Bare Minimum Babe

Today’s episode is to fill you in on what’s been going on with my life the last month that I haven’t been putting out episodes. Sometimes you start stuff just to see what happens and if you like it. And that’s what this podcast is, a fun project, or at least that’s what I thought it was supposed to be at first until I tried to turn it into something else. If it’s no longer fun, sometimes a reevalu...

There’s too much pressure to be “the best” at something—at everything really. You can do things just for fun and explore. You can just enjoy living your life and doing what makes you happy. You don’t need to be the president, a Nobel Laureate, an astronaut, or an Olympic Gold Medalist. In this episode, we discuss: Lessons from Barbie 🎀 The extreme pressure to be great at something all the time BO...

We often get overwhelmed by our own schedules, commitments, relationship requirements—basically our lives. But it’s okay to change your mind and move things that no longer work for you. Busy schedule? Reschedule or cancel what you can until you feel more comfortable. No longer want to go to that Happy Hour you said you’d go to? Then don’t. We make our own choices and create our own lives. In this...

It’s easy to feel overwhelmed when everything seems equally important and urgent. If this often seems to be the case for you, then all this lack of focus and sight of THE singular priority means that everything will flail with only increments of progress, fueled by lots of stress and anxiety. If everything is the top priority…then none of it is. In this episode, we discuss: How we can only have 1...

It’s easy to lose sight of how far we’ve come because we’re always searching for the next rung in the ladder. But where you’re standing right now could be the exact place that someone looking up at you is inspired to be. In this episode, we discuss: The power in being able to look back and be proud of how far you’ve come It’s okay to not have an end goal in mind and to follow the curiosity of thin...

It’s our default to take every decision so freaking seriously. But really, 99% of the time it’s not that big of a deal and we need to just get over ourselves. Even if it’s a “failure,” WE are not failures, we just have fail moments and the indecision and fear will stop us quicker than anything else so it’s best to just make a decision and run with it — You change your mind if you want to later, no...

I almost didn’t record an episode this week. This episode was scheduled to come out on July 4th and so I thought, “It doesn’t matter, it’s a holiday, and there will be WAY fewer people listening.” But I had to stop and think of myself in the not-too-distant future and ask, “Would future Amanda be happy with the choices made by present Amanda?” No. She would probably say, “Put out an episode becaus...

“It’s easier to be mediocre than it is to confront reality and quit”— Seth Godin. Today we talk about how freeing it feels to finally quit something that no longer serves you, never truly worked for you, the reward is no longer worth the effort, or you’re just plain average at. It means you can shift your energy to something else, something better suited to you. But quitting is hard. It’s easier t...

You can’t take shortcuts. Long-term thinking and decision-making for your career, business, and life are easy if you stay in line with integrity and your values– which means no shortcuts or selling out. My guest, Fitz Koehler, and I chat about making moves in your life that you’ll be proud of tomorrow, 6 months, 5 years, a decade+, from now because you did what was right, for yourself and to other...

Sometimes, the motivation just isn't there. Today, I showed up to the microphone with no real idea of what to say. I lacked inspiration, motivation, and creativity. I was simply there, existing. The problem was that I still needed to record an episode because I promised myself, and you, that I would release a new one every Tuesday morning. I HAD to show up and uphold the commitment I made to m...

We often live our lives full of expectations instead of with curiosity. Because of this, we often feel like we're failing or not doing "enough." Being unattached to certain outcomes and leaving ourselves open to try different things and learn from them is the key to being more fulfilled, instead of feeling like we never can be, have, or do "enough." In this episode, I chat with...

It’s normal not to have a singular all-encompassing passion that you’d suffer years for. This is completely contradictory to the advice that hustle culture shoves down our throats of, “if you just follow your ‘passion’ you’ll make loads of money and never work a day in your life.” What if you dabble and your life isn’t a linear line? What if you don’t have a SINGULAR passion…? News flash: like 99%...

This episode is a bit different in that I just sat down to the microphone and recorded what I was feeling and where I was mentally/emotionally during a depressive episode thanks to Bipolar II life. I chat about some of the things that happen on a rotating basis without any warning: insomnia, listlessness, lethargy, disconnectedness, agitation and anxiety, feeling guilty for how this impacts my fam...

Building our business in trauma is not something we think about, especially in those terms, but so often it’s true. A large number of businesses are founded because the founder solved a problem they had and then wanted to share that solution with others. In this episode, with guest Laura Patricia Martin, we discuss an often overlooked aspect of entrepreneurship to understand the impact of unresolv...

If you beat yourself up for not constantly living up to your "full potential" at all times, then this episode is for you. Something that is largely ignored in hustle culture is that there are many seasons in our lives that require different versions of ourselves, and that version isn't always the top-performing one in terms of productivity. It's easy to slide into shame and "sh...

Have you ever experienced condescending pushback or anger from clients or customers when you share what you charge for your standard rates? It can be frustrating and even demoralizing, but it's important to remember that their reaction has absolutely nothing to do with you and everything to do with how they value themselves and see the world. Do NOT lower your rates to please people who can ne...

"You paid what for that!?" Have you ever incredulously asked this of someone when they show you a product or service they bought and it’s utterly subpar? I bet you have. And the interesting thing is, I bet the person behind that business that provided that good or service felt great charging that price and providing that subpar end result, unaware it’s subpar because they probably don'...

Perfectionism hinders progress and isn’t something to wear as a badge of honor. It’s better to take action and get real-time feedback rather than waiting for outside advice and until things are just “right.” Tune in to this episode with my guest, Dawn Calvanisti, to learn how to stop thinking and start acting towards your goals. In this episode, we discuss: Sales can be done in a non-slimy way by...

Money is power. Money is opportunity. You’re able to make different decisions for your life and think about these decisions differently when you have money. When we feel safe in our money-making capabilities, we create MORE money-making opportunities. We make decisions based on longer-term strategy, and less desperate cash grabs. You are able to create the life you want, not the life dictated to y...

A lot of us are hiding what makes us truly great because we “should” all over ourselves when really we “should” just be ourselves. Today’s episode features my first-ever guest, Suzy Dickstein, and we discuss how to lean into the strengths that come naturally to us so that we can become the leaders we were meant to be and inspire others to create a truly rave-worthy business. In this episode we dis...

There are way too many internet coaches preying on your imposter syndrome and promising things they can’t actually guarantee with vague and hopeful statements like "I can scale your business to multiple 6 figures in just 6 months," and “quit your 9-5 with my foolproof method.” But your goal should not be to get to an arbitrary "6 figures" as quickly as possible. Your goal should be...

We too often fall into the trap of watching others for “inspiration” to learn but it’s a slippery slope into comparisons, negative self-talk, and emulating traits that don’t truly fit us. Today’s episode is about how wishing to be somehow “better” is dangerous water to wade in too long because it often ignores what is so special and great about you that you should instead be leaning into. In this...

Eating Ramen noodles, sleeping under your desk, and going “all in” have been romanticized and idealized as the only way to be successful and taken “seriously” as an entrepreneur and a business owner. I’m saying that’s BS. There are so many success stories of people working on their business in between their 9-5 and familial responsibilities. The problem: these stories aren’t glorified the way livi...

Too often we wait for the perfect timing, education, financial backing, aesthetic, or even a hand-delivered invitation, to start or try something new. This waiting around and inaction doesn’t help you and it certainly doesn’t help the other human beings that you’re hoping to impact positively. In this episode we discuss: How it’s better to learn and pivot from action than it is to start from absol...

Sometimes you're so excited by a big idea that you don’t even know where to begin because it seems SO big and SO challenging. That excitement can quickly transform into overwhelm if you have too much energy without direction. It’s important in these times to direct that energy into a positive outlet and take the very first bite out of that elephant. In this episode we discuss: How brain dumpin...