Ep 27: I Led an AI Workshop, Gave a Keynote, and Packed My House—Here’s What Grounded Me

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Last week I taught an AI workshop.

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Actually two keynoted, a leadership

seminar, hosted a spouse event, and packed

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my entire house For an international

move, I should have been a puddle

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of mess, but I wasn't because I had

three rituals that kept me grounded

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and one all in one tool that truly

let me lead, sell, and still sleep.

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So grab your cup of whatever's

keeping you steady and let's dive in.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to Heart LED CEO, the

podcast for women wellness entrepreneurs

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who are ready to build scale and automate

their businesses without sacrificing

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their soul, sanity, or authenticity.

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I'm Anacani Walters, a

nurse turned entrepreneur.

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Military spouse, first time mama in

my forties, and a recovering burnout

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survivor who's making it a mission

to help heart led women just like

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you, create thriving businesses that

really feel good, do good, and give

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you the freedom that we all deserve.

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Because here's the thing, you don't

have to hustle harder to succeed.

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You don't have to drown in tech

overwhelm or try to do everything

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alone, and I'm here to give you the

strategies, automation tools, and

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mindset shifts that will help you

step fully into that leader, CEO, and

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impact maker that you are meant to be.

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If you're ready to grow your business in

a way that aligns with your values and

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your life, you are in the right place.

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Let's get into today's episode.

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Speaker: Hey, beautiful.

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Welcome back.

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I wanna do a quick episode.

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So I want you to like just

picture this, like it's 9:00

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PM it's still hot and humid.

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Here in Okinawa, Japan.

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I have slides opened up on

one screen, moving boxes in a

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disastrous house surrounding me.

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Literally, I'm suffocating in

like things that need to be packed

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or moved or shift, and tomorrow.

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I am teaching an AI workshop to

50 military spouses, then heading

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straight into day two of the same

leadership seminar where I'm also

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facilitating, and guess what?

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Giving a keynote speech, my

nervous system is buzzing.

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My to-do list is screaming.

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My toddler is wandering around the

house asking for water and being

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potty trained at the same time.

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Now the old me would've powered

through, stayed up multiple nights

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till one, two o'clock in the morning,

maybe have skipped sleep altogether.

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White knuckled, caffeinated, and.

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Burnt out from both ends.

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This version of me today, though

I paused because I've learned that

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leadership isn't about holding more.

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It's about learning how to maximize

AI and automation for what doesn't

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need my humanness to be present.

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And that week really taught me three

grounding rituals that have saved my

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sanity, and remind me that AI is not cold.

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It is warm capacity.

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Wrapped up in my magic, and this

really was what my last week was.

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I survived.

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I had so much fun.

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I think I over, you know, in all

honesty and true transparency,

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I definitely squeezed too much.

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I, my overgiving self nature

said yes to too many things and I

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could have, toned that part down.

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But nonetheless.

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I wasn't staying up until

1:00 AM to do it all.

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I actually ended up having to deliver

two prerecorded expert, um, workshops.

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I did two AI workshops, one for a

private group and one for the seminar.

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Facilitated all three days of that

seminar and keynote and um, it was

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just a crazy, crazy week, but I.

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Before every presentation, before going

on stage, before hitting that record, I

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was able to stop and I closed my eyes and

I did my four box breath where I use my

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fingers and I take my thumb to each of

the other four fingers and just repeat.

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Peace begins with me, and

that's how I pretty much focus.

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So that I remember when to inhale to

the count of four, hold for the count

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of four, exhale to the count of four.

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And I keep doing that and I use my fingers

back and forth to kind of help ground me.

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It gives me something to focus on and

then it also helps me remember, 'cause

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I always have a hard, hard time holding

between the exhales, the inhales, but

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that single like minute that I use

that time to do that little exercise.

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Helps me hold my body to

let it know that it is safe.

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So when you're calm.

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And your body feels that

your message starts to land

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with power instead of panic.

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Literally.

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Like I, in my mind, was trying to be

someone that I admire, like currently

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right now, and I was trying so

hard following their, their slides,

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presentation like tips and cadence and

using, you know, all of their methods.

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Trying to literally record myself

so that I could memorize my script.

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And right as I was going up on

stage, I was starting to panic.

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I was forgetting everything that I had

memorized, and I had to just take that

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moment, take some deep breaths, shake

it out, do a little cheap break, and

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it came to that realization that I am

trying to be something that I'm not,

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and I need to be who I am and just

enjoy the process and just go up there.

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And if nothing else, just talk about

what I already know how to talk about.

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Even if I get lost in the slide

presentation and it worked.

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I actually remembered most of it and

was able to put it into my own words.

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So it came actually off more naturally

and was way more accepted than I

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think it would have been had I stood

behind the podium and do what I

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instinctually was like, you know what?

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I'm just not gonna go on stage.

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I'm just gonna stand behind this

podium and look down and read verbatim.

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So I want you to try this method before

your next Zoom call, or you're live on

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Instagram or Facebook, or before you

hit record for a prerecorded training.

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You'll feel your voice drop an octave

in like your own truth in magic and just

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relax and you'll maybe enjoy yourself

if speaking is not your strong suit.

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Now I have a second ritual, which is

my one page plan, and it's basically

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a Google doc that I have that lists

everything in one sheet, my offer

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for the month, the belief that like

my UVP, my unique value proposition,

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what makes me different from everybody

else that's doing the same thing.

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What do I believe that empower her wave?

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Is doing, what is my why?

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What is my mission, my story?

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What makes me unique?

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What am I who am I talking to

and what do I want them to do?

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And when life is like loud and

chaotic, I still have clarity.

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And I can make the space to have

that quiet moment to kind of

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refocus and remember what I'm doing.

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And so that page really becomes

my compass no matter what.

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Chaos starts to brew, whatever

waves are crashing down, I know

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what I'm doing and why it matters.

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And then the second ritual is.

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My AI assistance and

so I don't doom scroll.

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I try not to.

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I try to be there intentionally,

make sure that I praise

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people and I spread the love.

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I spread my energy across the socials

like I would in person, you know,

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asking people how they're doing,

showing them love, engaging, and giving

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that, that energy exchange because I'm

hoping to get it back, um, and just

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inspire and make the algorithm feed

a little bit less traumatic and sad.

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And.

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I also know that I, on the backend, have

the best all in one platform working

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for me, which is my high level system.

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I have AI employees that draft recaps

of my trainings and my meetings.

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They help me reply to dms and answer

questions that are repetitive that I

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don't necessarily need to be involved

in, and when I do, they notify me.

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They help schedule my meetings.

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They help sell my courses all

while I'm packing or sleeping

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because of the fact that I realize

I'm in a different time zone.

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And most people who are part of my clients

space, they're not in the same time zone.

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I'm asleep when they're awake and

they're awake when I'm asleep.

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But I don't worry about it

because I have AI employees

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that are helping me bridge that.

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Space.

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They are built in workflows meant to help

me lead keynote speeches and nurture.

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I was able to do like a prenatal birth

prep class for a Okinawa doula group

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here at the library because I had that,

literally that Friday after I had done

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all those AI workshops and the keynotes.

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And that shift, I want that for everybody

because I was hustling with no help.

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I was spending so much money across like

10 different platforms trying to piece it

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all together, duct taping it and crossing

my fingers that like nothing would

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break, and now it's all in one system.

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AI is so built into it to help

me so that if it's not intuitive,

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it can help explain it to me in

a way that actually makes sense.

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I love learning with it.

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The community supportive, the

customer support is amazing, and the

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possibilities for how it can support

you in your business is limitless.

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And I used to feel like leadership

meant doing everything by myself.

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Because I needed to prove

that I could do it by myself.

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And when I got pregnant, I really

realized that pregnancy like parenting is

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exactly how entrepreneurship should be.

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Like we are forced to feel

like we have to do it alone.

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And when we ask for help,

it's a indication that we

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have no idea what we're doing.

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Well guess what?

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Nobody really actually knows what they're

doing when they're raising their children.

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That's why we are, they saved.

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It takes a village to raise a child.

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That's where that comes from.

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And I feel like it's the same way

with entrepreneurship and business.

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We were never meant to

build our businesses without

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support, without a community.

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And it means now that we

have this unique ability to.

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Join this AI space and movement in

a meaningful and productive way, and

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design a system that allows us to rest

while our business keeps breathing,

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so that we can continue to serve,

to maximize our reach, to save more

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people, to reach and keep them from

whatever pain that we have experienced

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that we are now called to mission and.

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Heal and keep other people from

having to walk that same path.

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That's what AI has done for me in

a way that feels organic and right

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and beautiful, just like I know how

to do that for my students when they

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come to me because their nervous

system is a mess, and giving them

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that space to really feel that true

meaning of exhaling and relaxing.

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And if you're ready to feel like

that exhaling your business,

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I invite you to join me.

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And guess who my favorite coach?

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Molly Mahoney High level is inviting her

to lead a two day build your AI sales

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team workshop with them, and you're

gonna learn how to create an AI employee.

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Several.

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She's gonna show you how to do it

over the course of two days that.

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Leads, I mean, sorry, the answers leads,

they're going to follow up automatically.

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They're, she's gonna show you how

to build a voice and a chat one,

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so you have the option of two.

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Because like for me, I don't really

have a phone line, but if you are a

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brick and mortar, or you still have

a phone that you are using to have

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clients call you on, you can now.

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Help have AI help you with those calls

so that you only have to take the

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ones that you really need to take.

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And what is she doing?

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She's literally showing you

how to take back your time.

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Now, I'm gonna put my

link in the show notes.

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It's completely free.

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I'm gonna be attending because

I love learning from this woman.

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She's incredible.

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I love the magic that she brings,

and she really teaches people

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how to embrace ai, even if you're

scared and how to humanize it.

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And when you continue to, um, you know,

with high level beyond the free 'cause

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once you join, if you don't have high

level, you can get a 14 day free pass so

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that you can check it out on the backside.

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You can even build with Molly alongside

her live during the two day training.

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But should you, because I know you

will see how freaking amazing it

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is and the value, like how much you

pay versus what you get is like mind

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blowing when you do it through my link.

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You'll also get access inside of

my Heart and Hustle Seal Club.

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Which is my baby, my platform.

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We do a strategy call every

week to help you build out your

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content for the next month.

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We also do a masterclass.

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You get a free community, you get all

the courses that I've ever created,

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and more as things continue to move

and I learn and then I teach you guys.

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And we map out automations together.

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I help support you with your high level.

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If you have questions during our strategy

calls, it's amazing and you get access

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to that once you become a paid user

of high level beyond your free trial.

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So that is something that you want

or your curious about, just sign up.

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The workshop itself is free.

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You get 14 days of high level free.

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And should you continue on and

you use my link, guess what?

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You get even more gifts and then you

get to hang out with me even more.

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That's amazing.

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Now, if this episode grounded you

or it hit something, or it gave

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you an aha or an inspiration.

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I'd encourage you to hit

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quick review and I'd love to cheer you on.

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Give you some, some web love,

and you can also just tell me

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about your favorite ritual.

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I'd love to learn what other people are

doing to keep themselves grounded, and

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I love celebrating other people's wins.

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And as your final reminder, my beautiful

friend, you do not need to do it all.

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That is not how you were

meant to lead at all.

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Systems do not steal your soul.

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They safeguard it and your time.

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As always, continue to be you.

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Continue to be beautiful.

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Continue leading from your heart, and

I will catch you in the next episode.

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Speaker 3: All right, beautiful.

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That's a wrap on today's episode,

but before you go, let's talk

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about something really important.

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You are not just another entrepreneur

trying to figure things out alone.

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You are a wave leader, someone whose work

is meant to create real impact, touch

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the lives of others, and make this world.

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Better, and I want you to know

you don't have to do it alone.

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If today's conversation resonated

with you, I'd love to keep this energy

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going inside of my free Facebook

community, empower Her Biz Collective.

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It's where we take these conversations

deeper with life trainings, tech

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walkthroughs, and real heart-centered.

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So.

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Support from other women wellness

entrepreneurs who really get it.

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So if you're ready for community

clarity and support, as you build

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your own business with heart and ease,

I'd invite you to come and join us.

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You'll find the link in the show notes.

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