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"Men in corporate tend to be more competitive, and women tend to be more cooperative."—Laura Browne

Do you feel you are being paid what you are worth in your corporate job or by your clients?

Maybe you've tried asking, haven't found the courage, or you think it would be easier to find a new job than to ask for a raise.

But, whether you're a corporate leader or an entrepreneur, we all want to make more money for our work.

So how can you put yourself in the game and ask for what you want?

Laura Browne spent over 20 years in global human resources and management development. She now helps women to be more confident and successful and make more money through her online training programs at Career Tips for Women. Laura has written for Forbes and been quoted in publications such as Cosmopolitan, Family Circle, and USA Weekend. She is the author of 10 books, including the recently released Increase Your Income: 7 Rules for Women Who Want To Make More Money at Work.

On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Laura joins Anjel to share how being pushed out of her cubicle helped her to discover the map to help women ask for and get the money they want for their work.

Laura offers her tips on how to ask your boss for a raise in a way that makes your salary negotiations collaborative rather than a contentious negotiation.

Listen in as Laura shares the critical question to ask to get what you're worth as an entrepreneur, plus how women can lean into their differences in a corporate environment in a way that will help them thrive.

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How Laura turned getting fired into a career helping women

The biggest ally you have in your quest for more money at work

The 2 most important things women can do to thrive in a male-dominated environment

How to make small changes in your corporate environment without compromising your integrity

How to tell if it's your company or your industry that needs to change before you make a move

Why a no is just the beginning of the salary conversation

Laura shares the story of a client that almost left 5K on the table and how she helped her get it

How to stop taking corporate money issues personally

How Laura applies her money techniques to help her entrepreneurial clients charge what they're worth

The #1 key question to ask to get what you are worth when you're an entrepreneur

How to stop playing small and ask for (and get) what you want

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If you've experienced trauma and abuse, it's easy to play small. To protect yourself and live comfortably in the shadows.

But you are not your scars.

And it's past time to step into your full power and shine your light on the world.

Ellie Shefi is a civil rights attorney, strategist and coach who provides entrepreneurs, authors and leaders with practical, easy-to-implement tools and strategies that generate results.

Ellie is also the host of the Free by Design television show and You Are Not Your Scars podcast. The very definition of tenacious, Ellie has overcome a lifetime of adversity to master mindset, resiliency and resourcefulness and is now dedicating her life to the empowerment of others.

On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Ellie joins Anjel to share her experience as an abuse, domestic violence and rape survivor, explaining how it taught her the power of controlling her thoughts and living in gratitude.

Ellie walks us through the steps she took to heal from trauma, come out of hiding and choose herself, ultimately fulfilling her dream of graduating from law school.

Listen in for insight on healing the culture of abuse in our political systems and learn how Ellie can help you stand in your power and share your purpose with the world!

Ellie's experience as an abuse, domestic violence and rape survivor

How Ellie's traumas taught her the power of controlling her thoughts and living in gratitude

Why Ellie was incapable of making the decision to leave her abusive husband

How Ellie's dad initiated her divorce and put her in hiding

What inspired Ellie to choose herself and fulfill her dream of becoming an attorney

How Ellie's 2019 cancer diagnosis made her realize she was playing small

What women in the US can do to heal the culture of abuse that plagues the country

The power in eliminating external expectations from your to-do list

Why playing bigger doesn't necessarily mean doing more

Ellie's challenge to get better educated re: your local elected officials

How to stand in your power and share your purpose with the world

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Do you love sales?

Maybe you've tried to make it in the brick-and-mortar space and found it too challenging, or the expenses of renting space and hiring employees were too off-putting, and the paperwork was too time-consuming.

Carina Hatton started selling products online in 2013. Now, in addition to running her successful online boutique, she serves as a mentor and coach for entrepreneurs that want to start selling products online and scale their own e-commerce (electronic commerce) business through her company OnlineBoutiqueCoaching.com.

On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Carina joins Anjel to walk us through her journey from owning a brick-and-mortar empire to seven figure online boutique owner.

Carina shares what went wrong for her and her husband when they owned multiple businesses in the offline retail space, the lessons she learned, and the powerful decision she had to make. Plus, what inspired her to try her hand at selling in the online space.

Listen in as Carina shares the 3 most important lessons she's learned from her experiences and why she's sharing that knowledge with her e-commerce coaching clients to help them create, launch, and scale their own successful online stores.

How Carina kept going after losing her brick-and-mortar business empire

What you need to know about the financials of a business before investing

What inspired Carina to try her hand in the online space

What inspired her to help others set up their own product-based E-commerce business

What Carina's goal is for each one of her coaching clients

Carina's most crucial tip for operating your online business

The 3 biggest things Carina learned from the sticks and bricks world that she shares with her clients

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Do you feel undervalued and unfulfilled in your role as a woman in corporate America?

For decades, women have been given mixed messages and told to keep their emotions out of the workplace.

But our real value as women in the workplace or in our role as entrepreneurs can be found when we embrace our softer side.

So how can we step out of masculinization and lean into our biggest strengths as women in our leadership roles?

Blake Schofield spent 18 years in corporate America growing 8 and 9-figure businesses. Today, as the Founder of The Bridge to Fulfillment®, Blake is living out her passion by helping other heart-centered professional women use their skills to transition to more fulfilling careers without having to start over.

On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Blake joins Anjel to discuss the tangible results she produced while working in corporate America and for her coaching clients by embracing the unique feminine gifts that women bring to the table.

Blake shares how watching her mother's career struggles informed her view of what she wanted to do to help others and her inward journey to valuing her own gifts and vision. Plus, how she's using her unique experience to help bring more humanity back into corporate America.

Listen in as Blake shares her mission to help women leave what isn't working for them and realign their lives and careers to create the life they want!

The biggest mistake Blake made in her early leadership days

Blake's story of learning to speak up and step into her role as a leader

How acting in a masculine way creates more stress and anxiety for women

Why stepping out of masculinization is the key to unlocking our biggest strength as leaders

How self-awareness leads to better leadership

The vital role of women in corporate America

The high value of warmth vs. confidence

The one thing no one tells you about shutting down your emotions at work

How to finally gain clarity around what you want in your career

The 3 things The Bridge to Fulfillment® helps women discover to catapult their careers

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Creative burnout is particularly scary for an entrepreneur.

Being in a creative rut is frustrating enough on its own. But when you depend on your creativity to make a living, you need to tools to help you recharge.

So, what are the warning signs that you're on the road to creative burnout? And if you're already there, what can you do to recover from it?

Jenna Noelle is an award-winning photographer with 15 years of professional experience. She cut her teeth shooting weddings and has since expanded her portfolio to include photojournalism, fine art and commercial photography.

Jenna is also the creator of Endless Summer Collective, an education brand designed to help other creatives level up their businesses and enjoy a more fulfilling life.

On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Jenna joins Anjel to explore what creative burnout looks like and explain the steps she took to recover from it.

Jenna shares her experience as a creative entrepreneur, walking us through some of the challenges she faced along the way and what she is doing to establish boundaries and vet her clients more carefully.

Listen in for Jenna's insight on using your creative talent to support causes you believe in and find out if her balanced approach to mentorship is the right fit for you!

The question that inspired Jenna to start her own photography business

Jenna's experience as an entrepreneur and the challenges she faced along the way

How Jenna knew it was time for a rebrand and the steps she took to establish boundaries and vet clients more carefully

What creative burnout looks like and how to recover from it

Why creative burnout is especially scary for an entrepreneur

How Jenna leverages travel as a catalyst for creativity

The work Jenna did to document sex trafficking in Nepal for the nonprofit Global Orphan Prevention

What inspired Jenna to start her own education brand

The actionable advice and emotional support Jenna offers through Endless Summer Collective

Who Jenna serves with her photography business and education platform

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What could you accomplish in your career if you used the misery of every failure to propel you forward?

So many women allow their past failures to keep them from boldly charging forward to their dreams.

But when we adopt a mindset of resilience and recognize our own value, we can stop playing small and achieve the big things that are possible for us.

Alina Timofeeva is a multi-award-winning Principal at Oliver Wyman who went from graduate analyst to principal in less than seven years. Her TED Talk, Fail But Never Give Up has been translated into over 30 languages, and Alina is one of the 50 women featured in the book Wonder Women: Redefining Leadership In The World Of Work.

On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Alina joins Anjel to share how she overcame familial expectations on her journey from washing floors to a multi-award-winning woman in charge.

Listen in as Alina shares what her failures taught her, the catalyst that made her finally believe in herself, and the key to the breakthrough that helped lead her to the success she has manifested in a male-dominated world.

Alina's story of overcoming familial expectations to step into her true destiny

How Alina maintains balance in her partnership with her husband

The 3 keys to overcoming her fear of failure

How speaking her truth fast-tracked Alina's success

How Alina learned to communicate her value in the marketplace

How misery catapulted her to try more creative strategies to move the needle

The mindset switch that helped carry Alina through 497 no's to become the woman in charge

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"Addiction now touches every other person in this day and age."

Are you dealing with an addiction crisis? Do you want to intervene, but you don't know how?

If addiction is an issue impacting your family, this episode is for you!

Dana Golden has lived on the other side of addiction for most of her life. A nationally known speaker, Dana, is the co-author of Addiction Rescue; The NO BS Guide to Recovery. As a Certified Family Addiction and Recovery Coach, her mission is to bring solutions for recovery to families struggling with substance use disorder (SUD).

On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Dana joins Anjel to share her story of growing up in the home of an addict. She walks us through her own addiction cycle and the painful consequences of that experience.

Dana shares how she overcame her struggle with co-dependency, the negative consequences of cross-addiction, and the warning signs to watch out for that indicate your loved one is slipping into addiction.

Listen in as Dana shares her mission to reclaim her financial footing and manifest her dreams and passions post-addiction. Plus, how she is offering hope to other families so that they can do the same!

Dana's story of placation, co-dependency, and recovery

Dana's motivation and the tools she used to break the addiction cycle

The signs of co-dependency and how to dismantle enabler thinking

How cross-addiction keeps people from maintaining meaningful relationships

The key to unpacking your role in co-dependency

The often overlooked warning signs of addiction and relapse

Why keeping a loved one from the consequences of their addiction is a one-way ticket to disaster

How Dana helps her clients be proactive in helping their loved ones before they relapse

How Dana reclaimed her money empowerment post-addiction

How to find hope and healing on the other side of substance use disorder (SUD)

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What great things could you accomplish for humanity if you allowed your feminine energy to fuel your entrepreneurial journey?

Many women spend their entire lives working toward some finish line, or number on the scale, or in their bank account.

But when we do that, we miss out on the opportunity to connect to the power of our feelings and our feminine energy to discover what's really possible for us.

JB Owen is a fearless female leader, highly successful entrepreneur, world-class speaker, author, and powerful business owner. Through her acclaimed brand Ignite, JB helps people tell their unique stories and shows them how they can ignite their lives. Her international best-selling compilation books have reached bestseller status in over 12 countries and feature esteemed authors spanning the globe.

On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, JB joins Anjel to discuss her journey from successful business owner to walking away from it all when she found out it no longer fed her soul. She'll share how she's using her feminine energy in her new venture to help others create a legacy and change lives.

Listen in as JB shares the spiritual practices that keep her grounded, why there's no such thing as no in her life, and how she's tapping into the flow of money so she can make a bigger impact in her quest to ignite a billion lives.

The 'virus in her brain' that was JB's wake-up call to walk away from her successful business

JB's advice for starting your business off on the right foot

What a triple win looks like for JB

How to marry masculine energy with female empowerment for a sustainable heart-centered business

Why it's vital to tap into the flow of money

The gift of blessing the success of others

Why 'no' has no meaning to JB

Why successful entrepreneurship is not about the numbers or reaching the finish line

JB's practices for staying connected to what feeds her soul in an ever-changing world

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What great thing or courageous step is your lack of body confidence keeping you from doing?

Many people spend their entire lives allowing their inner critique to fully reign over their thoughts and feelings, lessening their relationships and even keeping them stuck in their careers.

But when we do that, we are missing out on the sparkly, shiny, and wonderful life we could be having.

Cliona Byrne is a body confidence coach. Her mission is to help adults, parents, and teens all over the world and from all walks of life boost their body image without having to change themselves physically.

On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Cliona joins Anjel to discuss her journey from being bullied for her looks to sharing body confidence. She'll share how saying goodbye to her grandmother made her say NO MORE to her inner critic and inspired her to help others change the way they view their bodies.

Listen in as Cliona shares the root cause of most body issues—hint: it's probably not what you think.

She walks us through the three types of image cultures embedded in our family narratives and offers insight into how she helps her clients break free from the pattern of critiquing themselves and others. Plus, how everything in your life, from your mental energy to your relationships, can change when you take steps to embody your own body confidence.

What true body confidence looks like

The steps Cliona Byrne took to improve her body image and disarm her inner critic

The wake-up call that sparked Cliona's mission to help other people with their body confidence

Why the root cause of body image issues goes deeper than we think

The 3 types of body image cultures in our family narratives Why we need to stop assigning a moral value to the food we eat

How zoning in on other people's perceived flaws is an invitation to focus on our own

How being critical keeps you from engaging with the world in a deeper way

How life changes when you embrace your own body confidence

The most important reason to be thankful for your body, no matter what

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Robyn Johnson was working as a youth minister when her son got sick. Her fears around money inspired Robyn to take $100 out of her emergency savings and invest it in reselling secondhand products on Amazon.

In just seven months, she replaced her full-time income at the church. And in four years, Robyn grew the business into a million-dollar company.

Ten years later, Robyn is a well-known expert in the realm of marketing products on Amazon, appearing on Entrepreneurs on Fire and Confessions of a Marketer, among many other media outlets.

She is also Cofounder and CEO of Marketplace Blueprint, a digital agency specializing in listing optimization and advertising on Amazon, and a popular SEMrush Academy Professor.

On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Robyn joins Anjel to discuss the challenges she faced early in her business, describing the self-doubt she encountered early on and how she built a supportive network to work through it.

Robyn shares the turning point when she started to scale her Amazon business, offering insight on being open to earning more money and growing your company to the next level.

Listen in to understand how Robyn transitioned from selling products online to consulting with brands and learn how she can help you market products direct-to-consumer through the Amazon platform.

How fears around money during her son's illness inspired Robin to start a business

Why Robyn kept her job in ministry for several months before becoming a full-time entrepreneur

How Robyn found inventory at garage sales and retail stores to sell online

The judgement Robyn faced from friends and family early in her business and how she handled it

Robyn's advice on building a supportive network to call on when self-doubt shows up

The turning point when Robyn started to scale her Amazon business

Robyn's insight on being open to receiving more money and continuing to grow your business

How Robyn serves brand owners through Marketplace Blueprint

How Robyn knew it was time to transition from selling on Amazon to consulting with brands

How Robyn can help you sell physical products D2C through the Amazon platform

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