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Episode 174: How to Shift Your Business to Align with Your Desired Life with Janine Esbrand Mar 03, 2017

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How to Shift Your Business to Align with Your Desired Life with Janine Esbrand. In this episode of the Boss Mom Podcast, Janine talks about being a lawyer and her transition from lawyer to life coach. This episode is sponsored by Organize 365.

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In this episode you'll hear:

How Janine went from lawyer to business coach and mum to her sweet baby boy.
Why lawyers work so many long hours and why Janine has moved away from corporate law.
Janine's current job and coaching practice.
Self-awareness, time management and dealing with overwhelm.
How Janine finds her coaching clients.
Her visibility plan to find her ideal clients.

Sponsor: Organize 365

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Can I quote you on that?

Are all the things I really have to do a priority? In reality, what's really the priority and what can I move over? - Janine

More about our guest, Janine Esbrand.

Janine is the founder of LightBOX Coaching, which helps female lawyers to build careers they are love whilst raising a family. She is also a commercial lawyer and the host of the More Than A Lawyer Podcast. In her free time, she enjoys family time and meeting new people.

The Lawyer to Mum Coaching Program helps female lawyers successfully integrate motherhood and their career. This 6-month program helps women to get clear on their definition of success and then craft a plan that allows them to build a life and career that truly reflects their values and what is important to them.

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Episode 173: The Story of How Boss Mom Began with Dana and NJ Feb 28, 2017

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The Story of How Boss Mom Began with Dana and NJ. In this episode, Dana and NJ share the story of how Boss Mom began and what Dana does to grow the movement. This episode is sponsored by Biz Chix Podcast.

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In this episode you'll hear:

How Dana and NJ got their start podcasting together.
Why the book, Boss Mom was the catalyst to the Boss Mom movement.
The first Boss Mom podcasts and how to get guests for a podcast.
Dana's visibility plan.
What Dana did while she was creating Boss Mom.
Investing in business and getting support in areas where you need help.
Leveraging relationships and networking well.
The Boss Mom courses and offerings.

Our Podcast Sponsor: Biz Chix Podcast

BizChix.com encourages, educates, and promotes entrepreneurial women with educational content and training, a community support system, masterminding, coaching, and events.

Natalie Eckdahl, MBA, is a business coach, professional facilitator, keynote speaker and host of the Biz Chix Podcast which iTunes featured as a top New Business Podcast in March 2014.

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If you're not willing to put yourself out there and invest time in your visibility plan, it's not going to happen. - Dana
Dana is not afraid to share her movement story and make connections. - NJ

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Episode 172: Today is Clean-up day for your business with Dana Feb 24, 2017

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This is a Nurture Your Business segment with Dana. Dana gives actionable advice on how to clean up in your business and home. This episode is sponsored by Organize 365.

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In this episode you'll hear:

What's on Dana's desk and how she's organizing it.
Why clean up doesn't have to be consistent.
Always give yourself permission to be messy.
Adding cleaning into your business and weekly calendar.
How Dana organizes her papers and prioritizes her to do list.
Clean up and consolidate in your business and recognize where things go.
Recognizing we might not like what we see, but forcing ourselves to clean up anyways.
Assigning what we have to do to different areas.

Sponsor: Organize 365

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Ask yourself how you can organize and consolidate. - Dana

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Episode 171: How to Write a Book & Be a Step-Mom (not in that order) with Liz Thompson Feb 23, 2017

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How to Write a Book & Be a Step-Mom (not in that order) with Liz Thompson. In this episode of the Boss Mom Podcast, Liz shares about her blended family, her important life lessons and book editing. This episode is sponsored by Skillshare.

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In this episode you'll hear:

Liz's story of how she became a mom of one and a step-mom of four.
How she transitioned from corporate America to entrepreneurship.
Her journey into book editing and how her style is different than many other editors.
Finding herself again through creating her business and finding peace through that.
Liz's life in Mexico as a missionary kid.
Why education is important to Liz and how she uses it in her business.
Advice for writing a book and how to use an editor.
It's better to focus on writing first, than editing. The brain can't do both at the same time.

Sponsor: Skillshare

Ready to learn from Dana and Liz? Their classes are on Skillshare. Liz's course is Slaying the Enemies of Self-Editing. Dana has multiple courses on Skillshare.

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If I didn't get divorced, I knew I'd focus more on my unhappiness than anything else. - Liz
Set a designated time and space for writing your book. - Liz

More about our guest, Liz Thompson.

Liz Thompson is the founder and editor at House Style Editing, where she helps writers find and refine their voice so they can share their stories with the world. Whether it is fiction, non-fiction, or a cookbook, Liz can help bring your words to life. When she is not editing, Liz is home in San Antonio, Texas with her husband and blended family of 5 kids--either cooking, doing laundry, or wishing she was editing.

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Episode 170: How to work with designers & service providers with Dana & NJ Feb 22, 2017

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How to work with designers & service providers with Dana & NJ. In this episode, Dana and NJ go through the ins and outs of hiring and working with designers and service providers. This episode is sponsored by Biz Chix Podcast.

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In this episode you'll hear:

Ways that business owners hire designers and service providers.
Signals to recognize that you need to hire help.
Different ways to consider hiring and bringing on help.
Asking yourself if you're far enough in your business to give someone the correct information of what you're doing in your business.
Be honest with yourself if you're open to advise from those you bring in.
You have to respect and trust that person.
What tools you use when having a team.
Talking about uncomfortable subjects are a must.
Empowering those on your team to do the roles you've hired them for.
Equip those you hire.

Our Podcast Sponsor: Biz Chix Podcast

BizChix.com encourages, educates, and promotes entrepreneurial women with educational content and training, a community support system, masterminding, coaching, and events.

Natalie Eckdahl, MBA, is a business coach, professional facilitator, keynote speaker and host of the Biz Chix Podcast which iTunes featured as a top New Business Podcast in March 2014.

Listen to the podcast here.

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Can I quote you on that?

You have to respect the person and value them. Be open to their expertise. - Dana
Empower and equip those you hire to work for you. - NJ

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Episode 169: You need your brain to work, so work your brain with Dana Feb 17, 2017

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This is a Nurture Your Business segment with Dana. Dana talks about how you need to work your mind and diversify your knowledge intake.

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In this episode you'll hear:

Your brain works because we work it.
Becoming engrossed in something and the importance of diversifying how we work our brains.
Having other experiences outside of work.
The world is bigger than the niche we've created.
How Dana's diversifying their dinner conversations.

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The world is bigger than the niche we've created. - Dana

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Episode 168: How to Manage that Stress & Anxiety with Celeste Coffman Feb 17, 2017

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How to Manage that Stress & Anxiety with Celeste Coffman. In this episode of the Boss Mom Podcast, Celeste gives practical tips on handling overwhelm and taking care of yourself physically, emotionally and psychologically. This episode is sponsored by Boss Mom Academy and Boardroom.

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In this episode you'll hear:

How Celeste started her counseling practice and her journey into motherhood.
What her counseling practice looks like and her goals are for nurturing women.
How our bodies tell us about what is happening psychologically.
Why women deal with overwhelm.
Teaching your kids to respect themselves and boundaries.
Where Celeste starts to be helpful to her clients and tips to help you overcome stress or overwhelm.
Having the right mindset to succeed.
Respecting priorities and being busy.
Making better mornings to keep down the stress.

Sponsor: Boss Mom Academy and Boardroom

The Boss Mom Academy is a group coaching program for those who are working to build their business. Also open for enrollment is the Boss Mom Boardroom is a mastermind program for already established Boss Moms.

Boss Mom coaching is currently open so make sure to schedule a Boss Mom fitting before the end of February.

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I focus on nurturing women in my counseling through life events. - Celeste
Anxiety is like paying interest on a purchase you haven't made yet. - Celeste
We're going to have the skills we need to meet the challenges that come up. - Celeste

More about our guest, Celeste Coffman.

Celeste Coffman is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified School Counselor who is passionate about teaching clients research-proven strategies for managing anxiety and stress. With over a decade of experience in the field, Celeste prides herself on bringing wit, enthusiasm, and encouragement to the counseling room.

Her private practice, Thoughtful Journey Counseling, thrives with in-person clients while her membership site, QuietMindCollective.com provides practical weekly lessons on stress and anxiety management.

For Celeste's free resources for anxiety, visit her freebies section.

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Episode 167: Creative Ways to Create Your Opt-in with Dana & NJ Feb 14, 2017

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Creative Ways to Create Your Opt-in with Dana & NJ. In this episode, Dana and NJ talk all things opt-ins from creation to execution to following through on emailing your list. This episode is sponsored by Biz Chix Podcast.

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In this episode you'll hear:

Your opt-ins should be relatable make a connection.
Giving enough value for the currency exchange of an email address.
How to provide time-sensitive information to your email list.
Don't assume that people don't want to hear from you. They've signed up to hear from you.
Tips for making a great opt-in.
You should start with where you want people to go.
What the flow of the opt-in for Boss Mom.
Creating great opt-ins.
Good opt-ins for opt-ins.
Opt-ins for bloggers.

Our Podcast Sponsor: Biz Chix Podcast

BizChix.com encourages, educates, and promotes entrepreneurial women with educational content and training, a community support system, masterminding, coaching, and events.

Natalie Eckdahl, MBA, is a business coach, professional facilitator, keynote speaker and host of the Biz Chix Podcast which iTunes featured as a top New Business Podcast in March 2014.

Listen to the podcast here.

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It's not just an email address, it's an opportunity to talk with someone. - Dana
Your opt-in matters, it's like a first date. - Dana

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Episode 166: Are You Cheating On Our Business? with Dana Feb 10, 2017

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This is a Nurture Your Business segment with Dana. Dana asks you if you're cheating on your business or if you're monogamous with it. This show is sponsored by Pierce Social.

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In this episode you'll hear:

Asking yourself if you're cheating on your business.
How having a monogamous relationship with your business benefits your business.
If your business had ears, would it feel like it was loved?
How the book, The Profit ties into business.
Are you connecting and communicating to your business?
Your business is a relationship.

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Boss Mom as a business has never questioned my loyalty. - Dana
May you go swift and far. - The Profit

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Episode 165: Taking Personal Development Mainstream with Alexi Panos Feb 10, 2017

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Taking Personal Development Mainstream with Alexi Panos. In this episode of the Boss Mom Podcast, Alexi talks about building a life where she can have a family and a thriving business at the same time. This episode is sponsored by Trello.

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In this episode you'll hear:

How Alexi and her husband are preparing their business for kids before having them.
Building their life in the adventures they want to have and how they add their business to that life.
Integrating life and business intentionally.
Adding team members from your tribe.
How Alexi grew her tribe.
Being real and authentic.
Alexi's journey to starting a non-profit and her coaching business.

Sponsor: Trello

Allow transformation in your life by using Trello to organize your business, home, and life. Put all your ideas and thoughts into order visually using Trello.

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The more I move into myself, the easier it becomes. - Alexi Panos
My realness attracts those who like me. - Alexi Panos
The simple things are what we're all missing. - Alexi Panos

More about our guest, Alexi Panos.

I'm Alexi Panos, and I am an artist of life. Some would label me a Transformational Thought Leader, others would say I'm a Conscious Content Creator, but I believe it is all just amazing forms of ART. Through my art, I am insanely committed to empowering others to own their greatness and live a life they are completely OBSESSED with. I am on a mission to make personal development mainstream by synthesizing big ideas into fun, bite-sized nuggets of goodness that spread throughout the world and create a ripple effect of positivity and love.

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