How do you know your side hustle is worthy of main squeeze status? That’s the question I asked my guest today, Side Hustle Coach Christen N. James, as we talk about when to know you’re ready for the second job - the passion project - to become your primary money maker, time taker, and career up-leveling. It’s a big leap. It can be scary, but when you’ve put the right pieces in place, and the timing is right, flipping your side hustle passion project into your full-time career, can be the most re...
Nov 16, 2023•49 min•Season 2Ep. 36
It’s important to be a valuable part of a community. But ask yourself, how much of what you're bringing to the table is about what other people want from you rather than what you want to give. Are you doing things for validation or are you creating from a place that's self-validating? Meaning, you love what you’re producing, achieving, living, and doing for yourself first. Prioritizing other people’s expectations at work or home, or even with strangers, is the fastest way to stifle our joy and r...
Nov 09, 2023•38 min•Season 2Ep. 35
If you want to realize your bigger dreams (or even just leave work on time most days) then the most important skill to master is time management. It's more than just marking items off the list, it starts with a mindset that focuses on your long-term success. It's not about the time you have, it's about the tasks you do with the time you have. Today I'm joined by business strategist, mindset coach, and full-time traveler Stephanie Ritz to talk about time management strategies and why it's the mos...
Nov 02, 2023•44 min•Season 2Ep. 34
I think we’re all getting a little weary of the over-used words hustle and manifest. One is getting a bad rap, and the other is suffering from a severe identity crisis. So, I'm calling a break-break because I think we need to slow down and have another look. We're told that hustling is bad and manifesting is good, but what if it's not this or that, what if it's BOTH? That's right, we need both. But not without the crucial and often missing first step. On this episode, I’m joined by the incompara...
Oct 26, 2023•50 min•Season 2Ep. 33
If you’re feeling over-ambitious, burned out, and resentful, there’s a chance you’re suffering from perfectionism. It’s not about how you dress or how tidy you keep the house, this is about full-spectrum control that attracts all sorts of things you don’t want. On today's episode, I'm joined by Intuitive Business Coach, Briana Wyatt, to talk about how operating from fear and control actually contracts our life, and how trust and surrender create expansion into places we can’t begin to imagine. I...
Oct 19, 2023•50 min•Season 2Ep. 32
Is it possible to have a "midlife" without the crisis? The answer is YES! The question then is, HOW? On today's episode, I'm joined by Dr. Lisa Petty, a long-time nutrition educator, coach, and reiki practitioner, who is now known as the Midlife Alchemist. Dr. Lisa took her own experience walking through the early years of midlife and now centers her practice on the well-being of women during this often confusing and disorienting time of life. Our wisdom, it turns out, comes from more than just ...
Oct 12, 2023•59 min•Season 2Ep. 31
This episode is bitter-sweet, and also nothing short of a milestone. This publication today marks 54 episodes of the podcast. WOW!! In just over 9 months I have produced 24 minisodes and 30 full episodes. Phew! Dear Listener, sincerely this has been one of the absolute most fun things I've ever done. It was a crazy, impulsive decision last September that quickly turned into an obsession, and I'm so proud of the quality and content of every episode. And all along the way, you have been there. The...
Jun 16, 2023•17 min
Summer is here! Are you planning to vacation or travel with the kids? It always sounds like the best idea ever until you’re out there not having the time you envisioned. The dream of travel, and the reality of travel, can be two very different things. On today’s episode, I’m joined by travel agent, and travel blogger Brigitte Metzger Harding from Sweaty Traveling Mom to talk about the dream vs. the reality of traveling with kids. Before you pack your bags, listen to this episode for a checklist ...
Jun 08, 2023•42 min
When we think of healthy lifestyles and aging, it’s easy to think we need to focus on our diet and food choices. While those are important, they might not be the most important focus for optimal, or even moderate, vitality and wellness. Today, I’m joined by Amy White, a functional, holistic nutritionist who approaches women’s health and wellness through body & life balance. Amy teaches that food is information and that most body imbalance is due to a simple communication issue. Amy’s nutriti...
Jun 01, 2023•49 min•Season 1Ep. 28
If Kiddos are around, grab your headphones! If you are a woman that has thought, I’m just not myself anymore, I must be going crazy, nothing feels right …then this episode is for you. As a culture we have decided that the changes of midlife and menopause are miserable - the drudgery of irreversible and unwanted changes. It's something to dread and fear. On today’s episode, I’m joined from Scottland by international bestselling author and Inner Wisdom Coach, Simone Moir, to talk about why our cul...
May 25, 2023•50 min
Has it ever occurred to you that the 40-hour work week might be arbitrary, dated and the creation of someone long ago with goals that might no longer align with modern living? After all, the advent of computers and cell phones was supposed to shorten our work week, but instead it has just made it possible to never stop working at all. Perhaps there is a better way! Today, I’m joined by content and marketing coach, Chas Young, to talk about how we can reconfigure our priorities and systems to cre...
May 18, 2023•44 min
On the eve of this Mother’s Day weekend, I wanted to share this episode and dedicate it to all of the Moms who give so much of their lives, hearts and time to their families. This season is a full one, but no matter how little time there is to think about what comes next on our parenting journey, every now and then there’s a moment when you realize someday this will change. Someday they won’t need me like this. As much as we long to put up our feet, the idea of an empty house can be unsettling a...
May 11, 2023•38 min
I've been asked a few times lately, which episode is my favorite. The answer is this one. For so many reasons, this. Today I got in the booth to sound off for a minute about the notion that we are broken and need fixing. That's the universal sense of it, and anyone, anywhere that is selling something wants you to believe it, too. I'm here to say, don't. You've already got everything you need. You really are enough. Let's discuss... Support the show ✨ Join the Private Podcast Club – Get exclusive...
May 07, 2023•11 min0
Money, Money, Money. What a charged and ever-present topic. Money can hold meaning in significantly different ways for all of us, symbolizing access, status, struggle, or those things we want most that are just out of our reach. No matter where we land on the spectrum of having or not having enough money, our relationship with it, how we spend and save it, and most importantly how we feel about all of that, is vital to having the best relationship with our finances. Today, I’m joined by Michelle...
May 04, 2023•47 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Have you had one of those moment where, leading up to it, you felt righteous and justified in your anger. Or righteously disappointed and sad about being let down and then...something shifted. Like, shifted big time. And the shift is in realizing you can't change the world around you, so the work is in changing yourself in a way that can tolerate the madness, without always falling apart. The world is flawed. We are flawed. The question is, how do we learn to create peace inside ourselves, even ...
Apr 30, 2023•8 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Grab your headphones if kiddos are around! Do you ever think about leaving your job? Actually quitting a job is straight forward, give a two week notice and you’re done. But what if you’re quitting a career, or leaving a long standing position? When the stakes are higher, there is a whole lot more that goes into that decision, and knowing when, why and how it’s the right time for you to take the leap, is a really important place to be. On today’s episode I invite back Sarah Warman The Purpose Pr...
Apr 27, 2023•39 min•Season 1Ep. 23
What happens when you tell yourself you can't have something? What if that thing is an integral part of your routine, or even an addiction? For the last 10 days I've cut out coffee and sugar, and it's been a journey, but not for the reasons I expected. I got over the cravings pretty easily, but it was the emotions and memories caught up in the process that really did a number on me. What happens when you do without something you really want or need? Let's discuss... Support the show ✨ Join the P...
Apr 24, 2023•10 min
If you work in the hospitality industry then you know it can be a career that’s incredibly rewarding and also full of burnout. Not knowing our boundaries around energy and time, combined with intense work environments full of intoxicated drama, can take its toll over time. Today my guest, Danielle Sharkey, an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist and a 16-year hospitality industry vet, joins me to talk about the pitfalls of long careers in the service industry. Danielle’s education, combined w...
Apr 20, 2023•42 min
Have you ever had good intentions but went ahead and did something for the wrong reasons? For me, that used to happen all of the time. I had no idea how to surrender to just the things that were a good fit for me. But I was getting pretty good at discerning those opportunities these last few months. That was, until, a few weeks ago when I forced into being something I should have left alone. Let's just say it got messy. On today's episode I go deep on how I came to terms with the mess and walked...
Apr 16, 2023•17 min
If you’ve got travel on your mind pretty much all of the time, like me, then this episode is for you. This episode is also for you if you’re an armchair traveler, because my guest today is Tiffany Coates, who is the world’s foremost female motorcycle adventurer having ridden over 300,000 miles, crossing every continent, some of them several times. S Tiffany has travelled just about everywhere and rates her more remote exploits as her favorite journeys, amongst them Timbuktu, crossing the Sahara ...
Apr 13, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Fear of change, and change that gives us fear. It can be enough to stop us from wanting to evolve at all. Which is tragic because evolving is actually what we're put here to do. It's the way we feel and live fully alive. It's the whole point. So why do we resist evolving? A little hint, it has something to do with pleasing others and not putting ourself first. Uh-um, as the name says, You Should Be Up First. Wink, wink. Let's discuss.... Support the show ✨ Join the Private Podcast Club – Get exc...
Apr 09, 2023•7 min
Have you ever dreamed of becoming a full-time artist or creative? It sounds dreamy and unrealistic all at the same time. If you’re one of them, brava. Most of us keep our creative habit alive as a side hustle or hobby. But today’s guest Elena Hiatt Houlihan has cracked the code on this one. A full time artist, writer and tango dancer, Elena shares with us her journey of becoming a full time artist, a journey that didn’t happen over night, and certainly wasn’t always easy. Today, Elena joins me f...
Apr 06, 2023•56 min
Is your body trying to tell you things aren't going so well? Do you think crying is for the weak? Are you wishing to feel better but never feel like that salad and workout do the trick? That's probably because what's missing goes deeper than a recommended daily dose of vitamins and a few extra hours of sleep. While those are good, chances are your body and your soul are marching to a different drummer and it's causing a rhythm problem. What we need is to find an agreement between the internal an...
Apr 02, 2023•19 min
If you’re in the mood for a gentle unfolding of a really beautiful conversation about the Enneagram, you’ve come to the right place. Today, Ingrid Hurwitz joins me from Johannesburg, South Africa to talk about the Enneagram and how for each of us it can change our relationship with reality in every facet of our lives. Ingrid is the founder of Takdir Transformation where she is a facilitator of the Enneagram through her organizational leadership development, as well as coaches training through he...
Mar 30, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 19
If kiddos are around grab your headset! Do you ever have a conversation with your older self? I do! And it's been a long one that started in the very early years of my life. She always knows my best course of action when I'm at the crossroads of a decision. She's formidable and I really, really like her. That's because I constructed her from the future backwards. Weird, huh? Let's discuss.... Support the show ✨ Join the Private Podcast Club – Get exclusive content and behind-the-scenes insights ...
Mar 26, 2023•10 min0
LIFE’S PURPOSE? What's that? When we're just getting through the busyness of each day, how can we possibly give any attention to what our life is supposed to be about. I can speak from experience that a lot of us don’t even think to look up and ask that question until we are middle-age. We spend our lives just getting through the day, and we forget there might be other things we want to do while we’re here. The question is, what lights you up? What is your heart's desire? The challenge is to adm...
Mar 23, 2023•13 min•Season 1Ep. 17
We tend to think of change as a bad thing. We use terms like o ut of the blue or b lindsided when referring to an unexpected change, and enough of that can set us up for negative assumptions around anything new coming our way. What if we flipped that? What if we could train our brains to anticipate, welcome and even need change? It's worth a try, and could result in something unexpectedly welcome. How would that be for a nice change? Let's discuss... Support the show ✨ Join the Private Podcast C...
Mar 20, 2023•8 min
Quick question: Have you ever come back from vacation needing a vacation? Me too! It's really never enough, partly because even when we get away, we don't get the rest we crave. On today's episode I'm taking the mic solo to talk about something called a sabbatical - why you should most definitely take one and how to make it happen. Support the show ✨ Join the Private Podcast Club – Get exclusive content and behind-the-scenes insights (COMING JULY 2025!) 💫 Work with Leanne – Intuitive sessions, ...
Mar 16, 2023•20 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Why do we think that the thing we want the most we don't deserve? It's for other people, but not me. Is it possible that the thing we want to be, do, say, feel, experience the most is actually ours to claim? I say yes! Let's discuss...and maybe read a poem, too. (; Support the show ✨ Join the Private Podcast Club – Get exclusive content and behind-the-scenes insights (COMING JULY 2025!) 💫 Work with Leanne – Intuitive sessions, energy healing, and guidance for midlife reinvention 📲 Follow @livi...
Mar 12, 2023•10 min
This episode is coming in hot! What I mean is *hot topic*. As in a little tough, but necessary and WORTH IT. I'm talking about codependency. It's a hard one to look in the mirror. I mean, don’t we just mean well? After all, if we can do it shouldn’t we do it? Associate Marriage and Family Therapist Kady Fleckenstein joins me today to deep dive into what is codependency, how it’s confused with helping, and how it might not even be a real thing. We are wired for relationships and we’re wired to he...
Mar 09, 2023•42 min
