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“Life is not a series of luck events. Luck happens when you put hard work in.” -Tiffany  You worked hard, showed up, stayed disciplined, and that great thing finally happened. Do you credit luck or your own effort? In this episode, Tiffany tells the story of something good that happened in her early days as President of Element Three and how her mentor showed her that it’s not just luck, it’s abou...

“I never moved work things to create room for my family. I was always moving family things to create room for work. I started to realize that my family was getting my excuses. Nobody at work was getting my excuses.” -Tiffany You told your family you’ll be home by six o’clock only to show up at seven. Immediately you launch into all the reasons why you’re late. “Someone stopped by my office,” “Ther...

“What I started to realize is that on the backside of growth was making sure we had the operational stability, infrastructure, and maturity to be able to handle all that growth.” - Tiffany You start a business. You’re selling, you’re making money. It’s exciting. But what happens when you don’t have the infrastructure in place to handle that growth? As Tiffany continues to give her 24-year-old self...

"Don't discipline your child because you're embarrassed of what they did and how it may reflect on what people think of you. As adults, we need to understand how we're feeling about our own health and how that child is not a reflection of us. That child is their own little individual." - Wendy Previously on the show, Tiffany talked with Johnna Meyers about her struggle with eating disorders and ob...

“If I tell people I don't feel guilty, they're going to assume I don't love my kids. And then they're going to think I'm a bad mom. And then they're going to think poorly of me. And that's what I'm afraid of.” -Tiffany After Tiffany had her second daughter, she couldn’t help but feel guilty about returning to work. In her life planning class, she raised that feeling aloud, only for the facilitator...

“The one thing that other people cannot take from us is our character. It is the one thing that only we can give to others.” - Tiffany What started with a basement mess turned into a teachable moment posing the question of who do you want to be? In this episode, Tiffany gives a sneak peek into the inner workings of her home as a mother of four girls. Listen as Tiffany leads her daughter through a...

“Knowing that I know how to sell has created such an insurance policy around me being able to play the game a little bit more boldly.” - Tiffany  In this five-part series, Tiffany answers the question, what would you tell your 24-year-old self to work on each day? Her first piece of advice is to learn how to sell. Listen to find out why.  What would you tell your younger self? Text Tiffany at 317-...

“We have no idea the number of people that want to help us. But the reason they don't is because we either don't know how to ask for or articulate what it is that we need.” - Tiffany  In part two of this five-part series, Tiffany talks through the second piece of advice she would give her younger self. Listen as she shares a moment where she first realized that being vulnerable is the first step t...

“My fear was I wouldn't matter to anyone. In a world where we are told your size matters, your size is what gets you love, your size is what gets you attention, I didn’t want to go unnoticed.” - Johnna  Johnna Myers is an ambassador for truth. As a part of that calling she joins Tiffany to talk about her struggle in overcoming body obsession and an eating disorder. When you’re all-consumed with so...

“The thing that changed my perspective forever is this idea that I am not my fear.” - Tiffany Fear is not who you are. It is separate from your identity, and you choose whether or not it takes up any mental or physical space within you. Listen to this episode as Tiffany explains how this realization has helped her move forward. Have more questions? Text Tiffany at 317-350-8921. Produced in partner...

“Guilt is a choice. Let's remember that. Nobody else can make us feel that way. We get to pick it.” - Tiffany Prioritizing yourself is a choice, just like feeling guilty. In this episode, listen to Tiffany’s daily routine to ensure she gets what she needs. The biggest takeaway? Figure out your minimums — the basic things you need to feel strong and whole.  What makes you feel like you are spending...

“When you get these squeeze moments, you need to get your heart back into it because it becomes a head commitment and you're not feeling it in your heart. It could mean that there's an ingredient missing and you need to resolve it differently so that it becomes sustainable.” - Tiffany Give up. You can’t do this. You’re not as smart as they are… All these lies and more have crossed Tiffany’s mind t...

“My performance is different from who I am as a person. And so, in the relationships I have, my value to the world and my value to the people that love me have nothing to do with my performance.” - Tiffany    Have you ever looked at your choices and wondered, is my path normal?   Abby Parker, COO and Co-founder of Elate , reached out to Tiffany for coffee, and in their conversation they discuss pe...

“Earlier I talked about the core five: the house, kids, food, laundry, and you. You have to solve for those five things every single week, and when we're in seasons of transition and craziness, I actually hold more tightly to the disciplines I know set us up for success across those five areas.” - Tiffany Seasons of change are naturally disruptive, but they don't have to upend everything. When the...

The journey of Scared Confident started with Tiffany Sauder’s fear interview. To close the season, we asked Nathaniel McGuire to rejoin her in asking the question, what’s next?  “This season was a creative journey that I needed to go on. And so for me, as somebody who looks for other people’s approval in so many ways, I think this was a step of accepting myself...so that I could be completely true...

One of Tiffany’s major goals with Scared Confident is to give language to fear. But words are not the only way we communicate. To create a visual portrayal, Tiffany reached out to Grace Johnson , former graphic designer at Element Three, and asked her to listen to the first episode with one request.  “Paint. Make what you feel.” In this bonus episode, listen as Grace explains the meaning behind he...

“Give it language. The people around you need to know what you're trying to do. It helps you stay accountable to your actions and activities, because when they know that's your goal, they can remind you of it.” - Tiffany It’s hard to stay focused on goals in a world of constant distraction. In this Q&A, Tiffany shares what helps keep her and her goals on track – not abandoning them for the nex...

“If you don't set intention towards something, your behavior is erratic because you’re not aiming for something. Aiming for something is so much more powerful than aiming for nothing.” - Tiffany Goal-setting has never come naturally for Tiffany. She’s had to work it intentionally into the framework of her life. Even if a goal is only a well-educated guess or a dream, once you aim for something, yo...

“There's a phenomenon where what you're trying to either avoid or trying to attain you unintentionally draw out... And once you had shifted about making it good for them versus good for you, that was where you became confident again, because it wasn't selfish. It was for them, not you.” - Brian Kavicky Tiffany asks Brian Kavicky, long-term sales coach, mentor, and business leader, to join Scared C...

“As long as J.R. and I understand what’s needed, that's okay. Not everybody is going to understand your plan for your life and what you're going after and why that's important to you. And so, sometimes they don't understand, and you maybe need to make those decisions because it's the right thing for your space and your family.” - Tiffany In this Q&A, Tiffany describes her family’s process of s...

“That's often when you figure out what you're really made out of because you have more capacity than you think you do. Some days it's just too much, and you have to do it anyway.” - Tiffany Yes, at times it feels like it’s just too much to handle, but it’s how you deal with it that matters. In this Q&A episode, Tiffany talks through what she does to avoid feeling constantly overwhelmed, which...

When both parents work full-time and you have young children, deciding what form of childcare you want and can afford can be a tough decision. What’s important to you and what factors do you need to consider? Paige texted Tiffany asking just that. In this Live Q&A, Tiffany walks through her and J.R’s decision to have in-home childcare for their family and the benefits it has brought them perso...

“If you decide that you want to have a career and have young children, or multiple children, it is going to be really freaking hard, and you have to kind of armor-up for that.” - Tiffany In this Q&A Tiffany shares what has worked for her when contemplating a career change or taking a break for kids. Ultimately, it isn’t easy, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t possible, especially if you have a cl...

“I'm not in this constant state of solving. I find when people can't figure out self-care, it’'s because they don't commit to something and they're constantly in solving mode instead of saying, this is fixed. This works for me. This is just what I'm going to do.” - Tiffany Taking care of yourself is crucial to maintaining your well-being, and it looks different for everyone. In this episode, you’l...

“When I feel like I've done something for myself at the beginning of the day, it doesn't matter how crazy the temperature gets in the house or at work or around me, if I've done that just for 20 minutes, it helps me really feel centered.” - Tiffany With a household to maintain and a business to run, it can be hard to sustain a routine. But it is possible. In this Q&A, Tiffany shares what parts...