This show is for creators who are done playing small, the ones who know their ideas aren’t just a passion… they’re a portal Here, we’re rewriting the rules of entrepreneurship. Forget cookie-cutter blueprints and burnout culture, I’m here to help you grow a business that feels good, pays well, and the kind of personal freedom that only comes when you’re brave enough to do things your own way. Through solo episodes and honest conversations with creative entrepreneurs, artists, and founders, I’ll…
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Episode #589: The Financial Stability Number Every Creative Business Owner Needs to Know with Megan Hale
What if more revenue was never the thing standing between you and financial peace? In this episode I sit down with my friend Megan Hale, a former psychotherapist turned financial leader and the creator of Dream Money, a financial operating methodology and software platform built for solo CEOs. Megan and I get honest about the moment she opened a spreadsheet for the very first time, during one of…
Episode #588: Why Your Nervous System Is Capping Your Income, with Dr. Farya Barlas
Have you ever pushed harder, bought the course, built the funnel, and still hit the exact same income ceiling you have been bumping up against for years? In this episode I sit down with my friend Dr. Farya Barlas, a chartered psychologist who has spent more than two decades helping entrepreneurs, founders and leaders work with the invisible barriers that mindset hacks and business strategy simply…
What if one focused hour a day was all it took to double your revenue? That's the premise behind The Miracle Hour, the framework from eight-figure entrepreneur Kelly Roach, and in this episode, she breaks it all down. Kelly built a seven-figure business from her car on her lunch break, with zero paid ads, using nothing but intentional relationship-building. In this conversation, she walks us…
Episode #586: Why Curiosity Is Your Greatest Manifesting Superpower (and the Simple Askfirmation Practice That Changes Everything)
What if the reason your affirmations are not working has nothing to do with how hard you are trying, and everything to do with how your brain is wired? In this birthday special solo episode, I am pulling a teaching straight from inside the Creative Frequency to introduce you to one of the most powerful mindset tools I have ever used: askfirmations. These are not affirmations. They are…
Episode #585: Community, Ceremony, and the Art of Evolving: A Conversation with Chelsea Renee
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…
Episode #584: How to Stretch Yourself to Make 10K (or More) This May and Bring Your Clients Along for the Ride
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…
Episode #583: Why You Keep Ghosting Your Audience: The Nervous System Truth About Fear of Visibility with Anna Holtzman
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…
Episode #582: Human-First AI: How to Stay Creative, Free, and Ahead of the Curve with Callan Faulkner
Let's just say it: the AI conversation is getting loud, and a lot of what you are hearing is flat-out wrong. Is AI destroying creativity? Is it stealing jobs? Is it guzzling all the water? My dear friend and AI powerhouse Callan Faulkner is back on the show to cut through the noise and give it to you straight. Callan is the founder of The Uncommon Business, where she runs a multi-million dollar…
EP581: The War on Creative People (And Why the Wealthy Creative Wins)
For generations, we've been fed a lie: that real artists starve, that creatives are bad at business, that making good money means you're selling out. I call this the createriarchy, and I am done letting it have power over you, over me, or over the next generation of creative entrepreneurs. In this episode, I'm breaking down exactly why this war is happening, how AI is reshaping the creative…
Episode #580: You Cannot Fake Believe: Universal Laws, Self-Image, and the Mindset Shift That Changes Everything with Danielle Amos
What if the reason you're stuck has nothing to do with your strategy and everything to do with what you actually believe? In this episode of Creatives Rule the World, I sit down with Danielle Amos, one of Bob Proctor's top-certified experts and a teacher of 22 universal laws, to dig into the inner work that actually changes results. Danielle shares her personal journey from six-figure debt, crying…
Episode #579: Intuitive Therapy, Ancestral Trauma, and the 5 Anxiety Languages with Annamarie Green, LCSW
What if your anxiety isn't something to fix? What if it's been trying to protect you this whole time? In this episode, I sit down with Annamarie Green, licensed clinical social worker and founder of The Intuitive Therapy Method, to talk about why traditional therapy often misses the mark, how ancestral trauma lives in the body, and her groundbreaking framework: the 5 Anxiety Languages. Annamarie…
Episode #578: The Sales Rhythm Your Business Is Missing (And Why Willpower Won't Create It)
Are you stuck in a cycle of consuming content, joining programs, and learning everything, yet your sales are still inconsistent? In this episode, I get real about one of the most common traps I see creative entrepreneurs fall into: using learning as a substitute for execution. I’ve been having this conversation live inside the OBSESSED sales challenge, and it’s too important to keep behind closed…
Episode #577: How to Scale Solo: The Business Model That Took Pia Silva from $40K in Debt to $500K in 12 Months
What if the secret to scaling your business wasn't doing more, but doing less, better? That's exactly what Pia Silva discovered when she went from $40K in debt to $500K in revenue in just 12 months, simply by flipping her entire service model upside down. In this episode, I sit down with Pia Silva, author of the brand new book Scale Solo, to break down the Intensives Model, a business framework…
Episode #576: Why You're Posting Consistently But Still Not Selling Consistently
You’re showing up. You’re posting. You’re doing all the things the marketing gurus told you to do. So why aren’t the sales following? In this episode, I am getting into the real gap between posting consistently and selling consistently, and it has nothing to do with how much content you create. I unpack why treating content and sales as the same mechanism is the root cause of the content hamster…
Episode 575: The $22M Creative Journey: What Building Multiple Iconic Brands Actually Taught Me
What does it actually take to generate $22 million across multiple creative businesses over 30 years? In this raw, behind-the-scenes solo episode, I pull back the curtain on the real highs, the hard lows, and the identity shifts that made all the difference. From leaving my Nordstrom job with a dream and a prayer, to scoring a $4,000 fax order from Twist in Portland, to experiencing bankruptcy and…
Episode #574: Why Most Creative Founders Build Busy Businesses Instead of Iconic Brands
If you have ever felt like you are doing all the things, posting every day, showing up consistently, working late, and the sales are still not reflecting that effort, this episode is for you. I am diving into one of the most important distinctions I have made in my entire business journey: the difference between building a business and building a brand. A business sells things when people need…
Episode #573: Why Going Viral at 50 Taught Me That Confidence Is a Practice, Not a Personality with Jen Polt
After 25 years in corporate America, Jen Polt took the biggest risk of her life - quitting her executive job to become a full-time content creator and confidence coach. Three weeks later, her husband told her he didn't want to be married to her anymore. Instead of retreating, she used this devastating moment to build something even bigger and discovered that confidence isn't a personality trait -…
Episode #572: How to Build a Founder-Led Brand That People Remember and Trust
Are you the world's best kept secret? Ready to stop playing small and step into your iconic era as a creative founder? In this episode, I'm sharing my ICONIC framework for building a founder-led brand that people remember, trust, and buy from. We're talking about Identity, Conviction, Orientation, Narrative, Influence, and Cultural Imprint, and how these six pillars work with the 4V Frequency…
Episode #571: Why Your Brand Feels Misaligned (And How to Realign Your Vision, Voice, Visibility, and Vibration)
If your brand feels misaligned, this episode is your roadmap back. After a year of feeling completely disconnected from my business, I discovered the exact framework that helped me step into the most creative, wealthy, and aligned version of my brand yet. In this episode, I'm sharing the 4V Frequency with you: Vision, Voice, Visibility, and Vibration. Whether you're feeling out of sync with your…
Epiosde #570: From Cringe to Cult Following: What Happens When You Stop Playing Small
Your fear of being cringe is actually destroying your business. And I know you might not want to hear this, but the truth is: when you play small because you're worried about what people think, you become invisible to the people who actually need your transformation. In this raw and honest episode, I'm sharing what it really takes to build an iconic, founder-led brand with a cult following. You'll…
Episode #569: The Pivot: Why I Refuse to Put Creatives in a Box (And What an Iconic Founder-Led Brand Actually Looks Like)
Have you built a successful business but feel like it's trapped you in a box? If you're a creative entrepreneur feeling bored, resentful, or ready for something more, this episode is your permission slip to evolve. I'm pulling back the curtain on my biggest business pivot yet: from the Art of Reinvention to Iconic. This isn't just about rebranding. It's about refusing to put creatives in boxes and…
Get Your Creative Energy BACK When You’re Burnt Out (New Year's Refresh)
Feeling burnt out and wondering why another planner or goal list isn't fixing it? That's because more strategy won't help if you're still dragging the old version of you into the new year. In this episode, I'm breaking down why resolutions fail (they're behavior-based, not identity-based) and sharing the exact prompts I use to help creatives step into a higher capacity version of themselves. In…
The Breakthrough Year: Make 2026 The Year It All Clicks
If you're the best-kept secret in your world and you know you're meant for a bigger year, this episode is for you. I’m breaking down what actually creates breakthrough years (hint: it's not better goal-setting). I’m sharing real transformation stories from my clients Shirley and Amelie, revealing the manifestation strategy that brought my partner into my life at 45, and challenging you to stop…
From Stripper to CEO: How One Woman's AI Bot is Replacing $10K Coaches With Andrea Crowder
What happens when you accidentally build an AI that coaches better than you do? Andrea Crowder wasn't trying to become an AI expert. Six months ago, she'd barely touched ChatGPT. But when she uploaded her coaching content into a custom bot for her $59/month subscription program, something extraordinary happened. Legend AI started transforming lives. People started messaging her: "This replaced my…
2026 The Year of Overflow: How To Unlock Limitless Abundance and Wealth as a Creative
What if 2026 could be your most creative AND most wealthy year yet? In this powerful solo episode, I'm breaking down why the Year of the Horse is inviting creatives everywhere to step into overflow energy, limitless abundance, and a whole new paradigm of what it means to be a wealthy creative. We're leaving behind the Year of the Snake (shedding old patterns) and galloping full speed into the Year…
What Resistance Is Really Trying to Tell You (And Why You Should Listen) with Tracy Matthews and Heather Chauvin
What if the resistance you're feeling isn't a wall to break through, but a doorway to walk through? In this powerful conversation, leadership coach Heather Chauvin and I get radically honest about resistance, fear, self-trust, and what it really takes to build a business that doesn't break you. Heather built her coaching practice while battling stage 4 cancer, and her story will remind you why you…
How to Stop Abandoning Yourself and Finally Build a Life You Don't Need to Escape with Danielle Laura
What if the thing keeping you stuck isn't your strategy, your team, or your market? What if it's how often you abandon yourself without even realizing it? In this episode, I sit down with Danielle Laura, a human design expert, clairvoyant, and former healthcare executive who completely transformed her life after experiencing what she calls "soul death." Danielle shares her journey from climbing…
How to Start a Podcast That Builds a Ride-or-Die Community (Even If You're Scared)
Want to start a podcast but terrified your first episodes will be terrible? Good news: they will be. And that's exactly why you should start anyway. Jessica Burgio launched her podcast during COVID with mediocre equipment, zero followers, and a whole lot of fear. Four years later, she's built a thriving business and a ride-or-die community through the power of podcasting. In this episode, Jessica…
The DM Selling Method: Why Sales Calls Are Killing Your Conversions with Jillian Murphy
What if the thing you think is helping you close more sales is actually costing you conversions? My guest today, Jillian Murphy, is about to flip everything you know about selling on its head. Jillian went from being unexpectedly let go from her corporate sales job during the pandemic to building a seven-figure coaching business in just two years, all through Instagram DMs. No fancy funnels. No…
Gold Prices Are Skyrocketing: Here’s How to Turn It Into Cash Flow and Confidence
Rising gold prices don't have to mean panic or shrinking profits. In this episode, I'm sharing five powerful strategies to help you navigate this market shift with confidence and turn it into serious cash flow for your jewelry business. You'll learn how to announce price increases without losing customers, audit your pricing to protect margins, refine unused metals for instant revenue, create a…
The Wake-Up Call Every Business Owner Needs: How to Prepare Your Business for the Unexpected (Even When You Think You Can't) with Erin Pelicano
What would happen to your business if you couldn't work for a month? What if your social media got hacked tomorrow? What if a business partner suddenly passed away? These aren't comfortable questions, but they're the ones Erin Pelicano wishes she'd asked herself before 2020. That's when, in the middle of a global pandemic with three kids in virtual school, she was diagnosed with stage 3 colon…
The 5-Minute EFT Tapping Session That Cracked Me Open: Becoming a Wildly Wealthy Woman with Jackie McDonald
What if the thing holding you back isn't a lack of strategy but a part of you that's still scared? In this episode, I sit down with Jackie McDonald, an EFT tapping expert who helped me have one of the most profound breakthroughs I've experienced in years. Jackie teaches a unique form of tapping called "parts of self" work that helps you meet the version of you that's scared, stuck, or holding you…
From Macrame to Millions: How a 20-Year Cancer Survivor Built a Jewelry Empire While Healing Her Soul with Scosha Woolridge
What happens when success feels like a beautiful prison? Australian jewelry designer Scosha shares her raw journey of building a 20-year jewelry empire while navigating financial crashes, celebrity endorsements, cancer, divorce, and ultimately the healing that set her free. From accidentally starting her business with macrame learned in Brazil to working with brands like Ralph Lauren and getting…
From $400/Week to 8-Figure Exit: Sue Bryce's Brutal Truth About Making Money as an Artist
Sue Bryce didn't sugarcoat anything in this raw, transformative conversation about what it really takes to build wealth as a creative entrepreneur. From scraping by on $400 a week as a talented photographer to selling her photography education business for eight figures, Sue shares the brutal truths most artists never hear about pricing, selling, and building a sustainable creative business. This…
From Burned Out Middle Manager to Leadership Coach: The Career-Saving Framework with Aaron Wagner
What happens when a doctor tells you to "just sit on the couch and don't do anything" because you're so burned out you might break? That's exactly what happened to Aaron Wagner during his darkest days as a middle manager. Today, he's transformed that pain into purpose, building Lead from WithN - a coaching practice that's revolutionizing how we support the forgotten leaders stuck in the middle. In…
From Scattered to Strategic: How a Multi-Passionate Creative Found Her Purpose in Trichology with Kerri Jarrett
Ever feel like you're a hundred ping pong balls bouncing around in a room? Kerri Jarrett gets it. This master-level stylist turned trichologist was drowning in her own multi-passionate chaos until she discovered how to weave everything together into something powerful. In this episode, Kerri shares her incredible journey from feeling scattered and depressed to becoming a pioneer in the hair loss…
From Hustle to Rest: How to Rewire Your Brain for Sustainable Success with Mindi Huebner
What if the biggest thing blocking your success is the 5-inch gap between your ears? I had one of those conversations that leaves you staring at the wall afterward. Brain rewiring expert Mindi Huebner accidentally started rewiring my relationship with rest and productivity during what was supposed to be a casual catch-up call. She told me about a client who wanted seven figures but could only work…
Burned Out in Business? How the Sleep Sense Founder Found Her Passion Again with Dana Obleman
What happens when a successful entrepreneur hits a wall after 20 years in business? My dear friend Dana Obleman knows this feeling intimately. She's the genius behind Sleep Sense, training sleep consultants in 45 countries and literally saving parents' sanity worldwide. But after two decades, she hit a wall that knocked the wind right out of her. Dana's getting raw and real about what burnout…
Stop Competing, Start Creating - The Secret to Scaling a Business You Actually Love And Pays You Well
Feeling successful on paper but completely uninspired? You're not broken – you've just shifted from creator energy to competition energy, and it's killing your creative fire. In this powerful solo episode, I reveal why so many high-achievers are burning out despite their success and share three incredible transformation stories of clients who got back into alignment with their creative gifts. From…
From Hiding to Thriving: How One Jewelry Designer Rewired Her Mind for Success with Shirley Larkan
When jewelry designer Shirley Larkan realized she was unconsciously sabotaging her own success, everything changed. At 53, she decided to stop hiding and joined the Art of Reinvention program – what happened next transformed not just her business, but her entire life. In this episode, you'll discover how Shirley broke free from 53 years of limiting patterns, doubled her prices without client…
Permission to Be in Process: How One Entrepreneur Chose Reinvention Over Burnout with Stacey Owen
What happens when you've built something successful, but your soul is calling for something bigger? This week, I'm sitting down with Stacey Owen, founder of Hey Silly Rebel and Sacred Money Archetype coach, who made the most courageous decision of her entrepreneurial journey: selling her thriving marketing agency to step into the unknown. Stacey shares how my Art of Reinvention program helped her…
Stop Selling Products, Start Selling Transformation: The $8,000 Bracelet Story with Stacey Brass Russell
Ever wonder why some businesses effortlessly attract customers while others struggle to make sales? The secret isn't in your product features, fancy bonuses, or even your methodology. It's in understanding the transformation your customers are truly buying. In this game-changing conversation, I sit down with my dear friend Stacey Brass-Russell, a former Broadway performer turned business…
The Permission to Be Seen: Breaking Free from Small Business Invisibility with Heather Noska
What happens when an operations consultant who's been hiding behind other brands finally decides she's ready to be seen? In this deeply honest conversation, Heather Noska shares her journey from working in the shadows to stepping fully into her power as a business owner and leader. After years of successful consulting work, she realized she was being "tucked away in the back of a closet" – and…
Finding Your Edge: The Powerful Questions That Change Everything
There's a version of you who already has everything you desire, and she's not that far away. In this deeply transformational episode, I get raw about my own reinvention journey and walk you through the exact framework that helped my clients step into their next level. From my 7-figure jewelry business collapse in 2008 to building a multi-million dollar education company, I'm living proof that your…
How to Scale Yourself Before Your Business with Leadership Expert Elizabeth Hartke
Tired of being the bottleneck in your own business? Leadership expert Elizabeth Hartke is here with some tough love about why you're stuck in busy work instead of stepping into your power as a visionary CEO. After 12+ years of advising ambitious entrepreneurs (including John C. Maxwell!), Liz has cracked the code on scaling yourself before scaling your business. Spoiler alert: You're probably…
Why Creatives Are Conditioned to Avoid Their Finances (And How to Fix It) with Catherine Licari
Catherine Licari is proof that creatives can absolutely master money. From working at W Magazine to getting her MBA at Columbia, she's now helping thousands of creative entrepreneurs through Cash Flow for Creatives and her bestselling Small Business Planner. In this conversation, we tackle why creatives are conditioned to fear finances, the real truth about business funding, and how to make…
Why You Should Thank Every Asshole in Your Life + The Million Dollar Question That Reveals Your Money Blocks with Danielle McKinley
What if the most traumatic moment of your childhood became the foundation for your entrepreneurial success? That's exactly what happened to business mentor and my dear friend, Danielle McKinley, who turned a devastating conversation with her mother into a million-dollar mindset. In this raw and transformative episode, Danielle shares the exact moment at age 8 when she promised herself that money…
5 Personal Brand Secrets That Make You Stand Out Online With Taylor Smith
Ready to stop hiding behind your bench and start building a personal brand that drives sales? In this transformative episode, Tracy sits down with Taylor Smith, founder of The Power Table and self-proclaimed "pivot queen," to uncover why personal branding isn't just nice-to-have; it's essential for standing out in today's saturated market. Taylor shares her journey from college professor to…
What happens when you face your deepest fears, make radical changes, and emerge stronger than ever? In this deeply personal episode, I'm pulling back the curtain on one of the most challenging seasons of my entrepreneurial journey and the incredible transformation that followed. Join me alongside my head coaches Dawn DiGesare and Chelsea Farmer as we reveal the complete evolution of Flourish &…
How to Use Human Design to Make Better Decisions in Business and Life with Erin Claire Jones
Ever feel like you're swimming against the current in your business? In this episode, Tracy interviews Erin Claire Jones, one of the world's leading Human Design experts, about how understanding your unique design can transform your decision-making and business approach. Erin shares her journey from a chance NYC encounter to pioneering accessible Human Design education for hundreds of thousands…
