WOC and Allies: Business and Career Realtalk with Elaine Lou Cartas

Elaine Lou Cartas
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Struggling with what to do next? Need honest realtalk cause you're tired of the curated highlight reels on the socials? And want strategies to get out of your own way? Your host, Elaine Lou Cartas, the oldest daughter of a Filipino immigrant, is an award-winning Business and Executive Career Coach for women of color and allies. Elaine is like you - she’s been fired, quit jobs, changed careers three times, and been in debt. Elaine’s success story? She’s always done what’s true to herself and wants you to know it’s possible too. She’s a former grassroots organizer and nonprofit fundraiser who raised $11 million.LA Weekly awarded Elaine as the #1 Thought Leader in 2023, and MSN recognized her as the Best Leadership & Executive Coach in 2024. Elaine has online courses with LinkedIn, Duke, Brown, Penn and USC. On the WOC and Allies: Business and Career Realtalk® Podcast (formerly known as the Color Your Dreams podcast), Elaine reminds you that your definition of happiness in work and life can evolve. Elaine's podcast guests include team members, clients, friends, and even family members who discuss real challenges and how they honored their own voices. As a business owner and career leader, this podcast is here to help you overcome overwhelm, while protecting your peace. So bring your coffee, tea, or boba for some realtalk every other Thursday! @elainelou_ // www.elainelou.com

  1. 5d ago

    139: Stop Performing, Start Closing: Follow-Up Over Followers

    Main Points In this episode, I break down the exact live pitch I just gave to 100+ minority small business owners, the one that's helped me beat last year's revenue and grow profit margins by 23%, all without being social media dependent. My real breakdown on how I get sales, and how it’s not dependent on social media How I don’t have to perform and post all the time on social media and consistent salesThe AI prompt I use before every conference to walk in already knowing who I need to talk toWhere We Can Connect: Schedule a Business & Career Review call with me to see if it’s a good fit to work together: elainelou.com/call Check out our 300+ reviews on Google | LinkedIn | Youtube | Website Follow the Podcast on Apple Follow the Podcast on Spotify Follow Elaine on Instagram: @elainelou_ Connect with Elaine on LinkedIn: Elaine Lou Cartas Check out our other podcasts for Women of Color

  2. Jul 30

    138: My 9-Year Business Anniversary: What I Quit to Go From Chaos to Calm

    Main Points It’s my 9 Year Business Anniversary and I’m sharing: How I surpassed last year's revenue in cash flow already, and increased my profit margins by 24%How I quit copying everyone else's business model and turned my business from chaos into calm and peaceHow quitting alcohol, Muay Thai group class, and hustle culture helped me get thereResources Mentioned My bookkeepers: Evolved FinanceUchechi Kalu, CFPFeend MediaThe Creative Act: A Way of BeingAtomic Habits Autoimmunity & The Good Girlpsychologytoday.comWhere We Can Connect: Schedule a Business & Career Review call with me to see if it’s a good fit to work together: elainelou.com/call Check out our 300+ reviews on Google | LinkedIn | Youtube | Website Follow the Podcast on Apple Follow the Podcast on Spotify Follow Elaine on Instagram: @elainelou_ Connect with Elaine on LinkedIn: Elaine Lou Cartas Check out our other podcasts for Women of Color

  3. Jul 16

    137: Difficult Conversations & Self-Defense: In the Boardroom and on the Streets

    Main Points Self-care is more than just getting a massage, mani/pedi, it’s listening to those whispers of what you need to change in your life. This is a replay of my talk from the Women Leading Travel Forum in New Orleans with top female leaders from travel and hospitality, where I was leading a leadership workshop on how to handle difficult conversations at work; plus a live self-defense demo I brought onto the main stage. Whether it’s in the board room or in the real world, it’s the same strategy. In this episode: The exact script for dealing with a narcissist at work: The neuroscience behind your trauma response, and the 1 calm question that makes them short-circuit.How to manage up and down without burning out: Why "my team is overwhelmed" doesn't land, and the script that actually gets you heard.My raise/promotion homework, plus a live self-defense demo Resources Mentioned Women Leading TravelAutoimmunity and the Good Girls by Sara Hirsh Bordo The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin Atomic Habits by James Clear Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey Where We Can Connect: Schedule a Business & Career Review call with me to see if it’s a good fit to work together: elainelou.com/call Check out our 300+ reviews on Google | LinkedIn | Youtube | Website Follow the Podcast on Apple Follow the Podcast on Spotify Follow Elaine on Instagram: @elainelou_ Connect with Elaine on LinkedIn: Elaine Lou Cartas Check out our other podcasts for Women of Color

  4. Jul 2

    136: Should You Blowup Your Career in Midlife? And Other Questions Women Ask Themselves with Meredith Herrera

    Main Points It seems like every millennial I’m talking to is going through a mid-life crisis. My former client turned friend and fellow coach, Meredith Herrera, and I talka bout: Why your 20% might already be everyone else's 100%, and why it’s OK not to give your 100%The difference between burnout & outgrowing something What her dad said when she told him she was "unemployed" on purposeThe question I've now stolen for my own coaching sessions: "What are you pretending not to know that you know?"Our AIM screennames, you’ll be shocked what mine isResources Mentioned Connect with Meredith: mherreraconsulting.comMeredith’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meredith-herrera-30652010/Where We Can Connect: Schedule a Business & Career Review call with me to see if it’s a good fit to work together: elainelou.com/call Check out our 300+ reviews on Google | LinkedIn | Youtube | Website Follow the Podcast on Apple Follow the Podcast on Spotify Follow Elaine on Instagram: @elainelou_ Connect with Elaine on LinkedIn: Elaine Lou Cartas Check out our other podcasts for Women of Color

  5. May 21

    135: Workplace Trauma: What To Do When You're Stuck with Maya Borgueta, PsyD

    Main Points Common themes I’m hearing from clients include burnout and microagressions. In this podcast episode, I connect with Dr. Maya Borgueta where we get into: What trauma actually is, and what it’s notThe workplace trauma trends we’re seeing now from blurred boundaries to layoffs and what to do about itWhy microaggressions is traumaticThe signs you might be carrying workplace trauma without realizing itResources Mentioned https://www.psychologytoday.com/stelanovapsych.comWhere We Can Connect: Schedule a Business & Career Review call with me to see if it’s a good fit to work together: elainelou.com/call Check out our 300+ reviews on Google | LinkedIn | Youtube | Website Follow the Podcast on Apple Follow the Podcast on Spotify Follow Elaine on Instagram: @elainelou_ Connect with Elaine on LinkedIn: Elaine Lou Cartas Check out our other podcasts for Women of Color

  6. Apr 30

    134: Executive Influence at the Queen Mary: Using Conscious Conversations® to Lead, Communicate & Get What You Want

    I did a talk on emotional influence and how to get raises and start a business at the Queen Mary in Long Beach. It was for a women’s retreat with Humansave, a nonprofit that helps survivors of human trafficking. In this episode we talk about: Why your nervous system is your biggest leadership asset (or liability)The one document that gets you the raise, and why you should talk to your boss before you demand a raiseHow to stop over-explaining and start leading with authorityMy follow-up formula on how I raised $11 million as a former fundraiserWhere We Can Connect: Schedule a Business & Career Review call with me to see if it’s a good fit to work together: elainelou.com/call Check out our 300+ reviews on Google | LinkedIn | Youtube | Website Follow the Podcast on Apple Follow the Podcast on Spotify Follow Elaine on Instagram: @elainelou_ Connect with Elaine on LinkedIn: Elaine Lou Cartas Check out our other podcasts for Women of Color Check out Humansave

  7. Apr 16

    133: Balancing It All As a Woman: Leadership, Anxiety & Self-Advocacy with Amazon

    As a female leader, unfortunately, you aren’t alone when it comes to leadership, anxiety and self-advocacy. This is part 2 of my keynote recording from SoCal Amazon Women’s Conference. But this time, I’m joined by 3 other incredible women of color operations leaders from Amazon who rose through the ranks quickly. In this episode, we get into: What it looks like to lead a team of 100+ while holding it together Why playing it safe is keeping you stuckHow your empathy and emotion are strengths, not liabilitiesThe importance of understanding seasons at your work Managing anxiety at work (We talked therapy & I shared the 2 therapeutic methods that actually helped me)How to advocate for yourself without feeling like you're braggingWhere We Can Connect: Schedule a Business & Career Review call with me to see if it’s a good fit to work together: elainelou.com/call Check out our 300+ reviews on Google | LinkedIn | Youtube | Website Follow the Podcast on Apple Follow the Podcast on Spotify Follow Elaine on Instagram: @elainelou_ Connect with Elaine on LinkedIn: Elaine Lou Cartas Check out our other podcasts for Women of Color

  8. Apr 9

    132: My Amazon Keynote: Why Conscious Conversations® Is Your Emotional Intelligence Supply Chain

    My SoCal Amazon Women’s Conference Keynote is live, we cover: How your trauma responses are showing up at work; and what to do about itWhy communication works exactly like a supply chain (yes, really)Word-for-word scripts for your next difficult conversationOh, and there's a genuinely sweet moment with my dad that I did not plan for. You'll know it when you see it. Where We Can Connect: Schedule a Business & Career Review call with me to see if it’s a good fit to work together: elainelou.com/call Check out our 300+ reviews on Google | LinkedIn | Youtube | Website Follow the Podcast on Apple Follow the Podcast on Spotify Follow Elaine on Instagram: @elainelou_ Connect with Elaine on LinkedIn: Elaine Lou Cartas Check out our other podcasts for Women of Color Follow, Rate & Review on Apple Podcasts Are you following the WOC & Allies: Business & Career Realtalk podcast? My team and I created this podcast for accessible education for women of color and allies. When you follow the podcast, it lets podcast streaming companies know that this podcast is a podcast fellow women of color and allies should listen to. If you are enjoying the show, I would love it if you would leave me a review on Apple Podcasts. This is one of the best ways to support the show and my team, and it helps other Legacy Leaders find it! Head over to Apple Podcasts to follow, rate and review now!

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Struggling with what to do next? Need honest realtalk cause you're tired of the curated highlight reels on the socials? And want strategies to get out of your own way? Your host, Elaine Lou Cartas, the oldest daughter of a Filipino immigrant, is an award-winning Business and Executive Career Coach for women of color and allies. Elaine is like you - she’s been fired, quit jobs, changed careers three times, and been in debt. Elaine’s success story? She’s always done what’s true to herself and wants you to know it’s possible too. She’s a former grassroots organizer and nonprofit fundraiser who raised $11 million.LA Weekly awarded Elaine as the #1 Thought Leader in 2023, and MSN recognized her as the Best Leadership & Executive Coach in 2024. Elaine has online courses with LinkedIn, Duke, Brown, Penn and USC. On the WOC and Allies: Business and Career Realtalk® Podcast (formerly known as the Color Your Dreams podcast), Elaine reminds you that your definition of happiness in work and life can evolve. Elaine's podcast guests include team members, clients, friends, and even family members who discuss real challenges and how they honored their own voices. As a business owner and career leader, this podcast is here to help you overcome overwhelm, while protecting your peace. So bring your coffee, tea, or boba for some realtalk every other Thursday! @elainelou_ // www.elainelou.com

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