May 14, 2025 • 57 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:22):
Welcome to I'm Too Busy, an interview based show hosted
by a talented makeup artist, Christina Black. Christina offers viewers
a unique blend of personal stories, inspiring journeys, and practical
beauty tips. Join the conversation as Christina features successful individuals
from various industries who share their insights on health, wellness, makeup,
(00:45):
and the keys to their success. So now, please welcome
the host of I'm Too Busy, Christina Black.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
Hello, and welcome to another episode of I'm Too Busy,
the show where we dive into the stories of inspiring creatives,
entrepreneurs and creatives and disruptors who are designing life on
their own terms. I am your host, Christina Flag, and
today's guest is all about helping women break free from
the box, ditch people pleasing, and step into power that's profitable.
(01:24):
Please welcome the incredible Karina Groobridge.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
Hello, Hello, thank you so much for having me.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Well, thank you for being here today.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
How are you? I am doing very well yourself, I'm.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Very well as well. I am ready to dive in here. Okay,
what are you saying now, Christian? Did you say something?
Speaker 3 (01:48):
Okay?
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Sorry about that. We're live and I don't know what's
going on anyway. Karina, your coaching style is known for
being highly personalized. What made you steer away from the
typical one size fits all business formulas?
Speaker 3 (02:01):
Yes, so for me, I found that the one size
fit all didn't fit me. And there's so many programs
out there that and not to knock them at all,
but so many programs out there are the here's the one, two,
three step, and that works when you fit that mold.
But when as soon as you start to deviate from
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that or go, oh okay, you know that one that
doesn't work for me. That's where I come in and
I'm able to take you from where you are to
where you want to be with your own tailored approach
and not a one size fits all type of coaching.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Amazing. We're going to take a quick commercial break. I'm
Christina Flack and I'm too busy.
Speaker 4 (02:45):
Mike Zorich a three time California state champion in Greco
Roman wrestling at one hundred and fourteen pounds. Mike blind
sitz Berth was born in Hartford, Connecticut. He was a
six time national placer, including two seconds, two thirds, and
two fourths. He also won the Veterans Folk Style Wrestling
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twice at one hundred and fifty two pounds. In all
these tournaments, he was the only blind competitor. Nancy Zurich
a creative spirit whose talents have taken her to the
stage and into galleries and exhibitions in several states. Her father,
a commercial artist who shared his instruments with his daughter
and helped her fine tune her natural abilities, influenced her
(03:28):
decision to follow in his footsteps. Miss Zorich has enjoyed
a fruitful career doing what she loves. Listen Saturday mornings
at twelve Eastern for the Nancy and Mike Show for
heartwarming stories and interesting talk on the BBM Global Network.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
Welcome back. We have a little technical issue with all
as well. So a lot of your work focuses on
helping women overcome people pleasing, which we all tend to do.
Why do you think this is such a common barrier,
especially among women entrepreneurs.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
Oh, that's such a good question, and I feel like
it's really what society. It's like, what we've been conditioned
in soinciety to do is to you know, be nice,
fit the mold say yes, And I really feel like
when you step into entrepreneurship, when you really want to
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own who you are and the choices that you want
to make, then we need to let go of the
people pleasing because the two don't coexist. So it's just
this like conditioning we've grown up with. And so when
I clients come to me, it's been decades of you know,
this is just how I operate. This is just what
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it is, whether it's coming from cultural or coming from
you know, what they've seen or learned growing up, and
it just really does not work when you want to
grow something for yourself and really tap into and listen
to you.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
Right, So, can you share a little bit about your journey,
what inspired your path into mental health advocacy and coaching.
Speaker 3 (05:17):
Yes, So for me, I actually have a degree in
mechanical engineering, which is a bit of a you know,
curveball in my background. I personally love it, but I
realized in that industry. I'd been in the industry for
about seven years before I had kids, and I realized
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that the corporate structure the world that I was in
in that moment didn't fit the family life that I
actually wanted. And there was a piece of me that
was kind of like, well, I'm not wildly passionate about this,
and I want to teach these like little people that
I have now brought into the world, how do you
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follow your passion and do something that you love. And
I wasn't doing that sitting behind my like sitting in
my cubicle in corporate. So that was really the thing
that light the fire, lit the fire under me to go, Okay,
something needs to change, like we need to change this.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
You seek so beautifully about identity and growth. How did
you find your voice and what helped you to stay
grounded through the challenges.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
So what helped me find my voice was It's kind
of like a switch that flipped because I went from
telling myself I don't know what I'm passionate about, which
felt really really true, to deciding I would figure it out.
And that's just what I did. And it was a
lot of trial and error, a lot of the wrong choices,
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if you will, but it helped me realize quicker and
quicker what were the things that were right for me?
And what really helped me find my voice and build
my authority was just going and doing the thing and
like figuring it out, getting it wrong putting myself out
there and that was the biggest thing that helped me
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to shift my identity from going from a corporate you know,
I have a job too. I am an entrepreneur and
I can help you.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
What's one myth about mental health you wish more people understood,
especially women juggling a million roles.
Speaker 4 (07:38):
Hmm.
Speaker 3 (07:41):
It's not easy to do, like to take care of
and I feel like I do a pretty decent job
taking care of my mental health, but it's not an
easy thing. And so often we look to other people
and look to other role models, role models, friends, and go, Okay,
they've got it all together, like they're doing great, and
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I'm not. I'm sitting here like freaking out. And we
just don't realize one the effort that goes into, you know,
keeping your mental game solid, but also the messiness behind
the scenes, and we don't see it because, you know,
it's you're not talking to everybody on the street corner like, hey,
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what are you struggling with? What's going on with you?
We're not having those conversations. You hear the top level,
surface level, and we don't actually dig deeper for everyone.
So when you're just at a glance, it looks like
everyone's doing it amazing and you're not, and it's not
actually true.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
I feel like people show what they want you to
see and you're not like authentic, honest and genuine, but
you don't feel like it's the same. But everyone is
struggling with the same things.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
Don't think absolutely absolutely we are, and I think we
just have different mechanisms to cope with it, and some
manage better than others, maybe because they have more tools
at their disposal, at their awareness of like, Okay, I
can go and do this when I don't feel good,
because we all have those moments. I don't care how
well you're doing. We all have the moments, the freak outs,
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the missteps, and it's really just a matter of recovery.
How fast are you recovering from this? Do you recognize
when it's happening, when you're in it and struggling, and
what you need to do to get out of it.
This is a huge thing that I teach my clients
because we're all human and the expectation is not to
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get it right all the time. The expectation is, Okay, well,
you're going to fail, you're going to fall, You're going
to fail, Let's not make it a problem, and let's
just recover faster.
Speaker 2 (09:49):
How do you recommend people create boundaries without guilt, especially
in high demands seasons of.
Speaker 3 (09:55):
Life, boundaries without guilt, that's a good one for I
feel like those are two separate conversations, because first there's
a conversation of like, first, let's get you some boundaries
in place, and then almost after that we kind of
have to tackle the guilt that comes along with it,
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because they are kind of their own separate beasts. But
when I think about the guilt, and this is something
that I don't actually experience very often in my life,
like at all. I wouldn't say never, because I'm human,
but I don't experience guilt in the same way that
a lot of people do because I look at things
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differently and I see things differently. And for me, like
I have young kids, I have four kids, And whenever
I go on business trips, rather than sitting there going like, oh,
they're gonna miss me and it's going to be terrible
and I'm so sad that I'm going to be gone
for a few days, I reframe that and I tell myself, Okay,
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how could this be really awesome for them. This is
an experience they get to have, you know, seeing Mom
go do her thing and work and love it and
be happy. And I get to play with Nana and
I get to you know, play with Dad and maybe
probably have pizza in front of the TV, which is
not a normal thing in my house. And they get
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these other fun experiences. And this is what I put
my focus on rather than the oh, I'm not there
for them, Like, actually, I'm showing them that it is
okay that mummy steps away for a little bit, that
Mummy takes care of her. So that's really where I
redirect my focus. And know a lot of people just
focus on the but I'm not there or but I'm
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not doing this thing. And there's so many instances where
like you can have other experiences with other people, and
that's actually such a blessing.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
Now, I think that's a great thing. It's such a
healthy thing. But it's all mindset. I mean, it's how
you've decided that you were going to go on a
business trip and not sit there and beat the crap
out of yourself because you're not there. And I think
one of the greatest things as parents that we can
do is teach our kids to live without us, because
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having them so dependent upon us is not doing them
any favors whatsoever.
Speaker 3 (12:15):
It's so true. So tright.
Speaker 2 (12:19):
You help your clients scale to six figures and beyond,
but not at the cost of their piece. What are
some key mindset shifts you guide them through.
Speaker 3 (12:29):
Hmm, that's a good one, ah, key mindset shifts I
find when I'm helping, when I'm supporting my clients to scale,
I find it's typically something different for everyone. And for
some people it's a matter of letting go and letting
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go of maybe a certain container, letting go of a
certain type of client that they can migrate to the
types of clients that they really want to work with.
With others, it's putting up those boundaries, feel like, especially
for the type of work that I do. It really
depends on the person because some people like they need
that permission almost to go and do the thing that
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maybe they know they've wanted to, like they decided a
long time ago they would do it, and they just
haven't been able to take that step. Versus other people
need that need to build that trust in themselves that
they are on the right track, that they are getting
to where they want to go. So I feel like
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it is really dependent on who I have in front
of me and who I'm supporting in that moment.
Speaker 2 (13:41):
What's one piece of advice you find yourself repeating off.
Speaker 3 (13:44):
And no matter the niche, it's okay to say no.
That's a really common one because as I mentioned, like
I deal with a lot of people pleasers and a
lot of you know, you're going to say yes to
every thing, and typically the clients that come to me
work far far too much for anyone's good, and that
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ability to say no is really what is really a
starting point for them to buy back their time, to
buy back their energy, which in turn allows them to scale.
Speaker 2 (14:22):
What does authentic success mean to you and how do
you help your clients define it for themselves.
Speaker 3 (14:29):
Yeah, it really is something that's different for everyone because
I feel that success when we look at the online space,
it looks like, you know, fancy cars or going on
private jets and like that kind of like se glamory success,
but so often for just your average person, it's I
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want to have controller of my time. I want to
know that I can make money and support my family.
I want to know that I can you know, go
on vacation and do the fun things that I want
to do without having to worry and without having to
like bring work with me on the way. And that
is so often the version of success that many of
my clients are after, because that's that's the like we're
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bringing back the fun to their day to day rather
than the stress and the angst and the struggle.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
Let's talk balance for a moment. You're a mom and
a business coach. How do you personally manage both ambibition
and family life.
Speaker 3 (15:33):
Yes, that I feel like balance doesn't quite exist, but
it's more of a give and take. And for me,
I love the the options that it gives me to go,
like I said, with a business trip to do the
thing that I love that I really enjoy, but then
to also be able to choose the field trip with
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my kids or you know, going to the dance recital.
So for me, that's what it looks like and that's
a big part of like my version of success and
what I why I love doing what I do.
Speaker 2 (16:11):
We are going to take our second commercial break. I'm
Christina Black and I'm too busy. We'll be right back.
Speaker 4 (16:17):
Mike zorich A three time California state champion in Greco
Roman wrestling at one hundred and fourteen pounds. Mike Blind
six birth, was born in Hartford, Connecticut. He was a
six time national placer, including two seconds, two thirds, and
two fourths. He also won the Veterans Folk Style Wrestling
(16:38):
twice at one hundred and fifty two pounds. In all
these tournaments, he was the only blind competitor. Nancy Zorich
a creative spirit whose talents have taken her to the
stage and into galleries and exhibitions in several states. Her father,
a commercial artist who shared his instruments with his daughter
and helped her fine tune. Her natural ability influenced her
(17:01):
decision to follow in his footsteps. Miss Zurich has enjoyed
a fruitful career doing what she loves. Listen Saturday mornings
at twelve Eastern for the Nancy and Mike Show for
heartwarming stories and interesting talk on the BBM Global Network.
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Speaker 2 (18:19):
Hello, welcome back, I'm too busy. We are chatting with
Karina Groenriche.
Speaker 3 (18:26):
Hello, Hello, my dear.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
Can you share a client success story that really moved
you or validated your mission?
Speaker 3 (18:35):
Yes, so let's see. For one of my clients, she
came in debating packing up her business and closing the doors.
She was on the edge of burnout if she was
not already there already, and she just didn't see a
way to have the family life and grow her business
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at the same time. And what we were able to
do was really just see where she was keeping herself stuck,
really pull out where she was keeping herself small, and
really the things that held her up along the way,
and through coaching and through teaching her a lot of
the tools that I have, she first is able to
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look at situations and problems so much differently now. And
one one aspect of that was she she got an
issue with a client and it cost her tens of
thousands of dollars, and she messaged me after and she
was like, she's like, you won't believe this. Tells me
the story, and she's like, but I didn't freak out,
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I didn't lose my cool. I didn't yell and scream
at everybody. She's like, I was able to manage the situation.
And yeah, I'm not happy about it, but I showed
up so much differently than I would have six months ago,
a year ago. And for me, that is the that's
the tangible evidence, if you will, of how coaching really
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supports you to thrive and she's gone on to build
her business and with the most amazing staff to support her,
and she has taken maternity leave from her business with
her fourth baby, and just like all of it together.
Apparently they still talk about the coaching with her employees
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because she's applied the tools to them too. So for me,
this is just like what I want to hear, what
I want to see.
Speaker 2 (20:39):
Perfect mindset work can sometimes feel intangible. How do you
make mindset transformation practical for your clients?
Speaker 3 (20:49):
So, for one, I get them to put the focus
on the wins, on what is actually working, because most
of the time, especially the people that come into my world,
they're like, all right, amazing, I did this thing next,
and like it's always a what's the next thing? And
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I love the ambition, Like if that is you, I
love the ambition. But we also want to pause for
a hot second and recognize how far you've come. And
so a big part of it is to rewire your
brain to start to see the winds and to start
to see, oh, like I didn't do this two months ago,
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and now it's easy. And it's like those of the
moments where they actually pause long enough to reflect and
see how it is actually tangible, and I mean you
can see it in the results. When you know clients
go from Okay, do I pack up my business to
all right, so I've started this new line of business
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and this is thriving and I'm making more money here
and you're able to see it. But when you boil
it down to like what is actually the reasons behind it,
it's all these tiny little tweaks and it's never just
like one big shift. It's typically like one little thing
on top of the other, and we just continue to
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stack those winds and they just my clients just feel
like a completely different version of themselves at the end.
Speaker 2 (22:20):
And it's again what we spoke about earlier about mindset.
It's a choice to think about the positive instead of
focusing on the negative because it really isn't going to
get you anywhere. What was one mind shift mindset shift
that changed your life.
Speaker 3 (22:40):
The let's see, I feel like the biggest one that
changed my life. I feel like embodying who I am
now was a huge one because it took a really
long time to get to that point of I don't
know if you remember or if you've had that transition
for you of going from you know, one career to
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another or one hat if you will, to another, and
that for me was a really huge shift to own,
like I'm really good at this. I help people, and
I know that I can support you. I know that,
like I have the tools and the resources to go
and make massive change in people's lives, and I think
being able to own that and see it was arguably
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probably one of the biggest shifts for me.
Speaker 2 (23:29):
Wow. But I also think you're incredibly clear on your messaging,
and I always say that like when you're clear, the
universe steps aside and lets you get to get down.
And so I love that you're saying these things because
I completely agree with that. Congratulations on launching your podcast.
Speaker 3 (23:50):
Thank you, Thank you.
Speaker 2 (23:51):
You are the host of you are your biggest asset.
What inspired the title and what do you hope listen
to take away from each episode?
Speaker 3 (23:59):
Yes? So, so what inspired the title is? That is
something that I said so often before and something I
know to my core is true because you can have
two of the same humans arguably speaking like, same experience,
same background, same everything, but you know, one turns into
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Steve Jobs and you know creates Apple and another is
hanging out in front of their computer doing their thing.
And the idea behind you are your biggest asset is
really that like I want you taking care of you
and figuring out how like what roadblocks you've put in
your way and let's just remove them. And so that
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is the thing that I hope listeners to take away
from each episode is like where is that? Where exactly
are you keeping yourself stuck? Are you maybe holding yourself
back not playing full out? And this is the a
of the podcast.
Speaker 2 (25:02):
So who's this podcast for and what kinds of conversations
or topics can we expect to hear from you and
your guests.
Speaker 3 (25:09):
So the podcast is for my ambitious women in business
who are looking to scale, who are looking to really
tap into their own personal strength in order to do that, because,
as I said, I don't operate with a you know,
do X y Z marketing plan or here's your sales strategy.
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We do talk about these things, but for me, it
boils down to the human behind the like the CEO
that's running the business, and that is what we're focused on.
And what you're going to take away is strategies and
tools and perspective shifts that you need in order to
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get even better, even stronger, even faster.
Speaker 2 (25:59):
In a world business noise. What makes you are your
biggest asset? Different from other entrepreneurial podcasts, do you think?
Speaker 3 (26:07):
Yes, we really go into the nitty gritty details, and
I love the showing the behind the scenes of what
is happening. And I feel like that's something that really
we need to see more of because we see a
lot of the shiny end results. But what I love
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to focus on is the how to get you there
and really understanding what that looks like, what that takes.
And I feel like that really sets this apart. And
I'm also bringing on some not many, but some clients,
some business owners to really understand, Okay, what does success
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look like for you? What is the like behind the
scenes of how you've built of your mindset of how
you're showing up and thinking about your business.
Speaker 2 (27:01):
How is hosting this podcast deep into your own growth
as a coach, businesswoman and a mom.
Speaker 3 (27:07):
Oh good question. So for me, you're gonna laugh. But
for me, I hate re listening to things that I
have done. I don't know if you have this. I've
gotten used to it over the years now, but one
of the things that I will do for my podcast
(27:30):
is to re listen and just make sure like all
is good. And it has forced me to up my
game to be that much better and also be okay
with the imperfections because there's at the end of an episode,
you know, I'll say what is on my brain, what's
on my heart, and after the fact there's always something
(27:53):
that I'm like, oh, I could have said this like
a little bit better. Oh I could have added in
this one point. And instead of you know, throwing it out,
instead of saying, okay, I'm going to redo it, I
tell myself this is this is amazing, somebody is going
to really benefit from this, and let's keep going. So
that has been a lot of personal growth for me
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to go and do that and just get out there,
get more visible.
Speaker 2 (28:22):
What are some non negotiables when it comes to daily
mental wellness for you.
Speaker 3 (28:27):
Hm, Exercise for me is definitely up there as well
as eating reasonably well so reasonably it doesn't always work out,
but but those are two non negotiables for me. And
I can always always tell that if I'm not exercising
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to the you know, degree that I want to be,
that I know makes me feel good. If I'm not
eating super well, then I can see show up in
my mindset and I can see how things impact me
differently because I'm not taking care of myself as well
as I know I could be.
Speaker 2 (29:11):
So help self care is very important to you obviously, Yeah,
what tips do you do besides eating well? Like? What's
your workout? Like? Is it? You know? Consistency obviously is
super important, But do you how much do you work out? Like?
What's your diet like? I always love hearing people you know,
what are they working out and what are they eating?
Speaker 3 (29:33):
I love it? Yes, So for me, working out usually
looks like before my kids wake up. So as I said,
I have four kids, and once a day gets rolling,
it just it doesn't happen. So for me, it's in
the morning the workouts. But what I do for myself
is if I haven't slept, if people have been like
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up all night with nightmares or sick or anything, then
I will usually prioritize because the sleep and the exercise
kind of need to coexist. And if I'm not sleeping,
then you know, then I get sick and then it's
just nothing good happens. So usually I am exercising, I
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try for three to four times a week and in
the morning. And in terms of food, well, I mean
I always drink water. It's like my go to. I'm
very boring. I love my water. Yea, guys, right here,
I forgot my water for this, Like no, damn it,
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but I love my water. I love just the like
I could eat fruits and vegetables. And I joke with
my husband. I'm like, oh, we're having a girl lunch today.
It's like fruits, vegetables, hummus, hard boiled eggs, and he's
like fine, Like okay, yeah.
Speaker 2 (30:59):
How can we refrain busyness as a signal instead of
a badge of honor?
Speaker 3 (31:06):
Ooh ooh? I love it, and I totally agree. I
hate the idea of busyness being a badge of honor.
I feel like calm, cool, and collected should be the
new badge of honor, right, Like how amazing would it
be to be able to see people and being like, oh,
you're so chill, Like oh my god, you can say
(31:27):
no to things like how can I do that? I
feel like that should.
Speaker 2 (31:33):
Be I know you don't even think it's.
Speaker 3 (31:37):
Exactly when you come into my world, it becomes an option.
Speaker 2 (31:42):
Well, how can someone begin to reclaim their time and
energy if they're stuck in overwhelmed, like, what does one do?
Speaker 3 (31:48):
Oh? You hire me? First of all, I can, like
from my vantage point, I can very easily see the
things that need to shift. But if you're sitting there
listening to this wondering, Okay, what is my first step?
I would love for you to do an audit of
your time and see where is your time and energy
(32:09):
going and are you saying yes to things that maybe
you don't want to. This is a really good indicator
if you're feeling overwhelmed, like, this is an energy audit.
It's kind of like looking for the energy vampires. Those
are the things that suck your time but don't give
you any life. If you're doing something that maybe takes
(32:29):
up a whole bunch of your time, but you love it, it
fuels you, it feels amazing great. But it's the things
that we do that we're like, oh, like you have
to kind of like drag yourself along. That's part of
what's going to lead to overwhelm. And really I want
you to analyze this and see, Okay, what's coming up
(32:50):
for me? What's one thing that I could change that's
going to support me.
Speaker 2 (32:54):
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Speaker 2 (35:08):
Karina. What is the best piece of advice you've ever
received and what advice would you give to your younger self.
Speaker 3 (35:16):
So the best piece of advice I've received is actually
something that wasn't said to me, but something that I
picked up along my journey, and it's that no one
is going to give you, like give everything to you,
You have to come in and take it for yourself.
In other words, the you know audacity to be bold
(35:40):
to you know, think that your program, your thing is
absolutely amazing. Don't wait for other people to sit there
and validate it. You get to decide for yourself right
from the get go. And that's for me, a huge thing.
And then what would I tell my younger self, Yes,
(36:01):
stop caring so much about what other people think? That
that one I remember being a like, the younger version
of me had so much trouble with that, and it's
still something that I can see creep up. And this
is just I wish. I wish I could stand in
front of the young version of me and be like, Okay,
(36:23):
like it doesn't matter. They're not in your shoes, they're
not making your decisions like this is for you to
make your choices.
Speaker 2 (36:31):
And the funny thing is is we think people care
so much and they don't know they don't. Yeah, you know,
it's so funny. What's something that you're too busy to
care about now that you used to really stress you out?
Speaker 3 (36:47):
Oh what other people think? Back to that one?
Speaker 2 (36:54):
And it's true wisdom, don't you think? I mean, I
think that's one of those things where you're just like,
you know, I mean, it's like that robins. Let them like,
I love that, let them. What do I care?
Speaker 3 (37:07):
But you know, I agree. But also I've seen the opposite,
Like I've seen the humans who you know, have experienced
a lot of life and they still really care. So
it's not an age like, it's not correlated to getting
older in my opinion, maybe your personal experience, but it's
(37:27):
definitely not a just because you get older you learn this.
It's something I feel you really have to figure out.
And oftentimes, as with experience, yes, but not all the time.
Speaker 2 (37:39):
What's currently bringing you joy? Something simple and REALM.
Speaker 3 (37:47):
My three year old parading around the house and her underwear,
it's just like, not a care in the world. She's
like going doing her thing. I'm like, honey, where did
your clothes go? She's like, it's hot, okay, and she
walks right out the door to go see our neighbors.
I'm like, can you please put close.
Speaker 2 (38:09):
Naked babies running around?
Speaker 3 (38:11):
I know, I know. And then when she comes and
asks for a cuddle, I'm like, okay, stop everything that's delicious.
Speaker 2 (38:19):
Where's your happy where's your happy place?
Speaker 3 (38:23):
Oh? My happy place is I mean aside from with
my like with my family, is one happy place, but
a physical location. I have gone every year just about
of my life to Sand Banks, which is a campground
that's in Canada. It is the most beautiful place in
the world, with the best beach I've seen north of
(38:46):
you know, New York, and it's just it makes me
happy and I go and I stand in the water
and I'm just like, oh, like every year, it's wonderful.
Speaker 2 (38:55):
Oh my gosh. I love that. What you say to
people who tell themselves I'm too busy to care about
my mental health.
Speaker 3 (39:06):
Ooh, they're missing out. I feel like it kind of
comes with a look of like really, like you can't
afford not to, and it's that kind of push pull
of like I don't have time. But then when you
invest the time in you, it buys back more mental
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capacity to go and do everything and think more clearly. Like,
this is a huge thing for so many of my
clients because oftentimes, when they're constantly saying yes to everything,
the saying yes to themselves is the thing that is
last on the list, or let's be honest, not on
the list at allow. So yeah, exactly, like, what do
you mean it's supposed to be there, It's not.
Speaker 2 (39:51):
What do you do when your day isn't flowing.
Speaker 3 (39:55):
Ooh, I exercise. That's usually even if it's like just
a little something, either exercise or call a friend and
end or walk around or like essentially, and this is
for everybody else, like everybody listening. If you're like I
don't know what I do, like but it doesn't work,
(40:17):
get up and move, like, get up and physically do
something different. And I find that is the best way
to just start to reframe, start to think differently. And
also getting outside whenever possible is very helpful.
Speaker 2 (40:34):
I agree, fresh air always makes everything better. What's next
for you? Are there any programs or retrieve your projects
that you're that we should be looking out for.
Speaker 3 (40:45):
Oh, yes, I have some. I have some like personal
side things, but for the business side of things, I
will be opening a group program, like a membership type
of thing, which I'm very excited for. And I haven't
said it anything yet, So this is the official. This
is the official, like, ooh, I'm putting it out there. Yes,
(41:07):
it's been it's been simmering in my brain. So that
is coming out soon and I'm very very excited to
bring that to life.
Speaker 2 (41:16):
What would people be surprised to know about you.
Speaker 3 (41:21):
I am a goalie in hockey and ring it and
I'm pretty good.
Speaker 1 (41:28):
I know.
Speaker 3 (41:28):
Random fact that is a nice one.
Speaker 2 (41:32):
That's a good one. What do you recommend to people
to create We talked about boundaries, but what are there
other things that people can do to just have more
joy and happiness in their business life?
Speaker 1 (41:49):
Hmm?
Speaker 3 (41:54):
I would say stop white knuckling, Like, you know when
like the I have an image in my head of
like you're holding onto the steering will and you're like
you're holding out really tight, and then you kind of
don't even know why you're holding on really tight. I
feel like just letting go and taking a breath for
so many people will be wildly, wildly helpful. And it's
(42:18):
just this idea of like slow down for a second,
Like we're not in a rush. The journey is the
whole point.
Speaker 2 (42:25):
Yes, it's not the destination it Yeah, what do you
inspire to try to get for your kids?
Speaker 1 (42:37):
Like?
Speaker 2 (42:37):
What do you want for them?
Speaker 6 (42:39):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (42:41):
I just want them to be happy and to like
explore and figure life out for themselves. And it's funny
because my parents pushed me to you know, I didn't
know what I wanted to do with my life. So
they're like, keep getting educated. Not a bad idea. I'm like,
all right, But for my kids, I just want them
to to enjoy what they're doing and actually, you know,
(43:05):
have work not feel like work. For me, I think
this is a massive life win because you're spending so
much of your time doing it right, you want to
make it fun. That's that's the whole point is let's
do something that you really enjoy and thrive in. Because
I believe that this is just better for like all
of society, when you're doing the thing that you really
(43:26):
love to do, that just makes everything else work because
we've all got our own different things, and we've all
got our own like joys and passions and skills that
were good at and if everyone just did what they
were really good at, things would have a lot different.
Speaker 2 (43:42):
I agree. I've told my kids, figure out what you
love doing so much that you do it for free,
and then figure out it and figure out where you
want to.
Speaker 3 (43:51):
Be yep, or what you want. I actually just put
this on my podcast and literally, what do you want?
And this can you know apply to your kids, to you,
to your loved ones, But just answering that question it
seems so simple, but so many people are so kind
of focused on the day to day and you know,
(44:13):
what's the next thing, that they're not actually zooming out
to look at the big picture of Okay, where are
we going? Like what are we working towards?
Speaker 2 (44:21):
I think that's true. I think a lot of times
that people are just really not clear on what they want.
You know, they'll complain and all these bad habits of
complaining about oh, I don't like my relationship, I don't
like you know, where I live, I don't like my job.
All these things they don't like, but yet there's no
plan of making any change. It's just this habit. I
(44:43):
find that people get into these habits they just want
to complain, and you know, it's really not productive and
it's not making change. So it's like, well, do you
even want change or do you want to just complain?
Speaker 3 (44:56):
Yeah, And it's I feel like it's so easy to
complain and every to kind of jump in and be
like yeah, me too, or yeah this. But when you're
sharing the successes and the wins, then that's when people
can kind of be like, oh, well you're boasting or
oh you know, you're you're bragging and all of it.
But I feel like it's just such a better place
(45:17):
to be. And this is some of the friend groups
that I've cultivated, is like, all right, cool, what are
you winning at?
Speaker 2 (45:23):
Like?
Speaker 3 (45:23):
What's going good? How can we support you? And these
are the circles I want to be in, and I
intentionally put myself in these places because I want to grow,
I want to thrive, I want to win and just
keep getting bigger. So side tangent, I love.
Speaker 2 (45:40):
What's your Do you have a favorite quote or motto?
Speaker 3 (45:44):
Oh, the Wayne Gretzky quote of you miss one hundred
percent of the shots you don't take to like, that
is a really good one because we can hold this
house back a lot.
Speaker 2 (45:56):
That is a really good one. When we are going
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Speaker 2 (48:10):
Welcome back, Kurna. I'm just curious when you're working with
your clients, is it weekly typically? How long is the
process that you work with your clients. I mean, do
you is it a long term thing or do you
try to get them to like learn their tools that
they can start functioning a little at a higher level
(48:32):
by themselves.
Speaker 3 (48:33):
Yeah. So I do offer some different programs. The one
that I feel is typically the best for most people
is my six month program, which is a weekly call
that we do as well as boxer support and resource
material they have access to. So it's really all encompassing.
You have me in your back pocket for these six months,
(48:55):
and I find that is the sweet spot for really
being able to some of the the ideas, some of
the thoughts that haven't been serving you and to put
in place a lot of change in your business in
your life that really sets my clients up for success.
Typically a lot of people will stay on because once
they've achieved the goals that they wanted to working together,
(49:19):
then they've already created the next ones. So typically we'll
keep working together. But my six month package is my
usual go to.
Speaker 2 (49:29):
When do you see the biggest shift of growth with
your clients, like in between, Like is it everyone's different,
or is it, like you know, some within the first
couple of weeks, or is it more towards the end.
Speaker 3 (49:40):
So typically I see it in the first like two months,
maybe because I'm teaching them a lot of different skills,
a lot of new tools that they've likely never seen before,
So that's the biggest period of growth. But I love
the six month mark because within six months we're going
through all the things, the good, the bad, the ugly,
and I like to keep that support on going throughout
(50:04):
all of it, not just like a build them up
and like okay, away you go, because it hasn't quite
set in yet, Like that identity shift, that different way
of doing things hasn't quite set in. After the couple
of weeks or months, do you.
Speaker 2 (50:17):
Find that people sometimes go fall back into their bad habits?
Like how do you remind them like, look, we know this,
this is not what we're doing. We're consistently going to
going down this path.
Speaker 3 (50:30):
Yeah, so that's I mean, that's why coaching is such
a popular option right now, because it is really easy
to fall back into the old way of thinking. And
what I've found the most is the issues that crop up.
They come up at every level. So once you've like
(50:51):
figured out how to get visible when you're like just
starting your business, when you've now scaled it, then if
if you had that come up before of like ooh,
what if I'm too visible, then as you're going to
scale and grow even bigger and build a bigger team,
then it can creep up again and it's like a
different flavor, but it's still the same thing that's showing up.
Speaker 2 (51:14):
Do you think that your clients, once they've been working
with you for a while, that they catch themselves falling
back into their old habits And what do you tell
them when they do catch themselves, Like do you have
something that you say, like you're doing it again, you
talked about this.
Speaker 3 (51:33):
Yeah, So I'm very kind with my clients because so
often sometimes you can have you can shift things and
like never look back, and it can be in a moment,
and sometimes that getting that ingrained in your head can
take months. And so when people come back, come to
the call and they're like, I'm still doing it, It's
(51:55):
still happening to me, that just means that we can
uncover a little bit more of all right, what's keeping
you there? Like what haven't we touched on? You know,
what has to shift? So it's not really a like, hey,
we talked about this. It's more of a okay, cool, why,
like why is this issue coming up now? Like what
has changed? Or what do we have to work continue
(52:16):
to work through? So I'm there to hold my clients accountable.
But at the same time, it's like, you're human and
it is okay if you're still feeling stuck in this place,
in you know, this ditch, if you will, and I'm
here to support you to get out of it. And
part of the work that we do is just being
able to recognize what's happening and then get out of
(52:38):
it faster like these Those are the two skills that
I want to instill in my clients, because you're going
to end up in the ditch further down the road
at some point. It's fine, but it's let's see it
and let's know what steps we need to take to
get out.
Speaker 2 (52:54):
What's something that you see consistently with your clients that
like they all kind of have in common.
Speaker 3 (53:03):
Hmm. Over delivering is a really big one and giving
so much of themselves. And I'm a fan of over delivering,
Like by no means do I think that this is
a bad thing. But when it takes so much from you,
then it's not actually serving everyone. So that's a big
one that I see that usually once we pinpoint, we
(53:26):
were kind of able to like rein it in and see, okay,
how can we over deliver but in a way that
also can support you and not in a let's just
throw more effort and your time and energy at it.
Speaker 2 (53:40):
Do you think that over delivering is puts just undue
stress onto people.
Speaker 3 (53:46):
Yeah, definitely, And I mean depending on the capacity in
which you're doing it. But for example, if you're uh,
you know, you have this idea that you need to
respond to clients immediately, but it keeps pulling you out
of the focused work that you need to do, then
it's not helping the clients, it's not helping your uh.
(54:07):
The focus work that you need to do, because now
it's going to take you like ten more minutes to
get back into the groove of you know, the project
that you were working on, and the client is catching
you at a moment when your brain isn't on like, okay,
let's respond to this thing. And so one of the
things that I'll in some cases to show my clients is, Okay,
how can we block off that space for you to
(54:30):
do the creative thing to you know, put your focus
here and like shut off the noise. And then when
you go to the client response, let's say, then this
is what you're doing for the next ten minutes, half
an hour, and it's redirecting their focus. It's not taking
away the experience that their client is getting. They're actually
(54:51):
getting the best version of you, and you're able to
complete your tasks and your work without the you know,
in and out and distractions and all.
Speaker 2 (55:02):
What have I not asked you that you would like
to share today?
Speaker 3 (55:07):
Ooh ooh hm, I would probably say just the like,
who is coaching for? I think is a really good
question because some people see it as I only need
it if there's a problem, and I kind of see
(55:29):
it as the fuel that we can put on your fire.
So like, if you're struggling, absolutely coaching can support you.
If you're doing amazing, then it is just going to
support you to move even faster. And I think that's
something that a lot of people don't necessarily know or recognize,
(55:49):
and more people can have that extra support to be
able to scale faster and get to what they want
and in the best way for them.
Speaker 2 (56:03):
I love that, Karina, Thank you so much for showing
us that building a business doesn't mean sacrificing.
Speaker 6 (56:08):
Your boundaries, your joy, or your piece, your mission to
empower women to lead with purpose and profit, but not
just inspiring its transformation to my viewers, if you're ready
to grow your business and reclaim your voice in the process,
please give Karina a call. All the info is going
to be in the show notes. I would like to
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thank my assistant.
Speaker 2 (56:32):
I say, Christian, my engineer. I will see you next week.
I'm Christina Flack and I'm too busy.
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Hello, and welcome to another episode of I'm Too Busy,
the show where we dive into the stories of inspiring creatives,
entrepreneurs and creatives and disruptors who are designing life on
their own terms. I am your host, Christina Flag, and
today's guest is all about helping women break free from
the box, ditch people pleasing, and step into power that's profitable.
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Please welcome the incredible Karina Groobridge.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
Hello, Hello, thank you so much for having me.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Well, thank you for being here today.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
How are you? I am doing very well yourself, I'm.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Very well as well. I am ready to dive in here. Okay,
what are you saying now, Christian? Did you say something?
Speaker 3 (01:48):
Okay?
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Sorry about that. We're live and I don't know what's
going on anyway. Karina, your coaching style is known for
being highly personalized. What made you steer away from the
typical one size fits all business formulas?
Speaker 3 (02:01):
Yes, so for me, I found that the one size
fit all didn't fit me. And there's so many programs
out there that and not to knock them at all,
but so many programs out there are the here's the one, two,
three step, and that works when you fit that mold.
But when as soon as you start to deviate from
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that or go, oh okay, you know that one that
doesn't work for me. That's where I come in and
I'm able to take you from where you are to
where you want to be with your own tailored approach
and not a one size fits all type of coaching.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Amazing. We're going to take a quick commercial break. I'm
Christina Flack and I'm too busy.
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Speaker 2 (03:55):
Welcome back. We have a little technical issue with all
as well. So a lot of your work focuses on
helping women overcome people pleasing, which we all tend to do.
Why do you think this is such a common barrier,
especially among women entrepreneurs.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
Oh, that's such a good question, and I feel like
it's really what society. It's like, what we've been conditioned
in soinciety to do is to you know, be nice,
fit the mold say yes, And I really feel like
when you step into entrepreneurship, when you really want to
(04:33):
own who you are and the choices that you want
to make, then we need to let go of the
people pleasing because the two don't coexist. So it's just
this like conditioning we've grown up with. And so when
I clients come to me, it's been decades of you know,
this is just how I operate. This is just what
(04:54):
it is, whether it's coming from cultural or coming from
you know, what they've seen or learned growing up, and
it just really does not work when you want to
grow something for yourself and really tap into and listen
to you.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
Right, So, can you share a little bit about your journey,
what inspired your path into mental health advocacy and coaching.
Speaker 3 (05:17):
Yes, So for me, I actually have a degree in
mechanical engineering, which is a bit of a you know,
curveball in my background. I personally love it, but I
realized in that industry. I'd been in the industry for
about seven years before I had kids, and I realized
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that the corporate structure the world that I was in
in that moment didn't fit the family life that I
actually wanted. And there was a piece of me that
was kind of like, well, I'm not wildly passionate about this,
and I want to teach these like little people that
I have now brought into the world, how do you
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follow your passion and do something that you love. And
I wasn't doing that sitting behind my like sitting in
my cubicle in corporate. So that was really the thing
that light the fire, lit the fire under me to go, Okay,
something needs to change, like we need to change this.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
You seek so beautifully about identity and growth. How did
you find your voice and what helped you to stay
grounded through the challenges.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
So what helped me find my voice was It's kind
of like a switch that flipped because I went from
telling myself I don't know what I'm passionate about, which
felt really really true, to deciding I would figure it out.
And that's just what I did. And it was a
lot of trial and error, a lot of the wrong choices,
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if you will, but it helped me realize quicker and
quicker what were the things that were right for me?
And what really helped me find my voice and build
my authority was just going and doing the thing and
like figuring it out, getting it wrong putting myself out
there and that was the biggest thing that helped me
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to shift my identity from going from a corporate you know,
I have a job too. I am an entrepreneur and
I can help you.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
What's one myth about mental health you wish more people understood,
especially women juggling a million roles.
Speaker 4 (07:38):
Hmm.
Speaker 3 (07:41):
It's not easy to do, like to take care of
and I feel like I do a pretty decent job
taking care of my mental health, but it's not an
easy thing. And so often we look to other people
and look to other role models, role models, friends, and go, Okay,
they've got it all together, like they're doing great, and
(08:02):
I'm not. I'm sitting here like freaking out. And we
just don't realize one the effort that goes into, you know,
keeping your mental game solid, but also the messiness behind
the scenes, and we don't see it because, you know,
it's you're not talking to everybody on the street corner like, hey,
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what are you struggling with? What's going on with you?
We're not having those conversations. You hear the top level,
surface level, and we don't actually dig deeper for everyone.
So when you're just at a glance, it looks like
everyone's doing it amazing and you're not, and it's not
actually true.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
I feel like people show what they want you to
see and you're not like authentic, honest and genuine, but
you don't feel like it's the same. But everyone is
struggling with the same things.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
Don't think absolutely absolutely we are, and I think we
just have different mechanisms to cope with it, and some
manage better than others, maybe because they have more tools
at their disposal, at their awareness of like, Okay, I
can go and do this when I don't feel good,
because we all have those moments. I don't care how
well you're doing. We all have the moments, the freak outs,
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the missteps, and it's really just a matter of recovery.
How fast are you recovering from this? Do you recognize
when it's happening, when you're in it and struggling, and
what you need to do to get out of it.
This is a huge thing that I teach my clients
because we're all human and the expectation is not to
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get it right all the time. The expectation is, Okay, well,
you're going to fail, you're going to fall, You're going
to fail, Let's not make it a problem, and let's
just recover faster.
Speaker 2 (09:49):
How do you recommend people create boundaries without guilt, especially
in high demands seasons of.
Speaker 3 (09:55):
Life, boundaries without guilt, that's a good one for I
feel like those are two separate conversations, because first there's
a conversation of like, first, let's get you some boundaries
in place, and then almost after that we kind of
have to tackle the guilt that comes along with it,
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because they are kind of their own separate beasts. But
when I think about the guilt, and this is something
that I don't actually experience very often in my life,
like at all. I wouldn't say never, because I'm human,
but I don't experience guilt in the same way that
a lot of people do because I look at things
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differently and I see things differently. And for me, like
I have young kids, I have four kids, And whenever
I go on business trips, rather than sitting there going like, oh,
they're gonna miss me and it's going to be terrible
and I'm so sad that I'm going to be gone
for a few days, I reframe that and I tell myself, Okay,
(10:58):
how could this be really awesome for them. This is
an experience they get to have, you know, seeing Mom
go do her thing and work and love it and
be happy. And I get to play with Nana and
I get to you know, play with Dad and maybe
probably have pizza in front of the TV, which is
not a normal thing in my house. And they get
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these other fun experiences. And this is what I put
my focus on rather than the oh, I'm not there
for them, Like, actually, I'm showing them that it is
okay that mummy steps away for a little bit, that
Mummy takes care of her. So that's really where I
redirect my focus. And know a lot of people just
focus on the but I'm not there or but I'm
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not doing this thing. And there's so many instances where
like you can have other experiences with other people, and
that's actually such a blessing.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
Now, I think that's a great thing. It's such a
healthy thing. But it's all mindset. I mean, it's how
you've decided that you were going to go on a
business trip and not sit there and beat the crap
out of yourself because you're not there. And I think
one of the greatest things as parents that we can
do is teach our kids to live without us, because
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having them so dependent upon us is not doing them
any favors whatsoever.
Speaker 3 (12:15):
It's so true. So tright.
Speaker 2 (12:19):
You help your clients scale to six figures and beyond,
but not at the cost of their piece. What are
some key mindset shifts you guide them through.
Speaker 3 (12:29):
Hmm, that's a good one, ah, key mindset shifts I
find when I'm helping, when I'm supporting my clients to scale,
I find it's typically something different for everyone. And for
some people it's a matter of letting go and letting
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go of maybe a certain container, letting go of a
certain type of client that they can migrate to the
types of clients that they really want to work with.
With others, it's putting up those boundaries, feel like, especially
for the type of work that I do. It really
depends on the person because some people like they need
that permission almost to go and do the thing that
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maybe they know they've wanted to, like they decided a
long time ago they would do it, and they just
haven't been able to take that step. Versus other people
need that need to build that trust in themselves that
they are on the right track, that they are getting
to where they want to go. So I feel like
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it is really dependent on who I have in front
of me and who I'm supporting in that moment.
Speaker 2 (13:41):
What's one piece of advice you find yourself repeating off.
Speaker 3 (13:44):
And no matter the niche, it's okay to say no.
That's a really common one because as I mentioned, like
I deal with a lot of people pleasers and a
lot of you know, you're going to say yes to
every thing, and typically the clients that come to me
work far far too much for anyone's good, and that
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ability to say no is really what is really a
starting point for them to buy back their time, to
buy back their energy, which in turn allows them to scale.
Speaker 2 (14:22):
What does authentic success mean to you and how do
you help your clients define it for themselves.
Speaker 3 (14:29):
Yeah, it really is something that's different for everyone because
I feel that success when we look at the online space,
it looks like, you know, fancy cars or going on
private jets and like that kind of like se glamory success,
but so often for just your average person, it's I
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want to have controller of my time. I want to
know that I can make money and support my family.
I want to know that I can you know, go
on vacation and do the fun things that I want
to do without having to worry and without having to
like bring work with me on the way. And that
is so often the version of success that many of
my clients are after, because that's that's the like we're
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bringing back the fun to their day to day rather
than the stress and the angst and the struggle.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
Let's talk balance for a moment. You're a mom and
a business coach. How do you personally manage both ambibition
and family life.
Speaker 3 (15:33):
Yes, that I feel like balance doesn't quite exist, but
it's more of a give and take. And for me,
I love the the options that it gives me to go,
like I said, with a business trip to do the
thing that I love that I really enjoy, but then
to also be able to choose the field trip with
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my kids or you know, going to the dance recital.
So for me, that's what it looks like and that's
a big part of like my version of success and
what I why I love doing what I do.
Speaker 2 (16:11):
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Speaker 2 (18:19):
Hello, welcome back, I'm too busy. We are chatting with
Karina Groenriche.
Speaker 3 (18:26):
Hello, Hello, my dear.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
Can you share a client success story that really moved
you or validated your mission?
Speaker 3 (18:35):
Yes, so let's see. For one of my clients, she
came in debating packing up her business and closing the doors.
She was on the edge of burnout if she was
not already there already, and she just didn't see a
way to have the family life and grow her business
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at the same time. And what we were able to
do was really just see where she was keeping herself stuck,
really pull out where she was keeping herself small, and
really the things that held her up along the way,
and through coaching and through teaching her a lot of
the tools that I have, she first is able to
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look at situations and problems so much differently now. And
one one aspect of that was she she got an
issue with a client and it cost her tens of
thousands of dollars, and she messaged me after and she
was like, she's like, you won't believe this. Tells me
the story, and she's like, but I didn't freak out,
(19:46):
I didn't lose my cool. I didn't yell and scream
at everybody. She's like, I was able to manage the situation.
And yeah, I'm not happy about it, but I showed
up so much differently than I would have six months ago,
a year ago. And for me, that is the that's
the tangible evidence, if you will, of how coaching really
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supports you to thrive and she's gone on to build
her business and with the most amazing staff to support her,
and she has taken maternity leave from her business with
her fourth baby, and just like all of it together.
Apparently they still talk about the coaching with her employees
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because she's applied the tools to them too. So for me,
this is just like what I want to hear, what
I want to see.
Speaker 2 (20:39):
Perfect mindset work can sometimes feel intangible. How do you
make mindset transformation practical for your clients?
Speaker 3 (20:49):
So, for one, I get them to put the focus
on the wins, on what is actually working, because most
of the time, especially the people that come into my world,
they're like, all right, amazing, I did this thing next,
and like it's always a what's the next thing? And
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I love the ambition, Like if that is you, I
love the ambition. But we also want to pause for
a hot second and recognize how far you've come. And
so a big part of it is to rewire your
brain to start to see the winds and to start
to see, oh, like I didn't do this two months ago,
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and now it's easy. And it's like those of the
moments where they actually pause long enough to reflect and
see how it is actually tangible, and I mean you
can see it in the results. When you know clients
go from Okay, do I pack up my business to
all right, so I've started this new line of business
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and this is thriving and I'm making more money here
and you're able to see it. But when you boil
it down to like what is actually the reasons behind it,
it's all these tiny little tweaks and it's never just
like one big shift. It's typically like one little thing
on top of the other, and we just continue to
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stack those winds and they just my clients just feel
like a completely different version of themselves at the end.
Speaker 2 (22:20):
And it's again what we spoke about earlier about mindset.
It's a choice to think about the positive instead of
focusing on the negative because it really isn't going to
get you anywhere. What was one mind shift mindset shift
that changed your life.
Speaker 3 (22:40):
The let's see, I feel like the biggest one that
changed my life. I feel like embodying who I am
now was a huge one because it took a really
long time to get to that point of I don't
know if you remember or if you've had that transition
for you of going from you know, one career to
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another or one hat if you will, to another, and
that for me was a really huge shift to own,
like I'm really good at this. I help people, and
I know that I can support you. I know that,
like I have the tools and the resources to go
and make massive change in people's lives, and I think
being able to own that and see it was arguably
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probably one of the biggest shifts for me.
Speaker 2 (23:29):
Wow. But I also think you're incredibly clear on your messaging,
and I always say that like when you're clear, the
universe steps aside and lets you get to get down.
And so I love that you're saying these things because
I completely agree with that. Congratulations on launching your podcast.
Speaker 3 (23:50):
Thank you, Thank you.
Speaker 2 (23:51):
You are the host of you are your biggest asset.
What inspired the title and what do you hope listen
to take away from each episode?
Speaker 3 (23:59):
Yes? So, so what inspired the title is? That is
something that I said so often before and something I
know to my core is true because you can have
two of the same humans arguably speaking like, same experience,
same background, same everything, but you know, one turns into
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Steve Jobs and you know creates Apple and another is
hanging out in front of their computer doing their thing.
And the idea behind you are your biggest asset is
really that like I want you taking care of you
and figuring out how like what roadblocks you've put in
your way and let's just remove them. And so that
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is the thing that I hope listeners to take away
from each episode is like where is that? Where exactly
are you keeping yourself stuck? Are you maybe holding yourself
back not playing full out? And this is the a
of the podcast.
Speaker 2 (25:02):
So who's this podcast for and what kinds of conversations
or topics can we expect to hear from you and
your guests.
Speaker 3 (25:09):
So the podcast is for my ambitious women in business
who are looking to scale, who are looking to really
tap into their own personal strength in order to do that, because,
as I said, I don't operate with a you know,
do X y Z marketing plan or here's your sales strategy.
(25:29):
We do talk about these things, but for me, it
boils down to the human behind the like the CEO
that's running the business, and that is what we're focused on.
And what you're going to take away is strategies and
tools and perspective shifts that you need in order to
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get even better, even stronger, even faster.
Speaker 2 (25:59):
In a world business noise. What makes you are your
biggest asset? Different from other entrepreneurial podcasts, do you think?
Speaker 3 (26:07):
Yes, we really go into the nitty gritty details, and
I love the showing the behind the scenes of what
is happening. And I feel like that's something that really
we need to see more of because we see a
lot of the shiny end results. But what I love
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to focus on is the how to get you there
and really understanding what that looks like, what that takes.
And I feel like that really sets this apart. And
I'm also bringing on some not many, but some clients,
some business owners to really understand, Okay, what does success
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look like for you? What is the like behind the
scenes of how you've built of your mindset of how
you're showing up and thinking about your business.
Speaker 2 (27:01):
How is hosting this podcast deep into your own growth
as a coach, businesswoman and a mom.
Speaker 3 (27:07):
Oh good question. So for me, you're gonna laugh. But
for me, I hate re listening to things that I
have done. I don't know if you have this. I've
gotten used to it over the years now, but one
of the things that I will do for my podcast
(27:30):
is to re listen and just make sure like all
is good. And it has forced me to up my
game to be that much better and also be okay
with the imperfections because there's at the end of an episode,
you know, I'll say what is on my brain, what's
on my heart, and after the fact there's always something
(27:53):
that I'm like, oh, I could have said this like
a little bit better. Oh I could have added in
this one point. And instead of you know, throwing it out,
instead of saying, okay, I'm going to redo it, I
tell myself this is this is amazing, somebody is going
to really benefit from this, and let's keep going. So
that has been a lot of personal growth for me
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to go and do that and just get out there,
get more visible.
Speaker 2 (28:22):
What are some non negotiables when it comes to daily
mental wellness for you.
Speaker 3 (28:27):
Hm, Exercise for me is definitely up there as well
as eating reasonably well so reasonably it doesn't always work out,
but but those are two non negotiables for me. And
I can always always tell that if I'm not exercising
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to the you know, degree that I want to be,
that I know makes me feel good. If I'm not
eating super well, then I can see show up in
my mindset and I can see how things impact me
differently because I'm not taking care of myself as well
as I know I could be.
Speaker 2 (29:11):
So help self care is very important to you obviously, Yeah,
what tips do you do besides eating well? Like? What's
your workout? Like? Is it? You know? Consistency obviously is
super important, But do you how much do you work out? Like?
What's your diet like? I always love hearing people you know,
what are they working out and what are they eating?
Speaker 3 (29:33):
I love it? Yes, So for me, working out usually
looks like before my kids wake up. So as I said,
I have four kids, and once a day gets rolling,
it just it doesn't happen. So for me, it's in
the morning the workouts. But what I do for myself
is if I haven't slept, if people have been like
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up all night with nightmares or sick or anything, then
I will usually prioritize because the sleep and the exercise
kind of need to coexist. And if I'm not sleeping,
then you know, then I get sick and then it's
just nothing good happens. So usually I am exercising, I
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try for three to four times a week and in
the morning. And in terms of food, well, I mean
I always drink water. It's like my go to. I'm
very boring. I love my water. Yea, guys, right here,
I forgot my water for this, Like no, damn it,
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but I love my water. I love just the like
I could eat fruits and vegetables. And I joke with
my husband. I'm like, oh, we're having a girl lunch today.
It's like fruits, vegetables, hummus, hard boiled eggs, and he's
like fine, Like okay, yeah.
Speaker 2 (30:59):
How can we refrain busyness as a signal instead of
a badge of honor?
Speaker 3 (31:06):
Ooh ooh? I love it, and I totally agree. I
hate the idea of busyness being a badge of honor.
I feel like calm, cool, and collected should be the
new badge of honor, right, Like how amazing would it
be to be able to see people and being like, oh,
you're so chill, Like oh my god, you can say
(31:27):
no to things like how can I do that? I
feel like that should.
Speaker 2 (31:33):
Be I know you don't even think it's.
Speaker 3 (31:37):
Exactly when you come into my world, it becomes an option.
Speaker 2 (31:42):
Well, how can someone begin to reclaim their time and
energy if they're stuck in overwhelmed, like, what does one do?
Speaker 3 (31:48):
Oh? You hire me? First of all, I can, like
from my vantage point, I can very easily see the
things that need to shift. But if you're sitting there
listening to this wondering, Okay, what is my first step?
I would love for you to do an audit of
your time and see where is your time and energy
(32:09):
going and are you saying yes to things that maybe
you don't want to. This is a really good indicator
if you're feeling overwhelmed, like, this is an energy audit.
It's kind of like looking for the energy vampires. Those
are the things that suck your time but don't give
you any life. If you're doing something that maybe takes
(32:29):
up a whole bunch of your time, but you love it, it
fuels you, it feels amazing great. But it's the things
that we do that we're like, oh, like you have
to kind of like drag yourself along. That's part of
what's going to lead to overwhelm. And really I want
you to analyze this and see, Okay, what's coming up
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for me? What's one thing that I could change that's
going to support me.
Speaker 2 (32:54):
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Speaker 2 (35:08):
Karina. What is the best piece of advice you've ever
received and what advice would you give to your younger self.
Speaker 3 (35:16):
So the best piece of advice I've received is actually
something that wasn't said to me, but something that I
picked up along my journey, and it's that no one
is going to give you, like give everything to you,
You have to come in and take it for yourself.
In other words, the you know audacity to be bold
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to you know, think that your program, your thing is
absolutely amazing. Don't wait for other people to sit there
and validate it. You get to decide for yourself right
from the get go. And that's for me, a huge thing.
And then what would I tell my younger self, Yes,
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stop caring so much about what other people think? That
that one I remember being a like, the younger version
of me had so much trouble with that, and it's
still something that I can see creep up. And this
is just I wish. I wish I could stand in
front of the young version of me and be like, Okay,
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like it doesn't matter. They're not in your shoes, they're
not making your decisions like this is for you to
make your choices.
Speaker 2 (36:31):
And the funny thing is is we think people care
so much and they don't know they don't. Yeah, you know,
it's so funny. What's something that you're too busy to
care about now that you used to really stress you out?
Speaker 3 (36:47):
Oh what other people think? Back to that one?
Speaker 2 (36:54):
And it's true wisdom, don't you think? I mean, I
think that's one of those things where you're just like,
you know, I mean, it's like that robins. Let them like,
I love that, let them. What do I care?
Speaker 3 (37:07):
But you know, I agree. But also I've seen the opposite,
Like I've seen the humans who you know, have experienced
a lot of life and they still really care. So
it's not an age like, it's not correlated to getting
older in my opinion, maybe your personal experience, but it's
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definitely not a just because you get older you learn this.
It's something I feel you really have to figure out.
And oftentimes, as with experience, yes, but not all the time.
Speaker 2 (37:39):
What's currently bringing you joy? Something simple and REALM.
Speaker 3 (37:47):
My three year old parading around the house and her underwear,
it's just like, not a care in the world. She's
like going doing her thing. I'm like, honey, where did
your clothes go? She's like, it's hot, okay, and she
walks right out the door to go see our neighbors.
I'm like, can you please put close.
Speaker 2 (38:09):
Naked babies running around?
Speaker 3 (38:11):
I know, I know. And then when she comes and
asks for a cuddle, I'm like, okay, stop everything that's delicious.
Speaker 2 (38:19):
Where's your happy where's your happy place?
Speaker 3 (38:23):
Oh? My happy place is I mean aside from with
my like with my family, is one happy place, but
a physical location. I have gone every year just about
of my life to Sand Banks, which is a campground
that's in Canada. It is the most beautiful place in
the world, with the best beach I've seen north of
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you know, New York, and it's just it makes me
happy and I go and I stand in the water
and I'm just like, oh, like every year, it's wonderful.
Speaker 2 (38:55):
Oh my gosh. I love that. What you say to
people who tell themselves I'm too busy to care about
my mental health.
Speaker 3 (39:06):
Ooh, they're missing out. I feel like it kind of
comes with a look of like really, like you can't
afford not to, and it's that kind of push pull
of like I don't have time. But then when you
invest the time in you, it buys back more mental
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capacity to go and do everything and think more clearly. Like,
this is a huge thing for so many of my
clients because oftentimes, when they're constantly saying yes to everything,
the saying yes to themselves is the thing that is
last on the list, or let's be honest, not on
the list at allow. So yeah, exactly, like, what do
you mean it's supposed to be there, It's not.
Speaker 2 (39:51):
What do you do when your day isn't flowing.
Speaker 3 (39:55):
Ooh, I exercise. That's usually even if it's like just
a little something, either exercise or call a friend and
end or walk around or like essentially, and this is
for everybody else, like everybody listening. If you're like I
don't know what I do, like but it doesn't work,
(40:17):
get up and move, like, get up and physically do
something different. And I find that is the best way
to just start to reframe, start to think differently. And
also getting outside whenever possible is very helpful.
Speaker 2 (40:34):
I agree, fresh air always makes everything better. What's next
for you? Are there any programs or retrieve your projects
that you're that we should be looking out for.
Speaker 3 (40:45):
Oh, yes, I have some. I have some like personal
side things, but for the business side of things, I
will be opening a group program, like a membership type
of thing, which I'm very excited for. And I haven't
said it anything yet, So this is the official. This
is the official, like, ooh, I'm putting it out there. Yes,
(41:07):
it's been it's been simmering in my brain. So that
is coming out soon and I'm very very excited to
bring that to life.
Speaker 2 (41:16):
What would people be surprised to know about you.
Speaker 3 (41:21):
I am a goalie in hockey and ring it and
I'm pretty good.
Speaker 1 (41:28):
I know.
Speaker 3 (41:28):
Random fact that is a nice one.
Speaker 2 (41:32):
That's a good one. What do you recommend to people
to create We talked about boundaries, but what are there
other things that people can do to just have more
joy and happiness in their business life?
Speaker 1 (41:49):
Hmm?
Speaker 3 (41:54):
I would say stop white knuckling, Like, you know when
like the I have an image in my head of
like you're holding onto the steering will and you're like
you're holding out really tight, and then you kind of
don't even know why you're holding on really tight. I
feel like just letting go and taking a breath for
so many people will be wildly, wildly helpful. And it's
(42:18):
just this idea of like slow down for a second,
Like we're not in a rush. The journey is the
whole point.
Speaker 2 (42:25):
Yes, it's not the destination it Yeah, what do you
inspire to try to get for your kids?
Speaker 1 (42:37):
Like?
Speaker 2 (42:37):
What do you want for them?
Speaker 6 (42:39):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (42:41):
I just want them to be happy and to like
explore and figure life out for themselves. And it's funny
because my parents pushed me to you know, I didn't
know what I wanted to do with my life. So
they're like, keep getting educated. Not a bad idea. I'm like,
all right, But for my kids, I just want them
to to enjoy what they're doing and actually, you know,
(43:05):
have work not feel like work. For me, I think
this is a massive life win because you're spending so
much of your time doing it right, you want to
make it fun. That's that's the whole point is let's
do something that you really enjoy and thrive in. Because
I believe that this is just better for like all
of society, when you're doing the thing that you really
(43:26):
love to do, that just makes everything else work because
we've all got our own different things, and we've all
got our own like joys and passions and skills that
were good at and if everyone just did what they
were really good at, things would have a lot different.
Speaker 2 (43:42):
I agree. I've told my kids, figure out what you
love doing so much that you do it for free,
and then figure out it and figure out where you
want to.
Speaker 3 (43:51):
Be yep, or what you want. I actually just put
this on my podcast and literally, what do you want?
And this can you know apply to your kids, to you,
to your loved ones, But just answering that question it
seems so simple, but so many people are so kind
of focused on the day to day and you know,
(44:13):
what's the next thing, that they're not actually zooming out
to look at the big picture of Okay, where are
we going? Like what are we working towards?
Speaker 2 (44:21):
I think that's true. I think a lot of times
that people are just really not clear on what they want.
You know, they'll complain and all these bad habits of
complaining about oh, I don't like my relationship, I don't
like you know, where I live, I don't like my job.
All these things they don't like, but yet there's no
plan of making any change. It's just this habit. I
(44:43):
find that people get into these habits they just want
to complain, and you know, it's really not productive and
it's not making change. So it's like, well, do you
even want change or do you want to just complain?
Speaker 3 (44:56):
Yeah, And it's I feel like it's so easy to
complain and every to kind of jump in and be
like yeah, me too, or yeah this. But when you're
sharing the successes and the wins, then that's when people
can kind of be like, oh, well you're boasting or
oh you know, you're you're bragging and all of it.
But I feel like it's just such a better place
(45:17):
to be. And this is some of the friend groups
that I've cultivated, is like, all right, cool, what are
you winning at?
Speaker 2 (45:23):
Like?
Speaker 3 (45:23):
What's going good? How can we support you? And these
are the circles I want to be in, and I
intentionally put myself in these places because I want to grow,
I want to thrive, I want to win and just
keep getting bigger. So side tangent, I love.
Speaker 2 (45:40):
What's your Do you have a favorite quote or motto?
Speaker 3 (45:44):
Oh, the Wayne Gretzky quote of you miss one hundred
percent of the shots you don't take to like, that
is a really good one because we can hold this
house back a lot.
Speaker 2 (45:56):
That is a really good one. When we are going
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Speaker 2 (48:10):
Welcome back, Kurna. I'm just curious when you're working with
your clients, is it weekly typically? How long is the
process that you work with your clients. I mean, do
you is it a long term thing or do you
try to get them to like learn their tools that
they can start functioning a little at a higher level
(48:32):
by themselves.
Speaker 3 (48:33):
Yeah. So I do offer some different programs. The one
that I feel is typically the best for most people
is my six month program, which is a weekly call
that we do as well as boxer support and resource
material they have access to. So it's really all encompassing.
You have me in your back pocket for these six months,
(48:55):
and I find that is the sweet spot for really
being able to some of the the ideas, some of
the thoughts that haven't been serving you and to put
in place a lot of change in your business in
your life that really sets my clients up for success.
Typically a lot of people will stay on because once
they've achieved the goals that they wanted to working together,
(49:19):
then they've already created the next ones. So typically we'll
keep working together. But my six month package is my
usual go to.
Speaker 2 (49:29):
When do you see the biggest shift of growth with
your clients, like in between, Like is it everyone's different,
or is it, like you know, some within the first
couple of weeks, or is it more towards the end.
Speaker 3 (49:40):
So typically I see it in the first like two months,
maybe because I'm teaching them a lot of different skills,
a lot of new tools that they've likely never seen before,
So that's the biggest period of growth. But I love
the six month mark because within six months we're going
through all the things, the good, the bad, the ugly,
and I like to keep that support on going throughout
(50:04):
all of it, not just like a build them up
and like okay, away you go, because it hasn't quite
set in yet, Like that identity shift, that different way
of doing things hasn't quite set in. After the couple
of weeks or months, do you.
Speaker 2 (50:17):
Find that people sometimes go fall back into their bad habits?
Like how do you remind them like, look, we know this,
this is not what we're doing. We're consistently going to
going down this path.
Speaker 3 (50:30):
Yeah, so that's I mean, that's why coaching is such
a popular option right now, because it is really easy
to fall back into the old way of thinking. And
what I've found the most is the issues that crop up.
They come up at every level. So once you've like
(50:51):
figured out how to get visible when you're like just
starting your business, when you've now scaled it, then if
if you had that come up before of like ooh,
what if I'm too visible, then as you're going to
scale and grow even bigger and build a bigger team,
then it can creep up again and it's like a
different flavor, but it's still the same thing that's showing up.
Speaker 2 (51:14):
Do you think that your clients, once they've been working
with you for a while, that they catch themselves falling
back into their old habits And what do you tell
them when they do catch themselves, Like do you have
something that you say, like you're doing it again, you
talked about this.
Speaker 3 (51:33):
Yeah, So I'm very kind with my clients because so
often sometimes you can have you can shift things and
like never look back, and it can be in a moment,
and sometimes that getting that ingrained in your head can
take months. And so when people come back, come to
the call and they're like, I'm still doing it, It's
(51:55):
still happening to me, that just means that we can
uncover a little bit more of all right, what's keeping
you there? Like what haven't we touched on? You know,
what has to shift? So it's not really a like, hey,
we talked about this. It's more of a okay, cool, why,
like why is this issue coming up now? Like what
has changed? Or what do we have to work continue
(52:16):
to work through? So I'm there to hold my clients accountable.
But at the same time, it's like, you're human and
it is okay if you're still feeling stuck in this place,
in you know, this ditch, if you will, and I'm
here to support you to get out of it. And
part of the work that we do is just being
able to recognize what's happening and then get out of
(52:38):
it faster like these Those are the two skills that
I want to instill in my clients, because you're going
to end up in the ditch further down the road
at some point. It's fine, but it's let's see it
and let's know what steps we need to take to
get out.
Speaker 2 (52:54):
What's something that you see consistently with your clients that
like they all kind of have in common.
Speaker 3 (53:03):
Hmm. Over delivering is a really big one and giving
so much of themselves. And I'm a fan of over delivering,
Like by no means do I think that this is
a bad thing. But when it takes so much from you,
then it's not actually serving everyone. So that's a big
one that I see that usually once we pinpoint, we
(53:26):
were kind of able to like rein it in and see, okay,
how can we over deliver but in a way that
also can support you and not in a let's just
throw more effort and your time and energy at it.
Speaker 2 (53:40):
Do you think that over delivering is puts just undue
stress onto people.
Speaker 3 (53:46):
Yeah, definitely, And I mean depending on the capacity in
which you're doing it. But for example, if you're uh,
you know, you have this idea that you need to
respond to clients immediately, but it keeps pulling you out
of the focused work that you need to do, then
it's not helping the clients, it's not helping your uh.
(54:07):
The focus work that you need to do, because now
it's going to take you like ten more minutes to
get back into the groove of you know, the project
that you were working on, and the client is catching
you at a moment when your brain isn't on like, okay,
let's respond to this thing. And so one of the
things that I'll in some cases to show my clients is, Okay,
how can we block off that space for you to
(54:30):
do the creative thing to you know, put your focus
here and like shut off the noise. And then when
you go to the client response, let's say, then this
is what you're doing for the next ten minutes, half
an hour, and it's redirecting their focus. It's not taking
away the experience that their client is getting. They're actually
(54:51):
getting the best version of you, and you're able to
complete your tasks and your work without the you know,
in and out and distractions and all.
Speaker 2 (55:02):
What have I not asked you that you would like
to share today?
Speaker 3 (55:07):
Ooh ooh hm, I would probably say just the like,
who is coaching for? I think is a really good
question because some people see it as I only need
it if there's a problem, and I kind of see
(55:29):
it as the fuel that we can put on your fire.
So like, if you're struggling, absolutely coaching can support you.
If you're doing amazing, then it is just going to
support you to move even faster. And I think that's
something that a lot of people don't necessarily know or recognize,
(55:49):
and more people can have that extra support to be
able to scale faster and get to what they want
and in the best way for them.
Speaker 2 (56:03):
I love that, Karina, Thank you so much for showing
us that building a business doesn't mean sacrificing.
Speaker 6 (56:08):
Your boundaries, your joy, or your piece, your mission to
empower women to lead with purpose and profit, but not
just inspiring its transformation to my viewers, if you're ready
to grow your business and reclaim your voice in the process,
please give Karina a call. All the info is going
to be in the show notes. I would like to
(56:29):
thank my assistant.
Speaker 2 (56:32):
I say, Christian, my engineer. I will see you next week.
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