Guest featured in this episode:

• Keisha Greaves is a motivational speaker, the founder of Girls Chronically Rock, and the Massachusetts State Ambassador for the
  Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). Girls Chronically Rock (www.girlschronicallyrock.com) offers inspired fashion celebrating Muscular
  Dystrophy and other chronic illnesses.
• Over the past few years, Keisha has been featured in Good Morning America, Today Show, WCVB Chronicle, ABC News, Thrive Global,
  Politico, Improper Bostonian, Boston Voyager, Herself 360, Liz on Biz, among other outlets on and offline. One of Keisha’s proudest
  moments is being featured In Today Style Heroes among other celebrities such as: Gabrielle Union, Drew Barrymore, Debra Messing
  and more. Another proud moment of Keisha is being featured on Channel 5 ABC Chronicle sharing her story. She’s lent her voice to
  audiences at the Spaulding Rehabilitation Center in Charlestown, Massachusetts General Hospital, the Boston Muscle Walk, local
  “Fill the Boot” events, Cambridge City Hall, and Girl’s Night Out for Muscular Dystrophy – a Boston-area fundraising event held by
  NextonScene. 
• Keisha spearheaded fruitful collaborations with other notable fashion influencers which resulted in thousands of dollars raised for MDA –
  the most successful collaborations being with renown designer Sara Campbell and Althea Blackford, the woman behind Caribbean Fashion
  Week.One of Keisha’s proudest moments happened after working and meeting with Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker: Keisha got
  September 30 officially proclaimed Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Day.
• She also received the proclamation from Mayor Marc McGovern from the city of Cambridge.

Things you will learn in this episode:

• How she started her business
• How her chronic illness progressed
• How she is balancing life and her business
• What keeps her going on those difficult days. 
• And much more

Guest featured in this episode:

• Lauren Smith is a serial entrepreneur, author, spiritual mentor, and podcast host. With a down-to-earth vibe meshed with a gregarious personality, Lauren has a special ability to connect with people. Her driving force for launching the podcast is based upon Lauren’s belief that we are each born with innate gifts, and it is our duty to share them with the world.

  In addition to the Master Your Mind, Business, and Life podcast, Lauren recently published her book, ‘Mindful Love: Bite-Sized Thought Nuggets to Fuel Your Life.’ Lauren is also the co-author of of ‘The Whole Professional’ which is currently being used in a career prep program at University of the District of Columbia.

Things you will learn in this episode:

• How she started her first business 
• What she learned was the most important lesson from owning her business
• Her best personal advise 
• Top tips for self affirmations
• And much more

Guest featured in this episode:

Dr. Rachel Paul, PhD, RD is a nationally recognized nutritionist who helps college students and young professionals look and feel amazing by eating healthfully, cooking on their own, and making good food choices in social situations.

Dr. Paul is known for her practical advice and easy-to-follow guidance, particularly on Instagram with over 300 thousand followers. She has been featured in Business Insider, Buzzfeed, The Daily Mail, Cosmopolitan, and Martha Stewart Weddings.

Things you will learn in this episode:

• How she started her business with nothing left in her pocket
• How to beat the new Instagram algorithm?
• What she would have done differently
• Top tips for growing her Instagram account
• What is a viral post?
• What insights to look at?

Christmas is all about joy and I’m all about positivity, optimism and joy so I absolutely love Christmas. However, one Christmas I will never forget is the Christmas after my daughter turned one.

She had a high fever and started getting spotty rashes. I have heard of Roseola rash it is a common viral infection that usually affects babies and toddlers around one year old, and indeed that’s what she had after our doctors visit. Although Roseola tends to be very mild and you can normally look after your child at home, they usually recover within a week, which meant my entire Christmas week was taking care of a sick child with red rashes all over her body.

A roseola rash starts on the body before spreading to the arms, legs, neck, and lastly on the face. It appears as very small pink spots that may be flat or raised. To be honest, when the rashes were on her torso, I was ok with the situation, however, the moment her entire face was taken over with pink rashes, I became very emotional and knew that my Christmas was ruined. Boy children’s immune systems don’t care about Christmas, and their antibodies definitely don’t believe in Santa.

Now that I think back to that ruined Christmas, I’m forever thankful for the health of my child and family and for the lesson I’ve learned through the process. 

What ruined that Christmas was not the rashes, it was me.

I was in an emotional turmoil for a week because I had doubts. Even though every Google search resulted that the rashes will go away after a week, my pain was caused by me visualizing the rashes being permanent and doubting they will never ever go away. If only I had the wisdom back then to stop those negative self talks on the spot, that Christmas would have been much different. 

This is why I’m all about spreading the message of positivity, because things happen in life all the time. But the circumstances are actually neutral, your reactions and thoughts will result in the outcome of the situation.

How we choose to approach what appears to be challenges will dramatically impact our experience.

I hope you can trust me when I say that whenever you feel you are experiencing a low point in life, have no doubt, it will go away, just like those rashes, there is absolutely light at the end of the tunnel and there is always a way.

Guest featured in this episode:

Amanda Boleyn is the founder and CEO of She Did It Her Way.

Shortly after two years in Corporate America post-undergrad, Amanda a leap, moved from West Des Moines, IA to Chicago, IL and became a full-time freelancer, traveling the globe delivering sales, marketing, leadership development and employee trainings with large organizations. Some companies include JP Morgan, att, Weight Watchers, Intel, University of Kansas Medical Center and others.

Amanda first launched She Did It Her Way podcast in January 2015 and has consistently been ranked as one of the top-resources for female entrepreneurs by Inc.com, Forbes, Entrepreneur.com, Huffington Post and many others. She Did It Her Way has been downloaded over 2 million times and continues to grow every day. 

Amanda’s signature course, Ultimate Leap Suite Academy, opens for registration this month and it is designed to help women take massive action on their business idea, turn their passion into profits and create freedom in their life.

Things you will learn in this episode:

• How she dealt with imposter syndrome
• How she started She Did It Her Way
• Her favorite memories for She Did It Her Way
• Top tip for starting a business
• How she dealt with the low’s of her business
• And much more