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Episode #119—Loving to Be Me with Katie Kozlowski

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How would you look at yourself differently if you were hit by a taxi while walking home? For Katie Kozlowski, it was a wakeup call for her on that tragic night, and the accident made her recognize that she had a lot more to do with her life. Katie has now dedicated her life to guide both herself and her clients to self-love and mindfulness. In addition to coaching, Katie is the creator of Loving to Be Me. She also does voice acting for children shows, advertisements, and much more as well.

On the show, Katie brings up her background and how she has been singing and performing her whole life. Before her taxi accident, she was a brand ambassador for a liquor company. Katie mentioned she had destructive behaviors in the past, too. She grew up with alcoholism in her family and that subconsciously affected her into her adult life.

At the time of her accident, she wasn’t in a great relationship, and she felt herself spiraling down. One night, she got stood up by her boyfriend and started thinking suicidal thoughts “Does any one care if I die?” Seconds later she got hit by a taxi. And she had a chance to reassess how she was living and thinking, and that’s when she got on the track of mindfulness. She asks listeners on the show to think about this: “Are the things you’re doing self-loving or destructive?”

Katie tells me that once she started sharing her story, she began to inspire people. She never intended to build an empire, but Katie wanted to make something of her mess and use it for good.

Powerful Quotes from Katie

“Truth resonates so powerfully because what you’re saying is true…Anything you’re looking for you have inside. You don’t need to go into debt to find it.”

“Once you find it inside of yourself—it shows up.”

“When it comes to sales and running a business, you have to learn to charge and own your value.”

“If you have negative space (emotions or a bank account), don’t run away from it or cover it up. Sit it in and think about what you’re going to fill it with.”

To learn more about Katie, visit her site: www.lovingtobeme.com or follow her on social media:

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Join a 7-day creative journey with Katie at  www.lovingtobeme.com/p/expressyourtrueself it’s held on the second week of each month for free.

Katie’s voice over work can be found at her SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/katiekozlowski

 

#119 Loving to Be Me with Katie Kozlowski

Katie Kozlowski is a self-love and mindfulness coach and the creator of Loving To Be Me. After being hit full on by a taxi at 30 years old and walking away completely unharmed, Katie received her “wake up call” from God and dedicated the rest of her life to teaching others the value and importance of loving yourself as you are. Katie combines personal experience, NLP, EFT, and other cutting edge mindfulness technique help people recover from trauma, personal challenges, and low self-esteem to create a more loving relationship with the self.

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Special Edition: Biz Buddies with Niamh Arthur

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Welcome to this Special Episode of Financial Fluency! Today I am on the show with Niamh Arthur, my Biz BF to announce that we are having a baby! Well, a baby of sorts. We have just launched a new podcast together called Biz Buddies!

Being an online entrepreneur or freelancer can be lonely. Niamh and I have been Biz Buddies for over a year and a half now, scheduling weekly calls not to instruct, coach, or formally do anything for each other, but by being genuine friends we have helped and done more for each other than coaches or employees sometimes can. On this show we pull aside the curtain and let the world in on the behind the scenes of our own online businesses, the good, the bad, the ugly and the awesome. On this new show we chat, plot, plan, rant, rave and sometimes ugly cry about the ups and downs of online entrepreneurship. We also talk about what books we are reading, what podcasts we listen to, who we are following and what we are up to in all different areas of our lives.

Want to know how Niamh sold out her Challenges with Impact offering in a single day? (We talk about that in today’s Financial Fluency episode as well as on the Biz Buddies show.) Want to know who goes into doing a massive 30 Day Challenge that more than a thousand people sign up for? Want to hear how I get hung up trying to finish things and actually get paid offerings out there? Then come on over to Biz Buddies! Download the podcast episodes and sign up HERE to get on our list to learn more about the coming Biz Buddies group and the possible retreat at a secret, very magical place in Southern Ireland. We want to be your Biz Buddy too!

You can find more on Niamh Arthur right HERE.

And you can find Biz Buddies on iTunes right HERE.

And if you want to watch the Biz Buddies episodes on YouTube, you can find those HERE.

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Niamh’s Ignite 30 Day Video Challenge

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Join the Biz Buddies List to show interest in a future group and retreat in Ireland!

Curious about the record label I run with my husband? You can find our website HERE!

Episode #117 – Dare To Be More with Kimberly Patrick

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What would you do if you dared to do and be more? Today I have proven sales and recruiting expert, Kimberly Patrick with me on this episode of Financial Fluency. Kimberly is a sales coach, entrepreneur, real estate investor, and author (among many other roles). She focuses on helping senior executives identify, select, and attract passive top talent.

Kimberly’s path was a winding one. She starts by telling me how she got into her many businesses. From multi-level marketing to social work, to sales and recruiting, and finally to where she is today with her own business. For Kimberly, her entrepreneurial spirit started at a young age as she observed her grandparents run their own family business.

When Kimberly was in college, she began her sales career with Mary Kay and got her taste of multi-level marketing. She quickly realized that she was better suited in a B2B environment instead of selling in a B2C market. After college, Kimberly went on to social work, but that career path was emotionally and mentally exhausting. It wasn’t until graduate school when she started building companies with her ex-husband and then she moved into the sales and recruiting industry.

On the show, Kimberly tells me how she started her first recruiting business in 2008. But that year, real estate among many other industries collapsed. All of her clients were laying off instead of hiring. Kimberly hung in there a bit, but it was also a tough year for her personally as it was professionally. She was going through a divorce, and took a lot of time for herself and moved back to DC.

Fast forward to today, Kimberly most recently launched a program, Smart Selling, for women in business. This program is 10-12 weeks, and it helps members identify clients, hammer in on their marketing and sales plans, optimize their sales funnels, and more. To help those having difficulty with this aspect of their business, they’ll take a look at where (what channels) they’re posting and what they’re posting. She says messaging is very important, so it’s essential to tweak as needed and get creative throughout the process.

Kimberly’s Tips on How to Get Started:

  1. Identify your target audience. First, you have to make sure who your ideal client is and where they hang out. See where they are and start engaging with them.
  2. Build out your freebies. Get to know your target audience and start conversations with them. Let them know about your offers and freebies, especially if you’re selling directly to a consumer.
  3. Pick technology carefully. The technology you use throughout your business is very important. Kimberly uses a few tools to help her business such as ActiveCampaign and Instapage.

You can learn more about Kimberly and her business by visiting her website: http://kimberlyapatrick.com/ or follow her on social media:

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Smart Selling Coaching Program: http://kimberlyapatrick.com/getmoreclients

Kimberly’s Book: Dare to be More

 

#117 - Dare To Be More with Kimberly Patrick

Kimberly Patrick has served as an advisor to some of the brightest CEO’s, Presidents, and Leaders. Kim is a Certified Business Coach and a driven entrepreneur. She became passionate about working with business owners as a child while growing up in a family business. Kim has been an entrepreneur since she was 17. She has founded multiple companies in real estate development, recruiting, and fitness.

Kim lives in Austin and is a new mom. She is truly living the dream and juggling everything! She spends her “spare” time investing and developing real estate, coaching mompreneurs, and helping startups find and attract the best talent. Kim serves on the board of directors of The Texas Recruiters Association and is the Director of StartupGrind Austin. She is deeply involved in the startup community where she spends her time helping companies select and hire the right talent. Kim’s passion is connecting people and helping startups grow their organizations with the best passive talent.