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  • Have you ever felt like you had a devil on one shoulder, constantly making trouble for you while you try to pursue your dreams?

    Well, that's not far off from the truth. Dani Fake is a former therapist and depth life coach who teaches about "parts work"; in other words, how and why our personalities are made up of different "parts".

    This episode is for anyone who struggles with an inner critic, imposter syndrome, shame spiraling or a cranky inner child. In other words, everyone! Understanding parts work can be the key to unlocking the emotional drama that comes up whenever we try to build businesses.

    I promise, this is going to blow your mind!

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  • I recently learned the concept of living "in the gain" from the book The Gap and The Gain by Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy. Today we're talking about the 3 main benefits that come from focusing on how far we've made it so far in life in business, instead of how far we still want to go.

    Making and accomplishing goals is great, but when the goalpost keeps moving, we do ourselves the disservice of acknowledging our past and current blessings and living in lack instead of gratitiude. Learning to live in the gain while keeping God as your business partner will be a total game changer!

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  • In this episode I'm sharing some of the transformation my personal and business life are undergoing right now. I'm leaving behind the hustle of the past year and learning to slow down and embrace a new guiding principle: surrender.

    We'll talk about my personal journey of re-evaluating life and business priorities, the spiritual signs that encourage me to trust in God's plan, and my intention to build a sustainable, fulfilling business that aligns with my values (faith, family, and more fun!). Tune in to learn how to reflect on your own past achievements, set meaningful New Year's goals, and balance business with family life, while embracing "joyful contentment" and faith-driven guidance.

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    01:43 Reflecting on the Past Year

    03:54 Shifting Priorities in Business and Life

    05:04 The Power of Surrender

    07:45 Balancing Business and Family

    12:54 Embracing Joyful Contentment

    14:20 Looking Forward to 2025

  • My guest this episode is Brittni Schroeder, a life and business coach specializing in helping other coaches grow to 6 figures and beyond. Brittni shares the bittersweet story of how she created a nonprofit in honor of her late teenage son, Gage.

    Despite her profound personal loss, Brittni's mission has been to channel her grief into acts of service and kindness, significantly impacting many lives through her Compassion Club organization. This episode is all about the critical importance of kindness, using one's spiritual gifts to bless the lives of others, and how faith and service can guide us through the darkest times. Brittni also discusses practical steps for those inspired to start their own nonprofits.

    You can find Brittni at https://brittnischroeder.com/ and on IG & FB @brittni.schroeder.

    00:46 Meet Brittni Schroeder

    01:17 Brittni Journey in Photography

    02:36 Transition to Life Coaching

    03:14 Nonprofit Work and Passion for Service

    05:32 Experiences in Haiti

    10:18 The Haiti Funk and Realizations

    13:58 The Birth of The Compassion Club

    22:05 Starting a Nonprofit: The Journey Begins

    22:48 Fundraising and Scholarships: Making an Impact

    23:40 Balancing Business and Compassion

    25:54 Steps to Start Your Own Nonprofit

    30:15 The Healing Power of Service

    33:35 Grieving Together: The Power of Community

    37:15 Finding Purpose Through Pain

    39:42 Final Thoughts and Inspirations

  • *Join me in a FREE, live, 5-day training to help you get more clients (or customers) for your online business! It all starts, December 2, 2024.*

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    In today's episode, I'll teach you how to grow your email list quickly and effectively, whether you're a coach, content creator or other online entrepreneur.

    Learn why it's crucial for building, nurturing, and selling to your audience beyond what social media algorithms can do for your business. I'll share tips on leveraging other people's audiences, creating powerful lead magnets, organizing online events, and establishing seasonal freebies.

    Plus, we'll talk about the importance of a welcome sequence and weekly engagement to build lasting relationships with your subscribers.

    Whether you're just starting or looking to massively grow your online business presence, these strategies will boost your email marketing efforts.

    Get my free mini-training on creating online events to grow your email list (don't miss the free list of event ideas at the bottom of the page!) https://www.bonniewiscombe.com/events

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    00:41 Understanding Email Lists

    00:59 Why Email Lists Matter More Than Social Media

    02:46 How to Grow Your Email List: Time vs Money

    03:34 Leveraging Other People's Audiences

    05:46 Creating Effective Lead Magnets

    08:25 Hosting Online Events

    10:08 Seasonal Lead Magnets

    11:57 Welcome Sequences: Warming Up Your Leads

    15:08 Consistent Engagement: Don't Abandon Your List

    16:40 Final Tips and Tools for Email Marketing

  • Hey! Have you been wanting to grow your coaching business but can't seem to make progress? I feel you! The fact is, it's not easy or intuitive to make money as a life coach or to create a life coaching business model. There are very real business skills we all need to learn!

    In this episode I'll highlight the differences between coaching and business skills, emphasizes the importance of mindset, and share crritical steps for finding and nurturing leads, converting clients, and staying consistent with your business so that you can make a difference and impact the world as a life coach.

    There IS a way to make money (and impact) as a coach, and it doesn't have to feel impossible.

    Ready to get started finding and nurturing your email list? Download my free guide to getting your business online in just a weekend! https://bonniewiscombe.mykajabi.com/l...

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    00:00 Introduction: The Struggles of Building a Coaching Business

    00:38 Understanding the Dual Skill Sets of Coaching and Business

    01:30 Step 1: Mastering the Customer Journey

    05:04 Step 2: Managing Your Mental Stories

    10:41 Step 3: The Power of Consistency

    13:26 Conclusion: Embrace the Journey to Success

  • We women of faith have so many strengths when it comes to building a business, but one of our weaknesses is a tendency to take the failures and success of our business very personally.

    It makes sense - when we pour our hearts and souls into creating something that we know can help change people's lives, it can be hard not to take it personally when things don't go according to plan. But letting the highs and lows of our business dictate our emotions is a recipe for misery.

    Let's explore how to create a healthy emotional distance between who we are personally and what we're creating in our businesses. Not only will it ensure better success in life and business, but it will also make it all a lot more FUN!

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    01:04 Why Women Approach Business Differently

    03:31 Separating Personal and Business Identities

    04:56 Understanding Control in Business

    07:26 Viewing Business as a Science Experiment

    17:22 Signs Your Business is Too Personal

    21:07 Maintaining Fun in Business

    22:16 Conclusion and Next Steps

  • Sometimes building a business can feel akin to trying to open a lock using the wrong key. Nothing fits, everything's hard and you just feel stuck. The challenge comes from the fact that your business is uniquely yours, and no one has ever built one like you yet!

    This episode will walk you through a few signs that will tell you how to know if you're cutting the right business "key" and if not, how to tweak the things that aren't working. I'll also teach you how to know when you DO have the right "key" but you just need to turn up the volume and do more of what's working.

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    00:28 Welcome to Burning Brightly

    00:52 The Perfect Key Analogy

    02:19 Trial and Error in Business

    04:22 Identifying a Broken Key

    08:57 Signs of a Working Key

    09:23 Identifying the Right Audience and Offer

    10:10 Crafting Clear and Concise Messaging

    10:33 Building a Detailed Coaching Program

    11:07 Passion and Free Content

    12:03 The Role of a Business Coach

    12:32 Scaling Your Business

    13:07 Attracting and Nurturing Leads

    15:37 Conversion Strategies

    16:53 Perfecting Your Business Key

    17:47 Final Thoughts and Encouragement

  • Many Christian women in the entrepreneur space never set out to be a boss or a mogul initially. Most of us just saw a need and wanted to help people. But the quicker we can embrace and step into the energy that comes from being a true boss in our business, the quicker we'll create (and become) something truly amazing.

    Being a boss means so much more than just hiring employees - in fact, I suggest everyone step into this boss energy WAY before ever hiring your first team member. It looks like embracing confidence, respecting your own and other people's time, it looks like trusting your intuition and building something with God by your side.

    Your audience desperately needs you to take charge and help them to change their lives. And this episode will help you get started!

    Mastering Confidence and Balance in Parenting and Business Leadership

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    00:16 Motherhood and Intuition: A Personal Journey

    01:05 Questioning the Experts: Curating Information

    01:59 Parenting: Trusting Your Own Expertise

    03:02 You Are the Boss: Embracing Business Leadership

    04:17 Knowing Yourself: Leveraging Personal Expertise

    07:19 Seeking Help: When to Rely on Experts

    10:47 The Power of Being in Charge: Embracing Leadership

    13:22 Embodying Boss Traits

    13:40 Choosing Confidence

    14:46 Practicing Compassion

    15:38 Setting Boundaries

    16:10 Prioritizing Your Business

    17:06 Committing Fully

    18:19 Showing Up as a Boss

    22:44 Eliminating Insecurity

    25:08 Final Thoughts on Being a Boss

  • If you're a mother, then you know all about the different seasons of life and how each requires different time and energy. There are times of life when we can work full time, times when we are way busier than we'd like to be and seasons when we're barely hanging on.

    It can be tempting to try to start or grow a business during a season of life that isn't particularly conducive to extra obligations. Conversely, it can be easy to dismiss a call from God asking us to do something new because we think we're "just too busy".

    This episode will help us determine if and when might be the right time to scale a business, start something new or just be patient and "wait upon the Lord".

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    00:44 Understanding Times and Seasons

    03:21 Classifying Life Phases

    04:19 Determining Readiness for Business

    05:24 Self-Reflection and God's Guidance

    07:20 Practical Questions to Consider

    10:07 Balancing Business and Personal Life

    14:16 Spiritual Growth Through Business

    16:12 Final Thoughts and Encouragement

  • I've been podcasting for almost 6 years now and it's one of my favorite means of communicating with my audience and disseminating expertise, encouragement and coaching.

    If you've been dreaming of a podcast of your own, this episode will give you a high level overview of the steps you'll need to put in place in order to launch a show yourself.

    Learn how to find a purpose for your show, create a title (and possibly a tagline), intro, outro and cover art, choose a hosting platform and music, as well as build a launch plan that's doable for you.

    Becoming a podcaster is a goal that's a lot closer than you think!

    Check out a very robust launch plan here.

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    Audio Jungle is where I love to get my music.

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    00:22 Introduction to Burning Brightly

    00:48 Why Start a Podcast?

    01:18 My Podcasting Journey

    02:35 Defining Your Podcast's Purpose

    05:46 Essential Elements for Launching

    07:38 Crafting Your Podcast Title and Tagline

    10:14 Creating Your Intro and Outro

    12:38 Recording and Editing with Descript

    14:37 Designing Your Cover Art

    16:09 Planning and Recording Episodes

    18:46 Choosing a Hosting Platform

    21:31 Creating a Launch Plan

    24:40 Final Tips for Podcast Success

  • Are you a coach or content creator with niche drama?

    Let's be honest, you probably have niche drama. We all do at some point! You're definitely not alone but this part of building your business doesn't have to be hard!

    When I became a certified life coach, I went all in a niche for several months, and eventually learned through testing (that we talk about in this episode) that it wasn't going to be a good fit for the kind of business I wanted to build. So I pivoted and now make money coaching people with a real problem on a topic I LOVE.

    If you're still worried, overthinking or otherwise stressed about your business niche, this episode will calm your mind. There IS a perfect money-making niche for you, one that maximizes your passion, your skill and market demand!

    Want personal help (for free) on your niche? Come to office hours! Register here.

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    00:31 Understanding the Importance of a Niche

    01:05 Defining Your Niche

    02:54 Testing Your Niche

    03:45 The Three P's of a Perfect Niche

    08:11 Crafting Your Elevator Pitch

    12:53 Gauging Reactions and Getting Feedback

    21:30 The Importance of a Narrow Niche

    24:56 Conclusion and Next Steps

  • If you have kids at home and are building a business, this episode is for you! It's taken me years and years to develop and implement a work-at-home schedule that works for me and my (very large) family.

    In today's episode, I'm sharing my own current schedule, showing you how to decide what's most important in creating your own, and walking you through the process. By the end of this show, you'll know exactly when you want to schedule regular working time on your business and how to make it happen even around family and household obligations.

    I'll also share some common places that moms can let go of additional home management duties to free up time and energy.

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    01:03 Balancing Business and Family Life

    01:49 The Importance of Focus and Boundaries

    04:22 Implementing Block Scheduling

    05:45 Creating a Flexible Schedule

    12:49 Tips for Prioritizing and Delegating Tasks

    18:19 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

  • What do you feel when you hear the word "failure?" Does it make you cringe? Worry? Stress or shiver? Most people have only negative connotations to the word "failure", but when building a small business, we have to get up close and personal to this concept and start to reexamine it.

    Instead of seeing our business building adventure as a series of small failures, instead I want us to look at it as a series of experiments. This is how every business is built and getting comfortable with these experiments is critical if you're going to succeed.

    But sometimes, it IS time to fail, or in other words, close our doors or do a major business pivot. What will we make THIS mean about us as entrepreneurs? Will we let it affect how we view ourselves? Does the success or failure of our business mean that we ourselves are either successes or failures?

    We're going to talk all about this concept today, and teach you how to reframe failure in a way that will serve you in your business and in life, forever.

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    00:30 Understanding Failure in Business

    02:04 Reframing Failure: Lessons Learned

    02:44 Reality vs. Expectations

    03:36 Applying Lessons from Failure

    05:55 Separating Personal Identity from Business

    14:20 Commitment and Timeframe for Business Success

    18:40 Evaluating Your Business: What Works and What Doesn't

    19:43 Seeking Divine Guidance in Business Decisions

    22:16 Making Fearless Choices in Your Business

    26:11 Redefining Failure and Success in Entrepreneurship

    30:41 Personal Story: The Journey of Novalie

    33:42 Embracing Failure and Moving Forward

  • Today, we're talking about the concept of success and exploring how we can define and recognize our own success in business and life. I'm going to challenge conventional notions of success, and teach you how important it is to set personal goals instead of chasing other people's ideas of success.

    We'll start with what success means like for us, discuss how critical it is to manage our own expectations, and teach you the magic of how to start feeling successful NOW without waiting for external validation or financial milestones. We're going to learn how to prioritize what truly matters to you and to find joy and contentment in your current circumstances, even while working towards the business of your dreams.

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    00:31 Defining Success: A Personal Journey

    01:57 The Dictionary's Take on Success

    03:21 Personal Definitions of Success

    04:16 The Subjectivity of Success

    04:56 Setting Personal Success Goals

    11:24 Money and Success: Finding the Balance

    15:32 Living Your Success Now

  • In this episode we're exploring the benefits of networking and how to do it in a way that feels good and genuine as an online business owner. We'll talk about what networking means, and I'm sharing my personal journey and struggles with this skill, especially when it felt salesy and/or disingenuous.

    We'll redefine 'networking' to make it a more authentic, service-driven approach and I'll give you three key strategies for successful networking: listen before speaking, build trust through vulnerability, and offer help without expecting anything in return.

    Let's look at the importance of genuine connections and how these can be cultivated in both our personal and professional lives, plus I'll give you real tactics for how to network at an event.

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    00:30 Personal Struggles with Networking

    01:18 The Misconceptions of Networking

    04:46 The Right Way to Network

    05:34 The Wrong Way to Network

    09:03 Building Genuine Relationships

    11:30 Three Keys to Successful Networking

    16:56 Applying Networking Principles to All Relationships

    19:08 Conclusion and Call to Action

  • In this episode, I'm discussing the significance of honoring the Sabbath and how it has completely revolutionized my business and personal life.

    Through biblical references and personal anecdotes, I'm going to show you how dedicating a day to God not only fosters spiritual growth but will also improve productivity and creativity in your business.

    I'll give you some suggestions for implementing Sabbath day observance in your own life, and share some of the transformative benefits of keeping this day holy, even while it's not always easy. This episode is for Christian moms who want to build a business in a way that's pleasing to God, by setting boundaries and prioritizing rest and spiritual connection.

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    00:00 Introduction to Episode 58

    00:34 The Importance of Honoring the Sabbath

    00:57 Biblical Foundations of the Sabbath

    01:53 Personal Commitment to the Sabbath

    04:43 Why Keeping the Sabbath is Hard

    08:34 How Honoring the Sabbath is Easy

    14:36 Practical Tips for a Holy Sabbath

    19:14 Conclusion and Encouragement

  • In this episode, we're exploring the struggles many women face in loving and appreciating their bodies as they are. I strongly believes this challenge is largely due to societal pressures and skewed perceptions of beauty, constantly thrown at us through advertising and social media.

    Today, I'm sharing my personal journey of overcoming body image issues and giving you actionable advice on changing your own thoughts and feelings to foster a positive relationship with your body.

    Takeaways include understanding that all bodies are miraculous and valuable, the importance of gratitude, and the effect of diet and exercise on your mental and physical well-being. I'll also teach you how to better treat your body with respect, acknowledge its strengths, and embrace the inevitable process of aging. This episode will help you in combatting the temptation to waste time and energy hating or criticizing our bodies!

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    00:29 The Struggle to Love Our Bodies

    01:01 Miracles of the Human Body

    03:29 Society's Unrealistic Standards

    04:45 Personal Journey to Body Acceptance

    06:21 Changing Negative Thoughts

    12:03 Practicing Gratitude for Your Body

    15:32 Overcoming Physical Limitations

    16:20 Changing Thoughts and Feelings

    16:47 Transforming Actions: Diet and Exercise

    19:41 Challenging Your Body's Potential

    22:08 Rest, Recovery, and Gratitude

    25:37 Embracing Aging and Acceptance

    28:28 Final Thoughts on Body and Soul

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  • In this episode, I dive deep into the importance of understanding the reasons behind our actions and their impact on our lives. I'll explain the significance of aligning our reasons with our values to ensure long-term motivation and integrity.

    Listen in as I share examples that I'm sure you can relate to, like weight loss and business building, to illustrate how the right reasons can lead to more meaningful and sustainable results. I'll also give you practical exercises to help you evaluate and adjust your own reasons to better support your goals. Tune in for insights and inspiration on how to navigate the highs and lows of building a business with purpose and passion!

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    00:47 Understanding Our Reasons

    01:57 The Impact of Different Reasons

    02:58 Aligning Reasons with Values

    05:17 Examples and Personal Stories

    06:03 Three Key Benefits of Liking Your Reasons

    11:53 Integrity in Business and Personal Life

    14:40 Practical Exercises and Final Thoughts

    21:27 Conclusion and Next Steps

  • I recently gave this presentation to a local coworking space and I wanted to share it all with you! In it, I explores how our brains unintentionally sabotage our dreams and goals.

    In this review of how our brain approaches new experiences, I explain the motivational triad and its impact on entrepreneurship and goal setting. We'll learn insights into common emotions like fear, overwhelm, frustration, blame, and playing small, detailing how they hinder our progress.

    With practical examples and the "head-heart-hands" model, I’ll offer strategies to reframe thoughts and drive actions that will help us accomplish our greatest business dreams. This episode is perfect for women starting coaching businesses, launching side hustles from home, or anyone striving to achieve their dreams!

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    00:00 Introduction to Brain Sabotage

    00:43 Meet Your Coach: Bonnie Wiscombe

    01:32 Understanding the Brain's Role in Goal Setting

    02:25 The Motivational Triad Explained

    03:41 Survival Brain vs. Higher Brain

    09:51 The Life Coaching Model: Head, Heart, Hands

    11:41 Overcoming Fear in Business

    15:03 Dealing with Overwhelm

    17:53 Handling Frustration

    21:24 The Blame Game

    24:07 Avoiding the Trap of Dreaming Small

    27:57 Conclusion and Final Tips