Passionate & Prosperous with Stacey Brass-Russell

Stacey Brass-Russell
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Passionate & Prosperous is the only podcast that teaches coaches, creatives & service-oriented individuals how to trust in themselves and leverage their unique message, experience and expertise to attract their ideal audience, create clients and organically build soul-aligned businesses.

  1. 5D AGO

    Ep 211 | Rewiring Your Relationship to Money: Identity, Journaling, and The Science of Getting Rich with Edward Vilga

    In this episode of Passionate & Prosperous, I’m joined by Edward Vilga to talk about his new book, The Science of Getting Rich Journal. Edward took the original 1910 prosperity classic, The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles, and created a 40-day guided journal designed to help readers actively apply its principles. Instead of simply reading about wealth, gratitude, faith, and creative thinking, this journal turns those ideas into a structured daily practice. Our conversation centers on identity and wealth — and why mindset and belief systems must come before strategy. We talk about the difference between passive manifestation and aligned action, and why visualization without follow-through isn’t enough. Edward shares the neuroscience behind journaling and how consistent reflection can help rewire the brain, increase clarity, and shift long-held patterns around money. In this episode, we discuss: How Edward transformed a classic prosperity text into a practical, action-oriented journalWhy identity and belief shape your ability to create wealthThe difference between passive manifestation and aligned actionThe neuroscience behind journaling and brain rewiringGratitude as a foundation for abundanceCreative mindset vs. competitive mindsetWhy repetition and structure (like a 40-day practice) support real transformationStrengthening your relationship to money without shame or guilt If you’re building a business, leading clients, or working to strengthen your own relationship with money, this episode offers a grounded framework for thinking about prosperity differently. Wealth, as we discuss it here, isn’t about quick fixes. It’s about becoming the kind of person who can create, hold, and act from abundance over time. Check out The Science of Getting Rich Journal AND a special bonus course when you purchase here using code STACEY. Follow Edward on Instagram here. 🔗 Ways to Work With Stacey & Free Resources 💚 1:1 Coaching & Mastermind Book your free Ultimate Impact Blueprint Session to explore private coaching or mastermind support and take your life and business to the next level. 🌟 Passionate & Prosperous Academy Join the Academy for coaching, mentorship, and community designed to help you build and grow a transformational business without ads or complicated funnels—just powerful offers, relationships, and live delivery. 📈 Free Resource: High-Converting Event Playbook Learn how to create masterclasses, workshops, and talks that actually lead to clients (not crickets). 💻 Free Mini-Course: a...

    1h 6m

  2. FEB 11

    Ep 210 | Scale Solo: The Smarter Way to Grow Your Expert-Led Business with Pia Silva

    If you’ve been questioning what “scaling” is supposed to look like for an expert-led business, this conversation will bring a lot of clarity. In this episode of Passionate & Prosperous, I’m joined by my friend, Pia Silva, founder of No BS Mastery, longtime business strategist, and author of Badass Your Brand, with a new book, Scale Solo, coming out soon. Pia has spent more than 15 years helping consultants, coaches, and boutique agencies build highly profitable businesses with small or no teams. She’s coached hundreds of business owners, and what she teaches is refreshingly clear, grounded, and practical. In our conversation, we dig into what it actually means to scale as an expert-led business — not the internet version of scaling, but the real decisions behind offers, pricing, confidence, and business models that create sustainable growth. We talk about how to build a business that works because it’s designed intentionally — not because you’re chasing trends, adding complexity, or following someone else’s definition of success. Pia and I both share some behind-the-scenes of our businesses – what it feels like when we’re going through an evolution and period of growth, how we’ve made certain decisions and choices around our offers and what we’re creating and the reality of how our businesses often reflect the seasons of our lives. If you’re a service-based business owner who wants to grow with clarity, confidence, and ease, this episode is for you. In This Episode, We Talk About: What most people get wrong about scaling service-based businessesHow to design a business model that works with a small or no teamWhy selling outcomes changes both your confidence and your revenueThe role decisive action plays in building authorityHow looking at the right numbers can simplify everything Pia’s upcoming book, Scale Solo, breaks down her approach to building a profitable, streamlined business — one that prioritizes expertise, simplicity, and sustainability. After you listen, consider this: What would scaling look like if it were designed around your expertise instead of someone else’s rules? Follow Pia on Instagram and listen to the No BS Mastery Podcast. You can also check out Pia’s upcoming book Scale Solo. 🔗 Ways to Work With Stacey & Free Resources 💚 1:1 Coaching & Mastermind Book your free Ultimate Impact Blueprint Session to explore private coaching or mastermind support and take your life and business to the next level. 🌟 Passionate & Prosperous Academy Join the Academy for coaching, mentorship, and community designed to help you build and grow a transformational business without ads or complicated funnels—just powerful offers, relationships, and live delivery. 📈 Free Resource: a...

    1h 8m

  3. FEB 4

    Ep 209 | What You’re Really Selling in Your Coaching or Service-Based Business (and What You’re Not)

    If money feels harder than it “should” right now, this episode is your reset: you don’t have a marketing problem, you have an offer clarity problem. In this conversation, I’m breaking down the foundational truth that changes everything in your coaching or service-based business: you can’t sell what you can’t name. And I know that sounds basic. But I’m telling you, after talking to business owners every single day, this is the pattern I see over and over again: people think they need better messaging, more leads, a stronger launch, or “visibility.” Meanwhile they can’t clearly answer one question: What are you selling? I also share how my background teaching yoga shaped the way I understand offers: one class doesn’t change your life, but a practice does. And your business needs to be positioned the same way. If you’ve been feeling stuck, fuzzy, or like your business should be working better than it is, listen to this episode. It will help you stop spinning and start selling what you’re actually here to do. Because your next level isn’t hiding in another funnel. It’s hiding in the question you’ve been avoiding. In This Episode, I Talk About:Why revenue doesn’t feel “easy” when you’re unclear on what you’re actually selling The difference between selling a modality vs. selling a transformationHow most coaches and business owners are misdiagnosing their “problem”Why people won’t invest time, energy, or money if they can’t picture the outcome they’re buyingWhy specificity isn’t a “niche trap” What “profitable” actually means in terms of business modelsHow values-driven businesses can lead right now, creating spaces of love, safety, and belonging when people need it most. If you’ve ever found yourself asking “why does making money feel so hard right now?”, pop your earbuds in and give this one a listen. And if you want help getting clear on it, come join me inside the Profitable Coaching Business Bootcamp (week of February 9). Replays are available, but if you can come live, do it. 🔗 Ways to Work With Stacey & Free Resources 💚 1:1 Coaching & Mastermind Book your free Ultimate Impact Blueprint Session to explore private coaching or mastermind support and take your life and business to the next level. 🌟 Passionate & Prosperous Academy Join the Academy for coaching, mentorship, and community designed to help you build and grow a transformational business without ads or complicated funnels—just powerful offers, relationships, and live delivery. 📈 Free Resource: High-Converting Event Playbook Learn how to create masterclasses, workshops, and talks that actually lead to clients (not crickets). 💻 Free Mini-Course:...

    37 min

  4. JAN 28

    Ep 208 | Why Coaching & Teaching Skills Matter More Than Ever In Your Business (and not just for coaches)

    In this episode of Passionate & Prosperous, I’m diving into one of the things I care about most — and honestly, one of the biggest reasons I believe so many service-based businesses struggle to grow or convert right now. If you work with human beings (coaches, teachers, healers, creatives, experts, facilitators, consultants… this means you), you must understand how people actually make decisions, learn, change, and say yes to transformation. This episode is all about why coaching and teaching skills aren’t just for delivery — they’re the foundation of attraction, sales, and results. I’m breaking down what’s really happening inside the human brain and nervous system when someone is considering change, investing money, or committing to a new outcome — and why no script, funnel, or “perfect messaging” can replace true coaching mastery. We talk about why objections aren’t something to “handle,” why information alone doesn’t create transformation, and why being great at what you do isn’t enough if you don’t know how to help people actually move. This conversation was inspired by real conversations with clients and colleagues, and what I’m seeing across the coaching and online business space right now — especially in a market where trust, discernment, and results matter more than ever. If you want to build a business that feels ethical, sustainable, and genuinely effective — where people don’t just buy, but actually change — this episode is for you. In this episode, we explore: Why understanding human behavior is essential if you sell transformationHow resistance and objections actually work (and why scripts don’t)The difference between learning information and creating real outcomesWhy coaching and teaching skills impact attraction, sales, and deliveryHow people decide to invest — and what they really need to feel safe saying yesWhy “being good at marketing” isn’t enough if you can’t deliver resultsHow embodied expertise builds trust faster than tactics ever will This episode is an invitation to raise the bar — not just in how you market or sell, but in how you serve, lead, and create change. Because businesses that last aren’t built on hacks. They’re built on skill, integrity, and knowing what your clients really need to get the results, outcomes and change they are looking for. If you want to learn more about what it takes to have a profitable coaching business, make sure to sign up for the free Profitable Coaching Business Bootcamp here. We start Feb 9th! 🔗 Ways to Work With Stacey & Free Resources 💚 1:1 Coaching & Mastermind Book your free Ultimate Impact Blueprint Session to explore private coaching or mastermind support and take your life and business to the...

    56 min

  5. JAN 21

    Ep 207 | Coaching Session: Clarifying Your Niche, Messaging & Unfair Advantage with Michael Barnes

    In this special coaching episode of Passionate & Prosperous, I coach Michael Barnes, a certified health and life coach in the early stages of building his coaching business. Michael came into the session wanting clarity around three things: where to focus his limited time and energy while working a full-time job, how to talk about his work without sounding “coachy,” and what it really looks like to embody being a coach — not turn it on and off depending on the room. What unfolded was a layered, honest coaching conversation where we got to the heart of what Michael actually does, who he’s uniquely positioned to help, and why his lived experience gives him what I call an unfair advantage — even if he hasn’t fully been using it yet. You’ll hear Michael have real-time breakthroughs around his messaging, his ideal client, and why people are already drawn to him — not because of his certifications, but because of who he is, how he lives, and the life he’s actively creating. We also talk about why clients don’t hire coaches because of polished language or perfect positioning — they hire us because they see us being, doing, or having something they want for themselves. And why sharing your story, your evolution, and your perspective isn’t optional if you want your work to land. In this episode, we cover: Why it’s important to know what outcomes and results your clients are really looking for (and not just what you think they want)How to stop hiding behind “coach language” and start speaking in a way that calls in your ideal clientsHow to leverage your unfair advantage — and why it’s a key to knowing your nicheWhat it really means to embody your work instead of trying to switch it on for marketingWhy people are drawn to coaches who are visibly living what they teachHow specificity (not being vague or universal) makes your message more powerfulMaking intentional choices about visibility and connection when you don’t have unlimited time This episode is a powerful reminder that business growth isn’t driven by finding the perfect script, niche sentence, or marketing formula. They’re built by developing your skills, taking action before you feel “ready,” and letting your lived experience lead the way. 🔗 Ways to Work With Stacey & Free Resources 💚 1:1 Coaching & Mastermind Book your free Ultimate Impact Blueprint Session to explore private coaching or mastermind support and take your life and business to the next level. 🌟 Passionate & Prosperous Academy Join the Academy for coaching, mentorship, and community designed to help you build and grow a transformational business without ads or complicated funnels—just powerful offers, relationships, and live delivery. 📈 Free Resource: High-Converting Event Playbook Learn how to create masterclasses, workshops, and talks that actually lead to clients (not...

    1h 42m

  6. JAN 14

    Ep 206 | What If You’re Not Behind? Rethinking Time, Momentum, and the Story You’re Telling Yourself

    Time is a construct and if you ask me, it’s magical. But, for so many people, managing time (and the lack of it) is incredibly stressful. If you’ve been telling yourself that you’re behind, that you lost momentum, or that something went wrong because you slowed down- this episode is for you. Today, I’m diving into one of the most common (and quietly destructive) patterns I see with entrepreneurs: turning time into proof that something is wrong with us. We replay the past, obsess about the future, and label ourselves “stuck” when we don’t know what to do next. And all the while, time itself stays exactly the same. In this episode, I break down why “I’m stuck” almost always just means “I don’t know what I should be doing,” how rest and pleasure get mislabeled as procrastination, and why you are the one who decided how long things are supposed to take in the first place. I also share personal examples from taking time off, to nourishing myself with art and beauty, to very real moments of procrastination and the questions I use to interrupt the spiral when I start questioning my pace, my progress, or myself. If you’ve been using time as a weapon against yourself, this episode will help you put it down. In This Episode, I Talk About:Why our brains struggle to stay in the present momentHow entrepreneurs make up timelines and then punish themselves for themThe difference between changing pace and losing momentumWhy not knowing what to do doesn’t mean you’re stuckTime, energy, and money as our three core resourcesHow rest, pleasure, and beauty actually support sustainable successThree powerful questions to reset your relationship with time A reframe I want you to sit with: what if you’re always right on time? Get Full Show Notes, Event Sign Ups and More Information Here: http://www.staceybrassrussell.com/podcast

    43 min

  7. JAN 7

    Ep 205 | Why “Value” Isn’t What Sells Anymore and How to Write Emails People Actually Want with Laura Belgray

    In this episode of Passionate & Prosperous, I’m sitting down with my friend Laura Belgray — OG in the online business world, Queen of storytelling, founder of Talking Shrimp, and author of Tough T*****s — for a conversation that covers a lot of ground (on purpose!) Yes, we talk about email marketing — why your email list still matters, why emails don’t have to be boring or “salesy,” and how selling to your list can feel normal, relational, and very human. But I also wanted to give Laura the space to really share how she built her Passionate & Prosperous life and business. We get the inside scoop on Laura’s business evolution: what it was like in the early days of the online business space, figuring things out as she went, creating offers by listening closely to what people were responding to, and building a business by taking action, trusting her instincts, and being unapologetically herself. We also talk a lot about writing and storytelling and Laura shares her perspective on finding your voice, showing the journey as it unfolds, and why your emails (and content overall) get to sound like a real person wrote them. Frequency, consistency, trust, connection — it’s all part of the same ecosystem. If you care about building a business around what you’re actually good at, creating opportunities instead of waiting for permission, and leaning into relationships as a growth strategy, you’ll get a lot out of this one. In this episode, we talk about: Laura’s business evolution and what it really looked like to build as she wentThe early days of online business (and learning by doing)Why email lists are still one of the most valuable assets you haveSelling to your email list without making it weirdStorytelling, voice, and being unapologetically yourself in your writingHow consistency and frequency build familiarity and trustCreating offers by paying attention to real audience response In classic Passionate & Prosperous style, this episode is a reminder that there’s no formula for building a great business — it’s built by showing up, experimenting, trusting and being willing to take action before you know “how” it’s all going to turn out! Join Laura in NYC for her Bingeworthy Live Writing Retreat March 22 and 23, 2026! You can also connect with Laura through her website and on Instagram. Get Full Show Notes, Event Sign Ups and More Information Here. 🔗 Ways to Work With Stacey & Free Resources 💚 1:1 Coaching & Mastermind Book your free Ultimate Impact Blueprint Session to explore private coaching or mastermind support and take your life and business to the next level. 🌟 Passionate & Prosperous Academy a href="https://my.timetrade.com/book/DFGVN"...

    1h 26m

  8. 12/31/2025

    Ep 204 | How to End Your Year Well, Choose Your Word & Manifest in 2026

    As we close out 2025, I’m bringing you a special New Year’s edition episode all about manifesting, choosing your word for the year, and the powerful things that happen when you take the time to reflect, celebrate, and consciously set the wheels in motion for the year ahead. Even if you’re someone who “hates New Year’s”, the reality is that the end of the year offers us a real opportunity to reflect and make some empowered decisions about what we’d like to focus on and create in the year ahead and I’m sharing with you some of my favorite ways to get clear, intentional and pretty excited about what’s next! In true Stacey-style, I’m bringing the practical, down-to-earth real talk with a sprinkle of woo and magic — because creating the life and business you want takes both. We’re talking about all the things - manifesting, intention, mindset, vision and of course the most important ingredient - action. In this episode I’m walking you through my personal process for closing out the year, including the questions I come back to every year to reflect, recalibrate, and reconnect with what I want next and how this can be the perfect way to come up with your “word” for the year. In this episode: How to choose your word for the year and why it is such a powerful tool if you use it wiselyMy favorite end-of-year reflection questionsWhat manifesting really is and how to approach it as a strategic practiceHow intention, mindset, energy, and action work togetherConnecting with your future self and your vision for the year aheadClosing out the year with clarity, momentum, and excitement By the end of this episode, you’ll be anchored in your word for the year, clear on how you want to manifest, and feeling full of possibility, purpose, and momentum as you head into 2026. Because this next year? It gets to be really good. Get Full Show Notes, Event Sign Ups and More Information Here: http://www.staceybrassrussell.com/podcast

    43 min
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