If you’ve been around the internet for a minute, you know that vision boards are the best thing since sliced bread. Every year, we whip out our poster boards, our torn up magazines, and start creating these elaborate boards with our dream bodies, dream vacations, dream cars and dream homes. We finish up our craft project and stick it on the wall, only to keep NOT achieving the dreams on that board. Then by the middle of the year, we start to compare our life to the imaginary dream life we cut out months prior, and by the end of the year we are exactly where we were last year, but feeling even further behind based on the standard we set one year before. 

Sound familiar? 

Even if it’s not that dramatic, most people compare their daily life to that of their dream reality, and feel like they aren’t measuring up. And every year they still don’t have the dream house/ car/ vacation/ body they feel even worse about themselves, and like they...

If you are still sending DMs to strangers inviting them to join your upcoming bootcamp, you are following outdated methods of marketing that simply no longer work in 2019. And the people who ARE seeing success with this are doing so because they have very large networks of people who see them as an authority. When someone who follows them (and likely has for a long time) gets a message from them, they feel special and excited for the opportunity. But when someone who just started following you, and likely doesn’t consider you an authority gets a message from you, it feels spammy and like you just want to sell them something. The reason it works for them is they have spent years building themselves up as someone who is KNOWN for something. This same tactic simply doesn’t work for newer coaches (or lesser known ones) because you just don’t have the influence. Yet.

Now this is not to say that there isn’t a RIGHT way to DM your followers, and that is...

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The fear of starting keeps a lot of people from getting started in the first place. If that’s you, you are in the right place. It is important to get started anyway, even if you are terrified of having to learn something new and, of course, are afraid to fail. 

Don’t be afraid to suck. This fear keeps people from starting. But be real, of course you are not going to be perfect at something new when you are doing it for the first time. Think about kids—they are always terrible at things they are learning. And that’s okay! No one is going to hate you because you were bad at something at the beginning of learning something new. For the first 20-25 years of your life you learn consistently, but then we stop putting ourselves in these learning situations. Keep putting yourself in those learning situations, be bad at it for a little bit, be uncomfortable,...

Starting new things can be exciting but also really scary. For a lot of people, that fear of the unknown can keep them from taking action. 

As someone who has started a lot of things, I want to share with you my best tips for getting over the fear and just starting the thing! 

1. Decide

That seems so obvious but really making the decision that you are going to do something is really powerful. How many times have you let something die at wanting to do it? 

When you decide, you get past that first hurdle and start taking action. If you're not sure how to get to that point, I recommend telling a friend. Having someone to keep you accountable to your goal can help you stick to it, even if you don't feel like it!

2. Make a plan

Now that you've made the decision, the next step is to map it out! What is the first thing you need to do make progress? And the thing after that? Map out your first 10 steps, and set a timeline. Is there anything you need to do...

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Welcome to the Fearless Podcast! In this interview with Kelley Rowland, three main themes are to stop being small, follow your passions, and be brave. In this episode, Jess and Kelley talk about how much their lives have changed in the last six months after they stopped letting fear run their lives and they took steps to live out their passions.

A little about Kelley:  

It takes not being sorry for your dreams, not playing small, being bold, and just going for it. That’s what Kelley’s message is about. Don’t be afraid if you get all the way to rock bottom before you start making these shifts. That is not uncommon and a lot of people find themselves in a tough spot before they realize where they are at and that a change really needs to be made.

Kelley dives deep into two shifts she made in her: when she started her podcast and when she...

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When you start a business, you probably do so based on one of your passions, and share content around that passion as a means to add value and advertise for your business. But one things most business owners are getting wrong is that they are not looking at their brand as a whole.

Today, more people make purchasing decisions because of WHO they are doing business with, not what they are buying. This is especially true if you are not offering an uber unique one of a kind item that people can ONLY get through you, (i.e. all of us.)

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Welcome to the Fearless Podcast! In this episode, Jess shares about how she pivoted her business to stay aligned.

Jess used to write a health and fitness blog then moved to coaching with Beachbody before moving to coaching entrepreneurs. Each pivot came when her current business approach no longer felt aligned with her passions. And there is nothing wrong with that! As humans we are constantly growing and evolving, so our businesses should as well.

Your seasons of life naturally play a role in the alignment of your business, so if your business is no longer fully aligned, it might be time to pivot or make a change. You can make adjustments to your business as your interests and passions change. For example, if you own a health coaching business and focus primarily on exercise and then get injured, it would be natural and in alignment to move to nutrition-based coaching...

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Welcome to the Fearless Podcast! In this interview with Dennis Timpanaro we dive in to learning, motivation, and how to become successful.

A little about Dennis:  Dennis has a seemingly endless supply of motivation. He’s an entrepreneur, former world-ranked archer, and founder of GOtivation. Dennis loves meeting new people and is happy to share his crazy life experiences ranging from the 2016 Olympic Trials, career as a global director at McDonalds, and years of consulting. Dennis lives just outside Chicago. He can often be found playing Nintendo with his 6-year old son, telling dad-jokes to his newborn daughter, trying new foods with his wife, and growing exotic vegetables.

When is the last time you learned something brand new from scratch? In reality, most people stop learning consistently as they get older, so you want to actively make sure you keep...

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Welcome to the Fearless Podcast! We are so glad you are here. In this first episode, you will get an introduction to Jess O’Connell's background and what it means to be fearless.

 A little about Jess:

• Her first experience receiving public attention brought a lot of fear, so Jess had to learn how to become fearless.
• She claimed the mantra “I am fearless.”
• She reflected and took steps to stay aligned with her authentic self in each season of her business.

Sometimes you have to let go of things in order to move forward…and that will be a recurring theme in this podcast! Make sure to continuously reflect on where you are now because that is constantly changing.

What does it mean to be fearless? In this episode, Jess tackled the common misconception that being fearless means that you do not care what other people think…because of course you care!...