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Let's be real for a sec...building an online business is hard.

Not like, physical labor hard - more like mental gymnastics on a tight-rope hard.

I thought it was just me, but it turns out that after interviewing dozens of women killing it in their business that there's a distinct connection between inner healing and business growth.

This podcast is dedicated to exploring those connections and sharing the strategies, stories and resources to grow your business - Perfection Not Required.

Discovering the Secret of Entrepreneurship
Jamie Riene Jamie Riene

Discovering the Secret of Entrepreneurship

The Secret caught her eye from the bottom shelf and it literally changed the course of their lives. Though the process took many years, many forms and lots of courage, Jewel and Auret held tight to the vision of a successful business together...and it's all worked out.

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Authenticity is Profitable
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Authenticity is Profitable

What does it look like when you show up in full authenticity in your life and business? Unlike many of my guests, Gisele actually LOVED her corporate job and thought she'd be there forever. When someone from her team was going to have to get cut, Gisele volunteered herself so she could finally process the personal tragedy she'd experience.

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Confessions of a Recovering People Pleaser
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Confessions of a Recovering People Pleaser

Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired? On this episode, Chelle gives us a front row seat of what it looks like to set aside a lifetime of people pleasing in order to find your voice.

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How to Quit Corporate and Work from Anywhere
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How to Quit Corporate and Work from Anywhere

How do you earn 15 years worth of income in just three years? LaToya shares her journey of quitting corporate and how she's been able to do just that by getting clear on who she's serving.

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Overcoming Perfectionism to Find True Success
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Overcoming Perfectionism to Find True Success

What even is perfect?! Besides being a major cause of burnout it's often what stands in the way of women making a successful transition into entrepreneurship. In this episode, You will learn that trusting yourself is more important than being perfect..

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When Your Reality and Your Values Don't Match Up
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When Your Reality and Your Values Don't Match Up

Are you in a job that's stripping you of your true self? On this episode, Crystal shares her story of how she realized she was in the wrong career and what it took for her to make a change. She also offers advice for those who might be in a similar situation.

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The Pivot from Side Hustle to Business Owner
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The Pivot from Side Hustle to Business Owner

When Stefanie was laid off from her job during the pandemic she was able to pivot quickly into building up the side hustle she'd primarily been using as a creative outlet. From there she was able to branch out into more profitable areas of her business using the skills she's learned from other jobs over the years.

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You Get to Decide What Success Looks Like
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You Get to Decide What Success Looks Like

You never know someone's true story, the reasons behind the decisions they make...but every now and then you get a peek.

I loved this conversation with Lesley Taylor of No Recipe Required podcast. Especially the meat pie discussion - yum!! I was able to snag the "recipe" and it's linked in the show notes!

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Smart Girl’s Guide to Intuition
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Smart Girl’s Guide to Intuition

What's it really mean to be a "smart girl" and what's the best way for us to tap into our intuition - that hunch, the inner voice, the knowing. How can we access that to guide us through our day and life? That's exactly what Dr. Robyn McKay and I get into today!

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Building Your Brand & Community
Jamie Riene Jamie Riene

Building Your Brand & Community

It takes courage (and planning!) to walk away from a 6-figure career and go after that flexibility you desire. Lindsay Pinchuk, pregnant with her first child, did just that - and used her skills and connections to start and grow Bump Club into a 7-figure business with a thriving community of more than 3 million families.

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How Are You Living Your Dash?
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How Are You Living Your Dash?

We're all humans, and we're all the same. The one thing that we all have in common, truly, truly have in common is two numbers. The day we were born. And the day we die. And between those numbers is a dash. It's your job every day to think how you're going to live your dash.

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Creating Authentic Connections
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Creating Authentic Connections

When you stop giving so much weight to what other people think and start listening to yourself, only then can you create the authentic connection we all desire.

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Success Multiplied
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Success Multiplied

What do you have to learn...who do you have to become...to go from high school STEM teacher to creating a franchise people are stoked about across 35 countries? Dori Stewart BLEW ME AWAY with this story on this week's episode of Breaking Up with Corporate!

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Pivot Into Your Purpose
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Pivot Into Your Purpose

Are you letting other people's opinions, fears and projections keep you in a job you hate because it's "safe"? What happens when you make that leap because you KNOW you're made for more? How do you know when it's time to pivot? Listen in on this conversation with Life & Clarity Coach, Melissa Hoffmann as we discuss all this and much more on this week's episode of Breaking Up with Corporate!

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You’re Enough Right Now
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You’re Enough Right Now

What if you knew you were enough, right freaking now? How would that change things for you? How would you show up differently in your life if you had the courage to get out of your own way, do the damn thing all while being guided on what's right for YOU? Listen in as Sales Coach, Lauren Ciesco gets fired up about talking all things sales, inner guidance, embodiment and all the things.

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Creating the Stability You Desire
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Creating the Stability You Desire

When Covid hit and gas demand plummeted, Patty and hundreds of other colleagues lost their job. Fortunately for her, she was able to take her decades of communications experience and create her company and gain the stability she craved.

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Becoming the Fairy Godmother of Coaching
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Becoming the Fairy Godmother of Coaching

You are highly compensated enough and we are not willing to pay you any more money.

That's what my guest, Gail Keyes Allen was told by her boss after dedicating 16 years to her employer's success. She's less than a year into her coaching business and brought in $50K in January alone.

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Turning Toward Purpose
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Turning Toward Purpose

I’d love to introduce you to my friend, Heather Love. Heather left a corporate career in pharmaceuticals to claim space for herself and what she loves to do and has not looked back since.

Heather is a Dharma Coach, a Jazzercise instructor and has her own podcast which you may have heard when she interviewed me a few weeks ago - For the Love of Dharma. It was such a pleasure to chat with Heather and we talked about so many things about the corporate lifestyle, ways to detox, how to find what lights you up and all the things.

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Challenging the Status Quo
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Challenging the Status Quo

I'm so excited to introduce you to our guest Erica Gregory. After her second child was born Erica decided she was not going back to her corporate marketing job and made the leap to entrepreneurship without a plan.

Her tenacity and instincts paid off and now after successfully creating her own social media agency Erica has found her groove as a 6 figure online business coach. Listen in as we chat about her path to coaching, how she got started from scratch, and the mindset work she had to do to achieve the results in her business today.

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Finding Your Voice
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Finding Your Voice

I'd like to introduce you to my guest, Ruth Coste. Ruth lives in the UK and spent many years as a journalist and in the communications industry as a whole before starting her own podcast.

Ruth really holds space for fellow caregivers to have a voice and knows firsthand the struggles as she's taken on challenges with her own aging parents.

In addition to her podcast, Ruth has a health and wellness business as an Arbonne consultant and It was the personal growth she developed with this business that ultimately gave her the courage to start this new chapter.

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