Whiskey & Work Podcast

Alison Prince joins Kelsey this week to share her experience of starting and sustaining a business all while having four children — convenient timing as Kelsey is preparing to welcome baby number three! Alison started with sales herself and now teaches this skill to others, including her kids. You're going to want a notepad for this one!

What we're talking about…

• Kelsey shares some life updates with baby number three on the way
• Alison opens up about her faith and why she is such a proponent of sharing her story
• Alison started as a middle school teacher, but longed for financial security
• How selling miscellaneous items launched Alison into millions
• How she then taught her daughters, sisters and other loved ones these same skills
• How the process of teaching the skill of selling landed her as a coach
• Alison shares how she created a lifestyle that was tailored to the lifestyle she wanted
• Alison makes her own recipe for success: make the commitment, stay consistent, turn off negative self talk and just show up!
• Alison explains a redo for her would be to hire help! Both women explain their insecurities and experiences surrounding this
• The importance of community
• What Alison is up to now and her free Idea Book to help people just getting started in sales

A {free} Tool or Two!

Did someone say free? Yup that's right. Kelsey's here to help with a few free tools to help launch your business and creative ideas! Click the links to start your journey.

• How To Plan Your Business
• The Coaches Pricing Calculator
• The Coaches Workshop: A "Framework" For How To Be An Exceptional Coach & Create Consistent Monthly Income

Links Mentioned

Kelsey Murphy's Website

Kelsey Murphy's Instagram

Alison's Free Idea Book

New (and yet still a seasoned veteran) to the coaching arena, Julie Artis sits down with Kelsey to talk about her journey from academia to coaching. Julie shares her successes and challenges as she honed in on her coaching specialty, launched her business from the ground up and experiences of gaining clients.

What we're talking about…

• Kelsey reflects on her relationship with Julie, how Julie has grown in her own business, and why she is such an incredible case study for coaches just getting into the game
• Julie shares about her background in academia and research in women's work and mid-life transitions
• Julie provides a chronological timeline of starting her business in which she spent the first few months hiding behind the chore of building a website
• Julie shares about the first workshop she created and how that evolved into her path to becoming a coach
• Julie talks about her trial in coaching divorced women and how that pushed her towards another focus
• Tips and tricks for finding a coaching specialty (hint: try it out on real people!)
• How Facebook groups have helped Julie find and appeal to her target audiences
• The central role and interest Julie has found in women's work and second chapters

A {free} Tool or Two!

Did someone say free? Yup that's right. Kelsey's here to help with a few free tools to help launch your business and creative ideas! Click the links to start your journey.

• How To Plan Your Business
• The Coaches Pricing Calculator
• The Coaches Workshop: A "Framework" For How To Be An Exceptional Coach & Create Consistent Monthly Income

Links Mentioned

Julie Artis' Website

Free Quiz! : Is it time for a career change?

Kelsey Murphy's Website

Kelsey Murphy's Instagram

Kelsey sits down with money mindset mentor, coach and author, Denise Duffield-Thomas to talk about finances — and this may be the money therapy session we all need. Denise drops knowledge about securing more money from your business, as well as the mindset blocks when it comes to this. Grab the notepad for this one, it's time to leverage your business and skills.

What we're talking about…

• Denise's journey to becoming a money mindset coach and author
• Why female entrepreneurs are Denise's favorite kind of clients
• Normalizing wealth by confronting and coping with limiting mindsets towards money
• How it can be easier to make more money in your business
• More money does not have to mean more time and effort
• How you can focus on your niche business and still hit your financial goals (and then some!)
• Allowing for and taking advantage of shortcuts without feeling guilty
• The power of saying no in your business and as a parent
• Denise's new book Chill & Prosper

A {free} Tool or Two!

Did someone say free? Yup that's right. Kelsey's here to help with a few free tools to help launch your business and creative ideas! Click the links to start your journey.

• How To Plan Your Business
• The Coaches Pricing Calculator
• The Coaches Workshop: A "Framework" For How To Be An Exceptional Coach & Create Consistent Monthly Income

Links Mentioned

Denise Duffield-Thomas' website

Chill & Prosper book

Kelsey Murphy's Website

Kelsey Murphy's Instagram

This week Kelsey sits down with the incredible speaker, coach, podcaster and soon-to-be published author, Nicole Kalil. Nicole pulls from her own expertise to share some words of wisdom about confidence, especially having confidence as a business owner, woman and/or mother. The two dive into how trust serves as the core for confidence and share examples from all aspects of their lives.

What we're talking about…

• Nicole touches on her experience as a speaker, coach, podcast and soon-to-be published book
• Nicole defines confidence as knowing who you are and knowing who you're not
• The homology for the word confidence is trust
• This concept of trust is how people build confidence in themselves
• Kelsey shares about her journey in understanding her skill sets as a coach, trusting that expertise and creating a business she can be confident in
• How your business (and compensation) grows when you recognize and focus on your strengths and let go of what you cannot provide clients
• How confidence works its way to motherhood and how to raise confident children
• Kelsey and Nicole share some experiences from motherhood where they have failed and reflected
• How creating achievable goals for yourself can help instill trust in yourself and how this in turns relays to confidence
• Ways to connect with Nicole! see links mentioned

A {free} Tool or Two!

Did someone say free? Yup that's right. Kelsey's here to help with a few free tools to help launch your business and creative ideas! Click the links to start your journey.

• How To Plan Your Business
• The Coaches Pricing Calculator
• The Coaches Workshop: A "Framework" For How To Be An Exceptional Coach & Create Consistent Monthly Income

Links Mentioned

Nicole Kalil's Website

Nicole Kalil's Instagram

Kelsey Murphy's Website

Kelsey Murphy's Instagram

Scott Shute, previous head of Mindfulness at LinkedIn turned award winning author and free agent, gives us the tell all on having compassion for others, clients and ourselves. Scott and Kelsey dive into the core of compassion and how to use this as a route for connection and love in all things you do. And yes, Scott even gives us an exercise to try on this as well! Sit back, relax and enjoy the latest and greatest from Whiskey and Work.

What we're talking about…

• Some background on Scott's incredible professional journey
• How he created a position he was passionate about at LinkedIn
• Scott defines compassion as the capacity for 1) awareness for others 2) wishing the best for them 3) the courage to take action
• How this "me to we" shift in perspective can help build trust with clients
• Scott's award winning book "The Full Body Yes"
• Scott shares a insights on testing, tracking and reflecting on life decisions
• The importance of developing a quiet practice for yourself
• Learning how to trust your "gut" (or whatever you may call it)
• Understanding our capacity for each task we take on and working to that capacity
• The necessity of self care

A {free} Tool or Two!

Did someone say free? Yup that's right. Kelsey's here to help with a few free tools to help launch your business and creative ideas! Click the links to start your journey.

• How To Plan Your Business
• The Coaches Pricing Calculator
• The Coaches Workshop: A "Framework" For How To Be An Exceptional Coach & Create Consistent Monthly Income

Links Mentioned

Scottshute.com

Scott on Insight Timer

Scott on LinkedIn

Wanna say hi? Scott gave you his email: [email protected]

Kelsey Murphy Website

Kelsey Murphy Instagram

We are back with the latest and greatest from Whiskey and Work with a show (and Kelsey) favorite, Albiona Rakipi. With over 20 years of experience working with children, Albiona has been a major resource for Kelsey as she navigates motherhood. Parents bust out those notebooks, Albiona is about to lay out advice surrounding time management, parental guilt and how to be a present parent.

What we're talking about…

• Kelsey shares her most recent stresses as a business owner, mother and partner
• How Albiona has served as Kelsey's own personal parenting coach
• Why Kelsey refers her friends to Albiona or at least goes onto share her advice with other overwhelmed parents
• Kelsey asks about scheduling time as your family grows and changes
• Albiona explains her thoughts on this (spoiler: there is no allotted time)
• Albiona hits us with advice on how to be a present parent, how to make everyday moments special and how to embrace your own journey as a parent
• Kelsey shares some of her current hiccups as a parent: the bedtime fiasco
• Albonia shares tangible advice on how to alter bedtime routines that can apply to families across the board
• Albiona talks about her coaching practice and discovery services now available (see here!)

A {free} Tool or Two!

Did someone say free? Yup that's right. Kelsey's here to help with a few free tools to help launch your business and creative ideas! Click the links to start your journey.

• How To Plan Your Business
• The Coaches Pricing Calculator
• The Coaches Workshop: A "Framework" For How To Be An Exceptional Coach & Create Consistent Monthly Income

Links Mentioned

The Parenting Reframe

Kelsey Murphy Website

Kelsey Murphy Instagram

What we're talking about…

• Kelsey shares about her latest three day event (don't fret, a recap will be coming out soon!)
• One question kept coming up: how do you run a business (or even just work) while being a present parent?
• Kelsey lays it all out on the table — from a crazy schedule to certain sacrifices you may have to make
• Story time! Moms beware, this is a missing-show, late to Kindergarten kind of story. But hey, it happens to all of us one way or another!
• Kelsey takes four main learning moments from this moment
• One: Expect your going to forget the shows
• Two: Make everything a memory
• Three: Recognize laughter as a sign your winning
• Four: Be late to the meeting

A {free} Tool or Two!

Did someone say free? Yup that's right. Kelsey's here to help with a few free tools to help launch your business and creative ideas! Click the links to start your journey.

• How To Plan Your Business
• The Coaches Pricing Calculator
• The Coaches Workshop: A "Framework" For How To Be An Exceptional Coach & Create Consistent Monthly Income

Links Mentioned

Kelsey Murphy Website

Kelsey Murphy Instagram

What we're talking about…

• Kelsey and Cathy catch up (it was long overdue)
• How to work in the "messy" and how this can actually create something beautiful
• Why you need to cast your ego aside when trying to progress both and business and personally
• Cathy gives glimpses into her spirituality and how manifestation can lead to the lifestyle you want
• The power of being present in the moment and in all things you do
• The key to empowering yourself to charge for your services
• Letting the power of potential and growth guide your way to a happy life and business

Links Mentioned

The Cathy Heller Show

Cathy Heller's Instagram (had a mic drop moment during this episode? Tag Cathy and Kelsey about it)

A {free} Tool or Two!

Did someone say free? Yup that's right. Kelsey's here to help with a few free tools to help launch your business and creative ideas! Click the links to start your journey.

• How To Plan Your Business
• The Coaches Pricing Calculator
• The Coaches Workshop: A "Framework" For How To Be An Exceptional Coach & Create Consistent Monthly Income

• How and why Portia went from an aerospace engineer to a financial wellness expert
• How finances can be approached based on your enneagram personality type
• We dive into some of the basics about enneagrams
• How understanding the cross section between finances and personality types can make you a better communicator with your partner and others
• Outlining how to view finances first based on personality type, then on life style and then getting down to those practicalities
• How you can prepare yourself now for generational wealth
• How to arrive at a tangible financial goal to achieve your dream lifestyle
• Portia shares about her program, Frisky finances, which helps foster the conversation around finances for couples (while also making it enjoyable!)

Links Mentioned

Wealthy and Fulfilled Facebook Page

Wealthy and Fulfilled Website

Frisky Finances

Kelsey Murphy Website

Kelsey's Instagram

A {free} Tool or Two!

Did someone say free? Yup that's right. Kelsey's here to help with a few free tools to help launch your business and creative ideas! Click the links to start your journey.

• How To Plan Your Business
• The Coaches Pricing Calculator
• The Coaches Workshop: A "Framework" For How To Be An Exceptional Coach & Create Consistent Monthly Income

What we're talking about…

• How Lauren went from stage performer to small business owner
• How her mother-in-law's idea of wanting to own a bookstore generated what that small business is today
• How each step of success cultivated the way to the podcast, the Reading Bug Adventures
• The power of putting life lessons in her podcast videos to help kids understand real world problems in an approachable manner
• The division of work she has created in running the store and being a mom (but yes, emails still get checked several times daily no matter what)
• From her mother-in-law diving into research and writing scripts, to her husband editing and her children voicing characters, Lauren shares how the whole family gets involved with their business.
• The success the Reading Bug Adventures has had during the pandemic, as well as the reach globally it has had
• The power of personal connections in the small business world
• Kelsey Murphy gives her stamp of approval for child entertainment that doubles as entertainment for parents
• Kenna, Kelsey's oldest daughter, gets to meet the real life Adventure Bug (yes, singing included!)

Links Mentioned

Interested in getting involved with the Reading Bug? Check these links out!

The Reading Bug Website

The Reading Bug Box (and where to subscribe)

Become a patron for the Reading Bug Adventures

Listen to the Reading Bug Adventures here

Stay In Touch with Kelsey!

Kelsey Murphy Website

Kelsey Murphy Instagram

A {free} Tool or Two!

Did someone say free? Yup that's right. Kelsey's here to help with a few free tools to help launch your business and creative ideas! Click the links to start your journey.

• How To Plan Your Business
• The Coaches Pricing Calculator
• The Coaches Workshop: A "Framework" For How To Be An Exceptional Coach & Create Consistent Monthly Income