Entrepreneurship can feel like a lonely journey, as can motherhood and even marriage sometimes. It can often seem like you’re in a race nobody else is even aware is happening. You can talk to family or friends about business or parenting or relationships and they’ll not understand where you’re coming from. That’s why we crave to be a part of a group and why I offer coaching in group-based containers. In this episode, I talk about the importance of not going it alone and what being part of a grou...
Aug 16, 2022•39 min•Ep. 91
Stress happens. However, it’s often the symptom instead of the cause of what’s going on in your mind. You can use your stress productively to create progress, but before you do that you have to recognize if you’re in stuck stress mode. In this episode, I talk about how to identify stuck stress in yourself and the tools you need to transform it into productive stress. 4:53 - Three ways to know if you’re in stuck stress 10:55 - Three reasons why you’re in stuck stress mode 15:03 - Other ways stuck...
Aug 09, 2022•33 min•Ep. 90
Create clarity and confidence. Be intentional with your time. Recognize how you can turn obstacles into opportunities. These are the pillars of my coaching practice. In this episode, two of my clients, Sarah and Cynde, share how they reached those pillars and changed the way they approach their lives by adopting the Full Focus System . And I share some valuable insights at the end, so this is one you’ll want to listen to all the way through! 5:35 - Cynde’s productivity problems before she found ...
Aug 02, 2022•34 min•Ep. 89
I’ve used planners and systems to help me plan for pretty much all of my adult life. I had one of those skinny pocket planners that were once all the rage and even was an early adopter of the Palm Pilot from the 90s. For the last few years, though, I’ve fully embraced The Full Focus Planner system. In this episode, I discuss how this system can allow you to plan, schedule, and raise your productivity and happiness with whatever you choose to do on a consistent basis. 3:03 - Where paper planners ...
Jul 26, 2022•36 min•Ep. 88
We want everything to be easy, comfortable, and efficient. Organization aligns with all three, but getting organized requires clear thinking. Your mind itself has to be clear and organized enough for your life and business to follow. If so, then you’ll be way ahead of most people. In this episode, I walk you through a metaphor for the brain I like to use to explain why clear thinking is so incredibly valuable. 5:30 - The effect of an organized mind on the planning process 9:34 - What actually cr...
Jul 19, 2022•36 min•Ep. 87
Are you part of the anti-goal brigade? Do you say things like, “I don’t set goals. I avoid them. Goal setting is too hard and a waste of time”? I hear these kinds of comments a lot when I ask about goals on consult calls. In this episode I discuss why anti-goalers are the way they are, the thing pro-goalers might be overlooking, and the reasons why women tend to avoid goal-setting in general. 6:41 - What’s really going on with anti-goalers and how I work with them 9:20 - The missing piece for th...
Jul 12, 2022•34 min•Ep. 86
“I just need to plan more.” Do you really, though? Regardless of the time of year, I often hear people say this. But I think the real answer lies in figuring out what, when, and where you want to direct your attention. Today, I share the differences between plans and schedules and how they go together in helping you figure out what you want to attend to. We’re talking about this now, in the middle of summer because as we move into fall, you’ll crave a fresh plan and schedule. You may even believ...
Jul 05, 2022•31 min•Ep. 85
How long does it take you to make a decision and act on it? Maybe a little too long? In this episode, I’m teaching you how to go through a high-value growth cycle that will help you make decisions, implement them, and evaluate them to create more and more breakthroughs in your life and business. When you experience growth, you always go through the messy middle stage. This is when things feel really hard and like nothing is going to work out. On the other side of the messy middle is a breakthrou...
Jun 28, 2022•34 min•Ep. 84
Do you have a goal that you’re struggling to reach? Here’s a question that might help: where are you starting from? If you’re not sure where you’re at right now, it’s going to be almost impossible to plan how to move forward. You have to know where you’re starting from. In this episode, we’re talking about why it’s so important to figure out your starting point, why this step is so often overlooked, and how to do it. I want you to get crystal clear on where you’re at right now so that you can be...
Jun 21, 2022•41 min•Ep. 83
How often are you dismissing your options before you even have a chance to explore them? This episode is a guide to accessing all your options. When you’re on autopilot, your brain is going to accept the options that seem realistic, familiar, and safe. In order to actually explore all your options, you have to make a choice to pause and engage your higher brain. You have to be willing to ask yourself important and powerful questions to even begin to see all your options. In this episode, I’m tak...
Jun 14, 2022•31 min•Ep. 82
In a perfect world, what would you really want? This is one of the most important things for you to know. Knowing what you want is very different from knowing what you think you can have. Usually, I have to ask my clients what they would want “in a perfect world.” Only then do they dare let themselves dream about what they really want. I’m here to tell you that it’s okay to want what you want. I’m teaching you how to let go of your inhibitions and dare to dream big. I have seen so many women hid...
Jun 07, 2022•39 min•Ep. 81
Do you find yourself dreaming about what the next level of your success might look like, but you have no idea how to actually get there? Do you worry that when you do achieve that success that something else in your life might fall apart as a result? Are you constantly left wavering because of this? Well, the solution you are searching for is so simple that I covered it in the very first episode of the Time to Level Up Podcast, and I am replaying it this week because this solution is still one t...
May 31, 2022•28 min•Ep. 80
How do you feel when someone misinterprets something you said or puts words in your mouth? Miscommunication can be frustrating, but it can be completely avoided, so this episode is all about confident communication. I’m teaching you how to confidently communicate with your spouse, boss, coworker, client, or neighbor without hurting anyone’s feelings or being misunderstood. The most important thing to know is that there are four parts to a conversation: what you say, what you mean, what the liste...
May 24, 2022•29 min•Ep. 79
What does vulnerability have to do with confidence? I've been thinking about how lack of confidence shows up for me and my clients and I wanted to explore it with you in this episode of the podcast. I did some research on the connection between confidence and vulnerability, and I found that Brené Brown has identified 4 ways that we try to avoid vulnerability. I’m sharing these 4 things in this episode and talking about what they mean for our confidence and success. At the end of the day, when we...
May 17, 2022•38 min•Ep. 78
How does confidence compare to motivation? We always feel like we need to be more motivated to get more done and stick to our goals, but what if that’s not true? I want to show you why confidence is the key to success, not motivation. This episode is all about understanding the human brain. Our brains are wired for survival, so if you can understand the basic survival instincts in your brain, you can use them to your advantage. I’m walking you through how the different sections of the brain func...
May 10, 2022•33 min•Ep. 77
How do you fall in love with failure? If you read that and thought “why would I want to fall in love with failure?” then keep reading. Often we avoid doing something because we’re scared to fail. I bet you’ve put things off in the past because you were worried about what the result would be, but guess what? If you never do the thing, you won’t get any result at all. Failure is the key to success. I know without a doubt that you’ll experience success so much faster if you embrace failure than if ...
May 03, 2022•25 min•Ep. 76
How often do you have good intentions that don’t end up working out? We often have intentions to do or create something but our expectations or the expectations of others get in the way. How do we stop that from happening? That’s the question I’m answering in this episode. We’re talking about what it means to have intentionality, the intersection of intentionality and expectations, and how to stop letting your expectations get in the way. If there was nothing standing in the way of you and your ...
Apr 26, 2022•31 min•Ep. 75
Do you want to know the secret to achieve your goals? I can sum it up in one word: consistency. The key to consistency is in the planning. Failing to follow through on your plans is often the result of secretly doubting your ability to reach the goal. If you’re someone who struggles to follow through on your goals and you want to change your experience, you need to be planning for consistency. Luckily for you, I’ve broken this down into 4 actions that you can take to ensure you make consistent, ...
Apr 19, 2022•17 min•Ep. 74
How do you set aside your limiting beliefs? That’s what I want to help you achieve in this episode. A lot of people believe that they can’t be happy in multiple areas of their lives at once. If one thing’s going right, another must be going wrong. I don’t believe that. I believe that if you know how to reframe your thoughts, you can achieve happiness in any and all areas of your life. In this episode, I’m teaching you how to evaluate and reframe your limiting beliefs so that you can live your li...
Apr 12, 2022•21 min•Ep. 73
Why am I telling you to complete your past? What does it even mean to complete your past? This episode is all about learning and moving on from your past so that you can create a better future. If you’re human, you’ve faced some setbacks and made some mistakes in your life. The good news is that that’s completely normal! The bad news is that if you get hung up on those mistakes and stuck in the past, you’ll never move forward. Here’s something I’ve learned: you experience what you expect. That m...
Apr 05, 2022•23 min•Ep. 72
Do you believe in luck? I believe we create our own luck, and in this episode, I’m explaining why. How often do people tell you things like “you’re so lucky you get to work from home,” “you’re so lucky to be doing something you love,” or “you’re so lucky to be at home with your kids”? I know they mean those statements as compliments, but here’s the thing: you’re not lucky, you worked to be able to do those things. You created your success. It didn't just fall into your lap. I’m talking about thi...
Mar 29, 2022•21 min•Ep. 71
Do you remember how much fun you had as a little kid? When you were a kid, your objective all day every day was to have fun, right? As you became an adult, you started to take on more and more responsibilities and things that feel heavy. You deserve a chance to put down the heavy things and have fun. The thing is, we often think that things we have to do throughout the day aren’t fun. What if I told you it was up to you to make them fun? You have the ability to create fun. In fact, you are progr...
Mar 22, 2022•35 min•Ep. 70
If I told you I could guarantee your success, would you believe me? Here’s why I feel confident guaranteeing your success: it’s not about a class, program, or anything else outside of you that’s going to help you create what you want, it’s about you. This episode is all about going after something and getting it, or in other words, creating the life you want. However you look at it, this process is all about getting results. I’m sharing the five mental shifts that guarantee success as you go aft...
Mar 15, 2022•34 min•Ep. 69
Are you trying to create more wealth? The goal of this episode is to help you do that. I’m sharing some of the simple but effective strategies I’ve learned to create wealth. In this episode, you’ll learn how I got a handle on creating wealth when I was feeling overwhelmed by it, so if that’s how you’re feeling right now, you’re in the right place. A lot of this process has to do with budgeting, but I want to change the way you think about budgeting. Keep an open mind as you listen to this episod...
Mar 08, 2022•36 min•Ep. 68
Are you always hesitant to spend money on yourself? Have you ever stopped to ask yourself why that is? The goal of this episode is to fix your fear of spending money on yourself. I want you to start aligning your finances with your life, dreams, and values. A lot of people don't realize how empowering this can be, but you’re about to find out. Together in this episode, we’re uncovering your feelings about spending money on yourself, exploring how to change your thoughts around spending money, an...
Mar 01, 2022•25 min•Ep. 67
Do you feel bad about yourself if you don’t have a productive day? This episode is all about breaking the mental connection between self-worth and productivity. If you’ve been around for a while, you know that I believe in working on mindset and creating systems, not just one or the other. The mindset work that we’re talking about in this episode is so important because I see so many people struggling with it, and I want to free you from it. I’m sharing two principles to identify underlying beli...
Feb 22, 2022•23 min•Ep. 66
How often do you find yourself looking to others for permission to do something? In this episode, we’re continuing our discussion around worthiness by talking about giving yourself permission. As women, we have been socialized to undermine our own authority and look outside ourselves for direction. We’ve internalized the message that we shouldn't trust our own opinions. It’s time for you to break that cycle and I’m showing you how in this episode. Giving yourself permission is such a powerful to...
Feb 15, 2022•34 min•Ep. 65
What is imposter syndrome? Imposter syndrome is not something you’re born with, and it’s not something you acquire, so how do you get it? Imposter syndrome comes from your thoughts about yourself, and it usually creeps in over time. A lot of people that I speak to know that they have imposter syndrome but they don’t know what to do about it. Does that sound like you? If it does, you’re going to hear some ideas in this episode to help you change your thinking and overcome imposter syndrome. I’ll ...
Feb 08, 2022•44 min•Ep. 64
Do you tie your productivity to your worth? A lot of us do. This can show up in a lot of different ways. Maybe you tell yourself you’re a failure because you didn’t get any new clients this month. Maybe you tell yourself you don’t deserve downtime because you haven’t spent enough time working. I want to teach you to change your thinking so that you can stop mixing your self-worth up in your work. When you tie your self-worth to your business value, you start to make things in your professional l...
Feb 01, 2022•39 min•Ep. 63
Do you have a hard time making decisions because you always worry you’ll make the wrong one? What if it doesn’t work out? What if my circumstances change? What if people don’t like it? This episode is about making decisions from a place of abundance versus scarcity. Learning how to make decisions this way is so freeing. You will open yourself up to so many possibilities and you’ll have more time for them because you’re not spending so much time making decisions! I’ve gotten pretty good at making...
Jan 25, 2022•34 min•Ep. 62
