PODCAST · business
BOSS Talk
by La'Vista Jones
Busyness, overwhelm and exhaustion are not business goals - yet so many entrepreneurs work as though those conditions are an inevitable part of success. On the BOSS™ Talk podcast, host La'Vista Jones illuminates her signature BOSS™ framework of Battling Overwhelm with Systems and Self-Care to assist marketplace leaders in building businesses that nourish them instead of ones that deplete them and lead to burnout. This podcast features candid guest interviews, practical strategies and disruptive points of view that will challenge you to do the work you love, without sacrificing yourself to do it.
Episodes
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038: Shifting Out of Overwhelm with Antoinette Mendez
"Avoid becoming the proverbial squirrel, mindlessly chasing too many things. It's crucial that our pursuits align with both our short-term and long-term goals, ensuring a meaningful connection and purpose." ~ Antoinette Mendez In this episode of BOSS™ Talk, I am joined by Antoinette Mendez. With…
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037: From Burnout to Balance: The Steps to Sustainable Healing with Michelle Guevara
"Only in the silence can true healing begin. Embrace the fear and face the cave, for it is there that God wants to take your pain and transform it into strength." ~ Michelle Guevara In this episode of BOSS™ Talk, meet my guest Michelle Guevara. She is a mover and shaker who refuels by spending…
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036: The Power of Authentic Leadership and Work-Life Balance with James Christensen
"I don't think we have to have a work life and a home life. I think we can just have a life, and they ought to blend together." - James Christensen In this episode of BOSS™ Talk, I am joined by James Christensen, the dynamic leader at the helm of Gateway Bank, Mesa Arizona's one-and-only…
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035: From Comfortable to Bravery: Finding Self-Confidence and Resilience with Brenda Mariah
"Without the wilderness, you can't look back and say, wow, look how far I've come. And that's where I sit today, on the other side of the wilderness saying, wow, look how far I've come." ~ Brenda Mariah In this episode of BOSS™ Talk, I am joined by Brenda Mariah, founder of Push Career Management...
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034: Empowering Entrepreneurs: The Importance of Self-Care, Mental Well-Being and ATTITUDE with Roicia Banks
"Take care and listen to your body and your mind, and be good for you, or you will not be good for anyone else." ~ Roicia Banks In this episode of BOSS™ Talk, I am delighted to interview Roicia Banks, an inspiring social worker and community advocate, who has spent more than ten years creating a...
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033: "Doing Less and Living More": Unlearning Hustle Culture with Guest Host Keiona Eady and Dr. Khalia Braswell
"2023 has been about giving up the good for the great. You don't know what's on the other side until you let something go." ~ Dr. Khalia Braswell In this captivating installment of BOSS™ Talk, we hand over the reins to Keiona Eady, a proud luminary at the helm of The Authentic Messenger—a...
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032: Amplifying Voices: The Power of Advocacy and Finding Support with Kendra Tillman
"Being strong is not like this rigid thing, it's meant to be flexible. You're meant to be flexible to move with what life brings." ~ Kendra Tillman In this episode of BOSS™ Talk, I am joined by Kendra Tillman, a passionate mentor and advocate for women experiencing burnout. Kendra possesses an...
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031: Silencing the Voice of Doubt with Dr. Nadia Brown
"There's always more things that we can learn or refine, but if there's something burning in your heart to share, you have a unique perspective, and someone needs to hear your particular perspective." ~ Dr. Nadia Brown In this episode of BOSS™ Talk, I am joined by Dr. Nadia Brown, a sales...
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030: Embracing Your Unique and Authentic Voice with Tanika J. Lothery
"I am amazing! I don't have to do it the way everybody says you're supposed to do it. I have unique ideas and thoughts that need to be heard." ~ Tanika J. Lothery In this episode of BOSS™ Talk, I am joined by my friend and colleague Tanika J Lothery, a dedicated entrepreneur and the driving force...
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029: Finding Strength in Vulnerability with La'Vista Jones, Dr. Nadia Brown and Pamela Slim
"Sometimes entrepreneurship is ugly, it hurts and it's frustrating and confusing and you feel like you are in a crowded room screaming and nobody is paying attention." - La'Vista Jones In this episode of the BOSS™ Talk podcast, host La'Vista Jones opens up about her frustration and disappointment...
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028: Getting SELF-ish and Putting Yourself First with Damaris Carroll
"Don't put yourself last because you were designed to be first." ~ Damaris Carroll In this episode of BOSS™ Talk, I sat down with Damaris Carroll to explore her personal journey with self-care and discovering how to choose herself first. Damaris is a creator and implementer of effective plans to...
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027: Relentless Self-Care in Not Optional with Debbie Reber
"Self-care is not optional. I define self-care as something that is intentional and something that you do just for you. The intentionality piece makes a difference because you're reminding yourself - I deserve this and I matter." ~ Debbie Reber In this episode of BOSS™ Talk, I get to sit down…
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026: Shoulding Your Life Away with Jennifer Arthurton
"We go through life, checking the boxes and doing all the things we are supposed to do - but never do we actually check in with ourselves and say, is this what I want?" ~ Jennifer Arthurton In this episode of BOSS™ Talk, I am joined by Jennifer Arthurton, the creator and founder of Old Chicks…
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025: Leveraging Relational Equity with Pamela Slim
"The words that I chose for the year were "Grow Together" and I want it for our team, for us to grow together as a team, for us to be growing together with our clients. That's where I think we just create this really beautiful environment where people can be themselves, be vulnerable, and also do...
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024: Taking Ownership Of Your Time with April Nowlin
"When I took ownership of my time, it allowed me to free up space for other priorities in my life - that's when things started to shift." ~ April Nowlin Time is the most valuable resource we have and to spend it on tasks that you simply shouldn't be doing is wasteful. This is where systems come…
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023: You Don't Have To Be Perfect To Make An Impact with Alicia Peterkin
"Being scared means that this is what you should be doing, it's clearly what you want and that fear needs to drive you forward, instead of keeping you standing still." - Alicia Peterkin In goodtherapy.org perfectionism is defined as the need to be or appear to be perfect, or even believe that…
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022: Your Shame Is Holding On To The Hard Stuff with Tamara Kemper
"Everybody's acting like they've already figured it all out and really what you have is people who are all making it up one day at a time." ~ Tamara Kemper In this episode of BOSS™ Talk, La'Vista is sitting down with Tamara Kemper, Founder and CEO of The Process Mavens, to talk about battling…
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021: The Consequences of Overworking with Nancy Badillo
"Because I wanted this so bad, I sacrificed a lot - working myself the way I did probably stalled my success because I wasn't taking care of myself." - Nancy Badillo In this episode of BOSS™ Talk I am sitting down with Nancy Badillo, Etsy Coach, Marketer, and Content Creator. Nancy helps Etsy...
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020: Resisting Overwhelm and Embracing Self-Care with Isha Cogborn
"For me, it's about energy management. And if I have just too many things on my plate, too many plates spinning, then I don't always have the creativity to devote to what I'm working on." ~ Isha Cogborn In this episode of BOSS™ Talk, we speak with Isha Cogborn, the founder of Startup Life…
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019: Remembering Who The F*ck You Are with La'Vista Jones
"During a time of introspection, I found my voice. And most importantly, I now see myself - all of me." ~ La'Vista Jones In this episode of BOSS™ Talk, I take to the mic by myself to kick off Season 3 with a brief yet intimate and vulnerable monologue. During this episode I touch on vision,...
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018: Refocusing on The Vision with La'Vista & Tanika
"We can all lose sight of the vision - but we can always find our way back to it." - Tanika J. Lothery In this episode of BOSS™ Talk my assistant and right hand, Tanika J. Lothery and I come together and have a frank conversation about this season of BOSS™ Talk - the wins we've experienced, our...
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017: Prioritizing Yourself with Grace & Gratitude with Candice Brown
"You have to avoid burnout. And you have to take care of you. And you can't feel guilty about that." - Candice Brown In this episode of BOSS™ Talk we are talking to Candice Brown who is a self care advocate and has developed her own self care practice involving a cup of tea, a good read and a...
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016: Resilience Is A Process with Angela Devlen
"I had to put systems in place so that I was not the single point of failure - systems allow us to scale and for things to continue to move forward without our personal involvement." - Angela Devlen In this episode of BOSS™ Talk we are getting to know Angela Devlen - she has a calling to support...
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015: The Beauty of Systems with Michelle Anderson
"If you don't have the systems in place, you're going to lose - and I can't afford to lose." - Michelle Anderson In this episode of BOSS™ Talk, I had the pleasure of speaking with Michelle Anderson, who is not only my girl crush, she is also the mom of 6 and the owner and head stylist of...
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014: Building The Business of Your Dreams with Shayla Boyd-Gill
"You can build something that you absolutely love, or you can build a monster - the majority of entrepreneurs are going to build a monster." - Shayla Boyd-Gill This interview is guaranteed to motivate you to build the business of your dreams instead of an overwhelming monster. In this episode of...
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013: Redefining What Self-Care Truly Is with Kelly Newsome Georges
"The whole point of self-care is to value yourself independent of what you're doing for other people." - Kelly Newsome Georges In this episode of BOSS™ Talk I had a conversation with my personal self-care mentor, Kelly Newsome Georges. Kelly is the owner of Ritual Care®, an online self-care…
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012: Red Flags Your Virtual Assistant Wants You To Know About Your Podcast with Tanika J. Lothery
"When systems are not in place or system gaps exist, the natural thing that is created is overwhelm, stress, and worry." - Tanika J. Lothery In this episode of BOSS™ Talk I am speaking with Tanika J Lothery and we are focusing on producing a podcast from the point of view of a Virtual Assistant...
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011: How to Automate Your Podcast Guest On-Boarding and Nurturing with La'Vista Jones
"Automation is truly a capacity maximizer - it allows you to optimize how a task is completed without actually executing that task yourself." - La'Vista Jones In this episode of BOSS™ Talk I walk you through how I personally leverage systems to automate and reclaim my time as a podcaster. I'm…
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010: Doing Less & Earning More with Dr. Nadia Brown
In this episode Dr. Nadia Brown opens up about a defining moment that led to her to break up with busyness for good. She also talks about her #bossformation of how doing less at work and spending more time with her family is resulting in higher, more consistent revenue. More about Dr. Nadia: she…
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009: Releasing Codependency in Business with Dr. Morgan Lucas
In this episode Dr. Morgan Lucas shares her struggles with busyness as she transitioned from corporate life to entrepreneurship. Listen to her #bossformation of practicing self-sustaining boundaries that combat codependency with busyness while she increased trust equity in herself as a…
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008: Busyness is A Coverup with Erica Glaze
In this episode Erica shares how the limitations of perfectionism almost caused her failure to launch. Listen to her #bossformation of leveraging systems to escape busyness in order to walk in her purpose. More about Erica: she is a Health & Childbirth Educator with over 10 years of experience in...
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007: Doing It Your Way with Dr. Erika Brown
In this episode Dr. Erika shares how a reality check helped her fully step into the CEO role of her business. Listen to how she broke up with busyness to pursue productivity and how she's adopted self-care as a foundational business strategy. More about Dr. Erika: she is a Certified Personal and...
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006: The Importance of Being Proactive with Ayanna Brandon
In this episode Ayanna shares how being reactive in business was keeping her from enjoying life on her own terms. Listen to her #bossformation, comprised of listening to her mentors, building a team and focusing on systems. More about Ayanna: she is a Designer for Reyone International utilizing…
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005: Serving Up Balance with James Khan
In this episode James opens up about his journey to create balance while living life as a husband, father and boss. Listen to how he overcame the need to do everything on his own, learned to invest in team and embrace his role as a visionary committed to service. More about James: he is the proud...
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004: The Evolution of Authentic Joy with Keiona Eady
In this episode, Keiona opens up about her own on-going evolutionary journey of finding joy that deeply resonates and helps her maintain self-sustainability boundaries as an entrepreneur. Her #bossformation took shape after realizing that saying yes to all of the things meant saying no to herself...
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003: Owning Your Time with Nakita Pope & Nekeidra Taylor
In this episode, Nakita & Nekeidra share their views on the importance of owning their time, living authentic lives and building the businesses of their dreams. Their #bossformation took form when they really took control of what they said yes to, opening up room for automation, delegation and...
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002: Boundaries & Abundance with Adrian Trice
In this episode, Adrian speaks candidly about a recent diagnosis that served as a catalyst for her #bossformation to breakup with busyness and step into abundance. By focusing on systems and self-care as a result of those health challenges, she came face-to-face with being overworked, evaluated…
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001: Too Busy to be a Visionary with La'Vista Jones
The overwhelm of busyness almost caused me to walk away from my assignment and silence my voice in the marketplace ... almost. Listen to my story of overwhelm and how I was able to break up with busyness to refocus on my vision in addition to a recap of BOSS Talk's history and insight into its...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Busyness, overwhelm and exhaustion are not business goals - yet so many entrepreneurs work as though those conditions are an inevitable part of success. On the BOSS™ Talk podcast, host La'Vista Jones illuminates her signature BOSS™ framework of Battling Overwhelm with Systems and Self-Care to assist marketplace leaders in building businesses that nourish them instead of ones that deplete them and lead to burnout. This podcast features candid guest interviews, practical strategies and disruptive points of view that will challenge you to do the work you love, without sacrificing yourself to do it.
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Busyness, overwhelm and exhaustion are not business goals - yet so many entrepreneurs work as though those conditions are an inevitable part of success. On the BOSS™ Talk podcast, host La'Vista Jones illuminates her signature BOSS™ framework of Battling Overwhelm with Systems and Self-Care to...
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