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Laura & I have had so many incredible conversations on this show over the past four years. As we transition into a new era of business, life and podcasting, we wanted to pause, say thank you to all of our wonderful listeners and remember why we started this show in the first place.  In this episode we’re chatting about how we started this journey and what we’ve learned from creating 193 episodes of Women in the Business Arena. We talk about the importance of having unfiltered conversations, learning to trust our voices & expertise, and what’s coming up next for us in the world of podcasting. Make sure you check out my new podcast The Feminine Lens - you can find it wherever you listen to podcasts!™ Want help stepping into your value and more effectively grow your business? Reach out to me on any of my socials or learn more at sonyastattmann.com - I only have a few more 1:1 spots for my amazing business program, so if you've ever wanted to work with me, now is the time! For show notes & more information, check out sonyastattmann.com/listen.

In this episode Laura and I talk through how we can integrate everything 2020 has thrown at us and why that process will help us move into 2021 feeling reinvigorated. We chat about why you don’t necessarily need to feel grateful for everything that’s happened and why it’s so important to slow down over the holidays. We also dive into the role of space for the envisioning process and how you can start to make space to dream up new ideas for next year. I hope you create the time to really rest over the holiday season - you deserve it! <3 Want help stepping into your value and more effectively grow your business? Reach out to me on any of my socials or learn more at sonyastattmann.com - I only have a few more 1:1 spots for my amazing business program, so if you've ever wanted to work with me, now is the time! For show notes & more information, check out sonyastattmann.com/listen.

We're wrapping up our five-part series on building a simple & successful business this week! And step five ties everything together beautifully: operating your business in alignment with your natural flow. Laura and I talk about why we have to carve out "nothing time," how to get in touch with your natural flow, and why it's so important to protect your capacity if you want to run a sustainable and simple business. Want help to step into your value and more effectively grow your business? Reach out to me on any of my socials or learn more at sonyastattmann.com - I only have a few more 1:1 spots for my amazing business program, so if you've ever wanted to work with me, now is the time! For show notes & more information, check out sonyastattmann.com/listen.

I have a super-special preview for you this week on Women in the Business Arena… You get to be the first to hear episode 1 of my brand new podcast, The Feminine Lens™! The show officially launches later this week on December 8th, but I wanted you to experience this show before everyone else. :D  Episode 1 of The Feminine Lens™ combines the amazing business conversations you’re used to hearing on Women in the Business Arena with a new format - I’m interviewing three of my lovely clients about what they’ve learned operating their business with a feminine approach. We talk about the differences between masculine and feminine approaches to business, developing trust in yourself as a business owner and how the feminine approach can help you align your work with who you really are. I can’t wait for this new direction and I think you are going to absolutely love the new podcast. Head over to The Feminine Lens™ feed to check out the trailer & subscribe: bit.ly/TFLpodcast

I'm flying solo today to talk to you about Step 4 for creating a streamlined, successful business: following the proper sequence for growth. I have developed and evolved a business growth sequence over the past twenty years. It works because it makes sure you're building on top of a solid foundation, aligning your business with your strengths, and putting your energy to the business activities that matter most.  Want help streamlining your business? Reach out to me on any of my socials or learn more at sonyastattmann.com - I'm only running my Women in the Arena through the end of this year, so if you've ever wanted to join now is the time! For show notes & more information, check out sonyastattmann.com/listen.

Let's dig into Step 3 for building a simple & successful business: focusing on sales over marketing. A lot of people don't know the difference and don't realize that sales is the more important of the two. We will clarify why sales is where you should put your focus, talk about how you can get better at selling, and show you why this approach is so much simpler than doing tons of marketing. Want help streamlining your business? Reach out to me on any of my socials or learn more at sonyastattmann.com - I'm only running my Women in the Arena through the end of this year, so if you've ever wanted to join now is the time! For show notes & more information, check out sonyastattmann.com/listen.

Last week we started exploring how to build a simple & streamlined business. The first step is to explore our issues around worthiness & reclaim our desire.  This time we’re digging into step two: designing your streamlined business. Designing a business that is simple and aligned with who we are & what we want is going to lay the foundation for more ease and fulfillment in our work.  Want help streamlining your business? Reach out to me on any of my socials or learn more at sonyastattmann.com - I'm only running my Women in the Arena through the end of this year, so if you've ever wanted to join now is the time! For show notes & more information, check out sonyastattmann.com/listen.

Today Laura and I are kicking off a five-part series walking you through the process I use to help my clients streamline their businesses. We are starting by looking at our feelings of worthiness and why they are the ultimate foundation for our business. If we want to simplify, we need to dig deep first. Want help streamlining your business? Reach out to me on any of my socials or learn more at sonyastattmann.com - I'm only running my Women in the Arena through the end of this year, so if you've ever wanted to join now is the time! For show notes & more information, check out sonyastattmann.com/listen.

Are you connected with your own voice, or are you suppressing it? I've been exploring this topic with my clients lately, and across the board I'm finding every single woman has had her voice suppressed in some way - first by society, and then by herself. In this episode we're exploring the power of reclaiming your innate voice and how it can dramatically reshape your business, your activism and your life.  Feeling ready to reclaim your voice? Reach out to me on any of my socials or learn more at sonyastattmann.com - I'm only running my Women in the Arena through the end of this year, so if you've ever wanted to join now is the time! For show notes & more information, check out sonyastattmann.com/listen.

When there's a lot going on in the world, it can be easy to lose the motivation to show up in our businesses & lives. But there are some simple things we can do to ground ourselves in times of collective anxiety that will allow us to stand up for what we believe in, participate in society's important conversations, and keep moving our businesses forward too.  Want to explore this topic more deeply with a group of amazing women? Reach out to me on any of my socials or learn more at sonyastattmann.com - I'm only running my Women in the Arena through the end of this year, so if you've ever wanted to join now is the time! For show notes & more information, check out sonyastattmann.com/listen.

Our businesses need streamlining and FOCUS. That means I want you to have ONE business, ONE target market, and ONE service. Multi-passionate people, I can hear you saying, "What?!" But I promise this advice will help you, too. Laura (a multi-passionate entrepreneur herself!) and I are breaking down exactly why you need to streamline your business and where to start. We talk about going all in, how focus can actually increase your creativity, and how you can tune into your body to figure out which passion you should follow now. If you're ready to focus & streamline YOUR business, reach out to me on any of my socials or head over to sonyastattmann.com. This is what I do in the Women in the Arena program, and I'm only running it through the end of this year! For show notes & more information, check out sonyastattmann.com/listen.

Untamed has been everywhere this year and I finally picked up a copy. If you haven’t seen it, it’s Glennon Doyle’s latest book and an exploration of the ways women are suppressed by society and themselves. Laura and I really dig into the idea of becoming “untamed” in this episode. We talk about our resistance to the word “wild,” how we can embrace our true nature, and how patriarchy works to keep us within predetermined boxes. If you're ready to be untamed in life & business, check out my Women in the Arena program - we work on this every day. Head over to sonyastattmann.com. If you want to For show notes & more information, check out sonyastattmann.com/listen.

This year has been full of emotional tests. On top of normal life and all its usual highs and lows, we are still navigating a global pandemic, upended routines, and changing norms around our relationships.  We wanted to explore triggers on this week’s episode because many of us have been triggered more than usual lately.  Laura does a beautiful job guiding much of this conversation as we define triggers and talk about what they can teach us.  We also share a few recommendations for how to handle triggers when they arise and how to build a compassionate, reflective relationship around them. Join us in the Women in the Business Arena Group on Facebook - we would love to have you! For show notes & more information, check out sonyastattmann.com/listen.

This week Laura and I are really digging into the idea of bold, direct, honest business communication. We talk about bringing integrity and authenticity back to the core of our conversations with clients new and old.  We talk about what it means to find your own unique voice, how to start uncovering the conditioning that keeps our voices small, and why stillness and contemplation are key to bringing the truth back into business. Join us in the Women in the Business Arena Group on Facebook - we would love to have you! For show notes & more information, check out sonyastattmann.com/listen.

Last week Laura and I explored some of the things that keep women from stepping into true leadership. We talked about the habit of over-owning, the conditioning of the patriarchy, and the ways we choose to perpetuate these patterns.  This week we want to explore the next step: becoming embodied, intrinsic leaders. How do we let go of over-delivering? How do we step back into ourselves? How do we create a totally new leadership model that encourages women to fully embrace themselves? Join us in the Women in the Business Arena Group on Facebook - we would love to have you! For show notes & more information, check out sonyastattmann.com/listen.

Traditional models of leadership are not built for women. Women think that they will have to over-deliver and over-own more than they already are. They think leadership will be a drain on their already limited time and energy. I think it is time for a completely new way to look at leadership. We need leaders that are driven from within, who are standing in their power and grounded in themselves. We need to reject broken masculine models, heal our wounds and step into intrinsic leadership. We are tackling this juicy topic in a two-part series and in part one we’re exposing all the things that keep women in reluctant leadership. Join us in the Women in the Business Arena Group on Facebook - we would love to have you! For show notes & more information, check out sonyastattmann.com/listen.

I am a big believer in following your natural rhythm in both life and business. I know that I have very distinct periods of activity and output versus periods of rest and contemplation. When I fully embrace this push and pull, I am more likely to feel grounded and work in my genius. When I get pulled out of this rhythm, it is a lot harder for me to get anything done or feel good while doing it.  That’s what Laura and I are digging into this week as we discuss our own natural cycles and how we honor them. We also talk about how today’s business environment (and the world) tries to get us to be constantly “on” and how we can resist this pressure. Join us in the Women in the Business Arena Group on Facebook - we would love to have you! For show notes & more information, check out sonyastattmann.com/listen.

I have made huge strides in the way I think about hiring. I am connecting with the people I really need in my business and getting things off my plate that I don’t want to do - and I am doing it all in a way that feels great.  I didn’t used to feel this way about hiring at all. I thought building a team would be exhausting and time consuming, and I was worried about giving up control over every little aspect of my business. But as I have grown and dreamed up bigger dreams for my business, I have realized that business is ultimately not designed to be done alone. If I want to have the impact I know I am capable of having, I need help. In this episode Laura and I are talking all about hiring, and not just for business but for life in general. We talk about how to find the right people instead of accepting whatever opportunities or people come our way, and how to trust ourselves enough to know the difference. Join us in the Women in the Business Arena Group on Facebook - we would love to have you! For show notes & more information, check out sonyastattmann.com/listen.  

Do you think of yourself as the CEO of your business? I know for me “CEO” used to sound too… big. Or complicated. Or stressful. It sounded like the opposite of what I wanted my business to be. But recently I have been playing with the idea that I can and should see myself as the CEO of my business, and that I get to decide what that means to me. I don’t have to follow the blueprint of CEOs we see in our lives and in the media - I can be a CEO that aligns with her own values and her own strengths and so carves her own path. Laura and I are digging into what it takes to become the CEO that you and your business really need and why we as women need to step into this kind of leadership. I talk about why I always thought that I wanted a small business and what has changed my mind lately, and Laura shares a bit about the sheer creative power we can access when we start to think of ourselves as a true CEO.  Join us in the Women in the Business Arena Group on Facebook - we would love to have you! For show notes & more information, check out sonyastattmann.com/listen.

Usually our lives are made up of patterns that ebb and flow. As a business owner, things in your business may rise and fall by the month or the quarter. But this year has thrown all of our regular cycles and routines up into the air and sent us scrambling to make new ones. All that scrambling has meant many of us have been “on” for months now, and that we haven’t come up for air or taken the breaks we normally would. Whether you have been feeling stuck and stagnant or you have been running nonstop, it is time to do the opposite. This episode is all about disrupting whatever routine you have developed lately and checking in with what you really need. Laura and I talk about burnout, staycations, and why each of us needs to come up for air right now. We chat about reconnecting with our bigger visions and why this is the fuel we need to keep moving forward and build a new future for us all. Join us in the Women in the Business Arena Group on Facebook - we would love to have you! For show notes & more information, check out sonyastattmann.com/listen.