Something Even Better

Join Stacie for the (probably) final episode of Something Even Better, where she talks about her podcast journey, why she’s moving on, what’s next, and how to stay connected. 

“I want my work to support my life, and I want my life to be incredible. I can still have a mission and do amazing things in my work, but I can also have this huge, rich life and identity outside of work.” 

You don’t want to miss this podcast with guest Kyle Johann-Baker, where he talks about how choosing to pause and focus on his Strengths took him off the path of burnout to a business filled with ease and flow. 

If you’ve ever felt like you’re stuck in the hustle and constant pushing, Kyle gives you powerful questions and tangible examples of how to pause, take stock of your Strengths, and use those Strengths as a filter to create a unique path of ease in your business. 

Kyle Johann-Baker is an Organization Leadership & WellBeing Consultant who uses CliftonStrengths to bring out the best in others. In a world of endless pathways and options, Kyle encourages entrepreneurs to observe what it is that truly makes them come alive, even if that is a different path than the person next to you (hint: if you’re doing it right, it often will be). He collaborates with his clients to find ease and develop flow in your business to make more space for YOU to exist.

Join Stacie as she interviews Alyssa Cotten, who pivoted from being a business/finance undergrad to becoming a mental health counselor in what she thought was her “dream job” to then becoming her own boss – where she combined her business degree with her counseling degree to create her own private practice.

In 2020, the pandemic hit, and she then pivoted yet again. She didn’t have ANY social media for a decade up to this point, but she started her online business in 2020 and went all in on creating an online presence on Instagram and YouTube. 

We also talk about high functioning anxiety, what it looks like, how it can keep you from creating your most meaningful work and life – and how to begin to heal it.

In today’s episode of Something Even Better, Stacie talks with guest Sarah Feeley, HR Leader turned Stress Management Coach. 

Sarah discusses how she is helping women avoid the burnout she faced in her corporate job, as well as how to heal from burnout by better managing your stress, listening to your body, and setting solid boundaries -- all from a place of self-love.

Inspiring quotes from Sarah:

• “Burnout led me to leave a six-figure corporate job and go on a self-healing and self-discovery journey.” 
• “We're not necessarily taught growing up that we should be slowing down and listening to our intuition.”
• “When they get into a place where they can hear that voice (their intuition), that's where they can start creating their most meaningful lives.” 

Sick of spending HOURS every day glued to your phone? 

These are my best tips that help you spend WAY less time on your phone ASAP so you can focus on your real life!

Today, I deep dive into:

• The stats of social media usage (that honestly make me want to cry!)
• Why it's so important to spend less time on social media (aka the scary effects that social media has on us all!)
• My best 10 tips for HOW to spend less time on social media that actually work
• The ripple effects and benefits of getting back your time and focus

Does your website feel old, outdated, or – (gasp!) - you don’t even HAVE a website?!

Join me as I chat with Samantha Mabe, creative director and designer of Lemon and the Sea. 

We talk about:

• How a new approach to web design projects completely shifted her relationship with her business and allowed for more flexibility in her life and with her family
• How she knew it was time to find a different framework for offering her services
• How a simple website is the BEST approach for converting more clients
• How she delivers a website in just ONE day
• Tips for making your website better – that you can apply today!

If you’re a coach that hates marketing your business, this podcast might just blow your mind.

I’m going to get real with you, I hate the word “hack” or “secret” or “trick” when it comes to helping you signing more clients, but alas, I really do think this perspective might completely shift the way you view marketing and sales.

Because I believe that good marketing is just like good coaching, and if you use coaching as the lens for your marketing, you will naturally sign more coaching clients, without so much struggle.

In this podcast, I break down:

• How to use your coaching skills to more effectively market your business
• Why you already know how to do market research, simply through being a good coach
• How to use your coaching skills to create content that connects, converts, and ultimately helps you get more coaching clients online
• Why marketing is coaching and coaching is marketing – marketing isn’t a sleazy thing you HAVE to do, it can truly be an act of service for your ideal clients

Today’s special guest is Jessica Tudos, who helps fellow high-achieving multi-passionates organize and declutter physically - and mentally - in order to be more focused, productive, and creative at home and at work. As an Olympian turned edupreneur, life design coach, and organizer, Jessica helps creative portfolioists bring their ideas, projects, and passions to life.

If you’ve ever found yourself struggling to find your “one right path”, if you feel like you’re always  “trying to fit a square peg into a round hole” or you just have way too many interests and a fear of being "flaky", this episode is just for you!

Jessica and I talk about:

• How the myth of the “one path” can keep you from discovering the joys of being a multi-passionate creative or entrepreneur
• How to create a “portfolio” life where you can enjoy your many interests while feeding your curiosity and your need for variety
• An approach to stability and financial security that doesn’t hamper your creativity 
• How to stop feeling ashamed of your curiosity and many interests and how to embrace your identity as multi-passionate creative

Jessica is grounded by lifelong learning, creative expression, and lots of juggling. Her adventures include having 65+ jobs (and counting), traveling to 40+ countries, becoming a single mom by choice, and getting married at 50. Not a conventional path, nor possible if she had continued to pursue the “one thing” in my career or “settling down” in her personal life.

When I was a life coach focused on burnout, email marketing helped fill my 1:1 and group programs more than any other method. And there’s evidence to support that it’s a much more effective marketing method than almost any other out there, with a higher conversion rate than social media.

I love email marketing – especially for coaches – because it allows you to get a bit more personal. You can share stories you might not feel comfortable sharing elsewhere. You can slowly build trust over time. And your email subscribers aren’t expecting you to send them an email every day, and you’re not penalized for not being active every single day like you are on social media. 

In today’s podcast, I dig deep into email marketing, specifically for coaches, and how effective it can be in signing new clients, while touching on these topics:

• Why every life coach (or any coach!) needs email marketing
• How to create a freebie that your ideal clients actually want
• Why I love MailerLite for email marketing for life coaches
• Where to share your email opt-in
• The next step in your email marketing: Your welcome sequence
• How to sign coaching clients from email marketing

On today’s podcast, Stacie chats with Coach Mandy Steinhardt about overcoming good girl syndrome and codependency, and how the power of a sacred women’s circle completely changed her life. 

We dig deeper into:

• What good girl syndrome is and how it relates to codependency, decision making, and the inability to say no
• How to listen to your own intuition to make better, more aligned decisions
• How to set and keep boundaries
• What a sacred women’s circle is and what to expect when you join one
• Examples of activities to reconnect to your divine feminine
• The importance of learning how to mother and care for yourself

Mandy Steinhardt is an authenticity and career coach who helps women combat the blahs and overwork by engaging with the divine feminine through healing women’s circles and 1:1 coaching. 

Today’s podcast is super special: Erika Tebbens goes solo to tell her story of leaving behind the world of network marketing aka MLMs – even though she was really successful in it – after burning out and wanting an online business that was more flexible, fun, and aligned with her values.

Erika closed up shop in her network marketing business, took the leap into online business for herself, and the rest fell into place. She absolutely loves her business and is so grateful she did it scared.

On today’s episode, Stacie talks about mimetic desire – how we desire what we see others desiring and/or having – and how it impacts our businesses in a BIG way.

Stacie deep dives into:

• What is mimetic desire?
• What does mimetic desire have to do with the social media comparison trap?
• How social media and its inherent risks for mimetic desire influences our businesses and lives – and usually not in a good way
• How to overcome mimetic desire so you can stand out from the crowd in your business - and live true to your values
• How an “anti-social media”  content strategy can help grow your thought leadership

In today’s episode, I sit down with fellow coach and business friend Jenna Hellberg to debunk the most common myths of entrepreneurship. 

We share our own stories and anecdotes of entrepreneurship, taking you behind the scenes of our businesses and our lives, so you can get the full picture of what entrepreneurship is really like. Because it’s not all luxury vacations and working from the beach like they show us on Instagram!

Jenna and I dig deeper into:

• Common myths of entrepreneurship
• Why most of us don’t need – or want! – a 6, 7, or 8 figure business – and how the constant chase for “more, more, more” is hurting us
• The privileges that allowed us to start businesses
• How long it took for us to succeed
• How arrival fallacy and summit syndrome keep us unhappy and searching for more
• How to get what you REALLY want from your business

Stacie jumps in to talk about something she is hearing from more and more online business owners: “I would love to quit social media, but is marketing my business without social media even possible?!”

The TLDR answer: Yes, it is! Stacie walks you through her 7 simple tips for marketing your business without social media plus shares her own experiment using SEO to boost her organic podcast and blog traffic, and the initial results she’s gotten from just 3.5 months of using SEO research. Sneak peek: Podcast downloads are up ~43%! 

Here’s a little summary of what Stacie digs into on this episode:

• Why so many of us want to market without social media
• But when it comes to marketing your business without social media – How do you do it???
• Stacie’s experiment: Can you still make money while marketing without social media?
• Stacie’s “rules” for her “marketing without social media” experiment
• The initial results of her experiment, 4 months in

I have a super special episode for you this Valentine’s Day – and it wasn’t even planned that way, how serendipitous! 

Join me as I interview The Anti-Soulmate Love Coach Kari Lu Cowell about breaking up with someone you still love (including her story with the rom-com classic “meet cute”), how to know when it’s time to move on, and how to find a more equitable relationship with your next partner.

Kari and I dig into:

• The power of physical attraction with someone you love, but that’s just not quite right for you
• When your values just don’t match in your relationships
• How a mismatch in values can cause more emotional labor in your relationships
• How to find more balance and equity in your partnerships, especially with the social conditioning we all have
• The power and relief that comes from realizing you can’t make other people change 
• How honesty and co-creation is so important to all of our intimate relationships
• The importance of cultivating loving relationships outside of our romantic partnerships

What’s it REALLY like working for yourself vs. working for someone else? It’s time you finally see all the nitty-gritty behind-the-scenes stuff most folks don’t want to talk about when it comes to being an entrepreneur.

In this podcast, I dive into the myths of working for yourself as well as the perks of working for someone else. I made this podcast to correct the typical oversimplification we see in the online business world of “entrepreneurship is GOOD and jobs are BAD.”

As with anything, there are perks and downsides to both, but since we spend most of our time hearing the perks of entrepreneurship and the bad parts of employment – I’m flipping the script and showcasing a more realistic view.

Courtney Holgate-Champney joins the podcast and talks about finding her path later in life, falling into healthcare supply chain for nonprofit healthcare through temp work (and loving it at the time!), and ultimately making a career change into tech in her 30s after a period of feeling dissatisfied and “stuck.”

Courtney and I dig into:

• How moving away from her hometown was the first step to stepping into her own power and living a more aligned life.
• How she got her Bachelor’s degree in Public Health at age 32 and how it gave her the foundation for making changes later in her career.
• How networking ultimately helped her realize how her current skills working in healthcare supply chain were well suited to tech sales – something she NEVER thought she’d do, that she absolutely loves, and that gives her family much more financial security and stability.
• How more flexibility and extra financial security with her job has allowed her to give back to her community, support local businesses, and volunteer more.
• The hardships that helped prepare her for a career change in her 30s and the 10 months it took to make the change.
• Handling the rejections along the way to making this career change.

Courtney currently works in technology sales and has been in this position for over two years after moving from healthcare supply chain at a local non-profit healthcare system. She loves learning and talking about supply chain and healthcare, however her passion is in empowering women in industries that are traditionally dominated by men. Her undergrad is in public health and she also has an MBA, both from Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon, where she currently resides with her husband and four year old. 

Are your big goals just making you miserable? The “too long, didn’t listen” answer? Probably! 

Listen in as Stacie dives into the research on:

• Arrival fallacy, summit syndrome, and why so many of us are unhappy achievers
• The negative effects of goal setting and why some goals are bad
• Why so many of us are stuck being unhappy achievers
• How to stop being an unhappy achiever and enjoy your life as it is right now

In this episode we catch up with Bri -- my first guest to come BACK on the podcast! 

In this week’s episode, Stacie deep dives into the research behind why 2022 is the best time to quit social media, maybe even forever. And even if you're not ready to full-on quit, this might convince you to cut back!

She digs into 6 main reasons it’s time to quit:

• Social media is unethical. Full stop.
• We all want more time, yet we won’t give up something that takes up a ton of it: social media.
• It’s destroying our mental health and we don’t even know the longer term consequences.
• When you quit social media, you increase your ability to focus, create, and deeply learn new concepts.
• When you quit social media, you can focus on creating and maintaining your real-life relationships and community.
• Consider what you want your legacy to be for your life.

Let me guess: You’re one of those people who’s NEVER happy with any job you’ve ever had (and you’ve probably had a lot of them). You’re always on the search for something better, but every time you start a new job you might be happy for a few months, and then you slowly realize you still aren’t very happy. And you begin to always be asking yourself the question, “Why am I never happy with any job I get?!”

I just want to say: I get it. I’ve been on that job treadmill before too. I’ve had really high hopes that “maybe THIS job will be the one…” only to have my hopes smashed to bits when I realize, “Nope, this isn’t quite it…” and feeling a bit hopeless and lost. 

And it was only after learning more about why we humans struggle so much to be happy PERIOD that I realized there was nothing actually wrong with me. And even more importantly: there (usually) wasn’t anything actually wrong with the jobs either. 

The call was coming from inside the house, and I was actually more responsible for being unhappy with my jobs than the actual jobs themselves.

And through reflection and learning more about the psychology of happiness and contentment -- and all of my years studying and practicing career development -- I’ve found that there’s usually six surprising reasons why you’re never happy with your job.

Trigger warning: This episode mentions deep depression.

Do you ever look at people who have really interesting or cool jobs or businesses and think, “How in the world did you get into this kind of work???”

Maybe I’m a bit odd, but I’ve always been obsessed with folks who have “off-the-beaten path” interesting jobs. I want the back story, you know? I love hearing the twists and turns of how someone’s work ends up coming to them through all kinds of chance encounters.

And that’s why this week, we’re going to get a little bit nerdy and deep dive into my absolute favorite career development theory - Planned Happenstance - and why I think its lessons are crucial for anyone who wants to create a more meaningful and interesting life and career.

Join me for this very big announcement, where I say goodbye to The Consistent Coach and introduce Something Even Better. 

The biggest lesson: Don’t let your attachment to your vision block something even better for you. 

Listen in on my interview with my client and Burnout Coach Maggie Supernova, where we dig into how to grow your coaching business while still leading a balanced, happy life. 

You don’t want to miss this special interview with my former client Laura Ann Dunn, Work/Life Balance Coach for Social Workers. She talks about how she went from zero audience to being fully booked in her coaching business. We dig into her experience niching in, creating her unique, strengths-based marketing plan, and the lessons she learned as she gained traction and grew her business.

Join me as I interview Tracie Kendziora, copy coach extraordinaire, as we dig into her best tips for creating personality-packed content and copy, how to stand out in a sea of other coaches, and our most hated jargony phrases far too many coaches are still using. If you struggle with content creation and copywriting, this is for you!

Join Stacie as she chats with Miranda Rodriguez from Marketing for the Uninhibited, where they talk about keeping your marketing simple, doable, and FUN. They also dive into the mindset required to stay consistent in your marketing, be more patient, and enjoy the process of up-leveling your business.

How does consistency make your coaching business easy? Listen in to learn about the neuroscience behind why consistency is THE way to build a business using less of your time and energy using the science of habit building and routine. 

I used to think creating $2k a month in my coaching business was impossible. In today’s episode, I get fully transparent about what consistent coaching income looks like, the snowball effect, and what growth can look like in your coaching business.

Listen in as I talk about the shift from “I have to try” to “I know I can do this” when creating consistent coaching income.

What’s something I hear from my clients WAY too often? “Only business coaches can make money!”

But that’s a big lie! Today you’ll hear from four coaches who have made good money in non-business niches. If you want to expand your mindset and create the belief that EVERY coach can make good money, this episode is for you!

Our guest coaches:

Trust is THE key to consistently creating results in your coaching business. But what is trust, what does it look like, and how do you create it?

Today you’ll find out why trust is crucial to a successful business and how to create trust in yourself and in your business.

Every coach has been there: You want to quit your coaching business.

This episode is straight from the heart and was created to help you keep going and normalize what every entrepreneur thinks about at least once: quitting their business.

Ever wondered how to be SO compelling that clients are consistently reaching out to work with you? That’s where thought leadership comes in!

If you’ve ever wanted to attract more coaching clients AND show up as a thought leader in your coaching niche, this is for you.

Why The Consistent Coach? Listen in as Stacie talks about how The Consistent Coach came to be, letting go of her old business and burnout niche. The 5 C’s of The Consistent Coach framework and how they can help any life coach create more consistent income in their business.

Why do we continue to fall for fake promises and “secret” strategies that aren’t secrets at all when it comes to building our online businesses?

Today, Stacie covers why it’s so easy to fall for marketing scams and how to overcome it by using real-world examples. The truth: we WANT it to be real, but we can choose to believe differently and protect ourselves in the process.

Podcasts mentioned: 

So many coaches get stuck on choosing their perfect niche. The good news: It doesn’t matter as much as you think!

Come find out what REALLY matters when it comes to choosing your niche on today’s episode!