Season 2, Episode 12 is about holding yourself back. Are you struggling to take action? Fear holds back so many entrepreneurs — fear of failure, of rejection… I get it! I’ve been there too. In this episode we talk about these fears, share tips for working through them, and outline ways to take action despite the fear you feel. Listen above or in your favorite podcasting app!

Highlights

• Why is it difficult to take action or follow through? (02:55)

• The truth about FAILING in entrepreneurship (03:25)

• Defining failure (similar to defining success) (04:25)

• Everyone has failed at some point in their life and business (07:25)

• What truly makes someone successful (07:55)

• Another common fear entrepreneurs face (08:25)

• How I’ve been pushing past this fear (09:00)

• Start to figure out why are you holding yourself back (09:50)

• A journaling prompt to help you with why you are holding yourself back (10:25)

• Remembering that ultimately you are helping people (11:30)

Resources

• Your Effortless Business Community

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Season 2, Episode 11 is about Your Stories. We all have stories about our lives, our abilities, money, business, work, and more. While I believe that our brain creates stories as a way to protect us, ultimately they can cause more resistance than good. This episode is about learning to recognize and rewrite your own stories. Listen above or in your favorite podcasting app!

Highlights

• What are stories? And some common stories in the online business world (01:40)

• Where a lot of stories tend to develop in our lives (03:10)

• Looking for stories out “in the wild” (aka actually listening to people) (04:30)

• The connection between our thoughts and our actions (05:45)

• Our brain creates stories as a survival tactic (however illogical they seem) (07:20)

• How I approach rewriting my own stories (08:35)

• The power of breaking the belief (10:50)

Resources

• Your Effortless Business Community

What's Next?

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Season 2, Episode 10 is about Self-Integrity. I recently had the realization that I no longer believed myself — scary right?! I had let myself down and given up on things so many times that I completely lost trust in myself. This episode covers that realization and how to start re-building your self-integrity. Listen above or in your favorite podcasting app!

Highlights

• What can happen when start dreaming big and setting big goals (01:30)

• What is this whole self-integrity thing? (02:25)

• The issue to end all issues — not trusting yourself (03:35)

• Some hard truths about bailing on yourself, repeatedly (05:15)

• “Pre-Realization” vs “Post-Realization” (07:20)

• Building your self-integrity back up (09:15)

• I stopped making the big promises to myself for a bit (10:15)

• Focusing on what you are going to do (the easy things) (11:15)

• Being okay with being in-progress and giving yourself grace (14:25)

• Taking ownership over your life and decisions (15:00)

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Season 2, Episode 9 features Ashley Gartland. Ashley is an amazing coach who focuses on creating simple and sustainable businesses that serve your life. We first connected a few years back when I helped with some design projects for Ashley and over the past few years have found commonalities in our approaches - less but better, stop overwhelming yourself, and create a business that works for you and your life. Listen above or in your favorite podcasting app!

Highlights

• Learn about Ashley’s beginnings as a business owner (01:59)

• Major shifts Ashley experienced in her journey (06:30)

• The benefits of “beta-testing” an idea for your business (09:10)

• How important it is to listen to what your audience wants (12:20)

• What Ashley would change if she could go back (14:05)

• How doing less could be better for your business (16:26)

• Understanding what you truly want and value (19:40)

• Identifying the priorities outside of your business so your work schedule can support them (20:28)

• Taking time to celebrate your wins and giving yourself credit (22:01)

• How Ashley saw a huge positive change once she started streamlining her business (23:27)

• Create the time to make moves to streamline your business for the better (25:59)

Resources

• The Simplified Entrepreneur Facebook Group

• 5 Steps to Simplify Your Business

MORE ABOUT Ashley:

Ashley Gartland works with service-based business owners and online entrepreneurs who feel like a hot mess behind the scenes - and who know it's holding them back from experiencing more growth in their business and true freedom in their life. Ashley helps them streamline their business through intentional business design, smart systems and focused growth strategies that take their business to the next level without the overwhelm.

Ashley has been building streamlined businesses since the age of 22, when she got her start as a freelance writer. After working in editing, event planning, public relations and digital publishing, Ashley launched her coaching practice to help overwhelmed entrepreneurs grow their business by doing less better. Ashley's work has been featured in O, The Oprah Magazine, The Huffington Post and Being Boss and she's appeared on The Startup Sessions, Courage & Clarity and Creative Empire podcasts.

She lives for rainy days, is a dedicated runner and prefers kombucha over coffee to fuel her day.

Website | Instagram | The Simplified Entrepreneur Facebook Group

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