Focused & Unstoppable with Olivia West

Hi! I'm so happy you're here reading this! This is the introductory episode to this podcast and I will be sharing about this daring series I'll be doing... It's called the Let's Make it Happen!  I'm going to design and manufacture a physical product (from scratch) and you'll see it all! From A to Z, step by step, my strategies, ideas, fails, wins, and lessons. So if you have a business idea inside of you and would love to make it happen, join me for the ride!  I'm doing this series to help you make your dream come true!During the episode, I talk about a powerful journaling practice that I'm teaching for free!I hope you enjoy this brand new podcast!For show notes go here.With much gratitude,Olivia

I made it to the 2nd episode!  Today I share with you my two product ideas and my process for choosing just one. If you're joining along with the fun and need to help with choosing which one of your brilliant ideas you're gonna focus on right now, I've got you covered in this episode! Episode freebie:  Big Idea Prioritizer Another freebie to learn a powerful journaling practice to help you become focused & unstoppable!I also invite you to join the new Focused & Unstoppable Club!Join me next Thursday as I take you through how I get ready physically, mentally and emotionally to reach my goals!Other links mentioned in this episode:Where I checked to get my journal/planner produced: BookBlockWhere I checked to get my sticky notes produced: here and hereSo happy you stopped by for a listen! Please share, subscribe and review this podcast!With so much gratitude,Olivia

Before I jump into planning and creating my new product (sticky notes to help you focus)… I’m going to share with you the energy-boosting rituals that make me strong to take on big projects.  I show you my step-by-step process for how I design and implement my rituals and you get a free worksheet to help you do the same!Let’s go! EPISODE FREEBIE:DESIGN YOUR ENERGY-BOOSTING RITUALS WORKSHEETAnother freebie to learn a powerful journaling practice to help you become focused & unstoppable!I also invite you to join the new Focused & Unstoppable Club! Join me next Thursday as I share my plans for designing and creating my new product: Focus Notes!So happy you stopped by for a listen! Please share, subscribe and review this podcast!With so much gratitude,Olivia

 Welcome! To this special 8th episode of the Focused & Unstoppable podcast! I'm turning this episode into a quickie class to teach about the ins and outs of your Ideal Customer Avatar (ICA) and why it's so important!

Welcome to this episode about Pricing!I’ve been waiting for this moment because this is a topic that I really needed help with! My fear was that I would do all this work of developing my Let’s Focus Notes only to find out that it was not profitable.In today’s episode, Natasha Tous helps me get clarity on how to price my Let’s Focus Notes!Here are the burning questions she answers:How do I add value to my Let’s Focus Notes?How should I price the Let’s Focus Notes if I combine them with a digital product like a mini-course?How do I approach my product testers to get an idea of what they would be ready to pay for the Let’s Focus Notes?Natasha generously shared her 5-step process to help me price my product the right way and now I no longer fear that my product won’t be profitable! I can finally confidently move on with developing my product!Whether you’re creating a physical product or a service-based product, Natasha’s tips will definitely help you get clarity on where to start with pricing! About Natasha:In 2018, she walked away from a safe corporate job to follow her heart and to shut fear out of her life.  She was living in Hong Kong at the time and working at a Fortune 500 company as a Director of Marketing and Product Innovation.Natasha has spent over 15 years being a corporate nomad and absorbing as many learnings as she could so that one day she could pay it forward by making businesses all around prosper.  That day is today!  She now focuses her time on serving product-based businesses, makers, and bloggers. Helping them get clarity and grow their businesses profitably by using her proven corporate strategies that she mastered in her 15 year career as a Fortune 500 executive.She now lives in Miami, with her husband and daughter. How to get in touch with Natasha:Instagram: @heynatashatousShe’s got a great freebie that compliments last week’s episode on ICA's: 5 Customer Types and How to Market to ThemWork 1:1 with NatashaNext Week:We're talking about retail channels with Lucy Kelly. She's going to give me some tips on where to sell the let's focus notes.

Welcome to the 11th episode of the Focused & Unstoppable podcast. For this episode, it’s just me! Sharing with you my progress, my challenges so far, and an interesting adjustment of plans that I’m hoping will help find different ways to adapt to new ideas that may come up while you’re already working on a business idea.  Since I started the Let’s Make it Happen series,  I’ve spoken to a lot of people on and off the show who’ve given me tips and insights that have positively influenced my original plan to bring my product to the market.So today,  I’m updating you on:My new plan for the Let’s Focus Notes.The steps I’ll take to increase the value of the Let’s Focus Notes (I’ve given hints in the past two episodes). How it’s going with my wonderful group of testers!  Plus some challenges I’ve had.What to expect from this podcast once this series is over.Get the free audio guide How to Follow ThroughDownload for FREE a model of my new plan!I want to tell you about a special event…Wouldn’t it be nice to get FREE instant access to over 30+ valuable scripts, templates, online training & guides from expert contributors across the world?For a very limited time, you can access these hot freebies at the Entrepreneur’s Success Giveaway!You can get freebies about:  Social MediaHealth & WellnessWebsite Planning & SEOMindset for SuccessTime Management & OrganisationMoney & FinanceEmail MarketingDownloadable Stock PhotosBusiness Coaching & MORE! Hurry up because the Entrepreneur’s Success Giveaway ends this Friday February 28th!Here’s the link!http://bit.ly/2HSOB1jHave fun! Next WeekI’ll be updating you on the feedback from Let’s Focus Notes testers + a new name!Oh and one more thing…. Don’t forget to subscribe to get reminders when an episode comes out on Thursdays and please share with someone you feel could benefit from this podcast!I can’t wait to meet you back here next Thursday!With gratitude,Olivia

Welcome to the 14th episode of the Focused & Unstoppable podcast.  Today we have a special guest, her name is Kristin Jones.Welcome to the 14th episode of the Focused & Unstoppable podcast.  Today we have a special guest, her name is Kristin Jones.She is the owner of Kristin Jones Coaching, where she specializes in helping women address and manage issues with emotional eating and helps them to develop a healthy relationship with food that doesn’t involve counting calories, or ever dieting again. Kristin’s hope is to share her knowledge and first-hand experiences with women in order to empower them to truly embrace and love who they are and to learn what they need in order to live their best life ever.In today’s episode, Kristin will talk about how to manage issues with emotional eating in the current context of being confined in our homes during the Coronavirus pandemic.FREEBIES!Get Kristin’s free book! When Food Is Your Drug LINKS MENTIONED:Her Facebook Group Food Breakthrough: Instagram: @kjonesey44 kristinjonescoaching.comNEXT WEEKWith the COVID-19 era upon us, we’re having to adjust to our new temporary life set up. That’s why next week, I’ll be sharing with you a list of resources that will help support you whether you need to re-think your business, learn how to homeschool or just need shelter-in-place or stay-at-home friendly activities to enjoy this newfound time.We’re all in this together!Please share with someone you feel might benefit from this podcast!I can’t wait to meet you back here next Thursday!With Gratitude,Olivia

With the COVID-19 era upon us, we’re having to adjust to our new indefinitely temporary stay-at-home life set up. That’s why for this episode, I’m sharing with you a list of resources that will help support you whether you need to re-think your business, learn how to homeschool or just need COVID-19 safe activities to enjoy this newfound time.I’ve asked in my circle of entrepreneurs to share what they got to help us with new challenges or just have plain fun with our kids. This Stay @ Home IdeaBase will be updated as I receive new ideas for activities, more references for free or low-cost offers to help support you during these uncertain times!So just to give you an idea of the references and ideas you’ll find in this FREE Stay @ Home IdeaBase:A former teacher, that now help teens improve their vocabulary for the SAT using a research-backed, story-based method. It includes many freebies!If you’re in a position of re-thinking your business, creating a course may be an attractive option for you! You’ll get a link to a free 10-Day Online Course Challenge Sharyn, the creator of this challenge supplies the content to create a course! So if you’ve ever fancied putting a course together and not got a clue where to start or how to plan it out…. This free challenge is for you!Hannah shares how to Staying focused with MASSIVE distractionsYou’ll also have a list of fun, creative or relaxing activities your kids can do on their own or that you can do with them.  Most of these activities in this list are things that I’ve done with my own kids and to this day they ask me to play some of them!  Access the free Stay @ Home IdeaBase Here!NEXT WEEKI have a special guest coming on next week, his name is Wil Carlos and he specializes in visibility and clearing the energetic blocks that keep people from being fully visible and bold in their business'sWe’re all in this together!Please share with someone you feel might benefit from this podcast!I can’t wait to meet you back here next Thursday!With Gratitude,Olivia

Welcome to the 16th episode of the Focused & Unstoppable podcast. Today we have a special guest, his name is Wil Carlos.Wil facilitates small business owners to clear visibility blocks with a unique energetic process called Energetic Magic. What the heck is that? It is a process for identifying and then releasing stuck, negative and old beliefs that no longer serve us.The result of this process is that Wil's clients sign new customers and drop resistance to doing sales and marketing - all through energy work. Wil has a deep passion for helping women business owners clearThe feeling that they don't deserve success The belief that it’s not safe to be fully seenThe fear that if they step out powerfully someone will say "Who the hell do you think you are?!?!"Wil helps his clients be fearless and fully seen for who they truly are while they build their ideal business. In today’s episode, Wil will share how to identify visibility blocks in the current context of the coronavirus pandemic and how to clear them energetically.Stick with us to the end to find out about a special freebie he has for you!LINKS MENTIONED:Wil’s website: myspiritualclarity.com@myspiritualclarity on  Facebook Free guide: A 6 Step Guide To ...Expand Your Online Visibility Next WeekI’ve got another special guest for you! Her name is Sagan Morrow and she teaches busy, time-crunched solopreneurs how to build their own successful home-based businesses—without the overwhelm.Sagan specializes in productivity tips and action-oriented strategic planning for multi-passionate creatives. Guys, it’s really good! 

Welcome to the 18th episode of the Focused & Unstoppable podcast!  Today we have a special guest, his name is Sam Desroches and he’s a registered physiotherapist in London, Ontario, Canada, who focuses on active rehabilitation of musculoskeletal injuries.  Sam is not only passionate about helping people recover faster but also providing education about the root cause of the issue.  He uses his blog, myphysiosays.com, to promote healthy lifestyles to people around the globe. He’s also a certified ergonomic specialist since 2008 and has been integrating this knowledge into his practice ever since!And in today’s episode, Sam will be sharing some very important tips on ergonomics, what it is, why it’s important to you especially if you’re working from your bed, couch, kitchen table or counter! He’ll share how to create a workspace with a proper ergonomic set up home so that you can do your best work while avoiding physical injuries.LINKS MENTIONED:Sam’s blog MyPhysioSays.comErgonomically Friendly Workspace: Setup GuideNext WeekA wonderful guest will be on the show. Her name is Henriette Danel and she's a business success coach. She's coming on to share with you the 3 elements you need for success in your business!Please share with someone you feel might benefit from this podcast!  You can share on Stitcher, Google Play, iTunes, Castbox, Spotify, it goes on!I Can’t wait to meet you back here next Thursday!With Gratitude,Olivia

Welcome to the 17th episode of the Focused & Unstoppable podcast!  Today we have a special guest, her name is Sagan Morrow and she teaches busy, time-crunched solopreneurs how to build their own successful home-based businesses without the overwhelm!In this episode, Sagan will share with a refreshing outlook on how as a multi-passionate creative, can adapt productivity to your way of living.LINKS MENTIONED:Sagan’s course on productivitySagan on InstaSagan on TwitterNEXT WEEK:Come back next week to hear my next special guest Sam Desroches who'll be sharing how to set up your ergonomically friendly workspace at home!

Welcome to the 18th episode of the Focused & Unstoppable podcast!  Today we have a special guest, his name is Sam Desroches and he’s a registered physiotherapist in London, Ontario, Canada, who focuses on active rehabilitation of musculoskeletal injuries.  Sam is not only passionate about helping people recover faster but also providing education about the root cause of the issue.  He uses his blog, myphysiosays.com, to promote healthy lifestyles to people around the globe. He’s also a certified ergonomic specialist since 2008 and has been integrating this knowledge into his practice ever since!And in today’s episode, Sam will be sharing some very important tips on ergonomics, what it is, why it’s important to you especially if you’re working from your bed, couch, kitchen table or counter! He’ll share how to create a workspace with a proper ergonomic set up at home so that you can do your best work while avoiding physical injuries.LINKS MENTIONED:Sam’s blog MyPhysioSays.comErgonomically Friendly Workspace: Setup GuideNext WeekA wonderful guest will be on the show. Her name is Henriette Danel and she's a business success coach. She's coming on to share with you the 3 elements you need for success in your business!Please share with someone you feel might benefit from this podcast!  You can share on Stitcher, Google Play, iTunes, Castbox, Spotify, it goes on!I can’t wait to meet you back here next Thursday!With Gratitude,Olivia

Welcome to the 19th episode of the Focused & Unstoppable podcast.  Our wonderful guest today, Henriette Danel is a Strategic Business Coach, working with service-based female entrepreneurs to help them with their strategies to attract more clients and grow their businesses.Today she’s gonna be diving into the 3 elements you need for Success in Your Business:MindsetStrategyAction And she dives into each one of them!EPISODE FREEBIE!30 Resources on How to Attract More ClientsLINKS MENTIONED:Read Henriette’s tips in this transcript!Henriette’s Website: henriettedanel.comInstagram: @henriettedanelFacebook: @henriettedanelDiscover your strengths with Strengths Finder 2.0 (not affiliated!)NEXT WEEK:We have a beautiful guest for next week, her name is Suzanna Kaye and she’s a professional organizer, productivity trainer & LinkedIn Learning/Lynda.com Author. She’s taught over a million people online and in-person to be more organized and productive. Next week, she’ll be talking about the mental blocks we experience when it comes to organizing our home and how they affect us!Subscribe to this podcast and don’t miss this episode!Please share with someone you feel might benefit from this podcast!I can’t wait to meet you back here next Thursday!With Gratitude,Olivia

Welcome to the 20th  episode of the Focused & Unstoppable podcast! Our special guest today, Suzanna Kaye, focuses on how to be more productive and organized - without all the extra rules and boring stuff. Her methods may be a bit out-of-the-box, but the results are REAL!! And that's what it's all about.Suzanna has been featured on: HSN’s Healthy You show, ADDitude Magazine, Fox35 Good Day Orlando She’s also an author on LinkedIn Learning with 10 courses and over 2 million students (so far!) In today’s episode, Suzanna talks about one of her most favorite topics: The mental blocks we experience when it comes to organizing our home, how they affect us and how to get unstuck!LINKS MENTIONED:Suzanna’s Home Organizing FB GroupSuzanna’s websiteNEXT WEEK:We have another special guest! Her name is Lindsay Hindle and she is a confidence and follow-through mentor for ambitious, highly sensitive humans who need help finding their focused stride in the bigness of their ideas, feelings, and full lives. She believes the time is NOW to help empaths, intuitives, and heart-led humans step up and be the LEADERS the world needs. It’s gonna be really good!I can’t wait to meet you back here next Thursday!Remember to share this episode with someone you feel might need to hear it!

INTRO Welcome to the 21st episode of the Focused & Unstoppable podcast!  Our special guest today is Lindsay Hindle! She’s a Confidence and Follow-Through Mentor for ambitious, highly sensitive humans who need help finding their focused stride in the bigness of their ideas, feelings, and full lives. Through the lens of "You live what you leave," she sees every role and opportunity as a spiritual practice to deepen one's life meaning, connection to others, self-expression, and leave an abundant legacy.Lindsay believes the time is NOW to help empaths, intuitives and heart-led humans to step up and be the LEADERS the world needs. LINKS MENTIONED:Get Clarity around whether you’re highly sensitive or an empathLindsay’s site FiveSights.comLindsay on InstaLindsay on FB Join Lindsay’s Bravery Lab!NEXT WEEK:Come back next week for Missy Campbell, we talk about simplicity in business! You’ll love her!Thank you so much for giving me and this podcast the time of day!I Can’t wait to meet you back here next Thursday!With gratitude, Olivia

Welcome to the 22nd episode of the Focused & Unstoppable podcast! Our special guest today is Missy Campbell and she offers social media strategy and implementation—focusing on Pinterest and Instagram—content re-purposing and podcast promo to help creative online entrepreneurs take their business to the next level.Beneath it all, Missy helps her clients simplify their life and business!I’m so happy to have her on the show today! Let’s dive right in with Missy!EPISODE FREEBIE:https://tasteofsimple.com/hashtagsLINKS MENTIONED:Taste of Simple Website Taste of Simple on Facebook  Taste of Simple on InstagramTaste of Simple on PinterestProcess Simplifying Freebie I’m so grateful that you’ve joined me today and I can’t wait to meet you back here next Thursday!

A dream goal I believed would’ve taken me about 12 weeks to reach has taken me 5 months and the clock is still ticking!A brief message of encouragement:Whatever dream you have, whether it’s on the back burner, in the oven or on your plate(I must be hungry!),and no matter how long it takes to feel that you’ve made it...Do. Not. Give. Up. Because your dreams are worth every minute, hour, month or year you spend:Thinking about themPlanning them outTaking action on them andTalking about them,You deserve every second, hour, month or year of happiness and fulfillment your dreams will bring you. With much love,OliviaP.S. Find out more about the Sweet Focus System here!

Welcome welcome to the 24th episode of the Focused & Unstoppable Podcast!So happy to have you here today with me and with my special guest Caroline Onyedinma! Caroline helps experts create, market, and sell lucrative offers online and in our interview, she shares some pretty honest tips about the reality of going from a corporate job to making it on your own.She brings her experience to the table and reveals:Mistakes that people ignore when they make the switch from 9-5 to a biz online.And how the very thing you should sell happens to be right under your nose.She also breaks down in a clear of what is a funnel and its importance in driving sales for your business.She gets real about the actions that keep us in “active procrastination” and shares a very simple concept that will help increase your visibility. Hint: It involves consistency.This 43-minute interview is power-packed with so many goodies… you might want to refer to it again and again!LINKS MENTIONED:Idealclientsdaily.comCaroline on LinkedinI can’t wait to meet you back here next Thursday!With gratitude,Olivia :-)

A lot of people are hurting right now. Humans are feeling exhausted and angry that other humans, Black people are STILL losing their lives to state-sanctioned violence and racism.And with the pandemic, families have been torn apart.  The news, the images, the posts, it’s a lot, and it’s painful.I felt like this was a good time to share something that feels good to hear, because it’s ok to wanna look around for inspiration and hope especially in a time when we feel like the earth is shaking beneath us.Back in January of 2016, I had interviewed (for my old podcast I’m Enough), a woman by the name of Willie Murphy. At the time, she was 80 years old, today, she’s 83.  Willie started power-lifting at the young age of 74! (I just found out that in December of 2019, she beat up a burglar!)She caught my attention because of her powerful life story that I inspired me to believe that it’s NEVER too late.So I thought I’d share this conversation with you as a way to bring a glimmer of hope that:As a society, it’sNever too late to be better.Never too late to do better.Never too late to see better.And in the case of Willie,It’s never too late to get stronger.NOTABLE LINKS:Willie beats up a burglar!

When I first started the Focused & Unstoppable podcast, I launched with the Let’s make it happen series and my goal was to share a message with the world of creative and ambitious women who had many dreams. Who’ve tried it all, but who’s own genius and power got in their way of achieving what they carried in their hearts every single day. Whether it was starting a business or writing a book.The message was this:I struggled for years to make my dreams happen but I finally found a way to bring my projects to the finish line so I’m gonna choose a new project and take you behind the scenes to show you how I do and I’m hoping to inspire you to join along so we could make something happen together!In today’s episode, I update you on  my newly launched digital program the Sweet Focus System!And I have a new message for my creative and ambitious dreamers (I couldn’t record this without bawling my eyes out!):I’m just like you.I’ve dreamed of my dreams for a long time.But now, I’ve finally found a way to make them happen.I worked a lot on myself to get there and I thought about you my whole journey.Along the way, I learned that we can still have fun and be fun without the chaos.(You know what I’m talking about. Lol)I learned that our dreams are soo worth fighting for, even if the person we’re confronting is ourself.I learned that it’s safe to put aside 20 dreams to focus on just one.Because those 20, they like family and they ain’t goin’ nowhere.But that one dream we pay attention to and nurture, that dream, it can take us anywhere we want to go. It can even take us back to the other dreams to make those happen too.I also learned that it’s wise to suit up as we carry our dreams to the finish line, to protect ourselves from naysayers, from those words that work against us, those words that make us stumble.You know, on my journey, I thought of you the whole way. You’ve been my motivation to get here, to this moment.Because I know what you’re about and I. See. You.I see your brown eyes, your black eyes,I see your blue eyes, your green eyesI see your coily, curly, wavy and straight hairI see your fair skin and I see your melanated skin.And you know what else I see?I see your dreams and your heart to make a difference in our world.And my heart fills with joy and awe.Me and you.We’re the same.And I just wanted to say that if I can do it, focus on one dream until it happens, bringing what I carried inside my heart out into our world….  You can too.Don’t worry about the “how”. (I got you.)Focus on what you’ll do now.Because your dreams are worth your full attention.With so much love,Olivia