Drop the Aspiring Act

We're about to hit a new year. What are you doing to get to your next level in 2022? Listen to this week's episode with author, entrepreneur, and coach, Monique Toussaint of Monumental Business Solutions. 

Make it Ambitious. Show up Real. Kirsi Englund shares how making that shift after spending time on a luxurious retreat, changed her business and her life. International, world-renowned, soul rebel - is just a tip of the dream and life ahead for this ambitious goal getter. Tune in as this Intuitive Coach shares her journey.

Do you start and end your goals with integrity? That is the question with this week's guest Liz Whitehead. 

If you've ever asked yourself the question, how can I be a mom and do what I love without feeling guilty about motherhood or my career, then this is the episode for you. This week's guest, Dr. Tracy Hill didn't know what hit her until she was in the throws of it. She felt guilty at work because she was thinking about her kids and she felt like she wasn't measuring up as a mom because she wasn't spending enough time at  home. Where does one find the balance? Check out this episode to hear how she found her rhythm while flipping the lid on what practical medicine is supposed to be - especially for moms.  Plus, she explains why in her program why you don't have to give up the cookies for your health.  

Get ROYAL before you get SMART. Listen for the Breakdown on ROYAL goals and why you should try it to become the Queen of your goals and your life. Plus, I share what's coming up for the remainder of the season. 

Sometimes we're faithful to a fault. Have you ever been there? When you're more faithful to the things outside of yourself, that you would continue to be unhappy just so that you can be loyal? What does it take for you to realize that you have to be faithful to who you are first? Listen to this week's guest, Carla E. Criswell as she shares her story and journey to her book, I'm Not Leaving You, I'm Loving Me. 

Time for your (self) check-up with Dr. Jessica Houston. 

In this episode, meet Vikki, an inspiring coach and entrepreneur who never gave up and doubted the risk of failing to earn success. Tune in and find out how she managed to detach from her current life to attach where she wanted to be. It’s not about choosing whether you would win or learn, it is about learning and winning more.  Listen to this podcast episode and be inspired as she shares her journey to success.

Does MB stand for Mama Bear or Michele Barard? After listening to this episode, you might say both are synonymous. From traversing through a custody battle in a foreign country to watching her children now attend and graduate college, Michele shares how she rebuilt her life to accomplish her number one job and what she’s currently working on.

Are you an aspiring career woman who's struggling to achieve her dream life? Do you find yourself unable to move forward because of your fear? In this week’s episode, our guest is Gael Wood, a successful author, blogger, entrepreneur and a coach who never gives up chasing her dream life. Tune in and find out what it takes to get past your lowest point and transform your life into something you never imagined. Gael will tell us how she went flat broke to fierce and royally flowing. Listen to this podcast episode and be inspired as she shares her journey to success.

There was a fire burning in her soul to make a better world for her son and a fire burning in the workplace that required someone to put it out. Vivian Acquah, whose last name literally sounds like water, was destined for the tasks at hand. 

SHOW NOTES: https://queenbaegoals.com/royally-fired-up-and-fierce-with-vivian-acquah-dtaa-059/

She's usually listening to stories, but this times she's telling it. This week we have author and story listener, Safiya Robinson, as she shares how she went from fed up to fierce as she stepped closer to the age of 40. 

This island girl had had enough and walked away from her corporate career into the fierce business owner and mindset coach that she is today. Hear/watch Leticia Francis share her story and her advice on how you should be stepping into your future in this episode. It's time to change the world, Queen. 

New Season. New Theme. New Interviews. All Fierce. All Fire. All ROYAL. 

SHOW NOTES: https://queenbaegoals.com/fall-season-2021-premiere-from-royally-f-ed-to-royally-fierce-dtaa-056/

The Spring/Summer season is officially at an end. Which was your favorite episode? Which are you no longer giving into? Fear or Failure? Interested in sharing your story, head on over to my website and sign up to be a guest. We must become enamored by our scars, *wink*wink* - you know what I mean if you tuned into this episode. 

Dance or pivot? It's never too late to start either. Are you ready to hit the floor? If you need some more encouragement, hear Anza's story on how she went from no rhythm to competitive ballroom dancing plus more life strategy tips to start and grow a business, because she does it all.

Sign up for a session with Anza in the show notes to design your own life strategy.

Waterfall, champagne, high, waterfall, champagne, high........ (singing to the beat of Watermelon, Sugar, High). This week's guest is all about that waterfall champagne happiness. Are you ready for some? Pour you a glass and learn what it is now by tuning in to this week's episode. Plus, check out her funny podcast and YouTube channel by jumping in the show notes for all the links.

Coach Katie accidentally fell into her coaching business, but now 14 years in and she has the best advice on how you too can learn to create your own daily momentum and grow the business of your dreams. Are you ready?

Are you practicing self love? When last have you been on a date with yourself? Your most important relationship is you with you. Are you constantly working on that relationship?

This episode is right on time. God's Time. 

Pack your bags you're going on a trip. Bring your beliefs, bring your mindset, bring your habits, and bring your purpose to the final destination. Unless of course, you've already decided that you're there. In that case, mazel tov!!

If you're not failing forwards, you're failing backwards and one way you can remedy that is to RUN. Want to learn more about it? Listen to this week's episode on the Drop the Aspiring Act Podcast. Season Two for the Spring is all about Don't Give Two Fs: Fear or Failure and we're getting deep into the action that you can take around failure. 

Align Your Habit (Goal Guide #3) and take a RUN!!

Are you ready to shift your mindset around failure? Here's what you should try: Fail Fast, Learn Fast. It's time to put yourself out there, yesterday, because the longer you wait/procrastinate, the longer you miss the lessons that are waiting for you. JUMP IN!!

What do you believe about failure? Maybe it's time that you check your failure belief system and change it. Here are some new things that you should believe about failure.

Our midseason break is over. Here's when we'll be back and what's coming up for the rest of the season. Also, leave a review wherever you're listening to this podcast. You could be the next shoutout in a future episode. Be sure to say where you're from.

How often do you hear the words passion and failure in the same sentence? I love this week's guest because her story shows that you can go after what you want and 'fail' and that doesn't mean it's the end of the dream. That doesn't mean that you quit or give up. I love how she found her true purpose in her passion by going through that first 'failure' and how it has lead her to the business that she shares with us today in this week's episode. Take a listen. 

Are you an aspiring author? Do you have a book inside you that's just waiting to get out. This week's guest was aspiring to be an author for 30 years and now she's just giving all the gems on how you can drop your aspiring act and become an author too. Plus she shares her author journey in her blog called the True TEA, with more tips on how you can get your book published, learn about copywriting, imprints, ISBNs, and more. Check out the show notes to find all the places that you can connect with Tiffany.

Some freedoms come with water. Some freedoms come with tea. This guests freedom comes with champagne and I'm here for it!!

On the podcast this week is Raychel McBride of Corporate Kin who shares her stories of fears and failures as she builds her business alongside her 9 to 5. Tune in to hear how she does it all while raising a teenager. 

Do you need a pen? I got you!! Coach Marlana got you too if you are looking to next level in your career. The only signature you need on that dotted line to get to your next level is yours.

Check out the show notes now to book your next call with Coach Marlana. It's time to level up your career (and add tax)!!

**TRIGGER WARNING** This episode contains references to rape and childhood sexual abuse/violence. Please be mindful to your mental health and to your surroundings if you are listening to this episode in an open space where children may be present. 

In this week's episode, guest Terri Kozlowski shares her story of how she went from victim to visionary in her own life and how she uses what she's learned to help other women do the same. Her book, Raven Transcending Fear is now available on her website and Amazon which shares how she has learned to live as a survivor and how she went from a state of fear all the time to transcending that fear. Grab all the deets about Terri and where you can grab her book in the show notes links.

Fear of failure. It's a thing. Especially when you're in a one bedroom apartment with two kids and wondering what's your next move. 500 square feet could be the space that defeats you or propels you to dream bigger. Hear what it did for this week's guest, in today's episode with Danielle Meadows-Stinnett.

Where do you want to end up? Stuck in fear or moving towards your future? Wherever you choose, that's how far you'll get. 

How do you regulate your emotions? Are you just letting fear win? Maybe it's time you start letting fear have its day. Listen to this episode to learn how.

Which role are you playing in your life? Share it over on the blog in the comments section. Just click on the show notes to get all the quotes, all the resources mentioned, and even the video version of this podcast. 

Are you ready to build up your faith muscle? Start by pressing play on this episode.

The new season of the podcast starts now!!! Well officially, March 3rd, but you know this is the premiere episode of the season. Hear what the new season is all about.

Have you ever told yourself something so much that you realized you were working to continue to make it true. That used to be Tarah, former overthinker, who accepted that identity as if it were fact until she turned on her creative genius to change the narrative. Now a creative thinker, she uses her magic to help others  to find a balance in what matters most to them, resulting in a beautiful life of purpose, fulfillment, and happiness.

Ready to be a former overthinker? Check out the show notes and unite with Tarah. 

This one goes out to all the creatives out there. In this week's episode, I chat with Shereem Kassan, the funny brown girl who loves chocolate and chicken wings. She's a comedian, a writer, a podcaster, a business owner (hey, cbd is legal), an actress, but most of all she's a creative who went from aspiring to doing all the things. Hear her story on how she got started and her tips on how you can get started too!!

What do you do after your world has been turned upside down by a betrayal that would shake anyone to their core? The answer isn't the same for everyone. But one thing that I do hope is that for most, it leads to triumph. In your life and in your world. Check out this week's episode with Shawn K to discover how her life changed after her marriage and faith were tested. As she mentions, she definitely isn't the woman she use to be and is all the better for it.

When was the last time that you journaled? If it's been a while listen up. Journaling is not just a leisure activity, it can also lead to healing. Hear this week's guest, Mai share with you how journaling has been transformational in her life to get through hurt. Listen to how journaling can shape your life. 

Visit Shape Mai Life for more with Mai here: 

Have you read Marie Forleo's latest, Everything is Figureoutable yet? Check out this month's book review to see if it's the book for you.

Fashion Technology - Have you ever heard of it? Did you know that was a thing?

If you haven't strap in tight. Today's guest, Coy Griffin, tells us how the two got together and how she went from being laid off from a 'dream job' to building her own empire. TedX speaker, author, and founder of Your Own Creativity.

What's the right path for a creative? Is it go to school, find a job, work from the bottom until we are 'discovered' by the right people or given an opportunity to showcase our creativity to the right audience? Is this the perfect path?

In this week's episode, I talk with creative, Leya Van Doren on how she found her path to creating The Modern Mermaid. It required leaving what everyone else thought was the right way for a creative, to trusting herself to live in her purpose. Now she's a creativity coach, yoga teacher, performer, writer and self proclaimed life enthusiast. Isn't that just perfect?

Connect with Leya here: 

www.the-modernmermaid.com

https://www.instagram.com/the_modernmermaid/

Impostor syndrome is a bit of an imposition in our lives, don't you think? Let's drop it like it's hot with this week's guest Dr. Ijeoma Nwaogu, Founder/CEO of EVERLEAD, a leadership coaching and consulting group. Dr. Ijeoma is an inspirer, educator, and coach who has led countless sessions across the United States on topics related to self-improvement and leadership development.

In this week's episode we discuss impostor syndrome or as Dr. Ijeoma calls it, the impostor experience. 

Today is National Mentoring Day!! So you get this week's episode early because I sat down to interview an actual mentor, Dr. Ashley A. Adams founder of Mentor Me, a career development company for women. Ashley has more than 10 years of professional experience in corporate, non-profit, and educational leadership. She uses use mentoring to serve women and teach them how to leverage their leadership skills to thrive personally and professionally.

In this episode, you will learn why it's time for you to stop flying solo and trying to reach new heights in your career or in your life alone. Yes, we are independent. Yes, we can stand our own two feet. But as the saying goes, "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together." Which one do you want?

Want more of Dr. Adams? Find here website and socials in the show notes.

Today's guest does all the things and it's not by chance. The Savvy Working Mom, Whitnee Hawthorne joins me on the podcast this week to discuss how you can show up authentically as yourself in everything that you do.

"Trust your gut. Sometimes the greatest things are on the other side of our fear and it's all about finding healthy and strategic ways to move through our fear so we can experience fulfillment." These are the words of Bree Johnson, a woman on a mission to help 1 million women-owned businesses create profitable marketing campaigns with her business, TBJ Digital Consulting. 

Listen to this week's podcast as Bree talks about how this pandemic (thanks COVID) made Bree jump ship and decide to put to the forefront what she had been building on the sidelines for soo long. If you're ready to drop your aspiring act and get through the fear to find your fulfillment take a listen. 

Have you ever heard about fractional shares? Do you want to learn how to trade with little money? Listen to these entrepreneurial twins tell you about how they became millionaire moms. Are you ready to drop your broke money mindsets for financial freedom? Let's drop it like it's hot for 2020. Say no to staying broke and listen to this episode.

The new season is here!! Listen to the season premiere to learn

• what's coming up this season
• what's new
• what's not changing
• and all the ways/things that we are dropping it like it's hot. 

I've covered 6 goal guides - God First, Whole Self Care, Mindset Matters, Live on Purpose, Aligned Habits, and Building Strong Relationships. Here's how they all flow/work together. Plus I talk about the unofficial goal guide that you'll see me post about from time to time, just because it is an important tool that I think everyone should know at the basic level.

This is the summer season finale, but don't worry. We will be back in the Fall: October 7th to be exact!! Subscribe to get notified when the new episodes are available, you won't want to miss it. THANKS FOR LISTENING!!