Business With Chronic Illness: Women Entrepreneurs Navigating Burnout & Autoimmune Conditions

In this brief episode, you'll learn how to avoid creating more pain and stress in your business while experiencing a flare-up by avoiding these 3 things that can affect your business. In This Episode You'll: Learn the number one thought that can ruin everything you've built. How the decisions you make during a flareup can affect your future effort and outcome. Visit thrivewithnikita...

Are you someone who has a dream of starting a business? So many women have things they want to bring into the world, but they kind of feel like if it's not big, like all of the other extraordinary ladies are growing six figures or more, maybe it's not worth it. And that's why I'm so excited to have Danielle Mendoza, a business development consultant, is on the show, and she&apo...

In this episode, I talk about how the hustle culture is destroying the income potential of chronic warriors.  Hustle culture is a big part of the world when it comes to entrepreneurship, and it for sure has become part of the toxic culture. I'll share how hustle has affected your mind, body, creativity, and income.   In this episode, learn: How your energy does not thrive in hustle mode, you...

So in today’s episode, I’m speaking with a friend and client, Ruth Terrero, a destination wedding photographer based out of Tampa who is courageously acknowledging anxiety, fear, and imposter feeling and working through it in a way that honors where she’s at now, where she’s come from and where she’s headed. These things are a part of the journey but are not who she is, and I'm guessing the s...

We've all had times of our chronic illness journey when remission or when we do not feel like we are in the worst flare-up of our life. Nothing is more frustrating than getting into your groove and creating the momentum to help your business grow, and then it's like boom, the body is saying, "Nope"! Part  4 of the Series, How to Grow A Creative Business While Living with Chroni...

Do you feel like you’re alone? Do you feel like you’re holding yourself back from being seen? Are you showing up in little ways but keeping yourself on the sidelines sort of speak while serving others? Our guest Brianna Greenspan , co-author of multiple books including one with the Miracle Morning series shares her story of removing the mask and choosing to entirely opt-in and show herself.  From...

Episode 3 of the series: How To Grow A Creative Business While Living With Chronic Illness. Stuck is a feeling I am very familiar with and if you are living with chronic illness then you'll know there's often a feeling of your body ruining all the plans and all the things. In this episode, I'll share with you 3 questions that have helped me to get out of feeling stuck.  Show Notes:...

Highlights in this episode: A new series on how to grow a sustainable creative biz w/chronic illness Learn the truth about uncertainty Positive lesson's we learn from uncertainty How living with uncertain primes you succeed in your business Show Notes: http://www.craftedtothrive.com Visit thrivewithnikita.com/mini-course and use the code THRIVE to get it Free! That’s my special gift to my pod...

So in this episode, I'm sharing what I've learned over the past year about the mind and body connection, and Y'all we are not in a world that speaks or lives in the reality of this. I am no scientist but as I've recently gone back to school to become a professional certified essential oil specialist and soon aromatherapist, I’ve learned more about the body and mind, it's c...

Our expert guest on the show Kendra Toothill , she's a Holistic Women’s Health Therapist with over 10 years of clinical experience and she's known as the "Scar Lady". When I met Kendra I was intrigued because my scars are so tied to so many major moments in my journey as a chronic illness warrior.  As you heard in my last episode I believe and know that the mind and body connec...

In this episode I get to chat with Ampjar’s head of community partnerships Kimberly about the importance of using collaborating marketing to build your branding business. This is especially true of those living with chronic illness. We will be talking about how to implement Ampjar to create authentic relationships and marketing by tapping into an audience that aligns with your business. Kimberly w...

Are you looking for permission to pause, pivot, or reset? Well, here it is,  and I'm being transparent and sharing why I'm doing it myself. Season 2 of the podcast is drawing to an end. Send Me A Text & Share Your QA's or Thoughts Support the show Loved this episode? Leave a review: https://www.craftedtothrive.com/reviews/new/ Products We Love + Special Guest Gifts → Want to supp...

In this episode, we are talking with Dani from Handmade Seller Magazine about how to create passive income in your business. Who doesn’t like to hear the ‘cha-ching’ from our shop or PayPal account? It’s all the sweeter when all we had to do is make or do it once. In this chat, Dani and I share the pros to adding passive income, the mindset around the fear of why some don’t do it and we give some...

How to develop the quality of resilience when it comes to building our businesses and living with chronic illness? Resilience is the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties. The challenges that come with both of these paths in life can be stressful and can at times makes us want to give up on the lifestyle and dreams we long for. But if we can build an even stronger ability to have resilienc...

There are so many different hotlines out there for so many different things, which is amazing. But can you believe with 133 million-plus people living with chronic illness in the United States, there wasn't a hotline until recently, and is being brought to you by another chronic illness, warrior woman, Cyndii Sinex founder of Chronic Illness Hotline . I am just so excited for you to hear this...

Our guest is Rebekah Scott, from South Dakota. Her whole vibe reminds me of Chip and Joanna Gaines on HGTV but on a whole different level of cool. I was first introduced to Rebekah in the November 2018 Issue of the Handmade Seller Magazine. In this episode, Rebekah shares her story to help other women lean into their power and give themselves the permission to pause and slow down.  Here a few main...

In this episode, we are talking with Dani from Handmade Seller Magazine about where should you start selling online? Should it be on Instagram, Facebook, Etsy, Squarespace, Shopify, where are the places that you should start selling your beautiful makes, art, and other creative things? Where should you take that product-based business and start selling? For our show notes visit: www.shescrafted.co...

In this conversation, Lia Lavon shares her own journey of why she even started her YouTube channel, how it's been a really great creative outlet for her as well as a great outlet for her to really get to know herself more professionally and emotionally.  I'm just excited about this. This is a new episode that I don't think I would have done in my first year of having this podcast. S...

In this episode, our guest Lauren Freedman is sharing her journey with chronic illness with us. She’s an award-winning entrepreneur, voice actor, writer, and activist who lives in Los Angeles. During this episode, our hope is that you feel heard and can see the value of being an advocate for yourself and or for those you love living with chronic illness. Lauren and I both agree that having someone...

This episode is brought to you in collaboration with the Handmade Seller Magazine. It’s where artists and entrepreneurs can go every month to read inspirational business stories from handmade sellers from around the world, and they can learn tips of the trade and get updated on the latest industry news, and get fresh ideas for the next upcoming month. Our featured guest is Morgan Nield , who was f...

This episode is about how we can build some roots into our journey and not be easily blown over. I'm using the analogy of the olive tree, what many scientists call the indestructible tree. And I'm going to share with you three ways to build roots in your life in your business that will help you have a more sustainable and profitable journey, based on how this tree thrives even in the har...

This episode is near and dear to my online roots because it's taken me way back to the beginning of my business when I was doing digital marketing services and that’s just one thing I have in common with our guest for this episode. I'm so excited to have Kirsten, the founder of Roldan & C O, an agency & educational business on the show. She helps small businesses that are looking...

Our featured guest Nitika Chopra is an advocate and champion of the chronic illness community. She’s the founder of Chronicon, a media and events company, dedicated to elevating the lives of those living with a chronic illness. You might also know her from her partnerships with companies like Lucky, QVC, Well+Good , and over 150 other brands in the wellness and self-love space. In this episode Nit...

This episode is brought to you in collaboration with the Handmade Seller Magazine. It’s where artists and entrepreneurs can go every month to read inspirational business stories from handmade sellers from around the world, and they can learn tips of the trade and get updated on the latest industry news, and get fresh ideas for the next upcoming month. Our Featured guest is Annya White-Brown , (als...

In this episode I share some of the reasons I have held back from investing in myself and what it’s cost me.  For years I was just trying to figure out how to handle or manage my pain so when it came to thinking about anything else it all took the back seat. Have you ever felt that way about something or have even said, “I’ve got more important things to take care of, this can wait.”  I am the fir...