License To Receive

Jennifer holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Science for Metaphysical Healing and is a Soul Recovery Coach. Her mission is to be a psycho-spiritual catalyst in unearthing soul level potential in her clients. Her secret sauce is in her Earth-Fire Coaching that involves going deep into one’s mental, emotional and physical journey and methodically undoing and removing that which that do not serve them anymore. This could be bad habits, patterns, blocks, or traumas. And in following this process she helps her clients achieve a place of harmony within that supports them on all levels.   Jennifer tells Alison about her fascinations around studying people and their behaviors and how it eventually led her to the career she works within today. She describes her process, and the relationship she begins with clients when she starts helping someone overcome obstacles or achieve successes. She discusses ways that she grounds herself and sets limitations in order to avoid taking on the problems of others. Jennifer also talks abou

Brittany ‘Sunshyne’ Tate is a Multi-Passionate Entrepreneur, Social Justice Advocate, author of Through It: Unveiling the Conqueror Within, and Founder of SeedSoilWater.Today - a tribe of seekers for health and healing in mind, body, and spirit. She has always been passionate about writing, equality, and justice. Brittany is a creative solutionist, a believer in divine purpose and freedom for all. Through grace, her faith relationship is blazing her trail to peace. Brittany believes we are all created to create; each of us blessed with unique gifts and solutions to offer the world. Summary Brittany tells Alison a little about where she started, and what drives her. She also talks about how she found the work she does today. She gives an explanation of her book, and describes the process that occurred in order for her to write the contents within the book. Brittany also shares with Alison some of the things she's involved in, and how she maintains action within her calling and purpose. Quotes “Giving the voice

Donna Lakinger is the owner of Donna Lakinger Health, a health coaching company focusing on extreme results, not extreme measures. Donna believes in balance, not restriction. She has a Master’s Degree in Exercise Physiology, Bachelor’s Degree in Health Studies, and is a Certified Personal Trainer, Group Fitness Instructor, and Precision Nutrition Level 1. Donna has worked with clients with a wide variety of ages, from teenagers to seniors over 100 years old! Doughnuts are her weakness, throwing around heavy weights is her stress reliever, and winning Wheel of Fortune is her favorite experience.   Summary Donna shares her experience of winning Wheel of Fortune, and then goes on to talk about how her career in health got started, and how her ideas have grown into a business. She discusses habits, time management and self care, and how to dance all 3 in a way that will help bring positive results into your life. Donna shares a secret on how to stick to a routine, and get the most “bang for your buck” out of your

  Derek Alvarez has been creating art since he was 3 years old. One of his drawings was exhibited on a nation-wide tour at age 12. He earned an art scholarship to the University of Arizona, focusing on oil painting, graduating in 2004, Magna cum Laude. He began selling his oil paintings while still in college, exhibiting his work in Scottsdale, Arizona and New York City. His work can be found in several public and private collections throughout the country. Currently, he is working as a full-time artist while traveling with his wife and two sons, and shipping his artwork throughout the world. Derek is an artist running his own business while he travels the world with his wife and two toddlers. He's innovated ways to still paint and get art to his clients without having to drag canvases and art supplies from country to country. He can really speak to finding ways to disrupt and innovate in your field to fit your lifestyle.   Summary Derek gives a short look at how things got started and how he keeps things bal

Danny Young is on a mission to help entrepreneurs learn how to successfully grow their businesses online using social media and the Internet. Danny is passionate about home-based business and helping others understand what is truly possible if they follow their dreams. Doing exactly that, he was able to escape a 20 year career in the corporate world to work from home in 2013. Now he empowers others to do the same through his leadership, coaching and mentoring. His latest training program, the Online Marketing Masterclass just launched in March 2017. Summary Danny explains the catalyst that made him change his outlook on a 20 year career, and what changes he had to make in order to get more out of his work/life relationship. He and Alison discuss mindset, and how hard it can be to relate to early on, but how increasingly important it becomes as you build your business. Danny shares some of the challenges he faced when getting potential clients and customers to work with him, and he gives a book recommendation

Jessica Hansen is a mother of four children, two dogs, nine hens, and a rooster. She is an entrepreneur, and has had her own businesses since she was 19 years old. She earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Finance and am a certified Master Gardener. Her mission in life is to make her clients sparkle from the inside out. Jessica works with clients to empower build business women up, and help them feel successful, heard, and empowered! She invites them to engage with her systems to create their own version of success - earning six-figures in their online businesses. Her program enables women to gain confidence in themselves and shine bright! Summary Jessica shares how she found her passion, and how she began doing the work she's currently doing. Alison and Jessica discuss fulfillment, and how life isn't always about money or material possessions. They discuss coaching in it's various forms and the benefits of working with multiple people. They also relate back and forth about negative social media posts. Jessi

Samantha Alvarez is a linguistic Rockstar! She is a world traveler, digital nomad, nurse practitioner, online teacher, university faculty, polyglot, musician and mindful human being who wants to help people become the best possible version of themselves. In 2013, after burning out in the healthcare industry, she took time off to travel and learn languages, simultaneously sating two of my deepest desires. She has since visited 26 countries and lived in 11 of them on 5 continents. She has held dozens of online jobs, speaks a half dozen languages, and has started a myriad of various online businesses.   Summary   Samantha explains how it all got started, and the growth she had after discovering her passion for culture, travel and language.   Alison and Samantha discuss goal setting, and breaking things down into a plan, and hot it can be of huge benefit.   Samantha talks about her method of learning languages, how she found it, and the role fear plays in holding back learning. She and Alison share their language

Simon Crowe has over 10 years experience changing lives. He has taught in Italy, the UK and Spain for 8 years and has a Master’s degree in Media Technology. He has led leadership and communication programs for some of the largest banks and corporations in the UK. Simon has trained hundreds of coaches and has spoken at transformational events all around the world. He specializes in coaching successful, energetic people with bold visions for what they want to create and experience. Summary Simon explains how he found coaching, and what it was about the industry and the art of coaching  itself that pushed him to do it professionally. He describes the journey from business coaching to personal coaching, and the inspirations and motivations behind making the transition. Simon talks about the role that support plays in success, and why it's important to ask people for help. He shares some of his travels, and the passionate projects he and other coaches are working on in different area of the world. He also talks ab

Dana is rocking her business by embracing her past as a Dominatrix so she can pull that into her work as a Master Healer and Life Strategist. She helps entrepreneurs claim their power so they can be trail blazers in their fields. Dana is also the host of her own popular podcast “The Inner Dominatrix”. Dana has been on her own journey of self healing and discovery and believes that self-judgment is the single biggest reason women aren’t bolder in their lives and businesses. She writes: “Most are not willing to take a chance, because they’re not willing to make the wrong choice. So they hesitate, and the bigger and bolder the choice is, the more risk there is of it being the wrong one.” In Dana’s past as a registered massage therapist, she was willing to lose everything, to surrender into bankruptcy. Instead of desperately clinging onto something, Dana was able to reach out for something different, something even better.  She believes that when you resist failing you don’t play full out, you don’t dive in and t

Awilda Rivera is a former legal professional, who left the legal world 6 years ago to pursue her dream of starting her own business.  Her passion has always been helping others. As a Personal & Professional Development Coach she helps people achieve concrete results, one action step at a time.  Her clients find her relatable because although she is a Business Woman, she is also: a Partner, Step-mom, Board President of a Yoga Non-Profit, Fur Mom to 2 dogs and 2 cats, 1st generation college & law school graduate, a Spiritual Advisor, and a runner. Most importantly, she has a unique understanding of the challenging balancing act that is required to achieve quantifiable personal and professional success Summary Awilda shares a bit of her story and explains how she went from legal to starting her own coaching business. She and Alison discuss "overnight success" and how it actually looks on the other side of that image. Awilda shares some resources and tips for goal setting, and dealing with procrastination

Courtney Daniel is a nationally recognized Client Relations Expert and United States Postal Service Postmark winner. Her experience as a Celebrity Personal Assistant and love for design has afforded her the opportunity to work with some of the top names in the industry. As a Client Relations Expert, she works with business owners to help them bond with their clients in a unique way to enhance bottom line numbers, create referrals, and for them to be seen as the authority in their field.   Summary: Courtney explains how she started working with celebrities as their personal assistant, she talks about the part of the job she enjoyed, and how she eventually transitioned out. She talks about nurturing relationships, and why it's important to do so. She also talks about the part she loves the most. Courtney gives a look behind the curtain and explains why she started her own business and when it came about. She talks abut using written word, and the results people are getting by including written word into their s

Originally from Perth, Western Australia, Jaime Maguire is currently traveling around the world on a one way ticket. After exploring South and Central America, she has moved to Canada and is currently living in a small mountain town of Pemberton, British Columbia. Like many others, from her teens to her early twenties she struggled with poor body image and negative self talk which developed into an eating disorder spanning approximately five years of her life. During this time in her life she attempted to get help using many different avenues without success. She eventually came to terms with the fact that she would have to make it on her own, and she did. Jaime is a Nutritional Medicine Practitioner and is an ANTA Member. It is now her dream and mission to help others and to provide a place for them to turn in these situations. On her blog she has been writing about the highs and lows of being a traveling nutritionist. She loves to write research based articles as well as nutrition and travel posts. Her aim

Edna Keep is a real estate millionaire, a coach and author of Multiple Ways to Wealth. Her passion is helping real estate investors around the world make millions while investing in real estate. She is also host of the 2017 3-day event the Prairie Real Estate Forum. Summary Alison asks Edna about how she got into real estate in the first place. Edna explains how someone with a middle of the road income could get their start in real estate, and relates to her own story She discusses why it's so important for people to invest in themselves. Edna explains partnerships, and why they are worth looking into. She talks about different types of properties and how to know which is right for you. Quotes "We knew we couldn't do it alone" "The best thing we ever did was invest in ourselves" "Partner with people who know what they're doing as opposed to trying to figure it all out by yourself" "We're the ones who know what we're doing. We're the ones with the experience" "Managing expectations is so important up front" "N

Linda Brogan is a multi award-winning playwright. She was on attachment at the National Theatre, and Contact Theatre, before being produced at The Royal Exchange, The Royal Court, BBC Radio, The Arcola, and The Traverse. Her last play Speechless did a critically acclaimed 4* UK tour. Her focus is on liberation from the constraints of colour, gender and class. She is currently working on a fascinating project funded by Art's Council England which I am excited to hear a bit more about during the interview. Summary Linda talks about her journey into the arts and how she got started in writing, despite being diverted into a much more rebellious and colorful life. Linda talks about her current project, involving the club she used to work in, The Reno, and the challenges and struggles revolving race, gender and age. She shares a pivotal moment that brought her back to her writing Linda shares the goal behind her project, and the result she hopes to achieve, as well as the challenges she's faced in getting it done.

Bailey Yeats, also known as the HAPPY MAKER {extraordinaire}, struggled for many years, playing the victim, blaming other people for her negative life. It wasn’t until she found herself crying on the bathroom floor a few too many times that she made the conscious decision to start choosing happiness in her own life. She is a certified coach and host of the Life By Design Live event in Red Deer Albert and she is mission to make a BIG impact in our society by spreading her message to as many people as possible. What is that message? Stop playing the victim. Stop saying "I wish I could". Stop thinking that someone else is coming to save you from a life that you are tolerating because you are 100% responsible for the choices you make in your life. It is up to you to start choosing happiness. Summary Bailey tells Alison what her life looked like from the outside, as well as explains what was actually happening behind the scenes. Bailey shares the reason she was unhappy with her life, and how she went about turning

Jaime is a wife of 13 years, mother of four small boys & a successful six-figure entrepreneur. She founded her organic skincare company after seeing a business plan in a dream six years ago. Then last year Jaime started The HER Effect® a movement to inspire and equip women to take action in pursuit of their dreams, giving them all that is necessary for inner transformation and legacy impact. Summary Jaime tells Alison about how she came up with her business plan, and how she got it off the ground initially She talks about the first year, and what pulled her through to build a successful businesses Jaime discusses how she works with clients to attain what they want out of their business life Alison and Jaime elaborate on the importance of having a business oriented mind, and how sometimes having a skill or talent isn't enough to create a successful and profitable business model Jaime shares some tips on how to track down the very first clients in a business Alison gets Jaime to disclose the one

Ash Ahern is a speaker and money mindset coach who believes that you can have all of the best tools at your disposal, but if your beliefs, habits, mindset and mission don't align, reaching your goal will always feel just out of reach. She is passionate about her purpose in working with her clients: to ​eradicate their debt and create wealth and abundance. Born and raised in Northern Alberta, she was not unfamiliar with limiting money mindsets. She was taught "money doesn't grow on trees" and money is made through "hard work." Growing up she watched as her parents struggled with money. These days, through much inward reflection, she has changed her relationship with money and helps her clients do the same.   Summary Ash shares a little bit of her upbringing and back story. She discusses some of the challenges she faced in establishing herself Ash gives some perspective, ideas and tips for people to start creating financial prosperity and abundance Ash shares the single most important word that has guided her c

Carolien Mertens, M.A. is a location-free event planner, working from New York, Italy, Greece, Germany, Switzerland, and counting, for digital entrepreneurs, biz owners and coaches. In less than 5 years, over 100 professional events and 10, 000 participants she has expanded to include major organisations such as LingoGlobe, the European Commission and several national governments, universities and museums. Her #1 priority is to give her clients the opportunity to focus and thrive on their offline event through her signature flexible planning strategy, that ensures smooth event flow & intense participant experience.   SUMMARY In this podcast, Alison talks to Carolien Mertens about event planning. Carolien elaborates on how she came into the event planning industry and opens up about the challenges she faced becoming an entrepreneur and leaving her corporate job. She touches on her most important first step for organizing a live event. She gives a little insight to how she runs her location independent busi

Hey Listeners and thanks for tuning in to another episode of License to Receive. You’re in for a treat today. I’m excited to welcome today’s guest – Rachel Feldman. Rachel is a successful entrepreneur – the founder of Rachel’s Wellness and the creator of the Done For You Programs called Wellness Business Solutions in a Box for health coaches. She teaches and empowers coaches worldwide with tools for a healthy life and a healthy business. Rachel has been featured in the media including The Huffington Post, Fit Life TV, Mind Body Green and the successful podcast Entrepreneur on Fire among others.   Summary Rachel explains her startup, and how she got into business in the first place. She and Alison talk about competition and breaking through the noise. Rachel gives some insights about fear, and developing skills outside of your comfort zone. Rachel gets into being a mom, and how to balance business, motherhood and all of life's demands She talks about being honest about what you want and what makes you happy, a

Gosia Potoczna helps consultants, coaches, and experts to stand out in the crowded market while speaking their own voice, so that they can consistently attract the right clients and build a business they are proud of. She works with passion-driven coaches, experts & practitioners to create steady streams of income by building a strong personal brand and implementing a heartful sales process, while staying true to themselves and their core values. After getting pregnant at the age of 37, she reinvented her life from scratch & sold her digital marketing agency. Coping with a massive burnout, she knew it was time to find her true life’s purpose & spend more time with her family. Inspired by her son, she also launched an award-winning kidswear brand, Loff Loff organic. A true ENFP personality, today she shares 16+ years of her digital marketing experience working with Fortune 500 companies and top national brands. She believes that women are the most powerful and gentle force able to positively transf