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Crafted To Thrive

218 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 days ago - ★★★★★ - 32 ratings

Making a living with chronic illness is not easy and conflicting business advice fails to acknowledge the realities of growing a business with chronic illness. It’s time to say goodbye to one-size-fits-all strategies and unlock the missing links to growing a thriving business without compromising your health. As a globally-ranked host and award-winning business coach, Nikita Williams living with chronic illness, is here to equip you with proven techniques and personal insights to conquer the unique challenges of starting and growing a business while managing chronic illness. Get inspired by the stories of successful entrepreneurs who are thriving with chronic illness, discover sustainable ways to book more clients with ease, and join hundreds of women who have said “YES” to creating a profitable business that gives what you need to live and earn well. 

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Jasmine Star, Conquering The In-Between

May 03, 2019 05:58 - 30 minutes - 13.9 MB

On this episode of She’s Crafted To Thrive, our guest is Jasmine Star. She’s a photographer and business strategist from Newport Beach, California. If you are a creative entrepreneur and are struggling with family responsibilities, chronic health problems or even trying to figure what is happening next in your life or business, you’ll want to tune in.  The beautiful thing about Jasmine’s story is like all of us we are constantly going through changes no matter how great or not great our life...

3 Steps To Grow Your Creative Biz On Social Media

April 26, 2019 19:42 - 17 minutes - 8.23 MB

On this episode of She's Crafted To Thrive™ I share My 3 Steps that will help you to really create and connect to your ideal customers on social media. It’s time to shift your mindset and embrace your story. These steps will help you to plan, organize and grow your social reach online with fans and customers that will love you for life.  The steps I talk about in this episode are simple yet powerful. They have really served as a great foundation for my business when marketing online.  The fr...

How To Get Unstuck In Your Creative Biz

April 19, 2019 05:30 - 39 minutes - 18.2 MB

On this episode of She’s Crafted To Thrive, our guest is Rachel Leachman. She’s the owner of Rachel Keppeler Designs, a jewelry maker and designer based out of San Diego, Ca. If you are a handmade artist and feel stuck but and frustrated with being in creative rut this episode is for you. Rachel shares her very real look at what it feels to be stuck in her creative business and how she's working through it. This conversation a raw look into what it means to be a creative entrepreneur. It’s n...

How To Get Unstuck In Your Creative Biz

April 19, 2019 05:30 - 39 minutes - 18.1 MB

On this episode of She’s Crafted To Thrive, our guest is Rachel Leachman. She’s the owner of Rachel Keppeler Designs, a jewelry maker and designer based out of San Diego, Ca. If you are a handmade artist and feel stuck but and frustrated with being in creative rut this episode is for you. Rachel shares her very real look at what it feels to be stuck in her creative business and how she's working through it. This conversation a raw look into what it means to be a creative entrepreneur. It’s n...

One Step Leads To A Stronger You

April 12, 2019 11:00 - 48 minutes - 22 MB

On this episode of She’s Crafted To Thrive™, our guest is Crystalyn Aucoin, a jewelry designer from New Orleans and a mom to a superhero. She spent a decade in the jewelry industry but a major life-altering event changed the course of her journey and her outlook forever.  We learn how one step, no matter how small leads to healing and growth. She shares her tips & tools that help her to run a business and keep life in harmony while designing meaningful jewelry that women love .      Support...

5 Steps To Avoid Overwhelm Marketing Your Creative Business

April 05, 2019 04:00 - 19 minutes - 8.99 MB

On this episode of She's Crafted To Thrive™ I share my 5 Steps that will help you to avoid overwhelm when marketing your creative business online. I know you know the feeling at looking at all the things and feeling like this can’t be done. These steps will help to refocus and shift your mindset on how to market your business. To be real these steps have helped me in life in general. They have really served as a great foundation for my business when marketing online.    Support the show To...

How To Grow As A Mompreneur

March 29, 2019 04:00 - 51 minutes - 23.6 MB

On this episode of She’s Crafted To Thrive™ our guest is Christina Jones, a Personal Branding photographer. If you are a mom and you are looking for some inspiration to start or keep going in your business this conversation is for you. Our guest will tell you that Finding the balance of taking care of yourself, family and business is not for the faint of heart. But she shares some tips, mindset changes, and tools that will help you craft the life you want to live. Support the show To Start...

How To Uplevel Your Photography Business

March 21, 2019 04:00 - 39 minutes - 17.9 MB

On this episode of She’s Crafted To Thrive, our guest is Angie McPherson. She is a wedding and branding photographer based out of Virginia. If you are a side hustler or in a business and feeling stuck in the day to day of running your creative business, this is the episode for you. Angie shares her own journey of feeling the same way. Her success started in making different choices. Looking within herself gave her the motivation to change and grow. She shares her own experiences of how to cr...

My Endometriosis Story & What I've Learned That Helps Me in Business

March 15, 2019 04:00 - 43 minutes - 20.1 MB

On this episode of She’s Crafted To Thrive is a solo cast.  I will be sharing my personal Journey with endometriosis. In episode 8 I featured a fellow endo sister, Renee Hughes and we talked about her story and how to cope. I  wanted to share with you my raw thoughts and stories in hopes that will give the courage to carry on. Warning…. these are my own personal experiences, these are my own thoughts and my own feelings with dealing with this chronic illness. I'm going to share with you 3 th...

Endometriosis, How to Cope in Life & Business

March 08, 2019 05:00 - 40 minutes - 18.7 MB

On this episode of She’s Crafted To Thrive our guest is the Renee Hughes, Aromatherapist, Certified Health Coach, and my friend. We get real honest and talk about her endometriosis story and how she copes with it in her life and business.  Renee Hughes shares her endometriosis story and how she found a way to cope with it in her life and business while doing all the amazing things. I hope you find some comfort, some answers, some inclusion when you hear the story and feelings that we talked...

Building A Community Of Boss Women

February 12, 2019 05:00 - 52 minutes - 24.2 MB

On this episode of She’s Crafted To Thrive our guest is the founder and owner of Babe Crafted, Gina Moccio.  She’s located in Tampa Bay and I am super excited to feature this amazing Florida Local. If you’ve ever wondered if you should join a business community type membership this is a conversation you should listen to. As you all know I am a huge believer that stories and community can build strong businesses. Gina has made that her path and mission. Throughout the conversation you’ll lear...

The Numbers... Are People

November 09, 2018 17:00 - 23 minutes - 10.9 MB

On this episode of She's Crafted To Thrive. I’m so excited to say it’s a solo-cast, that’s right folks just me. I talk about a project that I've been working on and a few stories of what led me to it. But Why did I name this episode The Numbers Are People?  Well, I’m sure you hear this all the time, numbers matter, the more numbers you have the more Yes’s you receive. This is true. I 100% understand this fundamental marketing principle. But I'm a big believer that relationships matter the mo...

The Importance Of Being Organized

September 14, 2018 04:00 - 46 minutes - 21.4 MB

On this episode of She's Crafted To Thrive™ our Guest is Laura Neff a Photographer, Workflow Extraordinaire, and Educator for Creatives! As small business owners, creatives and not to mention all the other roles women fill feelings of being overworked, overwhelmed, and underpaid are common among us. We may be organized in something's but being organized in business usually does not come so easy. Many times we find ourselves trying to reinvent the wheel or getting stuck in the day to day aspe...

"Learn to Value Yourself"

August 06, 2018 04:00 - 38 minutes - 17.8 MB

On this episode of She's Crafted To Thrive™ our Guest is TeAirra Mitchell, a family photographer who shares how learning to value yourself can increase your confidence and business. You’ll hear TeAirra’s very touching and real story on how she discovered her craft, what it means to her and what value it brings to her clients. A lot of time we look to the outside to tell us what we have to give but it starts within. Support the show To Start and Grow A Coaching Business with Chronic Illness...

"Be Yourself and Don't Be Afraid"

August 06, 2018 04:00 - 49 minutes - 22.9 MB

On this episode of She's Crafted To Thrive™ our Guest is Hannah Martini, a wedding, and senior photographer. Hannah was featured on my Blog earlier this year and in less than 3 months has seen MASSIVE Growth in her business. Which included being featured in Jasmine Star’s Social Curator. Hannah and I get real about the realities of social media and how the numbers can lie! If you are a photographer or creative and you find yourself in a rut you’ll learn what worked for Hannah and I’m sure it...

"Finding The Real YOU"

August 06, 2018 04:00 - 40 minutes - 18.7 MB

As women, we have to juggle all the things and that usually means at the expense of ourselves. On this episode of She's Crafted To Thrive™ our Guest is Courtney Elmer, a life and business coach showing women how to Stress Less and Live More! Support the show To Start and Grow A Coaching Business with Chronic Illness, Book A Free Sales Call With Nikita Here. Loved this episode? Leave a review: https://www.craftedtothrive.com/reviews/new/ Subscribe HERE to Chronically Profitable, a weekly ex...

Who? What? Why?

August 06, 2018 04:00 - 26 minutes - 12.3 MB

My very first episode, So welcome! You’ll learn about me your host and why this podcast was launched. The She’s Crafted To Thrive Podcast was started because of a need and a passion to share valuable content that truly touches your heart. That’s my goal anyway. I hope it inspires you! Support the show To Start and Grow A Coaching Business with Chronic Illness, Book A Free Sales Call With Nikita Here. Loved this episode? Leave a review: https://www.craftedtothrive.com/reviews/new/ Subscribe...

"Get Serious About Business"

August 06, 2018 04:00 - 35 minutes - 16.1 MB

On this episode of She's Crafted To Thrive our Guest is Cierra Camper, a young photographer that is serious about her business. A common problem for new photographers is learning how to run a business and to be yourself.  Cierra shares her journey on how she went from running her business like a hobby to an actual business. Support the show To Start and Grow A Coaching Business with Chronic Illness, Book A Free Sales Call With Nikita Here. Loved this episode? Leave a review: https://www.cra...

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