One day, she hit a breaking point — she broke down in a superior’s office, and she was laid off 3 days later. She decided it was now or never — she was going to follow her dream and make her online business work.

And make it work, she did. Within 4 months, she was making her old monthly salary. But this time, she was doing it on her terms as a freelance copywriter — working on her schedule (and often as little as 2–3 hours/day).

She realized she’d “cracked the code” to success online. She was regularly landing big-ticket clients and was able to support herself with only 2–3 clients per month. She knew she could teach other women how to be successful online, so she made the move to online business coaching.

Today, she teaches aspiring entrepreneurs her signature 6-figure business-building system. She shows women how to start their own online coaching or freelance/consulting business, so they, too, can break free of the corporate grind.

Her sales strategies are simple and powerful. She makes it easy for her clients to quickly see success, by removing everything that’s unnecessary. She teaches them to focus on the most important thing: getting the foundations set and bringing in clients.

A major part of her system is a mindset. She helps her clients recognize and re-write their limiting beliefs (such as, “It’s hard to make money as an entrepreneur,”) and teaches them the energy and mindset work needed to build a sustainable, 6-figure business. Money mindset issues are common, and it’s something she helps her clients overcome.

When Sam first began her business, she wasn’t sure where to start. So, she invested in coaching and mentors and learned from the best of the best. Those investments continue to pay dividends. They helped her crack the code to online business success, so she could easily teach her process to others.

It was completely freeing, being able to live life on her terms, work half the hours, and make almost double what she was making in her old, 9–5 job.

Samantha says mindset is so important. We often set limitations on what we believe we can achieve, and helping women work beyond that is inspiring. She loves the moment when it clicks, and her clients realize what’s possible and how to get there.

She offers online courses, including her complete 6-figure business building system, plus a few smaller courses that focus on picking your coaching/consulting niche, and landing clients.

But she says the most change happens from her signature 1-on-1 coaching program. She works with her clients personally to ensure they have what they need to get results. She helps them break free of their own limitations, and turn their passion into a lucrative online business.

Have you thought of starting an online business? Her 1-on-1 coaching helps those looking to get into coaching and consulting services, and she is with you step-by-step of the way. She works with women who want to achieve more and are focused on building a 6-figure online income. Even smaller businesses can be helped, but it comes down to your goals.

If you’ve been thinking of starting your own online, service-based business, then be sure to check out more information about Sam and all the courses and coaching she offers at SamGeaney.com.

Her signature program, The Six-Figure SoulFire Business Academy, just might be what you’ve been looking for to take your life to the next level — on your terms.

Company name: Sam Geaney

Email Address: sam@samgeaney.com

Website URL: www.samgeaney.com

Instagram URL: www.instagram.com/sixfigurebizcoach

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AlphaBabe Fitness was created for strong determined women who have the patience to love their body through every phase of postpartum. Her priority is to educate and teach women about their body, the correct way, during postpartum.

Dominique completed her certification for postpartum coaching and teachings about pelvic floor rehabilitation and now operates an online coaching forum. She educates and coaches women through corrective exercise and holistic healing techniques.

What do you do? Can you tell us about your path to AlphaBabe Fitness?

I am first a mother of two amazing little girls, and second an educator. I educate women through knowledge and experience on pregnancy and postpartum. There were many areas during both my pregnancies that I wasn’t educated on. Many things that come about during postpartum, so with a passion to learn more about the body and teach other women, I grew into helping others. I’m a Certified personal trainer, Certified Postpartum/Prenatal Coach, and Certified Postpartum Corrective Exercise Specialist with education in pelvic floor rehab. I share the knowledge I’ve learned while getting my certifications, and apply it in teaching and helping women heal their bodies, regardless of which phase they are in.

How did you create the brand? What pushed you to change gears?

My brand started as Momsbetterliving, an online forum for women to discuss their experiences during pregnancy and postpartum. It was my way to help with my postpartum depression during the time. I had no one to turn to who understood what I was feeling.

I found hope and solace in meeting other women who were experiencing similar things. Over the years it turned into AlphaBabe Fitness because restoring the mind and body is not just limited to pregnant or postpartum women. It starts before. Correcting the body and mind begins even before you decide to have a child.

Many of my clients who don’t have kids, don’t know how to connect with their body through correct breathing or exercise by doing the correct movements. So, teaching begins now.

How does your brand work?

My brand works, and this might sound cliché, but it works through my clients. My clients are what build this brand. Without their consistent work ethic, their results, and reviews I would not have a brand.

Can you share an important tip or something the readers can do to help themselves?

One important element of corrective exercise is connecting with your body through deep breathing. This is important for anyone to understand and grasp. Without the proper function of your core, pelvic floor, and diaphragm your body will not move and stimulate balance the way it needs for strength. So teaching my clients how to breathe into their canister (core, diaphragm, pelvic floor) is beneficial in many elements of healing painful or uncomfortable areas of the body.

Explain the challenges you went through while you were working on brand creation. What are the challenges you go through on an everyday basis?

Postpartum depression has been my nemesis. The highs and lows of raising two little girls is tough some days. I don’t have the help to say, “you go play with daddy, so mommy can work.” No, it does not work that way (as I smile). But, because I’m so driven to show them that mommy can do it, nothing will stop me. The fire inside continues to light the way for me.

I do most of my work at night when they are asleep. So late nights and early mornings is really my thing lol. But I help myself and take care of myself by showering my body with love when I feel those low moments of depression creep up.

It’s hard to see the successes of others on social media and then compare yourself to where you are. You wonder why you cannot be where they are. But, I think that once I stopped comparing things, and really valuing each phase of my brand and where it is going, it started to click more for me. Each and every day is a new experience that cultivates new levels of AlphaBabe Fitness.

Eventually, the seeds being planted will blossom. I also like to highlight having the right people in your corner to keep you grounded and motivated is key. There is one person in my life that sees me and my brand in a totally different aspect and he keeps me fighting to make it bigger. I love him for that.

How do you manage your finances? How did you fund your business?

It is very important to have documentation and accounting set up. I don’t know what I would be doing if I did not have someone maintaining the funds for me. Hiring a personal accountant may seem like it’s not necessary, but it keeps the books balanced and your mind at rest at night,

Tell us your future vision. What is your dream about taking it to the next level?

You know, honestly, I see AlphaBabe Fitness international. Which is starting — yay! Working with clients in France and exposure to other countries is very exciting. I do not have dreams because I know the Universe is working for me. So, AlphaBabe Fitness will be speaking on an international level about restoring the postpartum body through holistic methods of connective breathing.

I’m confident of it going far because I know women need this information. It’s valuable to my community of women to be educated on loving their body through proper corrective exercise. The snapback/rush of looking like your favorite celebrity or influencer is NOT key nor should it be. By teaching proper love and care for the postpartum body, the brand will be respected and viewed on an entirely different level. It will show women they can slow down and still get to the point in their journey, but it will be a place for valuing their body differently.

What message would you like to give to anybody who has a plan of creating something of their own and making a living through it?

I tell anyone who is building a brand and wanting to live through it, make sure you are cultivating a brand that educates. It has to be something that your audience wants from you. You can’t just throw a message on a shirt and say you’re making t-shirts now. It has to tie into your overall audience and what they want to hear from you. If you can create a message through your brand that resonates with your audience where they begin to live, breathe, and echo through their actions then you have created a legacy.

Company name: AlphaBabe Fitness

Email: Dominique.m.quarles@gmail.com

Website: alphababe-fitness.com

Instagram: @alphababefitness

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Natalie Levy is a women’s empowerment coach, an online business mentor, and the founder of the event series, Babes Who Brunch Club. Natalie is an NYU alumna with a Master’s in Applied Psychology and a focus on women studies.

She works with creative and entrepreneurial women, helping them launch service-centered passion projects and businesses within 90 days. Babes Who Brunch Club was born when Natalie noticed a trend. Her clients desired more friendships with like-minded women. Babes Who Brunch Club is a community and event series for women in pursuit of healthy lifestyles and big dreams!

The events take place in NYC and LA with plans of expanding to more cities. When Natalie isn’t between NYC, LA, and MIA, you’ll find her traveling around the world in search of new experiences, new cultures, amazing people, and fun!

You aim to inspire women. Tell us why this is so important to you, and how you were motivated to create your business.

Everything I do is about inspiring women to live fully and to help them unleash their full potential. I watched my mother fight for her life in a six-year battle with cancer. She lost the battle when I was eleven.

The main thing I learned from that experience is that life may not always be long, but it can be beautiful. We get to do everything in our power to live while we have the chance. Despite this understanding, loving my life didn’t come easily. In fact, I battled with depression of varying degrees from 11 to about 21 years old and I still have moments where I struggle.

At 15 years old, I knew I wanted to study psychology. Even then, I took college courses in high school, so I could enter college as a declared Psych major. After graduating, I decided to travel. I spent three months in India, then moved to North Carolina on a whim to work as a behavioral counselor. It was two years later that I returned home to New York and obtained my MA in Applied Psychology from NYU.

The fact that my program was a study of human development with a focus on social justice, made it unique. This special experience shaped my work tremendously. That said, it was early into my master’s program that I realized I no longer wanted to pursue a Ph.D. I wanted to pursue coaching instead.

In a twist of fate, I started a corporate sales job a few months after graduating and simultaneously invested in a program learning how to build an online business. I started by coaching women about confidence-building and self-love.

My career shifted when women started seeking me out. They wanted me to teach them the business side of things. It became apparent that even women who hired me to help them build confidence were freedom-seeking and adventurous souls who wanted to work for themselves. They were, in many ways, like me.

That said, I didn’t fully step into that role until I quit my corporate job, traveled to Bali for two months, got my yoga teaching certification, and returned to NYC. That’s when I launched the event series Babes Who Brunch Club.

Babes Who Brunch Club is networking reimagined. It’s an event series that encourages anyone who identifies as women, to come together on a near-monthly basis, to connect over a myriad of topics ranging from self-love to building a business.

We also organize self-care and wellness events to help make wellness more accessible. The events have been put on hold for the time being, except for some virtual programming. But, we’re ready to come back stronger than ever once it’s safe to gather again. Now, I spend all my energy working with women on mindset, strategy, and community building. I support them in launching service-centered online businesses in 90 days!

You said you’d gone into corporate life first but were drawn to coaching. Was there something that said this is the right path for you? What made you choose to create events vs. a standard run business?

When I first started out, I fumbled around the internet without a clue. How should I find clients? How should I package my services, let alone build a brand? Things changed when I finally invested in a coaching program that walked me through the steps.

I began coaching almost immediately after investing in my coaching program by closing my first two clients within a week. I did this without a website, social media presence, or really much of anything! It was a turning point and showed me what was possible.

I wish I could say it was smooth sailing from there, but I also worked a sales job that required 60 hours a week, taught Zumba twice a week, babysat, and tried to maintain a social life. Doing all of this while building a business was overwhelming.

It was when I began focusing less on other things and investing more time in building my social media presence that I saw the most growth. This is how most of my clients find me today!

Then, things really shifted when I left my job in May 2018 to go to Bali. It was the total reset I craved. When I returned, I was able to launch Babes Who Brunch Club and finally embraced the idea that connecting people is one of my biggest passions.

I built Babes Who Brunch Club in the most grassroots way possible, by using the power of social media and word of mouth. Since our launch in November 2018, we’ve hosted 10 events in NYC and 2 in LA. I’ve also hosted two intimate masterminds in 2019. I’m planning a virtual one in the near future. While Babes Who Brunch Club started as something completely separate from my coaching services, it has unexpectedly attracted many ideal clients to my coaching program which I’m endlessly grateful for.

I feel so lucky to have created a career that allows me to explore my passions and to combine my creativity and experience with my love of travel, connection, and teaching. There’s nothing more rewarding to me than uplifting women and creating a container and ecosystem that allows us to support one another.

People often ask me, why I choose to work with women specifically. I simply believe in us so much. The world benefits when we love ourselves, our lives, and when we pursue purpose and meaning. Research shows that women are more likely to uplift and invest in their families and communities. In short, we deserve to live our lives, and when we do, society benefits tremendously.

Tell us more about your business. Can you give us more detail about this 90-day build ecosystem you’ve created? What makes your business different?

Women come to me when they know that they’re destined to live a life full of purpose and meaning, but they can’t achieve that unless they live and work on their terms. Usually, they’ve been dreaming of a career, but feel stuck and unable to move forward.

Imposter syndrome is a huge barrier along with feelings of overwhelm. It’s hard to build a business when you don’t even know where to start. That’s where coaching comes in. In 90-days we build a mindset for success, create an online presence, and start a marketing campaign.

The time I spend with each client is individualized and based on their particular needs. My program differs from many of the coaching programs out there and is for anyone who wants to launch a service-centered business quickly.

I think the real magic in my coaching services is the one-on-one experience and the accountability factor. My clients see success a lot quicker than I did when I started out. My goal is to be their shortcut! I’ve had a client land her first freelance PR client in the first 60 days of our time together. Another client completely filled her therapy practice in 90 days and made more in one week than she invested in coaching. Another client was selling a passive product and made nearly half the revenue she had made the year prior, in three months!

Babes Who Brunch Club has moved online for the time being! We’ve only hosted two online events so far, but Covid-19 has really motivated me to launch an online membership experience in the near future. I’ve known for some time that women from all over the country and world are craving community and networking experience, and now is the perfect time to create another way to bring us together.

My newest project is The I’m Possible Podcast where I interview people who are pursuing their dreams with the goal of inspiring people to follow their dreams even in the face of adversity.

What now? A woman has read this interview and recognizes herself and desire to take the next step. What would you tell her?

If you read this interview and feel excited about the prospect of launching your own service-centered business and want to talk about it, please don’t hesitate to reach out. I offer free 60-minute strategy calls. I always ask people, if not now, then when?

How amazing would it feel to get that amazing big idea you have out of your head and into the world, and in only three months? If living life on your own terms is a non-negotiable, don’t wait another month, six months, year, or six years. Your time is now.

Tell us about your challenges. How do you keep going when you feel defeated or hit a stumbling block?

Building my brand has taken years, a good amount of investment, and a lot of perseverance. While I never really considered giving up, there have been a ton of challenges. I don’t think the trials and tribulations of entrepreneurship are talked about enough and I don’t want to give anyone the impression that they’re doing something wrong if they feel defeated at times. It’s par for the course!

My suggestion is that you find something that you’re so obsessed with that nothing can get in your way. That thing, or as Simon Simek puts it, “your why” can be anything from time freedom to financial freedom, to solving the homelessness epidemic in the US. Whatever it is, there will be one hundred (or more) reasons not to go into business for yourself. But if you know in your heart that you won’t feel fulfilled doing anything else, then my suggestion is to go for it. Take however long you need. Don’t let friends, family, partners, or society rush you. There are no deadlines to your dreams.

Company name : Natalie Levy Coaching

Email Address : natalie@yourbestlifecoach.club

Website URL : www.yourbestlifecoach.club

Instagram URL : www.instagram.com/natalie_knows & www.instagram.com/babeswhobrunch_club

Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-im-possible-podcast/id1504615136

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