45. Creating Creative Possibilities with Lisa Hopkins

47. What's in Store for 2025

Welcome to year TWO of the podcast! In this episode, I explore what’s in store for the Live Stoked | Lead Stoked podcast for 2025, and embrace a new video format for the podcast as the episodes will be on YouTube as well. This transition, driven by my desire for authenticity, aims to deepen our conversations through visuals as so many of my guests have been amazing at storytelling. Throughout the year, I will focus on themes of empowerment and the challenges of caregiving, especially in dealing with my mother's Alzheimer's. Additionally, I will address the often-taboo subjects of physical well-being and aging, fostering open discussions to benefit both myself and our listeners. My goal is to facilitate meaningful conversations that resonate deeply and inspire growth and connection. CONNECT WITH SARAH: * Follow on Instagram - @livestoked_leadstoked [https://www.instagram.com/livestoked_leadstoked/] (business) & @sea2mountains [https://www.instagram.com/sea2mountains/] (personal)  * LinkedIn -  sarahbettman [https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahbettman/] * Website - www.sarahbettman.com [https://www.sarahbettman.com/] & www.livestoked.com [https://www.livestoked.com/] * Follow on Facebook - CoachBettman [https://www.facebook.com/CoachBettman] BOOKS FEATURED ON THE LIVE STOKED | LEAD STOKED PODCAST [https://bookshop.org/lists/books-featured-on-the-live-stoked-lead-stoked-podcast?] COVER ART PHOTO BY:  * Kim Thomson Steel [https://kimthompsonsteel.com/] PODCAST PRODUCTION BY:  * Allison Nitsch | Podcast Management [https://allisonnitsch.com/]

46. Authentic Sales and Life Lessons with Nick Loise

In this episode, I chat with Nick Loise, a seasoned sales leader, about the idea of “living stoked” by seizing life's opportunities. We talk about his personal journey, including his battle with prostate cancer, which reshaped his priorities. Nick shares insights on fostering inclusivity in the corporate world, challenging sales stereotypes through empathy and authenticity. We explore the importance of work-life balance and how technology, particularly AI, is transforming sales strategies. MEET NICK: Nicholas Loise has been a salesperson, sales leader, successful entrepreneur, marketing and sales executive, Presidents Club winner, speaker, and author. His third entrepreneurial endeavor is Sales Performance Team, a company focused on helping small—to midsize businesses improve their sales leadership, sales processes, systems, and playbooks.  His passion is, and always has been, helping entrepreneurs, businesses, and professional practices market and sell better, faster, and more efficiently to help the owners improve profitability and valuations.  He is an author and co-author of many books on sales and marketing, a sought-after speaker, creator of the GKIC/Magnetic Marketing educational courses Sales Mastery with Dan Kennedy and Dave Dee, Sales Mastery, How to Create a High Impact Sales Team, a contributor to NO BS Guide to Direct Response Marketing, Magnetic Marketing and the NO BS Letter, Author of Moving the Sales Needle in Your Business, The Ultimate Guide to Managing Your Sales Team, and was the co-presenter of the GKIC/Magnetic Marketing Sales Boot Camps and Marketing Boot Camps focused on helping small- to medium-size businesses sell and market better. He has also been an Adjunct Professor of Marketing at North Park University in Chicago.   CONNECT WITH NICK: * LinkedIn - nicholasloise [https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholasloise/] * Facebook - nicholas.loise [https://www.facebook.com/nicholas.loise/] * Website - salesperformanceteam.com [https://salesperformanceteam.com/] * FREE Quota Busting Sales Team Pack [https://salespack.salesperformanceteam.com/] Guest Book Rec:  * Let’s Get Real Or Let’s Not Play by Maham Khalsa & Randy Illig [https://bookshop.org/p/books/let-s-get-real-or-let-s-not-play-transforming-the-buyer-seller-relationship-mahan-khalsa/10797350?ean=9781591842262] * Entitlement by Rumaan Alam [https://bookshop.org/p/books/entitlement-rumaan-alam/21187338?ean=9780593718469] * Creativity by John Cleese [https://bookshop.org/p/books/creativity-a-short-and-cheerful-guide-john-cleese/14710959?ean=9780385348270] * Professor at Large: The Cornell Years by John Cleese [https://bookshop.org/p/books/professor-at-large-the-cornell-years-john-cleese/11993101?ean=9781501716577] CONNECT WITH SARAH: * Follow on Instagram - @livestoked_leadstoked [https://www.instagram.com/livestoked_leadstoked/] (business) & @sea2mountains [https://www.instagram.com/sea2mountains/] (personal)  * LinkedIn -  sarahbettman [https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahbettman/] * Website - www.sarahbettman.com [https://www.sarahbettman.com/] & www.livestoked.com [https://www.livestoked.com/] * Follow on Facebook - CoachBettman [https://www.facebook.com/CoachBettman] Books Featured on The Live Stoked | Lead Stoked Podcast [https://bookshop.org/lists/books-featured-on-the-live-stoked-lead-stoked-podcast?] COVER ART PHOTO BY:  * Kim Thomson Steel [https://kimthompsonsteel.com/] PODCAST PRODUCTION BY:  * Allison Nitsch | Podcast Management [https://allisonnitsch.com/]

45. Creating Creative Possibilities with Lisa Hopkins

In this episode, I chat with creative coach Lisa Hopkins, whose journey highlights living intentionally and embracing personal agency. We redefine "being stoked" as a deeper engagement with life and true joy, exploring Lisa's evolution from a shy girl in Canada to an influential figure in dance and coaching. Our discussion focuses on the transformative nature of coaching, the importance of authenticity, and cultivating creative possibilities for everyone, not just artists. We also touch on diverse inspirations for personal growth and the significance of being present to find joy amid challenges. This conversation encapsulates the essence of living stoked—choosing authenticity and growth. MEET LISA: Lisa Hopkins partners with creative people who want to be challenged and energized to explore, recognize and celebrate their potential and break through fears and limiting beliefs that hold them back from being artists in all areas of their lives. She has lived and worked alongside inspiring creative people her whole life. Lisa has experienced first hand what it means to lead with passion and to follow her heart . She knows what it feels like to perform at the highest level and leave it all on the dance floor (literally & metaphorically). Lisa understands that success is often the very thing that stands in the way of becoming all that she can be in this world. She refuses to be defined by what she’s done, or to make choices based on what she thinks she should be doing next.  Lisa believes that the journey is the thing, that life is a gift and that possibilities exist in every moment if we choose to open our minds and hearts. CONNECT WITH LISA: * Instagram - @wideopenstages [https://www.instagram.com/wideopenstages/?hl=en] * Website - wideopenstages.com [https://www.wideopenstages.com/] * Book - The Places Where There Are Spaces: Cultivating a Life of Creative Possibilities [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-places-where-there-are-spaces-cultivating-a-life-of-creative-possibilities-lisa-hopkins/21680534?ean=9781038309617] * Podcast - Stoptime: Live in the Moment [https://www.wideopenstages.com/stoptime-podcast] Guest Book Rec:  * Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day [https://bookshop.org/p/books/think-like-a-monk-train-your-mind-for-peace-and-purpose-every-day-jay-shetty/13131262?ean=9781982134488] by Jay Shetty * Keep It Moving: Lessons for the Rest of Your Life [https://bookshop.org/p/books/keep-it-moving-lessons-for-the-rest-of-your-life-twyla-tharp/6686676?ean=9781982101312] by Twyla Tharp * The Artist’s Way [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-artist-s-way-30th-anniversary-edition-julia-cameron/6665657?ean=9780143129257] by Julia Cameron * Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values [https://bookshop.org/p/books/zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance-an-inquiry-into-values-robert-m-pirsig/284761?ean=9780061673733] by Robert M. Pirsig Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes [https://bookshop.org/p/books/cassandra-speaks-when-women-are-the-storytellers-the-human-story-changes-elizabeth-lesser/18370558?ean=9780062887191] by Elizabeth Lesser CONNECT WITH SARAH: * Follow on Instagram - @livestoked_leadstoked [https://www.instagram.com/livestoked_leadstoked/] (business) & @sea2mountains [https://www.instagram.com/sea2mountains/] (personal)  * LinkedIn -  sarahbettman [https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahbettman/] * Website - www.sarahbettman.com [https://www.sarahbettman.com/] & www.livestoked.com [https://www.livestoked.com/] * Follow on Facebook - CoachBettman [https://www.facebook.com/CoachBettman] BOOKS FEATURED ON THE LIVE STOKED | LEAD STOKED PODCAST [https://bookshop.org/lists/books-featured-on-the-live-stoked-lead-stoked-podcast?] COVER ART PHOTO BY:  * Kim Thomson Steel [https://kimthompsonsteel.com/] PODCAST PRODUCTION BY:  * Allison Nitsch | Podcast Management [https://allisonnitsch.com/]

44. Redefining Success From Corporate to Coaching with Kristeen Barth

Today I have leadership development coach, Kristeen Barth on the podcast to talk about living authentically and empowered. We explore the balance between professional expectations and personal fulfillment, emphasizing agency and self-discovery. Kristeen shares her journey from a corporate IT career to coaching, explaining the key moments and the influence of mentors on her path. Her coaching philosophy centers on helping clients find their inner voice while navigating societal pressures. We also discuss the significance of community, curiosity, and personal identity in defining success, particularly for women in male-dominated fields. Kristeen's reflections inspire listeners to embrace their own journeys toward fulfillment and authentic leadership. MEET KRISTEEN: Kristeen Barth is a career and leadership coach and mentor dedicated to helping individuals and teams foster a healthier relationship with their work. By identifying and overcoming limiting beliefs and inner saboteurs, she helps clients build a mindset for sustained success and happiness. With compassion, creativity and honesty, Kristeen guides clients to explore their core identity and clarify their priorities. She challenges current thinking to identify what is working and what needs to evolve. Committed to personal growth, she assists clients in becoming the most expressive version of themselves. Her experience spans IT project and product management, post-acquisition cultural integration, leadership development, employee experience and engagement programs, coaching at all organizational levels, team culture work, and DEI initiatives. Kristeen is trained through The Coaches Training Institute and the Agile Coaching modality and holds a BS in Technology Management and an MBA from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Outside of work, she enjoys the outdoors, documentaries, kettlebells, walking her dog Toby, traveling with her husband, Matt, and oat milk lattes. CONNECT WITH KRISTEEN: * LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristeenbarth/] * YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@kristeenbarth?sub_confirmation=1] * www.kristeenbarth.com [http://www.kristeenbarth.com/] Guest Book Rec: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver [https://bookshop.org/p/books/demon-copperhead-barbara-kingsolver/18506689?ean=9780063251984] CONNECT WITH SARAH: * Follow on Instagram - @livestoked_leadstoked [https://www.instagram.com/livestoked_leadstoked/] (business) & @sea2mountains [https://www.instagram.com/sea2mountains/] (personal)  * LinkedIn -  sarahbettman [https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahbettman/] * Website - www.sarahbettman.com [https://www.sarahbettman.com/] & www.livestoked.com [https://www.livestoked.com/] * Follow on Facebook - CoachBettman [https://www.facebook.com/CoachBettman] BOOKS FEATURED ON THE LIVE STOKED | LEAD STOKED PODCAST [https://bookshop.org/lists/books-featured-on-the-live-stoked-lead-stoked-podcast?] COVER ART PHOTO BY:  * Kim Thomson Steel [https://kimthompsonsteel.com/] PODCAST PRODUCTION BY:  * Allison Nitsch | Podcast Management [https://allisonnitsch.com/]

43. Embracing Freedom and Visibility with Bibigi Haile

In this episode I have an amazing conversation with Bibigi Haile, a dedicated coach and advocate for women’s visibility. We explore the concept of living through choice and personal agency, as Bibigi recounts her journey towards embracing freedom, shaped by her diverse cultural background and supportive upbringing. Our discussion highlights the significance of creating spaces for women to express themselves authentically, highlighting the connection between visibility and personal fulfillment.  MEET BIBIGI: Bibigi Haile founded The Beauvoir Group to give women the license to be Unapologetically Visible, make bold moves, and stop apologizing for what they want from their professional lives. As a sought-after keynote speaker and strategic advisor to women in leadership, Bibigi has rightfully owned spots on national and international stages sharing her refreshingly fierce approach to women’s visibility, imposter syndrome, and personal branding. With a background in organizational transformation and change, her career expands over several industries including finance and investment management. She holds an M.Sc. in Strategy and an undergraduate degree in Women’s Studies. She applies a research and evidence-based approach to guide her clients through transformational change. When she isn’t on stage, she’s still speaking – her 5-star rated, award-winning podcast Speaking with Women explores the experience of women as they navigate the complexities of crafting a career and brand that feels right for them. Bibigi is also and especially the mother of a wise 9-year-old, third culture kid, podcast and book nerd, and a CrossFit enthusiast. CONNECT WITH BIBIGI: * LinkedIn - bibigi-haile [https://www.linkedin.com/in/bibigi-haile/] * visiblewomenconference.com [https://visiblewomenconference.com/] * Podcast - Speaking With Women [https://pod.link/1553633432] CONNECT WITH SARAH: * Follow on Instagram - @livestoked_leadstoked [https://www.instagram.com/livestoked_leadstoked/] (business) & @sea2mountains [https://www.instagram.com/sea2mountains/] (personal)  * LinkedIn -  sarahbettman [https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahbettman/] * Website - www.sarahbettman.com [https://www.sarahbettman.com/] & www.livestoked.com [https://www.livestoked.com/] * Follow on Facebook - CoachBettman [https://www.facebook.com/CoachBettman] BOOKS FEATURED ON THE LIVE STOKED | LEAD STOKED PODCAST [https://bookshop.org/lists/books-featured-on-the-live-stoked-lead-stoked-podcast?] COVER ART PHOTO BY:  * Kim Thomson Steel [https://kimthompsonsteel.com/] PODCAST PRODUCTION BY:  * Allison Nitsch | Podcast Management [https://allisonnitsch.com/]