When it comes to relationships, women leaders are expected to be healers. We’re taught to smooth ruffled feathers, soothe old wounds, and repair breaks and tears.But that repair work takes enormous energy. If you’re wasting it on propping up relationships that no longer nourish you, what do you have left for the people who make your heart feel full?Laura and I are wrapping up our season on Growth as a Removal Process by looking at the connections we have with other people, and why we hold onto them even when they aren’t good for us. We’re giving ourselves and our listeners permission to evaluate our relationships honestly, to prioritize our time and energy, and to evolve or let go of connections that take more from us than they give.Join us as we discuss: Why it’s so difficult to think about making changes to a relationship, and how fear of that change can short-circuit our attempts to understand its impact.Listening to the vital messages we get from our bodies about how our relationships affect us.Strategies to help you initiate the evolutionary process, including owning your truth and setting self-honoring boundaries.Where can you follow Sonya: Website: https://www.sonyastattmann.com/ Social: https://www.instagram.com/sonya_stattmann/ (@sonya_stattmann)https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonyastattmann/ Where can you follow Laura:Website: https://www.consciousambition.com/  Social: https://www.instagram.com/consciousambition/ (@consciousambition)More Support for Women In Business:For more episodes + information about the podcast & the hosts, visit www.womeninthebusinessarena.comLove the podcast? Sign up for weekly emails! You get weekly contemplations & new Reclaiming Ourselves podcast episodes every week straight into your inbox. Sign up here. For more information about Sonya’s other podcasts & podcast courses, click here.  Thank you for being you. We are so honored to have you as a listener!

Each one of us has our own Truth. It’s the sum of our deepest needs, our dearest values, and our most strongly held beliefs. Unfortunately, women leaders are trained to hide parts of themselves, or to water them down to keep other people comfortable. This episode of Women in the Business Arena is about the power of truth-telling. Not just speaking truth to others, but owning our own Truth and honoring ourselves. What’s standing between you and telling your whole Truth? Is it self-doubt, fear of rejection, or the assumption that you’re just Too Much? Laura and I will help you identify and remove those obstacles to being your authentic self, and discover the growth energy we uncover when we stop hiding our essential selves.Join us as we discuss: Starting our truth-telling with the most important person in our lives: ourselves!Connecting to and trusting your body to help you understand your truth.The unbelievable energy savings we realize when we don’t have to guess at each other’s emotional states.Trusting ourselves and our energy, and allowing ourselves to express them without fear.Where can you follow Sonya: Website: https://www.sonyastattmann.com/ Social: https://www.instagram.com/sonya_stattmann/ (@sonya_stattmann)https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonyastattmann/ Where can you follow Laura:Website: https://www.consciousambition.com/  Social: https://www.instagram.com/consciousambition/ (@consciousambition)More Support for Women In Business:For more episodes + information about the podcast & the hosts, visit www.womeninthebusinessarena.comLove the podcast? Sign up for weekly emails! You get weekly contemplations & new Reclaiming Ourselves podcast episodes every week straight into your inbox. Sign up here. For more information about Sonya’s other podcasts & podcast courses, click here.  Thank you for being you. We are so honored to have you as a listener!

One of the strongest barriers between us and the growth we’re seeking is internal and invisible. It’s rooted in the ways women were taught that certain parts of us are good and meant to be nurtured, while others are bad and should be rejected. We waste so much energy trying to block off or hush up feelings that we’re taught to fear.Laura and I want you to know that all the parts of your very human self are worthy. When we honor all our emotions and energies, we can turn our time and energy to integrating them, and moving forward as our whole, complete, authentic selves.In this episode in our series on growth, we’ll help you start to remove the obstacles between you and the self-acceptance and self-love you deserve.Join us as we discuss: Reclaiming the energy we waste trying to fix ourselves.Looking at the parts of yourself as aspects to allow rather than problems to solve.The ways that integrating our whole selves helps us identify our priorities and make choices that are aligned with our values.The title and theme of this episode were inspired by “The Guest House,” a poem by Rumi. https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/guest-house/ Where can you follow Sonya: Website: https://www.sonyastattmann.com/ Social: https://www.instagram.com/sonya_stattmann/ (@sonya_stattmann)https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonyastattmann/ Where can you follow Laura:Website: https://www.consciousambition.com/  Social: https://www.instagram.com/consciousambition/ (@consciousambition)More Support for Women In Business:For more episodes + information about the podcast & the hosts, visit www.womeninthebusinessarena.comLove the podcast? Sign up for weekly emails! You get weekly contemplations & new Reclaiming Ourselves podcast episodes every week straight into your inbox. Sign up here. For more information about Sonya’s other podcasts & podcast courses, click here.  Thank you for being you. We are so honored to have you as a listener!

When it comes to marketing, so many of us are doing Too Much. Social media, networking events, client calls, live video: the options are practically infinite. Trying to be everywhere at once is a recipe for disillusionment and burnout. Diluting ourselves doesn’t just sap our life force, it wastes our time and waters down our impact.This week, we continue our season’s theme around how Growth is a Removal Process. We ask a vital question. How can you simplify your marketing to increase your impact, conserve your energy, and meet your ideal clients where they are?I’m excited to explore this topic with Nedra Rezinas. Nedra is a marketing consultant who helps service-based entrepreneurs learn to delegate and outsource so they can scale their business and do more work in their “zone of genius”. She has over 20 years of direct experience in marketing and online business, specializing in developing custom marketing strategies that attract high-value clients.Join us as we discuss: Why it’s so important to have a deep understanding of who your ideal client is and where to find them.The lure of social media, and how to step away if it’s not working for you.Strategies that focus on your strengths and the tasks that excite you, instead of one-size-fits-all content generation.The benefits of generating and repurposing your evergreen content to help your ideal client find you.Where can you follow Nedra Rezinas: Website: https://www.nedrarezinas.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nrezinasconsulting/ (@nrezinasconsulting)LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nrezinas/Where can you follow Sonya: Website: https://www.sonyastattmann.com/ Social: https://www.instagram.com/sonya_stattmann/ (@sonya_stattmann)https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonyastattmann/‍‍More Support for Women In Business:For more episodes + information about the podcast & the hosts, visit www.womeninthebusinessarena.comLove the podcast? Sign up for weekly emails! You get weekly contemplations & new Reclaiming Ourselves podcast episodes every week straight into your inbox. Sign up here. For more information about Sonya’s other podcasts & podcast courses, click here.  Thank you for being you. We are so honored to have you as a listener!

When you hear the word “resource,” what do you think about? If you’re like most of us, what comes to mind is external. Money, time, employees, training: they’re all things that come from outside ourselves.External resources are limited and finite. But inside each of us is an unlimited reserve of power & strength. This week, Laura and I talk about what we can embrace when we stop looking outside ourselves for sustenance and return to the infinite sources of power inside ourselves.Join us as we discuss: Why it’s so important to know and tap into our core selves.The freedom we unlock when we access Self and develop our internal resilience.  Techniques you can integrate into your busy life that will help you begin to focus more fully on your amazing inner strength.Where can you follow Sonya: Website: https://www.sonyastattmann.com/ Social: https://www.instagram.com/sonya_stattmann/ (@sonya_stattmann)https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonyastattmann/Where can you follow Laura:Website: https://www.consciousambition.com/ Social: https://www.instagram.com/consciousambition/ (@consciousambition)‍More Support for Women In Business:For more episodes + information about the podcast & the hosts, visit www.womeninthebusinessarena.comLove the podcast? Sign up for weekly emails! You get weekly contemplations & new Reclaiming Ourselves podcast episodes every week straight into your inbox. Sign up here. For more information about Sonya’s other podcasts & podcast courses, click here.  Thank you for being you. We are so honored to have you as a listener!

In our culture, women are expected to “keep it all together” even when the pressure is pulling us apart. We are expected to hold space for others when we don’t even have space for ourselves. We shame ourselves for feeling fear or needing comfort. And we carry these ideas into our community spaces.  This week, we’re giving women (including ourselves) permission to remove that pressure and abandon the illusion of “having it all together”. We are also encouraging you to seek out spaces to be your authentic self.Investing in spaces that give you permission to truly be yourself can transform your life and work. It shifts your relationship with your values, your desires, and your power and helps you access your full potential.In a personal, intimate conversation, Laura and I explore the power we unlock when we allow ourselves room to be vulnerable. Why having a safe space to express yourself is so crucial to enable your growth.Ways to identify the places and people that allow you to come as you are.How working through anxiety in a genuine community can help you show up courageously in more challenging circumstances.The resilience that comes from identifying and nurturing the spaces that embrace every aspect of yourself, even the messy parts. Where can you follow Sonya: Website: https://www.sonyastattmann.com/ Social: https://www.instagram.com/sonya_stattmann/ (@sonya_stattmann)https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonyastattmann/Where can you follow Laura:Website: https://www.consciousambition.com/ Social: https://www.instagram.com/consciousambition/ (@consciousambition)‍‍More Support for Women In Business:For more episodes + information about the podcast & the hosts, visit www.womeninthebusinessarena.comLove the podcast? Sign up for weekly emails! You get weekly contemplations & new Reclaiming Ourselves podcast episodes every week straight into your inbox. Sign up here. For more information about Sonya’s other podcasts & podcast courses, click here.  Thank you for being you. We are so honored to have you as a listener!

This episode continues to pull on the thread of growth as a removal process. When we set aside everything else, what’s left is ourselves, our values, and our breath. Listening to our bodies and focusing on simply breathing can help us remove the distractions, stress, and overwhelm we feel on a daily basis. Body and movement teacher Cass Ghiorse is here with simple practices for experiencing and reclaiming our breath.Are you ready to imagine a culture of women leaders who are fully embodied and unapologetic about their existence? So are we!Cass Ghiorse is a body integration teacher, breathwork facilitator and the founder of MIDLINE: a methodology that supports people in understanding and connecting to their core Self in essence and expression. Join us as we discuss: What it takes for a woman to go against the cultural grain, to be fully in her breath, fully in her body, and fully in her self-worth.The amazing tools we can access if we stop looking outside ourselves for more and embrace our own abundant, internal resources.How to embrace and honor breathing as a tool for integrating our full selves and unlocking our true potential.Where can you follow Cass Ghiorse: Website: https://www.findyourmidline.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cassghiorse/ Where you can follow Sonya:Website: https://www.sonyastattmann.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonyastattmann/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sonya_stattmann/ ‍‍More Support for Women In Business:For more episodes + information about the podcast & the hosts, visit www.womeninthebusinessarena.comLove the podcast? Sign up for weekly emails! You get weekly contemplations & new Reclaiming Ourselves podcast episodes every week straight into your inbox. Sign up here. For more information about Sonya’s other podcasts & podcast courses, click here.  Thank you for being you. We are so honored to have you as a listener!

This week’s episode is a throwback to my other podcast, The Feminine Lens. It’s a solo episode, where I shared my thoughts on strengths, weaknesses, and why it’s so important to identify your unique genius. So much of professional development is built on improving skills or tasks that we’re not very good at. This approach reinforces the falsehood that business success is tied to our worthiness. I want to help you reframe this whole concept. When you stop wasting energy on your “flaws” and instead center everything around your innate genius, you can build a business or life that aligns with your authentic self. Join me as I discuss: The crucial difference between learned strengths and built-in capacities.Why doing things you’ve learned how to do well can feel productive, while secretly draining your energy and leading to burnout.Unchaining your growth from your worth.How aligning your business with your unique genius will unlock more energy, more growth, and more wealth.You can find more at: Website: https://www.sonyastattmann.com/Social: https://www.instagram.com/sonya_stattmann/‍‍More Support for Women In Business:For more episodes + information about the podcast & the hosts, visit www.womeninthebusinessarena.comLove the podcast? Sign up for weekly emails! You get weekly contemplations & new Reclaiming Ourselves podcast episodes every week straight into your inbox. Sign up here. For more information about Sonya’s other podcasts & podcast courses, click here.  Thank you for being you. We are so honored to have you as a listener!

This week’s essential growth tip flies in the face of everything you’ve probably heard about owning your own business or stepping up in your career. The key to growing your success isn’t through doing more. ------> If you want to unlock real, sustainable growth, you need to Do Less. Laura and I share our experience working with clients and being business owners. We had to face the anxiety we felt around slowing down and learn to trust ourselves.  We’ll help you see that rest and spaciousness are essential to growing a successful business, and that the growth really does come from doing less, not more. Join us as we discuss: The fears that drive us to do more & make us feel guilty for slowing down.The joyous growth potential you unlock when you give yourself permission to do less (or even nothing).Small, simple steps you can take to begin prioritizing yourself and setting boundaries around your time.> Where can you follow Sonya: Website: https://www.sonyastattmann.com/ Social: https://www.instagram.com/sonya_stattmann/ (@sonya_stattmann)https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonyastattmann/> Where can you follow Laura:Website: https://www.consciousambition.com/ Social: https://www.instagram.com/consciousambition/ (@consciousambition)‍‍More Support for Women In Business:For more episodes + information about the podcast & the hosts, visit www.womeninthebusinessarena.comLove the podcast? Sign up for weekly emails! You get weekly contemplations & new Reclaiming Ourselves podcast episodes every week straight into your inbox. Sign up here. For more information about Sonya’s other podcasts & podcast courses, click here.  Thank you for being you. We are so honored to have you as a listener!

Welcome back to a new season of Women in the Business Arena! I’m so excited to spend this season exploring a topic that’s extremely personal and powerful to me. As entrepreneurs, we’re taught to always be growing: growing our client base, growing our offers, growing our profits. But for so many of us, “bigger” and “better” are actually opposites! Regular co-host and mental health expert Laura Shook-Guzman brings her insight back to our mic, as we introduce you to the possibilities we access when we let go of excess, dissolve old patterns, and remove what no longer serves us.Join us as we discuss: The real freedom that comes from removing the patterns that no longer serve us.The pressure the business world puts on women entrepreneurs to keep others happy, and never, ever set down a responsibility.Paying attention to the messages our bodies and minds send when we need to simplify.Why it’s so important to be thoughtful about where we’re directing our energy, our time, and our attention.Where can you follow Laura: Website: https://www.consciousambition.com/ Social: https://www.instagram.com/consciousambition/ (@consciousambition)The book Laura mentions at 30:26 is How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain, by Lisa Feldman Barrett‍More Support for Women In Business:For more episodes + information about the podcast & the hosts, visit www.womeninthebusinessarena.comLove the podcast? Sign up for weekly emails! You get weekly contemplations & new Reclaiming Ourselves podcast episodes every week straight into your inbox. Sign up here. For more information about Sonya’s other podcasts & podcast courses, click here.  Thank you for being you. We are so honored to have you as a listener!

Welcome back to a new season of Women in the Business Arena! This season is all about growing your business, but maybe not in the way that you think. Traditional, patriarchal business models train us to believe that growth is a matter of adding more: more hustle, more exposure, more offers, more of our precious time and energy. This season, we’re here to show you that real growth - sustainable, fulfilling, transformative growth - isn’t about adding more. It’s about removing the things that don’t work, so you can focus on the things that do. Join us as we show you how to identify what supports your genius, and strip away the structures, habits, and beliefs that weigh you down.Thank you for being you. We are so honored to have you as a listener!More Support for Women in Business:For more episodes + information about the podcast & the hosts, visit www.womeninthebusinessarena.comLove the podcast? Sign up for weekly emails! You get weekly contemplations & new Reclaiming Ourselves podcast episodes every week straight into your inbox. Sign up here. For more information about Sonya’s other podcasts & podcast courses, click here.  Thank you for being you. We are so honored to have you as a listener!

We’re marking the end of our season of busting business myths with our first-ever episode recorded live! Listen as Laura Shook Guzman and I look back at a season full of myths and misconceptions. We’ll examine the themes that tie them together, and the core fallacies that keep so many business owners tied to the grind instead of focusing on their individual strengths.Laura is an accomplished psychotherapist, trauma specialist, and devoted community leader, and an amazing businesswomen. I know you’ll appreciate her insight and expertise as we review the myths we’ve busted.Join us as we discuss: Why we decided to tackle some of today’s most insidious business myths, where those myths come from, and why they’re so difficult (but vital) to overcome.The most listened-to episodes of our mythbusting series, and why those topics resonated with so many listeners.The problem of paint-by-numbers business advice, and how crucial context and individual understanding are to successfully implementing any strategy.AND, get the inside scoop on our next season of episodes, starting on October 5th!‍‍More Support for Women In Business:For more episodes + information about the podcast & the hosts, visit www.womeninthebusinessarena.comLove the podcast? Sign up for weekly emails! You get weekly contemplations & new Reclaiming Ourselves podcast episodes every week straight into your inbox. Sign up here. For more information about Sonya’s other podcasts & podcast courses, click here.  Thank you for being you. We are so honored to have you as a listener!

In traditional, patriarchal business structures, there’s a one-size-fits-all prescription for success, and that size is BIG. If you’ve ever wondered whether scalability was truly the only way to have a vibrant, satisfying business, this episode is a must listen. Join me and a panel of brilliant, bad-ass business women as we bust the myth that you have to go BIG in your business. How many times have you felt like you have to scale, you have to reach for the million dollars, or you have to have a big business in order to be happy, achieve success and have impact? We have felt that too, which is why we want to unpack this myth and share with you that one-size does not fit all. You can have an amazing business and still stay small. I like to call this “small but mighty”.  Meet our guests: Lila Simmons is a healing artist on a mission to liberate women from the patterns that keep them broke, sick, and stuck in toxic relationships.Magician. Witch. Badass Healer. Naomi Calderon has been called many things during her fifteen years in the wellness industry. As a speaker/author/coach, she blends ancient wisdom with modern science to lead women in reclaiming their power and living a juicy life in peri- and menopause.Nicole Lebreux is a community herbalist, radical self-care mentor, and earth-centered business coach that guides women + non-binary folks to find connection, purpose, and freedom through plant medicine, meditation, and entrepreneurship. Eva Bramwell is a lifestyle and tech entrepreneur helping people stretch into a healthy lifestyle. Health (physical & mental) is the foundation to positive change in the world. Join us as we discuss: Why perpetual, neverending growth isn’t sustainable, for ourselves, and for our planet.Shifting our focus from the dollar figures on our balance sheet to the impact we’re having in the world.How we can reject the pressure to scale at all costs, design a work life that centers us as complete human beings, and find a more personal definition of success that complements our lives rather than competes for our energy.How scaling your business is about giving yourself permission to align with your values and mission.Where can you follow Lila Simmons:Social: http://www.facebook.com/empresslilaSocial: http://www.instagram.com/lilasagehealsWhere can you follow Naomi Calderon:Website: www.naomicalderon.comSocial: www.facebook.com/sunflowersageWhere can you follow Nicole Lebreux:Website: http://www.cosmicearthcollective.comSocial: https://www.instagram.com/nicolelebreux/Where can you follow Eva Bramwell:Website: www.solbright.co/Social: https://www.instagram.com/evahandstandseverywhere/‍‍More Support for Women In Business:For more episodes + information about the podcast & the hosts, visit www.womeninthebusinessarena.com

As entrepreneurs, we’re told that the fastest way to build wealth is to have multiple streams of income, and diversifying our projects is the only way to achieve security. It always reminds me of the old wives tale “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket”. But this approach to business demands more effort, saps our energy, and keeps us from truly pursuing our passions. Focus is actually the key to building wealth & achieving the life and business we truly want. Laura Shook Guzman is back in the co-host chair to help me bust the myth that you should have multiple streams of income to build wealth and achieve business success! As an accomplished psychotherapist, trauma specialist, and devoted community leader, Laura brings enormous expertise, insight, and energy to our chat.Join us as we discuss: The illusion of multitasking, and how shifting our focus from one income stream to another robs all your projects of the momentum they need to succeed.Why it’s so important to gather data on where your income comes from, and how your efforts (and passions) really impact your clients.The huge benefits of creating a single business that incorporates your multifaceted passions, in terms of time, energy, income, and impact. Why, particularly for women business owners, focus is a superpower AND an act of self-care.How to recognize and overcome the fear of going all in on yourself and your vision.‍‍More Support for Women In Business:For more episodes + information about the podcast & the hosts, visit www.womeninthebusinessarena.comLove the podcast? Sign up for weekly emails! You get weekly contemplations & new Reclaiming Ourselves podcast episodes every week straight into your inbox. Sign up here. For more information about Sonya’s other podcasts & podcast courses, click here.  Thank you for being you. We are so honored to have you as a listener!

If you just get your marketing right, you are guaranteed to grow your business & your bank account, right? Wrong! So many business owners are obsessed with more marketing, and they bypass the easy steps to sales that have been there all along. Generating content, chasing after more leads, constantly fixing your brand...does NOT bring more sales. Learning to do sales, brings more sales. Got it! In this episode, we are going to help you understand the difference between marketing and sales. We also dive into why marketing is a tempting time-sink, and how you can reframe your understanding to focus on what will work better for your bottom line.I have my co-host Laura on with me this week, and as always we are tackling the internal and external challenges of running a business.Join us as we discuss: How much time we spend trying to slowly warm up cold leads through marketing, instead of tapping into our warm (and even hot) leads crying out for our help right now. The importance of sales to a viable business, and how sales calls can actually be fun AND effective.Why it’s scary to be vulnerable as a business owner, and why that genuine connection is so vital for developing lasting client relationships.What, if anything, the work of building a social media presence actually does for your business development. Where can you follow Laura: Website: https://www.consciousambition.com/ Social: @ConsciousAmbition (https://www.instagram.com/consciousambition/)‍‍More Support for Women In Business:For more episodes + information about the podcast & the hosts, visit www.womeninthebusinessarena.comLove the podcast? Sign up for weekly emails! You get weekly contemplations & new Reclaiming Ourselves podcast episodes every week straight into your inbox. Sign up here. For more information about Sonya’s other podcasts & podcast courses, click here.  Thank you for being you. We are so honored to have you as a listener!

As business owners, we’re told that social media is THE WAY to attract and engage with clients. What if there were ways to reach people that demonstrate your actual expertise, rather than your ability to crank out content? This episode, our brilliant panelists share their strategies for reaching your ideal clients in ways that are more genuine, fulfilling, and effective.Meg Atteberry is a full-time content writer and SEO queen at Copywriting with Fox. Her mission is to help women stop hustling on socials and start selling passively with SEO-rich copy that magnetizes your ideal client.When she’s not out shredding the patriarchy, you can find her writing over at Fox in the Forest – the most popular Colorado travel blog on the web.Jaz Broughton is on a mission to empower 10,000 ambitious individuals to create fulfilling, phenomenal and unlimited careers in the next 3 years. Through The Phenomenal Career podcast, her blog, and group and 1:1 coaching, Jaz will help you embrace your ambition with both hands instead of shame so you can reach your personal goals.Join us as we discuss: Real talk about the disconnect between post like and sales, and how many desirable leads you’re actually getting through social media.Alternatives to social media that give potential clients a deeper understanding of your talents and experience.How a strategic, thoughtful approach can help you transform from a constant content machine to a relationship-oriented client magnet.Where can you follow Meg Atteberry: Website: www.copywritingwithfox.com Where can you follow Jaz Broughton: Website: https://justjaz.co/ Social: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jazbroughton/ & https://www.instagram.com/justjaz.co/‍‍More Support for Women In Business:For more episodes + information about the podcast & the hosts, visit www.womeninthebusinessarena.comLove the podcast? Sign up for weekly emails! You get weekly contemplations & new Reclaiming Ourselves podcast episodes every week straight into your inbox. Sign up here. For more information about Sonya’s other podcasts & podcast courses, click here.  Thank you for being you. We are so honored to have you as a listener!

Why do so many business owners believe we have to go all out to convince potential clients to work with us? What’s behind the indoctrination that makes sales calls feel like an ethical minefield? This week we are talking about how to show up in a genuine, honest way that eliminates the need for sleazy sales tactics.Laura Shook Guzman is back to help me unpack the myth that we have to convince and manipulate people to buy from us. This is a myth because we attract more people with ethical practices and being transparent in our sales process.  Laura is a thought leader for entrepreneurial mental health, coworking, and self-care. As an accomplished psychotherapist, trauma specialist, and devoted community leader, Laura brings enormous expertise, insight, and energy to this podcast. Together we are able to talk about the internal and external factors involved in building a successful business. Join us as we discuss: Why we feel so squeamish about selling, and how changing our approach can make a huge difference.How to reframe sales and marketing as a positive thing, and set aside the salesperson role we don’t want to play anyway.The ethical marketing principles that can help you be more intentional and selective about who you work with.Grounding your sales and marketing in relationship-building rather than influence or manipulation.Where can you follow Laura: Website: https://www.consciousambition.com/ Social: https://www.instagram.com/consciousambition/ (@consciousambition)‍‍More Support for Women In Business:For more episodes + information about the podcast & the hosts, visit www.womeninthebusinessarena.comLove the podcast? Sign up for weekly emails! You get weekly contemplations & new Reclaiming Ourselves podcast episodes every week straight into your inbox. Sign up here. For more information about Sonya’s other podcasts & podcast courses, click here.  Thank you for being you. We are so honored to have you as a listener!

This week, our business myth-busting series takes on a difficult but vital topic; does being an anti-racist business require perfection or empty performance? We talk to Dr. Sunshine Kamaloni about the work white business owners must do, internally and externally, to understand their role in white supremacy, and de-center whiteness in their thinking and their business practices.Sunshine Kamaloni, BA Hons, Ph.D., is a writer, speaker, unapologetic idealist, and advocate for a more feminine approach to social justice and equity. Her work aims to disrupt, question, and shift long-held narratives about justice in order to encourage new and more embodied ways of being in the world. Sunshine can help you learn to advocate for the things you’re passionate about in a way that is authentic to you and rooted in your feminine power.Join us as we discuss:The importance of empathy, curiosity, and genuine desire in sustaining anti-racist practices.How to embrace and overcome the fear of failure that keeps white business owners from stepping up.Policies and practices that go beyond checking boxes to build a more equitable and just business.Why anti-racism is a constant work in progress.Where can you follow Sunshine: Website: https://sunshinekamaloni.com/ (sunshinekamaloni.com)Social: IG: https://www.instagram.com/sunshinekamaloni/ (@sunshinekamaloni) ‍‍More Support for Women In Business:For more episodes + information about the podcast & the hosts, visit www.womeninthebusinessarena.comLove the podcast? Sign up for weekly emails! You get weekly contemplations & new Reclaiming Ourselves podcast episodes every week straight into your inbox. Sign up here. For more information about Sonya’s other podcasts & podcast courses, click here.  Thank you for being you. We are so honored to have you as a listener!

Consciously or not, too many of us are convinced that our success, and our value to the world, is directly tied to how busy we are. But that can’t be further from the truth. You are inherently valuable. You are worthy of basic human needs like lunch breaks and a normal amount of sleep. Constantly sacrificing yourself for the sake of “hard work” is just not sustainable. So let’s change that. Laura is back to talk about how this pernicious myth drives women to wear their burnout as a badge of honor, and feel lazy if they dare to rest. When we dare to believe we are worthy of rest, we allow ourselves to: > Recharge as needed > Enjoy our social lives > Engage with our home lives > Work smarter with a fully rested brainFor some of us, this is a hard concept to put into practice, it goes against everything we were taught about working! We were taught that pulling all-nighters, skipping meals, and ignoring our loved ones meant that we were working hard. It was seen as admirable even. But nowadays we know for a fact that that kind of thinking causes more harm than good. We’re human beings! We need to rest, we need to recharge, and we need to be ok with that! You don’t have to sacrifice yourself to do the work you want to do. You can take care of yourself and still be successful. I know it's true because it’s been done before. Let’s tackle this new way of thinking, one step at a time, with some help from our resident mental health professional Laura Shook Guzman. Laura Shook Guzman, LMFT, is the CEO/Founder of https://www.consciousambition.com/ (Conscious Ambition), and a thought leader for entrepreneurial mental health, coworking, and self-care. Laura is on a mission, connecting with people all over the world, from entrepreneurs to corporate professionals, sharing a powerful message about the value of founder mental health, collaborative work, and embodied living. As an accomplished psychotherapist, trauma specialist, and devoted community leader, Laura brings enormous expertise, insight, and energy to her work.Where can you follow or work with Laura:IG:https://www.instagram.com/consciousambition/ (@consciousambition)Twitter:https://twitter.com/LShookGuzman (@LShookGuzman)Website:http://www.laurashookguzman.com (www.laurashookguzman.com)Join us as we discuss: Why we were taught that being busy is a signifier of status, wealth, and worth.How outdated societal definitions of productivity undervalue the every day contributions of women.How to find support, set healthy boundaries, and reclaim your rest.How to create sustainable systems and structures to separate your confidence from the hustle mentality. How to free your sense of self-worth from the pressures of the grind.Where can you follow Laura Shook Guzman: Website: http://www.laurashookguzman.com (www.laurashookguzman.com)Social: IG:https://www.instagram.com/consciousambition/ (@consciousambition)‍‍More Support for Women In Business:For more episodes + information about the podcast & the hosts, visit www.womeninthebusinessarena.comLove the podcast? Sign up for weekly emails! You get weekly contemplations & new Reclaiming Ourselves

I am so excited about this episode today as we are breaking down the myth that you have to be (and be seen as) an expert to succeed in business. I am honored to have Natalie Miller on as my special guest. She is an incredible mindset coach and woman activist.Together we unpack the concept of "expertise" and reframe it in a way that is more empowering, and honestly a huge relief! So many women are struggling with imposter syndrome because they believe they have to be someone else's definition of an expert before they can show the world their wisdom.Natalie Miller is a boldly feminist coach who helps evolutionary leaders break free from the golden cages they've achieved themselves into: the work, roles, relationships, and everyday lives that look lovely but feel confining. Coaching with Natalie, they learn to trust themselves to walk their talk, live generously, do what they really want, and get as BIG as they know they're meant to be. Get started with your feminist magic lessons on Natalie's weekly podcast, Mind Witchery. Join us as we discuss: Whose perception determines who is really an expertHow can anyone tell us HOW to do something, and know that it is aligned with our values and goals?How do we navigate the world when the world devalues our experienceAnd how do we show up for ourselves and honor our unique wisdomWhere you can find more about Natalie: Website: nataliekmiller.comFacebook: facebook.com/nataliekmillerMore Support for Women In Business:For more episodes + information about the podcast & the hosts, visit www.womeninthebusinessarena.comLove the podcast? Sign up for weekly emails! You get weekly contemplations & new Reclaiming Ourselves podcast episodes every week straight into your inbox. Sign up here. For more information about Sonya’s other podcasts & podcast courses, click here.  Thank you for being you. We are so honored to have you as a listener!