Your Circle of Influence: Recent Episodes
Dr. Monikah Ogando and Amy Walker
Welcome to Your Circle of Influence with Dr. Monikah Ogando and Amy Walker. This show is designed for 6 and 7 figure business women who are driving towards their next level goals. We showcase amazing brands led by powerful women, have heartfelt conversations about the challenges we face as we pursue our dreams and celebrate female ambition and contribution. Get your daily dose of business inspiration, strategy and meet some of the coolest women entrepreneurs out there. Let’s expand your circle of influence.To learn more about the podcast, visit http://yourcircleofinfluence.com.
As the year draws to a close and the prospect of a fresh start emerges, many people find themselves reflecting on their dreams and aspirations for the year ahead. While setting goals and making resolutions is a common practice, it's crucial to approach this process with a mindset that expands beyond limitations and embraces the vast realm of possibilities. In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy share their goals and plans for the new year.
Embark on a transformative journey of self-discovery and goal-setting as they guide you through the process of expanding your vision and unlocking your true potential. Discover the power within yourself to achieve your dreams and create a remarkable New Year!
Connect with Amy and Dr. Monikah on Instagram:
Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
In the pursuit of financial success, we often overlook the profound and transformative gifts that business bestows upon us. While financial rewards are undoubtedly significant, the true treasures lie in the intangible aspects of our entrepreneurial endeavors.
Join Dr. Monikah and Amy as they embark on a journey to uncover the hidden gems that business offers, extending far beyond the realm of monetary gains.
- Discover the profound impact of business on personal growth and development
- Uncover the transformative power of building meaningful connections and fostering a sense of belonging
- Recognize the importance of giving back and making a positive impact on the world through business
Embark on a journey of self-discovery and rediscover the profound gifts that business has to offer. Expand your horizons, embrace new perspectives, and uncover the true essence of success that lies beyond the bottom line.
Connect with Amy and Dr. Monikah on Instagram:
Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
We often find ourselves nestled within the confines of our comfort zone, a familiar space where we feel safe and secure. Yet, true growth and transformation lie beyond the boundaries of this self-imposed sanctuary. It is in the realm of the unknown, where fear and uncertainty reside, that we encounter opportunities for personal development and unlock our hidden potential.
In this episode, join Dr. Monikah and Amy as they explore the intersection of comfort, courage, and the growth zone. Embark on a journey of self-discovery and personal transformation as they guide you through the process of stepping out of your comfort zone and embracing the growth zone. Discover the courage within yourself to conquer your fears, pursue your dreams, and achieve remarkable success.
Connect with Amy and Dr. Monikah on Instagram:
Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
It's that time of year again - performance reviews are looming large. Whether you're a manager delivering feedback or an employee seeking growth, navigating this annual ritual can be daunting. But fear not! This episode is your ultimate guide to making year-end reviews productive, insightful, and even enjoyable.
Leave the stress behind and join Dr. Monikah and Amy on a journey to empower both sides of the review desk. Tune in to unlock the secrets of effective year-end reviews - a journey towards rewarding achievements and fulfilling success!
Connect with Amy and Dr. Monikah on Instagram:
Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
In today's interconnected world, the ability to collaborate effectively is more crucial than ever. Collaborative problem-solving is a skill that is essential for success in both personal and professional endeavors.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy delve into the world of collaborative problem-solving. They share their strategies on how to apply this technique in real-life scenarios, from resolving team conflicts to making critical business decisions.
This episode is a must-listen for team leaders, project managers, and anyone aiming to create a more harmonious and effective team environment. Tune in to learn how to harness the power of collective problem-solving and transform your team dynamics.
Connect with Amy and Dr. Monikah on Instagram:
Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
Tis the season to be stressed? For many people, the holidays are the most wonderful time of the year but can also be one of the most stressful. From shopping, cooking, decorating, hosting guests and more - there's a lot to do and it can feel overwhelming. In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy discuss simple strategies for keeping holiday stress under control so you don't end up feeling like the Grinch this season.
- Don't lose sight of your sense of humor
- Learn to say "No" and say it more often.
- Don't sacrifice next year for the next 30 days.
Tune in to find practical ways to tame holiday stress and actually feel festive this year.
Connect with Amy and Dr. Monikah on Instagram:
Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
Have you struggled to find great candidates and make hiring decisions? In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about how to have better hires. Amy shares her best tips for attracting and selecting top talent.
Key highlights of this episode include:
1. The Foundation of a Great Hire - have a clearly defined vision, core values, and company culture.
2. Diversity and Inclusion - Strategies for building a diverse workforce.
3. The Process Decoded - Hire slow.
By the end of the episode, you'll walk away with actionable hiring hacks to find top performers who will help take your business to the next level. Let's get started with revamping your hiring process!
Connect with Amy and Dr. Monikah on Instagram:
Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
In today's fast-paced world, it's easy to fall into the trap of overworking. We're constantly bombarded with messages that tell us we need to work harder, be more productive, and achieve more. But what if all of this busyness is actually making us less productive and less happy?
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy explore the dangers of overworking, and the strategies for finding balance in a workaholic world. They will share their insights on how to create a more sustainable and fulfilling work-life balance.
- Always audit your assumptions
- Understand the value of blank spaces in your calendar.
- Create better processes and systems.
If you're feeling overwhelmed by work, take some time to listen to this episode and learn about the strategies that can help you find balance and prevent burnout. You're worth it!
Connect with Amy and Dr. Monikah on Instagram:
Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
Have you ever wondered what fitness and business have in common? More than you might think!
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about the lessons they use in business from their fitness journey. They share valuable insights from their personal fitness journey and how these lessons have profoundly influenced their business strategies and leadership style. They explore themes like discipline, resilience, goal-setting, and the importance of consistency.
If you're looking for inspiration and motivation to achieve your goals, this episode is for you.
Connect with Amy and Dr. Monikah on Instagram:
Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
Manifestation is the practice of using your thoughts and beliefs to create your desired reality. It's a powerful tool that can help you achieve your goals and live your best life. In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy share their favorite manifestation tools.
- Affirmations
- Visualization
- Gratitude Journal
- Money Journal
- Prayer
If you're ready to start manifesting your dreams and goals, this episode is for you. Tune in to learn how to get started and make these tools work for you. Manifestation awaits!
Connect with Amy and Dr. Monikah on Instagram:
Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
As a business owner, you've worked hard to build your company and ensure its success. But have you thought about what would happen to your business if you were to pass away, become disabled, or go through a divorce?
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy delve into the often-overlooked but crucial aspects of business protection, focusing on how to safeguard your company from the potential devastation of death, disability, and divorce. These three scenarios can have a significant impact on the future of your business, but with the right strategies and planning, you can mitigate the risks and ensure the continuity of your company.
Connect with Amy and Dr. Monikah on Instagram:
Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
In order to lead effectively and productively, it is imperative to set and maintain healthy boundaries. This means knowing and communicating your limits, both personal and professional, and being able to say no when necessary. It also means respecting the boundaries of others, and understanding that everyone has different needs and preferences.
In this podcast episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy discuss the must-have boundaries for effective and efficient leadership for teams to function and flow well. They explore some tips for setting and maintaining them effectively. They also discuss the challenges that leaders often face in setting boundaries, and how to overcome them.
- Have an honest and direct communication.
- Be ready and open to accept feedback.
- Allow your team to be pro-active solution finders.
- Assume positive intent.
- Understand that we all need time off and rest.
If you are a leader, or if you are aspiring to be a leader, then this episode is for you. Learn how to set and maintain healthy boundaries, so that you can lead more effectively and productively.
Connect with Amy and Dr. Monikah on Instagram:
Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
Love is often seen as a soft skill, but what if it was the secret ingredient to a successful business? In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy explore the concept of love as a business strategy.
They'll discuss how building meaningful relationships with clients and customers can lead to increased loyalty, customer retention, and ultimately, growth for your business. We'll examine the different ways to incorporate love into your business, such as offering exceptional customer service, building strong relationships with clients, and focusing on the well-being of your customers and employees.
If you're interested in creating a more human-centered workplace, this episode is for you. Join us as we explore the power of love and how it can transform your business.
Connect with Amy and Dr. Monikah on Instagram:
Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
Are you feeling burnt out or stuck in your career? Are you longing for a chance to recharge, reflect, and rediscover your passion and purpose? Then you might want to consider taking a sabbatical. In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy explore the concept of sabbaticals as a portal to growth, and how taking a break from your daily routine can help you cultivate new skills, gain fresh perspectives, and reignite your enthusiasm for your work.
Join them as they discuss the benefits of taking a sabbatical, including the opportunity to step back and assess your priorities, the chance to learn new skills and gain new experiences, and the ability to return to your work with renewed energy and enthusiasm.
Connect with Amy and Dr. Monikah on Instagram:
Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
Women in business face a number of unique challenges, but one of the most pervasive is the impossible societal expectations that are placed on them. From being expected to be perfect mothers and wives to being told that they can't have it all, women are constantly being judged and scrutinized for their choices. In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy explore some of the most common societal expectations for women in business and discuss how they can impact women's careers and mental health.
- Women are expected to work as if they dont have a family and have a family as if they don't have work.
- Women are expected to be forever young.
- Women are expected to start, run and grow their businesses without financial investment upfront.
- Women are expected to be married or have children.
- Women are expected to look a certain way in order to be considered professional.
Join Dr. Monikah and Amy as they discuss the impossible expectations faced by women in business and discover how we can create a more equitable and supportive environment for everyone to thrive. This is one episode you won't want to miss!
Connect with Amy and Dr. Monikah on Instagram:
Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy dive into the world of business apps and tools to help you optimize your productivity, organization, and overall efficiency. They've handpicked their favorite tools that have made a significant impact on their businesses and they're excited to share them with you!
- Canva - is a graphic design tool that works to simplify the process of digital design.
- Thinkific - a software platform that enables entrepreneurs to create, market, sell, and deliver their own online courses.
- Slack - a messaging app for business that connects people to the information they need.
- GoHighLevel - a comprehensive, all-in-one online business solution that streamlines online marketing and client management operations
- Calendly - a virtual availability and booking app
- Notion - a freemium productivity and note-taking web application
- Google Calendar - a time-management and scheduling calendar.
- Quickbooks - an accounting software package.
- Click up - a cloud-based collaboration and project management tool suitable for businesses of all sizes and industries
- Vidyo.ai - a video and podcast repurposing company that leverages the power of AI to transform long-form videos into captivating short clips
- Filmora - simple video editor that empowers you to edit video and audio on Windows and Mac
- Zapier - an online automation tool that connects your apps and services.
- Social Tenacity Hub - is an all-in-one scheduling platform.
Whether you're a seasoned entrepreneur or just starting out, having the right tools at your disposal can make all the difference. Join them as they discuss a variety of apps and tools that can help you with project management, communication, time management, accounting, and more.
Connect with Amy and Dr. Monikah on Instagram:
Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
In today's episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy dive into a critical decision that many businesses face - when to build an internal team versus when to outsource tasks and projects. With the growing availability of freelancers and agencies, it can be challenging to determine which approach is best for your business. Join them as they discuss the pros and cons of each option, along with some guiding questions to help you make an informed decision.
1. Prioritize hiring staff who will generate revenue (appointment setter, marketing assistant, administrative assistant)
2. Outsourcing can be a great way to improve your efficiency and productivity by freeing up your time so you can focus on the things that matter most.
So, tune in to learn how to make the right choice for your business and take your team management skills to the next level.
Connect with Amy and Dr. Monikah on Instagram:
Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
No woman succeeds alone. Behind every successful woman are the support systems that help her get through challenges, celebrate victories, and keep moving forward. In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy explore the 5 types of support every woman needs to thrive.
- Professionals (Mentors, Coaches, Accountants, Lawyers)
- Family or found family
- Team
- Peers
- Customers
Follow these five pillars and you'll develop the robust support infrastructure every successful woman leverages. It takes a village - now you'll know how to build yours!
Connect with Amy and Dr. Monikah on Instagram:
Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
Hustle culture is a pervasive ideology that tells us that we can and should achieve anything we set our minds to, no matter the cost. But what happens when this culture collides with the realities of being a woman?
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy explore the ways in which hustle culture can be harmful to women, both mentally and physically. They'll talk about the pressure to be constantly "on," the unrealistic expectations of productivity, and the ways in which hustle culture can lead to burnout, anxiety, and depression. Finally, they will share some tips for how women can resist the pressures of hustle culture and create a more balanced and sustainable life.
- Honor the flow of energy.
- Accept the fact that we thrive in a community.
Connect with Amy and Dr. Monikah on Instagram:
Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
Are you ready to take your business to the next level? If so, you need to start by upleveling your thinking. In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy discuss how shifting your mindset and perspective can have a profound impact on your ability to achieve success and overcome challenges.
They also share practical tips and strategies for developing a growth mindset and overcoming limiting beliefs.
1. Audit your assumption.
2. Bring your whole self.
3. Create momentum.
If you're ready to start thinking big and taking action, then this episode is for you!
Connect with Amy and Dr. Monikah on Instagram:
Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
In this episode, we explore the exciting potential of artificial intelligence (AI) for businesses of all sizes. From streamlining processes and increasing productivity to automated marketing and sales and improving decision-making, AI can help you achieve profitable results like never before. Join Dr. Monikah and Amy as they share their insights on how to leverage AI in your business, including the latest trends and best practices.
Here are some examples of AI tools that you can use in your businesses:
1. Chat GPT
2. Try it on AI
3. Midjourney
4. ElevenLabs
These are just a few examples of AI tools that you can use in your businesses. The specific AI tools that are right for you will depend on your specific needs and goals. So, whether you're just starting out or looking to take your business to the next level, this episode is sure to inspire and empower you to harness the power of AI for your company's success.
Connect with Amy and Dr. Monikah on Instagram:
Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
Negative experiences can be a gift. They can lead to positive outcomes such as personal growth, the discovery of new opportunities, strengthened relationships, a greater appreciation for life, and spiritual development.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy how healing past hurts and traumas can help you to find your true purpose in life, and how it can also lead to greater success in business. They share their personal journey of overcoming past hurts and traumas, and how it has helped them become successful entrepreneurs. They discuss the importance of healing and self-care in achieving success, and the impact it can have on your personal and professional life.
Whether you're just starting out in your career or looking to take your business to the next level, this episode is a must-listen for anyone looking to find their purpose and live a fulfilling life.
Connect with Amy and Dr. Monikah on Instagram:
Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
Join Dr. Monikah and Amy as they delve into the idea that true success is achieved by working in partnership with God. This episode provides practical tips for cultivating a deeper connection with God and using that connection to achieve one's goals. Listeners will come away from this episode with a greater understanding of the role of faith in success, and a renewed sense of purpose and direction.
- Recognize the voice that speaks. Discern the difference between your ego and the voice of God.
- Be really honest to yourself of what you are willing and unwilling to do or be.
- Figure out how to open your spiritual receptor.
- Learn to allow God to do his part.
Connect with Amy and Dr. Monikah on Instagram:
Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
In today's fast-paced and complex business world, it's easy to get caught up in the hype of the latest trends and technologies, and to lose sight of the basics. But the truth is, the key to success in business is often found in the simplest of things.
Join Dr. Monikah and Amy as they talk about the key principle to success in business is to find the simplest path. They discuss how to identify the core principles that drive your business, and how to streamline your operations to focus on what really matters.
From eliminating unnecessary processes to simplifying your marketing funnels strategy, they explore practical ways for finding the simplest path to success.
- Avoid using complexity as a means to impress others.
- Seek out a mentor, join a community, or find a fresh perspective by bringing in someone new to your business
Whether you're just starting out or looking to take your business to the next level, this episode will provide valuable insights and inspiration for anyone looking to find the power of simplicity in their business.
Connect with Amy and Dr. Monikah on Instagram:
Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
In today's rapidly changing business landscape, resilience is more important than ever. From unexpected market shifts to personal crises, unexpected challenges can strike at any time, leaving even the most successful businesses reeling.
Join Dr. Monikah and Amy as they share practical strategies for building resilience, bouncing back from setbacks and overcoming adversity to achieve their goals.
- Take a break from the pain.
- Buck up!
- Become your best advocate.
Whether you're a seasoned entrepreneur or just starting out, this episode will provide valuable insights and advice for anyone looking to build a more resilient and adaptable business. So sit back, relax, and learn how to weather the storm and come out on top.
Connect with Amy and Dr. Monikah on Instagram:
Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
Are you feeling stuck in your life or unsure of the direction you're headed?
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy explore the concept of writing a personal declaration of independence. They discuss the idea of taking control of your life and setting yourself free from limiting beliefs and patterns. From saying YES to faith, fun, family, freedom and financial stability to saying NO to overwhelm, stress and overschedule, they share their own personal declaration of indepedence.
Whether you're looking to make a major change in your life or simply want to take control of your destiny, this episode is your guide to writing your own personal declaration of independence.
Connect with Amy and Dr. Monikah on Instagram:
Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
In today's world, it's more important than ever for business owners to use their platforms to speak up about their stands on social justice issues.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy explore how you can use social media to speak up as a business owner to make a difference and promote positive change. They'll discuss the importance of using your voice to advocate for issues that matter to you, and provide tips on how to do it effectively.
- Listen before you react.
- Revise your post before posting it.
- Be clear on what the higher principles are.
- Get offline and spend time in your community.
Whether you're looking to start a social media campaign or simply want to make a difference in your community, this episode is a must-listen for any business owner who wants to use their platform for good.
Connect with Amy and Dr. Monikah on Instagram:
Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
Have you ever noticed that a person's facial expressions and words can sometimes contradict each other? This is because only a small percentage of human communication is based on spoken words. The majority of communication happens through body language, such as facial expressions, eye contact, posture, and gestures.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy delve into the fascinating world of body language and how it can be used to interpret and understand others. They discuss the various nonverbal cues that people use to communicate, such as facial expressions, body postures, and gestures, and how to read them correctly to interpret someone's true feelings and intentions. If you're interested in improving your social skills and understanding others better, this episode is definitely worth a listen!
Connect with Amy and Dr. Monikah on Instagram:
Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
Are you struggling to find the right business coach for your women-owned business?
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy will guide you through the process of finding a coach who understands your unique needs as a woman entrepreneur. They'll explore the key qualities to look for in a coach, including experience, expertise, deliverability, and style. Whether you're just starting your search or are ready to dive in, this episode is your go-to guide for finding the right business coach for your women-owned business.
Connect with Amy and Dr. Monikah on Instagram:
Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
If you consistently doubt your accomplishments, question your abilities or worry about being seen as a “fraud,” you may be suffering from imposter syndrome.
In this episode, join Dr. Monikah and Amy for an eye-opening episode about Imposter Syndrome and how it affects women entrepreneurs. They share their experiences and share share their strategies for managing it, including building self-confidence, seeking support, and challenging negative thoughts. Whether you're just starting out or have been in business for years, this episode will provide valuable insights and practical tips for pushing past Imposter Syndrome and achieving success on your own terms. Don't miss out!
Connect with Amy and Dr. Monikah on Instagram:
Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
Health and wellness are important to us all, but sometimes our busy lives can get in the way of taking care of ourselves.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy share six key shifts you can make to uplevel your health and lifestyle. From understanding the power of mindset to making healthy habits a priority, we'll cover all the tips and tricks you need to know to improve your health and well-being. Join them as they explore how to make these powerful changes in your life and take your health and lifestyle to the next level.
- Reidentify your relationship with your body and your lifestyle.
- Prioritize your health first.
- Take time to take some rests.
4. Treat your pleasures and your rests not as a reward but as a necessity.
5. Eat nutritious food
6. Get as much support from your community as possible.
Connect with Amy and Dr. Monikah on Instagram:
Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
Investing can be intimidating, but it doesn't have to be.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy will walk you through the process of starting as an investor, from understanding the basics of investing to creating a plan for your investment strategy. They'll also cover some common pitfalls to avoid and how to keep your investments on track. Whether you're looking to invest in stocks, mutual funds, or other assets, this episode is a must-listen for anyone looking to get started as an investor.
- Figure out your risk tolerance level.
2. Determine how much money you want to invest on a regular basis.
3. Determine how involved you want to be.
Connect with Amy and Dr. Monikah on Instagram:
Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
Building a high-performing team doesn't happen overnight. It takes time, effort, and a clear plan.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about how to grow a top performing team. They share some tips and strategies for building a top-performing team that will take your business to the next level. Whether you're a business owner or a team leader, this episode is packed with valuable information that will help you build a team that performs at the top of its game.
1. Be clear about your core values and hire the team members who understand those values.
2. Create a process on everything that you want your team to do.
3. Make skills assessment a part of your hiring process.
4. Treat your team like a TEAM!
Connect with Amy and Dr. Monikah on Instagram:
Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
Running a business takes a lot of hard work, dedication, and time. But what if you could structure your business so that it could run without you?
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about how to structure your business to run without you. They cover the steps you need to take to set up your business for long-term success and allow you to step back without worrying about the day-to-day operations. From delegating tasks and trusting your team to creating a clear plan for the future, they will walk you through everything you need to know to ensure your business can thrive without you.
- Let go of the idea that everybody wants you.
- Let go of the idea that everything has to be done your way.
3. You can't always step in to rescue your team when times are turbulent. - Document the processes in your business
- Be very clear of what you want your business to give you
Connect with Amy and Dr. Monikah on Instagram:
Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
As leaders, we know just how difficult navigating the uncertainty of today is. There is turbulence that happens in the world around us, and there is also turbulence that happen within us. So how do you show up as a leader during these times?
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about how to show up as a leader in turbulent times. They share their tips on how you can lead your team effectively amidst the challenges that are happening around you. and within you.
- Do emotional balancing in the mornings and ask for divine support in areas that you need.
- Let your team know about your boundaries.
- Make peace with the fact that where you give your contribution may not be where you get contributed to.
Connect with Amy and Dr. Monikah on Instagram:
Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
Demands for your time are coming in all the time – from family members, friends, coworkers, etc. In order to stay productive, minimize stress, and avoid wasting time, you have to learn the art of saying no—an art that many people have difficulties with. In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about the art of saying No.
Connect with Amy and Dr. Monikah on Instagram:
Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
If you’re new to lead generation or are exploring more options for expanding your company’s lead gen efforts, organic lead generation is for you.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy discuss about organic lead generation. They discuss the benefits of it and share some effective starategies that you can do to help your business thrive.
- Youtube videos
- Participating in summits
- Collaborative marketing
- Live speaking
- Linkedin Events
Connect with Amy and Dr. Monikah on Instagram:
Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
Do you know what's holding you back and keeping you from achieving success in your life and business? In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about how to identify your success blockers and move past them.
- Your commitment is what creates the results.
- Stop code switching
Connect with Amy and Dr. Monikah on Instagram:
Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
Do you ever feel like you weren’t able to accomplish everything on your list after a busy workday? You start with a plan, a list, a goal, but by the end of the day, you find your to-do list is even longer.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy share their best tips on getting more done and increasing productivity.
- Understand what activities energize and drain you
- Follow your own energy signature
- Schedule "themes" on certain days
- Don't work frantic, or stressed
- Do more of less
- Know your own pace
- Keep a time log of yourself
Connect with Amy and Dr. Monikah on Instagram:
Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
When you hire the right team, you are taking the first step in positioning your business for success.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about how you can use your team as an income stream. They share tips on who you should hire first and what to do before you hire someone.
- Hire low cost, high ROI (example: Appointment setters)
- Hire those that can save you more time (example: Admin)
Connect with Amy and Dr. Monikah on Instagram:
Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
The words "public speaking" might make some of you cringe. But public speaking offers a number of benefits that can help your business thrive.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about having speaking as an income stream. Amy shares the importance of speaking and the benefits it can bring to your business.
- Builds your authority
- Generate leads
- Elevate the perception of your brand
- Low cost
Connect with Amy and Dr. Monikah on Instagram:
Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
Money is a tool that can help you to achieve your goals. But to achieve these goals, you need to know how to make your money work for you.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about your money moves as an income stream. They discuss on ways how your money can make more money in terms of your thought leadership.
- Pricing your products or services for profit
- Leveraging your credit
- Put your money in your investment account
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Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
What's the secret to a successful business? Relationships!
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about making your relationships as an income stream. They discuss the different relationships and how nurturing these relationships can benefit your business.
- Peer to peer relationships
- Investor relationships
- Client relationships
- Influencer relationships
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Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
Using intellectual property to your advantage can become the perfect side hustle, one that generates income even when you're not around.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about having your intellectual property as an income stream. They share the importance of creating and protecting your intellectual property and make money from it.
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Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about the dark feminine secrets for high achieving leaders. They discuss about accessing the aspects of your femininity that may not be accepted by society but you can harness for your results.
- Be the fierce protector of the children of your own vision.
- Be able to accept things as they are
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Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
Are you more naturally wired to be purpose focused or results focused?
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about how do you validate your life, is it through purpose or results?
Ask yourself:
1. Why do I want this?
2. What have I made more important?
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Amy: @amywalkercoach
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Research agrees that who you marry can significantly affect your level of success. People with supportive spouses are more likely to give themselves the chance to succeed. Thus, one of the biggest decision of your life is choosing the person you will marry.
In this episode, Dr. monikah and Amy talk about how to keep your marriage thriving when pursuing your dreams.
- Honor that you and your spouse pace of growth are different
- Recognize that your needs are shifting as time goes on
- Separate your spouse' value from earnings
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Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
Why is keeping commitments to yourself so difficult? Why do we let ourselves down so often and prioritize everything else instead?
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about honoring commitments to yourself. They share their ways on how they honor commitments to themselves.
- Get a mentor
- Join a mastermind
- Peer to peer accountability
- Make mini commitments
- Stop overcommitting
- Write an apology letter to yourself
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Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
Time is a lot like money. If it’s not budgeted, it will be wasted.
Making a schedule allows us to get the most of our time. However, most times, when we schedule, we tend to control and harness time and tell time what to do instead of making a partnership and relationship with time so we end up not being able to sustain the schedule we set for ourselves.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about how to build a sustainable schedule that works.
- Look at the needs of your body and how does that flow
- Look at your ultimate top priorities
- Create more white space in your schedule
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Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
The New Year is the perfect time to clear out any unwanted memories and conditions from your life that occurred during the previous year and create space for new beginnings.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about their practices for releasing the old and welcoming the new. Dr. Monikah shares about the Burning Bowl ceremony as a way of releasing any negativity from the past.
- Create a sacred space for yourself
- On a piece of paper, write down everything that you are releasing
- When you are done, fold the paper away from you
- Put the paper in a fire-safe container and set it on fire.
- Take another sheet of paper, then write to yourself as though you are the 12 month from now version of yourself. Keep this paper with you.
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Amy: @amywalkercoach
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Have you ever stared at a goal on your list and thought to yourself, “Is this really what I should be spending my time on?"
Setting goals has been proven as an effective way to manage and measure success. But there are times when you might set goals that are impossible to achieve or goals that are not in alignment to the person you want to be. This can cause frustration and discourages you from moving forward.
To ensure you're on the path to success, you need to realize which goals are actually important to getting you where you want to go.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy discuss about how to know if you are pursuing the right goals. They share the process that they go through when setting their goals.
1. Re-evaluate what your top priorities and values are
2. Figure out the how
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Amy: @amywalkercoach
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!
It’s the time of year to reflect on the past year, take inventory of what you would like to change, and make bold declarations of what you want to achieve this year. That is why there is no better way to kick off this season than for Dr. Monikah and Amy to talk about PLANNING! In this episode, they share their personal strategic plans for the new year.
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In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about the 5 pillars of wealth building. They discuss on tips on how to build wealth that you really desire and do it in such a way that it supports who you are as a person and the legacy that you want to leave.
- Make money
- Manage your money
- Multiply your money
- Minister with your money
- Mastermind for your money
REFERENCES:
1. Profit First: Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine by Mike Michalowicz
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Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy interview Julie Ritchie to talk about becoming the warrioress in youe business.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about how to work from home with kids - without killing them :) Amy shares her strategies to get things done.
- Be honest with your capability and capacity
- Recognize the idea that everytime you say YES to something, you say NO to something else.
3. Minimize your life - Protect your workspace and train the people around you to respect it.
- Stop treating regular distractions like emergencies.
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Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about their feminine success principles.
- Create win-win situations.
- Identify which part of you is talking
- Create a white space in your calendar
- Honor the feminine flow
- Magical collaborations
- Uplevel your mindset
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Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about the psychology of goal achievement.
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Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
The only real luxury is TIME. Once time is gone, you can't get it back. That is why, it is important to spend your time on the things that really matters. Especially on the things that can help your business grow.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy interview Lakisha Sarbah to talk about automations and systems in your business. They talk about how automation could benefit your business by freeing up resources and improving consistency.
- Start from where you are.
- Automate the most important tasks that can save you more time
Lakisha Sarbah is an online marketing automation expert who envisions, plans, and executes effective email marketing and sales funnel strategies to help increase sales and retain customer relationships.
She is a performance-driven entrepreneur with a record of success leading teams, managing service operations and training small business owners and entrepreneurs.
For more info, you can connect with her through:
FACEBOOK: @LakishaSarbahbiz
WEBSITE: https://www.lakishasarbah.com/
For a free systems and automaton assessment, schedule it here: https://bit.ly/assessmysystems
Sigmund Freud once said, "Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength." In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about how harnessing vulnerability can be a superpower.
- Be clear about what structures you have in place.
- Assume positive intent.
- Make powerful requests
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Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
Not everything about feminine leadership is beautiful.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about the shadow side of femine leadership.
- The rage that comes from women is not personal, but it is usually out of advocacy.
- Jealousy is the window to your desire.
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Amy: @amywalkercoach
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If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
In this episode, Paulina Lopez joins Amy and Dr. Monikah to discuss the Business of WE (Women Entreprenuers).
- Do your inner work
- Tough love
- Stay consistent
Paulina is a Best-Selling Author, International Speaker, Business Coach, Consultant and Strategist. She is CEO and Founder of "The Business of WE (Women Entrepreneurs)". She’s a contributing author in “Today’s Inspired Latina” and “Journey to the Stage”. Her Corporate Background is in Finance, Operations, Strategy, Human Resources and Communications. Collectively these skills provided valuable experience and expertise… In finance, she excelled in creating systems and structures to simplify and streamline operations. In Human Resources, she thrived in identifying and developing leaders, witnessing first-hand true potential being denied opportunity, based on how they looked on paper. Growing other businesses motivated and inspired her to pursue her own entrepreneurial path and support others in creating a business that feels true to them.
2022 Business of WE:
This year mark’s the 7th anniversary of The Business of WE Entrepreneur and Business Summit Conference. The live event is designed with a powerful, resilient, forward-thinking entrepreneurial woman in mind. The intention is to reach your next level, share your expertise, and create a sustainable business that feels true to YOU! When you lead yourself, you have the ability to create impact, paving the way for others! Now is the time for women to make that next big bold move, in a highly impactful way... Yes, women entrepreneurs have been stepping up and showing up, changing the game in business... WE NEED MORE OF IT!
For more info, you can connect with her through:
INSTAGRAM: @businessofwe
WEBSITE: https://bizofwe.com/
You become the sum total of the five people you hang out with.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about how good friends transform you. They talk about how every big achievement is made up of small achievements. And how every small achievement can be attributed to a push from one of your friends.
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Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy interview Amanda Moxley to talk about speaking your way to success. They discuss how to leverage telling your story to make those connections, attract more clients, and eventually grow your business.
- Journal out your story and position it out for your ideal client.
- Showcase your vulnerability but also show your expertise.
- Add the details of how bad it was, but also include the transformation.
For more info, you can visit https://amandamoxley.com or attend her masterclass by visiting https://bit.ly/3zcmh49 and be a sought- after speaker.
Amanda Moxley is an International Business Coach. With over 17 years of experience speaking, coaching, mentoring and building businesses online and offline. Her genius is tuning into you and your unique “seminar” story to find the GOLD, package it up, deliver it from a place of deep connection and joy though speaking.
If you don't create intentional healthy boundaries, you will create unintentional unhealthy walls.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about managing your boundaries. Like fences that protect what's valuable to you and allow you to control who and what enters your space, your personal boundaries do a similar job. Boundaries help you to look after yourself and those around you. If you don't maintain boundaries, your work and well-being can suffer.
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Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy interview Jennifer Urezzio to talk about how to consciously connect with your soul language to achieve success.
Jennifer Urezzio is the founder of Soul Language – a paradigm that puts tangibility to Soul so a conscious connection can be established to enable crystal clear decisions for success. Jennifer is also a master intuitive and the author of two best-selling books. Currently, she has trained over 30 practitioners worldwide in Soul Language. Currently, there are over 5,000 individuals all over the world connecting to their Soul Languages.
SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS
https://www.facebook.com/jenniferurezzio
https://www.facebook.com/SoulLanguage/
https://www.instagram.com/soullanguagefounder/
https://twitter.com/SoulLanguage
http://www.youtube.com/c/JenniferUrezzio
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferurezzio/
PODCAST:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/asked-and-answered-by-soul/id1537594615
FREE GIFT:
https://www.soullanguage.us/sacredpractice/
Creating a Sacred Practice That WorksWhy do we need a sacred practice? When we feel separate from our higher power, that separation shows up in our lives as lack, pain, and suffering. Participating in a daily sacred practice that fits who you are will allow you to create in a more powerful way, feel more at peace, and know that you are safe no matter what challenge may appear in your experience. As a spiritual renegade, your sacred practice needs to be flexible, fun and innovative like you.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Jennifer Urezzio
www.soullanguage.us
862-368-5877
Success does not come easy, it comes at a cost. But, are you paying at the expense of yourself?
Chasing your dreams can sometimes leave you feeling burnt out. In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about finding the sweet spot between going after the things that you want but not killing yourself in the process.
- Get enough sleep and stay hydrated
2. Allow yourself to pause and ask questions before you move - Don't work when you are frantic, stressed, or overwhelmed.
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Amy: @amywalkercoach
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In this episode, Lindsay Stead joins Amy and Dr. Monikah to talk about the power of relationships and connections.
From start to scale, Lindsay Stead will revolutionize your business with the strategy, industry knowledge, friendship, and support you need. Lindsay Stead is a trailblazer when it comes to the coaching industry; having built her entire career around the belief that your success is inevitable as long as you keep going and forge genuine relationships.
Lindsay has supported entrepreneurs looking to build a sustainable business that makes an impact, all while having fun and staying true to who you are. When you work with Lindsay you get a dose of accountability, strategy, support, friendship, cheerleading, and everything in between.
Building genuine relationships online didn’t always come easily to Lindsay; a true INFJ, Lindsay has always valued her privacy and alone time, often needing it to recharge. This genuine understanding has enabled Lindsay to support fellow introverts and shy-leaning entrepreneurs build their businesses without being in that constant state of burnout.
For more info, you can connect with her through:
INSTAGRAM: https://bit.ly/thelindsaystead
WEBSITE: www.thelindsaystead.com
LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsay-stead/
FACEBOOK COMMUNITY: https://bit.ly/heartcenteredfacebook
How do you feel engaged without feeling frustrated on the world that we live in?
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about finding the right balance between knowing that you need to protect your own emotional well being without emotionally disconnecting from what’s going on in the world.
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Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
In this episode, Amy and Dr. Monikah interview Adina Gittens- Smith to talk about understanding the balance between masculinity and feminity.
Adina Gittens- Smith provides a highly skilled, zealous approach to the real estate requirements of companies and mission driven organizations. She specializes in tenant representation, including lease acquisitions, space dispositions, and multi-market relocations. She has extensive knowledge of the Washington D.C. real estate market, strategic planning, and creative problem-solving solutions. She is a trusted real estate advisor to her clients with a reputation built on client service and cultivating exclusive, long-term relationships. Her client portfolio includes Fortune 500 companies, law firms, not-for-profit organizations, technology, and media companies. Exceptional communication and innate ability to harness clients’ insights are hallmarks that enabled her to exceed clients’ expectations. She is sought after to translate financial and qualitative data, market trends analysis into customized real estate strategies, she meets the most ambitious clients’ goals while minimizing risk and exposure. She has been instrumental in implementing occupancy cost reduction strategies and excel with complex lease negotiation. She believes success is built on people, productivity, and engagement.
Great things happen when we work together.
In this episode, Amy and Dr. Monikah talk about the power of collaboration and they give us tips on how to make those great collaborations and avoid the bad ones.
- The best collaboration is not where you duplicate yourself.
- Determine the reason why you do it together.
- Plan for the divorce before you get married.
- Go after the network that you want.
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Amy: @amywalkercoach
Dr. Monikah: @monikahogando
Do you lack the capital for your next big event or company project?
In this episode, Amy and Monika Interview Linda Hollander to discuss the power of corporate sponsorships. She discusses what corporate sponsors can do for your business and shares what to do to get sponsors to make your next big project, book, or event a reality.
- Be clear on your concept and demographics
- Prepare your wishlist
- Make a sponsor proposal
- Funding
Linda Hollander has been featured by Inc. Magazine as the leading expert in corporate sponsorships She is the CEO of Sponsor Concierge which helps business owners profit from the awesome power of corporate sponsors. Linda Hollander has 20 years of experience in business. Her corporate sponsors have included Microsoft, Citibank, Fed Ex, Health Net, American Airlines, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Staples, Wal Mart and IBM..
For more info, you can visit www.successwithsponsors.com
REFERENCES:
- Corporate Sponsorships in 3 Easy Steps: Get Funding from SponsorsEven if You're just Getting Started by Linda Hollader
Everything was going so well. You were making significant progress towards your goal. Then suddenly, life throws us a curveball at you. Well, as most of you have probably experienced in your own lives, the unexpected happened while a major life event was underway.
In this comeback episode, Monikah and Amy talk about how to get back on track when you’ve been off track. They talk about the importance of giving yourself time and space to process hard experiences yet still be able to progress and share tips on how to do that.
- Drop resistance
- Be honest
- Make powerful requests
- There is wisdom in minimalism
- Have faith that all things are going to get better
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy interview the expert of experts, Debie Allen. Debbie gives advice on what to focus on if entrepreneurs want to build their own 6 or 7 figure business.
- Believe in yourself when others don't believe in you.
- Pay attention to people who are already successful at what you want to do.
- Invest on yourself.
For more information, you can go to www.debbieallen.com
Debbie Allen has been an entrepreneur from birth ... well almost. She says she was just stubborn enough, curious enough, determined enough, and committed enough to begin building and selling million-dollar companies from a very young age.
Debbie is a bestselling author of 9 books including The Highly Paid Expert and Success Is Easy She is ranked as one of the top business speakers worldwide, ... and has presented in 28 coun-
tries around the world.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy interview Deb Battersby to talk about mindset work for leaders.
Deb Battersby is a speaker, author, success coach, and creator of the FreedomPointTM System. As an in-demand speaker on Business Success Formulas and Extreme Personal Achievement, Deb has spoken to thousands around the globe from New York to Sydney. Deb and her company, Success Matrix International, are dedicated to accelerating the success and enhancing the quality of life of its global clientele. Deb works with diverse and dynamic individuals and organizations, from those facing abrupt change to those spear-heading it.
Known for innovative techniques and dramatic results, Deb has helped thousands achieve their goals and transform their lives using her FreedomPointTM System. She is a Master Practitioner in the field of neuro-linguistics, neuro-associative conditioning, as well as a certified hypnotherapist. Deb is also distinguished as an elite Master Trainer with Robbins Research International.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy interview Yamilca Rodriguez to talk about Archetype branding.
Yamilca Rodriguez is best known as a Former brand Leader at the most significant brand building company globally, the Procter & Gamble Company.
For over decades, she has been helping brands, and individuals create unforgettable brand experiences. She was featured on Forbes Magazine, The Voice-Tribune, The Courier-Journal, Today’s Woman, and StyleBlueprint. She is a 2-time #1 bestselling author of Women Who BossUp and Ignite Entrepreneur. She has worked on billion-dollar brands like SKII, Olay, and Crest 3D White, to name a few. She was a TEDx speaker and has spoken nationally and Internationally. She was nominated for Most Admired Women in the beauty category for two years in a row. She has done everything from teaching yoga to teaching MBA students Design Thinking. When she isn’t creating bespoke experiences, she travels the world, helping women grow their business fashionably. She loves spending time with her husband and stepson in their Kentucky home.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy interview Kerri Smith-Osei to talk about shadow work for light workers.
Kerri Smith-Osei is a Mental Health Professional, Founder of SoulDriven Enterprises, LLC where she is a 3x Certified Master Life Coach and Couples Coach, Certified Law of Attraction Practitioner, and Certified Emotion Code Practitioner. She has been in private practice for 12 years and is based in Los Angeles, CA. Kerri works primarily with women in the LGBTQIA+ community, as well as allies. She helps clients heal their emotional trauma so they can break the cycle of generational trauma. She accomplishes this by working with the subconscious directly in both her coaching and energy healing. Kerri's energy healing focuses on healing emotional trauma by identifying and consequently, releasing negative trapped emotions by working with the subconscious via kinesiology. In her coaching, she helps individuals overcome personal struggles related to self-esteem, self-love, and feeling stuck. Much of her work is focused on addressing the shadow self while practicing radical acts of self-care. Kerri's goal is to normalize asking for help and to provide access to holistic healing.
Only when you choose to let go of your fears and surrender, then you are ready to say “yes” to the abundance and money flow you deserve.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy interview Vivian De Guzman to talk about the human design for success. They also discuss the stages of our spiritual journey.
Go to www.humandesignamerica.com to get your free chart or if you want to get in touch with Vivian, go to www.viviandeguzman.com
Vivian de Guzman is the #1 Money Magnet Activator and “Human MRI”. For over 29 years, she used her unique spiritual gifts to transform the lives of overwhelmed female business owners so they can attract more money, enjoy better health and live a happier life.
As a business intuitive and multimodality healer, she gets to the root of her clients’ invisible money blocks and clear them away for good. Helping her clients to get from where they are to where they want to be is her soul mission and purpose.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about some of the more foundational and sustainable ways that you can practice selfcare.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy interview Melanie Merkling to talk about blending business into life.
Born and raised in Bentonville, Arkansas, Melanie Merkling is a well-known connector in the Northwest Arkansas business community and beyond. With a career in business and brand development spanning 17 years, Melanie has a proven track record of generating profits in startups, reviving businesses under financial duress across varying industries and helping companies secure and grow their business with Walmart and Sam’s Club. Melanie has worked with a diverse mix of clients, both domestic and international, ranging from tech start-ups to food producers to creative agencies seeking to grow their businesses.
In every place we go, whether it's our home or workplace, we bring a different side of "us" with us. Some parts are real and some are designed to serve a particular situation. But oftentimes we deal with the "should" and "should nots" that we forget to allow our authentic selves to shine through.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about bringing your whole self to every situation. They talk about finding the courage to become vulnerable, showing our imperfections, and stop hiding our true selves.
Recovering from sexual trauma takes time, and the healing process can be difficult. But you can learn to heal, regain your sense of control and re-build your self-worth.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy interview Brooke Heym to talk about turning your body trauma into body bliss.
- See that other people are also flawed.
For more info and queries, you can go to www.brookeheym.com
Brooke Heym is the founder and CEO of GFR Enterprises LLC, a coaching, consulting, and cleaning company specializing in relationships and communications, outsourced operations and management, and commercial and residential cleaning. Brooke is an executive operations and business management consultant, and a highly sought-after relationship and sexual empowerment coach, helping people build better communication and relationships with themselves, their partners and families, and their co-workers and peers.
So you finally decided on writing a book. You start on the first few chapters, then something happens. Now the momentum gets broken and it's getting harder to finish it.
You may encounter a lot of obstacles as you try to finish your book. In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about how to get your book finished.
- Decide what value you want to contribute for your book
- Work with your energy style.
- Put deadlines in place.
- Go further in the planning process.
The more you say no to things that don't align with who you are and who you want to become, the more you say yes to yourself.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy interview Bonita Owens to talk about owning the power of saying no.
- Know what you want and who you want to be.
- Know what your values and priorities are.
To get a free Self-talk guide, go to bit.ly/goodselftalk, or for more information about Bonita, you can go to www.amazingwomennetwork.com
Bonita Owens is a Certified Empowerment Coach, Inspirational Speaker, Leadership Developer, and Founder of the Amazing Women Network. Bonita works with driven professionals who have left themselves behind.
Although she loved many aspects of her 20-year career in healthcare as an Occupational Therapist, she found herself feeling empty and unfulfilled. A journey of self-discovery and transformation allowed her to start putting herself first and practice intentional living.
Bonita is a best-selling author of the book “Who Stole My Significance” which she shares her road to discovery, confidence, and transformation as well as practical steps and inner work prompts for the reader to embark on her own journey.
Whatever change you would like to effect in our society has to begin with you.
In celebration of Independence day, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about being the change you wish to see. in the world. They also discuss how do you create a better and more fair world inside your immediate circle.
What is the next biggest search engine after Google? You might be surprised to find out that it is actually YouTube, a video-sharing website.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy interview Theresa Hemsath to talk about getting YouTube on your team. They discuss the power of YouTube and why you should be leveraging it to scale your business. Theresa also gives the common mistakes businesses do and gives tips on how to make your YouTube channel better.
- It breaks you out of your network.
- It’s a really good, long-term content library approach.
For a free starting guide go to www.courses.thevideomarketingschool.com/toolkit or to connect with Theresa or one of their team, you can go to www.makeyoutubeeasy.com to schedule a consult.
Theresa Hemsath is Co-Founder of The Video Marketing School with her husband Owen Video. After resigning from her high school teaching career of 13 years, she joined her husband in his videography business Videospot and together they built The Video Marketing School, which has grown into a multi-6-figure business helping entrepreneurs scale with video and video creators monetize their video content. Theresa is currently the head of business development and an assistant coach to Owen Video who is the visionary and spokesperson of the company. She has also recently launched her own channel for a talkshow she cohosts with 3 other female influencers in her area called The Brave Talk Show.
How do you find that core group of friends that can go the distance with you and give you the support that you need?
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about how powerful women do friendships.
- Be clear about what you are looking for
- Surround yourself with people that make you a better person.
- Be willing to cultivate and invest in these relationships
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy interview Angela Bell to talk about mindset hacks for CEO's.
Angela Bell is a Neuro Wealth Coach, 7-figure entrepreneur, and the CEO mind of Wholistically Made Millionaires™. She has been featured in ABC, iHeartRadio, and documentaries by Revealed Films . Since 2006, she has helped hundreds of people earn multi-seven-figures and develop solid-as-a-rock foundations for living the life they are worthy of. Angela has one mission: to help you take the crazy out as an entrepreneur and double your income and she’s got all of the tools to help you do it.
It does not matter what industry you are in or the type of business you have, collaboration is a powerful tool for all business owners. It is the connections you form with others, and the different ways you collaborate with those people you formed connections with, that will help your business become more successful.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about the key to profitable collaborations.
- Find out how you can win together.
- Don't partner with people that you like, instead partner with people that you can be productive with.
- Communicate
- Set agreements in place.
In this episode of Your Circle of Influence, Dr. Monikah and Amy interview Kayla Osterhoff to talk about leadership with BioCycles.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy celebrate Juneteenth week. Juneteenth is a holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States and observed annually on June 19. Today, they talk about finding freedom from what enslaves us and the things that we still hold on to that may no longer serve us.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy interview Jessica Mejia-Fahnestock to talk about having your subconscious as your #1 team player. Jessica also gives some tips on how to empower our thought patterns.
- Create powerful affirmations
- Commit to 30 minutes of movement and listen to motivational speaking
- Leave notes and reminders of your affirmations everywhere
- Eliminate songs, shows, sounds, and people that create negative energy for you
- Do a thought download and update
For more information, you can contact Jessica through her Facebook account www.facebook.com/JessicaFahnestock.CoachCurator
Second-generation American. First entrepreneur in the family. She's a mother, wife, and above all, HERSELF. An unstoppable inspirational force and entrepreneur. She's conquered identity crisis, impostor syndrome, obesity, and grief. After the loss of her mother, she's made it her mission to create a legacy by helping other women create theirs. She is the host of The Audacity To Be Ambitious Podcast, the founder of several brands including Coach Curator and For the Fempire, and Co-Founder of Wonder Women Mastery. She coaches and influences women around the world and is now set to become a powerhouse transformational speaker for women. Not for profit, but for impact.
In this special episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy are celebrating the first anniversary of Your Circle of Influence Podcast! They dedicate this episode to something they both feel like as entrepreneur women we all need to improve on which is learning to celebrate our successes and wins. Driven women have a couple of things that make us bad celebrators:
- We always have big dreams
- We are too busy for the celebration
Is your mindset keeping you from reaching your goals?
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy interview International best-selling author, Leslie Householder to talk about when the law of attraction meets the law of common sense.
If you want to know more of your mindset quotient, you can go to www.mindsetquotienttest.com
Or if you want to know more of Leslie, you can go to www.rarefaith.org
Leslie Householder is a mindset specialist and the award-winning, international best-selling author of The Jackrabbit Factor, Portal to Genius, and Hidden Treasures (Heaven's Astonishing Help With Your Money Matters). She is the founder of the Institute for Personal and Business Development, creator of the Mindset Quotient Test, Genius Bootcamp, and co-founder of the School of Life Mastery. Since 2002, she has helped people all over the world discover and apply "Rare Faith" for powerful life changes. Leslie is a dedicated wife and mother of seven children.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about how do you manage to do what is right for your customers even when it is not convenient for your business. They also discuss how do you distinguish when is the right time to protect what is good for you or when is the right time to protect what is good for your customers.
- Have a clear vision of your goal.
- Have another source of income.
- Have contracts in place and protect your business.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy interview Ana Rodriguez to talk about money mechanics and mindset to help you succeed.
If you want to connect with Ana and know more, you can go to her Instagram account @empowered.supernova
Ana Rodriguez is an expert in financial freedom and wealth generation. She offers a combination of money/inspiration and personal development which is unique... because it is based on her experience: as an educator in strategies to generate wealth and as a woman who became empowered while rearing her children in a conscious way and now sees the results of both endeavors and wishes to share them because the principles applied... can be learned!
Nothing is more impressive than going the extra mile to give a customer something that they weren’t expecting from you. When you understand your customer needs and delight them with exceptional customer service, it builds authentic relationships and encourages them to be loyal to you.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about how to create a delightful experience for your customers.
- Create a balance between delivering results and how you deliver them.
- Figure out what your customers are paying for.
- Be mindful of your customers' love languages
A lot of times when people talk about money in entrepreneurship, they talk about how to make it They talk of revenues, sales, profit and optimization. However, a more important question to ask is how do you keep your money and magnify it so you can then leave it as a legacy to your future generations?
In this epsisode, Dr. Monikah and Amy interview Afsha Butt to talk about how to start your wealth journey the right way. Afsha talks about what you do once you have the money and what you can do to amplify it.
If you would like to connect with Afsha, you can go to https://www.instagram.com/afshaontherun/ or https://www.linkedin.com/in/afsha-butt/
Afsha Butt is a seasoned financial advisor with IG Wealth. Leveraging twelve years of experience in the financial services industry, Afsha and her team manage $36M in assets for Alberta’s wealthiest. Since founding her practice in 2014, she has quickly climbed the ranks becoming one of the Top 10 IG Wealth advisors in Edmonton, Alberta.
Outside of her practice, Afsha volunteers passionately on the front-lines of two causes: improving the accessibility of healthcare in developing countries and increasing financial literacy for youth and other marginalized communities across Canada.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about Their 75 Hard-ish Journey. They gave tips on how you can stay committed to your goal.
- Set SMART goals
- Have accountability
- redefine what commitment is to you
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy interview Megan Dahle to talk about getting clarity with your money.
15 years into Megan Dahle's corporate accounting career, a business owner reached out to Megan privately because he was concerned one of his partners was taking more than their fair share. After a cursory look at the books Megan discovered that the partner had, in fact, taken over $400,000 out of the business without the other partners knowing.
This sensitive project was the launching pad for Megan. She is now a Consulting CFO who creates lightbulb moments inside her clients’ businesses. She makes the numbers easy to understand and, more importantly, easy to use so that her clients learn how to grow a stronger, cash-generating business that produces long-term wealth. Megan's clients go from nervously checking their bank balances to understanding their business finances to give themselves a serious competitive advantage, so they can confidently build the business of their dreams.
Building a business while being a committed mother is not easy. There are times when you have to say "NO" to anything that comes your way.
But are you saying NO because it does not align with your values or your idea of how you want your business to grow? or are you saying NO and just using your family as an excuse?
In celebration of Mother's Day, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about using your family as an excuse.
- Determine which actually creates an emotional ROI with your family.
- Find a balance between what your family needs and what YOU need
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy interview Charity Majors to talk about the importance of collaboration and having the right circle of women in your tribe. Charity also gave some tips on how to build more meaningful relationships:
- Heal the wounds from the past.
- Be willing to take risks and be vulnerable.
Charity Majors is a speaker, author, soulful mindset coach & business coach at CharityMajors.com. She empowers women to align with their purpose, take bold and inspired action, and implement savvy business strategies so they can grow their income, increase their influence and make a Major I.M.P.A.C.T.
For more info and queries you can reach out to her at https://www.instagram.com/charitymajors/
You are your own biggest project.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy interview Karishma Makhani to talk about how to become the best version of yourself and how to invoke that in other people so your circle of influence also rises as you rise.
- Make a decision to reach the best version of yourself
- Surround yourself with people who have already done it
- Work on your mindset
Karishma Makhani is a high-performance coach and entrepreneur with 15 years of success-coaching experience. She's been improving the quality of life for others with similar passions, for entrepreneurs with feelings of overwhelm or anxiety and been improving the confidence of high-end executives and giving business owners and clients the tools to scale their business and increase company revenue by millions.
For more information, you can go to https://www.coachkarishma.com/
A lot of times we have this idea that soul sister friendships are just like rainbows and candy canes. However, it is the complete opposite. Soul sister friendship is where you go air out dirty laundry. It is where you go and handle conflict. It is where you go dump and be witnessed at your weakest without any fear that your weak and lowest point will be weaponized against you.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about the different kinds of friendships and how you can cultivate soul sister friendships among entrepreneurial women.
- Invest time.
- Don't damage other people when you're airing out grievances.
What do you do?
This is the question that almost everybody asks when you meet them for the first time. The problem is, there is a fine line between being influential and being bragging. But there is a very far line between being understated and actually having influence. So, how do you introduce yourself?
In this episode, Dr. Monikaj and Amy interview Nancy Marmolejo to talk about new insights and ways to talk about yourself.
- Have a weird way of talking about yourself
- Find your strong verb
For a free resource on 10 quick ways on how to introduce yourself, you can go to www.talentandgenius.com/message-starters
For more information and queries you can go to www.talentandgenius.com
Nancy Marmolejo is an executive coach and keynote speaker who teaches leaders and entrepreneurs how to tap into their Deep Genius, that one-of-a-kind combination of innate strengths, life experiences, and accrued expertise that only you bring to the table.
As the founder of TalentAndGenius.com, she’s committed over 15 years to uncovering what makes us great and putting that into compelling, authentic messages, founders' stories, leadership trainings, and personal brands.
Dubbed a “professional paradigm shifter”, Nancy’s been featured in Forbes, The Huffington Post, Latina, Univision, Smart Money, Redbook, as well as many popular podcasts.
Her clients include leaders in marketing, personal growth, engineering, hospitality, city governments, state commissions, global consulting teams, app developers, founders, authors, and entrepreneurs.
She keeps her creativity and work-life balance in perspective by spending time in her “medicine garden” and discovering new ways to share the blessings with hand-made tinctures and herbal concoctions.
Nancy and her medicine garden live near Oakland, CA along with her amazing daughter and a very large orange cat (who regularly naps amidst the plants).
How do you generate content that people love?
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about creating content that your audience would want to consume.
- Create content that is going to make your audience's lives or businesses better.
- Create content that does not sound too preachy or make you sound smart just for sounding smart.
- Love your content and have fun making it.
- Create watchable content that is fun to watch and engage with.
Thinking of writing a book but don't know how to put it out there?
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy interview Alicia Dunams to talk about how to make your book a bestseller. She gives tips on how to market your book.
- Promote your book in clubhouse groups.
- Create authentic sales preorder like giving away free sample chapters of your book, and having an author's platform
- Build your audience.
- Have someone with influence or prestige write the foreword of your book.
International speaker and trainer Alicia Dunams motivates tens of thousands of business leaders around the world to play big to produce the business results and life they want. She's coached thousands of business leaders worldwide to write, publish and market their book during her acclaimed Bestseller in a Weekend® program, a live workshop that takes students from idea to author in record time and was touted "Best Online Program Ever" by event participants. Alicia is also a corporate leadership trainer,and the creator of "Authoring Leadership,” a corporate training program that facilitates personal and business transformation through the process of storytelling, emotional intelligence, and collaborative growth. She is also the founder of The Book Funnel®, an author services company that provides concierge done-for-you book writing and packaging services.
Passionate about women and leadership, Alicia is the host/producer of Wealthy Girl Summit, an annual wealth-building conference for women, featuring celebrity authors and influential business leaders. Alicia has been featured as a business expert on KTLA, Business Rockstars and The Steve Harvey Show. Visit her on the web at www.AliciaDunams.com.
Alicia Dunams, a former international fashion model, began her entrepreneurial career when she wrote her Amazon bestselling book Goal Digger: Lessons Learned from the Rich Men I Dated, which has been coined as the "modern-day version of Think and Grow Rich, a must-read for all women."
In her spare time, Alicia enjoys adventure travel, long-distance running, and writing quirky TV pop songs with her daughter Izzy.
Tired of living in a plugged-in life?
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about the symptoms, how you can tell that you are too plugged in, and the strategies, how you can separate yourself from an unplugged world.
- Hire social media managers in your business
- Make your social media actually connecting and not falsely connecting.
- Don't use any device 2 hours after waking up and 2 hours before going to sleep.
- Take a sabbatical away from social media
- Create content that really matters
Are you ready to attract your perfect-fit clients using social media?
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy interview Sascha Schlossberg, the founder and CEO of Guud Marketing to talk about content marketing strategies that attract customers.
- people want to align with brands that align with their own values.
- be compassionate
- write content that is relevant to your business
For more queries and information you can go to www.7figurecontentblueprint.co
There is a balance between productivity and creativity.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about the importance of creativity in entrepreneurship.
- when you allow yourself to be playful or "mindless", you will find yourself on the right mind.
- allowing yourself to be creative without thinking of productivity will give you joy, which will eventually flow back into your business.
Planning to launch something into the world but not sure where to start?
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy interview Anne Samoilov to talk about fearless launching. Anne shares with us the what to-dos and not to-dos when doing a launch.
- Figure out who your ideal customers are and where you show up best online.
- Map everything out
- Build it out
- Invite people in
Go to www.annesamoilov.com/launch-roadmap to download a free copy of the 7 Step Launch Roadmap.
There is a quote that says, "If you do not come from a family of wealth, make sure a family of wealth comes from you". But how do you that?
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about raising entrepreneurial children. They discuss how to raise children that are financially literate and can navigate the ins and out of the world.
- Allow your children room to grow and make mistakes.
- Allow them to handle their own money while they are young.
- Allow your kids to watch you while you work and hear conversations about business.
In this episode, a young millennial entrepreneur Madison Dalmaso or Maddie Rose talks about how to reprogram your brain for success. She shares tips on how to be successful in business.
- reflect on your beliefs and the result of what you are doing.
- have some clarity on what you want and where you are going.
- the ability to move forward based on your faith.
- constantly take inventory of where you at and where you are going.
- always take an hour a day for yourself to reflect.
After receiving a bachelor's degree in business, Madison decided that the corporate ladder wasn’t going to serve her entrepreneurial spirit. So she invested a year after college diving into personal development, following in her father’s footsteps. She has become an expert in social media, a top network marketer, attracted her soul mate, positioned herself to be a world-renowned public speaker, and coaches people globally helping them master their thinking so that they can create their ideal life
How is it to be married to a fellow entrepreneur?
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about the pros and cons of having 2 entrepreneurs in the same house. Some of the positive aspects are sharpening each other’s ideas, putting one’s interest first, and commiserating. On the other hand, there are challenges too. Like venting your concerns can sometimes lead to misunderstanding, the possibility of resentment, and competing with each other that could lead to jealousy. Lastly, they advised that wives should dissociate spouse value with financial net worth. Make men feel the need to be needed and always have an open communication with each other.
You will never really know when an opportunity will come along your way. You can literally be one conversation away from your next breakthrough.
In this episode, Lisa Lieberman -Wang joins Dr. Monikah and Amy again on Your Circle of Influence to talk about the power of one conversation. She shares tips on how you can recognize and leverage those opportunities.
- Say "HELLO". Be ready to talk to people and start a conversation.
For more info and queries, you can go to:
https://brandyoubecometheexpert.com/
https://lisaliebermanwang.com/
https://finetofab.com/
There are many misconceptions when it comes to mixing marriage with business., especially when the other person is not an entrepreneur. One misconception is that an entrepreneur’s wife or husband's life can be a lonely one. This is not necessarily true, but there are certainly some hurdles to overcome before finding that perfect balance between being a passionate business owner and a passionate partner.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about the blessings and challenges that come along with being married to a non-entrpreneur spouse and they share tips on how to navigate your relationship much better.
- work on your own set of genius.
- allow each other to grow at your own pace
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy interview Carrie Seid to share tips to unlock creativity. Carrie Seid is a nationally recognized artist who exhibits her work in galleries all over the United States. She leads live workshops, conducts corporate trainings, and individual consultations with creative professionals.
- do not waste your time for inspiration, you just have to start working on it
- work on things simultaneously. Don’t get stuck up in one place.
- don’t take 20 minutes to make a decision because it gives you more time to make an excuse not to work on a project.
- NO doesn’t mean NO but NOT NOW.
- embrace the impostor syndrome.
For more information, you can go to http://carrieseidart.com/
No one is in charge of your happiness except yourself. If you wait for other people around you to get your emotional needs met, then your happiness is always in someone else's hand.
In this episode of Your Circle of Influence Podcast, Dr. Monikah and Amy share tips on how to get your emotional needs met.
- negative performance always shows up when either you have an emotional void or an emotional build-up.
- separate your personal value from your personal performance.
- you need to articulate what your needs are to other people and not assume that they already know it.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy interview Sherrikka Myers, the founder of Every 1 Voice Matters to talk about how to be your own childhood hero.
For Myers, school was no easy feat as she grew up stuttering and was constantly ridiculed by
her peers. She continuously felt neglected, isolated and often had others speak for her. Myers
had to embrace core habits of inner-strength, confidence and endurance to overcome
bullying and the obstacle of stuttering, With support from her teacher and a close friend, she was able to beat stuttering at the age of 11.
She now shares those same core habits that allowed her to persevere and her remarkable
story of triumph with students, educators, administrators and her nine-year-old grandson
Herbie who also stutters. With her organization, Every 1 Voice Matters, she helps kids overcome speech impediments, bullying, low self-esteem and low self-confidence to build successful soft and social skills.
For more information about Sherrikka, you can go to www.every1voicematters.org.
In this episode of Your Circle of Influence, Dr. Monikah and Amy discuss how to take a sabbatical. They discuss the definition and the common misconceptions of what a sabbatical is and what to do with it.
- Decide if you really want a sabbatical and what do you need it for.
- Decide on the length of time of your sabbatical.
Women are now breaking barriers in male-denominated industries and today's guest is a testament to that. In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy interview Kristin Smith, President of Smith Flooring, Inc. to talk about paving the way in business.
Smith Flooring, Inc. Smith Flooring strives to lead the commercial flooring industry in the Delaware Valley. Since day one, Kristin Smith and James Smith have focused on three promises: Completing work on-time, on-budget, and with the highest professional quality. By consistently delivering results, they’ve earned the trust of many loyal, longtime customers who know they can count on them for superior service. Smith Flooring is also a company of integrity and is a certified MBE, DBE, WBE, and WBENC Women-Owned Business.
With the many hats that we wear each day, it is difficult to focus on just one thing.
In this episode of the Your Circle of Influence Podcast, Dr. Monikah and Amy discuss what it means to focus on one thing at a time and how you can actually walk that out.
There is an African proverb that says "If you want to go fast, go alone; but if you want to go far, go together."
This shows the importance of having the right connections if you want your business to grow.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy interviewed the queen of networking and making connections, Melissa Tabao-Aidukas to discuss how to generate quality connections in business.
- Dress up
- Be courteous
- Be authentic
- Build relationships
If you want to learn more about My Coffee Connect you can go to www.wibsn.com or email Melissa at info@wibsn.com or connect with her on LinkedIn.
Melissa Aidukas is the founder and CEO of Women in Business Social Networking and My Coffee Connect. Melissa’s passion for entrepreneurship began as a Mary Kay Beauty Consultant and Dove Chocolate Independent Sales Representative. Her vision of women business owners supporting, motivating, and inspiring one another grew from these early experiences into her successful networking group, Connect Women in Business in 2012.
Since the business’s inception, she received the runner-up nomination for Best Organizations in PA, awarded by Montco Happening; appeared on Fox on Q, RVN TV, CEO Chat and Power up your Passion, TWO Word Story of This is It, and Exposed and Express and was invited as a guest speaker at Lehigh Valley Elite Network and Innovative Networking Professionals.
Melissa believes her greatest accomplishments, however, have been teaching business owners how to network effectively, providing quality connections for her attendees,
and supporting local businesses in driving their success. In 2020, Melissa started My Coffee Connect virtually, allowing her to support business connections both nationally and internationally. Her tenacity, passion, networking expertise, and attention to detail have provided hundreds of business owners with the opportunity to make meaningful and lasting business connections. Melissa lives in Douglasville, Pennsylvania with her husband and two sons. She enjoys biking and dining out with her husband and most of all, family time.
In this very special episode of Your Circle of Influence Podcast, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about:
1. The lessons they have learned in the podcasting process,
2. What they loved about it,
3. What mistakes they made and wished they would have done differently, and
4. What is the future of the podcast
A lot of people, especially women, in the entrepreneurial space come in for purpose first and then try to figure out how to fit in profit second.
In this episode, Amy interviews Tephanie Delaney, founder and CEO of Wild-Eyed Visionary Consulting to talk about how to profit with purpose. Tephanie is a business and lifestyle maven. She serves a community of fellow visionaries, entrepreneurs, businesses, and brands. She leverages her extensive entrepreneurial background to help people to create profit while they are living their purpose.
- People value you more when they have invested financially
- Understand that your talent is a gift not only there to serve others but is also there to serve yourself.
- Create boundaries. You cannot drown while teaching someone else how to swim.
- Always be prepared to shift.
To learn more about Tephanie and book a consultation go to www.tephaniedelaney.com.
The visionary coaching Academy will be launching next month where you can purchase courses or get free content.
You can also join her virtual summit "Turn your Purpose into Profit" on February 15, 2021 at 1:00 - 4:00 PM CST. The 2021 Turn Your Purpose Into Profit Summit will bring together dynamic speakers, workshops and women from around the country to uncover and fully empower their purpose! It's time to come ALIVE in service and live a fulfilling life of abundance! Register here: bit.ly/TYPIP
Setting up a goal and achieving it is somewhat different from each other.
In this podcast episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about the difference between goal setting and goal achieving. They also discuss the types of people:
- those with the ability to be good in both goal setting and achieving it
- those who are good only in visualizing and planning a goal but need others to put it into action
- those who are good at doing tasks but lack visualization and planning.
Moreover, they mentioned about types of people who can help in reaching your goal, like; a team that is responsible for doing the task, peers to help you focus in case you got lost in the process, and lastly strategists to help you along with the steps.
Ever feel that you are getting a lot of "No's" and rejection from your investors, partners, or clients?
Collaboration and connection are important to help your business grow. But it is very hard to enroll people to a vague idea and destination. The key to getting the collaboration you want is articulation.
In this episode Dr. Monikah and Amy interview Didi Wong. They talk about the importance of articulation and how to master it. She gives tips on how to make those first few minutes count and leave a lasting connection that people will remember.
For queries and more information you can go to www.didiwong.com or send her an email at didi@didiwong.com
Born in Hong Kong, raised in England and now residing in Los Angeles, Didi Wong is an Award-Winning International Keynote Speaker, Hollywood Film & TV Producer & Financier, Serial Entrepreneur, Business & Speaking Mentor, Best-Selling Author, and Angel Investor.
She was given the highest level award of “Women of the Decade for Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital” from the Women Economic Forum as well as an award of Achievements, Recognition and Excellence by the National Council of Women from the Egyptian Government. She has also been honored to speak at the Global Entrepreneurship Initiative at the United Nations and she was the resident speaker on the Think and Grow Rich Legacy World Tour 2019.
With Dr. Monikah and Amy's new book entitled "When Women Lead" launching soon, they walk us through the 7 Feminine Principles of Leadership.
In this episode, they start to discuss the first principle, 100% is possible 100% of the time.
- you will face obstacles and challenges but there will always be possibilities.
- keeping this thought opens you to a lot of opportunities.
Michelle Ward, CEO of 90 Day Business Launch, is a business coach who guides creative, multi-passionate women to become entrepreneurs. Since 2008, she’s helped hundreds of these women launch their dream businesses so they can get the freedom, authenticity and fulfilment they’re seeking in their day-to-day lives. You may have seen or heard her in New York Magazine, The Huffington Post, Etsy, Newsweek, Freelancers Union, USA Today, the Forbes Top 100 Websites for your Career List, EO Fire, Real Talk Radio, The Unmistakable Creative or 150+ other media outlets. She’s the teacher of Create Your Dream Career and Ditch Your Day Job, which were watched by tens of thousands of people on CreativeLive. When she’s not coaching, teaching or speaking, she can be found building a fort for her little girl, sitcom-binging with her husband, strumming her ukulele or belting out show tunes. Make a grown-up living with a business you love at 90DayBusinessLaunch.com.
Check her website at www.90daybusinesslaunch.com
Censorship is a word that has been so politicized that people are ignoring it on one side, and on the other side, it causes feelings of anger and frustration.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about censorship, how this affects businesses, what we need to be prepared for, and what is the relationship between big tech, big business, and our freedom of speech.
- Read and understand the rules and terms of your social media platforms.
- Get a backup of your files.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy interview Sarah Carson, founder and CEO of Leota.
Inspired by her great grandmother and go-getter women who do it all, former Wall Street DIY-er Sarah Carson launched Leota in 2011 on the principles of empowerment, femininity and optimism. What began with one perfect dress has become a closet full of perfect.
Leota is now a complete women’s fashion line offering 4 collections per year carried in more than 400 fine retailers globally. Leota has evolved into one of the fastest-growing, women-led companies in the U.S. Flattering fit, amazing fabric and vibrant prints are the hallmarks of Leota.
Coming up with awesome content ideas on a regular basis is a huge challenge that bloggers and inbound marketers face all the time. If you worry about it too much, you’ll only distract yourself from content generation. But what do you do in order to never run out of content ideas again?
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about what you can do when you are running out of content ideas.
- Review your previous content.
- Check what is happening now.
- Check what are the emerging trends or things that will be happening soon.
- Ask your audience for ideas.
What do you do when the rules that are written and the established protocols do not work for you?
In this episode, Amy interviews Monica Smith, CEO and founder of Marketsmith, Inc. They talk about reinventing and writing your own playbook when the playbook that is written does not work for you. They also discuss some of the things that she has done in order to be able to generate success in a time where you just have to throw away the old playbook and generate a new one.
For more information and queries, you can visit https://www.marketsmithinc.com/ or email msmith@marketsmithinc.com
Monica founded Marketsmith, Inc. in 1999, on the idea that technology and humanity are inextricably linked when it comes to creating successful consumer-centric marketing. Her mission then, as now, was to provide clients with the most advanced tools to build powerful marketing models that mitigate risk, maximize ROI, and drive growth.
She drove Marketsmith, Inc. to be one of the largest women-owned and operated independent media and marketing agencies in the country. She is considered one of the strongest active CEO’s in media today—especially in omnichannel media strategy that drives retail success.
With the 2015 purchase of industry-leading creative agency Brushfire, the engine of creative, analytics, media, and data management was complete. Powered by diverse subject matter experts who share Monica’s growth mindset, Marketsmith has become one of the premier martech agencies in the U.S. With a collection of patents and awards to boot.
Every entrepreneur needs a marketing calendar in their business.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy share some of the effective Marketing Strategies to boost one’s business.
- Knowing your target client's concerns and issues is the first and foremost vital part of marketing strategy.
- different campaign designs can help in boosting up sales, like the choice of marketing materials, visibility, capturing, and building a relationship with the target clients.
- never launch multiple campaigns at the same time because one cannot do all things at once.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy interview Ruthie Schulder, co-founder and CEO of the Participation Agency. They talk about what Experiential Marketing is and why it matters today. They also discuss how to create lasting connections between customers and brands through Experiential Marketing.
If you would like to know more go to https://thisisthepa.com/ or email ruthie@thisisthepa.com.
As co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Participation Agency, Ruthie Schulder reinvented the agency model. Bucking the trend of conventional pay-for-play opportunities in music and art, she started The Participation Agency to develop radical experiential campaigns with brands as partners—not clients. Focused on the idea of placemaking, Ruthie pioneered For Those Who Tour —a series of sophisticated rest stops for creatives in developing markets. Serving musicians on tour For Those Who Tour routes culture and arts through emerging markets across the US, invigorating cities with world-renowned talent and giving brand partners organic exposure.
With an international portfolio of clients, Ruthie’s work has helped drive multimillion-dollar campaigns for Fortune 100s, tech startups, and cities seeking innovation through experiential. Ruthie was named Inc.’s Millennial CEO Rising Star and under her leadership, The Participation Agency has won a CLIO, an Ex Award, and consecutive placements on Inc.’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies list. Ruthie is one of Adweek's Disruptors - a list of 39 women spearheading the revolution in advertising, media, and tech. Ruthie and her co-founder are also behind “Let’s Work”, a monthly gathering for women to rethink networking and forge professional alliances, developed in partnership with the Soho House. Ruthie holds an MBA from NYU Business School.
Everyone wants a fresh start at the beginning of the year. But should you make a new year’s resolution?
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy share their sentiments as to making a new year’s resolution. They also pointed out the difference between having a goal from a resolution.
- A goal is a change of our action in order to take you in a new result.
- A resolution is a plan or idea with no commitment and usually doesn’t happen.
- Sometimes there’s a feeling of emptiness in making a resolution because it can’t be achieved.
Have you done your year-end review?
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about their yearend review for the year 2020.
- taking good lessons, experiences, and challenges from 2020 will make you a better individual for the coming year.
- leave behind the things that don’t matter, decide the things that you want to focus on, and don't accept that you can’t benefit from.
- celebrate and grieve everything because even when you’re grieving there is something to celebrate.
It is not easy to sell your story to the media.
In this episode, Michelle McCullough, an author and an entrepreneur, joins Dr. Monikah and Amy to share some tips on how to pitch your story to the media to increase its chance to be picked.
- look valuable with the kind of content you have. Don’t send a lot of information.
- send at least 2 or 3 interesting pitches that are quick and concise.
- find the right people to send your message across clearly.
- make connections with your possible client and do follow up on the pitch that you sent.
If Americans continue to believe they are different from others, America will continue to have Division. So, can a divided America heal?
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy believe that it can be healed.
- people should realize that division is a result of being ignorant of what’s happening around them.
- people should have the courage to discuss the situation. It is good to honor other people’s humanity without violating your own boundaries.
- people should be patriotic
- people should take time to listen to each other. People should be willing to be in a place of growth, instead of being right and be heard.
How do you get the balance between spirituality and strategy in business success?
A lot of business has marketing strategies but lack deeper purpose. Taylor Rae, the owner of Your Sacred Funnel, joins Dr. Monikah and Amy to talk about the elements of creating sacred funnels for soul-led businesses. She shares how the right mixes of energy, alchemy, scripting, and execution encourage constant financial flow in one's business.
Ever feel like your business is like a job you are tied to?
If you don’t set your business up as a business to run without you, then it will really feel like the worst job in the world where the projects are so never-ending that you start to lose joy in the things that you love.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about having a job versus a business lifestyle. They talk about what it takes to make your business run without you and for your business to really function as a business versus a job.
- Document your processes
- Make sure everybody knows what everybody else’s job is.
- Think of the worst thing that can happen
- Be willing to not be the best in your team.
It doesn’t take much to put a business under. It takes only one good lawsuit to take away everything you have built if you are not legally protected.
Today in Your Circle of Influence Podcast, Toni Moore, Esquire joins Dr. Monikah and Amy. In this episode, they talk about how to legally protect a business idea. Toni Moore shares some tips on how to protect your business.
- Formalize your business
- Legalize your business
- Organize your business
- “Armorize” your business
Toni Moore is an attorney and business strategist with over twenty years of business structuring, real estate, asset protection, and estate planning experience. For more than 15 years, Toni has created companies, restructured companies, developed and assessed Corporate Compliance Plans to ensure compliance with applicable rules and regulations.
With only a few days left before the year ends, what goals are you pushing for? What are you doing to lay a foundation for you to be successful next year?
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about creating a balance between knowing what you need to do to finish the year strong and laying the foundation for you to succeed next year. They also discuss what you need to do when things don’t go exactly the way you planned them and what you need to do with the goals that you still want to accomplish.
- Find your wins and celebrate them. An Important part of growth and progress is celebration.
- Create a more holistic version of success.
- Keep a distinction between your dreams, goals, and action plans.
The word authenticity has now become a buzzword. We’re told it’s what consumers want. But how do companies achieve it? How do you let your personality and the personality of the team behind your business shine through in a way that doesn’t feel forced?
Today in Your Circle of Influence, Dr. Monikah and Amy are joined by Brooke Elder, founder of Social Tenacity. They discuss what authenticity is and how to use it as fuelling ground for growing your business, your marketing, and messaging.
Brooke shares some tips on how you can start your journey in discovering your authentic leadership:
- Know your strengths.
- Find people that complement your strengths.
- How to collaborate where your zone of genius meets theirs for a winning combination.
REFERENCES:
www.socialtenacity.com/strengthfinder
www.facebook.com/socialtenacity/
With the holiday season just around the corner, have you started to plan you’re your marketing campaign?
If you haven’t started to plan your campaign yet, now is the time to get started!
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about when is the best time to plan your holiday marketing campaign, the different levels of audience and how to engage with them, and the different holiday sales strategies you can use.
- Adjust how you sell during the holidays.
- Keep it relevant.
- Adjust your sales conversations.
Whenever there is a challenge there is an opportunity. You can either cry or whine over the problem or try to find an opportunity to rise above it. Which way you choose is up to you.
With the pandemic going on, a lot of business owners nowadays are thinking of building an online brand or taking their businesses to another level.
Lisa Leiberman-Wang joins Dr. Monikah and Amy in today’s episode of Your Circle of Influence. Lisa helps entrepreneurs to take actionable steps to generate more revenue and take yourself and your business to the next level.
- Identify what your customers need and want
- Always swim against the stream
REFERENCES:
https://brandyoubecometheexpert.com/
https://lisaliebermanwang.com/
Tired of too much drama in the world?
While some people might enjoy drama, for most of us, it gets old quickly. Stop accepting that it’s just a part of life. Sure, no one can avoid drama all the time, but there are ways to manage it.
Today in Your Circle of Influence, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about the definition of drama and they give tips on how to keep your life free of unnecessary internal and external drama. Listen to this episode to know how to have a drama-free and happier life.
- Have your own safe space to vent like having a journal.
- Don’t spend too much time on things that are not going to change.
- Recognize that there are times when you need to unplug to recharge.
- Face the drama, do not run or avoid it. But at the same time do not swim on it.
In this episode, branding expert India Jackson joins Dr. Monikah and Amy with a thoughtful discussion about how to integrate social causes that matter to us with our thought leadership and brand.
Customers WANT the businesses they buy from to take a stand in the world about issues that matter to them. Where do you say that you're passionate and committed, but your results show you that you're not doing much and revealing your apathy?
India takes us through some questions to clarify how to use your platform to enact social change.
Do you have a holiday grand plan?
In this episode, Amy shares her tips for planning a holiday.
- ask what meaningful experience you want to have.
- cross out social commitments that are not important.
- do your shopping online for one day.
- set a budget and stick to it.
- don't forget to take a personal day to reward yourself.
In this episode, Kris Putman, a consultant for philanthropist joins Dr. Monikah and Amy to talk about women in philanthropy and how to get involved. She also shares the mistakes that people make in a crisis.
- Step back. Donors fear that people will ask for money and donation.
- Wait and see. Donors and business leaders should clarify their strategy.
- Be agile and innovative. Seize the crisis to improve or build a business.
- Divert resources to the crisis
- Respond to the immediate needs.
What are you using your money for?
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about the purpose of wealth. They also shared the four corners of wealth, such as debt elimination, freedom unlimited fund, wealth building, and contribution.
What comes after all the money that you earned?
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy interview financial coach, Lisa Duke. They talk about money management and financial planning. Lisa believes it is important to realize that your money management mindset as a child is a lot different in the real world. When you become aware of that, then you will change your emotional reaction and that will drive you to take better action at financial planning.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy shared their opinion regarding the Law of attraction. It is simply saying what you think about is what you bring about as Monika would say. While on the other hand, Amy feels that spirituality and co-creation are at the heart of it.
Nevertheless, they both believe that visualization is vital in the law of attraction. You need to picture yourself in a situation. Moreover, having the intention to the things you visualize will result in an outcome on what you visualize. Furthermore, they believe that people are connected to one another, and the world will not change unless people change
In this episode, Cat Stancik joins Amy walker to talk about the relationship of business marketing strategy. According to Cat, it is important to build connections with clients thru conversion and content. Furthermore, she mentioned the 3 levers of business that you can pull off anytime. Which are quantity, quality and, conversion. And when it comes to business strategy, remember to DO the work, get better, and practice.
As a business owner, you know lead flow is uber important to sustaining sales in your operation. One key tool to use, especially if you run a B2B operation, is LinkedIn Navigator. In this episode, Amy takes us through some key strategies in using LinkedIn Navigator effectively, without wasting time or coming across spammy - for example:
- The simple short, sweet but specific script you can use to reach out to your ideal clients
- The top 5 "irresistible ask" you can offer your ideal clients to get them to say yes to move the discussion further.
- How many invites to send a day so that you can build volume, without getting shadow banned or penalized
- The three steps you must take BEFORE you ever reach out to anyone, and why it is important to do that groundwork before connecting
In growing a business, we are so busy making money that we forget the financial picture is bigger than that - we also need to learn how to KEEP that money, and distribute it wisely to other investments, such as our people, our tools and resources, and ever growing development.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy interview financial expert Judy Copenbarger, who takes us through the three main financial pivots you must watch in order to grow and sustain your wealth.
It is a very popular belief that we have to "work on our weakness" to get better at leadership. But what if instead of "working" on our flaws, we can just honor them? What if leading from our strengths is the most sustainable solution to creating the change you want to see in your business and in your life?
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy share their own strengths and how they honor and leverage the parts that are not strong.
It is very popular to talk about diversifying income streams, especially intra-industry. For example, diversifying income streams can look like multiple products, programs or service lines inside of your own business.
Many entrepreneurial leaders grow their businesses from the inside out AND have other interests, such as the stock market, commodities, and in this episode's guest's case, real estate. In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy interview real estate entrepreneur Neko Cheri to talk about diversifying your income streams OUTSIDE your industry and the steps to take to get knowledgeable and profitable as quickly as possible.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about creating a signature program that sells. They share some tips on how to structure your offer for your clients.
- be profit-wise.
- know your position to be a technician or the adviser.
- determine how much time and emotional investment do you want to have involved in a particular offer.
- position yourself and brand as you are that.
In this episode, Dr. Cheryl Lentz, professor, and author of the book about Leadership and Failure join Dr. Monikah and Amy to talk about how to deal with professional failure.
- failure is a process of learning.
- surrender or deal with it and accept that you failed.
- love and trust yourself. Identify and define the failure, talk about it.
- be vulnerable. Forgive yourself. Release that disappointment, because if you can’t forgive you can’t succeed.
- don’t succumb to failure, but take it slow and learn from it.
Are you one of those posting because of convictions of the heart, joining the bandwagon or just showing off that you have an opinion? In today's trend, some are social media warriors, some are willfully ignorant and some just choose silence.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about what performative activism is, why it's a problem, and what can be done instead.
- Some people only react to things that directly affect them
- Some people go as far as being warriors on the Internet not realizing these behaviors may also affect them in the future, personally or in the point of view of the business.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy interview Rebecca Hall-Gruyter to share 4 pointers on how to launch a book. Rebecca is an author/entrepreneur who helps other authors how to make their books visible for all.
- maintain ownership of content or what you call intellectual property.
- never be shy to ask how the royalties or payment flows. a
- get your own ISBN or International Standard Book Number to help you control the content.
- take part in planning the launching of the book.
Do you ever wonder how successful individuals manage their time?
Do you often feel that you don’t have enough time in a day to finish all your tasks find yourself asking where did your time go at the end of the day?
In this episode, Monikah and Amy share strategies on how to make friends with time. They discuss ways on how you can manage your time better to be more successful in your life and business..
- Audit your time log.
- Do a journaling with your relationship with time.
- Work with your energy cycles.
- Overestimate how long things are going to take you.
- Get help. Sometimes the things that need to be done, don’t need to be done by you.
- Stop saying that you are too busy!
In this episode of Your Circle of Influence Podcast, Dr. Monikah and Amy interview author, Christy Smallwood to discuss the 5 stages of life from the author’s point of view.
- CALLED OUT; an event in a person’s life to get him out of his comfort zone.
- QUEST; discovering one’s capability and finding a support team.
- BATTLE; create a backup plan in case things didn’t turn out as planned.
- VICTORY; celebrate achievement.
- CONTINUING ADVENTURE; continue to pursue dreams and doing all over the five stages.
In conclusion, her advice was to stay connected with your support team because they are the ones who will help lead you to victory.
In this imperfect world, you are not good at everything, and neither is everyone else. But what can you do?
In this episode, Monikah and Amy talk about the definition of weakness, how to overcome them, and how strengths and weaknesses can have synergistic effects.
- Identify your strengths and weakness.
- Understand your strengths and weakness.
- Turn your weakness into your strength.
- Don’t turn your strength too high.
You may have heard, if not personally practiced, the phrase, “If you’re not busy, you’re not successful.” In this busy world, people tend to fill their calendars with meetings, events, projects, and other to-dos simply to appear successful. But is being busy really equate to success?
In this episode, Adrienne Dorison joins Dr. Monikah and Amy to talk about the efficiency, productivity, and organization in your business to make sure that you are running at the maximum efficiency possible.
- Know where your time is going.
- Focus on delegating an outcome rather than a task
- Make sure you're tracking your key metrics.
Adrienne Dorison is the co-owner of Run Like Clockwork, a company designed to help entrepreneurs improve their small business operations and efficiency while increasing profits. Through their workshops, coaching, and consulting services, they help small business owners work efficiently, remove bottlenecks, and build their businesses to – you guessed it – run like clockwork. Adrienne is a certified LEAN Six Sigma consultant, SCRUM expert trainer, and has extensive experience in operational efficiency. She has worked with countless business owners – including micro-businesses and Fortune 500 companies – to streamline their systems, simplify their processes, and create strategic growth while cutting costs, saving time, and expanding their profit margins.
At times our own money block gets us stuck and keeps us from accomplishing our business goals.
In this episode, Amy and Monikah discuss money blocks, where they come from, and how to overcome them.
- Examine what each of your chakras represent and identify a particular money block.
- Understand that you have a relationship with money.
- Look at your generational money stories.
- Allow yourself to be in spaces that you are not familiar with.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy interview Kearn Cherry to talk about how she took a leap and venture into profitable events planning. Kearn Cherry is an entrepreneur who pivoted her business from Healthcare to online events planner during this time of the pandemic. She shared some tips on how she started with the business.
- look for an opportunity to come up with an event.
- make sure that this event is profitable
- increase social visibility for easy accessibility of possible clients
- collaborate with people who can help to INSPIRE, EMPOWER AND RECHARGE other people.
We all have great ideas and messages that we want to put out there. But sometimes we put the right content in front of the wrong audience and it falls a bit flat.
In this episode, Amy and Monikah discuss the right place where you can publish your thought leadership.
- The quality or efficiency of your messaging cannot be judged by the number of likes or followers. You don’t have to be Insta-famous or be an online influencer.
- Don’t try to launch 2 platforms at the same time. Work on 1 platform first, build it then work on another one.
- You don’t have to do the messaging yourself. You can hire someone else, like a PR firm to do it for you.
You can get all the financial tips and strategies in the world, learning financial literacy IS very important. However, if you don't have the mindset to sustain your financial abundance, then it is going down a never ending sieve.
In today’s episode of Your Circle of Influence, Dr. Monikah and Amy speak with money mindset maven Nicole Henry about where to start upleveling your money mind and how to apply those practices in your day to day business and life.
With an increasingly global business world, you are required to make more agile moves, keep up with industry standards and marketing trends. The last thing you need to trip you up is the legalese. BUT - if you don't handle it, it can land you in hot water.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy share their own journeys in protecting intellectual property, dealing with vendors and clients, and where to go to look for help in legally protecting your business.
Have you ever wondered how to make money in public speaking?
Today we are talking with public speaking expert Kristin Thompson on how to generate money and clients for your business, using speaking as a strategy.
- You don’t have to be an extrovert to succeed in public speaking
- The formula for how to make money in public speaking
- How to get more speaking opportunities
Kristin Thompson is a wife, a mother, and a mentor to rock star experts just like you.
She calls herself an unlikely speaker, only resorting to speaking to help her business generate income during the economic downturn of 2009.
On her journey she developed her own system for speaking to groups with a spirit of service that also generated big waves of business.
10 years ago she made waves launching her Command Any Room program taking her business from $30,000 year to $175,000 working 3 days a week.
7 years ago she launched her first live event for speakers generating multiple-six-figures in a weekend.
4 years ago she launched her Rock Your Talk course generating over $200,000 in sales in just 1 month.
And now, she’s here to help you turn one talk into the engine that drives your visibility and your revenue to new levels.
http://www.speakservegrow.com/
Have you been wanting to improve your communication skills? Dr. Monikah and Amy share how to tell the four key stories that will have your audience needing your business. They even share some of their own stories.
People usually fall in one of two camps on direct sales companies - the camp that absolutely loves the business model, and the camp that loathes it and wants nothing to do with it.
But the thing is that direct sales is a great entry point for people who want to start their entrepreneur journey AND the top performers only got there through leveraging their own sales, marketing and leadership skills.
Our guest, Makeda Daley, is a top 7-figure producer 26 times over, and shares key strategies to build a business through automation and leadership.
The E-Myth, by Michael Gerber, made an honorable mention on this episode - which goes to show, when it comes down to it, whether a new business or a new iteration of a tried and true model, the basic foundational principles of business building stand the test of time.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy how to share the vulnerability AND authority of your origin story to harness your power as a superhero - in your business and for your clients. Dr. Monikah shares Joseph Campbell's framework of "the hero's journey" and your role in it for your clients.
Discover the three main themes of your origin story so that you get credibility from your audience, not sympathy, and get sales, not popularity.
Eleanor Beaton has been touted as “One of the foremost women’s leadership experts in North America today.” And she shares that leadership doesn't get far until we get clear on our commitment. What are you committed to?
We often answer that question with a vision, an aspirational result. But if you really think about it, we know what we are committed to by the results we keep producing. Sometimes that's awesome feedback - sometimes it's a call to the carpet.
In this episode, Eleanor shares her grit story defining commitment, how getting clear on her commitment informed her company re-brand and focus, what a S.A.F.I. is (you may be one and not even know it!), and the lifetime companions of commitment - constraint and conviction.
Masculine energy isn't about being "manly" or knowing how to be a man. Likewise, feminine energy isn't about being "womanly" or being a good woman. These are just as much part of every human being (male and female alike) as having a right and left brain hemisphere.
The key is to know when to use what energy, for how long and with what intensity. That's what we are talking about in this episode when we discuss balancing masculine and feminine energy.
Dr. Monikah asserts how the human life cycle begins (from conception to infancy to childhood and adolescence for a human child) parallels the start up and growth phase of the business.
In this episode we also share tools to support you in shifting from masculine to feminine energy and vice versa so that you rock every domain of your life and business. Get equipped!
Is your business properly protected?
Today we are interviewing Shevelle McPherson, small business attorney to discuss what you need to do to keep your business protected, and profitable!
Connect with her at www.shevellemcpherson.com
When is the right time to bring on a business loan?
And when should you NEVER bring on a business loan?
Today Dr. Monikah and Amy are discussing the do's and don'ts of small business loans.
- You need money to scale
- Don't think money will fix a problem
- Start building your business credit
- Invest in something that is already proven
- Affording your payments
- Return on investment
- Get good terms for the loan
If you're thinking about a business loan, make sure you download this episode.
What's the secret to healthy relationships?
No one can love you more than you love yourself.
Coach Cass Henriquez is joining us today to talk about self-acceptance and how YOUNG we are when we start forming our opinions about our beauty, value, and worth.
Cass is the creator of the best selling Princess Zara's Birthday Traditions book, a relationship coach, and mom to a beautiful black daughter. She is actively working to promote young girls of color to love their skin and celebrate their beauty.
Visit https://inspiremany.com to learn more about Coach Cass.
Sick and tired of working hard and accomplishing little?
Want to get more of your top priority tasks crossed off the list?
Dr. Monikah and Amy are sharing their personal favorite efficiency hacks that are guaranteed to help you get more done, achieve your goals, and feel amazing at the end of the day!
Entrepreneurs can sometimes have a love-hate relationship with efficiency. If you're not being careful, you can spend an entire day working hard, and still not get to those critical tasks that move you towards your dreams?
Join us today for a conversation that will help you get more done with less stress!
Are all your financial eggs in one proverbial basket?
If you're ready to diversify your income this is the conversation for you!
In this episode, we are talking with Jen Du Plessis, America's Mortgage Mastery Mentor and successful podcast host. Jen shares her journey from being "Jenny without-a-penny" that wasn't expected to amount to much, to becoming one of the top women in her industry. She unlocks the secret to diversifying your wealth, creating a life of purpose, and how to find financial opportunities.
She has been seen and heard on Good Morning America, Sirius/XM Radio, Voice America
and Mortgage News Network. Jen has been featured in publications such as The Wall
Street Journal and The Washington Post; is a regular contributor to Mortgage Executive
Magazine and Mortgage Women Magazine and has been recognized with the Women with
Vision Award as one of the Top 20 Most Powerful Women in the Mortgage Industry.
Visit https://www.jenduplessis.com to learn more
Don't you hate being underappreciated?
Everybody needs to feel loved...
Even in business!
Dr. Monikah and Amy are discussing business love languages in this episode and how to keep your performing at their BEST by honoring their needs! Everyone can be successful given the right context. But if you don't understand what your team members need, it's really hard to give it to them.
Join us today for some actionable tips on showing more appreciation with your team members, colleagues, and clients.
In today’s episode of Your Circle of Influence, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk with Kate Schnetzer, an award winning video content producer, about how to be visible in today’s market. Listen in as Kate gives her top 3 tips to get started with and leverage your video content.
Guest Links:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/kateschnetzer/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/femaleentrepreneurstv/
Website - https://www.kateschnetzer.com/
Ugh, money blocks are the worst.
They keep you from your next level of success. They keep you stuck. They keep your impact small. And it's time to move on!
If you've struggled with money blocks, you know they are never gone for good.
In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy cover the most common money blocks for high-income women, reveal their own personal money blocks and share strategies to uplevel your money stories.
If you've struggled in this area, you are not alone! And we can work through this together.
Download and listen today!
Attention speakers! The Industry is not dead, it's changed!
In today's episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy interview Dannella Burnett, event planner and talent manager for speakers. Find out exactly how the industry has evolved during the pandemic and how to thrive as a speaker in the new economy.
Dannella Burnett has been in the hospitality and special events industries since the age of 16. She has owned several businesses in Washington DC and Atlanta GA, won numerous local, national and international awards and frequently featured in industry publications. In 2008 she started Oakwood Occasions to offer North Georgia clients’ hospitality and event services. Services now include full service event planning and production and a true partnership approach to create successful events. OO was rebranded in 2018 to Encore Elite Events to truly reflect the national scope of clients and services. In addition to providing full Event Production and Services, Encore Elite Events founded Speakers Need to Speak to provide Education, Talent Management and Guaranteed Gigs for Speakers and Sponsors.
Clients include National Speakers, Celebrities, Networking Associations, Non-Profits, Large Corporations and Brides with Vision. She is also a speaker on event and speaker strategies, women’s empowerment, overcoming and networking. She’s a coach for Speakers, Event Hosts, Vendors and Sponsors. She is a creative force that believes in multiple streams of income, collaboration, and always finding the win-win-win combination!
www.EncoreEliteEvents.com
www.SpeakersNeedToSpeak.com
www.LanierTentRental.com
Could a door be the answer to all life's problems?
In today's episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy discuss the challenges and benefits of working at home, including:
1. How to minimize interruptions.
2. How to increase your productivity at home.
3. And the ever-important conversation around how to keep relationships strong while you are killing it in business.
In 2020, more entrepreneurs than ever are working from home. If you want to take your work from home productivity to the next level, Check out this episode!
Sometimes life throws you curve balls that could lay you bare on the floor... Or... you can do like Kellie Kuecha has done - and use every single valley as an opportunity for reinvention, to reignite your passions, and rediscover the magic of you. As a branding expert, author of "She Monetizes" and a sought after consultant, Kellie's magic is in helping women turn their ideas into tangible and bankable assets.
Oh how quickly the tables turn! In this episode, now it's Dr. Monikah's turn to grill Amy! Listen in as Amy reveals parts of her life and entrepreneurial journey.
Cledra knows what it’s like to be a top performer focused on a checklist only to check everything off and still feel unfulfilled. She finished #1 in her undergraduate class of Chemical Engineering and had her pick of top schools to enter a doctorate program, but she instead pursued a 21 year career in the pharmaceutical industry before stepping into her passion of combining engineering, neuroscience, life coaching and her faith to create results in the lives of literally hundreds of women around the world. Cledra has developed a system called the Thought Tree™ that empowers women to free themselves from adopted thoughts that don’t support or serve their best life.
Cledra believes that we are all beautifully made but horribly programmed and her life’s work is to teach women how bring intention their thoughts in order to Step Into the Freedom they desire.
In this episode, long time entrepreneur Carol Dunlop shares how to best use technology in your business so that it WORKS for you, instead of being overwhelmed by the latest shiny object and not knowing how to use it or when to leverage it.
Amy grills Dr. Monikah with the same questions we give our guests when THEY are on the hot seat. A dose of our own medicine!
Sometimes playing the visibility game can feel like a hamster wheel that leaves you untethered and flying in a million different directions. In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk about how to stay visible AND grounded, so that you are always aligned with your highest vision and tie it to the most pressing results.
Our guest, Lark Galley, takes us through her own entrepreneurial journey from success to significance in building a business to fuel a cause dear and near to her heart, fighting against human trafficking. Join us as Lark shares behind the scenes about building a nonprofit arm of her business, growing the circle of committed donors, and leaving a legacy that others can lead.
Do you know the four levels of hires for your team? When to hire for which position? Dr. Monikah and Amy share the 4 levels of hires, best practices when hiring VA's overseas and for your sales team, and when to do expensive hires. You don't want to miss this one!
In this episode, PR and celebrity-maker expert, Brielle Cotterman divulges her EXACT step-by-step strategy to help clients land 5- and 6-figure projects by using media. In today's "influencer" and celebrity culture, entrepreneurs do well to leverage key strategies without losing substance or compromising their message.
As America’s Crowdfunding Strategist, Dr. Letitia Wright was part of the 2018 November faculty of the Excellerated Business Schools in Thailand. She has received honors from the All Ladies League and the Women’s Economic Forum in Holland. She also joined the WAVE based in Holland to help combat women’s economics around the globe. Dr. Wright taught at Start Up Week 2016 in Dallas, Maui and Oahu. She has been on the list of the Top 100 Crowdfunding Experts for the last 4 years and was invited to President Obama’s Global Entrepreneur Summit Summer 2016. In today's episode, Dr. Wright shares simple strategies to procure outside investments for your business growth.
One of the biggest challenges most entrepreneurs face is keeping the flow of leads coming in. In this episode, Dr. Monikah and Amy talk best strategies on how to find your ideal clients, consistently and profitably.
Dr. Monikah and Amy share a different take on what self-care actually means, and share practices and habits that keep the high performing woman at her best.
Deborah Daniel started Charter Accounting to empower small business owners to get financially fit and free. In this episode, she shares the pivots she has had to make in her own business, and how that journey has empowered her and her clients alike.
Dr. Monikah and Amy discuss the best steps to building your thought leadership - from where to focus, what platform to reach your audience the fastest, and how to start building your body of work online.
Lauren Gall and Melanie Ammerman are co-Founders of VaVaVirtual - a multi-VA firm that fulfills the backend support that business owners need. In this interview, Lauren and Melanie share secrets of making their working partnership work by playing to your strengths and being proactive and transparent in communicating.
When Naja Hayward decided to take her tea passion global, little did she know it would open up a world of consulting, coaching, speaking on stages all over the world, and then of course - back to tea. Cited by the Valley Economic Development Center as an Exceptional Woman In Business and recognized as Coach of The Year, Naja Hayward is the President and Founder of THRIVE Entrepreneurs, a coaching, consulting and education company that supports entrepreneurs to build a thriving business that supports a fulfilling life - and is the Founder and brand face of Naja Tea, where she blends ancient social and self-care traditions with modern technology, lifestyle and community.
Dr. Monikah and Amy share key strategies and tips on how to manage all the hats a high performing woman entrepreneur must wear on her road to achievement AND bliss.
Business Strategist, Virtual COO and #Mompreneur DeKesha Williams believes that if you follow the profit blueprint that you can double your income. In this episode, DeKesha shares tips and strategies to grow your business online, using automation and systems.
Nozomi Morgan is the CEO of Michiki Morgan Worldwide. Her passion is to develop global leaders that are courageous and kind and want to do good in this world. She leads a team of world-class experts who help international organizations when they have a critical need to improve quality, performance, and profitability through building a culture of excellence beyond cultural differences.
Talking Points
- Making the leap from Corporate into Entrepreneurship. .
- If you’re in a tight space, there are always options. Find the courage to make a big bold change.
- How to have the hard conversations and trust your personal leadership.
- Hard work doesn’t always lead to better work. Make sure you are bringing on the right clients and right business for you.
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Dr. Monikah and Amy sit down to open up the conversation between white women and black women that we all should be having, with our friends, colleagues, clients, and family. We recorded this episode before the nation erupted in riots in over 75 cities, and other protests around the world in solidarity. One of our core values is "Authentic vulnerability is the beginning of transformation." We hope this episode opens up questions for you, starts your own dialogue with your people,and we invite you to join the deeper discussion in our private group (https://bit.ly/ycoigreenroom)
Cathryn Marshall has a longstanding commitment to changing lives through effective exercise and high standards of nutrition. She has 18 years experience as a personal trainer and nutrition counselor. She is passionate about treating the body, mind and spirit. Additionally, Cathryn is a fitness and nutrition motivational speaker as well as the author of the book, Simple Fat Burn.
Dr. Monikah shares five crucial money moves to make in times of uncertainty as CEOs create their own economy no matter what market fluctuations they may have to face.
Becoming the leader YOU know you were meant to be starts with you focusing on increasing your impact and influence while establishing and leveraging more meaningful relationships. Cornelia joins us to discuss mastering the art of authentic leadership and allowing the truth of who you are to shine through.
As a business coach, Heather Wade helps business owners create successful systems in their current business and supports women in starting a new work from home business. She loves helping them gain financial freedom and help them reclaim their time. As a wife and mom of 6, Heather believes in the power of mothers in the home. She also believes many women are being inspired and called to bigger missions. In this episode, she shares how she integrates harmony in a flourishing home life with a powerful mission out in the world.
Dr. Monikah and Amy go into strategies that they have used to transcend (and distinctions that help reframe the whole idea of) overwhelm and burnout. Seems like no matter WHEN we talk about it, it's always a timely topic to manage our busy and easily scattered living. For when you need to be grounded, centered, present, effective and laser focused - this one is for you.
Anne’s dad advised her to earn her Business Degree first – “a great foundation for anyone”. Her love of homes and interiors led her to get her second degree in Interior Design – a valuable combination for running your own design firm. This is how Anne approaches her projects with careful analytics (the mechanics) and an innovative eye (the aesthetics).
By founding and leading Whitehorse Interiors and Renovations, Anne has created a space that functions well for the individual, feeds their personal style, and makes life easier.
In today's episode, we interview Anne and discuss pivoting in your business during unprecedented time - especially dealing with new technology options, when you are not accustomed to using those technologies for your day to day operations, but now find yourself in a "swim or sink" moment. Let's flush out these strategies to keep moving forward.
Caitlyn Doemner is co-founder of SalesMAP, a company that creates predictable leads and consistent cash flow via outsourced sales support services. With clients like Deepak Chopra, Ryan Levesque, Fabienne Fredrickson, Alex Mandossian and Marjory Wildcraft, Caitlyn and her team know how to scale a good business model into a million dollar smooth sailing sales engine. Join us today as we talk about clear strategies to uplevel your sales and hear Caitlyn's journey from success to significance.
Dr. Monikah and Amy delve deeply into how faith informs and impacts business decisions. No matter your spiritual tradition, denomination or even if you have no spiritual tradition at all, what you put your faith is has a lot to do with what Albert Einstein calls "the most important decision you'll ever make": Whether you live in a friendly or unfriendly Universe - because from THAT decision, all others sprout.
What about you? Where do you stand with how your faith informs and impacts YOUR business decisions? Leave your truths, questions and aha moments in the comments below. We look at each and every one of them!
Jill Winger's mission help modern folks leave the rat race and create a richer, slower, more meaningful life through this crazy-beautiful thing we call modern homesteading. With a personal and practical style is personal and practical, she shares lots of real life stories from her family's homestead, but plenty of hands-on information too—because stories only go so far and eventually you need to know how to do the stuff!
Allison Larsen is the Founder of The Speakers Coalition (speakerscoalition.com), an author, TV and Radio Show Host helping speakers reach masses through stages & media - and a soul-driven entrepreneur. You are not going to want to miss the insights she drops about guiding your business from your heart.
In this debut episode, hosts Dr. Monikah Ogando and Amy Walker introduce Your Circle of Influence, the vision behind it, and the values that drive our partnership, this podcast, and feminine leadership as a whole.
Arlan Hamilton built a venture capital fund from the ground up, while homeless. She is the Founder and Managing Partner of Backstage Capital, a fund that is dedicated to minimizing funding disparities in tech by investing in high-potential founders who are people of color, women, and/or LGBT, and her book "It's About Damn Time" debuts this week!