Kickass Conversations Louise Neil & Kim Romain

We are all in such a hurry to move ahead. 

And yet, much like an arrow, our careers and businesses shoot forward with greater momentum by pulling (or looking) backward.   

This comes from doing something we love talking about here on Kickass Conversations... taking time for reflection.  

When we spend time reflecting on the past, we have greater information to be able to move forward the way we are meaning to.  

In this episode, Kim and Louise are joined by one of their former co-hosts of The Best Parts Podcast, Sara Doell. Sara is a life coach, college golf coach, lifetime member of the Ladies Professional Golf Association, and an Amazon Best Selling Author of the book Your Future Self Will Thank You. 

Curious to learn more about Sara? Check the links below:  https://saradoellcoaching.com https://instagram.com/saradoellcoaching  



Show Highlights

What are we celebrating this week? 0:00 

Sara's background. 3:56 

How did you decide to become a life coach? 12:24 

The power of asking the powerful question. 17:37 

The power of writing a letter to your future self. 23:19 

Work hard, play hard. 28:46 

We do the best we can with the resources we have. 35:49 

Golden Nuggets 41:48 

Next Week  Inner Strength with Sabrina Osso 53:10



#yourkickasscareer #work #life #worklifebalance #career #leadership #mindset #momentum #progress







Connect with us directly:

You can find Kim at https://www.kimromain.com, as well as on LinkedIn @kimromain and on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok @thekimromain

You can find Louise at https://louiseneil.com and on LinkedIn @louise-neil and on Instagram @mylife.project

Wondering how to get more satisfaction from your career?  Get started here.

Don't forget to email your questions, comments, outbursts, and suggestions at yourkickasscareer@gmail.com and find out more about you Your Kickass Career Quiz and us at Your Kickass Career Collective.

Interested in joining the conversation? Email yourkickasscareer@gmail.com and let us know you’re interested in being a guest.

Motivation is a powerful, yet tricky beast. Sometimes it's super duper easy to get motivated. 

Then there are those other times when it's nearly impossible to figure out how to motivate yourself. What's up with that?!  

Many people struggle to find the motivation they need to achieve the goals they have created for themselves. 

Often, they get stuck wasting time and energy on things that aren't moving them forward.   



On this week's episode, Kim and Louise will be joined by Rise Visible CEO Aunia Kahn to talk about how to create momentum and how not to lose it once you have it.  

You can learn more about Aunia at: 

https://risevisible.com 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/auniakahn 

https://www.instagram.com/risevisible 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7Dw_5-kOBdtXP8IrUvWzbQ  



Show Highlights

What are you celebrating today? 0:00

Who is Aneela and how did she get started? 3:01

How to pivot your career. 8:44

How to pull yourself out of the muck. 14:07

Finding motivation in the midst of burnout. 19:40

The difference between motivation and action. 27:31

Taking the step of taking action. 32:41

The importance of self-awareness. 37:46

Why achievement is not my identity? 41.39



Next week on Kickass Conversations - Looking Back to Move Forward with Sara Doell





#yourkickasscareer #work #life #careerdevelopment #leadership #mindset #motivation

Connect with us directly:

You can find Kim at https://www.kimromain.com, as well as on LinkedIn @kimromain and on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok @thekimromain

You can find Louise at https://louiseneil.com and on LinkedIn @louise-neil and on Instagram @mylife.project

Wondering how to get more satisfaction from your career?  Get started here.

Don't forget to email your questions, comments, outbursts, and suggestions at yourkickasscareer@gmail.com and find out more about you Your Kickass Career Quiz and us at Your Kickass Career Collective.

Interested in joining the conversation? Email yourkickasscareer@gmail.com and let us know you’re interested in being a guest.

We often focus on how much time we have to complete things - tasks, projects, etc. However, most folks rarely address the question of how much energy they have to complete those same things.   Very often, time isn't the hindrance. 

It's energy.   

While we think we have an unlimited supply of energy, and in many ways, we do for as long as we're alive, the reality is that if we're not resourcing it appropriately for ourselves, we will quickly deplete what we do have. 

This can take the form of burnout and other maladies that keep us from being able to keep moving forward.  



In this episode of Kickass Conversations, Kim and Louise are joined by Shelley Smartly of The Smartly Comedy TV & Podcast Series to talk about resourcing your energy.   You can learn more about Shelley and The Smartlys at https://thesmartlys.com



Show Highlights


What are you celebrating this week? (0:00)
Shelly’s Introduction and career path. (5:24)
The importance of having an optimistic outlook. (11:45)
The importance of having a growth mindset. (13:19)
Why pick the most challenging instead of the low hanging? (16:35)
Why laughter is so energizing. (20:37)
Finding the one thing that brings you energy. (25:27)
There is your CAPITAL P purpose and your small p purpose too. (31:03)
We can’t do the heavy work if we’re weighed down. (34:30)
Where to find the Smart lease? (38:13)

Next episode Creating and Maintaining Motivation with Aunia Kahn



Connect with us directly:

You can find Kim at https://www.kimromain.com, as well as on LinkedIn @kimromain and on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok @thekimromain

You can find Louise at https://louiseneil.com and on LinkedIn @louise-neil and on Instagram @mylife.project

Wondering how to get more satisfaction from your career?  Get started here.

Don't forget to email your questions, comments, outbursts, and suggestions at yourkickasscareer@gmail.com and find out more about you Your Kickass Career Quiz and us at Your Kickass Career Collective.

Interested in joining the conversation? Email yourkickasscareer@gmail.com and let us know you’re interested in being a guest.

“Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is a success.” - Henry Ford

Building a team is the easy part. Having the team work well together, that's the hard part. It takes synergy to make it work.

What are the best ways to develop synergy for your team? That's what Kim and Louise will be discussing in this episode of Kickass Conversations.



#yourkickasscareer #worklife #careerdevelopment #leadership #businessdevelopment #synergy #teamwork



Show Highlights


What are you celebrating today? (0:00)
Step away from the thing that’s sticky and find the flow. (3:31)
Where are the synergies coming from? (8:35)
The definition of the word synergistic. (13:59)
Accountability as part of the synergy bucket. (19:04)
The power of having divergent perspectives on work. (25:20)
How do you start to accept help from others? (31:23)
Synergy thrives with a growth mindset. (37:23)

Connect with us directly:

You can find Kim at https://www.kimromain.com, as well as on LinkedIn @kimromain and on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok @thekimromain

You can find Louise at https://louiseneil.com and on LinkedIn @louise-neil and on Instagram @mylife.project

Wondering how to get more satisfaction from your career?  Get started here.

Don't forget to email your questions, comments, outbursts, and suggestions at yourkickasscareer@gmail.com and find out more about you Your Kickass Career Quiz and us at Your Kickass Career Collective.

Interested in joining the conversation? Email yourkickasscareer@gmail.com and let us know you’re interested in being a guest.

Is fear holding you back from making decisions or taking actions you really want to make? 



Then a healthy dose of courage is just what the doctor ordered.  Courage doesn't always mean we're not afraid. Sometimes, it means being scared, worried, unsure AND finding a way to do what we need to do.  

Courage involves recognizing fear and embracing it.  In this episode, Kim and Louise will be joined by their guest, Intuitive Voice Coach and Singer, Aideen Ni Riada Wolpe, to discuss what it takes to cultivate courage in our lives.   

Aideen blends her knowledge of psychology, spirituality and voice training to uncover the hidden treasure within your voice and helps you transform your self-doubt into self-confidence.   



To learn more about Aideen, check out: 

www.confidenceinsinging.com 

www.linkedin.com/in/aideenniriada 

www.youtube.com/@confidenceinsinging5100  



Show Highlights


Aideen’s celebrations. (0:00)
How to take your voice into speaking. (3:40)
Becoming a business owner. (10:01)
How we block off the creative side of our brains. (17:15)
Taking yourself more seriously. (20:44)
How courage shows up in your voice. (27:53)
The power of taking a moment to pause. (34:03)
The importance of being significant in your own life. (39:45)
Golden Nuggets (44:38)

Next Episode - Developing Synergy with Sarah Ahrendt



#yourkickasscareer #worklife #careerdevelopment #leadership #businessdevelopment #mindset #courage #courageous #courageousleadership

Connect with us directly:

You can find Kim at https://www.kimromain.com, as well as on LinkedIn @kimromain and on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok @thekimromain

You can find Louise at https://louiseneil.com and on LinkedIn @louise-neil and on Instagram @mylife.project

Wondering how to get more satisfaction from your career?  Get started here.

Don't forget to email your questions, comments, outbursts, and suggestions at yourkickasscareer@gmail.com and find out more about you Your Kickass Career Quiz and us at Your Kickass Career Collective.

Interested in joining the conversation? Email yourkickasscareer@gmail.com and let us know you’re interested in being a guest.

Often, we allow perfectionism to get in our way. It can stymie our progress and keeps us from truly performing at our best.



As recovering perfectionists themselves, Kim and Louise shared a mentor who instilled in them the idea that "it's ALL an experiment." 

That idea has become a keystone in both of their lives and their businesses.

What's possible if you allow yourself to see life, work, everything as an experiment instead of something that needs to be perfected?

In this episode, Louise and Kim will explore this idea with their guest Jacinthe Koddo of Koddo & Co. Consulting Inc., a serial entrepreneur with 6 businesses started, 4 failures, and 2 growing successes. Jacinthe learned the ins-and-outs of business finance over the last decade—and not always the easy way!

You can learn more about Jacinthe at:

https://www.koddoandco.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacinthekoddo

https://www.instagram.com/jacinthekoddo

#yourkickasscareer #ykac #ykaccollective #thecollective #work #life #worklife #worklifebalance #career #careerdevelopment #leadership #leadershipdevelopment #business #businessdevelopment #mindset #inspiration #comfortzone #motivation #success #goals #growth #life #business #entrepreneur #growthmindset #comfortable #change #successmindset





Show Highlights


What are you celebrating this week? (0:14)
Marketing is a great word. (2:47)
How she got into management accounting and business finance. (7:40)
Learning about money in high school. (12:41)
How to craft an experiment. (19:12)
It’s all about the data. (25:44)
The importance of beta-mode. (27:42)
How to enter the mindful liminal space. (32:27)
Finding your own way is an experiment. (38:41)
What’s your golden Nugget? (43:58)
Next Episode: Cultivating Courage with Aideen Ni Riada (48:59)

Connect with us directly:

You can find Kim at https://www.kimromain.com, as well as on LinkedIn @kimromain and on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok @thekimromain

You can find Louise at https://louiseneil.com and on LinkedIn @louise-neil and on Instagram @mylife.project

Wondering how to get more satisfaction from your career?  Get started here.

Don't forget to email your questions, comments, outbursts, and suggestions at yourkickasscareer@gmail.com and find out more about you Your Kickass Career Quiz and us at Your Kickass Career Collective.

Interested in joining the conversation? Email yourkickasscareer@gmail.com and let us know you’re interested in being a guest.