It always starts with a meeting. When you first get the idea for your business or want to revamp it or add something new, you plan a session to strategize. And you might be doing this alone. But while meetings with yourself to strategically plan and think ahead are good, they aren’t the most effective way to strategize. If you want to be a big thinker and create growth in your life and business, you need a guide along for the ride. In this episode of Time to Level Up , you’ll learn about the thr...
Oct 10, 2023•30 min•Ep. 148
Want to finally be the kind of entrepreneur who thinks big and gets the big results to show for it? She Thinks Big is finally available for purchase, and with it, you’ll also be able to access some special goodies. One of those goodies includes an event I’m holding on October 10th called the Think Big Insider session. And you’re probably curious about this event and why you should take the time to attend it. In this short episode of Time to Level Up , you’ll learn about what it means to be a Thi...
Oct 03, 2023•13 min•Ep. 147
Are you doing the things that’ll make your goals an inevitable reality? You might have heard the saying, “You can achieve more by doing less.” And while that’s true, there is a catch. You don’t want to do just for the sake of doing something to accomplish your objectives. Instead, you want to act from your zone of extraordinary achievement. But how do you discover what yours is? All it takes is asking yourself a few questions and applying a few principles regarding the projects you want to compl...
Sep 26, 2023•23 min•Ep. 146
It all starts in your head. Sometimes, you have the tendency to want to jump straight into action when you have a goal. But whatever you want to accomplish, you must go into it with the right mental attitude before you can bring it to life. But you might be stopping yourself from achieving your goals because the narrator in your head is getting in the way with a false story. So, how do you change the story and start cultivating the habit of empowered thinking? Here is Megan Hyatt Miller to the r...
Sep 19, 2023•25 min•Ep. 145
Do you have a project you’ve wanted to do that’s been sitting on the shelf for a long time? Oftentimes, you might get interested in doing something big like writing a book or creating a course. But then you leave it (perhaps even partly done) and never fully commit to it, with all sorts of reasons as to why you keep procrastinating. It takes extraordinary commitment for big results to bring big thinking projects to fruition. But what exactly does it mean to have extraordinary commitment, and how...
Sep 12, 2023•28 min•Ep. 144
Every day, from the moment you get up, you have choices. You’re making decisions on what to wear, what to eat, whether or not to stop at Starbucks on your way to the office (because you’re kinda running late already), how to respond when someone asks you a question or makes a comment, and on and on. And those are the small decisions. But when it comes to the big thinking decisions in life and business, are you empowering yourself with decisive choices? In this episode of Time to Level Up , you’l...
Sep 05, 2023•32 min
Imagine working for a company for almost 20 years when you decide to leap into entrepreneurship in your 40s. It can feel like a scary proposition, but it’s exactly where my guest Aileen was 18 months ago when we met via a mutual friend. She’s a coach who has had great success in her business. But she realized that she needed a coach herself to get to that next level because she was getting in her own way--not by small thinking, but by not thinking big enough . And that’s where I came in--to help...
Aug 29, 2023•38 min•Ep. 143
You’ve probably heard many people talk about their “why” in the entrepreneurial space. Why do we do the things we do? Well, today, I want to play off of the last episode about my experience writing She Thinks Big and talk about my why for writing it. While doing it, I discovered the impact of book writing on your personal and professional growth and want to share it with you. In this episode of Time to Level Up , you’ll learn about why I wrote She Thinks Big and, just as importantly, why you sho...
Aug 22, 2023•22 min•Ep. 142
Do you ever pause to reflect on something you’ve done for the first time? Lots of people have a dream of writing a book one day. Maybe you’re one of them and would appreciate an inside view from someone else’s experience writing a book for the first time. Well, my book She Thinks Big hits the shelves on September 26. It’s been more than a year in the making, and I want to walk you through and pick apart my journey as a first-time writer. In this episode of Time to Level Up , you’ll get some insi...
Aug 15, 2023•28 min•Ep. 141
You know the old saying, “Everyone’s got at least one book in them”? So many entrepreneurs have a book (or line of books) published. And for many people, writing a book is a bucket item on their to-do list for life. But if you’re a CEO, writing just any book for business purposes won’t do. You have to write the right one for you... and it also really helps to have the right publisher to help steer you on your journey. My book She Thinks Big has been in the works since last June and is about to l...
Aug 08, 2023•46 min•Ep. 140
“What do you want to happen?” When looking ahead years into the future, many people have a hard time answering that question. The only thing they see in front of them is the next one or two likely steps.But big thinking requires you to go beyond. And author, speaker, and coach Sarah Centrella is the perfect guest for this series on the podcast because she’s created a version of vision boards that take you beyond what you’re currently imagining you can have. If you’re like me and have tried using...
Aug 01, 2023•34 min•Ep. 139
It’s easy to believe there’s no real limit to the possibilities we can think up. We’ve got new ideas and concepts coming into the world, like ChatGPT and sending people to the moon (or the ocean floor) as tourists . And who would have imagined these things 10, 20, 30 years ago? Somebody did. It takes big thinking to spark ideas that can (sometimes drastically) change lives and even the world. But what exactly is big thinking all about? What goes into it? That’s what my new book She Thinks Big is...
Jul 25, 2023•28 min•Ep. 138
You’re probably part of the 99.9%. Something happens to 99.9% of women entrepreneurs that prevents them from moving forward with a project they’ve been meaning to get off the ground or investing in something they really want to invest in. What is it? Simple: fear. And I’ve found that the scariest things for successful entrepreneurial women fall into three major categories: fear of the unknown, fear of failure, and fear of lack. So how do you change the fear you feel? Conquering your fear starts ...
Jul 18, 2023•24 min•Ep. 137
How can you find and attract new clients for your business? For the past few weeks on this podcast, you’ve heard about creating a vision, systems, and processes in your business. You’ve heard about facing the truth of your numbers and the people you choose to work with behind the scenes. Now, in this final episode of the “Business Audit to Business Awesome” series, podcast coach Bethany Wrede Peterson bridges it all to the backend of your business and talks about using the power of podcasting to...
Jul 11, 2023•31 min•Ep. 136
According to a recent informal survey, people want freedom in four main areas: time, money, brain power, and relationships. When you set out to start your own business, you were probably thinking about all the freedom and flexibility you’d have--being able to work when you want, choose your own pay rate, and take time off to spend with family when you feel like it. But as your business grows, you find out that maybe attaining those freedoms isn’t as easy as you thought it’d be. So where do you n...
Jul 04, 2023•27 min•Ep. 135
Do you believe that you can grow your business beyond your wildest dreams within just a couple of years? We’re talking about the kind of exponential growth beyond what you usually hear about in such a short time. It’s the kind that requires not just an evolution of your business but of yourself as well. Cynde McInnis might not have been expecting to 10x her revenue within two years, but that’s exactly what she did! And she did it in a unique niche based on her lifelong love of whales and the oce...
Jun 27, 2023•38 min•Ep. 134
Earlier this year, CNN anchor and host Don Lemon put his foot in his mouth. He said that Nikki Haley, current U.S. presidential candidate, is not in her prime. Weeks after that ageist and sexist remark, he was let go from CNN. But given that it’s my birthday month (I turned 51 on June 14th), it got me thinking. What is being in the prime of your life really all about? What’s the meaning of prime age? In this episode of Time to Level Up , you’ll learn the many ways to consider what being in the p...
Jun 20, 2023•15 min•Ep. 133
Do you have systems and processes in place to make running your business easier? You might think you don’t need (or can’t use) systemization if you have custom offers for your clients. But systemizing and automation frees up your energy while allowing your business to flow more smoothly. So if you’re not feeling the flow in your business, you really want to consider adding them. And I’ve invited systems expert Yvonne Heimann to this “Business Audit to Create Business Awesome” podcast series to d...
Jun 13, 2023•36 min•Ep. 132
Things might be heating up with summer approaching, but do you feel drained instead of energized right now? Things in your life and business feel like a heavy lift. You’ve delayed projects that you thought would be great for your business or have something on your to-do list that never got done, and it’s weighing you down mentally. Sometimes you need to do a little spring cleaning--of both the physical and non-physical kind--to access what’s zapping your energy, eliminate it, and help you get so...
Jun 06, 2023•26 min•Ep. 131
Are you a CEO who avoids the truth of your numbers? Maybe you’re afraid to find out. And by the time you do, it might be too late. But when you really start to understand what cash flow is, your revenue goes up and your anxiety goes down. So how do you turn this from something that makes you fearful to something that gives you empowerment? I’ve invited author and CPA Melissa Houston to the Time to Level Up podcast to help you better understand numbers and money and how to create profit in your b...
May 30, 2023•34 min•Ep. 130
Summer’s coming. This is one of those times of the year when people get really busy. And ironically, when you’re already busy, you feel inclined to want to be even more productive, even start something new. But the kids are home from school now. Your aging parents might need greater care. Or you might just be making summer travel plans. And as a mom, a daughter, a friend, etc., you want to be in the present with those you care about. You want that work/life balance you fear won’t achieve. But wh...
May 23, 2023•29 min•Ep. 129
As humans, we tend to want to follow what’s been done before. But when you think outside the box, other people often want to talk you out of it or warn you away from it. Let’s say you have a vision for who you want to serve in your business or how you want to structure it. But that vision is... unusual (perhaps even brand new) for your industry. Jill Hart is a certified real estate specialist and real estate consulting company owner. For a while, she worked with various age groups. But she had a...
May 15, 2023•35 min•Ep. 128
Dreaming and looking ahead kind of gets overlooked as a fluffy topic sometimes. Some people might even call it a little woo-woo. But everything that exists now (or will exist in the future) started as a dream--a vision--for someone. The iPhone in your hand, the car you drive to and from the grocery store, even the chairs you sit in while working or watching TV--all of it was in the mind of someone like Steve Jobs before it became something you could experience in reality. Not all visions involve...
May 09, 2023•26 min•Ep. 127
In your business, there isn’t just you. There are the people you serve (your clients or customers), but there’s also your team (colleagues or employees). Every person on your team is a reflection of your values. So you want to make sure you have the right people serving their roles. But how can you ensure you have the right people, and what do you do when you discover someone on your team who isn’t? My podcast guest today, Nikki Lewallen Gregory, has a principle she calls “right people, right se...
May 02, 2023•32 min•Ep. 126
Have you noticed how magical band-aids are? A kid with a skinned knee will get one and all of a sudden the meltdown on the playground turns into fun and adventure on the slide again. But kids aren’t the only ones who feel better after they get a band-aid. As an (adult) entrepreneur, you might feel the need to apply a band-aid whenever you encounter a problem in your business. But here’s the problem: like the skinned-knee wound on a child, the injury (and the pain) is still there. You haven’t act...
Apr 25, 2023•27 min•Ep. 125
Does the word “audit” conjure up scary images and feelings? Audits can sound a little frightening (thanks I.R.S.). But when it comes to your business, it helps give you the clarity and confidence to know what you need to work or not work on. Oftentimes on this podcast, you hear about the metrics, people, systems, and processes of successful business ownership. But what if it were presented in a way that provided you an overview of how it all ties together? Let me introduce you to the “Business A...
Apr 18, 2023•46 min•Ep. 124
“Counselor, consultant, or coach? Help, I can’t decide!” As a female business owner, you benefit tremendously from having coaching that focuses on both life and business. But you also have consultants and therapists available to help you, too, and picking between them all can get tricky. So let’s clear up the confusion. How can you determine which one to choose (and when)? You need to know the difference between consulting, coaching, and counseling and how to evaluate yourself to know which one ...
Apr 11, 2023•38 min•Ep. 123
Are you investing in yourself the way you need to based on where you’re at right now ? You might be stuck in investing in industry or problem-specific coaching, which isn’t a bad idea. But the thought of exploring the option of life and business coaching together may not have even crossed your radar. That’s where Emelie Russell found herself when I hired her in April 2022 to be my videographer for a live event I was doing. She’d invested in specific coaching for her profession but had never thou...
Apr 04, 2023•38 min•Ep. 122
What would be possible in your business (or life) if you knew how to stop people-pleasing? You’d feel less overwhelmed in your business. You’d be a happier person, too, in the long-run. And you might not even realize all the negative consequences that people-pleasing has on various aspects of your life. (Or maybe you’re painfully aware but just can’t seem to stop it)! What you need is the real truth behind your people-pleasing tendency... a big picture view, if you will. I’ve discovered somethin...
Mar 28, 2023•21 min•Ep. 121
There’s a difference between being a great leader in theory and actually being one in practice. As a CEO, you face a lot of challenges that aren’t actually business-related or professional in nature at all. They’re just often disguised as such. But they’re really emotional challenges that require something to bridge the gap. That something is called “emotional courage.” What does that entail, though? I’ve been exploring this idea of emotional courage in female leaders and came across best-sellin...
Mar 21, 2023•32 min•Ep. 120
