Ep 025: Side Hustles with Intrapreneur & The Driven Yogi founder, Keisha Courtney

Dreamcatchers District Podcast - Mindset, Authentic Marketing, Coaching, Goals, Creative Entrepreneur, Online Business, Fear

Today 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 drive and determination. Always have been; always will be. But doors, too often, have been closed.

And because of that, maybe a lot of things (in a lot of different areas) have been hard won.

Maybe it's taken a whole lot of blood, sweat, and tears to get where you are; to overcome what you've had to overcome. Maybe life's dealt some pretty brutal blows. But despite it all, you're still here. Passionate. Purposeful. And PERSEVERING!

Because history has taught you, "I AM more than this."

And so, whether out of self-preservation and necessity or your own creative hustle, you're a self-starter, a risk-taker, a soul made of gumption and grit. But grace? But patience? Maybe not so much. Until now.

Enter my Conversation with Intrapreneur, Keisha Courtney ...

A self-proclaimed Type A and Yoga Skeptic, Keisha now finds balance on and off the mat as a lifelong learning student, teacher, and human rights advocate.

Having volunteered to end trafficking in India, at a shelter for children in Kenya, and with a human rights organization in Cambodia — Keisha’s trauma informed training (as well as her celebration of women’s sensuality and body positivity) is one that resonates deeply with my own background as both a survivor and an agent of change. And I cannot wait for you all to meet her, here in LA, at a future workshop or retreat.

But balance, grace, and a love for the process hadn't always come easily even to this Emmy winning, former, TV News reporter whose always preferred to have her "ducks in a row." Through launching her own side hustle, The Driven Yogi, and being awarded the Pole Sport Organization Goldengate Level 2 Champion — she found it: the permission to breathe and embrace the process.

In this Episode We Talk About:

• Why women must champion each other (even when going after the same dreams)

• What to do when you've outgrown your friends and career

• How to cultivate new community with people who are driven

• The Creative Direction that comes with serving others

• Why the life of a TV News Reporter is not as glamorous as it seems

• How to watch out for "either or" thinking and the value of blending disciplines

• What to do when things don't go your way + How to motivate yourself

• Why taking a break won't make you fall behind but will increase your creativity

• What's problematic about making choices simply by convenience

• The 3 reasons you need a shared experience with an in-person group

• How to be resourceful no matter what you're circumstance or circle

• When she first learned the lesson of "closed mouths don't get fed"

• The #1 thing that gave her confidence to launch The Driven Yogi

• Talking about Self-Care + How to teach with trauma informed leadership

• Why Intrapreneurs are 33% less likely to fail when they launch their business full time

• Navigating ignorant stigmas & when she decided to share ALL of herself

• The #1 best piece of advice her mentor ever gave her for life on & off the mat

If you've attended a live Dreamcatchers District event in LA, coached with me privately, been invited to one of our secret virtual masterclasses, or applied for an immersive planning retreat weekend and mastermind — then you already know how much allowing yourself to start, to be an awkward beginner, to outgrow your current circumstance or circle all plays into our practices for inner and outer Creative Direction.

These are core components of Energy Leadership, Creative Direction, and Mastermind Mentorship.

And they are KEY for becoming who you really are.

Get Ready to Hear All The Behind-The-Scenes Stories & Insights.

Mentioned in this Podcast:

• Follow Keisha: Website , Instagram

• Quotes: "Closed mouths don't get fed."

• Past Episodes: EP #017 "How Successful Creative Entrepreneurs Plan for Failure"

• The Dreamcatchers District: Creative Direction for Your Beliefs, Body, Biz & Brand GET INVITED TO LIVE LA + VIRTUAL EXPERIENCES

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