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34: Connection v. Transaction Aug 29, 2019

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Are you conducting transactions or are you building RELATIONSHIPS? Is your business about connection or about dollars for hours? Are you actually LETTING your clients IN to see the real, amazing, unapologetic YOU? What would happen if you were AUTHENTIC and you shared your MESS, your struggles, strife, and your stories with love? Think about how much it would open up your business and how it might allow people to feel comfortable being real with you, too. Would it allow you to CONNECT more with your PEOPLE? Hell, yes! And if you aren’t doing it – let’s talk about how!
Join me and my guest today. Stacey Sorgen. She’s the owner of ModBody Fitness and Stacey Sorgen Coaching. As a personal trainer, integrative wellness coach, and progress coach – she’s built her business on honesty, transparency, hard work, and love. She meets people where they’re at and helps them find the strength to be themselves. www.modbodyfitness.com
Let’s get down, dirty, truthful – and connected. Are you afraid that you, doing what you want to do, doesn’t work on paper? Stacey was afraid to let people in because she couldn’t imagine a world where she could succeed in her field, could find an excited clientele, and could provide the kind of care and love that was congruent with her personality and core values. Because she couldn’t and wouldn’t show up in social media as herself – it was costing her the connection that meant so much to her. Learn what her catalyst was and how she began.
Are you ready to show up and start to make real CONNECTIONS?
For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com
Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.
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33: Leveraging Your Offerings Aug 22, 2019

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“Isn’t a full schedule what I wanted?”
You asked for the thing, you got it, and now what? You might be feeling guilty that you got what you wanted, all the blessings of a full schedule – but you are ready for a new level. Are you bitter, resentful, exhausted? Is your body breaking down? Are you completely out of bandwidth with no room left for friendships and relationships? You are likely spending ALL of your time providing services one to one and feeling resentful that you can’t make any more money within the limitation of hours for dollars and you are freakin’ fresh out of hours. It’s time to make some money, honey. It’s time to PIVOT, PIVOT, PIVOT. (Yes, if you are hearing a “Friends” reference in your head, it’s on purpose)
In this episode, I will teach you 3 WAYS to INCREASE your INCOME today without using any more of your most precious commodity – TIME.
Emmie Perez is with me today talking about her a-ha LEVERAGING moment. Emmie is an Emotional Eating Coach at Blissfully Healthy Women’s Wellness Center. You can learn more about her at www.EmmiePerez.com. She was feeling torn between the hustle and exchanging hours for dollars, waking up every morning feeling exhausted despite LOVING what she does. Learn how she started to create more space, better services for her clientele, and how she’s providing even higher impact coaching resulting in even better transformations.
Are you starting to wonder, “Is this all there is?” When your client load gets too big – it’s time to leverage and grow, girl. You just need to have a “why” for moving from one to many. How can you leverage your skills and time to get more information to the people who need it? How can you serve more people without repeating the same message again and again one on one?
As much as we love to serve and care for others through our gifts and work – we also need to be able to have the time and energy to care for ourselves, our vessel, our souls. We need to learn how to get our message out there in a bigger way, by doing less.
Bigger impact, do less. More money, do less.
Pivot!
For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com
Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.
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32: Why You Need A Team Aug 15, 2019

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When is enough, enough?
What would happen to your business if a catastrophe happened? Or if you just need a break or a vacation? What would happen if you called yourself out on your own bullsh*t? What if you looked at the numbers, the time spent doing stuff you suck at? What if you started to really be the BOSS you know you can be? Boss up, glow up, grow up!
No, really. When are you going to stop wasting 80% of your time on things you aren’t so great at – and only spending 20% of your time in your zone of genius? How much potential, money, opportunity, and growth are you missing out on because you are trying to keep all facets of your business under only YOUR thumb?
Melinda Slater, of Melinda Slater Interiors, is here to talk about exactly this. Who did she hire, when, and why? Learn how coming to terms with her limitations helped her glow up, create more business and profit, and helped to keep her to pay off her debt. Yup, in two months time – she paid off her debt. Melinda learned a hard and difficult lesson through a catastrophic event – that our businesses need support and need to be able to continue to run smoothly even when we can’t be present. There comes a point in business where we can choose to just “survive” and be in a holding pattern or we can level up, as Ciara says, plan for the future, and get down to business. Are you limiting your potential by hanging on too tightly to the reins? What would LETTING GO make possible in your business?
For more about Melinda, go to https://slaterinteriors.com/
For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com
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31: How to Show Up in Your Business Aug 08, 2019

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Are you freakin’ stuck?!
Do you feel like you aren’t living up to your full potential – but you don’t know what the next step is? Are you TERRIFIED to step into your destiny, feeling stuck in your internal bullsh*t? Do you feel like you’re stretched soooo thin that you can’t deal with that voice inside that tells you that you are meant for MORE?
What if you were so fed up with your own crap – that you finally took action? What if you said YES? What if you just went for it?
Isn’t it time to say YES to YOU? (That’s a rhetorical question, ladies, because the answer is a resounding HELL YES)
Dana Adams is the founder of the Life Mapping Institute, author of the book “Live Your Gift” and it’s amazing companion guide. She did the THING, she’s living her GIFT, and she wants to teach you how to do it, too. What amazing things are you carrying around in your gut, your soul, your head? What are you driven to give to the WORLD? Learn more about how to commit to what sets your soul on fire. Learn how to push through resistance and DO IT ANYWAY. Did you hear that? DO. IT. ANYWAY.
What would you say if tomorrow, God asked you, “Did you use all the gifts that I gave you?” Dana asked herself this question after attending her first Front Seat Life event and the rest is history. It wasn’t easy – but it was worth it. A single mother of 4 boys, a woman who was stifled by fear, and who was nervous to show up – she made herself PROUD and so can you.

30: Your Mess is Your Message Aug 01, 2019

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Are you shutting out pain?
Do you find yourself hiding the rawest parts of yourself? Are you trying to work around your pain because facing it head-on is too painful? Are you hiding it from others? Are you ready to own your own shit and to actually SHOW UP to follow your goals and dreams?
We welcome Nadia Ahrens of “Transform the Shit Out of Your Life” Transformational Life Coaching. She’s leading the way, leaving no emotional stone unturned, after the very very worst experience of her life – the loss of her son, Jack. How did this therapist and coach of 19 years find purpose through tragedy and bring even more meaning to her work?
How do you use your pain and transform it to help others – with the best intentions possible? Find out how to level the playing field, how to gain trust, and how to live authentically as yourself; pain, trauma, faults, and all.
Transform the Shit Out of Your Life!
For more about Nadia, go to https://nadiaahrens.com
For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com
Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.
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29: From Squirrel to Structure with Lisa Fischer Jul 25, 2019

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When the SHIFT hits the fan… Shift happens, friends. Sometimes the shift just has to hit the fan. We’re talking about what happens when you are a total SQUIRREL but you want SUCCESS and you need STRUCTURE.
Maybe you are thinking that you are rocking it. Maybe you are thinking this is as good as it gets and you’ve got it all together. But, what if there’s more? Perhaps you are thinking of all the POSSIBILITIES – but never following through? Are you looking awesome on social but not making enough money in real life? Are you procrastinating your backseat activities? Spreadsheets, CRMs, etc? What if you could be BIGGER, BADDER, and more BADASS – with follow-through?
Enter; Lisa Fischer of Lisa Fischer Styling. A squirrel that became a freakin’ stylist queen of badassery. Listen to this episode to find out about how she organized her “client list” before meeting Jessica, to hear more about her struggles, and to learn how she went from scattered to STRUCTURED and killin’ it in her business.
Learn about her metamorphosis from scattered to structured. Find out how she started to hire people, so she wasn’t doing the stuff she sucked at. Learn how she claimed her POWER, owned her INTELLIGENCE, and created the BUSINESS she always dreamed of.
Shift’s about to get real. For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com
Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.
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28: Have You Been Hiding? Jul 18, 2019

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Where have you been Girl Boss? This episode is the first of a series of eight podcasts around being a Girl Boss and a new success path to really establish being who you are. I’m going to cover the shifts and all the stages it takes to become an effective girl boss and really build a long-term business strategy.
Step one is about being unapologetically who you are. I have chosen my ideal client avatars for each of these eight steps. Joining me on this episode is Robin Miller, who is absolutely the most shining example I can possibly imagine of someone who has become completely unapologetically who she is.
She shares her amazing story of transformation, from “Squirrel” to Girl Boss. (Well, we do see that the Squirrel-like tendencies are innate and can be hard to shake!) But she has, in a relatively short period of time, completely changed from someone who would “cocoon” in a bathtub to a beautiful butterfly.
“There are times where I couldn’t handle it inside my skin anymore from the pain. And imagine 80 to 90% of that being able to be fixed, be corrected by learning about yourself. And you know, it’s huge. This is the biggest thing of my life.”
We also talk about the power of healthy detachment, just stepping back when shit gets ugly, looking at the situation, and not getting emotionally involved. Detachment doesn’t mean “not caring.” We can still love them, we can still be in relationship with them, but by choosing to get off that bad rollercoaster ride, we will be healthier.
Another critical piece to Robin’s path to becoming a Girl Boss was investing in herself and building a foundation. It also helped immensely to partner with someone who could take her “back seat” projects, letting go of those tasks, and relieving her of stress and a huge emotional energy drain.
There’s so much to our conversation, but by understanding who she is and accepting it, stepping back from unhealthy things and allowing more space for the good stuff, Robin has discovered she can be the best version of herself.
This episode definitely highlights some essential pieces to getting off on the right foot when you are following the Girl Boss pathway. Thanks again for listening, I appreciate it so, so much!
For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com
Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.
Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/
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27: Boss Up B*tch Jul 11, 2019

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An absolute A-plus student who has recently bossed up big time! That’s how I would describe my special guest today, Nadia Ahrens of Transform The Shit Out Of Your Live. She is one of my star Lady Boss clients, a close colleague, and an ENFJ twin. I grill her on what it took for her to change her mindset around her business and make some impressive changes.
“If you find that you’re saying the same thing over and over your clients, then you’ve got a message.”
She and I love a good role reversal because, in fact, she was my supervisor when I was a brand-new psychotherapist. One of the appealing reasons why she decided to sign up for coaching with me was that as a former psychotherapist with a full practice, I knew her exact business pain point. The big shift for Nadia came after she realized that she was stuck in her therapy business, just like I had been 5 years ago. Working one-on-one with clients reaches a point where you run out of time, run out of energy, and max out with your ability to create more income…and freedom.
During this interview, Nadia and I detail the baby steps she was able to follow which allowed her to clarify her message and a dramatic increase in her ability to work with more people. She began leveraging her time and value, growing her business exponentially in a relatively short time.
Nadia is a perfect example of somebody who is wicked smart and who can build a successful practice on their own, but literally couldn’t see outside of her immediate reality. And I think there are a lot of entrepreneurs out there where that is the case. It was the case for me, too. That’s why I always have a coach, why I’m hiring new people and doing new things. It’s is because we get to a certain spot and we can’t see past that. We need help to take the blinders off.
You don’t know what you don’t know and moving past this unconscious incompetence is HUGE. As our eyes are opened to the new opportunities and options we begin to have “A-ha!” moments. Nadia began to have these moments as her mindset shifted, and when we paired this with a systematic approach to growth, success was inevitable.
One of the biggest challenges I see with any desired change, especially with “creatives” is that we want this shit to happen yesterday. We’re damn impatient, and once we see the light we want it all and we want it now. But before we can have the fun throw pillows and funky decorations, we need to build a foundation for our house. It’s the same in business, and this is where Nadia discovered it’s time to slow down, do the “baby steps,” focus on the things in her Front Seat and outsource the stuff in her Back Seat.
And then, when you trust in the plan and stick to it, stay consistent and don’t waver, it just works.
“Also, going back to the therapy and coaching thing, there is only so much growth you can expect from somebody who’s paying a $20 copay.”
We begin to close out this conversation with a mic drop from Nadia who attributes much of her success to the fact that she hired a coach and had some serious skin in the game. She wasn’t going to piss away the opportunity. It was time to put her money where her mouth was and get very conscious about her growth.
Listen to this amazing conversation full of powerful takeaways, it will inspire you and open your mind to the possibilities, at least I hope it does. That’s my goal for this podcast, to help you move past your hurdles, write yourself a new life story, and reach your full potential, because you can! Thanks again for listening, I so appreciate it!
For more about Nadia, go to https://nadiaahrens.com
For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com
Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.
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26: [Replay] Purpose, Passion, and Resistance Jul 04, 2019

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A repeat performance? That’s right, today’s episode is the first replay I have done in six months since I’ve launched this podcast and there are reasons for the repeat episode: it is the 4th of July and it’s also my birthday. There is also a lot going on in my life and in my business right now. We at Front Seat Life HQ are about to launch one of the most exciting times in our entire year, the Front Seat Life event.
And we have been diligently working on new, exciting content for you that I have been learning as well. I never do anything that I don’t also ask you to do as an entrepreneur. I always have a coach. I am always learning and learning new tricks to grow my business just as I’m teaching you to grow your business.
The next eight weeks, all through summer, all of July, all of August and into September are going to be about the success path that I have learned about getting out your message and creating a successful business.
So, as we go into the next eight weeks, I thought this was the perfect replay episode. I think even if you’ve already listened to it, I would encourage you to listen to it again. And if it’s new for you, I would very much encourage you to listen to this because as we go into summer, there will be resistance as we go into me teaching you about these eight steps and the success path and some of the things that I have just curated over the many years of doing this.
You’re going to have some resistance. And this episode about your purpose and your passion and resistance is a perfect tee up for where we’re going the next eight weeks.
I cannot wait to see you in the coming weeks. Enjoy the episode!
Determination, passion, purpose, mindset… and not living five minutes in front of your face. My special guest Mandi Ann and I talk candidly about what it took her to find the ideal path for her journey. A path which delivered so much passion and purpose, she became determined to write her new book and grow her business, despite the resistance which showed up.
We discuss how this devil (resistance) is always showing up, at every level of your journey… new level, new devil! But, if you can find ways to maintain your determination and focus, you can continue to move forward and upward.
Revealing some of the common stumbling blocks, we go deep into the importance of setting boundaries to maintain a laser-like focus. Setting boundaries and prioritizing almost becomes easier when you have decided on your path. Mandi says, “I truly do think that when you find that purpose, that passion, you will set those boundaries and you just do anything.”
And to continue to “do anything” can be really friggin’ hard when that damn devil keeps showing up with another challenge or roadblock. Mandi Ann and I tell some stories about the tough conversations we’ve had while setting boundaries, and I also let out of the bag my secret “dream job.”
Listen to this golden nugget-filled conversation, take the time and make the moment to get quiet, to settle down, to allow yourself to be open to possibilities. Thanks again for listening, I so appreciate it!
For more about Mandi Ann and her new book, Creating Your Purpose-Driven Business, go to https://www.mandiann.com
For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com
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25: It’s My Birthday! Six Lessons I Have Learned This Year Jun 27, 2019

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I am somebody who has always believed in milestones. I believe in celebrating. I believe in looking back at the things that you’ve accomplished. I believe that the best predictor of your future performance is your past performance and taking a close look at what have you accomplished, and asking yourself where are you still stuck?
I have two really big weeks during the year that I choose to do some self-reflection, and the first is the week that’s coming up, which is my birthday week. It’s also the 4th of July, a holiday. And then also the week between Christmas and the New Year is always another very self-reflective time.
I wanted to be super vulnerable with you today, as I always am, and talk to you about some of the biggest life lessons that I have learned this past year. It’s been an excellent year, but it’s also been an interesting year, one that I didn’t quite anticipate and so I want to share with you some of the things that I’ve learned.
I have six main topics that I’ve been pondering and thinking about over the last couple of weeks or so as my birthday is quickly approaching and here is what I have learned. I think there’s probably more, of course, and these are the “Cliff’s Notes” here. Please listen to me as I go much deeper with each of these on this episode.
Year of re-building. I’ve spent a good portion of this year looking at things differently and re-investing in myself and my business.
Setting boundaries. I’ll be honest, I think sometimes you just got to do what’s best for you, no matter how selfish it seems.
I have learned the power of presence and the power of choosing not to do ten different things at the same time, but being present to where I am in that moment.
Theme words and manifestation. When you can focus on the things that you want through your vision boards, through your manifestation, through your theme words, it is amazing to me when they start to happen. And let them happen when they happen.
Fiercely protecting my alone time. My alone time is critical to my success in my life and my business. It gives me time to think. It gives me time to process. It gives me time to look back. When I am over busy, I don’t have time to do any of that.
Getting honest with myself. What’s working and what’s not? Taking a true inventory of all of the things in my life; my house, my time alone, my self-care, my intimate relationship with my partner, my relationships with my family and my friends… is this serving me?
If you take away simply doing this exercise of asking yourself once a year on your birthday, what have I learned this past year? What tough life lessons? If I had to endure, what’s been good, what’s not been good, and what do I want to take from my past to propel me into my future in the best possible way?
Thank you so, so much for listening, and I’m looking forward to the next few episodes with you guys. I’m going to go through all kinds of wonderful, amazing content with you!
For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com
Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.
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