Outgrow The Grind

This episode marks the beginning of a new experimental mini-series, Rootward: Letters from the Senses, where Stacy and her dear friend and colleague, Seema Sodha, exchange intimate voice notes from nature. In this first episode exploring the sense of sight, they reflect on what becomes possible when we slow down enough to truly see the natural world around us and the deeper truths, grief, beauty, and wisdom reflected back within us. Together, they explore what it means to return to our senses, reconnect with the deeper intelligence within, and grow not just forward, but rootward. 🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: Why Stacy and Seema created Rootward as an imperfect, collaborative experiment rooted in connection rather than performance Which late 90s TV show was part of the inspiration for this mini-series How the sense of sight can become a portal for grounding, reflection, healing, and deeper self-awareness What Seema notices while sitting in a forest in the Netherlands, and how it sparks reflections on ancestry, migration, and belonging The difference between constantly moving "forward" versus growing rootward through deepening, integration, and presence How nature can hold grief in ways traditional support spaces sometimes cannot How Stacy's observations in a botanical garden mirror the many different parts within ourselves, alongside a vulnerable reflection on pregnancy loss, Mother's Day grief, and making space for every part of ourselves without judgment The healing power of friendship, voice notes, and being deeply witnessed by another person across distance and difference Two gentle reflection questions to help you notice what nature may be revealing about your own life right now 🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: Listen to Seema and my previous episode "Cultivating Self Trust When Creating Something New" Read or subscribe to Seema's Substack:  Chai with Seema Connect with Seema on Instagram 🫘🌱🌿🌷 Are you a sensitive high-achiever who wants to tend to what really matters most from an overflowing [instead of empty] cup? Book a complimentary, no-strings-attached chemistry session with me here. Visit my website: https://www.stacyrayekellogg.com/ Let's connect on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/outgrowthegrind/ 🫘🌱🌿🌷 Does what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind resonate with you? I'd love it if you'd share the podcast! And, if you're feeling extra generous, leave a five-star review wherever you listen to your podcasts. Let's grow!

If you've ever felt like you have to shrink your needs to support everyone else, this episode is for you. Dr. Reuben Faloughi joins me to explore how people-pleasing shows up in your life—and how unlearning it can open the door to a deeper, more honest relationship with yourself. This conversation is a reminder that your healing matters. Not just for you—but for all of us. 🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: About some of the twists and turns of my previous year How your people-pleasing may have started as a survival strategy, not a flaw Why it's time to reframe the word selfish as something sacred and necessary What it looks like to let go of programming that taught you to put yourself last How your values can become a powerful GPS for your healing, choices, and leadership What might change when you stop learning on others and start learning from within Why tending to your inner world can create powerful ripple effects in your relationships, work, and communities What it means to come home to yourself—and why that's not just personal, it's political and spiritual too How to notice which patterns and beliefs you've outgrown—and what to do with that awareness The connection between personal healing and collective liberation A powerful reorientation: You are not responsible for your early programming. You are responsible for what you choose now. Your reflection question: What's one belief or pattern that you inherited but might be ready to lovingly let go of? 🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: Visit Dr. Reuben's website. Watch Dr. Reuben's Ted Talk "The Disease to Please: An Invitation to Selfishness" Connect with Dr. Reuben on Instagram and on LinkedIn. 🫘🌱🌿🌷 Are you a sensitive high-achiever who wants to tend to what really matters most from an overflowing [instead of empty] cup? Book a complimentary, no-strings-attached chemistry session with me here. Join a free, monthly "Nurture Your Nervous System" call with me and David Andrews! Register here. Visit my website. Let's connect on Instagram! 🫘🌱🌿🌷 Does what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind resonate with you? I'd love it if you'd share the podcast! And, if you're feeling extra generous, leave us a five-star review wherever you listen to your podcasts. Let's grow!  

Have you felt the excitement (and terror!) that comes along with pursuing your passion? If you have, you'll love this episode featuring Bryan Pangilinan, composer, artist, singer, producer, CEO, husband and bird dad. In this episode, Bryan shares his journey of outgrowing the grind and pursuing his passion for music, leading to the creation of the musical Larry the Musical: An American Journey about Filipino American labor leader Larry Itliong. 🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: About a pivotal, permission-giving conversation Bryan and I had in a pool in Las Vegas five years ago. How different parts of Bryan's identity as a gay, cisgender, Filipino American male from an immigrant family inform his life and work. Different steps along Bryan's career journey - from moving to San Francisco in the late 90s to serve the Filipino American community during the HIV and AIDS epidemic to his 25+ years of experience as a professional fundraiser.  How performing in a play highlighted the dissonance between how things looked on the outside and how they felt on the inside for Bryan. How overcoming shame and guilt is often a large part of outgrowing the grind. What composing and producing a full-length musical with a 100% Filipino American creative time, cast, and crew that reached 8,000+ people in 23 sold out shows has been like for Bryan and his team. The vivid challenge of the Larry the Musical creative team choosing to continue to pursue their passion amidst steep upfront payroll and production costs and uncertainty. How this experience has taught Bryan and his creative team the importance of dreaming big and how "a dream is not impossible." How Bryan continues to give himself permission on a regular basis. A little bit about the musical that Bryan's creating now. The "intoxicating, calming, and joyful" national flower of the Philippines that brings Bryan back to growing up in San Diego. Your reflection questions: 1) What percentage of your life (your time, energy, and attention) goes towards what matters most to you? 2) How can you infuse more of what matters most into your life? 🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: Visit Bryan's website. Connect with Bryan on Instagram here (@composerbryan or @larrythemusical). Learn more about Larry the Musical here and donate to keep the story going here. 🫘🌱🌿🌷 Are you a high-achieving people-pleaser who wants to weed out the energy-draining bullshit and cultivate your courage? Book a complimentary, no-strings-attached chemistry session with me here. Visit my website: https://www.stacyrayekellogg.com/ Let's connect on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/outgrowthegrind/ 🫘🌱🌿🌷 Does what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind resonate with you? I'd love it if you'd share the podcast! And, if you're feeling extra generous, leave us a five-star review wherever you listen to your podcasts. Let's grow!  

Today's episode features Kellita Maloof, a trauma-informed, award-winning Performing and Teaching Artist and Conscious Burlesque Mentor, lovingly known as the Showgirl Shaman. Join us on this journey of joy, embodiment, creative expression and community! 🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: Kellita's perspective on "the grind" and its systemic nature. How the grind had its grips on her even as a little kid with a worry list. How change requires feeling, which requires more time and space. How our feelings are our most current data and information in our lives. What sensations Kellita notices in her body when she's excited about something. The offering Kellita allowed herself to change her mind about. Kellita's journey towards dance and her shift in focus from her weaknesses to her joy. How joy and pleasure is a practice and can be easier to practice when in community with others. Kellita's "gateway drug" that led her to a career in creative and healing arts. Why Kellita believes in prioritizing relationality over instrumentality like production and output leads to a more fulfilling and sustainable creative practice. Stacy shares her experience of dancing in San Francisco's Carnaval parade last year and how the joy and connection far outweighed her initial fears and doubts. What orchids and highly sensitive people have in common. Your reflection questions: 1) Where do you notice feeling joyful? 2) What does it feel like in your body? 3) How can you infuse more of that into your life? 🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: Visit Kellita's website here. Learn more about dancing in this year's San Francisco Carnaval Parade with Kellita and the Hot Pink Feathers dance troupe. Find out what your Showgirl Archetype is by taking this quiz. Join Kellita's watch party intro events on Thursday, March 21st: register for her "From the Inside Out" documentary watch party or her TEDx watch party (or both!) Connect with Kellita on Instagram here (@kellitatheshowgirlshaman). Watch Kellita's TEDx or her short documentary. Read my blog about getting ready to dance with Kellita in the San Francisco Carnaval parade last year! Read my blog about how dancing in the parade honored my value of delight. 🫘🌱🌿🌷 Are you a high-achieving people-pleaser who wants to weed out the energy-draining bullshit and cultivate your courage? Book a complimentary, no-strings-attached chemistry session with me here. Visit my website: https://www.stacyrayekellogg.com/ Let's connect on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/outgrowthegrind/ 🫘🌱🌿🌷 Does what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind resonate with you? I'd love it if you'd share the podcast! And, if you're feeling extra generous, leave us a five-star review wherever you listen to your podcasts. Let's grow!  

In today's episode, you'll meet Amber Dugger, the Founder of Profit for Keeps. Amber helps entrepreneurs outgrow the grind of financial confusion, disempowerment, and isolation and grow towards more clarity, empowerment and community. If you're an entrepreneur who's been longing for a more simple, creative, and joyful approach to cash flow, then this episode is for you. 🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: How a cold piece of pizza at Amber's cubicle desk was a moment of clarity. About how a  life-altering bike accident completely shifted Amber's perspective on gratitude. What twists and turns Amber's career took before she started leading the Profit for Joy movement. How Amber went from floundering after leaving her corporate finance job to being part of a community of entrepreneurs in Bali. Amber's unique approach to money that doesn't ignore our behaviors or emotions [that we all wish would've been taught in school!] The inspirational phrase that was written on a card Amber carried with her everywhere the first five years of her business. What I learned from Amber's Profit for Keeps approach and how it's positively impacted both my life and business. Amber's approach to giving and service that also includes you as the owner of the business, not just your clients and the causes you care about. How to create financial goals that incorporate you, your business, and your big dreams. How profit for joy is about fulfilling our own desires AND putting money in the places where we want to see impact. How becoming more empowered around your finances can be creative and joyful! How being a 7th generation New Mexican influences which trees and flowers Amber most loves. Your reflection question: What would be possible if you proceeded as if success was inevitable?  🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: Join Amber's upcoming live [and free!] Masterclass "5 Key Strategies to Permanent Profitability" here on September 12th, 14th or 16th. In this masterclass, you'll lay the roadmap to a profitable and sustainable business while uncovering how to start healing your relationship with money. Connect with Amber on Facebook. 🫘🌱🌿🌷 Are you a high-achieving people-pleaser who wants to weed out the energy-draining bullshit and cultivate your courage? Book a complimentary, no-strings-attached chemistry session with me here. Visit my website: https://www.stacyrayekellogg.com/ Let's connect on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/outgrowthegrind/ 🫘🌱🌿🌷 Does what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind resonate with you? I'd love it if you'd share the podcast! And, if you're feeling extra generous, leave us a five-star review wherever you listen to your podcasts. Let's grow!  

I'm so excited to introduce you to Seema Sodha, Canadian Indian leadership and executive coach, heart centered facilitator, women's circle holder, and writer. In this conversation, Seema shares about how easily creative endeavors can turn into the grind, especially when we're looking for answers outside of ourselves. 🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: The story of how I first met Seema and what an honor and delight it is to co-create with her. What household object the texture of "the grind" reminds Seema of. How Seema's rigid writing regimen got her more words on the page but missed the heart and soul.  The messages we receive about productivity and action that can get especially loud when we create something new. How Seema shifted her approach to bring more of herself and her unique taste into her writing. The beautiful way Seema engages her senses and self-trust when she writes. How trusting ourselves is an important part of taking our power back, and how it's a nonlinear process. What external forces make it easy for us to hand our power over to someone else and not trust ourselves. How Seema sees the moments we realize we're in the grind as an invitation. How sharing your truth and connecting with others is an antidote to the sneakiness of the grind that wears us down. About our upcoming women's circle where we'll help you explore and befriend your inner good girl / people pleaser. The two herbs from Seema's garden that transform her week. Reflection question: Bring to your heart or mind the thing that you're creating right now. How can you bring more of you [and your own unique flavor] into it? 🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: Reach out to Seema here. You can also find her on Instagram, Substack, or LinkedIn. Learn about and join our women's circle (co-led by Seema and me!) on September 10th: Befriend You Inner Girl. Learn more about our Justice Equity Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Leadership programs at The Roundtable Institute. Does your company need this too? Email me. 🫘🌱🌿🌷 Are you a high-achieving people-pleaser who wants to weed out the energy-draining bullshit and cultivate your courage? Book a complimentary, no-strings-attached chemistry session with me here. Visit my website: https://www.stacyrayekellogg.com/ Let's connect on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/outgrowthegrind/ 🫘🌱🌿🌷 Does what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind resonate with you? I'd love it if you'd share the podcast! And, if you're feeling extra generous, leave us a five-star review wherever you listen to your podcasts. Let's grow!  

What if feeling like a "failure" is just a natural part of growth?  It's been more than six months since the last episode of Outgrow the Grind! In this courageous and honest episode, I share with you where I've been, what I've learned, and where I'm going. 🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: The three things I've learned about growth in the last six months: 1) You can't rush growth; 2) Growth is both seen and unseen; and 3) Everything that grows has different growing conditions and a different pace of growth What I was making "lack of growth" in 2022 mean for me personally and professionally Why I took a 6+ month long "holiday break" from this podcast How creativity calls forward our courage and invites us to break some rules The impact that unshaming has had on me + my life  + my work About my co-creative collaboration with Seema Sodha and what we're planting and tending to that we'll share with you! My realization about how much I love and missed in person connection How I went for exactly what I wanted to celebrate my 40th birthday An update about my current Outgrow the Grind Women's Circle What I've been dreaming of offering you is finally going to happen this Fall! And spoiler alert, it's in person!! 🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: Kris Zarnoch is my amazing podcast producer, editor and creative director Join my mailing list Galway Kinnell's poem, Saint Francis and the Sow More about UnShaming with David Bedrick Meet Seema Sodha, Priestess, Writer, Heart Centered and Inclusive Leadership Coach and JEDI Facilitator Learn more about our Justice Equity Diversity and Inclusion Leadership programs at The Roundtable Institute Danielle LaPorte's Heart Centered Leadership Program Join my Ease + Enchantment Retreat interest list Are you feeling more burned out than lit up? Join my "Venture into Your Values" workshop on Sunday, June 11th and it's $37. You'll get 20% off if you bring a friend with the discount code BRINGABUDDY. 🫘🌱🌿🌷 Are you a high-achieving people-pleaser who wants to weed out the energy-draining bullshit and cultivate your courage? Book a complimentary, no-strings-attached chemistry session with me here. Visit my website: https://www.stacyrayekellogg.com/ Let's connect on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/outgrowthegrind/ 🫘🌱🌿🌷 Does what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind resonate with you? I'd love it if you'd share the podcast! And, if you're feeling extra generous, leave us a five-star review wherever you listen to your podcasts. Let's grow!  

This time of year can sometimes feel heavy and exhausting. In this episode, I share some ideas about what may help you reconnect with your wellness and your wisdom. 🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: What inanimate object I felt "jealous" of because of its carefree lightness What's recently contributed to this feeling of heaviness for me   What Amelia and Emily Nagoski call 'The Human Giver Syndrome' in their book Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle How the holidays can add extra pressure on top of what we're feeling What can help us take better care of ourselves during the winter holiday season. The seven different types of rest from Dr. Saundra Dalton Smith's Ted Talk (The real reason why we are tired and what to do about it). All about Lighten to Liberate, our upcoming women's circles, where we'll talk about how to shift from exhausted to energized by practicing the art of self-compassion A beautiful poem by Mary Oliver called The Journey 🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: Join the waitlist for the upcoming Lighten to Liberate women's circles I'm co-facilitating with Leadership Coach and Heart Centered Facilitator Seema Sodha on November 27 and December 1, 2022. 🫘🌱🌿🌷 Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? I'd love it if you'd share the podcast! And, if you're feeling extra generous, leave us a five-star review wherever you listen to your podcasts. Let's grow together!

We're joined by my previous client (and longtime hometown friend!) Chelsea Krueger in this episode. Chelsea shares her journey of outgrowing the grind in her relationship with her body. 🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: About the pressure Chelsea felt around what she ate and how she exercised when she was in the grind. How looking to external sources for "the rules" created more stress and burnout. What the grind felt like. A reminder that outgrowing the grind is a journey and not a destination. How Chelsea is outgrowing the Body and Wellness grind by tuning in and trusting herself more.  How permission won't come from someone else (as much as we wish it would!) Chelsea's many sources of support along the journey - and what her trainer, dance class, and coaching with me has helped her realize. The role that compassion plays in giving ourselves permission. A serendipitous story about a tropical photoshoot and Chelsea's decision to choose permission over pressure in a way that honors her body exactly as it is. Chelsea's advice for women in the Body and Wellness grind. Your reflection question: how can you honor your body right now, exactly as it is?  🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: Curious about how coaching can support you and your growth? Book a complimentary, no-strings-attached chemistry session with me here. Are you craving more permission than pressure in your holiday season this year? DM me on Instagram. 🫘🌱🌿🌷 Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? I'd love it if you'd share the podcast! And, if you're feeling extra generous, leave us a five-star review wherever you listen to your podcasts. Let's grow together!

In this episode, we'll dig into outgrowing the grind in relation to our body and wellness. 🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: A handful of inspiring quotes about nurturing your body and wellness needs How your body lets you know that you're in the grind (and how it shows up for me!) The link between giving yourself permission and caring for yourself The recurring theme that came up during Permission Palooza (it might surprise you!) Some examples of what women gave themselves permission to do or not do What Permission Palooza participants learned from our 5-day experiment together Some ideas for how to give yourself permission to honor your body and wellness needs 🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: Craving a To Do List that honors your needs? Check out this workshop. Could you benefit from a free [and anonymous, if you wish!] coaching session to be featured on this podcast? DM me on Instagram (@outgrowthegrind). 🫘🌱🌿🌷 Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? I'd love it if you'd share the podcast! And, if you're feeling extra generous, leave us a five-star review wherever you listen to your podcasts. Let's grow together!

In this episode, you'll get to be a fly on the wall for a coaching session with a volunteer client, Kate. Our session digs into the topic of self-love, what's enough vs. extra, how to slow down your mind and body, and what permission to rest looks like. 🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: A beautiful poem by Benedictine monk, author, and lecturer Brother David Steindl-Rast Kate's realization about enough vs. extra The confidence that Kate has built by focusing less on external validation and more on her internal experience How years and years of being a "Doer" has made it hard for Kate to relax How to slow down and access calm within your body "Perfect" relaxation vs. good enough relaxation About identifying the ingredients of what you want and how to dial that up and down depending on what situation you're in What Kate's cats remind her of when it comes to receiving and rest An exercise that helps Kate get back into her body and relax What Kate agreed to try in the next week after coaching More about my permission-filled last weekend and what I realized from it What "Permission Palooza" is and how you can join us in a fun experiment that helps you and a community of women grant yourselves permission to honor your needs and wants. 🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: Do you find it challenging to give yourself permission? Join a free, 5-day experiment (Permission Palooza!) for women who are tired of waiting for someone else's permission. It's happening October 10th-14th, and you can join us here. Download a free grounding guide with 10 exercises to ground and calm you in less than five minutes, including the 5-4-3-2-1 senses exercise that Kate mentions in our coaching session. If you've been wanting to tend to your own needs and dreams in a small circle of women, check out my Outgrow the Grind women's circle! All the juicy details here: https://bit.ly/tradethegrindforgrowth  Could you benefit from a free [and anonymous, if you wish!] coaching session to be featured on this podcast? DM me on Instagram. 🫘🌱🌿🌷 Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? I'd love it if you'd share the podcast! And, if you're feeling extra generous, leave us a five-star review wherever you listen to your podcasts. Let's grow together!

I share vulnerably about how I was judging myself for results I was hoping for but haven't seen yet.   🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: Why I almost didn't record this episode! How growth is not simply moving from point A to point B - it's dynamic and nonlinear instead. A vulnerable share about when things didn't go as I'd hoped and what I made it mean about me. What I called myself when I felt like a failure and what my partner's response got me to realize. My top 3 saboteurs and what they were focused on last week. What compassion fatigue really is (it's not what you think!). The three components of self-compassion according to Kristin Neff, Ph.D. Access her free guided practices on self-compassion here. A beautiful quote from Elisabeth Kubler-Ross.   🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: Curious about your unique saboteurs? Schedule a free, 30-minute Slay Your Saboteurs session with me here. If you've been wanting to tend to your own needs and dreams in a small circle of women, check out my Outgrow the Grind women's circle! All the juicy details here: https://bit.ly/tradethegrindforgrowth  Could you benefit from a free [and anonymous, if you wish!] coaching session to be featured on this podcast? DM me on Instagram.   🫘🌱🌿🌷 Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? I'd love it if you'd share the podcast! And, if you're feeling extra generous, leave us a five-star review wherever you listen to your podcasts. Let's grow!

In this first episode of Season 6, I walk you through ten different life areas and share examples of ways you might be grinding or you might be growing. What's your version of grinding vs. growing? 🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: Spoiler alert: new intro and outro - woohoo!!  A beautiful poem called "The Cleverness of Seeds" by Pat Brisson. About what I realized about this podcast during my summer break! How the grind and the guilt can show up in ten different areas of your life and also how growth shows up too. Outgrowing the Grind isn't just about leaving your job… What's changed for Season 6 - look forward to new episodes every other week. A little bit about the next round of my women's circle that kicks off on September 22 (the Autumn Equinox)! 🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: If you've been wanting to tend to your own needs and dreams in a small circle of women, check out my Outgrow the Grind women's circle! All the juicy details here: https://bit.ly/tradethegrindforgrowth  Could you benefit from a free [and anonymous, if you wish!] coaching session on self-love and confidence for our next episode? DM me on Instagram. Special thanks to Kris Zarnoch of KM Zen Creative for her editing and producing expertise [and her ability to somehow read my mind!] that continues to impress me. If you've ever thought about starting your own podcast, reach out to Kris. 🫘🌱🌿🌷 Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? I'd love it if you'd share the podcast! And, if you're feeling extra generous, leave us a five-star review wherever you listen to your podcasts. Let's grow!

In this episode, I get real about how easy it is to distract yourself with caring and achieving to avoid feeling how you really feel.   🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: An inspiring quote about feelings by Augusten Borroughs. How [although it's so very tempting] avoiding our emotions doesn't really work. Why our feelings can't shift when we're pouring our energy into other people or into achieving. The real truth about how I was feeling when I recorded this episode. Why it would be totally normal to be feeling heartbroken right now. About my upcoming break between Seasons 5 and 6. I'd love to answer your questions about outgrowing the grind in Season 6 - send your questions for me or any of my previous guests in a DM on Instagram.   🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: Download a worksheet to help you explore your emotions here: ​​https://bit.ly/otgexploreyouremotions.  Schedule a 30-minute sample coaching session with me here: https://bit.ly/samplecoachingsesh. Hear Amandine and I share more about our own experiences with overworking in order to avoid our feelings in an episode in Season 2,"Planting Seeds of Self-Compassion."   🌱🌿🌳🍃🌹🌼🌷🌺🌻🌸 Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? If yes, make sure you follow and leave a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

This week's episode features Val Nelson, a career and business coach for introverts and highly sensitive people who want meaningful work without the overwhelm. She enjoys helping people clarify their career or self-employment decisions.   🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: How Val realized she'd outgrown the cubicle life. The ways that Val second-guessed whether self-employment was for people like her. Val's journey from the cubicle to her current business, including her bridge job! How Val shifted her mindset from an employee mindset to a self-employment mindset. Val's experience of the "Christmas-morning-like-magic of what's possible." Val's biggest fear in self-employment. What Val had to say no to and the strong words of advice she received along her journey. How she allowed herself to be and share even more of herself along the way. Val's advice for anyone in the cubicle grind and what you need to listen to. How happy Val was to have freedom, even with a pay cut.* *Val told me she knows that's not feasible for everyone. Paying the bills is important too. Val's advice for you if you're someone who counts yourself out before trying something new. About Val's favorite plant is and the sweet reason why it's so special to her. Your reflection questions for this episode: 1) Where in my life am I taking myself out of the game before even trying something new? 2) What else is possible instead of what feels like a barrier?   🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: Connect with Val through her website. Sign up to learn more about her upcoming new course, Bridge to Self-Employment here. Are you curious about what possibilities that coaching could uncover for you? Schedule a 30-minute sample coaching session with me here: https://bit.ly/samplecoachingsesh.   🌱🌿🌳🍃🌹🌼🌷🌺🌻🌸 Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? If yes, make sure you follow and leave a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

In this episode, I share what the voice of guilt and the grind tells us and juxtapose it against what the voice of growth says. I also dig deeper into the crunchy land of 'shoulds' and share how you can move through them, especially when they're persistent [pretty much every time, yes?].   🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: About the epiphany I had after my 5-day vacation to Key West. What the voice, the favorite word, and the posture of the grind and the guilt tells us. A powerful question: if you allow the voice of the grind and the guilt to continue, what will happen? A gas tank metaphor [see friends, I can do non-garden metaphors!!] What the voice, the favorite word, and the posture of growth tells us. A powerful question: if you allow the voice of the growth to continue, what will happen? What authors + creatives had to say about "shoulds" The steps to stop "shoulding" all over yourself and what you can do when the shoulds get loud. What our fears want. Your 3 reflection questions: 1) What is the 'should' that's taking up a lot of space in your brain and heart right now? 2) What do you really want instead? 3) What is one small baby step you can take towards what you really want? Share what you discovered with me on Instagram @outgrowthegrind.   🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: Schedule a 30-minute sample coaching session with me here: https://bit.ly/samplecoachingsesh. Try the "Transform Your Guilt" [free!] Meditation with Medha Murtagh here.   🌱🌿🌳🍃🌹🌼🌷🌺🌻🌸 Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? If yes, make sure you follow and leave a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

In this week's episode, you'll meet Donna Otmani, Soul-Centered Coach, Mentor, and Facilitator.  🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: About Donna's previous beliefs that equated grinding with success What Donna considered her "Wonder Woman cape" How she learned to trust that inner pull to leave the grind behind More about how Donna guides clients through inner work using Gestalt's Two Chair Process My experience when Donna recently guided me through this process [and the ripple effect it's had since our session]! How to take the self-judgment out of our own growth How co-creating with the divine doesn't mean hard work A real-life example of what allowing divine timing can create [and on a major work assignment, no less!] What happened when Donna received the intuitive call to leave her neighborhood in Manhattan after living there for 25 years How it's completely normal for our growing conditions to change over time 🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: Connect with Donna through her website, Instagram, and FB. Join her upcoming 4-part series that will help you work with fear and resistance (it's called "Becoming Unstoppable"!) right here. If you're ready to trade the grind and the guilt for growth in a small and supportive community of six women, check out my brand new Heart Centered Women's Circle! (bit.ly/tradethegrindforgrowth). Only a few spaces left! 🌱🌿🌳🍃🌹🌼🌷🌺🌻🌸 Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? If yes, make sure you follow and leave a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

In this episode, I share a beautiful poem with you, we talk about allowing yourself to share more of yourself and how to receive praise. I also invite you to two upcoming ways to work with me.   🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: A beautiful poem by Heather Rhodes that was part of the online Living Goddess Sadhana from Awakening Women. How deciding to share more of yourself with others has a beautiful positive ripple effect. How to receive compliments and praise with grace both on the outside AND the inside. About a workshop I'm leading next week called "Choose Loving Thoughts" - in it, we'll identify and remove the weeds in the garden of your mind! About my new offering: the Outgrow the Grind Heart Centered Women's Circle. It's a six month program where you'll go from round-the-clock groundskeeper of someone else's dreams to master gardener of your own. In the program, you'll get support from a small circle of other like-hearted women, 1:1 coaching, and a variety of practices to empower you. The program's curriculum is guided by four growth phases: Seed, Sprout, Grow, and Bloom.   🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: If you're ready to trade the grind and the guilt for growth in a small and supportive community of six women, check out my brand new Heart Centered Women's Circle! (bit.ly/tradethegrindforgrowth) If you'd like to join us in Choose Loving Thoughts, sign up here. The poem I shared at the beginning of the episode is by Heather Rhodes.   🌱🌿🌳🍃🌹🌼🌷🌺🌻🌸 Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? If yes, make sure you follow and leave a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

In this week's episode, you'll meet Edwina Townsend, special educator, gardener, and self-proclaimed "plant freak"!   🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: The serendipity leading up to Edwina and I meeting. How the pandemic allowed Edwina to slow down and see what's really important. What crying in her car made crystal clear for Edwina The one question she would avoid at all costs What allowing herself to receive did for Edwina How Edwina set aside her "city girl" identity to learn everything she could about gardening and share it with her students and her mom. What nature teaches us about our own growth. What gardening [and a blooming lemon tree] taught Edwina about life. Edwina's surprising and beautiful "obsession" after a big storm in Texas. The choice that Edwina reminds herself of on a regular basis. Edwina's valuable advice for anyone in the process of outgrowing the grind. Your "reflection experiment" for this episode is to spend 30 minutes with a living plant or tree and explore what it can teach you about your own growth.   🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: Follow Edwina for garden tips and inspiration (TheChocolateGreenThumb) on IG, Youtube, Facebook, and Tik Tok. If you're ready to trade the grind and the guilt for growth in a small and supportive community of six women, check out my brand new Heart Centered Women's Circle! (bit.ly/tradethegrindforgrowth)   🌱🌿🌳🍃🌹🌼🌷🌺🌻🌸 Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? If yes, make sure you follow and leave a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

In this episode, I share a love letter to you, how I outgrow the grind of my last job, and a brand new offering for six deeply caring high achievers!   🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: What's underneath what makes being a deeply caring high achiever difficult and why it isn't your fault. Why I have a big place in my heart for deeply caring high achievers. My story about what my grind was like in my last job and how I began to outgrow it. About my brand new offering: the Outgrow the Grind Heart Centered Women's Circle. It's a six month program where you'll go from round-the-clock groundskeeper of someone else's dreams to master gardener of your own. In the program, you'll get support from a small circle of other like-hearted women, 1:1 coaching, and a variety of practices to empower you. The program's curriculum is guided by four growth phases: Seed, Sprout, Grow, and Bloom.   🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: If you're ready to trade the grind and the guilt for growth in a small and supportive community of six women, check out my brand new Heart Centered Women's Circle! (bit.ly/tradethegrindforgrowth)   🌱🌿🌳🍃🌹🌼🌷🌺🌻🌸 Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? If yes, make sure you follow and leave a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

In this week's episode, you'll meet Carlyn Morris, founder of Back to Wild Adventures. Carlyn traded corporate America for the hikin' trails (and made a business out of it)!   🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: About how Carlyn was freed from corporate America after 25 years in advertising. What four values Carlyn brought to our first coaching session together in May 2020. Carlyn's monumental shift that she had never done before! What riding ATVs in the jungle in Mexico has to do with outgrowing the grind. How our inner resources clarify our yesses and our no's. The wisdom Carlyn carries today by being intentionally connected with her inner 7-year old and what she admires about her idol, Dolly Parton. Carlyn's advice for how to outgrow the grind (in a JOY-FULL way!) Your two reflection questions for this episode: 1) Who are your inner resources? 2) Is there a situation in your life right now where you can tap into the wisdom of that inner resource? Share your insights from your reflection questions with me in a DM to my Instagram account!   🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: Want to hit the trails and become a wildling? Sign up for more information at backtowildadventures.com. Read all about Carlyn's ATV adventure in Mexico (and see the muddy pics!) here. Connect with Carlyn on Facebook, Instagram (@backtowildadventures), and Twitter. If the idea of outgrowing the daily grind and the guilt when you tend to your own needs resonates with you, I'd love to invite you to join the waitlist for my upcoming small group coaching circle. Click here to be first to get all the details!   🌱🌿🌳🍃🌹🌼🌷🌺🌻🌸 Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? If yes, make sure you follow and leave a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

This week's episode is all about owning and nurturing our needs.   🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: About my surprise diagnosis this week! A recent moment when I was judging myself for what I was needing after a jam-packed week. Your needs are beautiful, not a burden. Why honoring what you need isn't extravagant or luxurious, it's self-loving. How when we deny our own needs, it's even harder to get in touch with what we want. Reflection questions: 1) What do I need right now; and 2) How can I nurture that need by weaving in what I want? How our five senses can give us some clues about what we want.   🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: If the idea of outgrowing the daily grind and the guilt when you tend to your own needs resonates with you, I'd love to invite you to join the waitlist for my upcoming small group coaching circle. Click here to be the first to get all the details!   🌱🌿🌳🍃🌹🌼🌷🌺🌻🌸 Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? If yes, make sure you follow and leave a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

In this week's episode, we're joined by Sheetal Prajapati, who is an educator, artist and advisor.   🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: How, after working full time for 16 years in arts organizations, various freelance projects, and starting her own artistic practice, Sheetal decided to quit her last full time job in 2018 and start her own business, Lohar Projects the following year. How the conflict between her values and the organizational practices of the nonprofits she was working for pointed her towards creating Lohar Projects. The way Sheetal brings her values to life every day in her current work. About how Sheetal learning about and honoring her values and skills helped her realize the value she brings to her clients. About Sheetal's project with the Times Square Alliance - Rumors of War, a large-scale sculpture by Kehinde Wiley in Times Square! The ways that Sheetal is able to make a difference in a new way as an external consultant instead of an internal employee. How Sheetal has learned not only how to say no, but when and why to say no. Sheetal's advice for anyone still in the daily grind. Your reflection question: which value of mine do I want to honor more?   🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: Connect with Sheetal on her company Lohar Projects' website, her website, or on Instagram (@loharprojects). Hear the song that inspired the name of my company Compass Rose By Chris Pureka Create a To Do List that lights you up instead of bums you out - check out the workshop.   🌱🌿🌳🍃🌹🌼🌷🌺🌻🌸 Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? If yes, make sure you follow and leave a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

This week, I share how an unexpected migraine headache reminded me of what best replenishes me.   🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: What fills up my tank when I'm on empty. A clip from Senator Cory Booker's remarks acknowledging Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson during her Supreme Court confirmation hearing last week. Reflection invitation: create your own "Replenishment Reminder" list so it's ready when you need it. It can be so hard to remember what replenishes us when we're feeling especially depleted!   🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: Schedule a 30-minute sample coaching session with me: https://bit.ly/samplecoachingsesh Create a To Do List that lights you up instead of bums you out - check out the workshop.   🌱🌿🌳🍃🌹🌼🌷🌺🌻🌸 Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? If yes, make sure you follow and leave a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

In today's episode, you'll meet Madeline Schwarz, Communications Coach Extraordinaire!    🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: All of the expectations that Madeline was juggling when her son was born eight years ago More about her work journey after her son was born - including that one time when she was laid off just a few days after spraining her ankle at a job site How Madeline outgrew the grind of getting another corporate project management job and decided to start a business instead All of the expectations she unlearned and let go of both for her and her family Madeline's advice for parents and non-parents while in the process of outgrowing the grind The role that creativity and childlike inspiration has played in Madeline's life Your three reflection questions for this episode: 1) What expectations are impacting your growth? 2) Are they yours, someone else's, societal conditioning? 3) What small shifts could you make to create an even better experience for yourself?   🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: Get Madeline's tips for how to talk about your job when you've already outgrown it here. Connect with Madeline on LinkedIn or on her website. Schedule a 30-minute sample coaching session with me here: https://bit.ly/samplecoachingsesh   🌱🌿🌳🍃🌹🌼🌷🌺🌻🌸 Love what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? If you are, please follow us and leave a five-star review wherever you listen to your podcasts!

We're joined today by Obehi Alofoje. Obehi is a psychologist, stress management consultant, and productivity coach who shares how she's outgrown two different grinds in her life.   🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: How Obehi was "making do" in her underpaid nonprofit job and feeling guilty about wanting to earn more money The assumption that she'd "always be in the red" because she chose to work in nonprofits Obehi's process of making peace with her hard-of-hearing status and what her journey to choose to wear hearing aids has been like That the areas where we're pretending that what we're tolerating is "enough" is a great place to dig deeper and imagine what else might be possible Obehi's advice for listeners who are making do in one or more areas of their lives Two reflection questions: 1) Where are you making do in your life and pretending like it's enough? 1) How would you like it to be instead?   🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: Connect with Obehi on LinkedIn. Completely transform your To Do List so that it reflects what matters most to you AND what brings you energy. Purchase the workshop here.   🌱🌿🌳🍃🌹🌼🌷🌺🌻🌸 Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? If yes, make sure you follow and leave a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

In today's episode, I explore how we can practice receiving and giving - especially now, when we, our communities, and our world need our love and compassion.   🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: Why it's easier for so many of us to give instead of receive Why opening yourself up to both receiving and giving is important How two friends asked me for help recently and what I learned about giving and receiving from them The growing conditions for asking for help and what it can make possible How sometimes asking for help can benefit BOTH the receiver and the giver Four reasons why I sometimes hesitate to ask for help   🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: Two reflection questions: 1) Who do you feel safe asking for help and receiving from? 2) What's one ask that you could make from them today? Curious about my upcoming group coaching circle for deeply caring, high-achieving women? Add your name to the announcement list here.   🌱🌿🌳🍃🌹🌼🌷🌺🌻🌸 Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? If yes, make sure you follow and leave a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

Today's guest is Kelly Haller, the founder of Tidy Rebel. Kelly is a professional organizer, taking down the patriarchy by teaching us how to prioritize ourselves over the myth of perfectionism.   🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: How Kelly grew her business when the pandemic started and what shifted when she decided she wanted to have kids About the tension between the external pressure to prove our perfectionism vs. the internal feeling of utter exhaustion when deprioritizing your own needs The doubts and fears that tried to block Kelly from following her calling  What helped Kelly learn to trust herself and what's truly important to her The patriarchal pressure to worry more about how things look than how they feel Kelly's advice and permission to prioritize YOU! Here are your reflection questions: Where in your life are you focused on what looks good instead of what feels good? How can you shift it to prioritize you and your own experience so it feels good on the inside?   🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: Want more Kelly in your life? Find her at her website and on Instagram (@thetidyrebel). Get 10 exercises to ground yourself in five minutes or less here. Download Kelly's Tidy Enough Guide and get organized (for good) in a way that aligns with you!  The book Kelly mentioned that helped inspire the launch of her business: Lisa Sasevich's Meant for More   🌱🌿🌳🍃🌹🌼🌷🌺🌻🌸 Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? If yes, make sure you follow and leave a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

In today's episode, I share about my recent trip to the San Francisco Bay Area and we dig deeper into exploring ease over effort.   🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: The highlights of my recent trip to the San Francisco Bay Area Our conditioning to value DOING over BEING Why we tend to trust effort, struggle and hard work more than ease About two eye-opening moments when I questioned that ease was as "legitimate" as effort The magic that happens when we give ourselves permission to let it be easy + trust ourselves + show up fully   🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: See what's blooming at Filoli right now (Thank you, Michael!) Two reflection questions: 1) Where are you currently choosing effort over ease? 2) How could you infuse a little more ease (even just 5% more)? Share your reflections with me on Instagram or on Facebook   🌱🌿🌳🍃🌹🌼🌷🌺🌻🌸 Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? If yes, make sure you follow and leave a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

In today's episode we're joined by Iffy Ibekwe, an accomplished attorney, mother of four, wife, runner, lover of languages, and soon-to-be traditionally published author. Iffy's takes us on a journey from external measures of success that may "look good" into internal, felt experiences of success that actually "feel good."   🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: About Iffy's journey from a young lawyer trying to build her professional reputation to an in-house attorney for ten years, and then space to determine her next moves after being let go. What Iffy thought a gap in her work history would mean to others and herself All of the beautiful ways Iffy reconnected to what felt good to her How Iffy reconnected with her inner 5-year-old that loved to color Iffy's advice to anyone on their journey of outgrowing the grind Two reflection questions for you: What did you love to do as a kid? How can you make a little space to revisit that activity in your current life?   🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: Connect with Iffy through her website or on Instagram @ibekwelawpllc Reconnect with your own sense of fun, joy, and curiosity that you had as a kid in a 30-minute sample coaching session with me here: https://bit.ly/samplecoachingsesh   🌱🌿🌳🍃🌹🌼🌷🌺🌻🌸 Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? If yes, make sure you follow and leave a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

One of the biggest outcomes of an effective coaching engagement is whether hand-me-down beliefs were uncovered and shifted. It's hard to tell what belief systems were passed along to us and whether (or not) they serve us or align with who you want to be now.   🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: Which Outgrow the Grind listener won our feedback survey drawing for a $50 gift card to buy plants + flowers What belief systems have stunted my growth over the years What belief systems my coaching clients have transformed in our coaching container A few questions to ask yourself about your own beliefs and whether they actually fit   🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: Uncover some of YOUR outgrown beliefs in a 30-minute sample coaching session with me here: https://bit.ly/samplecoachingsesh. Follow The Chocolate Green Thumb on TikTok or IG. See what she picked out here. Do you want more about belief systems? Listen to my interview with Melanie Maxwell "Presence Over Perfectionism" (Season 2, Episode 11).   🌱🌿🌳🍃🌹🌼🌷🌺🌻🌸 Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? If yes, make sure you follow and leave a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

As we enter another holiday season with no doubt a lot to DO, let's not forget who and how we're BEING too.    🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: That where we put our attention at any given moment becomes who we are and how we're remembered. Who and how we are matters to us and those around us.  Boundaries can be as simple as what's okay with you and what's not okay with you. When we speak up, we give others the opportunity to know the real us. Setting boundaries means we care enough about the relationship to be honest. Your reflection question: who and how do I want to be this holiday season?   🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: Schedule a 30-minute sample coaching session with me here: https://bit.ly/samplecoachingsesh Share your feedback about the Outgrow the Grind podcast here: bit.ly/otgfeedback   🌱🌿🌳🍃🌹🌼🌷🌺🌻🌸 Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? If yes, make sure you follow and leave a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

Tasha Booth is an agency owner, coach, and podcaster. She is the Founder & CEO of The Launch Guild - a Course Launch Support & Digital Marketing Implementation Agency supporting established coaches and course creators with Course & Podcast Launches, Operations & Systems Management, and Content Management & Repurposing. Additionally, she mentors Virtual Support Pros who are passionate and ready to grow their businesses while living life on their own terms, and she is the host of the How She Did That Podcast -- a podcast for Virtual Assistants, Online Business Managers, and Project Managers to learn business and tech tips.    🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: How a getaway with her spouse inspired Tasha to outgrow the grind. Why it's important to ask yourself, "Is it bringing me closer or further away from my 'why'?" That support is helpful, and you don't have to do the things you're not good at. How having communities that celebrate with you and motivate you to do better are important. That we can do everything, but we can't do everything at once. That it's really important to give each idea and new venture its own separate and unique time to blossom and bloom. Your reflection question: Am I creating enough space for growing my dreams?   🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: Connect with Tasha on her website www.thelaunchguild.com and on social media @thelaunchguild Schedule a 30-minute sample coaching session with me here: https://bit.ly/samplecoachingsesh Share your feedback about the Outgrow the Grind podcast here: bit.ly/otgfeedback   🌱🌿🌳🍃🌹🌼🌷🌺🌻🌸 Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? If yes, make sure you follow and leave a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

Natasha Rankin is a Business & Mindset Coach for introverts, empaths, and highly sensitive women. She's the creator of The Sensitive Business Academy that helps coaches, healers, and service providers package their wisdom and expertise into a soul-aligned group program that scales, so they can change more lives while protecting their energy.    🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: How Natasha saw a possible glimpse of her future at her corporate job inspired her to outgrow the grind. When you're being instead of doing, work feels effortless. That you don't have to choose between being successful or being yourself. How our body gives us messages. How Natasha trusted herself and the universe to get to where she is today. How to separate acknowledgement from action. Put yourself in a container of like minded people. Reflection question: What activity feels like zero effort for you?   🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: Connect with Natasha through her website www.natasharankin.co and on social media @thenatasharankin Share your feedback about the podcast here: bit.ly/otgfeedback Schedule a 30-minute sample coaching session with me here: https://bit.ly/samplecoachingsesh   🌱🌿🌳🍃🌹🌼🌷🌺🌻🌸 Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? If yes, make sure you follow and leave a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

Today we're joined by Angela E. Matthews, a DIY Investment Coach and the founder of the Happy Investor Method, an investment education company. As an experienced investor and investment trainer, Angela has created a method to make investing in the stock market and growing your wealth accessible, profitable, and fun.    🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: How a request for time off was a catalyst for Angela to give herself permission to follow what she really wanted. What Angela put into the google search bar that led her to exactly what she's doing today. All about brave asks and how there can be release in the word "No". Angela's unique version of an "Eat, Pray, Love" journey that took her way outside her comfort zone Which stock Angela purchases when she's feeling sad. Why the ONLY person you need to get permission from is YOU. Which celebrity Angela "borrowed" a flower from once in New York City. Reflection question: What is something you've been waiting for permission for? Write yourself a permission slip and go for it!   🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: Connect with Angela through her website www.happyinvestormethod.com/live. Learn more about my late Grandpa here: https://www.stacyrayekellogg.com/blog/in-memory-of-my-grandpa  Schedule a free 30-minute sample coaching session with me here: https://bit.ly/samplecoachingsesh 🌱🌿🌳🍃🌹🌼🌷🌺🌻🌸   Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? If yes, make sure you follow and leave a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

In today's episode, you'll meet Susan Elizabeth, CEO and Founder of Operations Made Easy. Susan is a Certified Online Business Manager who loves details, planning, and keeping things on track. Operations Made Easy, is dedicated to providing operational support to Woman of Color Entrepreneurs so they can achieve the level of success they desire!   🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: How setting boundaries and sticking to them helped Susan to outgrow her grind. That it's okay to say 'no' or decide that something can wait for tomorrow. Susan's tips for setting, keeping, and communicating your boundaries. The reason Susan decided to start her own business. What inspired Susan as she was outgrowing the grind. How Susan chooses to be the mom, daughter, and entrepreneur that she had wanted and envisioned instead of what she grew up to know. Two reflection questions: 1) What is the life you envision for yourself? 2) Where can you ask for help right now?   🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: Connect with Susan at https://www.operations-madeeasy.com/ or on Instagram at @heysusanelizabeth.   🌱 Curious about how I can support you in outgrowing your grind? Schedule a 30-minute sample coaching session with me here: https://bit.ly/samplecoachingsesh Join us on Instagram at @outgrowthegrind   🌱🌿🌳🍃 Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? If you are, make sure you follow and leave a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

Welcome back to Season 4 of Outgrow the Grind! Today we're joined by Sara Dean, a mindset, business and leadership coach and the creator and host of the Shameless Mom Academy Podcast. After enduring her own identity crisis following the birth of her son, Sara took her background in psychology, health, and wellness and rebuilt her identity, one step at a time. She is on a mission to inspire women and moms, in particular, to live bigger, bolder, braver #everydamnday.   🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: About Sara's original approach to scheduling as a "brand new baby podcaster" The toll her disjointed schedule had on her energy levels How Sara borrowed from other women entrepreneurs just a few steps ahead of her to carve out space for herself What the heck "Fun Fridays" are! Sara's two [invaluable!] pieces of advice to reclaim your time and energy so your calendar works for YOU instead of everyone else The link between our calendar and our boundaries How Sara carved out time and space for creativity during the pandemic (while also running her business and being home with her son) Your two reflection questions: 1) How does your body let you know your schedule is unsustainable? 2) What is one shift you can make in your calendar to fill up your own cup more?   🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: Connect with Sara at www.shamelessmom.com or by listening to her Shameless Mom Academy Podcast here. Find Sara on Instagram at @shamelessmomacademy. Share your thoughts on the podcast at bit.ly/otgfeedback.   🌱 Curious about how I can support you in outgrowing your grind? Schedule a 30-minute sample coaching session with me here: bit.ly/samplecoachingsesh Join us on Instagram at @outgrowthegrind   🌱🌿🌳🍃 Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? If you are, please subscribe and leave us a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

Welcome to the final episode of Season 3. In this episode, I share how SUPPORT is one of the key growing conditions for both plant and people growth! You'll hear from three of my real clients who share how coaching support helped them. 🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: The ways support helps you grow What I used to think about asking for help and support from a coach About what coaching with me was like for three of my clients - meet Joy, Vanessa, and Michelle!) What those three clients wanted from coaching How coaching is different than therapy What my free sample session is really like! The hesitations that came up for one of my clients before she decided to say yes to coaching AND the impact her yes had on other areas of her life What Joy, Vanessa and Michelle loved the most about coaching with me About what changed as a result of our coaching together   🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: Schedule a 30-minute sample coaching session with me here: https://bit.ly/samplecoachingsesh 🌱🌿🌳🍃🌹🌼🌷🌺🌻🌸 Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? If yes, make sure you follow and leave a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

In today's episode, we're joined by intuitive percussive healer, Dr. Giavanni Washington.   While a biologist, epidemiologist and ethnographer by training, Dr G, as she is affectionately known, is a mother, Council holder and healer. She not only fervently believes you can reach the next level, she stands at the threshold gently supporting your migration from one plane to the next.   Trigger warning: In this episode, we talk about suicide.   🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: All about Dr. G's journey of outgrowing the grind (including her 3 PhD programs!). How she found her commitment to herself. A powerful question we can ask ourselves is "'What is your true desire in this?"' That we can see ourselves in images that we can aspire to be. That sometimes, trauma can open up something inside of you, that you didn't know was there.  About Dr. G's Black Goddess Within Oracle Deck - and which card I pulled right before our interview... How to not put pressure on yourself to know all the answers when you're taking the first step. To be in community means to be able to receive, not only to give. Why you give from the saucer and not the teacup. You can still be successful and also feel good. It doesn't have to hurt. We have to stand up! And take naps! Outgrowing the grind is unique, individual and constant. It requires effort. It takes the time it takes. 🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: Get your very own Black Goddess Within Oracle Deck here: https://go.blackgoddesswithin.com/bgw-deck.  You can find Dr. G on social media at Instagram: @blackgoddesswithin and Facebook: @giavanni.washington  🌱🌿🌳🍃🌹🌼🌷🌺🌻🌸 Ready to let me help YOU outgrow the grind? Find me here: Schedule a 30-minute sample coaching session with me here: https://calendly.com/compassrosecoach/30-min-coaching-sample-session/  Join my Outgrow the Grind mailing list: https://www.outgrowthegrind.co/ Visit my website: https://www.stacyrayekellogg.com/ Follow Outgrow the Grind or DM me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/outgrowthegrind/ Looking for a community to learn about, practice, and celebrate your boundaries? Join my Free Women's Facebook Group. All women are welcome! 🌱🌿🌳🍃🌹🌼🌷🌺🌻🌸 Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? If yes, make sure you follow and leave a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

In today's episode, we are joined by author, speaker, and coach Sage Hobbs.   Sage's passion for maximizing human potential and cultivating cultures of equity has led to over 20 years of experience working in public, private, and not-for-profit sectors. Her speciality is relational leadership and communication, working with mission-driven leaders to create organizational cultures that ensure greater success and satisfaction.    🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: All about Sage's journey outgrowing multiple grinds. How Sage has learned when it's time to re-evaluate her priorities. What's on Sage's sticky note to remind herself that her good enough truly is good enough. You ARE enough! The importance of  pausing to celebrate. That the system isn't set up for us to slow down and create that space. We get to create the space for ourselves. How important self-compassion is on the journey of outgrowing the grind. How your personal happiness and professional success are directly related to the quality of your relationships. Reflection invitation: How can you acknowledge and remind yourself of your enough-ness? 🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: Connect with Sage Hobbs through her website here: https://sagebhobbs.com/ or on Facebook and Instagram @sagebhobbs. 🌱🌿🌳🍃🌹🌼🌷🌺🌻🌸 Ready to let me help YOU outgrow the grind? Find me here: Schedule a 30-minute sample coaching session with me here: https://calendly.com/compassrosecoach/30-min-coaching-sample-session/  Join my Outgrow the Grind mailing list: https://www.outgrowthegrind.co/ Visit my website: https://www.stacyrayekellogg.com/ Follow Outgrow the Grind or DM me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/outgrowthegrind/ Looking for a community to learn about, practice, and celebrate your boundaries? Join my Free Women's Facebook Group. All women are welcome! 🌱🌿🌳🍃🌹🌼🌷🌺🌻🌸 Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? If yes, make sure you follow and leave a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

Welcome to another episode of Outgrow the Grind! In today's episode, we are joined by social media coach and consultant Martha Cristina Garza.   Martha Cristina Garza is a luxury brand strategist & marketing expert based in Brooklyn, NY.  Originally from Mexico, Martha helps visionary 6 & 7 figure entrepreneurs find clarity, focus, and direction to expand their brand reach, revenue and impact.  🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: About how Martha went from living her life for the next milestone to getting clear on what matters most. That it's okay to set boundaries at work. We are not the keepers and holders of everything! Why basing our worthiness on other people needing us doesn't really work. Martha's distinction about doing things for love vs. from love. How important it is to give yourself what you need and ask others to honor what you need. Martha's advice for boundary setting practice: Think of the person you love, and say "no" for them first, and then you'll learn to do it for yourself. No is a full sentence! Reflection question: what do I need to feel seen, supported, and heard? 🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: Connect with Martha Cristina Garza through her website here: www.marthagarza.com or BRAND IN A DAY www.yourbrandinaday.com. For more inspiration, exercises and prompts from Alex Elle, visit her instagram account: @alex_elle. 🌱🌿🌳🍃🌹🌼🌷🌺🌻🌸 Ready to let me help YOU outgrow the grind? Find me here: Schedule a 30-minute sample coaching session with me here: https://calendly.com/compassrosecoach/30-min-coaching-sample-session/  Join my Outgrow the Grind mailing list: https://www.outgrowthegrind.co/ Visit my website: https://www.stacyrayekellogg.com/ Follow Outgrow the Grind or DM me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/outgrowthegrind/ Looking for a community to learn about, practice, and celebrate your boundaries? Join my Free Women's Facebook Group. All women are welcome! 🌱🌿🌳🍃🌹🌼🌷🌺🌻🌸 Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? If yes, make sure you follow and leave a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

Welcome to another episode of Outgrow the Grind, the podcast! In today's episode, we are joined by social media coach and consultant Stephanie Brown.   As a former TV reporter and digital marketing specialist, Stephanie specializes in helping business owners perfect their brand messaging, storytelling, and visibility online. She launched The Content Fixer to help business owners do more of what gets them clients, and less of what just burns them out.   🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: All about 25-year-old Stephanie's journey: where she started, how she outgrew multiple grinds (!), the challenges she faced, and where she is now. What Stephanie had to say no to in order to say yes to her business and herself. The role that self-doubt played during her entrepreneurship. How important the support of others has been to Stephanie's business' growth. Why microaggressions and getting constantly ignored by her bosses led her to become her own boss. How she helps people now as a content fixer. Her advice to outgrow the grind and be happy: "it's not for the weak, but when you accomplish it, you'll feel so fulfilled." Your reflection homework for this episode: finish this sentence "I am someone who…"   🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: Learn more about Stephanie and her services at www.thecontentfixer.co. You can also find her on Instagram at www.instagram.com/thecontentfixer.co, and on Tik Tok at www.tiktok.com/thecontentfixer.co  🌱🌿🌳🍃🌹🌼🌷🌺🌻🌸 Ready to let me help YOU outgrow the grind? Find me here: Schedule a 30-minute sample coaching session with me here: https://calendly.com/compassrosecoach/30-min-coaching-sample-session/  Join my Outgrow the Grind mailing list: https://www.outgrowthegrind.co/ Visit my website: https://www.stacyrayekellogg.com/ Follow Outgrow the Grind or DM me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/outgrowthegrind/ Looking for a community to learn about, practice, and celebrate your boundaries? Join my Free Women's Facebook Group. All women are welcome! 🌱🌿🌳🍃🌹🌼🌷🌺🌻🌸 Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? If yes, make sure you follow and leave a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

Hello there, and welcome to another episode of Outgrow the Grind! In today's episode, we are joined by Abby DesJardien, a sleep evangelist who believes sleep is an act of self-empowerment.    Through her podcast, challenges, 1:1 coaching, and membership, she teaches women in business how to transform their work and lives through the power of sleep. As a recovering workaholic and insomniac, she knows the struggle is real. She helps her clients go from exhausted and burnt out to rested and on top of their game.    Today we hear from Abby about how she managed to outgrow the grind after her body was desperately trying to tell her to slow down. She has great advice for burned out women who could benefit from checking in with themselves and getting some rest!   🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: How Abby now recognizes she was always a busy kid, teenager, adult, wife, and mother who was constantly numbing out by "pushing herself" and "filling the space"  About an alarming experience that happened when Abby fell asleep at the wheel while driving to college and how her accident didn't prompt her to rest. How after years of health issues, there was one health issue Abby couldn't ignore. The journey and practice of overcoming that exhausting cycle and how Abby started to pay more attention to what her body was telling her. How it doesn't always feel good to take a pause, but why it's essential. Abby's brilliant advice for women who are overwhelmed, exhausted, and in the grind How common it is to think that women are here to take care of everybody else and put themselves last.  The way Abby's 3 daughters have inspired her to show them how to put their needs first. This is your homework for this episode: Give yourself some empathy and compassion. Take a look at your calendar and to-do list and ask yourself how each item feels to you? What are your daily non-negotiables that you need to feel rested?    🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: To find out more about Abby and her work, visit www.abbydesjardien.com. You can also find her on social media at www.instagram.com/abbydesjardien, www.facebook.com/abbydesj, and her podcast at: https://anchor.fm/abby-desjardien  Read about and watch Saundra Dalton-Smith, MD's Ted Talk "The Seven Types of Rest Everyone Needs" here: https://ideas.ted.com/the-7-types-of-rest-that-every-person-needs/  🌱🌿🌳🍃🌹🌼🌷🌺🌻🌸 Ready to let me help YOU outgrow the grind? Find me here: Schedule a 30-minute sample coaching session with me here: https://calendly.com/compassrosecoach/30-min-coaching-sample-session/  Join my Outgrow the Grind mailing list: https://www.outgrowthegrind.co/ Visit my website: https://www.stacyrayekellogg.com/ Follow Outgrow the Grind or DM me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/outgrowthegrind/ Looking for a community to learn about, practice, and celebrate your boundaries? Join my Free Women's Facebook Group. All women are welcome! 🌱🌿🌳🍃🌹🌼🌷🌺🌻🌸 Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? If yes, make sure you follow and leave a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

In today's episode of Outgrow the Grind, we are joined by Shalini Codispoti. Shalini helps families and businesses put plans in place that would ensure her clients and their loved ones stay out of conflict and out of court. Shalini helps her clients leave their whole legacy which is far more than just assets, but their stories, insights and experiences. Join us on this episode to learn how Shalini planted seeds and nurtured her own unique way of being a woman, being a business owner, being a wife, being a mom, and being a daughter.   🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: About Shalini's journey: how when she came to live in the US, she discovered that her career as a Litigator was making her (and everyone around her) unhappy. How she created a business that serves clients before the process of litigation and how "doing it the way she wanted to" enhanced her connection with her clients and their families. Shalini's customized saying: "Happy Mom + Happy Wife = Happy Home" The challenges that Shalini faced when she created her own version of being a wife and mother and business owner. How we can ask others for help instead of pressuring ourselves to do it all on our own. How Shalini is raising her daughter to know and feel the perfection in imperfection. The importance of relying on other women and being in community with each other. Some reflective questions for this episode: HOW and WHO do you want to be?   🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: Connect with Shalini for a free consultation here: http://www.codispoti-law.com/consultation. Find her on social media on Instagram and Facebook. Here's the Harpers Bazaar article I mentioned about emotional labor (from 2017): https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a12063822/emotional-labor-gender-equality/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery&fbclid=IwAR1bBbB0DY1qZW1cMzSNQDHn985tLLO0fpGbyrXKzgEt7c4xqqOuwXj1zBo  🌱🌿🌳🍃🌹🌼🌷🌺🌻🌸   Ready to let me help YOU outgrow the grind? Find me here: Schedule a 30-minute sample coaching session with me here: https://calendly.com/compassrosecoach/30-min-coaching-sample-session/  Join my Outgrow the Grind mailing list: https://www.outgrowthegrind.co/ Visit my website: https://www.stacyrayekellogg.com/ Follow Outgrow the Grind or DM me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/outgrowthegrind/ Looking for a community to learn about, practice, and celebrate your boundaries? Join my Free Women's Facebook Group. All women are welcome! 🌱🌿🌳🍃🌹🌼🌷🌺🌻🌸 Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? If yes, make sure you follow and leave a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

In this episode of Outgrow the Grind, we are joined by Intuitive Eating and Body Image Coaches Bridget Shannon and Dana Barron. While many of our episodes focus on the daily grind of work, a lot of us have also been impacted by the grind of diet culture. Join Dana, Bridget, and me as we talk about what the diet culture grind is and how they outgrew it.   Bridget and Dana are the creators of Wellness Lately and are on a mission to reclaim wellness from diet culture. Their work is rooted in body liberation and food freedom, helping women all over the world escape the painful, diet-binge cycle and embrace true well-being.   🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: More about Dana and Bridget's grind of "waiting on the weight" before living the lives that they've dreamt of and the personal cost of the diet culture grind. The way that black and white thinking, perfectionism, rigidity, cultural conditioning, and the wellness world keeps that diet culture grind in motion. Why you can't "hate your way into a body you love". How it felt for Bridget and Dana to outgrow their diet culture grind. What deeply held beliefs they had to say no to, and which new ones they learned to say yes to. Dana and Bridget's advice to help you build a healthier relationship with your body and your food. Reflection question for this episode: What are you waiting on to change or happen before you can live the life of your dreams?   🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: To find out more on Wellness Lately, visit https://www.wellnesslately.com, you can also find them on Instagram @wellness_lately, and facebook at www.facebook.com/wellnesslately  🌱🌿🌳🍃🌹🌼🌷🌺🌻🌸 Ready to let me help YOU outgrow the grind? Find me here: Schedule a 30-minute sample coaching session with me here: https://calendly.com/compassrosecoach/30-min-coaching-sample-session/  Join my Outgrow the Grind mailing list: https://www.outgrowthegrind.co/ Visit my website: https://www.stacyrayekellogg.com/ Follow Outgrow the Grind or DM me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/outgrowthegrind/ Looking for a community to learn about, practice, and celebrate your boundaries? Join my Free Women's Facebook Group. All women are welcome! 🌱🌿🌳🍃🌹🌼🌷🌺🌻🌸 Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? If yes, make sure you follow and leave a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

In today's episode of Outgrow the Grind, we're joined by Tiara Abu, who knows all about planting and growing a life that feels good on the inside, not just from the outside looking in.   Tiara Abu is an educator, coach and entrepreneur. She is the proud Founder and CEO of Lead With People, LLC, a coaching company and her new start up venture, She Can Work, LLC. Tiara is on a mission to end financial inequities for women by educating and empowering women to meet their financial goals through legacy focused wealth building and management.   🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: Where Tiara was when she realized she had more control over her life than she had thought. Why she felt she needed to be the perfect wife, the perfect mom, the perfect worker, and the perfect woman. All of the nicknames and identities that Tiara received from pleasing, achieving, and perfectionism. How, thanks to therapy, she learned that she was doing herself harm by setting expectations so high and being hard on herself. Why putting herself first is still a journey for Tiara (and sooooo many of us!). The importance of saying no and setting boundaries, even if it might upset others. How praise can be both fueling and debilitating. The difference between balance and harmony. What role eggo waffles played in Tiara's outgrowing the grind. Tiara's advice on clearing space, setting boundaries, and being more present for what matters most.  How Simone Biles and Naomi Osaki are redefining the meaning of strength by deciding to put their mental health and wellbeing first. A few reflections for this episode: 1) What are those identities you've taken on that cost you more than they add to your life? 2) How would you rather show up? 🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: To find out more about Tiara, head on over to https://www.theaffinityblog.com//she-can-work. You can also find her on Instagram here: @shecanwork 🌱🌿🌳🍃🌹🌼🌷🌺🌻🌸 Ready to let me help YOU outgrow the grind? Find me here: Schedule a 30-minute sample coaching session with me here: https://calendly.com/compassrosecoach/30-min-coaching-sample-session/  Join my Outgrow the Grind mailing list: https://www.outgrowthegrind.co/ Visit my website: https://www.stacyrayekellogg.com/ Follow Outgrow the Grind or DM me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/outgrowthegrind/ Looking for a community to learn about, practice, and celebrate your boundaries? Join my Free Women's Facebook Group. All women are welcome! 🌱🌿🌳🍃🌹🌼🌷🌺🌻🌸 Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? If yes, make sure you follow and leave a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

"Remember, you have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn't worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens." Louise L. Hay Today we are joined by Ashley Campo, a self-described "Corporate Escapee." Having left her corporate career in San Francisco behind to move to Mexico and open her own business! Now Ashley is a web designer and brand strategist for busy entrepreneurs that are finally ready to cross build a website or website redesign off their to-do list, all in a single day.   🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: How Ashley Campo left her corporate job and moved to Mexico. The pressure she felt by choosing to leave a "normal" and "successful" life to choose her own version of fulfillment. Why, when you're in the grind, you feel like you don't have any other options. What moving to Mexico meant to her, and why saying yes to Mexico meant saying yes to living life completely on her terms.  Ashley's advice for anyone in the grind. A question to think about during this episode: 1. What is the most loving and compassionate thing I can say to myself right now? 🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: Schedule a free 30-minute Slay Your Saboteurs Session with me here (only 5 spots open in August!): https://bit.ly/slayyoursaboteurs  Sign up to join Ashley's co-working sessions here: www.ashleycampo.com/coworking Connect with Ashley on Instagram (@itsme.ashleyc) or at her website: www.ashleycampo.com.  🌱🌿🌳🍃 Ready to let me help YOU outgrow the grind? Find me here: Follow Outgrow the Grind or DM me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/outgrowthegrind/ Looking for a community to learn about, practice, and celebrate your boundaries? Join my Free Women's Facebook Group. All women are welcome! 🌱🌿🌳🍃 Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? If yes, make sure you follow and leave a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

In today's episode, Laquel Chester Wright joins us for a great conversation on how she managed to outgrow the Silicon Valley grind after fifteen years.   Laquel is a nerdy, tech-loving black woman from the Bay who has embraced her calling to be an entrepreneur. Her passion is helping women reignite their confidence and regain their freedom by breaking away from the 9-to-5 and living life on their terms.    🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: All about Laquel's journey leaving marketing and tech jobs in Silicon Valley to follow her true calling. How navigating both the pandemic and her mom's breast cancer diagnosis last year pushed Laquel to trust her instincts, make some major changes, and do what she loves. Laquel's advice if you find yourself in the grind. How easy it is for high-achieving women to feel guilty when we want to take a break (and how tempting it is to hide out in the doing)! The importance of setting boundaries and taking baby steps along your journey of outgrowing the grind. 🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: Download your (fillable!) values worksheet and discover what matters most to you here: https://bit.ly/otgvalues To learn more about Laquel, visit her website www.viragoadvisors.com/free-af-academy. You can also find her on Instagram or Facebook @viragoadvisors, and on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/laquelwright/.  Listen to Outgrow the Grind Season 1, Episode 4 (Validating Your Values From Within) here: https://www.outgrowthegrind.co/blog/validating-your-values  🌱🌿🌳🍃 Ready to let me help YOU outgrow the grind? Find me here: Schedule a 30-minute sample coaching session with me here: https://calendly.com/compassrosecoach/30-min-coaching-sample-session/  Follow Outgrow the Grind or DM me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/outgrowthegrind/ Looking for a community to learn about, practice, and celebrate your boundaries? Join my Free Women's Facebook Group. All women are welcome! 🌱🌿🌳🍃 Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? If yes, make sure you follow and leave a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

Welcome to Season 3, beloved listeners! In today's episode, we're joined by Carly Jo Bell who shares how she traded the grind of overworking and achievement for rest and ease. Carly Jo is an Authentic Brand Coach helping early entrepreneurs show up authentically, stand out confidently, and communicate clearly, so they can make money by being their authentic self!  🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: How Carly's inner "Achiever" developed over time and how it impacted her early on in her entrepreneurial journey How the grind impacts our freedom Why women entrepreneurs feel the drive to prove ourselves How listening to her body and giving herself permission to slow down was an eye-opener for Carly  What happened when Carly decided to run her business with ease and flow What the grind, efforting, self-doubt, and overscheduling have to do with each other Carly's advice for tuning in to YOU and whatever your body needs What creativity needs to thrive 🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: Connect with Carly at her website (www.wholecomedia.com), on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/wholecomedia), or join her Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/wholeco.  🌱🌿🌳🍃 Ready to let me help YOU outgrow the grind? Find me here: Schedule a 30-minute sample coaching session with me here: https://calendly.com/compassrosecoach/30-min-coaching-sample-session/  Follow Outgrow the Grind or DM me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/outgrowthegrind/ Looking for a community to learn about, practice, and celebrate your boundaries? Join my Free Women's Facebook Group. All women are welcome! 🌱🌿🌳🍃 Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? If yes, make sure you follow and leave a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

Hello everyone, and welcome to Episode 12 of Season 2! In today's episode of Outgrow the Grind, we are joined by Natasha, a licensed sex therapist, certified sex coach, and sex doula. Natasha empowers women to connect with their bodies and awaken their sexuality, allowing them to experience the pleasure they deserve. Natasha loves helping women identify their mind, body, and sexual necessities through confidence and boundary building.   🌱 In this episode, you'll learn: About Natasha's daily grind when she was an Assistant Director in a corporate hospital. Why she started working on the side with clients through her private practice, and why she was working more than 8 hours each day. How COVID had a positive effect on her transition to focus on her own clients and avoid horrible traffic. What her transition towards outgrowing the grind has looked like: slow mornings, more time for herself, for her body, a less overwhelming To Do List (most of the time), and trying to work until no further than 7:00 P.M The positive effects of Natasha's non-negotiable commitment to herself every single Wednesday night (and how her family supports her in making it happen!) Her advice for people in the grind now: always choose yourself and what feels good to you; everything else will fall into place. Some reflective questions for this episode: 1. What nourishes and gives energy to you? 2. What boundaries can you put in place to create space for that on a regular basis? You can find your worksheet to answer these questions at https://bit.ly/prioritizeyourpleasure    🌱 Seeds planted in this episode: You can find out more about Natasha on Facebook here: www.facebook.com/natashachentille  Check out Journey Gurl Magic Productions here: https://journeygurlmagicproductions.com/  🌱🌿🌳🍃🌹🌼🌷🌺🌻🌸 Ready to let me help YOU outgrow the grind? Find me here: Your "Prioritize Your Pleasure" worksheet awaits you here: https://bit.ly/prioritizeyourpleasure  Schedule a 30-minute sample coaching session with me here: https://calendly.com/compassrosecoach/30-min-coaching-sample-session/  Join my Outgrow the Grind mailing list: https://www.outgrowthegrind.co/ Visit my website: https://www.stacyrayekellogg.com/ Follow Outgrow the Grind or DM me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/outgrowthegrind/ Looking for a community to learn about, practice, and celebrate your boundaries? Join my Free Women's Facebook Group. All women are welcome! 🌱🌿🌳🍃🌹🌼🌷🌺🌻🌸 Are you resonating with what you're hearing on Outgrow the Grind? If yes, make sure you follow and leave a five-star review at Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts!