The Game On Girlfriend Podcast

If you saw the title of today's episode, I have to be honest, I'm a bit embarrassed. I'm super late to "The Walking Dead" phenomenon. But full disclosure, I don't like gore or blood. And I probably fast-forwarded through 40% of most of the episodes, because well it's gross. I was at a point where the burnout was going to hit, and it was going to hit really hard if I didn't do something. I could fe...

I tell you all the time, you don't have to do business the way everyone else does business. Well, today's guest, money coach Mikelann Valterra tells us how important it is to personalize how we deal with our money.  Mikelann is an author, keynote speaker and money coach who helps women transform their relationship with money to create a life they love. For more than 20 years, she has been a though...

Happy Valentine's Day! I love this day. It's fun. It's cute! I made heart-shaped pancakes for my kids and dyed them red! (I know, I have issues.) The other reason I love this day is that the wait list for the Sales Mastermind is open! I LOVE sales. (You can learn more about the six-month Sales Mastermind program and join the wait list at: https://www.sarahwalton.com/salesmastermind/) I was a guest...

As women, we've been taught to ignore our bodies. We've been taught to perform, perform, perform no matter what. Today's guest, Angelica Ventrice, is a gut health expert who supports high-performing and high-achieving women in living lives specifically aligned with their bodies.  Angelica's journey to health coaching started with her own experience healing from leaky gut, Candida, and a mix of hea...

Relationships … they're complicated, they're wonderful … and they are the most powerful thing that you have access to outside of money in business. It's true. When you sit down and look at your business, your life, and your overall happiness – the quality of your relationships affects all of those things. Think about the conversations you had as a child. These are conversations when you didn't hav...

If you've ever been told you can't make a living off your art, today's episode will help dispel that lie and get you back on track. Today's guest is artist and author Miriam Schulman, who is the founder of the Inspiration Place podcast. She teaches artists how to price their arts and how to make a dang living doing what they love. Even if you don't consider yourself an artist, what you do based on...

Have you ever thought to yourself, "I wish I was motivated the way SHE is." As if motivation were some magical thing that gets doled out from the divine and you were somehow skipped? That is not real. It's not true. Motivation is a choice. Let's talk about why some people aren't more motivated. We live in a society of reaction – we are massive consumers. We're sitting back and waiting for the worl...

Today's guest Lee Caraher is a CEO, author, and sought-after speaker. Lee is an acclaimed communications strategist known for her practical solutions to big problems. Lee started her PR company Double Forte during a crisis. Her mother was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer, and in order to be with her, she packed up and started her own firm. She built her business for the quality of life.  At 58,...

People who tend to fail in advancing their own lives are the ones constantly seeking permission from others. Can we break open this idea that you need the approval of other people to kick some assets? It's really important to release this need for approval and validation. You'll be surprised at the many ways you ask for permission every day. It's not always as direct as waiting for likes and heart...

It is time to get a bookkeeper? Or if you're not happy with your bookkeeper, is it time to change?  We're going to take some time to discuss finances, so you can get excited about what's coming up next year. Today's guest is Lauren Colson of Colson Strategies. Lauren is one of the guest experts I bring into the Sales Mastermind. She is so crystal clear about accounting and bookkeeping. She helps p...

What does a coach do, and how do you know if you're talking to the right coach for you? Finding a coach can change your life. Finding the right coach can change your life forever. When you're looking to find the right coach for you, there is one question to ask: Will this person cause me to take different actions? Great coaches cause change in human behavior. You want someone who is going to come...

If you don't have your health, who the heck is running your business?  There's so much of our lives where we are sitting staring at boxes, staring at light, staring at cameras and video screens, and it's really important that we have this time to be out in nature, to breathe air all the way in, to fill our lungs completely with oxygen and to feel all of the physical sensations that come with it. I...

The path to entrepreneurship can be lonely – people in your life, your community and your world won't always understand what you're doing. In this episode I'm going to talk about a couple of truths around this loneliness, so you can be aware and know what to do when it hits you. It's common for entrepreneurs when they're passionate and getting ready to launch something new into the world, to pass...

If you have been thinking of starting your own podcast, or you already have one and you're not sure how to improve, this is the episode for you. You have all the power you need to get your message out there, and you don't have to rely on an algorithm. You don't have to dance and point at words that are on a screen. Please don't do that. You are a beautiful, strong business owner, who has every rig...

Masterminds bring people together to problem solve and make things better. I think it's important, especially for business women, to sign up for Masterminds because the feeling of going it alone can increase your struggle without you even recognizing it. You can get involved directly in the program, or you create your own group by calling together some peers and colleagues whose opinions you trust...

Couldn't we all use a little bit more time? Time is our most precious resource and today's guest is productivity coach Heather Greco. Heather brings health and wellness experience as well as a corporate legal and marketing background to help her clients get more organized and dive into what makes them happy. As a busy mom of three and the founder of Chaos N' Cookies, keeping moms from crumbling is...

Beautiful people, if you own a small business, it's time to rethink the business trends that are no longer working for us as we approach the end of the year. In today's episode, I'm going to talk about three business trends that died in 2022. Kick them out the door -- they are GONE. Business Trend 1. Hustling: This idea that if you haven't burnt yourself out, you're not working hard enough is now...

Today's guest, Wendy Cicchetti, brings a common-sense approach to the world of astrology, spiritual teachings, and past lives as they pertain to instincts and new ideas entering our subconscious. Wendy has been a student of holistic philosophy for much of her life. She is well schooled in a powerful mixture of traditional and contemporary Astrology. She can help you understand yourself more fully...

There's more than one way to accomplish your goals. I know you want me to say, "If you just do this, then everything will be fine." It's part of that drive we have to be in control of our own outcomes. Unfortunately, business just doesn't work that way. But there are some things you can do to move in the right direction. A significance junkie is someone who shows up online or at events and consist...

We have to get our message out to more people. Speaking is a great way to add value when people can't afford to work with you or aren't interested in working with you directly.  You can share the message they need to hear to move people and connect with people. We need to know that we can connect with our fellow humans. We need to know that what we are experiencing matters — and speaking is such a...

Nobody saw it coming. Little did I know, before filming September's Coffee With Coach, something was going to happen that would turn my life upside down. I'm not trying to be cryptic or coy, but it was something that affected me deeply on a personal level.    I showed up to the stream with no makeup and wet hair because I just couldn't make those things happen that day. I didn't have the time, ene...

When Julie Foucht decided she needed to take her coaching business seriously, she hired a high-end coach and learned to "market like a man." She doubled, then tripled her income in less than a year, but felt drained, uninspired, and restless. Urged by advice gained while meditating, she began to embrace her "essential Feminine" and birthed a new way: The Art of Feminine Business. She helps her cus...

Time is one of the most precious resources we have. When I think about successful people, sometimes I'll ask, "do they have a couple of extra hours each day?" As business owners, there are days when you feel hyper-productive, and so much gets done! But we can also get really tripped, and there are some activities that feel important but are just time wasters.  I do want to highlight two very impor...

The idea that you can only pursue your career or business success in one way is blatantly false. In today's episode, branding expert and career coach Susan Hamilton Meier explores why we feel guilty about wanting to zigzag as women. The path to the top isn't always a straight line, and we don't need to feel nervous about changing or exploring new things, or sharing artistic or creative sides of ou...

One of the most popular questions I receive is: "Sarah, What do I need to actually launch a business, and how do I do that without slapping a bazillion dollars on my credit card?" I love that question. You really want to take tangible steps, and I'm going to give those to you today. Before I get into the tools I use, let's be honest about one thing: A business is simply an exchange of value for mo...