Dreamcatchers District Podcast - Mindset, Authentic Marketing, Coaching, Goals, Creative Entrepreneur, Online Business, Fear
37 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 6 years ago - ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsHave you ever thought, “What am I doing?” Turns out, you’re not alone. And even the best of the best (in Entertainment, in Online Business, in Thought Leadership) have been right where you are.
Multipassionate Creative, Speaker, Energy Leadership and Business Mentor Coach — Karen Christensen hosts The Dreamcatchers District Podcast with its companion Los Angeles workshops, events, masterminds and virtual coaching experiences; to help fellow Creative Entrepreneurs Face Fear, Get Noticed, and Feel Free.
Time to remember who you are, what you want, and why you started.
Hear behind-the-scenes lessons learned and strategies to: build genuine relationships, get more done, focus and follow through, pivot your brand, find mentors, pitch influencers, implement authentic marketing, digitally detox, have more energy, practice meditation, navigate transition, handle rejection, make tough decisions, attract ideal clients, improve your EQ, flex your grit, feel more flow, set boundaries, find forgiveness, achieve goals, trust your intuition, beat overwhelm and overcome self-doubt.
For confessions, conversations, and creative direction — Mondays never felt so good. Grab the Shownotes, Get Invited, and Work with Karen at www.DreamcatchersDistrict.com . Share your insights, questions, and big aha's on Instagram at @DreamcatchersDistrict . Rate, Review, Subscribe.
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Ep 037: 4 Ways to 'Spring Clean' Your Business and Relationships with Karen Christensen
May 28, 2018 08:00 - 32 minutes - 45.2 MBToday on the Podcast, Time to Clean House. With Summer just around the bend, and before all those mid-year reflections start rolling in, this week is an ideal time to talk about how to 'Spring Clean' your business and your relationships. Declutter any victim mindset, rethink your approach, and engage with your projects (and your people) more intentionally. So that you can look at what's working, what's not, and give yourself the space you need to go about doing things differently. Doing ...
Ep 036: The 5 Things I'd Tell My 19 Year Old Self with Karen Christensen
May 21, 2018 08:00 - 34 minutes - 48.6 MBToday on the Podcast, Lessons Learned + Our Future Selves. Hard to believe but it was exactly 19 years ago (this month) that I moved from small town NH (grew up in a tiny town of just 10,000 people) to big city La La Land. Wilder still? Those 19 years ago? I was exactly 19 years old. And, I gotta tell you, there’s something kind of full circle about that. Given so many of our recent episodes have been about how to get mentors, how to pitch influencers, how to find your tribe, and how to ...
Ep 035: Pitch Influencers, Find Your Tribe, Surrender with Nitika Chopra, Wellness Entrepreneur
May 14, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour - 93.5 MBToday on the Podcast, The Knocking on Your Heart. You know when you're at one of those huge conferences and you're meeting all kinds of creative entrepreneurial folks from all kinds of places? You're chatting quickly here and there between speakers. Passing by briefly between bathroom breaks. Wishing you could chat with influencers but find yourself seated with the friends you came with cuz there's barely time to eat and pee — let alone introduce yourself in a non crazy-person way. Y...
Ep 034: Travel Tips for Speakers, Retreat Hosts & Digital Nomads with Journalist Jeannette Ceja
May 07, 2018 08:00 - 56 minutes - 78.8 MBToday on the Podcast, Face off with Yourself and Fly. There's that saying, "wherever you go, there you are." And if you've ever thrown your hands up in the air and spontaneously moved across country, quit a job, ended a relationship or swan dived into a last minute Bali Yoga Retreat (ha! I get it!) — you may have learned just how true that statement really is. Turns out? Almost as soon as we get "there" we realize we're still "here." Like trying to shake your own shadow, you may soon rea...
Ep 033: Why is Change So Hard? (+ The 4 Phases of Transformation) with Karen Christensen
April 30, 2018 08:00 - 27 minutes - 39.2 MBToday on the Podcast, Discover Which Phase of Transformation You're In. One of the things I hear so often from coaching clients, workshop attendees, even colleagues and friends is how much they "love" surprises. That, in fact, they actually crave MORE of them. Turns out? The day-to-day banal operations, the 24-7 hustle, and the pressure of working behind a screen has got them bored to pieces. They'll say, "it's so redundant" or "it's so lonely" and that they're absolutely desperate for ....
Ep 032: Tips to Find Mentors, Market Authentically, Meditate Easier with Ben Decker
April 23, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour - 85.4 MBToday on the Podcast, Finding Your Path. If you find yourself feeling disconnected, replaying past events, dress rehearsing worst case scenarios or routinely questioning, "What is my purpose?" — this is the episode for you. If you have a love / hate relationship with marketing, with sales, with pitching yourself or launching your offerings — this is the episode for you. If you want to find a mentor but you've got absolutely no idea how it works or where to start or if it's paid — this ...
Ep 031: How One Micro-Influencer is Changing the Conversation, guest Happily Hafsa
April 16, 2018 08:00 - 59 minutes - 84.1 MBToday on the Podcast, Why Women Need Women to Check In. Radical honesty hour: When's the last time you asked a woman how she was doing ... AND really asked? You know, as if you truly cared. As if you weren't trying merely to be polite. But as if you truly wanted to know? Not so that you could fix her but so that you could witness: The hurt. The overwhelm. The exhaustion. The pressure. Feelings that, frankly, TOO MANY WOMEN are secretly shouldering day in and day out. And, mor...
Ep 030: How Committed Are You? (Test Your Grit in 8 Reflections) with Karen Christensen
April 09, 2018 08:00 - 23 minutes - 34.4 MBToday on the Podcast, How Badly Do You Want It? You know what I'm talking about. That big dream you've been fantasizing about for weeks, months, (dare I say) years? That lifelong vision, which now keeps you up at night but at one time (not so long ago) had you bursting outta-your-body excited and ready to do whatever it took? Yeah, that SCARY goal. The one with more soul, more heart, more truth than anything else — that one! How committed are you? ... REALLY? When you hit an upper...
Ep 029: Pivot Your Business, Uplevel Your Beliefs, Evolve Your Brand with Kay Fabella
April 02, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour - 88.4 MBToday on the Podcast, Does your life no longer fit? One of the things I see over and over again? When smart, talented, high performing, creative women in their 30's suddenly realize: "Oh, no. I built the wrong castle." Despite having done everything "right," they're left feeling like everything's wrong. And while no one would ever know it — because, heck, they've made the 6 figures and they've built a beautiful brand and they look great online — they're secretly feeling embarrassed and...
Ep 028: The Simplest (hardest) Practice to Attracting More Abundance with Karen Christensen
March 26, 2018 08:00 - 18 minutes - 26.6 MBToday on the Podcast, Are You Blocking Miracles? If you've been catching yourself feeling judgmental, frustrated, resentful, dissatisfied — like nothing is going right, nothing feels easy, and no one is helping — than this is the episode for you. WARNING: it may be the exact opposite of what you want to hear. It may sound so simple-stupid that you'll want to dismiss it. (I know I've definitely had those moments before; robbing myself of the power of the practice). Here's the invit...
Ep 027: Reframe Your Story & Find the Funny in Fear with Writer Suzanne Keilly
March 19, 2018 08:00 - 50 minutes - 71.1 MBToday on the Podcast, Memo to Your Future Self! We've all heard that saying, "The best time to start was yesterday. The next best time is today." But you know who reallllly feels the weight of that quote? Our future selves. The version of you (and me) who will wake up one year from now; wishing that the YOU of today had ... Just gotten started Just asked for help Just pushed through the fear of "looking dumb" or "doing it wrong" or "missing the boat" because "it's all been done alr...
Ep 026: How to Dance with Doubt (3 Types + Practices) with Karen Christensen
March 12, 2018 08:00 - 39 minutes - 56.1 MBToday on the Podcast, When Doubt is Helping or Hurting You. This week we’re talking how to dance with doubt SO THAT you can feel the feelings, love honor and accept where you are, and still turn all that distraction around before self-sabatage sets in and derails your best laid plans. Better yet? We're helping you discern which category of doubt (I believe there are 3) you may be facing off with at any given time. This way you can practice specific responses for each varying type as well...
Ep 025: Side Hustles with Intrapreneur & The Driven Yogi founder, Keisha Courtney
March 05, 2018 08:00 - 51 minutes - 72.8 MBToday on the Podcast, Embracing the Process. If you're anything like most highly ambitious and multi-passionate Creative Entrepreneurial women then you, too, likely want to be "the best" on day one (or at least the top 10)! And if everything could happen, yesterday, you'd be OK with that as well. Don't lie. (I know you AND I got you! Heck, I AM you. So, HELLO, sister-friend.) Cuz all you're life you've known you were meant for something more. Chomping at the bit, you're hungry with dri...
Ep 024: Feeling Lonely & Distracted? Answer These Questions with Karen Christensen
February 26, 2018 09:00 - 31 minutes - 44.8 MBToday on the Podcast, When Your Inner Critic is Loudest This week, we’re talking about a fairly unpopular topic; one I would say is the dirty little secret of online business. And that is … loneliness … the single emotional state killing your beliefs, body, and business. Especially for those of you who are Creative Entrepreneurs (like me) working predominantly from home, leading small virtual teams, maybe only in the field with clients on occasion and working mostly over Skype ...
Ep 023: Truth Telling, Boundaries & Business with Wild Soul Elizabeth DiAlto
February 19, 2018 09:00 - 1 hour - 90.5 MBToday on the Podcast, Building Trust in Life & Biz You know those women who just tell it like it is? The ones who command attention and respect simply by walking in the room; without ever having to say a word? That's today's guest. As funny as she is fierce, Elizabeth is my favorite kinda woman. Like so many of our Dreamcatchers, this gal is the full expression of what it is to be an integrated right and left brain; masculine and feminine energy; Creative and Entrepreneur; student and te...
Ep 022: Combine Passion & Purpose with My Big Story Host, Christopher Swan
February 12, 2018 09:00 - 57 minutes - 79.9 MBToday on the Podcast, The Messy Middle We've all been there. At that intersection of Not Yet and No Longer — where everything feels a bit off, a bit clunky, and you're fighting to make things "fit." When you know your strengths, you've got a bazillion BIG ideas, no shortage of passion or causes — but you just don't know how to make it all come together — what then? Know You're in the Creative Cocoon ... For some? It can be one of the most stressful, disorienting, and lonely places t...
Ep 021: From Corporate to Creative Entrepreneur with Brand Stylist, Designer, Kristen Poissant
February 05, 2018 09:00 - 57 minutes - 80.5 MBToday on the Podcast, Rebranding: Inside & Out! If you're an ambitious, creative, woman (or feminist bloke) in your 30's — whose done everything "right" only to discover you've built the wrong castle — than this is the episode for you. Maybe this is you ... You're an overachiever whose climbed the corporate ladder in Advertising, Entertainment, or Tech. (Maybe you still are ... and you're questioning why). And you HAD IT with ... Working too many hours, with too many on-call days, ...
Ep 020: 5 Steps to Beat Overwhelm & Prioritize Goals with Karen Christensen
January 29, 2018 09:00 - 34 minutes - 48 MBToday on the Podcast, Giving Your Goals Mental Whitespace + Vision: Today I’m so grateful to be back, coming off our our extended holiday break where we took a hiatus from the poddy-pod and all its corresponding social media rabbit holes. And I cannot TELL YOU how sweet it feels to feel rested! Refocused and ready to roll! Not gonna lie ... I feel like a million bucks. (More on how I spent my hiatus and my own personal goal, which I'm proudly 4 weeks into achieving, in an upcoming epis...
Ep 019: 2017 Reflections + Guided Meditation with Karen Christensen
December 18, 2017 09:00 - 24 minutes - 35.9 MBToday on the Podcast, Rest and Reflection: As we close out 2017, before taking several weeks off for holidays, I thought I'd share one of my favorite morning rituals. It's a mantra meditation for you to use, on demand, whenever you find yourself feeling a little behind, a little alone, a little lost, a little scarce or a whole-lotta "not good enough." Cuz we've all been there! In fact, given where we were about this time last year (and ALL that's transpired since), I can't imagine anyone...
Ep 018: Getting to the Root with Naturopathic Doctor Emily FitzGerald
December 11, 2017 09:00 - 59 minutes - 83.2 MBToday on the Podcast, Getting to the Root: My mama likes to joke that of all her three children, I was the one who couldn't stop asking questions. She'd answer one and I'd roll right in with another ... and another ... and another. "But, why? What then? How come? Who, mama? Where? When?" On and on it would go. Gotta love kids! Turns out that curiosity would serve me well later on in life, although my husband would tell you our first date (thanks to Match.com, believe it or not) was like ...
Ep 017: How Successful Creative Entrepreneurs Plan for Failure with Karen Christensen
December 04, 2017 09:00 - 16 minutes - 25 MBToday on the Podcast, Celebrating Failure: Sounds crazy, right? Who could possibly see failure as something to toast? Let alone something to plan for? Well, saavvy and successful creative entrepreneurs — that's who. Those folks who, believe it or not, experience more satisfaction and more support when they fail than when they don't. Not because they love being embarrassed or because they're beseeching sympathy, but because they know the only feeling worse than failing ... is regret. ...
Ep 016: Find Your Purpose and Build Momentum with Karen Christensen
November 27, 2017 09:00 - 18 minutes - 27.4 MBToday on the Podcast, Momentum over Modules: Let's talk momentum. How do we build it and how do we keep it when the going gets tough? Last week, here in the U.S., many of us celebrated with families and friends; kicking off the holiday season. The hubs and I hosted our annual Friendsgiving in Venice Beach, we volunteered in our local community, caught up with loved ones, and headed to the mountains for an adorably kitchy Apple Butter Festival. Experiences Matter: And we did my favori...
Ep 015: How to Deal with Awkward Career Advice this Holiday with Karen Christensen
November 20, 2017 09:00 - 19 minutes - 26.8 MBToday on the Podcast: 5 Tips to Avoid the Awkward! I wanted to talk about something that comes up a lot around this time of year, which is holiday stress. As we're heading into Thanksgiving this week, Fall is here, we're cozying up, and things are winding down. All should feel calm on the home front, right? And, yet, as we gear up for more holiday parties — where you'll see family, you might even run into old colleagues, or face friends you haven't seen in a long time — you may be feel...
Ep 014: Styling Life and Business with Marie Forleo's Stylist Elsa Isaac
November 13, 2017 09:00 - 59 minutes - 83.8 MBToday on the Podcast, Guest Elsa Isaac: If you've ever achieved the very thing you said you "wanted" — only to feel like you didn't belong — than this is the episode for you. Before you abandon ship or change industries all together ... listen to this episode. The Power's in the Pivot: So often, when we feel disconnected or drained, we think we need to completely change careers. Run away. Close up shop. I remember a coaching client saying recently, "I have this habit of wanting to blo...
Ep 013: Digital Detoxing + 5 Best Practices with Karen Christensen
November 06, 2017 09:00 - 19 minutes - 27.3 MBToday on the Podcast: A Peek into How I Got My Time Back in 2017 If you’ve ever struggled with feeling drained, or maybe even defeated, by all the digital rabbit holes (Facebook and Twitter and Instagram and Pinterest and List Building and Sales Funnels and the million other Digital Marketing Strategies that you and I “should” be doing), then this is the episode for us both. Let's talk about something that’s been coming up within the Dreamcatchers District community over coaching, I’ve e...
Ep 012: Discovering Who You Are with Creative Biz Rebellion Caroline Hull
October 30, 2017 08:00 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBToday on the Podcast, Guest Caroline Hull: If you've ever been guilty of doing #AllTheThings than you know what it's like to be running on empty. Maybe you find yourself taking on too many projects, doing tasks you have zero skill or interest in, and chasing goals that aren't actually aligned with your values or longterm vision. But, like too many, you pound more coffee and pull more late nights. Why? Because you're a hard worker; maybe even a "helper." You want the best for everyone an...
Ep 011: Choose the Right Projects & Know You're Enough with Alison Haislip
October 23, 2017 08:00 - 1 hour - 86.6 MBToday on the Podcast, Guest Alison Haislip: If you're anything like most high achieving, ambitious, creative folk — than, no matter how much external "success" you acquire, you may be carrying around an invisible backpack of self-doubt. Your mind, at times, may be plagued with questions like, "Am I on the right path?" or "What will people think?" or "Can I even do it?" The fears can be so convincing that our bodies, our spirits, take a serious hit. You feel exhausted, worried about the f...
Ep 010: How to Get Out of Your Head, Fail Fast & Find Your Voice with Vanessa Bryan
October 16, 2017 08:00 - 55 minutes - 77.9 MBToday on the Podcast, Guest Vanessa Bryan: Got an unreasonable dream that feels impossible? Trying to put yourself "out there" but you're too in your head? Feeling drained by naysayers? Than this is the episode for you. Turns out, in the end, everything comes down to how quickly you can regroup. How diligently you can hold the vision, share your gifts, and trust yourself even amidst continuous fear and failure. Because truth? It's Time to Take Your Power Back: Sometimes there is "bea...
Ep 009: From Online Product to Retail Storefront with mamapreneur Ana Maria Munoz
October 09, 2017 08:00 - 48 minutes - 67.3 MBToday on the Podcast, Guest Ana Maria Munoz: For anyone who may be feeling like they've started the wrong creative business, or like they just can't imagine their current endeavor being their "forever thing," this is the episode for you. Given our culture's obsession with "being the best," it can feel counterintuitive to not keep going, keep pushing, keep hustling. This is especially true for high performers, high achievers, who identify themselves as "do-ers" and who thrive on "making ...
Ep 008: How To Take Nothing Personally & Live For Today with Alex Albrecht
October 02, 2017 08:00 - 1 hour - 97.8 MBToday on the Podcast, Guest Alex Albrecht: If you're anything like most creative entrepreneurs (or living and breathing humans) than you may have, at one time or another, held yourself back; too scared to "put yourself out there." Despite all of your talents and gifts, needs and desires, capabilities and smarts — you may have been playing it "safe" for fear of what others might think or say. And in this internet age, honestly, it's understandable. But, as coaching clients will tell you...
Ep 007: When Mindset, Rituals & Design Really Count with Emmanuel Belliveau
September 25, 2017 08:00 - 56 minutes - 79 MBToday on the Podcast, Guest Emmanuel Belliveau: If you've ever had a dark night of the soul, where you lost sight of who you were or what you wanted or why you started, and you emerged stronger — than you know how important mindset, rituals and lifestyle design become. This is inner Creative Direction at its core. But if you're still going through it and you're looking for that light at the end of the tunnel, enter creative designer Emmanuel Belliveau whose multiple successes in enterta...
Ep 006: Start Where You Are, Stand Where You're Going with Karen Christensen
September 18, 2017 08:00 - 14 minutes - 19.9 MBToday on the Podcast: A peek into podcasting, my biz, willingness & capacity. Since the launch of this here poddy-pod, my team and I have received dozens upon dozens of emails and DMs and calls, as well as coaching clients, asking: • How do I start a podcast? • How do host my first event? • How do I write and perform my signature talk? • How do I sell out my first workshop? • How do I partner with panelists? • How do I get sponsors? • How do I get booked solid? • How do I g...
Ep 005: Chance Conversations & Creative Chops with HBO’s GIRLS Writer Producer Sarah Heyward
September 11, 2017 08:00 - 59 minutes - 82.4 MBToday on the Podcast: Sarah Heyward. If you've ever had an unexpected chance conversation, which truly changed the trajectory of your life and career (maybe you fell upon a creative project or a new community or a business mentor, agent, or coach), then you know it wasn't simply about being in the right place at the right time. Yes, there may have been some initial serendipity that fell in your favor. But for you to have experienced sustained success and satisfaction? A true transformat...
Ep 004: Money, Marriage and Business Models with mamapreneur Bari Tessler
September 04, 2017 08:00 - 58 minutes - 80.4 MBToday on the Podcast, guest Bari Tessler. I've said it before and I'll say it again, "The teacher is the student." And the best coaches, mentors, therapists are those who continually do their own work to heal and grow, understanding we're all in this dance together. So it's with great appreciation I introduce you to my dear colleague and personal mentor, Bari Tessler. As a Financial Therapist, Mentor Coach and Mamapreneur: Bari's work has been seen on Oprah.com, Inc.com, the Huffingt...
Ep 003: Why Integrity, Identity & Instagram Matter with Tyler J. McCall
August 28, 2017 09:00 - 1 hour - 84.3 MBToday on the Podcast, Guest Tyler J. McCall! People! I am beyond thrilled to introduce you to, my very new friend, Tyler. J. McCall. Tyler helps Creatives Use Instagram with Intention. To grow their lists, grow their communities, and grow their businesses. Teaching his clients how to use Instagram to tell stories, build relationships, and convert followers to fans — Tyler draws from his 10 years of experience in non-profit marketing, management and community organizing. He lives in...
Ep 002: How to Love Yourself & Go Pro with Heather Stewart
August 28, 2017 08:00 - 56 minutes - 78.6 MBToday on the Podcast, Guest Heather Stewart! I'm so excited to introduce you to one of my absolute favorite people on the planet, longtime friend, Heather Stewart. Heather is a Singer, Songwriter, Actress and Comedian. She was most recently featured on ABC's American Housewife and one of her original songs was just featured on NCIS (the world's most watched drama). And her comedy trio The Boobe Sisters who, according to The LA Times, blend their 1960's doowop with hilarious song parodi...
Ep 001: Confessions, Conversations & Creative Direction with Karen Christensen
August 24, 2017 14:57 - 18 minutes - 25.3 MBWelcome to The Dreamcatchers District Podcast! Have you ever thought, “What am I doing?” Well, my friend, you are not alone. And even the best of the best have been right where you are. I’m Karen Christensen and this is your weekly Dreamcatchers District. The place to be to face fear, get noticed and feel free. For confessions, conversations and creative direction — Mondays never felt so good. Why this Podcast, Why now ... I wanted a place where we could come together, every single...