Effective Ways to Overcome your doubts with Kara Godin the founder and CEO of Hint, Inc.

So many women have a fraught relationship with their body… but there IS a way back! Rebuilding that trust takes time and a unique guide to unpack the internalized beliefs that place us at war with ourselves and fighting the perceptions generated from the beauty industry and broader culture.

How can we find the sacred in our own lives and rise as leaders in a community… even as the pillars we once used seem to shift all around us? Perhaps the answer is within ourselves.

Women getting a seat at the table takes ALL of us working together!

Smashing through those barriers asks us to honestly address the systemic problems that have led us to where we are today.

That means starting from the bottom up, and considering the best ways can help enhance the full diversity of female voices within the business world that are ready to be heard. And surprisingly, what needs to change in our lead generation, scaling, and social media strategies.

Healers can't fix us. Why? Because we're not broken! But they can remind us that we're whole – and that our path to healing comes from within. Healing is an inside job. (Hence the title of this podcast episode 😉 ).

You are in charge of managing your own experience in the world! It’s so refreshing to know that we can speak up to create a better experience for ourselves. Feeling stressed? Say so! Need more time to do something important for yourself or your kids? Say no to that other demand vying for your attention!

It’s okay to be an imperfect ally when navigating difficult times. Wanting to participate in an emotionally charged conversation is important, even if we’re afraid of saying or doing the wrong thing. The beauty of it is… we don’t have to get it right or be perfect. We have to see where we can do more, be better, and expand.

Sometimes entrepreneurship feels like a constant uphill climb but it is an endeavor that pays off in the long-run: it’s just about staying the course and ensuring that you get the basics right.

In today’s episode, Sandy and Jeni talk about some of the most common reasons why your business is not making as money as you would like.

You’ll learn more about the strategies and mindset shifts that are required to run a successful online business, starting with why focusing on one great offer (rather than trying to provide something for everyone on the planet) is key to success.

Joy is not always found in big, milestone events. Sometimes, especially during times of chaos, the greatest joys are found in small, everyday moments. Today’s episode is a lighthearted take on some of the joys and hustles of this wild and crazy year, but predominantly the joys – things that we would like to celebrate, despite the fact that we’ve spent most of 2020 within the confines of our own homes!

For thousands of years, women have been taught to be good above all else. You know... follow the rules, trust our logic over intuition, keep the peace, make everyone else happy, and sacrifice ourselves to achieve our goals. Whew... glad those days are over... oh wait...they’re not. Being the ‘good girl’ holds us back from our true potential. It keeps us from being POWERFUL.

Often, the only thing standing between us and where we want to be, is a crippling lack of confidence. Now that might sound like a serious problem. But here’s the good news - in situations like these, only one thing needs fixing. Our mindset. In business and in life, the fear of failure and the comfort of familiarity can lock us in, prevent us from facing new challenges and experiencing growth. This creates a cycle where we never end up trying new things because we don’t have reason to believe that we’d be good at them. And a mindset like that can quickly lead to stagnation.

What do you do when life hits a wall? As the world is trying to pick itself back up, female entrepreneurs and business owners are trying hard to stabilize their businesses, remain optimistic, and move forward. But, it’s not easy. Which is why we need incredible role models to lift us up and give us the strength to keep on going. And today’s guest, Dr. Natalia Wiechowski, is the role model we all need right now.

Our past traps us. It traps us into thinking that we’re inadequate, and can never become our fully actualized selves. The worst part is, we listen. And we never grow. According to today’s guest Tracy Litt, the past has no business affecting our future. And that it should only ever exist between our two ears.

In our society, women are treated like they have shelf lives. Once we reach a certain age, we’re told that it’s time to wrap up, settle down, and start looking for more appropriate passions → like knitting and gardening. All that’s really left for us to do is reflect on our lives, and quietly make our way to the end of our lives. Nothing new, exciting, or groundbreaking can be expected of a woman past a certain age. Not according to today’s guest, Juju Hook.

Be prepared to have your mind blown and your perspective on the world changed. Because that’s what happened to us. Today’s guest, Mary Shores, is someone we’ve wanted to interview on And She Spoke for a long time. Last year, Sandy was preparing to be a guest on Dr. Meghan Walker’s incredible Entrepology Podcast. While she was doing some research before her appearance, she stumbled across Mary’s episode, intriguingly titled ‘How to Get Comfortable Asking People for Money.’

Picture this. Your life and business are both stuck in a rut and you know you need someone’s guidance to get out of it. Someone who looks, talks, and acts like you and who’s been through similar struggles. So, you decide to get the help of a female lifestyle coach and log onto their website. And are immediately greeted by…

Who is a leader? What is leadership? Can you only lead if you’re an owner, founder or a C-suite executive? According to today’s guest, Claudia Chan, absolutely not. And as a leadership and culture change expert, she’s made it her mission to provide the world with a more holistic, inclusive, and purpose driven definition of leadership. One that doesn’t discriminate against gender, race, economic background, or even your job title.

Lately, we’ve been paying a lot more attention to bias around us - gender bias, wealth bias, and of course, racial bias. As white women, we’ve never really had to face the burden of racial bias. It’s on us to check our privilege, continue having these important conversations, and educate ourselves on how to dispel bias by being the best allies we can. And do ALL of that in a way that goes beyond posting a black square on social media. Today’s guest, Femily, has made it her mission to help businesses get allyship right.

When we re-launched The Soulful MBA as And She Spoke, we wanted to really lean in and dig deeper into the different paths female entrepreneurs take, and that meant sharing stories other than our own.

And that’s why we’re so excited to host Marlo Ellis, the founder and CEO of The Uncommon Woman with us this week.

We’re a female-owned software company, and take a LOT pride in what we’ve built. And we love supporting other woman-owned ventures, which is part of the reason we were both big fans of THINX. This was a product developed by women, for women, and it helped to change the public conversation about women’s bodies. Good for women, and good for the environment? Consider us sold. So when we heard about what went down with THINX and Miki Agrawal, we knew we needed to talk about it.