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Episode #75 Simply Smart Business with Gemma Went

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Today I am happy to have Gemma Went with me. Gemma and I have been friends online for quite some time, but we don’t get to spend much face time together, so we were so excited to have this chance to speak over video! Gemma Went is a Digital Marketing & Online Business Consultant who works with small business owners to help them bring their dreams to life online. She won an entrepreneur of the year award for her first business 10 years ago, a digital marketing agency, before becoming the Social Media Director at two London agencies. She regularly speaks and writes on the topic of business strategy, social media and digital marketing.

Our conversation today is focusing on how Gemma got her start in online business. She’s had more than one business, but she started her current business 3.5 years ago when she was pregnant and found herself without a job. She really had to make things work. We also talk about the importance of having multiple income streams when you are self-employed and Gemma’s suggestions for getting yours started.

To check out Gemma’s Academy go here. To sign up for the waitlist for her next mastermind, go here.

Quotes 

  • “I’ve got a real passion for small businesses and mums that want to make it themselves, because that’s how I got started.” – Gemma
  • “For me it was about really understanding how much I needed [for childcare and living expenses] and I started there.” – Gemma
  • “No one’s going to stop a mum with a plan, right?” – Gemma
  • “I find launches quite overwhelming and stressful, so I want to streamline [my launch process] and find something I’m really comfortable with.” – Gemma
  • “I think one of the hardest parts of online business is going from having the idea to actually making The Thing.” – Jen

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Resources 

Denise Duffield Thomas on The School of Self-Mastery with Adrienne Dorison

Bushra Azhar’s Sold Out Launch Framework

gemmawentGemma Went is a Digital Marketing & Online Business Consultant who works with small business owners to help them bring their dreams to life online. She won an entrepreneur of the year award for her first business 10 years ago, a digital marketing agency, before becoming the Social Media Director at two London agencies. She regularly speaks and writes on the topic of business strategy, social media and digital marketing.

She recently launched The Simply Smart Business Academy, an online membership site that teaches small business owners everything they need to create, manage and grow a business online.

To connect with Gemma, check out her website, her Facebook page, her Twitter, and her LinkedIn.

Episode #74 The Two Week Wait Challenge with Lindsay Fischer

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This week on Financial Fluency, I am so excited to have my first ever returning guest, Lindsay Fischer! Lindsay is here to speak with us about her new book, The Two Week Wait Challenge, so you know what that means: this is a book club episode! The Two Week Wait Challenge is a book of daily self care for women hoping to conceive and dealing with the high stress (read: trauma) of the two weeks between possible conception and the first time they could possibly know for sure whether or not they are pregnant. Lindsay is in the midst of her fertility journey right now and provides this book as a balm to other women from someone who knows.

Our conversation also covers the true costs of IVF: mental, emotional, financial and physical, and the other options available for couples looking to have children in these times. Lindsay Fischer is a trauma-tested author who writes about her own experiences to help others feel less alone. A former English teacher and dance coach, a domestic violence survivor, and – now – a seemingly infertile Myrtle, she refuses to be silent about the things that change our lives. For her, those issues are domestic violence and infertility.

Quotes 

  • “[The Two Week Wait Challenge] is a way to feel good about yourself during a time when you probably don’t.” – Lindsay
  • “Trama is trauma, and for women who are given an infertility diagnosis, it is as stressful as getting a cancer or HIV diagnosis.” – Lindsay
  • “In this whole process, there’s disappointment, there’s heartbreak, and there’s frustration, especially when you are throwing the kind of money that you are at it because people assume it’s so expensive because it definitely works.” – Lindsay
  • “Adoption is not off the table, but the further we’ve gotten into looking at all of our financial options [for children], adoption is just as expensive.” -Lindsay
  • “I already feel like I’m mothering, I’m mothering that embryo.” -Lindsay

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Resources

Here are Lindsay’s Books:

The Two Week Wait Challenge: A Sassy Girl’s Guide to Surviving the TWW

The House on Sunset

Lindsay’s Website

lindsay-fisherLindsay Fischer is a trauma-tested author who writes about her own experiences to help others feel less alone. A former English teacher and dance coach, a domestic violence survivor, and – now – a seemingly infertile Myrtle, she refuses to be silent about the things that change our lives. For her, those issues are domestic violence and infertility.

To connect with Lindsay, check out her website, her Facebook page, her Twitter, and her Instagram.

Episode #72 Manifest Your Awesomeness with Jennifer Trask

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Today I am so happy to be speaking with the wonderful Jennifer Trask. Jennifer is a seasoned entrepreneur, having been in business for nine years. Jennifer Trask is a mindset coach and business advisor for coaches and healers. Through her private coaching practice and online programs, Jennifer helps her clients break out of lack and manifest abundant mindsets so that they can grow their businesses and become the catalysts for change they came to be.

In our conversation, we cover in detail the evolution of Jennifer’s career. She came from a entrepreneurial family, so it was a natural direction for her to head in, but she’s got some great advice for first time entrepreneurs too. We learn about what to do when you a reach a plateau or grow stagnant in your dreams and how to manifest the life and business you are looking for.

Quotes 

  • “The best thing that happened to me in MBA school is that I went into the mentorship program.” -Jennifer Trask
  • “A social media plan is part of a marketing plan, but it’s not necessary the be all end all of [your marketing strategy].” – Jennifer Trask
  • “Now that so many people have personal brands, exactly following someone else’s blueprint isn’t the right thing for your brand.” -Jen Turrell
  • “I wanted the freedom to be who I wanted to be, go where I wanted to go, and make my own decisions, and I really didn’t like this idea of someone telling me what do to, and where to go.” – Jennifer Trask
  • “While I was traveling I was maintaining my business, it wasn’t growing, it was maintaining. And that caused me to grow stagnant.” – Jennifer Trask
  • “Happiness in life doesn’t come from staying where you are too long.” – Jennifer Trask
  • “People make big change when they are either in deep pain or highly inspired, I was in deep pain and I was like ‘it’s sink or swim’” – Jennifer Trask
  • “No matter who you voted for, the reactions from around the world show that a lot of people need coaching. “ Jennifer Trask
  • “Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional.” – Jennifer Trask
  • “This election is such a good example of the Law of Attraction in action. What you focus on is what you attract, and what you focus on expands.” – Jennifer Trask

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Resources 

Abraham Hicks

To connect with Jennifer, check out her website, Facebook page, Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube channel. Specifically, she’s sharing a video series called “Break Out Of Lack & Jump Into Abundance” Check it out here: http://jennifer-trask.com/abundance

jennifertraskJennifer Trask is a mindset coach and business advisor for coaches and healers. Through her private coaching practice and online programs, Jennifer helps her clients break out of lack and create abundant mindsets so that they can grow their businesses and become the catalysts for change they came to be.

After her first business failed, Jennifer overcame her own limiting beliefs and was able to successfully create a full-time coaching business that now enables her to travel the world as a digital nomad. Jennifer has now traveled to 27 countries and lived in 8 of them for an extended period of time. With customers and clients in over 5 continents and reaching over 7,500+ coaches and healers online, Jennifer is living her passion of helping others profitably live theirs.

Jennifer has a Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing and an MBA in International Business. She is a Huffington Post blogger, a featured contributor in the award-winning book, ‘Living College Life In The Front Row’ by celebrated coach Jon Vroman, and has been featured in publications such as Inspired Coach Magazine and Upwork Digital Nomad series. When she is not traveling the globe, Jennifer calls St. John’s, NL, Canada home with her wonderfully nutty family, including her six nieces and nephews.