Plenty with Kate Northrup

This past year was hard for us in many ways, but it taught us lessons that we are so grateful for. In this episode we’ll be sharing the insights that we gained, in the hopes that they will help you in your goal setting and annual planning for 2019. So what are your goals for this year, and if they shifted at all after listening to this episode, let us know. We want to hear from you! To get on the waitlist for Kate’s upcoming Time & Energy Workshop, you can go to https://myoriginworkshop.com/! Would you, or a company you know, be a good fit to sponsor The Kate & Mike Show? If so, let’s talk! You can email mike@mikejwatts.com regarding current sponsorship opportunities. Show notes and links for this episode can be found at http://www.katenorthrup.com/podcast. 

For this first episode of 2019, we’re so happy to be bringing you the author of Kate’s favorite book she read all of last year! Andrienne Maree Brown is the author of Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds, as well as the upcoming book, Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good, and after some delays and scheduling mishaps, she was well worth the wait. Adrienne is a writer, a sci-fi Octavia Butler Scholar, an organizational healer and a pleasure activist. She’s also a facilitator, a life, love, relationship and work coach, a network weaver, speaker, singer and doula. In this episode, Adrienne talks about her popular book and why it resonates so much with people, her experiences as a doula, time expansion and a whole lot more. Adrienne has tapped into a truth that has lived in all of our bodies and all of nature for so long, and how she articulate this is so fascinating. It was our honor to start this new year of podcasts by interviewing Adrienne Maree Brown. Do you want 2019 to be a year of tremendous growth, support, and miracles for you and your business? Are you an established entrepreneur who identifies as female with a track-record of consistent customers, clear offerings, and consistent revenue? We’re excited to announce that Kate has created a high-level paid mastermind that you could be the perfect fit for! For more details and how to apply visit https://origincollective.com/incubator/.  Would you, or a company you know, be a good fit to sponsor The Kate & Mike Show? If so, let’s talk! You can email mike@mikejwatts.com regarding current sponsorship opportunities. Show notes and links for this episode can be found at http://www.katenorthrup.com/podcast. 

Our special guest today is creating a movement by increasing black female representation in the fitness world. Sonja R. Price Herbert is a writer, speaker, Pilates instructor and the founder of Black Girl Pilates, and she shares the unique challenges she’s faced as well as how she’s changing the conversation around representation. Sonja is also starting to compete in powerlifting (as she turns 50!) and she discusses how she was able to find her true inner “bad ass” and evolve in the last few years. This woman is so inspiring, and we hope you enjoy what she talks about in this episode as much as we did! Do you want 2019 to be a year of tremendous growth, support, and miracles for you and your business? Are you an established entrepreneur who identifies as female with a track-record of consistent customers, clear offerings, and consistent revenue? We’re excited to announce that Kate has created a high-level paid mastermind that you could be the perfect fit for! For more details and how to apply visit https://origincollective.com/incubator/. Would you, or a company you know, be a good fit to sponsor The Kate & Mike Show? If so, let’s talk! You can email mike@mikejwatts.com regarding current sponsorship opportunities. Show notes and links for this episode can be found at http://www.katenorthrup.com/podcast. 

Today we have a very special holiday episode for you, as our dear friend Mike Nickles joins us on The Kate & Mike Show. Mike is an actor, screenwriter and director and he will be sharing all about his newest film, Holly Star. You’re going to hear how Mike wrote this script 24 years ago and persevered through so much rejection to see his beautiful idea and story becoming a reality. This is the film to watch this holiday season with your family, as well as being Mike’s own story of holding on to a dream and never giving up on it. Do you want 2019 to be a year of tremendous growth, support, and miracles for you and your business? Are you an established entrepreneur who identifies as female with a track-record of consistent customers, clear offerings, and consistent revenue? We’re excited to announce that Kate has created a high-level paid mastermind that you could be the perfect fit for! For more details and how to apply visit https://origincollective.com/incubator/. Would you, or a company you know, be a good fit to sponsor The Kate & Mike Show? If so, let’s talk! You can email mike@mikejwatts.com regarding current sponsorship opportunities.  Show notes and links for this episode can be found at http://www.katenorthrup.com/podcast. 

In today’s world most people are using their phones daily, and they’re using them a lot. Have you ever stopped to consider what’s your relationship with your phone? Do you use it to numb something, kill time, or is it simply a tool for you life and/or business? In this episode you’ll hear how both of us view our phones, and the steps we’re taking to make sure that we’re not allowing it to control our lives. If you’d like to have an extra 4 hours in your day, you can join Kate for Less Phone, More Life, with all the details at http://katenorthrup.com/lessphone! Would you, or a company you know, be a good fit to sponsor The Kate & Mike Show? If so, let’s talk! You can email mike@mikejwatts.com regarding current sponsorship opportunities. Show notes and links for this episode can be found at http://www.katenorthrup.com/podcast. 

This is a very special episode, and we’re celebrating! Kate’s new book, Do Less: A Revolutionary Approach to Time Management for Busy Moms, is now available for preorder, and you’ll hear all about it today. In this episode you’ll hear why this book means so much to both of us, who it was written for and how it’s going to help so many people that read it. You can preorder your own copy, and receive the amazing bonuses we talk about today, by visiting http://www.katenorthrup.com/preorder!  Would you, or a company you know, be a good fit to sponsor The Kate & Mike Show? If so, let’s talk! You can email mike@mikejwatts.com regarding current sponsorship opportunities. Show notes and links for this episode can be found at http://www.katenorthrup.com/podcast.

It’s been awhile since we’ve done an episode with just the two of us, but we felt we needed to share what has been going on in our lives. We wish we could say that things have gotten easier since our last life update, but they’ve actually gotten harder. Despite this, we’ve both learned so many lessons and we have so much to be grateful for, and you’re going to hear about it all in this very personal episode. Would you, or a company you know, be a good fit to sponsor The Kate & Mike Show? If so, let’s talk! You can email mike@mikejwatts.com regarding current sponsorship opportunities. Show notes and links for this episode can be found at http://www.katenorthrup.com/podcast. 

Our guest today is on a crusade to reverse the stigma around abortion. Sara Avant Stover is teacher of feminine spirituality and the author of The Way of the Happy Woman and The Book of SHE, and she is here to share her powerful story about why she chose to have a second trimester abortion at the age of 39. Sara shares so much insightful information in this episode, and not only is what she reveals informative, but it’s so heart warming to hear her talk about this very personal experience. Would you, or a company you know, be a good fit to sponsor The Kate & Mike Show? If so, let’s talk! You can email mike@mikejwatts.com regarding current sponsorship opportunities. Show notes and links for this episode can be found at http://www.katenorthrup.com/podcast. 

On today’s episode we have our friends Alex Jamieson and Bob Gower joining us to talk about their new book, Getting To Hell Yes. Alex Jamieson is a success mentor and life and health coach to creative professional women who want it all. She’s also the bestselling author of Women, Food, and Desire as well as the co-creator and co-star of the Oscar-nominated documentary, Super Size Me. Bob Gower helps organizations move faster, create better products and become happier, more engaging places to work. He is an authority on agile software development, lean theory and responsive organizational design and he has advised leaders at numerous top companies. Bob is also the author of Agile Business and speaks regularly on organizational development and leadership. The conversation we’re having today is about a framework that Bob and Alex have created together called, “ICBD” (which stands for Intentions, Concerns, Boundaries and Dreams or Desires). This framework is used for having difficult or high stakes conversations, and it’s something we’ve already tried in our own lives. You’re going to hear how it can be used in conversations with your children, in your marriage, community work, business and more! Would you, or a company you know, be a good fit to sponsor The Kate & Mike Show? If so, let’s talk! You can email mike@mikejwatts.com regarding current sponsorship opportunities. Show notes and links for this episode can be found at http://www.katenorthrup.com/podcast. 

We have a wonderful conversation for you today with our friend Sarah Jenks, who is a life coach, emotional eating expert and sacred space holder. She’s also the proprietress of Hawthorn Farm, a 23-acre farm and retreat center in Medfield, Massachusetts. Sarah is the founder of Whole Woman, an online membership program for women seeking the answers to the questions, “Who am I?” and “Why am I here?” She also started Live More Weight Less, the most popular online emotional eating program that helped almost 100,000 people since 2009. In this episode Sarah shares how she manifested her dream house (a story which we play a part in), how her business has evolved over the past few years and the challenging times when she was the breadwinner in her family, while having two small children. Sarah has reclaimed motherhood on her own terms and is helping others do the same, and her story is an inspiring one. Would you, or a company you know, be a good fit to sponsor The Kate & Mike Show? If so, let’s talk! You can email mike@mikejwatts.com regarding current sponsorship opportunities. Show notes and links for this episode can be found at http://www.katenorthrup.com/podcast.