Sacred and Spicy: For the Wild at Heart Entrepreneurs

2024 was the hardest year in entrepreneurship and in marriage. So today I want to reflect on FIVE hard-earned business lessons from a challenging year—one filled with financial struggles, personal growth, and learning how to balance hustle with healing. If you're navigating uncertainty in your entrepreneurial journey, this conversation is a must-listen.Discover the power of hope and divine orchestration in business—why trusting the process can be your greatest asset.Learn the art of ownership: from finances to mindset, taking responsibility changes everything for female entrepreneurs and small business owners.Shift your perspective on money, debt, and self-worth to build a more sustainable and empowered relationship with your financial journey.Hit play now to gain invaluable business lessons and a fresh mindset shift that will transform how you approach entrepreneurship.We discuss: entrepreneurs, small business owners, female entrepreneurs, business lessons.

We took on $80K in debt to chase our business dreams—only to watch our income disappear overnightToday is a raw episode where I am talking to my husband, Daniel, to have an unfiltered conversation about the highs and lows of entrepreneurship. We dive into the challenges of business debt, the emotional and financial rollercoaster of starting a business, and the resilience required to push through setbacks. From taking on $80K in debt to facing unexpected financial struggles, this episode is a candid look at what it truly means to build a business from the ground up.The risks and rewards of entrepreneurship and how business debt plays a roleThe importance of mindset when facing financial challengesHow Daniel pivoted from a coaching career to real estate investingThe power of divine timing, trust, and perseverance in businessWhy having the right mentors and support system is crucial for success💡 Business debt is neutral – it doesn’t define you but must be managed wisely.💡 Failure is a stepping stone – every setback is a lesson leading to growth.💡 Entrepreneurship requires resilience – showing up every day, even when it’s hard, is key.💡 Surround yourself with the right people – business partnerships can make or break you.Debt in businessEntrepreneurs and financial riskOvercoming business debtEntrepreneurship journey🎧 Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast platforms.What You'll Learn in This Episode:Key Takeaways:SEO Keywords:Listen & Subscribe:

Feeling stuck this winter in your business, health, and life? As an entrepreneur—especially a mompreneur—it’s easy to feel overwhelmed, exhausted, and unmotivated. In this episode of Sacred and Spicy, we get real about navigating burnout, low energy, and the mental fog that can come with running a business while balancing family life.I share this past months experience of fatigue, sickness, and self-doubt while still showing up for my business and family. Today you will learn: ✅ How to shift your mindset when you’re feeling stuck✅ Practical steps to create balance as a business owner and mom✅ The power of gratitude and emotional self-care✅ Why it’s okay to embrace “winter seasons” in life and businessIf you’re a mompreneur or entrepreneur feeling off-track, this episode is for you. Tune in to reclaim your energy, realign your priorities, and find hope even in the tough seasons.👉 Listen now and start feeling balanced again!🔗 Don’t forget to subscribe and share this episode with a fellow entrepreneur who might need it!

What if you could heal your traumas with food, childhood and even chronic illness with just tapping? Today I dive deep into EFT Tapping (Emotional Freedom Technique)—a simple yet powerful tool for trauma healing, emotional regulation, and overall well-being. I share my personal journey with EFT, explain the science behind tapping, and explore how it helps rewire the brain for lasting change.In This Episode, You’ll Learn:✅ What EFT Tapping is and how it works✅ How tapping activates the meridian system to release trauma✅ The neuroscience behind EFT for trauma healing and stress reduction✅ My personal experience with EFT and overcoming anxiety, grief, and self-limiting beliefs✅ How tapping can help with emotional blocks, chronic pain, and goal-setting✅ The difference between everyday tapping and deeper subconscious rewiring🎙 Key Takeaways:Studies show that EFT Tapping can reduce cortisol levels by 43% and significantly lower anxiety, depression, and PTSD symptoms.EFT is a science-backed method that combines acupressure and memory reconsolidation to release trauma stored in the body.Whether you're looking for stress relief, emotional healing, or performance enhancement, EFT can help you unlock a new level of inner peace.If you’re curious about EFT trauma healing, tune in now to learn how this powerful practice can help you feel lighter, more confident, and at home in your body.💡 Resources & Next Steps:👉 Want to try EFT Tapping? Stay tuned for guided tapping videos!👉 Interested in working with a certified EFT practitioner? Reach out for 1:1 sessions.👉 Share this episode with someone who might benefit from EFT for trauma healing.🔔 Subscribe & Leave a Review: If you loved this episode, please rate and review! Your support helps spread this healing tool to more people.

Today is a truth telling episode about how 2024 was the hardest year of my life as an entrepreneur, partner, and mother. I dive into how my husband and I navigating financial instability, marital strain, doubts in faith, and personal growth. I share my story in hope to inspire you in case you are in your hardest year also, that all willWe cover:The highs and lows of being a spiritual entrepreneur.How to reframe challenges as opportunities for growth.Balancing business, marriage, and faith during turbulent times.Practical tools like EFT tapping, movement, and mindset shifts to manage anxiety and trauma.Why embracing "delusional faith" is often essential for chasing big dreams.Key points: spiritual entrepreneur, entrepreneur, faith business, resilience in business, overcoming financial challenges

(this episode includes a trigger warning!) Today's episode I think is going to be really helpful and really powerful for the season we are in and whether you are navigating difficult family situations with the holidays or you're running a business or caretaking kids. Today we are talking about princess mode and how I apply it in my life in hard times and also in entreprenuernship. I want to talk about what this means, why it matters, and how it is a key to scaling a business or even just finding your own version of success as a deeply feeling human. This is episode is about receiving in your business and as a woman.  TRIGGER WARNING: I speak about my difficult past with miscarriage if you are not able to listen, please skip. 

What if I told you the secret to a more magnetic joy filled business is about leading your life with an open heart? Today, we're diving into love and how leading with an open heart will transform your entrepreneurial journey from struggle and stress to more joy. How leading with vulnerability might just be the most powerful business asset that we have and change your business and your life.

Lately we have been diving into our slowing down series for busy entrepreneurs. This week I want to shift and talk about kind of the opposite and letting ourselves be consumed with the beauty around us. I want to talk about how to start romanticizing your life, even the mundane parts of life. This way you can start reconnecting back to yourself and find life shiny and beautiful again even during the moments of your screaming toddler in the car or helping your kids with homework.

Today, I will lead you through an audio EFT tapping on slowing down. As we approach Christmas and winter, it is a season to slow down. But some of you might be feeling like you're speeding up and working on getting gifts, and planning and hustling in your business while others might be having a lull season in business and it feels like things are slowing down. Either way, winter can bring up so much inside of us and so I would like to tap with you all today and I invite you to sit back, slow down and tap along.

We are doing a series on slowing down as we approach Thanksgiving, Christmas, and winter. So today we are addressing why are we slowing down and what does that look like as moms, mompreneurs and business owners. I want to talk about why slowing down is so hard for so many of us and how we can stay more present and more importantly sit in the discomfort.

Today I want to talk about simplicity and whether you complicating your life.  Does simplifying your life mean slowing down and what if you don’t want to slow down? We are going to reframe what simplicity means in our busy lives and the act of slowing down. We are going to dig into simplicity, simplicity, sacrifice, and sobriety as entrepreneurs do we naturally crave chaos and is simplicity even possible? Let’s find out. 

There is one certain thing that determines success for entrepreneurs regarding their branding and guess what it isn’t your font colors or your strategy.. Here’s the thing, after working with dozens of clients over the past three years as a holistic brand coach with my business With Joy Brand Co. I’ve noticed what has separated the pack in success and it is your conviction. In this episode I want to dive deep into why confidence and conviction in your branding is what is going to lead you and your customer to success.

Let me let you in on a little secret… there is no way you can go wrong in a decision and in this episode I’m going to explain why. This is an especially spicy* episode for you entrepreneurs out there if you are feeling stuck in making a decision. Today I want to tell you one story, two spicy truths and a three step frame work that can help you next time you are having to make a difficult choice in your business, let’s go!  Follow Me: @withjoybrandco

Is anyone else overwhelmed right now? It feels like we went from summer and slow and ease and just like sunny days, all of a sudden fall is here and it is in full force and I've been finding myself really overwhelmed is here and it is in full force. So I went for a walk today and reminded myself of my very winding path of how my faith, business and self has changed over the years. We are always changing and that's okay. In today's episode I am giving you full permission to just breathe let go and realign yourself with today's power pause episode. Enjoy the small meditation at the end! Follow Me! @withjoybrandco

Today, I want to talk about the greatest asset we have in our business and life: this is the power of our voice. Business is all about our communication, and I feel we overlook this. Without your voice or communication, your products, services, boundaries none of it exists- but it’s hard right? I have been there before where I have felt shame for my voice and needs being blocked, and I didn’t know how to unlock my voice and potential. So today, I want to dive into how we can gain back our voice as entrepreneurs and create deeper connections with our business, but also our clients and customers so we are in true alignment.  Follow Me! @withjoybrandco

My entrepreneurship journey has been anything but easy ( like most of us). I started my business eight years ago, and I remember having the darkest night of the soul when I first launched my business because it was instantly showing me all of my blocks, all of my insecurities, all of these other issues that were happening in my heart just rose to the surface and we're right here. So in today’s episode, I want to share my story of where these traumas come from, how they've surfaced in my business, and how I have only become a stronger business owner and woman. Our businesses mirror our desires, triggers, and even our souls. So let’s get sacred, let’s get spicy, and dive in.  Follow Me! @withjoybrandco

Sacred and Spicy is for established service providers, who are wild at heart, crave freedom, and ready to step into the sacred and the spicy and to stop OTHERING themselves out of success. You come to this point where you realize the hard work to grow is not the same type of hard work you’ve done to GET HERE. Entrepreneurship is hard work. Spicy work. Unsexy work. Slowing down. Challenging old narratives, Healing. Looking inward. Knowing and trusting the external will follow. I'm Alicia, the holistic brand coach and your host- let's get sacred and let's get spicy. Follow Me!: @withjoybrandco