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I am excited to share today’s guest, John Sovec with you.  The Driven Woman Podcast is produced with the driven but distracted female entrepreneur in mind, so you might be surprised to see a man joining us as a guest.   I invited John because he is a therapist and coach, a writer, an internationally recognized speaker. He is also a  yoga and mindfulness teacher and one of my closest...

If you heard my last solo episode, the one I called Do the Thing,  you’ll see that I am on a roll. You see, I work with creative female entrepreneurs and while each of them is unique,  many of their struggles are far too common.   This week, I’m going to share my thoughts about how having a super creative brain, which is always spouting one amazing idea after another is actuall...

I am excited to share today’s guest, Casey Jourdan with you.  Casey is a business strategist and mentor who works with early-stage, primarily female entrepreneurs.  Casey rejected the traditional life of the 9-5 so-called secure career path with benefits.  This is not just because of the effects of the impact to her brain from having been blown up in Iraq while she was serving in th...

I know I am not the only one who procrastinates on doing the thing, the really important thing that we just can’t seem to get around to.  It’s usually the very same thing that we have been circling around for weeks, months, years, even longer. It’s the thing that will make us ever so proud to have done it, and also the thing that will be our biggest regret if we don’t.  Oh, yeah.  T...

Today I am joined by Sarah Mikutel, an American expat who has been living permanently in Europe for over a decade. Sarah is an inspiration to me, not only because she had the drive and the courage to choose a life of freedom, something many driven women dream about, but because she is also on the path of continuous personal evolution.   This conversation is about how to use the ancient wisdom...

Are you someone who has always been asked for advice? In this week’s solo episode, I tackled the issue of setting boundaries around when to actually give it. Many people will ask for your advice but they do not really need it, they just need someone to listen to them, so you can be empathic and let them know you want to support them, and that’s it.  No need to give advice that you know they w...

Today I am joined by Jen Liddy, who is in Syracuse, NY, and is the owner of Jen Liddy Business Coaching & Development. Jen helps coaches, consultants, service providers, small business owners, and online entrepreneurs get off of what she calls the content creation “dreadmill.”  The pressure to come up with something interesting, entertaining, or informative every single week for your blog...

Have you ever gotten yourself into such a tangled mess that you have no idea how you got there or how to get out? Of course, you have!  Feeling stuck is a common problem, especially for creatives and those of us who have trouble asking for help.  Sound like anyone you know?   In this solo episode, I break down the various reasons we get ourselves stuck and reveal that they are almos...

Today, my very special guest is Consultant & Business Strategist,  Rhonda Glynn who joins me from the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago. Rhonda is the owner of Zoma Business Solutions. She started her business as a side hustle toward the end of a long and successful career in the aviation industry, and at an age when many women are slowing down. I can’t wait to share Rhonda with you. &nbs...

This episode is a solo show, in which Diann talks about how she loves change and shaking things up. She tells the stories of experiences with others who will do anything to avoid changes and being questioned for loving to change up things and as being unnatural or weird, and how being unsatisfied and having the fear of stagnation made her uproot her life from L.A. to Portland. Whether you love cha...

Today I am joined by Nicole Grey, a 27-year-old single mother of two who lives in New Zealand.  I saw Nicole’s story online and reached out to see if she’d be willing to share it with the Driven Woman Podcast audience.   Like most of us, Nicole had no idea that she had ADHD until well into adult life.   Nicole was homeschooled and raised in a very supportive, religious community so...

This episode is a very exciting Client Success Story, featuring my client, Dr. Nora Wagner who was a competitive weightlifter, got her Ph. D. in physical therapy, and is now an entrepreneur  In this episode, we talk about: How Nora went from Olympic weightlifter to a doctor of physical therapy  Nora’s parents were told she had ADHD but dismissed it Once diagnosed, she discovered she had...

Here’s what you will hear: How intermittent fasting and sleep work  together to normalize our hormones and weight  What do digestive issues and a “foggy, lazy, spacey brain” with a tendency toward depression have in common? (hint: what works for the gut works for the brain…)   Why intermittent fasting works better than paleo or keto for brain fog and stable energy levels You can mak...

This episode is a solo show, in which Diann shares her history of being told she is intimidating and what she made it mean. She now believes that if you're a female entrepreneur, whether you own a small business, a private practice, a brick and mortar retail store, a coaching empire, or a virtual consultancy, sooner or later, you will be told in one way, shape or form that you are intimidating. Th...

Our Podcast Praise review this week comes from JulesM98:  “This podcast is NO BS!!! Having ADHD myself, I find myself searching for resources nonstop. Sometimes, I even get overwhelmed and don’t know where to start. I find myself continuing to come back to Diann’s podcasts because she keeps them short, informational, and NOT BORING! She gets the message across and right to the point for the A...

Do you often find yourself trapped in a situation where some recurring requests or favors are thrown at you and you just find it difficult to decline? If there's one of the many things that most people find extremely tough to deal with, it might be learning how to say "no." Wanna know why? Because admit it or not, people always feel the need to be liked, and accepting those requests is just one wa...

In this lively conversation with professional organizer, Barbara Trapp of Zen Your Den ,  we discuss: How Barbara went from “not particularly organized” to a professional organizer  When the perfectionism - indecision - procrastination cycle leads to chronic disorganization, especially if you have ADHD  The designated workspace - strategies from Stephen King & Maya Angelou ...

When was the last time you remember being sincerely happy with what’s going on in your life? Most people have something they wanted to have or to be in their life, and also take what they do have for granted. Most of us are more focused on what we think of as unhappiness or misfortune than we are on luck and joy.  Happiness may be vague and considered immeasurable by scientists, but what if I told...

This episode is our first Client Success Story, featuring my client Jen DiNardi, OTD who has a doctorate in Occupational Therapy, and specializes in pediatrics.  In this episode, we talk about: What is occupational therapy and what kinds of things she helps her patients with Why she pursued such a demanding academic goal (hint, it has something to do with proving something to herself…) ...

How do you feel and what do you do when someone you care about tells you that your plans and goals won’t work or points out what they least like about you? We have heard so many people telling us to not care about what others think, but is that even possible? They say we should not care about what they think about us, our business, our marketing, our message, our price point. We also hear that we...

Many entrepreneurs are not getting enough sleep.  This is partly due to the hustle culture of entrepreneurship and partly because they tend to bootstrap their business, even when they can afford to hire or outsource.  I work with female entrepreneurs who identify with ADHD traits, and I can say with full confidence that very few of them are getting the kind of sleep that they know they s...

There are many who would like to become entrepreneurs but do not know where to start. Some might get discouraged because they think that they are not “born” to be one. I’m still not certain I believe that there's such a thing as an entrepreneurial personality type, but there are definitely traits that lend themselves well to self-employment. Some may have learned these traits from their entreprene...

Do you procrastinate on doing things even though they are important? When we run a business, we need to do the boring yet important stuff, but sometimes we only do them when we “feel” like it or when we are running out of time.  Doing important things at the last minute can give us feelings of guilt, shame, and regret.  How can we get ourselves to finish these mundane and repetitive task...

Most women struggle to meet expectations and find it difficult to believe that they are enough. Our culture conditions us to be thoughtful, caring, considerate, and nurturing, and always put others needs and wishes ahead of our own. After years of being who everyone else needs them to be, many women feel lost and don’t even know what they really want.  Once they reach their 40s or 50s, many w...

You may have witnessed some women trying to bring others down in order to become successful. You may even have experienced this in your business and in your personal life as well. As we see a rise in the number of women starting their own businesses, having competitors is inevitable. How do we deal with the inevitability of competition in a healthy way? While I was working out at my gym in Portlan...