Women In The Business Arena

This week’s episode is a little different than usual because I feel that I need to use my platform to share thoughts about what is going on right now. Like most people, I have been watching as protests against George Floyd’s murder, police brutality, and racism have occurred all over the country and the world. I have been examining my own role in perpetuating America’s racist systems and looking within myself. And I have been thinking about how everyone feels like they need to make a statement about where they stand. In this solo episode I am talking a bit about my journey to realizing that I have benefitted from the institutional and structural racism that is so common in our country. I talk about some of my experiences, what I’m learning now, and why I think we need to be very intentional and reflective as we educate ourselves about these issues and start to speak up. Find More Support For Women In Business: > You can find free gifts, opportunities to contribute & more athttps://www.sonyastattma

If you are an entrepreneur, you know that there is a lot of fear that crops up when you put yourself out there and build a business from scratch. This goes for other areas of life, too - we have to tap into our bravery when we make decisions that affect our families and might take us out of our comfort zone. We could all use a little extra courage, right? This week’s episode of the podcast is just the ticket. I sat down on with the incredible Franziska Iseli to talk about courage and some of the amazing things she learned while writing her book The Courage Map: 13 Principles to Living Boldly. She is an amazing person and entrepreneur, and we had a great discussion about skillbuilding your courage. We talked about whether some people are naturally inclined to be courageous, how to tell what your courage boundaries are, and how they can change over time.  Find More Support For Women In Business: > You can find free gifts, opportunities to contribute & more athttps://www.sonyastattmann.com/liste

When we check in with ourselves we often uncover a sense of clarity about whatever is going on in our lives - emotionally, physically, and even for our businesses. I believe - and have experienced - that there is always clarity within. Accessing it is more about removing the obstacles than “creating” clarity. This week on the podcast Laura and I are diving into the topic of clarity and how to uncover it within ourselves. We talk about examining our patterns and habits and why it’s so important to understand how we may be blocking ourselves from finding clarity. We also discuss the fact that getting clarity is a journey - not a destination - and why we have to be willing to go through difficult, sometimes painful transformations if we want to get to the next level. Find More Support For Women In Business: > You can find free gifts, opportunities to contribute & more athttps://www.sonyastattmann.com/listen/ ( Women in the Business Arena) http://womeninthebusinessarena.com/ > Love this podcast? Ne

Intuition can be a somewhat tricky topic to talk about in the world of business. The idea of understanding and listening to your inner voice doesn’t exactly gel with our culture’s super data-driven approach to work. Intuition has been written off as a tool for understanding ourselves, our motivations and our decisions, and women have often borne the brunt of this devaluing. Although we are taught to look to the external world for validation about what is right and true, intuition persists. It is the little voice in your head (or maybe your heart or your gut) that warns you sometimes, encourages you in others, and keeps you moving forward in hard times.  Laura and I wanted to do a deep dive into intuition this week because so many of us want to learn to trust ourselves again. We talk about some of the trauma that you may have around intuition if you struggle to trust your gut, and we offer some practical tips and suggestions for strengthening your connection with your inner voice. We also talk about s

Are you struggling to get motivated right now? If so, you are not the only one. It can be really difficult to find the drive, creativity and energy that we usually put into our work these days. I think part of this stems from the way our culture looks at motivation. We think it is something we have to work hard to drum up - it exists somewhere outside of us and we have to chase it down.  In this week’s podcast episode, Laura and I are talking about why we are all experiencing fluctuations in our motivation right now and how to deal with changes to your momentum in business. We also discuss some practical tips for getting in touch with your inner motivation, what the generalized stress we’re feeling is doing to our bodies and minds, and why now is the perfect time to practice self-compassion. <3 Find More Support For Women In Business: > You can find free gifts, opportunities to contribute & more athttps://www.sonyastattmann.com/listen/ ( Women in the Business Arena) http://womeninthebusine

What does it mean to operate from the feminine? What does it mean to you, specifically? I know I’ve talked about this on the podcast before, but this week Laura and I wanted to dive a bit more into how a feminine approach to our self-development and our consciousness can really make things shift. We really hit it off when we met in part because both of us wanted to bring more of a feminine lens to the world of business. Since then, we’ve both been working hard to elevate women’s voices and return the feminine lens to its rightful place in the world. A feminine lens is rooted in authenticity, connection, and the belief that your inner wisdom should shape the way you show up in the world. In this episode, Laura and I are digging deeper into the idea of the feminine versus masculine lens and how the two can complement each other. We also discuss the ways feminine approaches are ignored or downgraded, how using a feminine lens can help you save energy, and why bringing more feminine energy into your work and

Things have been pretty shaken up for everyone lately. Laura and I have been thinking a lot about how patterns at every level have been interrupted recently - at the individual level, the family level, the communal level, and the global level.  All the upheaval has definitely been unsettling, but it also presents us with a big opportunity. While we are temporarily free from our usual daily loops, we have a chance to reflect on our “normal” routines and whether they have been serving us.  In today’s episode Laura and I are digging into the ways the coronavirus has interrupted our usual patterns and forced us to reflect on them. We talk about what happens when we reconsider our habits, why most people don’t question the things they do on a daily basis, and how we can use this time to explore creating a life that is more aligned with our own unique, natural rhythms.  Find More Support For Women In Business: > You can find free gifts, opportunities to contribute & more athttps://www.son

I don’t know about you, but there have been a lot of big emotions in our household lately. And not just our household, but our community, our country, our world as a whole. One of the biggest and scariest of those emotions, for many of us, is grief.  We are never really taught how to grieve or how to make room for grief in our lives. But right now we are all grieving something: the loss of our routine and security, the loss of a job, the loss of a loved one. And this grief doesn’t pick and choose who it affects; we are all feeling it, from the children to the elders. We are all in this boat together. Laura and I wanted to talk about the topic of grief today, specifically the collective grief we’re all experiencing currently. So in this episode we are talking a bit about how we are processing feelings of loss and sorrow in ourselves and our families and some of our experiences moving through grief in the past.  We also talk about some of the ways we try to distract ourselves from grief in our day

How are you holding up out there, parents? Laura and I have been chatting lately about how our parenting has been affected by everything going on with COVID-19, our reshuffled work routines, and our increased family time at home. As parents we are facing some big challenges, but I know that we are capable of meeting them. It takes some creativity and some self-compassion, but we are absolutely capable of moving through this time with our families.  In this episode Laura and I are discussing how our capacity has changed as the world around us has shifted. We talk about the ways we’re asking our families to band together, why women can’t shoulder the burden of work and family by themselves, and what roles we are letting go of as parents.  We also chat about how to release the pressure and how to continue to carve out little pockets of time for yourself. And we discuss letting our kids process their emotions about everything going on, too. You’re doing great, parents - we see you, we hear you, and

You can’t escape sales if you’re a business owner, so it’s your job to get really good converting people into clients. That has to come before your marketing, but a lot of us are getting caught up in the fun, creative aspects of marketing and pushing our sales process to the side. But that’s backwards, and today we’re going to tell you why. In this episode, Laura and I start off talking about the difference between marketing and sales so you have some clear definitions to work with. Then we talk about why we need to focus on sales and getting good at that before we worry about marketing ourselves in every channel under the sun.  We also chat about why you shouldn’t give people free advice when you’re on a sales call, why you should practice closing sales, and why being better at converting will make your marketing easier. And we walk through this process with Laura’s business as an example so you can get a clear idea of what this advice looks like in practice. (PS: We recorded this episode before eve

How are you doing this week, everyone? How are you adjusting to the many changes we’re all experiencing, both on a household level and on a collective, societal level? There is a lot happening, and Laura and I know that there is a strong desire to run out and help (as well as a very tempting 24-hour news cycle to keep up with).  Today we wanted to do what we do best: zoom out and try to understand how the developing situation with the coronavirus is affecting our bodies, our psychologies, our purpose, and our ways of being in the world.  Laura and I dive into how we are navigating the current situation and caring for ourselves and our families while this all develops. We talk about using tools like meditation and time in nature to reconnect with, ground and calm ourselves before serving others.  We also talk about the need to unplug from information overload, how we can support our local communities right now, and why we need to be in touch with our own inner wisdom more than ever. Find M

I know a lot has happened in the past couple weeks as we’ve seen the impact of the coronavirus unfold. Wherever you are and whatever you’re doing, I hope you are safe and able to keep in touch with those you love.  I wanted to record a quick episode for you with some tips for staying grounded as we all learn to navigate this situation. No matter what, we have to remember to take care of ourselves while this is all going on. In this episode I talk about why getting grounded is the number one thing we need to do right now. I then talk about why we are going to have to get good at shifting and controlling our attention as we work to run our businesses amid everything else going on. And to close out, I’ll tell you why I think we as women business owners need to continue to be bold and offer our services right now. Find More Support For Women In Business: > You can find free gifts, opportunities to contribute & more athttps://www.sonyastattmann.com/listen/ ( Women in the Business Arena) http://wom

What do you do when it feels hard to show up in your business? Do you push yourself and grind it out, or do you scale back and slow down? If you’re a longtime listener of the show, I think you can guess which one I lean toward. :D It is so important for us to have self-compassion when these hard days (or weeks, or months!) show up in our businesses. They are a part of life, so it is important to have the space to slow things down when we need to. But so many people design their businesses as if they will always be able to work at full capacity, which makes it hard to scale back when it becomes necessary. In this week’s episode Laura and I are talking about this topic because we’ve both felt the need to step back and slow down lately. Whether it’s a sick kid, a lack of creative energy or a need to redefine our business, it is so crucial to be able to take a breather from our work when we feel that it is needed. Laura and I dive into capacity, why we need to build space into our business model, and how we c

When you speak, do you speak from an aligned place? Do you feel rooted in your experiences, truth, and unique perspective? I think that it is so important for every woman to develop their own voice, whether you are operating in the world of business or just in life. Uncovering your authentic voice isn’t something that can be planned out or approached strategically. You have to integrate life’s experiences and develop your own perspective over time. That is how you develop a voice that can help change the world.  In this week’s episode I’m joined by a special guest: Sunshine Kamaloni! Sunshine and I have worked together as she’s not only developed her voice but started her business. Sunshine is an advocate for a more feminine approach to social justice and equity. Her work aims to disrupt, question and shift long-held narratives about justice in order to encourage new and more embodied ways of being in the world.  Sunshine is the perfect person to talk about how you can raise your voice for the t

When you’re going about your day and ticking things off your business to do list, do you pause to check in with your intuition? What about when you’re hiring someone to help you in your business. Are you doing it from a place of power, or because you feel like you have no idea what you’re doing and need to be told what to do? These are just a couple areas where bringing a more feminine approach to our businesses can help us feel more confident and grounded. And when we feel confident and grounded in our work, we’re going to make better decisions and create a lot more success. I hope you caught last week’s podcast episode all about bringing a more feminine lens to business. This week, Laura and I are building on that discussion and offering you some practical tips and strategies for integrating the feminine into the way you run your business every single day.  We talk about the balance of masculine and feminine energies in business and why trusting yourself is at the core of this process. We also share

The world is missing out on so much when we simply follow traditional, masculine patterns of doing business. Running a business from the feminine gives us the opportunity to bring more wisdom, intuition, connection, and nurturing to all of our relationships, both inside and outside of work. This week, Laura and I are kicking off a two-part series about how to operate from the feminine in our businesses and why we should. We love this topic and could talk about it forever, so we thought we would give you a double dose. In this episode, Laura and I are focusing on sharing the context about femininity and business. We talk about why the feminine requires us to trust ourselves completely, why it is so easy to fall back into ill-fitting, masculine patterns of doing business, and why a more feminine approach to business is so necessary.  Find More Support For Women In Business: > You can find free gifts, opportunities to contribute & more athttps://www.sonyastattmann.com/listen/ ( Women in the Busi

Have you ever said to yourself, “I don’t know where my clients are!” or “I don’t know anyone!” or “It’s impossible to find clients!” We’ve all been there. It can feel so hard to find clients without seeming salesy or disingenuous. But you do want to find them, because you want to serve them. So how do you do it? I have found that this is one of the most common challenges entrepreneurs face. They don’t know what their specific target market is, so they don’t know exactly who they are talking to. And they don't know how to communicate about their services clearly and authentically. There are several keys to finding clients, and addressing your business foundation is one of them! Laura and I are talking all about finding clients today and how we connect with people both in person and online. We talk about the importance of knowing how to introduce your business, why you shouldn’t worry too much about sounding salesy, and why you need to be super specific about what you do and who you help. Find More Support

It feels like so many of us go around in a state of dissatisfaction a lot of the time, but I don’t think we are doing it on purpose. I think we get a lot of messages that encourage us to be dissatisfied with our lives, our bodies, how much money we make, how we run our businesses. This can be especially true for entrepreneurs, who live in the perpetual start-up culture of business ownership. When we choose to feel satisfied, we can access our creativity and wisdom from a place of peace, gratitude, and gentleness. We don’t have to participate in the parts of our culture that constantly ask us to go harder, bigger, faster.  In this week’s episode Laura and I are diving into this topic and how we can access satisfaction as a state of being rather than as a goal to achieve. We talk about why a gratitude practice is such a great way to shift into this mindset, how being satisfied positively impacts everyone around us, and how to define your own version of success. Find More Support For Women In Business:

When’s the last time you struck up a conversation with a stranger? Not a conversation about what you do or how your services would be great for them. I just mean a normal conversation where you’re chatting with someone new simply for the joy of connecting with them. I think this art of conversation has been lost a bit in recent years. But being able to strike up a discussion wherever we are is a crucial skill not only for meeting new clients, but for enjoying life in general.  In this week’s episode, Laura and I are diving into the lost art of conversation and why it’s such a great way to connect with people in business. We’re talking about why all marketing is ultimately relationship building, why we can’t always hide behind digital relationships, and how to go into a conversation with the intention to connect. Find More Support For Women In Business: > You can find free gifts, opportunities to contribute & more athttps://www.sonyastattmann.com/listen/ ( Women in the Business Arena) http://w

We hear so much about work-life balance, especially in the world of entrepreneurship. It feels like there’s a message from society that we need to have a perfect 50/50 split between work and the rest of our lives. But this doesn’t work for a lot of people, and we end up feeling even more out of balance because we’re trying to apply someone else’s framework to our lives. Balance isn’t a destination or another thing to check off our to-do list. It’s a feeling, and it’s unique to each of us. So it’s important that we get really honest with ourselves about what we need if we’re going to maintain our own personal sense of balance. In this week’s episode, Laura and I are talking all about balance and why it’s important to come up with your own unique version of it. We’re chatting about why we can’t try to put someone else’s framework for balance onto our lives and how to figure out if you’re out of balance in the first place. And we share some of the small things that we do to get back to balance and help us main