Something Even Better

Join Stacie for the (probably) final episode of Something Even Better, where she talks about her podcast journey, why she’s moving on, what’s next, and how to stay connected. “I want my work to support my life, and I want my life to be incredible. I can still have a mission and do amazing things in my work, but I can also have this huge, rich life and identity outside of work.” Connect with Stacie on Instagram.Join Stacie’s email list right here!Thanks again to all my amazing listeners!!!

You don’t want to miss this podcast with guest Kyle Johann-Baker, where he talks about how choosing to pause and focus on his Strengths took him off the path of burnout to a business filled with ease and flow. If you’ve ever felt like you’re stuck in the hustle and constant pushing, Kyle gives you powerful questions and tangible examples of how to pause, take stock of your Strengths, and use those Strengths as a filter to create a unique path of ease in your business. Kyle Johann-Baker is an Organization Leadership & WellBeing Consultant who uses CliftonStrengths to bring out the best in others. In a world of endless pathways and options, Kyle encourages entrepreneurs to observe what it is that truly makes them come alive, even if that is a different path than the person next to you (hint: if you’re doing it right, it often will be). He collaborates with his clients to find ease and develop flow in your business to make more space for YOU to exist.You can connect with Kyle over on Instagram (for allll the baking and pies!)  on LinkedIn (for the networking and tips) or sign up for his value-filled weekly emails here.

Join Stacie as she interviews Alyssa Cotten, who pivoted from being a business/finance undergrad to becoming a mental health counselor in what she thought was her “dream job” to then becoming her own boss – where she combined her business degree with her counseling degree to create her own private practice.In 2020, the pandemic hit, and she then pivoted yet again. She didn’t have ANY social media for a decade up to this point, but she started her online business in 2020 and went all in on creating an online presence on Instagram and YouTube. We also talk about high functioning anxiety, what it looks like, how it can keep you from creating your most meaningful work and life – and how to begin to heal it.Create Your Own Calming Jar on Alyssa’s YouTube! Find Alyssa over on Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, or her website. Mentioned on the podcast:The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level by Gay Henricks

In today’s episode of Something Even Better, Stacie talks with guest Sarah Feeley, HR Leader turned Stress Management Coach. Sarah discusses how she is helping women avoid the burnout she faced in her corporate job, as well as how to heal from burnout by better managing your stress, listening to your body, and setting solid boundaries -- all from a place of self-love.Inspiring quotes from Sarah:“Burnout led me to leave a six-figure corporate job and go on a self-healing and self-discovery journey.” “We're not necessarily taught growing up that we should be slowing down and listening to our intuition.”“When they get into a place where they can hear that voice (their intuition), that's where they can start creating their most meaningful lives.” Check out Sarah's free guided breathwork meditation for overcoming to-do list overwhelm -- in just 5 minutes at sarahfeeleycoaching.com/free. 

Sick of spending HOURS every day glued to your phone? These are my best tips that help you spend WAY less time on your phone ASAP so you can focus on your real life!Today, I deep dive into:The stats of social media usage (that honestly make me want to cry!)Why it's so important to spend less time on social media (aka the scary effects that social media has on us all!)My best 10 tips for HOW to spend less time on social media that actually workThe ripple effects and benefits of getting back your time and focusGet all the links and research over on the blog!: How to spend less time on social media: 10 can't-miss tipsBook mentioned on the podcast:Stolen Focus by Johann HariFree resources!I’ve collected the very best resources, including books, articles, podcast episodes, and more to help you quit social media. You can get this list – which I regularly update! – over at staciemitchell.com/social.Ready to market your business without social media??? Get my 5 minute SEO Cheat Sheet that grew my web traffic by 159% and my podcast downloads by 58% at staciemitchell.com/seo!

Link to Part 1 of this special collab: Social media marketing and the true costs for small business on the Building Balance Podcast --------------------------This is a special podcast collaboration with my good biz friend Jenna from the Building Balance podcast. We decided to do something a bit different with this topic and split it into two separate episodes. In Part 1, which you can find right now over on The Building Balance podcast, we answer the question: “Is social media costing you more than just your time?”Listen to Part 1 here before you listen to this episode – Part 2!In this episode – Part 2 – we talk about how we can start to move away from social media toward other marketing methods. Because if not social media, then what?Read the transcript(ish) for this episode here!--------------------------Free resources:If you’re interested in taking a different approach to marketing your business, I highly recommend downloading my free SEO Cheat Sheet and Tutorial at staciemitchell.com/seo.  This also adds you to my twice-monthly newsletter where I dig deeper into the topic of moving away from social media, as well as how to overcome the mindset gunk that can come with entrepreneurship. Jenna has a guide, called Instant Relief, which includes a really simple 4-step exercise that’s specifically designed to help you figure out which marketing and sales activities are actually bringing in sales, so that you can stop doing *all the things*, or reduce the time you spend on marketing activities that aren’t bringing in sales –– whether that’s social media or something else. You can find it along with Jenna’s other current resources at jennahellberg.com/resources.Mentioned on the podcast:Jessica Eley’s Free Workshop: The Top 3 Reasons Why Your Expertise Isn't Converting To Sales (and what to do about it)Claire Paniccia (@conqueryourcontent): The importance of creating long-form content for your ideal audience to binge.

Does your website feel old, outdated, or – (gasp!) - you don’t even HAVE a website?!Join me as I chat with Samantha Mabe, creative director and designer of Lemon and the Sea. We talk about:How a new approach to web design projects completely shifted her relationship with her business and allowed for more flexibility in her life and with her familyHow she knew it was time to find a different framework for offering her servicesHow a simple website is the BEST approach for converting more clientsHow she delivers a website in just ONE dayTips for making your website better – that you can apply today!Book mentioned on the podcast:Stolen Focus by Johann HariSamantha Mabe, creative director and designer of Lemon and the Sea, helps service providers and coaches who are ready to launch their signature offer and need a website that matches the high-caliber work they're doing. With her signature framework, Samantha has designed and customized over 25 websites over the past 6 years for all different types of entrepreneurs. When she is not digging into design and strategy, Samantha loves true crime podcasts, adventures with her toddler, and trying to keep up with her Netflix queue. You can connect with Samantha over on her website or on Instagram @lemonandthesea.

If you’re a coach that hates marketing your business, this podcast might just blow your mind.I’m going to get real with you, I hate the word “hack” or “secret” or “trick” when it comes to helping you signing more clients, but alas, I really do think this perspective might completely shift the way you view marketing and sales.Because I believe that good marketing is just like good coaching, and if you use coaching as the lens for your marketing, you will naturally sign more coaching clients, without so much struggle.In this podcast, I break down:How to use your coaching skills to more effectively market your businessWhy you already know how to do market research, simply through being a good coachHow to use your coaching skills to create content that connects, converts, and ultimately helps you get more coaching clients onlineWhy marketing is coaching and coaching is marketing – marketing isn’t a sleazy thing you HAVE to do, it can truly be an act of service for your ideal clientsRead this over on the blog! How to get life coaching clients online: My fav marketing “hack”And don’t miss this free resource!: Steal my best market research questions to ask, a short video tutorial for how to conduct this research without ever getting on a call, as well as a template to compile this research and easily spot the patterns. Grab it at staciemitchell.com/research. 

Today’s special guest is Jessica Tudos, who helps fellow high-achieving multi-passionates organize and declutter physically - and mentally - in order to be more focused, productive, and creative at home and at work. As an Olympian turned edupreneur, life design coach, and organizer, Jessica helps creative portfolioists bring their ideas, projects, and passions to life.If you’ve ever found yourself struggling to find your “one right path”, if you feel like you’re always  “trying to fit a square peg into a round hole” or you just have way too many interests and a fear of being "flaky", this episode is just for you!Jessica and I talk about:How the myth of the “one path” can keep you from discovering the joys of being a multi-passionate creative or entrepreneurHow to create a “portfolio” life where you can enjoy your many interests while feeding your curiosity and your need for varietyAn approach to stability and financial security that doesn’t hamper your creativity How to stop feeling ashamed of your curiosity and many interests and how to embrace your identity as multi-passionate creativeJessica is grounded by lifelong learning, creative expression, and lots of juggling. Her adventures include having 65+ jobs (and counting), traveling to 40+ countries, becoming a single mom by choice, and getting married at 50. Not a conventional path, nor possible if she had continued to pursue the “one thing” in my career or “settling down” in her personal life.Breaking free from societal expectations, trusting her gut, and taking creative risks allowed her to find Something Even Better! You definitely don’t want to miss this episode!You can connect with Jessica by joining her Thrive with 5 email list, where each month she sends multi-passionate portfolioists items to reflect on, read, watch, listen and do!Jessica is also hosting a 10-day Group Decluttering Challenge from June 10 – 20, 2022, and you can sign up here!Mentioned on the episode: Jessica’s Curated List of Her 100 Most Inspiring BooksWhat she’s reading now: Creative Acts for Curious Peopleby Sarah Stein GreenbergCheck out Jessica's children's book "Kika the Upside-Down Girl" right here!

When I was a life coach focused on burnout, email marketing helped fill my 1:1 and group programs more than any other method. And there’s evidence to support that it’s a much more effective marketing method than almost any other out there, with a higher conversion rate than social media.I love email marketing – especially for coaches – because it allows you to get a bit more personal. You can share stories you might not feel comfortable sharing elsewhere. You can slowly build trust over time. And your email subscribers aren’t expecting you to send them an email every day, and you’re not penalized for not being active every single day like you are on social media. In today’s podcast, I dig deep into email marketing, specifically for coaches, and how effective it can be in signing new clients, while touching on these topics:Why every life coach (or any coach!) needs email marketingHow to create a freebie that your ideal clients actually wantWhy I love MailerLite for email marketing for life coachesWhere to share your email opt-inThe next step in your email marketing: Your welcome sequenceHow to sign coaching clients from email marketingCheck out the blog post for this podcast, which includes links to extra resources and a full email example.Download my free SEO Cheat Sheet that grew my podcast by 58% over 5 months!Grab my new Sign Clients Without Social Media mini-course bundle, which includes a copywriting template for your opt-in landing page, a copywriting template for all of your welcome sequence emails, more examples of my emails that converted to clients, video tutorials for how to set up the automations in MailerLite, and more! This bundle also includes an SEO mini-course and a guest podcasting mini-course with loads more tutorials and templates so you can sign clients without social media. You can buy the bundle over at staciemitchell.com/course – and use code SUMMER25 to get $25 off for a limited time, making it just $50!! And anyone who buys the course before midnight on June 1st also gets a private invite to a 1 hour long group coaching call where you can ask me questions and get feedback, scheduled for Sunday, June 26th from 4-5 pm EST.Mentioned on the podcast:Create Your Laptop Life podcast episode: 13 List Building Ideas

SEO tools can be a secret weapon for coaches. But I’ll be honest, many coaches shudder when they even hear the word "SEO."  Get links to research, screenshots, and more for this episode over here on the blog!It sounds technical, maybe a little cold, and definitely too complicated to understand, so why even bother, right? Wrong!!! Today on the podcast, I talk about how SEO strategy can make every piece of content you create work harder for you over time and help your perfect fit clients find you with way less effort.I dive into:Why every coach should use SEO in their businessWhat is SEO and why do coaches need it?Does SEO really work for coaching businesses?How SEO keywords help coaching clients find youMy favorite simple tools for SEO keyword researchHow to get the biggest bang for your buck with SEO as a coachGrab my free SEO Cheat Sheet with my 5 minute tutorial for how to use my favorite tools that helped me grow my podcast by 58% in just 5 months! And apply to snag your spot to receive your customized SEO content marketing roadmap, where you’ll get the best keywords for your Home page, About page, and content, a custom guest podcasting plan, and more. I only offer one of these intensives each month. You can find out more and apply to work with me at staciemitchell.com/marketing. 

Everybody and their mother says you MUST use social media marketing for your coaching business, but why haven’t we stopped to consider the possible repercussions on our craft – our abilities as a coach? Read the blog with linked resources here!In today’s episode, Stacie talks about social media marketing for coaches, the potential hidden costs to your coaching practice, and a better, more mindful and moderate approach to marketing your business with social media. Stacie answers a big question – Does social media marketing – specifically for coaches – have the potential to degrade our coaching skills over time? – by diving deeper into the questions below:Is social media marketing really worth your time and energy?What creates a great coach? And how can social media marketing potentially impede these skills?The research: Can focusing too much on social media marketing potentially destroy our skills as coaches?A better, more moderate approach to social media marketing for coachesIf you desperately want to stop feeling glued to your phone, but you just can’t seem to make it happen, download the free guide to the absolute best resources to help you quit (or pull way, way back) right here.And if you want to use SEO to help bring your perfect clients right to you, download the SEO Cheat Sheet and Tutorial today! This is the same method I used to grow my podcast downloads by 58% in 5 months!Mentioned on the podcast:Book: Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver BurkemanPodcast: Six reasons to quit social media, maybe even forever

On today’s podcast, Stacie chats with Coach Mandy Steinhardt about overcoming good girl syndrome and codependency, and how the power of a sacred women’s circle completely changed her life. We dig deeper into:What good girl syndrome is and how it relates to codependency, decision making, and the inability to say noHow to listen to your own intuition to make better, more aligned decisionsHow to set and keep boundariesWhat a sacred women’s circle is and what to expect when you join oneExamples of activities to reconnect to your divine feminineThe importance of learning how to mother and care for yourselfMandy Steinhardt is an authenticity and career coach who helps women combat the blahs and overwork by engaging with the divine feminine through healing women’s circles and 1:1 coaching. There’s still time to join her “Divine Within” Women’s Circle this summer where you’ll meet every other Wednesday and connect with other women and:Kick FOMO to the curb in favor of real connection.Recover old and new dreams we have set aside in order to “get along” and “be a good girl/wife/mother.”Learn how to access our intuition, define our values, and create our individual plans to mirror them in our hectic lives.Connect with Mother Earth and remember Goddesses that pre-dated patriarchal religionWork on how we can create a sense of community in these disconnected times.You can connect with Mandy on Instagram – check out this post about the 5 warning signs of codependency! Check out Mandy’s website for more!Mentioned on the podcast:Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola EstésAn example of laughing yoga!

Today’s podcast is super special: Erika Tebbens goes solo to tell her story of leaving behind the world of network marketing aka MLMs – even though she was really successful in it – after burning out and wanting an online business that was more flexible, fun, and aligned with her values.Erika closed up shop in her network marketing business, took the leap into online business for herself, and the rest fell into place. She absolutely loves her business and is so grateful she did it scared.You can connect with Erika on Instagram @erikatebbensconsulting or find her on her website at erikatebbens.com. Also check out her AMAZING group program Rebellious Success. Stacie joined this program in early 2021 and can personally vouch for the framework and the community! Mentioned in this episode:A book that changed Erika’s life: Playing Big by Tara Mohr

On today’s episode, Stacie talks about mimetic desire – how we desire what we see others desiring and/or having – and how it impacts our businesses in a BIG way.Stacie deep dives into:What is mimetic desire?What does mimetic desire have to do with the social media comparison trap?How social media and its inherent risks for mimetic desire influences our businesses and lives – and usually not in a good wayHow to overcome mimetic desire so you can stand out from the crowd in your business - and live true to your valuesHow an “anti-social media”  content strategy can help grow your thought leadershipThis podcast is for you if you’re a bit sick of the “lemming effect” of social media marketing: where every business starts to look and sound the same!Check out the resources from this episode over on the blog: Mimetic desire, the social media comparison trap, and why it matters for your businessIf you’re curious about SEO keyword research, I created a SEO cheat sheet and two super short video tutorials on the tools I use to make every piece of content work harder for me. You can grab it over at staciemitchell.com/seo. 

In today’s episode, I sit down with fellow coach and business friend Jenna Hellberg to debunk the most common myths of entrepreneurship. We share our own stories and anecdotes of entrepreneurship, taking you behind the scenes of our businesses and our lives, so you can get the full picture of what entrepreneurship is really like. Because it’s not all luxury vacations and working from the beach like they show us on Instagram! Jenna and I dig deeper into:Common myths of entrepreneurshipWhy most of us don’t need – or want! – a 6, 7, or 8 figure business – and how the constant chase for “more, more, more” is hurting usThe privileges that allowed us to start businessesHow long it took for us to succeedHow arrival fallacy and summit syndrome keep us unhappy and searching for moreHow to get what you REALLY want from your businessJenna Hellberg helps you  simplify how you work in (and on) your business, so that you can spend more time away from your desk while making steady progress towards your goals. Grab Jenna’s free resource Instant Relief where she takes you through her 4-step exercise that helps you drop time-consuming marketing tasks while maintaining progress. You can connect with Jenna on Instagram or listen to her Building Balance podcast on your favorite podcast app!

Stacie jumps in to talk about something she is hearing from more and more online business owners: “I would love to quit social media, but is marketing my business without social media even possible?!”The TLDR answer: Yes, it is! Stacie walks you through her 7 simple tips for marketing your business without social media plus shares her own experiment using SEO to boost her organic podcast and blog traffic, and the initial results she’s gotten from just 3.5 months of using SEO research. Sneak peek: Podcast downloads are up ~43%! Here’s a little summary of what Stacie digs into on this episode:Why so many of us want to market without social mediaBut when it comes to marketing your business without social media – How do you do it???Stacie’s experiment: Can you still make money while marketing without social media?Stacie’s “rules” for her “marketing without social media” experimentThe initial results of her experiment, 4 months inIf you want to see how Stacie uses two SEO tools to conduct SEO keyword research that helps her content grow her traffic over time,  head over to staciemitchell.com/seo to download her quick, 5 minute tutorials that show how you can do it for your content too!See more about this podcast over on the blog!And if you’re looking to quit social media in your personal life, grab the absolute best resources to help you quit!Finally: You can access my private podcast episode for figuring out what you really want right here!Loved this episode? First go write a review, and then go listen to:6 reasons to quit social media -- maybe even foreverMy no social media challenge: results from just one week

I have a super special episode for you this Valentine’s Day – and it wasn’t even planned that way, how serendipitous! Join me as I interview The Anti-Soulmate Love Coach Kari Lu Cowell about breaking up with someone you still love (including her story with the rom-com classic “meet cute”), how to know when it’s time to move on, and how to find a more equitable relationship with your next partner.Kari and I dig into:The power of physical attraction with someone you love, but that’s just not quite right for youWhen your values just don’t match in your relationshipsHow a mismatch in values can cause more emotional labor in your relationshipsHow to find more balance and equity in your partnerships, especially with the social conditioning we all haveThe power and relief that comes from realizing you can’t make other people change How honesty and co-creation is so important to all of our intimate relationshipsThe importance of cultivating loving relationships outside of our romantic partnershipsMentioned on the podcast:Kari’s favorite book: The Four Agreements by Don Miguel RuizKari Lu Cowell is The Anti-Soulmate Love Coach!She helps people examine and expand their definitions of love, romance, and dating so that they can step off the relationship escalator and create the loving and liberated relationships of their dreams!Kari is a non-monogamous, non-binary, queer, demisexual woman who brings 22 years of experience in non-monogamy and kink/BDSM along with a doctoral education in Clinical Psychology and multiple wellness and trauma informed trainings to her work as a coachYou can connect with Kari on Instagram @karilucoaching  or on her website here.

What’s it REALLY like working for yourself vs. working for someone else? It’s time you finally see all the nitty-gritty behind-the-scenes stuff most folks don’t want to talk about when it comes to being an entrepreneur.In this podcast, I dive into the myths of working for yourself as well as the perks of working for someone else. I made this podcast to correct the typical oversimplification we see in the online business world of “entrepreneurship is GOOD and jobs are BAD.”As with anything, there are perks and downsides to both, but since we spend most of our time hearing the perks of entrepreneurship and the bad parts of employment – I’m flipping the script and showcasing a more realistic view.If you want access to the research behind the episode, head over to the blog: The truth about working for yourself vs. working for someone else.Mentioned on the podcast:Duped: The Darkside of Online BusinessWantrepreneur: Professor Explains the Fake Entrepreneur IndustryAnd get access to my free private podcast on “What Do I Really Want?” where I teach you my favorite, super simple exercise for figuring out what you really want ASAP!

Courtney Holgate-Champney joins the podcast and talks about finding her path later in life, falling into healthcare supply chain for nonprofit healthcare through temp work (and loving it at the time!), and ultimately making a career change into tech in her 30s after a period of feeling dissatisfied and “stuck.”Courtney and I dig into:How moving away from her hometown was the first step to stepping into her own power and living a more aligned life.How she got her Bachelor’s degree in Public Health at age 32 and how it gave her the foundation for making changes later in her career.How networking ultimately helped her realize how her current skills working in healthcare supply chain were well suited to tech sales – something she NEVER thought she’d do, that she absolutely loves, and that gives her family much more financial security and stability.How more flexibility and extra financial security with her job has allowed her to give back to her community, support local businesses, and volunteer more.The hardships that helped prepare her for a career change in her 30s and the 10 months it took to make the change.Handling the rejections along the way to making this career change.Courtney currently works in technology sales and has been in this position for over two years after moving from healthcare supply chain at a local non-profit healthcare system. She loves learning and talking about supply chain and healthcare, however her passion is in empowering women in industries that are traditionally dominated by men. Her undergrad is in public health and she also has an MBA, both from Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon, where she currently resides with her husband and four year old. You can connect with Courtney over on LinkedIn or follow her on Instagram @workingwomxnrise.Check out the blog for more!Extra resources mentioned in the interview: ubu pod interview with Erika Tebbens – stats about women, money, and giving  back to the communityCourtney’s favorite book: Burnout: The secret to solving the stress cycle by Emily Nagoski and Amelia NagoskiStacie’s recommended book on therapy: Maybe You Should Talk To Someone by Lori Gottlieb