Rise Up For You

Sean Smith is a father & husband first, coach & trainer second. At the age of 13, he was nearly killed by his next-door neighbor in a hit-and-run accident while riding his bicycle to school. Police said the car was traveling over 50 miles per hour. Understanding that God gave him a second chance that day, Sean stopped taking life for granted and promised himself to live in excellence, never settling for mediocrity. But despite that promise and extreme determination, he still struggled to achieve his biggest goals for the next 20 years. Everything changed when he had his first life coaching experience in the middle of a crowded hotel lobby, which helped him drop his biggest fear of not being “good enough” in one 15-minute session! From that moment, he was hooked on the power of coaching and the unconscious mind. He dedicated his life’s work to studying the human brain, how we can stop sabotaging ourselves and maximize our potential in the pursuit of our life’s purpose. Sean has built a thriving coaching comp

Wanda Allen is a national speaker, coach, author, and award-winning business owner. She's the author of Follow Up Savvy and Follow Up Sales Strategies. Wanda had a 25 year corporate career where she held the position of Senior Vice President for 15 years. She has a sales background and worked with sales teams throughout her corporate career. She gained extensive training on business development, maintaining client relationships and customer service. She has a strong skill set for developing systems and applied this skill to the follow up process. What she teaches is tried, tested and proven. After leaving the corporate world to pursue her own business ventures, Wanda founded her business, Follow Up Sales Strategies. She is an expert in helping entrepreneurs, business owners and sales professionals improve sales performance, increase pipelines and client retention and become more referable by developing strong follow up skills. STAY CONNECTED: followupsalesstrategies.com /  https://www.facebook.com/Fol

Deborah Price is the Founder and CEO of the Money Coaching Institute, which provides money/business coaching services and training to individuals, couples, and families. A former financial advisor for over twenty years with firms such as Merrill Lynch, Mass Mutual, AIG, and London Pacific Advisors, Deborah left the financial industry to pioneer the field of Behavioral Money Coaching in 2001. Coping with money issues, both practically and psychologically, continues to be a major life struggle for millions of people and yet, there is very little help available. As a result, people often manifest money patterns, beliefs, and behaviors that can prevent them from experiencing their full financial potential. Deborah has developed a unique, step-by-step coaching program that helps clients move beyond barriers to their personal and financial success. As a result, client's experience renewed hope, restored relationships, increased confidence, and enhanced personal and financial success. Through education and awa

About Our Guest:  Michelle is also the Founder and CEO of Line 25 Consulting, a marketing firm that focuses on content and social media marketing. She authored the highly acclaimed book, Network, Navigate and Nurture: The Equation to Strategic Networking and Success Undefined: Reject Your Fears and; Frame Your Success. She hosts a weekly podcast called Networking with Michelle, the go-to podcast for African American Millennials discussing life strategies with a bit of entrepreneurial advice.  She has been featured in Inc, American Express, Fox News, Voyage Houston, Moneyish and a lot more. Michelle has spoken to AIG, eWomen’s Network, Urban League, PeopleFund, and a lot more. STAY CONNECTED: Email: info@michellengome.com  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mngome  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/michellengome  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michellengome  Website: http://michellengome.com Thank you again for joining us today please check out our webpage at www.riseupforyou.com for more podcast epis

Vivianne Nantel who is often called Devi, is a yogini, spiritual guide, visionary, mystic, vocalist, humanitarian, speaker and author of Becoming The Light, Realize Your True Enlightened Nature. Her major work will be available in bookstores and online on August 21, 2018. Becoming The Light, Realize Your True Enlightened Nature is more than a spiritual memoir, this book is filled with timeless wisdom and spiritual knowledge…a profound guide to help unleash your true and blissful nature. Becoming The Light intimately chronicles her life’s quest to overcome a battered childhood, survive major depression, advanced breast cancer, experience near-death experience, and samadhi trancelike, seek in the mystical land of India, and walk the spiritual path with enlightened masters such as: Yogiraj Gurunath Siddhanath His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar His Holiness the Dalai Lama Thich Naht Hanh Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev Vivianne graduated Magna cum Laude with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from San Francisco State University and

Rennie Gabriel is the award-winning, best-selling author of Wealth On Any Income. He has been a UCLA Instructor since 1994 and has addressed groups as varied as insurance companies to Toyota Motors and the FBI. He has supported thousands of business owners through his book, programs and coaching to move from a challenge with finances to a place of power and freedom. Starting from broke at age 50, his net worth is now in the top 1% of Americans. His goal is to create more wealth for others so that they can become philanthropic. Rennie lives on his investment income and donates 100% of his wealth practice profits to the charity Shelter to Soldier. Over $1000 worth of free business building tools can be accessed through www.WealthOnAnyIncome.com. He and his wife live in Encino, CA with their rescue dogs. STAY CONNECTED: https://wealthonanyincome.com,  https://www.linkedin.com/in/rennie-gabriel,  https://www.facebook.com/WealthOnAnyIncome,  https://twitter.com/RennieGabriel,  https://www.youtube.com/results?se

Belinda Farrell, author of the book Find Your Friggin’ Joy, graduated with a BA in Spanish and English from the University of California at Berkeley and is trained in hypnotherapy, past life regression, NLP, Hawaiian chanting, and ancient Hawaiian healing (Huna). Belinda trained with Anthony Robbins (author of Unlimited Power) and has effectively used these skills in her own life. She has completed 18 firewalks. When Belinda was forty-eight, she collapsed with herniated discs and spinal nerve damage. Threatened with paralysis by her medical doctors if she didn’t have surgery, Belinda instead chose to apply the ancient Hawaiian healing practices she had been learning the previous three years, which are covered in this book. Her back completely healed, including childhood scoliosis. For fifteen years she has been sharing these healing practices with others, offering Reconnective Healing and Huna classes and taking clients to Hawaii to teach Huna and swim with wild spinner dolphins. STAY CONNECTED: www.HunaHeal

Kim Fiske is sought after for her ability to convey to audiences provocative concepts and practical ways to deal with what she has coined as the “monster under the bed”. Kim has been able to change the way people view their relationships, career, life goals & journey by giving them the ability to acknowledge their proverbial “monster” while providing mechanisms for coping with it. Her blend of pure authenticity, professional but approachable accessibility and intuitive and down-to-earth nature makes her desirable as a life coach for individuals looking for answers to how to take their personal growth and self-awareness beyond where it has currently evolved to a greater place of self-actualization and reflection. Kim’s enthusiasm, humor, insights, and passion for life combined with her practical experience and applications can help show individuals how to make life the best it can be and one that is further enriched. Kim spends time with her husband Joe at their homes in Nevada and Oregon. They have four

Episode #210 with Debra Maldonado- You Are Not Broken Episode Topic:  In today's episode, Debra will share that nothing in the past can hold you back from reaching your dreams. We will discuss how to create a powerful vision (true use of imagination v. fantasy), taking action without attachment, and the best way to work with emotions.  About Our Guest: Debra Maldonado is the CEO of the Academy of Jungian Spiritual Psychology, a global life coach certification and leadership training company co-founded with her husband Dr. Rob Maldonado. After 20 years as a marketing executive in television, radio and digital commerce, she left the corporate world to pursue her dream career as an entrepreneur helping others. She is the author of the bestselling book, Let Love In: Open Your Heart & Mind to Attract Your Ideal Partner (J. Wiley & Sons, 2010), a columnist for Inc.com, featured by ABC News, ABC Radio Network, FOX News, NBC News, WB2, Cosmopolitan, Natural Health, Huffington Post, Complete Woman, among others.

Episode #209 with Jake Jorgovan- The Secrets to Optimizing Linkedin Episode Topic:  In this episode, Jake shares how to optimize your Linkedin profile, how to generate leads for your business on Linkedin, and how to grow your audience on Linkedin!  About Our Guest: Jake Jorgovan is a creator and entrepreneur who is the founder of two companies. At Lead Cookie, he helps B2B sales teams generate more leads through done-for-you Linkedin Prospecting. The service is 100% risk free as we have a 30 day money back guarantee. Jake scaled Lead Cookie from Zero to $33k MRR as a productized service in 6 months. At Outbound Creative, he helps agencies win their dream clients through custom consulting.  Prior to starting Lead Cookie, Jake ran business development for a video production agency and won the business of multiple Fortune 500 clients and A-List touring artists. Along the way he launched a podcast called Working Without Pants where he interviews agency owners and consultants to uncover the secrets of their s

Episode #208 with Lena Elkins- Being a Millennial Go-Getter Are you constantly feeling stuck and wondering if you should make the 9-5 leap into entrepreneurship? Join Lena Elkins as she dives into why Millenials are breaking off the traditional ways we establish our career, secrets to personal branding and how to make your dream clients want to buy from YOU and how to end the cycle of being broke and attract more money.  About Our Guest: Lena Elkins is the Founder & CEO of Lena Elkins Coaching, an award-winning consultancy for client-based entrepreneurs internationally. A sought-after speaker, influencer, member of the Forbes Coaches Council, and Host of the Facebook group, Millennial Go-Getters, Lena has been featured in over 100 media outlets worldwide including Forbes, Entrepreneur, Success Magazine, MindBodyGreen, and Foundr. Recently listed under Top Marketers to Follow in 2018 next to Neil Patel and Grant Cardone, Lena takes a no-BS approach to help her clients reach accelerated results in their busi

Episode Topic:  Best Life Ever co-founders Kimi Morton + Pua Pakele and Cabot were drawn together by a calling – a burning desire to help people fall in love with their businesses and their lives! These fitness trainers turned corporate productivity coaches turned business coaches believe are too many entrepreneurs with BIG DREAMS to serve the world in badass, amazing ways, that end up feeling like it would be easier to just quit and go back to a “real job”. Best Life Ever is more than a business, it's a radical movement to empower people to follow their dreams and expand the way they think, work, and live in today’s modern world. Kimi + Pua support entrepreneurs with their free Best Life. About Our Guest: These fitness trainers turned corporate productivity coaches turned business coaches believe are too many entrepreneurs with BIG DREAMS to serve the world in badass, amazing ways, that end up feeling like it would be easier to just quit and go back to a “real job”. What started as a fun side hustle,

In this episode, we will cover: Getting healthy and it at any age! We discuss with Mimi that it is never too late to transform your life, 100% commitment to ourselves is CRITICAL for success and sustainability of any change, we must believe we are worthy, have a positive self of self and that small consistent changes CAN lead to huge transformation. Tune in and learn from Mimi Secor! About Our Guest: Dr. Mimi Secor, Nurse Practitioner- is a National Speaker/ Educator, a #1 International Best-selling Author, and a Health and Fitness Advocate. Her current passion is helping NPs become healthy and fit. She has worked for 41 years as a Family Nurse Practitioner specializing in Women's Health. In 2015, at the age of 61, Dr. Secor earned her Doctorate in Nursing Practice (DNP) degree from Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions in Provo, Utah. The following year, in 2016, she was in her 1st bodybuilding competition, making her “Debut at Age 62” and June 16th she was in her 3 rd competition in New Haven,

Episode #205 with Joanna Intara- How to Be A Soul Fulfilled Woman Episode Topic:  How to Be A Soul Fulfilled Woman with Joanna Intara. In this interview, Joanna will ignite listeners into a new dialogue about soul fulfillment and how to experience it.  She will offer heartfelt guidance and tangible practices to support you in becoming more intimate with your soul so you can experience the fulfillment you deserve in love, sex, purpose, and sisterhood. Main Message - Make The Sacred Shift  1. Regard every experience as sacred 2. Start to ground the experience of the sacred in your body 3. Let the actions you most need to take come from this place. 4. Find out what feels most fulfilling on a sacred level. About Our Guest: Joanna Intara, L.M.F.T. is a Medicine Woman for the Soul -igniting and supporting successful women luminaries, visionaries, entrepreneurs and their partnerships to Be Soul Fulfilled - in love, work/purpose, sisterhood, and legacy. STAY CONNECTED:  Freebie: http://joannaintarazim.com/awaken

Episode Topic:  Are you constantly trying new ways to increase your online presence and get your message out there? Having trouble generating leads for your start-up or long-running online business? The trends are changing fast so we know how important it is to have proper systems in place that can help your audience grow and generate leads and loyal costumers. Scaling Your Business with an Optimized Funnel System If this resonates with you Episode #204 with Mikael Dia- Scaling Your Business with an Optimized Funnel System, is perfect for you to enjoy. Mikael is going to break down how to efficiently begin your funnel system and how to build a waitlist before you launch your product! About Our Guest: Mikael Dia is a digital marketing expert and founder of Funnelytics, a software company helping entrepreneurs and marketers convert traffic into more profit. Passionate about helping entrepreneurs scale their business in a faster and more efficient way, Mikael developed a simple, visual tool for entrepreneur

Episode Topic:  In a world that is obsessed with food, body image, and calories, more and more women are suffering from eating disorders and body shame not only physically but mentally. General statistics show that at least 30 million people of all ages and genders suffer from an eating disorder in the U.S., every 62 minutes at least one person dies as a direct result from an eating disorder, and eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness. Episode #203 with Jenny Berk- Body Shame to Body Bliss is an empowering episode that talks about body image healing, shifting from body-blame to body bliss, intuitive eating techniques and trusting your inner dietician, and how to divorce yourself of morality around food and step into pleasure, awareness, and trust. Please share this with the women in your life!  About Our Guest: In a culture obsessed with food and the "ideal" body image, Jenny offers men and women the chance to experience body love, pleasure with food again, greater self-est

Episode Topic: Are you constantly doubting yourself and ignoring your intuition? This tends to be a problem amongst most of us women! That's why Episode #202 with Deirdre Hade- The Full Feminine Power is one you do not want to miss. Deirdre teaches us how to discover your core value— the energetic inner pillar of your soul purpose and how to easily access intuition, resilience, and clarity of wisdom during uncertainty. This is one episode you're going to want to share! About Our Guest: Deirdre Hade is a born mystic and visionary, a master at shifting the assemblage point, a being who is not afraid to push the edge between the worlds where man and woman’s true freedom can be found. A profound sensitive and mystic, Deirdre’s inner gifts and search for self-discovery brought her under the mentorship of elders and teachers in the mystical Christian tradition, the I Am Presence teachings, the Hindu Vedic tradition and Mussar and Lurianic Kabbalah, which she studied for over 20 years under the tutelage of two es

Episode Topic: The online arena is full of inundated information that it's hard to stand out in the crowd!  If you're a woman that runs her own business you know how hard it can be to have a high converting digital product launch that actually brings you and your audience mutual benefit and value. Episode #202 with Kate Boyd-Conversion with Compassion: A Profitable Online Business dives into how we can use our message to build an audience that trusts us! Kate discusses how to prime your audience + build the relationship, how to add a personal touchpoint, and how to use objections-based education in the conversion process. For all you boss babes, this is one episode you do not want to miss!  About our guest: After raising seven figures in revenue for a non-profit organization through powerful messaging, copywriting and marketing, Kate Boyd started her own business Cobblestone Creative Co. to focus on bringing more creativity and genuine connection to the digital marketing space. In the three years since sh

Episode Topic: Human connection is an essential part of our day to day being. In fact, research has shown that we're happier when we cultivate meaningful relationships. However, due to technology, our thoughts, and more, we have increasingly become less and less engaged and attentive when having conversations and meeting people. Episode #200 with Celeste Headlee-10 Ways to Have a Better Conversation, really dives into how we can connect more authentically and really pay attention to the people we meet. About our guest:  "I am an award-winning journalist, professional speaker and author of Heard Mentality and We Need To Talk: How To Have Conversations That Matter. In my 20-year career in public radio, I have been the Executive Producer of On Second Thought at Georgia Public Radio and anchored programs including Tell Me More, Talk of the Nation, All Things Considered, and Weekend Edition. My TEDx Talk sharing 10 ways to have a better conversation has over 16 million total views to date. I am an expert in hum

Episode Topic: Studies have shown that over the past fifty years women are becoming less and less happy. Even though we are making strides professionally we are taking steps back when it comes to our self-love as women and happiness. Today's conversation Episode #199 with Katie Phillips- Self-Love as Women talks about the hard times we deal with as women and how we can overcome them even when it seems impossible. Katie talks about her mother's suicide and how she had to overcome her own battles to break the cycle and be there for her child. self-love as women This episode is definitely one to share!  About Our Guest: Katie Phillips founded The School of Self Love. She is an author, personal coach, transformational retreat leader and inspirational speaker. Katie is inspired by other truth seekers – the drive, dedication, and vulnerability of her students light her up and has her feel on purpose. As much as she is the head teacher at The School of Self-Love, she is fully aware that she is learning and grow