Go Live Your Story Podcast

The Best Stories Are In The Fails

The best stories are in the fails! Your conflicts, fails and struggles are the stories that need to be told. Those are the stories that people want to hear. The perfect stories are boring and not relatable. People relate more to the mess, because most people don’t actually have it all together, all the time.
 
Your audience wants and needs to hear your fails, and struggles. Those messy stories and how you overcame the struggle is what will resonate with your audience and clients the most. So share them!
 
Inside the episode I talk about:
How the best stories are the fails
How perfect stories are boring
How a good story has conflict and struggle 
The importance of sharing your struggle because it makes you relatable 
How not taking messy action holds you back in business 
How your audience connects with you more deeply when you share your conflicts and do things messy
 
Connect and Work with Courtney
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How a Toxic Marriage Dance was Healed through the Nervous System with Becky Aste

After a decade of doing a toxic dance in her marriage where she would chase and he would run, trauma-informed, life and marriage coach Becky Aste decided to focus on her own healing. Becky and her husband had tried everything, as a couple and individually, to save their marriage but the pandemic really brought their struggles to the surface and they were separated and on the verge of divorce when Becky tried one last thing.
She found a course and coach who helped her to heal her nervous system and move trauma out of her body – and it saved her marriage! Becky – who was strung out on the hustle for most of her marriage and was triggered by everything her husband did or didn’t do – followed her gut, and focused on her nervous system. Becky and her husband rebuilt their marriage, and after educating and certifying herself in trauma-informed healing, she built a business to help other women do the same. 
 
Inside the episode we talk about:
How many of us our spinning our wheels daily and wanting to give up
How to shift the toxic dance in your marriage even if your spouse isn’t onboard
How our body is keeping score and holding on to past traumas
The differences between big T and little t trauma
How the pandemic rattled her marriage to near divorce, but also strangely helped to bring them back together
How to ground yourself in a time of struggle
Here’s where you can find Becky Aste:
IG: @rebeccaleeaste
Website: www.idobreakthrough.com
Podcast: Your Breakthrough Blueprint
 
Connect and Work with Courtney
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Pet Sitting, Cat Vomit and The Universe Proving How Easy Business Can Be

I had been receiving proof from the universe for months but I wasn’t listening. I wasn’t being open to receive the messages that I was being sent because I was looking at it from a different perspective. Once I flipped my perspective and had an aha moment, I was able to see what I had been missing.
And this aha moment came about because of a pet sitting client. My main focus in business and this podcast is my coaching business and helping female entrepreneurs. But I also work with furry, four-legged clients too. I part time dog walk and pet sit as a supplement to my coaching business. It’s something I’ve fallen back on for years and in this episode I talk about how I got into dog walking many years ago, some of the animals I’ve had over the years, as well as some of the stresses that come with being a pet sitter. 
Inside the episode I talk about:
How I first became a dog walker and pet sitter 
The drama and stresses of caring for animal clients 
How the business that I don’t market at all is exploding with clients
How to ask the universe for proof that it is possible 
How the universe sent me proof but I wasn’t listening 
Flipping my perspective and having an aha moment 
The universe proving to me how easy business can be
 
Connect and Work with Courtney
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When a Road Trip from NYC to Costa Rica (and BACK!) Inspires a Business with Alex Giel

After feeling burnout from the pandemic and her full time job, and getting her driver’s license at 30 years old (when you live in NYC you don’t need one!) chef and traveler Alex Giel decided with her boyfriend to pack up their new car, quit their jobs and drive from New York to Costa Rica! And back!
 
Alex says her road trip of a lifetime was a liberating investment in her happiness, and allowed her to shake things up in order to find a new perspective on life. Born in Peru, raised in Manhattan and now living in Philadelphia after her ultimate road trip, Alex who has been a vegan for 13 years began to veganize some of the traditional Peruvian dishes she loved as a kid, and her catering business The Vegan Lama or La Llamita Vegana was born. 
 
Inside the episode we talk about:
How a joke around a crazy idea actually came to life
How to plan and save in order to spend months traveling on a budget
How Alex opens people’s minds up to a new way of eating
How the Philadelphia food scene has been welcoming and given her a sense of community 
How it’s possible to take traditional recipes and make them more healthy
How you’ll never regret taking a risk or going on an adventure and she wishes everyone could experience what she did during her travels
 
Here’s where you can find Alex Giel:
IG: @la.llamita.vegana
Website: https://lallamitavegana.com/
 
Connect and Work with Courtney
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Mistakes I Made in My First Year of Business

Sharing our mistakes with the world helps us all to grow further faster, and in my first year of business I made many mistakes that I share with you on this episode. You too will make mistakes in your business, and perhaps I can help you to avoid some epic fails by sharing my own with you. But I also don’t consider them failures, I consider them the places where I grew the furthest. 
 
Inside the episode I talk about:
How you learn faster when you make mistakes
How investing in myself helped me to grow faster
How most of the returns on my investments have not been monetary and that’s fine by me!
Knowing when it’s time to find a bigger bubble and expand your network
Feeling unheard, undervalued and taken advantage of when you don’t set boundaries 
The importance of both strategy and mindset work in growing your business 
 
Connect and Work with Courtney
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How to Show Up for Yourself, and Allow Your Business to Have Its Own Energy with Andrea Crisp

Empowerment Coach, Author and Podcast Host Andrea Crisp set an intention for her vacation, and allowed her intentions and the time away to shift the energy within herself and her business. After a decade of being a leader in the coaching space, Andrea is showing up for herself in a whole new way. She’s living her life and allowing her business to have its own energy and tell her what it needs in order to flourish, while she thrives in her life.
Andrea talks about how it’s so easy to fall into self sabotage and put up roadblocks that prevent us from receiving the things we desire. She reminds us that if we can dream it, it is possible. And how there’s always another layer to discover about ourselves when it comes to mindset work.
Inside the episode we talk about:
How Andrea transitioned her empowerment skills and experiences as a teacher to a leader in the worship community, and now as a coach
How in the early years of her business journey she was filled with doubt and anxiety until she decided it was not going to define her any longer and she allowed herself to be seen
How there’s always another layer to discover about ourselves when it comes to mindset work
How setting intentions for everyday life sets you up for success
The more that you show your subconscious the proof of the possibility, the more you step into the belief of it
Here’s where you can find Andrea Crisp:
IG: @andreacrispcoachIG: @the.couragecastPodcast: http://www.thecouragecast.com/http://www.andreacrisp.ca/
 
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Labels, Layoffs and How Not to Lose Your Identity

I’ve been laid off from 3.5 jobs in my corporate career over nearly two decades. Each one sucked in it’s own way but each one also taught me how to continue pushing forward, and unknowingly helped me to deal with the next layoff.
Oftentimes we attach our identity to our job title or role in life and when those things change (which they always do even if you aren’t laid off from a job), it’s hard to not feel like your identity has changed as well. 
Inside the episode I talk about:
The labels we give ourselves 
My own 3.5 layoffs from the corporate world
Attaching your identity to your career or self-imposed roles in life 
How to avoid heartbreak and losing yourself, when those careers or roles are removed
 
Connect and Work with Courtney
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Breaking Barriers and Re-Inviting Yourself (More than Once!) on Two Continents with Santina Rigano-Lesch

Australian-born fempreneur Santina Rigano-Lesch decided to take a gap year to the U.S. to decide what she wanted to do with her life. After many pivots, jobs, businesses, self discoveries, setbacks and finding love, she’s made a permanent home here.
Throughout her life, Santina has seen the big picture vision of what she wanted to achieve in life and business, while also mastering how to take the very next steps to reach her vision. Santina talks about her body love journey and how she created a business that provides a safe place for women to explore their body’s through dance. She also talks about learning to find happiness and success, outside of her business as she pulls back slightly to focus more on her family. Santina is no longer watching her life go by, she’s putting herself first and is LIVING her life and business!
 
Inside the episode we talk about:
How Santina found her way to the U.S. and entrepreneurship 
Starting a business in a new country (more than once!)
Teaching dance in a non-traditional way to kids and adults 
Breaking stereotypes, crushing limiting beliefs and re-inventing yourself
No longer trading time for money and seeking more quality in life
Here’s where you can find Santina Rigano-Lesch:
https://www.santinarigano.com/https://www.youtube.com/@confidentlyyou2
IG: @confidentlyyou2IG: ddiyvas
 
 
Connect and Work with Courtney
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You’re Not Salesy, But She Is

What does it mean when you say you don’t want to be salesy in your business? I’ve said it! My clients have said it? But why are we so afraid of selling or being “salesy” when we first start in business?
Listen to my journey of going from not wanting to be that salesy person when I first started my business, to coaching my clients through the same struggles, and ultimately finding that one person who was indeed salesy to me, and how to avoid it for yourself.
Inside the episode I talk about:
How trying not be a salesperson is hurting your sales
When you believe in what you’re selling, you’re not being salesy
How to shift your sales mindset to a serving mindset
That one person who was in fact salesy to me (and no, it’s not you!)
 
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Detaching from the Outcome, and Buying a $22 Slice of Cheesecake with Jillian Murphy

Sales and Business Mentor Jillian Murphy talks about how she had to learn to detach from the outcome after a lifetime of seeking validation from outside sources.
After decades of the outside world validating to her that she was “good enough,” she learned to find that validation and success from within. She stopped waiting for her clients to confirm for her that she’s an amazing entrepreneur and started believing it for herself! 
Jillian is an absolute sales queen and talks about how pricing your offers too low can give an impression that you're not providing quality. And she shares a story about a cheesecake maker who mastered the art of sales, and got her to buy a $22 SLICE of cake! 
 
Inside the episode we talk about:
How having quality conversations and genuine connections builds community, network AND sales
Detaching from the outcome and not seeking validation from the outside world
Checking yourself when thoughts of entitlement or always expecting a certain outcome in business start to creep in
The importance of pricing, and how pricing too low can make your service feel less valuable. 
 
Here’s where you can find Jillian Murphy:
www.thejillianmurphy.com
IG: @thejillianmurphy
FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/sellingsecretsforentrepreneurs/
Freebie: https://thejillianmurphy.com/stories-that-sell
 
 
Connect and Work with Courtney
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