If your partner or spouse isn’t necessarily on board with your business ambitions, you’re not alone. Lack of (emotional) support is a topic that comes up often for women business owners. In fact, it came up several times among attendees during my April mastermind retreat and even after everyone went back home. Striking that balance (lacking a better word) between your role as a big-thinking business owner and your role as a relationship partner is challenging to find. But it’s not impossible! In...
May 07, 2024•32 min•Ep. 177
It’s one thing for me to tell you what the Vision to Action Intensive experience is like. But it’s another to hear the whole journey in the words of someone who’s done it. When I walked you through a session in a previous episode , you heard clips from some actual clients. Now, you get to hear an entire story of what happens before and after you extract your vision mentally and turn it into physical action. In this episode of Time to Level Up , you’ll learn about Hillary’s journey going through ...
Apr 30, 2024•24 min•Ep. 176
Let’s put the finishing touches on your vision-to-action plan! In previous episodes, you’ve heard me (and others) talk to She Thinks Big Live attendees about creating WILD goals to turn your vision into action and adjusting your vision to elevate your business . Now let’s get into part three of the third session of the event, where we finish covering the action plan in depth. In this episode of Time to Level Up , you’ll learn how to narrow down your WILD goals, create a list of 25 things you’re ...
Apr 23, 2024•52 min•Ep. 175
You know how you’ll sometimes struggle to get clarity on what you want to do and where you want to go in some aspect of your business? It’s as if you’re too close to the situation to get a clear view and see all the options and opportunities available to you. That’s when turning to another pair of eyes and point of view can be helpful. And when it comes to forming your vision and turning it into action, you need help. That’s precisely what the Vision to Action Intensive is designed to do! But ar...
Apr 16, 2024•22 min•Ep. 174
There comes a point where you need to adjust your vision or shift what you’re doing. It often happens when you’re at a new growth stage in your business or when you realize your plans just aren’t working out. She Thinks Big Live attendees Nicole Teal, Aileen Paszek, and Terri Fisher all found themselves in circumstances where they needed to shift what they were doing. In the second part of session three of the event, these three action-takers took the stage and shared their stories while highlig...
Apr 09, 2024•41 min•Ep. 173
How do you turn your vision into action? Your dream doesn’t have to stay floating in your head as a nice thing to have. Creating an effective action plan is a foundational step in turning your dreams into tangible results. Sometimes, though, you have to do things that seem a little wild. While SMART goals help give you direction, combining them with WILD goals helps you achieve a balanced approach to setting goals that also keeps you motivated. In this episode of Time to Level Up , you’ll hear p...
Apr 02, 2024•30 min•Ep. 172
Moving can be a nightmare! You have to put your house on the market, find a new house to move into (or, in my case, wait for yours to finish being built), and juggle with where you’ll stay in the interim if necessary. In the meantime, you’re packing and unpacking, hemming and hawing over what to keep and what to throw out or donate, and so on. Oh, and you’re still trying to run the rest of your life and business, too! But you don’t have to take it all on by yourself. You can even hire experts li...
Mar 26, 2024•41 min•Ep. 171
Think you don’t have time to complete your goals? Or that you always need to be striving towards something in any area of your life or business? Or that you can’t get into the habit of making time for yourself? Well, think again! Stacie Simpson is a time and Full Focus expert and one of the coaches available to work with as part of my membership programs. In part two of Session Two at She Thinks Big Live , she joined emcee Nicole Pence Becker and me on stage to talk about what she sees working w...
Mar 19, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 170
How did you imagine your life unfolding when you became an adult? So many have hopes of a dream life when they graduate from school, get their first “real” job, or just move into a place of their own for the first time. Then they realize--five, ten, twenty years down the road--that they haven’t come close to achieving it. They stayed stuck in hope mode. But your dream lifestyle doesn’t just create itself. You have to be intentional about creating the life you desire, and a life plan, along with ...
Mar 12, 2024•26 min•Ep. 169
When you hear the words “strategy” and “plan,” do you think of them as synonymous? A lot of people do. Certain topics keep coming up again and again in coaching conversations. Whether or not to utilize a certain marketing tactic, such as starting a podcast, is one of them. But before you can answer that question, you need to have a marketing strategy and plan in place. And you need to realize how a strategy differs from a plan before you can create either one. To help, Terri Fisher has returned ...
Mar 05, 2024•38 min•Ep. 168
What does it take to pull off a big event like a retreat? There are a lot of moving parts when you want to hold something like She Thinks Big Live . But as a coach or consultant, you probably want to offer something more than just a grand experience. You want your guests to walk away with something tangible they can use to level up their business or life beyond the event. Those who attended She Thinks Big Live last month walked away with a plan on how to create an extraordinary 2024. Planning th...
Feb 27, 2024•27 min•Ep. 167
How’s your marketing investment working out for you? Many entrepreneurs get discouraged when their marketing efforts or hiring decisions falter, and they struggle to find the right clients as a result. But can the cause be tied to a lack of clarity on some aspect(s) of their business or a missing piece in their marketing altogether? My podcast producer, Stacey Harris, often sees this with those looking to invest in marketing and support for their show. Today, she’s here to dig deeper and help yo...
Feb 20, 2024•37 min•Ep. 166
Where do you start when building a new business? Or maybe the better question is, where should you start? You always hear about action plans. You’re encouraged to think about step-by-step processes, timeframes, and so on. But do you believe ? Do you believe in yourself, your capabilities, your business idea? You've heard me talk about the importance of having a belief plan on this podcast before. During the first session of the first-ever She Thinks Big Live event, three members of my Runway to ...
Feb 13, 2024•33 min•Ep. 165
Do you worry about cash flow in your business? Money is a topic that comes up over and over again in my coaching practice (despite, ironically, its apparent lack of popularity on the podcast). Regardless of any reticence to talk about money or listen to information on the subject, knowing your numbers is an integral part of business, and it goes beyond just profit and loss. That’s why I integrate money mindset and money systems into my coaching programs. Today, I’m speaking with Nicole Cooley, o...
Feb 06, 2024•28 min•Ep. 164
Do you see a big difference in yourself, your life, and your circumstances now than you did 20 or 30 years ago? You might think that college-aged kids can’t yet contemplate worries and challenges on the same level as a 40+ year-old. But you might be surprised... For the first time on the show, I’m interviewing one of my kids, along with two of her friends. And while nothing they said surprised me, I was intrigued to see the similarities between their struggles and those of older adults like my c...
Jan 30, 2024•47 min•Ep. 163
Is your past self getting in the way of the future version of you? Perhaps you’re allowing past choices to preserve a defeatist attitude about certain things. Or your past could be preventing you from challenging yourself in transformative ways that can create your future. And the worst part is you might be unaware that you’re punishing yourself in this way. While the past can’t be changed, there is still something you can do about it. And it starts with an awareness of why you punish yourself i...
Jan 23, 2024•30 min•Ep. 162
Are you one of the many people who aspire to turn their creative passion into a business? You might love the idea of being the boss of your own creative business. Usually, those schooled in their creative craft aren’t taught how to run a business. So perhaps you’ve thought about it but haven’t gone through with it because of doubts about its profit potential. What if you could see what’s it like to be the owner and CEO of a successful creative business? I invited four mastermind clients (Nicole,...
Jan 16, 2024•44 min•Ep. 161
Over 50% of CEOs have felt loneliness at some point in their business journey. That’s according to one study, but the likely reality is that it affects many more than that. Most people only see the illusion of success, not the hard work, sweat, and tears to get there. But there’s a loneliness that comes with being an entrepreneur bubbling underneath, too, and it can happen at any stage of your business. Furthermore, if you let your loneliness linger, it starts impacting you as a wife, mom, frien...
Jan 09, 2024•27 min•Ep. 160
Do you say things like, “I don’t set goals. I avoid them. Goal setting is too hard and a waste of time”? Lots of women say these kinds of comments to me on consultation calls when I ask them about their goals. In a previous episode released back in the summer of 2022, I referred to “anti-goalers.” Now, a year later, I have a more accurate perspective about those who might avoid or have trouble with goal-setting and why. In this updated episode of Time to Level Up , you’ll get to eavesdrop in on ...
Jan 02, 2024•34 min
Your business might be making money, but that doesn’t necessarily make your business a profitable one. So many entrepreneurs feel reluctant to look at the numbers in their business. They may not find it fun or fear what they might see, so they just avoid it altogether. But you need to know your numbers and what they mean in order to make the right decisions that’ll add to the bottom line without adding on stress, unnecessary debt, or even crumbling your business from within. Ciara Stockeland hel...
Dec 26, 2023•30 min•Ep. 159
Do you need coaching ... or do you need counseling ? Sometimes, people get coaching confused with therapy and psychiatry. While coaching has therapeutic elements, it isn’t (and thus can’t replace) therapy or counseling. In a previous episode , you may have heard me talk about the difference between coaching and counseling. But I gave my point of view on it. Today on the podcast, you’ll get the perspective of clients who are entrepreneurs in the mental health industry who can speak on this better...
Dec 19, 2023•41 min•Ep. 158
“What’s great about being a mom and a business owner?” You don’t hear that question often. You usually just hear how hard it is to do both and give equal time to the two roles. I, however, did pose this question to recent mastermind retreat members . And their responses might change how you feel, what you do, and the results you get in motherhood and business. Think it’s impossible? Just listen to their responses on the podcast and see how you can not only manage to make these dual roles work bu...
Dec 12, 2023•37 min•Ep. 157
What is it really like to go on a business retreat? You might experience the things that tend to immediately come to mind when thinking of the word “retreat.” Perhaps you have an image of cucumber slices over your eyes while getting a facial, or enjoying a massage at a spa, or tanning by the pool, or meditating on a beach somewhere. But retreats with a specific focus offer something extra, something that can truly level up your life (and, in this case, your business). So what actually happens at...
Dec 05, 2023•21 min•Ep. 156
What actually happens inside a mastermind? Being part of a group can fast track anything you’re working on or thinking about. Perhaps you’ve seen or heard of others joining group programs like a mastermind and raving about the experience and the benefits they received. Or you’ve thought about joining the Runway to Freedom mastermind . But what is it like to be part of Runway to Freedom, specifically? Well, instead of telling you that, I’ll let the participants speak for themselves. In this episo...
Nov 28, 2023•34 min•Ep. 155
You’d think celebrating success would be easy for everyone. But for many, if not most people, it actually feels unnatural. Why, though? This question came up after the successful launch of my book She Thinks Big on Amazon. That launch frustrated me, and I couldn’t celebrate my win. So, after doing some exploring, I came up with a few causes for the lack of celebration and what you could do about it the next time you achieve a milestone. In this episode of Time to Level Up , you’ll learn six reas...
Nov 21, 2023•26 min•Ep. 154
Have you ever thought of treating your business as a science experiment for success and using that mindset for business growth? Jillian Leslie has. In fact, she helped create a product that helps other entrepreneurs test and experiment while making money, one download at a time. We’re not talking pennies per download, either. With MiloTreeCart you can monetize ebooks, courses, videos, workshops, or whatever else you want, including free content you’ve already created. It’s super easy to use and ...
Nov 14, 2023•43 min•Ep. 153
An average person on an average day makes 35,000 decisions each day. All those decisions--from major life changes to what to wear or eat in the morning--take time and energy and can really deplete you. And this can lead to what we call decision fatigue. While there is some confusing science behind it, decision fatigue is a real thing. And I know firsthand how it feels in the body and brain, not just how it looks on paper. In this episode of Time to Level Up , you’ll learn how to identify and com...
Nov 07, 2023•30 min•Ep. 152
What if you could learn to appreciate the stress and the gifts (yes, gifts) it can bring? When I started working with Kate Greunke (better known as Kate the Socialite) around six months ago, she hadn’t even been seeking out a coach. But feeling stressed out, she realized she needed coaching to help her work on certain things. And in the process, she learned to like stress in a strange way. You’re probably thinking, “How could anybod y like stress?” Well, Kate found out that she can push through ...
Oct 31, 2023•44 min•Ep. 151
You’re talking to yourself all the time. Thousands of thoughts pass through your brain every day, and most of them are subconscious. But those are the ones that speak the loudest (despite you often being unaware) because they reflect your true beliefs about what you think about the world and of yourself...which then shows up physically in your life. Whether you talk to yourself in an empowering or disempowering way is critical to your success. If you want to switch to empowered thinking, asking ...
Oct 24, 2023•24 min•Ep. 150
Are you curious about transforming your interest in art into a true commitment as an entrepreneur, yet find it hard to believe you can have a successful art business? Maybe when you were a child and got asked what you wanted to be when you grew up, you said you wanted to be an artist. Then, eventually, someone said something that put a damper on your dream, which still exists decades later. The images of the starving artist, poor poet, or struggling actor run rampant in our culture. And it seems...
Oct 17, 2023•36 min•Ep. 149
