If you are a freelancer — or if you dream of one day quitting your day job to start your own business — this episode is a must.

Lisa Cumes has gone on a journey that a lot of people dream of: she quit her day job, started working for herself, got so many clients that she had to start hiring, and now runs a six-figure online copywriting business called Simple Story Solutions.

But Lisa didn't stop there. She launched a second business, The Copywriter Coach, to help other freelancers stop hustling and start building thriving, full-time businesses.

A lot of people only dream of starting a business, but it's something really anyone can achieve — especially if you follow the models laid out by people who have already succeeded such as Lisa.

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• Learn more at www.thecopywritercoach.co
• Listen: "How To Structure Your Business Finances To Maximize Profit - Interview with Mike Michalowicz"
• Learn more and find complete show notes for every episode at www.yourbadassjourney.com
• Follow the podcast on Instagram for more tips, advice, and inspiration: @yourbadassjourneypodcast
• Get your SLP Mastery Workbook

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• Website: www.simplestorysolutions.com
• Instagram: @lisacumes
• Facebook: facebook.com/groups/thecopywritercoach

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• Website: kareenwalsh.com
• Instagram: @kareenzwalsh
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There are a lot of people in transition right now, both by choice and by circumstance. That can be really scary, but it can also be an opportunity to pivot and position yourself towards something even better.

That positioning is really important, too! I see a lot of resumes, and I can tell you that most people aren't positioning themselves very well. So, if you're trying to figure out how to attract what's next, knowing that there are millions of people in the exact same situation, this episode is for you.

And of the best places to start is by designing your ideal job — because if you're not clear on where you're trying to go, then every step you take is either going to keep you exactly where you are or not get you anything at all.

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• Learn more and find complete show notes for every episode at www.yourbadassjourney.com
• Follow the podcast on Instagram for more tips, advice, and inspiration: @yourbadassjourneypodcast
• Get your SLP Mastery Workbook

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• Website: kareenwalsh.com
• Instagram: @kareenzwalsh
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• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kareenwalsh

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Chocolate and peanut butter, intention and manifestation, Sandy Vo and Melissa Martin: just a few great tastes that taste great when aligned together. These two really do make a great pair, too, as co-founders of Ladies Aligned.

And something truly magical does happen when you're able to find that aligned partnership or community, which is why Sandy and Melissa created Ladies Aligned in the first place — to create a community of empowering women who are devoted to encouraging each other to lead a life and business in alignment to our truest selves when they couldn't find one.

So, in this episode, Sandy and Melissa are going to share what it means to come together as partners in business and remind us about the value of partnership. We don't have to walk this path alone, we don't have to build alone, and we can find complementary and aligned action when we lean on another's zone of genius.

Take Action:

• Listen to Melissa's podcast: Boldly Courageous
• Listen to Sandy's podcast: PROSPEROUS
• Learn more and find complete show notes for every episode at www.yourbadassjourney.com
• Follow the podcast on Instagram for more tips, advice, and inspiration: @yourbadassjourneypodcast
• Get your SLP Mastery Workbook

Connect with Ladies Aligned:

• Website: ladiesaligned.com
• Instagram: @ladiesaligned
• Sandy on IG: @isandyvo
• Melissa on IG: @themelissamartin

Connect with Kareen:

• Website: kareenwalsh.com
• Instagram: @kareenzwalsh
• Facebook: facebook.com/CoachKareenWalsh
• Twitter: @kareenzwalsh
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kareenwalsh

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As we start the second half of 2020, I want you to take a moment and reflect on how you've been showing up over the last few months. Have you been showing up as the best version of yourself this year? Do you feel like you've been thriving?

If your answer is no, this episode is designed to help you get back on track so that you can really take advantage of this time.

You always have control over how you show up in this world — what I like to call Personal Version Control. This way of looking at personal development borrows a lot of what I learned from my time in the tech space, but I think that iterative design philosophy actually works really well in the world of personal development, too!

Have any more questions?

If you have a question that has gone unanswered, or you don't even know what the next question you need to ask is, I want to hear from you. You can text me at 917.540.5782, send me your question via email, or slide into my DMs on Instagram.

Take Action:

• Learn more and find complete show notes for every episode at www.yourbadassjourney.com
• Follow the podcast on Instagram for more tips, advice, and inspiration: @yourbadassjourneypodcast
• Get your SLP Mastery Workbook

Connect with Kareen:

• Website: kareenwalsh.com
• Instagram: @kareenzwalsh
• Facebook: facebook.com/CoachKareenWalsh
• Twitter: @kareenzwalsh
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kareenwalsh

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Kelsey Abbott is a Confidence Coach, an Instigator of Joy, and the host of Find Your Awesome. She helps spiritual adventurers remember who they are and why they're here so that they can uplevel with ease.

In episode 91, I talked about the concept of Woundology and why you need to master yourself before you can make the impact you want to see in the world, and this episode really builds on that conversation. Kelsey just has such a knack for helping others embrace their unique greatness, shed the shoulds, love themselves, and SPARKLE — and she has a story that's sure to inspire you into action!

Take Action:

• Listen: The Find Your Awesome Podcast with Kareen Walsh
• Learn more and find complete show notes for every episode at www.yourbadassjourney.com
• Follow the podcast on Instagram for more tips, advice, and inspiration: @yourbadassjourneypodcast
• Get your SLP Mastery Workbook

Connect with Kareen:

• Website: kareenwalsh.com
• Instagram: @kareenzwalsh
• Facebook: facebook.com/CoachKareenWalsh
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kareenwalsh

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In my lowest points, I felt stuck. I was living in pain, and my cup was so empty that I couldn't offer anything to anyone else. It took a lot of self-love, self-mastery, and support to climb out of that hole. And I was recently excited to stumble upon a name for that phenomenon in "Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing" by Caroline Myss.

In the book, Caroline writes: "Woundology is the tendency to insistently hold on to old traumas. You define yourself by your hurts, not by your strengths, and there in those hurts you stay stuck forever."

I don't necessarily agree with the "forever" part, but this framing really helped me contextualize my experience: I had an emotional, energetic wound that I continued to relive in every step I took. I had to do a lot of inner work to heal that wound and move forward with my scars, and there's nothing we can do to remove those scares entirely, but we don't need to stay stuck forever.

Take Action:

• Learn more and find complete show notes for every episode at www.yourbadassjourney.com
• Follow the podcast on Instagram for more tips, advice, and inspiration: @yourbadassjourneypodcast
• Get your SLP Mastery Workbook

Connect with Kareen:

• Website: kareenwalsh.com
• Instagram: @kareenzwalsh
• Facebook: facebook.com/CoachKareenWalsh
• Twitter: @kareenzwalsh
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kareenwalsh

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Julie Tran is an entrepreneur on a mission to break the bamboo ceiling — and help other Asian women do the same. Julie is the founder of Leading AF, a community that develops driven Asian Females (AFs) into future leaders by dismantling deep cultural conditioning. This is done through coaching, live events, and sisterhood!

She is a retired corporate executive in the commercial real estate industry, where she managed billions of dollars in investments all over the world. She had a successful career but was deeply unhappy and burnt out, so she quit her job to focus on her foster sons.

We talk about not just building Leading AF but what it took to ignite her desire to build her own business, forging a path for other aspiring Asian female entrepreneurs in the process.

Take Action:

• Learn more and find complete show notes for every episode at www.yourbadassjourney.com
• Follow the podcast on Instagram for more tips, advice, and inspiration: @yourbadassjourneypodcast
• Get your SLP Mastery Workbook
• Learn more about Somatic Healing in Episode 23 feat. Lisa Kavanaugh

Connect with Julie Tran:

• Instagram: @leadingaf
• Instagram: @leadwithjulietran
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/julietranleadingaf
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/leadingaf

Connect with Kareen:

• Website: kareenwalsh.com
• Instagram: @kareenzwalsh
• Facebook: facebook.com/CoachKareenWalsh
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kareenwalsh

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A few weeks ago, I invited all of you to text me your questions (917-540-5782). I've been trying to reply to all of your questions directly via text, and in this episode, I want to address one in particular:

As a leader, how can I connect better with my team?

I love this question. I am all about deep connection, and the first step to nurturing those important connections is realizing that, as a leader, you have to step up and do the work!

Have any more questions?

If you have a question that has gone unanswered, or you don't even know what the next question you need to ask is, I want to hear from you. You can text me at 917.540.5782, send me your question via email, or slide into my DMs on Instagram.

Take Action:

• Read: "Lead With Value"
• Follow the podcast on Instagram for more tips, advice, and inspiration: @yourbadassjourneypodcast
• Get your SLP Mastery Workbook

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• Website: kareenwalsh.com
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Joanna Vargas started her entrepreneurial journey when she was eleven years old. ELEVEN. And all the while, she was being told she was crazy. Even after she had graduated from college and started a dance studio, her parents told her she was crazy.

But Joanna wasn't crazy when she was 11, she wasn't crazy when she was 24, and she isn't crazy now. This girl is just ridiculously ambitious, and she's willing to back up that ambition by learning and taking action. And truly, this willingness to learn and reinvent herself is what sets her apart from so many people who have ambition but don't take the action necessary to realize their badass dreams.

In this episode, we talk about standing back up after you've been criticized and pushed down, her unconventional learning style, and the questions that help us awaken who we're meant to be. Plus, Joanna is just so much fun, and she had me cracking up throughout this whole conversation.

Take Action:

• Learn more and find complete show notes for every episode at www.yourbadassjourney.com
• Follow the podcast on Instagram for more tips, advice, and inspiration: @yourbadassjourneypodcast
• Get your SLP Mastery Workbook

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• Instagram: instagram.com/joannavargasofficial
• Tik Tok: tiktok.com/@joannavargasofficial
• Facebook: fb.com/joannavargasofficial
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/joannavargasofficial

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I've been trying to figure out how to have a dialogue about what's happening in the world today. There are a lot of discussions being had about police violence and racial justice — and you should absolutely seek those out and educate yourself if you have not lived through that experience — but I think I can better serve you by starting a discussion about grief and introspection.

Everyone was already experiencing some degree of emotional burden after months of disruption during the global pandemic and subsequent shutdown orders, and some are now just becoming aware or starting to pay attention to the emotional burdens that have been carried by generations of Black Americans. And a natural result of all of this is grief. So, in this episode, I want to help you manage through grief, building deeper connections in the process.

This is a sensitive topic and this episode will likely make you feel uncomfortable. I was uncomfortable recording it and sharing it. But this is the time to sit with that discomfort. Understand that moving through difficult times of grief and building a higher level of understanding will help us build better systems to grow within, which will allow us to affect change on a greater level without.

Take Action:

• Instead of a link, I encourage you to reach out to someone you care about and start a dialogue about how they can be more inclusive, and figure out ways to build their businesses or align their careers with more inclusion and assistance.
• And if you have any questions, text me:917 540 5782

Connect with Kareen:

• Website: kareenwalsh.com
• Instagram: @kareenzwalsh
• Facebook: facebook.com/CoachKareenWalsh
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