Falling in love with your brain with Laura Swartzbaugh

Over the past several months, my goal with this podcast has been to shed light on some of the things that we go through – the good and the bad – as women building businesses online, and share the conversations I have with the brilliant women in my circle. We’ve talked about… Dating, divorce, friendship Being the breadwinner and building a business with a newborn Depression, codependency and trauma, dealing with failure Being a digital nomad versus living a regret-proof life … and so many other important topics I hope that the conversations and the stories shared here gave you valuable lessons. More importantly, that you felt that you are not alone. As I close out the final episode of Coaching & Conversations, I want to invite you to continue the conversation with me on instagram @TaVonaDenise. Also, if you’re wondering, how do I know so many people? I thought I’d share my secret with you. Enjoy! Shownotes 02:30 - Build relationships (networking) 04:49 - Show up in places where you genuinely want to be 06:03 - Show who you are 06:37 - Ask for what you want 07:36 - Keep in touch Like what you hear? Find more from TaVona below: 📸 Instagram 📘Facebook YouTube 🌍 Website and Blog 👩‍👩‍ Join the FB group conversation 💌Join the Thrive Network E-mail & get TaVona's 2-Cents

Did you know that trauma can show up in the buying experience?  Not just for you as the seller, but for the buyer? This is how some people have been taught to sell and although it works, it feels gross. If you are a heart-centered entrepreneur, you will want to tune into this episode where TaVona speaks candidly with Grace Edison, expert in sales about consent-based selling. This approach allows us to recognize previous/existing traumas and empowers us to serve our clients better. They also discuss how to ethically use waitlists and fast action in your selling, while taking care of and being sensitive to your clients. You do NOT want to miss this conversation! Shownotes 00:25 - Consulting for sales 07:49 - Thoughts on waitlists and fast action price 13:35 - Retention rate of fast action 16:33 - Trauma-informed sales 24:52 - Importance of consent based selling 28:55 - Care and sensitivity to clients Like what you hear? Find more from TaVona below: 📸 Instagram 📘Facebook YouTube 🌍 Website and Blog 👩‍👩‍ Join the FB group conversation 💌Join the Thrive Network E-mail & get TaVona's 2-Cents

Self-Trust is ESSENTIAL to creating the life you want. However, we’re constantly bombarded with other people’s ideas and opinions and tend to seek their approval and guidance - believing they know better - rather than trusting our own instincts. Hence, the insecurities, self-doubt, and fear of failure. If you find yourself constantly doubting your authority, start looking inward and watch the miracles unfold. In this episode, Taylor shares what it means to stand in your brilliance, overcoming insecurities, and amplifying self-trust. Shownotes 01:31 - Standing in your brilliance 03:35 - The cost of buying your way out of insecurity 11:55 - Traumatic investments 17:36 - How to know your brilliance 23:20 - Amplifying self-trust with Human Design Like what you hear? Find more from TaVona below: 📸 Instagram 📘Facebook YouTube 🌍 Website and Blog 👩‍👩‍ Join the FB group conversation 💌Join the Thrive Network E-mail & get TaVona's 2-Cents

For some reason, we have been conditioned to believe that we have to “hustle hard” to be successful and some pretty outdated ways of thinking when it comes to women, raising children and business.  In this episode, Kristina sets the record straight. Experiencing burnout as an entrepreneur is far more prevalent than we would think. Even if you are really passionate about your business, burnout can happen. Burnout is sometimes caused by the ‘hustle hard’ mentality – wherein you’re putting more effort into your work than you are receiving in return. Consequently, it affects your creativity, productivity, and team which impacts the growth of your business. In order to prevent burnout you need to identify its early signs and know when it’s time to act. Shownotes 01:38 - What it means to have fun in business 05:07 - Embracing ease and flow 09:39 - Ways to break the hustle culture 16:51 - Trauma in coaching 20:21 - Kristina's definition of success 24:12 - How to build a successful team 27:42 - Feminine leadership, beating gender norms Like what you hear? Find more from TaVona below: 📸 Instagram 📘Facebook YouTube 🌍 Website and Blog 👩‍👩‍ Join the FB group conversation 💌Join the Thrive Network E-mail & get TaVona's 2-Cents

Many people are drawn to the concept of entrepreneurship, which can be overwhelming in and of itself, but what happens when you decide to create a coaching certification? In this episode, Erin shares her journey of creating Quantum Ripple Effect. We talk about business pivots, challenges encountered, dealing with imposter syndrome and feedback, business pivots and lessons learned developing a team. If you are thinking about growing your business to the next level, you do not want to miss this episode. Shownotes 04:12 - Why hustle culture is toxic for entrepreneurs 07:22 - The impetus for creating Quantum Ripple Effect 11:24 - How to turn impostor syndrome to trust 14:45 - Challenges in creating the coaching certification 18:02 - Ways to be receptive to feedback 20:35 - Business pivots and pivot pains 26:22 - Lessons learned by growing/developing a team Like what you hear? Find more from TaVona below: 📸 Instagram 📘Facebook YouTube 🌍 Website and Blog 👩‍👩‍ Join the FB group conversation 💌Join the Thrive Network E-mail & get TaVona's 2-Cents

Do you ever wonder what your clients, colleagues, friends, or family think about you? If yes, then it’s normal. It’s natural for us human beings to care what other people think about us. As we grow up, we develop beliefs about ourselves based on what others tell us. The problem is when we care so much about what they think that we abandon our authentic way of being and our desires based on what we believe others might think of us. Once you start sacrificing your own happiness and goals in order to make others happy, that’s the moment you need to untangle yourself from codependent thinking. In this episode, Victoria delves into codependent thinking and how to remove codependency from your business. Shownotes 02:02 - What is codependent thinking? 04:55 - Why do women fall into codependency? 09:03 - How to unravel from codependent thinking 15:53 - Overcoming the fear of doing the emotional work 17:30 - Codependence within a launch 22:59 - Interdependence vs. Codependence Like what you hear? Find more from TaVona below: 📸 Instagram 📘Facebook YouTube 🌍 Website and Blog 👩‍👩‍ Join the FB group conversation 💌Join the Thrive Network E-mail & get TaVona's 2-Cents

Entrepreneurship is already challenging, but how do you manage when you are also dealing with depression? In this episode of Coaching & Conversations, TaVona and her guest, Sunni VonMutius, get real about their experience with various forms of depression and how they manage to deal with it while running their businesses. They discuss: 01:50 - How to shift from being fake to being authentic 05:42 - Normalizing life coaching and therapy 09:06 - Sunni's mental health story 13:15 - Ways to manage depression cycles 18:14 - The importance of celebrating milestones 21:28 - Navigating the perfect storms of life 27:42 - Neurodiversity and the mental health discussion Like what you hear? Find more from TaVona below: 📸 Instagram 📘Facebook YouTube 🌍 Website and Blog 👩‍👩‍ Join the FB group conversation 💌Join the Thrive Network E-mail & get TaVona's 2-Cents

It’s one thing to SAY fall in love with your brain is the key to success and another to MEAN it.  In this conversation, TaVona gets to chat with Laura Swartzbaugh, stroke survivor and authenticity coach. They discuss: Using coaching tools against yourself and how having a stroke shifted her relationship with her brain. Thoughts that don’t go away, no matter how much money they make. The science behind why we have shiny object syndrome and why it’s so important to fall in love with the journey Why $100K changes SOME people. Mentions: Simone Seol Vikki Laffe Like what you hear? Find more from TaVona below: 📸 Instagram 📘Facebook YouTube 🌍 Website and Blog 👩‍👩‍ Join the FB group conversation 💌Join the Thrive Network E-mail & get TaVona's 2-Cents

What do you do when you are the breadwinner of the family, launching and have to reduce your work hours to 5 a week because you are pregnant?  TaVona has an in-depth conversation with Vikki Louise, about hacking time, becoming a reformed hustler and creating a $250K month. They discuss: What failure, your nervous system and having space to recover have to do with speeding up your rate of success. The one thought that resulted in 5xing her revenue in one month after giving up steady income to go all in on her coaching business. How to create safety and security apart from the amount of money in your bank account. Fears about success and relationships. Like what you hear? Find more from TaVona below: 📸 Instagram 📘Facebook YouTube 🌍 Website and Blog 👩‍👩‍ Join the FB group conversation 💌Join the Thrive Network E-mail & get TaVona's 2-Cents

In this special conversation, Marilyn Fontaine, spiritual coach for creative women, leads the conversation with TaVona about what it takes to launch and run a business with ease from TaVona’s home in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. How long it took TaVona to reach 6-figures and achieve the live and work from anywhere lifestyle. Success, shame, and trauma and how to know if you are having a stress/trauma response in your business.. Why it’s actually a GOOD thing when you notice negative emotions and triggers coming up and how we support ourselves through that time. The funny reason Marilyn thought she wasn’t a “proper” life coach. What a typical week is like for TaVona living and working near the beach. Mentions: Unstoppable Success: How to FINALLY Create the Body, Business and Lifestyle You Want Like what you hear? Find more from TaVona below: 📸 Instagram 📘Facebook YouTube 🌍 Website and Blog 👩‍👩‍ Join the FB group conversation 💌Join the Thrive Network E-mail & get TaVona's 2-Cents