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Your voice is your most powerful business tool—are you using it to its full potential?
In this episode (the third in our series), I'm joined by three more powerhouse women who were recognized as winners of the 2024 Powerful Women Rising Impact Awards:
✨ Alexandria Agresta - 2024 Speaker of the Year, aka MADE4MAGIC, the world's first DJing speaker!
🎙️ Megs Crawford - Podcast Host of the Year and Professional Organizer Coach for Women with ADHD
🎧 Jessica Millhiser - Podcast Guest of the Year and Business Consultant/Strategist for coaches, consultants and other service-based professionals
Together, they'll teach you how to use your voice as your most powerful business tool - whether you’re speaking on a stage, hosting a podcast, or being featured as a guest.
You'll Hear:
✅ Strategies to help you share your message through speaking and podcast guesting/hosting.
✅ What matters more than vanity metrics when growing your audience.
✅ How to overcome the fear of putting yourself out there.
✅ Why clarity and purpose matter more than downloads or follower counts
These women are proof that when you use your voice intentionally, it can transform not just your business, but the lives of those you serve.
This episode is part of our 2024 PWR Impact Awards Winner Series, featuring women entrepreneurs who are making waves in their industries. Want more inspiration, strategies, and real-world insights? Subscribe now so you don’t miss the next conversation in this powerful series!
Links & References:
- Learn more about Alexandria Agresta:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandriaagresta
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/made4magicmusic
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/made4magicmusic
- Learn more about Megs Crawford:
https://www.mindfulmegs.com
- Learn more about Jessica Millhiser:
www.jmillsconsulting.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicamillhiser/
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interview on YouTube, braceyourself, because I don't think
you're ready for all this.
Alexandria Agresta (00:29):
All right,
ladies, a lot of energy in this
Zoom.
Let's make sure that no crazyelectrical things happen,
because that could happen Ifyour stereo is shorting out?
Melissa Snow (00:40):
right now, it's
from all this, all right.
Do people even call themstereos anymore?
Is that even a thing If your CBradio is not working properly?
Okay, so I've done a lot ofinterviews today and I am
nearing the end of my sanity.
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So here we go.
I have these three fabulouswomen here to interview.
They are three of the winnersof the 2024 Powerful Women
Rising Impact Awards.
Megs is the winner of thePodcast Host of the Year Award.
Alexandria is the Speaker ofthe Year recipient and then
Jessica Milhiser is the PowerfulWomen Rising Podcast guest of
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the year.
Yay, so super excited to talkto you three and hear some
inspiration and some wisdom fromyou guys.
So before we dive in, tell thepeople just a little bit about
you and about what you do.
We can start with Megs, ifthat's okay.
Megs Crawford (01:39):
Yeah, cool.
Thank you so much.
I'm honored to win the award.
I am the host of Organizing anADHD Brain.
It's a podcast all about wellorganizing and having ADHD and
how oftentimes our brains loveto float in the wind instead of
having any structure behind themto actually get the stuff done.
And I found a lot of organizingand decluttering in my own life
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and I wanted to share myjourney and became a coach for
women who wanted to find moreorganizing and decluttering in
their own lives and how tofigure it out with a unique and
beautiful brain like my own.
And so I am a coach, I am apodcast host and I do a variety
of other things like momming andI'm wifing and all kinds of
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other things.
But, yeah, thank you so muchfor having me on.
I'm thrilled to be here.
Melissa Snow (02:26):
Yeah, and cat
momming, don't forget cat
momming.
Oh, yeah, and dog momming yep,very different than human
momming, absolutely Better, somemight say Alexandria, why don't
you introduce yourself?
Yeah?
Alexandria Agresta (02:41):
thanks for
having me back Honored to win
the award and love getting tospeak to your amazing community
of women.
My name's Alexandria Agresta,professional speaker for going
on 13 years now.
It's my first love.
I love getting to inspirepeople from stage.
Professional speaker turned DJas well.
I've been a raver at night andthen I go to the professional
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world during the day, so it wasonly a matter of time before I
started dabbling in both andthen it got really crazy.
I combined the two to becomethe first ever DJing speaker
where I speak and DJ live onstage at the same time.
So really bringing togetherexpertise, inspiration,
motivation, but with thatentertainment and having fun and
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letting loose, which I reallybelieve we need more of in the
professional world.
So all things speaking, fun,raving, DJing I'm your girl.
Let's sparkle, let's have fun.
Thanks for having me here.
The more glitter, the better.
Melissa Snow (03:42):
I got the sparkles
on today just for you.
You were ready.
You were ready.
You were ready, jessica, whatabout you?
Jessica Millhiser (03:48):
Hey y'all,
Jessica Milheiser here.
Melissa, so good to see you andit's really lovely to meet you
too.
Oh my gosh, you guys areincredible.
So super happy to be here.
I am the owner of J MillsConsulting and I am a business
consultant and strategist andreally my area of expertise is
focusing on your business'sinternal structure, so your
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business foundation, all ofthose internal backend nitty
gritty pieces that really needto be in place in a solid way so
that your business can grow ina consistent, reliable and
sustainable way.
So I work with service-basedentrepreneurs all over the
States and I'm the winner of thepodcast guest of the year award
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, and that just makes my heartso happy.
So thank you, Melissa and PWR.
Melissa Snow (04:36):
Absolutely.
You've been on podcast twicealready.
This is your third time, I know.
Jessica Millhiser (04:42):
Lucky, lucky,
lucky, indeed, lucky indeed.
Melissa Snow (04:47):
I love this
because I was listening to
Jessica talk and I was going toshout her out and say you know,
I always want to shout Jessicaout because she I've worked with
her several times, I'm workingwith her this year again and
she's helped me so much.
And then I was thinking aboutthe two of you and listening to
Meg's podcast and helping me getorganized in my brain has been
like a huge game changer.
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I'm generally pretty organizedlike in the space, usually
because there's too much goingon in here.
So if there's like one thingcluttering out here, I'm like
this is too much.
And I've worked with Alexandria.
I've taken several of herspeaker courses.
We're not going to talk aboutthat infamous picture that she
likes to bust out once in awhile, but maybe we'll bring it
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out on social media sometime.
Alexandria Agresta (05:33):
It's
everything we could have ever
asked for in a picture of you.
Melissa Snow (05:37):
It is a winner.
Listen, the assignment, ladies,was she was going to take a
picture of all of us who are inthis training and she said I
want you to all imagine that youjust landed like the biggest,
best speaking gig of your life.
Oh God, and that's what we weresupposed to do.
When she took the picture andeverybody else is like she was
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good, good, good.
Alexandria Agresta (06:06):
You were the
only one who understood the
assignment girl I was I told thetruth.
Melissa Snow (06:10):
People Offline.
Jessica Millhiser (06:12):
I'm going to
need to see a picture of that.
Melissa Snow (06:14):
Yeah.
We'll find it We'll find it Okaybit about what each of you does
and how people can gain someexpertise or some insight or
some inspiration from what youdo that has brought you here to
winning these awards, whether itis speaking or being on
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podcasts or you know, all ofthese things are part of
networking, right?
Like I always say, networkingdoesn't just happen in a
networking event.
It happens anywhere that youare connecting with other humans
.
So when Alexandria is on stageand she's DJing, that's
networking, because she'sconnecting with humans up there.
You're connecting with humanswhen you're hosting a podcast or
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when you're guesting on apodcast.
So let's talk a little bit abouthow women who are listening to
this, who are also entrepreneurs, who may be thinking like maybe
I could start a podcast or aguest on podcast, or start
speaking, and how that kind ofrelates to their business.
So I'm going to start with you,alexandria, because you've been
doing this for a while now.
So talk a little bit about theimpact that being a speaker can
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have on a business.
Obviously, speaking is yourbusiness, but for a lot of
people, that's not theirbusiness, but they want to use
it as a way to grow.
Alexandria Agresta (07:29):
I think it
all starts with understanding
that, even if you're notcreating a business out of
public speaking in some way,shape or form, you are publicly
speaking every single day.
You said it perfectly, Melissayou don't need to be at a
networking event to network,it's anytime you're out
connecting with humans.
How do you connect with humans?
You're usually speaking to themand when we're speaking,
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especially in the professionalenvironment, we're usually
wanting to use our words toinspire someone to do something.
So if we really bring that downand understand we don't have to
be on a big stage with theBritney Spears microphone, with
the lights, Like I love thatstuff that gets me jazzed, but
if it doesn't get you jazzed,that's OK.
You are speaking in a way tomove people and inspire people
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in your business every singleday Coffee chats, when you're
sharing on LinkedIn, thenetworking calls you go to sales
calls, even when you'recreating your customer and
client experiences.
Right, You're using languageand words and experiences to get
someone to do somethingdifferent.
So I love the idea of takingout the glitz and glam of public
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speaking and realizing it's askill and it's a very valuable
skill that we use every singleday.
So, really choosing to take yourcommunity.
We'll use the word publicspeaking, we'll put it over
there.
Just your communication skills,choosing to take those to the
next level is going tocompletely transform your level
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of impact, your level ofinfluence.
I think of Melissa.
She's such a great example.
I got to be just one of herguides and trainers on her
speaking journey and to see hergrow and blossom, creating her
own platform in her own uniqueway.
That's the power ofcommunication and public
speaking right then and there.
So communication all day.
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Your words create your realityand, most importantly, your
words can inspire people andmove people and create
completely new realities.
That's pretty badass that thisvocal cords and this voice box
can do that.
Melissa Snow (09:41):
Yeah, absolutely.
And I love what you're sayingtoo, because sometimes people
hear us talk about speaking andthey're like, oh no way, like I
have no interest in getting on astage in front of a bunch of
people while they're all staringat me and making a joke that no
one thinks is funny.
Like no, thank you.
But what you're saying reallyis.
The reason I wanted all threeof you on an interview together
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is because there's so manydifferent ways to share your
voice.
You can share your voice on abig stage, you can share your
voice on a podcast, you canshare your voice in writing, but
it's still your voice, right?
And there's still that piece ofauthenticity that is required
and also that piece of skill tobe able to get what is in here
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and in here out into the worldin the way that you want to get
it out into the world.
Alexandria Agresta (10:29):
Perfectly
said Exactly, that Our words
matter and they play a role inevery single aspect of our lives
, not even if it's on a stagestage, yeah, absolutely so.
Melissa Snow (10:42):
Megs, let's talk
about your podcast, because this
is something that I hear from alot of female entrepreneurs.
A podcast is one of thosethings that is like we see other
people doing it and then we'relike, oh, I need to do that,
Right, Like there are so manypeople, even just on threads.
Today I saw so many threadsfrom people that are like I
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think I'm going to start apodcast.
All my friends say I shouldstart a podcast.
Should I start a podcast?
And I'm like people I'm notreally sure you grasp what all
goes into having a podcast.
But, Megs, let's talk to you alittle bit about your decision
to start a podcast and for thepeople who are out there
listening, how has that changedyour business for the better or
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the worse?
And you're muted, by the way.
Megs Crawford (11:35):
That's because my
kitten was making too many
noises.
What a great question.
Yeah, thank you for asking.
When I first started my podcast, I went into it thinking I was
going to start a podcast justabout organizing.
I wanted to teach people how tocreate Pinterest perfect spaces
in their homes, and I quicklyrealized that that was not only
not the reality of my own life,but also not the reality of so
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many other people's lives, andmore specifically with ADHD.
And so when I went into it, Ihad this one vision of what was
going to happen, and then, as Icontinued to do it, my vision
continued to evolve, which Ithink is the brilliance behind
setting an intention to dosomething, or even having a
vision or a goal for the future,like you set your eyes on the
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prize and then you take theselittle baby steps in the
direction of what that is, and,as you come along, like the
universe puts these otheropportunities in your place,
that you get to discover whatyou're truly meant to be and you
get to kind of follow this paththat really makes sense for you
.
I took a course on podcastingbefore I started this thing.
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I probably spent way too muchmoney on it, but it helped me in
so many different ways, andsome of the things I heard was
hey, most people who podcastquit after seven episodes.
And sure enough, after sevenepisodes I'm like, why am I
doing this?
Who is even listening to me?
And then I kept doing it and Ikept going, and as I continued
to do it, I realized that Ineeded to put more meaning
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behind what the podcast meant tome.
I know some people want tostart a podcast because they
expect to generate money from itright away.
And while there's so manydifferent ways that you can make
money with your podcast, that'snot necessarily the norm for
everyone.
And there's so many differentways to generate money, how do
you pick just one?
Where do you start?
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Because, like, where you putyour effort, that's where that
grows.
And then what about thedownloads?
Did the downloads matter?
How many people are listening?
And if you get caught up inthat number, you can get focused
on the wrong thing too quickly.
So when I really honed in on mymessage and and just decided
that I wanted to be authentic inthe voice that I was delivering
, that's where things I feltchanged for me, and in the
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beginning I was very, very, um,just confident.
I went out and asked PeterShankman he wrote the book
faster than normal about ADHDbrains and I was like hey, do
you want to be on my podcast?
And he said yes, and he was myfirst interview.
I didn't even have the podcastlaunched yet, so I just decided
that if I'm going to go for this, I might as well go for it big
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time, because I want my voice tobe heard.
And but for those of you who arejust thinking about starting a
podcast, I will say that whenyou do solo episodes, putting
yourself out there in a way thatpeople are just listening to
your voice feels scary, and themore you do it, the less scary
it is.
And then same with podcastinterviews.
I know sometimes I sit thereand I nod too much and I'm like,
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oh my gosh, megan, stop it withyour head.
Or sometimes I'll like bemaking noises in the background
and I'm listening to the editingand I'm like, what am I doing?
Right, but it's, it's justfascinating how you can evolve
in this space and how you growinto something so much more.
And so, um, I'm excited where Iam now.
I hit one year as my podcast.
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Um, my podcast launchedFebruary 12th of last year.
So one year is right around thecorner, and I can't wait to see
what it does in the next year.
So thank you so much.
Melissa Snow (15:03):
Yeah, that's
awesome.
I love what you said aboutknowing your intention.
Like why are you starting thepodcast and staying focused on
that?
And I think that's true for anyof the things that we're
talking about today because it'seasy to get caught up.
Like I do it too.
I get so caught up in, like howmany downloads there are, how
many subscribers I have onYouTube, and I'm like it's not
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even that many more downloadsthan I had six months ago.
But it's like, first of all,lots of people listen without
downloading.
Second of all, lots of peopleare listening on other platforms
that you have no idea.
Lots of people are downloadingand not listening.
So, like it's not reallyhelpful.
But for me, the thing I alwayscome back to is I'm like why do
I keep doing the podcast?
Because it is one of the bestways that I network.
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Like I get to connect withpeople who, granted, they're
coming because they wantsomething from me, right, like
they want to be on the podcast,but it allows me to connect with
so many people who I otherwisemight not have the opportunity
to connect with when it comes tomy guests, and every time I
come back to that and I remember, like that is a huge part of
why I'm still doing it.
Then I'm like okay, no onecares about how many subscribers
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you have on YouTube, so knowwhy you're doing it and stay
focused on that, even if itchanges, because it will change.
Megs Crawford (16:19):
Oh my gosh,
totally.
And I think what's also reallycool is I've grown through all
of these interviews Like I'masking the questions I want to
know and if you want to knowthem, too cool because you're
listening to my podcast.
But now I've gotten to grow ina way that I didn't even expect,
so that was definitely a reward.
I didn't even see coming and,jess, I can't wait to have you
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on my podcast.
Jessica Millhiser (16:45):
I saw I'm
like oh, we could totally find a
way for you to be on my podcast, we can make this work?
Melissa Snow (16:52):
Obviously, I would
love that, yeah.
So, jess, let's go to you.
Let's talk a little bit aboutbeing a podcast guest.
I know you do a lot of speaking.
You do a lot of like in-personlive workshops, so using your
voice and communicatingeffectively is not new to you.
But when it comes to being apodcast guest, what do you think
it is that makes you so?
Jessica Millhiser (17:09):
awesome.
So I guess what I would say isnumber one have a really solid
understanding of what it is youare going to talk about, like,
what are my topics, what are myareas of expertise, what do I
feel passionate about?
And again, coming back to theintention, right, what is my
intention of utilizing thesespaces, speaking, podcasting, et
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cetera?
So, really having a solidunderstanding about that.
And then, based on your topics,based on your areas of
expertise, what podcasts wouldbe appropriate for you?
What audience are you trying totarget?
What audience are you trying toeducate, empower, inspire, et
cetera?
What is a great?
Or even, you know, maybe you'vegot tangential audiences that
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could still be greatintroductions for you as well.
So, who are you trying to getin front of?
And a lot of that is based onyour topics and areas of
expertise.
And then, once you have anunderstanding of that, it's not
about you, it's about thepodcast's audience, it's about
their members, it's about theircommunity and how can you
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contribute, within your area ofexpertise, to their audience and
to their members?
And I think sometimes it's easyto lose sight of that because
you're like oh, this is a greatvisibility piece for me and oh,
I just wanna keep educating andpromoting and like all the
things.
But, like with podcast guestingin particular and I really kind
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of think with all speakingengagements in particular it's
really about what your audience,what the audience is going to
take away and what are you doingto engage them and guide them
or offer them some kind oftangible takeaways.
So I think that's a key piecewhen you are looking at podcast
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guesting in particular, and alot of that can also come down
to is this the right fit for me?
Because maybe not every podcastis the right fit for you.
You're like, eh, there's not alot of overlap or there's not a
lot of collaboration, or I'mjust not loving that vibe.
And that gets back to the heartof, like, your intention and
your characters and yourintegrity and things like that.
To make those choices foryourself, but it really is, and
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things like that.
To make those choices foryourself, but it really is.
How can you help the podcasthost and their members?
Melissa Snow (19:22):
Yeah, that's
really good.
I was just talking to Jen Hart,who won the business support
person of the year.
I was interviewing her beforethis and she was talking about
how one of the most importantthings that she's learned in
business is how to say no topeople who want to give her
money or people who want to giveher opportunities or people who
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want to give her stages,because in the beginning it was
like I will work with anyone, Iwill do anything for any price,
I will get on any stage, I willtalk to whoever, and we were
talking about learning andgetting to that place.
That's like it's alwayssurprising to me when someone
applies to be a guest on thepodcast and they've never
listened to it.
I'm like you might want tochange this practice because I
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may be nothing like what you areinterested in vibing with Right
and same for you, alex, you canprobably talk about this as far
as being on stages, like youdon't want to just get on any
stage that anyone will let youget on and speak Right, oh yeah.
Alexandria Agresta (20:26):
Yeah, I
learned that the hard way.
Yeah, not every stage is foryou, and I think we have that
blind hope in a way.
And what that means to me iswe're so passionate, we're so
excited and we know that ourmessage and our business can
help everyone.
But we have to think about theother side.
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Not everyone is the perfect fitfor you and not everyone's in a
position to even hear what youhave to say.
Maybe their ear holes arehearing it, but they're not
hearing it like from here.
So, yeah, learn that the hardway.
And now this girl does someserious vetting of a lot of
states.
Jessica Millhiser (21:06):
Yeah, and I
think it's also a good point
that you brought up Melissa islike if you are going to be like
maybe you are applying to abunch of different podcasts with
that, you know kind of fit yourvibe If you get accepted,
definitely listen to an episodeor two prior to getting on so
that you can understand whatthey're, because not everybody
does interview style, Somepeople do conversational style,
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some people don't really provideyou like, here are some
questions that I'm probablygoing to ask you.
Some people just wing it.
So, having a really strongunderstanding of like, what is
their vibe, what is their flow,no-transcript.
Megs Crawford (21:55):
Ooh, that's so
amazing Um.
Melissa Snow (21:59):
I didn't prepare
you for that question at all,
but that's such a good question.
Megs Crawford (22:03):
So I find the
best guests are the ones that
are just willing to answer anyquestions.
I love to have just a natural,organic conversation, and so
some people are like whatquestions are you going to ask
me?
So I love that you asked methis question, right, because I
want the off the cuff answersthat you haven't necessarily
prepared for and and really justwilling to share your true
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story without giving me factsand data and all of this stuff,
like really people want to knowabout you.
And I love podcasts for thereason that we're having
conversations that are so muchmore than just like how's the
weather, like what's your jobdoing nowadays?
Right, like we're doing so muchmore and we're asking so much
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more.
That really impacts people'slives because people can relate
to it.
Right, and that's why peoplekeep tuning in, because they
hear your story and you're like,oh my gosh, I hear myself in
you, which means I want to comeback and listen to you more.
Or I hear myself in Jess and Ifeel like not, like maybe Jess
could help me, or I just want tofollow her.
She seems like someone who hasall of the words that I want to
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hear, and I think with businessownership nowadays, it's so much
more than just finding theright business for you.
It's finding the right personyou want to work with and
understanding their ethics andthe way that they're going to
deliver on promises.
And I think that you can get alot from listening to them on a
podcast and I know I've listenedto people on podcasts through
someone else's show to get totheir show, to then go to their
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program, to then like, buy theirbook right.
There's so many differentaspects of finding things to
support you and conversations tosupport you on the platform.
And then I forgot the originalquestion.
So there's.
ADHD for you, hopefully, Ianswered it.
Melissa Snow (23:51):
You did answer it,
you did answer it.
I was just asking about whatmakes a good guest.
Megs Crawford (23:55):
Yeah, yeah,
absolutely.
So.
One that's listened to yourpodcast, I think, if they come
in.
I had this incredible guestfrom Denmark and she is just
this vivacious, beautiful soul.
She emailed me and she said hey, I love your podcast and here's
the review I've already leftfor you, so already she had me
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hooked and sinker.
I was like, yes, woman,absolutely.
Then she told me about her ownbusiness.
She's an audio HD artist out ofDenmark and she creates these
visual aesthetic pieces forneurodivergent people.
And she's like here's why Iwould be a good fit for your
podcast.
And it was like love at firstemail.
And from there she connected mewith another podcast host in
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England and I'll never forget hesent me a so this is what makes
a good host too.
But he sent me a voice messageon Instagram the voice recording
from his job in the middle ofthe night in England and he's
like, hey, I'm really excitedabout her, but like he's
whispering in the back roomsomewhere and I'm just like, oh
my gosh, I already love you thatyou took this time to like
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think about me and get me thismessage right away.
So it's just really neat whenpeople show you that they
actually care and they're notjust trying to get on your
podcast to get more likes orthings like that.
It's that connection pieceagain.
So yeah.
Melissa Snow (25:17):
So you're saying
be a human.
Megs Crawford (25:19):
Yeah, Just be a
human.
So like there you go.
Melissa Snow (25:23):
Great advice.
Great advice, well, I can tellyou because I know all three of
you pretty well, some of youmore well than others.
Some of you I've seen more latenights, wine, induced parties
but I can tell you what I thinkabout the three of you, which is
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, I think, one of the thingsthat makes Alexandria so awesome
, is her authenticity, herwillingness to just show up as
she is and the person that sheis and you know, share her goofy
heart and, like she has thesefunny little Alexandria isms
that everybody's like did shereally what?
(26:04):
What is that?
And she just like goes with itand by the end you're like I
love this person.
I don't know even what she is,but I love her.
And to be able to balance thatlike authenticity with
professionalism, and also likeyour ability to entertain people
while also educating andinspiring them, like having all
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of those things in one, is notsomething that a lot of people
have and have been able to likehone and perfect, and I think
that's one of the things thatmakes you such an amazing
speaker For Megs.
I think, obviously, theauthenticity is a big piece of
it, especially with people withADHD, especially adults with
ADHD, those of us diagnosedlater in life, that spent our
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whole life thinking like what iswrong with me?
Why does my brain work likethis?
And other people's brains seemsto work much better.
To hear from someone that is sorelatable, right?
Like you say things that you'rejust like me.
Like you say things like youcome up with really weird
examples, like we're not justhaving a conversation about like
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what is the weather and how arethings going at your job.
That then, like after, youreplay in your head and you're
like did I really just say that?
That's why people love?
Alexandria Agresta (27:16):
you right.
Melissa Snow (27:17):
Because they see
themselves in you and you're not
this like perfect polish, likeI've figured everything out
about how to live with ADHD andnow I will bestow all of my
wisdom and perfection upon you.
And I think, too, the big thingbeing a podcast host is that
you ask the questions that otherpeople are like screaming at
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their phone wanting you to ask.
Like nothing makes me crazierthan listening to a podcast
interview where the personthey're interviewing is like
yeah, and then you just have todo X, y and Z, and then amazing
things happen and you make $10million and you're like but how
do you do that?
And the podcast host is likegreat, that's fabulous.
So anyway and you're like no,how did he do it?
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So I love that you always askthe questions that people want
to know the answers to and, jess, I think a big part of it, what
you touched on, is yourwillingness to share very openly
.
Like there's never this senseof like you know how they teach
to do webinars.
In a way, that's like you arekind of teaching them something,
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but what you're really doing isshowing them like how much they
don't know and how much theyneed to hire you Right, and so
you're holding a lot of thingsback.
And when you come on as apodcast guest and do that and
it's really just this veiled,like I know something that you
don't know, so call me if youwant to know the thing.
Like Jess is the opposite ofthat.
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Jess is like here's what I know, here's what's going to be
helpful for you.
She can explain it in a verylike concise, simple way that
makes sense to those of us whodon't have this like big fancy
business brain that she has andshares it very like willingly
and generously and in a way thatpeople can understand, and I
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think that resonates a lot withthe audience and I think it is
very much appreciated by thehost because there's nothing
worse.
Well, there are some worsethings, but it's pretty bad when
you are doing an interview withsomebody and you're like five,
pretty bad when you are doing aninterview with somebody and
you're like five 10 minutes intoit and you're like this is so
not the vibe.
(29:23):
It hasn't happened to me veryoften, but I will say I probably
have had two or threeinterviews that I've done in all
the time that I've been apodcast host that I've been like
I cannot even air this.
This is so much salesy, weirdostuff Like I just can't even do
it.
So there's my buildup of youthree.
I would love to know from thethree of you before we wrap up,
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for anybody who's listening tothis um, particularly female
entrepreneurs who are newer inbusiness they're just getting
started or maybe they've beengoing for a few years and they
are struggling what's one pieceof advice or inspiration that
you have for them today?
Any of you can go first.
Alexandria Agresta (30:09):
Pick us off.
Okay, this is always my littlenugget of wisdom and it's
especially relevant.
If you're wanting to dosomething new, step into that
thing.
That might feel a little big, alittle scary.
It's really easy to rely ontime.
Oh, that takes too much time, Idon't know right.
(30:30):
We use these excuses to keep uswhere we are.
So my little nugget of wisdomto share with you is that things
don't take time.
They take courage.
Time just watches you it's likea painting on the wall Watches
you do stuff.
It watches you, not do stuff.
It's courage.
That is this catalyst thatbreaks your heart wide open.
That gives you that oomph, thezhuzh as we say here.
(30:53):
I love that, we all say thezhuzh.
It gives you that sparkle to goforward and just take a risk
and be you Cause.
What do you have to lose?
And it ultimately helps you bewho you want to be and do what
you want to do now.
So we're going to let all thoselittle time excuses go away,
because the time is now,especially for these incredible
women in your community.
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I can only imagine the depthand the wisdom and the just
everything that all of yourpeople have to offer.
The world needs to hear it, andthere is literally no better
time in history than to get on adang platform, whether it's
your own or somebody else's, andgo share it with the world.
So that's my little, my littlechicken nugget of wisdom today.
Melissa Snow (31:35):
I love it.
It doesn't take time, it takescourage.
What about you, megs?
Megs Crawford (31:41):
I'd say well,
there's only one of you, and so,
building off of what you hadsaid, alexandria is, the world
deserves to hear your voice, andyou're depriving them of this
incredibleness if you don't givethem your voice.
But my piece of advice that'sactionable, that you could take
action on today, is take a walk,because oftentimes we get so
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caught up in the day to day, weget so caught up and just going
through the motions and tryingto just get one more thing done.
Give some time back to yourselfand take a walk, because every
time you take a little bit oftime for yourself, you get to
show up for the world andyourself even that much more.
I'm truly a believer of fillingup your own cup first, because
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when you do that, you get toshine so much brighter for the
whole entire world.
Jessica Millhiser (32:32):
I love that I
took a walk today, in fact.
Megs Crawford (32:34):
Me too I love it.
Jessica Millhiser (32:38):
Yes, look at
us all.
Yes, I know what I'm doingafter this.
Melissa Snow (32:41):
Yes, Weren't you
also the one who just posted on
Instagram this morning that reelof the mom like face down in
the grass?
That was like me outsidetouching grass getting grounded
after getting the kids ready forschool, wasn't?
Megs Crawford (32:53):
that you.
Yeah, I'm reminding myself I'mnot getting chased by a lion, my
children just need to go toschool.
Yeah, this fight or flightresponse I'm like constantly in.
Yeah, I just have to remindmyself like you're safe right
now and not about to get eaten,it's okay.
Melissa Snow (33:12):
So either take a
walk or go lay face down in the
grass for a moment whatever youneed to do.
Jessica, what words of wisdomdo you have for us?
Jessica Millhiser (33:21):
I mean, I
love talking about this stuff.
I could talk about businessidentity, I could talk about
client journey, but really whatI'm going to say is stay the
course and give consistency.
It's due, Cause I feel like,especially if you're in the
earlier stages or you're in kindof transition or maybe you're
feeling like you're in a rut,take a minute and reflect why
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did I do this in the first place?
What am I actually shootingtowards?
What is my goal?
What is my objective with X, Yor Z?
And just because, kind of toyour point, Alexandria, like
some things take time.
Some things take time.
So give consistency its due andstay the course and then
reevaluate and see where thingsare at.
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So don't maybe things aretaking longer than you would
like, but don't be quick toreact.
Oh, it's not working.
Have you given it enough time?
And then sit with that and makea decision based on that.
Melissa Snow (34:22):
So that's what I
would say that's great advice,
especially with all the shinyobjects out there.
Yeah, not the Alexandriaglitter, we're good with that.
Alexandria Agresta (34:31):
We like
those.
Melissa Snow (34:33):
The other shiny
objects that we're like.
I had a podcast for sevenepisodes and now what should I
do?
That didn't work.
I didn't go viral.
Now what will I do?
I love it, okay.
So, uh, wrapping up, if peoplewant to connect with you further
which they do, if you'relistening to this podcast, you
definitely want to connect withthese three women.
They're amazing.
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Uh, what is the best way forthem to get in touch with you?
Learn more about you.
Connect with you, jessica.
What is the best way for themto get in touch with you?
Learn more about you.
Connect with you.
Jessica Millhiser (34:58):
Jessica, my
website is jmillsconsultingcom,
my email is jessica atjmillsconsultingcom and I'm on
LinkedIn as Jessica Millheiser.
Melissa Snow (35:15):
I'd love to
connect with you, Megs.
If people want to see reels ofmoms face down in the grass.
Megs Crawford (35:21):
Yes, find me on
Instagram at organizing an ADHD
brain.
There's periods in between allthe words.
My website is mindfulmegscom.
And then you can also find meon any podcast platform,
including YouTube, but I'm noton there very much.
Organizing an ADHD brain.
Alexandria Agresta (35:42):
Love it, and
you, alexandria, yeah.
So I'm going all in onInstagram.
I love the gram these days.
My DJ name is Made for Magic,so you can follow me at Made the
number four, magic music, andif you want to listen to some
mixes, you can find me onSoundCloud as well.
I usually give my professionalstuff, but I'm switching it up.
I'm giving my music stuff today.
Let's go on a walk and listento music and wear sparkly
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clothes.
Melissa Snow (36:02):
Yes, Do it, push
it up and get out there Awesome.
Well, I will put the links forall of your information in the
show notes so that people canconnect with you.
Congratulations again on thesewell-deserved awards and thank
you so much for coming on thepodcast to share your wisdom and
your inspiration with us.
You guys are fabulous.
Jessica Millhiser (36:23):
Thank you,
Melissa.
It's truly an honor.
I really appreciate it.