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Focused & Unstoppable with Olivia West

33 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 rating

You’ve tried it all and now it’s your time to get what you really want! I'm Olivia West and I'll be hosting the brand new Focused & Unstoppable Podcast! Every Thursday I show up with journaling and productivity tips to help you find clarity on what you really want AND help you get focused until you get it! To launch the podcast, I'll be doing something daring... It's called the Let's Make it Happen series! I'm going to design and manufacture a physical product (from scratch) and I want you to join me behind the scenes. From A to Z, step by step, you'll see it all... My strategies, ideas, fails, wins, and lessons. So if you have a business idea you would love to make happen, this is your time! Subscribe to get some great tips every Thursday on how to become focused & unstoppable on your journey to making your dream come true! With gratitude, Olivia

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Episodes

#033: When You Follow Through On The Promises You Make To Yourself

July 30, 2020 19:00 - 8 minutes - 5.56 MB

Welcome to episode 33, season 3, the ''chill season'' where I'm unplugged, unedited and just connecting with you, sharing ideas about mindset, productivity and getting what you really want in life and business! In today’s episode, I share what I had to acknowledge before I could actually learn how to follow through on the promises I made to myself. If you’re like me and have struggled with making your dreams or projects happen in your life, I’ve got this question for you: Do you know who ...

#032: What was your first big dream?

July 23, 2020 07:00 - 5 minutes - 4.16 MB

Welcome to episode 32, season 3, the ''chill season'' where I'm unplugged, unedited and just connecting with you, sharing ideas about mindset, productivity and getting what you really want in life and business! If you’re like me, over the course of your life, you’ve had lots of dreams, and big ones too! I share my first ambitious dream in today’s episode. (It involves an elevator, a road map and a pinstripe suit!) And my question for you today: What was the first, or earliest big dream y...

#031: An Unexpected Productivity Booster: Verbal Flow Meditation

July 16, 2020 07:00 - 8 minutes - 5.64 MB

Welcome to episode 31, season 3, the ''chill season'' where I'm unplugged, unedited and just connecting with you, sharing ideas about mindset, productivity and getting what you really want in life and business! Question for you: Have you ever tried letting your mind do what it naturally enjoys doing to help you boost your productivity? Letting your thoughts flow intentionally to help you get that extra sauce you need to get going on your most important work? You see, a while back, I stum...

#030: ''Don't hate me because I'm beautiful!''

July 09, 2020 10:00 - 5 minutes - 3.57 MB

Welcome! We're continuing with season 3, the ''chill season'' where I'm unplugged, unedited and just connecting with you, sharing ideas about mindset, productivity and getting what you really want in life and business! Today, I'm talking about confidence! My question for you is:  What is one thing that when you do it, it makes you feel confident? I would love to hear from you! You can comment on my FB post.   

#029: Are you in a cycle of false starts?

July 02, 2020 18:00 - 9 minutes - 6.52 MB

To set the tone for Season 3, I created an unedited, unpolished, just-me-and-you episode. I call it the Chill Season. The topic for today: living in a cycle of false starts. Please let me know in the comments if you've ever been caught in a false start cycle and if you've managed to break it, how did you do it? You can comment here on this episode’s FB post.

#028: Season 2 Finale: Seasons 3 & 4 and Trust

June 25, 2020 17:00 - 7 minutes - 4.88 MB

Welcome and thank you for being here! Turns out that this podcast has seasons and today is F&U’s season 2 finale! In today’s episode, I share about the chill plan for season 3 and the exciting plan for season 4! I also take you behind the scenes of my experience with my FB ad for my new offer, the Sweet Focus System!   Hint: I’ll tell you how I’ll attempt to build trust with people who see my ads but have no clue who I am! I can’t wait to meet you back here next Thursday! With so much ...

#027: "If I can do it…" A message from a girl who used to get distracted by the wind

June 18, 2020 19:00 - 8 minutes - 6.05 MB

When I first started the Focused & Unstoppable podcast, I launched with the Let’s make it happen series and my goal was to share a message with the world of creative and ambitious women who had many dreams. Who’ve tried it all, but who’s own genius and power got in their way of achieving what they carried in their hearts every single day. Whether it was starting a business or writing a book. The message was this: I struggled for years to make my dreams happen but I finally found a way to b...

#026: A Message of Hope and Strength from Willie Murphy, an 83-yr-old Bada$$

June 11, 2020 18:00 - 24 minutes - 16.6 MB

A lot of people are hurting right now. Humans are feeling exhausted and angry that other humans, Black people are STILL losing their lives to state-sanctioned violence and racism. And with the pandemic, families have been torn apart.   The news, the images, the posts, it’s a lot, and it’s painful. I felt like this was a good time to share something that feels good to hear, because it’s ok to wanna look around for inspiration and hope especially in a time when we feel like the earth is sha...

#025: The Honest Truth of What it Takes to Make it Online with Caroline Onyedinma

June 04, 2020 07:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MB

Welcome welcome to the 24th episode of the Focused & Unstoppable Podcast! So happy to have you here today with me and with my special guest Caroline Onyedinma!  Caroline helps experts create, market, and sell lucrative offers online and in our interview, she shares some pretty honest tips about the reality of going from a corporate job to making it on your own. She brings her experience to the table and reveals: Mistakes that people ignore when they make the switch from 9-5 to a biz onli...

#024: An Update on Making My Dream Happen!

May 28, 2020 07:00 - 8 minutes - 5.57 MB

A dream goal I believed would’ve taken me about 12 weeks to reach has taken me 5 months and the clock is still ticking! A brief message of encouragement: Whatever dream you have, whether it’s on the back burner, in the oven or on your plate (I must be hungry!), and no matter how long it takes to feel that you’ve made it... Do. Not. Give. Up.  Because your dreams are worth every minute, hour, month or year you spend: Thinking about them Planning them out Taking action on them and Ta...

#023: The Chat About Self-Worth That Changed Everything With Lori Fields

May 21, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 42.7 MB

Welcome to the Focused & Unstoppable Podcast! Today’s episode is a little special and here’s why… Back in 2017, I hosted a Podcast called I’m Enough.   (That podcast no longer exists) But I kept the episodes in safekeeping. Now the very first episode of the podcast was an interview I had with Lori Fields. Lori is a licensed clinical social worker, entrepreneur and Mindset & Peak Performance Coach. So, at the beginning of our interview, I  opened up to her about a feeling of insecurity ...

#022: The Secret Benefits of Simplifying Your Life & Business with Missy Campbell

May 14, 2020 07:00 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MB

Welcome to the 22nd episode of the Focused & Unstoppable podcast!  Our special guest today is Missy Campbell and she offers social media strategy and implementation—focusing on Pinterest and Instagram—content re-purposing and podcast promo to help creative online entrepreneurs take their business to the next level. Beneath it all, Missy helps her clients simplify their life and business! I’m so happy to have her on the show today! Let’s dive right in with Missy! EPISODE FREEBIE: https:/...

#21: The Unique Needs of the Highly Sensitive Humans and Empaths for Focus and Follow Through with Lindsay Hindle

May 07, 2020 07:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MB

INTRO  Welcome to the 21st episode of the Focused & Unstoppable podcast!  Our special guest today is Lindsay Hindle! She’s a Confidence and Follow-Through Mentor for ambitious, highly sensitive humans who need help finding their focused stride in the bigness of their ideas, feelings, and full lives.  Through the lens of "You live what you leave," she sees every role and opportunity as a spiritual practice to deepen one's life meaning, connection to others, self-expression, and leave an abu...

#020: How to get unstuck in your home organization with Suzanna Kaye

April 30, 2020 07:00 - 24 minutes - 17.2 MB

Welcome to the 20th  episode of the Focused & Unstoppable podcast!  Our special guest today, Suzanna Kaye, focuses on how to be more productive and organized - without all the extra rules and boring stuff. Her methods may be a bit out-of-the-box, but the results are REAL!! And that's what it's all about. Suzanna has been featured on:  HSN’s Healthy You show,  ADDitude Magazine,  Fox35 Good Day Orlando  She’s also an author on LinkedIn Learning with 10 courses and over 2 million student...

#019: The 3 Elements you need for Success in Your Business with Henriette Danel

April 23, 2020 07:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MB

Welcome to the 19th episode of the Focused & Unstoppable podcast.  Our wonderful guest today, Henriette Danel is a Strategic Business Coach, working with service-based female entrepreneurs to help them with their strategies to attract more clients and grow their businesses. Today she’s gonna be diving into the 3 elements you need for Success in Your Business: Mindset Strategy Action  And she dives into each one of them! EPISODE FREEBIE! 30 Resources on How to Attract More Clients LIN...

#018: How to Create an Ergonomically Friendly Workspace at Home with Sam Desroches

April 16, 2020 07:00 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MB

Welcome to the 18th episode of the Focused & Unstoppable podcast!  Today we have a special guest, his name is Sam Desroches and he’s a registered physiotherapist in London, Ontario, Canada, who focuses on active rehabilitation of musculoskeletal injuries.  Sam is not only passionate about helping people recover faster but also providing education about the root cause of the issue.  He uses his blog, myphysiosays.com, to promote healthy lifestyles to people around the globe. He’s also a certi...

#017: Refreshing productivity tips for multi-passionate creatives with Sagan Morrow

April 09, 2020 07:00 - 31 minutes - 22 MB

Welcome to the 17th episode of the Focused & Unstoppable podcast!   Today we have a special guest, her name is Sagan Morrow and she teaches busy, time-crunched solopreneurs how to build their own successful home-based businesses without the overwhelm! In this episode, Sagan will share with a refreshing outlook on how as a multi-passionate creative, can adapt productivity to your way of living. LINKS MENTIONED: Sagan’s course on productivity Sagan on Insta Sagan on Twitter NEXT WEEK: Come...

#016: How to Identify and Clear Your Visibility Blocks in the Context of COVID-19 With Wil Carlos

April 02, 2020 07:00 - 46 minutes - 31.8 MB

Welcome to the 16th episode of the Focused & Unstoppable podcast. Today we have a special guest, his name is Wil Carlos. Wil facilitates small business owners to clear visibility blocks with a unique energetic process called Energetic Magic. What the heck is that? It is a process for identifying and then releasing stuck, negative and old beliefs that no longer serve us. The result of this process is that Wil's clients sign new customers and drop resistance to doing sales and marketing - al...

#015: Special Episode: Get Your Free Stay @ Home IdeaBase!

March 27, 2020 03:00 - 7 minutes - 5.33 MB

With the COVID-19 era upon us, we’re having to adjust to our new indefinitely temporary stay-at-home life set up. That’s why for this episode, I’m sharing with you a list of resources that will help support you whether you need to re-think your business, learn how to homeschool or just need COVID-19 safe activities to enjoy this newfound time. I’ve asked in my circle of entrepreneurs to share what they got to help us with new challenges or just have plain fun with our kids.  This Stay @ Ho...

#014: How to Manage Emotional Eating During These Unprecedented Times

March 20, 2020 02:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MB

Welcome to the 14th episode of the Focused & Unstoppable podcast.  Today we have a special guest, her name is Kristin Jones. Welcome to the 14th episode of the Focused & Unstoppable podcast.  Today we have a special guest, her name is Kristin Jones. She is the owner of Kristin Jones Coaching, where she specializes in helping women address and manage issues with emotional eating and helps them to develop a healthy relationship with food that doesn’t involve counting calories, or ever dietin...

#013: 3 Lessons Learned + 1 Good-For-The-Soul Productivity Tip

March 12, 2020 21:00 - 10 minutes - 7.12 MB

Welcome to the Focused & Unstoppable Podcast! Last episode was the last episode of the Let’s make it happen series! And today I want to share some lessons I’ve learned during the series.  I have to say, I’m still on the journey of creating my offer which is the physical notes + a mini-course and so I’ll update you for the weeks to come on how that’s going.  So I thought it would be interesting to share with you the lessons I learned during the past 3 months! I will also share a Good-For-...

012: Let's Make it Happen Series pt.10: I Didn't Fail, it's the Beginning of a New Journey

March 05, 2020 22:00 - 20 minutes - 13.8 MB

Welcome to the 12th episode of the Focused & Unstoppable podcast.   This is the last official episode of the Let’s make it happen series and marks the beginning of a new journey together as we’ll dive into productivity and planning tips and with special guests with hot topics to help you will all aspects of your life and business. But don’t you worry, I will still update you with the progress of my Let’s Focus Notes for sure! I’ll reserve a few minutes before or after the episodes to share ...

011: Let’s Make it Happen Series pt.9: Adapting Your Plans When New Ideas Come Your Way

February 27, 2020 16:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MB

Welcome to the 11th episode of the Focused & Unstoppable podcast. For this episode, it’s just me! Sharing with you my progress, my challenges so far, and an interesting adjustment of plans that I’m hoping will help find different ways to adapt to new ideas that may come up while you’re already working on a business idea.   Since I started the Let’s Make it Happen series,  I’ve spoken to a lot of people on and off the show who’ve given me tips and insights that have positively influenced my ...

#010: Let’s Make it Happen Series pt. 8: Tips and Cautions when Choosing your Online Retail Channel for your Product with Lucy Kelly

February 20, 2020 18:00 - 44 minutes - 30.7 MB

Welcome! To the 10th episode of the Focused & Unstoppable podcast and we’re moving on to part 8 of the Let’s Make it happen series! This episode is jammed packed with very valuable tips and cautions when choosing a retail channel for your product!  Lucy Kelly has a successful handmade jewelry store online + she has a course called Bloom: Grow Your Handmade Business Online, it’s a step-by-step guide to show you how to take the seeds of business that you have planted and nurture them into a fu...

009: Let's Make it Happen Series pt. 7: How to Price your Product with Natasha Tous

February 13, 2020 20:00 - 38 minutes - 26.8 MB

Welcome to this episode about Pricing! I’ve been waiting for this moment because this is a topic that I really needed help with! My fear was that I would do all this work of developing my Let’s Focus Notes only to find out that it was not profitable. In today’s episode, Natasha Tous helps me get clarity on how to price my Let’s Focus Notes! Here are the burning questions she answers: How do I add value to my Let’s Focus Notes? How should I price the Let’s Focus Notes if I combine them w...

#008: Special Episode: Ideal Customer Avatar (ICA) Quickie Class + Update on Sue’s Feedback!

February 06, 2020 11:00 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MB

 Welcome! To this special 8th episode of the Focused & Unstoppable podcast! I'm turning this episode into a quickie class to teach about the ins and outs of your Ideal Customer Avatar (ICA) and why it's so important!

#007: Let's Make it Happen series pt. 6: The Adventures of Proving that my Product is Worth it

January 30, 2020 21:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MB

Hi!  Thank you for stopping by! In today's episode, I talk about: Update on the proof of concept: Feedback from my ICA Joanna and how I got 20 people to say yes quickly to test the Let’s Focus Notes. How I stalled the printing process because of fear and the two simple tricks that helped me unblock. An unexpected conversation I had with someone that turned out to be about a very very important subject that anybody in business needs to think about. As always, I share a piece of my journa...

006: Let’s Make it Happen series pt.5: How I Got Feedback for my Products but ain't Got Proof of Concept Just Yet!

January 23, 2020 11:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MB

Hi! I’m so glad you could make it to this episode! I had a hard time coming up with a title for this one because there are so many important points!  But then I remembered I can break it down for you here! So here’s what goes down in today’s episode.: The highlight: My guests Sue McLachlan and Joanna Kane give me their honest feedback on the concept of my product. (Let’s Focus sticky notes) And I’m gonna need to make a few tweaks! I give you an update about my experience with the printe...

#005: Let’s Make it Happen series pt.4: How I Designed my First Physical Product!

January 16, 2020 12:00 - 20 minutes - 4.76 MB

Hi! I’m really happy you’re here because today we’re talking about design! My friend Shanley is a designer and you’ll hear our conversation about our process and the one tool we used to make the design come together! I talk about one thing I haven’t said a peep about thus far. (Hint: $) I also share two important lessons about falling in love with features and putting ideas into the world. I hope these lessons will be valuable for you too!

004: LMH series pt.3: Two Secrets and a Plan

January 09, 2020 13:00 - 14 minutes - 9.74 MB

Hi! As you may already know, this is the Let’s Make it Happen series where I’m creating a product from scratch and taking you behind the scenes to experience this adventure with me.  My ultimate goal is that you join along and make a dream of yours happen too! In today’s episode, I do two things: Share with you the two secret reasons why I’m really embarking on this daring, crazy and vulnerable adventure. Share with you my 6-step plan that will serve as a guide and so you'll also know wh...

003: Let's Make it Happen series pt.2: How to Design Energy-Boosting Rituals You Won't Quit!

January 02, 2020 05:00 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MB

Before I jump into planning and creating my new product (sticky notes to help you focus)… I’m going to share with you the energy-boosting rituals that make me strong to take on big projects.  I show you my step-by-step process for how I design and implement my rituals and you get a free worksheet to help you do the same! Let’s go!  EPISODE FREEBIE: DESIGN YOUR ENERGY-BOOSTING RITUALS WORKSHEET Another freebie to learn a powerful journaling practice to help you become focused & unstoppabl...

002: Let's Make it Happen series pt.1: Choosing One Idea

December 26, 2019 17:00 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MB

I made it to the 2nd episode!  Today I share with you my two product ideas and my process for choosing just one. If you're joining along with the fun and need to help with choosing which one of your brilliant ideas you're gonna focus on right now, I've got you covered in this episode!  Episode freebie:  Big Idea Prioritizer  Another freebie to learn a powerful journaling practice to help you become focused & unstoppable! I also invite you to join the new Focused & Unstoppable Club! Join ...

001: Intro to the Podcast & Let's Make it Happen Series

December 18, 2019 20:00 - 7 minutes - 5.09 MB

Hi! I'm so happy you're here reading this!   This is the introductory episode to this podcast and I will be sharing about this daring series I'll be doing... It's called the Let's Make it Happen!  I'm going to design and manufacture a physical product (from scratch) and you'll see it all! From A to Z, step by step, my strategies, ideas, fails, wins, and lessons. So if you have a business idea inside of you and would love to make it happen, join me for the ride!  I'm doing this series to help...

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