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How to Boost Your Energy & Create Healthy Habits On Your Own Terms w/Jennifer Nagel Nov 19, 2020

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Getting healthy is about more than losing weight, it's also about gaining energy. When we lead healthy lifestyles, it's easier to wake up energized and excited about running our businesses.

Most of us see exercise and eating well as something we need to do, but we never seem to get around to it. We all know we need to drink water, eat our vegetables, and get our bodies moving, but for some reason turning those things into habits is easier said than done.

As Boss Moms, we're driven to succeed in other areas of our lives, so what's stopping us from committing to our health? How can we change the way we motivate ourselves to stay on a healthier path for good?

In this episode, Owner of Figured Out Fitness LLC, Jennifer Nagel shares that by developing solutions that fit in with our everyday lives, we'll be more likely to commit to our health in the long term.

If you want to stay committed, your health and fitness "why" has to be 100% about YOU and no one else. - Jennifer Nagel

Things You'll Learn in This Episode

How a shift in mindset creates a sustainable health journey: Our health is a long-term asset we need to live our best lives. We have to stop thinking in terms of eating well or exercising for the sake of it. Start looking at it as a way to get the strength and energy we need to do the things we love.
Why we need to start small with health: As business owners, we know that small habits accumulate to big results over time. However, when it comes to our health, we tend to take an all-or-nothing approach. If we really want our habits to stick, we have to start with small, manageable, and reasonable actions that can be incorporated into our daily lives.
The importance of realizing there's more than one way to be healthy: Not everyone will want to sign up for 6 CrossFit sessions in a row or stick to eating a diet of only Kale, and that's okay. To set ourselves up for sustainable results, we have to commit to small changes that fit in with our lifestyles.
How to stop letting guilt hold us back from our fitness: A lot of Boss Moms want to embrace healthier lifestyles to feel connected to their old selves, but that can feel indulgent when we're already juggling kids and careers. We have to remember that committing to our health isn't selfish, it's self-love, and that sets a great example for our children.

Guest Bio-

Jennifer Nagel is the owner of Figured Out Fitness LLC, and a coach and certified trainer for women over 30 who want simple fitness solutions. Through her signature 1:1 online coaching program, The Body Blueprint, and her free online community, Modern Women Getting Fit, Jennifer is here to shake up what you THINK you know about health and fitness.

To find out more and to connect with Jennifer on social media, head to:

www.therealjennifernagel.com

www.instagram.com/therealjennifernagel

www.facebook.com/groups/modernfitwomen

And to find out more about The Body Blueprint, Jennifer's unique program that combines guided coaching and goal phasing to transform your body, visit:

www.therealjennifernagel.com/bodyblueprint

Books mentioned in this episode:

https://www.amazon.com/Atomic-Habits-Proven-Build-Break/dp/0735211299

How to Create Freedom & Luxury Through Intentional Minimalism w/Meg Nordmann Nov 12, 2020

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Our world is moving away from an emphasis on accumulating possessions as a measure of success, and towards the understanding that time is the true luxury.

Having more time gives us the power to pursue the things that matter most, and an excess of stuff robs us of that luxury.

Minimalism is one of the most impactful ways to get more out of our time, especially as we head into the holiday season. This is the time people struggle the most with stress as marketing messages pressure us to buy and accumulate more stuff.

The stress of excess possessions affects our kids too. By simplifying and paring down, we make their lives better and teach them to value what truly matters.

How can we apply minimalist principles to our lives, homes, and gift receiving? How do we set the stage for our kids to see time, not possessions, as the true gift?

In this episode, I'm joined by the author of Have Yourself a Minimalist Christmas, Meg Nordmann. We discuss how to navigate the emotional side of decluttering and why intentional minimalism benefits our children and gives us the space and time to focus on what we love.

The word to focus on isn't minimalism, it's intentionality. It's about trying to be more intentional about our stuff by simplifying, curating, and editing things down to what truly matters. -Meg Nordmann

Things You'll Learn in This Episode

How clutter affects our children: An excess of stuff in our places causes stress and higher cortisol levels. Our children also get just as overwhelmed, if not more when their rooms and our homes are cluttered. They aren't built to manage the cortisol levels that come with clutter.
The true meaning of minimalism: Minimalism doesn't mean getting rid of things we love. It's all about being more intentional about what we own and buy. By paring down to what's essential and what we truly love, we experience the luxury of having more time to pursue what matters.
How minimalism can improve our holiday season experience: The tradition around Christmas has been built around the anticipation of gifts and getting more stuff. Through minimalism and intentionality, we can teach our children to focus more on making memories as a family, rather than what we're going to get.
How to talk about minimalism with our friends and family: Don't use the word minimalism or decluttering because it might trip them up, scare, or confuse them. Lead them to understand that having more stuff means overwhelm, stress, and a lack of time. Once they understand this, we can steer them towards experience gifts and consumable gifts instead of things that create clutter.

Guest Bio-

Meg Nordmann is the author of Have Yourself a Minimalist Christmas, a new book that was published on September 1st this year in print, ebook, and audiobook formats and is intended to be read in the fall months in preparation for Christmas. Meg is also the mother of two messy little girls who were the catalyst for her becoming a minimalist, along with her goal to achieve financial independence in order to retire early. A former newspaper and magazine journalist and editor, Meg is now a full-time mother who writes, blogs, and speaks about minimalism and creating the luxury of time to pursue the things that matter the most to her. She recently launched a podcast on this topic called Journey to Freedom that explores how minimalism and frugality can lead to financial freedom and time freedom. She's excited to share her tips on how to have a simpler, less expensive, and more intentional holiday this season.

Visit http://megnordmann.com/book/ to learn more about Meg and her book.

Don't Multiply, Amplify: How to Streamline & Simplify Our Way to a Scalable Business w/Brittany May Nov 05, 2020

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Entrepreneurs are bombarded with the persistent push to be everywhere and do all the things. This often comes from the mindset that creating more and multiplying what we sell will bring us better results

This way of thinking only causes unnecessary complexity and confusion. Doing more doesn't increase our chances of success, it actually diminishes our impact.

Running a simple, streamlined business is the key to a chaos-free, scalable system that allows us to do what we're passionate about more efficiently.

The key is dropping what's not working and amplifying what is through evergreen content, automation, and honing in on the essentials.

How do we shift our mindset so we can let go of what's not working? Why is evergreen content the key to simple stress-free scaling? In this episode, digital strategist and business coach, Brittany May shares how she helps women accomplish more in their businesses by doing less and amplifying the right things.

Things You'll Learn In This Episode

The power of evergreen: Evergreen content and products allow us to leverage something we put our heart, knowledge, skills, and soul into once, and get it to do the work for us over and over again. Leveraging evergreen beats starting from scratch every single time, and it gives us the time to really hone in on what's working.
How to determine what we need to eliminate: Our feelings about what's truly working in our businesses might lie to us, but the numbers never lie. By paying attention to our metrics, it quickly becomes clear what's getting results, what needs improvement, and what we need to eliminate to amplify our impact.
Why consistency without insight creates frustration: The key to a simple and streamlined business is not consistency for consistency's sake. We're told to be consistent to build a successful and profitable business, but there's a caveat. If we're consistent in the wrong thing, we waste our precious time and effort. What makes the biggest impact is being consistent in the things that actually work and serve our businesses.

Guest Bio-

Brittany is a digital strategist and business coach for women entrepreneurs focused on helping them create smarter systems to scale simply. After running her first seven-figure business (the wrong way!) and having it take over her life, she is now passionate about helping moms structure their businesses in a way that is not only profitable but in a way that works FOR them and their families!

For more information, visit https://www.simplyhappylife.com/ for more information and to sign up for Brittany's Accomplish More Masterclass. You can also follow @simplehappybrittany on Instagram.

Feminine Energy in Entrepreneurship w/Jocelyn J. Kopac Oct 29, 2020

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The world of entrepreneurship is dominated by masculine energy. For female entrepreneurs, learning about business from the perspective of masculine energy can cause burnout, self-sabotage, and not running our businesses on our own terms.

Masculine and feminine energy clash because they are distinctly different. Facing this clash internally often leads to us feeling disconnected and misaligned with our own businesses. It can also make us struggle to find a pricing model that is true to what we care about.

How can we run better businesses and lead happier teams by leading with feminine energy? What are some of the key parts of feminine energy we can bring into our businesses? How can we set boundaries from a feminine energy perspective?

In this episode, I'm joined by entrepreneur, DEI educator, and CEO of The Digital Market.co, Jocelyn J. Kopac. She shares how to improve our businesses by changing the energy we lead them with, and how that helps us create a more aligned financial model.

Things You'll Learn in This Episode

How pricing structures affect how we feel about our businesses: If we don't believe in the pricing structure and the financial model we're using to scale our businesses, we may end up sabotaging ourselves and our businesses. Instead of pricing according to everyone else's model, we have to find the model that's in alignment with our values.
How to establish a pricing structure that aligns with our energy: Our pricing shouldn't be about charging for our time, it's about charging our worth. No one can ever pay us enough for our time because it's too valuable. Charge according to your values, boundaries, and how much time you can spend on a task. Charging by account, rather than by the hour, also gives us the time and space to nurture our projects without feeling overwhelmed.
What stops women entrepreneurs from setting more boundaries: Feminine energy prioritizes helping others, and as a result, many women end up feeling guilty for setting boundaries. Boundaries can also feel harsh if we're viewing them from a masculine energy perspective. It is possible to create boundaries that don't exclude, eliminate, or reject people.
How to identify the activities we should be outsourcing: It's easy to slip into the habit of overworking ourselves when our energy is driven towards helping others. To avoid taking on too many tasks, keep a record of every activity done in a day and rank them in terms of enjoyment. After 2 weeks, we'll have a good idea of what we should be delegating to others.

Guest Bio-

Jocelyn J. Kopac is the CEO and Strategist at The Digital Market.co. A serial entrepreneur, Jocelyn started her first business at the age of 7. Knowing from a young age that running and growing businesses would be a huge part of her future, today she is also a business coach who helps leaders become confident in their growth plans, make sales, and build an audience through unfettered honesty, positivity, and doable strategies. Her ingenuity and positive attitude represent true leadership, but she attributes a lot of her success to the power of abundance, paying it forward, and a great cup of coffee.

To learn more about Jocelyn's agency visit https://thedigitalmarket.co/. To sign up for her Business Readiness program visit https://www.jocelynjkopac.com/program/ and follow @jocelynjkopac on Instagram and Facebook.

How Abbey Ashley Went from Virtual Assistant to 7-Figure Entrepreneur Oct 22, 2020

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Virtual assistants are in high demand because they provide an important service to busy entrepreneurs. Working as a virtual assistant is also a gateway to your own entrepreneurial journey. It prepares us for launching our own products and building businesses that fulfill us and give us freedom.

Some of the most successful online entrepreneurs started out as virtual assistants and worked their way up to become CEOs in their own right.

Offering our services online allows us to uncover what we're good at, what we love, and where we can offer the most value. This allows for us to build something that will make an impact. How do we get into the world of virtual assistance? What kind of services can we offer?

In this episode, I'm joined by Abbey Ashley, founder of The Virtual Savvy. She shares how she went from VA to CEO, and how she found success by focusing on one product.

The best way for me to make money is to improve on the things I already have, instead of creating new things. -Abbey Ashley

3 Things You'll Learn in This Episode

There is a huge market for VAs: As businesses grow, it stops making financial sense for the owner to spend their time on tasks that don't make more money or move the business forward. More and more entrepreneurs are realizing they need help, and the virtual assistant niche is thriving as a result.
How to go from generalist VA to niched down entrepreneur: Being a VA is an entry point to offering services online. It gives us the launching pad to figure out the problem we can solve, which becomes the service we offer. Starting out as a generalist allows us to attract clients, build our confidence, and then we'll start seeing what we're good at. Gradually that will lead to the development of a valuable service.
How building upon one product/service gives us time freedom: It takes longer to get traction on a new product and marketing avenue than it does to pour our time and effort into perfecting a product that already exists. By pouring fuel on a product and service we already have, we can prioritize better, maximize our time freedom, and build something that has long-term value.

Guest Bio-

Abbey Ashley is the Founder of The Virtual Savvy. She helps aspiring virtual assistants launch and grow their own at-home business from scratch. Abbey started her own virtual assistant business as a new mom and was able to double the salary from her full-time corporate job, working only 20 hours a week... in just 30 days! She's since gone on to grow a seven-figure business and retire her husband ALL from her at-home business. It's now her passion to help others start their own VA business so they can taste the freedom and flexibility of entrepreneurship as well.

To register for Abbey's free training on Becoming a Booked Out Virtual Assistant visit https://boss-mom.com/abbey/.

Fighting Poverty with Entrepreneurship: How Jen Lewis is Connecting Artisans & Consumers in All New Ways Oct 15, 2020

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Many of us would love to make a bigger impact on more people, but we aren't sure how. The great news is that our habits and choices as consumers are some of the biggest ways we can be impactful today.

There are emerging businesses that are becoming the supplier and marketer for amazing products made by talented people in third world countries.

How can we adapt our consumer behavior to make a bigger impact? As entrepreneurs, what can we do to bring about meaningful change in people's lives? And how can we reward good work?

In this episode, Founder and Executive Director of Purse & Clutch, Jen Lewis shares how she is making a difference in the world one purse at a time.

We are connected to the people that make our stuff, even if we don't know it. Shouldn't we have a story attached to our belongings? - Jen Lewis

3 Things You'll Learn in This Episode

The importance of taking baby steps: We might not have the resources to impact 100 people today, and that's okay. Focus on helping one person at a time and ultimately, all our efforts will add up.
How to create positive change as a consumer: We're all connected to the people who make the products we buy. When we support "slow" businesses that prioritize expertise and quality over mass-produced items, we're contributing towards someone's sense of purpose.
Why we should focus on celebrating good work:For entrepreneurs thinking of partnering with local artisans, it's important to remember we're not doing so for charity. Instead, we're doing it to support skilled craftsmanship and amazing work.

Guest Bio-

Jen Lewis is the Founder and Executive Director of Purse & Clutch, a slow fashion brand working to create sustainable jobs for men and women in developing countries - starting from the raw materials and ending with the consumer carrying the most beautiful bag in the room. Jen holds a degree in Chemistry and a Master's degree in Leadership & Ethics, and in her spare time she enjoys vegetable gardening from seeds with her 2 ½ year old daughter, despite mixed results.

To find out more, visit:

www.purseandclutch.com

www.instagram.com/purseandclutch

www.pinterest.com/purseandclutch

www.facebook.com/purseandclutch

Overcoming a Scarcity Mindset Around Money Is Self-Care w/Chelsea Brennan Oct 08, 2020

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In over ⅔ of US families, women manage the household budget. While we're good at the budgeting aspect and making sure everything is good month-to-month, we struggle with long-term planning, thriving, and creating financial freedom.

Money is tied into absolutely everything we do, and when we have kids, this is amplified. We have to provide for them, but we also have to teach them to nurture a healthy view of money. This starts with us and what we believe and put into action financially.

It's impossible to teach a healthy financial mindset and be effective at our financial planning if we have underlying limiting beliefs and a scarcity mentality around money.

If we can get control of our money mindset and align our money with our values, we'll be able to afford the things we want in our lives and plan for the future.

How do we overcome the financial hang-ups, fears, and mindsets that hold us back? What are the things moms need to know about money and how we talk about it with our children?

In this episode, I'm joined by the founder of Smart Money Mamas and the online summit, Mamas Talk Money, Chelsea Brennan. We discuss the upcoming 2020 summit, and how we can cultivate a thriving money mindset.

When our kids grow up hearing "we can't afford that", it creates a scarcity mindset. -Chelsea Brennan

3 Things You'll Learn in This Episode

How to create an empowering, thriving money mindset: Many of us feel a sense of helplessness around money, and that we aren't in control of it. Even if we aren't financially stable yet, it's important to remember that we have autonomy in our choices with money. If we feel like our financial circumstances just happen to us, we'll never be able to empower ourselves or our children.

Why money is a form of self-care: On a societal level, women have been conditioned to not value things that benefit us because we're often so focused on taking care of everyone else. The side effect of this is a deeply ingrained scarcity mindset around money. By overcoming it, we can get rid of our mental and emotional blocks around money and allow it to be a positive in our life, not a negative.

The impact of a negative money mindset: Our budgets won't work if we're still viewing and relating to money through the lens of scarcity and struggle. No money strategy can overpower an underlying limiting belief. If we want to improve our money situations and teach our children the right lessons about it, all our strategies have to start with how we think and feel about money.

Guest Bio-

Chelsea is the founder of Smart Money Mamas and the annual online summit, Mamas Talk Money. An ex-hedge fund manager turned financial educator, Chelsea helps moms connect with all aspects of their money in a way that lets them overcome emotional blocks, identify what they most want, and create the healthy money habits that will help them achieve their goals while modeling positive money relationships for the next generation.

For a free ticket to Chelsea's online summit, Mamas Talk Money visit https://boss-mom.com/money

Check out Chelsea's money quiz here http://mamastalkmoney.com/quiz/.

How I built Boss Mom and the lessons I learned along the way Oct 01, 2020

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Building Boss Mom over the last 6 years has been an adventure, to say the least. I created a video a little while back that shared how I built Boss Mom and the lessons I learned along the way in hopes that it helps you see that anything is possible and to help you reach your goals faster than I did.

I walk you through the different decisions and phases of building the community and business and what worked and what didn't. I want you to come away from this episode feeling empowered to build a life and business that aligns with you and your dreams.

Successful entrepreneurs don't worry about the 80% that doesn't work, they leverage and scale the 20% that does work. -Dana Malstaff

Things You'll Learn in This Episode:

When you give people permission to be who they are and create a feeling of belonging for them, you build trust.

The only difference between you and the people who seem to have it figured out is that they keep going and never give up, even when things don't go according to plan. You have what it takes to create a business that you care about, a well- run space where you can nurture people and create a community and sense of belonging.

When we create a system and everyone who comes into our world takes the same journey, that creates consistency. Once we have consistency, we can scale, track results, and see what's working.

A Conversation with My Life Coach: Stephanie Nichols Sep 24, 2020

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The past few months have forced us to deal with major instability, and it has thrown many of us into a flat spin. However, it's important to understand that even when we're not facing a pandemic, uncertainty is inevitable.

Any time we go through a life-changing event, be it a pandemic, a relocation, or even a divorce, we're faced with a lot of external factors. As a result, many of us end up feeling powerless. Is there a way to change that?

When we change the way we think, we can change the way we feel. We may not be able to control events unfolding around us, but we can decide how we'll deal with them. How can we stop reacting to issues beyond our control and start responding to them instead?

In this episode, Certified Life Coach and author of Create Your Calm: A Guilt-Free Journey to Peaceful Motherhood, Stephanie Nichols shares how to use life-altering moments as a catalyst for growth.

We can't change what's happening around us, but we can make decisions about how we think about it. That's where we get our control back. -Stephanie Nichols

3 Things You'll Learn in This Episode:

How to get better at managing emotions in a difficult situation:

It's easier to manage the way we feel when we know how we feel. We have to check in with ourselves more regularly and acknowledge our emotions.

The importance of acceptance:

When we resist accepting what's going on around us, we end up allowing it to affect us even more. The sooner we accept reality for what it is, the sooner we can move on.

How to turn life-changing events into a win:

When faced with uncertainty, we need to think about what we want to create for ourselves. We may not always have the power to control what's happening around us, but we do have the power to use the situation to our benefit.

Guest Bio-

Stephanie Nichols is a divorced mom of two young boys, author of the book Create Your Calm: A Guilt-Free Journey to Peaceful Motherhood, and Certified Life Coach for Divorced Moms. She works one-on-one with moms who are ready to flourish after divorce by helping them create a future they can look forward to. Stephanie is known for her passionate personality and telling it like it is while using a gentle approach to help clients get unstuck and make sense of the world. She helps her clients overcome the natural self-doubt and despair they experience trying to navigate life alone, parenting solo, making decisions on their own, feeling overwhelmed, and worrying about their future. Stephanie is passionate about creating a world where divorce is not viewed as a failure, but as a catalyst for growth and a source of resilience and strength.

To find out more, go to

https://www.stephanie-nichols.com/

https://www.facebook.com/StephanieNicholsCoaching

https://www.amazon.com/Create-Your-Calm-Guilt-Free-Motherhood/dp/1733623817

To take advantage of Stephanie's 1:1 Coaching Program 'Flourish After Divorce' - 6 month package 24 weekly sessions, head to:

https://www.stephanie-nichols.com/work-with-me/

And to join Stephanie's safe, connected space for divorced moms, go to:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/FlourishAfterDivorce/

How Our Families & Businesses Can Thrive With Homeschooling w/DeLise Bernard Sep 17, 2020

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When the whole world was put into quarantine, parents were thrust into homeschooling literally overnight. Taking on the job of educating our kids full-time can seem nearly impossible at first, especially alongside running a business. However, these last few months have shown that it's very doable, and something the whole family might prefer.

Our assumptions and suppositions about homeschooling have been shattered as we've discovered various benefits and advantages of it, so much so that many parents have considered switching to homeschooling completely.

What are some of the positives of homeschooling that our kids miss out on in conventional schools? How do we balance being a teacher, parent, and business owner without burning out? In this episode, I'm joined by entrepreneur, homeschooling expert, education consultant, and the founder of Surviving Homeschool, DeLise Bernard. We talk about why so many families are seeing the benefits of education-from-home.

3 Things You'll Learn in This Episode

How homeschooling expands the opportunity for learning:

The school curriculum can be limiting for kids, especially those that are gifted in unique ways. Through homeschooling, we get to build on what our kids are good at or interested in and lean into that outside the confines of class schedules.

How kids can still have social interaction while homeschooling:

Homeschooling our kids isn't as disconnected and isolated as people think. There are opportunities for them to connect with other kids through learning pods and groups, and to get taught by people who are experts in their own respective fields. Our kids can still have a strong social aspect to their lives without going to school.

Why homeschooling can actually be better for entrepreneurial parents:

For many boss moms, our concern around homeschooling is the worry about not having enough time to balance parenting, our businesses, educating our kids, and taking care of things at home. With the right resources, tools, and scheduling techniques, it's doable and it can actually work better for our families.

Guest Bio-

DeLise Bernard is an entrepreneur, homeschooling expert, education consultant, and the founder of Surviving Homeschool. While she and her husband have co-led their health management company, Beyond Excellence, for over 15 years, she's also the founder of Surviving Homeschool, a community that supports working families thrust into schooling from home. Providing practical "survival tips", cataloged educational resources, and ongoing encouragement to over 6800 members, the team offers community and connection in a time of social distancing. Her advice has been featured on ABC, CBS, The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, and The Washington Post, as well as various podcasts, education websites, and popular parenting blogs. Her family's homeschool was also recently showcased in a George Washington University student-produced documentary for the school's Masters program.

For more information, visit https://www.survivinghomeschool.com/ and https://www.facebook.com/groups/1116125115410985.

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