The Holistic Business Podcast

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November Business Energy Reading Oct 31, 2018

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November is upon us and we are being invited to once again check in with where we are in our businesses, what we are prioritizing, and how we are caring – or not caring – for ourselves. The past few months have been part of a huge Death moment, the cards calling us out on how we spend our time and money, and whether or not our goals are in alignment with the life we desire. Every level of inquiry is exposing old patterns and beliefs that limit our potential, and in November we get a crash course in how being alignment does not mean that our work will be easy.

In this energy reading, we discuss how to make choices, which responsibilities we want to prioritize, differentiating between revenue-generating activities and other projects, and re-centering on the forward path. There is a call to generosity and service, while pouring our resources into the vision we’re holding for the business to pull us through the end of the year.

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“Episode 35: November Business Energy Reading”

Alia Walston Oct 25, 2018

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Intuitive reader and educator Alia Walston joins the show to share about her journey through addiction, sobriety, and spiritual calling. Through an ever-expanding understanding of tarot, astrology and magical work, Alia connects to the soul’s purpose to create experiences of joy.

Alia openly discusses her mental health and substance use challenges, and how they led her to more deeply explore divinity and her shadow self. She explores the purpose of her work, stretching beyond the confines of particular modalities, and the difference between showing up for the deep stuff and following the trends.

We talk about calling on spirits for guidance, pausing despite the social media-driven priority of constant newness, and the reality of destroyed grand plans. This is a beautiful, honest episode that you don’t want to miss.

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Connect with Alia:
Website
Instagram
Facebook

Alia mentions her teacher Lindsay Mack and the work of Layla Saad.

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“Episode 34: Alia Walston”

Dana Balicki Oct 11, 2018

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Transformational coach and teacher Dana Balicki is on the show sharing about her journey from professional activism to sustainable healership.

In this episode, we explore the importance of joy in our work and how to slow the fuck down. Dana shares about how burnout (even from joy!) can be our greatest teacher, and how that can get in the way of our ability to catalyze our own change rather than relying on others to fix our lives.

Dana offers guidance on how to find where you have choice in your life, and how to release old stories of lack even in the midst of our oppressive economic and social systems.

We also discuss the importance of giving ourselves the gift of being a student, the need to prioritize our own care and process over jumping into serving others, and the magic of slow medicine.

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Connect with Dana:
Website
That Clear Life
Instagram
Facebook
Twitter

Dana mentions her teachers Rha Goddess and The Empowerment Institute, and her friend (and former podcast guest!) Sandy Sitron.

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“Episode 32: Dana Balicki”

October Business Energy Reading Oct 03, 2018

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It’s October! BEST MONTH. This Libra is biased, but October is a powerful month for letting go of old stories and connecting into our deeper truths. The liminality of fall dredges up all kinds of crap for us to sort through, review, and release.

As business owners and creative folk, that means money. Specifically fear of not having it, and how that fear drives us to make decisions in our businesses that are not necessarily in alignment with our vision.

October’s Business Energy Reading is all about approaching that fear and finding ways to work through it. Are we really broke, or just afraid of it? If we are, can we move through any shame to ask for help? And what does help look like in a month when we are invited to face the deepest fear of most business owners: failure?

It’s not all doom and gloom I assure you, but October is a big ask for us to step the fuck up. If September was about doing the work, October asks us to make sure that work is what we’re meant to be doing.

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SHOW NOTES

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“Episode 31: October Business Energy Reading”

Natha Perkins Campanella Sep 27, 2018

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This week we’re chatting astrology! Natha Perkins Campanella is an intuitive counselor and astrologer, and joins the show to share how we can look to our astrological chart to help understand ourselves as business owners.

In this episode, Natha tells you where to look in your chart to learn about your business acumen, and uses me as an example (all of you astrology stalker folk who just love hearing about other people’s charts will enjoy this). Natha also explains some critical transits, and helps your astrology-ignorant host understand how the stars can clarify our gifts and challenges in our business and creative lives.

We also talk about her path to astrology (it was a winding road!) and how she works with people today. There’s some mild ranting about rude comments on Instagram, and a lot of vulnerability around what it takes to grow a business.

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SHOW NOTES

Connect with Natha:
Website
Instagram
Facebook

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“Episode 30: Natha Perkins Campanella”

Using Tarot for Business Sep 20, 2018

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Welcome to the September Business Training episode! This week your host Sarah M. Chappell is sharing in an introduction to using tarot in your business.

You don’t have to be a professional tarot reader or have a tarot business for the cards to useful in planning and assessing. In this episode, I talk about the common pitfalls I see when folks try to use tarot for business, and offer some guidance specific cards that can cause trouble.

We then dive into specific spreads, and how to use the cards for business planning.

This is an action-packed mini training and I can’t wait to see how you use this information in your own business.

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SHOW NOTES

Download the Tarot for Business Spreads Booklet

Connect with your host, Sarah M. Chappell:
Website
Instagram
Facebook

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“Episode 29: Using Tarot for Business”

Grumpisode with Yarrow Magdalena Sep 13, 2018

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Welcome to the Grumpisode! That’s right, my friends – this week is all about allowing ourselves to be grumpy sometimes because owning a business is hard and catharsis is healing. I’m joined today by a dear friend and brilliant soul-centered entrepreneur, Yarrow Magdalena. Yarrow and I have been internet buds for a while, and it was such a blast to grump it out together.

We dive into all sorts of things that make us grumpy:

Being sick when you’re the only person in your business
Having to constantly try to outsmart social media algorithms
Wanting the security of owning a home
Trying and failing to not work all the time
Being multifaceted, multitude-containing humans who can grump and be grateful at the same time
and more!

Yarrow Magdalena is a tarot reader and ritual maker who helps soft folks reclaim embodiment, intuition, a connection to nature and everyday magic through the Daydreaming Wolves project. Their practices around folk herbalism, journaling, tarot, movement and creative expression are trauma sensitive, queer and body positive and as inclusive and accessible as possible.

Yarrow also runs a web design + tech studio called Yarrow Digital which supports small businesses in building heartfelt, sustainable online platforms made to hold big dreams and beautiful communities. They specialize in custom made WordPress sites as well as easy to understand tech support and run a low cost DIY business training.

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Connect with Yarrow Magdalena:
Daydreaming Wolves
Yarrow Digital
Instagram
Pinterest
Patreon

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“Episode 28: Grumpisode with Yarrow Magdalena”

September Business Energy Reading Sep 04, 2018

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Welcome to Season 3 of So You Wanna Be A Witch! We’re back with big news: the podcast will be released weekly!

The interviews you know and love will continue every other week, providing insight and sharing the journey of soul-centered entrepreneurship with business owners around the world.

Our additional weeks together will be dedicated to YOU and helping you grow your own creative and entrepreneurial pursuits.

At the beginning of each month, I will be offering a business energy reading to guide our focus and actions for the month ahead. These readings will draw on my years as a professional tarot counselor, and offer some soul-centered shape to your monthly business planning. It is my sincere hope that these will help us to weather the storms of entrepreneurship together.

The middle of each month will have an action-based business training focusing on mindset and marketing. I will be sharing my knowledge from 10+ years of sales and marketing experience, as well as bringing on guest experts to share their knowledge.

I’m honored to bring you the show every week, and can’t wait to receive your feedback on the new features.

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Do you want to support the production of So You Wanna Be A Witch? I gratefully welcome your donations here.

SHOW NOTES

Check out Episode 29: Tarot for Business to learn how to do your own business energy reading.

Follow the Holistic Business Academy on Instagram and slide into the DMs to let me know what business questions you have!

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“Episode 27: September Business Energy Reading”

Sarah’s Soliloquy Redux Jun 14, 2018

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We’re back with the final episode of Season Two of So You Wanna Be A Witch! This reprises the Sarah’s Soliloquy from August 2017 with a twist: I’m answering your questions.

In this episode, I share a bit about what has changed for me both personally and professionally since last year. I then dive into the questions that you submitted, and explore topics such as jealousy, starting a podcast, staying focused when working from home, cultural appropriation, and the number one thing that has grown my business in 2018.

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SHOW NOTES

Racial Equity Education Resources:
Ijeoma Oluo
Desiree Adaway
Layla Saad

Each of these women provide remarkable free resources, especially on their Facebook pages. If you learn something from them, I strongly encourage you to donate to their work and purchase their courses and books.

Podcasting Tools:
Audacity – free audio editing software
Zoom – free video conferencing software with built-in recording capability, ideal for podcast interviewing
Canva – free graphic design software

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“Episode 26: Sarah’s Soliloquy Redux”

Sydney Campos May 17, 2018

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Sydney Campos is an Alignment Alchemist helping folks to live their most empowered lives. Sydney has just published her first book, The Empath Experience, and is the host of the Visionary Souls podcast. She teaches yoga and meditation, and melds coaching tools with Reiki energy healing and Akashic Records readings to help clients create their own Heaven on Earth.

In this episode, Sydney shares her experience shifting from a spiritual rock bottom mired in the underbelly of New York City to running her own business and thriving in a soulmate relationship. We dive into Sydney’s experience with addiction and debt, and learn some tools to help you trust your own intuitive knowing. Sydney explores how we can be of service and still support ourselves, and how money can be used as a barometer for our energy flow and beliefs around worthiness.

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In order to actually release this show two times per month, I have hired an editor! Do you want to support the production of So You Wanna Be A Witch and this new cost? I gratefully welcome your donations here.

SHOW NOTES

Connect with Sydney:
Website
Book
Instagram
Facebook
YouTube

Sydney’s new book The Empath Experience is available here. You can listen to her podcast Visionary Souls here.

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“Episode 25: Sydney Campos”