Crazy Busy

Get inspired by creative entrepreneur and realtor Janel Muhammed, who shows us how to think outside of the box and follow our passions to make a profitable business. Janel took a childhood love of staging houses, mixed that with a zest for travel (and curiosity about homes on foreign soil!) and created a unique business that she loves.  Though it's sure that Janel's 2020 plan is changing right now, (we spoke in January),with an innovative mind and spirit like hers, it's clear that she has the right attitude to navigate any challenge. Connect with Janel: http://www.DestinationOwn.com info@destinationown.com jm@destinationown.com Connect with Karin on social media: LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Subscribe to Crazy Busy: Spotify | ITunes | Anchor Also in this episode:

Have you ever done “all the right things” in your career, but still felt empty inside? When Susan Nicholas became a surgeon, she experienced an intense emotional void that almost drove her to take her life. Luckily, she kept going, soul searching until she found a more meaningful path. Now, she is an energy healer, speaker and author living her purpose as CEO of Human Consciousness Consortium and SusanNicholas.org. Connect with Susan Nicholas, MD: Website: www.SusanNicholas.org LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

Rosenna Bakari, Ph.D., an overachieving, highly-educated author, psychologist and scholar had her normal fast-paced word turned upside down when, as an adult, she realized she needed to heal from childhood sexual abuse. She turned her pain into passion as she committed to consistently showing up for herself and other adult survivors through her empowerment organization Talking Trees. Listen in to hear her inspiring story and how commitment and consistency creates the space for true change. Connect with Rosenna, The Crazy Busy Psychologist: RosennaBakari.com Talking Trees Medium Article: How to Respond When A Survivor Discloses Instagram Connect with Karin on social media: LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Subscribe to Crazy Busy: Spotify | ITunes | Anchor Also in this episode: adult survivor, sexual abuse, phD, love story, education, black America, The 60s, integration, psychology, counseling

Helena Escalante is a copywriter and entrepreneur who runs multiple successful businesses, something that I know many of my listeners are curious about. In this interview, learn how Helena recommends you set your mindset up for success if you think you're the serial entrepreneur type! Plus, how to enjoy every part of the process + Helena’s story on beating perfectionism! Find Helena: Entregurus.com Connect with Helena on social media: LinkedIn | Instagram Relevant Crazy Busy Episodes: How to Make a Decision The Price of Your Perfectionism Part 1 & 2 Connect with Karin on social media: LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Subscribe to Crazy Busy: Spotify | ITunes | Anchor Also in this episode: business books, cliffnotes, previews, serial entrepreneur, multiple income streams, perfectionism

Meet Stephanie Redlener, a leadership and sexuality coach that charted her own career path without having any clue how it was all going to work out! Karin and Stephanie had a weirdly similar back story (starting with both refusing to join the Gifted & Talented program in their early education)! If you’ve ever had trouble listening to your heart, or if you did listen to your heart and felt like, “None of my decisions make sense! Where is this all leading??” then this episode is for you. You'll also learn the two ways that Stephanie notices her female leadership clients hold themselves back. Find Stephanie: Website Connect with Karin on social media: LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Subscribe to Crazy Busy: Spotify | ITunes | Anchor Also in this episode: taking breaks, women leadership, business, recruiting, coaching, listen to your heart

Heather Carlucci was a New York City chef and restauranteur who turned her gifts into a successful business as a psychic medium and medical intuitive. Listen in to hear Heather's journey from Crazy Busy chef, to soul led entrepreneur - and learn about the boundaries she had to set, the pace and space she had to incorporate into her life in order to make the switch.  Find Heather: www.heathercarlucci.com Connect with Karin on social media: LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Subscribe to Crazy Busy: Spotify | ITunes | Anchor Also in this episode: restaurant business, chef, psychic medium, intuitive, medical intuitive, CEO, start your business, spiritual business

Donna Ognibene was the most active person you could think of. A gymnast, an actor and personal trainer, she sustained several injuries from her teens to early 30s that forced her to learn how to pivot and rebound her health. Listen in to hear how Donna coped with these sudden changes and the limitations on her life. Plus, learn a bit about how Donna helps herself and her clients stay healthy while on the go.  She also wrote an article recently regarding her experience of quarantine you can read here. Find Donna: triogo.com hello@triogo.com Instagram: @triogo3 Connect with Karin on social media: LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Subscribe to Crazy Busy: Spotify | ITunes | Anchor Also in this episode: Athletic Greens, slowing down, when life slows you down, building a business, personal trainer, athletic coach

An uncertain future is part of life, no matter how much we can fool ourselves to think otherwise when things seem stable. We never know exactly what's around the corner. Most entrepreneurs, including myself, have had multiple pivots. Sometimes it's out of dissatisfaction and a hunger for purpose - seeking that place we're supposed to be, where we feel put to good use.  Other times it's out of necessity. The way we've done things isn't working anymore and we have to do something different.  The most potent pivots can happen when it's both. We are being forced to change out of necessity and we move towards passion, instead of collapsing into our fear. That's what Gina Molinari did with her career and one reason why I'm sharing her interview with you first. Gina Molinari, affectionately known as Gina Mo, is a Confident Communication Coach. She helps purpose-driven entrepreneurs get clear and confident in becoming the face of their business so they can create the consistency that it takes to create momentum, results, and impact with their work. GinaMolinari.com Crazy Busy Episodes referenced: How Do You Know If You’ve Had a Good Day? Improve Your Focus with Sprinting Also mentioned in this episode: opera, coaching, communications coach, confidence, career pivot, grit, resilience, slowing down, depression, performance, public speaking

We're going to be doing something different over the next 8 weeks! Karin interviewed 8 entrepreneurs about how they stop the crazy busy crisis, and became the leaders of their own lives and businesses. Tune in to be inspired by their stories.  www.KarinBellantoni.com Connect with Karin on social media: LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Subscribe to Crazy Busy: Spotify | ITunes | Anchor

Are your company meetings optimizing expensive company resources? Maybe they are ineffective, boring and/or frustrating? Meetings are a problem area for almost all my clients. They're thought of as a "necessary evil", "inherently inefficient" and a big old time suck.  But that's not good enough for me and it doesn't need to be for you. Meetings are one of the biggest opportunities we have for teams to collaborate. I've put together four reasons why your meetings aren't managed well and - most importantly - the tools to fix them. It's all in the latest episode of Crazy Busy, How to Run a Successful Meeting Connect with Karin on social media: LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Subscribe to Crazy Busy: Spotify | ITunes | Anchor also in this episode: meetings, management, optimizing resources, distraction, focus at work, productivity, collaboration, teamwork 

Are the words slipping out of your mouth actually hurting you? Karin shares the power of words and why what you don’t realize you’re saying can subconsciously hold you back and undermine your relationships. After listening to this show, you’ll have a whole new awareness around what you say and what words you want to put on your STOP DOING list. Connect with Karin on social media: LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Subscribe to Crazy Busy: Spotify | ITunes | Anchor also in this episode: language, subconscious, limiting beliefs, crazy busy, networking, honesty, communication skills

If you're a business leader, manager, or ambitious professional, it's essential that you know how to keep yourself and your team in the executive function. Executive function is a set of mental skills that include working memory, flexible thinking, and self-control. We use these skills for strategy, collaboration and creativity. When you or your team gets knocked out of the executive function by an emotional trigger, (yes, we all have them) you lose time, productivity and money. That's because trouble with executive function can make it hard to focus, follow directions, and handle emotions, among other things. In this episode, Karin gives you a sneak peek into how she works with individuals, teams and companies to optimize their executive function. Episodes referenced: For Planning: How Do You Know If You've Had a Good Day? For Renegotiating: Can You Say No? For Stopping Overwhelm: The Price of Your Perfectionism Connect with Karin on social media: LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Subscribe to Crazy Busy: Spotify | ITunes | Anchor also in this episode executive function, neocortex, brain science at work, productivity, entrepreneur, business leader, leadership, decisions, choices, fear, the fear response, fight or flight, freeze, fawn response, productivity coaching, business strategist, HR

If you've ever gone into fight, flight or freeze mode in the face of a big decision at work or in your business, this episode is for you. Karin breaks down a recent decision she had to make about a technology investment and gives you a framework of questions you can use to help make YOUR big decisions with confidence.  Download Karin's Intuitive Decision-Making Tool Here. Connect with Karin on social media: LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Subscribe to Crazy Busy: Spotify | ITunes | Anchor also in this episode entrepreneur, small business, leadership, decisions, choices, self-trust, self-confidence, Apple, technology, intuition

Welcome to 2020! In this episode, Karin shares her top 5 tips for having perfect vision in 2020. Stop moving so fast, start Marie Kondo-ing your activities, and find yourself ending this year proud of what you've accomplished. Put these five tips into practice and your days will be smoother, happier and a lot more productive.  Download Karin's Reflective Planning Questions here: https://mailchi.mp/6968b3cde3dc/reflect Connect with Karin on social media: LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Subscribe to Crazy Busy: Spotify | ITunes | Anchor Also in this episode: Singularity and Artificial Intelligence Ari Meisel's Lessdoing.com  2020, Visioning, entrepreneur, small business marketing, slow down, productivity, goals, gratitude, be happier, do less

In part two of this series on the art of Confronting, Karin shares her framework for what to do when you need to confront someone. Whether someone is being malicious at work or in life, (fairly uncommon) or just doesn't know that they've upset you (much more common), you'll have the tools you need to handle the situation with grace.  Download Karin's "Clear and Request" tool here: https://mailchi.mp/ae9c101ccf9d/confront Connect with Karin on social media: LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Subscribe to Crazy Busy: Spotify | ITunes | Anchor Also in this episode: Confrontation, workplace dynamics, team building, managing a team, relationships, arguments, misunderstandings, working better together, boundaries, triggers

Are you fearful of confrontation? You aren't alone. Most people don't actually know how to confront in a positive way. In this episode of Crazy Busy, Karin shares what the word "confrontation" really means and how you can think about it to build better relationships at work and in life.  She'll illuminate the reasons you aren't confronting now and tell a story about a time a confrontation created what some might call a miracle.  Connect with Karin on social media: LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Subscribe to Crazy Busy: Spotify | ITunes | Anchor Also in this episode: Confrontation, workplace dynamics, team building, managing a team, relationships, arguments, misunderstandings, working better together, boundaries, triggers

Feeling like you just can't get focused? Frustrated by how you feel at the end of the day? Scared at the fact that you simply aren't meeting your goals? You need to put Sprinting in practice. On this week's episode of Crazy Busy, Karin shares the mistakes you may be making during your workday and how to implement a sprinting method that will help you focus - even if you're distraction-prone. Referenced Episodes: How Do You Know If You've Had a Good Day? The Price of Your Perfectionism Article on Timing Importance on Judicial Decisions. Connect with Karin on social media: LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Subscribe to Crazy Busy: Spotify | ITunes | Anchor Also in this episode: Pomodoro Technique, Executive Coach, Corporate Training, Work-Life Balance, Productivity, Productivity Hacks

Is multi-tasking a real thing? Or is it BS? In today's episode Karin shares the truth about multi-tasking, with stories and stats to make the case that you should drop this habit immediately. Karin also shares tools to help you quit so you can end your day earlier, become more accurate and creative, and even enjoy your food more, too. Really! Learn more about bringing Karin in to consult with you or your team: www.KarinBellantoni.com Connect with Karin on social media: LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Subscribe to Crazy Busy: Spotify | ITunes | Anchor Also in this episode: switchtasking, multitasking, focus at work, achieve more focus, executive coach, team management, productivity, productivity hacks, freedom app

Do you feel like you're getting triggered all the time at work because other people don't respect you? Do you have goals that you're trying to reach but your own behavior gets in the way? If so, you may have a problem with boundaries.  Boundaries are essential for a health relationship with others and yourself. Learn what a boundary is, why people don't set boundaries (and why they should) and then Karin's simple 3-part process for setting boundaries and communicating them effectively in this episode of Crazy Busy.  Download Karin's How to Set Boundaries pdf here.  Learn more about bringing Karin in to consult with you or your team: www.KarinBellantoni.com Connect with Karin on social media: LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Subscribe to Crazy Busy: Spotify | ITunes | Anchor Also in this episode: executive coach, work tips, business tips, entrepreneur, team management, boundaries, setting boundaries, life coach, advice, personal safety

In Part 1 of this series on Perfectionism, we covered the different kinds of perfectionists and how this seemingly positive trait is actually hurting you in work, life and business.  In Part 2, Karin teaches you The Perfectionist's Fast Track - a tool she uses to help get her clients out of perfectionism and into focused, calm action. This will save you hours and hours of time each day if you put it into practice! Download the free guide here:  https://www.karinbellantoni.com/blog/the-price-of-your-perfectionism Learn more about bringing Karin in to consult with you or your team: www.KarinBellantoni.com Connect with Karin on social media: LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Subscribe to Crazy Busy: Spotify | ITunes | Anchor