Something Even Better: Recent Episodes
Stacie Mitchell
Equal parts research and down-to-earth stories, Something Even Better is the podcast to help you find your own way through the many twists and turns we take to our most meaningful work and lives. Life and business are better when we stop holding on to what’s not working, and make room for Something Even Better. In this podcast, Career Coach turned Business Coach Stacie Mitchell talks about slowing down, finding more peace, and increasing our expertise and thought leadership online – without relying so much on social media. And because there’s more to finding your Something Even Better than just quitting social media, the podcast also features stories of leaving behind businesses, old dreams, careers, school, and more to make room for more alignment, more peace, and, well, just something way better than before. Deep work, sustained focus, intentional practice, slow living, career changes, minimalism, Eastern philosophy, psychology and more are all covered on the podcast in our quest for Something Even Better.
Are you a coach who wants to grow their business, but you’re sick and tired of exaggerated promises of quick results, cookie-cutter solutions, being stalked by ads and cold DMs, and just the egomania that tends to run rampant in the coaching industry?
If so, How to Grow a Coaching Business is the podcast for you.
I’m your host, Stacie Mitchell, and I believe coaching changes lives.
I’ve been a coach for over 10 years, and I’ve worked with over 30 coaches and counting on helping them create the foundations of a booked-out coaching practice.Join me as I dive deep into the strategies that work best for coaches and interviews with coaches who've built their dream businesses. This podcast won't shy away from the nitty-gritty realities of being an entrepreneur and building a successful coaching practice.
Subscribe now to How to Grow a Coaching Business in your favorite podcast app!
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.”
Connect with Stacie on Instagram.
Join Stacie’s email list right here!
Thanks again to all my amazing listeners!!!
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.
You can connect with Kyle over on Instagram(for allll the baking and pies!)on LinkedIn(for the networking and tips) or sign up for his value-filled weekly emails here.
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.
Create Your Own Calming Jar on Alyssa’s YouTube!
Find Alyssa over on Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, or her website.
Mentioned on the podcast:The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level by Gay Henricks
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.”
Check out Sarah's free guided breathwork meditation for overcoming to-do list overwhelm -- in just 5 minutes at sarahfeeleycoaching.com/free.
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
Get all the links and research over on the blog!:
How to spend less time on social media: 10 can't-miss tips
Book mentioned on the podcast:Stolen Focus by Johann Hari
Free resources!
I’ve collected the very best resources, including books, articles, podcast episodes, and more to help you quit social media. You can get this list – which I regularly update! – over at staciemitchell.com/social. Ready to market your business without social media??? Get my 5 minute SEO Cheat Sheet that grew my web traffic by 159% and my podcast downloads by 58% at staciemitchell.com/seo!
Link to Part 1 of this special collab: Social media marketing and the true costs for small business on the Building Balance Podcast
This is a special podcast collaboration with my good biz friend Jenna from the Building Balance podcast.
We decided to do something a bit different with this topic and split it into two separate episodes.
In Part 1, which you can find right now over on The Building Balance podcast, we answer the question: “Is social media costing you more than just your time?”
Listen to Part 1 here before you listen to this episode – Part 2!
In this episode – Part 2 – we talk about how we can start to move away from social media toward other marketing methods. Because if not social media, then what?
Read the transcript(ish) for this episode here!
Free resources:
If you’re interested in taking a different approach to marketing your business, I highly recommend downloading my free SEO Cheat Sheet and Tutorial at staciemitchell.com/seo. This also adds you to my twice-monthly newsletter where I dig deeper into the topic of moving away from social media, as well as how to overcome the mindset gunk that can come with entrepreneurship.
Jenna has a guide, calledInstant Relief, which includes a really simple 4-step exercise that’s specifically designed to help you figure out which marketing and sales activities are actually bringing in sales, so that you can stop doing all the things, or reduce the time you spend on marketing activities that aren’t bringing in sales –– whether that’s social media or something else. You can find it along with Jenna’s other current resources at jennahellberg.com/resources.
Mentioned on the podcast:
Jessica Eley’s Free Workshop: The Top 3 Reasons Why Your Expertise Isn't Converting To Sales (and what to do about it)Claire Paniccia (@conqueryourcontent): The importance of creating long-form content for your ideal audience to binge.
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!
Book mentioned on the podcast:Stolen Focus by Johann Hari
Samantha Mabe, creative director and designer of Lemon and the Sea, helps service providers and coaches who are ready to launch their signature offer and need a website that matches the high-caliber work they're doing. With her signature framework, Samantha has designed and customized over 25 websites over the past 6 years for all different types of entrepreneurs. When she is not digging into design and strategy, Samantha loves true crime podcasts, adventures with her toddler, and trying to keep up with her Netflix queue. You can connect with Samantha over on her website or on Instagram @lemonandthesea.
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 sing 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
Read this over on the blog! How to get life coaching clients online: My fav marketing “hack”
And don’t miss this free resource!: Steal my best market research questions to ask, a short video tutorial for how to conduct this research without ever getting on a call, as well as a template to compile this research and easily spot the patterns. Grab it at staciemitchell.com/research.
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.
Breaking free from societal expectations, trusting her gut, and taking creative risks allowed her to find Something Even Better! You definitely don’t want to miss this episode!
You can connect with Jessica by joining her Thrive with 5 email list**, where each month she sends multi-passionate portfolioists items to reflect on, read, watch, listen and do!
Jessica is also hosting a 10-day Group Decluttering Challenge from June 10 – 20, 2022, and you can sign up here!**
Mentioned on the episode:Jessica’s Curated List of Her 100 Most Inspiring Books What she’s reading now: Creative Acts for Curious People*by Sarah Stein Greenberg
Check out Jessica's children's book "*Kika the Upside-Down Girl" right here!
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
Check out the blog post for this podcast, which includes links to extra resources and a full email example.
Download my free SEO Cheat Sheet that grew my podcast by 58% over 5 months!
Grab my new Sign Clients Without Social Media mini-course bundle, which includes a copywriting template for your opt-in landing page, a copywriting template for all of your welcome sequence emails, more examples of my emails that converted to clients, video tutorials for how to set up the automations in MailerLite, and more!
This bundle also includes an SEO mini-course and a guest podcasting mini-course with loads more tutorials and templates so you can sign clients without social media. You can buy the bundle over at staciemitchell.com/course – and use code SUMMER25 to get $25 off for a limited time, making it just $50!! And anyone who buys the course before midnight on June 1st also gets a private invite to a 1 hour long group coaching call where you can ask me questions and get feedback, scheduled for Sunday, June 26th from 4-5 pm EST.
Mentioned on the podcast:Create Your Laptop Life podcast episode: 13 List Building Ideas
I bundled up the VERY best, “must know” tips, tricks, tutorials, and templates on SEO, Guest Podcasting, and Email Marketing so you can quickly implement what you learn without wasting tons of time on “fluff!"
With 24 video tutorials, email swipe files, copy templates, and more, you’ll be signing clients without social media in no time!
And get $25 off through June 1, 2022 by using code SUMMER25 at checkout!
Grab it here for just $50 with code SUMMER25!:Sign Clients Without Social Media Mini-Course
SEO tools can be a secret weapon for coaches. But I’ll be honest, many coaches shudder when they even hear the word "SEO." Get links to research, screenshots, and more for this episode over here on the blog!
It sounds technical, maybe a little cold, and definitely too complicated to understand, so why even bother, right? Wrong!!!
Today on the podcast,I talk about how SEO strategy can make every piece of content you create work harder for you over time and help your perfect fit clients find you with way less effort.
I dive into:
- Why every coach should use SEO in their business
- What is SEO and why do coaches need it?
- Does SEO really work for coaching businesses?
- How SEO keywords help coaching clients find you
- My favorite simple tools for SEO keyword research
- How to get the biggest bang for your buck with SEO as a coach
Grab my free SEO Cheat Sheet with my 5 minute tutorial for how to use my favorite tools that helped me grow my podcast by 58% in just 5 months!
And apply to snag your spot to receive your customized SEO content marketing roadmap, where you’ll get the best keywords for your Home page, About page, and content, a custom guest podcasting plan, and more. I only offer one of these intensives each month. You can find out more and apply to work with me at staciemitchell.com/marketing.
Everybody and their mother says you MUST use social media marketing for your coaching business, but why haven’t we stopped to consider the possible repercussions on our craft – our abilities as a coach? Read the blog with linked resources here!
In today’s episode, Stacie talks about social media marketing for coaches, the potential hidden costs to your coaching practice, and a better, more mindful and moderate approach to marketing your business with social media.
Stacie answers a big question – Does social media marketing – specifically for coaches – have the potential to degrade our coaching skills over time? – by diving deeper into the questions below:
- Is social media marketing really worth your time and energy?
- What creates a great coach? And how can social media marketing potentially impede these skills?
- The research: Can focusing too much on social media marketing potentially destroy our skills as coaches?
- A better, more moderate approach to social media marketing for coaches
If you desperately want to stop feeling glued to your phone, but you just can’t seem to make it happen, download the free guide to the absolute best resources to help you quit (or pull way, way back) right here. And if you want to use SEO to help bring your perfect clients right to you, download the SEO Cheat Sheet and Tutorial today! This is the same method I used to grow my podcast downloads by 58% in 5 months!
Mentioned on the podcast:
Book:Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman
Podcast: Six reasons to quit social media, maybe even forever
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.
There’s still time to join her “Divine Within” Women’s Circle this summer where you’ll meet every other Wednesday and connect with other women and:
- Kick FOMO to the curb in favor of real connection.
- Recover old and new dreams we have set aside in order to “get along” and “be a good girl/wife/mother.”
- Learn how to access our intuition, define our values, and create our individual plans to mirror them in our hectic lives.
- Connect with Mother Earth and remember Goddesses that pre-dated patriarchal religion
- Work on how we can create a sense of community in these disconnected times.
You can connect with Mandy on Instagram – check out this post about the 5 warning signs of codependency! Check out Mandy’s website for more!
Mentioned on the podcast:
- Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Estés
- An example of laughing yoga!
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.
You can connect with Erika on Instagram @erikatebbensconsulting or find her on her website at erikatebbens.com. Also check out her AMAZING group program Rebellious Success. Stacie joined this program in early 2021 and can personally vouch for the framework and the community!
Mentioned in this episode:
A book that changed Erika’s life: Playing Big by Tara Mohr
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
This podcast is for you if you’re a bit sick of the “lemming effect” of social media marketing: where every business starts to look and sound the same!
Check out the resources from this episode over on the blog: Mimetic desire, the social media comparison trap, and why it matters for your business
If you’re curious about SEO keyword research, I created a SEO cheat sheet and two super short video tutorials on the tools I use to make every piece of content work harder for me. You can grab it over at staciemitchell.com/seo.
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
Jenna Hellberg helps you simplify how you work in (and on) your business, so that you can spend more time away from your desk while making steady progress towards your goals.Grab Jenna’s free resource Instant Relief where she takes you through her 4-step exercise that helps you drop time-consuming marketing tasks while maintaining progress.
You can connect with Jenna on Instagram or listen to her Building Balance podcast on your favorite podcast app!
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
If you want to see how Stacie uses two SEO tools to conduct SEO keyword research that helps her content grow her traffic over time, head over to staciemitchell.com/seo **to download her quick, 5 minute tutorials that show how you can do it for your content too!
See more about this podcast over on the blog!**
And if you’re looking to quit social media in your personal life, grab the absolute best resources to help you quit!
Finally: You can access my private podcast episode for figuring out what you really want right here!
Loved this episode? First go write a review, and then go listen to:6 reasons to quit social media -- maybe even foreverMy no social media challenge: results from just one week
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
Mentioned on the podcast:
Kari’s favorite book: The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
Kari Lu Cowell is The Anti-Soulmate Love Coach!
She helps people examine and expand their definitions of love, romance, and dating so that they can step off the relationship escalator and create the loving and liberated relationships of their dreams!
Kari is a non-monogamous, non-binary, queer, demisexual woman who brings 22 years of experience in non-monogamy and kink/BDSM along with a doctoral education in Clinical Psychology and multiple wellness and trauma informed trainings to her work as a coach
You can connect with Kari on Instagram @karilucoaching or on her website here.
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.
If you want access to the research behind the episode, head over to the blog: The truth about working for yourself vs. working for someone else.
Mentioned on the podcast:Duped: The Darkside of Online BusinessWantrepreneur: Professor Explains the Fake Entrepreneur Industry
And get access to my free private podcast on “What Do I Really Want?” where I teach you my favorite, super simple exercise for figuring out what you really want ASAP!
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.
You can connect with Courtney over on LinkedIn or follow her on Instagram @workingwomxnrise.
Check out the blog for more!
Extra resources mentioned in the interview: ubu pod interview with Erika Tebbens – stats about women, money, and giving back to the community
Courtney’s favorite book: Burnout: The secret to solving the stress cycle by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski
Stacie’s recommended book on therapy: Maybe You Should Talk To Someone by Lori Gottlieb
Join Stacie as she shares her results from just one week without social media. If you've ever wondered if you should take a break from social media, but you're just not convinced it's worth it, this podcast episode is for you!
You can read more about my no social media challenge over on the blog. And get access to the absolute BEST resources for quitting social media too!
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
Head over to the blog to find more resources and research on arrival fallacy, summit syndrome, and “unhappy achiever syndrome” (which I just made up y’all in case you try to go searching for it elsewhere).
And sign up for my private podcast episode where I teach you a simple coaching exercise that helps you figure out what you really, really want.
As we close out 2021, I take a quick moment to reflect on this year and its many ups and downs.
I also share my 2022 word of the year, as well as a free private podcast episode that can help you find more clarity around what you really want as you set your intentions for the new year.
Grab the free private podcast episode, where I take you through the coaching exercise, and point out what to watch for so you get the most out of it, along with a “clarity cheat sheet” to help you dissect your own answers - it’s like your personal BS detector for your own thoughts!
In this episode we catch up with Bri -- my first guest to come BACK on the podcast!
We last talked to Bri on the “When the business you’ve built causes you dread and how to love it again” episode, which I recommend listening to first if you haven’t already.
In this episode, Bri talks about deciding to close her business and walk away to find her Something Even Better, and we dig into:
- The strangeness of no longer having an “easy” elevator pitch
- The pros and cons of entrepreneurship and having a job, and choosing what’s right for you
- Recovering from burnout AND realizing you still don’t love entrepreneurship
- Making the tough decision to close her business and walk away - a business she used to see as her big dream
- How to get comfortable with messy and colorful curiosity -- being more flexible and not always knowing the big picture
- Why thinking your work is your ONE BIG THING is dangerous
Mentioned in the podcast:
The interview with Marie Forleo and Elizabeth Gilbert -- on choosing your flavor of sht sandwich*
The Studio Challenge - Music School Bootcamp for music teachers
Bri’s favorite books: the Harry Potter series and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
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.
You can find tons of resources and the studies cited over and over on the blog.
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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.
Read the blog here for more resources! And join the free Facebook group here -- just scroll down a bit!
Trigger warning: This episode mentions deep depression.
In this week’s podcast, I interview Burnout Coach Katie Rapkoch about leaning out, why quitting is sometimes the best answer, and why we all need to be bored more often.
Katie is here to support a community of women that don’t want to follow the status quo. She is here to challenge women to empower one another to live a life of simplicity, authenticity, and peace. Katie is here to create a community that feels REAL.
You can follow Katie and learn more about her community on Instagram @katierapkoch.
Also check out Katie’s favorite book recommendation: Do Nothing by Celeste Headlee.
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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.
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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.
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Read it on the blog here: https://www.staciemitchell.com/blog/quit-coaching-business
Tune in to this week's episode of The Consistent Coach Podcast, where I interview Transformational Hypnotist and Mindset Coach Rebecca Wiener McGregor -- we talk about how she went from $436 in her bank account (as a coach with a waitlist, no less!) to now running a 6 figure business.
We dig into the limiting beliefs she overcame, how she learned to charge more (by charging for the value of the transformation!), and the biggest reasons we all struggle to make enough money.
You can download Rebecca's 8 Money Mindset Shifts to Unlock Wealth + Abundance hereor find her on her website.
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 can follow Maggie at @maggiesupernovacoach and join her email list at maggiesupernova.com -- where you get LOADS of goodies like a free meditation and a code to join her Yin yoga class!
Resources we mention on the podcast:
Fried: The Burnout Podcast and my interview on high functioning anxiety
Maggie’s interview on the Putting It Together Podcast
Creating a signature coaching program is both easier than you think AND having a signature program makes it much, much easier to market your business and sign clients. Listen in for why it’s so important to have a signature coaching program, how creating one isn’t what you think, and how it allows you to grow your income and your impact faster, while serving the heck out of your clients. It’s all a win-win!
Read it on the blog here! https://staciemitchell.com/2021/09/13/create-a-signature-coaching-program/
The Coaching Cocoon opens soon! The Coaching Cocoon is 6 months of intimate group coaching with high touch support and community to help you build a simple, sustainable coaching business holistically designed for you.
Applications open to the waitlist only on September 14th -- with a super special discount and bonus you definitely don’t want to miss. You can get on the waitlist by signing up at https://bit.ly/coachingcocoonwaitlist.
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.
If you’re a social worker looking for more work/life balance, you can join Laura’s free Facebook group by going to https://lauraanndunn.com/fbgroup/.
I’m about to launch a super high-touch, small group coaching program The Coaching Cocoon, where you’ll work through the exact framework I used with Laura, so you can create your own unique roadmap to being fully booked. You can sign up for the waitlist to receive early access and a special discount by heading to https://bit.ly/coachingcocoonwaitlist.
Do you feel like you're constantly spinning in your business, wondering why you aren't successful already? Do you feel like you're working really hard, but never actually getting anywhere?
I find that most coaches are trying to "straddle two boats" - their commitment is fragmented, and because of it, they're working against themselves and their own visions for their businesses.
Join Stacie as she dives into "The Two Boats" and how commitment is the foundation of a successful coaching business.
If you want to know more about this process and my framework for helping coaches build thriving, profitable businesses based on their unique skills and strengths, you don’t want to miss my new program The Coaching Cocoon, launching soon. If you want first dibs on the very limited spots and early bird bonuses -- each cohort will only have 5 coaches - get on the waitlist at https://bit.ly/coachingcocoonwaitlist.
What should be the #1 item on your business to-do list every week? Join me as I dig into your most important business non-negotiable -- THE thing that makes everything else work in your coaching business - seriously!
Stacie dives into a topic that she NEVER hears discussed: entrepreneur burnout as a coach -- "coach burnout." No coach ever wants to talk about burning out because it “shouldn’t happen to us”, but burnout can and does happen in coaching businesses, probably much more often than you think.
Stacie dives into what coach burnout looks like, why it happens, and why she’s on a mission to help coaches build sustainable, burnout-proof businesses -- even if it goes against everything the other “online experts” teach.
Read it over on the blog too! https://staciemitchell.com/2021/08/16/coach-burnout/
If you’re feeling really overwhelmed in your coaching business, I highly recommend that you download The Consistent Five. It’s 5 questions I ask myself and my clients that help pull us out of that swamped, can’t-keep-my-head-above-water feeling. When you sign up, you’ll also get my weekly email newsletters with special offers and stories I don’t share anywhere else! You can grab The Consistent Five at https://bit.ly/FreeTCFIVE
In this off-the-cuff episode, Stacie talks about the lessons from the Netflix docuseries The Movies That Made Us, lessons that help us keep from giving up, even when it seems like nothing is working and our dreams will never happen.
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!
Connect with Tracie over on Instagram at _okayokapi_ or on her website at okayokapi.com.
Struggling to stay consistent in your coaching business? Download The Consistent Five: Five powerful questions to help you get unstuck and start staying consistent -- and signing consistent clients -- with ease! Grab 'em here!: https://bit.ly/TCCfive
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.
You can find Miranda at @marketinguninhibited, on her website, and on her own podcast Marketing for the Uninhibited.
Struggling to stay consistent in your coaching business? Download The Consistent Five: Five powerful questions to help you get unstuck and start staying consistent -- and signing consistent clients -- with ease! Grab 'em here!: https://bit.ly/TCCfive
Book mentioned: The Soul-Sourced Entrepreneur by Christine Kane
HBO Documentary Fake Famous
You do NOT want to miss this vulnerable conversation with my business coach Marisa Bailey where she talks about putting her joy before her business by deciding to supplement her business by accepting a dream job. We talk about mental health as entrepreneurs, the pressures of having a coaching business, and the importance of remembering why you wanted a business in the first place.
You can connect with Marisa on Instagram @marisareneebailey.
Read more about my experience getting a full-time job here -- inspired by this conversation!
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.
Ready to create a super compelling coaching program your clients REALLY want? Grab my free training here!: https://bit.ly/freeTCC
Sources:
Hidden Brain podcast: Creatures of Habit
Fresh Air on NPR: Habits: How They Form And How To Break Them
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.
Ready to be seen as the expert and charge more for your coaching? Give me just one hour and I’ll teach you how to create a coaching program that your dream clients REALLY want AND how to write a kick-butt sales page for it. Sign up for the training here!: https://bit.ly/freeTCC
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:
A former weight loss coach who was making 6 figures before shifting to business coaching. She talks about the identity shift required to become the coach who creates a consistent, sustainable income: “If you don’t become the boss, nobody else will.” Caryn Gillen now helps other coaches build their businesses. You can find her at caryngillen.com or on Instagram at @caryngillen.
A sleep consultant for exhausted parents, making a very comfortable, even surprising (!) income that allows for lots of fun with her family. Find Christine Stevens at sleepsolutionsbychristine.com or on Instagram at @christinestevens.sleep.
A public speaking coach who left a “cushy” job in academia so she could fully experience being her own boss. Her income is increasing steadily and this year (in May) she surpassed what she made in all of 2020. Find Megan at ubuskills.com or on Instagram at @ubuskills.
A sex coach and educator, and founder of Passion by Kait, who went from selling sex toys on her Catholic college campus to building a sustainable business practice that works with her chronic illness and still supports her life. You can find Kait Scalisi at passionbykait.com or on Instagram at @passionbykait.2
Struggling to stay consistent in your coaching business? Download The Consistent Five: Five powerful questions to help you get unstuck and start staying consistent -- and signing consistent clients -- with ease! Grab 'em here!: https://bit.ly/FreeTCFIVE
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.
Struggling to stay consistent in your coaching business? Download The Consistent Five: Five powerful questions to help you get unstuck and start staying consistent -- and signing consistent clients -- with ease! Grab 'em here!: https://bit.ly/TCCfive
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.
Are you ready to be The Consistent Coach -- the coach that stays consistent with ease, books consistent clients, and makes a consistent income? There are a few spots left to work with me in 2021. Learn more and apply here: https://staciemitchell.com/consistent
This week’s quote is from This Time I Dance by Tama Kieves
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.
And if you’re ready to stop throwing spaghetti at the wall and finally have a REAL, clear, and sustainable plan for getting consistent clients, my new program The Consistent Coach is for you. Learn more and apply today - limited spots available in 2021! https://staciemitchell.com/consistent
Hear directly from my client Julie from Happy Mind Guide about how she has coaching clients consistently reaching out for consults --- WITHOUT using social media to do it! And has booked herself out for the next 7 months!
We talk about how my coaching program has shifted her approach to marketing - so she can use her strengths and book clients with ease. If you're struggling to grow your coaching business and hate using social media so much, this is for you!
Are you ready to simplify and supercharge your coaching business and become The Consistent Coach? The coach with consistent clients and consistent income?
Learn more and apply at https://staciemitchell.com/consistent.
Want to learn more about Julie and her program? Check her out at https://happymindguide.be/!
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.
And if you want to become that coach -- the one with consistent clients and consistent income, now’s your chance to snag one of TWO spots at a celebratory launch rate! Go here to check it out and apply today! https://staciemitchell.com/consistent
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:
True Crime Obsessed: An Honest Liar
Duped: The Dark Side of Online Business
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!
Follow Stacie on Instagram @staciemitchell or join her free group here!
Find my client Laura’s podcast Burnout Bites and her free Facebook group for social workers and criminal justice professionals here!
A common struggle with new (and not-so-new!) entrepreneurs: Having no idea where to focus your time every week in order to keep growing.
Not anymore! This week’s episode covers how to choose your business non-negotiables -- the tasks you do every single week to grow your business and get more clients -- without burning yourself out in the process.
Want to watch my live interview with my client Julie on how she gets clients without social media? It’s happening on May 12th at 2 pm Eastern in the free Facebook group! Join here: https://staciemitchell.com/group
Struggling to stay consistent in your side business? Today, Stacie shares the four personality types who can never seem to stay consistent and why, as well as how to change it so you can stay consistent with ease. Because we all know consistency over time is the magic sauce of a growing business - you don’t want to miss this one!
Today Stacie covers how to create and launch a group coaching program -- even with your full-time job. Stacie launched two group coaching programs while she was still working her 9-to-5, and she shares her five biggest lessons for launching a group program without burnout or overwhelm.
If you’ve ever thought about launching a group coaching program, you can’t miss it!
Every entrepreneur thinks it, and usually thousands of times:
“It’s not working.”
Stacie covers exactly what to do when nothing seems to be working in your business, and the biggest mistakes she sees entrepreneurs making that keep their businesses from working -- and from growing.
Are you ready to design your unique, sustainable, and FUN plan for growing your business and quitting your job, a plan that makes it EASY to stay consistent so you can finally see your business grow? Come check out my 1:1 coaching program and apply here! https://bit.ly/BizBossDetails
What is entrepreneur burnout and why do you need to be worried about it with your side hustle? Because it can totally get in the way of growing your business and quitting your job!
This episode digs into the research on entrepreneur burnout, and specifically talks about the difference between obsessive passion and harmonious passion, and why it makes all the difference for building a business and a life you love.
Article about the study: What makes entrepreneurs burn out
Ready to create your unique Burnout-Proof Blueprint for growing your business and quitting your job (and actually loving your life in the process)? Come check out Simple Success Collective before enrollment ends on April 9, 2021!
Why is it so dang hard to quit a job you don’t even like? Stacie uncovers all the reasons why it’s so hard to quit, and how to get over your brain drama so you can make a plan to quit your job, be your own boss, and do work you love every day.
Applications are now open for the Simple Success Collective, my affordable 6 month mastermind program for entrepreneurs building their businesses in limited hours. Whether you have a full time job or other responsibilities limiting your time and energy, this was built specifically for you.
The focus of this mastermind is to grow your business while keeping it as simple and constrained as possible. With just the important stuff you need, and none of the fluff you don’t! If you want in, you can apply by visiting staciemitchell.com/collective.
Join Stacie as she digs into what’s wrong with most business programs.
Hint: We’re not letting things be easy!
Listen as she explains what to look for when you’re investing in a program, and how to be sure it’s what you really need for your business. If you’re even thinking about investing in a program anytime soon, this is a must-listen!
Applications are now open for the Simple Success Collective, my affordable 6 month mastermind program for entrepreneurs building their businesses in limited hours. Whether you have a full time job or other responsibilities limiting your time and energy, this was built specifically for you.
The focus of this mastermind is to grow your business while keeping it as simple and constrained as possible. With just the important stuff you need, and none of the fluff you don’t! If you want in, you can apply by visiting staciemitchell.com/collective.
What if business could be easy? What if we can “go with the flow” and still have success? In today’s episode, Stacie talks about the idea of the wu-wei of business, how we tend to overcomplicate, and how it serves us better to keep things simple and easy.
Interested in learning more about wu-wei and Taosim? Listen to the podcast What’s This Tao All About?
Resource: Wu Wei: The Taoist Principle of Action in Non-Action by Elizabeth Reninger
You don’t want to miss this episode where Stacie opens up about her failed launch, the lessons she learned, and what it means for her business moving forward.
Come follow Stacie on Instagram @staciemitchell
Book mentioned in the podcast: The Surrender Experiment by Michael A. Singer
Join Stacie as she interviews Business Strategist Lavonzell Nicholson, who grew her first business to serve 3,000 people per year, and grew her staff from 1 person to 30 people.
But she just didn’t love the work, and burned out in the process. Lavonzell shares her story of deciding to sell the business she’d worked so hard to grow, so she could focus on healing and doing work she loves again.
Lavonzell Nicholson is a Business Strategist and provides leadership coaching, team and project management, and non-financial business support to health and wellness entrepreneurs. You can connect with her on her website or on Instagram.
Ready to finally get your energy back and feel better? Join Stacie as she interviews Nutrition and Wellness Coach Laura Collis who gives us her best tips and advice for improving our wellness and health -- without the burnout and overwhelm.
Laura Collis is a nutrition and wellness coach for women who want to take charge of their health, mindset and daily life to thrive in midlife.
You can find Laura over on her website or on Instagram for more!
Episode note: This is the podcast episode about the impact of light on our health, which covers an experiment of completely removing artificial lights from your home!
Join Stacie as she interviews Career and Life Coach Kelley Shields, who burned out as a lawyer and decided to leave it all behind to be a coach and entrepreneur. Hear her story of realizing she didn't enjoy law --midway through law school with almost 6 figures in student loan debt to prove it -- to burning out in her law career, to figuring out what was next for her. You don't want to miss this one!
Connect with Kelley!
Kelley's website: https://www.kelleyshields.com/
Kelley's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kelleyshields_/
Listen in as Stacie interviews Bri, a former client and entrepreneur, who tells her story of building a successful business and burning out in the process. Bri tells us about how her burnout happened, how her burnout made her dread the work she once loved, and how she ultimately healed her burnout to love her business once again.
In this episode of Burned Out, Much, Stacie interviews Grace Beason, who went from burned out Wedding Planner to multipassionate entrepreneur - Life Coach, Wedding Planner, Interior Designer, and follower of fun and joy! So many creative entrepreneurs will be able to relate to Grace's story of burnout - to not even KNOWING she was burned out, trying to start completely over, and then realizing she actually wasn't meant to completely walk away from her creative business of wedding planning. You don't want to miss her story!
You can connect with Grace on the following platforms:
Because, Why Not? Podcast
Instagram @iamgracebeason
Her website
Stacie interviews her very first guest Kristianna George on how she overcame burnout, built her trust muscle, and took a leap of faith towards her passion for wellness coaching. If you've ever wondered how people get the courage to leave their 9-5s to follow their passions, this episode is for you!
Wellness with Kristianna: Website, Instagram
Alabama’s I’m in a Hurry (And Don’t Know Why)
Stacie takes you through her 7 biggest lessons for building your side business without the hustle and burnout. If you're an entrepreneur or thinking about starting a business, this one is for you!
If you love this podcast, don't forget to send a screenshot of your review to stacie@staciemitchell.com to enter to win a $50 gift card to the store of your choice!
And come join the free Burned Out, Much? community for more trainings and free coaching opportunities. Can't wait to see you there!
Why do we all work so much and struggle to rest? Stacie shares her story as a recovering workaholic and how she finally overcame it -- and how you can too.
Interested in joining Stacie's free Facebook group? Learn more here!
In this episode, Stacie covers the differences between acceptance and resignation, and why acceptance is the only way to true contentment and happiness, as well as the quickest way out of your burnout.
Click here to join Stacie'sBurned Out, Much? Facebook group.
Interested in applying for Stacie's group coaching program? Learn more here!
Do you find it hard to disconnect yourself and your identity from your work? Come listen and reflect on who you are without your work, and how to detach from your work in a healthy way.
Are you beliefs keeping you stuck in burnout? In today's episode, Stacie teaches you how to start changing your beliefs.
Feel stuck in a burnout cycle? Today's episode digs into the top 5 beliefs keeping you stuck in burnout and why they keep you from moving forward.
Today, Stacie digs into the real cause of burnout and how to heal it. You'll learn the three components of burnout, what burnout feels like, and how to escape the burnout cycle. If you're ready to heal your burnout for good, this episode is for you.