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Even wicked-smart women sometimes fall into the trap of workaholism. And for many of us, overworking becomes an escape. We use work as an excuse to ignore the fact that we're not happy.

So, how does a workaholic learn to create boundaries and make intentional decisions around what we want life to look like?

Karin Freeland is a certified Life and Reinvention Coach on a mission to help women transform their lives. Karin created the signature EDIT Your Life program to empower women with the tools and techniques to conquer our fears and find purpose. She is also the author of The Ins and Outs of My Vagina, a comedic memoir recounting the mishaps and misadventures she's had over the past 40 years with a special partner in crime—her vagina, named V.

On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Karin joins Anjel to explain how she became a workaholic and share the question that inspired her to leave her corporate job. She reflects on how The Secret motivated her to finish her memoir and explores the idea of having a dialogue with your vagina central to the book. Listen in for Karin's insight on building a business around your values and learn how she is navigating the transition from corporate exec to full-time author and entrepreneur.

How Karin's workaholism became an escape from her unhappiness

Why Karin was taken aback by the question, 'What do you want to do before you die?'

How The Secret lit a fire in Karin to finish writing her memoir

Karin's transition from the corporate world to full-time authorship

How a part-time consulting job gave Karin the runway to start her own business

How Karin's memoir takes a comedic look at women's sexuality

The idea of having a dialogue with your vagina (and what inspired the character V in Karin's book)

What Karin is doing to make sure her workaholism doesn't return

Why it's crucial for women to build a business around our values

Karin Freeland Life Coaching & Consulting

The Ins and Outs of My Vagina: A Penetrating Memoir by Karin Freeland

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According to Barbara Cook, retail is about making people feel good. And as Chief Executive Officer of a sexual wellness brand, she believes that pleasure plays an important role in our overall health and wellbeing.

Barbara is the CEO of Lovers Stores, the female-founded, omnichannel sexual wellness brand with 41 stores in five states. Prior to joining Lovers in 2019, she spent more than 20 years serving in leadership roles for well-known retail brands, including Gap, T-Mobile and Starbucks. Since taking the helm at Lovers, Barbara facilitated the company's acquisition by the iconic PLBY Group as part of her mission to reignite and modernize the brand.

On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Barbara joins Anjel to explain how she became a leader in the retail world and describe how she functions as an intrapreneur who innovates within the corporate environment. She offers insight on increasing the number of women in C-suite positions and shares what inspired her to say YES to the role of CEO at Lovers. Listen in to understand Barbara's vision for helping people achieve greater sexual wellness and get her advice to aspiring women corporate leaders.

How Barbara's apprenticeship at a bakery introduced her to the world of retail

Barbara's experience as the youngest Senior Store Manager at Marks & Spencer

The characteristics Barbara embodies as a servant leader in the C-suite

How Barbara functions as an intrapreneur who innovates within the corporate environment

What inspired Barbara to say YES to the role of CEO at Lovers

Barbara's vision for helping people achieve greater sexual wellness

How Barbara thinks about increasing the number of women in C-suite roles

The inclusiveness Barbara wants to see in the sexual wellness sector

Barbara's advice for women leaders to trust our instincts and be authentic

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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)

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Do you have self-limiting beliefs around sales that are holding your business back? How do you transform the way you think about selling and start to feel good about the process?

Julia Kline is a sought-after keynote speaker and sales coach who helps people heal their trauma, get into right relationship with money and step fully into their authentic personal power. Julia is also the well-known podcaster and grassroots political activist behind Solving #MeToo , creator of the Heal Your Sales Wounds framework, and bestselling author of The Entrepreneur's Guide to Sleaze-Free Selling.

On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Julia joins Anjel to explain how her entrepreneurial journey led to an expertise in salesmanship and describe the immense power present in any sales transaction. She discusses how her spiritual awakening uncovered her gifts as a healer and intuitive, sharing how those abilities show up in her business today. Listen in for Julia's insight on the 6 primary sales wounds and learn how to overcome the limiting beliefs around money, sales and success that are keeping you from making an impact!

How Julia's entrepreneurial journey led her to an expertise in sales

The immense power present in any sales transaction

How Julia came to realize that she is a gifted healer and powerful intuitive

Julia's unshakable connection with her Creator, guides and angels

Julia's 6 Sales Wounds and the primary self-limiting belief and fear associated with each

Why 100% of Americans suffer from the Love & Money wound and how it holds us back

What you can do to heal the Anti-Selling or Victim Wound

Why the Prostitution Wound is driven by resentment rather than fear

Julia's insight on healing from trauma to do what you're meant to do

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The Entrepreneur's Guide to Sleaze-Free Selling by Julia Kline

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Adopting a yoga practice has physical benefits. It affords us a new kind of awareness around what our bodies are capable of. But the benefits of yoga extend beyond the physical practice, helping us ease anxiety and connect with our body, mind and heart.

Denise Perry is the Owner and Studio Director at Chesapeake Yoga Nook, a yoga studio near Virginia Beach that brings the community together through the mindful practice of yoga. In addition to their in-person classes, Denise's team offers virtual classes and 1:1 coaching. Denise is passionate about teaching Gentle Flow, Restorative and Yin Yoga as well as meditation and breathwork.

On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Denise joins Anjel to share the three phases of her yoga journey, describing the sense of wholeness that comes from bringing together breathwork, meditation and the physical practice of yoga. She explains what inspired her to share her transformation with others, first as a teacher and now as the owner of her own studio. Listen in for insight into Denise's daily spiritual practices and find out how she can help you start a yoga journey of your very own!

How Denise started a breathing practice in high school to manage her anxiety

The sense of wholeness that comes from bringing together breathing, meditation and the physical practice of yoga

What inspired Denise to share her transformation through yoga with others

Denise's journey from the corporate world to owning a yoga studio

How Denise kept her yoga community together through the pandemic

The 3 ways Denise can help you start a yoga practice of your own

Denise's daily breathing, meditation, journaling and movement practices

The parallels between Denise's approach to yoga and the way she manages money

Denise's advice on finding joy in the journey as you work toward an end goal

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Are there images of the stunning places you'd like to visit on your vision board? What if you had the time, money and confidence to make your travel dreams a reality?

Heather Markel is the Professional World Traveler behind Heather Begins, a coaching practice that helps frustrated professionals tackle the money, mindset and planning aspects of leaving their jobs to travel. In 2018, Heather left her 25-year corporate career to become a full-time solo traveler, visiting 25 countries on six continents and sharing her story of adopting the nomad lifestyle in The New York Times.

On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Heather joins Anjel to explain how she was conditioned to stay in an unhappy job and marriage until physical pain inspired her to find a new way. She shares the logistical challenges of leaving a career to travel full-time, describing how she helps clients reduce their expenses and find work to support their ideal life. Listen in for Heather's insight on learning to BE rather than DO and find out how she can help you begin your own travel adventure!

The experience that sparked Heather's love of languages and travel

How we're conditioned to believe that marriage and work are supposed to be unhappy

The physical pain that inspired Heather to leave her marriage and quit her job

The logistical challenges of leaving a career to travel full-time

How Heather helps clients reduce travel expenses and find work to support their ideal life

Heather's insight on how travel makes you present to opportunity

How Heather learned that the goal of travel is the journey

Heather's advice on following your heart and learning to BE rather than to DO

Heather's 3 favorite travel destinations (and why she loved them)

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Heather's How to Make Money Without a Job Online Training

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Sharing your story is a powerful way to showcase your talent, build an audience and help people with similar experiences start to heal.

But what if storytelling doesn't come naturally to you? And what if the idea of appearing on stage or video has you shaking in your boots?

Brenda Adelman is the critically acclaimed actor behind the one-woman show, My Brooklyn Hamlet, and the author of My Father Killed My Mother and Married My Aunt: Forgiving the Unforgiveable. She is also the Chief Inspirational Officer at Forgiveness and Freedom, a coaching practice dedicated to helping entrepreneurs and performers share their stories and change the world.

On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Brenda joins Anjel to discuss the true story of her father killing her mother, describing the spiritual 'shove' that inspired her to share the experience on stage and finally begin to heal. She explains the relationship between forgiveness and setting healthy boundaries, exploring how the principles of forgiveness apply in business. Listen in for Brenda's insight on making money doing healing work and find out how she can help you tell your story and create more wealth!

The story of Brenda's father killing her mother and marrying her aunt

How writing poetry allowed Brenda to express her rage in a safe, healthy way

The spiritual experience that inspired Brenda to share her story on stage

Why Brenda felt shame for trusting her father and how she finally forgave herself

How Brenda helps people heal from trauma by sharing their stories

What inspired Brenda to expand her business to work with entrepreneurs

How Brenda realized she had to make money doing her healing work

The relationship between forgiveness and setting healthy boundaries

Forgiveness and Freedom

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My Father Killed My Mother and Married My Aunt: Forgiving the Unforgiveable by Brenda Adelman

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Type A women relentlessly pursue perfection. And in trying to be the best, to be everything to everyone, we abandon ourselves. Our head talks our heart out of its knowing.

So, how do we learn to stop and soften? How do we tap into our natural grace and begin to accept and celebrate ourselves?

Lindy Lewis is the Recovering Alpha Female behind Let Your Color Out, a platform dedicated to helping Type A women live a more balanced and celebrated life. Lindy was at the top of the corporate ladder when an autoimmune disease forced her to stop, soften and forge her own life path. Lindy founded her company to empower Type-A-All-Day women to listen to the whispers of our heart in pursuit of passion and purpose.

On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Lindy joins Anjel to discuss how childhood conditioning led her to seek external validation and strive for perfection. She explores why the idea of softening might feel dangerous to us, describing how she helps women transmute the pattern that says we have to be hard and adopt grace as a lifestyle. Listen in for Lindy's insight on embracing radical self-acceptance and learn how to create your own celebrated life!

Lindy's experience of childhood conditioning to strive for perfection

The divorce and autoimmune diagnosis that forced Lindy to stop and soften

Why the idea of softening might feel dangerous to us

How to transmute the pattern that says we have to be hard

The language of love to use with yourself as you start to unwind your mind

Lindy's perspective on being grounded in grace as a lifestyle

The challenge around celebrating being the black sheep

How Lindy supports women through their 'humbling blocks'

How we abandon ourselves trying to be everything to everyone else

Lindy's insight on creating your own celebrated life

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Power vs. Force by David R. Hawkins, MD, PhD

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Are you trying to build wealth from the outside in? If so, you're using the masculine model for wealth creation and overlooking the superpower we have as women to BE abundance and generate wealth from the inside out!

Kathryn Eriksen is the Money Mindset Expert behind Empowered Way, a coaching practice dedicated to helping women transform our relationship with money and wealth. Kathryn had a successful, 23-year career as an attorney and litigator before finding her calling as a women's wealth empowerment coach, teaching clients to connect to their purpose and peacefully create abundant wealth.

On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Kathryn joins Anjel to discuss the difference between masculine and feminine energy as it relates to money. She introduces us to her expanded definition of wealth, sharing her take on money as the energy of divine love. Listen in for Kathryn's insight on developing a sense of worthiness around money and learn to leverage your ability to create abundance through BEING.

Kathryn's transition from attorney to money mindset coach

How adopting her daughter served as the catalyst for Kathryn's spiritual awakening

Why Kathryn suggests using meditation to source self-affirmation

The difference between masculine and feminine energy as it relates to money

How Kathryn defines wealth as mental, physical, emotional, spiritual and financial well-being

Kathryn's insight around money as the energy of divine love

How creating abundance as women begins with BEING

How to identify your limiting beliefs and develop a sense of worthiness

How Kathryn helps women shift our relationship with money

Empowered Way

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The Money Tree: Transform Scarcity Thinking to Empowered Wealth Consciousness by Kathryn Eriksen

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We've all heard the old adage, 'If you want something done right, do it yourself.' But if your business has plateaued, and it's time to build out a team to reach the next level of growth, you need a new mindset.

So, how do you shift from being a solopreneur to seeing yourself as a leader?

Deb Erickson is the Business Mindset Expert behind The ICAN Institute, a training and coaching platform that helps network marketing entrepreneurs grow their teams, increase sales and rank up. Deb leveraged an understanding of neuroscience to develop the brain retraining tools the women on her own network marketing teams needed to be successful, and in 1995, she launched ICAN to share her neuro-tools and mindset training system with direct sales consultants worldwide.

On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Deb joins Anjel to explain how coaching basketball helped her realize that women need to be encouraged differently. She introduces us to the force-flow continuum and describes how women thrive in doing business from a place of action in flow. Listen in for Deb's insight on interrupting negative thinking and learn how to develop the mindset of a leader as you step into the next level of growth.

Deb's introduction to leading teams as a basketball player and coach

How Deb learned that women need to be encouraged, coached and taught differently

What differentiates the feminine way of doing business from the masculine

Deb's insight around the force-flow continuum and how to do business from a place of flow

How Deb helps women work the personal side of business from a place of strength

Deb's pattern interrupter strategy for shifting negative thinking

Deb's advice on developing the mindset of a leader

Why women get stuck in the belief that we must do it all ourselves (and what to do about it)

How to overcome black-and-white thinking and see new possibilities

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A lot of us are living a life that looks good on paper. We've got the relationships and the careers we're supposed to want. But those things may or may not align with the deepest desires of our heart.

So, how do you identify whether you're living a half-hearted life? How do you counter thousands of years of conditioning and choose yourself first? How do you become a Wholehearted Woman?

Lisa Winneke is the visionary behind The Wholehearted Woman, a mentoring program that supports women in cultivating a deeper connection with themselves, giving us the courage and confidence to bring our deepest desires to life. Lisa leverages her background in business and numerous energy modalities to help people stop settling for half-hearted living and start embodying the wholehearted. She also serves as the host of The Good News Guide Podcast.

On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Lisa joins Anjel to share the moment she realized she was living a half-hearted life and explain how she resourced the courage to leave her marriage. She describes the conditioning that stops so many women from choosing ourselves, challenging us to face fear and doubt by tuning back into our vision of the life we want. Listen in for insight on investing in a coach to bring your body of work to life and find out how Lisa can help you embody the Wholehearted Woman archetype and find fulfillment in your personal and professional life!

The AHA moment Lisa realized she was living a half-hearted life

How Lisa resourced the courage to choose herself and step out of her marriage

How Lisa's relationships got stronger once she put herself first

The guilt and fear of judgement that stops many women from choosing ourselves

How to tune into your vision re: the financial support you need

What inspired Lisa to embody her true nature as an entrepreneur

Why Lisa invested in a coach to help her bring her body of work to life

The archetype of the Wholehearted Woman that Lisa is bringing into the world

Lisa's commitment to helping women find fulfillment both personally and professionally

Who Lisa serves through her Wholehearted Woman mentoring

The Wholehearted Woman

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