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How to Become a Magnet For Good Things in Your Life

September 7, 2022 | By Joy Chudacoff Leave a Comment

Find Your Clarity of Purpose on She's Got Moxie with Joy ChudacoffToday I talk about how you can become a magnet for good things in your life. It seems like everyone I speak with lately is struggling to find a sense of peace so today I’m going to talk about something that I know will help:

Certainty of Purpose. Do you have it?

Once we master clarity in our business and life, we can see the effects spill over into our personal lives and the lives of those we work with. We become magnets for good things in our lives. There is a great power that comes with activating clarity and harnessing this power is necessary if we want to lead with ease. In this episode, I share my own definition of clarity and explain how to find it — both in your business and your personal life. I also talk about the certainty of purpose and how valuable it is as you attempt to stay on track.

Listen in to learn how you can learn to lead with ease, why you should prioritize getting clarity of purpose, and tips for finding your certainty of purpose.

You can Subscribe and Listen to the Podcast on Apple Podcasts. And be sure to leave me a Rating and Review!

If you really and truly understand what clarity means at its core, everyone would spend time doing this.” – Joy Chudacoff

Show Notes:

  • What Clarity REALLY means on a deeper level
  • My definition of CLARITY
  • How to find your certainty of purpose
  • How to LEAD with ease
  • What you must ACTIVATE Daily
  • How to Become a MAGNET of Energy
  • The SECRET to PROSPERITY
  • How to make PRICE Never the Issue
  • Ways to know if you’re getting off track in your business
  • 3 STEPS to Clarity
  • The CRUCIAL Question
  • All Roads Lead to a BLESSED Life when you have Clarity
  • How to become a magnet for good things

When you become a magnet for good and you have a product or service, price is never the issue.” – Joy Chudacoff

Hormones & Health with Dr. Anna

May 25, 2022 | By Joy Chudacoff Leave a Comment

Dr. Anna on She's Got Moxie with Joy Chudacoff

Welcome to an important conversation on Finding Joy in our health and, more specifically becoming besties with your hormones. Today my guest Dr. Anna dials it all in for us. Dr. Anna is a pharmacist, an expert in gerontology, and a faculty member at USC.

Hormones can challenge us at any age, so in this episode, Dr. Anna and I discuss why they matter so much. We also talk about the alarming increase in rates of autoimmune disease among women and the importance of three factors when combatting the symptoms and side effects of menopause and perimenopause: stillness, movement, and nutrition.

Listen in to learn why our hormones are so important to our overall health, how our gut health is related to our hormones, and which natural remedies Dr. Anna recommends.

You can Subscribe and Listen to the Podcast on Apple Podcasts. And be sure to leave me a Rating and Review!

We underestimate what we can do in a year, but we overestimate what we can do in a day.” – Dr. Anna

Show Notes:

  • WHY making best friends with your hormones is essential
  • Estrogen & Progesterone ABCs (she breaks it down for us)
  • Night Sweat, Sleepless nights, and what we can do to help
  • Ways to HOLISTICALLY feel better during Menopause
  • The Magic of MAGNESIUM
  • Natural Remedies for MENOPAUSAL symptoms
  • THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN Natural & Synthetic Progesterone
  • The “TRUTH” Phase (this had me ROFL)
  • Why everyone needs to stop SHAMING self-care for women
  • Dr. Anna’s experience with Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
  • The Top WELLNESS Tips right now for WOMEN

You just have to start.” – Dr. Anna

Connect with Dr. Anna:

LinkedIn | Facebook | YouTube | NutraFemmeRX

We have to be aligned, not only in our businesses but in our health.” – Joy Chudacoff

Pity or Power?

April 27, 2022 | By Joy Chudacoff Leave a Comment

Finding Joy Every Day - Pity vs. Power on She's Got Moxie

Has your 2022 gotten off to an unexpected, rocky start?

It can be all too easy for the year to pass you by before you get the chance to manifest what you’ve been dreaming about. Today I’m going to walk you through the steps to get ALIGNED and step into your power.

In this episode, I talk about Pity vs. Power and how to recognize where you are right now. I also talk about what it means to “go for gold” and share some tough questions that we should be asking ourselves, like: “What am I pretending not to know?”

Listen in as we set goals and take action together and practice an easy three step process to visualize what you really want.

You can Subscribe and Listen to the Podcast on Apple Podcasts. And be sure to leave me a Rating and Review!

Am I parked in my pity or am I accelerating in my power?” – Joy Chudacoff

Show Notes:

  • How to ALIGN for Power
  • Why AWARENESS is the Foundation to every day
  • What you have to do BEFORE Asking the Essential Questions
  • Awareness “tips” that take less than 15 minutes
  • 3 Easy Steps to Visualize what you want (and get what you DREAM of)
  • The TOUGH (but necessary) questions you should be asking yourself about your business
  • Why it’s critical to write your thoughts down
  • And much, much more!

Women do not celebrate our wins nearly as much as we should.” – Joy Chudacoff

Renee Fraser – Founder & CEO of Fraser Communications and Advocate for Women on Boards

January 19, 2022 | By Joy Chudacoff Leave a Comment

Renee Fraser on She's Got Moxie with Joy Chudacoff

Today’s guest Renee Fraser is the CEO of Fraser Communications and host of The Deciders radio show and podcast. Fraser Communications is an ad agency with clients including Lexus, Hyundai, USC, East West Bank. As the CEO of the leading woman-owned and woman-led agency in Southern California, Renee is a dedicated advocate for women in leadership and force for good who is active on the 20/20 Women on Boards in Los Angeles initiative.

Renee is a pioneer and tireless advocate for getting more women on boards. In this episode, she and I talk about the event that made her start her own advertising and marketing company 23 years ago and how she prioritizes family. She also shares advice for women in corporate who are thinking about leaving their jobs and why women struggle with the juggle.

Listen in to Renee and I talk about why it pays to make friends with everyone, how women are making a difference sitting on boards, and how it’s changing the world.

You can Subscribe and Listen to the Podcast on Apple Podcasts. And be sure to leave me a Rating and Review!

Most of the perspective that has been shared has been from white men.” – Renee Fraser

Show Notes:

  • From Zero dollars to 35M all while raising three daughters
  • The Wake-Up Call at her daughter's 3rd Birthday
  • Excellent (No Cost) Tips to Generate Consistent Referrals
  • Coping Skills for moving through the really tough days
  • A 65M business loss and how she pulled through
  • Sage wisdom on building a business while raising a family
  • The question she asked her ‘twenty-something’ daughters and the SILENCE while she waited for the answer
  • The Importance of the dinner table (besides eating dinner)
  • The statistics on what happens to a company when they have women on their boards

I decided I wasn't going to focus on video games, beer, or motorcycles.” – Renee Fraser

Connect with Renee Fraser:

LinkedIn | The Deciders | Blog | Fraser Communications

I wanted to do well by doing good.” – Renee Fraser

Sandra Sucher – Growing Businesses Through the Power of Trust

November 10, 2021 | By Joy Chudacoff Leave a Comment

Sandra Sucher on She's Got Moxie with Joy ChudacoffI found today’s guest, Sandra Sucher, through a book recommendation in the Wall Street Journal. A professor at Harvard Business School, Sandra has a fantastic story about how she became the co-author of her new book, The Power of Trust. In this episode, she opens up about how a trip to Japan to write one book on layoffs led her to write another very different sort of book. She and I talk about the hidden value of trust in a business and why it can’t be used as a reputation management tool. She also discusses why trust matters so much more in service-based businesses and why the Ritz-Carlton hotel chain is a great role model for businesses that are building trust with their clientele.

Listen in to find out why motives are so important when building trust and how trust affects your bottom line and increases profit margins.

You can Subscribe and Listen to the Podcast on Apple Podcasts. And be sure to leave me a Rating and Review!

Trust is a willingness to be vulnerable to the actions and intentions of others.” – Sandra Sucher

Show Notes:

  • The Definition of what TRUST really is
  • The 4 Elements to BUILDING Trust
  • Trust & Competency – how they are related
  • Why Trust is more DIFFICULT in a Service Based Business
  • The Ritz-Carlton’s THREE STEPS of Service – GENIUS
  • How Trust Directly Affects your BOTTOM Line – PROFITS!

Trust is a moral idea not just an instrumental relationship.” – Sandra Sucher

Connect with Sandra Sucher:

  Twitter | LinkedIn | Harvard | Sandra Sucher

If I had known that you could be in business and be a good person at the same time, that would have reassured me.” – Sandra Sucher

JJ Ramberg – From MSNBC to GoodPods, JJ Ramberg’s Entrepreneurial Journey

October 27, 2021 | By Joy Chudacoff Leave a Comment

JJ Ramberg on She's Got Moxie with Joy Chudacoff

Today’s guest on She’s Got Moxie is an entrepreneur, public speaker, podcast host, and former anchor at MSNBC’s Your Business show. For 12 years, JJ Ramberg interviewed small business owners to find out what worked as they grew their businesses before entering into the entrepreneurial arena herself. Most recently, she co-founded Goodpods, a new social podcast app connecting friends with exciting audio content.

She and I sat down to talk about her favorite interviews from her time at MSNBC and the hurdles she had to surpass when she started her entrepreneurial journey. She also opens up about her motivation to launch the online platforms Goodshop Give and DogDog.org which incorporate an added philanthropic component into their basic search functions.

In this episode, JJ shares her tips for how to move through the tough days as an entrepreneur, the worst entrepreneurial advice she has heard, and why, above all, she continues to rely on her friends.

You can Subscribe and Listen to the Podcast on Apple Podcasts. And be sure to leave me a Rating and Review!

I really love the smaller stories.” – JJ Ramberg

Show Notes:

  • How filling in as a Reporter for CNN landed her a 12-year anchor position at MSNBC
  • The LIGHTBULB moment for her Goodpods idea
  • Why Goodpods is committed to “raising all voices”
  • Her GO-TO solution for the really tough (fetal position) days
  • Her SOLUTION that’s helping Dogs in need (Visit DOGDOG.org)
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It's going to be hard sometimes.” – JJ Ramberg

Connect with JJ Ramberg:

LinkedIn | Instagram | Twitter | JJ Ramberg

I love talking to strangers.” – JJ Ramberg

Tovah Haim – How Her Childbirth Experience Led to Birthing Bodily

March 18, 2020 | By Joy Chudacoff Leave a Comment

Tovah Haim on She's Got Moxie with Joy ChudacoffI’m thrilled to have Tovah Haim, CEO & Founder of Bodily, as my guest on today’s show.

Instead of getting mad, she got busy solving a problem she experienced after giving birth to her first child. She decided to launch Bodily – a website full of important and informative content, stocked with reliable products that support a modern approach to birth recovery and breastfeeding for women.

On today’s show, Tovah talks about the first steps she took to building her business, her best tips for getting through the hardest days as a woman entrepreneur, her experience raising funds for her business, and much more.

 

You can Subscribe and Listen to the Podcast on Apple Podcasts. And be sure to leave me a Rating and Review!

There were just a succession of things that happened to me that I had no idea would happen.” – Tovah Haim

Show Notes:

  • The FIRST step she took BEFORE she decided to move forward – GREAT tip
  • The interesting thing that happened when she approached male investors about a product for women
  • Why it’s vital to focus on your CORE product first
  • How she reacted to a comment that a male investor made to her about blending motherhood & business
  • Tovah’s BEST TIPS for moving through the hardest days as an entrepreneur
  • How she delicately holds people accountable for their gender bias
  • The exciting new life event that is happening for Tovah

Ultimately what we want to do is shine a lot on every one of those dark corners of female physiology so that we don't have to be ashamed of what is just a normal part of the health and aging process of our bodies.” – Tovah Haim

Connect with Tovah Haim:

Facebook | Instagram | Bodily

I wanted to create a business that really fundamentally changes this experience for women.” – Tovah Haim

Ashley Merrill – Taking a Deep Dive on The Process of Business Growth

December 4, 2019 | By Joy Chudacoff Leave a Comment

Ashley Merrill on She's Got Moxie with Joy Chudacoff“Things break all the time.” My guest today, Ashley Merrill, CEO & Founder of Lunya, the modern sleepwear for women, takes a deep dive into what it means to grow and scale a boot-strapped business. She’s had blockbuster growth over the last 18 months and on today’s episode she gets radically transparent about what the journey has been like.

IF you are looking to grow your business in 2020 and have a goal to hire an A+ Team and truly understand what it means to lead, do not miss this episode. Ashley breaks down her hiring process, step-by-step, as well as her thoughts on leadership.

 

You can Subscribe and Listen to the Podcast on Apple Podcasts. And be sure to leave me a Rating and Review!

Once everybody is in the spot that they are really going to be successful in and they know what they're supposed to do, it is amazing what you're able to accomplish.” – Ashley Merrill

Show Notes:

  • HOW she came up with the idea
  • How to create an A+ TEAM – she breaks this down step-by-step
  • WHY it’s essential to be tapped into your core client for all decisions
  • How she came to the decision to create a men’s line – Lahgo
  • Her BEST Action Steps to Create momentum that continues to build
  • How she pushes through when “everything is breaking with an endless stream of challenges”
  • Ashley’s KEY to productivity as a mom with young kids while growing a business
  • The way to think about HIRING when it comes to hiring junior and senior hires – the process is extremely different
  • Why Ashley feels getting uncomfortable and expressing humility with a team is ESSENTIAL but it’s not a sign of weakness
  • She’s discovered that LEADERSHIP is what happens when the chips are down
  • Why she gets up so early and why she feels it’s important to honor your energy rhythms

The big game-changers have been a lot of org adjustments and a lot of really wonderful hires.” – Ashley Merrill

Connect with Ashley Merrill:

Instagram | The Deep | Lahgo | Lunya

Early on in the brand a lot of it is about you personally and how much you can do as an entrepreneur. But as the company has grown, hiring has been what has really enabled us to grow – getting the right people in the right spots.” – Ashley Merrill

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