The Stephanie Smolders Show
By Stephanie Smolders
The Stephanie Smolders ShowFeb 26, 2022
#027: How can I follow my sacral response and trust the timing when I need to be making money with Rachel from Pure Generators
Listen to a conversation with Rachel Lieberman, the creator behind Pure Generators. In this episode, we explore Rachel’s entrepreneurial journey - What started as a blog turned into a full-time business for this 1 / 3 sacral generator. Rachel shares how she followed her sacral responses when her mind told her other things and how trusting the timing led her to write a book this year. We talk about deconditioning, having a projector guide during your business growth, branding, and your centers plus the launch of her new book “A Modern Guide to Human Design”.
Connect with our guest Rachel on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/puregenerators
Website
https://www.puregenerators.com
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#026: Building a sacral business + infusing Gene Keys with Kehla, a 6/2 Sacral Generator
In this episode of the Stephanie Smolders Show we interview Kehla, a 6/2 sacral generator and spiritual mindset coach who works with entrepreneurs on embodying their human design and gene keys in business.
Kehla shares her journey of discovering coaching through personal development work and how she grew passionate about mindset coaching.
In 2019, she started an online mindset coaching business and got drawn into the vortex of online coaching.
The conversation dives into the highs and lows of aligning with one's design and the impact it can have on business success.
We also dive deeper into the Gene Keys and how you can use this tool for your business.
In this episode:
[00:02:00] Embodying Human Design and Gene Keys in Business
[00:03:53] The Three Gene Keys Sequences
[00:07:00] Redefining our relationship with money
[00:10:00] Struggles with the online coaching world
[00:12:34] Entrepreneurship vulnerabilities
[00:16:45] Navigating entrepreneurship and joy
[00:19:02] Sacral authority and momentum
[00:22:58] Experimenting in business (3 line profile)
[00:26:10] Finding purpose on the roof (6/2 profile)
[00:29:01] Co-creating with your audience
[00:32:40] Infusing Gene Keys into your business
[00:35:26] Finding your voice (undefined versus defined throat)
[00:40:37] Slowing down in business (generator process)
Connect with our guest Kehla G. on
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kehlag
Website - https://www.kehlag.com/
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#025 Creating Time Freedom: Delegating Tasks to Your First Virtual Assistant
In this episode of the Stephanie Smolders podcast show, Stephanie interviews Molly Rose, a 1/3 emotional manifestor and the founder of Virtual Assistant Management about creating time freedom as an entrepreneur and delegating tasks to a VA.
Molly Rose shares her tips and advice on finding a VA, onboarding them, and creating a process so that both of you can create more time freedom.
She also talks about her mission to help predominantly women work remotely and have great careers. If you are overwhelmed with your to-do list and don't know where to start, this episode is for you.
In this episode:
[00:01:30] Helping women work remotely
[00:04:01] Benefits of hiring a VA
[00:10:33] Time Freedom
[00:11:50] Assessing VA's Competence
[00:15:16] Training a New VA
[00:18:50] AI and VA working together
[00:22:35] Project management and communication
[00:26:10] Outsourcing and relinquishing control
[00:29:46] Building impactful businesses
Connect with our guest Molly Rose Speed on
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mollyrosespeed/
Her website - https://www.mollyrosespeed.com/
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#024 Growing a multi-million business as a Projector with Celine Charlotte
My guest in this episode; Celine Charlotte, started her entrepreneurial journey by renting out her living room as a corporate meeting space before becoming known as the woman who transformed the Dutch online course industry by selling and hosting courses on Instagram. Fast forward a few years 18,000 students and millions in revenue later, and we end up here.
We dive deeper in her Human Design, marketing tips & her idea of success!
Celine Charlotte is a 5/1 splenic projector
In this episode:
(4:34) How Human Design is just ONE of the tools in discovering more about yourself
(6:25) Energy management with launching & hosting courses for +1000 people
(8:15) Feeling invited in marketing, sales & course creation
(12:59) The 5 line profile struggles with followers projecting their ideas of who you are and what you're supposed to like and what you're supposed to do
(14:30) Leadership & Team management
(19:45) The research phase of a 1 line profile
(22:00) Projector Signature: success & what it means to her
Connect with our guest Celine Charlotte on Instagram or check out her courses here.
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#023 how do reflectors find their own identity in business & life w/ Joyce Celine
Listen in on a live talk with Joyce Celine, a 6/2 reflector - art director for entrepreneurs!
In this episode:
(2:11) What is a Reflector?
(4:52) The process of discovering Human Design
(7:41) How Joyce’s business has changed since discovering she is a Reflector
(11:24) How you still can be you in business as a reflector
(14:53) How Joyce tracks her moon cycle and works with her lunar authority
& more like
What is it like to balance work & life? Is it realistic (honest answer!)
Vision for reflectors in society
Working with a reflector coach or being in a relationship with
Connect with this podcast guest: Joyce Celine Instagram (6/2 Reflector)
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#022 Conscious marketing with Yasmine from Share your Bright Side
If you hate social media and marketing, this interview with Yasmine about conscious marketing is for you!
“Let’s step away from the idea you have to push on pain points to sell your products”
Yasmine is a former 1:1 client who I supported during her journey. Yasmine is a 2/4 emotional generator.
In that time she connected back to her mission and talents and made powerful decisions.
She also launched a new offer and got her first client on a new package.
In this episode, we talk about
- Conscious marketing
- How marketing can change an entire culture
- Do you really need to push on pain points in your marketing?
- The journey of expressing yourself is the goal
- Shifting the story you tell yourself about marketing
- Yasmine’s journey in making her aligned business decisions
- Owning your gifts & talents (especially as a 2 line)
- The one question every entrepreneur needs to answer when it comes to marketing
- Supporting impact businesses as an entrepreneur
- The impact of your environment on an undefined G-center
- Tips for the Digital nomad lifestyle: boundaries!
Connect with this podcast guest: Yasmine on Instagram or website
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#021 Taking a vacation as an entrepreneur + 5 tips for before, during and after your trip
You can take a vacation without ruining your business or losing all your clients.
Feeling unmotived, lose concentration and are questioning 'why you started your own business?'? It is definitely time for a vacation dear unicorn!
In the past few weeks, I've had a few 1:1 clients feel very stressed around vacation season. You know, that time of year everyone is taking a break.
You booked a vacation but the two weeks before you leave feel like hell? Are you stressed about the loss of income, connection with your audience, or how you will catch up on all the tasks when you come back?
This episode is for you! I talk about my experience as a projector with vacations, give you 5 tips and share some insights into undefined heart, sacral and root centers!
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#020 Loving Kindness Meditation for when the world feels unsafe
The world might feel unsafe right now and it might feel like you have no control. You are watching the news and following developments closely. We all feel that the energy changed in the world.
This loving-kindness meditation helps me when I feel anxiety creep in especially when there is a lot happening in the world.
For the next 10 minutes, I will be a space keeper for everything that you feel. You are safe here. All your emotions are safe here. Your body and mind can relax here. It is okay if you cannot finish the meditation. It is okay if you still have unsafe feelings and thoughts.
This meditation is not only for you, we are doing this for the world. We are doing this together. You are not alone.
Spread kindness and light today.
Share this meditation with someone who might benefit from it.
This is also an invitation to connect with me on Instagram (@stephanie.smolders) if you want to share your experience. Thank you for your energy and light my dear one.
#019 two tips to create your marketing strategy to get more clients
There was a time I hated Instagram. And I got slight anxiety when I had to open an Instagram app or Facebook or I got the notification that someone tagged me somewhere. And that isn't that long ago. It's around three years ago that this happened where I was overly focused on the numbers and my strategy and doing the right thing. I lost track of what marketing really meant to me, and what it really actually just is. So in today's episode, we are going to dive deeper into the top tips to create your marketing strategy to get more clients.
In this episode:
(2:32) If your strategy is holding you back from actually doing things, it is not the right fit...
(3:15) Yes, you need a strategy and guidance on how online marketing works...
(4:52) Where should you start?
(5:13) The 1st thing I want you to do...
(7:12) And then, tip #2...
(8:49) Who can best captivate your essence?...
(11:05) Get the basics, experiment, fail and try again. Have fun with it…
(12:21) Putting the right puzzle pieces together...
“Marketing is just a way of creating a connection, a relationship with someone you can help, either with your service or a product.” - Stephanie Smolders
Check this mini-marketing course: https://smolders.kartra.com/page/marketingchecklist
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#018 Figuring things out yourself AND making an impact
Can you have a massive impact when you're still figuring things out yourself? I have recorded this podcast episode because this topic has come up in three coaching sessions this week alone, and that is the fact that people feel the need to have everything figured out themselves before they can have an impact and help others.
If you need a permission slip to figuring things out AND make an impact listen to this episode.
In this episode:
(1.59) the highlights we only see from others and the impact on us
(3.52) personal experience of figuring things out in my kitchen
(6.18) am I good enough? When doubt kicks in
(7.37) what is success really?
(8.54) hitting pause for a second and slowing down
(10:10) the deciding factor why people work with you
(14:15) remind yourself of the current moment
Repeat after me: “I can have massive impact while figuring things out.”
You can create a worthwhile business while enjoying the moment.
If you got an insight or started thinking about the topic, I would love to connect.
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#017 Naming your business after yourself and the podcast rebrand
How big is my ego if I name a podcast after me? Well, that is what I was thinking when I started the rebrand of this podcast. In this episode, I talk about my own ego journey when naming your business after yourself. The thoughts that arise and how to move forward. I also go deeper into how it feels when something isn’t aligned anymore and how you can change that.
In this episode:
(0.25) misaligned with the podcast and how I moved forward
(1.33) the thoughts that arise when putting yourself out there
(2:07) the benefits of a podcast
(7:23) personal brand and naming your business after yourself
(8:03) the meaning of your name and how it influences your life & success
(10.43) the benefits of naming your business after yourself
(11.49) new direction of the podcast
If you got an insight or started thinking about the topic, I would love to connect.
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#016 Energy management, projector magic and the 3 hormonal cycles that affect us with Imogen Roy
In this episode, I interview Imogen Roy, a strategy coach who helps women create unstoppable success in work and life without compromise. Want to be more productive and present in your work? This episode is for you. Her mission is to help women tune in to that feeling of self-trust and inner timing.
In this Episode:
1:20 what is Imogen’s mission
2:00 Saturn Return and reflections: how she got here
4:37 Catalyst to becoming an entrepreneur: stress issues in the body
7:20 Always seeing opportunities and how she always books out her coaching business
8:00 the fear of going from employment to self-employed
9:57 the myth of hustling and pushing
14:00 the impact of human design (shame around gifts)
19:20 Projector Bitterness + scarcity
23:00 the big problem with mainstream productivity - focus on energy management
27:45 the 3 hormonal cycles that affect us
39:00 process of self-care after burn-out
42:30 the marketing strategy no one talks about
47:00 the genius concept of ads
50:00 analogy of a fruit tree with your mission
Connect with Imogen Roy
website: https://imogenroy.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/imogenroy/
Episode Snippets
“You have all the answers inside of you”
“I was me, then the world conditioned me to who they thought I should be and I feel like now after 30 years I’ve come back to myself.”
“The process of unlearning rather than becoming”
“My mind is an assistant to my body”
“The myth of hustling: we invented machines to help with our workload but what ended up happening is that we are mimicking the machines. Trying to keep up with them. We have completely forgotten why we invented them in the first place. What happened is that now we have an incredibly inefficient system. Example: it takes 3 liters of water to create 1 liter of bottled water”.
“Human Design removes to need to fix each other.” “Just have to live in your design and there is balance in the ecosystem.”
“We are all encoded with an inner sense of right timing”
“We don’t need a blueprint, we don’t need a strategy, we don’t need to take a 1000 courses - we just know in ourselves what is right for us in any given moment.”
Connect with the host Stephanie Smolders
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephanie.smolders/
Website: https://www.stephaniesmolders.com
Email: info@stephaniesmolders.com
#015: How Self-Love and Ice Baths Unleash Your Inner Boss with Linde Jelena
Self-love might just be a buzzword to some but it can be transformative, both for your life and your business, when you decide to listen to your body.
Linde Jelena’s story embodies this 100%. This fellow Projector found her calling to help others connect with their inner wisdom so they can follow their own life compass after she got out of a bad relationship six years ago. She lost contact with her intuition and started to doubt herself with every decision. She worked long hours and wanted to control everything.
The turning point was when she got hit by a car and had to recover at home for three months. That’s when she discovered Dutch extreme athlete Wim Hof, a few weeks later she was climbing a mountain at -30 degrees celsius in her bikini —an experience where she did powerful work for her body and felt connected with herself once again.
Curious to hear the rest of her story? Listen to her whole story now!
In this Episode:
(2:10) Linde Jelena’s story and how she reconnected with her body again
(4:24) Why it’s important to have self-love and why you shouldn’t rely on someone to take care of you
(6:53) How self-love changed Linde’s relationships
(8:40) What are blind spots and why there’s nothing wrong with you
(11:28) Staying open, holding space, and connecting the dots
(12:47) Working with the elements and how it connects to the wisdom of your body
(19:13) Surrendering to breathwork and ice work and pursuing it as a business
(21:12) Going for a relaxed pace instead of hustling when starting a business
(23:12) How Linde figured out what works for her as an entrepreneur
(24:30) Confusing fear with intuition
(26:19) What every person needs to hear right now (according to Linde)
Inspired after this episode? Share your Instagram stories and tag me and Linde:
Connect with Linde:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lindejelena__/
Website: https://www.lindejelena.com/
Connect with Stephanie (host):
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephanie.smolders/
Website: https://stephaniesmolders.com
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#014: The Core Symptoms of Imposter Syndrome and How to Overcome Them
Did you know that 70% of people feel like an imposter or a fraud? This is true especially for those who are in leadership roles as they tend to stand up and take charge. But how do you determine if you have imposter syndrome? Moreover, how can you OVERCOME it?
This podcast episode is for the mission-driven entrepreneurs out there who are dealing with imposter syndrome. If you’d like to hear me talk about each symptom and how to overcome them, listen to the podcast episode now to know more!
In this Episode:
(1:42) What is imposter syndrome, who experiences it the most and how to check the signs
(5:37) The 3 core elements of imposter syndrome
(6:20) The 6 symptoms of imposter syndrome
(9:02) Perfectionism and overworking - why success doesn’t always mean hard work
(13:10) Why people with imposter syndrome are afraid of success
(16:05) 3 steps to overcome imposter syndrome
(19:43) How overworking and procrastination go hand-in-hand
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#013: Money Mindset, Energy Frequency and How Everything Plays Into Becoming the Entrepreneur You Are Meant to Be
Kristen is a money mindset and business coach for entrepreneurs and the bestselling author of 'Stop Chasing Start Attracting'. She specializes in helping you discover how you're designed to make money while managing your internal and external energy. Listen to Episode 13 as Kristen and Stephanie talk about conquering limiting beliefs, tuning into your own frequency and how all this can help you attract the level of abundance that you’re always meant to reach.
Tune in to hear these two self-projected projectors get excited about abundance and life.
Website: Kristennoelle.co/
Facebook Community: Stop Chasing Start Attracting Community
Get Kristen’s book here: Stop Chasing Start Attracting
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In this Episode:
(1:35) Kristen’s mission
(3:30) Kristen’s own history and relationship with money
(6:30) How she found Human Design and on being a Projector
(10:46) What it means to tune into your frequency
(13:19) Money beliefs and Kristen’s advice
(20:35) On creating and writing a bestselling book
(26:38) An exercise on mindset and beliefs from Kristen’s book
(35:30) Attracting your people by just being yourself
(39:30) Your triggers and what it reveals about your mindset
(43:25) What it means to be a mission-driven entrepreneur for Kristen
Episode Snippet: “True abundance doesn’t come from hustling. It doesn’t come from trying really hard. It comes from your way of being and deep knowing that you are in the state of abundance so that you can attract the type of abundance that you desire.”
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#012: A Love Letter for When You’re Feeling Stuck
This episode is for all the mission-driven entrepreneurs out there who are feeling stuck. Know that this is temporary and that you can always find a way forward. I hope these words heal you and support you. I am here for you!
In this Episode:
(1:08) Is this episode for you?
(1:50) Content overload and comparing ourselves to others
(3:00) On waiting to be happy
(3:56) What you can do now to move past this feeling of 'stuck'
(5:05) Finding joy in the little things
(6:12) One benefit of being stuck
(6:45) 3 tidbits to try when you’re feeling stuck
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#011: Establishing a deeper connection with nature, your inner child and your spirituality
When was the last time you connected with your inner child and spirituality, mission-driven entrepreneur? This episode’s guest is someone who helps women remember their pure purpose by connecting them to mother earth. She goes on a deep dive into spirituality and proves to everyone that when you’re doing what you love, then you’re in alignment with who you’re supposed to be.
Guest Info: Pippa is a Mother Earth healer; as above, so below, the yin and the yang, the sun and the moon, the light and the dark. She is the bridge between Mother Earth and The Universe. She helps woman remember their pure purpose by connecting them to mother earth. She helps you connect to you and your deeper knowing.
Follow Pippa: http://www.beautyisfoundwithin.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/motherearthhealerpippa/
In this Episode:
(1:21) Pippa’s unique mission
(2:32) Pippa’s connection with Mother Earth and how this influences what she does today
(7:25) Reconnecting with the child within
(8:03) Her advice to people trying to reconnect with their spirituality
(10:05) Experiencing a “quantum moment”
(15:22) Embracing balance as a spiritual entrepreneur
(20:08) What it means to be a mission-driven entrepreneur for Pippa
“By not living your mission, your purpose, imagine how many people are missing out on you.”
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#010: What is branding really - the branding Archetypes with Ashleigh from Citrine & Sol
Meet Ashleigh, the founder of Citrine & Sol. Citrine and Sol is a branding studio dedicated to helping women build authentic brands by embodying archetypal personalities most aligned with them. In this episode, Ashleigh and Stephanie talk about visual branding differences between archetypes, how your personality shows in your messaging and why branding is more than just a logo.
But before Ashleigh was able to build her branding business, she first had a 9-5 teaching job, balancing both the business and her daily work. As she took on more and more clients, she found that there was something missing in her business—a core piece lacking in the whole process.
That’s when she found the power and potential of branding archetypes.
Follow Ashleigh from Citrine & Sol:
https://www.citrineandsol.com/
Take the Brand Archetype quiz!
http://www.citrineandsol.com/brand-quiz
Check out the branding kits:
www.citrineandsol.com/the-branding-boutique
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In this Episode:
(1:26) Ashleigh’s mission behind Citrine & Sol
(3:00) Realizing that there was a core missing piece in her new business
(4:40) Why branding is not just all about your logo
(8:34) On branding archetypes
(13:48) Showing up as your archetype for better brand messaging
(16:32) Visual branding differences between various archetypes
(19:53) How to find out your brand archetype
(21:36) Building your brand around your strongest archetypes
(23:22) DIY-ing your branding
(28:48) What triggers Ashleigh about the branding industry
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#009: What I learned from the 1st year of my coaching business
Hi there, fellow mission-driven entrepreneur! Episode 9 is one of my most vulnerable episodes as I get raw and real with my reflections on my 1st year running my personal brand—my coaching business!
You’ll hear more about what led me to this point, the lessons I learned in the past 12 months, how my varied experiences influenced my current coaching business, and how I pushed myself to set all these things in action.
In this Episode:
(1:45) Transitioning from owning a marketing agency to becoming a personal brand focused on business coaching
(5:56) Reflecting on what I need and want for the future
(6:48) How all my experiences served as a foundation for my business
(12:49) Discovering Human Design and how it clarified what I want for my business
(14:50) My coaching style and how it’s influenced by my own experiences
(16:10) Breaking away from numbers and building relationships instead
(18:37) Why you are important for your business
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#008: The importance of authentic photography for your business and how it impacts self-empowerment with Esther from Traits Studio
In this episode, we talk to Esther from Traits Studio. She found her calling as an empowerment photographer, taking portraits of women like you and me to help them truly embrace who they are RIGHT NOW. Her photo sessions are raw and real, no make-up, no staging—just you and your body.
Ester started with self-portraits, jumpstarting her career to start empowering women because she used to feel insecure and disconnected from both her own body and mind. She didn’t know how to express herself and her whole journey of self-development started with her love for photography. As she started to photographing other women, she realized that a lot of people felt the same way and was amazed by the mindset shifts after a photoshoot with her.
This inspired Esther further, and now she does portrait photography because she believes that this is her way of helping other women starting to accepting insecurities about their bodies. Through her lens, she encourages people to see their own beauty and she believes that it’s a beautiful way of becoming more visible to one’s self.
In this Episode:
(1:35) How and why Esther became an empowerment photographer
(4:00) Creating stories with photographs and how it helps with self-acceptance
(6:02) Social media as a self-empowerment tool
(11:09) Vulnerability on social media
(17:05) Taking self-portraits and how you can start
(22:01) What to look for when doing branded photoshoots
(24:03) A message to other photographers
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Connect with Esther!
Instagram: instagram.com/traits.studio
Website: http://www.traits-studio.nl
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#007: The 7 Steps to Creating a Purposeful Business
Being an entrepreneur can be a rollercoaster ride. One day, you’re on a motivated high and ready to conquer the world… then feeling low the next. But pushing through it and really cultivating that entrepreneurial mindset is what will help you thrive. In this new episode of the Mission Driven Entrepreneur Show, I share the 7 steps I took to build an online business with purpose.
In this Episode:
(1:52) The rollercoaster ride that is entrepreneurship
(3:13) The 7 steps that helped me discover and cultivate a purposeful business
(5:00) Checking yourself and your mindset before starting your own business
(8:27) The power of implementing what you’ve learned
(11:49) Why no single quality is a strength or weakness in itself
(12:41) Why failing matters
(14:38) How to cultivate awareness of both your thoughts and your surroundings
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Read the full article here: https://stephaniesmolders.com/7-steps-to-starting-an-online-business-with-purpose/
If you like further support on creating an online business with purpose, I’m available for a chat! Book a 1:1 Deep Dive with me here.
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#006: Lessons Learned from Burnout and becoming a vegan entrepreneur with Jolien BRX
In this episode, we get to know Jolien BRX, a long-time friend and a vegan pilates instructor who helps you get fit and feel happy with her online pilates workouts and sweet personality. She makes sure she takes care of your body, mind, and soul with everything that she does. At a young age, Jolien was diagnosed with burnout. This lead to quitting her teaching job and starting her own business.
At first, she ignored the burnout symptoms to the point where she went blind in one eye and her body finally told her to stop. While it was a difficult time in her life, Jolien now looks back to it being a blessing in disguise. She learned a lot of lessons and discovered breakthroughs that led her to finally pursue pilates as a career, gaining a lot of online and offline clients.
Listen to her story and the lessons, breakthroughs, and actions she took after hitting a burnout.
In this Episode:
(1:53) Who is Jolien and her mission
(2:14) Finding her life purpose
(4:16) The lessons she learned when she hit burnout
(6:50) How the burnout turned out to be a blessing in disguise
(8:35) Her typical work schedule prioritizing health and wellbeing (projector in HD)
(12:50) Balancing the influencer world
(16:25) Change in the health industry
(17:34) Jolien’s long-term goals
(19:50) Her message to those who are transitioning to a plant-based lifestyle
(23:11) Advice for people who’d like to start with pilates
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Get to know Jolien:
Website Pilates Classes Online (Dutch): https://pilates-plants.myshopify.com/
Jolien’s Instagram: @jolien_brx
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#005: Combining structure and flow for a successful business
We dive deep into structure, planning, and flow and how all those can be experienced and achieved in business. I also walk you through the left brain versus the right brain theory, and how to find a balance between the male and the female energy in business.
Are you team structure or team flow?
I'm curious to hear your insights after this episode. Feel free to message me on Instagram or share on your Insta stories.
In this Episode:
(1:48) The left brain vs. right brain theory
(4:22) Why the left brain vs. right brain theory was important for me to understand
(8:19) Training both sides of the brain (my childhood story)
(9:22) Male energy vs. female energy
(12:30) Balancing both energies
(13:20) 6 tips to help you find balance
(19:54) Harnessing the masculine energy
(21:23) Harnessing the feminine energy
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Website: https://stephaniesmolders.com
Want to work with me? Email me at info@stephaniesmolders.com
Or book a free strategy session with me: https://stephaniesmolders.com/work-with-me/strategy-session/
#004: How Art Therapy Heals with Aubrey Santos
In this episode, I get to talk to Aubrey Santos (@aubreyunbreakable), an Intuitive Coach specializing in Art Therapy. Aubrey raises awareness of the subconscious through the power of art therapy—a field that she discovered she wanted to delve in when she was just 20 years old!
Over the years, she has refined her coaching style in a way where she works from a holistic perspective because she believes that all things are connected. She knows that each part of a client’s identity has an important place in the coaching that they need.
In this Episode:
(3:21) Aubrey’s mission as an art therapist
(4:42) How creativity can heal
(6:11) How Aubrey found her way to art therapy
(12:44) What she thinks of the coaching industry
(16:35) How creativity plays into Aubrey’s coaching style
(24:40) How intuition can be developed
(30:17) How following your intuition will get you to where you want to be
(36:11) What self-love means to Aubrey
“Everyone is creative. It’s just the part of who we are.”
Connect with Aubrey here:
Instagram: @aubreyunbreakable
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#003: What is Human Design?
What is Human Design and what is its role in running your business? In this episode, Stephanie Smolders talks about the five different types, how Human Design found its way into her life and how it can be a major player in yours.
In this Episode:
(2:18) What is Human Design
(3:30) Why I believe personal life and business can’t be separated
(5:13) My Human Design type and its role in the Mission-Driven Entrepreneur podcast
(6:37) The history of Human Design
(7:09) How to find out your design
(7:56) How to look up your Human Design found my Human Design
(9:49) How Human Design found me and how it changed my life
(15:17) The questions that Human Design will prompt from you
(17:31) The different Human Design types and how to use your design in business
Mentioned in the Podcast:
Article: How Your Human Design Helps with Authentic Marketing
Human Design Deep Dive Session with me
Where you can discover your Human Design
🙋🏼♀️ Let's connect:
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Website: https://stephaniesmolders.com
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/themissiondrivenentrepreneur/
Questions? Email at info@stephaniesmolders.com
#002: How to Ask a client for a testimonial/review
Hi Mission-Driven Entrepreneur! In this episode, we’ll talk about how you can start asking for quality testimonials and how it plays into your marketing strategy. Not confident in asking for a review? Listen to this episode to get inspired with 7 tips but also the mindset behind you asking for a review AND how this plays in your marketing.
(1:40) Why asking for client testimonials should be a part of your marketing strategy
(3:59) The mindset behind asking for reviews
(5:36) 7 Things to keep in mind when asking for a review
(12:50) The role of case studies
(13:07) Following up on client testimonials
(14:00) How to compel clients to give you a review
(18:41) The exact questions I ask to get quality testimonials
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#001: Introduction to the mission-driven entrepreneur show and your host Stephanie Smolders
Hi, Mission-Driven Entrepreneur! In this very first episode, I talk about why I started this podcast, who it is for, and my own journey leading to where I am now today as a Business coach and Marketing mentor. We’ll also dig deep into what makes a mission-driven entrepreneur and leader. Think this is you? Listen to the podcast now to know more!
In this Episode:
(1:30) Why I started this podcast and who it is for
(3:25) What makes you a mission-driven entrepreneur? What makes you a driven leader?
(4:36) My journey towards becoming a mission-driven entrepreneur
(7:58) All my previous side hustles and why it’s okay to not know exactly what your purpose is
(9:37) 3 things to know about me (and I also want to get to know you! Tag me @stephanie.smolders on Instagram and tell me 3 things people might not know about you.)
(14:31) What to do when you feel that you were meant to live a different life
Let's connect:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephanie.smolders/
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/themissiondrivenentrepreneur/
Website: https://www.stephaniesmolders.com
Want to work with me? Email me at info@stephaniesmolders.com