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Siglia is a public health expert and performance coach. In this episode we talk about how the first step to designing your life transition is to recognize what’s not working. The more authentic we are the better we can serve others. Siglia talks about how we need to come out to ourselves first in a more profound way, before we come out to others. “We know when we are unhappy but sometimes we can’t name the feeling” so we tend to numb ourselves out instead of having the courage to look at what needs to change. She talks about the need to pay attention to not ONLY our intuition, but also to the environment around us. Often times people and things give us hints, but we don’t pay attention. What are others really saying to us? We need draw on our inner wisdom AND to be able to discern the advice of others that could actually help you. We also dive into the question: What stops us from changing? The lack of clarity. Fear and while it is there to protect us, most of the time they are projections based on past expe

Angela left her 6 figure job to pursue her passions. But she left with a practical plan! She is now an Independent Executive Director of The John Maxwell Team, a facilitator for group workshops, corporate training in leadership, speaking, sales, or coaching skills for your leaders, or a speaker for your next event. During this episode we talk about: 1. How to leave a cushy 6 figure job with benefits. 2. How she put in her practical plan. 3. About how possible it really is to pursue your passions as an entrepreneur. 4. The value of time and energy and how to view money as simply energy. 5. We also talk about what it means to live in your "sweetspot". She can be found at: http://menifieldandassociates.com/ Subscribe to her YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCneFZdrQKBnFLDkjnlOhjpw And watch her TedTalk on "When It's Time to Move On"  - https://youtu.be/fWQl3I4GhAM 

I have been talking to entrepreneurial women about creating a simple business that supports a life they love. To me having a simple business is about being highly intentional with how you spend your time in your business to earn an income in a way that brings you joy, simplicity, flexibility and freedom. I believe that being ultra clear on your profit plan is the cornerstone for achieving that simple business… and the journey TO profit clarity is truly a discovery of where your own bliss and your business can unite. In this episode I am excited to share my interview with Chrissy Doolan. Her most recent holistic wellness adventure has sparked within her a strong desire to recommit to earning more income for her family. I like her story because as a trained facilitator she used existing tools and resources to leverage her time and energy… In this episode she talks about how she took a passion project and refined it to be more effective for her clients WHILE figuring out how to create more ease and earning in he

I have been talking to entrepreneurial women about creating a simple business that supports a life they love. To me having a simple business is about being highly intentional with how you spend your time in your business to earn an income in a way that brings you joy, simplicity, flexibility and freedom.   I believe that being ultra clear on profit plan is the cornerstone for achieving that simple busines and the journey to profit clarity is truly a discovery of where your own bliss and your business can unite. In this episode I am excited to share with you an interview with Colleen Kochannek. She was let go from her corporate job and immediately started a magazine but soon found it to be an overwhelming nightmare! So she set off to simplify! She did this by putting in processes and systems… so that she can keep the output, but reduce her input in terms of her energy and time… and ultimately, she freed up so much time, she was able to start a SECOND business called The Scrappy Frontier… where she teaches w

Dr. Al is a Chiropractor turned Life Coach. He is a Health & Human Performance Expert who has helped Pro Athletes, Olympic Gold Medalists, World Series winners, IronMan winners, IronMan finishers and thousands of other amazing people change their lives and achieve unthinkable goals.   But he is also a Tony Robbins/Cloe Madanes trained life coach and Brendon Burchard trained performance coach. He started coaching within my chiropractic practice about 10 years ago. However, about 7 years ago his coaching started to overtake the chiropractic portion of his practice. He says “Honestly, I didn't know what to do. I was scared to go "all in" with coaching.” Things we talked about: His transition from “being” a Chiropractor to Life Coaching over 7 years ago in a time when it wasn’t as common or accessible online as it is today. How his own divorce formed his awareness and compassion for women who arrive as the “shell as who they are”. How to rebuild after “losing yourself” and flipping perceptions to move forwar

I have been through the gamut of online courses and have definitely done my time stalking experts in the field! There is a lot of information to sift through about websites and it can get overwhelming. So, to help you along, I have put together a short list of tips to get you started on creating a website that attracts, captures and engages your ideal client. This is not going to be a tech-y list by any means, but I wanted to get down to the basics of creating a website that converts. In this episode I give my favourite tips!

The much greater joy and happiness that I find in having a comfy wardrobe likely contributed to my deeply rooted decision to “go pro” as an online lifestyle entrepreneur. While the decision to go online may seem like a wild ride and a little risky for some people, here are 5 more blissful benefits to creating something that allows you to work from home, or work from anywhere for that matter: You can work from anywhere (not just home)! Let’s start with the obvious. Yes! You can really can work from anywhere with an online business! Whether you are a virtual assistant, a health coach, photographer, web designer or copy writer, you can literally just fold up your lap top and go where your energy takes you! I personally love finding super fun coffee shops to hang out in and binge create content. You don’t have to shower (but I recommend it)! Shower, don’t shower… the point is the choice is yours! Sometimes pajamas rock my world, other times yoga pants and yet other times… I’m rockin’ my favorite pair of over

Let's face it! We get so caught up in the muck of too many ideas, information and inspiration, that it sometimes can stop us in our tracks. This was me this past week! For the past week, I have been feeling super resistant and confused about my ideal client avatar and my best offering for her. I got into the comparison game and the "magic formula" game and I really had to give my head a shake and just BACK IT UP! So I went back to fundamentals (again!) because that is really, truly, the only place I find the best answers for me.    

I’ve got a super awesome trick for creating way more positive experiences in your life, better outcomes and more success! AND, you can practice with a toddler! Are you ready for it?   Okay, so what happens when you tell a three year-old: “Don’t go in the pool!”? The three year old hears “Pool” and “Go in”! Rather than hearing the “don’t”. That pool becomes so compelling, they can't stand it! They have the image of the pool in their precious little brains and they are oriented toward the action, so they.... “go in!” Here's a scenario for the grown-ups! You give your golfing buddy, just before she swings the club, the following advice: “See those trees on the right? Be really careful not to hit your ball into those trees!” Well, what do you think is likely to happen? You guessed it! The ball goes into those exact trees!                         Or how about this: You are on your way to meet someone that always makes you feel very good about yourself, someone with whom you find yourself laughing with all the tim

I really want to talk about FEAR and if you are willing take a good look at your fears… magical results can come from it!   Consider this: Fear just might be telling you exactly where you need to go or what you need to do.  It really is a gift. With any fear or resistance… and I am not talking about that real fear where your life is in danger… but the not so real fear that you can navigate through... is really never that bad. Would agree? As a coach, I may ask my clients a question like: “What’s the worst that can happen if...? If you do / don’t do... that thing? Maybe it's about going forward in your business, investing in that course, or moving cities... Although looking at the thing you are fearing can sometimes be overwhelming… and the overwhelming part is the actual FACING of those fears. I invite you to reframe that! Instead what is really going on is an opportunity to pause and start listening to your intuition, your inner voice, or even your critical voice to find out what lies beneath the feelings

When I went into my MBA I was told to “know your A to B” and I took that advice seriously... and it stuck. I mean it was investment of almost $40K for a masters degree so I’d better know what I wanted out of it, right?  So then when I first became a coach, I would encourage my clients to know their A to B when working with me. Made sense at the time. I was more about action, tactics, helping clients overcome blocks and fears to be able to TAKE those actions and hold them accountable as their coach. That’s what I perceived my job to be.  But where I’ve evolved as a coach, especially more recently is coaching in a way (and coaching myself in a way) that allows for more space, intuition and for whatever needs to emerge. My “go to” coaching model definitely is designed for this, but it’s still aimed to be pretty alpha and action oriented.  We can be all about “do, do, do” and I would encourage it to my clients who have TROUBLE taking action.However, it’s the space in the downtime that can be WAY more helpful f

Request to Join My Private Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/singlemomentrepreneurs/ Like my fan page! https://www.facebook.com/jencottes/ Over past while, as a mom and more recently a single mom I invested time in learning how to reorganize by business. I knew I had to reorganize my time and my business because the old way of trading my time directly for money wasn’t working for my anymore. The profit models I decided to include in today’s topic had to have certain characteristics:   They are flexible Allow you to leverage your time Allow you to work from home They all can be lucrative All have a reasonable learning Can apply it to businesses that you are already doing… Cost effective with low overhead. I chose 10 to share with you today with a view to help you get your creative juices flowing… as maybe some of these you’ve never thought of for your business. One on One Coaching (from your home) Group Coaching / Teaching Online (Calls Zoom or Google Hangouts) Selling Products Online - a

Automate #likeaboss! This is where you take action! Identify the first and most simplest (or the most urgent) thing you can automate right now. So what does automation mean? These are both concrete and abstract things you can do to clear the clutter from your business and your life so that you can focus on your “zone of genius”, the things you truly love to do, to allow you for more discretionary time and ultimately to leverage activities for more income. Automation is also about getting out of the muck that is wasting your time or therefore blocking your energy and creativity. Automation can not only help reorganize your business so that you have more of a life, but it can also really help LAUNCH your business or take it to the next level.   Here are some examples of things you may want to automate, right now. Listen to audio and podcasts while you multitask - the car is a great place to learn, to be inspired to get your creative juices flowing. Outsource household tasks. This doesn’t always have to cost yo

Many will sweep their finances under the rug and ignore it because the perceived pain of it is just too great.  And I get that!  With anything, facing things head on - while it can be super scary if it has been a while - gets much easier the more you do it. As business owners, it can be a bit more muddy, than for those collecting a paycheque. In the single parenting world, it can be even more overwhelming not having a 2nd income or a partner as back up. My own relationship with with money, how I manage it, and how keeping in good relationship with my finances has been fundamental to my overall health and wellness. Here are some of my favourite lessons learned: Learn from and forgive the struggle in my 20’s - I got my first credit card, paid my own tuition and rent, worked up to four jobs while going to university full time and by the end of it had a nice chunk of student debt. Like most, I had thought the job would come up quickly after getting my degree - it didn’t. I also travelled. No regrets! I had fu

Get the FREE DOWNLOAD for this Episode here! I am not one to judge if you are someone who is feeling stuck in their day job. I am right there with you. It  is a practical decision to stay even when it is not where you heart lies.  You CAN however, build your business to the point where the day job no longer makes sense. What I would like this tool to do for you, is for you to have a clear picture of what your day job or the “J.O.B.” IS and IS NOT! I would like you to take a good look at the pros and cons of building and creating your own business… which I like to call my “empire”. Depending on your perspective these points may seem daunting to you. Does the challenge of building a business drive you? OR does it paralyze you? If you can get through a few hurdles… it may be SO worth taking a leap and build YOUR entrepreneurial creation. Take this further and Get the FREE DOWNLOAD for this Episode here! This Assessment will guide to make changes NOW whether in your day job or with running your business to FEEL

Check out the corresponding blog post at: http://www.jennifercottes.com/blog/the-divine-shit-storm I recently picked up a copy of Mastin Kipp’s new book Claim Your Power. He uses the term Divine Storm (and alternatively I’ve heard him call it the "Divine Shit Storm") as a way to talk about rock bottom and how these “storms” are a sign that things REALLY need to change. The storm is where a flurry of crappy events happen all at once and you are like: “OMG” or “WTF!” or maybe the odd “FML, you gotta be kidding me!” or even a rhetorical “how did I get here?!” It is “divine" because it is the storm that paves the way to your higher self, the wake up call, the truth bomb! For real! No joke! It was meant to happen! Without it, you really can’t emerge to your purpose or your calling. I am a Divine Shit Storm survivor. Although I don’t really consider my storms as rock bottom but rather a very necessary wake-up call, I’ve gone through a few recent life events that really suck and wouldn’t wish it on anyone. The ir

This podcast episode goes with my latest blog post "Putting on your Oxygen Mask" go here to read it! You all know the scenario… the oxygen mask drops from overhead and the flight attendants instruct to put yours on first because you are USELESS to others if you don’t… including your own children! But this is the anti-instinct and it tends to fail us! So in this episode I give you some tips on self-care so you can better serve others, model the way... or plain be a better person for the people you care about. Enjoy this short and hopefully inspiring episode!  

Taren Gesell, otherwise known as Triathlon Taren, started a YouTube channel about two and half years ago out of his passion for making videos and sharing his journey in triathlon. People started to follow him, he figured out how to drive more traffic to his videos and built a strong community of "trainiacs". Go check out his YouTube channel! You will have so much fun watching his videos - even if you are not into triathlon. I felt compelled to interview Taren as I have been watching him build his following over the past couple of years. He knew he had a creative itch to fulfill and took that scary leap of faith to leave a day job which he was no longer passionate about and started creating videos full time for his community. Turns out that was a great decision as he is killing it online! Fast forward, he is now heading up his social media company and helping others expand their reach through social media as well. Go to http://www.p05t.com.   In this episode we talk about: Leaning into the next step and doin

Go straight here for this weeks FREE DOWNLOAD! In this episode I will give you a few quick tips on how to master your entrepreneurial journey! I talk about: 1. Getting Clear on Your Vision 2. Where to look for Mentors 3. Work Where you Love! 4. Get rooted in your "Why" 5. How to choose a coach that will take your business to the next level! For this weeks FREE DOWNLOAD "Are you Ready for Coaching?" HERE. And check out the related Blog Post for more!