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Did you know that 93% of communication is non-verbal? Yet, the marketing industry is saturated with teaching entrepreneurs brain-based content marketing strategies–logical, psychological, and analytical. However, when your energy is magnetic, it’s the most irresistible force in any crowd without you saying a word.Listen in as Kathryn Thompson, a creative rulebreaker, award-winning marketing and communications expert, and the Founder of Creatively Owned, goes against the grain and shows you how to finally BE seen, heard, and a sought-after entrepreneur without having to spend endless hours marketing your business and chasing clients.BE the Sought-After Entrepreneur podcast is here to help you ditch the cookie-cutter, one-size-fits-all approach to marketing and use your unique energy to effortlessly attract the most aligned clients. When you do this, you can spend less time marketing your business and more time doing your soul work and enjoying the richness of your life.If you’re ready to tap into a more powerful way of BEing to attract more clients and create instant appeal for what you’re selling, tune in weekly to BE the Sought-After Entrepreneur podcast. Like what you hear? Subscribe to the show!
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Have you ever noticed that the trends dominating the online space aren't random – meaning alignment gave way to authenticity, which gave way to sovereignty, which gave way to embodiment, and that each one landed exactly when we needed it? What if that pattern isn't coincidence but preparation – a collective readying for an era where your ability to know yourself, think critically, and trust your own instincts becomes the only real currency that matters? In this episode, Kathryn traces the arc...
What if the reason you've felt so disenchanted with online marketing isn't a mindset problem or a visibility problem but a design problem? What if decades of embodied, sophisticated, hard-won mastery was never going to fit inside a hook formula, viral reel, or free masterclass funnel? Building on last week's episode, Kathryn goes deep on sophistication, mastery, and craftsmanship – the soul gifts that run through people who've spent decades in integrity with their work – and why the online sp...
For over 400 years, the belief that surrounding yourself with like-minded, high-status people in the right rooms would fast-track your success has felt not just true – it's felt safe. Paid masterminds, celebrity-led groups, proximity plays built on follower counts and influence. But what if that entire belief is being dismantled, and your nervous system is already starting to feel it? Kathryn unpacks how the Human Design shift from the Cross of Planning into the Cross of the Sleeping Phoenix ...
What if the random obsession you keep dismissing — the sourdough baking, the knitting, the gardening, the fantasy novels — isn't a distraction from your purpose, but a direct signal toward it? And what if the reason you keep squashing those pulls isn't because they're impractical, but because you've been trained to only value what can be immediately monetized? Kathryn digs into why so many gifted entrepreneurs dismiss the very things they're being called toward because they don't fit a busine...
What if every pivot you've made from corporate to entrepreneurship, from brick and mortar to online business has just been a millimeter turn that rebuilt the same construct you were trying to escape? What if the freedom you thought you were chasing doesn't actually exist inside the model you've been sold, and the real reason you're swirling isn't because you lack direction but because you're trying to create something new while still looking through the lens of the old rules? Kathryn unpacks ...
What if the pathway you've chosen to build confidence and attract aligned clients is actually destroying your confidence and bringing in the wrong people? Kathryn unpacks a theme she's been seeing in almost every client session for the past eight months, brilliant practitioners hiding their true gifts behind what they think will sell, creating group programs they don't want to run or practical offerings that sidestep the depth they actually bring, all while believing this detour will eventual...
Why does so much marketing feel like it's written by the same AI bot, hitting all the same patterns of three and ending with those choppy period-heavy sentences that no human would actually write? In this episode, Kathryn breaks down the single most important skill to develop in your marketing, writing with context, nuance, and specificity that creates that visceral "oh my god that's me" recognition instead of staying at the concept level talking about burnout and procrastination without ever...
a cycle of fence-sitting, perfectionism, and never launching the thing that could change everything? In this episode, Kathryn explores a pattern she keeps seeing in her client sessions which is brilliant entrepreneurs who can see systems, connect dots, and synthesize multiple methodologies, but who won't put their work into the world because they're convinced it's not groundbreaking enough or will just add to the noise. BY THE TIME YOU FINISH LISTENING TO THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL DISCOVER:Why the...
What if the reason you keep hitting roadblocks in your business isn't about strategy or tactics, but about your relationship with yourself and how that ripples into every business relationship you have? In this episode, Kathryn shares a story about working with a million-dollar brand that revealed the hidden patterns keeping entrepreneurs stuck at the starting line or grinding through growth. BY THE TIME YOU FINISH LISTENING TO THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL DISCOVER: Why your relationship with yoursel...
What if your proven marketing strategies feel increasingly uncomfortable because we're in a massive energetic shift from homogenization to differentiation, from fitting in to survive to standing out to thrive? In this episode, Kathryn unpacks the 2027 shift from the Cross of Planning to the Cross of the Sleeping Phoenix and what this means for your business and marketing. She shares why cookie-cutter frameworks are dying and why the real work now is weaving together all the multifaceted parts...
Have you felt like 2025 was one massive ego death where everything you thought you were supposed to be doing got stripped away and you're left wondering what the hell just happened? In this final episode of the three-part series, I share my brutally honest year-in-review of 2025, the Year of the Snake. I walk through shutting off my Facebook ads in March (my main revenue source), retiring Spellbound after three years, the mistake of taking on two funnel projects in September that wrecke...
Have you been building your brand based solely on your sun sign or what you think looks good, without considering how the visual experience of your brand either attracts or repels your exact people? In this second episode of the three-part series, I'm breaking down how to use astrology to create brand aesthetics that reflect the wholeness of who you are. I share why my Scorpio rising means dark tones and moody imagery over Boss Babe pink, how my Virgo midheaven demands precision and whi...
What if the resistance you feel toward social media, creating certain offers, or showing up in specific ways isn't something to push through but a clue showing you exactly how you're NOT wired to work? What if astrology could give you the additional layer of nuance that explains why you keep attracting clients with not-enoughness around worth, why you need autonomy and financial security to feel safe, or why building community on social media feels slow and delayed no matter what strategies y...
Are you running yourself into the ground in the name of ambition, when really your nervous system is so wired that slowing down feels dangerous? Have you tied your worthiness so deeply to your output that rest feels like a threat? What if the exhaustion, gut issues, and hormonal chaos aren't signs you need to push harder but signals from a body screaming for you to cultivate safety around stillness? In this episode, I sit down with Hope Pedraza, a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner ...
Rebecca Matchett is a seasoned entrepreneur known for identifying market gaps and creating innovative solutions that transform industries With over 20 years of entrepreneurial experience, she has founded and led successful fashion companies including the global powerhouse alice+olivia and the groundbreaking fitness apparel brand TrioFit. Driven by her passion for fostering inclusive communities, Rebecca co-founded synchrony, an innovative social app designed to empower neurodivergent ad...
Have you ever felt like you’re giving your gifts away for free because you love what you do but deep down, you know something’s out of energetic balance? Maybe you’ve built your business around what feels safe or familiar, while the work that actually lights you up feels “too risky” to sell. What if the success you’ve been chasing isn’t about learning a new strategy but about trusting what’s already working through you, your design, your dreams, and your deeper calling? After years of teachin...
![Building From Your Design: The Offers, People, and Visibility That Actually Align [Episode 4 of 4]](https://storage.buzzsprout.com/wfta110o6um11vc8n42zkjpj933t?.jpg "Building From Your Design: The Offers, People, and Visibility That Actually Align [Episode 4 of 4]")
Have you done all the introspective work to understand what you want, identified your limiting beliefs, and expanded your worldview but now you're stuck on how to actually translate that into a business structure that works? In this fourth and final episode of the Building From Your Design series, I'm showing you how to take everything from the previous three episodes and turn it into practical business decisions about your offers, who you serve, and how you market. I share why my resis...
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What if the only thing standing between you and building what you actually want is a limited worldview of what’s possible? In this third episode of the Building From Your Design series, I'm walking you through the uncomfortable work of confronting why you think what you want isn't possible. I share the story of a client with a Virgo stellium who was being pulled to make her burnout work more playful and creative (even though that felt impossible), why spiritual bypassing around financial secu...
![Building From Your Design: Getting Clear on What Matters Before You Build [Episode 2 of 4]](https://storage.buzzsprout.com/j03ib0bs2mmxi47jxvg8v20bxerb?.jpg "Building From Your Design: Getting Clear on What Matters Before You Build [Episode 2 of 4]")
Are you clear on what freedom, autonomy, or meaningful work actually means for YOU or are you chasing surface-level values that sound good but don't capture the nuanced reality of how you want to live and work? Have you been building toward an arbitrary income goal because that's what you see advertised everywhere, even though it's not actually the number that would allow you to live the way you want? What if the reason you can't articulate what you want isn't because you don't know but becau...
![Building From Your Design: Your Success Codes Are Already Written [Episode 1 of 4]](https://storage.buzzsprout.com/3kfq02wgce25593aw1dfzizqn3a7?.jpg "Building From Your Design: Your Success Codes Are Already Written [Episode 1 of 4]")
Are you pivoting your business, launching something new, or feeling like everything you've built no longer aligns with who you are? Have you tried following expert blueprints and guru strategies, only to find yourself successful but unfulfilled or worse, stuck in a business that requires you to sacrifice parts of yourself to maintain it? What if the problem isn't that you need a new strategy, but that you've been building on someone else's foundation instead of your own? In this first episode...
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