Do you compare your insides to other people s outsides? Do you think successful entrepreneurs have a magic wand bestowed upon them and that is why they are successful? Do you think it is not possible for you to be successful? Do you wonder what it is really like to be a successful entrepreneur?

Today I am talking with Alexandra Franzen, she is a writer, a wordsmith + an author. In this interview, Alexandra shares with you how she really does it and how she built her business to align with who she is + her dreams.

“I always want to choose a number that feels good physically + a little nervous in a good way.”

~ Alexandra Franzen, on How She Really Does It

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In this interview we discuss:

• wordsmith ~ what is it?
• what her week like in your biz?
• her plan to entrepreneurship
• the highs and the lows
• the leaps and dares
• doubts and fears
• What it takes to make business really successful?
• Two takeaways – for listeners wanting to build their business

“You can trust in your abilities + methodologies in yourself.”

~ Alexandra Franzen, on How She Really Does It

Mentioned in this Podcast

• Alexandra’s website
• Alexandra’s book 50 Ways to Say You’re Awesome
• Bruce Springsteen’s SWSX talk

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Katie Hess is a flower alchemist + the founder of Lotus Wei one of the world s leading floral apothecaries.

Katie s hand-crafted flower elixirs have been praised by Oprah s right-hand man, Adam Glassman, enjoyed by A-list celebrities like Johnny Depp, and custom-blended for President Obama + his family. With products sold in 12 countries and featured at several of the world s premiere hotels + spas, Katie s flower-powered empire is thriving + growing.

A lifelong spiritual seeker, Katie has trained internationally with flower essence practitioners, and studied meditation + mindful-awareness techniques with several Tibetan Buddhist masters, including The Dalai Lama, The Karmapa Tibet s next generation leader and Ayang Rinpoche.

Katie is on a quest to create world peace, one human being at a time through powerful flower remedies that ease the heart, heal the body, and awaken the mind.

Katie and I will talk about her journey into becoming a flower alchemist and how flowers can help you.

“We are all looking for happiness. We all on some level at some point have some kind of suffering.
We are all seeking to remove that suffering.”

~ Katie Hess, on How She Really Does It

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More specifically, in this interview you will find out about:

• What a flower alchemist is?
• Kaite’s journey + mission
• Energy medicine
• Health statistics
• Quick fix systems
• Being an entrepreneur of an unconventional business – what’s it really like?
• Two takeways – for listeners

“Anything with uncomfortable emotions is insight, wisdom.”
~ Katie Hess, on How She Really Does It

Resources Mentioned in this Podcast

• Lotus Wei website
• facebook
• twitter
• Wei of Chocolate
• interview mentioned with Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D.
• interview mentioned with Dr. John Medina

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You dream of obtaining your dream job. But what happens when the dream job is no longer your dream and you leave without knowing where you are headed?

Tess Vigeland recently wowed the crowd at WDS (World Domination Summit hosted by former guest Chris Guillebeau).

Tess speech at WDS, What the Hell Are you Doing?! A Serious Stare Down the Barrel of an Ordinary Life. was raw and ripe with vulnerability.

She talked about her dream of being a host of a national radio show Marketplace Money, obtaining her dream job and leaving when she still had too much self respect to stay.

Unlike the movie story endings we so often like to watch, Tess left her dream job without a safety net and without knowing what was next. On the WDS stage, Tess, let down her armor and shared with us her real journey.

“I did not have a plan.”
~ Tess Vigeland, on How She Really Does It

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Tess and I will talk about the truth of leaving your dream job and figuring out what s next.

• Why say yes to the World Domination Summit?
• WDS – stepping up and showing us what it is really like to leave
• When others tell you about what you are capable of; support that makes you cringe; how you will support others
• HOW TO KNOW WHEN TO LEAVE – too much self respect to stay
• Paralysis of change
• Real ups and downs – Bruce Springsteen believe you are the baddest ass in town and that you suck.
• Journalists have armor, you let go of your armor, what was that like
• where are you now – what have you learned from these past 11 months and the last few weeks
• Two takeaways – for listeners wanting to leave….

“What’s amazing about a leap of faith – everyone around you is so sure it’s all going to work out.”

~ Tess Vigeland, on How She Really Does It

Resources Mentioned in this Podcast

• Tess Vigeland on facebook
• Tess talk at World Domination Summit
• Read her speech here “What the Hell Are You Doing?!”
• Bruce Springsteen SXSW talk
• Interview with Jonathan Fields
• Interview with Gretchen Rubin
• Interview with Chris Guillebeau, founder of WDS
• World Domination Summit

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