The Smart Twenties Podcast

In today’s episode I’m chatting about the 10 habits that successful coaches have that you might not have yet. This is a little check in for you to see what habits you do have and what habits you don’t have yet, so you can work on them. This episode isn't about beating yourself up or shaming yourself. This is about identifying one habit you can work on to get closer to your goal.  I won’t be talking about common habits like waking up at 5am, drinking two liters of water a day and having a morning routine. Instead, I’m talking about the thought habits you can learn that lead to those activities. Tune in and let’s get started! In This Episode You’ll Learn: The method that will help you do what you said you’d do, when you said you’d do it Key habits all successful coaches have, that you can create too Why coaches invest in themselves first, before they have results The biggest thing standing between you and your goals - it’s not lack of knowledge   Featured In The Episode: Perfectionists Getting Shit Done - gr

I’m sharing with you three mindset shifts that took me from zero clients to full-time in my coaching business in less than 12 months.  This isn’t an exhaustive list of the mindset shifts that got me there. But these are three really important ones that liberated me and gave me the resourcefulness and the courage to launch my coaching services. I was able to go full-time with my services within a year. Tune in to today’s episode to learn the mind shifts that you can make to help you make a difference in your services too. In This Episode You’ll Learn: Practical mindset shifts that help you step into being a coach before you have your first paying client One mindset shift you can make that will help you believe in yourself The real reason you’re afraid of sounding salesy and what to do about it The sneaky reason you might be protecting your potential instead of putting it to the test   Featured In The Episode: Perfectionists Getting Shit Done - group coaching program FREE Training   Join us in Perfectionist

Today I’m sharing with you my personal growth update for February 2021.  I record these episodes to share a little about what is going on behind the scenes, what I’m working on in my own business and on my personal development journey. If you’re building your business, reflecting on your month is such an incredible tool for personal development.  With these episodes I really hope to normalise the ups and downs of what really goes on behind the scenes when it comes to building your business.  In This Episode You’ll Learn: An important question to ask yourself when prioritising on a tight schedule How my team and I got ahead of schedule this year with a ‘Not-to-do list’ The importance of adjusting your social media strategy based on your business needs How stating my feelings out loud has made major changes in my mindset   Featured In The Episode: Perfectionists Getting Shit Done - group coaching program FREE Training For Perfectionists Episode 228: 5 Reasons You Need A Not-To-Do List + How To Create One Epi

Let’s chat about how to handle haters as a people pleasing perfectionist. So this is something that might be stopping you from putting yourself out there because you’re scared of getting haters so your strategy is to avoid them all together. Maybe you have gotten your first hater or someone’s told you they’re disappointed in your message or your business and you are trying to figure out how to handle that and how to keep moving forward.  When we’re in the perfectionist mindset, which is what creates people pleasing, we just believe that if we can make people like us first then we’ll start to like ourselves too. This really comes up in business because you are opening yourself up to strangers who you may not have the chance to really explain yourself to. So I want you to tune in to today’s episode to learn how to handle haters as a people pleasing perfectionist. In This Episode You’ll Learn: The most common strategy perfectionists use to deal with haters The best strategy to use to handle haters as a perfecti

In today’s episode I’m sharing a few pieces of business advice that don’t work for perfectionists. There is obviously a lot of advice out there about how to build a full-time coaching business. When you have a perfectionist mindset, there are pieces of advice that don’t work and it isn’t because there is something wrong with how you are applying the advice. It’s because the advice doesn’t work with your mindset and it makes your perfectionist mindset work against you. Tune into today’s episode to learn about what advice might not be working for you if you have a perfectionist mindset and what advice will help you. In This Episode You’ll Learn: That finding your exact niche before you start can actually work against you The common pricing advice that doesn’t work for a perfectionist mindset How hustling will never lead to a better outcome for perfectionists Popular goal setting advice that limits perfectionist Why focusing on consistency in your content is distracting you from the outcomes that matter What ma

Today I have a very exciting episode to share with you. It’s on pregnancy and perfectionism. I’m pregnant! I’m just over half way through my pregnancy and we’re having a baby girl. I wanted to share this exciting news with you but also share how pregnancy and perfectionism can be experienced together. I’ve had my perfectionist mindset come up a lot when it came to trying to conceive, getting pregnant and then going through pregnancy.  Tune into this three part episode as I share my thoughts and feelings before getting pregnant, when I found out I was pregnant and during my pregnancy. I really wanted to share how my perfectionist mindset has come up throughout this experience. In This Episode You’ll Learn: Ways a perfectionist mindset can show up during pregnancy Ways that I was able to slow my overthinking before and during pregnancy Tips for prioritising your workload when you’re feeling fatigued during pregnancy How my pregnancy has allowed me to scale my business and its impact   Featured In The Episode:

Today I’m sharing the two productivity tools I used that helped build my business to multiple six figures. If productivity is something you’re struggling with because you procrastinate, you spend a lot of time feeling overwhelmed, you never feel like you have enough time or you’re burned out - then today’s episode is really going to help you. Tune in to hear about the two productivity tools that were essential while building my business.   In This Episode You’ll Learn: The way I was able to untangle my self-worth from my business Identify sneaky ways you are self-sabotaging and how to overcome them Tips to get focused on the things that actually matter Ways to reduce overthinking and conserve energy so you don’t burn out   Featured In The Episode: Perfectionists Getting Shit Done - group coaching program FREE Planning Workshop   Join us in Perfectionists Getting Shit Done If you enjoy listening to this podcast, I highly recommend joining my group coaching program Perfectionists Getting Shit Done.  When yo

Today I’m going to be sharing my personal growth update for January 2021.  These personal growth updates are an opportunity for you to get a little look behind the scenes at what someone else’s personal development journey involves. Obviously it’s impossible to share everything I’m working on, but I do my best to share all the ins and outs and ups and downs. I do this to remind you that this is what personal development and building a business looks like.  I also want to share with you that building a business is not all rainbows, butterflies and daisies so that you can remind yourself that having struggles is normal for everyone. In this episode I share what I’ve been thinking about and working on in the month of January. Tune in for today’s episode! In This Episode You’ll Learn: The planning method I’ve used to free up my schedule and keep me productive What I’m doing to create an identity for myself outside of my business My experience with getting coached My experience with hypnotherapy The upper limit b

In today’s episode, I’m chatting about what to do when being more courageous in your business is not paying off yet. Maybe you’ve been showing up on Instagram and that’s taken a lot of courage. Maybe you’ve been getting on sales calls and you’ve got your sales page and pricing up but it feels like it’s just not worth it because it doesn’t seem to be working.  Tune into today’s episode to learn how you can become more courageous, how you can show up fully in your business and what to do if you are being courageous but nothing seems to be working. In This Episode You’ll Learn: The difference between conditional courage and true courage Prioritisation tips that help you do courageous things to grow your business Entitlement you may unknowingly have that’s stopping you from getting results Ways to create a safe place for yourself to practice being courageous   Featured In The Episode: Perfectionists Getting Shit Done - group coaching program FREE Planning Workshop Episode 243: When To Change Your Sales Tactics

Today we’re chatting about 5 ways you're unknowingly making your perfectionist mindset work against you without even realizing it - and what to do instead. As you are doing the work to move out of a perfectionist mindset and into a growth mindset, there will still be plenty of time where you are in a perfectionist mindset. That’s because changing your mindset is a journey. We want to make sure that when you are doing the work to move out of a perfectionist mindset - you are not unknowingly making your perfectionist mindset work AGAINST you. Instead you are going to be working WITH your perfectionist mindset to achieve your goals. Tune in today to learn how to start moving closer to your goals. In This Episode You’ll Learn: Ways perfectionists destroy self-trust  The real reason you keep quitting on your goals and how to stop How to-do lists are hurting your productivity Tips for getting into a growth mindset and moving out of your perfectionist mindset   Featured In The Episode: Perfectionists Getting Shit

Inside of my group coaching program, Perfectionists Getting Shit Done, we set something called an Impossible Goal. This is a goal that is designed to make your brain freak out and call  everything you believe about that goal into question.  Impossible Goals bring up a lot of self-doubt to work through, which can feel uncomfortable. They bring up all of the reasons and all of the evidence that we can’t be the kind of person that does what we want to do. Our brains freak out - and we want to quit. An Impossible Goal is not something that’s unrealistic. It can exist in reality. In fact, it IS realistic but your brain thinks it’s impossible.  Tune in to learn about why living behind our own doubt is actually more comfortable than believing in what we think is impossible and what to do about it. In This Episode You’ll Learn: Why a better feeling thought is not always the most secure The ways I’m learning to inspire confidence in 2021 To stay in self-belief longer and longer That you don’t have to have super posit

I’m such a big believer in reviewing your year, I thought I’d share my year in review with you!  At the end of every year, I look through my favorite podcasts and listen to the year in review episodes. I believe it is such an important way to learn about the failures, mistakes and lessons that others make too. Tune into this episode, as I reflect on and share with you my biggest failures, lessons and takeaways from 2020. Be sure to tune in! In This Episode You’ll Learn: What I did that led to actually getting clear on my niche The phrase I told myself when I failed that kept me going Why selling to too large of an audience was not allowing my business to grow  The power that can come from sticking with the things we fail at You do not have to be certified to start building your coaching business and why   Featured In The Episode: Perfectionists Getting Shit Done - my group coaching program FREE Training - How To Build A Full-Time Coaching Business Without Getting Laughed At Episodes 166: Personal Developme

A few years ago I decided to stop putting off my dreams. And I want you to do the same. Remember that you can put your dreams off forever - and if you don’t force yourself to start, it might never happen.  That’s why in today’s episode, I’m sharing my personal story and my advice on how to go from not knowing what to do in your life to finally figuring out what you love. I also talk about how to feel the fear that comes with having clarity around your dreams and how to take action anyway. In This Episode You’ll Learn: Why I thought I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life How I figured out what to do with my life How I started pursuing my dreams even though I was scared   Featured In The Episode: Perfectionists Getting Shit Done - my group coaching program FREE Training - How To Build A Full-Time Coaching Business Without Getting Laughed At   Join us in Perfectionists Getting Shit Done If you enjoy listening to this podcast, I highly recommend joining my group coaching program Perfectionists Getting

Today I’m going to be sharing my personal growth update for December 2020.  I do these updates every single month and it’s been great because when we look back on the year as a whole it is easy to forget what happened in those earlier months. Everything really seems amplified towards the end of the year - the highs are higher and the lows are lower and we can easily gloss over the lessons we’ve learned. In this episode I share what went on for me in the month of December. Tune in for today’s episode! In This Episode You’ll Learn: How you can work significantly less and still grow your business Ways I simplified my beliefs so that my reality could simplify too The method that I used throughout 2020 that kept me productive What I’m planning to do differently in 2021   Featured In The Episode: Perfectionists Getting Shit Done - my group coaching program FREE Training - How To Build A Full-Time Coaching Business Without Getting Laughed At   Join us in Perfectionists Getting Shit Done If you enjoy listening to

This episode was inspired by a recent call in our PGSD community. How much of my personal life to share with my audience was a decision that I needed to make when it came to growing my business. It was especially important because - as someone who talks about my own personal development and struggles - I had to consider whether or not I should share my stories that involve other people.  Listen to today’s episode to learn how you can make a clear decision about what to share when it comes to your personal life In This Episode You’ll Learn: How you can come to a clear decision about how much of your personal life to share Questions that you can ask yourself when considering sharing experiences and stories The lessons I’ve learned when sharing my personal life experiences   Featured In The Episode: Perfectionists Getting Shit Done - my group coaching program FREE Training - How To Build A Full-Time Coaching Business Without Getting Laughed At   Join us in Perfectionists Getting Shit Done If you enjoy listen

Today I want to share why I have no Instagram strategy for 2021. This episode is really meant to give you some insight into my business, where it’s currently at and the kinds of decisions I’m making to grow my business. I’m hoping this episode will give you a few things to think about in terms of business growth - no matter where you’re at. Tune into this episode to learn more about why I’ve made the recent decision to not have an Instagram strategy going into 2021. In This Episode You’ll Learn: The tool that I used in 2020 to guide my marketing strategy How many marketing channels I use for my business Why Instagram isn’t the best platform for my business The importance of creating content for platforms that you feel connected to   Featured In The Episode: Perfectionists Getting Shit Done - my group coaching program FREE Training - How To Build A Full-Time Coaching Business Without Getting Laughed At   Join us in Perfectionists Getting Shit Done If you enjoy listening to this podcast, I highly recommend

Today I want to chat with you about the 3 people you should not be creating content for. If you are creating content as part of your marketing strategy for your coaching business - this episode is going to be really helpful. More likely than not, you are creating content for at least one of these three people - if not all three. I’m speaking from experience here because I’ve made content for all the people that I'm going to be talking about today in this episode. But it’s super important you know about this as early as possible. Tune in to learn who the 3 people are that you shouldn’t be creating content for and who to create content for instead. In This Episode You’ll Learn: Why sharing general experiences is leaving your ideal clients out Who to think about when creating your marketing plan The sneaky reason your content may not be evolving with your audience My personal experiences with creating content for the wrong people Important things to remember as you scale and grow your audience   Featured In Th

If you’ve been procrastinating on a big decision, this journaling exercise will help. I complete this exercise every time I create a new program, pursue a new idea or change my prices to help me overcome my fears. Grab your journal and a pen and tune in to learn how you can do it too! In This Episode You’ll Learn: Why you need to get clear on your fears in order to overcome them Why you might not know what you’re afraid of, even if you think about your fears a lot How to overcome your fears when making big decisions How to use this journaling exercise and when to do it   Featured In The Episode: Perfectionists Getting Shit Done - my group coaching program FREE Training - How To Build A Full-Time Coaching Business Without Getting Laughed At Fear Setting Exercise - Tim Ferriss Tribe of Mentors - Tim Ferriss Tools of Titans - Tim Ferriss Episode 39: The 4-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss: Lessons + Takeaways Bonus Episode: Tribe Of Mentors By Tim Ferriss: Lessons + Takeaways   Join us in Perfectionists Getting

Today I want to chat with you about whether or not you should take a break from working on your business over the holidays.  I know this is a contentious subject for perfectionists. We don’t like to rest, we don’t like to take breaks, we don’t like to feel unproductive - especially if you have a full-time job or a part-time job that you get to have a break from over the holidays. You might be putting extra pressure on yourself to be making the most of the time off you have off your job so that you can build your business. I want you to go into the holidays knowing that you’ve made an intentional and strong decision about whether or not to take a break from your business. Tune in to find out exactly how to do that. In This Episode You’ll Learn: How you can practice simplifying your business instead of overcomplicating it An exercise to help you release the expectations that are keeping you stuck Warning signs that you need to rest The questions to ask yourself so that you can make a clear decision to rest or

Today I’m talking about when to change your sales tactic and most importantly when not to. Recently, in the PGSD forum and on PGSD coaching calls, I’ve been talking to quite a few PGSDers who feel that the answer to their lack of clients is that they need to change their sales tactic. I really want to talk to you about why changing your sales tactic may not necessarily be the best idea. I’ll also talk about how long I recommend trying with one tactic before you pivot and change to something else as well as a recent personal experience I’ve had. In This Episode You’ll Learn: The one thing you need to focus on strengthening before changing your sales tactic What I recommend doing to book 1:1 clients easily The power of committing to your current sales tactic What this looks like for me behind the scenes   Featured In The Episode: Perfectionists Getting Shit Done - my group coaching program FREE Training - How To Build A Full-Time Coaching Business Without Getting Laughed At   Join us in Perfectionists Gett