The Confident Entrepreneur

In this episode of The Confident Entrepreneur, your host and business coach Faith Hovde opens up about her journey through setbacks and adversity. From the collapse of a long-anticipated project to unexpected downturns in sales and personal health crises,Faith shares candid insights into resilience and perseverance.

Join us as we explore the transformative power of choice in the face of adversity. Discover how harnessing the power of choice can turn setbacks into stepping stones for growth and success. Whether you're an entrepreneur navigating business challenges or simply seeking inspiration to overcome life's obstacles, this episode offers actionable insights and encouragement to embrace resilience.

Interested in working with Faith or want to ask a question on ASK FAITH? Head over to www.confidententrepreneur.net

We would like to thank our sponsor Modish Monarch.

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Ever feel like you are battling a dumpster fire with your life and/or business? We get it! Salem Thompson from Silver Moon Consulting is an expert on how to battle the dumpster fire and has some amazing insight into how to do that but more importantly how to prevent it.

To reach Salem go to www.silver-moonconsulting.com

When is self-care selfish? Board-certified Nutritionist Emily Nielsen discusses what self-care actually is, the 7 pillars of self-care, and what to do when our pillars are crumbling. Emily is a entrepreneur, wife, and mom who helps her clients heal from the inside out using a functional and integrative approach to assess core imbalances and find the root cause of health concerns. She is a wealth of knowledge on all things health and wellness and my own personal nutritionist that has helped me get my own health in check over the years.

Find Emily!

https://nielsennutrition.com/

Instagram: @nielsennutrition

In this episode, we have the pleasure of chatting with my friend Dr. Irene Luc. She specializes in chronic pain, inflammation, and autoimmune using neuroscience and a holistic approach she helps patients by reconnecting their mind and body. She is an expert in burnout not only because of her credentials but also because of her own experience with all of the above. We both share our personal journey's on how our physical and mental health has affected our life and business. This is a long one but there are valuable tidbits throughout on how to recognize if you are in burnout mode, the different stages and how to combat it.

More from Dr. Irene:
www.mind-door.com  

Instagram @burnoutrescue

You have heard the saying, you are the sum of the 5 people we spend the most time with. To be honest I don't 100% agree with this statement because it kind of assumes that we aren't making conscious choices. But I do think the people that we have around us and especially the people that advise us are extremely important to everything from our success to our overall happiness and I do believe we have a choice in who those people are.

There are two truths that I want entrepreneurs to understand-no one is self-made and no one has all the answers all the time. Every entrepreneur needs support and the right people can help you on your entrepreneurial journey.

In this episode, you will learn how to create your own board of advisors and who belongs at your "table"

Questions to ask yourself from the podcast:

What are your core values?

If you haven't already go to my website and download the core values exercise, its free and will help you get started. www.confidententrepreneur.net

What kind of person do you want to be?

What does your ideal self look like, feel like?

What qualities do you wish to possess?

What do you want to be known for?

Do you have a vision for your life & business?

Who are the 5 people you spend the most time with? I would exclude children from this unless they are adults and are someone that you confide in.

What qualities do they possess that align with the person you want to be?

Do they align or at least understand and respect your core values?

Do their qualities match who you want to become?

Do they help support you or distract you from your vision?

Do they elevate you or bring you down?

Do they know enough about you and your business to be able to speak to them?

Aaron is Co-Founder & CEO of Sonar Insights has advised leaders from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies on developing unique and long-term innovation and growth strategies. In this episode, he will share the #1 thing keeping your business from growing as well as marketing strategies to help you grow your business. 

Contact Aaron! 

Sonar Insights www.sonarinsights.com aaron@sonarinsights.com 

Have you heard of hypnosis? Of course you have! Most of the time that brings on a vision of a sort of magic show where you see someone involuntarily clucking like a chicken on a stage. But that is NOT what Ken Hatcher from Accelerated Hypnosis LLC. is all about. He prefers to use conscious thought patterns through Neuro Linguistic Programming to help us process trauma, frustration, fear, habits, and behaviors to achieve our desired result. He talks to us about how our brain works and what is happening when habits, good or bad are formed and takes us through a 15-second exercise that can immediately change the trajectory of our thought process.

Accelerated Hypnosis LLC Info is at www.acceleratedhypnosis.org For contact please call at 509-943-2315

Elena Gavin, co-owner of Layered Cake Artistry, wife & mom shares how her struggle with mental health affected her business and her family for years before reaching her breaking point while on a family beach trip. She gives us an authentic look behind-the-scenes of her journey as she navigates her healing and encourages others to do the same. Her story is one of healing and hope and you don't want to miss it!

Follow Layered Cake Artistry on facebook and instagram @layeredcakeartistry  

Check out their beautiful cake artistry www.layeredcakeartistry.com

***Disclaimer: This content is not intended as medical advice or to treat or diagnose. Please seek the help of medical professional if you are struggling with mental health***

In this episode, we are talking about mindset & mental health. May is mental health awareness month and I can't think of a better time to do a mindset detox. I will be taking you through one of the exercises that I do with my clients to help them get out of their negative mindset or fixed mindset and into a place of growth, health, and happiness.

Disclaimer: This content is not intended as medical advice or to treat or diagnose. Please seek the help of medical professionals for depression screening.

Are you a perfectionist? How do you know if you are a damaging perfectionist vs. just a high achiever? In this episode we will discuss how to identify if perfectionism and I will share the tools I use for myself and my clients to help them break up with perfectionism allowing for more freedom and growth.

www.confidententrepreneur.net

So many of my clients come to me because they think they have a lack of focus but typically, once we start to unravel the problem we discover it is actually a lack of purpose and passion. In this episode I will give you 4 questions to ask yourself so you can either find your purpose or reignite your passion for your purpose. Both have to work together on the same team for you to live a happy, fulfilled life. 

Lindsay Kirby, owner of Sculpt Wellness is a powerhouse with a passion for helping people feel and look their best. 

Buckle up, because in this episode we are talking about self care and how it can go wrong, body image, the importance of rest and how to do good when you don't FEEL good. You are going to want to share this one with all the women in your life even if they aren't an entrepreneur! 

Disclaimer: this content is not intended as medical advise or to treat or diagnosis. Please seek the help of medical professionals before trying any of the mentioned treatment options.

Get in touch with Lindsay! 

www.sculpttricities.com

Instagram: @mslindsaykirby @sculptwellnesstc

What is balance? Webster defines balance as this: An even distribution of weight enabling someone or something to remain upright and steady. When you think about the seesaw of life it is impossible to achieve balance. So what should we be working towards instead? Let's try Rhythm and Peace and see how far we can ride that wave. This episode is short and sweet because I want you to set time aside to start working on your rhythm.

Want to work with me? Interested in one on one coaching or maybe even a mastermind group? Get more info on my website www.confidententrepreneur.net

Katie Fox-Licensed Clinical Social Worker, is shedding light on the seldom talked about issues of infertility, turning 40, grief and entrepreneurship.  What do you do when life doesn't go as planned? Especially when you ARE the therapist? She shares with us the tools she used to show up for herself, her family and her clients even in the midst of her own grief and sadness. Her journey encourages us that no matter what we are going through that we can find our way and learn to appreciate the "sacred gifts" available to us as and that life is both brutal & beautiful. 

Follow Katie Fox MSW,LICSW www.katiefoxcounseling.com

One of the things that I think defines us as entrepreneurs or even a human beings is our ability to evaluate where we are and make adjustments as needed.

Where I live we are right on the brink of spring and spring is a perfect time to really sit down and do a nice little check in with yourself, evaluate where you are at in this season and where you want to be for the next season. Have you ever thought about what your perfect day looks like, have you ever thought about how to make that a reality? In this episode I will tell you about a time when I was completely overwhelmed, frustrated and unhappy and how one little change made all the difference.

References: Fire Starter Sessions by Danielle Laporte

We recorded this episode in 2020 (remember this podcast has been 2 years in the making) Alot has changed since then including our hair but one thing that stands the test of time is solid wisdom and that's exactly why I wanted to share this episode with you. Enjoy! 

Shae and her husband took a leap of faith when they flipped a coin to decide their fate. That flip meant packing up their new baby, leaving their corporate jobs, moving to another state, and becoming entrepreneurs. Now their award winning winery is allowing them to create the life they dreamed of for their family in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. Listen in as Shae shares their challenges, their joys, and all the ways she shows up for her family and her business with boldness and love.

More about Shae:
Instagram: @Frichettewinery

Facebook: www.facebook.com/frichettewinery

www.frichettewinery.com

Welcome to the first episode of the Confident Entrepreneur Podcast! In this episode you will hear what Confidence means to me, what it is and is NOT and my hope for you as you listen to this podcast.

Quotables:

"Confidence breeds confidence"

"You don't have to be perfect to be confident"

Welcome to the confident entrepreneur podcast a place for you to get inspired, build confidence and have authentic conversations about the challenges of entrepreneurship.

I’m your host Faith Hovde, I’m a wife, a mom, a serial entrepreneur and an integrative life & business coach.

Each week I will bring you new episodes from not only my 16 years in business but also interviews from your fellow entrepreneurs in a variety of industries. We do better when we learn from each other, and we will be sharing the good the bad and the ugly, our successes and our failures. We’re going to laugh, and we might cry a little bit but we are going to do it together.
My hope for you is that you will be inspired to confidently go after your dreams and design a life and a business that you love.