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In this Season finale episode, we are celebrating 100k Downloads for the podcast!! 

Host Paola Soares shares her journey in this season as she pauses the podcast for 3 months for maternity leave. She also shares moments when she  felt like she  failed in this season and how she  reframed it and why I made the counter cultural decision to completely pause the podcast for 3 months to focus on maternity leave…. This and so much more…..

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In this episode, Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month Host Paola Soares speaks with  the author of the newly released book “An American Immigrant” That recently hit the Amazon’s Best Sellers List, Johanna Rojas Vann

Johanna is a professional writer whose work can be found online and within numerous publications. She is a second-generation Colombian American, with dual citizenship, and lives with her husband and children in Nashville, Tennessee. Her writing has appeared in Good Grit Magazine, Grit and Grace Life, and on her own blog, where you can read about her personal experience as an “Immigrant’s daughter”…

In this interview she shares about the power in really going back and exploring where we come from, what the book writing process looks like and what steps one would have  to take to get a literary agent and get their book published by a big publisher and so much more….

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In this episode, Host Paola Soares speaks with her podcast bestie Eugenia Woo, the Host of the newly launched and buzzed about, Creator To Leader Podcast.

Eugenia is a seasoned Digital Marketing Strategist who helps established entrepreneurs become thought leaders so they can scale their impact and revenue. She specializes in developing comprehensive marketing strategies, crafting compelling brand messaging, and ensuring cohesiveness across platforms.

She provides Fractional CMO services to a handful of private 6 & 7-figure clients, overseeing their entire marketing operation so they can focus on building the vision for the business.

Her clients have successfully restructured and relaunched premium offers, doubled email engagement in only a month, revitalized conversion-driven marketing funnels, and tripled podcast downloads.

Interestingly, she is a producer for the top-rated podcast, the Jasmine Star Show. She also created one of the very first podcasts in Spanish!

In this interview she shares what a Fractional CMO is and how it can be beneficial for business owners, what it means to go from creator to leader and the common mistakes she sees business owners make when it comes to their marketing strategy… This and so much more.

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In this episode, Host Paola Soares speaks with Chelsi Jo is the host of the top podcast Systemize Your Life with over 2 million downloads, a top ten ranking podcast in her category with over 350 episodes..

Chelsi Jo helps moms and business owners go from overwhelmed to organized with systems through her time and task management systems… Whether you are a work from home mom that feels like chaos at home bleeds into your Business hours and productivity or just needs the home systems aspect of it or the business systems of it, Chelsi Jo can help ... .Her course has helped hundreds of women gain control of their time and life…

In this interview what it means to systemize your life and why it’s crucial, how creating systems is beneficial both at home and in your business, and the top mistakes you see work from home mom or business owners make when it comes to time management… this and so much more…

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In this episode, Host Paola Soares continues diving into the topic of limiting beliefs. She discusses the 3 types of limiting beliefs, limiting beliefs about yourself, others and the world that could be keeping you stuck. We discuss how limiting beliefs could become self-fulfilling prophecies and why it’s important to know what these unhealthy beliefs are.

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In this episode, Host Paola Soares speaks with bestselling author and highest grossing charity auctioneer Lydia Fenet.

Lydia Fenet is the founder and CEO of the Lydia Fenet Agency, a boutique agency representing best in class charity auctioneers. Over her two-decade long career, Lydia served as the Global Managing Director of Strategic Partnerships for Christie’s and reshaped the fundraising landscape as the world’s leading charity auctioneer. She has single handedly raised over one billion dollars for more than 800 organizations and broken-down countless barriers for women in the auction industry. Widely recognized for her poise and power onstage, she has stood alongside celebrities including  Hugh Jackman, Elton John, Matt Damon and Jerry Seinfeld to raise record-breaking donations for the most notable charities across the globe. 

Lydia is the author of two best-selling books, The Most Powerful Woman in the Room is You & Claim Your Confidence as well as the podcast host of Claim Your Confidence in collaboration with Rockefeller Center.  Her first book was optioned by Netflix in 2022 for a series starring Kiernan Shipka as the lead….

She also travels internationally to speak to companies about unlocking their sales potential, empowering people in the workplace and the art of public speaking…

In this interview she  shares how to sell authentically, the importance of never apologizing and why to start negotiating instead, how to claim your confidence, and how to slam imposter syndrome… this and so much more…

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In this episode, Host Paola Soares speaks with the CEO of Belay, a remote staffing company that offers fractional U.S. based virtual assistant, accounting, social media services that are flexible, cost-effective, and scalable.

Tricia’s story is remarkable, having been hired on as Belay’s first employee, a virtual assistant and rising up the ranks to then serve as Director, Vice President, President, COO, and now CEO.

In the time she has been at Belay it has gone from a start up to being a well known and awarded company including being named in the prestigious  Inc. 5000 list as one of the fastest growing private companies 9 years in a row.

In this interview she shares with us her fascinating career trajectory and how she rose up the ranks from being the first VA of the company to know the CEO of this award winning company, how to know when it’s time to hire a VA, how to delegate in a way where you get the most out of a VA/ EA relationship… this and so much more.

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In this episode, Host Paola Soares continues diving into the topic of limiting beliefs. She discusses the 5 steps to combating and overcoming limiting beliefs. If you’ve ever struggled with limiting beliefs this episode is for you.  Whether you are a woman entrepreneur or a career boss woman this episode is for you.

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In this episode, Host Paola Soares dives into the topic of limiting beliefs. She discusses what are limiting beliefs and how they could subconsciously affect you. She also goes over where limiting beliefs come from and goes over 7 common core limiting beliefs that affect most people. She also discusses some signs that you could be dealing with limiting beliefs.

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In this episode, Host Paola Soares continues diving into the topic of limiting beliefs. She discusses 5 ways limiting beliefs could be affecting your career and business. Whether you are a woman entrepreneur or a career boss woman this episode is for you.

We discuss the ugly ways that limiting beliefs could be popping up in your actions without you even realizing it and how it could potentially be impacting you.

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In this episode, Host Paola Soares discusses how to overcome a major setback that feels like a failure pt. 4 : Taking Action and Serving

How do you know if you are struggling with this? Well the truth is this topic probably hit you like a ton of bricks because you know that this is something you have been struggling with internally and most likely quietly..  for others of you it might not feel so obvious.  So how do you know if this is something you may be struggling with? Do you keep going back to that memory, does that situation or event feels like it’s a defining moment in your life? Do you feel like you are different having lived through it and not in a positive way?  Do you fear this is something you will never be able to bounce back from? 

In this episode Paola walks through part 4 of the steps that ultimately helped her overcome that moment that felt like a deep failure in her  life.  This framework helped her heal, overcome and thrive on the other side of it and she wants the same for you… For the next few weeks we’ll be walking through these steps so you can get “unstuck” and start walking towards your dream life.

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In this episode, Host Paola Soares discusses how to overcome a major setback that feels like a failure pt. 3 : Dreaming and Inspiration 

How do you know if you are struggling with this? Well the truth is this topic probably hit you like a ton of bricks because you know that this is something you have been struggling with internally and most likely quietly..  for others of you it might not feel so obvious.  So how do you know if this is something you may be struggling with? Do you keep going back to that memory, does that situation or event feels like it’s a defining moment in your life? Do you feel like you are different having lived through it and not in a positive way?  Do you fear this is something you will never be able to bounce back from? 

In this episode Paola walks through part 3 of the steps that ultimately helped her overcome that moment that felt like a deep failure in her  life.  This framework helped her heal, overcome and thrive on the other side of it and she wants the same for you… For the next few weeks we’ll be walking through these steps so you can get “unstuck” and start walking towards your dream life

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In this episode, Host Paola Soares discusses how to overcome a major setback that feels like a failure pt. 2 

How do you know if you are struggling with this? Well the truth is this topic probably hit you like a ton of bricks because you know that this is something you have been struggling with internally and most likely quietly..  for others of you it might not feel so obvious.  So how do you know if this is something you may be struggling with? Do you keep going back to that memory, does that situation or event feels like it’s a defining moment in your life? Do you feel like you are different having lived through it and not in a positive way?  Do you fear this is something you will never be able to bounce back from? 

In this episode Paola walks through part 2 of the steps that ultimately helped her overcome that moment that felt like a deep failure in her  life.  This framework helped her heal, overcome and thrive on the other side of it and she wants the same for you… For the next few weeks we’ll be walking through these steps so you can get “unstuck” and start walking towards your dream life

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In this episode, Host Paola Soares discusses how to overcome a major setback that feels like a failure pt. 1 

How do you know if you are struggling with this? Well the truth is this topic probably hit you like a ton of bricks because you know that this is something you have been struggling with internally and most likely quietly..  for others of you it might not feel so obvious.  So how do you know if this is something you may be struggling with? Do you keep going back to that memory, does that situation or event feels like it’s a defining moment in your life? Do you feel like you are different having lived through it and not in a positive way?  Do you fear this is something you will never be able to bounce back from? 

In this episode Paola walks through the steps that ultimately helped her overcome that moment that felt like a deep failure in her  life.  This framework helped her heal, overcome and thrive on the other side of it and she wants the same for you… For the next few weeks we’ll be walking through these steps so you can get “unstuck” and start walking towards your dream life

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In this episode, Host Paola Soares discusses 3 Things That Could be Keeping You Stuck. Summer is a time when so many of us pick up new projects whether that is new business projects, side hustles, personal wellness or family projects. It’s time to start new things. So often we want to start new things but there is something holding us back and it can show up in a lot of ways such as analysis paralysis, procrastination or simply just feeling “stuck”. In this episode she shares 3 things that could actually be the underlying cause of what is keeping you from crushing your goals. So if you want to get “unstuck” and move forward with your goals this summer make sure to listen.

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Episode 1: My Story Of Failure

Episode 45: Could Limiting Beliefs Subconsciously Be Holding You Back? 7 Common Limiting Beliefs

Episode 46: The 3 Different Types of Unhealthy Limiting Beliefs That Can Be Keeping You Stuck & Stifle Your Growth

Episode 47: 5 Ways Limiting Beliefs Can Affect Your Career or Business

Episode 48: 5 Steps To Overcoming Limiting Beliefs

In this summer time wellness focused episode, Host Paola Soares chats with Ashley Smith, MPH, RD, LD, is a Christian wife, mama of three littles, registered dietitian nutritionist, and owner of Veggies & Virtue. She is also the host of a top ranked podcast for Nutrition, The Veggies & Virtue Podcast.

Ashley equips moms with the know-hows they need and hacks they crave to find freedom, flexibility, and fun when feeding their families.She wants busy moms to find flexible meal and snack ideas that are manageable rather than monotonous, meal planning options that are easily organized instead of overwhelming and eating habits that empower their family to regularly enjoy nutritious foods.

In this episode she shares how a parent’s relationship with food can affect their children and possibly cause them to be picky eaters, how parents can be encouraging picky eating without even knowing it and the proper roles and responsibilities of the parents and the children when it comes to eating… This and so much more…

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In this episode, Host Paola Soares shares some exciting big news!! She celebrates the 100th episode of the podcast by sharing big news, a raw behind the scenes of the podcast and business 100 episodes in. She discusses the lessons learned as well as the challenges she’s facing. She also dives into a brand partnership with Belay that has been a game changer for her in this season and why it might be the very thing you need for your business or side hustle!

If you are a woman entrepreneur, stay at home mom, corporate boss with or without a side hustle you’ll want to listen to this episode. You’ll be encouraged and inspired.

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In this episode, Host Paola Soares chats with Amanda McKinney  a recognized thought leader and coach on Accidental Entrepreneurship, author of Why Not You? An Accidental Entrepreneur’s Guide To Success and host of The Unapologetic Entrepreneur Podcast. As a coach she can help any Accidental Entrepreneur navigate self-doubt so that they can take action and uncover their confidence through utilizing her Y.O.U. Promise framework. Amanda has been featured on Fast Company, She Built This and Keep What You Earn Among Others….

In this episode she shares what stops new entrepreneurs from moving the needle on their big goals, the reality of setting 90-day goals- and why you shouldn’t actually expect to hit yours, as well which key metric you need to track that will make marketing your business feel effortless, fun and intuitive… this and so much more…

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In this episode, Host Paola Soares chats with SEO expert, content strategist, copywriter and the Host of the Simple SEO & Marketing Podcast, Faith Hanan.

On her podcast she shares  practical tips on how to Scale your online business using SEO, Keywords, and blogging. In this interview she shares why SEO is something you need to prioritize now, the common mistakes she sees people make with their website and what SEO friendly Website Copy and Keyword Rich Blogging is and why you need to implement it on your website… This and so much more….

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In this episode, Host Paola Soares shares from the heart, she dives into 5 Steps To make this your most productive summer yet. 

Summer is right around the corner. This is an exciting time of year as the weather gets warmer, vacations are being planned, schedules change and adjusts whether Summer Fridays are something you do or whether that means the kids will be home for the summer and so your work hours will be adjusting… or even if maybe you’ll have a little more time at your corporate job as the projects slow down as people start to travel more etc… your rhythm will most likely change a little over the next few months. Now is the perfect time to figure out what you want an amazing and productive summer to look like whether that is for your business, side hustle or your personal goals. If you are ready to have a productive summer where you crush your goals, listen to this episode. She shares 5 steps for having the most productive summer yet.

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Episode 80. Growth Mindset, What is it? ANd Why Your Need It In the New Year