her Self: IFS & Spiritual Entrepreneurship

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166 | Michaela Boehm: Losing It All & Expanding Your Capacity Apr 28, 2024

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We’re continuing our “When the Going Gets Tough” series today with Michaela Boehm, an internationally renowned expert in intimacy and relationships.

In December of 2017, Michaela experienced one of everyone’s worst nightmares. While teaching and traveling abroad, she learned that her home– including all her animals– was lost to the Thomas Fire in Ojai, California.

In the final weeks of finishing her book and with only one suitcase remaining of her belongings, when Michaela returned home to the ash and rubble of her beloved home, she embarked on a long journey of healing and rebuilding.

Michaela’s joining us today to share an intimate look inside what that time was like for her and the key daily practices and mindset shifts that helped her through such a heartbreaking time.

Known for her work with high-performing individuals, Michaela’s ongoing private clients include Oscar-winning actors, multiple Grammy-winning musicians, producers, and business pioneers. She’s the author of “The Wild Woman’s Way” and the founder of The Non-Linear Movement Method®, a powerful somatic release modality. Her work has recently been featured in Gwyneth Paltrow's Netflix Show “Sex, Love & goop” and Will Smith’s bestselling memoir ‘Will’. She lives on an organic farm in California where she rescues and rehabilitates animals.

This conversation with Michaela is the third of six I’m hosting over the next several weeks. Together, we’re diving into stories of several prominent women who weathered various life challenges– and found ways to keep showing up for themselves, their loved ones, and their careers.

I offer these to bring support and inspiration to all traversing similar dark valleys in their own lives or work AND to celebrate the arrival of my new book, Handbook for the Heartbroken, into the world on May 7.

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165 | Jordan Gill: Grief, Health Challenges & Reinvention Apr 21, 2024

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We’re continuing our “When the Going Gets Tough” series today with Jordan Gill, a multi-seven-figure business strategist whose mission is for high-achieving business owners to prioritize rest without sacrificing revenue.

Last fall, after weathering a season of grief, coupled with chronic health challenges, Jordan got clarity that it was time to dismantle her business, let her team go, and reinvent.

Today we’re talking about how she maneuvered that time both personally and professionally. She’s a role model for listening to one’s true calling, prioritizing self-care, courageously navigating uncertainty, and staying authentic and transparent with her audience along the way.

This conversation with Jordan is the second of six I’m hosting over the next several weeks. Together, we’re diving into stories of several prominent women who weathered various life challenges– and found ways to keep showing up for themselves, their loved ones, and their careers.

If you'd love to watch the video versions of these episodes, be sure to subscribe to the podcast's YouTube channel here.

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164 | Jennifer Racioppi: Healing After Betrayal Apr 14, 2024

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Welcome to the first episode in our special, six-part series: “When the Going Gets Tough: Stories of Resilience in Business and Life.”

Over the next several weeks, I’ll be sharing conversations with six prominent women who weathered various life challenges– and found ways to keep showing up for themselves, their loved ones, and their careers in the process.

I offer these to bring support and inspiration to all who are traversing similar dark valleys in their own lives or work AND to celebrate the arrival of my new book, Handbook for the Heartbroken, into the world on May 7.

We’re beginning our series today with a very candid conversation about a life-quaking betrayal that my long-time friend and colleague, Jennifer Racioppi, experienced.

Jenn is a certified Duke Integrative Medicine Health Coach, holistic health counselor, Positive Psychology coach, and a beloved astrologer. Her work has been featured in Cosmopolitan, MindBodyGreen, Forbes, Business Insider, The Numinous, Netflix Family, and Aerie. Her first book, Cosmic Health was released in January 2021 with Little, Brown Spark.

Together, let’s go deep over these next several weeks through these intimate conversations.

If you'd love to watch the video versions of these episodes, be sure to subscribe to the podcast's YouTube channel here.

Resources:

Pre-order Sara’s new book: Handbook for the Heartbroken
Jennifer Racioppi
Ep 12 with Jennifer Racioppi on “Manifesting Desire in Harmony with Lunar Cycles”
Subscribe to Sara’s Sunday Journal
Connect on Instagram

163 | Become Unstoppable in Pursuit of Your Soul’s Destiny Apr 07, 2024

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What do you do when you feel hopeless, discouraged, or frustrated? When the outer actions you’re taking aren’t yielding the results you want?

And/or when you know you’ve been getting in your own way by procrastinating or staying busy with things you know aren’t aligned with your soul’s destiny? Or you’re playing small and avoiding going after what you really want?

These are all common experiences along the path of stepping into our true callings and fulfilling our soul’s destinies. The key is not to stop here or to stay stuck here for too long.

Today I’m going to share the framework to help you become unstoppable in pursuing your destiny. It’s one I haven’t found anywhere else. This process, or ongoing initiation, into embodying our souls is an important, tender, and intricate process. And, It’s the most important work of our lives, no doubt.

So, tune in to learn how, after following this guided path, you, too, can, become the woman you’re destined to be– in business and in life.

And, as a special gift, I want to offer you free access to one of my most popular programs, “Getting Out of Your Own Way” (an IFS Daily Parts Meditation Kit to help you cultivate inner wholeness, harmony, and Self-Leadership at the start of each day).

All you have to do is:

1) Leave a review of this podcast.
2) Email a screenshot of your review to hello@saraavantstover.com

It’s as simple as that!

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162 | How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome Mar 31, 2024

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At the physiological level, it’s often said that high blood pressure is a “silent killer” amongst women because most people who have it don't have any symptoms. And that silence can be deadly.

I would say that, in entrepreneurship, at the mental/emotional level imposter syndrome can also lurk silently below the surface– stopping professional growth in its tracks, or, even worse, preventing big, dreams from being born in the first place.

Today we’re going to look at Imposter Syndrome in a new light, through the lens of the model I work within, Internal Family Systems, or IFS, so you can start letting your courage and your desires take up more air time inside you than your fears and doubts.

All you have to do is:

1) Leave a review of this podcast.

2) Email a screenshot of your review to hello@saraavantstover.com

It’s as simple as that!

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161 | The Surprising Truth About Self-Sabotage Mar 24, 2024

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At least once today, you’ve likely experienced some form of self-sabotage. This could look like getting on Instagram right when you wake up, instead of taking that intended time for yourself. Maybe you stayed up too late last night watching TV when you really wanted to get enough sleep so you could wake up earlier today, feeling refreshed. Or you have a big project you know in your heart is important to you, but you keep letting smaller projects and emergencies pull you away from making any real progress on it.

Let’s be real: Self-sabotage is an inherent part of the entrepreneurial journey. The more we take risks and step outside our comfort zones, the more we’re going to contend with it. Given this, wouldn’t it be wise to cultivate the skills you need to heal your self-sabotage at the root? So that it’s not only no longer an obstacle on your path, but it’s a true ally, helping you do what it once blocked you from doing?

Yes, that’s very possible! And that’s what we’re exploring in today’s episode. In it, I share a painful experience of self-sabotage from my own life. I also share the single (surprising!) question you need to ask yourself the next time you experience it.

All you have to do is:

1) Leave a review of this podcast.
2) Email a screenshot of your review to hello@saraavantstover.com

It’s as simple as that!

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160 | How to (Actually) Heal Your Inner Critic Mar 17, 2024

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I’m about to say something pretty big that’s not an exaggeration: The Inner Critic is the biggest thing I see holding women back. This is true today, and this has been true since I started doing this work twenty-five years ago. It also used to be the biggest thing holding ME back. Many of us still have unhealed experiences in our past that are keeping us overworking, undercharging, or not enforcing appropriate boundaries. These unhealed wounds are keeping us stuck at the same level in our work and lives and unable to move forward, even though we’re investing in courses and coaches.

To help shift this, today I’m talking with an Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapist and assistant trainer, Nancy Wonder, about the pathway of healing our Inner Critics– and the Inner Little girls they’re protecting.

In our conversation, we talk about:

How to reach a tipping point in your healing work where you consistently feel more space inside
Why you need to stop combatting your Inner Critic, and what you need to do instead
How an embodiment practice like yoga fit into this approach
Ways to end inner wars and addictive patterns
How to lessen the charge in your triggers so they don’t dominate you as much

At the end, Nancy leads you through a meditation to help you begin to make powerful shifts with your Inner Critic. Above all, healing your Inner Critic is a crucial piece in doing what you most want to do and being who you most want to be.

And, as a special gift, I want to offer you free access to my on-demand course, “Getting Out of Your Own Way” (an IFS Daily Parts Meditation Kit to help you cultivate inner wholeness, harmony, and Self-Leadership at the start of each day).

All you have to do is:

1) Leave a review of this podcast.
2) Email a screenshot of your review to hello@saraavantstover.com

It’s as simple as that!

If you'd love to watch the video versions of these episodes, be sure to subscribe to the podcast's YouTube channel here.

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159 | Uncovering the 3 Biggest Blocks to Fulfilling Your Potential Mar 10, 2024

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What does it mean to “fulfill your potential”– beyond a pithy personal development slogan? Today we’re not only unpacking how to do that, but we’re also exploring the three biggest blocks that can keep us from boldly moving toward our destinies. This is an innate process happening within each of us, and the more we can become aware of it, the more we can consciously partner with it to experience the fulfillment we most want. Today’s episode will help you do that.

All you have to do is:

1) Leave a review of this podcast.
2) Email a screenshot of your review to hello@saraavantstover.com

It’s as simple as that!

If you'd love to watch the video versions of these episodes, be sure to subscribe to the podcast's YouTube channel here.

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158 | Key Steps I Took to Rebuild a Multiple Six Figure Business Mar 03, 2024

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After I closed down my business in 2019 and then decided to rebuild it two years later, I had the benefit of hindsight and past trial and error to learn from. With the wisdom of my past experience, I could more intentionally and strategically rebuild my business from the ground up (instead of duct-taping things together piecemeal). Today I’m sharing the key steps I took to do this– the very same ones I share with the women I work with– as they can be applied to any small business owner. So, rather than building your business by default, build it with a clear, intentional design. Today’s episode will help you get clear on how to do that.

All you have to do is:

1) Leave a review of this podcast.
2) Email a screenshot of your review to hello@saraavantstover.com

It’s as simple as that!

If you'd love to watch the video versions of these episodes, be sure to subscribe to the podcast's YouTube channel here.

Resources:

Pre-Order My New Book: Handbook for the Heartbroken
Getting Out of Your Own Way: An IFS Daily Parts Meditation Kit
Free Mini-Course: 3 Lies that Hold Succesful Women Back
Connect on Instagram

157 | Signs Trauma Is Impacting Your Bottom Line Feb 25, 2024

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We usually don’t talk about trauma and business together in the same sentence, but that needs to change. And that’s what we’re doing here together today. Here’s the thing: Trauma impacts us ALL as entrepreneurs, to different degrees and in different ways– especially when you’re taking a creative risk or moving into uncharted territory. I’m going to share with you the #1 sign that your trauma may be impacting your business and some steps you can take to shift that.

All you have to do is: