Support is Sexy

Eveyln Frison was raised to play by the rules. Growing up in different parts of the world thanks to her military family, Evelyn, was taught the value of hard work, discipline and avoiding risk, and later fell in line with that tradition by signing up for ROTC in college at University of Colorado. But that bit of rebel and that entrepreneurial spirit that was also a part of who she was couldn't be...

It was the "Mama Bear" in Lesley Pyle that moved her into her life as an entrepreneur. After giving birth to her daughter 22 years ago, the Tomball, Texas, native felt almost immediately that she wasn't going to want to return to her full-time job in an office, which would cause her to be away from her newborn all day. And she was right. When Lesley returned to work, missing her daughter was just...

That vision that you have -- that was given to YOU for a reason. So why are you stalling? What's stopping you from getting started? What's standing in your way? Whatever it is -- get over it. Because NOW IS THE TIME! The world is waiting for you to execute that vision, to make it happen. As Marianne Williamson says, "your playing small does not serve the world." NOW IS THE TIME! And on this episod...

When you face a failure, disappointment or challenge that you think is a result of some shortcoming you perceive in yourself, how do you communicate with yourself about it? Do you respond immediately withe blame, anger, shame? Do you curse that shortcoming aloud (as I mentioned I did in this episode)? When it comes to your language, thoughts and feelings when communicating with yourself, I have a...

Tricia Lee has always been about her business, literally. At age 11, the Phoenix native had a cleaning business, including classmates -- and her sister -- who worked for her for $5 per day. After high school, Tricia wanted to be a flight attendant -- and did, at age 19 -- until she was fired. What came next, after getting her B.A. in Communications from Arizona State University, was more than a de...

Lisa Brown Alexander  grew up in Montreal, Canada, the daughter of conservative Jamaican parents, who taught her the importance of hard work. During her childhood in Canada, Lisa says she was oriented to social causes and organizations, an influence she had no idea would play such a major role in her later work. After graduating from Howard University and rising up through the ranks in other organ...

From the time she was young girl, growing up in New York City and playing competitive tennis, Samantha Ettus always questioned the way things worked – which she now knows is the core driver for most entrepreneurs. One of those moments happened when Samantha was at Harvard getting her MBA, and she noticed just how lackluster the CEOs were who came to speak to her and her classmates. She knew there...

I get it. You can do it all on your own, right? Maybe. But if you want to truly create something sexy in your life -- a sexy business and life that you love, having support with make that dream a reality!   You've heard me say it before and I mean it: Support is sexy, and having it all doesn't mean doing it all alone! It is my mantra, it is what I live by and what I do business by. And as women, n...

Pat Duckworth helps women get their groove back, to find their mojo -- and to do so POST menopause. (Yes, it's possible!) When the international bestselling author and global speaker saw that most markets completely ignored the experiences of women who were 50+ who were going through different stages of life and who may be looking to start a new chapter, she decided that she would focus on empower...

Author and nutritionist JJ Smith is an example of figuring out what works and sticking with it. Her marriage didn't work, she and her husband divorced but are still best friends and biz partners in a $30 million IT Consulting firm. She became terribly ill from mercury poisoning, was on 24 medication and wanted to heal herself, she became very focused on discovering the best foods for her and what...

After Joanne gave birth to her first son, she felt that pull to rework her career so that she could spend more time with him. After her second son, she knew she had to find a way to become an entrepreneur, to create her own schedule and to be the boss of her own time. She decided to take control of her time, her life and all that was buzzing around her. The goal was not to find work-life balance,...

Tiffany Dufu was a good girl. A good girl who always did what was expected of her as a good daughter, a good sister, a good employee and later, a good mom. Eventually, the ambitious and successful career and family woman, who is the Chief Leadership Officer at Levo League, let go of "good" and did what was best for her and her relationships at home, at work and with herself. She decided to drop th...

What are you saying "no" to, that you could be saying "yes" to, and if you said "yes" it could totally change your life? Whether relationships or business -- here are some reasons that a YES may take you to the next level. Subscribe to Support is Sexy podcast on iTunes or on Stitcher Radio !   Show notes, resources, links and contacts for this episode may be found at supportissexypodcast.com .    ...

Find your flow. That's the message that I've been getting from the Universe (and from the fabulous women I've interviewed the past few days): Find YOUR flow. Here's some advice on how to let go of the expectations and rigidness about the things that you are creating in the world and find your flow and manage your business with grace and ease.    Subscribe to Support is Sexy podcast on iTunes or on...

Seasons change. Here's a bit of advice (and perspective) on how to find the light on those dark days, make the most of every circumstance and to remember that for now is not forever. The possibilities are there -- you just have to look beyond the clouds.   Subscribe to Support is Sexy podcast on iTunes or on Stitcher Radio !     Show notes, links and resources for this episode can be found at supp...

What's on your mind? What do you spend your time thinking about? What are you worrying about? You don't have to have all of the answers, but how can you change self-defeating thoughts into empowered questions? In fact, how can you LIVE the question?   This is what we talk about on this episode, how to shift from a defeatist attitude and begin to ask empowered question that will lead you to the ans...

Happy birthday to me!   Celebrating the big 44 today and feeling amazing! Know why? Because I am recommitting to do more of what I love, with the people I love, in the places I love. Sound cheesy? Maybe, until you try it, too!   When's the last time you truly committed to doing what you love, with people you love, in the places you love a lot more often? If you can't remember the last time, I'd sa...

When it comes to failure, don't let it continue to live with you forever. As we talked about in our series this week, you have control. You get to decide what you think about failure, you get to define it -- or redefine it -- in whatever way you choose. We also talked about how to process and ponder failure with an exercise that will ensure that you get the most out of that failure. (Yep, that's p...

In episode 163, part 3 of our series on failure, we talked about how to process and ponder failure while we're in the thick of it, and went through an exercise to help us do so.   On this episode, we're going to talk about that bounce-back, and how to get on the OTHER side of failure once you've processed and pondered enough . Here are three ways to do that, and a personal story of one of my own b...

In our first two episodes in our series on failure, we talked about not letting fear of failure -- before it even happens -- stop us from trying something new, before we even start on episode 161. We also talked about redefining what failure means to you and says about you, and the importance of adjusting your mindset on episode 162.   Today I want to challenge you to think about how you process a...

We're continuing our series on failure, which started with episode 161. Today, in part 2, we're going to talk about how we define failure. Or, more importantly, how we let failure define US .   Some of us take on the beliefs of others from very early on and throughout our lives -- parents, teachers and other powerful influencers -- that failure is to be avoided at all costs, otherwise everyone wil...

Tell me: What do you think about failure ? How does it play a role in your life? Does it stop you, or does it fuel you? Do you see it as an obstacle, or do you see it as an opportunity?   That's some of what we're going to explore this week in this series on failure -- what can we learn from it, and how might it actually help us move forward stronger than ever.    On today's episode we talk about...

If there's one thing I've learned over the past few years of being a full-time entrepreneurs, it's that curiosity is QUEEN.   As much as I have moments where I wish I knew everything, I never will. And, I don't need to.   To be an entrepreneur, a creative -- hell, a well rounded human -- one need to be in a state of constant curiosity, constant learning. Does it pay to have some area(s) of experti...

After years of building a career in leadership positions in corporate America, Denise Harris -- a native of my hometown of Lakeview, Long Island in New York -- decided that it was time. She could no longer deny that burning passion she had to offer executive training and coaching services, so she signed up for a coaching course of her own while still working full-time. But once she started, she co...

Joanne Roberts gives props to the feminist movement for giving her the guts to go after her dreams of working in the television industry -- just as her father had -- after years she spent as a Kindergarten teacher. Teaching wasn't her passion, but it was what she thought she was supposed to do, the kind of work women did at the time. But when her then-husband got a job in L.A. and they relocated t...