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Entrepreneurship, Mindset, Personal Growth Stacey Brass-Russell Entrepreneurship, Mindset, Personal Growth Stacey Brass-Russell

EPISODE 118:   Ditch The Elevator Pitch & Finally Nail Your Niche

Imagine if you could wave a magic wand and have solutions to the biggest problems in your business right now. Seems impossible, right?

I am here to tell you it’s not! Furthermore, the solution all boils down to a single topic that I’m so passionate about that I talk about it all the time - your niche! I’m talking about knowing how to lay down the right foundation for your entire business so that you can create offers that people want and know how to sell them without seeming “sales-y.”

If being a bajillion percent sure about what you do and who you serve sounds like a dream come true, then settle into this short, sweet and totally juicy episode, where I am going to talk to you about how to catapult your biz to the next level by knowing and nailing your niche in a way you have never experienced before.

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EPISODE 117:   Why You Need To Know How Great You Are At What You Do

It’s time for some passionate real talk about the importance of knowing how to turn your awesomeness into offers that people want to buy! I see it all the time - heart centered coaches, service providers and entrepreneurs who don’t know how to talk about what they do, are uncomfortable with talking themselves up and are afraid to declare what truly makes them the “go-to” expert on their niche.

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EPISODE 116:   How To Use Free Events To Attract Your Ideal Clients (Successfully!)

If you’ve ever invested time and energy to put on a free event, talk, workshop or challenge to attract ideal clients only to be left disappointed, frustrated or thinking it was a “failure” then tune in for this game-changer of an episode. Every time you create an event you are gaining valuable data, metrics and information about your business - you just need to know how to analyze it.

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Episode #115- Optimizing Your Flow Of Abundance & Success With Aligned Action

One thing I know for a fact about being a heart-centered business owner is that in order to achieve the things you want in your life and biz; you need to create alignment for yourself. If you are a coach, creative or entrepreneur struggling to attract paying clients or convert the followers who attend your free offers into customers who will invest in the soul-centered service you provide, then sit up tall, straighten your spine, and listen in to this biz-changing, “body-centering” episode right now!

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Episode #114- Turning Lessons From 2023 Into Gold in 2024

If you are a service-based entrepreneur who wants to make an impact in the world and change lives -- as well as have your best year yet -- I have some really good news for you about the 2024 climate for heart centered business owners! Tune in to hear my “predictions” for doing biz in 2024 and how you can take advantage of the changing landscape.

In this post pandemic era, you may have noticed that times have shifted. What has worked for you in the past may not have yielded the same outcomes in 2023. But don’t worry, so many business owners had the same experience (myself included!)

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Episode #113- How To Have Your Best Year Ever | Holiday Remix

If you are listening in real time, it’s the end of 2023 and I decided to release your favorite episodes from 2023 as our year-end finale! “How To Have Your Best Year Ever” was your most listened-to episode of 2023 and it’s not surprising! In this episode I’m diving into how you can strategically make ANY YEAR your most amazing 12-month cycle so far not just in your business but in every major area of your life (and the importance of how that all ties together). I’m talking about how to harness the special energy that the beginning of a new year brings forth to make empowered choices and decisions about what you want to create and have happen.

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Episode #112- Making and Loving Your Offers

Today I’m talking about an essential business activity in a whole new way that I hope will strike the right chord and give you a new way of thinking about sharing your work with the world.. In “Making and Loving Your Offers” I’m revealing the 3 things you need to make offers you are so in love with that your ideal client will also find your passion and excitement simply irresistible. Discover how to move the needle in your Biz by channeling your energy of enthusiasm and love of your offer that makes people trust you, resonate with you and feel like you are the only choice for them to work with! Tune in to understand the alchemy that occurs when you craft an offer of transformation through your own unique lens coupled with a perfect container of details and logistics in order to deliver an exceptional experience for your clients to get the outcomes they want.

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Episode #111- The Secret To Setting Boundaries (And What They’re Really For!)

For those of us listening in real time (and in the throes of the Holiday Season), there may be a lot coming up for you around this time of year when it comes to setting limits and creating containers (with your inner circle of loved ones, friendships, social lives, client relationships, colleagues and even YOURSELVES). In “The Secret To Setting Boundaries (And What They’re For!)” Stacey talks to us about the timely topic of managing your experience of life and business by taking control of your time and energy. Although the Holidays are a particularly relevant moment to delve into this thought-provoking subject, no matter when you are hearing this, Stacey fervently believes boundaries are the overall essential to managing your life. Settle in as Stacey tells us the importance these frontiers hold to help us make empowering, proactive choices and create the success you want in every aspect of your P &P Life and Business (because how we do one thing, is how we do everything!)

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EPISODE 110:  Building An Aligned Business That You Love with Nicole Crone

I am so excited to have a special guest today, my friend – Nicole Crone. Nicole is a co-active coach and trained NLP practitioner. She runs a successful coaching business and hosts a podcast called My Aligned Purpose with her partner Kaila Pilecki that provides coaching and education for female entrepreneurs who desire connection, collaboration, and community. We are so aligned in the work that we do that I simply couldn’t wait to bring Nicole on the show so that we could have a juicy conversation about our shared soulful approach to doing biz in a way that combines a balance of strategy, systems, mindset, spirituality and a healthy dose of fun.

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EPISODE 109:   Where & How To Ask Questions When You Need Biz Help

If you’re a solopreneur out there on your own, struggling to create clients and feeling the temptation to ask everyone and their mother what to do to get your business going then listen in because this episode is going to be a game changer for you. I am here to tell you that throwing out questions about how to find clients and run your business to a smattering of random people in a Facebook group (even if they are all your peers!) is probably not the BEST idea you ever had. In “Where & How To Ask Questions When You Need Biz Help” we’re taking a look at what happens when you encounter a moment of “not knowing” in your biz (especially not knowing how to attract clients) and what the best course of action is in order to get the most helpful and useful answers to your questions so that you can go out there and take the best action for you in your Passionate & Prosperous business.

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EPISODE 108:   What To Do When It Feels Like Nothing Is Working Anymore

One thing I know for a fact about business is that the path to success in your meaningful work is not linear. It ebbs and flows, has its ups and downs and behaves like the living, breathing organism that it is --which frankly doesn’t always feel so good! If you are a heart-centered business owner, coach, or teacher struggling with the feeling that the strategies you have used in the past for client attraction are no longer working, that you’re in a bubble all alone or that your business is going under, then listen in to this transformative “reframing” episode right away! I am here to tell you that all is not lost, you are not a failure, and you should most definitely not quit or shut down your business! In “What To Do When It Feels Like Nothing Is Working Anymore” I’m here to help you keep on keeping on when you are faced with a slow down or lull in creating new clients and feel like you are losing momentum in your Biz.

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EPISODE 107:   How To Stand Out & Set Yourself Apart With Messaging That Sells

If there’s one thing I know, it’s that heart-centered, service-based coaches, creatives and entrepreneurs struggle with sales conversations and selling their services. You might even think that client attraction is your #1 biggest problem but I’m here to tell you that you actually only need to talk to one single person to create a client. And yet, if you’ve got “issues” when it comes to offering and selling your services, that could be the very thing getting in the way of you making money doing what you love! It's time to settle in for some real talk about the hot topic of sales as I uncover an empowering new perspective on your relationship to sales and money (making it and spending it!) that will allow you to have conversations, make offers, be visible, and tell people what’s available to them while still feeling like a heart-centered business owner running a human-centric Biz.

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EPISODE 106:   5 Limiting Beliefs Holding You Back From Selling Your Services

If there’s one thing I know, it’s that heart-centered, service-based coaches, creatives and entrepreneurs struggle with sales conversations and selling their services. You might even think that client attraction is your #1 biggest problem but I’m here to tell you that you actually only need to talk to one single person to create a client. And yet, if you’ve got “issues” when it comes to offering and selling your services, that could be the very thing getting in the way of you making money doing what you love! It's time to settle in for some real talk about the hot topic of sales as I uncover an empowering new perspective on your relationship to sales and money (making it and spending it!) that will allow you to have conversations, make offers, be visible, and tell people what’s available to them while still feeling like a heart-centered business owner running a human-centric Biz.

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EPISODE 105:  Building A Successful Biz The Heart-Centered, Human Way With Cristina Garcia

I am so excited to bring you a special guest this week, my client Cristina Garcia, Latina Business owner of Heart Property Management; a highly successful property management business whose mission-driven approach is totally unique in her industry and a little bit different from what you normally hear about on the show. Settle in to hear (and feel) Cristina’s amazing positive energy and learn how all the work and everything we talk about on the show can be applied to anyone and everyone when it comes to having your own business that aligns with who you are and how you want to show up in the world.

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EPISODE 104:  When Life Is Hard, What Can We Do About It?

If there’s one thing I talk about a lot on this show it’s that being human is not easy. Join me for a special episode where we take a look at the conundrum we face when it comes to the fact that our nervous systems were not designed to take in all of the suffering of the world and yet, we try. In “When Life Is Hard, What Can We Do About It?” we’re exploring what I call the “simultaneousness” of things and how it’s okay (and necessary) to find resilience, forward momentum and even happiness in the most challenging times.

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EPISODE 103:  Why You Definitely Need To Grow (And Use!) Your Email List

If you’ve been avoiding growing your email list or sending emails to the list you already have, this episode is guaranteed to turn that all around - and fast. Having an email list is a business essential and in this episode, I’m hoping to convince you to get on board and to help you face those fears of bothering people and “unsubscribes” head-on. Settle in for the mindset shifts and practical strategies that will inspire you to take action on creating, growing, and using your email list without delay.

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EPISODE 102:  The Sneaky Ways Imposter Syndrome Is Impacting Your Biz

Whether you are the most successful, confident, and motivated entrepreneur on the planet, a tentative fearful newbie dipping your toe into Biz for the first time or anything in-between, I am willing to bet that you have suffered at some point from the particular kind of thinking that we’re talking about in this episode. Yup, I’m talkin’ about Imposter Syndrome, our brain’s biggest bad boy whose judge-y, critical inner dialogue has made us all feel like a fraud at some point, no matter where we are in our P&P Business. Settle in for an eye-opening conversation about an incredibly relatable topic that is going to offer you the support you need to wrangle your mindset, load up on yourself, and make sure nothing is blocking you from: knowing what makes you special & different, sharing your most authentic message & voice, and attracting your ideal people to you.

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Business Strategy, Entrepreneurship, mindset Stacey Brass-Russell Business Strategy, Entrepreneurship, mindset Stacey Brass-Russell

EPISODE 101:  What The Heck Is An Online Business Anyway (And Do I Have One?)

If you’re a coach, wellness expert or service-based entrepreneur who came of the biz gate thinking it was going to be a piece of cake to have an “online business”, then tune in because this one’s for you! I am so excited to talk to you about the often-confusing topic of online businesses, a discussion that I know is going to bring clarity and help you define how to move forward with your own P&P Biz. Settle in as I clear up the misconceptions about how the online space works, what it really takes to use it, and what you need to do in order to take advantage of the “interwebs” while still having a Human-centric biz.

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EPISODE 100:  How To Have A Passionate & Prosperous Life And Business (Part 2)

With immense pride and joy, I invite you to join me for a landmark occasion as we celebrate the 100th episode of Passionate & Prosperous. In this centennial episode, we are celebrating community, a topic near and dear to me, the show and all the people that are IN IT with me (and that means YOU!) Settle in for this culmination of a juicy two-parter where I am bringing back my 5 spectacular special clients -- who you first met in Episode 99-- to have a passionate conversation about the power of putting yourself in the room where it happens with the right people for you.

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EP 99:  How To Have A Passionate & Prosperous Life And Business (Part 1)

Join me for a milestone moment as we celebrate the 99th & 100th episodes of Passionate & Prosperous with a juicy 2 part-er! You are in for a real treat as you meet 5 of my beloved clients who are so important to me, to my business, to the show, and to the whole Passionate & Prosperous brand. Listen in as we discuss what it means to live a truly passionate life, doing mission-driven work and what it takes to keep on doing what you are meant to do even when life is hard.

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Free Up Your Authentic Voice

This powerful episode is all about getting clear and tapping into your authentic voice. After listening to the show, it’s time for you to put some of my very best tried and true practical exercises that I talk about into action. Prepare for my 5 simple, effective (and FUN!) ways to free up your voice, open any blockages and be able to speak (and write!) your truth with fluidity and ease.