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Liz Lajoie on Finding Our Zen Money Mindset Jul 30, 2019

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Have you ever wished that someone else would just straighten out your finances so you could focus on what you do best?

Today's guest, my dear friend, and total rockstar Liz Lajoie believes wholeheartedly that when our businesses thrive (financially + beyond), so do we.

Liz Lajoie, MBA, is the Zen Money CFO and the founder of the Zen Money Initiative™, which helps mission-driven entrepreneurs master their finances and grow thriving businesses.

With nearly 2 decades of experience in financial management and strategic business development for established, multi-million-dollar firms. Liz is a sought after expert, who has been featured on Women Inspired TV and published as an international best-selling author. She lives in northern New Hampshire with her husband and two kids. In this episode full of vast wisdom, Liz provides us incredible value concerning business expansion, money mindsets, and the undeniable power of structure.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

All about today's guest, Liz Lajoie [ 0:45 ]
The journey behind Liz's brand and business [ 5:30 ]
How to be honest about spirituality in business [ 9:30 ]
How to feel confident about our finances [ 12:10 ]
What financial sufficiency means [ 17:20 ]
Why we need to understand our numbers [ 21:00 ]
The most common financial archetypes [ 25:15 ]
How to find the right team of people [ 31:45 ]
About understanding our financial projections [ 38:40 ]
How to interact with our money mindsets [ 44:35 ]
Where to find Liz's books [ 47:15 ]

Soul Shifting Quotes:

"It's not about making money, it's about what we can do with it as a resource."
"We need to acknowledge that part of our job is understanding our numbers."
"Start setting a weekly money date with yourself to look at how much money is in your bank account."
"We can't leverage our finances if we are not in the loop about what is going on."
"The business owner needs to drive the financial conversation."
"Set a good, better, and best for your financial projections."

Links Mentioned:

Read Liz's books: From Zero to Zen: Secret Keys to Nurturing Your Numbers and Finding Financial Flow and Zen Money Map: Charge Your Worth, Pay Yourself First and Fund Your Wildest Dreams
Learn my 7 Secrets to Uplevel Your Brand & Land Your Dream Clients
Grab your FREE training, How to Call in Your Tribe + Create Content that Converts

BOOK YOUR BREAKTHROUGH CALL TODAY!

Learn more about Liz at LizLajoie.com and follow her over on Instagram: @zenmoneycfo

Tag me in your big shifts + takeaways: @amberlilyestrom

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Focus Friday: What Are You Longing For? Jul 26, 2019

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In this week's Focus Friday, I'm inviting you to dive deep beneath the surface to ask yourself the questions that will allow you to live life in the way you're called to live- not just in the way you feel you should be living.

I share with you how my own life + business have changed in the first 7 months of 2019, and exactly what I'm needing at this moment to grow and expand in all the ways I've been longing for.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

What 2019 has looked like for me thus far [ 2:25 ]
How to identify the patterns that we've become accustomed to [ 4:39 ]
The question we can ask ourselves to see what we're needing right in this moment [ 7:30 ]
What I've been wanting in this season of my life [ 9:55 ]
My invitation to you to help you evaluate where you are [ 14:46 ]
A beautiful success story from one of our In(Her) Circle members [ 18:22 ]

Soul Shifting Quotes:

"Whatever it is you're longing for, it matters."
"Whatever season you're in, it's right, it's perfect."
"What are you craving now, in this pocket of time that leads to the rest of your life?"

Links Mentioned:

Grab my FREE training, How to Call in Your Tribe + Create Content that Converts
Learn my 7 Secrets to Uplevel Your Brand & Land Your Dream Clients

BOOK YOUR BREAKTHROUGH CALL TODAY!

Tag me in your big shifts + takeaways: @amberlilyestrom and if this podcast helped you, I would be honored if you would share it with others!

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Kathrin Zenkina on Manifesting Your Big Dreams Jul 23, 2019

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Are you ready to learn how to manifest more money in just 24 hours?

Today's guest, Kathrin Zenkina is the creator of Manifestation Babe. She created this company for people who are obsessed with taking their life to the next level, unleashing their inner magic, breaking through their limitations, and "manifesting a reality, wilder than their wildest dreams."

Since starting on Instagram as @ManifestationBabe, her business has generated over $2.25M in the last 12 months, she has built a coaching empire, become the Amazon best-selling author of "Unleash Your Inner Money Babe," created her two premier programs: Manifestation Babe Academy & Rich Babe Academy, built an online community of 100,000+ followers, and has been featured in podcasts and well-known online magazines.

In this episode, Kathrin explains how to break through our money woes to step into the next level that we are ready to create + welcome into our lives.

Kathrin's mission is to prove to herself that any thought she has is true in any shape + form. She believes that manifestation is always in action, and that the moment we acknowledge the evidence of it being so, we will begin to find more.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

How a limitless mind will create a limitless life [ 7:25 ]
How to overcome the fear of taking action [ 10:45 ]
Why we shouldn't be afraid to talk about money [ 13:25 ]
The truth that we are all worthy of money [ 19:20 ]
How to claim our success [ 23:50 ]
Managing our own alignments [ 33:25 ]
What our life's purpose is REALLY about [ 40:30 ]
What to do when we are triggered by someone else's success [ 42:00 ]

Soul Shifting Quotes:

"The best investment we could ever make is inside of our minds."
"The only way we are going to live up to our potential is by making an investment."
"I see money as energy."
"Why are we resistant to abundance when abundance is all around us?"
"Truth is subjective."
"Every year, the universe puts me through the wringer."
"It's not about what we are doing, it's about who we are being."

Links Mentioned:

Learn my 7 Secrets to Uplevel Your Brand & Land Your Dream Clients
Grab your FREE training, How to Call in Your Tribe + Create Content that Converts
Read Kathrin's book Unleash Your Inner Money Babe: Uplevel Your Money Mindset and Manifest $1,000 In 21 Days
Read Feel the Fear . . . and Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers

Learn more about Kathrin on her website manifestationbabe.com, follow her on Instagram: @manifestationbabe or join her online community: Manifestation Babes

Tag me in your big shifts + takeaways: @amberlilyestrom

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Stacy Tuschl on Scaling for Growth in Life + Business Jul 16, 2019

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Running a business can be exhausting, but what if you could enjoy the journey without the burnout?

Today's guest, my dear friend, and soul-sister Stacy Tuschl believes deeply that by growing our confidence, we can ignite our results and transform our businesses… starting right now. Stacy Tuschl is a 3rd generation entrepreneur who started her first business at the age of 18 in her parents' backyard and turned that company into a 7 figure business she still runs today. Besides running her 2 performing arts academies in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Stacy has also been building her real estate portfolio and has been a landlord for over a decade. She is a marketing strategist, bestselling author, and the creator of She's Building Her Empire Podcast & Community, where she helps female entrepreneurs scale their business. She is a mom of 2 little girls and married to her husband, Kent. We go deep in this episode full of monumental knowledge- so grab and pen and some paper because Stacy delivers actionable advice that you're not going to want to forget.

In this Episode You'll Learn:

All about today's guest, Stacy Tuschl [ 0:45 ]
iTunes review of the week [ 2:15 ]
The journey that led Stacy to where she is today [ 5:30 ]
How Stacy achieves her goals [ 08:55 ]
We can navigate business and still stay present for the people we love [ 11:50 ]
How to navigate around the mom guilt [ 15:50 ]
The struggles Stacy has faced during her journey [ 17:45 ]
The structure of Stacy's online business [ 19:30 ]
Stacy's advice for building a team [ 20:40 ]
How you can look successful without feeling successful [ 24:20 ]
Stacy's husband plays a supportive role in her businesses [ 27:55 ]
What motivates Stacy the most [ 31:00 ]
Stacy's big vision for her business [ 36:45 ]
What Stacy would say to a former version of herself [ 41:05 ]
Advice for women who are building their own empires [ 44:35 ]

Soul Shifting Quotes:

"It took me three years to realize I had a business."
"I have been building my businesses for sixteen years, one step at a time."
"I had mom guilt from traveling too much. I was making up stories in my head."
"What if I could enjoy the journey a lot more than I had been?"
"When building a team, find your right-hand person first."
"It's hard to break habits when you don't know how to get out of it."

Links Mentioned:

Learn my 7 Secrets to Uplevel Your Brand & Land Your Dream Clients
Grab your FREE training, How to Call in Your Tribe + Create Content that Converts
Read the book Profit First by Mike Michalowicz

Learn more about Stacy on her website: www.stacytuschl.com, and be sure to follow her on Instagram: @stacytuschl

If you found this interview helpful, please spread the word by sharing this episode with your friends!

Tag me in your big shifts + takeaways: @amberlilyestrom

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Focus Friday: Take a Vacation Jul 12, 2019

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Raise your hand if you ever feel a little guilty when it comes to taking space + time for yourself. In this productivity driven world- as moms, as business owners, as employees + visionaries- it can sometimes feel like pressing the pause button on our responsibilities and work can make us seem a bit selfish.

This week's episode is all about flipping the script on that wildly limiting belief, and inviting each and every one of us to ask ourselves why we continue to hold onto it, and who do we get to become without it?

In This Episode You'll Learn:

What it means to allow ourselves to receive [ 3:00 ]
How we limit + hold ourselves back [ 7:45 ]
My mindset shift around vacations [ 8:25 ]
Why spaciousness is the birthplace of creativity [ 12:35 ]

Soul Shifting Quotes:

"We need to give ourselves permission to just "be" and explore what it feels like when we're not "doing."
"Spaciousness is the birthplace of creativity."

Links Mentioned:

Learn my 7 Secrets to Uplevel Your Brand & Land Your Dream Clients
Grab your FREE training, How to Call in Your Tribe + Create Content that Converts

Tag me in your big shifts + takeaways: @amberlilyestrom

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Jamie Eason Middleton on Honoring Your Faith in Life & Business Jul 09, 2019

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Have you ever found yourself stuck in a job that no longer aligned with your values?

Today's guest, Jamie Eason, has built a career that has aligned with her deepest beliefs, and is showing us all how to do the same. Jamie is a cancer survivor, model, women's fitness enthusiast, mother, and wife. Her LiveFit trainer, articles, recipes, and motivational photos have helped thousands of people get fit and change their lives.

Jamie has proven time and time again that lifting weights and building muscle is not only for men. Women all over the world have followed Jamie's lead and found that curling dumbbells and squatting barbells have made them stronger, healthier, and happier with their appearance.

In this episode, Jamie reveals her journey and how surviving cancer twice transformed not just her overall health, but her career path as well. She believes that when we show up authentically and honestly in our businesses- the benefits trickle through to every other area of our lives.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

The journey that lead Jamie to where she is today [ 8:45 ]
Why we shouldn't squander our platforms [ 19:10 ]
Why we should be proactive about our health [ 25:30 ]
Where to start with strength training [ 29:20 ]
How many calories we should be intaking [ 32:45 ]
Why it's a myth that lifting weights will make us bulky [ 35:10 ]
When to relax our diets [ 37:50 ]
Staying fit during + after pregnancy [ 44:50 ]
Tips on growing a brand [ 51:15 ]
Why extravagance does not = happiness [ 53:50 ]
Why it's important to always go back to our values [ 58:20 ]
Why we need community [ 66:00 ]

Soul Shifting Quotes:

"At age 22, I had breast cancer. At age 28, I had a reoccurrence, it really scared me."
"I made sure my values aligned with everything that I did."
"How do we want to influence the world with our platforms?"
"I didn't yo-yo a lot in my weight. I never ate an extreme diet."
"Wrapping our value up in our appearance is a dead end road."
"Strength training is all about having good form."
"Women are so terrible about undereating."

Links Mentioned:

See Jamie's work on www.bodybuilding.com
Check out All In: You are one decision away from a totally different life by Mark Batterson
Learn my 7 Secrets to Uplevel Your Brand & Land Your Dream Clients
Get your FREE training, How to Call in Your Tribe + Create Content that Converts

Learn more about Jamie on Facebook and be sure to follow her on Instagram: @jamieeasonmiddleton

Tag me in your big shifts + takeaways: @amberlilyestrom

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Focus Friday: How to Manifest Your Biggest Vision with Ben Lilyestrom Jul 05, 2019

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A super special episode of Focus Friday is coming in hot this week!

Ben and I are celebrating our 8th wedding anniversary, and we are sharing the mic to share with you how we've become masters at manifesting our wildest dreams over the last 8 years.

Ben is the rock to my roll, my confidante and hands down my #1 person on this journey. We can't wait to let you in on how we've grown, evolved + stepped up in to who we are called to be- together.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

Our 8 year anniversary and how we have become masters at manifesting [ 1:45 ]
The top factors that have allowed us to manifest our big vision and live in to it [ 4:05 ]
The journey that lead us here today [ 4:45 ]
What to do if you have a partner who's living in a place of fear [ 9:07 ]
How to communicate what you need with your partner [ 12:30 ]
How to create the big vision as a couple [ 14:45 ]
What to do when you doubt your ability to manifest your big vision [ 21:25 ]
Why it's important to share your desires + visions with your partner [ 28:20 ]
Our favorite podcasts [ 31:55 ]

Soul Shifting Quotes:

"Our business works for us, and that gives us freedom." Ben
"I'm not trying to put on a show for anyone else or win approval, I just want to do the things that I want to do- and that's what's right for me." Ben
"Your partner should support you in all of the endeavors that you want to take on." Ben
"It's not enough to just meet the needs of the other person, it's asking for what you need as well." Amber
"Your manifestations are there as a demonstration and a learning experience + exercise that's going to help you uplevel." Amber
"Let us, and the possibility of what we've manifested in our world, be the affirmation to you that you can do anything." - Amber

Links Mentioned:

Learn more about Ben's podcasting services at www.benlilyestrom.com
Learn my 7 Secrets to Uplevel Your Brand & Land Your Dream Clients
Grab my FREE training, How to Call in Your Tribe + Create Content that Converts

Tag me and Ben in your big shifts + takeaways: @amberlilyestrom + @benlilyestrom

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Paul Fishman on Starting a Self-Love Diet Jul 02, 2019

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Why is it so challenging to overcome the fear of loving yourself?

Today's guest, Paul Fishman, is behind the "self-love is the best medicine" movement, and he wants us to know that each and every one of us matters. Paul's work in the world is centered around utilizing self-love as our greatest strength, and using that strength to accomplish our goals.

At the age of 25, Paul came out of the closet after years of living in fear and feeling as if he needed to hide his truth. He found himself 75 pounds overweight, $75,000 in credit card debt and suffering from severe depression. In overcoming that, he was able to discover that his love for himself was the missing piece to the equation that changes everything.

In this episode, Paul explains how we are overthinking what the term self-love actually means, and how we can let go of how we think self-love should look, trust our intuition and empower ourselves to do the things we've always dreamed of.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

The fear of wading into the waters of self-love [ 6:10 ]
The process of overcoming a crisis [ 11:10 ]
How to practice self-love [ 14:25 ]
Where to find self-love [ 18:45 ]
How to notice the lessons we are supposed to be learning [ 24:00 ]
What it was like to start in the coaching world [ 26:10 ]
Fighting the fear of coming out [ 30:50 ]
How to reframe our mindsets towards the positives [ 35:20 ]
About the importance of therapy [ 38:30 ]
What the concept of celebration is for Paul [ 43:05 ]

Soul Shifting Quotes:

"I was working a job that didn't fill me up. I was in a relationship that didn't serve me. I was not speaking my truth about who I was."
"After I stepped out of my relationship, 20 pounds had fallen off of me."
"Put one foot in front of the other and continue following your heart."
"The things that we truly want will come to us."
"Lean into love."
"Let's put our feet on the ground and be present where we are right now."
"My favorite place to be in the world is present."

Links Mentioned:

Learn more about Paul at PaulFishman.love and be sure to follow him on Instagram: @paulfishman

Tag me in your big shifts + takeaways: @amberlilyestrom

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Focus Friday: How to Handle Ghosting + Clients Who Don't Pay Jun 28, 2019

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Have you had a passionate + enthusiastic conversation with a potential client, but never hear from them again?

In this week's Focus Friday, we are talking about ghosting, and what it means to stand in integrity with how we want to live + serve in all things that we do and say.

I'll also share how to respond (instead of react) when someone who has committed to themselves through an investment decides to disappear.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

What does ghosting actually mean? [ 3:05 ]
How to communicate instead of disappearing [ 7:30 ]
How to work with clients who can't pay [ 10:00 ]
Why we can only control how we react [ 13:45 ]
How we can learn to let it go [ 16:55 ]
Why the investment is the first part of the transformation [ 21:30 ]

Soul Shifting Quotes:

"I always take a minute to look at the investment piece."
"I have experienced my fair share of ghosters."
"Make like Elsa and let it go."

Links Mentioned:

Learn my 7 Secrets to Uplevel Your Brand & Land Your Dream Clients
Book your Breakthrough Call today

Tag me in your big shifts + takeaways: @amberlilyestrom

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Shawn Wells on Biohacktivism + Embracing Our Unique Path Jun 25, 2019

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We all know that our physical well-being affects how we experience the world, but do we truly understand how our experience can also equally shape our well-being?

Today's guest, my dear friend and soul-brother Shawn Wells, believes deeply that our health and our emotional + mental well being all tie together to create dis-ease or wellness in the body.

Shawn is a Registered Dietitian, Certified Sports Nutritionist, Fellow in the international Society of Sports Nutrition, and practiced over a decade as a Chief Clinical Dietitian in acute (hospital) and skilled nursing settings.

He has formulated for over 2 decades and speaks all over the world, having also been on top podcasts such as Onnit and Ben Greenfield, he is a weekly expert on a national radio show (One Life Radio weekly on iHeartMedia), and he will be in a documentary yet to be released internationally on dietary supplements.

Shawn has also been on the ketogenic diet for over 20 years, allowing himself to overcome and suppressing numerous conditions with keto, paleo, fasting and supplements such as Epstein-Barr Virus, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Depression, Insomnia, Obesity, and a pituitary tumor is part of Shawn's passion and journey that has led him to want to help others win these battles too.. He was featured in the international documentary, the Skinny on Fat that released in 2018 and was most recently on on Fox News television talking about 2019 health trends (including keto, fasting and more).

This episode goes deep and is full of tremendous wisdom- I can't wait to share Shawn's incredible perspective and genius with each and every one of you!

In this Episode You'll Learn:

All about today's guest, Shawn Wells [ 0:45 ]
iTunes review of the week [ 2:58 ]
What type of work Shawn does and why he's "the world's greatest formulator" [ 6:00 ]
If Shawn ever doubted himself along the way [ 10:37 ]
The journey that lead Shawn to where he is today [ 14:05 ]
What "biohacktivism" actually is [ 17:40 ]
How to biohacktivate in a world that doesn't want us to [ 21:14 ]
Shawn talks about depression and how it impacts our lives and bodies [ 26:00 ]
How we can begin to start dealing with our trauma [ 33:01 ]
How Shawn has worked through imposter syndrome [ 36:50 ]
How Shawn helped a woman who had stage 4 cancer with 6-weeks to live not just survive, but thrive [ 41:19 ]
Why Shawn believes that keto could be for everyone [ 47:23 ]
What "ketosis" means [ 50:53 ]
Where we can make a beginning in changing our lifestyles and healing our bodies [ 54:05 ]
What Shawn would say to a former version of himself [ 55:55 ]

Soul Shifting Quotes:

"Be on fire for something; you will find your niche, and your people will find you."
"I now feel blessed for all of the hardships I have endured."
"I'm improving my biology, so I have a deeper impact on the world around me."
"Someone who's lived a surface life will never discover the deep self."
"Change the voices around you and IN you."
"If you're cocky about how much knowledge you have, you're not an expert yet."