Join us for a heartfelt and often humorous conversation, as Ellie and I share the journey through pregnancy, the emotional rollercoaster of expecting a child, and the challenges faced along the way. As well, we'll talk about the importance of support from partners, midwives, and doulas, and how these relationships shaped the whole experience.

Listen in to get a fuller picture of what pregnancy and childbirth can entail.

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Join us in this conversation as Kelly shares her journey in the digital agency space and what it was like working together that made it possible to double her revenue in only 6 months.

Together, we look at: developing self-trust to overcome business challenges, slowing down to create the needed clarity to speed up, and what we did to help her reconnect with her inner guidance.

Through this, she stopped searching for more business tactics and outside advice. Instead, she learned to listen to her own wisdom.

Collapsing the timeline to double her revenue.

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Join Becki Siconolfi and I to discuss the importance of building relationships and what it means for creating a referral based business. Becki shares her journey of establishing her referral-based business, providing value, and nurturing connections.

This includes common challenges faced by entrepreneurs, such as comparison syndrome and the importance of trusting one's instincts. And even practical advice for transitioning to full-time entrepreneurship and the necessity of having a solid backup plan.

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Most people think commitment is a one-time decision. Ellie Aaron and James Wightman would tell you it's actually a daily practice — one you have to keep choosing, especially when it gets hard.

In this conversation, the two of them explore what commitment really looks like across love, leadership, and self-leadership. They talk about the difference between actually looking at your own patterns versus just criticizing yourself, why getting too specific about what you want in a relationship can actually keep you from recognizing it when it shows up, and the qualities worth prioritizing over a predetermined checklist. They also get into when it's appropriate to walk away from a relationship or a commitment, and when what feels like quitting is really just a sign that the process — not the goal — needs to change.

They share openly from their own marriage, including how pressure that once felt motivating ended up working against both of them, and how shame creeps in anytime a goal doesn't materialize on the timeline we expected. The conversation closes with a simple but important reframe: falling off track isn't proof that the commitment failed — it's just part of being human, and the only way to truly get it wrong is to stop trying altogether.

If you've ever wondered whether to keep going or let something go — in love, in leadership, or with yourself — this conversation offers a thoughtful way to think it through.

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Mastering a craft isn't fast, and it isn't supposed to be. Dana Estelle, the owner and hat maker behind BKMC, has spent over eight years proving that patience — not talent alone — is what actually gets you there.

Dana studied millinery after discovering it through fashion school, and now runs her own shop and studio in Rhinebeck, New York, after years of working out of shared studios in New York City. In this conversation, she and James talk about what it actually took to get to the point where opening her own storefront felt like "the easy part," the years of tearing apart unfinished work and starting over, and why she's learned to measure her own progress by picking up a hat she made years ago and noticing exactly how far her skill has come.

They get into pricing as a skill in itself — and the long, uncomfortable process of raising prices to actually reflect the time and craftsmanship involved — the importance of treating every single customer like they matter, regardless of how big or small the moment is, and why the real milestones were never the magazine features or fashion weeks, but things like finally not needing a side job.

If you've ever felt impatient with your own growth, or unsure whether the "exciting" milestones are really the ones that matter, this conversation offers some real perspective.

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Creativity isn't supposed to run at full capacity all the time — but most of us were trained to believe otherwise. Deb Soromenho has spent years learning to work with that truth instead of against it.

Deb is a watercolor artist who builds soul connections with people through her work, and she's known for being unusually open about the ups and downs of her creative process. In this conversation, she and James talk about the difference between a quick creative block and a genuine, extended loss of inspiration, why pushing through when you've lost the joy of something often makes the work — and the feeling — worse, and how letting go of who you were during a more "on fire" season can actually move you forward instead of holding you back.

They get into Deb's practice of doing the thing that gives her the most joy first thing every day, even if that just means showing up and rearranging her brushes, why progress doesn't have to look like a finished product to count, and how giving yourself permission to play in a completely different creative outlet can help you fall back in love with the one you actually want to return to.

If you've ever felt stuck, uninspired, or like something's wrong with you for not being "on" all the time, this conversation offers some real permission to let that be human.

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What if the thing standing between you and what you want isn't more effort, but appreciation for where you already are? Tamara Rasheed came back to unpack exactly that.

Tamara is an author and publisher who helps people monetize their own intellectual property and market their books well. In this conversation, she and James revisit her journey through coaching together, including the moment she realized her environment — her house, her results, her business — wasn't a reflection of her worth, even when it didn't yet match her vision. She shares how learning to feel anger without needing a reason for it broke a cycle of self-punishment, and how shifting from busy activity to genuine, valuable conversations changed the way she builds her business.

They also get into why receiving money or support can feel surprisingly hard to accept, the difference between a goal and a vision when your current results don't match it yet, and why letting go of a fixed picture of how something "should" look often makes room for something better than you imagined.

If you've ever felt like you're not far enough along, or that your circumstances say something about your worth, this conversation offers a different way to see it.

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Join James as he interviews publisher Maurice Bassett to discuss the profound impact of leadership and legacy. What it means to be a leader both in your personal and professional life.

Together, we explore the essence of leadership being rooted in love and service, the importance of self-actualization, and the need for meaningful connections in business.

Listen in for practical tips so you can bring this and more into your own life.

Listen in as Mike and James explore the concept of legacy and how it extends far beyond generational wealth and instead starts right now where you're at with the people in your life.

To create a legacy, it also means being authentically you - whatever that is.

So listen to this fun conversation that will give you some unique insights on leadership and showing up in the world and in your business in a way that's aligned - because why would you do anything else besides that.

Sometimes the thing standing between you and a breakthrough isn't a strategy — it's a phone call you've been avoiding. Dan Kirby found that out firsthand during a coaching session that didn't go the way he expected.

Dan is a tattoo artist who's been in the craft for over a decade. In this conversation, he and James talk about what it actually felt like to be asked, mid-session, to pick up the phone and face a relationship he'd been avoiding — and what shifted in him once he did. They get into the old, outdated picture we sometimes carry of people in our lives, even when they've genuinely changed, and why looking at the actual facts of a situation matters more than the filter we usually see it through.

They also talk about structure as a source of freedom rather than a limitation, the ripple effect that one honest conversation can have on the people around you, and why empowerment often starts with doing the thing you've been avoiding talking about.

If you've been putting off a conversation in your life or your business, this one might be the nudge you need.

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