes, this episode is packed with practical insights that could save you thousands.
If you want to make more money, keep more money, and finally understand how taxes can become a tool for growth instead of stress — this episode is a must-listen.

Three Topics Discussed
Tax strategies small businesses can use to legally reduce taxes

How Courtney Epps built a $10 million tax company

Breaking down tax myths and making high-level tax education affordable
Three Key Takeaways from Courtney Epps
Wealthy businesses often use strategies that smaller businesses are never taught — but they are accessible when you know where to look.

Understanding how to legally create tax-free income opportunities can dramatically impact long-term wealth building.

Many business owners miss out on deductions simply because they were never educated on them.
What You Need to Grow Podcast is presented by Badass Podcast Mastery and Jennie Bellinger, C.P.C.

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32 min
May 20Brian Arbor: Why You’re Still Stuck — The Truth About Trauma & Success
Three Topics Discussed
The hidden impact of trauma on entrepreneurship

Authenticity, identity, and self-expression in business

Healing vs. coping: why mindset work isn’t enough

Three Key Takeaways from Brian Arbor
You can’t outwork unhealed trauma. Personal development can mask deeper wounds—but it doesn’t replace true healing.

Healing requires safe spaces and real conversations. Growth accelerated for Brian when he stopped isolating and started sharing.

Build systems for who you are—not who you think you should be. Sustainable success comes from working with your reality, not against it.
What You Need to Grow Podcast is presented by Badass Podcast Mastery and Jennie Bellinger, C.P.C.

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53 min
March 05Michelle G LeBlanc: Why You Keep Hitting the Same Income Ceiling and How to Break It
Three Topics Discussed
The role of the Akashic Records in uncovering subconscious money blocks
How the nervous system limits your capacity to receive wealth
Ancestral and subconscious self-sabotage patterns affecting business and visibility
Three Key Takeaways from Michelle G. Leblanc
Your nervous system sets your financial ceiling. If it cannot safely hold more success, you will subconsciously sabotage it.
Money blocks aren’t just mindset — they can be ancestral, energetic, or tied to subconscious vows.
Awareness is the first step. Notice where you are accelerating with one foot on the brake.

Connect Michelle G. Leblanc
Money Magnet Coach | Energy Healer | Akashic Channel | Founder of Heal With Michelle, LLC
Michelle G. LeBlanc helps spiritually minded people uncover and clear the hidden patterns that may be keeping money, success, and expansion just out of reach. Through her Money Magnet Formula, she combines energetic healing, EFT, Akashic insight, emotional release, Law of Attraction principles, and practical tools to help clients create greater alignment and sustainable expansion.
https://www.facebook.com/yourmoneymagnetcoach/
https://www.instagram.com/iammichellegleblanc
https://www.youtube.com/@themoneymagnetcoach

Discover Your Biggest Abundance Blocks here: https://www.healwithmichelle.com/podcast-free-gift
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40 min
February 25Michael Babcock: Protect Your Business Assets for Growth
Topics Covered
Insurance Essentials for Startups
Why new businesses pay higher premiums for the first three years, the importance of building clean loss history, and how to budget for insurance costs when every penny counts.

Scaling Your Business with Insurance Strategy
Understanding insurance audits, the critical importance of keeping your agent informed during growth phases, and how to avoid surprise audit bills that can disrupt cash flow.

Choosing the Right Insurance Partner
The difference between insurance brokers and captive agents, why having a trusted advisor matters more than a 1-800 number, and how the right relationship can save you time, money, and headaches.

3 Key Takeaways
Get Insurance Early, Even When It Hurts
Startup insurance is more expensive, but building 2-3 years of clean loss history gives you significantly more bargaining power and flexibility with carriers. Start as soon as you launch your business to begin building that track record.

Your Insurance Agent Should Be on Speed Dial
Don't wait for annual renewals. When you're scaling and making significant changes (hiring employees, increasing sales, expanding operations), call your agent immediately for midterm endorsements. This prevents massive surprise audit bills at year-end.

Find Your Broker and Let Them Run
Independent insurance brokers can shop multiple carriers on your behalf, unlike captive agents tied to one company. Find a broker you trust through referrals from other successful business owners, then build a long-term relationship where they know your business inside and out.

Michael Babcock’s Contact Information:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikebabcock/
What You Need to Grow Podcast is presented by Badass Podcast Mastery and Jennie Bellinger, C.P.C.

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36 min

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