Brand Yourself

In this week’s episode, I share a little story with you about a big download I received while in a breathwork session. During that session, I felt my heart burst open and all of this inspiration pour in. And it gave me an idea – an important topic to share – with you here. Ever since I’ve been figuring out how to communicate it with you. But essentially, it is a core problem I see happening in our collective that is blocking authentic self-expression and kindness from dominating in the world. This is a problem for so many reasons – but as it relates to business, if you want to be an authentic, magnetic, heart-led leader, you’ve got to examine these two human tendencies that are creating a ton of pain and misalignment. I hope it inspires you to take a closer look at yourself – as I have been too! – and begin bringing courage and compassion into your connection points with other people on the planet, especially those who disagree with you.   To submit your question, visit the show notes.   Follow Me On: Faceboo

Molly Nourmand is a psychotherapist, yogini, and mother. Her multilayered lens brings healing, integration, and transformation to the lives of birthing people through 1:1 work, support circles and retreats. Her approach is grounded in Psychodynamic Theory and informed by over a decade of teaching yoga and meditation, as well as an ongoing exploration of Somatic Experiencing. She received a Master of Arts degree in Counseling Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. Prior to specializing in perinatal mental health, Molly’s early career as a psychotherapist was spent at drug and alcohol rehabs. At Promises Treatment Center she was the Director of the monthly Family Intensive Program. Molly’s initiation into motherhood birthed a new career path for her. She completed the Advanced Perinatal Mental Health Psychotherapy training with Postpartum Support International and has translated her passion into a specialty in her practice. She created Life After Birth® in 2017 to hold birthing people through their metamo

Today I’m joined by listener, Maria DiLorenzo, for our second live coaching session! Maria owns an intuitive wardrobe consulting business based in Boston, Massachusetts and specializes in helping her clients clear out the clutter and develop a confident signature style. Love that. As you’ll hear, she’s been doing this work for many years, but has more recently felt called to add a new offering to her repertoire. And that’s what I support her in clarifying today! So, if you’re someone who is focused on your offerings right now – either creating something new or considering it – or you’re someone who wants to make sure your overarching brand message makes sense – this episode is for you! And if you want to be coached live on a future episode, just go to blairbadenhop.com/livecoaching to submit your request!   Follow Me On: Facebook Instagram

So, we just hit 200 episodes!!!!! I’m looking at that number and literally cannot believe it. That’s a lot of conversations and solo recordings in just 4 years. So much has happened since then - I had a baby. We experienced a pandemic. My family moved out of New York City to the suburbs. And so much in between. This show has truly been such a constant - a space for me to share my truth and my voice and have beautiful conversations with incredible humans - within so much change! Thank you so much for being on the journey with me. And for letting me know that these episodes have helped you in some way. Whenever someone writes me to share how Brand Yourself has impacted them and their business, I get so excited. Because that’s why I do this. I do it to help you. To remind you that you’re here on this planet for a reason - and that inner calling is something you gotta follow. Ok, so, how are we celebrating this milestone???? With a giveaway!!!! I’m giving away 3 brand therapy sessions. A Brand Therapy Session is

In this week’s episode, I share a story from 2020 – an experience I had with my business that awakened me to a whole other dimension of why pursuing our purposes on the planet is so vital to our joy, fulfillment, and stability as human beings. It’s not just about the money or the growth or the impact on other people’s lives – it’s what our businesses offer us and our wellbeing through the ebbs and flows of life. Inside I also share: How 2020 made me so much more grateful to be an entrepreneur How inside my business I’m always able to show up as my highest self Why I’m so passionate and committed to helping other people do their purpose work too And more!   To submit your question, visit the show notes.   Follow Me On: Facebook Instagram

Jenn Tardif is a writer, aromatherapist, meditation teacher, and the founder of the mindful collective 3rd Ritual. After witnessing time and time again the alchemical effects these sacred practices can have on our mental, emotional, and physical well-being, Jenn made a lifelong commitment to share them with anyone seeking more meaning in the otherwise mundane. So, one of the things I have loved about being a podcast host is that so often my guests become dear friends – you just know when you have a connection with someone right off the bat, and I felt that with Jenn. As you’ll hear, Jenn is such a beautiful human – brilliant, heart-lead, and in her work she’s tapped into such a genius way to help people practice self-care. Not in big ways, but small ways that make a big difference. I’m so excited for you to listen in and learn how she stepped into created 3rd Ritual – and how her own experiences in life led her to do this work. She’s such a gem. In this episode, we chat about her journey from a career in film

Welcome back to the show! I’m very excited to introduce you to a new type of conversation. One between me – and an entrepreneur who is feeling challenged by something in her business. Now, I’ve been doing Biz Wisdom solo episodes for almost two years now. But a few months ago, I thought --- Wouldn’t it be fun to have a listener get their question answered LIVE – and for me to essential coach them for 30 minutes? So, I did it. This first live mentorship session is with Vanessa Sciamarella. As you’ll hear, she’s been a nurse for many years, but more recently felt really called to step into life coaching. So, today, she shares her biggest challenges with us, as she starts her business – and I offer my advice in 30 minutes.   Now, if you’re thinking… “Oooo, I want to be coached by you live, Blair!” You can submit a request too – and be on a future episode. Just go to blairbadenhop.com/livecoaching to submit!   Follow Me On: Facebook Instagram

Jordane Maree is a writer, astrology lover, energy worker, very new podcast host and founder of Girl and Her Moon, a nurturing online space for Soul, Astrology, Energy and Tarot. Through Girl and Her Moon, Jordane continues to hold the space for others to reconnect with themselves, reawaken wholeness, and nurture the safety required for deep inner healing. Ahh, this was such a lovely and soothing business conversation. As you’ll hear, Jordane has such a calming energy and her approach to building such a big platform with over 500,000 Instagram followers has been so intuitively led. I can’t wait for you to listen in and discover how she did it. In this episode, we chat about her experience running her first business - and how it’s ending taught her the importance of not tying your worth and identity to your work, and wound up being a catalyst for massive personal growth, the initial creation of Girl and Her Moon and why she didn’t intend on creating an astrology-based platform - but instead created intuitively

If you’ve ever felt like you had to aggressively pursue potential clients in order to sign them or that you need to grow your audience as fast and as big as humanly possible – this episode is for you. As you’ll hear, I used to subscribe to the same way of thinking when I started my business, but I didn’t conform and instead followed my instincts to be a genuine person AND take aligned action in order to get clients. Inside the episode, I share some of my best tips on how to surprise and delight your followers, subscribers, and fans so that you develop a deeper, more trusting relationship that is much more likely to result in client relationships in the long run. So, if you want to lead with love too – not pushing or convincing your people to work with you – and witness the power of that approach, be sure to pop those headphones in and listen to this 10 minute dose of wisdom.   To submit your question, visit the show notes.   Follow Me On: Facebook Instagram

Tamar Samuels is the co-founder of Culina Health. She has her Masters in Clinical Nutrition from New York University, and is a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach through the National Board of Medical Examiners. Her unique and holistic approach to healthcare integrates functional medicine, positive psychology, and behavioral change techniques and includes treatment of disordered eating, stress management, PCOS and sustainable weight loss. In this episode, we chat about her journey with long-time digestive issues and how it led her to fall in love with nutrition, become a dietician, and pursue that as her career, what it looked like for her to build her private practice as a nutritionist and make it as accessible as possible to her patients, why she integrated coaching science and behavior modification into her approach and why this approach was so much more effective than the traditional dietetics, how she met with her present-day co-founder, Vanessa, and why they decided to join forces to crea

One of the craziest things about living in our modern world is how easily we get pulled outward and away from our truth. Thanks to social media, the news, and the busy-ness of everyday life, we are often so consumed by seeing and doing, that we forget to create space to come home, connect, and recenter. And that’s why so many of us feel stressed, anxious, depressed, unclear, and caught in comparison over and over again. That’s why it’s so important to have a daily practice that creates SPACE. Space from technology. Space from your routine. Space from doing. So that you can calm your nervous system and reconnect your whole being – mind, body, and soul. And as you do this, you set yourself up to receive the ideas, to see the issues that need addressing, to feel the sensations in your body, to witness the limiting thoughts in action. In this episode, I share how this helps you become more magnetic and a story about how it helped me overcome a recent challenge in my business.   To submit your question, visit the

Erica Huss & Zoe Sakoutis are the Co-Founders of Earth & Star, a functional mushroom company that brings the immune supporting benefits of adaptogenic mushrooms into the daily routines of their consumers through ready-to-drink lattes, coffee, and chocolate. As the founders of BluePrint Cleanse, this duo has a proven track record the wellness space, successfully scaling and taking it from infancy to sale in just five years, without any outside investment. With Earth & Star, the two entrepreneurs conceptualized a way to make functional mushrooms as accessible and delicious as possible to the masses, emphasizing the benefits in supporting immunity, energy and focus when integrated into a daily routine. In this episode, we chat about how Erica and Zoe first met, and what inspired them to join forces to create BluePrint Cleanse and start building out their concept, what contributed to the speed of BluePrint’s growth, led to multiple opportunities to be acquired, and what happened to the company once it

In this episode, I dive into one of my FAVORITE topics – thanks to a dear listener. And that is CHOOSING A NICHE. First, I’ll be defining what niche actually means because it’s so important to ground ourselves in why choosing one matters. And then I’ll be answering this week’s question all about how to choose a niche when you feel drawn to multiple – and how to tell if that choice will be profitable. So, if you’ve ever struggled with this very vital piece of the business puzzle, this episode is a must listen. This is a favorite topic of mine because I believe – and have seen how – powerful choosing a niche is. Yet, SO MANY PEOPLE are scared to choose a niche, to exclude people, and to make the wrong choice. Maybe you’ve felt this way too? Be sure to listen for 3 key tips to help you choose a niche that feels deeply aligned with you right now – and why it’s also so important to bring both masculine action and feminine flow into these business decisions.   To submit your question, visit the show notes.   Follow

Kassi Underwood is a spiritual teacher, mother, author, and host of the Big Energy podcast. She holds a Master of Divinity from Harvard Divinity School and served as the first-ever meditation advisor at the Harvard Business School. Featured in The New York Times, Women’s Health, Marie Claire, and New York Magazine, among others, Kassi has given talks and led meditation experiences everywhere from women’s prisons to 30 Rock Studios. She also teaches virtual courses, including her mastermind community, Money Metaphysics for Maverick Womxn. So… I loved this conversation so much. Not only is Kassi’s journey super impressive, but she is so much fun to hang out with. She is unapologetically herself, funny, and practices what she preaches - as you’ll soon hear. And I’m so excited for you to listen in. In this episode, we chat about what led her to a 12-step program when she was a college student, and why it was her big jumping off point into spiritual growth, her choice to be in the spiritual closet for many years,

One of the most powerful things you can do for yourself as not only a business owner, but a human is to take notice of the thoughts you think the most. Essentially the beliefs you carry about what’s possible for you, what’s likely to happen or not happen, etc. Why? The narratives in your mind are the very thing that creates your reality – they either inspire you to move forward or paralyze you in the present – stifling growth and progress. This Wisdom Note is an opportunity to reflect on whether or not your self-doubt or your dreams are leading you forward. And an invitation to experiment with letting the unreasonable, expansive, dreamer within take the wheel today.   To submit your question, visit the show notes.   Follow Me On: Facebook Instagram

Rachelle Robinett is an Herbalist, Educator, life-long naturalist, and the founder of Supernatural, a New York based company dedicated to modern herbalism education. She combines holistic herbalism experience with today’s health science and an understanding of both individual behavior modification and wellness industry zeitgeists to create life-changing health for thousands of people every day. Rachelle holds certificates in Complementary and Integrative Health, and Clinical Herbalism, and has spent thousands of hours teaching, speaking, publishing, and in private practice with clients. In addition to directing the operations of Supernatural, she writes, consults, and offers professional consulting for companies in the wellness and food industries. Rachelle is so awesome – and has so much wisdom about running a successful business. And I can’t wait for you to listen in on our conversation today. In this episode, we chat about her previous career in fashion - where she produced photo shoots and huge shows, and

If you’re someone who’s been unsure about how to integrate your story or stories into your content – or you’re just curious why storytelling is a powerful tool, this episode is for you! Inside, I share my top three tips for using stories to build trust with your reader, showcase the impact your services have on your clients, and more. I also share a few storytelling examples that you can apply to your own business right away. Find this episode super helpful? Share about it! I’d be so grateful if you sent it to a fellow entrepreneur who made need this advice too.   To submit your question, visit the show notes.   Follow Me On: Facebook Instagram

Ksenia Brief is the founder of the award-nominated digital platform Breakfast Criminals and the host of the Ksenia Brief Podcast, focusing on expanded consciousness and entrepreneurship in the digital age. Named “35 Under 35 In Wellness” by Wanderlust and “Top Social Media Coach” by Yahoo Finance, Ksenia is here to merge our inner tech (intuition) with outer tech (social media) for a world where you feel at home to share your medicine. She does it through storytelling, consulting and online programs. Combining 15 years of marketing experience with a study of a variety of healing modalities, Ksenia has mentored hundreds of healers, artists and entrepreneurs into aligning their unique gifts with their self-expression online. She’s led keynotes and workshops at the United Nations GirlUp Summit, Washington University’s Olin Business School, WELLSummit, MindBodyGreen’s Revitalize, Lead with Love and other conscious leadership events globally. Ok, so spending time with Ksenia is always so nourishing. She has this v

It’s so easy to wake up each morning and jump right into the day. To give into the urge to open your email or scroll through Instagram. To get wrapped up in negative thoughts, worries, stress. And for those small choices to influence the tone of your first conversation and the rest of your day. But there’s something simple you can do in each moment to reset. To get grounded and set clear intentions for how you want to show up, and I share a little clarity exercise with you inside this episode to help.   To submit your question, visit the show notes.   Follow Me On: Facebook Instagram

Aly Giampolo and Colette Dong are the founders of the ness, a workout method that offers a beat-based trampoline class and is beloved by so many included their celebrities like Gwyneth Paltrow and Eva Longoria.  After dedicating the first 20+ years of their lives studying and practicing movement, Aly and Colette met as professional dancers. While training, both were warned that running and other high impact workouts would be detrimental to their professional dance careers. In search of a high intensity, low impact option, they discovered the trampoline as a satisfyingly sweaty form of cross-training. And after experiencing what a positive impact the unique piece of equipment had on their bodies and minds, they were inspired to concentrate a method and share the lasting benefits of rebounding with their community.  So, these two ladies are so fun to hang out with and are true forces for good in the fitness space. And I can’t wait for you to listen in on our conversation. In this episode, we chat about what it