Your Loving Kick in the Pants

In this podcast episode, I have April Hiatt, a branding and web designer and strategist joining us. We discuss the importance of taking action and being in alignment both personally and professionally. April shares her journey of becoming a website designer after searching for specific help for her child's mental health concerns. She emphasizes the significance of online presence and how it reflects the true value of a business. The conversation also touches on the power of speaking up, asking hard questions, and being willing to listen and support others.

Topics covered in this episode:

The amazing “Lady Bosses of Utah" Facebook group

April's background as an empty nester mom and her journey to becoming a web designer

Her initial struggle in finding the right help for her child's mental health concerns

The importance of a well-designed website in reflecting a business's true value

The impact of speaking up and asking hard questions

Updating your brand and online presence, attracting clients through authentic messaging and showcasing your personality.

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In this podcast episode, I introduce you to Shaylee, who shares her powerful story of witnessing her father murder her mother when she was just 11 years old. Despite the trauma she experienced, Shaylee emphasizes that healing is possible no matter what kind of trauma one has been through. She talks about her journey of healing, including her initial denial and attempts to portray everything as fine, and her turning point when she started talking to her father and realized she needed to face and work through her emotions. Shaylee also reflects on the challenges of her father's trial, where he tried to avoid accountability by claiming he didn't remember the incident. Despite this, she has now developed a relationship with her father and achieved a sense of healing.

Topics covered in the episode:

Being a stay-at-home mom with a small crystal jewelry business

Shaylee's traumatic experience.

How others' reactions to her trauma was hard for her.

Shaylee's troubled teenage years and self-medication

Turning point of healing and facing her emotions when she started talking to her father

Challenges and frustrations during her father's trial

Developing a relationship with her father and achieving healing

I recorded my entire audiobook and I'd love for you to consume it between episodes go to my website below for the FREE download:

In this fun episode, I get to have a candid conversation with my oldest daughter, Leila. She is also my office manager and head of HR in my company. We talk a little about Leila’s roles and responsibilities in my company. We also discuss junior high school experiences, shedding light on prevalent issues like smoking and vaping among her peers. Leila shares her observations and insights with us about popularity and social dynamics from her very own perspective. We also talk about topics such as money, homeschooling, building confidence, and fostering new friendships. We spill the beans a bit about some of the things we are planning for our next retreat and also review some things we want to do differently at this one vs. our last retreat.

In this episode, we cover:

How the Accountability Code is helping us make the best decision with the possibility of homeschooling.

Some pros and cons of homeschooling from a mother’s and a teen’s perspective.

How important it is to seek feedback.

The need for continuous improvement and problem-solving.

Practical tips about making big life decision.

Public school challenges that teens are facing these days.

Lexi, my second daughter is on the podcast today! Her job title is Team Leader. Lexi spills the beans on our big adventure coming up as a family. You may already know about it, if you follow me on social media. Lexi has some blunt opinions throughout our chat and her honesty makes this episode pretty fun.

She shares what she likes about working for me, and what she likes to spend her paychecks on.

Lexi also shares the struggles of making decisions as a 12 year old, and balancing social activities.

We talk about her goal of achieving a back handspring and I get to take her though The Accountability Code to help her get closer to her goal. I hope you enjoy our candid mother daughter conversation. These episodes have taught my daughters a new perspective of the work I do, and given listeners a great basic level view of The Accountability code and how it can be applied to anything including helping your kids through what goals are important to them.

In this episode we discuss:

Our big move

Working to pay for your wants

Retreat planning

Making work fun

Decision making

Lexi's back handspring goal

In this episode, my project manager Liz Barker, AKA my daughter, who is turning 11, discuss various topics ranging from Liz's recent birthday party to her definition of modesty. You will enjoy this heartwarming podcast episode and genuine mother-daughter connection. Liz answers questions about bullying, modesty, and being an empath.

Liz is interested in astrology and shares bit about her own sign as an Aries. She explains how she navigates difficult friendships and when something triggers her towards anger. I shared my own thoughts about being overly positive and giving yourself permission to feel angry if needed.

She also gives us her perspective on kids having phones and using various apps. She shares how important being trustworthy is.

Our conversation was full of inspiration, laughter, discovery, growth, and connection.

In this episode we cover:

The importance of honesty

Being mindful of our bodies and well-being.

Mirror activity at the last retreat

Handling anger & stress

Feeling confident when you look your best

Modesty

Upcoming Mother -Daughters Retreat accommodations

I'm so excited to bring my own daughters onto the podcast! Today's episode is with my youngest daughter Leah. My girls have recently become official employees in my business. In the Spring they planned and executed their own Mother-Daughter retreat! You could say I’m one proud mom! Today, Leas shares her favorite part of the retreat, as well as, what it is like working for my company. You will love her funny additions to our conversation and she just turned 9 years old.

I run through explaining the Accountability Code to Leah in this episode! As I listened back to this recording I realized how valuable it is breaking things down to the basics, aka simple enough to explain to a child. If you have wondered about any step of The Accountability Code or if you are a current client in my program, actively working the steps, you will find value in how we walk through each step, helping you get more clarity on how The Accountability Code can work for you!

The conversation is charming and entertaining, providing a unique perspective on entrepreneurship and work-life balance.

In this Episode we cover:

Building Confidence

Viewing Bullying with Compassion

The importance of interacting with others to build confidence

Valuing your paycheck as an 8-9 year old!

How Leah divides her earnings into spending, saving, and tithing.

I'm honored to have my good friend and client Elle Pace on the podcast today. She is a massage therapist and one of the most accepting people I know. This episode starts off with a story where Elle had resistance to accepting someone without even knowing them.

Listen as she describes her process of overcoming that resistance and allowing the teaching moment to expand into other areas of her life. You'll love listening to how you can learn to overcome resistance and have it move you to love, acceptance, and respect.

Elle not only incorporates this into her massage therapy business but she also teaches it because of her challenging past of domestic violence and poor health habits. She reclaimed her life by learning to love and care for herself in the smallest of ways.

I hope as you listen you'll become more aware of how you can overcome your resistance and move forward with love, acceptance, and respect for yourself and all those you come in contact with.

In this episode we cover:

Challenging our judgmental thoughts of others

Allowing ourselves to change with new experiences

Learning to forgive ourselves

Ask for help with challenges arise

How to rely on others for help

Believe that there is good in everyone

Self care is not selfish at all, it’s necessary

You can find Elle on social media here.

Instagram.com/Deja_vu_healing_touch
Facebook @‌DeJaVuHealingTouch
Website www.dejavuhealing.com

In this episode, you get the pleasure of hearing from my best friend Amber Myers. We talk about friendship, setting boundaries, and how important self-love is. You’ll love our convo as we discuss therapy, good friends, and setting boundaries. You might shed a few tears when I talk about getting out of a depressive time and how Amber was there for me.

Amber shares a little about her story of leaving her religion. She shares some of the internal pain and struggles she dealt with during her infertility journey Including her frustration when she was shamed for not attending church. We also talked about how The Accountability Code helped Amber find peace with being able to charge what she deserves in her business and still love what she does.

In this episode we cover:

Dealing with difficult situations with parents and friends

How stripping away conditional judgment can clear the path for creating incredible friendships

The importance of loving yourself

Giving up control, how trusting Marci helped Amber grow

How honest friendships can create incredible bonds

Setting boundaries in your life and business

Finding value outside of serving people

Find the balance between being able to make money and loving what you do

Being able to end relationships that are no longer serving you

Join me in this episode to hear from Jeana Nunez, a busy mom and a business owner that helps others improve their health by reducing the toxins in their homes.

Jeana used to feel like she couldn’t run a business and be a good mom at the same time. With The Accountability Code, she has been able to find better work/life balance by being intentional in the way she spends her time with her family and her business. Jeana shares some of the specific ways she has found harmony and balance in her life.

In this episode, we cover:

Being able to listen to your inner-self

Recognizing how YOU function and honoring that.

Teaching The Accountability Code to your children

Getting out of your own way!

Prioritizing self-care and filling up your own bucket.

Delegate more tasks to your older children.

Listening to your gut.

This Special Episode is a re-cap of Season 1

Interview: I was asked questions about Accountability

Always Ready: Excerpt from my Audio Book The Accountability Code.

Kim Carlson - Manifestation in action

Debbie Hansen (My Mom!) - Delivered from Pain

Hollie McKeeth - Spotting Trauma

Bessie McIntosh - Making Time for Millions

Lisa Wayment - Soul Searching Pivot

Deborah Thackinh - Relief in Taking Action

Nicole Marshal - When things Don’t go as Planned

Jennifer Coleman - Zoning in on Your Business

Sharon Costanzo - Finding Clarity and Community

Alexis Whitney - The Gift of Pain

Felicia Black - Creative Growth

Ashley Goodrich - Cleaning Out Negative Beliefs

Heather Wagner - Weighed Down by Clutter

MJ Winn - Driving to Freedom

Suzie Bell - Overcoming Resistance and Procrastination

Christi Green Warr - Being Brave and Courageous

Mary Jayne - Choosing Your Own Happy

We also talk about what to expect as we move into season 2 next week, and I announce some exciting guests coming on the podcast soon!

If you’d like to be featured on my podcast please reach out to me via my website. : )

I recorded my entire audiobook and I'd love for you to consume it between episodes go to my website below for the FREE download.

Today I got to bring Mary Jayne onto the podcast, a mother of 4, married 21 years, and personal assistant who has gotten very good at going deep. If you have ever shown up differently to please your spouse or partner, you will relate to the ah-ahs she had throughout being a part of the program. Mary Jayne joined the program on the invitation of a friend, and was expecting a fitness program. She was surprised at how eye opening it was when the program required her to look deeper into herself to get into alignment.

In this Episode we cover:

Showing up for yourself and working to drop the people pleasing

The value of going deeper into self growth

Choosing your own happy.

Making choices that work best for you, even if it rocks the boat.

Being ok with judgments and expectations of loved ones.

Living with confidence

Her affirmation: “I’m free to do what I want and you’re free to do what you want”

Choosing goals you actually want VS what you think you should want.

Marci’s Dream where she wanted to jump (Time to Wake Up) Workbook pg. 16

In today’s episode I’m excited to introduce Christi Green Warr, the founder and facilitator of Dirt Learning, a play based program that helps little kids explore life through hands on experiences. Christi’s has been running her preschool program for 20 years and she has an amazing facility that is unlike anything you have ever seen.

As my client we sat down together to figure out what Christ's next steps to grow her business. She had a desire to do more and wanted to create parenting classes to support parents of neurodiverse children by helping them understand their children better and also helping them to handle their big emotions. I offered support and accountability that helped Christi to have the courage to put her desires into action.  She is now running her program and finding greater success in her business.

In this episode we cover:

How to teach parents and kids to regulate their own emotions

What’s good for little kids is good for adults

Having a team, accountability, and support

Courage to move forward to create a something new

The value of taking time for yourself

Your Path is Correct- for YOU- Wake Up and Show Up Accountability Workbook page 161

In this episode, we hear from Suzie Bell,  a Foot Zoner, speaker, and mother of four. She has been a business owner for 10 years and is working to find the balance between family life and business. Like many business owners, Suzie had some areas in her business that she was resisting, and it was impeding her growth. Listen in to hear how the Accountability Code helped her increase her action steps, grow her business, and increase her profit.

Suzie also talks about what a Foot Zoning session looks like with her, tuning into your own intuition, and how powerful muscle testing can be.

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Today I got to bring MJ onto the podcast, an author who has a gift for uncovering valuable lessons in seemingly ordinary but sometime extraordinary life events. Her upcoming book Dirt Roads highlights her many adventures. On this show she shares a great flat tire on a dirt road story. You will love hearing how she learns from her misfortunes and transforms them into ways to connect to God, and her true self.

As one of my clients MJ’s coaching calls always went deep, I love her ability to think beyond what you see, and wanted to share her with you. If you are one of those people who needs to stop doing the same old thing that is not rendering the results you want, you will gain a lot from this episode. We talk about the blessings in disguise and the shift from solely focusing on your family’s needs to learning who you are independently and the importance of showing up for yourself. It’s an empowering story to set you on the right ‘Dirt Road’ for your life.

Today I’m excited to introduce Heather Waegner. She has been a photographer for over 20 years and specializes in personal branding. We first met each other through a Lady Bosses retreat. She shares how she’s been on her own weight loss journey over the last year, and how she became an Optivia coach. We have a unique banter because of our differences in coaching styles. Instead of letting our differences keep us apart we embrace them and actually work together very well. It goes to show there is no one way do to things and that the goal is never to listen to me. I’m teaching you how to listen to you! And that's what The Accountability Code is all about!

In this episode Heather shares how her Wake Up and Show Up moment was realizing that she needed to take care of her actual clutter before she could start working on her big goals. Once she took care of her physical clutter she was able to clean up the clutter in her business to set herself up for success.

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Today's guest Ashley Goodrich runs an awesome cleaning business for Airbnb's, a business that was just a hobby in the dark shadow of her “day job” when I first met her. If you have ever had a “bridge job” while you build your dream business you will totally relate to her story and maybe be surprised at what she uncovered. She joined The Accountability Code coaching program after taking advantage my free call where I reassured her that I would be her loving kick in the pants and be there for her all along the way. On that first call Ashley felt lost and confused about herself and her business The new confidence she gained is truly inspiring. Spoiler that’s not in the episode….. She ended up quitting her job and her business and life balance is thriving!

In this episode we cover:

Watercolor Artist Felicia Black is my guest today. Better known as @Felicia.Paints

She is a wife, mother to 5 kids, and a growing business owner. Felicia recognized a need in her business for accountability and immersed herself in The Accountability Code program nearly a year ago.

She is a great example of the networking benefits of being in my program and her reach and growth is evident.

You will love this episode if you could use community and having the right people around you as you build your business. Her Wake Up and Show Up moment will help you stop stressing and making things harder than they need to be. You will love this episode about Felica’s combination of self care and creativity and how that translate to success in life and business.

Alexis is the owner of SLC Muay Thai, a Muay Thai and MMA gym and community in Salt Lake City Utah.  She joined The Accountability Code to strengthen her dedication and commitment to growth and going to the next level. To all business owners who get lost in the many things to do, you will be inspired by Alexis' story of taking pause and finding focus.