I have been on a healing journey with plant medicines and ceremony for years, and when I get to sit down with someone like Chelsea Renee, someone who facilitates transformation for others for a living, I am fully in my element.

Chelsea is a serial entrepreneur, community architect, ceremony facilitator, and the creator of Fempire, a biannual business summit for wild female entrepreneurs with a dress code of business to Burning Man. She also channeled her own breathwork technique, Activate Breathwork, to help people connect with their ancestors and spirit guides, and leads a nonprofit supporting women-owned businesses.

We talk breathwork, the power of getting in rooms, the shadow side of evolving, and how Chelsea built a movement so much bigger than herself that she sold it to her own nonprofit for a dollar. This one is deep, joyful, and genuinely life-giving.

In this episode, you will learn:

• [02:10] Chelsea's multi-passionate entrepreneurial path and the through line connecting all her companies
• [07:10] What Activate Breathwork is and how it connects you with your ancestors and spirit guides
• [11:00] Why breathwork is one of the fastest ways to step into your next-level identity
• [16:50] The deep power of in-person events and what you can never replicate online
• [22:30] The shadow side of evolving: what happens when your identity wants to stay comfortable
• [31:10] What makes Fempire different and why the masterminding format is a game changer

Here are the resources mentioned in the show:

• Follow Chelsea on Instagram
• Activate Breathwork
• Fempire Events: May 16-17 and November 7-8
• Join the 10K in May Challenge
• Desire AI
• The Wealthy Creative Society

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What would happen if you set a big, unreasonable sales goal for May and actually brought your customers along for the ride? In this episode, I am breaking down the stretch goal mindset that has helped hundreds of jewelry designers hit $10K months and beyond, even when it felt completely impossible.

I share the real story of Lindsay, a student mentor inside the DBE Sales Accelerator, who had never crossed $8,000 in a month before setting a $10K goal and ending May with $12,000 in sales. I also share the story of Twyla Dill, a multiple six-figure jewelry designer who enrolled her audience in a five-week $100,000 challenge and made it one of the most fun seasons of her business.

This episode is packed with practical strategy: how to shift from desperation energy to invitation energy, how to share your goal without it feeling cringe, and the three revenue-generating activities that drive real results. Plus, I am talking about the 10K in May Challenge and how Desire AI can help you execute all of it without spending hours staring at a blank screen.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• [00:00] How spending too much time on marketing (instead of making jewelry) is costing you , and what Desire AI was built to fix
• [04:59] Why playing it safe with your goals is actually doing your customers a disservice
• [06:30] The stretch goal mindset: why realistic goals don't motivate and what to do instead
• [09:48] Lindsay's story: from $30 in sales on day three to $12,000 by the end of May
• [12:10] Twyla's story: how she enrolled her audience in a $100K challenge and made it feel like a celebration
• [14:48] Why keeping your goals private is the biggest mistake most creatives make

Here are the Resources Mentioned in the Show:

• Join the 10K in May Challenge
• Desire AI
• The Wealthy Creative Society

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Have you ever said you want to be seen, that you want to sell more, that you're ready to show up, and then found yourself hiding again without even knowing why? That's the question at the center of this episode, and my guest Anna Holtzman has the answer. It's not a discipline problem. It's not laziness. It's your nervous system.

Anna is a therapist-turned-coach who helps sensitive creatives move through the fear of visibility and finally launch the work that feels most true to them. After 15 years in TV and publishing, including a decade editing reality TV for MTV, and her own battle with chronic pain and burnout, Anna discovered the nervous system tools that helped her unlock her voice. Now she helps others do the same.

In this conversation, we get into why going blank, losing interest, or suddenly feeling 'meh' about your big idea is actually your nervous system in disguise. Anna breaks down her journaling method for dialoguing with fear, what co-regulation is and how to use it, and the exact moment she realized that one anonymous blog review had made her unconsciously abandon her own film. If you keep ghosting your own business, this episode is your wake-up call.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• [01:15] The question that opens everything: why do creatives keep ghosting their own audiences?
• [02:30] Tracy on the reticular activating system, subconscious fear, and what true wealth actually means
• [04:57] Anna Holtzman: therapist, coach, MTV editor, and nervous system expert
• [05:50] Anna's journey from architecture to publishing to reality TV (yes, including MTV's MADE)
• [08:01] The documentary, the David Lee Roth interview, and the anonymous blog review that changed everything
• [12:24] How one pebble to the heart made Anna unconsciously disappear from her own work, and why it became a pattern

Here are the resources mentioned in the show:

• Anna's free visibility workshop
• Follow @anna_holtzman on Instagram
• Anna's podcast: How to Trust Yourself
• Desire AI
• The Wealthy Creative Society

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