Tribe of Unicorns

Hey there, lovely listeners! Kendra Beavis here, and oh boy, do I have an incredible episode for you today on Tribe of Unicorns. I'm joined by the amazing Matt Tuthill, and let me tell you, his creatively ambitious career path makes this a can't-miss episode. Not only is he the VP of Content and communications for the culinary legend Robert Irvine, but he's also an incredibly gifted writer, a screenwriter, and so much more. So why should you carve out some time to listen to this episode today? Because we're diving deep into a few critical areas that will unlock your potential in ways you didn't even know were possible.

What You'll Learn:

• The Power of a Career Pivot:
  If you've ever contemplated making a significant career shift but felt too timid to leap, Matt’s transition from sports journalism to writing in the culinary world offers all the inspiration you'll need.

• Following Your Passion Over Calculation:
  Overthinking your next big move? Learn from Matt how to ditch analysis paralysis and make choices that align with your deepest passions and joys.

• The Art of Effective Procrastination:
  Procrastination is a universal struggle, and Matt reveals his unique techniques for keeping focused and completing projects, no matter how big or small.

• Importance of Physical Activity in Creative Work:
  Craving a boost of creativity? Matt dishes on how integrating physical activity into your routine can ignite your most groundbreaking ideas.

• The Freedom in Letting Go of Perfection:
  If you're paralyzed by the quest for perfection, this part of our conversation will be your antidote. Learn why releasing your projects—even in their imperfect state—is not only okay but necessary.

• Venturing into New Creative Territories Without Impostor Syndrome:
  Matt talks about the courage it took to step into new creative arenas like screenwriting, and why you shouldn’t let impostor syndrome hold you back.

• A Peek Into the Entertainment Industry:
  Curious about what’s happening behind the scenes in entertainment? Matt gives us the lowdown on the current climate and even teases some of his future endeavors.

So there you have it! This episode is a masterclass in designing a one-of-a-kind career path and elevating your creative prowess. Trust me, you won't want to miss it. Are you excited?

We have Dr. Caroline Iscovitz, Entrepreneur Coach, and Wellness Consultant today. She has been empowering women for the last 12 years and her overall mission is to guide women entrepreneurs to put themselves at the top of the priority list as they handle the psychological process of building their businesses through her 4 core pillars; work-life integration, self-love, boundaries, and emotional balance within their relationships. Dr. Caroline has her doctorate in psychology, specializing in marriage and family therapy. She transitioned from the mental health field after practicing for years into coaching 5 years ago, where she is now a female entrepreneur coach, wellness consultant, and co-owner of a solar energy company.

Sit and listen to us while we talk about these topics:

• How over-working leads to burn-out
• Dealing with failure
• Setting boundaries
• Self-talk
• Communication
• Putting yourself on top of the priority list

Thanks as always for supporting the Tribe. Listen in and let me know what you got from this episode.  

Today we are here with Sarah Klein, Business Coach. 

She came to this work because she personally experienced and saw how much perfectionism holds people back in business and in life. "In the effort to be perfect (especially as women), we end up not taking action or playing small. But we don't need perfect, because we can always choose forward." That attitude is what led her to create her first two businesses, which were filled with successes and failures. 

Essentially, by choosing forward rather than perfection, She now has the life, and business, that are perfect for her. And her clients as well. From going from years of procrastinating to launching their offer in just 1 month, to getting to 5 figure months in the first 5 months of business, her clients take massive action, not perfect action, and achieve astounding results.

Here are the topics to be excited about:

• why mindset is the number one key to achieving your goals in life, but especially in business
• why everyone should start a business at least once in a life
• why the business doesn't "have to" be hard
• how to consume less from experts and create more from your own zone of genius
• how to make high-stake decisions with confidence
• what prioritization and commitment actually look like, and how you can actually start doing it in your life
• why there is no such thing as The Right Answer

I'm so excited for you to meet Efia Sulter. She is a Mindset & Manifestation Coach, NLP practitioner, and host of ‘The Manifest Edit Podcast!' You are all going to love her! Her mission is to empower and teach ambitious women how to manifest their EXTRAORDINARY life by overcoming their limiting beliefs, finding and living their soul’s purpose, and connecting to their intuition. Serving as a practical example of her work after being orphaned at 14, grappling with mental illness and chronic pain, and then moving overseas and building her soul-aligned life + business, Efia has inspired thousands around the world to create their lives by design. Through her work Efia highlights the strategy, science, and spirituality behind manifestation in order to provide actionable advice from a grounded, no-BS perspective.

Topics we’re covering: 

• Mental health and toughness
• Therapy 
• Abandonment/Feeling left-out 
• Meditation 
• Manifestation 

Thanks as always for supporting the Tribe. Listen in and let me know what you got from this episode. 

Did you have the chance to meet Juli Wenger from our previous episode? If yes, then I know you guys will love this second episode all about #enneagramtypes

For those of you who don't know Juli, she is a Business coach, Identity coach, and most recently an Author. Check out Fired-Up, Fulfilled and Free on Amazon.

If you're looking for a better understanding of who you are and why you do the things you do, we go into all of that right here. You might even gain some insight on the people around you as well.

We're covering the kryptonite and superpower of each type and the traditional healthy, unhealthy and average description of each type.

Enneagram type timestamps:

Overview 10:45

Type 8 - 25:34 - challengers

Type 9 - 29:10 - peacemakers

Type 1 - 34:00 - improvers

Type 2 - 37:40 - helpers

Type 3 - 42:29 - performers

Type 4 - 48:00 - individualists

Type 5 - 51:20 - investigators

Type 6 - 56:35 - loyalists

Type 7 - 1:00:00 - enthusiasts

Thanks as always for supporting the Tribe. Listen in and let me know what you got from this episode.

Do you believe that you are limited? In this episode, I'm speaking with Clare Conway co-owner of Ringlet Studios who was also recently featured as one of Forbes #next1000 'The Upstart of Entrepreneurs Redefining the American Dream'. We start our talk with a question...what happens when you grow up with the idea that you are limitless? That's exactly how Claire grew up... She started a clothing drive at age 9 because she was astonished that there were people who didn't have the means to have basic necessities. And why shouldn't a nine-year-old have the power to change the world around her? With a very supportive mother helping her facilitate her plan, she took action and made a difference in other people's lives and her own. 

Claire has now created a career around teaching women entrepreneurs how to embody the same limitless mindset, guiding them to achieve their goals and then dream even bigger. 

Another fantastic episode with the most amazing guest. Barbera Schouten is a Transformation & Empowerment Coach specifically for HSPs which stands for a highly sensitive person. I'm sure a lot of you will listen to this episode and have the holy s*** moments that I had. What I love most about what Barbera is how vulnerable she's been to share her personal story of discovery but also how we can take the personality traits of an HSP and use them to our advantage and become our superpower. 

Have you ever been told... 

"You’re far too sensitive, you have to learn to shield yourself more"

"You shouldn’t take everything to heart"

"You really need to develop a thicker skin"

"Don’t get so worked up about it, just let it go"

You might be an HSP

After discovering she was an HSP, Barbera was able to understand herself better.

"I am not weird, I am not strange, there is nothing wrong with me and, most of all: there are other people like me!! It really felt like coming home to myself and the more I read, the more I understand myself and the more insight I get into my own user manual."

Barbera is talking about how to take charge of your inner self. Realize that the only reason you haven't accomplished what you want in life is because you never fully used your gifts and capacities. By not fully embracing your uniqueness and sensitivity, you are actually sabotaging yourself over and over again.

Kate Bryan the bold leader of the 1Girl Revolution Podcast sits down with me to discuss women and the importance of telling their unedited stories. With a background in PR, Kate had seen the way stories could be watered down or changed to fit a certain box. She started 1Girl to give women the space to tell their unedited stories and be a part of a supportive community that lifts each other up.

Every woman has a story. Every woman has a voice. Every woman has the power to change the world through her life!

Listen in to find out more about:

• The beginnings of starting her 1Girl Revolution podcast
• How the heck she was able to get featured on Good Morning America
• The power of storytelling and how using our voice allows us to rise from the ashes of our stories
• The idea of the power of ONE and the ripple effect of consistent small acts of kindness can change the world

How do you find your purpose?  Many (including myself) believe we are all here with an ingrained life purpose — a mission or reason for existing in this time and place. For me, it started as a tug or whisper that there was something I was supposed to be doing to raise the vibe of the community. Meeting Jayne Sanders was a blessing and beacon on this journey to finding my purpose.

First, what is hand analysis? The lines in your hands mimic the neural pathways in your brain; the system was developed over 40 years analyzing over 30,000 hands; it is used by neurologists, therapists, coaches; no predictions involved. Jayne discusses how she interprets the links and marks in your hands and fingers to reveal your innate purpose, special gifts, and blind spots for the purpose of guiding you into the inspired meaning, passion, and fulfillment you crave in life and work. While talking with Jayne this idea intrigued me enough that I decided to go through the process myself. After receiving my kit in the mail, I carefully captured my handprints and sent them back to Jayne. Our analysis calls really blew my mind.

Everything she was saying was spot on. She knew my strengths and weaknesses. And they weren't just general things that could be applied to everyone. They were very specific issues that I tend to struggle with — laid out in front of me as if I wrote them myself. I couldn't believe how my hands could tell her all these details. The cumulative analysis and life purpose at the end that was clarified for me rings true with everything I have felt at my core. I walked away from this experience with bold confidence that the direction I am headed in is not just correct but backed by proof.

I know we don't need permission from something else to move in a direction, but sometimes a little nudge or guidance helps. That's what this analysis has done for me. I knew which way I wanted to turn, I just wasn't sure if I could or should. It was another limb on the tree to my growth and I'm so thankful to Jayne for the guidance and clarity.

If a three-foot-tall, forty-pound, bright yellow, wooden fisherman/wannabe pirate captain can achieve his goals you have no excuse not to… That's what this episode is all about!  How many times have you made an excuse NOT to do something... I'm too old; too tired; too big; too small; not ready... What I love about this guest and his take on life is we're flipping that idea on it's little wooden yellow head and changing the narrative. We want you to make excuses TO DO SOMETHING. Make an excuse to take action instead of inaction. In this episode, you'll hear Geeg Wiles tell the story of a 70-year family tradition that covers the globe and his mission to inspire you blast through your own excuses and COMMANDEER YOUR OWN LIFE.  By having re-imagined the purpose behind something old, neglected, and even ordinary, Geeg inspires others to find the extraordinary in their own lives and seize a refreshing outlook on what’s possible.

Welcome to a really fun episode "Chalk" full of great insight and actionable methods to discovering yourself.
Today I'm speaking with Deborah Chalk, Certified Wayfinder Life Coach and Endorsed Mind-Body Magic Coach.

We're covering a lot in this one.

• Growing up thinking you had to get a "proper job" and had to follow all the "SHOULDS" of life?
• Facing your own perfectionism
• The idea of Slacker Magic - want to know about this concept? Listen on...
• Sunday night dread
• Being up in your head vs. being in your body
• The steps to finding "YOU"
• Body scans for UNICORNS
• The benefits of "calm"
• Nurturing your children in their own journey

Who is Deborah?

"I help people with confidence, creativity, and calm so that they can find and follow their life purpose. As well as being a Certified Wayfinder Life Coach with Dr. Martha Beck I am also an Endorsed Mind-Body Magic Coach. This involves lots of mind-body connection, tapping into inner wisdom, and even a meditation with a unicorn sprinkles option!"

When you can’t figure out why things are not changing, that's where Deborah can step in to help you to tap into what’s already inside you: the deep inspiration and intuitive messages from your soul.

You can break free from your old stories, patterns, and habits and create empowering new ones. This is a new way of being that you likely haven’t been shown yet – old programming keeps you firmly on the treadmill.

Thanks as always for listening! Happy Sunday Unicorns.

Connect with Deborah

Fathiya Fousseni is a marketing and business strategist and I'm so excited to be talking with her on this episode. It's all about business and strategy. How you're representing your business to attract your idea clients is EVERYTHING! This might be a huge wake-up call for a lot of entrepreneurs. We go deep into money mindset and shifts you might need to make to elevate your business to the next level.

Founder of The She Wins Mastermind, The Podcasting Club, and the Host of the She Wins Podcast.
Fathiya’s entrepreneurship journey hasn’t always been fun, impactful, or purposeful. In fact, it’s been full of ups and downs, struggles, and lessons to learn. This experience inspired her to create platforms helping female entrepreneurs launch and scale their online businesses, build their authority, and master digital marketing.

I am so inspired by everyone that's been on the podcast and Sandra Chaney is no exception. I think you'll all really relate to her moment of clarity when she was speaking in a women's shelter and realized that their story was also her story.

I'm sure we've all had these aha moments when we realize something huge about our life that we were unaware of and sometimes it's dark. But Sandra brings the light. She took her trauma and used it as a catalyst to find her purpose. After leaving her corporate job, she has created an empowerment coaching business and nonprofit and grant strategist. Her purpose is to empower women to transform their minds and heal their souls to live their best in life and business.

Take a listen and let me know if you relate to this story and what you got out of this episode.

Continuing the theme of this season, today I am speaking with Jessica Soares. An empowerment and self-sovereignty coach passionate about helping women remember and own who they really are. Have you ever felt like there's something more... something holding you back... Why do you continue to make certain choices and find yourself in the same place over and over? Jessica has amazing insight on what's holding you back and how to move past blocks keeping you in the "valley of inaction". 

Listen in because this one could change your life. 

For all my freelancers out there, this is the episode for you. Tom Basgil is on the show telling us about the ups and downs of freelance careers and how to start out to set yourself up for success. Being a freelancer can be a challenging choice but also so rewarding.

Tom's biggest tips:

• Know your worth and charge appropriately
• Build your business in alignment with your life instead of someone else's model
• Create a support system

This episode is all about getting real about your company culture and leadership. We see so many companies nowadays who have dress-down Fridays or casual work attire and a ping pong table in the break room and they think that their company culture checkbox has been marked off. Kristen is dropping truth bombs about creating real leadership and a culture that allows for hypergrowth and employee loyalty. We all want to create a team that feels empowered, excited, and motivated as well as supported in their personal growth.  

Even small entrepreneurs or solo entrepreneurs can learn a lot from this episode. Building your company from the base up is so important and allows for growth potential. Building these systems and skills at the beginning will help you when you're ready to just bring on your first employee. 

Tanya is an accomplished pattern artist, illustrator, and muralist. I had the joy of speaking with her about her process, staying inspired, and business development and marketing.

Pulling her inspiration from the world around her, Tanya is able to simplify that vision down to its most basic forms and create amazing patterns and murals. Her black and white, clean style is something you must check out.

Tanya's tips on navigating your own creative career:

• Create, build and promote the work that you want to be hired for.
• Don't get stuck in one form of digital promotion. Test out several platforms so you don't fall prey to the algorithms. Reach out IRL and network to people - not platforms.
• Know your value. Don't work for free or undervalue yourself.

Take a listen — two creative ladies talking shop. Enjoy!

I love this episode. It hits home on so many levels for me. I had the honor of speaking with Miriam Grunhaus, CEO, author, fashion designer and general amazing human soul. She's sharing the idea of kintsugi. Kintsugi is the ancient Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with gold. After going through the process, the piece actually becomes more valuable. Miriam has taken this idea and created a method to healing yourself. She believes that you should never be ashamed of the things that have broken you because they can also be the things that make us stronger. Wear your scars with pride! 

Lauren Turton is sitting with me today sharing her journey and secret sauce to growing her coaching business. Why is she a unicorn? Because she was a college drop out who made 40K a year from working jobs like bartending and then started her business coaching career and is now hitting 25K a month. Sounds like a unicorn to me. Her passion is sharing the tried and true methods to helping you create your high-ticket offer so you can start hitting your own 10k months.

I love these stories of women who never settle! Good enough ISN'T good enough! 

It’s a groundbreaking episode over here at Tribe of Unicorns because we have in our midst an internationally renowned visionary artist unicorn. And here’s the overarching message for her and any artist that we think you’ll love: What you create doesn’t matter...

Allow us to explain…

Tia Crystal has run the gamut in creativity, from creating jewelry to fine art. She has no limits, and it’s so damn refreshing! Listen as you learn about finding her soul’s path and what that means to you.

Three takeaways from this episode of the Tribe of Unicorns podcast.

1. Because creativity tends to be viewed as unstructured, it comes off with a negative connotation. But it doesn’t have to be like that. Some of the most beautiful expressions are messy.
   
2. Ask yourself: What is the focus of this season of my life?
   
3. Money comes after passion.
   

Time is our biggest commodity, and we can waste so much of it wondering where the money is going to come from, trying to fit into the box that society wants us to be in, and questioning our desires. Take a page from Tia and craft a new story. Paint it the way you want it to be.

When you live authentically, you honor your health, friendship, family, love, compassion, camaraderie, and community. You honor your heart. Of course, this will fill you up in your personal life, and in your business, it attracts people to you. So many are lonely; they are looking for validation. Live as yourself, and you may be able to provide it to them. Follow your destiny, and your whole life will change.