Inner Dominatrix

Barb Stuhlemmer is a business strategist who helps business owners and entrepreneurs create systems that will take their business to the next level with greater ease. With a talent for breaking things down and simplifying situations, Barb has an awesome outlook on life, the people we keep in it, and how to create the most streamlined path to the results we desire.   Summary   Barb talks about why systems matter and how internalizing impacts growth. Barb gets into the importance of a reference group and how the five people a person spends the most time with affects them. She also shows and exercise she uses in her class. Barb and Dana touch on energy, logic, science and belief systems, and the connection they all share. She also tells Dana why she doesn't call herself a coach. Barb discusses the importance of finding people who are happy with their life trajectory. Dana asks Barb for tips on how to streamline a business and make it less of a jumbled mess.   Quotes:   "95% of our successes or failures could be

Sarah McVanel helps leaders retain their top talents in order to sustain an organization's culture, economy and social responsibility. Using recognition, presence, and a genuine sense of curiosity, Sarah is able to help people find what's authentic and great about themselves. She's also able to apply the same skills and talents on an organizational level. An amazing source of positive energy, Sarah brings an intense discussion and creates and episode full of value and insight.   Summary   Sarah tells Dana about her life before entrepreneurship. Dana asks Sarah about her transition from a high paying job to entrepreneurship and what pushed her to make the leap. Sarah talks about how quickly "having interest" can build relationships. Sarah and Dana also get into the importance of being present, and authentically curious. Sarah describes her solution focused approach and how framing the language surrounding a situation can create a different attitude toward the situation. She also talks about recognition, and th

  Jean Leggett is the co-founder and CEO of One More Story Games. Together with her husband Blair Leggett, they have developed StoryStylus, a simplified authoring platform for amateur to professional writers to create, publish and market narrative-based video games. In 2016, she was awarded “Young Entrepreneur of the Year” and two of their published games took top honours for Game of the Year. Jean credits her years as a stand-up comedian as essential to bringing levity to the stressful world of startup life.   Summary:   Jean tells Dana about leaving her coaching business to work with her husband on One More Story Games. Jean also talks about her love of the hustle, and what it means to her to be hustling. Jean discusses what it's like to work and live with her spouse, and the challenges she's faced as well as what she's learning from the experience. She gets into gratitude and opportunities, and how people are missing the point. Jean tells Dana about how she got a contract with a New York Times best seller

Scott Doucet is a Podcast host, Producer and Consultant. He produces shows for clients as well as hosts his own show Podcast Bay. After having an encounter with what he believes to be a narcissist, he asked to appear on Inner Dominatrix to recount the story to Dana, share his experience, and learn more about Narcissism.   Summary   Scott Recounts the story of his Christmas, and his encounter with what he believes to be a narcissist. He points out some of the narcissistic qualities that the person he met was displaying. Dana then gets into what makes a healthy narcissist versus when it becomes unhealthy and describes the narcissistic spectrum. Dana talks about the charisma a lot of narcissists possess. She also gives some examples of behaviors to watch for. She gets into the different types of attention narcissist crave. Dana and Scott discuss the effects and impact of coaching and mentorship, and if business has any effect on the level of narcissism in someone's personality. Dana bring a dominatrix element in

Cindy Ashton is an award winning speaking and presentation coach. Having major health issues in youth, Cindy was not expected to live beyond her teens, but always had a massive passion for music and performance. She pursued an education in these fields and paired it with kinesiology to best care for herself. She was able to realize that stress played a part in performance and began to help clients understand performance from a more natural space.   Summary   Cindy paints a picture of her background and draws some connections from her education and personal experience to her business as a speaking and performance coach. Cindy explains how her method differs from a lot of speaking and presentation coaches. She discusses the impact that working with 2 dominatrix coaches has had on her life. Cindy touches on why open mindedness is so important. Dana and Cindy also get into the importance of stepping into your power and how much leaving emotions out of things can really help. Cindy talks about her upcoming TV show

Marc Mawhinney is a business coach who specializes in helping other coaches find more clients and improve their business overall. Marc also has a background in real estate , where he learned a ton of skills he uses today. A gifted networker, and all around fun guy to talk to, Marc also hosts the Natural Born Coaches Podcast. Summary: Marc talks about a time in his life when all was going extremely well, and what he had to face when things started to crash. Dana and Marc get into why he's been drawn to books with harder messages and more hard hitting, cynical perspectives. Marc tells Dana about his Christmas Day email that offended some of his subscribers. Dana and Marc discuss Social Media and how caught up people are in worrying about small things. Marc talks about the importance of being yourself and his views on authenticity. Marc highlights some of the drawbacks of perfectionism Dana and Marc get into some of their favorite pop culture coaching moments. Marc shares his insights surrounding consistency

Kim Boudreau Smith is a multi-talented CEO and business leader with a legacy of empowering women. From a corporate background in sales and marketing, and over 20 years experience in the fitness industry, Kim has gone on to be a number 1 international best seller. Kim is also a 6 time international best seller, business coach and speaker. She combines her expertise and her passion to motivate and inspire other women to become top producers in their lives   Summary   Kim talks about her upbringing and key points of stepping into her power, furthering her education, starting an online business and contributing to her first book. Dana and Kim share their views of coaching, the title of "coach" and the importance of doing your own inner work. Kim and Dana talk about the process of selling their businesses and what it has meant for them. They also discuss how it feels to answer their callings and move forward into new spaces. Kim talks about the importance of having faith and approaching life from a place of manage