• We talk with former Director of Creative Media for Football at North Carolina State University, Mike Jones, about what's next in his career and how he got to this point.
• Mike shares how it has been a life-long dream to work for the Charlotte Hornets, and the dream started as a player, then after he obtained a B.S. in Sport Management with a minor in Coaching from Liberty University in May 2018, it changed to being an agent.
• Shortly after that, he got experience with his first camera and fell in love with Photography. 
• Mike sought out mentors, worked hard, and created a career for himself as a creative, even though he struggled with that term.
• Mike shares stories of "making it happen" and working with celebrities.
• We discuss advice for creatives to make their dreams happen
  • Be consistent. Do good work where you are at. You can get noticed.
  • Network. Don't be afraid to seek help and take risks to make your dreams come true.
  • It's Tuesday. To attract celebrity clients, you need to act like you've been there and not just "fan-girl" out.

Links To Stuff We Talk About: 

• Follow Mike on Instagram | Twitter | or his website at MikeJonesNC.com

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Elizebeth and Sarah talk about how they don't necessarily want or push people to get a divorce; their job is to find the best solution to everyone's problems. Although many people who have gotten as far as consulting a divorce attorney already have their minds made up.

Sarah talks about how she keeps her wedding dress on a mannequin outside her room because "why not display something that you spent so much money on." She sets the stage for walking down the hall to their bedroom to remind them of their wedding vows.

Jenny talks about her wedding day and the issues leading up to her big day.

We discuss and debunk the stereotypical roles of husband and wife and how they have evolved.

We talk about the importance of flexibility when choosing a partner and discuss the "red flags" that you need to look for in your partner before you decide to get married.

Sarah talks about how John Gottman, the marriage researcher, and his retreat helped her marriage. It gave them tools for communication that revolutionized their relationship.

Sarah and Jenny discuss navigating friendships with people outside of your marriage and their opinions about getting professional help.

We talk candidly about the seasons of marriage, what they are and how to navigate through them in a healthy way that can strengthen your relationship. 

If you'd like to hear some advice from people who have worked hard on their marriage about what worked for them, how it's not always the honeymoon phase, and how it takes work to make it work, then this episode is for you. 

You have to choose your "hard." Staying in a marriage is hard. Divorce is hard. The choice is up to you.

• SAFEchild stands for Stop Abuse For Every Child and is a Wake County organization that offers a full range of child abuse prevention and intervention services to children and families at no cost. 
• Cristin DeRonja, SAFEchild’s executive director since 2015, joined the organization in 2004 and has served many roles. She has worked with first-time moms as a mentor for SAFEchild’s Welcome Baby program, drawn upon her family systems training as a program facilitator for several SAFEchild parenting groups, including the Nurturing Program and PLUS, and presented the Funny Tummy Feelings program in schools to first graders. 
• Cristin was instrumental in establishing the SAFEchild Advocacy Center in 2010 and achieving SAFEchild’s National Accreditation in 2017.
• Cristin shares about the services offered to parents both victims and abusers that focus on stopping the cycle of abuse and rehabilitation.
• Some of the biggest protective factors that decrease child maltreatment is having positive social connections.
  • We discuss how COVID has impacted SAFEchild over the past few years.
• It is very easy to access the services of SAFEchild by visiting their website and filling out the intake form.
• They offer free parenting classes, medical evaluations, and more.
• Cristin offers advice to parents: "You don' need to have all the answers yourself. Knowledge is power."  

 In This Episode: 

• SAFEchild - Eliminate Abuse & Empower Families
• The ACES Ted Talk - How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime | Nadine Burke Harris

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• Brandon's approach is sustainable; he believes your diet should be the way you eat and not a fad diet filled with restrictions. 
• With so much conflicting information about what to eat, it isn’t easy to find reliable science-based strategies that work for a lifetime.
• Learn the sustainable way to approach food, nutrition, and lifestyle changes. The yo-yo diets stop here.
• The new Fire Within App, now available on Apple and Android, has six weeks of weight training, body weight, and abs program.
• We break down some of the most common fad diets with the pros and cons of each.
• We talk about counting macros on apps like my fitness pal and Sarah's experience where she tracked it for a year, which is why Brandon doesn't coach macros. It is possible that for some, it leads to a constant measurement of everything that can lead to eating disorders.
• Brandon talks about his approach and how he trains his clients.
• Jenny talks about her evaluation with Brandon and what she learned.
• With so much information about diet and exercise, where do you start? We talk about that. Everybody is different, and the goals should be personalized and based on their goals.
• A critical aspect of a successful and sustainable approach to fitness is to start by understanding your why. One tip is to just keep asking why at least seven times to uncover the intrinsic answer to why you want to work out and then use that as your motivation to keep going.

You can find out more about Brandon on Instagram | Facebook | His website: firewithinnf.com | Or his app on Apple and Android

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• Jo talks about her new merch store that's online now. 
• We learn that country songs don't translate to Canadian.
• Jo invites the girls who do stuff onto her podcast. 
• Jo talks about how she loves communicating with people in person, the podcast and TikTok are great, but she is energized by teaching and speaking to groups.
• When asked how she looks on social media, she is quick to tell people that she carries a ring light and filter everywhere she goes. Lighting makes the difference.
• Jo talks about how her school's production has asked her to be in the play for the past 20 years, but she finally said yes. She actually got a pretty major role, and she talks about how she is terrified.
• We talk about how when it comes to issues of gender, identity, and discrimination, most of the time, the unhealthy conflict comes from parents/teachers and how kid's don't struggle with it nearly as much as adults until puberty, when they start to understand they "should" have an opinion.
• Jo walks us through the life lessons of her politics 12 class experiment that feels a lot like a reality television show.

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• We talk about the positive side of TikTok, the validation and community that it can provide for people who are being authentic to who they are.
• How do you find the balance between finding harmony between stretching outside of your comfort zone and still being authentic and true to yourself? We talk about that.
• Joanna shares about doing auditions and trying to get some acting gigs. 
• We ask Joanna what it has been like being thrust into the spotlight with her explosive growth on Tiktok.
• We talk about religion and how it impacts our lives.
• Joanna talks about how important of a role her mom played in her life and how she empowered her by valuing her opinion, making her feel heard, and supporting her.
• We talk about gender norms, Joanna's discussions on her Tiktok community, and how the rules are trained into us from our youth. That's the category we have been trained to put upon people. It's a difficult unlearning process. 
• Joanna shares about wanting to get rid of gender pronouns and the complexity of the issues surrounding why she advocates this.  

Links To Things We Talk About: 

• Unlearn 16 on TikTok
• Brené Brown on Empathy
• Unlearn 16: Class is in Session Podcast

Quotes from Today's Episode:

"We try so hard in this world. Sometimes, we all do, myself included, try to be what we think people want or people need or what people are going to identify as legitimate and serious. And in that, we lose all of our authenticity, and when we lose our authenticity, our message stops mattering anyway." - Joanna.

"I don't think I'm smart enough to be scared," - said Joanna.

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I got Paul on the Skype and this is what we chat about:

• How to develop a screaming voice
• Dave Smalley
• Trash this CD comp
• Slicing his hands up at their first show
• Vintage Vinyl
• Their drummer over selling them to get them on shows
• Their song Dred
• Playing with Anti Flag
• Getting in a fist fight 
• The Road Kill EP
• Meeting Dave Smalley
• And a ton more

His new book, the Couple's Checklist, was created to start a real dialog between couples to see how much they do or do not know about each other. He hopes to bring people closer or save them from making a gigantic f#$king mistake.

 
Mike is a great example of how anyone with drive and passion can create their own economy. We learn about his many entrepreneurial endeavors and have a blast along the way.
 
After his divorce, Mike sold his belongings and traveled the country. We talk about his journey. His divorce and how he dealt with his ex and moved on with his life.   

We talk about being a creative entrepreneur. Mike has been on his own for 16 years and shares his experiences dealing with criticism and finding the motivation to keep going.

You can connect with Mike on Instagram @yourdailybred or his website yourdailybred.com. 
 

Sarah talks about how she changed her mindset away from the whole idea of good and bad. This mentality extends to more than just food.

Weight Loss and personal development go hand in hand. If you’re struggling with emotional eating, cravings, self-sabotage, or self-doubt, your solution lies in your mindset (i.e., the way you think). 

Jillian teaches you tools based on Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy that will help you identify and overcome unhelpful ways of thinking so that you can hit your goals faster.

Jillian talks about how when you overeat. You need to stop thinking you are a failure, change your mindset, ask yourself why you overeat, and understand what triggered the behavior.

Jenny talks about how she has had to cut dairy and grain out of her diet, how that has affected her view on food, and how much she enjoys it.

Jillian talks about how we need to debunk what we normally think about food and that it's important to give ourselves grace and one bad night is not a failure.

Bodies are different, and it is not just the number on the scale.

Jillian shares her own weight story and how she started her business and podcast.

Jenny talks about how she had to change her mindset on throwing away food, and because it is leftover does not mean that you have to eat it that minute.

Everyone talks about their ideal body and what that means for them.

Find out more about Jillian Lama on her website

Her greatest piece of advice is to be master awareness and curiosity. 

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Katie talks about where her favorite place to buy clothes is from a local apparel store, Ohana.

Katie gives a background about her and what her background is and the things that she has done. Her expertise in social media and history as a post-game reporter for the Broncos, the Rockies, and Nuggets. She moved into marketing during the time Sirus XM came out and started to change the radio industry.

Many people feel like they are not the type of people to think to take a picture of something that is happening in their life to post on social media, but there are rising numbers of experts to help those people.

Katie talks about how the different types of services provided by social media managers, some teach people how to use social media, and others just run their social media for them. She works with a lot of realtors to help teach them to maximize their social media.

Katie talks about how she was able to get her dream job out of college and the reason that she eventually quit that job.

Sarah talks about the importance of networking and Katie adds that it is important to never say goodbye to people and to always leave the conversation open.

Katie talks about how it makes sense that she has her own business because from a young age she was always driven to work and started some of her own businesses when she was young.

Brinkley talks about how she really struggles with comparing herself to others and where they are on their social media journeys and tips she has learned to overcome that mentality.

Katie talks about how she doesn't know if this will be her job forever because when she had her first dream job she thought that was it and now she thinks that the job she has now is her dream job. But life changes and it goes through seasons.

Katie gives 3 quick tips that you listeners can use to help push your social media to the next level.

Katie's socials are:
Instagram: iamkatiebrinkley
LinkedIn: Katie brinkley
Website: Nextstepsocialcommunications.com 

• Sarah is a big fan of reality dating shows, she is a fan of relationships, that's why she spent so much time as a couples therapist. So she was very intrigued when she saw Christian Lee Cones on the show "The Courtship" which is like Bridgerton meets the Bachelor. 
• The Courtships' IMBD description is "Bringing true romance back, this Regency-style series will enable a group of eligible suitors to win the heart of the Heroine. Carriage rides, handwritten letters, this is a time-traveling game for love."
• Christian Lee Cones talks about the origin story of his journey of self discovery. He had a bit of an awakening during the pandemic, when there was nothing else to do than just sit with his demons. He started educating himself and working on himself wondering when happiness would become a permanent thing instead of just moments of happiness.
• When asked what was his proudest moment from being on The Courtship, Christian said that although the toxic masculine side of him wants to say winning the festival of strengths (he said jokingly), but it would probably when he came out as sexually fluid on the show.
• He received a lot for encouragement from people on social media for his bravery and even got messages of how his actions inspired others.
• We talk about how love is a choice and not just a feeling. So committed relationships continue to choose each other.
• Christian feels like he is very old fashioned and born at the wrong time.
• Christian talks about how he was perceived on the show, some people even called him a himbo. 
• We ask if a lot of people have been sliding into his DMs since the show.

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• Brandon's approach is sustainable, he believes your diet should be the way you eat and not a fad diet filled with restrictions. 
• With so much conflicting information about what to eat, it isn’t easy to find reliable science-based strategies that work for a lifetime.
• Learn the sustainable way to approach food, nutrition, and lifestyle changes. The yo-yo diets stop here.
• In the new Fire Within App, now available on Apple and Android, there are six weeks weight training, body weight, and abs program.
• We break down some of the most common fad diets with the pros and cons of each.
• We talk about counting macros on apps like my fitness pal, and Sarah's experience where she tracked it for a year, and this is why Brandon doesn't coach macros, it is possible that for some it leads to a constant measurement of everything that for some can lead to eating disorders.
• Brandon talks through his approach and how he trains his clients.
• Jenny talks about her evaluation with Brandon and what she learned.
• With so much information about diet and exercise, where do you start? We talk about that. Everybody is different and the goals should be personalized and based on their goals.
• A critical aspect to a successful and sustainable approach to fitness is start by understanding your why. One tip is to just keep asking why at least 7 times to uncover the intrinsic answer to why you want to work out and then use that as your motivation to keep going.

You can find out more about Brandon on Instagram | Facebook | His website: firewithinnf.com | Or his app on Apple and Android

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• We talked about the Hillsong documentary (Hillsong Exposed), which explained the manipulations of the church, and how the trauma of being in a manipulated church can impact a persons life.
• We talk with Drew Barker who is currently serving in a church in Garner, North Carolina and spent his entire life in ministry in one way or another. Now he has over a decade of ministry experience, stretching from campus pastor to lead pastor to worship minister, guest, experience all across the area. 
• "Leadership is someone that's willing to empathize with you and serve you and is willing to help you discover something new on your own."
• "We've got to stop teaching that either you're a good leader or a bad leader, or that a leader is a title or where you're positioned in the organization."
• We talk about how leadership is something that can be learned, it is a skill not a gifting.
• We discuss how do we get to the lack of accountability?
• We go into how we are taught that confidence equates arrogance and we are taught these things way early on. And so instead of looking as a confidence, as a strength, as a culture, we're told that we can't be bragging. We can't be proud of our accomplishments. We can't be celebrating because we might have somebody else.
• The only thing that tips over into arrogance and a lack of humility is the lack of gratitude.
• We explain how we don't talk about strengths early enough with young people.
• Accountability is part of the skillset of leadership. 
• When you hear or bear witness to what gives you one? How have you reacted? I'm assuming that you have walked the walk and are like speaking up and then how do you have the courage to hold people accountable and make it not so secret anymore?
• We talk a lot about the doing what's best for the organization. And what unfortunately happens is you shield the person from the consequences, so nobody who was offended gets to heal. The person who did the offense doesn't get to heal.
• The goal of us learning from these leaders is this is what was done wrong. Why is this wrong now? How can we learn from this and get better so that we don't do that.

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• Courtney was a teacher and feeling a bit burned out, and after making 4 or 5 charcuterie, she thought she should start a business!
• She took some pictures, started an Instagram, and said she was now serving the Triangle. Then it blew up!
• She quickly went from an idea to storefronts with 11 employees, and we talk about the messy middle.
• Right at the beginning of her new business, when it just started picking up... COVID hit.
• They did a Kickstarter campaign to get the commercial kitchen necessary for a charcuterie business.
• Their vision is to become a staple in Raleigh for appetizer catering. 
• She speaks candidly about the challenges of opening the second store. Courtney gives a response that we have never heard before on our show.
• Courtney talks about how great her husband has been through this process, her number one supporter and cheerleader.
• Raleigh Cheesy was created behind the idea that life is worth living to the fullest. 
• We talk about raising kids as an entrepreneur and how it helps kids become adaptable.
• We talked about her current charcuterie boards and her dreams for the future if cost were no option for luxury meats.
• We asked Courtney what her favorite part of owning her own business is.
• Having grown so quickly, Raleigh Cheesy has experienced some growing pains and challenges.

You can find them on Instagram | Facebook | the Website

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• Keeping up with the Jones' and living the Pinterest-perfect life is exhausting.
• This issue brings the extreme parts of toxic masculinity and toxic femininity to the forefront.
• All extremes are dangerous and that's why we are talking about harmony. 
• It starts with getting very clear about what you want. Also, it's okay to say "I've tried it, I didn't like it, and now I want to try something else.
• You have to know yourself first.
• Give yourself grace for outlier experiences. There may be nights when you have to work late, and there may be nights you just want to watch a movie with friends or loved ones. 
• When we speak in absolutes we often trigger shame in others. Like: successful entrepreneurs wake up at 4 AM.
• Sarah talks about something she has observed in many female entrepreneurs. The fact that the pace is not sustainable and they end up breaking instead of changing the system.
• ASK FOR HELP. Don't let yourself be a busy martyr.
• If hustle were a virus what would be the ingredients in the vaccine? We break it down.  

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• Today we talk with Janie Dickens who is the founder and CEO of Healing Green Farms. A seed-to-bottle CBD company.
• Janie’s background is in education and consulting for children with special needs. Janie was introduced to CBD products years ago while searching for an alternative to prescription medication for her young daughter’s anxiety. 
• In her work with special needs children, she has seen the potential of the product for helping in a variety of contexts. Because she has always felt a strong connection to her farming roots, becoming a hemp grower on her family farm (she’s a third-generation owner) is the perfect synthesis of all that’s she’s interested in, both personally and professionally!
• In 2018 the farm bill passed which allowed everyone to grow CBD, Janie had land and it was recommended that she grow hemp and she started to do her research. She decided to grow in her greenhouse. 
• Hemp absorbs everything from the environment, it acts like a sponge and soaks up toxins. That's why they wanted to plant in the greenhouse and not in the ground to control the quality of the product.
•  The law in North Carolina says that hemp needs to be less than 0.3% of THC, which is the chemical that makes marijuana.
• Janie talks about life on the farm, how they care for their plants, play them music, give them Reiki, etc.
• Janie shares a story about people breaking into her greenhouse and stealing from her. They think she is doing something illegal so she won't do anything, but that's not true.
• They grow more than just hemp at Healing Green Farms, including roses, and blueberries.
• We talk about farm Joe and how he came to help at the farm.

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• Mark McNally, originally from Belfast, now a local business owner/entreprenuer.
• Mark's always had a bend toward inventing things. Looking for ways to solve problems and make life easier. 
• They moved from Belfast to America with two suitcases to fast forward until today he invented his own reusable plastic frame for HVAC filters, now he is a successful business owner.
• Mark unpacks his story of what it took to completely change his life in a classic American Dream story.
• We discuss how America has an environment that allows people to move up, start businesses, and take risks that can elevate their standing, where, generally speaking, most other countries don't afford their populations the same opportunities.
• We discuss the need for business owners/entreprenuers to program time into their days to slow down, disconnect, and create space to be inspired by new ideas.
• Mark shares the story of the birth of his company, trying to create a reusable plastic filter, the issues with creating something from scratch, and how he built his first prototype out of a pizza box.
• You can learn more about Mark's filters at FiltersDirectUSA.com and his commercial business at FSImechanical.com

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• Most men do not have a safe place. So who do they talk about their stuff with? Sadly, no one. We talk about why that is.
• What are men most afraid of? Vulnerability.
• Are women attracted to strength and confidence? Do men feel like vulnerability is a lack of confidence.
• We talk about how the last generation modeled manhood for this generation. 
• We discuss meditation and how it was an awakening for some of the men in the group.
• The men share their perspectives on ego and pride as a man in our culture.
• The guys in the group invite others to join them the second Thursday of every month.

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• Christina Marie Noel has spent the last eight years focused on understanding what it takes to build & grow mission-driven organizations. 
• Christina has interviewed more than 50 world-changing leaders on how to design a life with a purpose for the Arc Benders storytelling project. 
• She is a certified marketing consultant who owns a Certified B Corporation called Noel & Co.where she works with and amplifies other bad-a$$ mission-driven companies.
• We talk about what it is and what it takes to become a Certified B Corporation.
• Christina shares her story about deciding to quit her job on a Friday and leaving on Monday. She started a photography company. Did a storytelling project that helped her discover her passion for marketing and consulting.
• This led to her getting a job where she audited 10 different companies: including Ben & Jerry's.

Quotes from this episode:

You have got to follow your gut and figure out what lights you up. Everyday.

Mention on this episode: 

• B Local Triangle
• NoelAndCo.io
• Christina's Instagram
• Connect with her on LinkedIn

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• Tiffany has spent the past 7 years in the network marketing industry growing a multiple-six-figure business. And now she taking everything I've learned about creating a brand on social media and sharing it with the Girls Who Do Stuff.
• Tiffany explains what social selling is: it's an all-encompassing industry involving selling products or services on social media.
• We talk about social selling and the right and wrong ways to do it. Tiffany shares she believes the right way is through your content engaging your followers so they come to you if they are interested. 
• The bad practices of social selling have given the industry a bit of a bad rap.
• How do you create compelling content that quickly helps people realize that your product is for them (hell yes), not for them (no thanks), or not right now?
•  If you want to stand out, you need to have a brand that makes you stand out as a person. It's about you not necessarily your product or service. 
• Tiffany shares how to get out of the comparison trap on social media.
• Tiffany share her journey of switching careers from teaching a business mindset and strategy coach  

Quotes from this episode:

•  I am trying to be the person that gets those people who are sliding into random strangers' DMs, or their high school friends that they haven't talked to in 10, or 15 years:  I am the person that is teaching them that is not what we do. - Tiffany Wynn
• Duplicate the process but not the content. - Tiffany Wynn
• It takes you showing up to create ripple moments for other people. - Tiffany Wynn
• You can be authentic and vulnerable. - Jenny Midgley

Mention on this episode: 

• You can follow Tiffany on her Instagram @thetiffanywynn 

Episode Sponsor: 

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He then decided to try his hand at modeling. He posted every day to his Instagram and the things that got the most likes were him in a three-piece suit. So he gained thousands of followers and signed some deals as an influencer. Matthew shares that this is a tough industry to make it as a social media influencer. Landing deals have been difficult but he has seen some real success.

We talk about the life of a social media influencer. Matthew believes it is more about content creation than just being sponsored for work you're already doing.

Matthew talks about the work that he and his team were able to do in Durham to change the perception of the city. It was a rewarding time to see the changes made in the community and that's why he took the job in Gardner which is growing exponentially.

We talk about the Smoffice (The world's smallest office) and the efforts Matthew and his team made to help get the word out on the work they were doing in Durham. Tech Crunch and Fast Company picked up the story and it went viral. They were nominated for the most original chamber project in the world and won!

We talk about the power of community. What it means to Matthew and how it leads to real growth.

"We're building Garner for the next 50-75 years. That's what we are doing right now. Garner is one of the only communities that is a little farther behind most of the other cities in the triangle and we can build what we want." -Matthew

"Life is short. Just do things." -Matthew

 You can follow Matthew on Instagram, LinkedIn, and his Facebook Page

• Jane is creating really great software for photographers, called Picsello, which sets out to help photographers manage, market, and monetize their business on one intuitive platform. 
• Despite the common understanding, photography is actually really hard to do and very expensive and time-consuming. 
• Picsello launched in January to a small group of paid subscribers.
• We talk about the difference between being a photographer, and a business owner whose business is photography. 
• Jane breaks down how she went from photographer to software designer, to help solve common problems for photographers.
• Photography is a service that is very difficult to price, Picsello has built-in a price calculator.
• We discuss how crowdsourcing answers from Facebook can be terrible for your business.
• She discusses her experiences trying to get venture capital. 
• Jane shares some funny stories from working as a photographer.

Episode Sponsor: 

This episode of Girls Who Do Stuff is brought to you by Sarah Madras Coaching. We build brave leaders who create contagious cultures. Are you a boss or a leader? Join the Free Facebook group, Hire us to facilitate workshops, or do one on one coaching and development. Most business leaders won't get it, but I know you will if you learn to trust your team. Trust is money. 

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We get to hear Jessica's love story of meeting her future husband on a spring break trip. She was raised in a strict Christian home and would not have been allowed to go to spring break in Florida to galavant around the beach in a bikini, but her friend heard of an evangelist who was holding revival services. So they would spend the afternoons on the beach and evenings in the church. During the trip, she met her future husband on the beach, dated long distance for a long time, and eventually, they got married.

"Thankfully, I kept showing up, so I wanted to cancel. There are days I still want to cancel, but I have a no-cancellation policy in my life, and I show up." - Jessica Bettencourt

By having a no-cancellation policy you will train yourself to not put things on your calendar that you will dread.

We talk through how to say "no" even to things that are good things but may not align with your goals at this time.

"Everything is figureoutable and most things are fixable." - Jessica Bettencourt

We spend time talking about the difference between leadership and management. And how Jessica grew her first business and eventually handed over the reins to her husband who had a much different approach to leadership than her and the lessons she learned along the way.

Find out more about Jessica, her book, and connect with her on social media on her website. 

• The rules for this episode are simple. Sarah and Jenny pick their top five shows to binge. Do they pick just five? Probably not...
• We answer the hard-hitting questions that really make a difference... Like what to watch next. 
• Jenny talks about watching Arrow on the CW and the research she did before committing, she didn't realize with the other shows in the universe she committed to over 300 hours and made a spreadsheet to watch them in order. 

TOP FIVE-ish (in no specific order)

• Vampire Diaries
• Last Kingdom
• Outlander
• Bridgerton
• Cobra Kai
• Gilmore Girls
• Orange Is the New Black
• The Office
• Schitt's Creek
• Supernatural
• Lucifer
• This is Us 
• Ted Lasso 
• Yellowstone 
• 1883

Episode Sponsor: 

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Part memoir, part tour of the apocalypse, and part call to action, Unraptured traces how the church's focus on escaping to heaven has it mired in decay. Teetering on the brink of irrelevancy in a world rocked by refugee crises, climate change, war, and rumors of war, the church cannot afford to focus on the end times instead of following Jesus in the here and now. Unraptured uses these signs of the times to help readers reorient their understanding of the gospel around loving and caring for the least of these.

We talk about how Zach grew up in the bubble and how he grew in college. Now Zach still finds the way of Jesus as attractive although he feels less excited by many aspects of organized religion.

Fundamentalism is a lot like racism. It's not something you're born with, it is something you're taught.

Zach talks about meeting his wife in college who wasn't afraid to call him on his way of thinking. He also describes meeting with a college professor to talk about his views on theology where he thought his hardline approach would be rewarded his professor challenged him to start with an understanding that we are living in the end times now.

After initially getting angry and rebelling for a couple of years in what Zach calls a pretty typical rebellion for a Christian kid (trying alcohol, listening to rock music, and getting a tattoo) he began to understand what his professor was saying. Zach felt that when you look at the Bible and need to interpret it you should begin from the standpoint of love and not fear. If your interpretation doesn't cause you to love God and your neighbor then your interpretation is wrong.

You can follow Zack on social and check out his book on Amazon.

• Darnell shares about what he does and how he mentors young business owners on how to save time and impact lives.
• Darnell tells about his journey of how he got into this line of work, starting with drawing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
• He has learned that his mission is to create the straightest line possible between what a person's goal is, whether that is to get new clients, get sales, or become a better person in life to that path.
• We talk about how do you define empathy? 
• What are blockages for empathy?
• Is curiosity a skill or a gifting?
• We talk about how difficult it can be to meditate and practice that discipline.
• We talk about the importance of finding things that work for you and not feeling bad when something doesn't fit your lifestyle right now.
• Building empathy is a muscle.   

Episode Sponsor: 

This episode of Girls Who Do Stuff is brought to you by Sarah Madras Coaching. We build brave leaders who create contagious cultures. Are you a boss or a leader? Join the Free Facebook group, Hire us to facilitate workshops, or do one on one coaching and development. Most business leaders won't get it, but I know you will if you learn to trust your team. Trust is money. 

Help Your Friends come as they are with the courage to speak up and tell a better story.

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Katie talks about where her favorite place to buy clothes is from a local apparel store, Ohana.

Katie gives a background about her and what her background is and the things that she has done. Her expertise in social media and history as a post-game reporter for the Broncos, the Rockies, and Nuggets. She moved into marketing during the time Sirus XM came out and started to change the radio industry.

Many people feel like they are not the type of people to think to take a picture of something that is happening in their life to post on social media, but there are rising numbers of experts to help those people.

Katie talks about how the different types of services provided by social media managers, some teach people how to use social media, and others just run their social media for them. She works with a lot of realtors to help teach them to maximize their social media.

Katie talks about how she was able to get her dream job out of college and the reason that she eventually quit that job.

Sarah talks about the importance of networking and Katie adds that it is important to never say goodbye to people and to always leave the conversation open.

Katie talks about how it makes sense that she has her own business because from a young age she was always driven to work and started some of her own businesses when she was young.

Brinkley talks about how she really struggles with comparing herself to others and where they are on their social media journeys and tips she has learned to overcome that mentality.

Katie talks about how she doesn't know if this will be her job forever because when she had her first dream job she thought that was it and now she thinks that the job she has now is her dream job. But life changes and it goes through seasons.

Katie gives 3 quick tips that you listeners can use to help push your social media to the next level.

Katie's socials are:
Instagram: iamkatiebrinkley
LinkedIn: Katie brinkley
Website: Nextstepsocialcommunications.com 

• Jo talks about her new merch store that's online now. 
• We learn that country songs don't translate to Canadian.
• Jo invite the girls who do stuff onto her podcast 
• Jo talks about how she really loves communicating to people in person, the podcast and TikTok is great but she really is energized by teaching and speaking to groups.
• When asked how she looks on social media she is quick to tell people that she carries a ring light and filter everywhere she goes. Lighting makes the difference.
• Jo talks about how her school's production has been asking her to be in the play for the past 20 years but she finally said yes. She actually got a pretty major role and she talks about how she is terrified.
• We talk about how when it comes to issues of gender, identity, and discrimination most of the time the unhealthy conflict comes from parents/teachers and how kid's don't struggle with it nearly as much as adults until puberty when they start to understand they "should" have an opinion.
• Jo walks us through the life lessons of her politics 12 class experiment that feels a lot like a reality television show.

Episode Sponsor: 

This episode of Girls Who Do Stuff is brought to you by Sarah Madras Coaching. We build brave leaders who create contagious cultures. Are you a boss or a leader? Join the Free Facebook group, Hire us to facilitate workshops, or do one on one coaching and development. Most business leaders won't get it, but I know you will if you learn to trust your team. Trust is money. 

Help Your Friends come as they are with the courage to speak up and tell a better story.

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Hear clips from our kid's adorable and sometimes challenging answers to our questions.

Like when asked what questions they have for us, we got "Why do you spend so much time at work?"

Parenting is tough and you are not alone.

Work-life balance may be the wrong word. We like work-life harmony. You can fall in and out of harmony and it allows for each person to set their own harmony. Some people may like to work 4 or 5 hours a day while others may find their harmony at 8-10. Also, life is seasonal and there are times when you may need to put in more work and you have to find ways to keep harmony in those seasons. 

Work-life harmony can also apply to your family life. What does harmony look like with your spouse and with your kids. People are individuals and individuals have individual needs. 

• We talk about boundaries by joining Sarah and Jenny mid conflict about a scheduling issue.
• We discuss using your personal cell phone as your business phone, the good the bad and the ugly.
• We discuss the differences of boundaries for men and women in our society.
• We talk about social media marketing and people who have been "told" to be on a certain platform. Is this a boundary issue? Are you posting for you or doing it to appease other people? 
• We share tips on how to set expectations for the people in your life.  

Quotes from Today's Episode:

• "The introvert is strong in this one." ~Sarah Madras
• "No is a complete sentence." ~ Jenny Midgley

Talked about on Today's Episode:

• Google Voice

Episode Sponsor: 

This episode of Girls Who Do Stuff is brought to you by Sarah Madras Coaching. We build brave leaders who create contagious cultures. Are you a boss or a leader? Join the Free Facebook group, Hire us to facilitate workshops, or do one on one coaching and development. Most business leaders won't get it, but I know you will if you learn to trust your team. Trust is money. 

Help Your Friends come as they are with the courage to speak up and tell a better story.

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Hi All! My name is Katelyn, and I am the boss lady behind Katelyn Scott Photography, once formally known as Kali Klicks.  If you are curious about the name change and rebrand hop into the blog and read all about it.  

I am based in Raleigh, NC, and have traveled as far as Australia to capture the perfect moment.  I have been shooting since 2012 and full-time since 2016.  In that time I have come to learn that photography is incredibly important to document the little moments in life.  I have a very strong belief that no matter who you are or where you are in life, you are worthy of getting in front of a lens.  I specialize in body-positive photography and encourage women to lean into the vulnerability of getting in front of a camera.  Your story matters and I am here to walk with you through that journey.  My passion sits firmly in the belief that the female form needs to be celebrated just the way it is, not to be altered, manipulated, or changed.  

Women deserve to be unapologetically seen and I am here to help in that journey.  Embrace all stories, especially yours.  

Transformative change starts with a spark. For many dealing with body images, it can start with being sick and tired of being sick and tired. 

We discuss the culture of an unhealthy body image perpetuated by marketing and people selling products designed for healthy living.

"With boudoir specifically, all I'm trying to do is hold up a mirror to who you are and how beautiful you are in the body that you currently reside in because it is a shock. When you see it the way somebody else sees it, it's a shock. We stand in the mirror, we never see ourselves joyful. We never see ourselves in an intimate setting. We never see that sparkle. So that's what the world sees." - Katelyn

We have a blast talking about our body image journeys in classic raw and authentic "Girls Who Do Stuff" style. We talk about living without a scale and the benefits it could have in your home. 

• Scott focuses on helping business owners grow their businesses through coaching.
• The Kolbe Index is a personality assessment that focuses on ‘Action Modes’, Scott recommends that anybody who wants to improve the efficiency of their work habits take this. Especially entrepreneurs and coaches!
  • Scott goes over the Girls Who Do Stuff score, and Sarah is less than pleased with his choice of adjective for her scores. Scott found it "neat."
• There are four categories to the Kolbe Index
  • Factfinder
    • Sarah is a seven. Jenny is a five.
    • This relates to how much information people would like to have before making a decision.
  • Follow Through
    • Sarah is a five. Jenny is a three.
    • This is the one where most people are prone to make a value judgment, but it's really more about how long you'd like to hold onto a task.
  • Quick Start
    • Sarah is a four. Jenny is a nine.
    • Quickstart is a measurement of how comfortable you are with uncertainty, risk, and change. 
  • Implementor
    • Sarah is a four. Jenny is a two.
    • This is a measurement of whether you think more in the abstract or the concrete.
• Sarah takes great offense at Scott's assessment she is ordinary and Jenny is a unicorn... 

Quotes from Today's Episode:

• The curse of high follow-through is micromanagement. ~Scott Moore
• It's not necessarily that opposites attract, but we need people around us who are built differently than we are so that they can bring things to the table we don't have. ~Scott Moore

Talked about on Today's Episode:

• Various assessments, websites, and books

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• The pelvic floor is a collection of muscles that sit at the base of your pelvis like a hammock. 
• We talk about Kundalini (get your mind out of the gutter.)
• Most people hear of pelvic floor PT after a baby. We talk about how basic healing principles when applied to postpartum can mean most doctors say wait six weeks and you're good.
• We talk about what to expect postpartum. Often the focus is all on the baby and very little on the mother's recovery.
• We answer the age-old debate: Who is better? Boys or girls. 
• Why is it important to pay attention to our pelvic floor?
• The pelvic floor for men and women are similar but usually impact women differently.
• Alexis talks about how to rehab your pelvic floor.
• Alexis shares how she got into pelvic floor physical therapy.

Quotes from Today's Episode:

• It's very common, but that doesn't mean it's normal. ~ Alexis
• Everyone's pleasure is equal. Like your pleasure is as important as my pleasure. ~ Alexis
• It just takes one person having the courage to be vulnerable and open up that creates the space and the permission that somebody else's feels relieved and able to talk about it. ~ Sarah

Talked about on Today's Episode:

Empower Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy

Episode Sponsor: 

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• Kizzy Kittrell Dogan, is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of T&G Commercial Cleaning, LLC, Founder of Love Circle Inc, Author of Thirteen: Lessons for Every Teen Girl's Journey to Womanhood, Contributor to IamTeenStrong.com, Workshop Facilitator, and Keynote Speaker. 
• Kizzy transforms and empowers teen girls to discover their purpose, passion, and superpowers as The Teen Girl Mentor. 
• Kizzy is also the CEO of T&G Commercial Cleaning
• She has a non-profit called Love Circle INC (LCI) which serves grieving males and females from all social-economic backgrounds in the Washington Metropolitan Area that lost a parent before adulthood.
• We talk about Kizzy's biggest challenge as a "boy mom."
• We talk about sports and toxic masculinity and the challenges for female athletes.
• Kizzy shares about her mom's legacy and what she instilled in her.
  • We talk about how social media can be smoke and mirrors, it's okay to go on it for kicks and giggles, but please don't become self absorbed.

Links To Things We Talk About: 

• Kizzy's Instagram
• Kizzy's Website

Quotes from Today's Episode:

"I'm going to be creative. I'm going to be proactive and I'm want to focus on the solution versus the problem." Kizzy 

Episode Sponsor: 

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Hybrid Workforce, Contact Wellforce today.

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• Chauncey’s been a published writer, serial creative entrepreneur, and ad agency brand strategist for 18 years. She’s lived in New York, Paris, Biarritz, Barcelona, Miami, and South Carolina. 
• She co-founded and was the Creative Director of a documentary storytelling company called Show Love with clients that include Comcast, Timex, Beyond Meat, Babyganics, Cotton Inc. Edible Schoolyard, and a slew of designers, makers, dancers, brewers. 
• Chauncey focuses on writing magical realism and she shares some of the plots of her books. 
• In today's episode, we cover a large range of topics from the difference between being fake on social media and being vulnerable. 
• We share our frustrations with the Instagram algorithm and the challenges that come with making reels. 
• We talk about being a creative entreprenuer in our society.

Links To Things We Talk About: 

• Follow @creativegirlsguide

• Chaunceyzalkin.com

Quotes from Today's Episode:

"And I feel a little silly, but, I'm dealing with feeling a little stupid and just not being such a snob about everything and put myself out there in a way that's vulnerable for me. Instead trying to do somethign strategic that makes me money. That's where it's a negative." - Chauncey 

"It is hard to live in this capitalist, corporate world and be a creative entrepreneur. It is very hard. I hear you on that one. You don't feel like you have permission to be creative." -Jenny 

Episode Sponsor: 

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Hybrid Workforce, Contact Wellforce today.

Help Your Friends come as they are with the courage to speak up and tell a better story.

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• One woman out of four will be impacted by Endometriosis.
• It's a chronic illness that affects women with numerous symptoms that make it hard to diagnose.
• People often confuse the symptoms of Endometriosis with PMS pain leading many to go undiagnosed.
• We talk about how it is important for women to educate themselves and learn to advocate for themselves as doctors.  
• Saran shares the story of her diagnosis.
• We spend time talking about the importance of women advocating for themselves in a health care system that was built by men for men, especially women of color.
• Women suffer, on average, for 10 years with endometriosis before being diagnosed, for Saran it was 20 years.
• We talk about the importance of empowering yourself to find the right information to educate yourself so you can become your best advocate and how to leverage your platforms to help employers, family members, and doctors understand more about endometriosis.

Links To Things We Talk About: 

• Beating Endo: How to Reclaim Your Life from Endometriosis

• Her Power Beyond Endo on Instagram
• Contact them at herpowerbeyondendo@gmail.com

Quotes from Today's Episode:

"I can tell you that it's the only pain that they're comparing it to childbirth. So you can just imagine how painful it is." ~Saran

"I've been living with it since I was a teenager. So more than 20 years of dealing with it without knowing it, I suffer so much growing up. My parents didn't know what to do. We all thought it was just bad period pain." ~Saran

Episode Sponsor: 

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• Cindy answers the question, "Wouldn't it be cool if... you had a mentor to guide you as you build your Homeschooling foundations?"
• Cindy shares strategies, resources, and guidance to create experience-based curricular plans in alignment with your child's age, academic abilities, and learning needs, along with infusing mindset development for healthy emotional & social connection.
• We talk about how as parents we need to teach our kids to have conversations about our emotions.
• We discuss apps and wearable tech that helps people, parents and kids, identify their feeling and predict when they will feel them based on the clinical and analytic details.
• Cindy breaks down some of the themes she teaches most often at Polished Parents.
  • Pausing
  • Setting your kids up for productive success
• We talk with Cindy about how the transition from education to entrepreneurship has been for her.
• We talk about the growth mindset for parenting. 
• Jenny asked Cindy what some of her mindset challenges are and how she plans to overcome them.
• Often a set of parents were raised with very different values around things like money, vacation, education, etc., and getting your spouse to understand those differences is a key component of understanding how to parent your children.
•  We talk about how we need to recognize that this type of parenting is a societal shift.  

Links To Things We Talk About: 

• Polished Parents
• The Mood Meter app
• Amazon Halo

Quotes from Today's Episode:

"I created Polish parents because I know parents are doing the best they can. I just buff them up a little and give you the right tools so that your kids can go into adolescence with the strongest mindset ever. And it really just stemmed from my own personal growth, not having those skills, even as an adult to the level that I now understand." ~ Cindy Brown

"I am the parents' secret weapon to raising balanced children." ~ Cindy Brown

Episode Sponsor: 

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Help Your Friends come as they are with the courage to speak up and tell a better story.

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• We talk with Kristi Sullivan - Wellness/health influencer and author, Human Design/communications practitioner, yoga instructor, holistic/nonprofit business consultant, marketing advisor, resource connector.
• Human Design is your energetic blueprint based on your birth date. 
• Human Design is a system that's been around since the eighties, but it blends together ancient modalities, including astrology, I Ching, Kabbalah, and the chakra system.
• It's a way to understand yourself self in a deeper way, like a personality assessment, but this is how you were encoded or born into this world with your energy.
• Kristi does a live reading of Sarah on the episode.
• Human Design is truly who you are before you started getting all the conditioning and personality traits that you learned in this life.
• After hearing Sarah's reading Jenny had hers done as well!
• Both Sarah and Jenny are manifesting generators.

Links To Things We Talk About: 

• Kristi's Book: Stop Overworking and Start Overflowing: 25 Ways to Transform Your Life Using Human Design
• MyBodyGraph.com
• Kristi's website: KristiHSullivan.com
• Kristi's social: Facebook | Instagram

Quotes from Today's Episode:

• We are so self-aware that it hurts ~Jenny
• When you're in your "lows" that is actually your creative time. ~ Lady Gaga

Episode Sponsor: 

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• At the recommendation of my cardiologist, Karen became a WomenHeart Champion Community Educator, trained by the Mayo Clinic. 
• She  discovered that women’s heart disease is often under-diagnosed or misdiagnosed and very misunderstood by most people, including many in the medical community. As a community educator, Karen presents information about women and heart disease symptoms, risk factors and prevention.
• Karen shares why and how she got involved in being a Community Educator.
• Karen describes how one day while at the hospital giving a presentation she suffered a heart attack. She was lucky to be at the hospital during the event. It was her physician that suggested she would be a good for fit for the WomenHeart Champion Community.
• We talk about how many of the best practices for diagnosis and treatment are based on treatments for males and neglect to take into effect the difference in female physiology. This means women have to advocate for themselves. Not allow themselves to be dismissed or diminished as they describe their symptoms and seek testing.
• We talk about how not only are women underrepresented and misdiagnosed but people of color are especially vulnerable and at risk. What are the steps we need to take to correct these issues? How do you advocate for yourself?

Links To Things We Talk About: 

• B.I.G (Believe Inspire Grow)
• Your Power Your Health Coaching 

Quotes from Today's Episode:

• "80% of heart diseases preventable through lifestyle and nutrition." ~ Karen Sammer
• "I had breast cancer back in 2009 and I completely changed my own life and lost 135 pounds and took on health and wellness for myself, and then decided I wanted to help other people with it." ~ Karen Sammer
• "Heart disease kills more women than all forms of cancer combined." ~Karen Sammer
• "We are not men with uteruses, we have much different physiology than men do." ~Karen Sammer

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Elizebeth and Sarah talk about how they don't necessarily want or push people to get a divorce, their job is to come to the best solution to everyone's problems. Although many people who have gotten as far as consulting a divorce attorney already have their mind made up.

Sarah talks about how she keeps her wedding dress on a mannequin outside of her room because "why not display something that you spent so much money on." She is setting the stage for walking down the hall to their bedroom to remind them of their wedding vows.

Jenny talks about her wedding day and the issues that happened leading up to her big day.

We discuss and debunk the stereotypical roles of husband and wife and talk about how they have evolved. 

We talk about the importance of flexibility when choosing a partner and discuss the "red flags" that you need to look for in your partner before you decide to get married. 

Sarah talks about how John Gottman the marriage researcher and his retreat helped her marriage. It gave them tools for communication that revolutionized their relationship.
 
Sarah and Jenny talk about navigating friendships with people outside of your marriage and their opinions about getting professional help.

We talk candidly about the seasons of marriage, what they are and how to navigate through them in a healthy way that can make your relationship stronger. 

If you'd like to hear some advice from people who have worked hard on their marriage about what worked for them, how it's not always the honeymoon phase, and how it takes work to make it work, then this episode is for you. 

You have to choose your "hard." Staying in a marriage is hard. Divorce is hard. The choice is up to you.

Alyson Lex 0:00
To the Okay, so that way you can hit record. I have been avoiding hosting a summit since I did my first summit My only summit in 2013. So I don't know, brighter for a reason you do the math on that. It's a lot of years between my first summit and my second summit, which is coming up in just a couple of months. Now, why did I wait so long? Between summits, there's a lot of reasons. One, I couldn't see the roadmap to how it would actually make me money. To, it felt like a lot of work for pay off, I couldn't visualize. Three, my first summit bombed so badly, that I was not at all eager to try it again. And for wasn't sure where I was gonna find the time to do it in my business, I was so super busy, if you will, with serving all of my clients, getting new leads, having sales calls, doing all of the stuff that's required to grow a business

that I couldn't see how I would be able to do it. All right, how can I do it all, when I'm by myself working for myself, trying to build this business. It's such a huge undertaking, and I just don't know that it's gonna pay off for the amount of work that I'm going to put into it. If that at all. Sounds familiar to you, this is the episode that you want to listen to. And the reason is, Jenny has been hounding me to do a summit for about six years. And I know how long she's been hounding me to do a summit because that's how long we've been friends. Really, it started almost immediately. It took six years, but I'm finally coming around to it, guys. And I want to tell you why. And we want to kind of talk you through what the plan is for me to actually get this done. With still being really busy in my business, and now doing the mom thing. And, you know, The Good Wife thing and the lockdown thing that we're still dealing with and all of that stuff. But I'm now looking forward to it because I see the roadmap to success. So I'm rambling and Jenny's being very, awfully quiet. And this is my way of trying to bring her into the conversation because she has run how many of these now for your clients about 280. So she's done a couple just knows how much time they take. And I think she's probably designed some processes to help it take a little bit less time. Right?

Jennie Wright 3:04
Yeah. So let's talk about it. There's, you know, there's, your story is no different than the a lot of the clients that I deal with. And it is no different in terms of how they feel the past experiences the poopy summit they had in the beginning, things like that, there is no difference in that story whatsoever. The only difference is your lens on it. Right? And your approach to it. And also all of the, and I'm not going to sugarcoat this, all of the excuses that we put in our way to make sure we don't do the things that we need to do. I am no different than anybody else. I make a boatload of excuses to do things the way I want versus the way they need to be done. First person to admit, right.

Alyson Lex 3:51
And I think that that's really important. Not only do we make excuses to not do things at all, but I really like what you just said we make excuses to do things the way we want to do them, not the way they should be done. Correct. Correct. Well, I don't want to go live to promote, or I don't want to Xyz to do this. I don't want and so what happens is then we decide how we do want to do it, which is very rarely in a way that's going to actually get traction. Correct. And then we get upset when it doesn't work.

Jennie Wright 4:26
100% that so I've actually literally worked with people who are saying, Yeah, I'll do it somewhat with you. But I don't want to do this. I don't want to do this. And it's this laundry list of things they don't want to do, for whatever reason. It's their own preconceived notions on it. And then, you know, this is before I was really in my project management sort of space. I would let them I would let them run the ship. Alright, I would let them steer the boat. And then when the summit didn't go the way they wanted the only person they looked at, it wasn't themselves. It was me. This didn't work. It's your fault. So I don't want to go down that road too too much. But what I want to pull from this conversation on that is, there's a, there's a way it works. And there's an acceptance piece, just like anything else, you want to lose weight, you have to accept the fact that things are going to change, you want to have a better relationship with your partner, you have to accept the fact that you've made some boo boos, and how are you going to fix them? Right, and you have to see the roadmap, like you were saying earlier, on how to get there. So any coach worth their metal, worth their salt, whatever word you want to use, we'll show you the roadmap. There are lots of programs out there that'll teach you summits, and a lot of them will keep you behind that gaming term of fog of war, to tell you to stay on the step that you're in and not know, the whole roadmap, and you and I are very similar, where we need to have, like, we need to know all the picture, everything that's going on. So let's, let's move into that space, and talk about what that's going to be like. The biggest hurdle for you was time, how to fit it into your business, how did it fit in into your life? How did it fit, you know, and I'll tell you that the secret is, it's my favorite phrase, there's a suck it up opportunity in there. Because if you want to achieve the goal, build your list, increase your income and actually get clients with more ease than maybe the way that people have been doing it, where they're working so hard to get those leads, you have to accept a bit of uncomfortability. And that's what a summit is going to do. Now, let's talk about the benefit real quick. If you do a summit, and you fit it into your life, and by the end of this episode, we're going to show you how then you're going to uplevel all of those skills, your video skills, your audio skills, your Facebook Live skills, your copywriting skills, your tech skills, just by even if you're not a tech person, and you're not doing the tech, you'll improve just by the fact that somebody is doing it for you. And you're going to see what works, right? So you're going to learn all these things, you're going to uplevel, your sales skills, your joint venture skills, your interview skills, all these different things. So at the end of the summit, you're going to be a better entrepreneur. That's one of the biggest selling features.

Alyson Lex 7:07
It's not just that though, right? Like, I really feel like, and this is why it's important for me to do one this year. It kind of forces you on the stage, if you will. So it's really easy to hide, oh, I've built my business on nothing but referrals and word of mouth. And I've said that for 13 years, which by the way, that's awesome. The fact that I get referrals is a great thing. And I'm not downplaying those. But what that was was an excuse to keep hiding. And to not put myself out there. And so a list build like this kind of pushes you out into the limelight a little bit, it forces you to be a little bit more visible. And because of that your business can take on a different trajectory. Correct?

Jennie Wright 8:00
Absolutely. So let's let's talk about the time factor, because I think that's a really big thing that plays into people's lives. I want you to share how you overcame the time issue.

Alyson Lex 8:18
So I'm going to be very transparent and say that I have not fully done that yet.

Jennie Wright 8:27
And what's the acceptance process that you're

Alyson Lex 8:28
well, there is the acceptance process. And so what has happened is I'm very overwhelmed by even the concept. And as of the time of this recording, I still have about four to fiv...

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• We talk about our retrospective of 2021, our favorite episodes, and more.
• Jenny shares her experiences with AirBnB and her experiences, but then the conversation turned to how Airbnb is a reflection of Sarah's money mindset.   
• Joe goes on a tangent about how he would like to see themed Airbnb rooms that are replicas of the sets for various TV shows.
• Everybody has a different definition of extravagance and luxury, we talk about our feelings.
• Trying new things might make you uncomfortable, but you should do it anyway. But as a parent, I feel like it's incomplete advice. Because you can't universalize it, like trying new things would make you uncomfortable, but you should do it anyways may not always work for your kids.
• We get to choose the story we tell ourselves even in the most horrific of experiences and then how based on those stories, how we move forward.
• What are you looking forward to in 2022? Are we going to do the live event? Who would you like to see on the show? 
• We talk about the importance of visualization.  It literally costs you nothing to ask a question and just provide the opportunity.

Links To Things We Talk About: 

• Airbnb 

Quotes from Today's Episode:

"Let's be thoughtful of the impact that we have on other people"- Sarah

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• We talk about the positive side of TikTok, the validation and community that it can provide for people who are being authentic to who they are.
• How do you find the balance between finding the harmony between stretching outside of your comfort zone and still being authentic and true to yourself? We talk about that.
• Joanna shares about doing auditions and trying to get some acting gigs. 
• We ask Joanna what it has been like being thrust into the spotlight with her explosive growth on Tiktok.
• We talk about religion and how it impacts our lives.
• Joanna talks about how important of a role her mom played in her life and how she empowered by valuing her opinion, making her feel heard, and supporting her.
• We talk about gender norms and the discussions that Joanna has been having on her Tiktok community and how the rules are trained into us from our youth. That's the category we have been trained to put upon people, it's a difficult unlearning process. 
• Joanna shares about wanting to get rid of gender pronouns and the complexity of the issues surrounding why she advocates this.  

Links To Things We Talk About: 

• Unlearn 16 on TikTok
• Brené Brown on Empathy
• Unlearn 16: Class is in Session Podcast

Quotes from Today's Episode:

"We try so hard in this world. Sometimes, we all do myself included, try to be what we think people want or people need, or what people are going to identify as legitimate and serious. And in that, we lose all of our authenticity and when we lose our authenticity, our message stops mattering anyway." - Joanna

"I don't think I'm smart enough to be scared" - Joanna

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• We talk about the setups and social programming we have around marriage that make it difficult for things to last forever.
• Our partner shouldn't be our better half, we should both be whole.
• Karine encourages people to not expect their partner to fulfill them, this informs a lot of the other things that can go wrong in your relationships.
• We talk about how we are taught that jealousy equals love, but that belief can be toxic.
• Karine shares about growing up in a fundamentalist Christian background and how it impacted her view of sexuality and relationships.
• We talk about sex positivity and how Karine found the conversations on Playboy radio as an introduction to a new way of thinking. 
• We talk about the objectification of women on the Playboy channel versus the sex-positivity message.
• We talk about how Karine creates experiences for couples like her VIP couples fantasy weekend.  
• Karine defines ethical non-monogamy for us and explains that it is on a spectrum with swingers on one side and polyamory people on the other.

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Links To Things We Talk About: 

• Karine's Coaching Website
• Karine's Instagram Account

Quotes from Today's Episode:

"A lot of people think that I maybe I'm against monogamy. I'm absolutely not against monogamy. I was monogamous for a long time, and I think it's wonderful.  As long as you're choosing that, right?" - Karine Bedard

"I'm a Bible school graduate turned Playboy enthusiast." - Karine Bedard

"I say to a lot of the couples that come to me, I'm your key to freedom. And freedom is not about being non-monogamous freedom is about being open-minded and sex-positive." - Karine Bedard

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• Kasey Kyprianou is the owner of revelry + heart, a custom design studio for people that revel in their authenticity and crave keepsakes that evoke conversation.
• Kasey believes in celebrating personality through custom design, rather than trying to cram people into a box or popular wedding trend.
• Her business, Revelry + Heart turns five years old five days after this recording.
• We talk about the importance of self-care especially for entrepreneurs and business owners. 
• We discuss body confidence after having children.
• Kasey talks about the importance of displaying cherished keepsakes as opposed to just holding onto them in a box somewhere in the garage. This allows you to feel the emotional connection you have associated with that object without adding clutter to your collection.
•  We talk about our love for personality quizzes and spend time talking about which character from Friends they would each be.

Links To Things We Talk About: 

• Revelry + Heart Website
• Her Etsy Storefront
• Instagram Account
• Buzzfeed quiz about which kind of french fry you are

Quotes from Today's Episode:

 "I believe in celebrations, big or small. Whether it’s getting a job promotion, throwing a kickass wedding, or hosting a birthday party for your dog (which I have been known to do), there is always a reason to revel in your life." -Kasey

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something is more important than fear. The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all." - Kasey's Instagram
 

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• We discuss the misconception of branding versus marketing.
• People who are in marketing constantly use the term branding and misunderstand what it actually means.They refer to branding as getting your marketing out there and branding yourself through marketing. If you realize that when you market a brand... you're marketing something that you've identified and defined. And if you have not yet fully identified and defined the brand, then the question becomes, what are you out there actually marketing? 
• Jenny understands that people have a really hard time separating themselves from the fact that you are NOT your target market, because in reality you may be an ideal customer, but you are not your target market.
• The three components of brand are 1) identify, 2) define, and then 3) align. Most people don't even do the aligned piece. That's Suzanne's expertise. That's her specialty to infuse what they've come up with into the hearts and minds of their employees, through the actions and behaviors and the vernacular, the vocabulary they use the narrative they use to tell their story and their value position.
• Whether you are someone hiring a brand consultant or you are someone like Suzanne where like the alignment and the awareness has to be there, that you're not for everyone and everyone is not for you.

Links To Things We Talk About: 

• Learn more about Suzanne on her about page of her  website, Brand Ascension
• Check out her new book: Personal Brand Clarity

Quotes from Today's Episode:

 "Identify, define, and then align"- Susan

"Just because you can doesn't mean you should, right?" ~Jenny Midgley

"That's the deeper understanding and connection with your brand, rather than just the doing part,
it's about the being part"- Susan
 

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• Denise gives us the rundown on all the "stuff" she does, although she is thankful to be doing less these days. She launched a blog for women, she used to own a digital marketing agency, where she learned that many people/clients were asking for how they become more visible which led her to create her new endeavor where she helps people with interviews, SEO, and booking yourself as a guest.
• What are the benefits of doing interviews? 
• Shortly after launching the blog, she was offered a TV show.
• She offers stand-alone content that will help you get found.
• We talk about her journey from starting a blog to having a TV show.
• We talk about the entrepreneur's curse of not having time to breathe, or quiet moments to figure out what to do next. The difference between working in your business and working on your business. 
• We discuss what it means to be still and how for many of us it feels lazy.
• Denise shares her experience of having a really bad car wreck and her experience of going to heaven and coming back. There was no explanation of how she was able to walk away from that wreck other than it wasn't her time yet  

Links To Things We Talk About: 

• The Denise Swafford Blog
• Check out her youtube channel for examples of her TV show.

Quotes from Today's Episode:

"Before all this stuff happened I was quiet for seven months. I didn't sit on my butt, but I am convinced that if I had not been in quiet I would have missed this pivotal moment." ~ Denise Swafford

"Give yourself permission to not be distracted." ~Jenny Midgley

"Patience is also a form of action." ~The pillow on Sarah's bed

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We talk with Amy about her decision to leave the classroom as a teacher to step into the next chapter of her story. 

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Joe was not appropriately excited by Jenny's news of being on TV.

Sarah is so excited for Jenny and talks about how people are so suspicious about voice mails being spam or fake and was a bit surprised that Jenny even called the casting agent back. It's important to assume the best. 

We talk about the roller coaster ride of entrepreneurship and the importance of mindset for entrepreneurs. People usually only see the wins of other people's journeys because that is usually the only story they share. 

We choose our thoughts and have to be cognizant of our mindset.

We talks about how both Jenny and Sarah's quarter 3 were like watching a dumpster fire and how they got out of that mindset cycle of anxiety.

Everything is not Pinterest perfect or "social media life."

Sarah has posted images of herself crying in the car or rough parenting stories in order to be transparent and authentic.

Sarah tells the story of how her 10-year-old son decided to play hide and seek while she and the family were at the bank. When you share those really raw and vulnerable moments, you will get backlash from people that don't understand the power of vulnerability. Sarah shares how to deal with the criticism that comes with being vulnerable.

We spend some time unpacking why we don't feel like we are entitled to a "luxury" vacation and how is it a mindset. It's the same mindset that has many women ordering from a menu solely by price. 

Jaime’s practice incorporates all areas of family law, with a concentration in complex equitable distribution and child custody matters, including relocation and interstate cases. Jaime also focuses on family law contracts, including Premarital, Postnuptial, and Separation and Property Settlement Agreements. Jaime is a member of our appellate advocacy group, and she is a Certified Parenting Coordinator. Jaime is also certified by the North Carolina Dispute Resolution Commission as a Family Financial Mediator and often serves as a volunteer mediator for Wake County Family Court.

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Jamie shares about how she fell in love with family law and what she has learned about helping people through this difficult season for the last 20 years.

We talk about it's much cheaper to commit to couples therapy than a divorce. Jamie shares tips, tricks and stories she has seen for people going through divorce and separation.

Basically, the reason she does what she does is that she had small businesses herself. She grew them, She was scrappy about it, and I really fell in love with marketing because it was a way to actually move her businesses forward. And that is that's where it all comes from.

We talk about Katrina's scrappiness and how she started multiple businesses. Her journey was messy but really fun. It was in this phase of growth that she fell in love with marketing.

"I think that marketing feels really hard. To a lot of people. There are so many different facets to marketing, so we tend to find someone else that's doing what we want to do, and then just copy them. And that's not always going to feel in alignment with who you are as a person." -Katrina Aronson

We talk about the importance of authenticity and vulnerability and how that should apply to your marketing. Instead of copying someone else or looking for the "best" ways to market from others in your industry or other's who are doing well, it would be wise to start with what is in alignment for you.

This led to a conversation about how companies are showing up in today's cultural climate with issues like black lives matter, backing the blue, me too, etc. 

"I think every brand. Should and can stand up for the things that they believe in. Where I think a big mistake happens is that we identify as our brands, and sometimes we're not." - Katrina

We talk about the role of politics in the marketing of businesses. 

"Cancer may have taken my breasts and my hair but I kept my lipstick and heels. Facing breast cancer in my 20s led me to confront my insecurities and find new ways to thrive with self-confidence and style. I started My Cancer Chic to share my own journey and provide support & inspiration to all women hoping to thrive through and beyond the adversity they face."

We talk about the "everything happens for a reason" philosophy. 

Anna describes how cancer gave her brazen confidence that she never had in her entire life. She was bald, not looking like herself, and she thought she would have the lowest amount of confidence she had ever had, but it was like she was given permission to say, "I'm a bad-a$$, I'm going to put on my wig and some lipstick and heels and walk into that chemo facility and show those doctor's who's boss.

Part of her experience was like stripping her identity of cultural norms for women especially to feel pretty and sometimes fake. Cancer takes that away and puts you in a vulnerable position and doesn't give you a choice. For her writing about her story was her way to control what that message was.

Anna shares her appreciation for a lesson learned from Brene Brown about vulnerability. It's not just about being vulnerable because you should, it actually positively impacts your life because it deepens your relationships.

She shares her and her husbands' love story about how they met, fell in love and built a foundation for a happy marriage. Anna also opened up about her experience with sex during and after cancer and the help and support she found along the way to rediscover her body. 

Healthcare was different in 1964. Phyllis went to the hospital complaining of pain. The doctor said she was being a complainer and sent her home to take Aspirin until the pain went away. Even though the doctors found a mass during her pelvic exam. After the Aspirin didn't work, they went back and found a cyst the size of a grapefruit.  Then they had to do emergency surgery. 

The doctors brought the cyst to her after the surgery, and it had hair and teeth and bones. Either she had a twin, or she herself had a twin! 

They loved being parents in their 20s. It was like the Cleavers. The husbands went out to work in the morning, and the women put the babies in the strollers and walked around complaining about their husbands, and it was a wonderful season.

David was working for his dad and helping him run his business. Phyllis had an aversion to changing diapers and would leave the soiled diapers in a bucket for David to clean after work every day.

Davis shares a story about getting a bad case of jiggers (ticks) that seemed to focus on his scrotum. Phyllis used Absorbine Jr (think Ben-Gay) to try to help. He had passed out from the pain, and when the BenGay kicked in, he woke up and jumped up and shouted, "What the h*#@ are you doing?"

When asked how they navigated the tough times in their marriage, David simply answered, "I grew up."

David's professional relationship with his brother was challenging. They eventually parted ways in the family business.

They share the story of Jenny being adopted. 

His father left a successful business and his wife was pregnant with twins when the decision was made. They walked to the border and waited a few weeks at Spain's border. They booked passage on the freighter after bribing the ship captain after crossing the Pyrenees mountains. 

They were the only ones in their family's lineage to make it out.

He discusses growing up as a Jewish child in the 40s and 50s and the antisemitism that existed in our country at that time. His father had no funds when they arrived but he did have some jewelry that he had sewn into the lining of his jacket. He went to night school to learn English and get his citizenship. He then would buy distressed businesses and bring them back to health. He was an innovator.

We hear their love story that started as high school sweethearts and the story of their humorous and interesting wedding.

They worked hard to provide a different kind of life for their children, they were foster parents and took in unwed teenage mothers through Catholic Charities. There has been a massive ripple effect as a result of their history.

We get the answer to the question about whether or not Jenny's dad knew their daughter was drunk and he chose to ignore it or he knew and let it go.

Apex is a small town but has a great skate park that Jacque played a pivotal role. There was a growing rift between skateboarders and the police department and Mayor Gilbert shares his story of meeting and discussing with local teens and helping them to reach their needs.

It started with a noise complaint to a young man doing kickflips in his driveway and he had to tell the young man that he could not skate in his own driveway. After that interaction, it didn't sit well with him, after driving two blocks away he went back to ask if he could "work with him" on a solution. 

They agreed to meet at Chick-fil-a. It started as a conversation. Mayor Gilbert learned that he was abusing his power as a police officer instead of working with our neighbors to get them to treat us the way we want to be treated. 

We have a timely conversation about the importance of "answering the call" and doing the right thing in the situations we find ourselves with the ability to act.  

We talk about Mayor Gilbert's decision to allow a Black Lives Matter peaceful protest in their town. He knew it would be controversial. He met with the group and said they represent many people in their community who want their voices heard. They decided to add a march (unity walk) to the event and it set the tone for a powerful display of unity.

In 1991, Jacques's first protest in Apex was with the police department provided protection for a Klan event. It was a powerful distinction between the two protests for Mayor Gilbert.

Although initially dismissed by Johnny as a joke, in reality, a fake account was created with his profile picture and screen captured with hate speech against black people. 

Johnny talks about what happened, the FBI investigate, out of state death threats, and Facebook subpoenas, and the fallout that has impacted his family, (which is staying in a separate hotel because of the death threats), his business, and the platform that this situation has afforded Johnny to talk about these issues.

Johnny is 10 years in recovery and has had some run-ins with the law. We talk about how people in that situation are "damned if you do, and damned if you don't" when it comes to being given the benefit of the doubt by public opinion.

Johnny answers the question: "What do you say to people who want proof?" 

Hear Johnny's thoughts on what he believes is next for the future of dining. What the changes forced on businesses due to COVID-19 caused many restaurants to pivot to offer curbside that has fundamentally changed the dining experience.

"All that did is take fast-casual, and now we're competing with Chick-fil-A. The mom-and-pop-pizzeria-experience is gone."

"Executing on the quality of food that is delivered, that is the niche. That's what's going to be the difference-maker for people who are still going to want the dining out experience. I just think that they're going to have to tweak it and say, I want the food of the dine-out experience, not the actual dining experience."

The irony for many people is that their gift is usually found in an area that they once thought of as a weakness. Traci has always been able to spot incongruencies, even as a child. But no one likes to be called out as an adult by a child and this would often result in her getting in "trouble" for what she perceived as speaking the truth. Now her discernment and visionary qualities are the backbones of her business.

Sarah shares the story of the first time she realized what her innate gift and how once she realized now she had all this evidence throughout her life supporting it and how it has created grounded confidence that she can be in alignment with that and that allows her to serve on a whole other level.

Question? Why do I have all of the trappings of success that you would expect and I still internally don't feel filled?

Answer: You're operating from your zone of excellence (your resume and accomplishments), not your zone of genius (who you are innate). You've told yourself this is how you're supposed to show up, as opposed to actually showing up as who you are. Because the only way you can feel fulfilled is if you are being who you are.

I think a lot of people think of self-worth and confidence is one and the same and they're distinctly different. So when people say, how can I be confident and not arrogant? I answer that the arrogance piece is more tied to self-worth than it is confidence.

Confidence is often just doing it enough times, you'll be confident.

We talk about how some people are scared of what they might hear, but it is a safe place and done in the presence of someone that wants to encourage you on the path.

Sarah gets her physic reading saying that she is going to have changes in her life soon but it is mostly going to be around her career.

Jenny gets a tarot card reading and how she needs to go with the flow more and just accept the changes that are happening in her life and stop micromanaging. They discuss the challenges of this particular situation.

We talk about the difference between intuition and ego and how to let your intuition come through with plenty of examples from Stacey.

Stacey does a show every Wednesday at 8 pm on her youtube page if you'd like to know more.

Paul shares the rollercoaster ride of his journey from growing up in a family of teachers and coaches. His family owned a peach farm; he worked on the wildlife refuge in the summers. He was given a lot of opportunities to learn to become a jack of all trades. He also speaks to the other side of being a jack of all trades, which is being a master of none. Growing up in a one-stoplight small town and ended up playing football at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Worked for Lowes Home Improvement as a manager and graduated with a major in Peace/War/and defense. He was a police officer in Carborro, then a wildland firefighter. Where he was a bulldozer operator and did prescribed fires, he also got his general contractor license.

Paul is one of the rare few people that Sarah believes is a representation of a perfect balance between masculine (assertive) and feminine energy (nurturing). 

Paul shares about the type of leadership/management that he thrived under in his early work career and why it empowered him to excel. He was left to "figure it out" and take responsibility to fix any mistakes. 

There is a difference between perfectionism and healthy striving. Healthy striving is wanting to learn and excel at the craft, it's internally motivated. Perfectionism is externally motivated and about wanting to look the part and meet other's expectations.

Done is better than perfect.

One of the keys to success for Paul was networking. He talks through his approach. 

Paul also discussed his strong belief about his beard. He goes so far as to start a job interview or potential client meeting with a caveat the he will not be shaving his beard. 

When something like that happens everything comes into focus. She left her job because she wanted her life to make a difference. During the time she was studying to launch the next chapter of her life she visited a friend who introduced her to the world of sweepstakes. She used some of her free time during her career transition to start entering contests. She started winning. Then winning big.

She shares where to find sweepstakes and some of her tips and tricks with us, but also shares about the comprehensive master class she created to help other people. One tip for finding giveaways on social media is to search hashtags. There are tons of comment-to-win contests.

We talked about the mindset of being in something for the experience without being attached to the outcome and how that type of perspective really sets people up to have amazing experiences. It was with that mindset that Rachel bought a dress from a thrift store and entered to win Miss Virginia and won!

She loves to share her winnings with friends and family and shared a story of reconnecting with an old friend with a NASCAR race.

Rachel shares the most impactful prize she has ever won: she won $54,000 with a tweet to win a contest that allowed her to pay everything off and make an investment to create the sweepstakes masterclass course. 

You can find Rachel on Instagram
Website | Sweepstakes Master Class
Facebook 

From her website:
Jamie’s first visit to Raleigh (and Holly Springs) was back in 2009 - she and her husband John had some friends in the area. She absolutely fell in love with the area and knew that one day she wanted to plant roots and raise a family here in the Triangle. Because life happens, it just took a roundabout path of about 9 years to finally plant those roots. 

When Jamie realized their son would soon be starting kindergarten, she knew that God was opening a door for them to finally make the long-distance move from California, and relocate their family of 4 to the Triangle. After much prayer, a lot of faith, and some hard work - they packed up their lives and they finally made the move and will never look back.

Now that they are living in Holly Springs and planting roots, Jamie vows to help families in similar situations to help make their dreams a reality. Her drive and determination to never stop working hard for her clients, coupled with her 9 years of real estate experience along with her education in interior design have helped Jamie become a driving force as a top producing real estate agent. With almost a decade of real estate experience and education in interior design, Jamie has the drive and the passion to help you find the perfect home to meet your needs and your budget. Are you selling your home? Take advantage of the FREE home staging Jamie offers her listing clients. Relocating to or buying a home in the Triangle? Jamie's keen eye for design can not only help you find the perfect house but turn it into the perfect home for you, too.

If you are ready to browse the local real estate market, click here to search homes for sale in the local Raleigh area. 

Curious to know your home valuation? Click here for a FREE Market Analysis. I’m happy to also provide a FREE Prep Your Home to Sell Guide, to help walk you through the process of prepping your home to hit the market - you don’t even have to be my clients!

If you are ready to set up a FREE virtual appointment with Jamie, click here to get started. Connect with me online: https://linktr.ee/jamiepiercetulak

Sarah talks about how she changed her mindset away from the whole idea of good and bad. This mentality extends to more than just food.

Weight Loss and personal development go hand in hand. If you’re struggling with emotional eating, cravings, self-sabotage, or self-doubt, your solution lies in your mindset (i.e., the way you think). 

Jillian teaches you tools based on Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy that will help you identify and overcome unhelpful ways of thinking so that you can hit your goals faster.

Jillian talks about how when you overeat. You need to stop thinking that you are a failure and change your mindset and ask yourself why you overeat and understand what triggered the behavior.

Jenny talks about how she has had to cut dairy and grain out of her diet, how that has affected her view on food, and how much she enjoys it.

Jillian talks about how we need to debunk what we normally think about food and that it's important to give ourselves grace and one bad night is not a failure.

Bodies are different, and it is not just the number on the scale.

Jillian shares her own weight story and how she started her business and podcast.

Jenny talks about how she had to change her mindset on throwing away food, and because it is leftover does not mean that you have to eat it that minute.

Everyone talks about their ideal body and what that means for them.

Find out more about Jillian Lama on her website

Help One Now empowers families in developing countries through high-capacity local leaders with proven solutions to end extreme poverty.

Our vision is to empower 100,000 families to end extreme poverty in their lives by 2030.

Help One Now works in

• Belize
• Dominican Republic
• Ethiopia
• Haiti
• Malawi
• Peru
• Uganda
• Zimbabwe

They serve in some of the poorest communities in the world, where people live on less than $2 US per day. In these communities, empowering families through education and entrepreneurship has proven to be the most effective course for long-term change, creating a hand up to build a better future for themselves.

We briefly talk about the impact of the assassination of the president of Haiti. They are responding in an emergency effort to provide for those impacted. Haiti Emergency Relief 2021

Every $1 provides 1 meal and every $500 provides food, shelter, and safety for a family.

• Haiti’s President, Jovenel Moïse, was assassinated in the early morning of July 7th.
• The assassination was an “acute on chronic” event, meaning it has taken an ongoing problem and made it exponentially worse.
• Haiti is still under a state of siege. International news is focusing only on the ongoing investigation into the assassination, rather than the escalation of suffering and danger to vulnerable communities because of the instability and rise of gang violence. 
• Haiti relies heavily on its imported goods to meet the daily needs of its people. There has already been a fuel and food shortage, and all indicators show that this will only continue to grow due to gang control of the streets and ports.
• There are over 20,000 families who have been displaced and completely lost everything due to gang violence. The immediate priority for these families will be food, shelter, and safety to get through this time. 
• The leaders we partner with, and their teams are utilizing connections through local pastors and partners in these communities to ensure they can reach families and deliver aid to them. They are working to create an intake system for families to quickly and accurately assess their specific needs.
• The leaders we partner with on the ground are responding in a way that only they can. They are acting immediately to ensure the health and protection of vulnerable families in their communities.

Brigid shares the story of how she started working at Help One Now. She initially was reluctant and was making traction in her career, but she eventually accepted the job, then declined the job...

Brigid shares some of the businesses that they have launched to help people provide for themselves and earn an average of 400% increase in their household income.

He then decided to try his hand at modeling. He posted every day to his Instagram and the things that got the most likes were him in a three-piece suit. So he gained thousands of followers and signed some deals as an influencer. Matthew shares that this is a tough industry to make it as a social media influencer. Landing deals have been difficult but he has seen some real success.

We talk about the life of a social media influencer. Matthew believes it is more about content creation than just being sponsored for work you're already doing.

Matthew talks about the work that he and his team were able to do in Durham to change the perception of the city. It was a rewarding time to see the changes made in the community and that's why he took the job in Gardner which is growing exponentially.

We talk about the Smoffice (The world's smallest office) and the efforts Matthew and his team made to help get the word out on the work they were doing in Durham. Tech Crunch and Fast Company picked up the story and it went viral. They were nominated for the most original chamber project in the world and won!

We talk about the power of community. What it means to Matthew and how it leads to real growth.

"We're building Garner for the next 50-75 years. That's what we are doing right now. Garner is one of the only communities that is a little farther behind most of the other cities in the triangle and we can build what we want." -Matthew

"Life is short. Just do things." -Matthew

 You can follow Matthew on Instagram, LinkedIn, and his Facebook Page

Katie talks about where her favorite place to buy clothes is from a local apparel store, Ohana.

Katie gives a background about her and what her background is and the things that she has done. Her expertise in social media and history as a post-game reporter for the Broncos, the Rockies, and Nuggets. She moved into marketing during the time Sirus XM came out and started to change the radio industry.

Many people feel like they are not the type of people to think to take a picture of something that is happening in their life to post on social media, but there are rising numbers of experts to help those people.

Katie talks about how the different types of services provided by social media managers, some teach people how to use social media, and others just run their social media for them. She works with a lot of realtors to help teach them to maximize their social media.

Katie talks about how she was able to get her dream job out of college and the reason that she eventually quit that job.

Sarah talks about the importance of networking and Katie adds that it is important to never say goodbye to people and to always leave the conversation open.

Katie talks about how it makes sense that she has her own business because from a young age she was always driven to work and started some of her own businesses when she was young.

Brinkley talks about how she really struggles with comparing herself to others and where they are on their social media journeys and tips she has learned to overcome that mentality.

Katie talks about how she doesn't know if this will be her job forever because when she had her first dream job she thought that was it and now she thinks that the job she has now is her dream job. But life changes and it goes through seasons.

Katie gives 3 quick tips that you listeners can use to help push your social media to the next level.

Katie's socials are:
Instagram: iamkatiebrinkley
LinkedIn: Katie brinkley
Website: Nextstepsocialcommunications.com

She also considered herself a digital nomad and recorded her episode from the country of Suriname in South America. We talk about her adventures in travel.

We talk about her career's beginning in journalism and the state of journalism today. We talk about bias in media and how people today can write something and publish it as journalism on social media, but it wasn't vetted or fact-checked by anyone.

Stephanie shares tips and tricks for successful authors on how to get the word out after the book is written. One tip: stay away from print on demand!

We also discuss our shared pet peeve of people calling themselves coaches who can help you grow your business to six figures who have never had a six-figure business or have only achieved a six-figure business by coaching people on how to have a six-figure business. Since the pandemic, there has been a large influx in coaches, and we discuss the lack of regulation, accreditation, or certifications for business coaches.

Stephanie helps people write about what they are passionate about and speak difficult truths. One truth she has been sharing more often lately is being open about speaking out against racism. She experienced white privilege for the first time in a foreign country. Although she is not white, she was assumed to be white and treated differently than her travel companions because of her American passport.

If you're interested in finding out about this stuff, you can find her on Instagram. You can check out my free book, three things you must know before writing your book, on her website. Get their attention now.  She is all over Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and she is active clubhouse.

Good things can happen from sliding into people's DM's. They started working by helping each other in their businesses before they started working together and building projects together.

Once they launched their podcast, System to Thrive, it has been more intentional and gradual as they start to build their dream team.

We discuss the importance of understanding the way your partner likes to get work done and giving them the things they need to do their best work.

We realize how we don't talk enough about non-spousal adult relationships and friendships, partnerships, and working with "work husbands and work wives." 

When you work closely with someone you are going to learn things you love about them and things you don't love so much... It educates you on the art of compromise. It's not about who wins but creating the best work together.

Trust is not one of those things where you have a moment where it's just "there." Trust is something you know when it's not "there."

It's important to normalize misunderstandings and break in trust even in business relationships. We are human and humans have emotions. The important thing to do is realize you can reach back out and repair those misunderstands and breaks in trust and foster a stronger relationship with deeper trust. Not just write off someone professionally at the first sign of disagreement or conflict.

Connect with Jennie and Alyson
You can listen to their podcast
Jennie Wright's Website
Alyson Lex's Website

The encouragement offered in the Facebook group was palpable and JoNita and Gigi decided that it was time to formally launch the NWOTT website with the help of Rosa Chan Denis, an NWOTT member. This networking group platform enables members to share job leads and company connections so that their fellow members find it easier to walk through the hiring department doors. Local businesses readily and conveniently tap this Triangle-area talent to hire their superior teams.

Networking Women of the Triangle is focused on empowering women in their careers. Mentoring and career enrichment programs and events encourage women to flourish professionally. This power of connection lets members tap into expert advice for resumes, career tracks, occupational options, continuing education, and networking for the economic and professional benefit of all.

The influence of NWOTT is more than just online. The opportunity has spilled off the web page and members can take advantage of live networking events to connect with other professionals to cultivate professional partnerships within a variety of industries. NWOTT is the premier place to connect, support, and inspire other women in the Triangle.

Part memoir, part tour of the apocalypse, and part call to action, Unraptured traces how the church's focus on escaping to heaven has it mired in decay. Teetering on the brink of irrelevancy in a world rocked by refugee crises, climate change, war, and rumors of war, the church cannot afford to focus on the end times instead of following Jesus in the here and now. Unraptured uses these signs of the times to help readers reorient their understanding of the gospel around loving and caring for the least of these.

We talk about how Zach grew up in the bubble and how he grew in college. Now Zach still finds the way of Jesus as attractive although he feels less excited by many aspects of organized religion.

Fundamentalism is a lot like racism. It's not something you're born with, it is something you're taught.

Zach talks about meeting his wife in college who wasn't afraid to call him on his way of thinking. He also describes meeting with a college professor to talk about his views on theology where he thought his hardline approach would be rewarded his professor challenged him to start with an understanding that we are living in the end times now.

After initially getting angry and rebelling for a couple of years in what Zach calls a pretty typical rebellion for a Christian kid (trying alcohol, listening to rock music, and getting a tattoo) he began to understand what his professor was saying. Zach felt that when you look at the Bible and need to interpret it you should begin from the standpoint of love and not fear. If your interpretation doesn't cause you to love God and your neighbor then your interpretation is wrong.

You can follow Zack on social and check out his book on Amazon.

Next to that Arjan is also a Co-Founder of Free a Girl.  A foundation that is dedicated to freeing young girls from forced prostitution. Since 2008 they have freed and given a second chance to more than 4,750 girls globally.

Because of his ordeal, it became Arjan's mission to assist people in their quest for freedom, to live in a world without fear, surrounded by protection.

When Arjan heard about the problem of child prostitution in 2007 it touched him deeply. I recognized the injustice, the despair, and misery the young girls had to live through, partly from his own experience. It became one of his missions to fight for their freedom.

We talk about how he was kidnapped. The feelings of guilt that his fiance felt as he was kidnapped in front of her house. How he had guns held to his head in the car and forced to answer questions on the way to his new prison, a hole in the ground that was barely tall enough for him to stand.

Arjan shares about some of the low points in his almost two-year imprisonment from bare-knuckle fighting a guard, finding a gun that was left behind in the shower one day, a standoff with a captor about not removing his mask.

Finally, Arjan was rescued, he became a media sensation, he was reunited with his family, his fiance and now they are married with three kids. Almost 17 years after his kidnapping he is running an organization called Free a Girl where he continues to fight for freedom and second chances for those who are kidnapped and placed into sex trafficking. 

Free a Girl was founded in 2008, based on the vision that every child has the right to grow up in a safe environment. All children around the world must be protected against every form of commercial sexual exploitation.

We talk about blast sessions, which is like a subconscious exorcism. How they help people release things that are troubling them. Even for people who have a hard time getting into deeper relaxation, Claudia is wonderful at helping.

She shares her story of how she came to the United States and had to return to Europe, only to long to return to the States one day.

They purchased a business outright to expedite the visa process. Then started networking where she met Jenny.

We spoke with Claudia about hypnotherapy, how she got into the profession, and more details about what hypnotherapy can look like for most people.

The Blast is created by Nick Davies and is short for bilateral analysis stimulation treatment or technique. It works by taking that thing that has been going on for weeks and weeks and helps them deal with it and take it from a 10 to gradually into a 1,2, or 3.

Claudia shares some of her favorite clients and how it was very rewarding to be able to help them.

"There's never a fail, there is only ever learning." ~Claudia Rickard

She had one client who came in petrified of dogs and after one session she bought a puppy!

 You can find out more about Claudia on her Facebook Page and Google.

We discussed how exciting it is that businesses are starting to open back up and how it feels a little strange for those fully vaccinated, half-vaxed, or not vaccinated with the differences in rules for each group.

We've been in four different studios since we have launched our shows, and we take a stroll down memory lane.

We discuss the importance of networking when you are just starting. It is not "luck" but work that has a compounding effect if you do it consistently over time. Having tried many types of networking groups between us, we break down some of the strengths and weaknesses of networking groups but highlight the importance of finding "your people." You may need to shop around to find the right people over the right system. 

Sarah shares insights into growing your business and your team and taking the leap to hire your first employee. Many feel that they need to have the money saved up, but you may need the team member to save the money. 

We talk about the different types of environments that work well for productivity. Each person is different. Some may get more done at an office, others at home, but the common denominator is building in time for transitions. How well do you transition from your workday to personal time? 

She is an author, speaker, coach, voice-over artist, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Oklahoma School of Drama. Rena holds an M.A. in Voice Studies from London's Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, an M.F.A. in Directing from OU, and an M.A. in Guidance & Counseling from TU. 

She is the author of Empower you Voice: For Women in Business, Politics and Life (published December 2017), and Voice and the Young Actor. She co-edited Breath in Action: The Art of Breath in Vocal and Holistic Practice and was Editor-in-chief of the Voice and Speech Review. Rena taught High School Drama for 16 years before she graduated to higher education. For the next two decades, she taught professional actors, many of whom can be seen on Broadway, film, and television. 

Through Vocal Authority, Rena adapts actor training techniques to help individuals and groups be more confident and dynamic communicators.

Rena taught High School Drama for 16 years before she graduated to higher education. For the next two decades, she taught professional actors, many of whom can be seen on Broadway, film, and television. Through Vocal Authority, Rena adapts actor training techniques to help individuals and groups be more confident and dynamic communicators.

Rena shares with us her passion for helping women find their voice to speak their truth to power.

Healthcare was different in 1964. Phyllis went to the hospital complaining of pain. The doctor said she was being a complainer and sent her home to take Aspirin until the pain went away. Even though the doctors found a mass during her pelvic exam. After the Aspirin didn't work, they went back and found a cyst the size of a grapefruit.  Then they had to do emergency surgery. 

The doctors brought the cyst to her after the surgery, and it had hair and teeth and bones. Either she had a twin, or she herself had a twin! 

They loved being parents in their 20s. It was like the Cleavers. The husbands went out to work in the morning, and the women put the babies in the strollers and walked around complaining about their husbands, and it was a wonderful season.

David was working for his dad and helping him run his business. Phyllis had an aversion to changing diapers and would leave the soiled diapers in a bucket for David to clean after work every day.

Davis shares a story about getting a bad case of jiggers (ticks) that seemed to focus on his scrotum. Phyllis used Absorbine Jr (think Ben-Gay) to try to help. He had passed out from the pain, and when the BenGay kicked in, he woke up and jumped up and shouted, "What the h*#@ are you doing?"

When asked how they navigated the tough times in their marriage, David simply answered, "I grew up."

David's professional relationship with his brother was challenging. They eventually parted ways in the family business.

They share the story of Jenny being adopted. 

Leah talks about how her day job is as an attorney but she has always loved to write. She shares her story about her love for writing over the last few years. 

Jenny and Leah talk about what it is like to grow up in Metro DC and how it is different from anywhere else. Being that close to the seat of government colors the conversations and everyday life of people that you are unaware of until you leave the area.
 
Leah talks about her family and the number of siblings she has and the culture of her home growing up. She was adopted by two white parents and had a large mixed race family with other adopted siblings. Their parents encouraged them to talk about race and learn more about their heritage growing up but for Leah, as a child, she wanted to belong in her family and the thought of another potential family out there felt as if it could erode the relationship with the family she had and loved being a part of. As an adult she can clearly see with more perspective that that was not the case but as a child this was a very real and rational fear that many adoptees experience in their own way.

They talk about ghost families and what that is like for children of adoption. Leah also goes on to talk about how when she was growing up she drifted more towards white culture because she wanted to fit in with her parents and feel like she belonged.

Jenny and Leah talk about how growing up adopted you always want to feel like you belong and there is a piece of you that no matter what will question that. 

Sara talks about the importance of saying biological instead of real when you are talking to an adoptee about their family. 

Leah talks about her experience of publishing for the Huff Post and how her article got interpreted in ways that she did not expect. Leah, Jenny, and Sara then go on to talk about the title of her article and how she lost control of the article. She was invited to a talk show that only made things worse for her. 

Leah gives advice for people who are scared to tell their own stories.

Highly sensitive is a psychological and physiological term. It comes out of a lot of research that really started in the late 1990s by a woman named Dr. Lane. Aaron who's most known for the research around what it needs to be a highly sensitive person. There is a lot of additional research as well. The skinny on what it means to be highly sensitive is that first and foremost, it's how your nervous system is wired differently.

We talk about how we were empaths before it was cool.

Highly Sensitive Entrepreneurs and Leaders possess a unique set of strengths coded for them to experience a higher level of success and prosperity.

Jenny shares her bra story as an illustration of dealing with highly sensitive people.

For many of Heather's clients, finding out that they are highly sensitive is both freeing and helps them understand themselves better and how they show up in the world.

There are three coping mechanisms that highly sensitive default to

• Pushing
• Hiding
• Combo plattering

Heather talks about how the time in the morning is for her to transition into her day. She talks about how this helps her get her thoughts together to be productive. 

Sarah talks about the importance of just asking. It can't hurt to ask. You never know what the other party will say, and you could get an awesome experience out of it.

If you are highly sensitive, you have to get over the hump of it to take extra work. You have to get over the anger that you were born this way to be able to use it to your advantage.

Heather talks about the journey of how she got to be on lifetime television.

Check out Heather's weekly activations at weeklyactivations.com and her website businessmiracles.com.

He shares about how rough of a start the Comedy Test Kitchen was but they have ironed out the tech details.

Mark says he has always been comfortable with failing and comedy requires a high tolerance for failure. It's all about volume. You fail enough and you get confidence along the way.

In his first performance, he did a "Murder She Wrote" joke that bombed. There was one part that did well and he came back next week and got a little better.  

"What's the difference between a pizza and a stand-up comedian? - The pizza can feed a family of four." - Mark Masters

We talk in-depth about unicorns and being a professional, and the unicorn of the sea... the majestic narwhal.  

Mark shares how he breaks the common trope that comedians come from pain and anguish, he had the most wonderful parents in the work. They were the best at fighting because they practiced all the time. They've been married for over 52 years.  

Sarah shared her vacation story in hopes that Mark will use it in an upcoming show. 

Mark is a clean comedian and he talks about the culture of fear of offending and cancel culture.

We get to hear Jessica's love story of meeting her future husband on a spring break trip. She was raised in a strict Christian home and would not have been allowed to go to spring break in Florida to galavant around the beach in a bikini, but her friend heard of an evangelist who was holding revival services. So they would spend the afternoons on the beach and evenings in the church. During the trip, she met her future husband on the beach, dated long distance for a long time, and eventually, they got married.

"Thankfully, I kept showing up, so I wanted to cancel. There are days I still want to cancel, but I have a no-cancellation policy in my life, and I show up." - Jessica Bettencourt

By having a no-cancellation policy you will train yourself to not put things on your calendar that you will dread.

We talk through how to say "no" even to things that are good things but may not align with your goals at this time.

"Everything is figureoutable and most things are fixable." - Jessica Bettencourt

We spend time talking about the difference between leadership and management. And how Jessica grew her first business and eventually handed over the reins to her husband who had a much different approach to leadership than her and the lessons she learned along the way.

Find out more about Jessica, her book, and connect with her on social media on her website. 

His new book, the Couple's Checklist, was created to start a real dialog between couples to see how much they do or do not know about each other. He hopes to bring people closer or save them from making a gigantic f#$king mistake.

 
Mike is a great example of how anyone with drive and passion can create their own economy. We learn about his many entrepreneurial endeavors and have a blast along the way.
 
After his divorce, Mike sold his belongings and traveled the country. We talk about his journey. His divorce and how he dealt with his ex and moved on with his life.   

We talk about being a creative entrepreneur. Mike has been on his own for 16 years now and shares his experiences dealing with criticism and finding the motivation to keep going.

You can connect with Mike on Instagram @yourdailybred or his website yourdailybred.com. 
 

Businesses evolve and when you go all in they just naturally grow and we talk about her journey.

She travels the state speaking and hosting signature workshops and now she has Online Magazine called Identity Magazine that empowers women to transform through self-acceptance, appreciation, and personal achievement. And after 13 years she has her signature mindset and achievement course and coaching program where she teaches her A Game Formula. 

She is also starting a podcast! 

What are the ingredients of her "A" game formula

• Self-acceptance of responsibility
• Appreciation of "the suck"
• Achieving

Going from "Why is this happening to me" to "Why is this happening for me?" is an important mindset shift that we need to make at the moment we find ourselves in "the suck."

 Our thoughts create our feelings. Our feelings create our actions and those actions will ultimately create results.

TFAR = THOUGHTS - FEELINGS - ACTIONS - RESULTS

You can get in touch with Susan at SusanVerinicek.com

Hi All! My name is Katelyn, and I am the boss lady behind Katelyn Scott Photography, once formally known as Kali Klicks.  If you are curious about the name change and rebrand hop into the blog and read all about it.  

I am based in Raleigh, NC, and have traveled as far as Australia to capture the perfect moment.  I have been shooting since 2012 and full-time since 2016.  In that time I have come to learn that photography is incredibly important to document the little moments in life.  I have a very strong belief that no matter who you are or where you are in life, you are worthy of getting in front of a lens.  I specialize in body-positive photography and encourage women to lean into the vulnerability of getting in front of a camera.  Your story matters and I am here to walk with you through that journey.  My passion sits firmly in the belief that the female form needs to be celebrated just the way it is, not to be altered, manipulated, or changed.  

Women deserve to be unapologetically seen and I am here to help in that journey.  Embrace all stories, especially yours.  

Transformative change starts with a spark. For many dealing with body images, it can start with being sick and tired of being sick and tired. 

We discuss the culture of an unhealthy body image perpetuated by marketing and people selling products designed for healthy living.

"With boudoir specifically, all I'm trying to do is hold up a mirror to who you are and how beautiful you are in the body that you currently reside in because it is a shock. When you see it the way somebody else sees it, it's a shock. We stand in the mirror, we never see ourselves joyful. We never see ourselves in an intimate setting. We never see that sparkle. So that's what the world sees." - Katelyn

We have a blast talking about our body image journeys in classic raw and authentic "Girls Who Do Stuff" style. We talk about living without a scale and the benefits it could have in your home. 

"When I'm fighting with my spouse, I will even say I'm really sorry for how I said that but I'm not sorry for how I feel." - Seryna

Emotions are not something we should be sorry for, but they are all valid.
 
We talk about the culture of apologizing especially for women.

Seryna shares about her journey in dealing with anger, going from avoiding it to dancing with it. She spent time in her early 20's as a phone sex operator and she believes this contributed to her not dealing with her anger.

We spend time unpacking how as women we often feel compelled to fulfill certain roles in social situations.

Seryna shares her experience with dealing with uncomfortable truths. She dealt with body image issues in her 20s. She had an awareness that if she stayed on her current track she could end up with serious health issues, but she didn't care. She even went so far as to try to make herself undesirable so she could feel safe. She had a traumatic sexual experience around that time.

We talk about the importance and power of empathy and just being willing to sit with someone going through something difficult as opposed to trying to fix them. This allows them to feel like they belong because they are accepted where they are and that can be transformative.

"There was a time when I was afraid of the intensity of my own emotions. After years of hardship and growing up too fast, I’d developed a chip on my shoulder that it took years to heal – and if I’m honest, it’s still a work in progress.

I know I’m not the only one.

I’ve spoken to women in almost every corner of the world, and very few are comfortable with their anger. We’ve never been taught how to express it, we’ve been shamed when we do, and many of us have been in the scary position of dealing with someone else’s inability to cope with how they feel.

Even in spiritual circles, this topic is dismissed as ‘low vibe’ and dismissed as being an expression of the ego, when in reality, anger can be our greatest teacher, if we let it. It’s big stuff. It’s universal. Denying our anger gets us nowhere. It’s time for a new approach." - Seryna Myers

SacredAngerBook.com

There was self-harm involved, there was suicidal ideation. For her, it wasn't so much about wanting to die, but not wanting to live. Mental health does not fit into a box, and the experiences can be unique to everyone.

It can take a long time to dial in the kind of medication that works for you. That was Jenny's experience. There is a stigma with using medication. 

Think of inside your brain as a bunch of tree branches, but some are snapped and so the nutrients can't flow. Your body is lacking that chemical to complete the tree, there is no shame in that.

Another important component for Jenny has been connecting with the right therapist. 

We also talk about the role of self-care and the stigma attached to self-care. 

Whatever "help" is for you make sure to make time in your life. What works for other people may not necessarily be what works for you. Jenny shares what elements have helped her through her journey and the insights she has learned along the way in hopes that it will be helpful to others who may be going through a similar experience.  
 

Rob and the Girls Who Do Stuff talk about the changing nature of online marketing, including adding video content to your marketing strategy as a small business owner.

Often times the millennial younger generation can be categorized as lazy but Rob believes that what some perceive as laziness is actually efficiency. They are looking for a more efficient way to complete tasks and even how to communicate with others.    

Rob helps unpack some of the best practices for creating great content on youtube. The importance of your branding, titles, and tags.

If you have the resources you can start to outsource the things you like the least. Often times on youtube, that is the video editing process.   

Rob talks about how the entertainment choices of younger generations are being converted into a marketable skillset as those young people enter the workforce. For example, kids that have spent time on twitch streaming their games have learned how to get better at keeping peoples' attention.

Rob shares his biggest challenge as a business owner, time management, and how he has worked to overcome this challenge. Looking at ways to maintain his relationship at scale using Facebook groups instead of DMs. 

The Girls Who Do Stuff pick Rob's brain about should their podcast go onto youtube? 

We talk about what happens during the divorce process with real estate. In North Carolina, it takes one to buy and two to sell. So both people have to be in agreement to sell the home. This can be challenging if the divorce is not amicable.

 Julie also got her life coach certification and mindfulness certification to better help her clients who are in a difficult headspace due to a divorce.

"When you're in that headspace, you can't really think forward." - Julie

Divorce is a trauma, even if you are choosing it.

Julie tried nesting with her divorce. In her opinion, it was the worst way to live in the world. There is a lot of passive aggressive roommate type behavior and you need to maintain three households.

A client of Julie's had a one-night stand during a 25-year marriage and she was awarded no alimony. Nothing. He was the primary breadwinner and she stayed at home with the kids. We talk about cases that represent antiquated divorce law in North Carolina.

Julie shares tips for those going through a divorce when it comes to the financial decisions around real estate and shares from her personal story of divorce and what she learned on her journey.

You can contact Julie at (919) 412-0185 or her website at redivorcespecialists.com 

Hear clips from our kid's adorable and sometimes challenging answers to our questions.

Like when asked what questions they have for us, we got "Why do you spend so much time at work?"

Parenting is tough and you are not alone.

Work-life balance may be the wrong word. We like work-life harmony. You can fall in and out of harmony and it allows for each person to set their own harmony. Some people may like to work 4 or 5 hours a day while others may find their harmony at 8-10. Also, life is seasonal and there are times when you may need to put in more work and you have to find ways to keep harmony in those seasons. 

Work-life harmony can also apply to your family life. What does harmony look like with your spouse and with your kids. People are individuals and individuals have individual needs. 

Designed For Joy is a transitional work experience for women coming from trafficking, homelessness, time in prison, overcoming addiction, or other vulnerable situations. They provide living wage work hours while building confidence and refreshing resumes. They are launching equipped women into the marketplace.

After a life-changing trip to Rwanda, she felt called to start a non-profit to empower women, came back, put together a board of advisors, and started hiring women.

Cary shares with us her entrepreneurial journey. It takes a while and you need to pay your dues. We talk about the developmental age of your business. One business may be in its infancy and another may be a misbehaving teenager and we shouldn't compare our beginning to someone else's middle.

She also shares about the role of spirituality in her non-profit. She is for Jesus and for justice and believes that those two things work together well.

We talk about how as women entrepreneurs we need to give ourselves permission to be business owners and grace for balancing our work and life responsibilities.

Cary opens up about how she is gifted to bring people together and create community but can often still at times feel like an outsider. This leads to a deeper conversation about what it feels like for women who are often the planners of social events when someone else takes on the role of planning.
 
You can find out more about Designed for Joy on their website | Instagram | Facebook

Liberia was run by, at that time, a dictator.

Basketball. Turmoil. And then the war occurred.

There were natives of Liberia who originally were on the land, where there's a fight between the natives and they call home ever that came from the States to Liberia, American Liberians.

And that thing just brewed a certain discomfort. It brewed distrust of this loyalty within that environment since the inception of Liberia till 1990. And that's when it blew up. The American librarian ruled the country. And then the natives started to rule.

And in American Liberians saying, this is not the way you rule. So the American Liberian American librarian comes back to rule. And boom, civil war, roughly about 250,000 plus die.

Wulwyn shares his experiences growing up during a time of war. The first thing to go is the electricity and you have to go down to the bare necessities. You are surviving. You will be amazed at what your body can do to survive. It's bullet flying, with child soldiers on your way to get water in the morning. You're crawling with a wheel barrel to get water from the well.  Wulwyn lived in fear of being recruited as a child soldier. His mother would often have to come to his defense at checkpoints so he would not be recruited.

Their family fled to the states because the education system in Liberia was shattered by the war. He didn't know racism in Liberia. He shares his experiences of racism in the United States.

We talk about empathy and how we can relate the emotions without relating to the experiences of our fellow man.

You can reach out to Wulwyn on his website or his foundation. 

Corporate was not a fit for Sadie. Then she tried pampered chef. Then she started shifting into consulting, and that's where she started doing interior design. She just figured it out as she went along. After the arrival of her third child, she had to put it on the back burner. She went to grad school in hopes to get back into interior design one day. But it didn't lead right back into interior design, she instead started writing for businesses.

After about four years into the writing business, she decided to start up the interior design business again! The second time around she is much more process-oriented and that has made the business more efficient and makes her able to service her clients better. 

Sadie shares her perspective of herself now versus before she turned 40.

We had a compelling conversation about how starting out most creative types don't charge what they are worth or do projects for low cost to build up their portfolio and that is not sustainable. We talk about the mental process of realizing that it's okay to charge what you are worth and provide quality products and services to your clients.

Right now there seems to a trend in the business world that everyone should consider writing a book. Sadie shares her perspective on this trend.

Find out more about Sadie Harper at www.southernambition-nc.com   

Beth shares her story of becoming okay with her body. She described it as "my body and I had a conversation."  There were times where she was very angry with her body and she metaphorically said to her body, "I want to be friends again."

Having tried every diet and program as a self-described, "chubby kid". 

We talk about the health factor of body image. We also talk about the assessability of healthy food for many Americans. And finally, we discuss what is in alignment for you and your core values and how you come to terms with who you are, and how you choose to move.

We discuss how people disconnect from their bodies. Sarah shares that her disconnection is rooted in objectification. Others may deal with anxiety and develop issues with food because it is the one thing they can control. Trauma may be another issue. Today we talk about the ways you can reconnect with your body.

Sarah describes the phenomenon of when we look in the mirror, we may not see the same things as others in our lives like our spouses. We often don't look through the eyes of love but focus on what we believe are our imperfections. She had to put a poster board to cover the area she was negatively focusing on so she could break the habit of only seeing the negative. 

Bart shares the story of how he fell in love with communication and helping people develop the skills to be remarkable.

"I have just learned out of my experience that people find their purpose really at two major buckets, they either find it out of their passion, something that they just love and they want to go do, or they find it out of their pain." - Bart Queen

"Our ability to communicate both spoken and written are the two things that will separate you out from everyone else." - Bart Queen

Bart shares three areas he is constantly trying to get people to think about during presentations:

• It's a conversation, not a presentation
• Focus on connection
• When you have a connection you will feel more confident  

The idea of learning to be a good communicator is a lifetime journey. Within that journey there are certain skills you need to develop:

• body language/delivery mechanics
• build your command presence
• reduce the distractions for your audience
• promote your sense of authority and balance that with your sense of presence
• the length of your sentence (look for sound bytes)

The average person listens for 4 seconds. So the most important part of your message is the beginning and the end.

The highest goal of communication at 100,000 feet is about three goals

• How do I build trust with my listener?
• How do I build a relationship with them?
• How do I keep them engaged? 

To reach out to Bart contact him at bart@bartqueen.com.

A couple of relocations landed him in the Chicago area where he realized he didn't need the million-dollar net worth to start a franchise and joining with a business partner opened his first franchise, A Title Boxing, outside of Chicago for only $1. After investing about $75-$100K from each partner into the club they brought it to profitability.

Lamarr breaks down the safeguards and protections every entrepreneur can put into place to help minimize their risk and ensure equitable partnerships and working relationships. Even if you have a partnership you should have an operating agreement in place to help save your relationship and to keep things moving in the right direction.

"Business is a business transaction. It is not about how you feel at the end of the day when you're working. Like whether it's a client agreement, that's why contracts are important. That's why it's important to have insurance. That's why it's important to have a legal entity and protection." -Jenny

Lamar talks about his newest business called Intelligent Office in Downtown Raleigh. 

After about 19 months of making just over $3,000 to making enough to fully replace her salary. She used her skills in predictive modeling to set a pricing structure that allowed her to experience the kind of success. She was inspired by ProBlogger who broke down how he monetized his blog and started thinking about how she could do the same in photography.

In her first year of running her website, she made just over $10,000 from her pricing guide and affiliate promotions. The second-year it was $109,000 and the following year $300,000. And it just blew her mind that she got to do what she loved as well as help other people.

You need to know your numbers. When you don't know your numbers your money doesn't know where to flow.

"And it builds the belief. That is possible. Correct. Once you see it, you cannot unsee it." - Jamie

Jamie's business was hit hard by COVID-19 and she had to adapt and rebuild. It was not easy but she talks about finding joy in the journey of rebuilding.

"it's not about the information and "knowing." It's about the "doing." It's about pushing past that fear, that resistance, and doing that makes the whole difference." - Jamie

Jamie unpacks the principle of trading pennies today for dollars later.

Jamie helps transformation-driven entrepreneurs who believe that we are brighter together and can make their greatest impact on the world by building a movement of crazy loyal customers around their business instead of trying to do it all alone. They do this by building a business with intention, simplicity, and focus on creating a brighter future for both their customers and the world.

You can listen to Jamie's podcast, The Bright Entrepreneur Podcast.

Diane shares the importance of having a good business mentor. We discuss how to go about finding a mentor as a business owner.

We talk about the stigma and shame that many people feel for even asking the question "What do I want to do?" when you are in your 30s, 40s, or 50s because you may feel like you should already know. It takes courage to pivot.

Many times a career pivot comes out a time of scarcity when we are forced because of COVID-19, an organizational shift, or a shift in the market. It's during these times that we are forced to get creative and out of our comfort zone and that oftentimes leads to the greatest innovations.

At the core of her new career as a mortgage lender, she still gets to do that same thing: help people. Mortgage lending has been incredibly busy in 2020, which many are calling the year of the refinance.

Diane shares about how she and her friend created their own networking group, and what they learned along the way.

We talk about the future of offices being hybrid and how it is a shame that it took something like COVID to prove that it can work for businesses.

You can reach Diane at GoPrimeWithDiane.com

You can join the Holly Springs Small Business Network group (HSSBN) on Facebook 

Once you make it past the honeymoon phase with your company how do keep the flame alive and avoid burnout.

Sarah worked with Beth on remaking her brand and loved the experience.

Many of the principles of staying in love with your business can be similar to relationships.

Doors open for you when you set a direction but I also believe there are action steps you need to take. - Beth

Beth shares about the beautiful rowdy prisoners. This is from a poem where people who were in a cage have left a key. (a key dropper) This led to a conversation about what keys we drop as business owners.

Jenny drops permission. She gives people permission to start. You don't have to run your business like someone else. There is only one you.

We talk about how as business owners "you can be personal without forsaking your privacy."

Beth used the analogy of how our branding can feel like moving people from the sidewalk, to the front door, to the front room, living room, etc. But we have control over that process.

What is a poo flinging cage squatter? We break it down. They are people who don't really want to get out of their cage, in fact it may be unlocked with the door open, but they will never get out.

Good advice not taken is still good advice.

Beth has two Facebook groups that are open to anyone. One called "Beautiful Rowdy Prisoners" and another geared more towards business owners called "An unlocked you, an unlocked brand."

You can find out more about Beth and her business on her website keystoyourbrand.com
 

We talk about how important it is to have boundaries as a business owner and individual. As business owners, we start by saying "yes" to everything because we are trying to make it work. Laura shares her journey of learning to set boundaries with her business.  Part of her success was delegating booking appointments at her salon.

"I am a firm believer in boundaries with my clients" ~ Laura

The Girls Who Do Stuff were guests on Laura's podcast - FRINGE and flourish.

Fringe, adj: not part of the mainstream; unconventional, peripheral, or extreme.

Flourish, verb: grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way, especially as a result of a particularly favorable environment.

There is an uprising microcosm of individuals who have decided to take another path. These service industry providers, entrepreneurs, and non-traditional job holders make up the fringe. This fringe environment is not very defined and with little understanding from mainstream society. Those in the fringe live amongst the majority who are set up for success, all while being misunderstood. The everyday life, conversation, and expectations do not fit in the puzzle for those who have taken the risk to create their own path.

But, as human beings, we NEED community. We strive for growth, and we crave belonging.

So, how do we bridge the gap?

Laura unpacks the benefits she has seen in her life because of establishing boundaries. She is respected more. She had some clients leave that made room for better clients. She also found herself with more time since she is not wasting effort on ineffective activities. 

We talked about the phenomena of people who post to forums or Facebook groups looking for cheap... photographers/stylists/plumbers/etc. and how you should respond to attract your ideal clients.

We also unpacked the number one asked question by most business owners who are service-oriented, "How do you set your prices."

When home life is not predictable a bike can provide joy and ownership of something of value.  

The GoFundMe was a success and she was able to get all 650 kids in her school a bike, helmet, and bike lock! It went completely viral. Katie’s campaign went viral and some of the top news outlets in the country reported on it including Good Morning America, The Today Show, NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, ABC World News, Time Magazine, USA Today, Post and Courier, and The Steve Harvey Show. The story behind Going Places was catching on fire throughout America. On March 30, 2017, she surprised every student at Pepperhill Elementary School with a brand new bike. After this successful event, Katie now had an even greater vision.

She took the step to create the nonprofit and started helping more schools every year. She eventually left her job and focused on growing the business and furthering her mission to bring joy to children in need.

Now they have multiple fundraisers and provide more than just bikes. 

Numerous organizations focus on providing the basic needs of food, clothing, and shelter, yet one thing often overlooked for children is their social-emotional need for Joy. For many kids living in poverty, it is when they get home from school that the real stress begins. So why a bike?

These kids can live in less-than-desirable and unpredictable circumstances and a bike provides them with a sense of freedom and escape. It also builds self-worth by being the first item of value they can call their own. A bike can restore the innocence of childhood that many have had taken away.

A person may have all of the basic "needs" in life, but what kind of life is one without Joy? What kind of adult will a child grow up to be if they have lacked Joy?

Find out more about Going places at goingplacesnonprofit.org

Her book "Win her & Influence Him". The book addresses the top issues that men have women and women have with men. Jenny and Sarah spend time with Genie unpacking some of the top marriage issues.

Genie teaches the difference between male and female so we can honor the difference so each person can get what they need. Genie thought that her husband needed to be loved the way she needed to be loved. Her husband would come home and the last thing he wanted to talk about was work and she engaged with him wanting to hear the details of his day so she can feel connected with him. The issues would come up when she would make her version of love "right" and his version of love "wrong."

Genie breaks down the common issues between men and women through the lens of chapters of her book.

We talk through the common communication issues between men women, how understanding and empathy can help diffuse some of the common fights and frustrations between men and women when it comes to expectations and reality.

You can get a free copy of her book from her website 

When something like that happens everything comes into focus. She left her job because she wanted her life to make a difference. During the time she was studying to launch the next chapter of her life she visited a friend who introduced her to the world of sweepstakes. She used some of her free time during her career transition to start entering contests. She started winning. Then winning big.

She shares where to find sweepstakes and some of her tips and tricks with us, but also shares about the comprehensive master class she created to help other people. One tip for finding giveaways on social media is to search hashtags. There are tons of comment-to-win contests.

We talked about the mindset of being in something for the experience without being attached to the outcome and how that type of perspective really sets people up to have amazing experiences. It was with that mindset that Rachel bought a dress from a thrift store and entered to win Miss Virginia and won!

She loves to share her winnings with friends and family and shared a story of reconnecting with an old friend with a NASCAR race.

Rachel shares the most impactful prize she has ever won: she won $54,000 with a tweet to win a contest that allowed her to pay everything off and make an investment to create the sweepstakes masterclass course. 

You can find Rachel on Instagram
Website | Sweepstakes Master Class
Facebook 

From her website:
Jamie’s first visit to Raleigh (and Holly Springs) was back in 2009 - she and her husband John had some friends in the area. She absolutely fell in love with the area, and knew that one day she wanted to plant roots and raise a family here in the Triangle. Because life happens, it just took a roundabout path of about 9 years to finally plant those roots. 

When Jamie realized their son would soon be starting kindergarten, she knew that God was opening a door for them to finally make the long distance move from California, and relocate their family of 4 to the Triangle. After much prayer, a lot of faith, and some hard work - they packed up their life and they finally made the move and will never look back.

Now that they are living in Holly Springs and planting roots, Jamie vows to help families in similar situations to help make their dreams a reality. Her drive and determination to never stop working hard for her clients, coupled with her 9 years of real estate experience along with her education in interior design has helped Jamie become a driving force as a top producing real estate agent. With almost a decade of real estate experience and an education in interior design, Jamie has the drive and the passion to help you find the perfect home to meet your needs and your budget. Are you selling your home? Take advantage of the FREE home staging Jamie offers her listing clients. Relocating to or buying a home in the Triangle? Jamie's keen eye for design can not only help you find the perfect house, but turn it into the perfect home for you, too.

If you are ready to browse the local real estate market, click here to search homes for sale in the local Raleigh area. 

Curious to know your home valuation? Click here for a FREE Market Analysis. I’m happy to also provide a FREE Prep Your Home to Sell Guide, to help walk you through the process of prepping your home to hit the market - you don’t even have to be my clients!

If you are ready to set up a FREE virtual appointment with Jamie, click here to get started. Connect with me online: https://linktr.ee/jamiepiercetulak

Apex is a small town but has a great skate park that Jacque played a pivotal role. There was a growing rift between skateboarders and the police department and Mayor Gilbert shares his story of meeting and discussing with local teens and helping them to reach their needs.

It started with a noise complaint to a young man doing kickflips in his driveway and he had to tell the young man that he could not skate in his own driveway. After that interaction, it didn't sit well with him, after driving two blocks away he went back to ask if he could "work with him" on a solution. 

They agreed to meet at Chick-fil-a. It started as a conversation. Mayor Gilbert learned that he was abusing his power as a police officer instead of working with our neighbors to get them to treat us the way we want to be treated. 

We have a timely conversation about the importance of "answering the call" and doing the right thing in the situations we find ourselves with the ability to act.  

We talk about Mayor Gilbert's decision to allow a Black Lives Matter peaceful protest in their town. He knew it would be controversial. He met with the group and said they represent many people in their community who want their voices heard. They decided to add a march (unity walk) to the event and it set the tone for a powerful display of unity.

In 1991, Jacques's first protest in Apex was with the police department provided protection for a Klan event. It was a powerful distinction between the two protests for Mayor Gilbert.

Her mom later passed away and she came up with the name of "Redefined Courage" because her mom defined courage for her. She has grown it into a vibrant business that is growing! They've created the "HOPE" post-operative shirt which is specifically designed for comfort and healing after breast surgery.

*Interior pockets to hold drain bulbs

*Over-sized for comfort

*Easy washable soft, cotton fabric

 
They want their customers to know someone cares for them and made this especially for them. 

Nikki shares that she believes that courage has two components. One part is bravery in the midst of the struggle and the second part is doing the next thing and move forward. 

We talk about trust in the context of parenting. Sarah shares a story of what her children did recently and the lesson she wanted to help them learn about why trust is so valuable.  

We talk about focusing on gratitude and the power of daily focusing on positive things that happen during your day. It helps you learn to be grateful for the little things as well.   

Carrie shares about throwing a party on a plane that got national news coverage and what she learned about herself during the process. 

From USAtoday.com: 
"Carrie-Grace McQuaid aims to spread kindness every day of her life, no exceptions. The day before her birthday, McQuaid had to fly for work. She decided to celebrate by handing out goodie bags to crew members and passengers on her flight. After getting the airline’s permission to distribute the items, she wrapped 185 bags and prepared hand-written thank you notes for the pilot and crew. On the flight, McQuaid handed out each bag, connecting with each person as she offered up the sweet treat. USA Today spoke to McQuaid who shares her thought process:
“My birthday wish every year is for more kindness in the world. I feel like every time I read a news story, it's always something negative. The world could always use more positivity and I had never been on a flight before where I had gotten goodies. So I thought this would be a fun way to celebrate my birthday, and it's a great way to love on people too!"

She also shares her heartwarming engagement story and love story. 

You can find out more about Carrie on her website: http://www.simplycarriegrace.com

Her background in Israel was human resources, training development, and she played an executive role. When she moved to the U.S., she felt like no one cared about her experience, and this led to a part of her story where she had to redefine herself and regain her confidence. In Israel, she was fearless, and suddenly, in the U.S., she felt less than because her lack of English expertise left her feeling like she is not good enough.

She shares her journey of getting over the "Not enough" syndrome that so many people deal with. She became the victim of her story upon reflecting. 

"My first experience as a leadership coach was when I served in the Israeli Navy. I helped officers learn what does it mean to lead by example and walk their talk. Since then, my passion for helping leaders walk their talk have never stopped, and the real lesson of understanding what does it mean started with my personal relocation experience." - Noa.

"My personal relocation experience, reminded me that many times when we step into the path of change, we think we know how the change is going to look like, but in reality even though we try to control every step along the way to shape it as we want, the result will look differently and this is when we feel stuck." - Noa.

We have a fascinating conversation about the difference in our mindset when we are focused on "being" versus when we focus on "doing."

Noa shares the story of how she got into coaching in the U.S. from hitting rock bottom after failing an entrance exam to starting a blog that for her was an emotional outlet that led to a relocation business and ultimately a coaching business for other people who felt stuck, looking for coaching.

Noa shares about her experience of getting trained and moving into a coach's role and how it has impacted her relationships with her husband and with her children.

"Cancer may have taken my breasts and my hair but I kept my lipstick and heels. Facing breast cancer in my 20s led me to confront my insecurities and find new ways to thrive with self-confidence and style. I started My Cancer Chic to share my own journey and provide support & inspiration to all women hoping to thrive through and beyond the adversity they face."

We talk about the "everything happens for a reason" philosophy. 

Anna describes how cancer gave her brazen confidence that she never had in her entire life. She was bald, not looking like herself, and she thought she would have the lowest amount of confidence she had ever had, but it was like she was given permission to say, "I'm a bad-a$$, I'm going to put on my wig and some lipstick and heels and walk into that chemo facility and show those doctor's who's boss.

Part of her experience was like stripping her identity of cultural norms for women especially to feel pretty and sometimes fake. Cancer takes that away and puts you in a vulnerable position and doesn't give you a choice. For her writing about her story was her way to control what that message was.

Anna shares her appreciation for a lesson learned from Brene Brown about vulnerability. It's not just about being vulnerable because you should, it actually positively impacts your life because it deepens your relationships.

She shares her and her husbands' love story about how they met, fell in love and built a foundation for a happy marriage. Anna also opened up about her experience with sex during and after cancer and the help and support she found along the way to rediscover her body. 

His father left a successful business and his wife was pregnant with twins when the decision was made. They walked to the border and waited a few weeks at Spain's border. They booked passage on the freighter after bribing the ship captain after crossing the Pyrenees mountains. 

They were the only ones in their family's lineage to make it out.

He discusses growing up as a Jewish child in the 40s and 50s and the antisemitism that existed in our country at that time. His father had no funds when they arrived but he did have some jewelry that he had sewn into the lining of his jacket. He went to night school to learn English and get his citizenship. He then would buy distressed businesses and bring them back to health. He was an innovator.

We hear their love story that started as high school sweethearts and the story of their humorous and interesting wedding.

They worked hard to provide a different kind of life for their children, they were foster parents and took in unwed teenage mothers through Catholic Charities. There has been a massive ripple effect as a result of their history.

We get the answer to the question about whether or not Jenny's dad knew their daughter was drunk and he chose to ignore it or he knew and let it go.

The first lesson Jenny learned from her parents was "learn to laugh at yourself." This was modeled by her family of sharing funny stories to teach lessons. Although this took her time to incorporate into her life, this has been a life-changing lesson for her.

Sarah's first lesson was from her mother. From the actions of her mother she learned the importance of "The need to take accountability."
In her adult life, she models accountability in her parenting in conversations like "Mommy shouldn't have lost her temper and raised her voice at you. She is sorry." This allows her kids to know it's safe to make mistakes as long as you take ownership.

The second lesson that Jenny learned from her parents is "Put yourself and your marriage first." She shares examples from her childhood of how her parents modeled this for her and how this affects her life and marriage today.

The second lesson that Sarah learned from her mom is "Always speak up." She believed that she got her confidence and assertiveness from her mom. Her father was more passive. So she learned from her dad to not let people walk all over you. You can be kind and speak up for yourself. Sarah always wanted to go into psychology because people would often bring her their problems as a child. She loved helping people solve their problems and honored that people trusted her. 

The third lesson that Jenny learned from her parents is "Anything is possible." Although many consider it a cliche, she has seen her parents succeed in business and life despite not taking the traditional route. Her father has been a successful entrepreneur even though he didn't go to college first. This helped her feel empowered to go after what she wants even if it may seem like it might fail. Take risks and if you fail, you learn. 

The third lesson that Sarah learned was from her father: "Unconditional love and forgiveness." We talk about the difference between setting boundaries, acceptance, and unconditional love. 

Trinity Gregor – small business owner; process improver; business development coach; honey badger

Mike Manning – small business owner; career evolutionist; BNI Trainer; business coach; grandfather

On the episode, Mike and Trinity share about how they started their business relationship and how they both got into coaching and started Wired2change.com

With "The Wired 2 Change Podcast", their goal is to help you grow your business to the level you want it so you can enjoy the life of the small business owner. Most of the small business owners we meet and work with needing help with systems and processes, especially in sales and marketing. We help them create a more profitable and efficient yellow brick road on the way to their Oz. 

Trinity and Jenny share tips on how they manage their ever-growing networks.

Mike shared the origin story of the nicknames for the Girls Who Do Stuff AKA J. Mitch and Madness.

Trinity shares about "Left pocket-right pocket" in your search for finding meaningful connections at networking events.

How do you manage people that think people you created a meaningful connection in a meeting when it's only one-sided? Trinity calls them energy vampires.

We talked about how impersonal calendar link programs feel and how to balance their effectiveness with their perception.

Mike shares a story that he told himself early in his career that he wishes he didn't believe. He believes he didn't go for the million-dollar deals. He came to the business world late in life and was used to the life of a salaried worker. He worked through it by placing himself in different spheres and stop undervaluing himself.

"People are always willing to pay for value as long as you can prove your value." - Trinity.

We discussed people's issues with perfectionism and feeling like an imposter and how to get over that mindset and what Trinity did in her life to keep those issues at bay.

You can find out more info about Wired 2 Change on their website | Facebook | LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram
 

My goal is to dethrone the enterprise overlords to make it a noiseless market and a level playing field so all businesses have equal opportunity to thrive. I'm driven to put the "people" back into "salespeople" and may the best business win. 

Specialized in creating versatile products and innovative services for the ever-changing digital landscape, builder of strategic relationships, process improvement addict, business strategist, development expert, and an ethical leader, who drives critical new growth."

Design is a universal language, so why not speak to the world using both beautiful form and intuitive function?" 

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We discuss the history of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and how its origin is math-based.

Rob shares his vision for the company which is making AI affordable for everyone and not just major corporations. 

We talk about the nature of workaholics. How when you love what you do it's easy to start losing time for other things in your life to focus on the thing that you love. We discuss how the amount of time you work in a week is a very personal thing and probably not a 40-hour set rule like many of us believe.

We discuss Google Ads. Rob points out some of the downsides of giant corporations controlling so much of our online experience. We also discuss an interesting story of target ads knowing more about a teenage girl than her own father did.

Rob unpacks what his company does and how it can benefit the average business owner. 

When asked how he planned to keep White Rabbit from falling victim to some of the common hang-ups of large data companies as they grow Rob said outlined their plan to hire an ethics department to monitor the company.

She used to be a high school teacher; when she had 4 kids who were all 4 and under, she stayed home with them but found herself wanting to go back into the workforce because she missed adults and the structure. Moved to Charlotte for her husband's job and didn’t know anyone there - she would drop her kids off at the YMCA for 2 hours for free child care!

When she started in direct sales she did it as a way to spend time with adults. At one point, when she thought she might quit, her husband encouraged her to keep going. We all need someone who will encourage us to keep going. 

Because she was gaining enough money her husband got to go and find what he really wanted to do; he found Pencils of Promise and has been able to build two schools. He went to an orphanage and she said that she did not want to adopt but then when he got there he met a boy named James who he wanted to adopt and after she met him she agreed.
 

She wasn’t that excited to go visit the orphanage because she did not like children hanging on her but a couple of minutes into being there she realized that she did not mind as much as she thought she did. She was really worried about going into the adoption process and how it difficult that it would be 

Sarah asks Jamie questions about being a high school sweetheart, about how she and her husband have kept the love alive for so long 

We discuss how business families are a team.

We also talk through the process of adopting the boys is on the way and in quarantine, they have been writing them letters and doing skype calls.

Learn more about Jamie on her website