If you’ve been using legal documents for a while but you aren’t sure if they’re really covering your buns, this episode is for you. It’s one thing to use a Client Agreement or Website Terms and Conditions, but it’s another thing altogether to know whether or not they’re actually protecting you - or whether they have holes and vulnerabilities that expose you to risk. In this episode, you learn 4 easy steps to know whether or not your legal documents have your back.

In this episode, Lisa shares:

• 4 steps to find out whether your legal documents cover you 
• Step 1—Take inventory of your legal documents to see what legal documents you already have in place 
• Learn which key legal documents are most often needed when working with clients
• Step 2—For each legal document, ask yourself, “where did I get this document?”
• Step 3—Once you’ve identified the source of the legal document, have it reviewed by a lawyer who understands your work
• Why it’s beneficial to work with a lawyer who clearly understands your programs and services and the work that you do 
• Step 4—After you hire a lawyer, your document will be reviewed and possibly edited, or you’ll receive a recommendation for a brand new contract or DIY Legal Template
• Why Lisa aligns legal documents with the sacral chakra

Resources:
Easy Legal Steps - download the first book chapter free!

Episode 27 - “Legal Basics: Your First 3 Legal Steps” 

Episode 18 - 3 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Copy Your Friend’s Legal Document

Episode 98 - 3 Types of Client Agreements for 1-on-1 Clients, Masterminds and Combo Programs

Episode 72 - What Can Happen When You Create Your Own Legal Documents

Episode 37 - Top 10 Questions to Ask When Hiring a Lawyer

Most wellness and health coaches are aware of what foods are considered healthy and which foods don’t make the cut. However, when it comes to eating healthy, not everyone understands the important differences between physical hunger and emotional hunger. I’ve invited Jessica Procini to share 3 tips to help you really dive deep into the “why” of your hunger and learn the importance of eating with integrity so you can escape from emotional eating.

More about Jessica Procini:

Jessica Procini is an Emotional Eating Healer and the founder of Escape From Emotional Eating®. She is on a mission to help others use food as fuel rather than a way to cope, soothe or escape their busy, stressful life. She consciously created and specifically designed Escape From Emotional Eating from her own emotional eating journey because Overeaters Anonymous didn’t resonate and therapy wasn’t enough when it came to getting help to fully end her fight with food. Now being 100% free from her compulsions with food, she helps others do the same through her levels of support, such as her retreats called The ESCAPE, her year-long transformational programs and through her various public talks, events and workshops.

Jessica has been awarded the “Top Health Coach Award” by the Institute of Psychology of Eating three years in a row and has been featured on various media outlets such as CBS, Philadelphia Magazine and MindBodyGreen, just to name a few. To learn more about her visit EscapeFromEmotionalEating.com

In this episode, Lisa and Jessica share:

• What emotional eating is and how Jessica discovered her passion to help people escape from emotional eating
• How to recognize if you might be an emotional eater (even if you’re eating “healthy” food)
• Why Jessica believes being legally covered can help you feel safe   
• The importance of being “emotionally fit”
• 3 tips to help you start reducing emotional eating
• Why you shouldn’t be afraid of foods that “trigger” you
• When to ask yourself “What am I really hungry for?”   
• What it means to “eat for your integrity” and how exactly to do that 

Free Gift:

Is using food to cope, soothe or escape holding you back? Take this free quiz and find out what to do about it: EscapeFromEmotionalEating.com

Resources:
Easy Legal Steps - download the first book chapter free!

“Do I REALLY need to use a Client Agreement? Can’t I just pull a few paragraphs together and use the same document for every kind of client I have?” I get asked these questions often because many entrepreneurs or coaches feel uncomfortable using different written Client Agreements with different types of clients. Yet, by not doing it, they put their income and program content on the line. In this episode, you’ll learn about 3 types of clients and why you want to use a different type of Client Agreement when working with each of them to protect your income, your program content and your brand.

In this episode, Lisa shares: 

• 3 reasons to feel good about using Client Agreements 
• Which kind of Client Agreement to use with 3 different types of clients - including why they differ and how each one protects you 
• Use a Client Agreement with programs and services for your one-on-one clients
• Use a Client Agreement for Small Groups & Masterminds specifically designed for your Masterminds or small group programs
• Use a Client Agreement for a Combo Program when offering a program which includes group coursework AND 1-on-1 coaching 
• Why Lisa aligns Client Agreements with the sacral chakra 

Resources:
Easy Legal Steps - download the first book chapter free!

Episode 2 - #1 Reason to Use Client Agreements

Episode 18 - 3 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Copy Your Friend’s Legal Document

Episode 72 - What Can Happen When You Create Your Own Legal Documents

Episode 70 —3 Big Myths About Refunds

Episode 57 - How to Protect Your Mastermind

Episode 86 - How to Support Your Sacral Chakra with a Client Agreement

Mentions:

Russ Ruffino 

Carolin Soldo

If you’re like a lot of my clients, you doubt yourself all the time. When you enter a new stage of your business, everything feels terrifying. “Confident” is the last thing that you feel when you’re setting up your business, stepping out of your comfort zone, or trying new things. When it comes to confidence, we don’t always feel like we have it, but we all desperately need it and want it. In this episode, you’ll learn 6 simple techniques to help you feel more confident during those times when you’re not feeling so confident.

In this episode, Lisa shares:

• What the “fraud factor” is and why we all have sleep-depriving fears and worries 
• What happens when you begin to show up confidently and professionally in your work
• Why Lisa believes the solar plexus chakra aligns with being confident and empowered
• 6 Simple Techniques to Feel More Confident Right Now
• Technique 1: Stop Beating Yourself Up
• Technique 2: Remember Who You Are
• Technique 3: Celebrate Your Wins 
• Technique 4: Resource Your Feelings by Borrowing Them from the Past
• Technique 5: Fake It ’Til You Make It
• Technique 6: Practice Taking Small Steps Right Out of Your Comfort Zone
• Why it’s important to remember that “there’s no such thing as failure in business, only feedback” 

Resources:
Easy Legal Steps - download the first book chapter free!

Episode 78 - Do Your Business Policies Reflect Your Values?

People often ask where the line is drawn when it comes to quoting someone else’s work in their program, book or on their website. Can you include a paragraph written by someone you admire? What constitutes copying or “stealing” someone else’s work versus what’s permissible? What can you do if someone copies content from YOUR book or website and puts it up on THEIR website? In this episode, you’ll gain some clarity about plagiarism and publishing, and what to do if people steal your work.

In this episode, Lisa shares:

• What constitutes plagiarism
• Whether you can you actually “steal” someone else’s words
• What is considered a violation of someone’s Copyright rights
• What “fair use” means and when it applies
• The safest thing to do when you want to include someone else’s work
• Suggestions for posting quotes or images on social media
• How to handle making recommendations for products 
• What to do if someone’s taken your work and posted it on THEIR website
• What a “DMCA Takedown Notice” involves 
• Other legal issues to consider when you’re writing a book

Resources:
Easy Legal Steps - download the first book chapter free!

Episode 29 - Copyright 101 & When to Use the ‘Little C’ 

Episode 16 - How to Legally Use Images on Social Media

Episode 74 - How Not to Make Medical Claims

Episode 41 - 6 FAQs from Book Authors

Mentions:

Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Scarlet Letter

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

HauteStock

The Golden Rule

Viome

Naveen Jain

As an entrepreneur or business owner, you’ve most likely dealt with criticism from others and from within. It’s so easy to let that negative noise make you question everything you’re doing instead of trusting yourself.  

For this episode, I talk with my gifted coach and spiritual healer Ixchel Lara. Over the past 6 years, Ixchel has watched me grow in my business, move blocks out of my way and really get to know my “true self”. You’ll learn how to dive deep into who you really are and drown out the noise of any fears, blocks and limitations you have. You’ll also learn two key benefits of listening to your true self and daily practices to connect to this part of yourself to guide you forward.

More about Ixchel Lara:

Ixchel Lara is soul-centric coach, alternative therapist, and midwife to embodiment. She helps spiritual seekers crack open their true selves so that they can live a life of deep meaning, purpose and inspiration. Ixchel is committed to everyone having a bone-knowing of what they're truly capable of and allowing their divine pulse to emerge into the material world. Hundreds of clients from all over the world have experienced her integrative approach to self mastery and spirituality. You can find out more at her digital casa, Anima, at xoanima.com.

In this episode, Lisa and Ixchel share:

• What your “true self” is versus your “false self” 
• The multiple levels of fears, blocks, and limitations: energetic, emotional, mental, spiritual - and how to move through them
• Learning to be aware of your body
• The practice of differentiating between your true self and false self
• Why you should be gentle with yourself and work with a teacher/mentor/energy worker   
• Two key benefits of listening to your true self to live in better alignment  
• Different daily practices to drown out the noise and connect with your true self to guide you forward

Resources:
Easy Legal Steps - download the first book chapter free!

“Clean beauty” is gaining popularity but what does it really mean? I met Cheryl Giambattista at a health coaching event and I’ve asked her to share her incredible knowledge about why she's such a big believer in making simple swaps in your favorite recipes - and reducing your toxic load by using clean beauty products that love your body from the outside in!"

More about Cheryl Giambattista:

Cheryl Giambattista is a Certified Holistic Nutrition Health Coach and Clean Beauty Advocate. With more than 10 years experience in health coaching, plus 2 Bachelor’s degrees in Psychology and Education, Cheryl is the Founder of her “Health Coach Cheryl” business and the “Simple Swaps to Slim Down Program” which helps you achieve your healthiest and leanest body you’ve ever had. 

Cheryl’s journey into holistic health began after her son was diagnosed with Leukemia at age 4. As devastating as that experience was, Cheryl saw first-hand the difference good nutrition and lowering your toxic load makes for good health. As a wife of 30 years to Nick and a mom of 6 children, a coach and business owner, Cheryl knows how important it is to focus on health, fitness, and nutrition—especially when life is busy, and as women’s hormones change. And, Cheryl helps women and families make the swap to clean beauty so they’re using products with no toxic load to help their bodies live cleaner, healthier and happier lives.

In this episode, Lisa and Cheryl share:

• How Cheryl incorporates the idea of “simple swaps” in all aspects of life 
• How Cheryl’s son’s Leukemia diagnosis led her to health coaching 
• What inspired Cheryl to turn to “clean beauty” and focus on the body from the outside in 
• What many consumers do not know about everyday beauty products
• Cheryl’s experience searching for clean beauty products and what she discovered
• How one company is lobbying to get the laws changed in the US and Canada to outlaw some of the 1,400 toxic ingredients used in most beauty products
• The ingredients used (and not used!) in Beautycounter products 

Resources:
Easy Legal Steps - download the first book chapter free!

Mentions: 

Beautycounter skin care and makeup products

Health Canada 

Food & Drug Administration   

Free Gift:

Download Cheryl’s free Beauty Detox Meal Plan to learn how nutritious, whole foods can

help you look your best naturally and see what an entire week’s worth of delicious, filling

meals looks like so you can eat your way to feeling your best ever! Grab it at Meal Plan Detox.

When you’re a leader of a business, one of the biggest worries is that you’ll disappoint people. By saying “no” to a request from a client or team member, you worry you’ll hurt your reputation or your relationships. In this episode, we talk about the critical role you play at the helm of your business and what it means to “wear the crown” as a leader of your company. I also share a personal story about my own struggle when I made an unpopular decision as a leader and disappointed people - and how I handled it.

In this episode, Lisa shares:

• What it means to stand as a leader in your business
• Why it’s important to learn when to say yes and when to say no as a leader 
• Lisa’s first public experience saying no and how she handled the negative ramifications 
• Why Lisa aligns leadership with the crown chakra 
• Why being a leader involves holding boundaries and making courageous decisions 

Resources:
Easy Legal Steps - download the first book chapter free!

Episode 43 - My Favorite Ways to Get Out of My Head and Into My Heart

Episode 81 - Why It’s So Hard to Set Boundaries 

Mentions:

“The Spy”

Elle Woods

Junior League of Portland

Youth in Government

Delta Delta Delta Sorority

Health Matrix: Journal of Law-Medicine