Burning Brightly

Do you find yourself desperate to find the perfect coach, program, course or book to help you reach success? If so, that means you're likely spending too much time looking outside yourself for what to do next in your business. In this episode, I'll teach you who IS the number one expert in your business and why. Plus I'll show you the most important thing to consider when hiring a coach to help te...

Business success is not mysterious, based solely on talent or just a crap shoot. It's science and today's podcast episode is essentially a science lesson! Incorporate these 5 basic elements into your business, tweak them until they work, and you will ensure any success you can dream of. Seriously, they are that powerful! The 5 elements include: Pitch Website (or simple landing page) Lead generatin...

Have you ever felt like you had a devil on one shoulder, constantly making trouble for you while you try to pursue your dreams? Well, that's not far off from the truth. Dani Fake is a former therapist and depth life coach who teaches about "parts work"; in other words, how and why our personalities are made up of different "parts". This episode is for anyone who struggles with an inner critic, imp...

New year, new you, right? Maybe not. None of us need more unrealistic goals to beat ourselves up over when we inevitably don't reach them. What we need, instead, is a PLAN. Breaking our dreams down into step-by-step, daily actions ensures that our goals will become reality, instead of just pipe dreams. This episode will show you how! Ready to get an action plan for YOUR business this year? I'm cur...

Do you know what the greatest gift you've ever been given is? It's the power to choose. You can choose to be kind or cruel, to love or harm, to build or destroy, to consume or create and countless other choices we face every single day. But because our agency is one of our greatest choices, it's also a huge responsibility to choose wisely. In this episode we'll explore the power of this choice, be...

Human beings are amazing! They are multi-faceted, complex and require a lot of care. In fact, most of us regularly neglect at least one of these aspects of self-care and we don't even realize it. After talking to lots of moms, and trying to balance my own self care with motherhood and business for many years, I developed this pentagon as a way of diagramming how essential it is that we cover ALL a...

Sure, we know vegetables are good for us, but sometimes it's a struggle to incorporate them into our lives on a regular basis. Boundaries can be the same way! Today we're discussing what boundaries are, why we need them, how to communicate them and how to enforce them when our boundaries get crossed. We'll even discuss how Christ himself taught us about boundaries and how boundaries are a Christia...

The concept of justification is equal parts fascinating and terrifying. When our brains confront the potential for danger or major upheaval, especially the possibility of loss, it does everything in its power to maintain the status quo, even justifying really terrible behaviors. We sometimes justify abusive or damaging behavior from our loved ones because we don't want to risk losing the relations...

Our first inclination when we begin to manage our brains is to simply get rid of the thoughts that aren't serving us; we call this "thought swapping"! The problem with thought swapping is that it's not actually the thought that's the problem... it's the reason behind the thought. Our brains send us messages for a purpose and it's usually to help us avoid pain or discomfort. If we can discover what...

We know that believing in our business is essential if we want it to succeed and grow. But if you're at the beginning of your entrepreneurial journey, you might be wondering how to believe in something that doesn't yet exist! That's what today's episode is all about. I'll teach you how to create your business in the spiritual realm, before we ever take a single step towards creating it. And even i...

When we think about building a business, we usually think of all the tactical or technical skills we'll need to learn, like building a website, or learning sales or marketing. And while these skills are definitely important, it's the work of managing and feeling our emotions that will ensure whether or not we succeed or fail. Why are emotions so important? Because our emotions drive EVERYTHING we...

None of us want to be guilty of pride; puffing ourselves up and acting better than other people is just yucky. But could we be guilty of the other side of pride? The one where we think self-criticism is humility but it's still just a focus on ourselves ? Satan wants to trip up God's daughters and distract us from our great purpose, and one of the ways I see him do this over and over again is by co...

We start our businesses for a variety of reasons: we want fulfillment, extra income and/or to make the world a better place. But what happens when things get boring, hard or frustrating? What do we do when we get stuck, and can't pull ourselves out of a metaphorical hole? That's what today's tough love episode is all about. I know you often struggle with confidence in yourself and your business, b...

When we make big, audacious goals for ourselves, we like to imagine how wonderful life will be when we get there. The problem is that this fixation can cause us to forget how wonderful life is already and how many benefits there are to where we are right now . Balancing ambition and goal setting with gratitude and contentment has been a lifelong struggle of mine, so I understand how hard it can se...

So you're ready to put goodness out into the world and let your light shine, but you're wondering, "Do I really have to create a business and charge money for my time and talents?" The answer is a resounding YES! There is absolutely a place for volunteer work and non-profits. But putting value into the world requires hard work and monetary resources. Without getting paid, not only is your organiza...

We're all familiar with the concept of filling our own cup before we can pour into another's, but what does that even look like? How do we ensure that we don't sacrifice what matters most (family, God and our mental health) for what matters right now (our business and other pursuits)? Today I'm going to show you how to determine where you might be neglecting your self-care and what a "balanced" li...

We live in a world where safety (from disagreement, criticism, attack or disease) is considered paramount. But at what cost? I firmly believe that God values growth more than safety. How do I know? Because He lets bad things happen to us and He allows us to have hard experiences that help us expand and become our best selves. Let's discover how leaning into feeling unsafe can be the best thing for...

I recently learned the concept of living "in the gain" from the book The Gap and The Gain by Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy. Today we're talking about the 3 main benefits that come from focusing on how far we've made it so far in life in business, instead of how far we still want to go. Making and accomplishing goals is great, but when the goalpost keeps moving, we do ourselves the disservice of...

As believers, we understand the critical importance of faith; we don't wait for God to show Himself before we believe. And yet as business owners, we often forget this universal truth. We want to see evidence of success before we ever believe it's possible. We want miracles before showing faith and we want proof before we put anything on the line. But true believers start with faith, then make pla...

If you're building an online business, it's only a matter of time before you get a nasty comment. It's not fun, but it also doesn't have to be devastating. Today we'll discuss who these people are, what their cruel comments mean about you and your business and how to manage your mind around them. Becoming a Christian entrepreneur means maintaining Christlike discipleship and integrity at all times...

Do you want to learn the magic of life coaching and better understand how it can help you reach any goal you have for your life? Welcome to the head, heart and hands model. This tool is at the core of everything I teach and how I help clients better understand why their lives look the way they do, including the good, the bad and the ugly. Understanding how (and why) our minds make sense of the wor...

One of the biggest mistakes I see newbie entrepreneurs making is either undercommitting to their business or putting SO much unnecessary pressure on it that it crumbles and fails. In the first instance, your business never even has a fair shot at success. In the second, it can't handle all the stress! Striking the right balance between the two is key to a fun, exciting business that serves you for...

When we want to accomplish something, we're always so worried about how to do it. We need to know how to lose the weight, how to make money from home or how to have more patience with the kids. But the reality is, the how doesn't matter half as much as your belief. And your belief is much harder to obtain and keep alive. It requires daily work and lots of practice. It requires regular introspectio...

Entrepreneurs are an exceptional brand of human beings. We're motivated, fearless, ambitious and powerful. But we can also be perfectionists, overachievers and workaholics. Carving out free time to rest, play and be entertained is an essential part of a balanced, beautiful life, especially for high achieving business owners like ourselves. Let's figure out how to do it! Want to start a business bu...

Learning to differentiate between facts and stories is one of the most pivotal tools of life coaching and will undoubtedly change your life. Today I'm going to teach you how to do that and what it means when you begin to look at the world from a perspective of your choosing. Wouldn't it feel amazing to believe that everything is happening for our good? It's totally possible. Want to start a busine...