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What Are You Expecting?

July 13, 2022 | By Joy Chudacoff Leave a Comment

What Are You Expecting on She's Got Moxie

Today I’m talking about Expectations. What are yours and how to manage them to your advantage. We are at the halfway point in 2022, so it’s a great time to take a look at your goals.

It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the business goals that we set for ourselves, so incorporating an awareness practice in your life can help you focus your “finite” emotional energy in the right areas. In this episode, I share a personal story about the path I chose when things didn’t go as I was expecting. I also share my three-step steps to a visualization practice that produces results.

Listen in to learn how your mind is like an iPhone, why you should adopt an awareness practice, and the one thing successful entrepreneurs do every day.

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

We are going to ask ourselves: do I still have a hill to climb?” – Joy Chudacoff

Show Notes:

  • Turning things around when nothing is going the way you planned
  • WHY Certainty is Risky
  • People who understand the MID-POINT always win
  • Why AWARENESS is the First Step to Getting what you WANT
  • Managing what you are expecting
  • The ONE thing you must PROTECT at all times
  • Take an INVENTORY of THIS often
  • How to Create a Digital VISION BOARD in 5 minutes or less
  • The MISSING Piece when it comes to Manifesting
  • The “C” word that is the Catalyst for Success
  • WHY TV NEWs may be holding you back from reaching your GREATNESS
  • The power of visualization
  • Manifestation in ACTION
  • Ways to focus your emotional energy

Stay out of fear. Stay in faith. Take an inventory.” – Joy Chudacoff

Finding Joy Masterclass: The Battle Worth Fighting

May 9, 2022 | By Lynne Xerri Leave a Comment

http://FindingJoyMasterclass.com

During my 5-Day FREE Masterclass you’ll learn:

  • The ONE simple, easy, time-saving tip that will open the door wide to your highest level of CREATIVE Thinking
  • 7 “hidden triggers” that may be sabotaging your efforts and the tools to release these triggers (once & for all)
  • The Essential questions to zero in on your deepest desires for your business & life
  • How to create a Vision for What Matters Most
  • How to create a 90-day plan of ACTION (one that actually keeps you on track to cross the finish line with your goals)

Join my Free 5-day Masterclass on Zoom beginning May 16 and I’ll personally walk you through how to experience more JOY & ALIGNMENT in your business & life.

Register:

http://FindingJoyMasterclass.com

Finding Joy Masterclass: Pity or Power?

May 9, 2022 | By Lynne Xerri Leave a Comment

http://FindingJoyMasterclass.com

During my 5-Day FREE Masterclass you’ll learn:

  • The ONE simple, easy, time-saving tip that will open the door wide to your highest level of CREATIVE Thinking
  • 7 “hidden triggers” that may be sabotaging your efforts and the tools to release these triggers (once & for all)
  • The Essential questions to zero in on your deepest desires for your business & life
  • How to create a Vision for What Matters Most
  • How to create a 90-day plan of ACTION (one that actually keeps you on track to cross the finish line with your goals)

Join my Free 5-day Masterclass on Zoom beginning May 16 and I’ll personally walk you through how to experience more JOY & ALIGNMENT in your business & life.

Register:

http://FindingJoyMasterclass.com

Finding Joy in Your Social Media with Emily Raiber

March 2, 2022 | By Joy Chudacoff Leave a Comment

Emily Raiber on She's Got Moxie with Joy ChudacoffToday's episode is taken from my Instagram Live Finding Joy Every Day series. I had a great conversation with Emily Raiber, of Emily Raiber Media & Digital Marketing. She leverages social media to promote her clients' personal brands for maximum growth.

In this episode, Emily and I talk about how women entrepreneurs can power down and still feel successful online growing their brand and how we can make navigating social media easier and more joyful. We also talk about the value of freebies for growing your business and what social media questions she gets asked the most.

Listen in to learn what steps you can take online to see your followers truly happy, engaged, and coming back.

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

Use whatever you're doing and repurpose it for different channels.” – Emily Raiber

Show Notes:

  • What’s NEW in 2022 when it comes to Social Media?
  • How to improve your social media presence
  • How to increase your social media following
  • How many times per day should you post?
  • Where you should focus your time for profitable results
  • Easy Tips to Re-purpose your content (GENIUS!)
  • How to work SMARTER not HARDER building your Social Media
  • Why Video is so important for businesses in 2022
  • The “secret” to increasing your LinkedIn engagement
  • Are LinkedIn ads really worth the money?
  • Do we need to be on TikTok? What WORKS & what doesn’t
  • The importance of POWERING DOWN – Yes, put the phone away!
  • Using influencers to promote your business
  • The BEST time of the day to post on social media
  • A BIG TIP on how to successfully use your BIO on Instagram to gain more business s

The more video the better.” – Emily Raiber

Connect with Emily Raiber:

LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | Emily Raiber Media

The more you can stay in your lane and focus on yourself, the more you'll be successful.” – Emily Raiber

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

Jen Cox – The Tie-Dye Ninja & Founder/CEO of Momma Osa

December 1, 2021 | By Joy Chudacoff Leave a Comment

Jen Cox on She's Got Moxie with Joy Chudacoff

Today’s guest Jennifer Cox has been dubbed the Tie-Dye “Ninja” and Denim Wash Specialist. She spent a highly successful 20-year career in corporate America as a Wash Specialist for Abercrombie & Fitch, Mossimo Supply at Target, and other private label denim brands. She’s made & designed clothing for everyone from Nordstroms to Macy’s, Target, and Walmart.

Jen accomplished all of this as a single mother of two sons before being laid off in early 2020. In this episode, she and I discuss the guts it took for her to bet on herself in a big way. She shares her journey into entrepreneurship during the pandemic. Jen is the Founder & CEO of Momma Osa, a company that creates tie-dye kits for Saks Fifth Avenue, Nordstrom’s, Lands’ End, and more. Her kits have been featured on Good Morning America. She shares what led her to cash out her 401k to buy 40,000 masks and the worst advice she was given when she started out on her own.

Listen in as Jen and I talk about the early steps to starting your own business, our favorite growth strategies for entrepreneurs, and why she doesn’t believe entrepreneurs have to focus on one project at a time.

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

You just have to start. It doesn't have to be pretty.” – Jen Cox

Show Notes:

  • The Brilliant (BALLSY) move she made the day Gov. Newsom declared California to go into a Safer At Home State
  • Simple tips on the FIRST STEP to take with a new Business Idea
  • How she got STARTED (it all took place between Christmas & New Year’s)
  • How she pulls through the really TOUGH DAYS – the ones where the wind has been knocked out of your Entrepreneurial sails) This was a REAL, RAW Transparent share
  • Details on a DECISION she made that many of her close friends didn’t agree with (she followed her intuition and it paid big dividends)
  • GROWTH strategies for entrepreneurs
  • What she ALWAYS BETS On
  • And so much more!

I trusted my gut and talked to every single person I knew about the idea that I had.” – Jen Cox

Connect with Jen Cox:

Etsy | Momma Coxie & Co. Instagram | Facebook | Momma Osa

There's so many people out there that want to help you grow your business. You just have to find the right combination of people to help you do that.” – Jen Cox

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

Noelle Randall – From the Basement to the Real Estate Boardroom

August 25, 2021 | By Joy Chudacoff Leave a Comment

Noelle Randall on She's Got MoxieNoelle Randall started investing in real estate in her early 20's while working a full-time corporate job. Then 2008 happened and she lost EVERYTHING. Noelle found herself back in her parents’ basement with her husband, two children and a third on the way. Fast forward to today, Noelle is the multi-millionaire Founder and President of FDR Horizon Enterprises, a private real estate equity firm, and she teaches other entrepreneurs how to use real estate investing to create wealth.

Listen in to today’s episode to find out how to invest in real estate with bad credit and no money, why it’s important to diversify your streams of income, and what Noelle’s superpower is.

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

Just like everything we do, we get better at it as we do it more and more.” – Noelle Randall

Show Notes:

  • The Real Estate ADVICE she offers to create real long-term wealth
  • Why being “CHILDLIKE” can be an asset in business
  • The ONE Thing she RESISTED that eventually created enormous success
  • Why Letting Go of VULNERABILITY is key to growth
  • What to know before you buy your first piece of real estate
  • The SECRET to raising 7 children while scaling her Real Estate Business  (she’s been criticized for this)
  • Why Morning RITUALS are a must
  • Her perspective on the “GRIND & HUSTLE” mentality
  • Why many people fail in real estate
  • The TOP spots to invest in Real Estate NOW
  • And much, much more…

I used to be of the grind and hustle culture.” – Noelle Randall

Connect with Noelle Randall:

YouTube | Instagram | Facebook | Noelle Randall

Let people work in their skillset.” – Noelle Randall

Esther Crawford – Selling Her Squad App to Twitter

June 23, 2021 | By Joy Chudacoff Leave a Comment

Esther Crawford on She's Got Moxie with Joy ChudacoffThis week’s guest, Esther Crawford, was the CEO and Co-founder of the Squad app when it was acquired by Twitter back in 2020. I admire her transparency as she talks with me about her journey to break the cycle of poverty that she grew up in and why her curiosity has driven her forward at such an impressive speed. We discuss what it’s like to consider selling your company and what happens after your business gets acquired. She is aligned, grounded, and a deep thinker. It was a pleasure to sit down with her and explore the entrepreneurial journey with her.

Listen in as we talk about the inner journey of an entrepreneur, why launches are really important in business, and why we should never work in stealth mode.

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

At every step along the way, I just followed what I was really deeply curious about.” – Esther Crawford

Show Notes:

  • How the inspiration to Pivot came from her Pre-Teen Daughter
  • It’s OK not to know everything; Their FIRST Idea FAILED
  • How DOUBT clouded her thoughts right before they Pivoted to their BIG IDEA
  • The DANGERS of Stealth Mode and WHY Launching in “PUBLIC” is better & FASTER
  • Why the FEEDBACK Loop is critical to an entrepreneur
  • What growing up in a cycle of extreme POVERTY taught her
  • The “Process” of selling her App to TWITTER
  • The STORY of her Name:  This is so POWERFUL
  • Her BEST Advice when making the decision to take the entrepreneurial JOURNEY
  • And so much more!!!

The reality of building something and launching something requires that you get feedback.” – Esther Crawford

Connect with Esther Crawford:

LinkedIn | Instagram | Twitter

I learned a lot of things on the ground and on the fly versus having had the background in school or in my family.” – Esther Crawford

Charlene Simon – The Art of Juggling Soaps, Cosmetics & Cupcakes

April 14, 2021 | By Joy Chudacoff Leave a Comment

Charlene Simon on She's Got Moxie with Joy Chudacoff

She left school at 15 and had her three children by the time she was 20.

Today Charlene Simon is the real definition of a “serial” entrepreneur. She’s the CEO & Founder of three successful brands: Bathhouse Soapery & Caldarium, Fat Bottom Girl’s Cupcakes and Villainess Beauty.

It all started in San Diego in 2000 when Charlene walked into a soap shop that had real, live, breathing goats out back. She was mesmerized. She spent hours in the local library teaching herself the chemistry of soap making.

In 2009 (not a great year for the economy), she remembered her boss saying once, “You have to strike on real estate in a recession.” So she took $700 (all the money she had) and she went for it. She opened her first Bathhouse Soapery & Caldarium.

It’s been a wild ride and one that continues to spiral upward for this straight-talking entrepreneur who makes all her decisions on “feelings.”

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

“The fear is fuel.” – Charlene Simon

Show Notes:

  • Why starting a business in a RECESSION was her BIG Break (it was the perfect time)
  • Why FEELINGS matter most to her when making decisions (she needs to feel the JOY)
  • Why CUPCAKE WARS kept calling her to be a contestant on the show – it had to do with a T-Shirt
  • Her Most DIFFICULT Business Moment – (two blocks down the street)
  • GENIUS Advice on how to handle COMPETITION
  • Her “BUFFET” Analogy (what are you hungry for?)
  • TIPS on Dealing with CRITICISM
  • And much, much more!

“Competition is nothing; I don't even look at other people.” – Charlene Simon

Connect with Charlene Simon:

Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Bathhouse Soapery & Caldarium

“If it doesn't bring me joy, I know not to touch it.” – Charlene Simon

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