Genea Barnes just returned from hiking to Everest Base Camp. She trained. She paced herself. She chose slow and steady when everyone else was sprinting. And still, at altitude, her body said no. Her oxygen dropped to 62. She got helicoptered out.

But here's what she came home knowing: the way she showed up on that mountain was the opposite of how she’d spend her life showing up in our businesses, our relationships, and our health. Push, crash, recover, push again. Call it hustle. Call it drive. The body knows what it really is. Instead, she showed up steady, consistent, and she was willing to listen. 

This is not an episode about giving up. It's about what becomes possible when you stop performing endurance and start building real momentum.

The altitude stripped everything back and left four truths that are going to stay with you:

🔹 Why consistency has nothing to do with pushing harder and everything to do with the pace your nervous system can actually sustain

🔹 The tortoise and the hare story, lived out in the Himalayan Mountains with real altitude, real sickness, and real consequences

🔹 How taking her foot off the gas in business always cost her more than keeping a slow, steady pace ever would have

🔹 What it means to play the infinite game in a world that keeps selling you finish lines

If you're tired of the crash cycle and ready to move differently, this one is for you. Watch or listen now.

About Genea

Genea Barnes is a mentor, coach, and speaker whose early life was rooted in deep trauma and neglect. To stay safe, she learned to make everyone else feel good and put their needs first.

It worked to survive, but it came with a cost. She lost her ability to discern what was truly right for her. And getting what she wanted came with the anxiety that it would be lost or taken away. 

She was great at making other people’s dreams come true, but when it came to what she truly wanted, she self-sabotaged and procrastinated … always putting something else first. 

She spent decades exploring and studying every modality under the sun to break free from those patterns and create a life that felt like joy, ease, and freedom. 

Today, she empowers people to move away from and resolve conflict rooted in trauma, generational trauma, and sacrifice of self … so they can create the life they crave and access greater peace and freedom in all areas of their life. 

This gives them access to loving, authentic relationships, consistent healthy habits, and success in business, finance, and career that feels like fulfilment and freedom. 

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That was the moment Debby Meadows discovered what she was made of. And it was the moment other people decided what that gift was for.

In this episode, Genea sits down with artist, musician, and educator Debby Meadows for a conversation about what happens when the most alive part of you becomes someone else's resource. 

Debby grew up in a high-control religious environment where her extraordinary musical gift was celebrated and claimed in the same breath. 

She gave everything she had, for free, to a system that called it holy. And somewhere along the way, the music stopped being hers. Then it stopped altogether. For almost twenty years, 

Debby didn't touch an instrument. Not because life got busy. Because owning her gift had become too dangerous.

This is the conversation for the creative, the over-giver, the devoted one who has quietly wondered why the thing that once made them feel most alive now feels like a distant memory.

Here is where this episode cracks open:

🔹 The moment Debby's father tore up a job offer from Kings Island and threw it in the trash … and how that single act became the blueprint for every upper limit that followed

🔹 How a televised praise and worship stage, an unwanted marriage, and government housing while giving away $200 a paycheck, taught her body that her gift, her money, and her choices were never really hers to keep

🔹 The nearly two decades she spent unable to touch a piano … and what the silence inside that absence was actually trying to say

🔹 How a cervical fusion surgery, a YouTube rabbit hole about Steve Perry, and a single morning of stillness in nature cracked open a creativity she had believed was gone forever

If you have ever given the best of yourself to something that couldn't hold you, this episode will meet you exactly where you are. Come listen.

About Debby:

Musician. Artist. Writer. Educator. Multi‐instrumentalist and visual artist turned memoirist, exploring what happens when performance becomes a cage, and what it takes to walk out. I spent 15 years in creative exile after high‐control religion and relentless service broke my relationship with music. Now I’m writing about reclaiming the gift, healing the mind/body that carried it, and creating from sovereignty instead of obligation.

Currently writing Tell Me Something True: The Perry Parallax—a memoir about creative burnout, religious trauma, and recovery that doesn’t skip the shadow work. Using Steve Perry’s archetypal journey as a mirror for my own 15‐year exile from music, I’m mapping what it really costs to step away and what it requires to return whole, owning your art, your story, and your life.

I write at the intersection of embodied creative practice, somatic integration, and deconstruction: how to listen to the nervous system, metabolize grief and shame, and make work that’s authentic instead of merely performative. My lens is part musician, part artist, part educator, part mystic, part farm‐raised Kentucky girl who refuses to abandon either rigor or wonder.

Connect with Debby:

Website: Substack.debbymeadows.com 

Instagram handle: debbymeadowsstudio

TikTok: debbymeadowsstudio

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Genea Barnes grew up in a home where the rules changed without warning. So she did what made sense … she became the best rule-follower she had ever seen. 

And when something threatened the structure of the rules, she controlled the people breaking them. She reported coworkers. She went around friends' backs. She maneuvered quietly from the background and called every bit of it doing the right thing.

It wasn't until decades later that she understood what it had actually cost her. Not just the friendships. Not just the peace. But the freedom she didn't even know she was desperate for.

This episode is one of Genea's most honest confessions yet.

Pull up a chair for the parts of this story nobody says out loud:

🔹 The doorman selling drugs, the cameras, and the friendship she lost before she ever made a conscious choice 

🔹 How a childhood built on unpredictable rules quietly wired her nervous system to control everything and everyone around her 

🔹 The moment she realized doing the "right" thing and feeling free had never once lived in the same place 

🔹 The afternoon at the park when she finally felt freet … not in a ceremony, not in a session, but watching strangers break a rule she no longer needed to enforce

If you've ever wondered why you hold on so tight, why letting go feels dangerous, or why being "the responsible one" has cost you more than it's given …  this episode was made for you. 

Listen when you're ready for a deep, honest look at what it takes to give up control. 

About Genea

Genea Barnes is a mentor, coach, and speaker whose early life was rooted in deep trauma and neglect. To stay safe, she learned to make everyone else feel good and put their needs first.

It worked to survive, but it came with a cost. She lost her ability to discern what was truly right for her. And getting what she wanted came with the anxiety that it would be lost or taken away. 

She was great at making other people’s dreams come true, but when it came to what she truly wanted, she self-sabotaged and procrastinated … always putting something else first. 

She spent decades exploring and studying every modality under the sun to break free from those patterns and create a life that felt like joy, ease, and freedom. 

Today, she empowers people to move away from and resolve conflict rooted in trauma, generational trauma, and sacrifice of self … so they can create the life they crave and access greater peace and freedom in all areas of their life. 

This gives them access to loving, authentic relationships, consistent healthy habits, and success in business, finance, and career that feels like fulfilment and freedom. 

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Young Han was a CFO in Silicon Valley, building the kind of startups that made people nod with respect. He had the title, the funding, the accolades. And he was quietly, deeply depressed. He didn't recognize it as depression. It just looked like going through the motions, gaining weight, losing his spark, and pretending everything was fine.

Then he sat across from a financial planner. Four hours. A responsible retirement strategy. And a slow realization that the plan amounted to: live a kind of shitty life for 25 years, hope to afford another shitty life for 25 more, and pray you die before the money runs out.

That was the crack. In this episode, Genea sits down with Young Han, CFO, entrepreneur, father of two, to trace the full arc from that meeting to a five-year sprint that rebuilt everything. 

They talk identity loss, the loneliness of evolving, and what it actually costs to stop performing someone else's version of enough.

Four moments from this conversation that don't leave you:

🔹 The financial planner meeting that made him realize the "responsible plan" was a future he'd never actually chosen

🔹 Why his brother's move back to San Diego to be judged on his favorite taco shop started unraveling the whole Silicon Valley identity

🔹 What four years of tracking every hour of his life revealed about where his time, energy, and truth were really going

🔹 The friend who said, "If we're gonna be friends, I need to know your gross margins,”  and why that was the most honest offer anyone had ever made him

If you've ever followed the plan, hit the milestones, and still felt like something essential was missing ... this episode names it. Listen now.

Connect with Young Han

Website: www.thesis.inc

Facebook link https://www.facebook.com/youngh/ 

Instagram handle https://www.instagram.com/youngsta/?hl=en 

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/younghan/ 

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+girl+dad+show  

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That's not a communication problem. That's something deeper.

In this episode, Genea Barnes gets radically honest about a lifetime of feeling unseen … from a music teacher who shamed her out of singing, to a sexual assault at age seven that wired her nervous system to believe that using her voice was dangerous. 

She traces how that one belief quietly shaped every relationship, every sales call, every conversation … until she started healing it.

This is the episode that makes you look at your whole life differently:

🔹 The classroom moment that taught her silence was safer than being seen 

🔹 Why her voice was physically different before the healing … and what shifted when the fear cleared 

🔹 The sales call pattern that exposed the truth about presence and being heard 

🔹 What it actually feels like when the need for external validation finally stops

If you're tired of explaining yourself, over-communicating, and still feeling invisible …  this one's for you. Listen now.

About Genea

Genea Barnes is a mentor, coach, and speaker whose early life was rooted in deep trauma and neglect. To stay safe, she learned to make everyone else feel good and put their needs first.

It worked to survive, but it came with a cost. She lost her ability to discern what was truly right for her. And getting what she wanted came with the anxiety that it would be lost or taken away. 

She was great at making other people’s dreams come true, but when it came to what she truly wanted, she self-sabotaged and procrastinated … always putting something else first. 

She spent decades exploring and studying every modality under the sun to break free from those patterns and create a life that felt like joy, ease, and freedom. 

Today, she empowers people to move away from and resolve conflict rooted in trauma, generational trauma, and sacrifice of self … so they can create the life they crave and access greater peace and freedom in all areas of their life. 

This gives them access to loving, authentic relationships, consistent healthy habits, and success in business, finance, and career that feels like fulfilment and freedom. 

Connect with Genea

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Kirsten Franklin entered this world with the odds stacked. Adopted by white parents in a homogenous neighborhood in the 1970s. Neurodivergent in a world that had no framework for that. Straddling two financial realities after her parents divorced — one where money was easy, one where everything was a struggle. She made a decision early: she was going to make F-you money. She was never going to be poor again.

So she became a lawyer.

And then a colleague systematically dismantled her career. Then the 2008 financial crisis hit. Then her license was suspended. Then she found herself a single mother with an infant and no place to live.

The universe, as Kirsten tells it, had been tapping her on the shoulder for years. She just didn't listen. So it took everything.

In this episode, Genea and Kirsten trace the full arc … from a childhood of feeling unwanted and out of place, to the ego-driven climb, to the total collapse, to the woman who now wakes up like a kid on Christmas morning and helps high-achievers become unfuckwithable. 

They talk about control, denial, the difference between intellectual knowledge and embodied change, and why your leaky vessel has to shatter before it can hold anything worth having.

Four moments from this conversation that don't leave you:

🔹 The colleague who sabotaged her career from … and why Kirsten's denial of it was actually the more important story

🔹 What it felt like to be homeless with a law degree, an infant, and a suspended license in 2009 … and why she now calls it the best year of her life

🔹 The difference between checking a box and embodied change … and the moment she finally felt what that difference actually is

🔹 Why becoming unfuckwithable has nothing to do with not caring … and everything to do with being so at peace with yourself that nothing outside you gets to decide your worth

If you've been doing all the right things and still feel like something essential is missing ... this episode names what's actually in the way. Listen now.

About Kirsten:

She is a retired attorney turned founder, investor and elite performance coach who has helped thousands of high-achievers become UnF*withable in business and life. 

Connect with Kirsten:

Website https://kirstenfranklin.com/ 

Instagram handle @kirsten_franklin 

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirsten-franklin/ 

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Genea Barnes traveled the country photographing ghost bikes. She ran a Kickstarter. She finished the book. But when it came time to put it into the world... she couldn't do it. Not because the work wasn't good. Because being seen came with consequences she hadn't healed yet.

In this episode, Genea tells the full story of that project and uses it to crack open something most people never talk about. Procrastination isn't laziness. It's not a discipline problem. It's what happens when your nervous system learned that joy, creativity, and being fully seen weren't safe.

If you're a creative or entrepreneur who can do everything for everyone else but freezes on the things that matter most to you... this episode will change how you see yourself.

Here's what the ghost bikes taught her about all of it:

🔹 Why she could only finish the book when she locked it to someone else's expectations, and what that cost her 

🔹 The invisible cap on how good she was allowed to feel, and how it kept her art from ever reaching its potential 

🔹 Why operating from fear means you can only recreate what you've already done, never what you're truly capable of 

🔹 What it means to raise your set point, and why that single shift changes everything you build from here

If you've been waiting to feel ready... this is the episode that explains why ready never comes from that place.

About Genea

Genea Barnes is a mentor, coach, and speaker whose early life was rooted in deep trauma and neglect. To stay safe, she learned to make everyone else feel good and put their needs first.

It worked to survive, but it came with a cost. She lost her ability to discern what was truly right for her. And getting what she wanted came with the anxiety that it would be lost or taken away. 

She was great at making other people’s dreams come true, but when it came to what she truly wanted, she self-sabotaged and procrastinated … always putting something else first. 

She spent decades exploring and studying every modality under the sun to break free from those patterns and create a life that felt like joy, ease, and freedom. 

Today, she empowers people to move away from and resolve conflict rooted in trauma, generational trauma, and sacrifice of self … so they can create the life they crave and access greater peace and freedom in all areas of their life. 

This gives them access to loving, authentic relationships, consistent healthy habits, and success in business, finance, and career that feels like fulfilment and freedom. 

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Lilia Bogoeva was 12 years old when she found her first sense of control. She called it a "project." The world would later call it anorexia. And for a little while,  it actually felt like freedom.

This is a conversation about how our survival strategies start out as gifts. How the restrict/explode cycle isn't a flaw in your character, it's a nervous system doing what it was taught to do. And how creative expression might be the most underrated path back to yourself.

Genea and Lilia trace the full arc: eating disorders, substance abuse, identity fragmentation, emotional restriction, and the breakthrough that happened when Lilia stopped trying to feel the "right" emotions and started letting them move through her.

Four moments from this episode that stay with you:

🔹 Growing up between two countries, two identities, and never quite fitting either, and how that fracture became the seed of everything

🔹 The restrict/binge/explode cycle hiding inside workaholism, people-pleasing, and fitness culture

🔹 The difference between shame and real emotion, and why shame is just a shortcut to avoid the hard feelings

🔹 Why creative flow is one of the few places where survival patterns can't follow you

This one asks you to look at your own patterns. Not with judgment. With honesty because that's where the freedom starts. Listen now.

About Lilia:

Lilia Bogoeva is the “Inner Demon Crusher,” a badass mental health advocate who uses comics and performing arts to turn your greatest fears into visible monsters and fight them! The purpose of her work is to motivate creative and free-spirited individuals to eliminate the mental blocks that hold them back from building the business and lifestyle they desire. Whether those mental obstacles are driven by unhealed trauma, social stigmas, or anything else, Lilia is here to motivate you. And she speaks as someone who’s made tons of mistakes and learned lessons the hard way, after battling eating disorders, addiction, depression, and the effects of lingering trauma to become the creative entrepreneur she is today.

Connect with Lilia:

Website: www.liliademoncrusher.com

Free Gift Link: https://mailchi.mp/a6066a8396a5/comic-demo-freebie

Another Link: https://substack.com/@innerdemoncrusher

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In this episode, Genea Barnes shares the quest that built Be the Wolf. Not the polished version. The real one. Growing up inside neglect, abuse, and trauma, she spent decades touching joy and losing it again. She chased every tool, every modality, every framework that promised change. And she kept cycling back to the same muck, the same heavy feelings, the same quiet voice saying nothing is ever going to work for me.

What she eventually discovered wasn't on any healer's menu. It was a layer beneath the worthiness work, beneath the trauma processing, beneath everything the gurus teach. And everyone has their own unique version of it.

Here's a look at what lives inside this episode: 🔹 The painful loop of feeling better for a while and then falling back, and what was actually driving it 

🔹 How she went from spending 98% of her time feeling bad to feeling good almost all of the time, and what finally made it stick 

🔹 The difference between a life that looks free on paper and one that actually feels free in your body 

🔹 The subconscious cage that lives beneath your stories, and why most healing never reaches it

If you've done the work and still feel like something's just off, this episode is the one you've been waiting for.

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About Genea

Genea Barnes is a mentor, coach, and speaker whose early life was rooted in deep trauma and neglect. To stay safe, she learned to make everyone else feel good and put their needs first.

It worked to survive, but it came with a cost. She lost her ability to discern what was truly right for her. And getting what she wanted came with the anxiety that it would be lost or taken away. 

She was great at making other people’s dreams come true, but when it came to what she truly wanted, she self-sabotaged and procrastinated … always putting something else first. 

She spent decades exploring and studying every modality under the sun to break free from those patterns and create a life that felt like joy, ease, and freedom. 

Today, she empowers people to move away from and resolve conflict rooted in trauma, generational trauma, and sacrifice of self … so they can create the life they crave and access greater peace and freedom in all areas of their life. 

This gives them access to loving, authentic relationships, consistent healthy habits, and success in business, finance, and career that feels like fulfilment and freedom. 

Alenka Kyslik is the daughter of Soviet immigrants who fled in the middle of the night for a better life. That story became her nervous system's operating code. Opportunity meant safety. Achievement meant survival. And saying no to either felt like a betrayal of everything they crossed an ocean to build.

So she stayed. Through the body disconnection. Through the out-of-body driving moments. Through the week she couldn't get off the floor. Through the boss who told her, "I could give you a green card, but I know you'll leave." She stayed, because her nervous system didn't know there was another option.

This isn't a burnout story. It's a story about the belief underneath the burnout. And what becomes possible when you finally see it for what it is.

Here's what Lenka's story quietly teaches you about your own:

🔹 The moment her body stopped working before her mind caught up with why

🔹 How a green card became a carrot, and seven years became a cage

🔹 What building a business on her own terms actually feels like when the pattern starts to shift

🔹 Why building her new company slower and more intentionally isn't taking longer. It's collapsing time.

If you've ever stayed somewhere longer than you should have, and told yourself it was loyalty, this one is for you. Listen now.

About Alenka:

Eldest daughter, overachiever and recovering people pleaser Alenka has gone through a series of health issues. After years of searching for answers, she found a new version of herself. She saw how challenging it is for so many to find answers for their health and decided to do something about it. With over a decade of experience building software Alenka decided to build an online platform that uses custom matchmaking to connect people with holistic experts based on shared values and current needs. The mission is to give people back control of their health initially focusing on burnout of all kinds.

Connect with Alenka:

Website: https://sahacollective.com/ 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saha.collective/?hl=en

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sahadotcollective 

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Genea doesn't hold back in this one. She walks through the brutal truth most people don't want to hear: the dynamics you learned in childhood … how you got safety, love, attention, needs met … are the exact dynamics you're replicating in your business, relationships, and health. 

If you grew up scrambling for needs that were always slipping away, you're still scrambling. 

If you grew up keeping things casual and safe because commitment felt dangerous, you're still doing that too. 

The way you dealt with the world as a kid is how you’re still dealing with the world.

And it's why your business feels stuck, your relationships feel hollow, or your success never feels like enough.

Genea shares her own story … growing up with an unpredictable mother who told her hunger was "a figment of your imagination," and a stepdad who brought stability but stayed casual, never fully showing up. 

That became her model: casual equals safe but incomplete, committed equals anxious and never enough. 

And she repeated it everywhere … in romantic relationships, in jobs, and most devastatingly, in her business.

In this episode, Genea reveals:

🔹 Why she kept five part-time jobs instead of one full-time commitment … and how that pattern was protecting her from the anxiety of "the one"

🔹 The moment she realized her business was playing the role of her stepdad … casual, safe, but never enough to meet her needs

🔹 How anxious energy chokes the growth of everything you're trying to build, and why you can't grow a business while chasing it to save you

🔹 The flea-jar metaphor that explains why your programming might not even be yours … it could be from three generations back

This isn't about mindset. It's about dismantling subconscious and generational patterns at a level so deep most people never touch.

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About Genea

Genea Barnes is a mentor, coach, and speaker whose early life was rooted in deep trauma and neglect. To stay safe, she learned to make everyone else feel good and put their needs first.

It worked to survive, but it came with a cost. She lost her ability to discern what was truly right for her. And getting what she wanted came with the anxiety that it would be lost or taken away. 

She was great at making other people’s dreams come true, but when it came to what she truly wanted, she self-sabotaged and procrastinated … always putting something else first. 

She spent decades exploring and studying every modality under the sun to break free from those patterns and create a life that felt like joy, ease, and freedom. 

Today, she empowers people to move away from and resolve conflict rooted in trauma, generational trauma, and sacrifice of self … so they can create the life they crave and access greater peace and freedom in all areas of their life. 

This gives them access to loving, authentic relationships, consistent healthy habits, and success in business, finance, and career that feels like fulfilment and freedom. 

Dave Shotgun Shell spent decades chasing adrenaline … football, MMA fighting, even karaoke when his body couldn't take the hits anymore. 

After multiple concussions and near-death experiences starting at age two, he subconsciously became addicted to intensity. 

But when the crashes started outweighing the highs, he swung hard in the opposite direction: two hours of meditation daily, seeking peace and harmony. 

What he got instead was an empty apartment, a divorce, kids who lived elsewhere, and an isolated existence with nothing but four white walls and a recliner. 

He had achieved perfect peace. And zero impact on the world.

This conversation with Genea digs into the cost of extremes, and what happens when you finally stop escaping into either adrenaline or spirituality, and start living from the middle.

Dave and Genea explore:

🔹 The childhood trauma of a cinder block dropped on his head at age two, and how it set the trajectory for a lifetime of seeking near-death experiences

🔹 Why meditating two hours a day gave him exactly what he focused on … nothing … no wife, no connection, no impact

🔹 His friend who told him to join a monastery … the moment he realized he'd escaped too far

🔹 The mantra that changed everything: "I do. Either things will or they won't. But that doesn't change who I am."

If you've been swinging between grit and escape, intensity and isolation, or giving until you're empty … this episode will show you there's another way.

About Dave:

As the founder of BlueVantage—a company forged in the ashes of 9/11, now thriving under his daughter Adrienne's leadership—and DCPacket, revolutionizing power distribution through Digital Electricity, Dave has built a legacy of value creation. His ventures also include partnerships like R.B. Akins, enabling mission-critical infrastructure. Yet, beyond business success, Dave's story is one of personal renewal,anchored by his wife Gretchen's discovery of neurofeedback therapy, which silenced the ghosts of his past Traumas.

Connect with Dave:

Website:  https://shotgunschell.com/

Free Gift Link: https://shotgunschell.com/about

Connect with Genea

Weekly Clarity Call - Wednesdays 7a PST/10a EST - Join the call here:  https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regis... 

Inquire about Events, Firewalking, Coaching, being a guest on Be the Wolf LIVE or Be the Wolf Podcast https://bethewolfnow.com/connect/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram:   / geneabarnes   

Facebook:   / bethewolfnow   

TikTok:   / geneabarnes 

That sentence sounds harmless. But it’s quietly shaping your entire life.

In this episode, Genea Barnes tells the truth about why so many high-functioning people struggle to say what they actually want … and how fear, childhood conditioning, and survival patterns turn honesty into excuses. 

This isn’t about time management or boundaries. It’s about authenticity… and the cost of losing it.

This episode moves through moments you’ll recognize in your body:

🔹 The fear that hits when you imagine saying no without an explanation 🔹 How white lies disconnect you from real intimacy and self-trust 🔹 Why overcommitment is often a trauma response, not ambition 🔹 What changes when you start choosing what’s true instead of what’s safe

If you’re tired of feeling trapped by obligations, guilt, or other people’s expectations, this conversation opens a different way. 

Listen when you’re ready to come back to yourself.

Connect with Genea

Weekly Clarity Call - Wednesdays 7a PST/10a EST - Join the call here:  https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regis... 

Inquire about Events, Firewalking, Coaching, being a guest on Be the Wolf LIVE or Be the Wolf Podcast https://bethewolfnow.com/connect/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram:   / geneabarnes   

Facebook:   / bethewolfnow   

TikTok:   / geneabarnes   

About Genea

Genea Barnes is a mentor, coach, and speaker whose early life was rooted in deep trauma and neglect. To stay safe, she learned to make everyone else feel good and put their needs first.

It worked to survive, but it came with a cost. She lost her ability to discern what was truly right for her. And getting what she wanted came with the anxiety that it would be lost or taken away. 

She was great at making other people’s dreams come true, but when it came to what she truly wanted, she self-sabotaged and procrastinated … always putting something else first. 

She spent decades exploring and studying every modality under the sun to break free from those patterns and create a life that felt like joy, ease, and freedom. 

Today, she empowers people to move away from and resolve conflict rooted in trauma, generational trauma, and sacrifice of self … so they can create the life they crave and access greater peace and freedom in all areas of their life. 

This gives them access to loving, authentic relationships, consistent healthy habits, and success in business, finance, and career that feels like fulfilment and freedom.

Rachel Martin thought she could. She thought if she just held it together, stayed grateful, did everything right, the chaos would fix itself.

But the truck got repossessed. The finances were abysmal. And she kept saying "it is what it is" like it was protection, when really, it was surrender.

The wake-up call came on a winter road in Minnesota when she heard: You have to choose. Not someday. Not when things get better. Now.

This conversation is about the moment you stop tolerating and start owning your life. Rachel opens up about the messy middle, the emotional stages of taking responsibility, and what it really means to choose truth over comfort.

Here's what unfolds in this episode:

🔹 The phrase that signals you're choosing bitterness without realizing it 🔹 How gratitude became Rachel's numbing mechanism, and why that almost destroyed her 🔹 What it feels like to go from powerless to sole provider while everyone thinks you've lost your mind 🔹 The permission her friend gave her that changed everything: "That's not normal."

If you've been waiting for life to fix itself before you step into who you really are, this episode will shake something loose.

Listen now and stop riding the middle.

Connect with Genea

Weekly Clarity Call - Wednesdays 7a PST/10a EST - Join the call here:  https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Mr9xoteOSj-pYabKDTNBRA 

Inquire about Events, Firewalking, Coaching, being a guest on Be the Wolf LIVE or Be the Wolf Podcast https://bethewolfnow.com/connect/ 

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bethewolfnow 

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@geneabarnes 

Connect with Rachel

Website: https://findingjoy.net

Facebook link: https://facebook.com/findingjoyblog 

Email: rachel@findingjoy.net 

About Rachel

Rachel Marie Martin believes in the quiet, unshakable strength of the human spirit and its ability to rise again, to rebuild, and to rediscover joy.

She is the author of Get Your Spark Back, Mom Enough, and The Brave Art of Motherhood, and the voice behind FindingJoy.net, an online community reaching millions of readers each month.

Her words have been translated into more than 25 languages and featured on The Today Show, Good Morning America, NPR, The Huffington Post, Tiny Buddha, Parents, PopSugar, and more. A founding partner of Audience Industries, Rachel also equips entrepreneurs around the world to build message-driven, sustainable businesses that make a difference.

with over 50 million pageviews, 1.1 million+ Facebook followers, and a deeply engaged community across social media, Rachel’s work reminds people that their stories matter, they can create an impact,  and that joy can be found. 

Genea was four years old. He was a Vietnam vet. A junkie. And the only person around who made her feel loved.

Her mom was emotionally unavailable, physically abusive, and gaslighting her constantly. So this man up the street became her best friend. He gave her what her mom couldn't. Belonging. Encouragement. Safety.

And then he overdosed. And she watched him die.

That was just the beginning. Trauma stacked on trauma until Genea's entire nervous system was wired for one thing: survival.

She never wanted her trauma to define her. But it did. It defined every job she took. Every relationship she stayed in. Every dollar she made. She couldn't make more money than her mom. She couldn't step into what she wanted. She couldn't hold joy when she found it.

In this raw solo episode, Genea opens up about:

🔹 Why she used her trauma story to push people away (and how that kept her trapped in freeze) 🔹 The moment she realized every decision she'd ever made was about staying safe, not living free 🔹 What happened when she spent years in therapy, plant medicine, NLP, hypnosis, and still felt stuck 🔹 How she finally broke the pattern and stepped into relationships, money, and work that actually feel good

If you've been running from your past while it quietly runs your life, this episode will meet you there.

Listen now and stop letting survival mode make your decisions.

Connect with Genea

Weekly Clarity Call - Wednesdays 7a PST/10a EST - Join the call here:  https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Mr9xoteOSj-pYabKDTNBRA 

Inquire about Events, Firewalking, Coaching, being a guest on Be the Wolf LIVE or Be the Wolf Podcast https://bethewolfnow.com/connect/ 

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bethewolfnow 

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@geneabarnes 

About Genea

Genea Barnes is a mentor, coach, and speaker whose early life was rooted in deep trauma and neglect. To stay safe, she learned to make everyone else feel good and put their needs first.

It worked to survive, but it came with a cost. She lost her ability to discern what was truly right for her. And getting what she wanted came with the anxiety that it would be lost or taken away. 

She was great at making other people’s dreams come true, but when it came to what she truly wanted, she self-sabotaged and procrastinated … always putting something else first. 

She spent decades exploring and studying every modality under the sun to break free from those patterns and create a life that felt like joy, ease, and freedom. 

Today, she empowers people to move away from and resolve conflict rooted in trauma, generational trauma, and sacrifice of self … so they can create the life they crave and access greater peace and freedom in all areas of their life. 

This gives them access to loving, authentic relationships, consistent healthy habits, and success in business, finance, and career that feels like fulfilment and freedom. 

She believes that when you operate from the TRUTH of who you are, humanity evolves. 

For nine years, Jen Mitchell Love worked as a litigation attorney. She watched families get torn apart in courtrooms. She saw kids become collateral damage. She felt the heaviness of a broken system that treated people's real lives like billable hours. And she knew something had to change.

This conversation captures Jen in the middle of her most honest evolution yet. She's merging the spiritual practice she kept private for years with her legal work. She's speaking the truth about what divorce actually is: a sacred transition that can heal generational patterns instead of destroying families.

Jen gets raw about:

🔹 Why she became a lawyer to get around the rules (and ended up trapped by them) 🔹 The moment she gave a client lavender essential oil and thought, "What am I doing?" 🔹 Why she attracted a narcissistic relationship right after her divorce (and what it taught her) 🔹 The divine message she received on October 12th that changed everything about her work

This is for anyone who's built something impressive but hollow and stressful. Anyone who knows they're meant for something different but hasn't fully claimed it yet.

Watch to see what real evolution looks like when you're still in it.

Connect with Genea: 

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/ 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

Connect with Jen:

Website https://solacedivorce.com 

Appointment Link: https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=20935226 

Instagram handle: https://www.instagram.com/solacejenmitchell/ 

Jen’s Bio:

Jen Mitchell Love is a family law attorney, mediator, and holistic coach who founded Solace Divorce Mediation to change the way people experience divorce. After years in the courtroom, she created a heart-centered, spiritually grounded approach that honors the soul contract of marriage while guiding couples through the legal process with mindfulness, intention, and love. 

Through Solace, her “Divorce with Love” Master Class, Solace University, and her book “Shine, Soul, SHINE!” Jen helps people release what no longer serves them, protect their children, and step into a new chapter as empowered co-creators of their Dream Life.

Genea spent years behind a bar, unable to say no to doing shots with customers. Come on, just one drink. Just one more. She'd start every shift saying she wasn't drinking, and end it five shots deep. Not because she wanted to drink. Because her no was laced with guilt, fear, uncertainty.

Fear that they'd be upset. Guilt that their experience wouldn't be good. All stemming from being a child who made her mom's (and everyone else’s) feelings her responsibility.

This episode breaks down why saying no feels impossible and what's actually happening underneath. Genea shares stories that cracked the pattern open. The structures she built just to protect herself from having to choose. The anxiety that came up when she finally started putting her experience first.

She reveals:

🔹 Why taking a month off drinking was the only time people respected her no (and what that taught her about clean boundaries)

🔹 The workaholic structure that let her say no, but also kept her from saying yes to things she actually wanted

🔹 How putting other people's experience first since age two created nos that never stuck

🔹 The joy practice that trains you to choose yourself even when you're running late If you struggle to say no without an excuse, this episode will show you what's actually in the way. Listen to learn how to say no cleanly, without fear, and have it actually stick.

Connect with Genea:

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

About Genea Genea Barnes is a mentor, coach, and speaker whose early life was rooted in deep trauma, abuse, and neglect. To stay safe, she learned to ‘prove’ her worth and take responsibility for others’ needs and feelings.

It worked to survive, but it came with a cost. She lost her ability to discern what was truly right for her. And getting what she wanted came with anxiety that punishment would follow, or be taken away. This led to self-sabotage and limits on how much peace, love, joy, and freedom she was able to feel and maintain in her life.

She spent decades exploring every modality under the sun to create a life that felt like ease and freedom, and finally achieved it.

Today, she empowers people to move away from and resolve conflict rooted in trauma, generational trauma, and loss of self … so they can access greater peace and freedom in all areas of their life (in way less time than it took her).

This gives them access to success that feels like fulfillment and freedom in business, finance, and career, loving, authentic relationships, and healthy habits that feel like a ‘want to’.

She believes that when you operate from the TRUTH of who you are, humanity evolves.

Ashley Jordan built a life that looked perfect on paper. The dream house. The marriage. The career as an activist. A life that looked enviable from the outside. The result … feeling absolutely caged on the inside.

She walked away from it all. The marriage to a good man. The activist career. The friendships that couldn't handle her evolution. And she rebuilt everything from the inside out based on who she actually is, not who she was told to be.

This isn't a story about dramatic betrayal or abuse. It's about the quiet 

suffocation of living a life that isn't yours. The terror of leaving safety for the unknown. The death of your ego when you stop performing goodness and start embodying truth.

This conversation captures the messy, beautiful journey of unbecoming. Of stripping away every mask to find the truest self underneath. Of walking away from a good man and a good career because good wasn't enough. Of losing friendships that couldn't survive her transformation. Of discovering that grief is actually love calling you home.

Ashley shares the raw truth about:

🔹 The moment she had to leave the activist group she founded because she no longer fit her own mission

 🔹 Why 24 years of repressed grief cracked her open when her childhood sweetheart died

 🔹 How closing her heart at 13 to avoid pain kept her caged for decades

 🔹 The loneliness of not fitting anywhere while you're becoming who you really are

If you've ever felt like your life looks good on paper but still doesn’t “feel right,” this episode will shake something loose.

Listen to understand what’s possible when you choose yourself.

Connect with Genea: 

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

Connect with Ashley: 

Website: ashjordan.com

Instagram: @msashjordan

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Ashley's Bio:

Ashley Jordan is the author of Unhappy Achiever: Rejecting the Good Girl Image and Reclaiming the Joy of

Inner Fulfillment. She writes and speaks for women who are done with the masks, the striving, and the

silence—and who are ready to reclaim their voices and rebuild their lives with truth, freedom, and love.

If you're someone who does a lot for other people, buckle in. Because Genea is about to challenge the story you've been telling yourself about why you give so much.

You think it's because you care. And yes, you do care. But the capital T truth? There's something deeper. Something you're avoiding by making everyone else feel better.

Genea shares her own pattern of over-giving. 

Hours researching to help an ex-boyfriend’s health issues. Lying awake trying to solve clients' problems. Never taking time off because she "cared" so much about the company. 

But all of it (yes all of it) was running from unresolved pain inside herself.

Here's what this episode reveals:

🔹 The invisible conflict that drives people-pleasing and over-giving 🔹 Why you can stand up for others but not yourself 🔹 How childhood wounds show up as adult caretaking patterns 🔹 The freedom that comes from resolving what you're really running from

Warning: This episode asks you to look at uncomfortable truths. But on the other side is peace. 

Connect with Genea: 

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

Celeste Moore teaches people how to align their external presentation with their authentic self. 

But she only learned how to do this after decades of performing identities that weren't hers. 

From childhood trauma to toxic relationships to living a double life, Celeste survived by becoming whoever she thought she needed to be.

This episode is about the journey from performance to presence:

🔹 How sexual trauma at four years old created a lifelong pattern of pleasing and performing 🔹 The breaking point that forced her to choose between survival mode and self-love 🔹 Why softening into the feminine felt like weakness until she understood its strength 🔹 The difference between projecting an image and embodying your truth

Listen if you're ready to stop hiding behind the version of you that you created to stay safe and be accepted.

Connect with Genea: 

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

Connect with Celeste:

YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@CelesteMooreImage

Appointment Link:  https://celestemooreimage.hbportal.co/public/67d0b12f7010

Instagram handle:  https://www.instagram.com/celestemooreimage/ 

Celeste’s Bio

For a long time, I thought power came from looking the part.

So I styled myself to be accepted to earn money, to gain respect, to get a seat at tables where I was often

the only woman.

It worked... until it didn’t.

Because dressing for validation is still just survival.

It’s image without embodiment. And it leaves even the most accomplished women wondering why they

still feel invisible.

That was me until I stopped performing and started claiming.

I got radically honest about who I was becoming and built a presence that matched her.

Not who the world said I should be but the woman I actually am.

That transformation changed my life. And now it changes my clients’.

Today, I work with high-achieving entrepreneurs, public figures, and industry leaders ready to command

presence at their next level.

They’re not just after polish, they want precision. Alignment. Influence.

And that’s what I deliver.

I've styled TEDx speakers, luxury founders, celebrities and award-winning CEOs.

My work has been featured in Forbes, Fox News, The Wall Street Times, and on red carpets and stages

where every detail matters.

When New York Fashion Week calls, I’m there not to watch, but to lead.

And when clients are preparing for national press, high-stakes keynotes, or brand reinventions, I’m the one

they trust to make sure they’re seen for who they truly are.

Because when your image is in full alignment with your identity, you don’t just look the part.

You become undeniable.

You know the pattern. Spin it in your brain. It feels like 500 things. But when  you write it down. It’s only five things. And even when you finish, there's no relief. Just more tasks. More pressure. More proof that you'll never catch up.

Genea shares a story about being trapped in a closet as a child at night. Literally tied up. Waiting for light under the door. And what she discovered about freedom in that moment changes everything about how you approach your overwhelm today.

Here's what opens up in this episode:

🔹 The invisible conflict that makes your to-do list feel endless

🔹 What actually happens when you access freedom first, then work

🔹 Why your nervous system keeps you in perpetual doing mode

🔹 The practice that breaks the overwhelm cycle for good

Doing more will never set you free. But this episode will show you what actually does. Listen or watch now.

Connect with Genea:  Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

Ed Reay moved to London to live with his girlfriend. He made more money than he ever had by multiples. Business class flights to Dubai. Five star hotels for weeks. Booking spontaneous trips to Amsterdam on New Year's Day just because he could. Industry leaders asking him to speak on their stages. Clients paying premium rates for his copywriting.

On paper, it was his best year ever. Internally, it was one of his worst. He kept chasing the next milestone, thinking that would finally make him feel successful. He joined masterminds to see what everyone else was doing so he could copy them. He was living outside of himself, trying to puppeteer his way through a life that looked perfect but felt hollow.

Genea and Ed go deep on:

🔹 The concept of "cliff top" and why achieving everything can feel worse than having nothing

🔹 How people pleasing and external validation became his identity

🔹 Why he couldn't access flow state no matter how much success he created

🔹 The moment he chose to lose and how that led to actually finding himself

Watch or listen now. This one will stay with you.

Connect with Genea:  Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

Connect with Ed Reay Instagram: @ed.reay Twitter: @reayed6 Free Gift Link : https://u6jw3fbc84r.typeform.com/to/MpZcXHkS

About Ed Reay

Ed Reay is a copywriter, business consultant, software founder, and coach who helps people identify where they’re stuck in business—and guide them through it.

He’s the founder of RuleBender.ai, an experimental AI-assisted ad technology to stop Facebook ad rejections in their tracks so advertisers can scale without interruption. He is the first person to solve the “Facebook ad ban black box.”

When he’s not optimizing his software, consulting with clients, or making Instagram videos, he’s breakdancing, practicing Japanese, and hosting events for his local community and inner circle of friends. His most notable event was hosting a 2000s Pop Music party.

Constantly evolving, Ed dives deep into esoteric knowledge and wisdom. Running through ancient tomes on spirituality, astrology, theology, and many ancient systems of thinking long forgotten today. He applies these learnings to his work with his clients, which is why he’s able to identify patterns and get businesses unstuck even after multiple failed attempts with other consultants.

You've done the work. You've built the business, shown up for the relationships, pushed yourself to grow.

But there's this feeling you can't shake.

Like something bad is waiting on the other side of success.

Like the moment you finally relax, it's all going to fall apart.

Genea calls this the upside-down pattern.

It's when your nervous system learned early on that stepping into what you want comes with consequences (and not the good kind). 

So now, even though you're working toward your goals, your subconscious is working just as hard to make sure you never actually get there. Or if you do, you lose it.

This episode unpacks:

🔹 The two-year-old moment that wired Genea's brain to expect punishment after joy

🔹 Why you might be using shame to complete the loop your body expects

🔹 The leadership training that forced her to choose her real desires over safety

🔹 What it actually takes to stop fearing the things that light you up

This isn't about working harder or wanting it more.

It's about unwinding the hidden fear that's been running the show since you were too young to understand what was happening.

That's what Jeff Glauser kept thinking as he climbed the ladder, checked the boxes, and built the life that looked good from the outside. But inside? He was exhausted. Angry. Feeling like nothing he did was enough to “get him there.”.

From latchkey kid to sports journalist to film school to corporate burnout, Jeff's story is about the cost of chasing a definition of success that was never really his. It's also about what happens when you finally give yourself permission to rewrite it.

In this open and grounded conversation, you'll hear:

🔹 The pattern of being on the outskirts that followed him from childhood into every career move

🔹 Why making twice the money left him more miserable than he'd ever been

🔹 How imposter syndrome shows up when you're living someone else's version of your dream

🔹 What health, happiness, and peace feel like when you stop tying your worth to your income

This episode is for anyone who's ever wondered if they're doing it wrong because it doesn't feel right. Spoiler: you're not. You're just it right for someone else … not you. 

Connect with Genea: 

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

Connect with Jeff:

Website: https://brandscribed.com/ 

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffglauser/

About Jeff: 

Jeff Glauser is a seasoned storytelling strategist who helps established professionals — from authors and former athletes to corporate leaders — surface and share their most powerful comeback narratives. Whether it's coaching them on brand messaging, serving as a ghostwriter, or brokering their content to get it placed on the most appropriate platforms, Jeff is passionate about bringing powerful, legacy-leaving stories to life

They switch environments. Learn new skills. Even shift their beliefs.

But the deeper patterns stay untouched.

Genea maps out the six levels of change and shows you exactly where transformation breaks down and where it finally takes root.

Here's what unfolds:

🔹 The neurological anchors that keep pulling you back to old patterns even in new places

🔹 The hidden beliefs running your life that were locked in before age 10

🔹 How your being "nice" or "strong" might be a survival strategy blocking the ease and joy you're working so hard to create

🔹 The one shift that ripples down into every other area of your life and helped Genea lose 45 pounds without obsessing or grinding

This episode is for you if you've done the work but you're still not feeling the freedom.

Connect with Genea: 

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

Melissa Perlman didn't have construction experience, speak Spanish, or a detailed business plan when she moved to Tulum after 9/11.

She had a spark.

A vision.

And the courage to follow breadcrumbs instead of blueprints.

That spark became Amansala, one of Tulum's most iconic wellness destinations.

Genea and Melissa dive into:

🔹 The moment she negotiated her first hotel on a napkin with a man who couldn't write his own name

🔹 Why she chose to move forward after being forcibly removed from the property she'd rebuilt

🔹 How following the frequency of joy reveals opportunities that control never could

🔹 The practice of trusting small decisions so you can trust the big ones

In this conversation, Genea and Melissa explore what it means to build from joy, experience some big losses, but keep trusting yourself anyway.

Connect with Genea:

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

Connect with Melissa:

Website: https://www.amansala.com/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-glee-perlman/

About Melissa:

Melissa Perlman is the founder of Amansala, one of Tulum’s most iconic boutique hotels and wellness retreat destinations. A pioneer in experiential travel, she created Bikini Bootcamp, a signature program that has attracted celebrities, CEOs, and wellness seekers from around the world—and helped put Tulum on the global wellness map.

What began as a simple concept—a few beachside rooms and a vision for transformation—grew into a multimillion-dollar hospitality brand rooted in authenticity, community, and conscious living.

Melissa built her business from the ground up, navigating real estate challenges, local politics, legal battles, and the unique complexities of building in Mexico—all while staying true to her mission of creating spaces that inspire personal growth and connection. After being pushed out of her original location—a property she developed by hand—Melissa had to decide whether to walk away or rebuild. She chose to stay, and that decision became the turning point. She not only rebuilt Amansala stronger, but expanded its offerings, refined the brand, and emerged as a thought leader in the boutique wellness space.

Melissa brings a raw and honest perspective to entrepreneurship—sharing how to overcome setbacks, stay financially independent, build a loyal team, and scale without selling out. Today, Amansala continues to thrive under her leadership, with plans to expand globally.

That sacrifice is the path to love, respect, and success.

But here's the truth: that mindset is killing your business, your relationships, and your joy.

In this bold episode, Genea dismantles the "service to others" trap and reveals why putting yourself first is the most generous thing you can do.

In this episode, you'll hear:

🔹 The painful conditioning that turned you into a slave to everyone else's expectations 🔹 Why the "employee mindset" keeps you from building the business (and life) you actually want 🔹 The real reason shame and anxiety show up when you try to step into who you are 🔹 How choosing yourself first creates overflow—the kind that actually gives back to the world

If you've ever felt exhausted from being "the strong one," this episode will help you see why breaking free from that pattern is the foundation of everything you want.

Listen now and start reclaiming your autonomy.

Connect with Genea: 

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

You can be brilliant and still invisible.

What may be super clear to you doesn’t always resonate to others.

 And as a result, people don’t remember or care about what you have to say.

Genea talks with Brian Miller, a message design expert who teaches people how to explain big ideas in ways that actually stick. Brian works with scientists, researchers, and industry leaders, but the lessons here? They're for anyone who needs people to understand them.

Entrepreneurs. Leaders. Creatives. Coaches. Experts. And even Parents.  

If you've got something to say and people aren't getting it, this episode is for you.

This conversation gets real about communication:

🔹 Why people don't ask questions when they're lost (and how you're losing them in silence) 🔹 The survival bias that tricks you into thinking you're landing the conversation when you're not 🔹 How saying yes to uncomfortable opportunities creates unexpected transformation 🔹 The one shift that makes your message spread: Audience First, Always

This matters because communication is a major cornerstone to getting what you want out of life and business. Your business only grows when others can talk about what you do. If they don't understand you, they can't share you. And if they can't share you, your message dies with them.

Listen and learn how to make your words move people.

Connect with Brian:

Website https://clarityupconsulting.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brianmillerspeaks/

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/brianmillerspeaks

Get Access to Brian's Book: https://keynotedesignbook.com About Brian:

Brian Miller is a former magician turned international keynote speaker on human connection, whose TEDx talk has been viewed 3.6 million times. Today, he’s the founder of Clarity Up, a boutique messaging firm that teaches experts how to explain their big ideas to the rest of us. His team has served hundreds of clients across five continents and 20+ industries, with 34 TEDx talks earning a combined 13 million views and 4 Editor’s Picks. Brian is the 2025 Cicero Speechwriting Award recipient for Social Justice. He believes everything can be said clearly—and he’s on a mission to restore humanity’s faith in experts.

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

In this episode, Genea reveals why most entrepreneurs feel like they're living a "level 6 (ir lower) life" even when they've achieved success on paper. 

The issue isn't your strategy, your work ethic, or your talent. 

It's your decision-making mechanism … the invisible autopilot system that's been running your life since childhood.

Genea walks you through:

🔹 The uncomfortable truth about why your life recreates the same emotional patterns from childhood … and how that's keeping your business at a ceiling

🔹 What happens when you make decisions from obligation instead of alignment … and why that creates more frustration and headaches

🔹 The mindset trap that makes you fail even when you have the BEST coaches, mentors, and strategies

🔹 How to know if you're ready to actually change (hint: you'll feel something, and it won't be comfortable)

If you've been working hard, following the rules, and still feeling like something's missing, this episode will help you understand what's really going on beneath the surface.

Listen now to discover how to shift from autopilot to intentional decision-making … and finally create the level 10 life you've been chasing.

Connect with Genea: 

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

In this episode, Genea sits down with Kimberly Spencer to unpack a pattern most entrepreneurs don't see coming: money bulimia. 

It's the cycle of bringing in more revenue while watching profits vanish, expenses pile up, and cash flow disappear. 

Kimberly knows this pattern intimately because she lived it first with food, then with relationships, and finally with business. 

She traced it back to childhood chaos, the need to control what felt uncontrollable, and a deep-seated belief that she didn't deserve to keep what she earned.

This conversation goes beneath strategy and into the subconscious drivers that keep capable entrepreneurs repeating the same financial patterns over and over.

You'll hear:

🔹 Why childhood patterns dictate how you handle money in business

🔹 How bulimia became the blueprint for business self-sabotage

🔹 How Kimberly went from $115 in annual revenue to scaling multiple six figures by addressing the real problem

🔹 What happens when you finally trust yourself instead of repeating what looks good on paper

If your business feels like a cycle of progress and loss, this episode will help you see the pattern you've been repeating and what it takes to break it.

Connect with Kimberly:

Website: https://www.crownyourself.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/crownyourselfnow

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimberly.spencer 

About Kimberly: 

Kimberly Spencer is an award-winning high-performance, trauma-informed coach, TEDx speaker, the founder of Crown Yourself® and CEO of Communication Queens, and #1 bestselling author of “Make Every Podcast Want You: How to Become So Radically Interesting You’ll Barely Keep from Interviewing Yourself" which was named one of the "Top Books of 2024 to Change Your Life" by Foureva Media in NYC's Times Square.

From her entrepreneurial beginnings on the streets of suburbia selling bags of glitter water at five to her neighbors to becoming an award-winning screenwriter, certified Pilates instructor, Miss Congeniality, and having a successful exit as president of a national e-commerce company, Kimberly is proof that it's better to make your own mold than to conform to someone else's.

With 2X  award-nominated top podcasts for her businesses, Crown Yourself® and Communication Queen, Kimberly is elevating the conversation for visionary leaders to get their voices heard, leveraging strategy + spirituality.

A warrior for humankind's infinite possibility and an unsinkable optimist, this mom of three is on a quest to revolutionize mindsets from fear to faith so that you can stand in your power. 

Her work has been featured on Netflix, The CW, ESPN, Chicken Soup for the Soul, NPR, Thrive Global, CNBC, and Forbes.

Connect with Genea: 

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

In this episode, Genea dismantles the misconceptions around trauma. 

She reveals why most people stay trapped in cycles that prevent them from ever getting what they want. 

She exposes how unprocessed emotions from overwhelming events create false stories about who we are. 

And how these stories end up running our businesses, relationships, and entire lives.

Genea gets raw about trauma. And gives you a clear path to not letting it be the excuse as to why your life is not the way you want it to be.  

She breaks down what happens to your nervous system when you experience traumatic events. And how it keeps you focused on what you don't want instead of what you want to create.

This conversation dives deep into:

🔹 The moment your nervous system decided you couldn't handle something and why it's still protecting you from it

 🔹 The difference between trauma emotions and the shame stories we build around them

🔹 Why talking about trauma without identifying and processing the root emotions just reinforces the prison 

🔹 The three-stage journey from emotional overwhelm to complete neutrality and freedom

If you've ever felt like your past is secretly running your present, this episode will help you reclaim the freedom to be who you actually are.

Connect with Genea: 

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

Nik Agharkar lived it and discovered why it's not always a dream come true.

His innovative approach to client acquisition exploded his law practice from nothing to $5M in nine months. 

But success without structure became his nightmare. 

The very growth he'd fought for forced him to sell his practice and become an employee again. 

Now, Nik's playing an entirely different game. 

In this honest conversation with Genea, he shares what he's learned about sustainable growth versus unsustainable speed.

The insights that emerged from this conversation:

🔹 The anger and hubris that fueled his first business leap and nearly destroyed it

🔹 Why the dopamine hit of constant growth becomes an addiction that blinds you to problems

🔹 The mindset shift from "I'll show them" to "what do I actually want?" 

🔹 How building slowly with intention creates more sustainable freedom than racing to scale

Listen, if you've ever wondered whether there's a way to grow that doesn't require sacrificing everything else you care about.

Connect with Nik:

email: nik at crownepointtax.com

Website: https://www.crownepointtax.com/ 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crownepoint_tax/ 

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikagharkar/

Connect with Genea:  

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

About Nik: 

Nikhil (Nik) Agharkar, Esq. is a seasoned counselor with nearly two decades of experience guiding individuals, families, and business owners through the complexities of wealth preservation, tax strategy, and legacy planning. 

A graduate of Carnegie Mellon University with dual degrees in Economics and Public Policy, Nik combines analytical precision with a deep understanding of law, finance, and public systems to deliver tailored, impactful solutions. 

Nik is especially known for his ability to uncover powerful, often-overlooked provisions in the tax code to develop creative, compliant strategies that reduce tax burdens and support long-term financial security, particularly when paired with asset protection vehicles. He is an expert in law, economics, finance, and public policy.

You know exactly who you're supposed to be in every situation.

You've learned to tone down your excitement, dim your personality, and hide the parts that might make others uncomfortable.

The problem?

You've gotten so good at being what everyone needs that you've completely lost touch with what lights you up.

Genea dives deep into why high-achievers often feel empty despite external success and how the "hologram self" we create for safety actually blocks us from experiencing genuine fulfillment in business and life.

🔹 Why authenticity has been scientifically measured as 400 times more powerful than love 

🔹 The cost of protecting everyone else from your real personality and desires 

🔹 How your authentic frequency attracts what brings you joy, freedom, love, and peace automatically 

🔹 The life and world shift that happens when you finally show up as yourself

This episode is for entrepreneurs who are tired of accommodating everyone else and ready to claim a life and business that actually gives them the joy, satisfaction, and freedom they deserve.

Connect with Genea: 

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

Connect to Arthur:

Email: arbarnesbiz@gmail.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/arthur.r.barnes/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coacharthursupermanbarnes/

Connect with Genea: 

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

About Arthur:

Arthur R. Barnes is a Certified Mindset Coach, Neuroscience Practitioner, and High-Flow Performance Strategist with over 32 years in ministry and pastoral leadership.

A 7-figure business builder, Arthur helps faith-driven entrepreneurs, real estate professionals, and executive leaders align their mindset, mission, and momentum—without burnout.

His signature belief? “There’s always another level.”

Through soul-rooted strategy and system-driven coaching, Arthur empowers you to grow a business that feels like you—bold, purpose-filled, and wildly impactful.💡

Arthur Helps You:

✔ Shift your beliefs to match your next level

✔ Build a legacy-aligned business without burnout

✔ Grow a powerful, paid, and purpose-driven network

✔ Create clarity, confidence, and consistent action

✔ Align your identity with your income, impact, and influence

🚀 Ready for Your Next Level? Let’s Build It Together. If your spirit’s been stirred and you know you’re called to more—clarity, income, impact—it’s time for a conversation that changes the game.

🎯 This isn’t a sales pitch. It’s a sacred space to map out your next level—with a coach who honors both your ambition and your anointing.

📅 Schedule your 1-on-1 discovery call now https://calendar.app.google/SMmA7BSoKtKJSQrv6

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It requires the internal capacity to withstand loss, criticism, and the constant voice in your head saying you should just do what everyone else is doing.

Most entrepreneurs think they want to be trailblazers until they face the real cost.

In this episode, Genea reveals the messy, powerful truth about what it takes to carve your own path and why most people give up before they ever really begin.

Here's what this episode explores:

🔹 The moment Genea chose to dismantle her entire San Francisco life and why destruction had to come before creation 

🔹 Why the "lone wolf" isn't who you think it is, and the real story behind choosing your own path

🔹 What Genea learned from defying her astrologer's advice and why trusting yourself matters more than anyone's forecast 

🔹 The freedom that comes from being willing to lose everything for your vision

This is for entrepreneurs who are done playing small and ready to trust what they know in their bones

Connect with Genea: 

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

About Genea:

Genea Barnes is a Performance Coach for Entrepreneurs, Speaker, and Podcast Host. 

She helps entrepreneurs create more money, impact, and joy by expanding your Success Zone. This results in solid, steady growth while working less and using fewer sales, marketing, and money-making strategies. 

Her custom state-of-the-art system saved her own business from financial ruin and is based on 20 years of experience, study, and training with leading experts.

She's helped hundreds of people take their businesses and lives to the next level giving them time freedom, financial breakthroughs, and more joy. She believes that when you unleash the power of YOU, humanity evolves.

Genea welcomes Carrie Trabue, former trial lawyer and CEO, for a conversation that cuts straight to the heart of what it takes to step into your authentic power. From surviving sexual harassment in her early legal career to launching LawSphere at midlife, Carrie's journey reveals how our greatest challenges often become our greatest strengths.

This episode explores the messy, necessary process of shedding the versions of ourselves we created to survive, fit in, and keep others comfortable. It's about the courage required to move from background singer to lead singer in your own life.

Here's the transformation you'll witness: 

🔹 How walking on eggshells with a narcissistic father developed the intuition that guides her business today 

🔹 Why letting go of the "casserole train" became the first step toward claiming her power

🔹 Why her "worst" quality became her competitive advantage as an entrepreneur 

🔹 The internal knowing test that guides her biggest decisions without needing anyone's approval

This conversation will leave you questioning what you're willing to release to become who you're meant to be.

Connect with Carrie:

Website: https://lawsphere.com/

Carrie's Book: https://www.carrington-smith.com/ 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carringtonatx/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carriesmithtrabue/

About Carrie: 

Carrie Smith Trabue is the Co-Founder & President of LawSphere, a newly launched online community for lawyers. Carrie worked as a trial lawyer for seven years and has been the CEO of Carrington Legal Search for the last 25 years, where she listened to the hopes, complaints, problems, and desires of thousands of lawyers nationwide. 

LawSphere was born out of her desire to address the needs of lawyers and give back to the industry she loves. A best-selling author and mother of two college-age children, Carrie is passionate about living a purpose-driven life. She is the author of Blooming: Finding Gifts in the Shit of Life. She is a graduate of Tulane Law School (along with David) and the University of Texas. She resides in Austin.

Some quotes she lives by:

*With adversity comes opportunity.

*Mindset is a muscle. Be disciplined with your internal dialogue. It determines the outcome of your life.

*Seek not success, but instead seek to provide value in all that you do.

*It's an Instagram world, and I'm living life unfiltered. 

Connect with Genea: 

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

But when it comes to your own dreams and business vision, you procrastinate, doubt, and second-guess every move.

In this episode, Genea reveals the hidden programming that creates this pattern and why it's not a willpower problem.

She shares her own story of completing a meaningful photography project only by tricking her subconscious into making it about others, and breaks down the two distinct paths every entrepreneur faces.

🔹 The employee mindset that makes you bend over backward for clients while neglecting your vision 

🔹 Why straight-A students often become struggling entrepreneurs 

🔹 The cultural programming that teaches us to ignore our internal compass 

🔹 How to start operating in service to yourself without becoming selfish

This isn't about productivity hacks or time management. It's about rewiring the fundamental programming that determines whether you build a business that traps you or sets you free.

Connect with Genea: 

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

About Genea:

Genea Barnes is a Performance Coach for Entrepreneurs, Speaker, and Podcast Host. 

She helps entrepreneurs create more money, impact, and joy by expanding your Success Zone. This results in solid, steady growth while working less and using fewer sales, marketing, and money-making strategies. 

Her custom state-of-the-art system saved her own business from financial ruin and is based on 20 years of experience, study, and training with leading experts.

She's helped hundreds of people take their businesses and lives to the next level giving them time freedom, financial breakthroughs, and more joy. She believes that when you unleash the power of YOU, humanity evolves.

On paper, he had everything. In reality, he was chasing his grandfather's identity and running from the belief that he was fundamentally broken.

The day after closing the deal, he woke up deeply depressed, realizing that all the success in the world couldn't fill the void inside.

In this raw conversation, Peter shares his journey from fear-driven CEO to conscious leader building an AI company that puts employee growth above profits.

This isn't just another success story … it's a blueprint for what happens when you stop running from yourself and start building from who you really are.

Here's what we dive into:

🔹 The moment he realized no one cared about his $140M win and what that taught him about validation

🔹 The identity trap that keeps successful people feeling like failures inside

🔹 The plant medicine experience that cracked open his fear-based patterns and changed the way he looked at everything

🔹 How his new company operates from love instead of fear and why that's changing lives.

If you've ever wondered whether the success you're chasing will actually fulfill you, this conversation will give you permission to redefine what winning really means.

Connect with Peter:

Website: https://www.evolveweird.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therememberingbook/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterkennedy182/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@the.remembering4

About Peter:

Peter Kennedy is a father of five, entrepreneur, and author of The Remembering—a raw, immersive memoir chronicling his journey from high-functioning overachiever to awakened, embodied man.

He built and led Tagger Media to a $140M acquisition by Sprout Social (NASDAQ: SPT), living a life that looked perfect on paper but felt painfully empty inside.

For years, Peter chased success to outrun a deeper truth: beneath the polished image was a boy who believed he had to earn love to be worthy of it.

Everything changed during a temazcal ceremony in the jungles of Brazil. That night cracked open the illusion of control and set him on a path of radical surrender and soul-level healing.

His journey led him through plant medicine ceremonies (iboga, ayahuasca, psilocybin), somatic therapy, a 10-day darkness retreat, and the dismantling of everything he thought success required.

Today, Peter is the co-founder of EvolveWell Inc., an AI-powered platform designed to help coaches support their clients between sessions.

At EvolveWell, growth isn’t a buzzword—it’s a business model.

The company prioritizes the personal evolution of its team above all else, redefining what conscious business can look and feel like.

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

In this episode, Genea exposes the hidden pattern that's been sabotaging entrepreneurs for years: the subconscious need to please others, follow rules, and avoid judgment. When you're more worried about doing things "right" than doing what's right for you, your business becomes a prison instead of freedom.

This isn't about strategy. It's about the invisible decision-making mechanism that's been running your life.

Here's what Genea uncovers in this game-changing conversation:

🔹 How childhood survival patterns show up as business self-sabotage 

🔹 The 35,000 daily decisions that are moving you away from what you want to create

🔹 Why "should" is the most dangerous word in entrepreneurship 

🔹 A simple visualization tool to reclaim your power and make decisions from your truth

If you've ever felt like you're building someone else's business instead of your own, this episode will help you start creating from your own truth.

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

About Genea:

Genea Barnes is a Performance Coach for Entrepreneurs, Speaker, and Podcast Host. 

She helps entrepreneurs create more money, impact, and joy by expanding your Success Zone. This results in solid, steady growth while working less and using fewer sales, marketing, and money-making strategies. 

Her custom state-of-the-art system saved her own business from financial ruin and is based on 20 years of experience, study, and training with leading experts.

She's helped hundreds of people take their businesses and lives to the next level giving them time freedom, financial breakthroughs, and more joy. She believes that when you unleash the power of YOU, humanity evolves.

He was a successful designer teaching clients about authentic branding while wearing a costume of khakis and button-downs, speaking in a voice that wasn't his own, trying to be who he thought would get paid.

In this conversation, Genea explores the exhausting performance of entrepreneurship and the courage it takes to stop being who you think people want and start being who you are.

Drew's transformation from "The Design Company" to "We Make Cool Shit" isn't just a rebrand. It's a masterclass in what happens when you finally bet on yourself  … your TRUE self.

Genea and Drew dive deep into the transformation that happens when you choose authenticity over approval:

🔹 The fear that kept him wearing khakis to client meetings for years 

🔹 Why his biggest breakthrough came from making stickers as a joke 

🔹 How losing his dream job became the best thing that ever happened to him 

🔹 The difference between earning fake money and eating what you kill

If you've ever felt like you're performing your way through business instead of building from who you really are ...

This conversation will remind you that your authenticity isn't just nice to have … it's your greatest competitive advantage.

Connect with Drew: 

Website: https://www.wemakecoolshit.co/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wemakecoolshit/

Strategy Consultation: https://www.wemakecoolshit.co/free-design-strategyconsultation

About Make Cool Shit:

We Build Brands That Kick Doors Down.

Connect with Genea: 

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

Most entrepreneurs don't realize they're operating from lack.

They think they're being strategic, responsible, efficient.

But Genea reveals how this underlying emotion creates a cycle of short-term choices that keep you busy but not growing.

From procrastination to people-pleasing to that constant feeling of being behind, it all traces back to the same source.

This episode uncovers the patterns that keep you spinning:

🔹 The yo-yo cycle from superwoman mode to complete burnout that destroys sustainable growth 🔹 Why your communication with clients and team feels stressful even when nothing's wrong 🔹 How lack makes you attractive to the worst clients while repelling the ones you actually want 🔹 The path from survival mode thinking to decisions that create lasting success

Listen if you're ready to understand why your hard work isn't translating to the growth you want.

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

About Genea:

Genea Barnes is a Performance Coach for Entrepreneurs, Speaker, and Podcast Host. 

She helps entrepreneurs create more money, impact, and joy by expanding your Success Zone. This results in solid, steady growth while working less and using fewer sales, marketing, and money-making strategies. 

Her custom state-of-the-art system saved her own business from financial ruin and is based on 20 years of experience, study, and training with leading experts.

She's helped hundreds of people take their businesses and lives to the next level giving them time freedom, financial breakthroughs, and more joy. She believes that when you unleash the power of YOU, humanity evolves.

Megan O'Nan learned this the hard way when she was outed in Mississippi and faced rejection from everyone she loved. Instead of running forever, she came back to heal those relationships and discovered something powerful: when you lead with your vulnerability instead of your defenses, everything changes.

In this conversation with Genea, Megan shares the tools that transformed her most painful relationships into her strongest ones.

Here's what they explored together:

🔹 The devastating moment when support turned to Bible verses and rejection 

🔹 How cancel culture lives in our phones, but connection happens face-to-face

🔹 The simple question that dissolves defensiveness and opens hearts 

🔹 Why safety comes from within yourself, not from controlling other people's opinions

This episode is for anyone who's tired of surface level connection in business and life. And for those who are ready to risk being seen for who they really are.

Connect with Meagan:

Website: https://www.meaganonan.com/

TED Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWuBaXuALB0

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/megonan/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meaganonan/

Speaker Slam Winning Speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV7iIHEB3RM About Meagan:

Meagan O’Nan is a human connection consultant, 3x award-winning author, award-winning international speaker, and TEDx speaker who brings over 15 years of experience helping people find common ground in uncommon conversations.

She has worked with organizations like the Red Cross National, Inspire Brands, Toyota, and school districts and colleges across the country — guiding leaders, educators, and teams to create cultures where people feel seen, heard, and valued.

Her work has been featured in Forbes, New York Weekly, FOX 13 Seattle, Brainz Magazine, and Authority Magazine to name a few. Her recent TEDx Talk, “What To Do When You Disagree With Someone You Love,” has garnered over 70,000 views in just a month since its launch.

Through her storytelling, Meagan doesn’t just talk about connection — she creates it. She reminds us that we don’t have to agree to belong to each other.

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

In this episode, Genea reveals why the popular "become the person who has what you want" formula keeps entrepreneurs spinning their wheels instead of creating real change. Through a powerful story about a business owner who overcame bullying but created new problems, she shows how focusing on surface-level traits like consistency and discipline misses the deeper work that actually transforms your results.

Here's what this conversation will shift for you:

🔹 Why chasing traits like consistency and resilience might be reinforcing the wrong identity 

🔹 The hidden fear patterns that create enemies and conflict 

🔹 How to dig down to who you need to become so success becomes inevitable

🔹 The difference between fighting back and becoming truly unbothered by criticism

If you're tired of working on yourself without seeing it translate to business growth, this episode will show you where to focus your energy instead.

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

About Genea:

Genea Barnes is a Performance Coach for Entrepreneurs, Speaker, and Podcast Host. 

She helps entrepreneurs create more money, impact, and joy by expanding your Success Zone. This results in solid, steady growth while working less and using fewer sales, marketing, and money-making strategies. 

Her custom state-of-the-art system saved her own business from financial ruin and is based on 20 years of experience, study, and training with leading experts.

She's helped hundreds of people take their businesses and lives to the next level giving them time freedom, financial breakthroughs, and more joy. She believes that when you unleash the power of YOU, humanity evolves.

Together, they dive into why successful entrepreneurs must embrace change, even when it feels terrifying.

Through Kathy's journey from risk-averse corporate employee to business owner, listeners gain insight into the real reasons many entrepreneurs resist change and how it silently caps their growth. 

For anyone who feels the tension between security and freedom, this conversation illuminates the path forward.

Listen as they explore:

🔹 The moment Kathy realized her security-first mindset was costing her everything 

🔹 Why most entrepreneurs stay paralyzed by technology fear until pain forces them to change 

🔹 How your brain makes terrible business decisions when you're tired or depleted 

🔹 The surprising freedom that comes from finally trusting yourself to navigate uncertainty

Whether you're contemplating a business leap or simply tired of playing small, this episode delivers the honest perspective needed to move beyond fear and into your full entrepreneurial power.

Connect with Kathy: 

[free gift] Tech Audit Cheat Sheet: https://cs.kfeathersolutionsllc.com/TechSheet

Website: https://www.kfeathersolutionsllc.com/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathrynfeather/

Blog: https://www.kfeathersolutionsllc.com/blog

Appointment link: https://www.kfeathersolutionsllc.com/appointment 

About Kathy: 

Kathy is the owner of K Feather Solutions LLC. She serves as a Business and Lifestyle Strategist to coaches and course creators. 

Kathy understands the unique challenge of balancing purpose-driven coaching with sustainable growth. That's why she offers tailored solutions designed to reclaim your time & amplify your impact.

With 20 years of corporate and consulting experience guiding teams to successful project delivery, her Blueprint to Freedom process is straightforward and customer-focused. Just a commitment to understanding your unique needs and providing tailored solutions that fit them.

From strategic planning that aligns with your vision to seamless technology management that streamlines your workflows and even personalized travel planning for essential retreats or well-deserved breaks, her services empower you to build a thriving business that fuels your passion while allowing you to fully support your clients' journey.

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

It's the psychology driving every decision you make.

In this episode, Genea reveals why traditional mindset work barely scratches the surface and what's really keeping you from the business growth you want.

Here's what this conversation will shift for you:

🔹 Why your brain makes business decisions based on what happened before you turned 12 

🔹 How your parents' relationship with success became your subconscious operating system 

🔹 The moment at age 2 that created a shame-accomplishment link in Genea's brain 

🔹 The difference between understanding something and having the breakthrough that changes everything

If you've been working hard but not seeing the results, this episode will help you see what's been invisible.

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

About Genea:

Genea Barnes is a Performance Coach for Entrepreneurs, Speaker, and Podcast Host. 

She helps entrepreneurs create more money, impact, and joy by expanding your Success Zone. This results in solid, steady growth while working less and using fewer sales, marketing, and money-making strategies. 

Her custom state-of-the-art system saved her own business from financial ruin and is based on 20 years of experience, study, and training with leading experts.

She's helped hundreds of people take their businesses and lives to the next level giving them time freedom, financial breakthroughs, and more joy. She believes that when you unleash the power of YOU, humanity evolves.

Between achieving success and sustaining it.

David Meltzer learned this the hard way when he lost over $100 million and had to tell his mother he'd lost her house too.

In this powerful conversation with Genea, David shares the three distinct phases of his entrepreneurial journey and the internal shifts that changed everything.

This isn't your typical rags-to-riches story.

It's about the hidden costs of building from scarcity, the emptiness that can come with external success, and the moment David discovered that his biggest problem wasn't his circumstances, it was his relationship with them.

The insights David shares go straight to the heart of what it means to build something sustainable:

🔹 Why making millions from scarcity will always lead you back to zero

🔹 The dangerous world of "for me" thinking that still operates from scarcity

🔹 What his mother saw that he couldn't, and how it saved his life

🔹 The practical difference between giving more and asking for more than more

If you're building something meaningful but struggling with the internal game of entrepreneurship, this conversation will shift how you see success, money, and your own journey.

Connect with David: 

Get David’s life hack book for free → email him at david@dmeltzer.com and ask for the book you heard about on the Be the Wolf podcast. 

Website: https://dmeltzer.com/

Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/davidmeltzer11

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidmeltzer/

Twitter: https://x.com/davidmeltzer

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidmeltzer2/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@davidmeltzer

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/davidmeltzer

About David:

David Meltzer is the Chairman of the Napoleon Hill Institute and formerly served as CEO of the renowned Leigh Steinberg Sports & Entertainment agency, which was the inspiration for the movie Jerry Maguire. He is a globally recognized entrepreneur, investor, and top business coach. Variety Magazine has recognized him as their Sports Humanitarian of the Year and has been awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.

As Executive Producer of the Apple TV series 2 Minute Drill and Office Hours, as well as Entrepreneur's #1 digital business show, Elevator Pitch, David brings unmatched insights to audiences worldwide. His journey has been featured in books, movies, and TV, including World’s Greatest Motivators, Think and Grow Rich, and Netflix’s Beyond the Secret. His life’s mission is to empower OVER 1 BILLION people to be happy!

This simple yet powerful mission has led him on an incredible journey to provide one thing… VALUE. In all his content and communication, that’s exactly what you’ll receive.

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

In this episode, Genea Barnes uncovers the real reason stress hijacks your creativity, collapses your capacity, and pulls you out of alignment. It’s not about working harder. It’s about shifting how you relate to pressure, so your nervous system isn’t running the show.

🔹 Why you get sick every time you try to take a day off 

🔹 The silent cycle that keeps your marketing, income, and energy unstable

🔹 Three warning signs you're riding the edge of burnout (and creating problems where there are none) 

🔹 The simple daily practice that releases trapped emotions and rewires your stress response

This isn't another episode about time management or productivity hacks. This is about understanding the root cause of why entrepreneurs stay trapped in cycles they can't seem to break.

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

About Genea:

Genea Barnes is a Performance Coach for Entrepreneurs, Speaker, and Podcast Host. 

She helps entrepreneurs create more money, impact, and joy by expanding your Success Zone. This results in solid, steady growth while working less and using fewer sales, marketing, and money-making strategies. 

Her custom state-of-the-art system saved her own business from financial ruin and is based on 20 years of experience, study, and training with leading experts.

She's helped hundreds of people take their businesses and lives to the next level giving them time freedom, financial breakthroughs, and more joy. She believes that when you unleash the power of YOU, humanity evolves.

After decades of starting businesses that never quite thrived, Roger discovered what was missing: the "why" behind business fundamentals.

This conversation reveals the hidden reasons so many entrepreneurs struggle despite working hard and following expert advice.

Roger shares how his journey from frustrated serial entrepreneur to successful business advisor taught him what schools never teach and most coaches never explain.

The insights in this episode will shift how you see your business:

🔹 Why Roger kept hitting 90% completion in every business venture but couldn't cross the finish line

🔹 The moment he realized his entire approach to business was missing a crucial element

🔹 How understanding the three essential pillars transformed his ability to help entrepreneurs save thousands

🔹 The counterintuitive truth about why you must understand business basics before delegating them

If you've ever felt confused about why your business isn't thriving despite your best efforts, this episode offers the foundation you've been missing and the motivation to finally build a business that's both profitable and fulfilling.

Connect with Roger:

Website: https://www.seagulltechnologies.com/

Get the ‘Mastering Business Basics’ book here: https://www.seagulltechnologies.com/books

Free 3 Pillars Report: https://seagulltechnologiestraining.com/forms/free-report

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jlsegull Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/Roger-Pearson/

Store: https://www.seagulltechnologiestraining.com/store

About Roger:

For over 50 years, Roger has created, sold, and managed small businesses. But in 2001, he switched course and began working as a Master Tax Advisor/IRS Enrolled Agent. In that time, he has watched hundreds of small business owners lose thousands of dollars needlessly. So recently, he made it his mission to provide entrepreneurs the knowledge to build a solid foundation under their business to keep more money in their pockets and give less to the government.

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

In this episode, Genea exposes the invisible patterns that keep business owners trapped in cycles of overwork and isolation despite their best efforts.

Drawing from her own journey and client transformations, Genea illustrates why the energy behind your ask matters more than the words you use.

And the “ask for help” blind spots that limit your business growth.

This episode explores:

🔹 The paradox that keeps high-achievers stuck doing everything alone

🔹 Why being the "responsible one" in your family might be costing you millions

🔹 The three types of asking that determine whether people show up for you or walk away

🔹 The empowered asking approach that creates abundance instead of obligation

Tune in now to transform your relationship with asking for help and unlock the collaborative power that drives true business growth.

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/ Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

About Genea: Genea Barnes is a Performance Coach for Entrepreneurs, Speaker, and Podcast Host. 

She helps entrepreneurs create more money, impact, and joy by expanding your Success Zone. This results in solid, steady growth while working less and using fewer sales, marketing, and money-making strategies. 

Her custom state-of-the-art system saved her own business from financial ruin and is based on 20 years of experience, study, and training with leading experts.

She's helped hundreds of people take their businesses and lives to the next level giving them time freedom, financial breakthroughs, and more joy.

She believes that when you unleash the power of YOU, humanity evolves.

Anthony, podcast host of "I Know A Guy," reveals how he went from hating parts of his business to discovering his zone of genius in meaningful connections. This conversation offers a permission slip to stop pushing against your nature and start flowing with your purpose.

This episode pulls back the curtain on:

🔹 The crushing moment Anthony realized he wasn't lazy – he was just misaligned with his purpose

🔹 Anthony's journey from self-judgment to working harder than ever – without the resistance 

🔹 The unexpected way leading with service rather than sales unlocked Anthony's business potential 

🔹 Why your "laziness" might actually be your subconscious protecting you from the wrong path

If you've ever felt guilty about not being "motivated enough" in your business, this episode will give you permission to trust your inner knowing and find the path that energizes rather than drains you.

Connect with Anthony:

Website: ikag.me

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Iknowaguyonx

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iknowaguyonx/#

X: https://x.com/Iknowaguy_

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonymarkeyikag/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iknowaguy3

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@IKnowAGuy_

Connect with Anthony:

Anthony is the founder/creator of I Know A Guy (IKAG.me), a daily newsletter and podcast dedicated to

helping entrepreneurs, professionals, and innovators grow their networks through meaningful

connections. With a passion for storytelling and collaboration, Anthony introduces his audience to

inspiring individuals, actionable insights, and opportunities to build authentic relationships. His mission is

simple: to help people grow their circles one introduction at a time. Whether you’re an established

entrepreneur or just starting your journey, Anthony believes that the right connection can change

everything.

Connect with Genea: 

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

In this powerful episode, Genea breaks down the hidden epidemic of inauthentic entrepreneurship, where even high performers live in personas and build empires that drain them. 

You’ll learn what it really means to "Be the Wolf," why radical authenticity is the foundation of sustainable success, and how shifting your inner foundation can change your revenue, your relationships, and your reality.

If you’re chasing growth but feeling off, heavy, or misaligned, this conversation will bring clarity and grounded direction.

Here’s what Genea gets real about:

🔹 Why following "right" strategies often leads to wrong results

🔹 Genea’s own journey from "I have to be nice" to powerful, aligned leadership

🔹 The real reason even authentic people feel like frauds

🔹 What wolves can teach us about leadership, alignment, and growth

If you’re ready to build a business that’s strong from the inside out, this is the episode to start with.

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

About Genea:

Genea Barnes is a Performance Coach for Entrepreneurs, Speaker, and Podcast Host. 

She helps entrepreneurs create more money, impact, and joy by expanding your Success Zone. This results in solid, steady growth while working less and using fewer sales, marketing, and money-making strategies. 

Her custom state-of-the-art system saved her own business from financial ruin and is based on 20 years of experience, study, and training with leading experts.

She's helped hundreds of people take their businesses and lives to the next level giving them time freedom, financial breakthroughs, and more joy. She believes that when you unleash the power of YOU, humanity evolves.

Dr. Zarya reveals her journey from Harvard-educated physician to burnout casualty, sharing the personal wake-up call that forced her to confront the unsustainable patterns driving her exhaustion. This isn't just about being tired, it's about the subconscious drivers creating cycles of depletion and sabotage in your business.

In this episode, you'll discover: 

🔹 The three burnout warning signs most entrepreneurs dismiss as "normal" 

🔹 How unresolved childhood patterns create the perfect storm for high-achievers 

🔹 The moment Dr. Zarya realized her medical career was slowly destroying her … and the impossible choice she faced 

🔹 The 4-count breathing technique that activates your calms you down in moments of overwhelm

Whether you think burnout is something that happens to "other people" or you're already feeling the symptoms, this conversation offers both the wake-up call and the practical tools to change your relationship with how you operate in your business.

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

Connect with Dr Zarya:

Free Burnout toolkit: https://drzarya.myflodesk.com/burnouttobalance 

Website: https://drzarya.com/ 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drzaryarubin/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drzaryarubin/ 

Link to TEDx talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfubAfgkUzE 

About Dr Zarya:

Dr. Zarya Rubin, MD, is a Harvard-educated physician, TEDx speaker, and burnout strategist, dedicated to helping high-achieving women in midlife break free from chronic stress and overwhelm. After experiencing severe burnout herself, she walked away from a high-stakes medical career and discovered the path to true wellness—one that doesn’t require sacrificing your health for success. Through her functional wellness coaching programs, in-person events and dynamic speaking engagements, Dr. Zarya empowers smart, driven women to reclaim their energy, find balance, and truly thrive. She is also the host of the “Outsmart Burnout” podcast, coming soon to a platform near you. She lives in Portland, OR, with her husband, daughter, and their fluffy bichon mini-poodle.

She dives into why smart, capable entrepreneurs find themselves unable to break through to their next level, despite doing "all the right things."

Something deeper is at play when you consistently push certain tasks to tomorrow, feel too busy for the things that would actually move the needle, or struggle with giving feedback. 

These aren't random behaviors – they're protection mechanisms wired into your nervous system.

This episode will help you: 

🔹 Identify the telling signs of avoidance hiding in plain sight in your day-to-day business 

🔹 Understand how childhood "microtraumas" shape your current business decisions without your awareness 

🔹 Trace your business plateaus back to unprocessed emotions that feel catastrophic to your subconscious 

🔹 Learn practical tools to process emotions and rewire the brain patterns keeping you from your next level

Listen now to discover what you've been unknowingly avoiding and how to finally expand into the business growth you've been working for.

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

About Genea:

Genea Barnes is a Performance Coach for Entrepreneurs, Speaker, and Podcast Host. 

She helps entrepreneurs create more money, impact, and joy by expanding your Success Zone. This results in solid, steady growth while working less and using fewer sales, marketing, and money-making strategies. 

Her custom state-of-the-art system saved her own business from financial ruin and is based on 20 years of experience, study, and training with leading experts.

She's helped hundreds of people take their businesses and lives to the next level giving them time freedom, financial breakthroughs, and more joy. She believes that when you unleash the power of YOU, humanity evolves.

Lori shares her journey from quick six-figure success to crushing business debt, revealing how focusing on external strategies kept her locked in cycles of financial stress. This vulnerable conversation explores why business plateaus happen even when you're "doing everything right" and how expanding your Success Zone can finally break these patterns.

In this deeply honest discussion, you'll discover:

🔹 The painful moment Lori realized her success was built on financial quicksand 

🔹 Why seeking the next marketing strategy only made her money problems worse 

🔹 How hiding financial struggles from her husband deepened her business shame spiral 

🔹 The breakthrough that finally allowed her to take ownership and transform her relationship with money

This episode isn't just about business finance—it's about recognizing the deeper patterns that keep you cycling between feast and famine, and how to finally create sustainable success on your own terms.

Connect with Lori:

Website: https://thexennialtraveler.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lori.konkler/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorikonkler/

Free Gift: https://xennial.thrivecart.com/own-your-zone/

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/ About Lori: Lori Konkler is a catalyst for powerful leaders and change makers who want to transform their results in a strategic and aligned way.

As an intuitive success mentor and the CEO of the Xennial Traveler company, she has helped clients around the world to double, triple and even 10x their revenue while also thriving and enjoying TF out of their business and their lives.

Her clients are CEO’s, coaches and other visionary female entrepreneurs who are all geniuses in their own right but not fully capitalizing on that genius at the level necessary to accelerate their businesses into multiple 6 and 7 figures quickly and sustainably.

When clients walk into her world, or as she likes to say, when they walk onto her side of the magic door, their lives are never the same.

They transform their business, while transforming themselves and stepping fully into their authority as next level leaders and what Lori likes to call their “Success Zone” The space where they get to have everything they want, and have the ability to hold it all as well. More money, more clients, more fulfillment, more success, in all areas.

In this eye-opening episode, Genea Barnes challenges conventional wisdom and reveals why delegation without addressing your underlying resistance can tank your business.

Through personal stories and powerful insights, she uncovers the subconscious patterns that drive poor delegation decisions and explains why these patterns don't disappear when you hire someone else.

Listen in as Genea explores:

🔹 The hidden resistance patterns that influence your hiring decisions without your awareness

🔹 Why offloading responsibility is a dangerous trap most entrepreneurs fall into

🔹 How your micro-managing tendencies might stem from deeper issues you haven't faced

🔹 The counterintuitive approach to delegation that creates sustainable growth

This isn't just another business strategy episode—it's a powerful reframe that could save you thousands in hiring mistakes and countless hours of frustration.

Whether you're thinking about your first hire or already managing a team, this conversation offers a fresh perspective that might just transform your relationship with delegation forever.

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

About Genea:

Genea Barnes is a Performance Coach for Entrepreneurs, Speaker, and Podcast Host. 

She helps entrepreneurs: grow the business ‘your way’ and have fun doing it by expanding your Success Zone. This results in solid, steady growth while working less and using fewer sales, marketing, and money-making strategies. 

Her custom state-of-the-art system saved her own business from financial ruin and is based on 20 years of experience, study, and training with leading experts.

She's helped hundreds of people take their businesses and lives to the next level giving them time freedom, financial breakthroughs, and more joy. She believes that when you unleash the power of YOU, humanity evolves.

In this illuminating conversation with Chase Tucker, former Peloton instructor turned CEO, Genea explores the truth about what it takes to attract and maintain a team of A-players.

Chase shares his journey from solo entrepreneur to team leader, including the personal transformations that were necessary before his business could truly grow.

Listen in as Chase and Genea unpack:

🔹 The counterintuitive reason you should wait until you're overwhelmed before building your team

🔹 How healing his relationship with his father transformed Chase's leadership abilities

🔹 Why your inner critic is the hidden saboteur keeping A-players away

🔹 The nervous system regulation practices that make or break high-performance leadership

This episode isn't just about hiring strategies—it's about becoming the kind of leader that naturally attracts excellence.

Whether you're thinking about making your first hire or looking to upgrade your existing team, this conversation offers a fresh perspective on building a business that can truly grow beyond you.

Connect with Genea:

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

Connect with Chase:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chasetucker/ 

About Chase: 

Former Peloton instructor turned CEO of his own boutique-style health and wellness company. Chase & his team serve CEOs, celebrities, and executive women who are juggling business, marriage, and motherhood while still trying to find time to prioritize their own well-being.

In this episode, Genea explores the powerful truth about why mindset matters more than strategy for sustainable business growth.

The entrepreneurial world is full of gurus selling foolproof systems and strategies.

Yet so many purpose-driven entrepreneurs find themselves working harder than ever while their results stay the same.

Genea reveals why the real battleground isn't your marketing plan—it's what's happening in your mind.

Listen in as Genea unpacks:

🔹 The subconscious protection mechanism that's sabotaging your business growth

🔹 Why the excuses that sound most logical are actually your biggest red flags

🔹 The truth about consistency that most business coaches never address

🔹 How expanding your Success Zone permanently transforms your results

This episode isn't about positive thinking or surface-level mindset work—it's about the deeper mental game that either limits or expands what's possible in your business.

Listen now to discover why this matters more than any strategy you'll ever learn.

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

About Genea:

Genea Barnes is a Performance Coach for Entrepreneurs, Speaker, and Podcast Host. 

She helps entrepreneurs: grow the business ‘your way’ and have fun doing it by expanding your Success Zone. This results in solid, steady growth while working less and using fewer sales, marketing, and money-making strategies. 

Her custom state-of-the-art system saved her own business from financial ruin and is based on 20 years of experience, study, and training with leading experts.

She's helped hundreds of people take their businesses and lives to the next level giving them time freedom, financial breakthroughs, and more joy. She believes that when you unleash the power of YOU, humanity evolves.

But what happens when you get to the top … and still feel empty and miserable?

That’s exactly what happened to Christian Ray Flores. Imagine this: international recording artist, millions of fans, number-one hits … but deeply unhappy.

And here’s the thing, this doesn’t just happen to celebrities. It happens to entrepreneurs and high achievers too. 

We get trapped building the business, making money, and chasing the next goal. And we ignore what allows us to enjoy our success.

➡️ Why chasing “just one more win” won’t make you feel better ➡️ The huge blind spot most entrepreneurs have (and how it sabotages your success) ➡️ The big move that changed Christian’s life … that could change yours too

If you’ve ever thought, I should be happier than this … you need to hear this conversation.

Connect with Genea: 

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/

Connect with Christian:

Website: https://www.xponential.life/

Get Christian’s weekly newsletter- Weekly Strategies for Success and Significance: https://www.christianrayflores.com/

Access Your Free Xponential Scorecard: https://christian-wk3r3mtn.scoreapp.com/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/christianrayflores1/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christianrayflores/ 

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christianrayflores/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thechristianrayflores

Be a guest on Christian’s podcast: https://calendly.com/christianrayflores/guestspot?back=1&month=2025-03

Get Christian’s book: Little Book of Big Reasons to Love America: A Love Letter From An Immigrant: https://www.amazon.com/Little-Book-Reasons-Love-America/dp/B0DQWVZN1H/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Uu9sdK-4V9EvT9FwDUEKjVlHjWhh4iGlJuVZjoHJORXGjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.-9xHf0zffNLwTYz2SHOkv7GrZhMYd0Wl2o_Pa65Hm_g&dib_tag=se&qid=1736557274&refinements=p_27%3AChristian++Ray+Flores&s=books&sr=1-1&text=Christian++Ray+Flores

About Christian: 

Christian Ray Flores is a high-performance coach, entrepreneur, international recording artist, and philanthropist with a story that spans continents and industries. From a childhood as a refugee in Chile to becoming a pop star in Eastern Europe, launching award-winning media ventures, and leading global philanthropy—his journey is a masterclass in resilience, reinvention, and impact.

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With a master’s in economics and fluency in four languages, Christian has built and advised startups, raised millions for businesses and missions, and coached top executives, founders, and creatives to sustained peak performance. He co-founded Third Drive Media, producing content that moves audiences and fuels innovation, and leads Xponential, where he empowers high achievers to maximize success and significance.

As host of the Headspace by Christian Ray Flores podcast and author of Little Book of Big Reasons to Love America, he speaks globally on leadership, mindset, and the habits that create extraordinary lives.

So Why isn’t your business growing the way you want? 

Sure, some months are great. Others? Not so much. 

Some days, business feels easy. Other days, it’s hard and you question EVERYTHING. 

Here’s what no one tells you:

If you’re business isn’t growing, it’s not because you aren’t working hard enough. It’s because something deeper is running the show.

And until you see it, your hard work will keep giving you shit results. 

So how do you figure out what is running the show and sabotaging your business? 

That’s what I break down in this episode of Be the Wolf. 

You’ll learn:

✅ Why most entrepreneurs hold themselves back without realizing it (and how to stop)

✅ The hidden reason you keep switching strategies—and why none of them get you where you want to go

✅ How you can turn your business’s impossible days into easy flow days

✅ The simple shift that makes growth feel natural instead of like a daily battle

This isn’t about working harder. And it’s not about “just believing in yourself.” (insert fluffy “think positive” voice who’s not in touch with reality)

It’s about seeing what’s really been in your way … so you can finally break through.

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/ 

About Genea:

Genea Barnes is a Performance Coach for Entrepreneurs, Speaker, and Podcast Host. 

She helps entrepreneurs: grow the business ‘your way’ and have fun doing it by expanding your Success Zone. This results in solid, steady growth while working less and using fewer sales, marketing, and money-making strategies. 

Her custom state-of-the-art system saved her own business from financial ruin and is based on 20 years of experience, study, and training with leading experts.

She's helped hundreds of people take their businesses and lives to the next level giving them time freedom, financial breakthroughs, and more joy. She believes that when you unleash the power of YOU, humanity evolves.

In this episode of Be the Wolf, we dive deep into the moment every entrepreneur faces …  when to take the leap and trust yourself enough to make your passion a full-time business. 

Ralph Velasco spent plenty of time in jobs and owning businesses that didn’t light him up. Because he didn’t know how to turn his passion into a business. 

He walked away from security – not once, but multiple times – until he finally built the business and lifestyle of his dreams.

If you’ve ever felt trapped in a business that no longer excites you … if you’re grinding away but never feeling free… or if you’ve been telling yourself “I just need more time, more money, more stability before I go all in”—this episode is for you.

We’ll uncover:

✅ The fear that keeps most entrepreneurs stuck—and how to break free

✅ Why waiting for the “right time” is killing your business dreams

✅ The hidden cost of holding onto security (it’s more than just money)

✅  How to trust yourself enough to take the leap and make it work

Stop settling for a business that drains you when you can have one that fuels you. 

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/ 

Connect with Ralph:

Website: https://continentaldrifter.co/

Free Expert travel tips handbook: https://mailchi.mp/continentaldrifter.co/get-free-ebook Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ralphvelasco/

X: https://x.com/ralphvelasco/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/continentaldrifter

Books:

3-in-1 book bundle titled The Mindful & Intentional Traveler

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0DKTL61PL 

How to Be a Mindful Traveler Using Your 5+ Senses

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0DFM2P87D 

Travel Activity Book for Adults: GRATITUDES Edition

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0D3MKB1TP 

60 AFFIRMATIONS for Travel https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CQPLBM6T About Ralph:

Since 2008 (16+ years) Ralph Velasco has been a full-time travel photographer and international tour

organizer, having created and led over 120 highly-rated international tours in well over 30 countries on 7

continents (plus over 100 domestic tours in the U.S.)

When not traveling, Ralph is based in Chicago. However, he's been location-independent for 11+ years and

traditionally spends anywhere from 8 - 9 months on the road internationally scouting and leading his tours.

Ralph has authored several books on travel photography, and he just combined his most recent books into

a 3-in-1 book bundle titled The Mindful & Intentional Traveler

(https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0DKTL61PL).

These books include:

1. How to Be a Mindful Traveler Using Your 5+ Senses

(https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0DFM2P87D)

2. Travel Activity Book for Adults: GRATITUDES Edition

(https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0D3MKB1TP)

3. 60 AFFIRMATIONS for Travel (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CQPLBM6T)

He has a YouTube channel called The Continental DRIFTER® (https://youtube.com/continentaldrifter) and

a related website (https://ContinentalDRIFTER.co) where everything about his business can be found,

including tours, blog posts, his YouTube channel, podcasts, merchandise and more.

Ralph is often asked how people can learn to do what he does and so he created a self-guided online

course called Tour Organizer Training: Get Paid to Travel. In this course made up of 7 Modules and 26

Lessons, he goes step-by-step through what’s involved in creating a tour business.

Ralph has spoken all over the world and in the U.S. at the Travel & Adventure Shows and the New York

Times Travel Show, as well as at travel blogger conferences (in Spain, Sweden, Israel, and Ireland) and the

IOETI digital marketing conference in Cairo, Egypt (see more at https://continentaldrifter.co/speaking/)

Finally, he created an iOS app called My Shot Lists for Travel more than 14 years ago, but it's no longer on

the app store and instead he turned the information into a book called 52 Categories of a Shot List: Create

Images that Tell a Story, also available on Amazon (https://tinyurl.com/52categories).

Covering your bases “just in case.” 

But what if all that prepping is holding your business back?

Buying too much inventory. Saving money instead of using it to grow. Running many strategies at once, hoping one will work. 

These might feel like smart moves—but they’re really fear-based safety nets that keep you running in place.

In this episode of Be the Wolf, I talk about why playing not to lose slows your growth … and how to move into the play-to-win mindset.

✅ How “just in case” strategies drain your revenue ✅ Why over-prepping increases your risk ✅ How fear of loss stops you from making the “right” moves ✅ The mindset shift that turns hesitation into powerful momentum

You don’t need more safety nets. 

You need to neutralize the fear so you can start taking the RIGHT action … The action that actually moves your business forward.

Listen now and start playing-to-win! Aren’t you tired of losing?

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/ 

About Genea:

Genea Barnes is a Performance Coach for Entrepreneurs, Speaker, and Podcast Host. 

She helps entrepreneurs: grow the business ‘your way’ and have fun doing it by expanding your Success Zone. This results in solid, steady growth while working less and using fewer sales, marketing, and money-making strategies. 

Her custom state-of-the-art system saved her own business from financial ruin and is based on 20 years of experience, study, and training with leading experts.

She's helped hundreds of people take their businesses and lives to the next level giving them time freedom, financial breakthroughs, and more joy. She believes that when you unleash the power of YOU, humanity evolves.

In this episode of Be the Wolf, I sit down with Soha Al-Jurf, an expert in voice psychology and coaching. We explore the deep connection between voice and your ability to create a business and life you love.

Soha shares her transformational journey from being an opera singer with an unsolvable vocal crack to being a sought-after voice coach. Along the way, she learns how voice issues are often psychological, emotional, and even spiritual. 

We discuss how entrepreneurs and creatives subconsciously silence themselves. And talk about how reclaiming your voice is the key to standing out, making an impact, and experiencing true success. 

You’ll learn:

• Why most entrepreneurs struggle with indecision – and how to break free
• The hidden blocks that suppress your voice (and your power)
• How to find your true voice (literally and metaphorically)

Your voice is your authority, your power, and your success. Are you ready to step into it?

Connect with Genea: 

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/ 

Connect with Soha:

Website: https://www.sohaaljurf.com/ 

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/soha-al-jurf-a031261a/

Appointment Link: https://calendly.com/sohaaljurf/30-minute-discovery-call 

About Soha:

In the almost 30 years that I’ve been working with the voice—from my BFA in opera performance to my 20+ years of clinical experience as a voice-specialized speech-language pathologist and vocal rehabilitation specialist—I have witnessed the entire range of human experience reflected through the loss—and recovery—of the voice.

Through the thousands of hours I have spent guiding individuals who are confronted with the task of recovering their “lost” voices, I have come to believe that the reason the voice offers such a profound reflection of our shared emotional, psychological, and spiritual experience is that somewhere in the deep unconscious of our collective psyches lies buried the voice of the archetypal feminine—a voice that was silenced as humanity relentlessly sought a so-called “rational” approach to life that favored science over art; logic over poetry; commerce over creativity.

At this stage in my life’s work, I am focusing my heart, soul, knowledge, and skills on reclaiming the lost voice of the archetypal feminine. Combining my expertise in voice with my studies of depth psychology (Jungian and Archetypal Studies), I help creative women work through a process of recovering their own lost voices.

The problem's not "what" they're doing. The problem is they don't (YET) have the understanding that makes it work. 

And when they try to “learn” what they need to know, they still get terrible results.

What they don’t know is: what they need to learn and understand is OUTSIDE their current Success Zone.

And until their Success Zone can hold that "learning," nothing anyone "teaches" them will make a difference.

If you’re sick of making lateral moves in your business (or life), this episode of Be the Wolf is for you.

In this episode, I share:

• A simple learning hack that’ll help you access the learnings outside your Success Zone
• Why "learning" new business and money-making strategies keeps you at the same level – no matter how hard you work. 
• How the expert mind vs the beginner's mind dictates your revenue ceiling 
• The secret to generating business-growing ideas that actually move the needle.

Most entrepreneurs “think” they’re learning. But they’re just filtering new information to confirm what they already know. That’s why they keep getting the same results. If your business isn’t growing the way you want it to, it’s time to start learning in a way that actually expands your success. This episode will show you how. 

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/ 

About Genea:

Genea Barnes is a Performance Coach for Entrepreneurs, Speaker, and Podcast Host. 

She helps entrepreneurs: grow the business ‘your way’ and have fun doing it by expanding your Success Zone. This results in solid, steady growth while working less and using fewer sales, marketing, and money-making strategies. 

Her custom state-of-the-art system saved her own business from financial ruin and is based on 20 years of experience, study, and training with leading experts.

She's helped hundreds of people take their businesses and lives to the next level giving them time freedom, financial breakthroughs, and more joy. She believes that when you unleash the power of YOU, humanity evolves.

In this episode of ‘Be the Wolf,’ Julie Coraccio a professional declutterer shares the benefits that decluttering can have in your life and business. This is more than just professional organizing, and it’s more impactful than you could imagine. 

You’ll learn how clutter relates to business opportunities, focus, depression, staying small, creativity, and curiosity. 

You’ll also hear about Julie’s entrepreneur journey. And how she replaced self-doubt and a fear of public speaking with confidence and self-belief to propel her business forward. You’ll be inspired by her plan to create a legacy project that involves Taylor Swift. 

Don’t miss this episode for actionable tips on clearing clutter, setting boundaries, differentiating yourself in the market, and expanding your business.  

Connect with Genea: 

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/ 

Connect with Julie:

Website: https://reawakenyourbrilliance.com/

Etsy Store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/declutteryourlife/ 

About Julie:

Julie Coraccio is an award-winning professional declutterer & organizer, certified life coach, and author of 15 books. She is passionate about supporting people in clearing clutter in all areas of their lives; getting organized; and becoming more mindful and aware. For a decade she hosted the popular podcast, Clear Your Clutter Inside & Out.

Happily married to Tony she is also at the beck and call of rescued black cats Antonio, NiNi, and Gus. Based in Wheeling, WV, Julie works with people all over the world. She enjoys hiking, reading, learning about environmental and animal issues, and baking. The bathtub is her woman cave.

In this episode of ‘Be the Wolf,’ you’ll discover exactly why authenticity is a major component of taking your business to the next level. And there’s science to back it up! 

You can’t fake it till you make it when it comes to authenticity. With AI seeping into every aspect of our lives people have gotten very sensitive to what’s real and what’s not. 

The problem is most people have no idea when they’re being inauthentic. Because they don’t truly understand what it means. In this episode, I share the truth about authenticity and how you can embody it all the time. 

You’ll understand why it’s essential for improving sales, employee performance, hiring, and effective delegation. 

I share how to use authenticity to overcome resistance, delegate tasks effectively, and stay focused on your goals. And you’ll learn how to leverage it to build a business you (and other people) LOVE.

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/ 

Genea Barnes is a Performance Coach for Entrepreneurs, Speaker, and Podcast Host. 

She helps entrepreneurs scale their businesses and have fun doing it by expanding their Success Zone. This results in solid, steady growth while working less and using fewer sales, marketing, and money-making strategies. 

Her custom state-of-the-art system saved her own business from financial ruin and is based on 20 years of experience, study, and training with leading experts.

She's helped hundreds of people take their businesses and lives to the next level giving them time freedom, financial breakthroughs, and more joy. She believes that when you unleash the power of YOU, humanity evolves.

That spark led Courtney to the next spark while watching Deepak Chopra on the Oprah Show. 

Since then, his business success has been fueled by the cleansing of the body and mind. He has been able to align with the natural laws of the universe to achieve goals with minimal effort. You’ll learn how he has increased his efficiency, effectiveness, and productivity in business life. And discover how through personal growth and self-development, he has created effortless success 

Every successful business owner has a unique path. 

What works for them may not work for you. But sometimes learning how others did it will spark the idea that inspires your next step. And one right-for-you step after another is how you get your business to the next level. 

When each step is inspired by a feeling of possibility it’s a sign you’re probably on the right path. (Even if it’s a little scary.)

I love having guests on my show because hearing another’s journey often sparks a flash of insight, inspiration, or spark that fuels your next right step.  

Check out this episode of ‘Be the Wolf’ and let Courtney’s journey inspire your next step!

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Connect with Courtney (Ketu):

Website: https://lunafloatspa.com/ 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevedicone/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100085316383810 

Retreat link: https://lunafloatspa.com/purposeful-living-retreat/

About Courtney (Ketu): 

My name is Courtney, also known as Ketu, and I am a meditation teacher, holistic wellness advisor, and co-director of the Colorado Springs Transcendental Meditation Center. My journey from a former juvenile inmate to a meditation teacher is a testament to the transformative power of adversity and self-discovery.

As the owner of Luna Float Spa and Salt Cave in Colorado Springs, I have created a sanctuary that integrates ancient wisdom with modern wellness practices, offering personalized programs that address physical, mental, and spiritual health.

Through my work, I help individuals transcend stress, achieve mental clarity, and live purpose-driven lives.

My mission is to guide others on their hero’s journey, helping them uncover their inner peace and highest potential.

This also means that your business is a direct result of your decisions. So are you happy with how it’s going? 

Or do you find that you have lots to complain and worry about? Things like your profits staying the same even though your revenue is going up and you’re working more than ever? Or maybe your revenue keeps going down even though you’re doing “all the right things.” 

The thing is, until you figure out what the glitch is in your decision-making, those things you don’t like will continue to happen. 

That’s why upgrading your decision-making mechanism is one of the fastest ways to upgrade your business.

In this episode, you’ll get a new take on decision-making and the critical impact it has on your life and your business. 

You’ll learn what causes indecision and how to overcome it. As well as how to make pain-in-the-ass clients behave. You’ll discover what it takes to break the plateaus. And how your decisions can lead to actually having fun in your business. 

I share personal stories and give you practical insights so you can show up with authenticity AND create success.

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/ 

About Genea:

Genea Barnes is a Performance Coach for Entrepreneurs, Speaker, and Podcast Host. 

She helps entrepreneurs scale their businesses and have fun doing it by expanding their Success Zone. This results in solid, steady growth while working less and using fewer sales, marketing, and money-making strategies. 

Her custom state-of-the-art system saved her own business from financial ruin and is based on 20 years of experience, study, and training with leading experts.

She's helped hundreds of people take their businesses and lives to the next level giving them time freedom, financial breakthroughs, and more joy. She believes that when you unleash the power of YOU, humanity evolves.

You have to be brave and trust your gut in order to reach your business’s potential. But you can only do that if you’re willing to stand out. And that means embracing your authentic self and your inner weirdness … that’s where your best ideas come from. And it’s what makes you different from the competition. 

You can’t be concerned about what other people think. In fact, that’s a kiss of death in business.  

In this episode of ‘Be the Wolf,’ Genea talks with Dr. Anne Dranitsaris, about her unconventional journey. She went from hitchhiking across Europe to becoming a top psychotherapist, relationship and leadership coach, and author. Dr. Anne talks leaned into things that are a little more mainstream now but were considered VERY weird in the 70s and 80s. She shares how she sometimes had to package those ideas in more conventional wrappers to get people to take a bite. 

This episode will take you down a path of being brave and trusting yourself in order to reach your business potential. You’ll also learn how mindfulness and managing stress will boost productivity. And how emotional intelligence can help entrepreneurs address common struggles like employee management and workplace dynamics. Tune in to get inspired by unconventional paths to business excellence and innovative strategies that go beyond traditional thinking.

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/ 

Connect with Anne:

Website: http://www.annedranitsaris.com/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annedranitsaris/

Books: https://shorturl.at/NdNG5

About Anne's writing:

Anne’s writing reflects her commitment to making complex psychological concepts accessible and actionable. She has authored over 75 publications, including: Power Past the Imposter Syndrome – A comprehensive guide to overcoming self-doubt and embracing authenticity. Who Are You Meant to Be? – A step-by-step guide to achieving your true potential, blending neuropsychology and personality type. The Become Who You Are Meant to Be trilogy – Focused on personal, relational, and career transformation. Maximizing Your Potential series – 4 16-book collections offering tailored insights for each MBTI® personality type. Her work has been featured in O, The Oprah Magazine, USA Today, The New York Post, Huffington Post, and many other platforms. All of her books can be found on Amazon.com

Most entrepreneurs (and people) are chasing big dreams. But very few ever achieve them. And many of the ones who do, end up feeling unfulfilled and unsatisfied when they get there. 

In this New Year’s episode of ‘Be the Wolf,’ Genea deep dives into why traditional goal setting will not get you the results you desire. And why your typical goals are not even achievable. 

Plus you’ll get an easy tool to help keep you motivated and on task so that you can get everything you want out of your goals. Because you’ll never achieve your big dreams without meeting goals. And you’ll never meet your goals if you keep doing it the wrong way. 

You’ll also hear stories of common pitfalls. You’ll learn how to break free from them and the pattern that keeps you forever chasing! 

The truth is, you’ll never enjoy your achievements until you pay attention to the lessons in this episode and shift the way you set your goals. So let’s make a clear pathway to prosperity, joy, and fun in your business for this year and every year after!

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/ 

About Genea:

Genea Barnes is a Performance Coach for Entrepreneurs, Speaker, and Podcast Host. 

She helps entrepreneurs scale their businesses and have fun doing it by expanding their Success Zone. This results in solid, steady growth while working less and using fewer sales, marketing, and money-making strategies. 

Her custom state-of-the-art system saved her own business from financial ruin and is based on 20 years of experience, study, and training with leading experts.

She's helped hundreds of people take their businesses and lives to the next level giving them time freedom, financial breakthroughs, and more joy. She believes that when you unleash the power of YOU, humanity evolves.

Genea sits down with Kate Gallin, a Heath Coach who transformed her business and relationships by letting go of the frustration and anger, backing herself 100%, and spending time around successful people.

This episode of ‘Be the Wolf’ is packed with powerful lessons every entrepreneur needs to hear. Learn how to focus on the right things that will actually make a difference. Topics include the importance of self-care, leveraging personal health for business effectiveness, and the essential mindset shifts needed for entrepreneurial success. If you feel like running your business is a rollercoaster of emotion, and you want to find balance this episode is a must-watch!

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/ 

Connect with Kate:

Plant Positive Journal: https://strongbodygreenplanet.lpages.co/plant-positive-journal-v2/

Website: https://www.strongbodygreenplanet.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/strongbodygreenplanet/

About Kate:

Kate is qualified as a Master Personal Trainer, Life Coach, NLP Practitioner and has also completed the Cornell Plant Based Nutrition Certificate program. 

Kate first got into fitness as a way to transform her body and confidence. She has spent 18+ years helping 1,000's of individuals sculpt a body and life they love and her passion is helping you create the Mindset that supports your success in health, in business and in life.

Podcast

00:00 Introduction and Personal Journey

02:09 Welcome to the Podcast

02:59 Kate's Vegan Health Coaching

04:46 The Angry Vegan Phase

11:00 Shifting Focus to Love and Compassion

13:02 Impact on Business and Relationships

27:07 The Plant Positive Journal

31:07 Fitness and Entrepreneurship

35:00 Backing Yourself 100%

45:11 Conclusion and Contact Information

That’s what happened to me when my father passed suddenly a few weeks ago. In this episode, I share the parallels of dealing with my dad’s end-of-life affairs and business. And how you can apply these lessons to your business and any aspect of your life to get positive results.

I share:

• how to truly manage your emotions not just stuff them
• how I got through a mountain of work that seemed insurmountable
• the importance of developing clear vision and strategy.

I offer specific strategies to avoid getting overwhelmed and caught up in the minute details that cause you to lose focus and derail your productivity. This episode offers valuable insights for entrepreneurs struggling with the inevitable messiness of running a business and life.

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/ 

About Genea:

Genea Barnes is a Performance Coach for Entrepreneurs, Speaker, and Podcast Host. 

She helps entrepreneurs scale their businesses and have fun doing it by expanding their Success Zone. This results in solid, steady growth while working less and using fewer sales, marketing, and money-making strategies. 

Her custom state-of-the-art system saved her own business from financial ruin and is based on 20 years of experience, study, and training with leading experts.

She's helped hundreds of people take their businesses and lives to the next level giving them time freedom, financial breakthroughs, and more joy. She believes that when you unleash the power of YOU, humanity evolves.

00:00 The Messy Reality of Business

01:56 Personal Reflections: Lessons from My Dad's Passing

05:21 Overcoming Overwhelm: Strategies for Managing Chaos

07:24 Organizing the Mess: Practical Steps

10:30 Emotional Management: The Key to Clear Decision Making

17:32 Creating a Vision and Strategy

33:41 Balancing Work and Rest for Optimal Productivity

42:18 The Power of Community and Purpose

44:22 Key Takeaways and Final Thoughts

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/ 

Genea Barnes is a Performance Coach for Entrepreneurs, Speaker, and Podcast Host. 

She helps entrepreneurs scale their businesses and have fun doing it by expanding their Success Zone. This results in solid, steady growth while working less and using fewer sales, marketing, and money-making strategies. 

Her custom state-of-the-art system saved her own business from financial ruin and is based on 20 years of experience, study, and training with leading experts.

She's helped hundreds of people take their businesses and lives to the next level giving them time freedom, financial breakthroughs, and more joy. She believes that when you unleash the power of YOU, humanity evolves.

You’ll learn why effective is more important than beautiful in your business. And how to create a cohesive marketing strategy, instead of relying on disjointed tactics that don’t work.

Wayne speaks on the power of authenticity and shares his journey from sales to marketing. And you’ll get a real-world example of an innovative approach that led to a 300% business growth. Plus, practical advice on building authentic connections with your audience. 

Tune in to learn how to achieve consistent results in your business and marketing through strategic thinking and self-awareness.

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/ 

Connect with Wayne: 

Website: https://www.uglymugmarketing.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fireyourself/

Books Wayne Recommendations: 

Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

The Choice by Dr. Edith Eva Eger

The Mountain is You by Brianna Wiest

The Blue Ocean Strategy by W Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne

He also talked about the Johari Window

And his own book: Full Circle Marketing 

About Wayne:

Wayne is a husband, father of 4, entrepreneur, and the Founder of Ugly Mug Marketing, creator of the Agency Accelerator, and author of Full Circle Marketing. He's an out of the box, against the grain, thinker.

She’ll talk about abandoning projects too soon, seeking quick fixes, and sabotaging behaviors like avoiding crucial tasks or focusing on the wrong actions.

You’ll learn actionable strategies to identify and break patterns of procrastination, avoidance, and overthinking and how to grow your business without burnout.

Especially helpful if you struggle with anxiety or the overwhelm of unfinished tasks. Understand the importance of small, consistent actions in expanding your success zone, and find out how to hold and grow your success steadily.

Tune in to unlock your potential and take significant steps towards lasting success.

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/ 

About Genea:

Genea Barnes is a Performance Coach for Entrepreneurs, Speaker, and Podcast Host.

She helps entrepreneurs scale their businesses and have fun doing it by expanding their Success Zone. This results in solid, steady growth while working less and using fewer sales, marketing, and money-making strategies.

Her custom state-of-the-art system saved her own business from financial ruin and is based on 20 years of experience, study, and training with leading experts.

She's helped hundreds of people take their businesses and lives to the next level giving them time freedom, financial breakthroughs, and more joy.

She believes that when you unleash the power of YOU, humanity evolves.

00:00 Introduction: The Myth of Instant Success

02:12 Understanding Inconsistent Results

03:34 Identifying the Right Actions

04:52 Common Pitfalls and Avoidance

06:40 The Importance of Consistency

07:21 The Role of Effective Strategies

15:27 Avoiding the Silver Bullet Mentality

16:13 Building Consistent Habits

17:00 Personal Story: Overcoming Inconsistency

23:13 Expanding Your Success Zone

27:37 Practical Tips for Consistency

36:21 Conclusion and Free Guide

Jonathan shares his journey from founding a globally impactful company to becoming a business strategy consultant. Learn actionable insights on defining core values, creating an inclusive work environment, and the power of authenticity. 

Don't miss this episode if you're looking to transform your business from just making profits to making a real impact. Tune in for valuable strategies and inspiration!

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/ 

Connect with Jonathan:

Website: https://www.simplestrategicplans.com/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wjonathanstanley/ 

Get Jonathan's Book, Purposeful Performance - the secret mix of connecting, leading, and succeeding: https://www.amazon.com/Purposeful-Performance-Connecting-Leading-Succeeding/dp/B0D8K3QLYZ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1JCUNKLE4LN1U&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.XI5ymjAitfnq4xpPPmlYYw._0lshRrwvaWMOl1Q4ifOsq1KXZJQbjIcQgBNAuw2RVg&dib_tag=se&keywords=purposeful+performance+jonathan+stanley&qid=1730464129&sprefix=purposeful+per%2Caps%2C149&sr=8-1

About Jonathan:

Jonathan Stanley is a renowned entrepreneur and business strategist with a rich background in global

business development, particularly in immersive storytelling. As a founder and CEO, he grew his start-up

into an international brand, earning accolades like Small Business of the Year. His leadership philosophy

emphasizes purpose-driven strategies and authentic leadership. Based in Duryea, Pennsylvania, Jonathan

continues to influence through consulting, coaching, public speaking, and volunteering, where he shares

insights to help small businesses and start-ups achieve growth and influential results.

This episode delves into common struggles like burnout, financial instability, and inconsistent growth, offering practical insights to overcome these hurdles. I’ll share hidden factors and subconscious drivers that influence your success.

Tune in to unlock powerful strategies to avoid stagnation, create new revenue streams, and achieve sustained growth without sacrificing your personal life or well-being. Don't miss out on transforming your entrepreneurial journey—subscribe or follow for more insightful episodes.

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/ 

Learn to build effective sales systems, overcome objections, and develop vital traits for success. Whether you're struggling with mindset barriers or ineffective coaching, this episode offers actionable insights and tips to drive your business forward. Don’t miss out on transforming your approach and unlocking your entrepreneurial power. Follow or subscribe now for more exclusive content and insights!

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/ 

Connect with Nick:

[Free gift] The Sales Management Manifesto And Value Packet: https://salespack.salesperformanceteam.com/ 

Website: https://salesperformanceteam.com/ 

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholasloise/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/salesperformanceteam/ 

Sales Team free resources: https://salesperformanceteam.com/resources/ 

About Nick

Nicholas Loise has been a salesperson, sales leader, successful entrepreneur, marketing and sales executive, Presidents Club winner, speaker, and author. His third entrepreneurial endeavor is Sales Performance Team, a company focused on helping small—to midsize businesses improve their sales leadership, sales processes, systems, and playbooks.

Sales Performance Team was founded after speaking and working with countless small business owners and entrepreneurs about their frustrations with managing, hiring and putting processes in place for the sales team. After running seminars and workshops on this topic and sales training at GKIC/Magnetic Marketing, he saw that there was a huge opportunity to serve this market.

His passion is, and always has been, helping entrepreneurs, businesses, and professional practices market and sell better, faster, and more efficiently to help the owners improve profitability and valuations. 

Nick achieves this by building integrated sales and marketing processes and systems with a focus on lifetime customer value. Through his work, he has revamped the sales process and marketing processes, created playbooks, and introduced new business development plans focused on putting the right strategies and people in place to drive revenue, sales, and customer retention for companies ranging from $1 million to Fortune 100.

Nick’s success is driven by being a salesperson first and foremost. He approaches all problems and opportunities through the lens of acquiring more customers, selling more to them at higher prices, and getting them to come back for life. While others talk about this, Nick has actually done it, continues to do it, and works on creating processes and systems so others can replicate this in their businesses. 

He is an author and co-author of many books on sales and marketing, a sought-after speaker, creator of the GKIC/Magnetic Marketing educational courses Sales Mastery with Dan Kennedy and Dave Dee, Sales Mastery, How to Create a High Impact Sales Team, a contributor to

NO BS Guide to Direct Response Marketing, Magnetic Marketing and the NO BS Letter, Author of Moving the Sales Needle in Your Business, The Ultimate Guide to Managing Your Sales Team, and was the co-presenter of the GKIC/Magnetic Marketing Sales Boot Camps and Marketing Boot Camps focused on helping small- to medium-size businesses sell and market better. He has also been an Adjunct Professor of Marketing at North Park University in Chicago.  

Nick brings his passion for sales, marketing, small business, and entrepreneurship to his work every day. You can reach Nick by email at Nick@salesperformanceteam.com or by phone at 847-232-0444

Learn about the psychological underpinnings of these clients' scarcity mindsets and how your own internal stresses might be drawing them to you.

Genea provides actionable strategies to shift your mindset towards prosperity, set healthy boundaries, and ultimately attract clients who align with your business values and enhance your success. 

Explore the transition from scarcity to abundance and unlock the true potential of your entrepreneurial journey. Visit BeTheWolfGift.com for a free guide filled with secrets to growing your business with joy and ease.

Connect with Genea

Free Guide - Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bethewolfnow

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@geneabarnes

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/geneabarnes.  

00:00 Introduction: Understanding Client Psychology

01:37 Identifying Needy and Cheap Clients

03:42 The Scarcity Mindset Explained

06:26 The Impact of Client Insecurities

12:53 Recognizing Your Own Fears

19:43 Breaking the Cycle: Attracting Better Clients

23:29 Transitioning to Prosperity

29:23 Conclusion: Embracing Prosperity and Success

In this episode of Be the Wolf, Genea and guest Andrea Pass, a seasoned PR expert with her own company, delve into how overcoming tough situations can lay the foundation for future success. Andrea shares her personal experience of working under a bully boss for eight years before finally stepping into her own power as an entrepreneur.

They dive deep into the challenges of overcoming losing security, the importance of establishing authority through PR, and the significance of building your business step-by-step.

This episode provides valuable insights and practical advice for entrepreneurs on how to cultivate courage, break free from an employee mindset, and confidently put themselves out there. From handling press interviews to the psychological shift needed to make the leap into entrepreneurship, this episode is packed with actionable tips and inspirational anecdotes.

00:00 Starting a Business: The First Steps

01:40 Introduction to Andrea Pass and Her PR Journey

02:26 The Importance of Public Relations

03:12 Building Authority as an Entrepreneur

05:35 Andrea's Early Career and Passion for PR

07:58 The Traditional Work Environment

09:07 The Impact of the Pandemic on Entrepreneurship

11:13 Facing a Bully Boss

15:03 The Breaking Point and Realization

19:07 Transitioning to Entrepreneurship

22:48 Overcoming Challenges and Finding Success

30:54 Balancing Work and Personal Life

31:47 The Importance of Self-Care

34:30 Entrepreneurial Challenges and Health Insurance

37:33 Loving What You Do

43:43 Building Confidence and PR Skills

49:14 Defining Success on Your Own Terms

54:49 Finding Happiness in Your Career

Free Guide - Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bethewolfnow 

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@geneabarnes

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/geneabarnes 

Connect with Andrea:

Website https://andreapasspr.com/ 

Facebook link https://www.facebook.com/AndreaPassPublicRelations/ 

Instagram handle https://www.instagram.com/Andrea_Pass_PR/ 

Twitter https://x.com/NJ_Andrea 

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-pass/ 

Appointment Link https://calendly.com/andreapasspublicrelations/public-relations-consultation?month=2024-10

Andrea Bio:

Andrea is a contributing author to the new book, "Heart-Centered Marketing: Proven Strategies that

Naturally Attract and Nurture Clients."

Andrea Pass is the expert at booking clients on podcast interviews as well as features, quotes and

reviews in digital media, broadcast, print and more. She creates and implements public relations

campaigns in a wide range of categories including consumer products, lifestyle, business-to-business,

education, health/wellness/fitness, beauty, food, authors, non-profits and more. Andrea Pass Public

Relations has an expertise in national, regional and local media relations outreach. Her strength in

relationships coupled with her knowledge of the ever-growing media base results in securing top tier,

targeted media placements to increase brand awareness, reputation management and sales for

established businesses and growing entrepreneurs alike.

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bethewolfnow

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They explore the impact of choice, discussing why people often stick to the status quo despite a nagging feeling to change. The conversation touches on key concepts such as imposter syndrome, fear of failure, and the influence of societal expectations.

With practical examples and personal anecdotes, Jessica shares insights on overcoming indecision, considering lower-stakes options, and ultimately creating a life that aligns with one's true values.

Whether you're an entrepreneur facing a pivotal choice or just looking to improve your decision-making skills, this episode offers valuable strategies to feel empowered and happy with your choices.

Podcast: 

00:00 Introduction to Making a Change

02:21 Welcome to Be the Wolf

02:57 Meet Jessica L.: Life Coach and Author

03:36 The Pain of Indecision

05:08 Jessica's Journey: From Law School to Life Coaching

07:46 The High Stakes of Career Decisions

11:05 The Turning Point: Choosing Not to Go to Law School

12:24 The Entrepreneurial Leap

13:25 Performance-Based vs. Purpose-Driven Identity

20:57 The Mist of Unease: Recognizing Misalignment

22:10 Emotional Triggers in Decision Making

26:47 Instant Gratification and Decision Making

27:23 The Power of Making a Change

28:11 Overcoming Self-Doubt

28:41 Opportunities and Choices

31:30 Finding Creative Solutions

32:29 The Magic Wand Question

33:56 Lowering the Stakes

36:03 Sacrifice and Reward

38:52 Aligning with Core Values

40:47 Fear and Decision Making

46:49 Testing Options and Lowering Stakes

50:22 Final Thoughts and Resources

Connect to Genea:

Free Guide - Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bethewolfnow 

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@geneabarnes

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/geneabarnes 

Connect to Jessica:

Get a copy of her book “Now What?” for free: https://jessicaell.com/nowwhat 

Need help with a hard decision? Go here: https://jessicaell.com/decide 

Website: https://jessicaell.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejessicaell/

Podcast “Ill-Advised”: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ill-advised-with-jessica-ell/id1707964517  

About Jessica:

Jessica Ell is a Martha Beck life coach who helps people make hard decisions, especially the choice to

walk away from something that's good on paper.

It started with her choice to walk away from a scholarship at a top ten law school because she couldn't

"get to yes" with the decision to go.

Since then, her career has included owning a successful real estate office, running communications at a

frontier technology startup, and publishing murder mystery novels on the side.

Now she helps other people make seemingly "ill-advised" decisions that lead them straight to the lives

they're meant to live.

Bob shares his unique approach to real estate, emphasizing honesty and authenticity, and recounts his personal journey from a miserable job at a chemical plant to thriving in the real estate industry despite adversities. 

Gain invaluable insights on combating self-doubt, the importance of surrounding yourself with the right people, and actionable tips for entrepreneurs looking to carve their own path and thrive authentically. 

00:00 Introduction: Embracing Change at Any Age

02:01 Guest Introduction: Meet Bob Thompson

02:42 The Anti Real Estate Agent: Bob's Unique Approach

05:37 Authenticity in Business: The Key to Success

10:23 Bob's Journey: From Chemical Plant to Real Estate

15:23 Overcoming Self-Doubt and Naysayers

23:44 The Importance of a Supportive Circle

26:22 The Power of Positive Influence

27:55 Opportunities in the Digital Age

29:08 Connecting with Bob: Mentorship and Real Estate

31:22 Overcoming Health Challenges and Financial Setbacks

34:31 Rebuilding Success and Learning from Mistakes

38:40 The Importance of Self-Confidence and Adaptability

45:50 Advice for Young Entrepreneurs

50:11 Final Thoughts and Resources

Connect with Genea:

Free Guide - Grow Your Money and Have Fun Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bethewolfnow 

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@geneabarnes

Connect with Bob:

Website: https://whatbobthinks.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bobtheagent

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/what.bob.thinks/

Linkedin: ​​https://www.linkedin.com/in/bob-thompson-9333261a5/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bobthompson691 

Call or text: 757-403-5401

About Bob:

As the Anti- Real Estate Agent and Motivational Speaker I like to do things a bit differently. I talk about

transitioning from Chemist to Real Estate Agent in 2007. Then using the same tools to rebuild my

business after my 2 heart attacks and quadruple bypass in 2018. Thanks Bob

Entrepreneurs and business owners, don't miss these valuable insights on how improving this one thing can be the key to achieving unprecedented success. Learn why optimism is essential, how consistent habits pave the way for long-term gains, and why the upcoming election won't derail your financial future.

Podcast:

00:00 Introduction: Discovering the Next Level 10

01:56 Welcome to Be the Wolf: A Must-Have Ingredient for Success

02:31 Meet Rick Salmeron: Financial Advisor with a Unique Perspective

04:23 The Journey Begins: A Life-Changing Personal Development Course

10:10 The Power of Self-Esteem: Transforming Your Life

15:57 The Subconscious Mind: The Ultimate Decision Maker

18:54 Realizing Potential: The Path to Personal Growth

26:04 The Power of Habits

27:13 Planting Seeds for Success

28:22 The Importance of Consistency

30:39 Building Self-Esteem

34:18 Financial Success and Self-Worth

42:24 The Role of Optimism in Investing

44:55 Election Impact on Financial Portfolios

47:44 Final Thoughts and Resources

Connect to Genea:

Free Guide - Grow Your Money and Have Fun Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bethewolfnow

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@geneabarnes

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/geneabarnes

Connect to Rick:

Connect to Rick:

The November 2024 Election: Learn Why Your Portfolio Couldn't Care Less!: https://ri324.wixsite.com/website-9 

Website: https://www.salmeronfinancial.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SalmeronFinancial

X: @SalmeronFin

Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/ricksalmeron/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJCEyhukoiwvCs6m6Un

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About Rick:

Rick is Dallas-Based CEO of Salmeron Financial, an independent financial advisor (clients coast-to-coast!).

Since 1990, Rick's been guiding individuals, families, and business owners to help them put their hard-earned income and money on the right path – their path, not someone else's – so they can focus on life's real treasures. Like more quality time with family, focusing on growing your business, or even retiring early

(who wouldn't want any of that?).

Rick's been a stage speaker and podcast guest on several shows, sharing his financial wisdom with a passion that doesn’t touch a spreadsheet.

Rick isn't your stuffy suit, jargon-slinging financial advisor. He's an avid student of personal development (seeking ways to be better), a champion husband (says the wife), a proud dad of 2 awesome young adults, a hot yoga fanatic and foodie (because balance, right?), and a devoted cat lover.

Learn the Secret to how she overcame societal resistance and found joy in the face of doubts, obstacles, and adversity. Whether you're an entrepreneur facing obstacles or just someone looking for a little joy, this episode is packed with transformative insights, laughter, and a whole lot of worms. Check out this episode to learn how to follow the signs of your passion and unlock a game-changing technique to overcome obstacles!

00:00 Overcoming Self-Doubt and Taking Action

02:38 Introduction to Be the Wolf with Kathy Nesbitt

03:39 The Journey of a Worm Advocate

04:17 Understanding Indoor Composting

07:14 Challenges and Resistance in Worm Composting

08:13 Finding Purpose and Passion in Entrepreneurship

12:56 The Magic of Worm Composting

15:38 Starting a Worm Business

21:31 Navigating Setbacks and Moving Forward

24:06 Realizing the Importance of Want vs. Need

25:51 The Turning Point: Discovering the Secret that would change it all

29:49 The Impact of the Secret

34:00 Integrating the Secret into Life and Business

45:11 Surprising Benefits of the Secret

51:39 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

Connect to Genea:

Free Guide for Entrepreneurs: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bethewolfnow

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@geneabarnes

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/geneabarnes

Connect to Cathy:

Website: https://www.cathysclub.com/ 

Website: https://www.cathyscomposters.com/ 

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cathynesbitt/ 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/rhgn2112

Come experience the magic of laughing for the health of it.

Join Cathy’s Chuckle Club 9:30 AM EST Every tuesdays - 30 minutes of super fun self-care. All welcome. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAtd-6prjsvG90wmlw3tRazNqiTzSG4Qq_s 

About Cathy:

Cathy Nesbitt is a Worm Advocate & Founder of Cathy's Crawly Composters (est 2002). This

environmental business specializes in vermicomposting. Laughter Wellness is her latest offering. Simple solutions for today's challenges.Worm composting, sprout growing, and laughter yoga.

Cathy is a certified Laughter Yoga Teacher. Appointed Laughter Ambassador in 2017 by Dr. Madan Kataria

In this episode of Be the Wolf, I welcome Sharon Marie Scott, a multidimensional healer, entrepreneur, and 'accelerator,' who shares her transformative journey and profound insights into navigating life's transitions.

With topics ranging from overcoming childhood traumas to the importance of self-trust and embracing one's true self, this conversation delves into the concept of a ‘life turned on’ and shifting frequencies to achieve personal and entrepreneurial success

00:00 Introduction and Marilyn Monroe's Energy Shift

02:04 Host's Excitement and Guest Introduction

02:58 Sharon's Journey and Transformation

04:44 Trusting in Transition

06:55 The Why Behind Sharon's Work

08:17 Overcoming Trauma and Embracing Aliveness

14:12 The Power of Alter Egos and Icons

22:25 Navigating Major Life Changes

34:26 Receiving Support and Overcoming Fear

44:16 Sharon's New Direction and Offerings

47:23 Final Reflections and Closing Thoughts

Connect to Genea:

Free Guide: Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secretes the business gurus NEVER talk about - : http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bethewolfnow

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@geneabarnes

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/geneabarnes

Connect to Sharon:

Website: https://www.sharonmariescott.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Folly/ 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lifeturnedon 

About Sharon: 

Queer. Kinky. Sovereign.

Multidimensional Healer. Divine Embodiment Accelerator. Life Turned On Mentor. Sex-positive Alternative

Lifestyles Educator.

I support self-led radical femmes in mastering their reality by brazenly embodying their next level of self-identity.

Turn personal growth into a guilty pleasure.

Connect with Genea:

Grow Your Business and LOVE Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus never talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Connect to Steve:

Website: https://www.stevedsims.com/

Free Book - Go for Stupid: https://goforstupid.com/ 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevedsims 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SteveDSimsProfile  

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevedsims/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/stevedsims 

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@stevedsims

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/stevedsims 

Bio:

Do you know anyone that’s worked with Sir Elton John or Elon Musk, sent people down to see the wreck of the Titanic on the sea bed or closed museums in Florence for a private dinner party and then had Andrea Bocelli serenade them while they eat their pasta – you do now

Quoted as “The Real Life Wizard of Oz" by Forbes and Entrepreneur Magazine, Steve Sims is a best selling Author with "BLUEFISHING - the art of making things happen” & “Go For Stupid – The Art of Achieving Ridiculous Goals”, sought-after coach, Top rated speaker after keynoting at a variety of networks, groups and associations as well as the Pentagon and Harvard – twice!

Dana shares personal experiences and emphasizes the importance of patience and adaptability, drawing wisdom from her entrepreneurial father and explain strategies to manage panic and focus on long-term growth.

Dana also discusses a revealing interaction with a unique modality called Body Talk, which significantly impacted her business trajectory. Tune in for practical guidance, engaging stories, and a free CEO Strengths Assessment that helps identify strengths and areas for improvement in your entrepreneurial journey.

Connect to Genea: 

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus never talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/ 

Connect to Dana

Website: https://danacorey.com/

Free Gift - Business Strengths Assessment - https://ceostrengths.com/ 

Free Gift - Business Breakthrough Book List - https://danacorey.com/business-breakthrough-book-list/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danacoreycoaching/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/danacorey

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danacoreycoaching/ 

Application for Catapult immersion alignment call: https://form.jotform.com/Dana_Corey/catapult-immersion-alignment-call 

Bio:

Dana Corey is a business strategist and coach. She works with established entrepreneurs whose businesses serve local-to-them clients, helping them grow from being 'self-employed' to owning their role as CEO. Her clients stop micro-managing and become the creative visionary growth leader their business needs.

Dana combines nuts-and-bolts strategy, internal operating system neuro-rewiring, and walk-beside-you partnership. Over 87% of Dana’s clients double their bottom line within a year of working with her. Even better, they do that while working a third less hours, taking regular weekends and enjoying REAL vacations. Some people think the time off is a side benefit – Dana believes that freedom is the whole point! 

Over the last decade, Dana has helped hundreds of business owners enjoy more freedom, make more money, and be great leaders – on their own terms.

 In this episode we dive into the powerful role of intuition, overcoming anxiety, and authentic living. Learn how focusing on true inner desires and navigating through fear can lead to personal and professional success.

Jen shares poignant lessons on how aligning with your true self can create positive and transformative impacts, not just in personal growth but in business too.

Gain insights into the innovative concept of using horses in coaching, understanding body language, and developing alignment with core values to achieve greater success and happiness.

Explore practical tools like the Body Compass to guide decisions and tune into intuitive wisdom, bringing hidden fears to light and reinforcing the importance of maintaining authenticity in personal journeys and entrepreneurial endeavors.

Connect to Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing It with the 3 secrets the business gurus never talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Jenn T. Peterson is an Equus Coach, Shamanic Reiki Master Teacher and award-winning marketer who is a firm believer in the mystery and magic of life. She helps her clients release fear, so they can be wildly successful at life and business. Jenn works in the presence of horses at Rising Starr Horse Rescue in Wilton, CT and follows the signs and synchronicities that appear. She spent 20+ years as a senior advertising executive advising Fortune 500 companies on how to identify and find their ideal customers.

Connect to Jenn:

Free Gift, True Freedom E-book: https://www.jenntpeterson.com/true-freedom-ebook 

Website: https://www.jenntpeterson.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jenn.t.peterson/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenntpeterson/ 

Clarity Consultation Call: https://jenntpeterson.as.me/Business-Clarity-Consultation-Call

Genea and Milena discuss breaking away from hustle culture to create a sustainable, fulfilling life and business.

This insightful dialogue addresses common entrepreneurial struggles with work-life balance, the pressure to constantly achieve, and finding true success by embracing stillness, creativity, and personal alignment. Milena shares her own transformative journey from a high-stress business life with notable clients like Madonna to a more mindful existence, emphasizing the importance of prioritizing health, meaningful experiences, and authentic living.

Entrepreneurs are encouraged to rethink traditional definitions of success and explore practical strategies for incorporating more tranquility and intention into their lives and businesses.

Connect to Milena:

Website: https://unhustle.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/milenaregos

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unhustle/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/milenaregos

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/milenaregos/

Sign up for newsletter: https://unhustle.com/newsletter/ 

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing It with the 3 secrets the business gurus never talk about:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing It with the 3 secrets the business gurus never talk about

http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://geneabarnes.com/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/genea-barnes/

Facebook business: https://www.facebook.com/geneabarneselevate/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/ 

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@geneabarnes

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/geneabarnes

Milena Regos is the visionary behind the Unhustle Movement advocating for a more harmonious, intentional and mindful approach to how we live and work in a world addicted to 24/7 hustling. She has presented the Unhustle message on some of the world's most prestigious stages, including the World Economic Forum and Wisdom2.0, receiving support from luminaries like Arianna Huffington (CEO and Founder of Thrive Global) who calls Unhustle "amazing," and Christopher Lochhead, #1 Apple podcaster who dubbed it "Legendary." Milena and her work have been featured in top media outlets such as CNN, NPR, and countless podcasts like Deloitte's WorkWell podcast.

ambitious high performer,  you strive for more. More ambition, more productivity, more achievements, more promotions, more clients, more money, more things, more performance, more instant gratification, more freedom, more status, more impact.  

In other words, you hustle 24/7. 

But in this pursuit of more, you end up with the wrong kind of more: more stress, more burnout, more overwhelm, more health problems, more disillusionment, more misalignment, more self doubt, more loneliness, more anxiety, more stuff that weighs you down, more discontent, more following someone else’s path to success. 

Instead of having more, you end up with less of what really matters. 

Less time, less health, less love, less passion, less joy, less peace of mind, less focus, less purpose, less fun, less energy, less heart connection, less meaning, less creativity, less balance, less satisfaction, less freedom, less life enjoyment. 

Whether you're an aspiring author or entrepreneur, this episode offers insights into how to persevere when obstacles seem insurmountable. Subscribe to gain inspiration and perspective on turning setbacks into stepping stones towards success.

Connect to Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://geneabarnes.com/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/genea-barnes/

Facebook business: https://www.facebook.com/geneabarneselevate/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/ 

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@geneabarnes

Podcast- Be the Wolf: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/be-the-wolf/id1558786918

Connect to Pepper Anne

Website: https://www.pepperanneauthor.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PepperAnneGetsTheScoop

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/PepperAnneAuthor/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/pepper_author

Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pepperanneauthor 

Bio: 

Pepper Anne is a 7th generation Texan, where she and her family currently reside. She gained experience working alongside private investigators where she learned to find detailed information about stories of interest and eventually expose their cover-ups. 

Pepper's dream is to bring to light the story behind some of the nation's biggest true stories that we've all heard about, and she is making sure that we hear all sides to the story, so that we may make our own decisions.

And although you’ve faced challenges in the past, you had no idea that you’d be on a crazy rollercoaster (without a seatbelt). 

The good news is that with every turn, fall, and loop you survive, your world gets bigger and more becomes possible.

Some will decide it’s too much. It’s too hard. They’ll step down, play it safe, get a “job,” and make their world smaller. 

But once you’ve gone big, it’s hard to go back. Because you can’t “unknown” what you know.    

The brave will keep going. They’ll keep pushing through the challenges. And they’ll figure out a way to overcome! 

And sometimes when we’re on the roller coaster ride, we need some inspiration. We need to be reminded that it’s possible.

So this week on my podcast I bring you Terry Tucker, Founder of Motivational Check. He has faced more challenges than most as a former SWAT Team Hostage Negotiator and 11-year cancer warrior.

He has used 4 Truths to help him navigate the dips and turns in his life and business. Join us this week on Be the Wolf to hear his story and learn the Truths. 

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/ 

Connect with Terry:

Website: https://www.motivationalcheck.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/motivationalcheck 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sustainableexcellenceauthor/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/terry-tucker-9b5605179/ 

About Terry: 

Terry Tucker is a motivational speaker, author, and international podcast guest on the topics of motivation, mindset, and self-development. He has a business administration degree from The Citadel (where he played NCAA Division I college basketball) and a master’s degree from Boston University. In his professional career, Terry has been a marketing executive, a hospital administrator, a SWAT Team Hostage Negotiator, a high school basketball coach, a business owner, a motivational speaker, and for the past eleven years, a cancer warrior (which has resulted in the amputation of his foot in 2018 and his leg in 2020). He is the author of the book, Sustainable Excellence, Ten Principles To Leading Your Uncommon and Extraordinary Life. Terry has also been featured in Authority, Thrive Global, and Human Capital Leadership magazines, along with being quoted and featured in the new book, Audaciousness, Your Journey To Living A Bold And Authentic Life by Maribel Ortega and Helen Strong. 

This discussion delves into how numbers can reveal one's life path and true self, offering insights that empower individuals to achieve a more meaningful and fulfilling life.

Dr. Wright, Metaphysical Minister and Practitioner, shares his journey from aspiring engineer to becoming a spiritual guide, catalyzed by a life-altering event.

Through numerology, he illustrates how numbers reflect our spiritual contracts and life missions, and explains concepts such as life path numbers, master numbers, and the significance of names in shaping our destiny.

The conversation also includes practical advice for entrepreneurs on cultivating inner stability and embracing transformation for business success.

Connect with Genea

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/ 

Connect with Dr. Craig Wright:

Website: www.craigewright.com

Email: cr77ig@gmail.com

Link to other podcasts with Dr. Craig: https://linktr.ee/IamDrCraig 

Appointment link: https://calendly.com/numerologyservices 

About Dr. Craig:

Rev. Dr. Craig Wright is a native of Baltimore, Maryland where he studied religion and philosophy in his youth as a member of the Baltimore Ethical Society.  He holds degrees in Psychology and Metaphysics. He is an Ordained Metaphysical Minister, a Certified Metaphysical Practitioner and has been a professional Numerologist for over 35 years. He has served as a resource to several Human Service Agencies, Corporations, Community Organizations and Churches by conducting seminars and workshops. He has a wide array of clientele who consult with him regularly on personal as well as business matters.

Laura shares her journey of overcoming the feeling of not being good enough, the importance of understanding personal values, and tips for achieving fulfillment in one's career.

The episode provides insights on how to align work with personal values and emphasizes the importance of self-awareness and courage in career and entrepreneurial growth.

Connect with Genea

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/ 

Connect to Laura:

Website: https://thecatchgroup.com/ 

Should I stay or should I go quiz: https://thecatchgroup.com/quiz/ 

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauraeigel/ 

Intstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecatchgroup/ 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdn66dR1JvCzV8mifW_ZNjQ

Free gift: https://thecatchgroup.ck.page/values-worksheet 

Email: hello@thecatchgroup.com 

Laura’s bio:

Laura Eigel, Ph.D., is the founder of The Catch

Group, a leadership coaching firm accelerating

women into the C-suite, and the host of the You

Belong in the C-Suite podcast. Known for her

direct feedback and her passion for living a life

guided by her values, she has been an HR

executive at Fortune 50 companies, joined the C-

suite as a Chief Learning Officer, and now

coaches high-achieving women to build fulfilling

lives inside and outside of the boardroom.

She's also a mom, wife, and true-crime podcast

fan who loves indoor rowing.

This episode dives deep into the concept of security and its profound impact on personal and professional life.

Genea and Laney Liberty, a teen mentor and advocate for unconventional education, explore how early childhood experiences shape our sense of security and influence adulthood. They discuss the importance of reprogramming neural pathways, establishing accountability, and creating strong interpersonal connections.

Laney shares her experience raising her son through 'partnership parenting' and emphasizes the importance of feeling seen and heard. They also touch on the impact of internal insecurities on business dynamics and the power of overcoming them to lead a life of abundance and well-being.

This session is a must-watch for entrepreneurs seeking to break free from ingrained patterns and establish a genuine sense of security from within.

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/ 

Connect to Lainie: 

Website: https://transformativementoringforteens.com/

Website: https://projectworldschool.com/ 

Virtual Meetups for Project World School: https://projectworldschool.com/virtual-meet-ups/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ilainie

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ilainie/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilainie/ 

Free workshop: https://partnershipparent.com/free-workshop/ 

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjBdbmVDcu6nBp9RI-Cv9Fw 

Coaching Consultation: https://calendly.com/lainie-coaching/25-minute-coaching-consultation

About Lainie:

I raised my son Miro nomadically traveling internationally for 13 years starting when he was just  9 years old.   I am  the founder and creator of  a teen mentoring program  called Transformative Mentoring for Teens, hosting both 1:1 opportunities for teens and several powerful transformational courses, all specializing in supporting teens through powerful tools. I am a recent author of a bestselling book written for parents of adolescents to help them support their teen's and tween's mental health. (foreword written by my now 24 year old son.)

Ten years ago my son and I cofounded an education / travel company which produces month-long international trips for teens called Project World School. 

Discover invaluable insights into letting go of limiting beliefs, the transition from co-shifting to modeling excellence, and the power of embodying your true self.

Amber shares her journey, offering guidance on how to navigate challenges, assert your worth, and transition from girlhood fear to empowered womanhood. Perfect for entrepreneurs eager to cast aside insecurities and truly 'Be the Wolf' in their careers.

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/ 

Connect to Amber:

Website: https://www.ilvlupdaily.com/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amber-murat-msed-phr-0a910810/ 

Alignment Call: https://calendly.com/ilvlupdaily/30min

Get the goods: https://www.ilvlupdaily.com/store 

About Amber: 

Amber Murat is a dynamic professional known for her transformative work as the Vice President of People at the IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau) and her passion as an executive coach for women leaders. With over 15 years of experience in human resources, she has been instrumental in creating inclusive cultures and optimizing people performance within organizations.

Amber's journey in empowering women leaders stems from her own personal experiences and challenges. As an executive coach, she specializes in guiding women who strive to achieve it all - success, a fulfilling family life, and the freedom to travel - without succumbing to burnout or feelings of inadequacy. Her holistic approach helps women reclaim their power, prioritize their well-being, and overcome self-imposed limitations.

To support her coaching expertise, Amber holds a Master's degree in Adult Development from Fordham University. She is also an IPEC (Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching) certified executive coach and a Certified Holistic Health coach from the school of Integrative Nutrition. Additionally, she holds a certificate in Energy Leadership, further enhancing her ability to help women harness their energy and achieve optimal work-life integration.

Amber's unique background as a first-generation immigrant, coupled with her fluency in both English and Spanish, enables her to connect with diverse audiences on a profound level. Whether she is optimizing people's performance at the IAB or guiding women leaders towards their true potential in her coaching programs, Amber's mission is to create a world where women thrive and excel without sacrificing their well-being or feeling inadequate.

Dilshad, a spiritual life coach and psychic, shares her journey through the new age and spiritual communities, revealing how encountering manipulative practices reinforced her own sense of inadequacy.

Both hosts discuss their personal battles with shame and addiction, offering powerful insights on embracing one's true self and the liberation that comes from unburdening these destructive beliefs.

The episode concludes with actionable advice and resources, including Dilshad's 'great unburdening challenge,' to help listeners break free from their own cycles of shame and disconnection.

Connect with Genea:

[free guide] Grow Your Business and Love Doing it with the 3 secrets the business gurus NEVER talk about: http://bethewolfgift.com/

Website: http://bethewolfnow.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geneabarnes/ 

Connect with Dilshad

Free Gift: The Great Unburdening: https://unburdeningchallenge.dilshadmehta.com/

Website: https://www.dilshadmehta.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beautifulbewe/ 

About Dilshad:

Dilshad works with women who feel stuck and want a complete liberation - both outer and inner. 

She is a Liberation Coach, Psychic, Ritual Hostess, Sacred Designer, and Sacred Medicine Maker. 

She especially works with spiritual women who are burned by the new age movement, yet still thirsty for magic. She helps them Experience truth and actually Live their purpose. That way she can finally show up for her life in her full expression. What greater liberation is there?