Building an Extraordinary Life with Bella St. John

Building an Extraordinary Life with Bella St. John

This week's guest is extra special. Bella St. John has been my coach for the last year, and she is one of the most fascinating people I know. She's built businesses.Written more than 30 books.Lived all over the world.Overcome extraordinary health challenges. And somehow continues to approach life with curiosity, possibility, and a deep belief in what human beings are capable of. In this conversation, we explore choice, intuition, authenticity, personal responsibility, and what it actually looks like to create a life that reflects who you are instead of who the world expects you to be. In this episode: • Why waiting until you know how keeps so many people stuck • The difference between bravery and choice • How Bella navigated major health challenges while continuing to pursue what mattered to her • Why you only need to see the next step, not the entire path • The role intuition plays in decision making • How authenticity and self-trust shape the way we move through the world • The hidden cost of performing a version of yourself that isn't real • Why every action and inaction is ultimately a choice The line that will stay with you: "You don't need to see the whole journey. You just need to see the next step." This conversation is full of wisdom, perspective, and reminders that most of life gets figured out along the way. Connect with Bella: bellastjohn.com [http://bellastjohn.com] Connect with me here: TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@ryanngillenofficial⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.tiktok.com/@ryanngillenofficial] Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@ryanngillen⁠⁠⁠official⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/ryanngillenofficial/] Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ryanngillen⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/ryanngillen] YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@RyannGillenofficial⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/@RyannGillenofficial]

The Business Beliefs I Do Not Subscribe To Anymore: #6 The Competition Myth

I spent a lot of years believing business was a fight. A fight for clients.A fight for attention.A fight for money.A fight to get ahead. And while nobody ever explicitly taught me that, the message was everywhere. Win the client.Beat the competition.Dominate the market.Be number one. Eventually, I stopped questioning whether business was competitive and simply accepted it as truth. This episode is Part 6 of The Business Beliefs I Do Not Subscribe To Anymore. A series breaking down the beliefs that helped me build success, but also quietly made my business feel heavy. Because one of the biggest shifts I've made is this: I no longer believe business is a competition. In this episode: • Why so many entrepreneurs unknowingly build a warrior identity • The hidden cost of seeing business as a battle • How competition keeps your focus on everyone except yourself • Why comparison drains your creative energy • The difference between playing the mind game and playing the energy game • What changes when you stop seeing other people's success as a threat • Why business becomes lighter when you focus on creation instead of competition The line that will stay with you: “I am a creator, not a competitor.” This episode is an invitation to stop worrying about who's ahead. Because there is nothing to win. There is only what you're here to create. Connect with me here: TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠@ryanngillenofficial⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.tiktok.com/@ryanngillenofficial] Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@ryanngillen⁠⁠⁠official [https://www.instagram.com/ryanngillenofficial/] Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠ryanngillen⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/ryanngillen] YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠@RyannGillenofficial [https://www.youtube.com/@RyannGillenofficial]

Ask Ryann: Do I Need Pressure to Succeed?

Welcome back to Ask Ryann. In this episode, Ryann and Sarah Buehner tackle one of the biggest fears high-achieving women have: What if pressure is the reason I've been successful? For women who built their careers, businesses, and lives through urgency, responsibility, and survival mode, the idea of creating from alignment can feel unrealistic—or even dangerous. In this episode, we unpack: * Why pressure can create results but isn't the same thing as sustainable success * The difference between ambition and survival mode * Why so many women mistrust ease, flow, and alignment * What the Energy Game actually means in real life * Why action still matters * The difference between clean action and chronic depletion * How identity shapes your experience of work, success, and achievement We also explore the question many business owners quietly ask: "How do I trust this work when I still have clients, deadlines, responsibilities, and a real life to manage?" This conversation is really about one thing: Learning that pressure is not the only fuel source available to you. Because the goal isn't less ambition.The goal is creating what you want without believing you have to suffer for it. If you have a question you'd like us to unpack on a future episode of Ask Ryann, send it our way. Because chances are... it's not the thing you think it is. Connect with me here: TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠@ryanngillenofficial⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.tiktok.com/@ryanngillenofficial] Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@ryanngillen⁠⁠⁠ [http://instagram.com/ryanngillen] Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠ryanngillen⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/ryanngillen] YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠@RyannGillenofficial [https://www.youtube.com/@RyannGillenofficial]

The Business Beliefs I Do Not Subscribe To Anymore: #5 The Hard Worker Identity

The Hard Worker Identity Most high-achieving women have built their identity around being the hardest worker in the room. Doing more. Holding more. Pushing harder. Being willing to do what other people won't do. And for a long time, that identity creates results. It creates money. Clients. Opportunities. Success. Which is exactly why it becomes so difficult to question. This episode is Part 5 of The Business Beliefs I Do Not Subscribe To Anymore. A series breaking down the beliefs that helped me build success, but also quietly made my business feel heavy. Because one of the hardest beliefs I've ever had to unravel was the belief that effort was creating my results. Not because it was true. Because it worked. Or at least it looked like it did. In this episode: • Why the hard worker identity becomes so deeply ingrained • The difference between effort and creation • Why action gets far more attention than it deserves • How identity, thoughts, feelings, and actions work together to create results • The hidden cost of overworking and over-proving • Why so many successful women struggle to relax • The shift from effort-based success to aligned success • What happens when you stop tying your value to how hard you work The line that will stay with you: "The amount of hard work I put in has nothing to do with my value." This episode is an invitation to question one of the most celebrated identities in our culture. Because maybe the goal isn't to work harder. Maybe the goal is to create differently. Connect with me here: TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠@ryanngillenofficial⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.tiktok.com/@ryanngillenofficial] Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@ryanngillen⁠⁠⁠ [http://instagram.com/ryangillen] Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠ryanngillen⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/ryanngillen] YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠@RyannGillenofficial [https://www.youtube.com/@RyannGillenofficial]

Building Success Without Losing Yourself with Rose Nasrazadani

Rose Nasrazadani knew early on that she wanted a different life. But choosing real estate meant going against everything she had been taught was “safe.” Raised by immigrant parents who believed success came through traditional careers like medicine, law, or engineering, Rose spent years trying to follow a path that never actually felt like hers. Until she finally stopped building the life she was supposed to want and started building one that actually fit her. This conversation is about ambition, identity, money, relationships, and what it looks like to create success without constantly sacrificing yourself in the process. And honestly, I think so many high-achieving women are going to see themselves in Rose’s story. In this episode: • Why Rose walked away from the medical path and chose real estate instead • The pressure of navigating family expectations while building your own identity • What it looked like to grow a successful brokerage while healing scarcity and money anxiety • The feast-and-famine cycle so many entrepreneurs silently live inside • Why emotional capacity matters more than most business strategy • The shift from taking every opportunity to building from alignment • How Rose built a business and relationship that support the life she actually wants • Why success started feeling lighter when she stopped operating from survival mode The line that will stay with you: “I thought once I made more money, all the pressure and anxiety would go away. But it didn’t.” This is a conversation about redefining success. Not just building a business that looks good on paper, but building a life that actually feels good to live. Connect with Rose: Instagram: @talarealtyco [https://www.instagram.com/talarealtyco/]and @rose_Nasrazadani [https://www.instagram.com/rose_nasrazadani/]