September 29, 2025 • 30 mins
What if your rock bottom was the launch pad for a multimillion-dollar business?
In this episode of Good Girls Get Rich, I’m joined by Karen Coffey — founder of Spirit Led Business and one of the most inspiring entrepreneurs I’ve ever met. From living on friends’ couches as a single mom to building a $6 million Inc. 500 coaching business, Karen’s story is nothing short of miraculous.
We dive into:
- How prayer and surrender led to financial breakthroughs
- The difference between intuition and impulse
- Why impact is the new income
- Karen’s bold decision to close a thriving business and follow divine direction
- The power of community and Spirit-led business growth
Whether you’re faith-based, spiritual, or simply navigating your next chapter, this episode will remind you that you’re not alone — and that your biggest transformation may be one inspired step away.
We want to hear your thoughts on this episode! Leave us a message on Speakpipe or email us at info@karenyankovich.com.
Magical Quotes From The Episode:
Karen Coffey
“Favor falls on the follow-through."
“I heard, ‘Close the doors.’ And even though I was terrified, I obeyed… then miracle money showed up.”
“If I’m not listening to God for you, then I’m just doing what everyone else is doing — and that’s not my calling.”
Karen Yankovich
“You can be hardworking and smart… and still end up in a hard place. That doesn’t mean you’re doing it wrong.”
“We need cash to fund our big dreams. That’s not selfish — it’s stewardship.”
“Let your freak flags fly. That’s where the money is. That’s where the riches come into your life — in many different forms.”
Resources Mentioned In The Episode:
- Download Karen Coffey’s free 21-day Spirit-Led Journal
- Learn more about Spirit Led Business Masterminds
- Connect with Karen Yankovich
- Book a clarity call with Karen Y.
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Karen Yankovich (00:09):
Karen, hello. Hello, and welcome to another
episode of The Good girls getrich podcast. I'm your host,
Karen Yankovich, and I've gotanother Karen here with us
today. Karen Coffey is thefounder of spirit led
masterminds. Seven years ago,she built a successful Inc, 500
company from being a homelesssingle mom all through prayer,
surrender and learning to hearGod's guidance, and her mission
(00:31):
now is to equip others. You andme right for the supernatural
business launches and financialbreakthroughs that are there for
them. So let me bring Karen hereto this video with us. So,
welcome, welcome, welcome.Welcome to the good Karen.
Unknown (00:46):
It's all Karen's today. I know today, great name. Yeah,
yeah.
Karen Yankovich (00:51):
It's an interesting time in the world to
be named Karen too, right? So wewon't, we won't go there. I
think that we need to stand outeven more confident. So, so I am
so excited to have you heretoday. You know, Karen, your
bio, doesn't, I don't think doesyou justice. I know that when
you know we talk, it talks alittle bit about your Inc, 500
company, and you say that in asentence, like you said, and I
(01:12):
made spaghetti for dinner lastnight, right? Like that is, you
know, that's a big deal. That'sa big deal. So maybe tell us a
little bit about, in your ownwords, the journey that I know
it's, it's not a short journey,but the journey that you had
that brought you to where youare
Unknown (01:27):
here today. Yeah, I won't start for when I was a
small child,
Karen Yankovich (01:31):
I need to hear that you're all yours. Oh, no,
Unknown (01:35):
but it wasn't overnight success, for sure. We did win
the Inc 502 years in a row, oneof the fastest growing
companies.
Karen Yankovich (01:43):
Amazing. That's amazing. Huge congratulations.
Thank you so
Unknown (01:47):
much. It was very a proud moment, coming from where
I came from, as a homeless,single mom, of course, I was in
the real estate industry,selling real estate back in the
banking crisis of Oh 809, 1011,and lost everything that I
owned, and that included myhome, my car, my son went to
live with his father becausemama wasn't making money. He
(02:09):
wasn't paying child support. Sowe were really in. I was in a
really bad place, and I wasn'tunder a bridge, but I was living
on the sofas of friends. Youknow that there really was no
income, and I just was notprepared for that. And I just
was in a fetal position at myhome, as the bank had come to
(02:29):
just put chains on, and they letme get a couple things out, you
know, before and and my motherpassed at that same time, she
left me $8,000 I bought aclunker car and put everything
in it, including my dog. And wewent and, like I said, and
stayed with some friends whenyou were at that place, Karen,
you're just, you know, you'rejust like, I've got nowhere to
(02:51):
go but up. But I just got on myknees, and I, I tell you, I was
not a very spiritual person atthe time, but that kind of
impact in your life will makeyou get, like, religious real
quick. And I'm not religious,but I'm just saying,
Karen Yankovich (03:05):
yeah, no, I and it's not that long ago, no,
well,
Unknown (03:10):
it was, No, it was 2000 when they took the house, I
think was 2009 right?
Karen Yankovich (03:15):
So that's, you know, 1516, years ago.
Unknown (03:18):
It's not when I was a baby. It was, it was 15 years
ago or so, and I got on myknees, and I said, I don't even
know if you exist. I don't evenknow. But I started praying to a
god I didn't even know thatwould answer or or anything. And
at that moment, I said, but Ineed help, and I need help now.
I have made it just a crap showof my life. Obviously, I'm
(03:41):
divorced. My mother's died. Igot no money. I've lost
everything. There is nothing.And I sensed, I'm going to say,
sensed an answer, as though,like, go write something down,
is what I sense. And so Igrabbed it, and I'm like, okay,
whatever, and every day. So Igot one step, and it was the
(04:05):
first step was like, Get up,right, right, and know that I'm
with you. And of course, thatdid not comfort me. I'm like,
Yeah, okay, right, whatever,
Karen Yankovich (04:16):
and, and, and what, right? And, you know, I
know, I really, I really Ireally want to hear all the
details. So I feel a little bad,uncomfortable interrupting you,
but I just want to say somethingto anybody that might be hearing
this like, what I hear, though,is that you were hardworking and
smart and still in this place,right? And I, you know, I have
not been in that exact sameplace, but had been in similar
(04:38):
situations. You know, singlemom, divorced, four kids. How
the heck I There are momentsthat have, that I can remember,
that have propelled me to whatI'm doing now. And I remember
thinking, like, what the hecklike, what else? What else can I
be doing? Like I'm doing I'mworking. So I do so many things
for so many people. And I justwanted to say that to anybody
that's listening to this,because it's it's not. Uh, just
(05:00):
the people that are sittingaround going, well, I just don't
want to work, you know, like, atall right, like, so I just
wanted to be to clarify thatbefore you continued your story,
in case people are listening tothis thinking, you know, why?
You know, I work really hard.Well, that doesn't mean you're
not working really hard. You canstill be in that same situation,
Unknown (05:17):
absolutely, absolutely. And I did. I worked 5060, hours
a week. I was very good at whatI did, very good. Made a very
good income. And then all of asudden, overnight, everything
was gone, myself and others, youknow, included. But for me, that
was just that moment of I've gotto do something different.
Nothing that I'm coming up withis doing, if, when I come up
with it, it just was fallingapart at the moment. And so that
(05:40):
started me on a journey ofasking every day in prayer. You
know, it's I don't believeprayer is like I'm just my
litany, my list, right? It'sabout listening for me. And
that's what I learned. And itwas, what's one thing? What is
one spirit led step that I cantake today that will bring me to
this goal that I have, which Icall commitments, because I
(06:01):
think goals are like New Year'sresolutions. I think they're
like a wish. You know, it's likeyou're committed, you're
committed, but if you have agoal, who knows if you'll do it
or not? But I was committed giveme something. I don't know if
I'm hearing I don't know if I'mgoing crazy, I don't know what's
happening, but I will do it, andfavor falls on the follow
through, is what I found, isthis, when you are just moving
(06:25):
through, give me one thing.Don't give me the 30,000 foot
view, one thing in my businessthat I can focus on. And some
people listening maybe go, doesGod really care about business?
Is this just about making money?And it's it's not It's about
relationship. It's intimacy witha creator that created you to
express through business,through life, through art.
Whatever it is for me, it'sbusiness helps me.
Karen Yankovich (06:48):
Yeah, right? And God wants us to be, to be
servants, right? And we can befirst, we have to fill our own
cup so that we can help otherpeople, right? So it's okay if
money and cash and income is apart of our prayers, because we
are able to help more other morepeople when we have first filled
our own cup. So I firmly believethat that's all part and parcel
(07:11):
of being able to
Unknown (07:12):
serve. That's right. That is absolutely right. And do
you know there's over 2000scriptures about money
stewardship and only 214 aboutsalvation. Now, it doesn't mean
that salvation is listening, butit must have been somebody go,
Oh, it's a prosperity gospel.Or, well, it is the gospel. I
don't know if it's prosperity orwhat, depending on what you're
talking about at the moment, butit was important enough for 2000
(07:35):
scriptures to be written aboutstewardship and about business
and about money. So you know,when you ask those questions,
though, that one step at the endof a year, you've got 365 steps.
And that's what I did. I wouldjust follow through. And it
might be something silly, callAunt Sue, call Bob. Do go for a
walk. And you're like, wait aminute, that's nothing to do
(07:57):
with and he's like, yeah, itdoes. It's about rest, yeah. So
fast forward, I think it wasabout a year of doing that and
getting off my feet. You know, Ihad some income start coming in
again, and I knew that I wantedto coach other women so that
they would never fall for thisagain. And when I say fall for
(08:19):
this, like not be prepared forand so I began coaching other
women in business, and we did amillion our first year, and it
went up a million every year forsix years. And then it it
plateaued at about 6.5
Karen Yankovich (08:32):
and it was amazing, which is amazing all of
those women that were helped bythat, by the way, too, is
amazing, not just that top lineor of your numbers, but all of
the women underneath that topline is who I see there, right?
Yeah, hundreds of them,
Unknown (08:46):
500 a year. So we have 1000s that have been through
that. And the confidence and thelevel of of just increase that
they experienced was just justabsolutely radically amazing.
And I never brought my faithinto business. I you know, it
was me, it was personal. And so,you know, the two years in a
(09:07):
row, but then, as you and Italked about things, about
things shifted about two yearsago, which was crazy, right,
Karen Yankovich (09:14):
right? So tell us about that. Because so now
you've built this $6 millionbusiness, right? And you know,
it's doing a million dollars ayear, and you're serving all
these people and and then you'reshifting right? How does that
like, you know, we all hearright, like it's, you know, you
want to, you want to go out onthe top right, but that has to
be, that takes a lot of courage,yes, yeah.
Unknown (09:37):
What happened? So, it was a little crazy. You know,
when you get used to hearing,then you hear and you're like, I
know that favor falls on thefollow through, so I'm going to
do whatever I'm and as long asthings are going in the
direction you want, it's allgood. It's all fun and games.
And it was on there, it was aSaturday night, and I fell. Felt
(10:00):
as though I heard in my spirit,I need you to close the doors of
your coaching business. Whatthis is Satan, if there ever was
a
Karen Yankovich (10:14):
forget about like, go for a walk. What?
Right?
Unknown (10:17):
Yeah, I like this. Go for a walk. Take it. And I said,
Well, I am not believing this. Ineed confirmation. I need
something to come to me. And thenext day was a Sunday, and I had
two people call me out of theblue. And once one said, I hear
that it was a team member. Andshe said, I hear I need to get
another job. And I'm like, Ohno. And I was like, Yeah, maybe.
(10:40):
And then someone else said, Iheard that you were thinking
about closing the doors. I'mlike, Okay, this is too, too
crazy. And I knew that there wassomething in my spirit that I
wanted to do. I knew that I wasat this moment in my life where
I wasn't being fulfilled. I washappy, I was happy with the
company, but I wasn't fulfilled.There was a transition
(11:01):
happening, and that was when Iwas 55 and so I'm like, is this
another midlife crisis? What ishappening? And I just really
felt like I wanted to teachpeople how to incorporate and
partner with this God inbuilding business, because I had
done it all along, and I feltlike he was saying, I need you
(11:22):
to teach people to do what youdid. And I'm like, Yeah, but,
but, but we're doing really,really well. So anyway, long
story short, I did close itdown. I found everybody in my
company jobs within like, aweek, so everybody was handled.
And here's the very cool thing,but that miracle money came out
of the blue to the tune of200,000 within two weeks time.
(11:45):
What?
Karen Yankovich (11:46):
How? Tell us about that. It makes no sense.
Unknown (11:49):
So remember, I lost my home. I lost I so it was a
foreclosure, and Bank of Americawrites me a letter and says, Oh,
we should have given you morenotice. Here's a check for
$93,000 Wow. I called the bankand said, Is this a real check?
Exactly, exactly? Because I
Karen Yankovich (12:08):
wouldn't have believed it either. I would have
thought, you know, if you signit, you're right, right?
Unknown (12:12):
This is fake and, and I'm looking at that, yeah, this
is not real. And two days later,I can just feel it. I got
another check for 85,000 so itwas just under 200,000 from and
I'm trying to think it was whoit was from the wells, wells,
Fargo. I had an RV. I had thismotor coach. And I just thought,
(12:34):
you know, oh, we're going totravel around the world, around
the world, around the country,and I'm going to homeschool and
blah, blah, blah, anyway. Sothat defaulted on that same
story. Oh, class action lawsuit,which I did not sign up for. I
never signed up for him. Gotthat check. I called again and
said, Is this real? And it was,wow. It was as though the hand
(12:55):
of God came down and said,because you listened, I've got
you, at least for the next, youknow, whatever bit. And so,
yeah, that miracle money, andI've seen that in our clients
since, that is just Yeah.
Karen Yankovich (13:13):
Well, let me say, let me ask you, so I want
to hear about where, where thattook you. But you know, for me
personally, here's where Istruggle a little bit with that,
because I get the because I getthe listening. You know what I
mean? Like for me, that is a lotof what meditation and prayer is
to me, is I like, instead of methinking or talking, I like,
need to be quiet and listen morelike that's that's something
(13:34):
that doesn't always comenaturally to me, right? So I but
sometimes I struggle with, is itintuition, or is it impulse? And
I hard to it's hard for me totrust it. So can you comment on
that? Because I would love toknow what your thoughts on that.
Because I wish I could trust myintuition more than I feel like
I can. Because sometimes I feellike it's impulse, like I want I
(13:55):
love this person, I'm going tohire them because I love them,
and really I just don't want tointerview anybody else. You know
what I mean. So is it really myintuition that is saying this is
a great person to hire, or wasit impulse, because I'm too lazy
to not lazy, but I'm too I don'treally want to interview other
people, right? So, so I, Ipersonally struggle with that a
little bit. So can you talk tothat a little bit
Unknown (14:14):
Absolutely? Because I'm like, you, I'm very impulsive,
I'm very driven. I'm like, I'mmaking a decision right there,
right on the moment, you know,right in the moment, and when I
heard closed the doors, I wasn'timpulsive about that. I did ask
for confirmation. But here'swhat I found, is when we're
feeling when we think we don'tknow if it's God's voice or
ours, it is about the disciplineof taking a moment and getting
(14:36):
quiet. First of all, I want tolisten saying a prayer. I need
your input, not mine. Shut downwhatever it is that I'm
thinking, whatever, becausesometimes it's ego, or it's like
you said, it's just I'm tiredand I don't want this anymore.
She's great. I'm going to hireher. And is there, is there a
(14:57):
feeling of peace? It's notnecessarily. Necessarily like a
magic eight ball. Is yes or no,should I hire her? Right? Right?
It is a matter of, do I feelpeace about this? The beautiful
thing is, is when you areintently trying to follow what
God is saying, or you're sensinghe redeems the mistakes that we
(15:18):
make. So let's say you did hire.It was impulse. If you had
stopped and said, Hey, is thisthe right hire for me? And you
feel peace around it, that'swhen I know it's God, when I
feel a little bit of chaos and Ican't get still and I can't it's
me Okay, still in the decision,I'm attached to the outcome,
(15:39):
right? Wow, that's interesting.
Karen Yankovich (15:41):
I love that. Okay, so tell us. Where did this
all lead you?
Unknown (15:47):
So, so where it led me was that I launched spirit led
business.org, but spirit ledbusiness, and that is a
mastermind, where we take peoplewho are in business or
transitioning from corporate tomission purpose, what their
calling is. And I started doingcalled to make an impact
(16:07):
workshops, and I saw just peopleexploding with joy and
fulfillment. But yet, how do wetake this forward and have the
kind of success? And it is apartnership of what we know, and
bringing God's guidance into itso we don't make necessarily a
move without saying, okay, isthis my next spirit led step,
(16:28):
and so that's what we're doingtoday. We've been doing it for,
I guess, a little over a year,and wow, it is just, I just got
off that call before this one,and just seeing the
breakthroughs that people arehaving by doing this
partnership, this intimacy, youknow, it really is CO creating
(16:49):
we love that isn't
Karen Yankovich (16:50):
that the best I you know, we've made a lot of
changes in our world to be morecommunity based, because I think
that that is is needed right Nowand and I love what we're
seeing. And I sometimes say,like, I feel like, I'm going to
put my clients pictures on myrefrigerator, like my kids
report cards. You know, whenthey have these huge wins, I
feel like, you know, like, whenthey win, I win, right? That
(17:11):
that's a win for me too. So, sothat's amazing. So you're
running masterminds, and what'syour vision for this. What's
your vision for? The question,yes, brand.
Unknown (17:23):
It's interesting because it was a vision given to
me. It wasn't one that Iactually came because, right, we
probably think I couldn't do it.You know, God's visions are,
seems to be a little bit biggerthan what we give ourselves
credit for. So the vision isthat there would be in person
spirit led business mastermindsin every city, village and town
(17:46):
across the world. So it isSpirit led business is the name,
but it's also spirit ledBusiness International, and
that's why we do online and inperson masterminds. So I'm glad
the delineation there, and weare just launching these
ambassadors in these differentcities around the world, and
that is a very differentdynamic, like you said, Karen,
(18:09):
it's about community. Yeah, wecan't do this alone after 2020,
introvert working at home,introvert, but just very
isolated, yeah, yeah. And we cando it, but we are striving and
struggling and trying to byhaving a community that supports
your belief of like mindedpeople, faith based people,
(18:32):
right? And it's not just, youknow, it's Christian, but
Christian has sometimes a roughconnotation. Obviously, we are
Christian, but it is foreverybody and anybody that
believes that there's a creatorthat wants to partner with them,
and that, you know, to to buildthese things for the kingdom, to
make an impact. Impact is thenumber one thing. And I always
(18:54):
tell everyone, go for impactfirst. Impact equals income in
this economy. Impact is nonumber one, right?
Karen Yankovich (19:04):
Yeah. And I, you know, I remember a couple
maybe a year or two ago, it wasthe end of the year, and we had
our community, our group, Zoomcall for my community, and I
kind of went around and I askedeverybody, like, what's your
vision for next year? What'syour big goals for next year?
And I let everybody go before Ipointed this out, and not one
single person had a monetarygoal. Every single person had an
(19:28):
impact goal. Yeah, every singleperson now, of course, they have
monetary goals. I am alwayspushing them, like my like, the
question that they were like,ever like, where's the money
comes out of my mouth 25 times aday, you know? Like, I love you
doing all this. Where's themoney we need. You need cash to
fund your big dreams. Yes,right. But I loved, I loved. I'm
like, did you guys all noticethat? Like not one of you said,
and this is going to be mymillion dollar Year, everybody
(19:50):
said, and, you know what? I needmore, more horses to be, you
know, to be healthy, or morechildren to be fed, or more
whatever, you know, and, and.And that is at the heart of what
we do now. We do need, I believewe do need the money to be able
to big dreams. Takes a lot ofcash, and it's there for us.
(20:10):
It's there for us. So, so, youknow, it's interesting, because
I this is, I'm not gonna, I'musing the word triggering, but
triggering but triggering is notthe right word. But this is
triggering me a little bit towhere do I stand with all this?
Because I do feel I do have avery strong spiritual foundation
in everything that I do not asmuch God as it is spiritual, but
(20:35):
I do believe in God, and I, youknow, so it so, as I listen to
all of this, it's making mewonder if I, you know, if, if,
maybe I need to be a little bitor I, it would be interesting to
test if I was a little bit moreintentional with the Spirit led
work that I do around that's thespirit itself. But also, you
(20:55):
know, I think that, I do thinkthat the world is coming to a
place where we are understandingthat there's something more than
just us, that what we can seeand what we can feel and taste
and touch that is at play in alot of what we do. And I and I
love, the more people I talk tothat are tapping into that, I
(21:15):
think the better our planet, thebetter it is for our planet. You
know, in general
Unknown (21:20):
question right now, Karen is, Who am I called to
impact? Like, I have all thesethings, and I'm a little over
here and over there andwhatever, and it's like, no
where, let's let's bring it in.Who are we called to impact what
outcome? How are we impactingthem? And then build that, and
that's what is.
Karen Yankovich (21:41):
So, yeah, can I ask, what do you what is, what
is one thing that maybe you arebringing from your million
dollar, your $6 million Inc, 500world, to this new world that
you think is going to make themost impact? Wow. You knowing
this.
Unknown (21:58):
Yeah, so it is doing the one thing every day, asking,
what the one thing that is handsdown? It was $6 million a year.
And so when the number one waythat we bring all I bring, I say
we, it's funny, my team is stillwith me. They took that time and
then they came back. That'sawesome. That was kind of cool
(22:19):
with me, like, seven years, youknow? And, yeah, I think it says
a lot, but we're bringing allthe tools, the skills of how we
built that business, and we'reincorporating it with, Okay,
Lord, what is the one thing?God, creator, Holy Spirit,
whatever green, tell me the onething, and it you have this
instead of you trying to doeverything and losing your way,
(22:43):
you will get the one thing, andyou do that, but you combine it
with wisdom in business, and itjust, he brings the money to
pour back in. He's the one thatis like, you can surrender
things, and it will happenfaster than you ever imagined,
because you let go of control,yeah? Like you said, like we
(23:04):
talked about earlier attack,
Karen Yankovich (23:06):
yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, and as somebody that
understands that, and I have, Ihave seen the miracles of
surrendering personally, right,as somebody that understands
that, it's and also as somebodythat's like, what's what do I?
What do I do to make thishappen? It's, it's at odds,
right, like so, so it'ssomething that that I certainly
(23:27):
have to work at. Let me ask youthis so, so if this is, if this
message is resonating for youknow, somebody that's listening
right now, what kind of whatadvice do you have for them as
they do their one thing, or taketheir next step, or step into a
new chapter in their life, intheir business. Yeah, I'll tell
Unknown (23:46):
you, it is hard to stay congruent if you don't have a
community around you. You knowyou're you're resonating with
you're like, Okay, I'm going toget more spiritual, and I am
going to ask, what's the onething? And then I'm going to
follow through with that onething, which are all great tips.
I'm going to tell you, you know,to doing it, but we lose steam
(24:06):
about five days in, you know,maybe a month in, if you're
lucky, this isn't a devotiontime. It's very, very different.
So I would say, find people inyour area that are faith based,
that believe that God stillspeaks today, that it didn't end
in the Old Testament, and thatthey can support you in this
(24:30):
business journey, that you'reYeah,
Karen Yankovich (24:32):
and how can you help people with this as they
step into this? Yeah.
Unknown (24:38):
So I, you know, I started to say, we, when we
coach our clients, we alwayssay, if we're not being spirit
led, what are we doing? Becauseyou're a spirit, you know,
you're a human being, and if Iam not listening to God for you,
then then I'm just following.I'm just doing what everybody
else is doing, and strugglingand striving and trying to get
(24:59):
to the top and over. Purpose,and I can't figure it out. So
what we do is we do have onlineand in person masterminds that
people can be a part of. Wedon't, we haven't. We just
launched the in person. So wedon't have very many in person
ambassadors on the ground, butour online masterminds are for
this, and it is a call everyweek with me, and it's only four
(25:22):
this is a mastermind, like, Ipaid 1000s of dollars, same for
like, but there is somethingthat we are building, and that's
trust, and it's value,beautiful, and then you can
build from there. And so that'sso that's
Karen Yankovich (25:41):
so what if they want to just get a taste of what
you're doing before they stepinto your mastermind. How can I
Unknown (25:48):
That? I do have, like, a 21 days of reflection. It was,
it's a journal Amazon, but youdon't have to buy it. I'll give
you 21
Karen Yankovich (25:56):
people put a link in the in the show notes on
how you can grab that
Unknown (26:02):
word for forward slash, journal,
Karen Yankovich (26:03):
okay, perfect. Okay. Spirit led business.org,
forward slash, Yes, yep, okay,okay, so we'll grab that. That's
awesome. So what's next? Soyou're building these
masterminds, that's a lot. So asI say, what is next? It doesn't
have to be something next. Butis there something next? Is
there something next? Is theresomething that you haven't
talked about that's coming nextas
Unknown (26:25):
you as you move? Yeah, there's always something next.
He always says, I am writing thebook. It's you guys are gonna
get tired of hearing the Spiritled business, a move of God in
market. Okay, so that
Karen Yankovich (26:35):
thing? Oh, I love that. Yeah,
Unknown (26:40):
I'm trying to think of what else retreats. Of course,
that's my I love and bringtogether to experience it.
Karen Yankovich (26:49):
Yeah, and I'm just going to put a little PSA
out there. If you're listeningto this, it's worth investing in
this stuff for yourself. Youknow, you know a lot of women,
especially they don't, theydon't, I don't know, they don't
need to invest in themselves,but it's they need a little
push. If you need permission,this is it. This is your
permission. Invest in a retreatfor yourself. Invest in
education for yourself. Investin mentoring for yourself. And
(27:12):
the one thing I really want topoint out about this whole
conversation today is, you know,Karen really let lead is leaning
into what makes her unique andwhat makes her different. And
are there people out there thatare going to say, that's not for
me? There are. But you knowwhat? There's, I know there's
more people that are going tosay, I've been waiting for
somebody to talk about this. Iwas waiting for somebody to be
aligned with what I believe. Soif this is not, if you're not
(27:35):
aligned with this, that's okay.There'll be somebody else that
you are aligned with. But if youare, you know the it's almost
like, it's almost like a star ormagnet. It's part of the magnet
that I talk about, right? Like,I want you to be magnetic. And
the more you talk about what youstand for that's different and
confident than other people, themore you're drawing those right,
exact, right people to you. So Ilove that you're doing that
(27:57):
Karen, in the work that you'redoing, and you're drawing the
people that have been waitingfor
Unknown (28:01):
this. To you, yeah, it was very vulnerable for me, as
you can imagine,
Karen Yankovich (28:05):
Oh, I bet I said earlier, had to what a lot
of courage I had to take to makethis shift and to make this
Unknown (28:12):
Yeah, everybody listening, people, be authentic,
yeah,
Karen Yankovich (28:16):
and be okay with you know, it's funny
because, you know, you talkedabout your background in real
estate, and I often, you know,my I do a lot of work with
LinkedIn and real estate. Idon't know why more real estate
agents don't use LinkedIn. Theyjust don't, and it's where their
database lives. They understandthe power of their database. But
what's interesting is they allwant to sound like an easy sign,
painting, sage, waving, FengShui, doing real estate agent in
(28:40):
your community, please put thaton your LinkedIn profile,
because somebody, there's goingto be people that say, I don't
think so, but somebody else isgoing to go, oh, that's exactly
what I need. You know what Imean? That's exactly what I
need. So that, and they just,they're so afraid to not be in
that same middle ground wherethey sound and look like
everybody else. But it's whenyou step outside of that, where
(29:03):
you where you know, when peoplesay, I'm looking for a
reference, I know exactly who tosend you to if you've, if you've
given me enough to let me knowwhere you're different than
other people. So I love whatyou're doing, Karen, I love that
you're and I hopefully you'regiving confidence to other for
other people to do the same kindof thing in their business.
Unknown (29:21):
Come on, let's, let's make a move in the marketplace.
Let's do it. I love it.
Karen Yankovich (29:25):
I love it. Well. Thank you so much for this
conversation. This has beengreat. I'm looking forward to
your book. I am definitely goingto be checking out more of the
work that you're doing, and Ireally appreciate you taking
time to hang out with me todayand giving us all this good
Unknown (29:37):
stuff. Loved it. Loved it. Very much. Good girls get
rich. Come on, yeah. And youknow,
Karen Yankovich (29:41):
really at the heart of that is just do what
you're good at, tell us whatyou're good at, make your Let
your freak flags fly. And that'swhere the money comes. You know,
that's where the money is.That's where the riches come
into your life in many differentin many different forms. Thank
you so much for being here. Wewill if you know, if you're
looking for more help with thework that Karen. And we'll have
all the links in the show noteson how to reach out to Karen and
(30:03):
how to connect with with her.And of course, you can always
connect with me on LinkedIn, andyou can always, you know, grab a
spot on my calendar. There's allkinds of places on LinkedIn,
ways that you can learn how towork with me. And you know, I'd
love to hear from you. So thankyou again, Karen for being here
today, and for you that'slistening. I'll see you back
here next week.
Karen, hello. Hello, and welcome to another
episode of The Good girls getrich podcast. I'm your host,
Karen Yankovich, and I've gotanother Karen here with us
today. Karen Coffey is thefounder of spirit led
masterminds. Seven years ago,she built a successful Inc, 500
company from being a homelesssingle mom all through prayer,
surrender and learning to hearGod's guidance, and her mission
(00:31):
now is to equip others. You andme right for the supernatural
business launches and financialbreakthroughs that are there for
them. So let me bring Karen hereto this video with us. So,
welcome, welcome, welcome.Welcome to the good Karen.
Unknown (00:46):
It's all Karen's today. I know today, great name. Yeah,
yeah.
Karen Yankovich (00:51):
It's an interesting time in the world to
be named Karen too, right? So wewon't, we won't go there. I
think that we need to stand outeven more confident. So, so I am
so excited to have you heretoday. You know, Karen, your
bio, doesn't, I don't think doesyou justice. I know that when
you know we talk, it talks alittle bit about your Inc, 500
company, and you say that in asentence, like you said, and I
(01:12):
made spaghetti for dinner lastnight, right? Like that is, you
know, that's a big deal. That'sa big deal. So maybe tell us a
little bit about, in your ownwords, the journey that I know
it's, it's not a short journey,but the journey that you had
that brought you to where youare
Unknown (01:27):
here today. Yeah, I won't start for when I was a
small child,
Karen Yankovich (01:31):
I need to hear that you're all yours. Oh, no,
Unknown (01:35):
but it wasn't overnight success, for sure. We did win
the Inc 502 years in a row, oneof the fastest growing
companies.
Karen Yankovich (01:43):
Amazing. That's amazing. Huge congratulations.
Thank you so
Unknown (01:47):
much. It was very a proud moment, coming from where
I came from, as a homeless,single mom, of course, I was in
the real estate industry,selling real estate back in the
banking crisis of Oh 809, 1011,and lost everything that I
owned, and that included myhome, my car, my son went to
live with his father becausemama wasn't making money. He
(02:09):
wasn't paying child support. Sowe were really in. I was in a
really bad place, and I wasn'tunder a bridge, but I was living
on the sofas of friends. Youknow that there really was no
income, and I just was notprepared for that. And I just
was in a fetal position at myhome, as the bank had come to
(02:29):
just put chains on, and they letme get a couple things out, you
know, before and and my motherpassed at that same time, she
left me $8,000 I bought aclunker car and put everything
in it, including my dog. And wewent and, like I said, and
stayed with some friends whenyou were at that place, Karen,
you're just, you know, you'rejust like, I've got nowhere to
(02:51):
go but up. But I just got on myknees, and I, I tell you, I was
not a very spiritual person atthe time, but that kind of
impact in your life will makeyou get, like, religious real
quick. And I'm not religious,but I'm just saying,
Karen Yankovich (03:05):
yeah, no, I and it's not that long ago, no,
well,
Unknown (03:10):
it was, No, it was 2000 when they took the house, I
think was 2009 right?
Karen Yankovich (03:15):
So that's, you know, 1516, years ago.
Unknown (03:18):
It's not when I was a baby. It was, it was 15 years
ago or so, and I got on myknees, and I said, I don't even
know if you exist. I don't evenknow. But I started praying to a
god I didn't even know thatwould answer or or anything. And
at that moment, I said, but Ineed help, and I need help now.
I have made it just a crap showof my life. Obviously, I'm
(03:41):
divorced. My mother's died. Igot no money. I've lost
everything. There is nothing.And I sensed, I'm going to say,
sensed an answer, as though,like, go write something down,
is what I sense. And so Igrabbed it, and I'm like, okay,
whatever, and every day. So Igot one step, and it was the
(04:05):
first step was like, Get up,right, right, and know that I'm
with you. And of course, thatdid not comfort me. I'm like,
Yeah, okay, right, whatever,
Karen Yankovich (04:16):
and, and, and what, right? And, you know, I
know, I really, I really Ireally want to hear all the
details. So I feel a little bad,uncomfortable interrupting you,
but I just want to say somethingto anybody that might be hearing
this like, what I hear, though,is that you were hardworking and
smart and still in this place,right? And I, you know, I have
not been in that exact sameplace, but had been in similar
(04:38):
situations. You know, singlemom, divorced, four kids. How
the heck I There are momentsthat have, that I can remember,
that have propelled me to whatI'm doing now. And I remember
thinking, like, what the hecklike, what else? What else can I
be doing? Like I'm doing I'mworking. So I do so many things
for so many people. And I justwanted to say that to anybody
that's listening to this,because it's it's not. Uh, just
(05:00):
the people that are sittingaround going, well, I just don't
want to work, you know, like, atall right, like, so I just
wanted to be to clarify thatbefore you continued your story,
in case people are listening tothis thinking, you know, why?
You know, I work really hard.Well, that doesn't mean you're
not working really hard. You canstill be in that same situation,
Unknown (05:17):
absolutely, absolutely. And I did. I worked 5060, hours
a week. I was very good at whatI did, very good. Made a very
good income. And then all of asudden, overnight, everything
was gone, myself and others, youknow, included. But for me, that
was just that moment of I've gotto do something different.
Nothing that I'm coming up withis doing, if, when I come up
with it, it just was fallingapart at the moment. And so that
(05:40):
started me on a journey ofasking every day in prayer. You
know, it's I don't believeprayer is like I'm just my
litany, my list, right? It'sabout listening for me. And
that's what I learned. And itwas, what's one thing? What is
one spirit led step that I cantake today that will bring me to
this goal that I have, which Icall commitments, because I
(06:01):
think goals are like New Year'sresolutions. I think they're
like a wish. You know, it's likeyou're committed, you're
committed, but if you have agoal, who knows if you'll do it
or not? But I was committed giveme something. I don't know if
I'm hearing I don't know if I'mgoing crazy, I don't know what's
happening, but I will do it, andfavor falls on the follow
through, is what I found, isthis, when you are just moving
(06:25):
through, give me one thing.Don't give me the 30,000 foot
view, one thing in my businessthat I can focus on. And some
people listening maybe go, doesGod really care about business?
Is this just about making money?And it's it's not It's about
relationship. It's intimacy witha creator that created you to
express through business,through life, through art.
Whatever it is for me, it'sbusiness helps me.
Karen Yankovich (06:48):
Yeah, right? And God wants us to be, to be
servants, right? And we can befirst, we have to fill our own
cup so that we can help otherpeople, right? So it's okay if
money and cash and income is apart of our prayers, because we
are able to help more other morepeople when we have first filled
our own cup. So I firmly believethat that's all part and parcel
(07:11):
of being able to
Unknown (07:12):
serve. That's right. That is absolutely right. And do
you know there's over 2000scriptures about money
stewardship and only 214 aboutsalvation. Now, it doesn't mean
that salvation is listening, butit must have been somebody go,
Oh, it's a prosperity gospel.Or, well, it is the gospel. I
don't know if it's prosperity orwhat, depending on what you're
talking about at the moment, butit was important enough for 2000
(07:35):
scriptures to be written aboutstewardship and about business
and about money. So you know,when you ask those questions,
though, that one step at the endof a year, you've got 365 steps.
And that's what I did. I wouldjust follow through. And it
might be something silly, callAunt Sue, call Bob. Do go for a
walk. And you're like, wait aminute, that's nothing to do
(07:57):
with and he's like, yeah, itdoes. It's about rest, yeah. So
fast forward, I think it wasabout a year of doing that and
getting off my feet. You know, Ihad some income start coming in
again, and I knew that I wantedto coach other women so that
they would never fall for thisagain. And when I say fall for
(08:19):
this, like not be prepared forand so I began coaching other
women in business, and we did amillion our first year, and it
went up a million every year forsix years. And then it it
plateaued at about 6.5
Karen Yankovich (08:32):
and it was amazing, which is amazing all of
those women that were helped bythat, by the way, too, is
amazing, not just that top lineor of your numbers, but all of
the women underneath that topline is who I see there, right?
Yeah, hundreds of them,
Unknown (08:46):
500 a year. So we have 1000s that have been through
that. And the confidence and thelevel of of just increase that
they experienced was just justabsolutely radically amazing.
And I never brought my faithinto business. I you know, it
was me, it was personal. And so,you know, the two years in a
(09:07):
row, but then, as you and Italked about things, about
things shifted about two yearsago, which was crazy, right,
Karen Yankovich (09:14):
right? So tell us about that. Because so now
you've built this $6 millionbusiness, right? And you know,
it's doing a million dollars ayear, and you're serving all
these people and and then you'reshifting right? How does that
like, you know, we all hearright, like it's, you know, you
want to, you want to go out onthe top right, but that has to
be, that takes a lot of courage,yes, yeah.
Unknown (09:37):
What happened? So, it was a little crazy. You know,
when you get used to hearing,then you hear and you're like, I
know that favor falls on thefollow through, so I'm going to
do whatever I'm and as long asthings are going in the
direction you want, it's allgood. It's all fun and games.
And it was on there, it was aSaturday night, and I fell. Felt
(10:00):
as though I heard in my spirit,I need you to close the doors of
your coaching business. Whatthis is Satan, if there ever was
a
Karen Yankovich (10:14):
forget about like, go for a walk. What?
Right?
Unknown (10:17):
Yeah, I like this. Go for a walk. Take it. And I said,
Well, I am not believing this. Ineed confirmation. I need
something to come to me. And thenext day was a Sunday, and I had
two people call me out of theblue. And once one said, I hear
that it was a team member. Andshe said, I hear I need to get
another job. And I'm like, Ohno. And I was like, Yeah, maybe.
(10:40):
And then someone else said, Iheard that you were thinking
about closing the doors. I'mlike, Okay, this is too, too
crazy. And I knew that there wassomething in my spirit that I
wanted to do. I knew that I wasat this moment in my life where
I wasn't being fulfilled. I washappy, I was happy with the
company, but I wasn't fulfilled.There was a transition
(11:01):
happening, and that was when Iwas 55 and so I'm like, is this
another midlife crisis? What ishappening? And I just really
felt like I wanted to teachpeople how to incorporate and
partner with this God inbuilding business, because I had
done it all along, and I feltlike he was saying, I need you
(11:22):
to teach people to do what youdid. And I'm like, Yeah, but,
but, but we're doing really,really well. So anyway, long
story short, I did close itdown. I found everybody in my
company jobs within like, aweek, so everybody was handled.
And here's the very cool thing,but that miracle money came out
of the blue to the tune of200,000 within two weeks time.
(11:45):
What?
Karen Yankovich (11:46):
How? Tell us about that. It makes no sense.
Unknown (11:49):
So remember, I lost my home. I lost I so it was a
foreclosure, and Bank of Americawrites me a letter and says, Oh,
we should have given you morenotice. Here's a check for
$93,000 Wow. I called the bankand said, Is this a real check?
Exactly, exactly? Because I
Karen Yankovich (12:08):
wouldn't have believed it either. I would have
thought, you know, if you signit, you're right, right?
Unknown (12:12):
This is fake and, and I'm looking at that, yeah, this
is not real. And two days later,I can just feel it. I got
another check for 85,000 so itwas just under 200,000 from and
I'm trying to think it was whoit was from the wells, wells,
Fargo. I had an RV. I had thismotor coach. And I just thought,
(12:34):
you know, oh, we're going totravel around the world, around
the world, around the country,and I'm going to homeschool and
blah, blah, blah, anyway. Sothat defaulted on that same
story. Oh, class action lawsuit,which I did not sign up for. I
never signed up for him. Gotthat check. I called again and
said, Is this real? And it was,wow. It was as though the hand
(12:55):
of God came down and said,because you listened, I've got
you, at least for the next, youknow, whatever bit. And so,
yeah, that miracle money, andI've seen that in our clients
since, that is just Yeah.
Karen Yankovich (13:13):
Well, let me say, let me ask you, so I want
to hear about where, where thattook you. But you know, for me
personally, here's where Istruggle a little bit with that,
because I get the because I getthe listening. You know what I
mean? Like for me, that is a lotof what meditation and prayer is
to me, is I like, instead of methinking or talking, I like,
need to be quiet and listen morelike that's that's something
(13:34):
that doesn't always comenaturally to me, right? So I but
sometimes I struggle with, is itintuition, or is it impulse? And
I hard to it's hard for me totrust it. So can you comment on
that? Because I would love toknow what your thoughts on that.
Because I wish I could trust myintuition more than I feel like
I can. Because sometimes I feellike it's impulse, like I want I
(13:55):
love this person, I'm going tohire them because I love them,
and really I just don't want tointerview anybody else. You know
what I mean. So is it really myintuition that is saying this is
a great person to hire, or wasit impulse, because I'm too lazy
to not lazy, but I'm too I don'treally want to interview other
people, right? So, so I, Ipersonally struggle with that a
little bit. So can you talk tothat a little bit
Unknown (14:14):
Absolutely? Because I'm like, you, I'm very impulsive,
I'm very driven. I'm like, I'mmaking a decision right there,
right on the moment, you know,right in the moment, and when I
heard closed the doors, I wasn'timpulsive about that. I did ask
for confirmation. But here'swhat I found, is when we're
feeling when we think we don'tknow if it's God's voice or
ours, it is about the disciplineof taking a moment and getting
(14:36):
quiet. First of all, I want tolisten saying a prayer. I need
your input, not mine. Shut downwhatever it is that I'm
thinking, whatever, becausesometimes it's ego, or it's like
you said, it's just I'm tiredand I don't want this anymore.
She's great. I'm going to hireher. And is there, is there a
(14:57):
feeling of peace? It's notnecessarily. Necessarily like a
magic eight ball. Is yes or no,should I hire her? Right? Right?
It is a matter of, do I feelpeace about this? The beautiful
thing is, is when you areintently trying to follow what
God is saying, or you're sensinghe redeems the mistakes that we
(15:18):
make. So let's say you did hire.It was impulse. If you had
stopped and said, Hey, is thisthe right hire for me? And you
feel peace around it, that'swhen I know it's God, when I
feel a little bit of chaos and Ican't get still and I can't it's
me Okay, still in the decision,I'm attached to the outcome,
(15:39):
right? Wow, that's interesting.
Karen Yankovich (15:41):
I love that. Okay, so tell us. Where did this
all lead you?
Unknown (15:47):
So, so where it led me was that I launched spirit led
business.org, but spirit ledbusiness, and that is a
mastermind, where we take peoplewho are in business or
transitioning from corporate tomission purpose, what their
calling is. And I started doingcalled to make an impact
(16:07):
workshops, and I saw just peopleexploding with joy and
fulfillment. But yet, how do wetake this forward and have the
kind of success? And it is apartnership of what we know, and
bringing God's guidance into itso we don't make necessarily a
move without saying, okay, isthis my next spirit led step,
(16:28):
and so that's what we're doingtoday. We've been doing it for,
I guess, a little over a year,and wow, it is just, I just got
off that call before this one,and just seeing the
breakthroughs that people arehaving by doing this
partnership, this intimacy, youknow, it really is CO creating
(16:49):
we love that isn't
Karen Yankovich (16:50):
that the best I you know, we've made a lot of
changes in our world to be morecommunity based, because I think
that that is is needed right Nowand and I love what we're
seeing. And I sometimes say,like, I feel like, I'm going to
put my clients pictures on myrefrigerator, like my kids
report cards. You know, whenthey have these huge wins, I
feel like, you know, like, whenthey win, I win, right? That
(17:11):
that's a win for me too. So, sothat's amazing. So you're
running masterminds, and what'syour vision for this. What's
your vision for? The question,yes, brand.
Unknown (17:23):
It's interesting because it was a vision given to
me. It wasn't one that Iactually came because, right, we
probably think I couldn't do it.You know, God's visions are,
seems to be a little bit biggerthan what we give ourselves
credit for. So the vision isthat there would be in person
spirit led business mastermindsin every city, village and town
(17:46):
across the world. So it isSpirit led business is the name,
but it's also spirit ledBusiness International, and
that's why we do online and inperson masterminds. So I'm glad
the delineation there, and weare just launching these
ambassadors in these differentcities around the world, and
that is a very differentdynamic, like you said, Karen,
(18:09):
it's about community. Yeah, wecan't do this alone after 2020,
introvert working at home,introvert, but just very
isolated, yeah, yeah. And we cando it, but we are striving and
struggling and trying to byhaving a community that supports
your belief of like mindedpeople, faith based people,
(18:32):
right? And it's not just, youknow, it's Christian, but
Christian has sometimes a roughconnotation. Obviously, we are
Christian, but it is foreverybody and anybody that
believes that there's a creatorthat wants to partner with them,
and that, you know, to to buildthese things for the kingdom, to
make an impact. Impact is thenumber one thing. And I always
(18:54):
tell everyone, go for impactfirst. Impact equals income in
this economy. Impact is nonumber one, right?
Karen Yankovich (19:04):
Yeah. And I, you know, I remember a couple
maybe a year or two ago, it wasthe end of the year, and we had
our community, our group, Zoomcall for my community, and I
kind of went around and I askedeverybody, like, what's your
vision for next year? What'syour big goals for next year?
And I let everybody go before Ipointed this out, and not one
single person had a monetarygoal. Every single person had an
(19:28):
impact goal. Yeah, every singleperson now, of course, they have
monetary goals. I am alwayspushing them, like my like, the
question that they were like,ever like, where's the money
comes out of my mouth 25 times aday, you know? Like, I love you
doing all this. Where's themoney we need. You need cash to
fund your big dreams. Yes,right. But I loved, I loved. I'm
like, did you guys all noticethat? Like not one of you said,
and this is going to be mymillion dollar Year, everybody
(19:50):
said, and, you know what? I needmore, more horses to be, you
know, to be healthy, or morechildren to be fed, or more
whatever, you know, and, and.And that is at the heart of what
we do now. We do need, I believewe do need the money to be able
to big dreams. Takes a lot ofcash, and it's there for us.
(20:10):
It's there for us. So, so, youknow, it's interesting, because
I this is, I'm not gonna, I'musing the word triggering, but
triggering but triggering is notthe right word. But this is
triggering me a little bit towhere do I stand with all this?
Because I do feel I do have avery strong spiritual foundation
in everything that I do not asmuch God as it is spiritual, but
(20:35):
I do believe in God, and I, youknow, so it so, as I listen to
all of this, it's making mewonder if I, you know, if, if,
maybe I need to be a little bitor I, it would be interesting to
test if I was a little bit moreintentional with the Spirit led
work that I do around that's thespirit itself. But also, you
(20:55):
know, I think that, I do thinkthat the world is coming to a
place where we are understandingthat there's something more than
just us, that what we can seeand what we can feel and taste
and touch that is at play in alot of what we do. And I and I
love, the more people I talk tothat are tapping into that, I
(21:15):
think the better our planet, thebetter it is for our planet. You
know, in general
Unknown (21:20):
question right now, Karen is, Who am I called to
impact? Like, I have all thesethings, and I'm a little over
here and over there andwhatever, and it's like, no
where, let's let's bring it in.Who are we called to impact what
outcome? How are we impactingthem? And then build that, and
that's what is.
Karen Yankovich (21:41):
So, yeah, can I ask, what do you what is, what
is one thing that maybe you arebringing from your million
dollar, your $6 million Inc, 500world, to this new world that
you think is going to make themost impact? Wow. You knowing
this.
Unknown (21:58):
Yeah, so it is doing the one thing every day, asking,
what the one thing that is handsdown? It was $6 million a year.
And so when the number one waythat we bring all I bring, I say
we, it's funny, my team is stillwith me. They took that time and
then they came back. That'sawesome. That was kind of cool
(22:19):
with me, like, seven years, youknow? And, yeah, I think it says
a lot, but we're bringing allthe tools, the skills of how we
built that business, and we'reincorporating it with, Okay,
Lord, what is the one thing?God, creator, Holy Spirit,
whatever green, tell me the onething, and it you have this
instead of you trying to doeverything and losing your way,
(22:43):
you will get the one thing, andyou do that, but you combine it
with wisdom in business, and itjust, he brings the money to
pour back in. He's the one thatis like, you can surrender
things, and it will happenfaster than you ever imagined,
because you let go of control,yeah? Like you said, like we
(23:04):
talked about earlier attack,
Karen Yankovich (23:06):
yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, and as somebody that
understands that, and I have, Ihave seen the miracles of
surrendering personally, right,as somebody that understands
that, it's and also as somebodythat's like, what's what do I?
What do I do to make thishappen? It's, it's at odds,
right, like so, so it'ssomething that that I certainly
(23:27):
have to work at. Let me ask youthis so, so if this is, if this
message is resonating for youknow, somebody that's listening
right now, what kind of whatadvice do you have for them as
they do their one thing, or taketheir next step, or step into a
new chapter in their life, intheir business. Yeah, I'll tell
Unknown (23:46):
you, it is hard to stay congruent if you don't have a
community around you. You knowyou're you're resonating with
you're like, Okay, I'm going toget more spiritual, and I am
going to ask, what's the onething? And then I'm going to
follow through with that onething, which are all great tips.
I'm going to tell you, you know,to doing it, but we lose steam
(24:06):
about five days in, you know,maybe a month in, if you're
lucky, this isn't a devotiontime. It's very, very different.
So I would say, find people inyour area that are faith based,
that believe that God stillspeaks today, that it didn't end
in the Old Testament, and thatthey can support you in this
(24:30):
business journey, that you'reYeah,
Karen Yankovich (24:32):
and how can you help people with this as they
step into this? Yeah.
Unknown (24:38):
So I, you know, I started to say, we, when we
coach our clients, we alwayssay, if we're not being spirit
led, what are we doing? Becauseyou're a spirit, you know,
you're a human being, and if Iam not listening to God for you,
then then I'm just following.I'm just doing what everybody
else is doing, and strugglingand striving and trying to get
(24:59):
to the top and over. Purpose,and I can't figure it out. So
what we do is we do have onlineand in person masterminds that
people can be a part of. Wedon't, we haven't. We just
launched the in person. So wedon't have very many in person
ambassadors on the ground, butour online masterminds are for
this, and it is a call everyweek with me, and it's only four
(25:22):
this is a mastermind, like, Ipaid 1000s of dollars, same for
like, but there is somethingthat we are building, and that's
trust, and it's value,beautiful, and then you can
build from there. And so that'sso that's
Karen Yankovich (25:41):
so what if they want to just get a taste of what
you're doing before they stepinto your mastermind. How can I
Unknown (25:48):
That? I do have, like, a 21 days of reflection. It was,
it's a journal Amazon, but youdon't have to buy it. I'll give
you 21
Karen Yankovich (25:56):
people put a link in the in the show notes on
how you can grab that
Unknown (26:02):
word for forward slash, journal,
Karen Yankovich (26:03):
okay, perfect. Okay. Spirit led business.org,
forward slash, Yes, yep, okay,okay, so we'll grab that. That's
awesome. So what's next? Soyou're building these
masterminds, that's a lot. So asI say, what is next? It doesn't
have to be something next. Butis there something next? Is
there something next? Is theresomething that you haven't
talked about that's coming nextas
Unknown (26:25):
you as you move? Yeah, there's always something next.
He always says, I am writing thebook. It's you guys are gonna
get tired of hearing the Spiritled business, a move of God in
market. Okay, so that
Karen Yankovich (26:35):
thing? Oh, I love that. Yeah,
Unknown (26:40):
I'm trying to think of what else retreats. Of course,
that's my I love and bringtogether to experience it.
Karen Yankovich (26:49):
Yeah, and I'm just going to put a little PSA
out there. If you're listeningto this, it's worth investing in
this stuff for yourself. Youknow, you know a lot of women,
especially they don't, theydon't, I don't know, they don't
need to invest in themselves,but it's they need a little
push. If you need permission,this is it. This is your
permission. Invest in a retreatfor yourself. Invest in
education for yourself. Investin mentoring for yourself. And
(27:12):
the one thing I really want topoint out about this whole
conversation today is, you know,Karen really let lead is leaning
into what makes her unique andwhat makes her different. And
are there people out there thatare going to say, that's not for
me? There are. But you knowwhat? There's, I know there's
more people that are going tosay, I've been waiting for
somebody to talk about this. Iwas waiting for somebody to be
aligned with what I believe. Soif this is not, if you're not
(27:35):
aligned with this, that's okay.There'll be somebody else that
you are aligned with. But if youare, you know the it's almost
like, it's almost like a star ormagnet. It's part of the magnet
that I talk about, right? Like,I want you to be magnetic. And
the more you talk about what youstand for that's different and
confident than other people, themore you're drawing those right,
exact, right people to you. So Ilove that you're doing that
(27:57):
Karen, in the work that you'redoing, and you're drawing the
people that have been waitingfor
Unknown (28:01):
this. To you, yeah, it was very vulnerable for me, as
you can imagine,
Karen Yankovich (28:05):
Oh, I bet I said earlier, had to what a lot
of courage I had to take to makethis shift and to make this
Unknown (28:12):
Yeah, everybody listening, people, be authentic,
yeah,
Karen Yankovich (28:16):
and be okay with you know, it's funny
because, you know, you talkedabout your background in real
estate, and I often, you know,my I do a lot of work with
LinkedIn and real estate. Idon't know why more real estate
agents don't use LinkedIn. Theyjust don't, and it's where their
database lives. They understandthe power of their database. But
what's interesting is they allwant to sound like an easy sign,
painting, sage, waving, FengShui, doing real estate agent in
(28:40):
your community, please put thaton your LinkedIn profile,
because somebody, there's goingto be people that say, I don't
think so, but somebody else isgoing to go, oh, that's exactly
what I need. You know what Imean? That's exactly what I
need. So that, and they just,they're so afraid to not be in
that same middle ground wherethey sound and look like
everybody else. But it's whenyou step outside of that, where
(29:03):
you where you know, when peoplesay, I'm looking for a
reference, I know exactly who tosend you to if you've, if you've
given me enough to let me knowwhere you're different than
other people. So I love whatyou're doing, Karen, I love that
you're and I hopefully you'regiving confidence to other for
other people to do the same kindof thing in their business.
Unknown (29:21):
Come on, let's, let's make a move in the marketplace.
Let's do it. I love it.
Karen Yankovich (29:25):
I love it. Well. Thank you so much for this
conversation. This has beengreat. I'm looking forward to
your book. I am definitely goingto be checking out more of the
work that you're doing, and Ireally appreciate you taking
time to hang out with me todayand giving us all this good
Unknown (29:37):
stuff. Loved it. Loved it. Very much. Good girls get
rich. Come on, yeah. And youknow,
Karen Yankovich (29:41):
really at the heart of that is just do what
you're good at, tell us whatyou're good at, make your Let
your freak flags fly. And that'swhere the money comes. You know,
that's where the money is.That's where the riches come
into your life in many differentin many different forms. Thank
you so much for being here. Wewill if you know, if you're
looking for more help with thework that Karen. And we'll have
all the links in the show noteson how to reach out to Karen and
(30:03):
how to connect with with her.And of course, you can always
connect with me on LinkedIn, andyou can always, you know, grab a
spot on my calendar. There's allkinds of places on LinkedIn,
ways that you can learn how towork with me. And you know, I'd
love to hear from you. So thankyou again, Karen for being here
today, and for you that'slistening. I'll see you back
here next week.
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