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And She Spoke
Jennifer Barcelos and Sandy Connery
158 episodes
1 month ago
For so many modern, driven women, life is about being more than one thing. We’re multidimensional—and so are our conversations. We carry multiple identities; we can be both mother and artist; both attorney and entrepreneur. Both clinician and CEO. Both humble and proud. Life for women like us is about both. About…all of the above. It’s about the “and”...
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For so many modern, driven women, life is about being more than one thing. We’re multidimensional—and so are our conversations. We carry multiple identities; we can be both mother and artist; both attorney and entrepreneur. Both clinician and CEO. Both humble and proud. Life for women like us is about both. About…all of the above. It’s about the “and”...
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And She Spoke
Why We're Obsessed with Lilith

We're getting into some serious goddess energy today with Lilith. From Sarah McLachlan's game-changing Lilith Fair to ancient mythology spanning thousands of years, we unpack why this winged goddess who refused to submit to Adam has become our feminist icon. We explore where Black Moon Lilith shows up in our own birth charts and what those placements reveal about our repressed power and hidden rebellions. Plus we get into why the parts of ourselves we think are "selfish" might actually be our greatest gifts to the world. Trust us, you'll want to look up your own Lilith placement after this one.

The Book of Lilith by Barbara Black Koltuv
Find your own Black Moon Lilith at https://astrolibrary.org/black-moon-lilith-calculator/

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1 month ago
43 minutes

And She Spoke
We're Back After 20 Months of Radio Silence

After disappearing for nearly two years, we're finally ready to tell you where the hell we've been and why we needed to walk away from everything we built. We dive into the burnout we swore didn't exist, the inbox that nearly broke us, and how success became synonymous with trauma. Plus, we reveal what pulled us back from the brink and why we're doing this podcast purely for joy instead of strategy. Spoiler alert: TikTok may have saved our sanity, and we have zero plans except to talk about whatever makes us happy.

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2 months ago
56 minutes

And She Spoke
Our Thoughts on Burn-Out

What if the fear of burning out and overworking is actually causing the burnout? And what if working harder and smarter is the best way to avoid it? Today on the And She Spoke Podcast, we are diving deep into our thoughts on burnout. Listen in to hear all about the history of the term, its three stages, the dangers of wanting to be burnt out to prove your work ethic, and why it’s lost its meaning. 


Often, we mistake dissatisfaction with our lives with burnout, and in today’s episode, we explore the culturally contagious and problematic term before discussing what true burnout is. 


We even talk about the dangers of being fearful of burnout, why you should always be working hard, and much more! Finally, we challenge listeners to avoid using the word ‘burnout’ and to stop being fearful of overworking and even underworking. 


Key Points From This Episode:

  • An overview of the history of burnout. 
  • Three stages of burnout: exhaustion, depersonalization/cynicism, and sense of effectiveness. 
  • Why ‘burnout’ has lost its meaning and can be mistaken for dissatisfaction with your life. 
  • How being burnt out brings a sense of value to being hard-working and why that’s dangerous. 
  • The phrase “I’m so burnt out” as culturally contagious and why it’s hurting us. 
  • Why not working to the best of your ability out of fear of burning out is dangerous. 
  • When true burnout happens and how to avoid it.
  • A challenge: don’t use the word ‘burnout’ and don’t be scared of hard work in 2024. 

JOY: Hand Pan

Hustle: Diary of a ceo


Resources: 

  • The Luminaries LIVE, January 2024 cohort
  • The VISIBLE Course

This podcast is brought to you by the Marvelous online teaching platform.

Marvelous is an easy-to-use platform that helps you build and sell your own courses, memberships, and live-streamed programs. Go from idea to open for business in just minutes. If you're looking for a simple, streamlined way to build and grow an online business. You can learn more at Marvelous.

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1 year ago
36 minutes

And She Spoke
How to Survive Cancel-Culture with Kelly Diels

There are far too many women today who won’t make themselves visible due to a fear of visibility itself — a fear of being targeted, trashed, and taken down. 

Joining us today is return guest, Kelly Diels, who always brings new and insightful ideas to the conversation. Kelly is a business teacher for Culture Makers where she helps socially conscious entrepreneurs achieve, not just financial success, but critical gains for social justice. 

Hear us unpack the intricacies of cancel-culture and public trashing, the fears that stop women from putting their work out into the world, and what can be done to address this. 

You’ll hear personal insights from both Jeni & Kelly about their experiences, the key lessons they took from it, what this type of targeting demonstrates about society’s treatment of women, and why communal action is essential if we want to change these cultural trends. 

To learn more about the forces behind these movements and the antidote to online trashing, be sure to tune in to the important conversation!

Here’s a sneak peek of what we discuss:

  • Detailing the fears Kelly’s clients have around being targeted online.
  • The cultural shift from being targeted by your ideological opponents to your peers.
  • Why being targeted by your peers is more harmful than being targeted by your opponents.
  • Mainstream culture’s expectation of women and what happens when they deviate from it.
  • Unpacking what incentivizes people to initiate trashing campaigns.
  • The impulse to level women who are considered to have too much power and resources.
  • Historical teachings on (and examples of) trashing and what we can learn from it.
  • Why it takes a community, not an individual, to stop the trashing trend.
  • Kelly’s experience of public shaming and her advice to others going through it.
  • How to put up boundaries when it comes to trashing and canceling.
  • Bearing people’s humanity in mind when you are being trashed.
  • Jeni’s experience with public shaming and the immense harm it does.


Resources: 

  • Kelly Diels Website
  • Subscribe to Kelly’s Sunday Love Letter
  • The Luminaries LIVE, January 2024 cohort
  • The VISIBLE Course

This podcast is brought to you by the Marvelous online teaching platform.

Marvelous is an easy-to-use platform that helps you build and sell your own courses, memberships, and live-streamed programs. Go from idea to open for business in just minutes. If you're looking for a simple, streamlined way to build and grow an online business. You can learn more at Marvelous.

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1 year ago
1 hour 1 minute

And She Spoke
Predictions for Coaching in 2024

Today on the And She Spoke podcast, we’re sharing our predictions for the coaching industry in 2024 with you so you can leverage the best techniques for success in your business this year. 

Tune in to hear all about the changes we’ve seen in the coaching industry recently and what we think will happen throughout the year. 

From the dangers of high-ticket sales to cohorts to one-on-one coaching, we even give you some tips to beat AI as a coach! 

You don’t want to miss this one so press play now!


Here’s a sneak peek of what we discuss:

  • The kinds of changes we have been seeing in coaching. 
  • A decrease in high-ticket sales in 2024. 
  • Why one-on-one coaching will always be successful and the downsides of it. 
  • The rise in cohorts and why they are so incredible. 
  • Why you need to have a niche in 2024, even when you’re an influencer. 
  • How AI is going to affect coaching in 2024. 

  

JOY: Alltrails

HUSTLE: masterclass


Resources: 

  • Jennifer Barcelos on LinkdIN
  • Sandy Connery on LinkdIN
  • The Luminaries LIVE, January 2024 cohort
  • The VISIBLE Course

This podcast is brought to you by the Marvelous online teaching platform.

Marvelous is an easy-to-use platform that helps you build and sell your own courses, memberships, and live-streamed programs. Go from idea to open for business in just minutes. If you're looking for a simple, streamlined way to build and grow an online business. You can learn more at Marvelous.

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1 year ago
25 minutes

And She Spoke
What We're Leaving Behind in 2024

A lot has happened in 2023! Join us in today’s episode as we explore all that we intend to leave behind as we move into 2024 and what we envision for ourselves, And She Coaching and Hey Marvelous in the coming year. 

We reflect on the events of the past year with a focus on what we would like to take with us and what we are ready to do differently. We get candid about the effect of the business on our internal worlds and vice versa, sharing our thoughts on where life really gets interesting, how to find confidence, and our business intentions for 2024. We touch on self-talk, shame, identity, and consider the source of our feelings of security as we look ahead. You won’t want to miss it!


Here’s a sneak peek of what we discuss:

  • Reflections on all that has happened in 2023 and why we consider it the final pandemic-affected year. 
  • Feelings of lightness and positivity we are taking into 2024.
  • Sandy’s intention of witnessing self-talk and approaching it with positivity. 
  • Jeni’s vision to confront deep shame and let go of finding her identity in her business.
  • The source of newfound confidence rooted in observation over the last two years.
  • Where growth and an interesting life actually happens. 
  • Finding the confidence to make necessary decisions.
  • Our intention to move towards more audience-based work. 
  • Why 2024 is also the year of letting go of jobs that we shouldn’t be doing. 
  • What makes it so difficult to let go of tasks that shouldn’t fall to us.

  

JOY: Mymind app

HUSTLE: The Elements of eloquence


Resources: 

  • Jennifer Barcelos on LinkdIN
  • Sandy Connery on LinkdIN
  • The Luminaries LIVE, January 2024 cohort
  • VISIBLE Coaching Program

This podcast is brought to you by the Marvelous online teaching platform.

Marvelous is an easy-to-use platform that helps you build and sell your own courses, memberships, and live-streamed programs. Go from idea to open for business in just minutes. If you're looking for a simple, streamlined way to build and grow an online business. You can learn more at Marvelous.

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1 year ago
35 minutes

And She Spoke
Finding Your Voice in Virtual Spaces with Casey Erin Clark

Many of us spend what felt like a lifetime on Zoom meetings, and perhaps you struggled to find your voice in this virtual space. This is completely normal because the rules of engagement are entirely different online than they are in the real world. 


To wrap up our 'best-of' series, we're replaying an episode with guests Casey Erin Clark and Julie Fogh, the Founders of Vital Voice Training, a voice, and communication company that recognizes that your voice is a powerful tool for connection and expression. As trained actors and voice and speech coaches, Casey and Julie understand that real communication happens when your voice is grounded in who you are. 


On this show, after hearing about their business aims, we dive into the disembodiment that many of us are experiencing, and Casey and Julie offer advice on how we might reconnect with our bodies once more. We touch on the importance of communicating and teaching rules of engagement, particularly in a virtual space where they aren’t so obvious. In-person meetings are not perfect either, so accepting these virtual spaces for what they are can help us feel okay in them. 


Our conversation also touches on broadening our understanding of power and confidence in the world that deifies extroversion, Casey and Julie’s functional authenticity definition, and the difficulty that many of us have with being authentic on social media. Our voices are a marker of who we are. It is not about talking the loudest or the most, it is about using your voice in a way that is truest to you.  


Here’s a peek at what else we discuss:

  • What Vital Voice Training does and the impetus to start the company.
  • How the pandemic affected Vital Voice’s business and the meaningful pivot they made
  • Four ways of perceiving the body and the importance of cultivating a connection to our bodies.
  • There is so much room for creativity on Zoom with all the tools available.
  • The difficulty of not being able to easily switch roles when we work from home.
  • Our bodies and spirits are not meant to deal with this level of uncertainty.
  • Balancing the humility of listening and the power of sharing your voice.
  • Why we need to expand our definitions of power and confidence.
  • The difference between feedback that men and women receive in the workplace.
  • Defining functional authenticity and why it is important to have this expanded definition.
  • Why it is so difficult to be authentic on social media where we can curate what we share.
  • You can be authentic and intentional; it doesn’t have to be one or the other.

Resources:
Casey Erin Clark
Casey Erin Clark on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter
Julie Fogh
Julie Fogh on LinkedIn
Vital Voice Training
The Authenticity Code
Casey Erin Clark and Voice Positivity (And She Spoke Podcast Episode)
Brain.fm


This podcast is brought to you by the Marvelous online teaching platform.

Marvelous is an easy-to-use platform that helps you build and sell your own courses memberships and live-streamed programs. Go from idea to open for business in just minutes. Unlike other startups, Marvelous was created by women for women. If you're looking for a simple, streamlined way to build and grow an online business. You can learn more at Marvelous.

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1 year ago
1 hour 3 minutes

And She Spoke
Pricing & the Patriarchy

We often define our limits by what we think we’re capable of. And for many women in business, structural barriers—both internal and external—play a big role in how we create these fences for ourselves. For centuries, we’ve been taught that we need to rely on other members of society to make financial decisions for us, and that our value comes from our bodies rather than our minds. This reflects in how much money we think we deserve in exchange for our services. But, that’s where the beauty of owning our own businesses lies. Why? Because we’re the ones in charge. We’re the ones making the calls, setting our prices, and running the show. 


In this week’s 'best-of' episode, we’re getting into the nitty-gritty of how the prevailing system dictates our money-mindsets as women, why the culture of undercharging is detrimental to the entrepreneurial landscape, and why we should rethink our capabilities with reference to money.


Here’s what you can expect from this episode:

  • The difference between your worth and the worth of your programs and offerings
  • 4 subconscious patriarchal beliefs that affect the way we price things
  • How being a business owner helps you minimize the structural financial barriers 
  • The undercharging-culture, and why it needs to change
  • Why many women don't even trust themselves with money
  • The need to understand what your service is worth
  • What happens when you quit playing the people-pleasing game
  • Why it’s important to charge honest rates even if you don’t “need” the money


Joy: Theposterclub.com

Hustle: Seth Godin’s Blog Post “Superfamous”


This podcast is brought to you by the Marvelous online teaching platform. Marvelous is an easy-to-use platform that helps you build and sell your own courses memberships and live-streamed programs. Go from idea to open for business in just minutes. Unlike other startups, Marvelous was created by women for women. If you're looking for a simple, streamlined way to build and grow an online business. You can learn more at Marvelous.


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1 year ago
45 minutes

And She Spoke
Why Debt Doesn’t Have to Be a Dirty Word

Show of hands: How many of you are afraid to start (or scale) your business because you’re afraid of going into debt?
If you have your hand up, we get it. After all, no one wants to put $5,000 on their credit cards to spend on bags, shoes, or clothing. So, why would we take that risk for our business?

In today’s 'best-of' episode, we break down why that train of thought is deeply flawed. As women, we’ve let ourselves believe that we must be overly responsible with our money. We can only invest in something if we already have the cash in the bank to back it up. Otherwise, we’ll be seen as frivolous and financially irresponsible. That fear has holds us back from investing in our futures, taking risks for our careers, and jumping into entrepreneurship headfirst. And that’s just doing a disservice to our communities. While not all of us have the financial security and privilege to take on debt, for those of us who can afford to take on debt, it can be a very effective way to jumpstart your business. 

Here’s what else you can expect in the episode: 

  • Our personal stories about the finances behind our first businesses
  • The ‘Death Valley’ analogy and how to apply it to your business
  • How debt can help you gain the resilience you need to be an entrepreneur
  • The J Curve and why you should be studying it ASAP
  • Why you need to surround yourself with people who believe in you 

RESOURCES

  • Hey Marvelous
  • Color Hunt

This podcast is brought to you by the Marvelous online teaching platform.

Marvelous is an easy-to-use platform that helps you build and sell your own courses memberships and live-streamed programs. Go from idea to open for business in just minutes. Unlike other startups, Marvelous was created by women for women. If you're looking for a simple, streamlined way to build and grow an online business. You can learn more at Marvelous.

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1 year ago
24 minutes

And She Spoke
How to Get Coached

In this "best-of" episode, we talk about how to hear and implement advice. We believe there are things you can do to prepare ones-self to hear and successfully implement feedback about your business. Sandy shares about a mindset best suited when preparing to hear advice and those emotions that can hinder one’s willingness to receive guidance. 


We also talk about why business owners need to focus on those things that can be controlled to be successful and how often-times, we need to reorganize our emotions, attitudes, and actions to find success. 


Join us as we explore examples of behavior, attitudes, and actions that come out of different ways of thinking. If you find yourself in a place where you’re looking to take on a business coach or seeking out advice, today’s episode is for you. 


Here’s a sneak peek of what we discuss:

  • How emotions cause us to take action.
  • The best way to show up to hearing advice; give-it-to-me emotions.
  • Sandy shares the best emotions to bring along [when preparing to hear advice].
  • Jeni shares a strategy: emulate before you innovate.
  • Dead-end emotions and how they hinder your reception of advice.
  • Do you want to be right? Or do you want results?
  • Why you should take 24 hours to sit with the advice you’ve been given.
  • Why business owners need to focus on what they can control.
  • What to focus on when you want to be successful. 
  • The importance of shifting from a passive to an active mindset.

JOY : When Less Become More by emily Ley 

HUSTLE: Get Yourself a Business Coach & get eyes on your business! 


Resources:

  • Grow Your Audience with our Visible program
  • Launch Online with our Luminaries program

This podcast is brought to you by the Marvelous online teaching platform.

Marvelous is an easy-to-use platform that helps you build and sell your own courses, memberships, and live-streamed programs. Go from idea to open for business in just minutes. If you're looking for a simple, streamlined way to build and grow an online business. You can learn more at Marvelous.

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1 year ago
26 minutes

And She Spoke
The Power of One

Oftentimes, when people are struggling to succeed in their business, they’ll give in to the
temptation to pile on new offers, instead of nurturing their existing offer. Our mission for this
episode is to dispel the myth that you need more than one offer in your business in order to
land success. You don’t want to be the dollar store of online business, but rather hone in on
one scalable online offering. This week, we break down the importance of resisting the
temptation to offer multiple SKUs and share the value of having a highly curated business with
just one offer. Tune in to find out where the majority of your attention should lie, how to iterate
and optimize your offer, and where to channel the urge to create new things. Simplicity breeds
success and this week, you’ll find out why!

Key Points From This Episode:
• Why it’s important to resist the temptation to offer multiple products/ services.
• The value of having a highly curated business with just one offer.
• Why people tend to add new offers, rather than grow their audience with an existing offer.
• How to iterate and optimize your single offering.
• Where to channel the urge to create new things.
• Your primary job as a thought leader, expert, and creator.
• How much time you should spend marketing your business and why.
• What our Visible program encompasses.
• The importance of consistently sticking to a single marketing strategy.
• How simplicity creates success.
• Our joy and hustle of the week!

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1 year ago
29 minutes

And She Spoke
100 True Fans

It’s becoming more and more difficult to build a huge online audience but, thankfully, success
isn’t always correlated with size. If you can create a high-ticket program that just 100 people
are willing to pay for, you already have a successful business! But those high-ticket programs
don’t materialize overnight and in this episode, we are going to be discussing the four key
components of a $1000+ offering that can sustain your business in the long term. These four
components are: premium content, tangible value, accountability, and access, recognition, and
status. This episode is based on a very influential thought piece in the creator economy, and
after listening to it, you will understand why you don’t need millions (or even thousands) of
people in your audience to thrive!

Key Points From This Episode:
• The benefits of having an expensive offer
• Debunking the common myth about cheaper offerings
• The challenges of building an audience online.
• How to ensure your content has no close substitutes (and why this is important).
• What it takes to deliver tangible value to your audience.
• How our program, The Luminaries, has evolved over time and what it is going to look like in
the future.
• Our thoughts on access, recognition, and status in high-ticket programs.
• The mindset you need to be able to successfully sell a high-ticket offering.
• Joys and hustles for the week.

This episode originally aired in April.

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1 year ago
33 minutes

And She Spoke
You Hate Marketing Because You're Bad At It

This has been one of our most popular episodes, so we're sharing it again!

Many solo-preneurs struggle to motivate themselves to spend time marketing their work but unfortunately, no company will succeed without it. 

Today, we’re dishing out some tough love and hard-hitting truths: if you hate marketing, it might be because you’re bad at it! 

Luckily, we’re also here to help you find a way to market in a way that is not only simple and effective but fun and feel-good too. 

It’s difficult to enjoy something you’re not good at so listen in as we share some tips from our unique and systematic approach that will help you overcome the discomfort of promoting your work, find the essential things that you actually enjoy doing, and, ultimately, learn to love marketing. 

Here’s a sneak peek of what we discuss:

  • Reasons that marketing is essential for any business.
  • Why marketing feels unnatural or uncomfortable; particularly for women entrepreneurs.
  • Finding a way to market in a way that is effective, authentic, and fun!
  • The value of establishing what it would look like to love the process of marketing your work.
  • Why taking a simple, step-by-step approach to marketing is key.
  • The importance of acknowledging that there are no quick wins in online business.

Joy: The Growing Floret

Hustle: Khlauss (on Twitter)

Resources:

  • Join our Luminaries Program: Learn how to launch your wellness business online
  • VISIBLE Coaching Program: Learn how to get your wellness business seen, loved and selling online

This podcast is brought to you by the Marvelous online teaching platform.

Marvelous is an easy-to-use platform that helps you build and sell your own courses, memberships, and live-streamed programs. Go from idea to open for business in just minutes. If you're looking for a simple, streamlined way to build and grow an online business. You can learn more at Marvelous.

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1 year ago
19 minutes

And She Spoke
Launching a Podcast with Carli Van Heerden

Podcasts are a versatile and engaging way to share your message, connect with others, and potentially grow your brand or business. 

In today's episode, we welcome Carli van Heerden, the CEO and Founder of We Edit Podcasts (WEP), a company that specializes in delivering top-tier podcast production services. They aim to empower podcasters by swiftly bringing their content to life through an expert support network and production services.

Carli is also the host of Business Beyond The Mic, where she engages in meaningful dialogues with entrepreneurs, brand builders, and thought leaders. Through insightful discussions, the show offers a treasure trove of strategies and advice for creating and sustaining successful podcasts. 

In our conversation, Carli draws from her extensive experience and success in the industry, sharing invaluable insights and expert tips to guide both budding and seasoned podcasters on their podcasting journeys.

Listen in to hear about her company’s humble beginnings, how she was able to build a team from scratch, and how she was able to develop confidence as an entrepreneur. 

We also delve into how her personal aspirations feed into her business and entrepreneurial mindset, and her motivation for launching the podcast. 

Gain valuable insights into establishing yourself as a thought leader, the importance of engaging your community, the amount of work it takes to promote a podcast, and much more! 

Here’s a sneak peek of what we discuss:

  • Background about Carli and her company, We Edit Podcasts.
  • Hear how she learned the basics of being an entrepreneur.
  • How she was able to grow her team of production professionals.
  • Building confidence as an entrepreneur by leveraging your strengths.
  • Engaging with your community and establishing yourself as a thought leader.
  • Business decisions for her personal brand vs We Edit Podcast
  • Get a sneak peek of the exciting revamped PodSummit.
  • Advice and insights for budding podcasters to help them get started.

Resources: 

  • Carli van Heerden on LinkedIn
  • Carli van Heerden on Instagram
  • Carli van Heerden on X
  • Business Beyond The Mic on Apple Podcasts
  • We Edit Podcasts (affiliate link)
  • The Luminaries Wait-list
  • VISIBLE Coaching Program

This podcast is brought to you by the Marvelous online teaching platform.

Marvelous is an easy-to-use platform that helps you build and sell your own courses, memberships, and live-streamed programs. Go from idea to open for business in just minutes. If you're looking for a simple, streamlined way to build and grow an online business. You can learn more at Marvelous.

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2 years ago
41 minutes

And She Spoke
Closing Down Your Business with Brigitte Lyons

In recent months, we've observed several high-profile women opt to shutter their businesses, yet the reasons behind such decisions often (still) remain unexplored. 

On this episode of the And She Spoke podcast, we talk to Brigitte Lyons. She is the Founder of Podcast Ally, a podcast booking agency that she created and grew while traveling around the United States in a van with her husband: #vanlife. 

She recently made the call to close her company and we were eager to have a conversation about this process. 

Join the conversation as we chat with Brigitte about why she started Podcast Ally, how she successfully continued to run it while living a nomadic lifestyle, and the impact COVID-19 had on the business. 

Finally, we explore how she factored her knowledge, ability, and willingness to ride out a potential recession and she gives us an inside peek into the complex deliberation she underwent that finally led to her decision to close down her business. 

Here’s a sneak peek of what we discuss:

  • Building her business (Podcast Ally) to support a nomadic lifestyle: #vanlife.
  • A detailed explanation of running her company from the road, her team's role and how it operates within the company. 
  • Her end game: the initial vision for Podcast Ally and what she originally aimed to achieve.
  • The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on her business and decision-making. 
  • Her thoughts on what sparked the growth of her business in July of 2020.
  • Riding out a recession: knowledge, ability, and willingness.
  • She underlines the complex deliberations that ultimately led her to close the business.
  • What it was like making the decision and breaking the news to her team.
  • The benefits of open dialogue with her team addressing the potential recession. 
  • Life looked after closing down her company. 
  • The way Brigitte conceptualizes the role of herself as a leader.

JOY: Reading for pleasure: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

HUSTLE: Boomerang  


Resources: 

  • Brigitte Lyons on LinkedIn
  • Brigitte Lyons on X
  • Brigitte Lyons on Instagram
  • Podcast Alley
  • The Luminaries Wait-list
  • VISIBLE Coaching Program

This podcast is brought to you by the Marvelous online teaching platform.

Marvelous is an easy-to-use platform that helps you build and sell your own courses, memberships, and live-streamed programs. Go from idea to open for business in just minutes. If you're looking for a simple, streamlined way to build and grow an online business. You can learn more at Marvelous.

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2 years ago
54 minutes

And She Spoke
10 Lessons from Millionaires

In this episode, we delve into the strategies and insights of millionaire business owners who have scaled to the heights of success. 

A recent social media post by a prominent entrepreneur about what makes a successful business owner got a lot of attention, and we thought we would take the time to give our take. 

From playing the long game to discovering the power of passion, we uncover the secrets to entrepreneurial success. 

We discuss the art of balancing market knowledge with rapid problem-solving, the benefits of learning by doing rather than endlessly searching for market gaps, and how to enhance the value of your business. 

We explore the significance of staying true to your business's core values and treating yourself as your very first customer. 

Gain insights into how content creation can magnify your business's worth and why giving value leads to receiving it. We also offer advice on setting clear short-term objectives and long-term goals while avoiding the trap of perfectionism. 

Join us as we unpack the essential lessons from millionaire business owners and uncover their secrets to success. 


Here’s a sneak peek of what we discuss:

  • Playing the long game and not expecting short-term success.
  • Balancing knowledge of the market with fast-tracking solutions.
  • Learning by doing rather than obsessing over market gaps
  • Why a passion for what you are doing is vital for the long-term.
  • Leveraging content creation to increase the value of your business.
  • Why creating value to receive value is an effective strategy.
  • Staying authentic to your core business values.
  • Thinking of yourself as the first customer of your business.
  • Insights into the pitfalls of perfectionism.
  • Identifying clear short-term objectives and long-term goals.
  • Knowing your limits and being present for your family.
  • Learn the value of coaching for crafting a successful mindset.
  • Focusing your efforts and energy on the bigger picture.
  • Creating high-quality content and earning your audience.

JOY: The Poster Club

HUSTLE: JOIN VISIBLE


Resources: 

  • The Luminaries Wait-list

This podcast is brought to you by the Marvelous online teaching platform.

Marvelous is an easy-to-use platform that helps you build and sell your own courses, memberships, and live-streamed programs. Go from idea to open for business in just minutes. If you're looking for a simple, streamlined way to build and grow an online business. You can learn more at Marvelous.

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2 years ago
31 minutes

And She Spoke
Growing a Podcast with Millions of Downloads with Abagail Pumphrey

Boss Project is an all-in-one digital agency designed to help grow your online revenue. CEO and Co-Founder Abagail Pumphrey is passionate about supporting her clients on their journey to financial freedom. She joins us to share what it’s like to transition from partnership to CEO, what it takes to have a growing, viral podcast, and what she does every week to ensure her show tops the charts. This episode is packed with plenty of tips and tricks Abagail has picked up along the way, from treating podcast titles as though they are SEO-rich titles and knowing your audience to listening to published episodes for improvement. We touch on whether or not there is a place for AI support in the world of podcasting, the role of show notes and transcripts, and catering to your specific audience. Abagail also dives into her preparation process and how it has changed since she became a solo host.


JOY: Opus Clip

HUSTLE: The Boss Project


Resources:

  • The Luminaries Wait-list
  • VISIBLE Coaching Program

This podcast is brought to you by the Marvelous online teaching platform.

Marvelous is an easy-to-use platform that helps you build and sell your own courses, memberships, and live-streamed programs. Go from idea to open for business in just minutes. If you're looking for a simple, streamlined way to build and grow an online business. You can learn more at Marvelous.

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2 years ago
51 minutes

And She Spoke
A $14 Million Membership with Corinne Crabtree

As a business owner, falling in love with your product is a superpower. 

Joining us in conversation today is Corinne Crabtree, founder of No B.S. Weight Loss, a $14 million membership that is truly passionate about helping people lose weight and change their lives. 

Tune in to hear all about Corinne’s journey to becoming a Certified Life Coach, finally recognizing herself as an entrepreneur, and taking her business to the next level. 

Corinne shares the story of her business and some key lessons she has learned along the way. 

By offering a candid insight into her own journey and process, Corinne empowers listeners to navigate their own membership-based businesses with plenty of practical tips and truth bombs along the way. 


Here’s a sneak peek of what we discuss:

  • Introducing Corinne Crabtree and her membership-based business.
  • Her journey to becoming a Certified Life Coach.
  • How Corinne’s extended team is structured to support what she is building. 
  • Why she has chosen to build her own CRM.
  • The conversation that catapulted Corinne into seeing her endeavors as a business. 
  • The meaningful goal that motivated her to take her business to the next level. 
  • How her belief that what she was doing was truly helping people. 
  • The power of falling in love with your product as a business owner. 
  • Learning to be open as a business owner. 
  • Understanding the brain’s resistance to change.
  • What motivated Corinne to add another membership option.
  • The smartest way to grow your business through memberships.
  • How to add value to promote growth. 

JOY: Watching ‘guilt free’ t.v.

HUSTLE: Write down 3 Money-making things you’ll get done today (and do ‘em!)  

Resources:

  • Corinne Crabtree’s Website
  • Corinne Crabtree on Instagram
  • The Luminaries Wait-list
  • VISIBLE Coaching Program

This podcast is brought to you by the Marvelous online teaching platform.

Marvelous is an easy-to-use platform that helps you build and sell your own courses, memberships, and live-streamed programs. Go from idea to open for business in just minutes. If you're looking for a simple, streamlined way to build and grow an online business. You can learn more at Marvelous.

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2 years ago
51 minutes

And She Spoke
Will AI Take Over Coaching?

Artificial intelligence has the potential to revolutionize the coaching industry. It can provide automated solutions that can augment or, arguably, even replace human coaches. 

In today’s episode, we tackle some of these recent developments in AI and whether or not this well-debated emerging technology is poised to really take over coaching entirely.

While there are benefits- like the elimination of human bias and the ability to condense your offering into more accessible and affordable packages- there are also a number of potential implications for the future of the industry. 

If anything, we believe that this kind of rapid innovation should serve as an incentive for creators and entrepreneurs to be more prolific, to boost the value for your clients, and ensure that you don’t get left behind. 

Yes, change can be scary, but it’s also exciting! Join us today as we offer some interesting new perspectives on how AI is shifting the landscape of not only coaching but a lot of other industries too.

Here’s a sneak peek of what we discuss:

  • The implications of new voice capabilities for AI-powered language models.
  • Some of the benefits and potential challenges of utilizing AI in coaching.
  • Why you might get left behind if you don’t have enough content to train an AI model.
  • How these developments should incentivize you to elevate your standard of work.
  • Whether or not AI can model empathy.
  • Ways that humans are becoming more integrated with technology.
  • Reasons why we believe there will always be a need for human coaching.

 

JOY: Poppies & peonies

HUSTLE: The Platformer 

Resources:

  • ChatGPT can now see, hear and speak
  • The Synthetic Social Network is Coming
  • The Luminaries Wait-list
  • VISIBLE Coaching Program

This podcast is brought to you by the Marvelous online teaching platform.

Marvelous is an easy-to-use platform that helps you build and sell your own courses, memberships, and live-streamed programs. Go from idea to open for business in just minutes. If you're looking for a simple, streamlined way to build and grow an online business. You can learn more at Marvelous.

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2 years ago
27 minutes

And She Spoke
Your $30K Ceiling

Most small businesses find themselves at a revenue ceiling that they simply cannot break out of. 

Generally speaking, if you have an existing community and some basic business understanding, you can get to $30K fairly easily. Generating substantially more revenue? Well, that’s another story.

Today on the And She Spoke Podcast, we are delving into what you need to consider and do if you want to hit new and larger revenue goals. 

You’ll hear about our experiences with hitting this revenue ceiling, why being more strategic is imperative and why scaling revenue means seeing the business as entirely different from before.

We also discuss when and why you may need to change your offer and make better use of your time if your goal is scaling your business. 

Finally, we share candidly why massive, six-figure businesses won’t always bring you joy and be “fun” to run. 

Here’s a sneak peek of what we discuss:

  • Why you can’t surpass the $30k revenue ceiling. 
  • The importance of being more strategic to solve this problem. 
  • Why scaling a business’s revenue requires you to see it as an entirely different business.
  • Why you may need to change your offer to make it more scalable and protect your time. 
  • The harsh truth that joyful and fun businesses cannot be more than hobbies/side hustles. 

 

JOY: PACT Clothing

HUSTLE: The Power of One 

Resources:

  • The Luminaries Wait-list
  • VISIBLE Coaching Program

This podcast is brought to you by the Marvelous online teaching platform.

Marvelous is an easy-to-use platform that helps you build and sell your own courses, memberships, and live-streamed programs. Go from idea to open for business in just minutes. If you're looking for a simple, streamlined way to build and grow an online business. You can learn more at Marvelous.

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2 years ago
30 minutes

And She Spoke
For so many modern, driven women, life is about being more than one thing. We’re multidimensional—and so are our conversations. We carry multiple identities; we can be both mother and artist; both attorney and entrepreneur. Both clinician and CEO. Both humble and proud. Life for women like us is about both. About…all of the above. It’s about the “and”...