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Becoming Elite

by Nina Hayes

This podcast started as a living audiobook of the self improvement journey of a woman through her “becoming” journey. Through this journey, important life lessons such as overcoming doubt, imposter syndrome, heartbreak, depression, dark night of the soul, overthinking, perfectionism and more are discussed in authentic story telling format. This podcast is narrated by Nina Hayes.

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Episodes

  1. The Final Episode of Becoming Elite.

    There comes a point where you’ve done all the thinking, seen all the patterns and one day it all clicks. Thank you for an amazing SIX years and being a listening ear. My prayer is this podcast provides you with comfort as you walk through your many seasons of change and enough discomfort to...

  2. Getting Curious about Understanding YOU instead of abandoning you.

    I wished others were curious about me before they created ideas of me. So I became more curious about me and I learned how to be that for me. This is a real time transmutation.

  3. Unlearning Getting triggered by Other’s Wounds & Testimonies.

    Why does her/his wins or losses trigger you? Affect you? Or even matter this much to you? Could it be the spark to bring your darkness to light?

  4. Survival Mode is truly an Unhealthy Relationship with Time

    At first we work ourselves in the ground for money but when we get the money, why are we still working ourselves in the ground?

  5. Unlearning the Habit of being a Charity.

    The moment we realize we have been conditioned to be charities, indentured servants and slaves changes everything.

  6. Navigating the Season of Discomfort: When the Reality Doesn’t Match the Vision.

    Before the season of suddenly, there is the season of discomfort. That season requires time and in this episode we discuss the only way to collapse this time. Let’s discuss.

  7. How Present Are You in Your Own Life?

    This is a part one. Questions that need answers. Have you defined what success is to you and how present are you right now in your own life to actually live that version of a successful life?

  8. The Art of Detachment (How to Detach For Real)

    If you’re attached to what isn’t aligned and doesn’t feel good, you aren’t attached to what is and what does. You aren’t attached to creating a life you love. So let’s detach in less than 30 min. IG: @iamninahayes for all inquiries.

  9. The Power in Taking a Pause

    Why can’t you take a break, a beat or a pause? The most sovereign path is the one YOU powerfully choose. Let’s discuss.

  10. Training Yourself for A Big Life

    In order to unlearn survival and learn how to thrive it requires training yourself to live big instead of just working to get. IG: @iamninahayes

  11. Every Woman Won’t Learn This Lesson in this Lifetime

    It’s not our job to wake people up and why you realize everyone won’t wake up, things change. IG: @iamninahayes

  12. Your Dream Life is Lazy?

    You dream of things flowing to you easily. You dream of a life where you don’t chase, you attract but deep down you think that dream is lazy. Let’s talk about it.

  13. You’re Working Too Hard

    The thing that lights you up doesn’t feel like work so why are you burnt out? Let’s talk about it.

  14. Moving Forward from Mediocrity for GOOD

    The loop stops when you burn the boats and maintain the frequency of truth so your tribe can find you. That’s what makes anything you do timeless.

  15. Building your dream from joy vs anger

    Rage, anger, spite are all motivators but what happens when you build from joy? Let’s talk about it.

  16. Starting over without Survival Mode

    Once you get this, your life can change quickly in 6-12 months. Let’s chat. @iamninahayes on all platforms.

  17. The Door Back to Survival Mode is Overthinking.

    The next few years are the building phase of powerful women. But if you overthink you’ll be back in survival.

  18. For Seasons of Change & Grief

    When everyone else says let it go, maybe you need YOU to stay a little longer and comfort yourself.

  19. Feeling Survivor’s Guilt?

    Overcoming Survivors Guilt is the first step to thriving. Who placed this invisible weight on you anyway?

  20. Your Empathy is killing your Business

    This is one skill that you’ve refined through trauma but it can silently and swiftly kill your business if it goes unchecked.

  21. “Only a slave quantifies its existence through productivity.”

    A conversation that will challenge who you are and that’s a beautiful step to take.

  22. Lack of Worthiness keeps you in survival mode

    I see this with women of all stages of life, income and business. The more successful you are, the harder confronting worthiness becomes. Let’s fix that.

  23. Did Hustling Create Weak Women

    Yes. Here are four ways the hustle era created arrested development in women in their emotions, lives and business.

  24. Clearing Money Blocks to Quantum Leap Business 10X.

    Some of the obstacles entrepreneurs encounter are years of deeply rooted programming. Here are things to consider to fix that.

  25. Don’t Cut Costs, Cut Nonsense (Pivot to Premium Pt 5)

    Rookie Mistake is chasing quantity over quality. Why quality will always win in the long run.

  26. Your Presence Can’t Be Everywhere (Pivot to Premium Pt 4)

    Promoting yourself in the right environment can do 10x greater than promoting yourself where you aren’t respected.

  27. Services vs Service Providers (Pivot to Premium Pt 3)

    One gets treated like The Help. The other commands more money than doctors and lawyers.

  28. There is A Market That Can Afford You (Pivot to Premium Pt 2)

    Are you in the right environment? Are you talking to the right people?

  29. Give Your Self What It Wants (Pivot To Premium Pt. 1)

    Admit it. You have expensive taste. Investing in yourself will grow your life and business but first you have to be willing to challenge your fear of desiring more.

  30. Are you too busy for God to work?

    When money is no longer a thing, the emotions become a huge thing. You can’t run away from it.

  31. Forgive Them so you can Move on.

    I used to choose to not forgive but now I can do so in an instant.

  32. The Truth About Clarity

    There’s a “thing” that only you can give yourself and most people miss it. Clarity is now enrolling. The link is located on my Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/iamninahayes

  33. Navigating Business & Coaching as a Black Woman

    This is a conversation on privilege, bias and inclusion. Based on my experiences as a black woman who coaches clients globally with decades in experience.

  34. Feeling Overwhelmed? Let’s fix that.

    Your body is talking. Are you listening?

  35. The Art of Serving Vanity - Beauty Business Masterclass

    There is no way your business does not double in revenue after listening to this. This masterclass is for all service based businesses especially beauty providers.

  36. Building the Blueprint to Wealth

    We are beyond our wildest ancestors dreams and we are creating blueprints for the future. This is a big task to do.

  37. The Final Episode

    It’s been a pleasure hosting this podcast sharing my evolution. So many of you have shared how this helped you in your journey. My hope is that this journey serves as a reminder that evolution is the goal and we can always shift imperfectly. Whatever you do keep becoming elite. 🥂

  38. Why Women Suffer

    Trigger Warning. This is one reason women suffer in life & business. We need more representation of women of color earning high income because of this one thing that keeps non-minority women seen as “powerful”. When women of color think non-minority women are more powerful or more strategic they...

  39. Take Back The Wheel of Your Life & Business

    I’m no longer speaking for free. It’s been an amazing five years of evolution. Thank you for listening. Message me on IG to work and/or enjoy the content before it’s archived. Instagram: @iamninahayes

  40. Making A Decision without Abandoning Yourself

    Doing things for others out of a fear of abandonment is not service. Let’s discuss building business that supports a premium lifestyle without the hustle, sacrifice or misaligned clients. http://www.Instagram.com/iamninahayes

  41. How Do I Keep Going?

    The playing field has evened. Will you follow the crowd or will you rise?

  42. Stop Letting Life Bully You

    One of the tests of a powerful women is if she allows life to bully her. And if she can stand up to protect the things she has built even if it means removing access to it. If she fails she wasn’t in her power and she goes back to settling for what she can. Instagram: @iamninahayes

  43. Welcome to your Villain Era

    When you decide enough is enough of settling, the ones you settled for, catered to and coddled the most will call you villain. Welcome back to a new season. Let’s connect: Instagram: @iamninahayes

  44. Instead of lowering the price, let them rise up

    It’s easy to look at someone’s uneasiness to invest with us and take it as a sign to lower the cost of entry. I challenge you to allow people to rise to the occasion. http://linktr.ee/elitemastery

  45. When People Criticize and Call it Support

    At some point, others using criticism and shame doesn’t fuel you the way to push the way it did in the beginning. You’re making the money now yet it doesn’t feel sustainable anymore to keep pulling success. By now it should attract more easily. Let’s discuss a hurdle to break past ASAP to see…

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  46. How to Trap A Feminine

    By 2030, women will be the highest earning group. Women naturally seek community and when this community is used as a money grab, it’s quite easy for a woman to fall into the trap of it being her church, her idol or her savior. The more she earns, the more she seeks refuge and support. When this...

  47. The People Pleasing is done. You have to reciprocate now.

    The people pleaser was always there to answer your texts, pick up your call, help you in a short notice and never itemize their assistance. But now they realize you don’t get rewards for always being available without requirement. The people pleaser is moving on.

  48. Your Logic will sabotage you every time.

    Women live in their minds and overthink themselves out of what they actually say they want. Their logic tends to keep them in stagnant loops. I don’t want that for you. Let’s discuss. Linktr.ee/elitemastery

  49. Navigating as the Only Black Woman in the Room

    My thoughts on navigating spaces as the only or one of the only women of color in the room. Let’s also discuss how important it is to embrace loneliness until you learn yourself and become whole. Linktr.ee/elitemastery

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

This podcast started as a living audiobook of the self improvement journey of a woman through her “becoming” journey. Through this journey, important life lessons such as overcoming doubt, imposter syndrome, heartbreak, depression, dark night of the soul, overthinking, perfectionism and more are discussed in authentic story telling format. This podcast is narrated by Nina Hayes.

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This podcast started as a living audiobook of the self improvement journey of a woman through her “becoming” journey. Through this journey, important life lessons such as overcoming doubt, imposter syndrome, heartbreak, depression, dark night of the soul, overthinking, perfectionism and more are...

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