The Blair Badenhop Show

So, what does it really take to become a successful entrepreneur? What character traits and qualities allow people to build something that has longevity? Over the last 10 years, I’ve worked with hundreds of coaches, teachers, mentors, specialists, and guides – and also had hundreds of conversations with successful business owners. And I’ve found that there tend to be 11 core qualities that give someone the power to succeed in pursuing their purpose on earth. Inside the episode, I dive into each one and why they’re so important. And what I recommend doing if you want to strengthen them within yourself.   To submit your question, visit the show notes.   Follow Me On: Facebook

As an entrepreneur, you know that one of the most powerful brand visuals is photography. The headshots The lifestyle shots The details shots They are the key to making your brand feel alive and real and human. Without them, websites lack vibrancy. Which is why it’s so important to ensure your website has not only beautiful images, but above all images that represent the real you. An authentic brand has layers – as I shared about in episode #249. And the layer that we all see is the visual layer. So, after you’ve gone through the process of embodying your work, developing your offers, and creating your messaging – The visual representation of who you are and what you do is now the next step. So, today I’m going to share how to approach your photo shoot to ensure you not only get photos that represent the magic of your work, but also capture your essence in 5 essential steps. Also - I share a free resource with you to complement this episode… My Photo Shoot Checklist. Inside, I share even more detail on how to practically and energetically prepare for your brand photo shoot - ensuring the real you gets captured in your images. GRAB IT HERE   To submit your question, visit the show notes.   Follow Me On: Facebook

Mia Magik is an author, speaker, and coach serving as a modern ambassador for ancient magik.  On a mission of permission, she ignites the Wisdom of our IntuWitchin, inviting the liberation of your most magikal self through spiritual transfiguration. Purifying the wounds from patriarchal programming so you can attune to the voice of your inner guidance system. Over the past decade, Mia has immersed herself in the study of yoga, meditation, Buddhism, Kabbalah, ceremonial magik, Tarot, and spiritual medicines. Her exploration extends to Greek, Tantric, Egyptian, and Daoist Priestess arts, Christian and Sufi Mysticism, crystal healing, Reiki, and a personal devotion to earth-based spirituality and witchcraft. Mia has empowered thousands of people to realize, utilize, and reconnect with their infinite spiritual abilities through her Academy of Magikal Artistry, books, retreats, and 1:1 coaching. So, this conversation is incredible. Mia’s journey is very unusual and there might be points where you’re like… “What??? Is she for real?” like I did. If her work shows us anything it’s that magic is real. In this episode, we chat about her obsession with dressing up and leaning into fantasy as a kid, what it looked like to come back home to herself and her inner child as an adult - and how that paved the way for her work as a coach and priestess, the wild miracles that started happening for her once she devoted herself to a higher power, including a story about how she lived off of $6000 for 9 months; yes, I kid you not, what it looked like for her to start her coaching business, be divinely guided to her first few clients, and step in the momentum of growth, her iconic witch hat and the role it played in her going viral, and so much more!   To learn more about Mia Magik and the resources mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes.   Follow Me On: Facebook Instagram

Happy June! In this week’s episode, I share why this month - and the summer season in general - is such a nostalgic time of year for me. And remains one of my favorites. While summer can bring so much energy and aliveness to our lives, it can also inspire slowness and an “out of office” vibe that takes us out of the momentum of growth as entrepreneurs. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing - but we want to make sure we find a way to balance out the play and the productivity in an intentional way. Which is why I share 6 things I’m doing to enjoy summertime while also making important and consistent moves inside my business. Enjoy!   To submit your question, visit the show notes.   Follow Me On: Facebook

Brooke is a writer, speaker and leader of an online community who helps moms of teens and tweens create meaningful, healthy and enjoyable relationships with their children through practical application, education and community. Her goal is for every family to feel confident and connected. The mother of four boys ages tween to adult, Brooke knows parenting perfection isn’t real and takes an honest and hopeful approach with her audience. Her best-selling book 52 Modern Manners for Today’s Teens (Volumes 1 & 2) provides weekly tips to help parents and teens navigate the complexities of today’s world. The follow-up, 52 Modern Manners for Kids, will feature tips for kids and tweens aged four to 12 and is set to release this August. Brooke's work has been featured in The Washington Post, Scary Mommy and Forbes. Brooke and her family live in Utah. In this episode, we chat about her journey as a professional writer turned mommy blogger and evolved into sharing openly about her parenting style as a mother to 4 boys, the article she wrote about parenting that went viral and how this gave her confirmation that this was the direction she had to go in, why everything started to truly take off for her once she started to write about teenagers and the huge community of moms on Instagram that grew as a result, how she initially monetized her platform using low ticket guides and eventually her first parenting book - which was a massive success and sold out in two weeks, and so much more!   To learn more about Brooke Romney and the resources mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes.   Follow Me On: Facebook Instagram

Today, I’m going to share the quickie version of my business growth story with you. How I got started as a copywriter What I did to cover my base expenses as I grew How much I earned in my first year The key to hitting 6-figures in year two How I broke through an earning plateau The revenue stream that helped me hit a multiple-6-figure year And more If you’re someone who's worked towards that steady income in your own business and you’re curious what it could look like for you to hit your income goals too, this episode is for you. I also share my experience investing $6000 in a mentor  - my first big investment  - and why it was one of the best decisions I ever made.   To submit your question, visit the show notes.   Follow Me On: Facebook

Pamela is a trailblazer in women's wellness known for her transformative approach to self-discovery and intimate connection.  As a Somatic Wellness Educator, Pamela has dedicated over a decade to helping women reclaim their bodies and reignite their desires.  Her retreats and teachings have facilitated incredible transformations, liberating women from shame and trauma, and guiding them on profound journeys to sensual, sexual, and emotional bliss.  Known as the OG of sexual wellness retreats, Pamela is a fearless advocate for women’s health and integrated sexuality who leverages her raw honesty and well-informed wit to help strip the stigma from women’s wellness, female desire and pleasure, body image, and infertility.  She is the author of Shameless: How I Ditched The Diet, Got Naked, Found True Pleasure and Still Got Home In Time To Cook Dinner. And she has appeared on Sex with Emily, Oprah, O Magazine, Cosmopolitan, Women’s Health, Buzzfeed, 60 Minutes, CNN, The New York Times, USA Today, and more.  Formerly, she was the Founder and first Executive Director of The American Fertility Association. This woman is incredible - and our conversation was truly one of the most powerful and potent I’ve had since launching the show in 2017.  She is such a badass and a truly poetic speaker. I have no doubt you’ll be hanging on her every word. In this episode, we chat about what it was like to start an anonymous blog about sexuality with 40,000 readers back in the day, and how it wound up costing her a big role in her career, her decision to go all in on embodiment work, sexuality, and her idea to create a safe space for women to reconnect with their bodies, what it looked like for Back to the Body to be birthed into the world without a business plan - and the incredible growth that happened almost immediately, how she built a 7-figure business with retreats as the core source of revenue and how she’s planning to scale beyond that, and so much more! To learn more about Pamela Madsen and the resources mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes.   Follow Me On: Facebook Instagram

If you're an early-stage entrepreneur who either has a business idea or recently launched your business, this week’s episode is for you! It can feel so challenging and confusing to build momentum in the beginning - and in the last 10 years I’ve seen a clear pattern that holds people back from making any progress. So, I’m sharing the 5 essential steps to building early-stage flow in your business so you’ve laid the groundwork for growth and success from the start!   To submit your question, visit the show notes.   Follow Me On: Facebook

Manu is a yogi, mover and teacher obsessed with the mind-body connection.  Her mission is to birth practices that heal emotional wounding, and reconnect you back with your native body- the one that’s free, connected, and flexible. She’s been practicing yoga for 11 years, trained in India and all over Europe, and learned from some of the most brilliant physiotherapists and meditation teachers out there. She combines movement science and ground-breaking research into the science of emotions, and offers it in simple practical terms as healing movement to all her students. Her yoga style combines trauma healing somatics, zen Buddhism, but also biomechanics, and physiotherapy, because she believes there is a bigger picture we’ve been missing in our movement. The body and the mind are one, and only by tending to both can we truly heal. As you’ll hear, Manu is a wealth of wisdom around building a digital product-based business. That and she is the most beautiful soul, leading her work with so much integrity and heart. I know you’ll adore her as much as I do. In this episode, we chat about the remote job she got right out of college that allowed her to live on an island in Spain and teach yoga and meditation for free in her spare time, why working at a startup taught her all about marketing and online courses and ultimately inspired her to launch her first course just 3 years ago, the multiple digital products that flopped, and what she did to learn more about her audience and create something they wanted to buy, the launch of her most popular course, Hips Like Honey, the problem it solved for her ideal buyers, and why it turned into a great success, how she found her rhythm with social media and figured out what her audience engages with the most - and why that’s so crucial to anyone’s success on IG and beyond, and so much more! To learn more about Manuela Mitevova and the resources mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes.   Follow Me On: Facebook Instagram

If you’re someone who is feeling called to start a side hustle while working full-time for another company, this is 1000% for you. Inside, I share my top 5 tips on how to intentionally and practically build your passion project or business pursuit into your everyday life. Why daily? Well, in order to become the person who has a real business, you have to start acting like that’s already who you are. Even at the very beginning. Listen to learn exactly what you can do right now to start setting yourself up for success vs. not taking consistent action to bring your idea or creative pursuit to life.   To submit your question, visit the show notes.   Follow Me On: Facebook