One Year From Now

What if you could be the future you right now? This week is all about forming that connection to your future self and asking that question of your current self. On One Year From Now and in numerous coaching environments I participate in, we talk about our future self a lot, but I want to help you bring your future self closer and closer to present day you with thoughtful practice.  Timecoded Guide...

This week, I expose my beef with the phrase "some day," and fight against the concept that time passing gets you closer to your goals. With my own trip to Key West becoming a reality, I invite you on my journey from "some day" lies and bucket list wishes to real commitments about creativity and action for myself and my business.  Timecoded Guide: In this episode, I cover: [01:36] Understanding tha...

In this short episode, I explain the real pathway to successful business and personal ventures through prioritizing intention and cultivating self-trust. Instead of enforcing harsher restrictions on yourself and playing into a toxic "hustle" mindset, I challenge you to seek creative problem solving opportunities and practice taking risks.  In this episode, I cover: [2:04] Personal failures with ri...

This week, I'm joined by Damaly Shepherd, an NYC-based photographer and entrepreneur headed for $500K in revenue this year. From a background similar to my own as an HR recruiter, she has built a successful portrait and branding photography business with an emphasis on next-level experiences for her clients. As a black, female first-generation entrepreneur, Damaly shares with me how her clients, t...

A quick, time sensitive note - May is my birthday month and I'm hosting a birthday tour for One Year from Now that includes live drinks (5/20, virtual) and dinner (5/27, Richmond!!!).⁠ ⁠ You're super invited.⁠ ⁠ But!⁠ ⁠ If you want to join us for drinks on 5/20, I need to know by Friday!⁠ ⁠ (We've got to mail you the kick-ass, party box with all of your ingredients and equipment and need the shipp...

Back in March, I experienced a zero dollar launch that taught me so much about my business, myself, and my newest offering, The Residency. After a successful Cohort One, I feared the negative result that ended up being the unfortunate reality for The Residency: Cohort Two. I discuss this $0 launch in this episode to normalize failure, reveal what can be learned from an unprofitable launch, and giv...

I'm joined by Doreen Korba, a life coach for entrepreneurs who centers her skills on helping women grow successful businesses on their own terms. Breaking down the concept of a "Quantum Leap" together, Doreen and I discuss the best conditions to experience a quantum leap in your own business, as well as reveal how these conditions have more to do with your inner world than your marketing strategy...

I interview Founder and CEO of Factora, Allegra Brantly, about how she's evolved as a CEO alongside of her financial education platform, Factora, all the way through her first $1M AR. With a mission to support women in their quest to be financially stable and successful, Factora offers a wealth circle learning experience that I've previously participated in, and Allegra gives me insight into what...

I met up with Modern Marriage Coach Maggie Reyes this week to talk about the challenges and success first-generation entrepreneurs face in their marriages. As an author, coach, and married woman herself, Maggie gave me incredible insights into her coaching process and the essential communication framework she uses with all of her clients.  In this podcast, Maggie and I cover: How romantic partners...

I celebrate 100 episodes this week with a discussion about cultivating the intention of building highly profitable and highly impactful business assets. Using a previous free session I hosted through my email list as an example, I compile and explain 5 thought errors and skill gaps that prevent you from reaching the coveted million dollars in revenue.  In this episode, I cover: What the 100th epis...

This week, I share 10 facets of the Career Entrepreneur self-concept and invite listeners to try on these thoughts for themselves. Similar to a previously discussed self-concept of Battle Queen, a Career Entrepreneur is someone who is probably never going to be a W2 employee ever again in their careers and is actively choosing to build a life as an entrepreneur.  In this episode, I cover: A thorou...

I invite Eunice Martel, a Whole Life Coach currently enrolled in The Residency, to talk about her journey from waitressing to entrepreneurship and how she has switched her mindset to focus on making decisions with her legacy in mind. Known as someone who does what she wants to do, Eunice tells me about the audacity she has to make the decisions that need to be made and to take a chance on the adve...

I invite Rebecca Fralick, a current member of my first cohort of One Year From Now: The Residency and well-rounded food entrepreneur, to talk with me about her experience so far in the program, her journey into entrepreneurship, the inspiration she received from her family, and how she unites her entrepreneurship and food skills to give back to her community.  In this episode, Rebecca and I cover:...

I met up with my former client, Christina Heath, to talk about her journey from corporate layoff to project management entrepreneur. This week, we dive deep in the hardest parts of the w2 to entrepreneur transition, including revenge success, comments from others, relationship strains, and parenting woes, and explain how it's all worth it in the end for the incredible experience of working for you...

Revenge Success is a drive to succeed fueled by spite. If we're completely honest with ourselves, we've all used this motivator from time to time— myself included. However, it doesn't have to be a bad thing. In this episode, I define revenge success, explain when and why it might be helpful for you (and for me, too), and how to fuel the transition away from revenge success in order to better susta...

I'm joined by Megan Baker, CEO and Founder of MegKCo, to cover the essentials of your first permanent hire and what that looks like from a perspective of diversity and equity. MegKCo's specialty is helping socially conscious online business owners during every step of the hiring process and Megan takes her time to walk through those steps with me so my listeners can better understand how to naviga...

In 2020, a client of mine inspired the concept of the Armor of Excellence, a way of using excellence as means of protection or safety. As tough and protective as armor may seem, it can also be extremely heavy and restrictive, preventing us from doing all that we might want to do and keeping us rigidly meeting someone else's standards.  In this episode, I cover: How the concept of this armor came t...

The start of a new year is all about reflection and growth, and I kick off my 2022 with a reflection on my past year in my coaching business. Through transparency in both my numbers and my process, I show you what I assumed and what I learned about this past year as a business owner, as well as explain how you can go about mapping out some reflections for yourself so that we can begin a prosperous...

For our final Note to Self, Nicola and I discuss the essential rhythms of our lives, the outside factors that can impact our rhythms, and how we can best optimize them through personal boundaries to produce higher quality levels of joy and care.  In this mini-lesson, we cover:  Discovering we were born with this rhythm Understanding that re-finding your rhythm isn't a "one and done" process Findin...

I used to think the concept of "enough" made people soft-- and for a good reason. At the time, the thought that I didn't have "enough" kept me safe by keeping me moving. It kept me out of despair and into action. Now, as I move through multiple six-figures, it's no longer a helpful thought. I do have enough, at least for now, and I want to help you unlock that belief, too.  In this episode, I cove...

In this Note to Self, Nicola and I encourage entrepreneurs to seek collaborative partnership opportunities with other businesses in their industry and to understand their value as agile, skilful individuals with experience taking risks.  In this mini-lesson, we cover: Entrepreneurs are always needed and will always be needed Making your own list of companies that can be partners instead of competi...

This week, I explain "self-concepts" and the massive impact they can have on our mindset, thoughts, and actions. As we head towards a time of reflection in the new year, I reflect on my own self-concept: the Battle Queen, and how embodying a strong, graceful, and confident mindset has helped me on my entrepreneurial journey.  In this episode, I cover:  Defining self-concepts  Explaining the import...

This is Note to Self, a series of mini-lessons from two high-impact entrepreneurs to their former, present and future selves. As entrepreneurs ourselves, my co-host Nicola and I understand how genuinely triggering entrepreneurship and business ownership can be to our nervous system, and set out to find a way to cope with that in this week's episode. In this mini-lesson, we cover: The triggering re...

After experiencing a 6-month group coaching mastermind, I developed a higher understanding of the importance of a well-structured group, what it meant to be involved in an advanced room, and how to best take advantage of the opportunities that presents to us as entrepreneurs. With my own group coaching session, One Year From Now: The Residency, quickly approaching in the new year, I wanted to expl...

This is Note to Self, a series of mini-lessons from two high-impact entrepreneurs to their former, present and future selves. Through the lens of the work of Dr. Saundra Dalton Smith, my co-host Nicola and I discuss the importance of rest and the solidified place it needs to have as a part of your life as an entrepreneur.  In this mini-lesson, we cover:  Seven types of rest, and the forms of rest...