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Listen in to this powerful show to hear Jessica share her raw, vulnerable, and in-the-moment experiences. To find out more about Jessica visit her website at JessicaButts.com. Be sure to follow her on Instagram @jessicabuttsma for daily motivation.]]>enEducationCopyright Front Seat Life Podcasthttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/737936bba9d4505aab110c4c1b633e4b.jpghttps://jessicabutts.comWed, 28 Feb 2024 18:22:05 +0000Jessica ButtsFront Seat Life Podcastjames.h.healy@gmail.comFront Seat Life Podcast helps you be unapologetically who you are in life, love, and business.
Listen in to this powerful show to hear Jessica share her raw, vulnerable, and in-the-moment experiences. To find out more about Jessica visit her website at JessicaButts.com. Be sure to follow her on Instagram @jessicabuttsma for daily motivation.]]>true4d93e02d-2e1f-5a0e-b770-2099217346beepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/105-understanding-your-hustle-how-your-type-is-contributing-to-your-hustle--51178972
This can all be a little confusing, so listen in as I break it down and explain!

Enjoy this second installment of the new mini-series about Part 2 of Healing the Hustle! And remember, I always love hearing from my listeners. Feel free to reach out to me and of course I would love, love, love a review on iTunes, it helps others find us. And don’t forget to subscribe and follow for future episodes.

Thank you SO much for listening to the podcast!! As a thank you, here is a killer freebie for you!

Here are all five online courses I built over the last 7-8 years as I was writing my books and HUSTLING so you may notice some different content/energy AND it is all still excellent content.

As you may or may not know, I am now Healing my Hustle, and have gone back to my roots of doing private 1-1 therapy/coaching as I believe in connection over capitalism and work together 1-1 is magical and powerful.

If you are interested in seeing me privately, please simply respond to this email and we will find a time for you. I am also currently filling spots for my twice yearly Healing the Hustle Retreats on Maui in May and October (the least expensive and most gorgeous months here)!

And lastly, I LOVE sharing my 20+ years expertise in Myers Briggs, my own proprietary system, Front Seat Life (TM), and the content from my second book “Don’t Do Stuff You Suck At” with corporations, teams of all sizes, Women’s events, team building events, keynote presentations and corporate incentive trips via my customized 1-hour to full-day fun, engaging and deeply impactful trainings.

Again, I so appreciate you being here!

I know life is busy and we are inundated with information these days so I sincerely appreciate your interest in my work.

I look forward to working with you in one or all of the above ways or simply to provide you free content via these courses, my podcast, or for under $20 my books and INCREDIBLE journal which can be purchased on Amazon.

Be Unapologetically who you are!

Jessica

For more about Jessica and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/

Follow Jessica on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessicabuttsma/

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Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/105-understanding-your-hustle-how-your-type-is-contributing-to-your-hustle]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51178972Wed, 07 Sep 2022 21:59:50 +0000Jessica ButtsToday, we are going back into Part Two of my Healing the Hustle framework and my upcoming book. We are focusing on understanding our personality type and how this plays into our Hustle… or not. A lot of this episode is about separating nurture from...
This can all be a little confusing, so listen in as I break it down and explain!

Enjoy this second installment of the new mini-series about Part 2 of Healing the Hustle! And remember, I always love hearing from my listeners. Feel free to reach out to me and of course I would love, love, love a review on iTunes, it helps others find us. And don’t forget to subscribe and follow for future episodes.

Thank you SO much for listening to the podcast!! As a thank you, here is a killer freebie for you!

Here are all five online courses I built over the last 7-8 years as I was writing my books and HUSTLING so you may notice some different content/energy AND it is all still excellent content.

As you may or may not know, I am now Healing my Hustle, and have gone back to my roots of doing private 1-1 therapy/coaching as I believe in connection over capitalism and work together 1-1 is magical and powerful.

If you are interested in seeing me privately, please simply respond to this email and we will find a time for you. I am also currently filling spots for my twice yearly Healing the Hustle Retreats on Maui in May and October (the least expensive and most gorgeous months here)!

And lastly, I LOVE sharing my 20+ years expertise in Myers Briggs, my own proprietary system, Front Seat Life (TM), and the content from my second book “Don’t Do Stuff You Suck At” with corporations, teams of all sizes, Women’s events, team building events, keynote presentations and corporate incentive trips via my customized 1-hour to full-day fun, engaging and deeply impactful trainings.

Again, I so appreciate you being here!

I know life is busy and we are inundated with information these days so I sincerely appreciate your interest in my work.

I look forward to working with you in one or all of the above ways or simply to provide you free content via these courses, my podcast, or for under $20 my books and INCREDIBLE journal which can be purchased on Amazon.

Be Unapologetically who you are!

Jessica

For more about Jessica and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/

Follow Jessica on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessicabuttsma/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/

Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/105-understanding-your-hustle-how-your-type-is-contributing-to-your-hustle]]>2159business,career,coaching,education,entrepreneur,health,love,mbti,myers briggs,personal development,personality,personality type,podcast,relationships,resources,success,therapy,tips,typefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/104-understanding-your-hustle-the-story-of-my-tattoo-healing-the-hustle--51097873
It’s funny, when I was a therapist and now I am again, but when I was a therapist, I complained there were too many rules keeping me from being able to do the work I wanted to do. However, there was this ethical and legal boundary that kept my work at work and made boundaries easier. When I became a coach that boundary disappeared, and it was a problem I created.

And it was all based on my worth, or lack thereof. See, part of my hustle was people pleasing. And I’m guessing yours is as well. Women are natural caretakers due to both nature and nurture. It runs in our DNA. We over-give because we feel bad or that we aren’t doing enough, especially if they are giving us money to be their coach.

When I was on a vacation, like the one I took to Maui a few years ago, I was still answering Facebook or Instagram DMs, checking my email, even though I had put my ‘out of office’ on and even had a wonderful assistant covering me. I was constantly thinking about my clients, my team, my work. There’s also another big reason why I, and our type do this…

We get validation from being busy and feeling needed. And I have done so much more work on this since I’ve written this section in my book and with this episode I share some insights that might also resonate with you!

Enjoy this first installment of the new mini-series about Part 2 of Healing the Hustle! And remember, I always love hearing from my listeners. Feel free to reach out to me and of course I would love, love, love a review on iTunes, it helps others find us. And don’t forget to subscribe and follow for future episodes.

For more about Jessica and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/

Follow Jessica on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessicabuttsma/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/

Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/104-understanding-your-hustle-the-story-of-my-tattoo-healing-the-hustle]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51097873Wed, 31 Aug 2022 21:52:12 +0000Jessica ButtsWelcome back to the Front Seat Life podcast, I am Jessica Butts your host. We are diving into Part Two of my Healing the Hustle framework and my upcoming book. I’ve written about 70% of the book and today we are moving into “Understanding Your...
It’s funny, when I was a therapist and now I am again, but when I was a therapist, I complained there were too many rules keeping me from being able to do the work I wanted to do. However, there was this ethical and legal boundary that kept my work at work and made boundaries easier. When I became a coach that boundary disappeared, and it was a problem I created.

And it was all based on my worth, or lack thereof. See, part of my hustle was people pleasing. And I’m guessing yours is as well. Women are natural caretakers due to both nature and nurture. It runs in our DNA. We over-give because we feel bad or that we aren’t doing enough, especially if they are giving us money to be their coach.

When I was on a vacation, like the one I took to Maui a few years ago, I was still answering Facebook or Instagram DMs, checking my email, even though I had put my ‘out of office’ on and even had a wonderful assistant covering me. I was constantly thinking about my clients, my team, my work. There’s also another big reason why I, and our type do this…

We get validation from being busy and feeling needed. And I have done so much more work on this since I’ve written this section in my book and with this episode I share some insights that might also resonate with you!

Enjoy this first installment of the new mini-series about Part 2 of Healing the Hustle! And remember, I always love hearing from my listeners. Feel free to reach out to me and of course I would love, love, love a review on iTunes, it helps others find us. And don’t forget to subscribe and follow for future episodes.

For more about Jessica and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/

Follow Jessica on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessicabuttsma/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/

Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/104-understanding-your-hustle-the-story-of-my-tattoo-healing-the-hustle]]>1566business,career,coaching,education,entrepreneur,health,love,mbti,myers briggs,personal development,personality,personality type,podcast,relationships,resources,success,therapy,tips,typefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/103-how-we-got-here-pt-3-our-need-to-do-is-a-trauma-response-healing-the-hustle--51018384
We have been talking about how we all got here, how we got to this place of hustling, your journey, my journey, sharing that, and giving you some tools. Our New World, which hit home with a lot of people. I heard from a lot of people about my saying, connection before capitalism, that seemed to really hit home with people.

And today is this Our Need to Do. Our need, specifically as women, and that this is our identity. This is a badge of honor. This somehow makes us better. And I’m here to tell you that I’m going through this as well.

So, I’ve been talking about nature and nurture and how our personality type absolutely plays a part in this. The nurture piece is so big, and this is absolutely 1000000% our family of origin. And there’s so many of us that are acting out. We are trying to prove ourselves to people, the world, and society. And then there’s often a trauma response to our family of origin. And societal norms.

These are two very powerful forces.

Enjoy this third installment of the new mini-series within the Healing the Hustle Series! And remember, I always love hearing from my listeners. Feel free to reach out to me and of course I would love, love, love a review on iTunes, it helps others find us. And don’t forget to subscribe and follow for future episodes.

For more about Jessica and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/

Follow Jessica on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessicabuttsma/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/

Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/103-how-we-got-here-pt-3-our-need-to-do-is-a-trauma-response-healing-the-hustle]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51018384Wed, 24 Aug 2022 16:55:40 +0000Jessica ButtsWelcome back to the Front Seat Life podcast, I am Jessica Butts your host. I’m back on Maui and I could not be happier. We’re back for the third episode of a mini-series I’ve renamed How We Got Here and this is the Our Need to “Do” is a Trauma...
We have been talking about how we all got here, how we got to this place of hustling, your journey, my journey, sharing that, and giving you some tools. Our New World, which hit home with a lot of people. I heard from a lot of people about my saying, connection before capitalism, that seemed to really hit home with people.

And today is this Our Need to Do. Our need, specifically as women, and that this is our identity. This is a badge of honor. This somehow makes us better. And I’m here to tell you that I’m going through this as well.

So, I’ve been talking about nature and nurture and how our personality type absolutely plays a part in this. The nurture piece is so big, and this is absolutely 1000000% our family of origin. And there’s so many of us that are acting out. We are trying to prove ourselves to people, the world, and society. And then there’s often a trauma response to our family of origin. And societal norms.

These are two very powerful forces.

Enjoy this third installment of the new mini-series within the Healing the Hustle Series! And remember, I always love hearing from my listeners. Feel free to reach out to me and of course I would love, love, love a review on iTunes, it helps others find us. And don’t forget to subscribe and follow for future episodes.

For more about Jessica and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/

Follow Jessica on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessicabuttsma/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/

Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/103-how-we-got-here-pt-3-our-need-to-do-is-a-trauma-response-healing-the-hustle]]>1542business,career,coaching,education,entrepreneur,health,love,mbti,myers briggs,personal development,personality,personality type,podcast,relationships,resources,success,therapy,tips,typefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/102-how-we-got-here-pt-2-our-new-world-healing-the-hustle--50944785
The last 30 years have completely changed our existence. I mean, I remember like in high school, college even, and when I started my first job out of college, all we did was work. We didn’t have computers. There was no internet. We didn’t do any of this stuff. And so, within 30 years, our lives have completely changed, completely changed. With technology and phones, and obviously social media, all of it, the “how we got here” is just massive. This must be addressed. We’ve got to acknowledge the fact that we are now in hustle culture.

Absolutely because of this new world we live in. I was looking at my book earlier and all the things I had written down about how people can contact us. Back in the day, people called us on the telephone connected to our houses. We had the cool phones with the super, super, super long cord so that we could go into the bathroom and have a private conversation and have our parents not hear us. We used to do everything I R L, in real life. We had to actually see people.

So anyway, you need to listen to this episode. I just find this fascinating and creates a great sense of awareness. Please, enjoy this second installment of the new mini-series within the Healing the Hustle Series! And remember, I always love hearing from my listeners. Feel free to reach out to me and of course I would love, love, love a review on iTunes, it helps others find us. And don’t forget to subscribe and follow for future episodes.

And, because I said I would include them, here are the lyrics to The Man by Taylor Swift:

I would be complex

I would be cool

They’d say I played the field before I found someone to commit to

And that would be ok

For me to do

Every conquest I had made would make me more of a boss to you

I’d be a fearless leader

I’d be an alpha type

When everyone believes ya

What’s that like?

I’m so sick of running as fast as I can

Wondering if I’d get there quicker

If I was a man

And I’m so sick of them coming at me again

‘Cause if I was a man

Then I’d be the man

I’d be the man

I’d be the ma

They’d say I hustled

Put in the work

They wouldn’t shake their heads and question how much of this I deserve

What I was wearing

If I was rude

Could all be separated from my good ideas and power moves?

And they would toast to me, oh

Let the players play

I’d be just like Leo

In Saint-Tropez

I’m so sick of running as fast as I can

Wondering if I’d get there quicker

If I was a man

And I’m so sick of them coming at me again

‘Cause if I was a man

Then I’d be the man

I’d be the man

I’d be the man

What’s it like to brag about

Raking in dollars

And getting bitches and models

And it’s all good if you’re bad

And it’s okay if you’re mad

If I was out flashing my dollars

I’d be a bitch, not a baller

They paint me out to be bad

So it’s okay that I’m mad

I’m so sick of running as fast as I can

Wondering if I’d get there quicker if I was a man (you know that)

And I’m so sick of them coming at me again (coming at me again)

‘Cause if I was a man (if I was a man)

Then I’d be the man (then I’d be the man)

I’m so sick of running as fast as I can (as fast as I can)

Wondering if I’d get there quicker if I was a man (hey)

And I’m so sick of them coming at me again (coming at me again)

‘Cause if I was a man (if I was a man), then I’d be the man

I’d be the man

I’d be the man (oh)

I’d be the man (yeah)

I’d be the man (I’d be the man)

If I was a man

Then I’d be the man

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Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/102-how-we-got-here-pt-2-our-new-world-healing-the-hustle]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50944785Wed, 17 Aug 2022 22:36:46 +0000Jessica ButtsWelcome back everybody to the Front Seat Life podcast, I am Jessica Butts your host. We’re back for the second episode of a mini-series I’ve renamed How We Got Here and this is the Our New World episode. And this is all within the Healing Our Hustle...
The last 30 years have completely changed our existence. I mean, I remember like in high school, college even, and when I started my first job out of college, all we did was work. We didn’t have computers. There was no internet. We didn’t do any of this stuff. And so, within 30 years, our lives have completely changed, completely changed. With technology and phones, and obviously social media, all of it, the “how we got here” is just massive. This must be addressed. We’ve got to acknowledge the fact that we are now in hustle culture.

Absolutely because of this new world we live in. I was looking at my book earlier and all the things I had written down about how people can contact us. Back in the day, people called us on the telephone connected to our houses. We had the cool phones with the super, super, super long cord so that we could go into the bathroom and have a private conversation and have our parents not hear us. We used to do everything I R L, in real life. We had to actually see people.

So anyway, you need to listen to this episode. I just find this fascinating and creates a great sense of awareness. Please, enjoy this second installment of the new mini-series within the Healing the Hustle Series! And remember, I always love hearing from my listeners. Feel free to reach out to me and of course I would love, love, love a review on iTunes, it helps others find us. And don’t forget to subscribe and follow for future episodes.

And, because I said I would include them, here are the lyrics to The Man by Taylor Swift:

I would be complex

I would be cool

They’d say I played the field before I found someone to commit to

And that would be ok

For me to do

Every conquest I had made would make me more of a boss to you

I’d be a fearless leader

I’d be an alpha type

When everyone believes ya

What’s that like?

I’m so sick of running as fast as I can

Wondering if I’d get there quicker

If I was a man

And I’m so sick of them coming at me again

‘Cause if I was a man

Then I’d be the man

I’d be the man

I’d be the ma

They’d say I hustled

Put in the work

They wouldn’t shake their heads and question how much of this I deserve

What I was wearing

If I was rude

Could all be separated from my good ideas and power moves?

And they would toast to me, oh

Let the players play

I’d be just like Leo

In Saint-Tropez

I’m so sick of running as fast as I can

Wondering if I’d get there quicker

If I was a man

And I’m so sick of them coming at me again

‘Cause if I was a man

Then I’d be the man

I’d be the man

I’d be the man

What’s it like to brag about

Raking in dollars

And getting bitches and models

And it’s all good if you’re bad

And it’s okay if you’re mad

If I was out flashing my dollars

I’d be a bitch, not a baller

They paint me out to be bad

So it’s okay that I’m mad

I’m so sick of running as fast as I can

Wondering if I’d get there quicker if I was a man (you know that)

And I’m so sick of them coming at me again (coming at me again)

‘Cause if I was a man (if I was a man)
1788business,career,coaching,education,entrepreneur,health,love,mbti,myers briggs,personal development,personality,personality type,podcast,relationships,resources,success,therapy,tips,typefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/101-why-we-are-hustling-part-1-healing-the-hustle--50805113
So, today we are going to start with the first section of my new book which is answering the questions, “How did we get here? And why can’t I just be happy?” And this is broken into basically three main things.

The first is looking at your journey, how you got to where you are now. Like me sharing my journey of getting to where I am, both personally and physically here on Maui. Then we look at our new world, this crazy unbelievable new world we live in. And finally, it’s good to reflect on our obsessive need to "do." We live in a capitalist society and a culture that puts a lot of value on “the more you do the better.”

How can we not always be going, going, going? This need to “do” is some sort of badge of honor. It's a bunch of BS, quite honestly, but we've all bought into it, that we need more, we need to buy more. We're just spending our money like crazy people and we're not saving. And so, we always need a better job and to be making more money. We've always got to be hustling to do the next thing, because we've literally created this life, but it's also innate in us.

Okay, enjoy this first installment of the new mini-series within the Healing the Hustle Series! And remember, I always love hearing from my listeners. Feel free to reach out to me and of course I would love, love, love a review on iTunes, it helps others find us. And don’t forget to subscribe and follow for future episodes.

For more about Jessica and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/

Follow Jessica on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessicabuttsma/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/

Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/101-why-we-are-hustling-part-1-healing-the-hustle]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50805113Wed, 03 Aug 2022 19:54:04 +0000Jessica ButtsWelcome back everybody to the Front Seat Life podcast. I am Jessica Butts and thank you for all the love about the hundredth episode. It's pretty amazing to have a hundred episodes. I mean, do I have that much to say? I guess I do! I really appreciate...
So, today we are going to start with the first section of my new book which is answering the questions, “How did we get here? And why can’t I just be happy?” And this is broken into basically three main things.

The first is looking at your journey, how you got to where you are now. Like me sharing my journey of getting to where I am, both personally and physically here on Maui. Then we look at our new world, this crazy unbelievable new world we live in. And finally, it’s good to reflect on our obsessive need to "do." We live in a capitalist society and a culture that puts a lot of value on “the more you do the better.”

How can we not always be going, going, going? This need to “do” is some sort of badge of honor. It's a bunch of BS, quite honestly, but we've all bought into it, that we need more, we need to buy more. We're just spending our money like crazy people and we're not saving. And so, we always need a better job and to be making more money. We've always got to be hustling to do the next thing, because we've literally created this life, but it's also innate in us.

Okay, enjoy this first installment of the new mini-series within the Healing the Hustle Series! And remember, I always love hearing from my listeners. Feel free to reach out to me and of course I would love, love, love a review on iTunes, it helps others find us. And don’t forget to subscribe and follow for future episodes.

For more about Jessica and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/

Follow Jessica on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessicabuttsma/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/

Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/101-why-we-are-hustling-part-1-healing-the-hustle]]>2221business,career,coaching,education,entrepreneur,health,love,mbti,myers briggs,personal development,personality,personality type,podcast,relationships,resources,success,therapy,tips,typefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/100-dial-it-up-healing-the-hustle--50749474
And I’m celebrating two major wins this week, my 100th episode and I got approved trademark for Front Seat Life! So, of course my 100th episode is going to be about personality type. And dialing it up, not dialing it down. Be more of who we are, not suppressing it or oppressing it. Not being vanilla in any way, shape, or form.

It’s hard for us to do, because we naturally focus on the stuff we suck at and think we need to get better at that, to try to please everyone. I explain some of the traps we can fall into and the mistakes we make. But our greatest gift or path in life is to become more of who we are. We are not meant to be in a zone of competence, but a zone of genius. So, dial it up!

And remember, I always love hearing from my listeners. Feel free to reach out to me via email and of course I would love, love, love a review on iTunes, it helps others find us. And don’t forget to subscribe and follow for future episodes.

For more about Jessica and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/

Follow Jessica on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessicabuttsma/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/

Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/100-dial-it-up-healing-the-hustle]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50749474Fri, 29 Jul 2022 15:22:54 +0000Jessica ButtsWelcome back everybody. This is the Front Seat Life podcast, and I am Jessica Butts bringing you my 100th episode! It’s kind of amazing. I’ve paused, taken some time off, come back with Healing the Hustle, but today we get to celebrate! I believe in...
And I’m celebrating two major wins this week, my 100th episode and I got approved trademark for Front Seat Life! So, of course my 100th episode is going to be about personality type. And dialing it up, not dialing it down. Be more of who we are, not suppressing it or oppressing it. Not being vanilla in any way, shape, or form.

It’s hard for us to do, because we naturally focus on the stuff we suck at and think we need to get better at that, to try to please everyone. I explain some of the traps we can fall into and the mistakes we make. But our greatest gift or path in life is to become more of who we are. We are not meant to be in a zone of competence, but a zone of genius. So, dial it up!

And remember, I always love hearing from my listeners. Feel free to reach out to me via email and of course I would love, love, love a review on iTunes, it helps others find us. And don’t forget to subscribe and follow for future episodes.

For more about Jessica and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/

Follow Jessica on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessicabuttsma/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/

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I’m talking about how to show up when you are not okay. Because part of our hustle is absolutely people pleasing. Absolutely pretending, like everything’s fine. And I’m not okay today. The cons of doing this in real time, in real life, as I’ve promised to be doing, is that sh*t happens, but the show must go on. I got kicked in the gut and I do believe that I really, really struggled with whether I do the podcast, or I just not do it?

That was option A, just skip a week. Option B, which is not really an option for me was to show up and be fake. To show up and pretend like I don’t have super wonky energy. And that is part of, again, the hustling that we do. This is part of the everything’s fine culture. It’s part of the culture that I’ve calling BS on for 11 years probably. This is just not healthy. It’s not healthy to pretend like everything’s fine.

It’s not healthy for us or for our relationships to show up in an inauthentic way and from our backseats. The backseat is when we’re doing too many things that we suck at, or someone breaks our heart… So, option C was to show up, record the podcast, be true to my commitment, and be authentic. Please listen and I’ll explain what is going on and hopefully what I share will help you if you find yourself in a similar situation, which does seem to happen to us all from time to time.

And remember, I always love hearing from my listeners. Feel free to reach out to me via email and of course I would love, love, love a review on iTunes, it helps others find us. And don’t forget to subscribe and follow for future episodes.

For more about Jessica and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/

Follow Jessica on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jessicabuttsma/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/

Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/99-how-to-show-up-when-you-are-not-okay-healing-the-hustle]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50661754Wed, 20 Jul 2022 21:14:36 +0000Jessica ButtsWelcome back everybody. This is the Front Seat Life podcast, and I am Jessica Butts bringing you another episode in the Healing the Hustle series. I know it’s confusing, but it’s what I’m doing at the moment. Today’s episode is a bit of a mess. I’m...
I’m talking about how to show up when you are not okay. Because part of our hustle is absolutely people pleasing. Absolutely pretending, like everything’s fine. And I’m not okay today. The cons of doing this in real time, in real life, as I’ve promised to be doing, is that sh*t happens, but the show must go on. I got kicked in the gut and I do believe that I really, really struggled with whether I do the podcast, or I just not do it?

That was option A, just skip a week. Option B, which is not really an option for me was to show up and be fake. To show up and pretend like I don’t have super wonky energy. And that is part of, again, the hustling that we do. This is part of the everything’s fine culture. It’s part of the culture that I’ve calling BS on for 11 years probably. This is just not healthy. It’s not healthy to pretend like everything’s fine.

It’s not healthy for us or for our relationships to show up in an inauthentic way and from our backseats. The backseat is when we’re doing too many things that we suck at, or someone breaks our heart… So, option C was to show up, record the podcast, be true to my commitment, and be authentic. Please listen and I’ll explain what is going on and hopefully what I share will help you if you find yourself in a similar situation, which does seem to happen to us all from time to time.

And remember, I always love hearing from my listeners. Feel free to reach out to me via email and of course I would love, love, love a review on iTunes, it helps others find us. And don’t forget to subscribe and follow for future episodes.

For more about Jessica and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/

Follow Jessica on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jessicabuttsma/

Front Seat Life Podcast
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Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/99-how-to-show-up-when-you-are-not-okay-healing-the-hustle]]>1677business,career,coaching,education,entrepreneur,health,love,mbti,myers briggs,personal development,personality,personality type,podcast,relationships,resources,success,therapy,tips,typefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/98-my-5-favorite-personal-development-tools-part-2-healing-the-hustle--50561864
If you are catching Part 2 and missed Part 1, you may want to go back to catch up. Part 1 was about personality type, obviously, codependency, and attachment. Today for Part 2 I am breaking down the five Love Languages from the amazing book by Gary Chapman. I unpack the five different Love Languages with examples from myself and others and explain why this is a wonderful tool in helping decode what makes your spouse, children, siblings, parents, and anyone close to you feel most loved.

Then I share one of the best decision-making tools that I’ve ever used, Core Values. There are 38 different Core Values (I think) and I have six that are important to me, and that help guide me. I think of Core Values as a bubble, and they surround me and keep me protected from things that are not going to be in alignment with my core values. You can get a list to help you uncover your Core Values over at my site, link below.

I always love hearing from my listeners! Feel free to reach out to me via email and of course I would love, love, love a review on iTunes, it helps others find us. And don’t forget to subscribe and follow for future episodes.

For more about Jessica and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/

Learn more about the 5 Love Languages here: https://5lovelanguages.com/

Get one of the best decision-making tools that I’ve ever used — Core Values Exercise: https://jessicabutts.com/corevalues/

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Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/98-my-5-favorite-personal-development-tools-part-2-healing-the-hustle]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50561864Wed, 13 Jul 2022 18:41:40 +0000Jessica ButtsI am back with Part 2 of my birthday episode! If you’ve been following along, I started sharing my five favorite personal development tools in the last episode, but due to my love of sharing, I couldn’t get them all into one episode, brevity is not my...
If you are catching Part 2 and missed Part 1, you may want to go back to catch up. Part 1 was about personality type, obviously, codependency, and attachment. Today for Part 2 I am breaking down the five Love Languages from the amazing book by Gary Chapman. I unpack the five different Love Languages with examples from myself and others and explain why this is a wonderful tool in helping decode what makes your spouse, children, siblings, parents, and anyone close to you feel most loved.

Then I share one of the best decision-making tools that I’ve ever used, Core Values. There are 38 different Core Values (I think) and I have six that are important to me, and that help guide me. I think of Core Values as a bubble, and they surround me and keep me protected from things that are not going to be in alignment with my core values. You can get a list to help you uncover your Core Values over at my site, link below.

I always love hearing from my listeners! Feel free to reach out to me via email and of course I would love, love, love a review on iTunes, it helps others find us. And don’t forget to subscribe and follow for future episodes.

For more about Jessica and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/

Learn more about the 5 Love Languages here: https://5lovelanguages.com/

Get one of the best decision-making tools that I’ve ever used — Core Values Exercise: https://jessicabutts.com/corevalues/

Follow Jessica on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessicabuttsma/

Front Seat Life Podcast
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Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/98-my-5-favorite-personal-development-tools-part-2-healing-the-hustle]]>2569business,career,coaching,education,entrepreneur,health,love,mbti,myers briggs,personal development,personality,personality type,podcast,relationships,resources,success,therapy,tips,typefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/97-my-5-favorite-personal-development-tools-part-1-healing-the-hustle--50484244
As I have divulged in previous episodes, this Healing the Hustle series is very in the moment real. I am not recording weeks and weeks out. I am literally recording this two days before my birthday, on July 5th, and I’ve been thinking about this episode a lot. It’s going to divert a bit from the Healing the Hustle content, because I was having a conversation recently with somebody in my life. And we were talking about how well we know ourselves. My answer is probably an A- minus, there’s always room for improvement, I don’t believe we’re an A+ plus at anything.

I will be doing personal development and self-improvement for sure until the day I die. I just always believe in forward momentum and thinking into the future and being the best version of ourselves.

So that will always be happening. Today’s episode I’m covering my five favorite personal development tools as a therapist and as just somebody who is adamantly for personal development and for self-improvement. Well, at least this is Part 1 because I love this so much, I couldn’t squeeze it into just one episode. In fact, each of these tools could be an entire episode on their own, or even more.

I could have done 10. I could have done three, but five came to my mind very easily. So, with today’s episode, I want you to be thinking about… How well do you know yourself?

I would love to hear from you. Feel free to reach out to me via email and of course would love a review on iTunes and don’t forget to subscribe and follow for future episodes.

For more about Jessica and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/

Follow Jessica on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessicabuttsma/

Front Seat Life Podcast
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Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/97-my-5-favorite-personal-development-tools-part-1-healing-the-hustle]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50484244Wed, 06 Jul 2022 15:02:11 +0000Jessica ButtsI am very excited about today’s episode for a couple of reasons. One, it’s my birthday! I know as we get older, it shouldn’t be such a big deal, but I’ll be 49. I’ve heard people say that when you get past 35, you just continue to feel 35. I...
As I have divulged in previous episodes, this Healing the Hustle series is very in the moment real. I am not recording weeks and weeks out. I am literally recording this two days before my birthday, on July 5th, and I’ve been thinking about this episode a lot. It’s going to divert a bit from the Healing the Hustle content, because I was having a conversation recently with somebody in my life. And we were talking about how well we know ourselves. My answer is probably an A- minus, there’s always room for improvement, I don’t believe we’re an A+ plus at anything.

I will be doing personal development and self-improvement for sure until the day I die. I just always believe in forward momentum and thinking into the future and being the best version of ourselves.

So that will always be happening. Today’s episode I’m covering my five favorite personal development tools as a therapist and as just somebody who is adamantly for personal development and for self-improvement. Well, at least this is Part 1 because I love this so much, I couldn’t squeeze it into just one episode. In fact, each of these tools could be an entire episode on their own, or even more.

I could have done 10. I could have done three, but five came to my mind very easily. So, with today’s episode, I want you to be thinking about… How well do you know yourself?

I would love to hear from you. Feel free to reach out to me via email and of course would love a review on iTunes and don’t forget to subscribe and follow for future episodes.

For more about Jessica and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/

Follow Jessica on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessicabuttsma/

Front Seat Life Podcast
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Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/97-my-5-favorite-personal-development-tools-part-1-healing-the-hustle]]>3379business,career,coaching,education,entrepreneur,health,love,mbti,myers briggs,personal development,personality,personality type,podcast,relationships,resources,success,therapy,tips,typefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/96-i-made-a-mistake-healing-the-hustle--50407758
I do love when the universe continues to give feedback, if you will, that the more that I talk about this, the more that I go back to my roots of personality type and my therapy roots, and really connecting with people and not talking at people again, the universe just continues to reward that with more ideal clients.

The world is eager and excited to start learning about their personality type again. And I’m loving that people are reaching out and they’re engaging, and they want me to come in and speak to their organization or their women’s group or their team.

Now, I know you are dying to know about some of the stuff that I’m going to talk about today. Today’s episode is “I Made a Mistake.” I made a mistake and I’m assuming, everybody’s thinking, oh God, she thinks she made a mistake by moving to Maui. That is not what this episode is about. I did not make a mistake moving here, but I have made a mistake.

I’m not going to spoil it here, you are going to have to listen to the episode to find out! And you should listen to the end, go all the way through this episode. There is some good sh*t. I get on a soapbox at the end. I think the entire episode is wonderful and I hope you learn a lot about why I made a mistake.

I would love to hear from you. Feel free to reach out to me via email and of course would love a review on iTunes and don’t forget to subscribe and follow for future episodes.

For more about Jessica and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/

Follow Jessica on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessicabuttsma/

Front Seat Life Podcast
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Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/96-i-made-a-mistake-healing-the-hustle]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50407758Wed, 29 Jun 2022 18:11:52 +0000Jessica ButtsWelcome back everybody to the Healing the Hustle series on the Front Seat Life podcast. I’m delighted that you’re back, we’re on episode four. I really have no idea how many episodes there are going to be in this series, I’m just going to keep it...
I do love when the universe continues to give feedback, if you will, that the more that I talk about this, the more that I go back to my roots of personality type and my therapy roots, and really connecting with people and not talking at people again, the universe just continues to reward that with more ideal clients.

The world is eager and excited to start learning about their personality type again. And I’m loving that people are reaching out and they’re engaging, and they want me to come in and speak to their organization or their women’s group or their team.

Now, I know you are dying to know about some of the stuff that I’m going to talk about today. Today’s episode is “I Made a Mistake.” I made a mistake and I’m assuming, everybody’s thinking, oh God, she thinks she made a mistake by moving to Maui. That is not what this episode is about. I did not make a mistake moving here, but I have made a mistake.

I’m not going to spoil it here, you are going to have to listen to the episode to find out! And you should listen to the end, go all the way through this episode. There is some good sh*t. I get on a soapbox at the end. I think the entire episode is wonderful and I hope you learn a lot about why I made a mistake.

I would love to hear from you. Feel free to reach out to me via email and of course would love a review on iTunes and don’t forget to subscribe and follow for future episodes.

For more about Jessica and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/

Follow Jessica on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessicabuttsma/

Front Seat Life Podcast
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Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/96-i-made-a-mistake-healing-the-hustle]]>2230business,career,coaching,education,entrepreneur,health,love,mbti,myers briggs,personal development,personality,personality type,podcast,relationships,resources,success,therapy,tips,typefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/95-bossy-controlling-overthinking-oh-my-healing-the-hustle--50309779
This is a fun project because I get to be very observant. I am an extremely observant person. It’s one of my favorite things to do. It’s just sit and people watch. And it’s absolutely why I love being a therapist.

And with this episode I’m sharing some observations, some stories about overthinking and trying to control the moment or the experience. I’ve been going through some big changes with my move to Maui and have caught myself trying to control things that are outside of my control, and noticing times when I could overthink things. Hopefully you can relate to these, I have a feeling these might resonate with many of you.

I am enjoying putting these episodes together for you! And I would love to hear from you. Feel free to reach out to me via email and of course would love a review on iTunes and don’t forget to subscribe and follow for future episodes.

For more about Jessica and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/

To learn more about Healing the Hustle and Summer School, go to: https://jessicabutts.com/healingthehustle/

Front Seat Life Podcast
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Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/95-bossy-controlling-overthinking-oh-my-healing-the-hustle]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50309779Thu, 23 Jun 2022 16:37:46 +0000Jessica ButtsWelcome back everybody to the Healing the Hustle series on the Front Seat Life podcast. Today is yet another doozy. I was just going to name this episode “overthinking,” but then I realized it’s not that for us, for “J” women, for us controlling,...
This is a fun project because I get to be very observant. I am an extremely observant person. It’s one of my favorite things to do. It’s just sit and people watch. And it’s absolutely why I love being a therapist.

And with this episode I’m sharing some observations, some stories about overthinking and trying to control the moment or the experience. I’ve been going through some big changes with my move to Maui and have caught myself trying to control things that are outside of my control, and noticing times when I could overthink things. Hopefully you can relate to these, I have a feeling these might resonate with many of you.

I am enjoying putting these episodes together for you! And I would love to hear from you. Feel free to reach out to me via email and of course would love a review on iTunes and don’t forget to subscribe and follow for future episodes.

For more about Jessica and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/

To learn more about Healing the Hustle and Summer School, go to: https://jessicabutts.com/healingthehustle/

Front Seat Life Podcast
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Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/95-bossy-controlling-overthinking-oh-my-healing-the-hustle]]>2508business,career,coaching,education,entrepreneur,health,love,mbti,myers briggs,personal development,personality,personality type,podcast,relationships,resources,success,therapy,tips,typefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/94-dating-myself-healing-the-hustle--50192030
I wanted to remind you again, I feel like I almost need to do this every episode, the reminder of the whole entire concept of healing the hustle is to cut out things outside of ourselves that are creating chaos. The “hustle journey” I’m sharing is that I want to be talking with you, not at you.

To me is just simple, but it’s this new mindset of intentionally dating myself. Sitting in my own company, I am intentionally taking myself out on a gorgeous date. I am intentionally putting on a beautiful dress and putting on some makeup and getting myself cute. And I am going to heal, to repair this hole in the bottom of my bucket, because nothing outside of myself, no other person, no other man, no friend, nothing outside is going to heal me but myself so that I can be absolutely the most, whole version of myself.

I am beyond excited to be back! And I would love to hear from you. Feel free to reach out to me via email and of course would love a review on iTunes and don’t forget to subscribe and follow for future episodes.

For more about Jessica and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/

To learn more about Healing the Hustle and Summer School, go to: https://jessicabutts.com/healingthehustle/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/

Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/94-dating-myself-healing-the-hustle]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50192030Mon, 13 Jun 2022 22:25:06 +0000Jessica ButtsWelcome back everybody. I am very excited about this episode. I’ll be honest, I’m a tiny bit nervous about this because I’m going to be sharing some really, really, vulnerable stuff. And as I promised, I would super duper, duper keep it real. So here...
I wanted to remind you again, I feel like I almost need to do this every episode, the reminder of the whole entire concept of healing the hustle is to cut out things outside of ourselves that are creating chaos. The “hustle journey” I’m sharing is that I want to be talking with you, not at you.

To me is just simple, but it’s this new mindset of intentionally dating myself. Sitting in my own company, I am intentionally taking myself out on a gorgeous date. I am intentionally putting on a beautiful dress and putting on some makeup and getting myself cute. And I am going to heal, to repair this hole in the bottom of my bucket, because nothing outside of myself, no other person, no other man, no friend, nothing outside is going to heal me but myself so that I can be absolutely the most, whole version of myself.

I am beyond excited to be back! And I would love to hear from you. Feel free to reach out to me via email and of course would love a review on iTunes and don’t forget to subscribe and follow for future episodes.

For more about Jessica and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/

To learn more about Healing the Hustle and Summer School, go to: https://jessicabutts.com/healingthehustle/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/

Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/94-dating-myself-healing-the-hustle]]>2629business,career,coaching,education,entrepreneur,health,love,mbti,myers briggs,personal development,personality,personality type,podcast,relationships,resources,success,therapy,tips,typefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/93-entrepreneurial-trauma-response-healing-the-hustle--50094614
As many of you may know I have been trying to finish my third book, Healing the Hustle, for a little of a year now, it is about 70% done, yet it has stalled since I moved to Maui 2 1/2 months ago and I finally realized why….

It is because the journey/story is really just now unfolding! I am in the middle of it!!!!!

So, I have decided to share with you all via my podcast in the most vulnerable, authentic and genuine way possible and talk with you, not at you as I go on this crazy journey of Healing my own Hustle.

In this first episode back, I address:

– The toxic coaching culture,

– My reptilian brain response AKA Trauma Response (and explain yours as well) based on your personality type,

– Why I am coming back to share this crazy journey…
…and much more to hopefully inspire you to look at some of your own Hustle behavior and what to do about it.

I am beyond excited to be back!!!! And I can’t wait to start a dialogue with you about your experiences as well. I would love to hear from you. Feel free to reach out to me via email and of course would love a review on iTunes and don’t forget to subscribe and follow for future episodes.

For more about Jessica and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/

To learn more about Healing the Hustle and Summer School, go to: https://jessicabutts.com/healingthehustle/

Front Seat Life Podcast
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Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/93-entrepreneurial-trauma-response-healing-the-hustle]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50094614Mon, 06 Jun 2022 23:48:56 +0000Jessica ButtsWelcome back and thank you so much for being here! It has been many months since I have been able to produce any new content and the return of the podcast today addresses why. Many of you have likely been feeling the same. As many of you may know I...
As many of you may know I have been trying to finish my third book, Healing the Hustle, for a little of a year now, it is about 70% done, yet it has stalled since I moved to Maui 2 1/2 months ago and I finally realized why….

It is because the journey/story is really just now unfolding! I am in the middle of it!!!!!

So, I have decided to share with you all via my podcast in the most vulnerable, authentic and genuine way possible and talk with you, not at you as I go on this crazy journey of Healing my own Hustle.

In this first episode back, I address:

– The toxic coaching culture,

– My reptilian brain response AKA Trauma Response (and explain yours as well) based on your personality type,

– Why I am coming back to share this crazy journey…
…and much more to hopefully inspire you to look at some of your own Hustle behavior and what to do about it.

I am beyond excited to be back!!!! And I can’t wait to start a dialogue with you about your experiences as well. I would love to hear from you. Feel free to reach out to me via email and of course would love a review on iTunes and don’t forget to subscribe and follow for future episodes.

For more about Jessica and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/

To learn more about Healing the Hustle and Summer School, go to: https://jessicabutts.com/healingthehustle/

Front Seat Life Podcast
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Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/93-entrepreneurial-trauma-response-healing-the-hustle]]>2759business,career,coaching,education,entrepreneur,health,love,mbti,myers briggs,personal development,personality,personality type,podcast,relationships,resources,success,therapy,tips,typefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/92-fs16-esfj-with-katie-christiansen--47035623
And the episode is so packed, full of absolutely amazing information. We did her family type. We talked about the integrator and the visionary, and expectations and how they become a martyr. It is an incredible, incredible episode. It might be my favorite of the series so far.

Overall ESFJ’s are the Caregiver. They are generous and giving and organized and detailed, their archetype is the Police. They are the support staff, if you will. They have no desire to be the upfront person. Their Drunk Uncle is actually the Intuitive. So that kind of big picture and entrepreneurial and starting their own business is absolutely their backseat. Katie, and most ESFJ’s absolutely love being the Caretaker.

They love that role in their family and their life. And they are absolutely the perfect, perfect assistant and integrator for the visionary. I really hope you enjoy this episode. And I loved it and I think you will too!

Much love, Jessica

For more about Jessica, additional episodes, and to schedule a call, visit https://jessicabutts.com/

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Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/92-fs16-esfj-with-katie-christiansen]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47035623Mon, 18 Oct 2021 22:07:40 +0000Jessica ButtsWelcome back to the Front Seat Life podcast, and our new series the Front Seat 16! I am your host Jessica Butts, and today’s episode is all about the ESFJ. I just got done recording the episode with Katie Christiansen and we are doing this episode...
And the episode is so packed, full of absolutely amazing information. We did her family type. We talked about the integrator and the visionary, and expectations and how they become a martyr. It is an incredible, incredible episode. It might be my favorite of the series so far.

Overall ESFJ’s are the Caregiver. They are generous and giving and organized and detailed, their archetype is the Police. They are the support staff, if you will. They have no desire to be the upfront person. Their Drunk Uncle is actually the Intuitive. So that kind of big picture and entrepreneurial and starting their own business is absolutely their backseat. Katie, and most ESFJ’s absolutely love being the Caretaker.

They love that role in their family and their life. And they are absolutely the perfect, perfect assistant and integrator for the visionary. I really hope you enjoy this episode. And I loved it and I think you will too!

Much love, Jessica

For more about Jessica, additional episodes, and to schedule a call, visit https://jessicabutts.com/

Follow Jessica on Instagram: @frontseatlife

Follow Katie on Instagram: @katiecougar

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Overall ENFJs are extroverted, intuitive, feeling and judging which means they give their best selves to other people. They are big picture thinkers. They think outside the box, they’re always thinking about what’s next. It makes them great entrepreneurs. They are feelers, meaning they make decisions with their hearts and they are Js, which means they’re normally pretty obsessive, highly organized, like to be on time, they are planners, and futuristic.

And they pretty much have the horse blinders on, like, “Get out of my way, don’t distract me, this is where I’m going.” The ENFJs and the ENFPs are interesting because they’re very similar, but their front seats are different.

An ENFJ is out in the world, giving, sharing, connecting in life and in business, right? We normally have a lot of friends. We have a lot of activities going on. People might think we’re very social and, and extroverted and outgoing, which is true. But not the other half of us, the other 50% of us is inside in our hearts.

In our mind, being intuitive, walking in silence, thinking in silence, journaling, having a morning practice, getting away by ourselves, taking solo trips, a weekend retreats by ourself, all a whole bunch of alone. And that my friends is where ENFJs get their ideas.

Listen in to this episode to learn all about ENFJs, I’m sure you know some! Sara and I share some great stories and examples of life interactions where our type resonate, and where it clashes. I hope you enjoy today’s episode. You are going to love this wonderful conversation!

Much love, Jessica

For more about Jessica, additional episodes, and to schedule a call, visit https://jessicabutts.com/

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Overall ENFJs are extroverted, intuitive, feeling and judging which means they give their best selves to other people. They are big picture thinkers. They think outside the box, they’re always thinking about what’s next. It makes them great entrepreneurs. They are feelers, meaning they make decisions with their hearts and they are Js, which means they’re normally pretty obsessive, highly organized, like to be on time, they are planners, and futuristic.

And they pretty much have the horse blinders on, like, “Get out of my way, don’t distract me, this is where I’m going.” The ENFJs and the ENFPs are interesting because they’re very similar, but their front seats are different.

An ENFJ is out in the world, giving, sharing, connecting in life and in business, right? We normally have a lot of friends. We have a lot of activities going on. People might think we’re very social and, and extroverted and outgoing, which is true. But not the other half of us, the other 50% of us is inside in our hearts.

In our mind, being intuitive, walking in silence, thinking in silence, journaling, having a morning practice, getting away by ourselves, taking solo trips, a weekend retreats by ourself, all a whole bunch of alone. And that my friends is where ENFJs get their ideas.

Listen in to this episode to learn all about ENFJs, I’m sure you know some! Sara and I share some great stories and examples of life interactions where our type resonate, and where it clashes. I hope you enjoy today’s episode. You are going to love this wonderful conversation!

Much love, Jessica

For more about Jessica, additional episodes, and to schedule a call, visit https://jessicabutts.com/

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ENFP is probably my favorite type, and for years I wanted to be an ENFP and I would take the assessment over and over again. And I would come out in ENFP, which is gotta be hilarious to everybody who knows me, because I’m a super “J”, I’m very controlling, very organized, very long-term vision.

But I love ENFPs and so I would skew it to be what I thought I wanted to be because they are very raw, very loving, and open, and compassionate. They’re kind of named the “cheerleader.” They are enthusiastic. They have a lot of charisma. People love them. They are very fly by the seat of their pants, and go with the flow.

I feel like they’ve just got life figured out, but they just are so just spontaneous and enjoyable to be around. You want to be around them. They’re those kinds of people because they have this really beautiful energy. They are giving their best selves to other people.

They are great visionaries of the business. Absolutely horrible integrators. It is probably the worst part of them is getting shit done. They are absolutely not good integrators.

They are the visionaries, the Walt Disney’s of the world. They are the people who are thinking outside the box and then they must, must, must have somebody, a right-hand person to help them get all of those ideas done. Otherwise I’m very, honestly, they will never get them. They will never get them done if they do not have somebody to help them implement all of their ideas.

I hope you enjoy today’s episode. Gina and Rae are just a gift to the universe as individuals, but especially as a couple.

They are really open about their life and how wonderful it is and the things that as a couple, they struggle with, like not getting things done. You gotta listen to this wonderful conversation!

Cheers, Jessica

For more about Jessica and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/

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ENFP is probably my favorite type, and for years I wanted to be an ENFP and I would take the assessment over and over again. And I would come out in ENFP, which is gotta be hilarious to everybody who knows me, because I’m a super “J”, I’m very controlling, very organized, very long-term vision.

But I love ENFPs and so I would skew it to be what I thought I wanted to be because they are very raw, very loving, and open, and compassionate. They’re kind of named the “cheerleader.” They are enthusiastic. They have a lot of charisma. People love them. They are very fly by the seat of their pants, and go with the flow.

I feel like they’ve just got life figured out, but they just are so just spontaneous and enjoyable to be around. You want to be around them. They’re those kinds of people because they have this really beautiful energy. They are giving their best selves to other people.

They are great visionaries of the business. Absolutely horrible integrators. It is probably the worst part of them is getting shit done. They are absolutely not good integrators.

They are the visionaries, the Walt Disney’s of the world. They are the people who are thinking outside the box and then they must, must, must have somebody, a right-hand person to help them get all of those ideas done. Otherwise I’m very, honestly, they will never get them. They will never get them done if they do not have somebody to help them implement all of their ideas.

I hope you enjoy today’s episode. Gina and Rae are just a gift to the universe as individuals, but especially as a couple.

They are really open about their life and how wonderful it is and the things that as a couple, they struggle with, like not getting things done. You gotta listen to this wonderful conversation!

Cheers, Jessica

For more about Jessica and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/

Join the Front Seat Collective here: https://jessicabutts.com/fsl-collective/

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So those five things are who an ESTJ is overall, their Front Seat, their backseat, their archetype (my made up intellectual property), and then a really great career for each type.

Meyers-Briggs calls an ESTJ “The Guardian.” I would lovingly possibly call them “The Controllers” because ESTJs are extroverted, sensing, thinking and judging, which means they’re extroverted out in the world and they are very logical detail oriented. They make decisions with their head and they’re very organized, structured on time. They like things a certain way. They don’t have a lot of emotional regulation, they’re not super into emotions.

I break all of this down before we hop into my conversation with Karen who has been an entrepreneur for 15 years and runs One Smart Cookie Marketing. Her type is my Mom’s type, so I know her type extremely well! Karen is kind enough to open up about her challenges and how she also excels because her type. And we also dive into how she and her wife, who is the exact opposite type, connect and manage to accept each other for who they are.

It’s another wonderful and beautiful conversation where we get to unpack a lot and I’m sure many of you will be able to relate on many levels. I hope this is helpful and interesting to you. Please listen to this fantastic episode with Karen Rosensweig.

And stay tuned for more powerful episodes in this series, I’m so excited to bring it to you!

Much love, Jessica

For more about Jessica and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/

Join the Front Seat Collective here: https://jessicabutts.com/fsl-collective/

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Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/89-fs16-estj-with-karen-rosenzweig]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46713589Mon, 27 Sep 2021 20:23:28 +0000Jessica ButtsWelcome back to the Front Seat 16, our new series from the Front Seat Life podcast! I am your host Jessica Butts, and today Karen Rosenzweig joins me as my official ESTJ. Karen is one of my favorite people ever. She is a total go-getter, and an...
So those five things are who an ESTJ is overall, their Front Seat, their backseat, their archetype (my made up intellectual property), and then a really great career for each type.

Meyers-Briggs calls an ESTJ “The Guardian.” I would lovingly possibly call them “The Controllers” because ESTJs are extroverted, sensing, thinking and judging, which means they’re extroverted out in the world and they are very logical detail oriented. They make decisions with their head and they’re very organized, structured on time. They like things a certain way. They don’t have a lot of emotional regulation, they’re not super into emotions.

I break all of this down before we hop into my conversation with Karen who has been an entrepreneur for 15 years and runs One Smart Cookie Marketing. Her type is my Mom’s type, so I know her type extremely well! Karen is kind enough to open up about her challenges and how she also excels because her type. And we also dive into how she and her wife, who is the exact opposite type, connect and manage to accept each other for who they are.

It’s another wonderful and beautiful conversation where we get to unpack a lot and I’m sure many of you will be able to relate on many levels. I hope this is helpful and interesting to you. Please listen to this fantastic episode with Karen Rosensweig.

And stay tuned for more powerful episodes in this series, I’m so excited to bring it to you!

Much love, Jessica

For more about Jessica and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/

Join the Front Seat Collective here: https://jessicabutts.com/fsl-collective/

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As an ENTJ Courtney is sassy and says what’s on her mind. I think we’re probably like sisters from another mother, we’re super similar, and she has been an amazing student. She’s now a coach herself and she’s got a thriving business.

True to form, Counrtney breaks out her sassy side and tells us how life is when you are A Thinking Woman. She starts with some amazing stories when she was just eight years old and had a realization she wasn’t quite like everyone else, and didn’t care. The stories continue and she reveals some incredible tales I had never heard before. Truly mind-blowing, but on point for an ENTJ.

We unpack so many powerful concepts in this conversation, and if you are feeling like you are living an incongruent life right now, this may resonate. It may be a huge eye-opener and I encourage everyone to listen in, it’s a good one.

I certainly feel that there are people who will listen to this episode, and you may be one of them, maybe you hear yourself in Courtney. And that is validating. It is normalizing. And it’s so good for you to know that you’re not alone. You’re unique and that’s perfectly okay.

And stay tuned for more powerful episodes in this series, I’m so excited to bring it to you!

Much love, Jessica

For more about Jessica and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/

Join the Front Seat Collective here: https://jessicabutts.com/fsl-collective/

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Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/88-fs16-entj-with-courtney-anderson]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46608434Mon, 20 Sep 2021 22:34:06 +0000Jessica ButtsWelcome back to the Front Seat 16, our new series from the Front Seat Life podcast! I am your host Jessica Butts, and today we’ve got Courtney Anderson as my official ENTJ. It was a very simple choice for me when I was starting all of the Front Seat...
As an ENTJ Courtney is sassy and says what’s on her mind. I think we’re probably like sisters from another mother, we’re super similar, and she has been an amazing student. She’s now a coach herself and she’s got a thriving business.

True to form, Counrtney breaks out her sassy side and tells us how life is when you are A Thinking Woman. She starts with some amazing stories when she was just eight years old and had a realization she wasn’t quite like everyone else, and didn’t care. The stories continue and she reveals some incredible tales I had never heard before. Truly mind-blowing, but on point for an ENTJ.

We unpack so many powerful concepts in this conversation, and if you are feeling like you are living an incongruent life right now, this may resonate. It may be a huge eye-opener and I encourage everyone to listen in, it’s a good one.

I certainly feel that there are people who will listen to this episode, and you may be one of them, maybe you hear yourself in Courtney. And that is validating. It is normalizing. And it’s so good for you to know that you’re not alone. You’re unique and that’s perfectly okay.

And stay tuned for more powerful episodes in this series, I’m so excited to bring it to you!

Much love, Jessica

For more about Jessica and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/

Join the Front Seat Collective here: https://jessicabutts.com/fsl-collective/

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Most of you know, I am all about NOT doing stuff that you suck at and absolutely leaning into your Front Seat.

And that is what we’re going to be talking about in this podcast. For those of you who don’t know me, CEO and creator of Front Seat Life. I am a Myers-Briggs expert. I’m a life and business coach for intuitive women, author, keynote speaker, obviously a podcaster, and a former couples therapist and psychotherapist.

I’m an ENFJ, truth-teller, F-bomb dropper, and lover of all things. And fiercely dedicated to helping you be unapologetically who you are.

I am so excited to take you on this new series called Front Seat 16! And that means we are going to do a deep dive into all 16 Myers-Briggs types, as well as the Front Seat methodology behind every single one of the types. So it’ll be a 16 week series. I have guests every single week coming on, talking to you about some of their front seat, some of their backseat (that is what they’re terrible at) and everything in between.

To kick of the series I am chatting with the wonderful Rachel Belle. We dive deep into her type and break it all down. It’s a great conversation with a lot of “a-ha” moments which I’m sure you can get something from, be sure and listen to this one!

And stay tuned for more episodes in this series, I’m so excited to bring it to you!

Much love, Jessica

For more about Jessica, the Front Seat Collective, and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/

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Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/87-fs16-are-you-suppressing-your-type]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46506164Mon, 13 Sep 2021 23:50:24 +0000Jessica ButtsHello! And welcome back to the Front Seat Life podcast and our new series, the Front Seat 16! I am your host Jessica Butts, and I am here to help you be unapologetically, who you are in your life, love and business, by understanding and embracing your...
Most of you know, I am all about NOT doing stuff that you suck at and absolutely leaning into your Front Seat.

And that is what we’re going to be talking about in this podcast. For those of you who don’t know me, CEO and creator of Front Seat Life. I am a Myers-Briggs expert. I’m a life and business coach for intuitive women, author, keynote speaker, obviously a podcaster, and a former couples therapist and psychotherapist.

I’m an ENFJ, truth-teller, F-bomb dropper, and lover of all things. And fiercely dedicated to helping you be unapologetically who you are.

I am so excited to take you on this new series called Front Seat 16! And that means we are going to do a deep dive into all 16 Myers-Briggs types, as well as the Front Seat methodology behind every single one of the types. So it’ll be a 16 week series. I have guests every single week coming on, talking to you about some of their front seat, some of their backseat (that is what they’re terrible at) and everything in between.

To kick of the series I am chatting with the wonderful Rachel Belle. We dive deep into her type and break it all down. It’s a great conversation with a lot of “a-ha” moments which I’m sure you can get something from, be sure and listen to this one!

And stay tuned for more episodes in this series, I’m so excited to bring it to you!

Much love, Jessica

For more about Jessica, the Front Seat Collective, and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/

Follow Jessica on Instagram: @frontseatlife

Rachel’s podcast: https://yourlastmealpodcast.com

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In today’s podcast I share 6 1/2 lessons (I had 6 but of course had another little one that popped into my head while riffing) I have learned in the last 10 years of entrepreneurship.

1) Simple is better…more is NOT better. Do one thing super awesome.

2) Know your type and do it YOUR way!

3) Don’t try to keep up with the entrepreneurial Jones!

4) PROFIT FIRST! It is YOUR money…keep more of it!

4.5) Have multiple streams of revenue.

5) Reassess at LEAST once a year. There are no mistakes, only information! Do only what you love doing!

6) Take breaks! Lots of them. And learn how to compartmentalize!

The season is over so I am taking a break from the podcast until September but I cannot wait to be back with you then for a VERY special and exciting series….The Front Seat 16!

Make sure to get on my list and/or follow me on Instagram (@frontseatlife) over the summer for much more Healing the Hustle content.

Much love, Jessica

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Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/86-hth-10-year-anniversary-lessons]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45157511Thu, 03 Jun 2021 23:06:37 +0000Jessica ButtsWooooooooo, it has been quite a ride the past 10 years since graduating Graduate School in June of 2011! In today’s podcast I share 6 1/2 lessons (I had 6 but of course had another little one that popped into my head while riffing) I have learned...
In today’s podcast I share 6 1/2 lessons (I had 6 but of course had another little one that popped into my head while riffing) I have learned in the last 10 years of entrepreneurship.

1) Simple is better…more is NOT better. Do one thing super awesome.

2) Know your type and do it YOUR way!

3) Don’t try to keep up with the entrepreneurial Jones!

4) PROFIT FIRST! It is YOUR money…keep more of it!

4.5) Have multiple streams of revenue.

5) Reassess at LEAST once a year. There are no mistakes, only information! Do only what you love doing!

6) Take breaks! Lots of them. And learn how to compartmentalize!

The season is over so I am taking a break from the podcast until September but I cannot wait to be back with you then for a VERY special and exciting series….The Front Seat 16!

Make sure to get on my list and/or follow me on Instagram (@frontseatlife) over the summer for much more Healing the Hustle content.

Much love, Jessica

For more about Jessica and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Front Seat Life Podcast
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To set us up for the bucket filling, first I’m going to do a quick re-cap of how we got here. And, also a little reminder that this series is definitely for the “J” types, those who tend to be more “hustly” and entrepreneurs. Those who can’t sit still and always have to be moving forward.

Now, one of the first things you can do to start to fill you bucket up, after you’ve fixed the holes, is to be more Soulfish, actually being Soulfish as F*ck. My dear friend Judy came up with that word, which I love. I don’t like “self-care,” I don’t know. it’s so overused. And I don’t love the word “selfish” because I think people have an awful connotation with it.

Soulfish is doing those things that you need to do to take care of your soul, it has a much deeper meaning, a deeper impact. And on top of being Soulfish, we need a Soul Care Team to help us, to support us.

I know part of Healing the Hustle is absolutely having people who “get us” because otherwise we have these feelings of depression and anxiety and shame and isolation. We’ve all been there, to the networking events or other group meeting where we just don’t fit in, where there isn’t the connection we are craving and need. I would say is a huge one of people just don’t get us.

But when you find people that truly, truly get you, there is no better feeling. And there is no better way to Heal the Hustle than to absolutely be able to show up, unapologetically who we are, and have people get us… and you get them.

This is about filling our bucket a new way, a way of not feeling isolated and not feeling unseen.

Summer School closes today and if you’re being called, if you’ve been questioning it, I pray that you will follow your intuition and come find your people. Because it may not just be eight weeks for you, it may end up completely changing your life and you’ll find friends that will forever ever be part of your life.

Join the Healing the Hustle Summer School! Go here today – https://jessica-butts.mykajabi.com/healing-the-hustle

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Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/85-hth-soulfish-af]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44940610Fri, 21 May 2021 02:10:08 +0000Jessica ButtsLast episode we talked about identifying the holes in our bucket, then how to plug those up. Today we are going to start to fill our buckets back up. We are wrapping this Healing the Hustle series up in the next two episodes, and I know I originally...
To set us up for the bucket filling, first I’m going to do a quick re-cap of how we got here. And, also a little reminder that this series is definitely for the “J” types, those who tend to be more “hustly” and entrepreneurs. Those who can’t sit still and always have to be moving forward.

Now, one of the first things you can do to start to fill you bucket up, after you’ve fixed the holes, is to be more Soulfish, actually being Soulfish as F*ck. My dear friend Judy came up with that word, which I love. I don’t like “self-care,” I don’t know. it’s so overused. And I don’t love the word “selfish” because I think people have an awful connotation with it.

Soulfish is doing those things that you need to do to take care of your soul, it has a much deeper meaning, a deeper impact. And on top of being Soulfish, we need a Soul Care Team to help us, to support us.

I know part of Healing the Hustle is absolutely having people who “get us” because otherwise we have these feelings of depression and anxiety and shame and isolation. We’ve all been there, to the networking events or other group meeting where we just don’t fit in, where there isn’t the connection we are craving and need. I would say is a huge one of people just don’t get us.

But when you find people that truly, truly get you, there is no better feeling. And there is no better way to Heal the Hustle than to absolutely be able to show up, unapologetically who we are, and have people get us… and you get them.

This is about filling our bucket a new way, a way of not feeling isolated and not feeling unseen.

Summer School closes today and if you’re being called, if you’ve been questioning it, I pray that you will follow your intuition and come find your people. Because it may not just be eight weeks for you, it may end up completely changing your life and you’ll find friends that will forever ever be part of your life.

Join the Healing the Hustle Summer School! Go here today – https://jessica-butts.mykajabi.com/healing-the-hustle

For more about Jessica and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/podcast

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Front Seat Life Podcast
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If you have learned anything from me hopefully it is about being unapologetically who you are and what it means to live your life from the Front Seat and today’s episode is about how we have different ways to heal based on our personality types and much more.

3 main topics I will be covering on today’s episode:

1. Why type matters in HOW we Heal the Hustle

2. Why what you have been doing is NOT working (hint…it’s not about external things! )

3. How learning to mind your business and stay on your side of the net will give you HOURS a week back in your life!

There are been many times in my life where I mistakenly looked outside of myself to try to fill my bucket, all the while, I had a huge gapping hole in the bottom of my bucket. I would try to buy, shop, scroll, date, drink, busy myself or any number of other things to happiness or fulfillment.

In my 47 years I can confidently say NONE OF THAT SHIT WORKS!

Because I needed to fix the hole in my bucket FIRST!

I have had to learn how to:

1. Identify the hole in my bucket. Family of origin shit (we alllllll have this), know my innate bossy personality type (ENFJ), my attachment style (avoidant and I will teach you more about this in Summer School), trauma’s from my marriage including addiction and affairs, understanding my codependent style (doormat) and MUCH MORE!

2. Fix the hole in my bucket. Therapy, coaching, masterminds, boundaries, SAF (Soulfish as F*ck), cutting out people in my life, ability to walk away from things and people that no longer serve me, getting exquisitely clear on who and what I spend my energy on (rocks), only doing Front Seat activities, and much more!

3. And coming up in summer school and future episodes….Filling your bucket the new way that’s right for YOU!

Today and this weekend only you can invite a friend for FREE to Healing the Hustle Summer School! Register yourself for $497 and grab your friend…that’s it! Go here today – https://jessica-butts.mykajabi.com/healing-the-hustle

For more about Jessica and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/podcast

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/

Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/84-hth-fixing-the-hole-in-your-bucket]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44799590Thu, 13 May 2021 21:29:56 +0000Jessica ButtsIn the last 5 episodes we have been discussing WHY we are Hustling and identifying the hole in our buckets. The trauma’s, our families of origin, our innate personality type and the insane social media world we live in at the moment. If you have...
If you have learned anything from me hopefully it is about being unapologetically who you are and what it means to live your life from the Front Seat and today’s episode is about how we have different ways to heal based on our personality types and much more.

3 main topics I will be covering on today’s episode:

1. Why type matters in HOW we Heal the Hustle

2. Why what you have been doing is NOT working (hint…it’s not about external things! )

3. How learning to mind your business and stay on your side of the net will give you HOURS a week back in your life!

There are been many times in my life where I mistakenly looked outside of myself to try to fill my bucket, all the while, I had a huge gapping hole in the bottom of my bucket. I would try to buy, shop, scroll, date, drink, busy myself or any number of other things to happiness or fulfillment.

In my 47 years I can confidently say NONE OF THAT SHIT WORKS!

Because I needed to fix the hole in my bucket FIRST!

I have had to learn how to:

1. Identify the hole in my bucket. Family of origin shit (we alllllll have this), know my innate bossy personality type (ENFJ), my attachment style (avoidant and I will teach you more about this in Summer School), trauma’s from my marriage including addiction and affairs, understanding my codependent style (doormat) and MUCH MORE!

2. Fix the hole in my bucket. Therapy, coaching, masterminds, boundaries, SAF (Soulfish as F*ck), cutting out people in my life, ability to walk away from things and people that no longer serve me, getting exquisitely clear on who and what I spend my energy on (rocks), only doing Front Seat activities, and much more!

3. And coming up in summer school and future episodes….Filling your bucket the new way that’s right for YOU!

Today and this weekend only you can invite a friend for FREE to Healing the Hustle Summer School! Register yourself for $497 and grab your friend…that’s it! Go here today – https://jessica-butts.mykajabi.com/healing-the-hustle

For more about Jessica and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/podcast

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/

Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/84-hth-fixing-the-hole-in-your-bucket]]>1798business,career,coaching,education,entrepreneur,health,love,mbti,myers briggs,personal development,personality,personality type,podcast,relationships,resources,success,therapy,tips,typefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/83-hth-why-i-sold-my-house--44669125
In today’s episode you will hear me get real about why I sold my house.

You’ll also learn how I made yet another mistake about not living in my personality type as an intuitive.

I’ll share the story of how my life and business expenses got out of control and why (and how) I change that.

And I’ll reveal 3 important questions to ask yourself about your life!

Don’t forget registration to Healing the Hustle Summer School opens MONDAY!

Healing the Hustle, Jessica

For more about Jessica and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/podcast

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Discover your Core Values: https://jessicabutts.com/corevalues/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/

Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/83-hth-why-i-sold-my-house]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44669125Thu, 06 May 2021 21:13:59 +0000Jessica ButtsI think this episode could also be called “Keeping up with the Joneses.” In today’s episode you will hear me get real about why I sold my house. You’ll also learn how I made yet another mistake about not living in my personality type as an...
In today’s episode you will hear me get real about why I sold my house.

You’ll also learn how I made yet another mistake about not living in my personality type as an intuitive.

I’ll share the story of how my life and business expenses got out of control and why (and how) I change that.

And I’ll reveal 3 important questions to ask yourself about your life!

Don’t forget registration to Healing the Hustle Summer School opens MONDAY!

Healing the Hustle, Jessica

For more about Jessica and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/podcast

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Discover your Core Values: https://jessicabutts.com/corevalues/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/

Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/83-hth-why-i-sold-my-house]]>2182business,career,coaching,education,entrepreneur,health,love,mbti,myers briggs,personal development,personality,personality type,podcast,relationships,resources,success,therapy,tips,typefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/82-hth-patriarchy-and-hustle--44562765
I talk about the importance of understanding the WHY so that we can make lasting change in our lives. There are so many people that want to simply put Band-Aids on issues and not dig in to the deeper understanding of where our issues come from yet we must do some digging to get to a way of being!

And…it is SOOOO eye opening and helpful!

There are some tough topics in today’s episode but I believe that we’ve got to look at them in order to change them and I do hope you enjoy it.

Last week I talked about the nature part of why and your personality type. This week we’re shifting to nurture and talking about patriarchy. I’m going to also delve into the New World of technology that we live in and how that is contributing to our hustle.

And don’t forget you are invited to the free 10 Day Healing the Hustle challenge starting Monday, May 10th at 9:30 am PDT in the Front Seat Squad FB group!

I hope you are enjoying the series so far…MUCH more to come!

Healing the Hustle, Jessica

For more about Jessica and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/podcast

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/

Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/82-hth-patriarchy-and-hustle]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44562765Thu, 29 Apr 2021 19:47:13 +0000Jessica ButtsToday’s episode is part two of WHY you are hustling. I talk about the importance of understanding the WHY so that we can make lasting change in our lives. There are so many people that want to simply put Band-Aids on issues and not dig in to the...
I talk about the importance of understanding the WHY so that we can make lasting change in our lives. There are so many people that want to simply put Band-Aids on issues and not dig in to the deeper understanding of where our issues come from yet we must do some digging to get to a way of being!

And…it is SOOOO eye opening and helpful!

There are some tough topics in today’s episode but I believe that we’ve got to look at them in order to change them and I do hope you enjoy it.

Last week I talked about the nature part of why and your personality type. This week we’re shifting to nurture and talking about patriarchy. I’m going to also delve into the New World of technology that we live in and how that is contributing to our hustle.

And don’t forget you are invited to the free 10 Day Healing the Hustle challenge starting Monday, May 10th at 9:30 am PDT in the Front Seat Squad FB group!

I hope you are enjoying the series so far…MUCH more to come!

Healing the Hustle, Jessica

For more about Jessica and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/podcast

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/

Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/82-hth-patriarchy-and-hustle]]>1535business,career,coaching,education,entrepreneur,health,love,mbti,myers briggs,personal development,personality,personality type,podcast,relationships,resources,success,therapy,tips,typefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/81-hth-why-you-are-hustling--44442606
In today’s episode I talk about Nature and Nurture in relation to hustling.

I explain how half of our hustling is part of our innate personality type, something we are born with, and which types those are!

This might just be a HUGE “AHA!” for you today around your type and why it has you hustling.

As always, let me know what you think with a review over on iTunes and then make sure to get into the Front Seat Squad for the 10 day Healing the Hustle challenge coming up May 10th as well as an invitation to Healing the Hustle Summer School!

Healing the Hustle right along with you, Jessica

For more about Jessica and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/podcast

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/

Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/81-hth-why-you-are-hustling]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44442606Thu, 22 Apr 2021 20:16:28 +0000Jessica ButtsWelcome back to episode number three of the Healing the Hustle series on the Front Seat Life podcast. In today’s episode I talk about Nature and Nurture in relation to hustling. I explain how half of our hustling is part of our innate...
In today’s episode I talk about Nature and Nurture in relation to hustling.

I explain how half of our hustling is part of our innate personality type, something we are born with, and which types those are!

This might just be a HUGE “AHA!” for you today around your type and why it has you hustling.

As always, let me know what you think with a review over on iTunes and then make sure to get into the Front Seat Squad for the 10 day Healing the Hustle challenge coming up May 10th as well as an invitation to Healing the Hustle Summer School!

Healing the Hustle right along with you, Jessica

For more about Jessica and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/podcast

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/

Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/81-hth-why-you-are-hustling]]>2126business,career,coaching,education,entrepreneur,health,love,mbti,myers briggs,personal development,personality,personality type,podcast,relationships,resources,success,therapy,tips,typefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/80-hth-redefine-success--44350930
Today’s episode is a continuation of the introduction of some of the things that I have been implementing myself the last few months as I have been healing the Hustle.

Here’s what you find in today’s episode:

– Redefining success
– Connection over capitalism
– When is enough enough?
– Figuring out what your rocks are during a global pandemic
– The Wise Woman exercise that changed my life
– And how intuition is your greatest asset

I would love to hear what you think about the episode. If you are so inclined I would be soooooo grateful for a five star review over on iTunes and any shares on social media I will be sure to reshare and give YOU and huge shout out.

See you next week for more Healing the Hustle as I jump into WHY we are hustling in the first place!

For more about Jessica and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/podcast

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/
Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/

Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/80-hth-redefine-success]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44350930Thu, 15 Apr 2021 21:37:10 +0000Jessica ButtsWelcome back to episode number two of the Healing the Hustle series on the Front Seat Life podcast. Today’s episode is a continuation of the introduction of some of the things that I have been implementing myself the last few months as I have been...
Today’s episode is a continuation of the introduction of some of the things that I have been implementing myself the last few months as I have been healing the Hustle.

Here’s what you find in today’s episode:

– Redefining success
– Connection over capitalism
– When is enough enough?
– Figuring out what your rocks are during a global pandemic
– The Wise Woman exercise that changed my life
– And how intuition is your greatest asset

I would love to hear what you think about the episode. If you are so inclined I would be soooooo grateful for a five star review over on iTunes and any shares on social media I will be sure to reshare and give YOU and huge shout out.

See you next week for more Healing the Hustle as I jump into WHY we are hustling in the first place!

For more about Jessica and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/podcast

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/
Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/

Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/80-hth-redefine-success]]>2626business,career,coaching,education,entrepreneur,health,love,mbti,myers briggs,personal development,personality,personality type,podcast,relationships,resources,success,therapy,tips,typefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/79-healing-the-hustle--44261862
I am so freaking excited to bring you some new content on the Front Seat Life podcast around the new chapter in new era which is Healing the Hustle!

Today’s episode is an intro to why this is up for me and quite honestly the world at large.

What you will find in this episode:

– My white privilege and why Healing the Hustle looks different for me than POC.
– A New Chapter
– A pivotal story around my 40th birthday
– Some of the BS around the world of entrepreneurship
– How we have all changed a year into a global pandemic
– Some of what I have been doing to Heal the Hustle to also hopefully help you do the same

I would love to hear from you. Feel free to reach out to me via email and of course would love a review on iTunes and don’t forget to subscribe and follow for future episodes.

See you next week!

For more about Jessica and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/podcast

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/

Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/79-healing-the-hustle]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44261862Thu, 08 Apr 2021 19:59:25 +0000Jessica ButtsWelcome back and thank you so much for being here! I am so freaking excited to bring you some new content on the Front Seat Life podcast around the new chapter in new era which is Healing the Hustle! Today’s episode is an intro to why this is up...
I am so freaking excited to bring you some new content on the Front Seat Life podcast around the new chapter in new era which is Healing the Hustle!

Today’s episode is an intro to why this is up for me and quite honestly the world at large.

What you will find in this episode:

– My white privilege and why Healing the Hustle looks different for me than POC.
– A New Chapter
– A pivotal story around my 40th birthday
– Some of the BS around the world of entrepreneurship
– How we have all changed a year into a global pandemic
– Some of what I have been doing to Heal the Hustle to also hopefully help you do the same

I would love to hear from you. Feel free to reach out to me via email and of course would love a review on iTunes and don’t forget to subscribe and follow for future episodes.

See you next week!

For more about Jessica and additional episodes, visit https://jessicabutts.com/podcast

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/

Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/79-healing-the-hustle]]>2019business,career,coaching,education,entrepreneur,health,love,mbti,myers briggs,personal development,personality,personality type,podcast,relationships,resources,success,therapy,tips,typefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/78-47th-birthday-release-regroup-and-realign--36400278
I’m recording this a couple of days before my freaking birthday. I’m 47 years old, and I don’t know how that happened. I’m way too immature to be 47 years old. And today, I am going to be talking to you a little bit about things that I’ve learned this year in hopes that you hear something that you may need to incorporate as well.

I’m doing my birthday episode about messages and getting quiet and regrouping because that is what I am doing. And I believe that so many times, I am feeling the collective of what other people are feeling. I’ve known this for years. I’ve felt this since I became a therapist, and I started checking in with my body.

Let’s talk about the 80 20 rule of rest. And I am also telling you this, and I’m going to be practicing it. And this might come as some bad news, but I’m going to take the summer off from the podcast. I need a break. I need a break for a couple of reasons. I had a guest speaker come into my mastermind group, just last week. Heather Denniston, she’s fabulous. And she was quoting this book that says we need to “make space for our soul to catch up.”

I think we’re being called as a collective right now to do this, to make space for souls to catch up. And there’s a lot of things at play right now. Obviously COVID, we’re in the middle of Mercury retrograde, it’s summer, this beautiful black lives matter movement, the social justice movement. We are being called to take a pause, to slow down.

So during this episode, I’m focusing on and giving you a little guidance to help you release, regroup, and realign. To get connected to our selves.

And that brings me to this 80/20 Rule of Rest. When we don’t do this, our bodies will rest us. Do you know what I mean? If we do not rest 20% of the time, our bodies will rest us. So that means I get to choose. YOU get to choose. The 80/20 rule is 80% in your Front Seat, 20% in your Back Seat. But your back seat can be a place of choice.

Choose to release, regroup, realign… rest. We all need a break.

So my friends, my friends, my friends I’m off. I’m going to go take a break now definitely, but I will be back. It feels very, very, in alignment with what I need to do for my soul right now. So thank you for understanding.

I will see you guys very, very, very soon. Thanks for listening.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

The Living Unapologetically Course (FLASH SALE discount code: 47birthday) – https://jessicabutts.com/lu/

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/quiz/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/

Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/78-47th-birthday-release-regroup-and-realign]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/36400278Mon, 06 Jul 2020 16:52:07 +0000Jessica ButtsNotice a change in my voice already. It’s the first morning of a 13-day break, much needed. I am taking some time to reflect and release, regroup, and get super realigned with myself. My core values, my heart, my personality type, my business, and...
I’m recording this a couple of days before my freaking birthday. I’m 47 years old, and I don’t know how that happened. I’m way too immature to be 47 years old. And today, I am going to be talking to you a little bit about things that I’ve learned this year in hopes that you hear something that you may need to incorporate as well.

I’m doing my birthday episode about messages and getting quiet and regrouping because that is what I am doing. And I believe that so many times, I am feeling the collective of what other people are feeling. I’ve known this for years. I’ve felt this since I became a therapist, and I started checking in with my body.

Let’s talk about the 80 20 rule of rest. And I am also telling you this, and I’m going to be practicing it. And this might come as some bad news, but I’m going to take the summer off from the podcast. I need a break. I need a break for a couple of reasons. I had a guest speaker come into my mastermind group, just last week. Heather Denniston, she’s fabulous. And she was quoting this book that says we need to “make space for our soul to catch up.”

I think we’re being called as a collective right now to do this, to make space for souls to catch up. And there’s a lot of things at play right now. Obviously COVID, we’re in the middle of Mercury retrograde, it’s summer, this beautiful black lives matter movement, the social justice movement. We are being called to take a pause, to slow down.

So during this episode, I’m focusing on and giving you a little guidance to help you release, regroup, and realign. To get connected to our selves.

And that brings me to this 80/20 Rule of Rest. When we don’t do this, our bodies will rest us. Do you know what I mean? If we do not rest 20% of the time, our bodies will rest us. So that means I get to choose. YOU get to choose. The 80/20 rule is 80% in your Front Seat, 20% in your Back Seat. But your back seat can be a place of choice.

Choose to release, regroup, realign… rest. We all need a break.

So my friends, my friends, my friends I’m off. I’m going to go take a break now definitely, but I will be back. It feels very, very, in alignment with what I need to do for my soul right now. So thank you for understanding.

I will see you guys very, very, very soon. Thanks for listening.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

The Living Unapologetically Course (FLASH SALE discount code: 47birthday) – https://jessicabutts.com/lu/

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/quiz/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/

Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/78-47th-birthday-release-regroup-and-realign]]>2016falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/77-how-are-you-going-to-get-there-part-3-of-3--33336792
I love doing this work on myself. I love helping other people do it. And so that’s where today, “How are you going to get there?” This is comprised of a bunch of different things, but the very first thing is about taking action. It drives me up a wall when people are lazy or feel entitled, or maybe they watched “The Secret” and are just trying to manifest everything into their life.

I believe that God is on this path with us, and he expects us to do some work. He expects us to do some work. I find it ridiculous when people expect things to happen because you must actually do some work.

So, I created a system called the Three S method. The three S’s are Structure, Systems, and Singular focus. And this is, quite honestly, whether this is about your life or your business.

Structure is about you. It’s your life. It’s your morning practice, getting up on time, how you’re spending your time.

And then Systems for your business specifically, but also for your personal life, are things outside of you. This, for example, is auto-pay on all of your bills. And I’ve got a truckload of stuff to teach you in summer school, if you so choose to come do that with us, around all the things that help you in Systems to basically get your shit together.

Singular focus is absolutely around something that I’ve done for years. Which are 90-day goals, mind mapping, and a bunch of tools to help you really stay focused on what needs to get done right now.

Singular focus to me is probably the most effective tool I’ve ever I’ve used or the concept really around getting shit done and building the business that I’ve built. Especially because we intuitive types love to squirrel.

During this powerful episode, I also talk about permission. Sometimes we feel like we need permission and my friends, part of how are you going to get there is giving yourself permission or if you need it from me, it is granted.

Permission granted my friends to live the life that you want to live, to live unorthodox, to live as a weirdo, to live as only 25% of the population. That’s what this podcast is for and why I’m here to help.

Listen in, there’s so much more for you and I’ll be back on my birthday for an epic episode, you won’t want to miss it! Alright, until next time, I’m sending you so much love!

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/quiz/

The Eight Stages – https://jessicabutts.com/8stages/

Core Values info – https://jessicabutts.com/corevalues

The Unapologetically Me Sheet – https://jessicabutts.com/me/

Front Seat Life Podcast
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Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/77-how-are-you-going-to-get-there-part-3-of-3]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/33336792Thu, 25 Jun 2020 20:16:44 +0000Jessica ButtsPart three of three, we’ve made it! We’ve talked about “Who Are You?” and “Where Are You Going?” and now we’re going to make some moves and take some action! I love doing this work on myself. I love helping other people do it. And so that’s where...
I love doing this work on myself. I love helping other people do it. And so that’s where today, “How are you going to get there?” This is comprised of a bunch of different things, but the very first thing is about taking action. It drives me up a wall when people are lazy or feel entitled, or maybe they watched “The Secret” and are just trying to manifest everything into their life.

I believe that God is on this path with us, and he expects us to do some work. He expects us to do some work. I find it ridiculous when people expect things to happen because you must actually do some work.

So, I created a system called the Three S method. The three S’s are Structure, Systems, and Singular focus. And this is, quite honestly, whether this is about your life or your business.

Structure is about you. It’s your life. It’s your morning practice, getting up on time, how you’re spending your time.

And then Systems for your business specifically, but also for your personal life, are things outside of you. This, for example, is auto-pay on all of your bills. And I’ve got a truckload of stuff to teach you in summer school, if you so choose to come do that with us, around all the things that help you in Systems to basically get your shit together.

Singular focus is absolutely around something that I’ve done for years. Which are 90-day goals, mind mapping, and a bunch of tools to help you really stay focused on what needs to get done right now.

Singular focus to me is probably the most effective tool I’ve ever I’ve used or the concept really around getting shit done and building the business that I’ve built. Especially because we intuitive types love to squirrel.

During this powerful episode, I also talk about permission. Sometimes we feel like we need permission and my friends, part of how are you going to get there is giving yourself permission or if you need it from me, it is granted.

Permission granted my friends to live the life that you want to live, to live unorthodox, to live as a weirdo, to live as only 25% of the population. That’s what this podcast is for and why I’m here to help.

Listen in, there’s so much more for you and I’ll be back on my birthday for an epic episode, you won’t want to miss it! Alright, until next time, I’m sending you so much love!

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/quiz/

The Eight Stages – https://jessicabutts.com/8stages/

Core Values info – https://jessicabutts.com/corevalues

The Unapologetically Me Sheet – https://jessicabutts.com/me/

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When I first wrote both of my books, these questions were posed to me many, many years ago. Who are you? Where are you going? And how are you going to get there? And it was a profound realization for me at the time because I didn’t know the answers to any of them.

And so as we get into step two today, you can’t do one of these without the others. So figuring out who you are is fantastic and fabulous, and it needs the other two. And you can’t go to the third step, which will be next week’s podcast, how are you going to get there without figuring out who the heck you are and where you’re going. So these need to be done in sequence.

So let’s jump into today, which is, “Where are you going?”

“Where are you going?” is all about our mindset and allowing ourselves to be creative, allowing ourselves to think outside the box, allowing ourselves to dream. And to be the true visionaries of our business. Now, if you’re anything like me, intuitives can’t use a lot of the methods or frameworks like SMART goals, because those are created by and for sensors.

We do things differently. We need to learn how to mind map, which is a visual representation of the chaos going on in our intuitive brains at all time. We also need to be around likeminded people to figure out where we are going. Beware the “Dream Killers” who question us, and tell all the ways our plans and ideas won’t work. You know them, they say, “Can’t you just get a job?”

Another way we figure out where we’re going is, of course, vision boards. It’s nothing new. It’s a bit old school, but that shit works. And I’ve talked about this ad nauseum and other podcasts, but when I went to hypnotherapy school and became trained as a hypnotherapist, the main thing that I learned and took from that is that our subconscious brains are 90% of us. What are you listening to? Uplifting podcasts. All the things that are all part of the 90% of our subconscious.

So another massive part of where we are going is learning how to set boundaries. That is a big part, the whole codependency and cutting out some of the naysayers. Is setting boundaries so that we have space to dream, thinking outside the box, being creative, setting boundaries with your children, your spouse, your partner, your family members.

And then we need to take action—more on that next week. But once we figure out our dream and where we’re going, we must move. And so many of us get caught in a new vision, a new perfect plan… I call this “Squirreling.”

Alright, until next time I’m sending you so much love, and I will see you next Friday. Bye.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/quiz/

The Eight Stages – https://jessicabutts.com/8stages/

Core Values info – https://jessicabutts.com/corevalues

The Unapologetically Me Sheet – https://jessicabutts.com/me/

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Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/76-where-are-you-going-part-2-of-3]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/31780674Thu, 18 Jun 2020 23:42:21 +0000Jessica ButtsToday is the second part of the three-part series that I’m doing about the stages of the business program that I’m very, very proud of called Don’t Do Stuff You Suck At Entrepreneurial School for creative and visionary, intuitive types. When I...
When I first wrote both of my books, these questions were posed to me many, many years ago. Who are you? Where are you going? And how are you going to get there? And it was a profound realization for me at the time because I didn’t know the answers to any of them.

And so as we get into step two today, you can’t do one of these without the others. So figuring out who you are is fantastic and fabulous, and it needs the other two. And you can’t go to the third step, which will be next week’s podcast, how are you going to get there without figuring out who the heck you are and where you’re going. So these need to be done in sequence.

So let’s jump into today, which is, “Where are you going?”

“Where are you going?” is all about our mindset and allowing ourselves to be creative, allowing ourselves to think outside the box, allowing ourselves to dream. And to be the true visionaries of our business. Now, if you’re anything like me, intuitives can’t use a lot of the methods or frameworks like SMART goals, because those are created by and for sensors.

We do things differently. We need to learn how to mind map, which is a visual representation of the chaos going on in our intuitive brains at all time. We also need to be around likeminded people to figure out where we are going. Beware the “Dream Killers” who question us, and tell all the ways our plans and ideas won’t work. You know them, they say, “Can’t you just get a job?”

Another way we figure out where we’re going is, of course, vision boards. It’s nothing new. It’s a bit old school, but that shit works. And I’ve talked about this ad nauseum and other podcasts, but when I went to hypnotherapy school and became trained as a hypnotherapist, the main thing that I learned and took from that is that our subconscious brains are 90% of us. What are you listening to? Uplifting podcasts. All the things that are all part of the 90% of our subconscious.

So another massive part of where we are going is learning how to set boundaries. That is a big part, the whole codependency and cutting out some of the naysayers. Is setting boundaries so that we have space to dream, thinking outside the box, being creative, setting boundaries with your children, your spouse, your partner, your family members.

And then we need to take action—more on that next week. But once we figure out our dream and where we’re going, we must move. And so many of us get caught in a new vision, a new perfect plan… I call this “Squirreling.”

Alright, until next time I’m sending you so much love, and I will see you next Friday. Bye.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/quiz/

The Eight Stages – https://jessicabutts.com/8stages/

Core Values info – https://jessicabutts.com/corevalues

The Unapologetically Me Sheet – https://jessicabutts.com/me/

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The next three episodes are going to be about my signature work that I do with entrepreneurs to help them start and grow their business around their personality types.

I help people understand who they are, where they’re going and how they’re going to get there. And I love, love, love, helping all people do that.

I mentioned this on the last podcast, but I have been struggling with the hamster wheel of content. And continuing to do this podcast they way I have been just isn’t me, and that’s the main point of this episode… a little ironic. I don’t believe in doing things just because people tell you have to do them. My number one thing about building your business, which we get into during this episode, is you got to do it your way. You got to figure out who you are and that stage one of the whole program. There’s eight stages, but the first stage is being unapologetically who you are.

Listen in as I explain why I haven’t really been true to myself and what my plans are for the show. I also outline the eight stages to build a successful business. The first age is being unapologetically\ who you are, type and core values. Number two is the shift from squirrel to structure. Number three, your mess is your message. Number four, show up., branding your business Number five systems and automation, running smoothly.

Stage six, let’s make some money, honey. Stage seven, connection versus transaction and stage eight, the long game, which is CEO mentality, like going from a hobby to an actual business.

When I was trying to put these together in a sequence that would make sense for the three sections of my book — Who are you? Where are you going? How are you going to get there? Today is basically “Who are you?” And the stages that go into “Who are you?” are stage one, being unapologetically who you are, stage three your mess is your message and stage four, show up and branding your business. And somewhat number seven, which is a connection versus transaction.

So, tune in to this because I go fairly deep into how you can figure out who you are, and why it’s so important for building your foundation. It’s critical.
I will see you next week. We’ve got so much more to talk about. All right, loves. I will see you then, bye.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/quiz/

The Eight Stages – https://jessicabutts.com/8stages/

Core Values info – https://jessicabutts.com/corevalues

The Unapologetically Me Sheet – https://jessicabutts.com/me/

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Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/75-who-are-you-part-1-of-3]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/30443444Fri, 12 Jun 2020 15:48:54 +0000Jessica ButtsHello, Front Seat Lifers. It feels like it’s been a really long time since I’ve been with you, but it’s only been two weeks. And wow, what a two weeks it has been for our country. I will say that is not what this episode is about, but I cannot be a...
The next three episodes are going to be about my signature work that I do with entrepreneurs to help them start and grow their business around their personality types.

I help people understand who they are, where they’re going and how they’re going to get there. And I love, love, love, helping all people do that.

I mentioned this on the last podcast, but I have been struggling with the hamster wheel of content. And continuing to do this podcast they way I have been just isn’t me, and that’s the main point of this episode… a little ironic. I don’t believe in doing things just because people tell you have to do them. My number one thing about building your business, which we get into during this episode, is you got to do it your way. You got to figure out who you are and that stage one of the whole program. There’s eight stages, but the first stage is being unapologetically who you are.

Listen in as I explain why I haven’t really been true to myself and what my plans are for the show. I also outline the eight stages to build a successful business. The first age is being unapologetically\ who you are, type and core values. Number two is the shift from squirrel to structure. Number three, your mess is your message. Number four, show up., branding your business Number five systems and automation, running smoothly.

Stage six, let’s make some money, honey. Stage seven, connection versus transaction and stage eight, the long game, which is CEO mentality, like going from a hobby to an actual business.

When I was trying to put these together in a sequence that would make sense for the three sections of my book — Who are you? Where are you going? How are you going to get there? Today is basically “Who are you?” And the stages that go into “Who are you?” are stage one, being unapologetically who you are, stage three your mess is your message and stage four, show up and branding your business. And somewhat number seven, which is a connection versus transaction.

So, tune in to this because I go fairly deep into how you can figure out who you are, and why it’s so important for building your foundation. It’s critical.
I will see you next week. We’ve got so much more to talk about. All right, loves. I will see you then, bye.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/quiz/

The Eight Stages – https://jessicabutts.com/8stages/

Core Values info – https://jessicabutts.com/corevalues

The Unapologetically Me Sheet – https://jessicabutts.com/me/

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One of my core values for this podcast is just to KEEP IT REAL. When I started, I said, I’m going to be as transparent as I humanly can be while at the same time protecting the privacy of those in my life. It’s always essential for me to be transparent, authentic, AND OPEN. It’s one of my core values as a human being, as a business owner, as a woman, and as this podcast host.

So today I’ve got kind of four or five main things that I want to talk about. These are things I just wanted you guys to know about so you can get a sense of where I’m at, why I’m doing what I’m doing and what’s going on with my life.

Because as you know, I teach this stuff, yet I still even struggle with it. It’s just a thing. We are always in this PROCESS OF EVOLUTION, and we’re always learning more things about ourselves. You’re never just done. You’re never going to be like, “Okay, I’ve got this figured out.”

I’ve been thinking about this episode for quite a few weeks, and I was like, wow, I just need to say all of this stuff. So I hope you listen and get all of the details, the good, the challenging, all of it.

If I’ve been pulling away, this is what’s been going on. And so I hope you’ll go on this journey with me because I’m amazed at how wonderful that this can feel to be “SOULFISH,” to be unapologetically who you are, to understand your type, to take time by yourself to re-evaluate what’s working for you and not what’s working for you.

I think that’s one of the biggest things, we get to decide. I hear this all the time. “I can’t.” Yes, you can. YES, YOU CAN. I can.

The beauty of being an entrepreneur and being an intuitive type is that we get to do this stuff. Alright, I will see you next week. I’m jumping in. The new series starts next week, so you don’t want to miss the series… four weeks in a row.

Okay, bye guys. Thanks again for everything. I so appreciate you.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/quiz/

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Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/73-change-is-possible-and-needed-my-most-vulnerable-podcast-yet]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/28574164Thu, 28 May 2020 23:49:28 +0000Jessica ButtsWelcome, everybody! Today’s episode is a DOOZY. I’m going to ask you to BUCKLE UP for this ride. There are going to be some surprises. And I’m going to talk today about some things, thoughts, and ideas that have been stewing for a while now. One of...
One of my core values for this podcast is just to KEEP IT REAL. When I started, I said, I’m going to be as transparent as I humanly can be while at the same time protecting the privacy of those in my life. It’s always essential for me to be transparent, authentic, AND OPEN. It’s one of my core values as a human being, as a business owner, as a woman, and as this podcast host.

So today I’ve got kind of four or five main things that I want to talk about. These are things I just wanted you guys to know about so you can get a sense of where I’m at, why I’m doing what I’m doing and what’s going on with my life.

Because as you know, I teach this stuff, yet I still even struggle with it. It’s just a thing. We are always in this PROCESS OF EVOLUTION, and we’re always learning more things about ourselves. You’re never just done. You’re never going to be like, “Okay, I’ve got this figured out.”

I’ve been thinking about this episode for quite a few weeks, and I was like, wow, I just need to say all of this stuff. So I hope you listen and get all of the details, the good, the challenging, all of it.

If I’ve been pulling away, this is what’s been going on. And so I hope you’ll go on this journey with me because I’m amazed at how wonderful that this can feel to be “SOULFISH,” to be unapologetically who you are, to understand your type, to take time by yourself to re-evaluate what’s working for you and not what’s working for you.

I think that’s one of the biggest things, we get to decide. I hear this all the time. “I can’t.” Yes, you can. YES, YOU CAN. I can.

The beauty of being an entrepreneur and being an intuitive type is that we get to do this stuff. Alright, I will see you next week. I’m jumping in. The new series starts next week, so you don’t want to miss the series… four weeks in a row.

Okay, bye guys. Thanks again for everything. I so appreciate you.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/quiz/

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I absolutely loved our conversation, maybe because we both found ourselves feeling the ENTREPRENEURIAL ITCH and we just had to SCRATCH IT. We talk about how some people just don’t get that, but when we found OUR PEOPLE we both knew we were doing the right thing.

We spend a good deal of this special chat talking about wellness and how important it is to take care of yourself when you’re on the path of the entrepreneur, where it can be easy to neglect personal health and wellness. Dr. Heather details her three pillars to maintain this important piece of our journeys: paying attention to your ENERGY LEAKAGE liability, having a deeply moving wellness “WHY,” and establishing your wellness PIT CREW.

She also reveals her powerful “CAT FUR TEST,” you gotta listen in for that one…

This is one of those conversations I am so happy to bring to you, it’s full of wonderful wisdom and reminders that if we don’t take care of number one (ourselves) then everything else will suffer.

Thanks again for tuning in, I so appreciate it!

More About Dr. Heather
Dr. Denniston is a seasoned chiropractor with a certification in Wellness Chiropractic (CCWP). She is also a NASM, trained Certified Personal Trainer. She is an avid athlete and health enthusiast who has a passion for inspiring action in people of all ages to ignite first steps toward their personal best.

As a writer, she has penned for publications such as Paleo Magazine and FIX.com and authored the book The Three Day Reset, a doable food plan for those wanting to transform their nutrition. (Available on Amazon). She has also been featured in Thrive Global and Authority Magazine.

She is the creator and producer of The Junk You Should Know Show, an episodic targeted primarily to women over forty. Topics range the wellness spectrum from mindset to menopause to meal prep. Weekly, she breaks down tricky wellness topics by going head to head with wellness thought-leaders from all over the world.

She is a Wellness Strategist for companies like Microsoft. She has spoken on topics of resilience, stress management, trust in the workplace, fitness and nutrition for professional success, habit training, and more.

Her proprietary Wellness Amplifier Method helps executives and entrepreneurs bridge the connection between wellness and professional success for themselves and the leaders on their teams. Her engaging and practical consulting style is refreshing and impactful, and her results-oriented curriculum is transformative.

Through online content, public speaking, and coaching, Heather shares wellness, fitness, and nutrition expertise for those looking for profound change.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/quiz/

For more about Dr. Heather and WELLFIT and FED, visit https://www.wellfitandfed.com/

Follow her on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/wellfitandfed/

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Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/72-go-ahead-and-scratch-that-entrepreneurial-itch-but-stay-wellfitandfed-with-dr-heather-denniston]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/28048290Fri, 22 May 2020 12:04:55 +0000Jessica ButtsHi, Front Seat Lifers! I have yet another amazing guest to share with you this week, Dr. Heather Denniston. She’s an Intuitive who had transformed herself from a super successful chiropractor to an incredible WELLNESS MAVEN. I absolutely loved our...
I absolutely loved our conversation, maybe because we both found ourselves feeling the ENTREPRENEURIAL ITCH and we just had to SCRATCH IT. We talk about how some people just don’t get that, but when we found OUR PEOPLE we both knew we were doing the right thing.

We spend a good deal of this special chat talking about wellness and how important it is to take care of yourself when you’re on the path of the entrepreneur, where it can be easy to neglect personal health and wellness. Dr. Heather details her three pillars to maintain this important piece of our journeys: paying attention to your ENERGY LEAKAGE liability, having a deeply moving wellness “WHY,” and establishing your wellness PIT CREW.

She also reveals her powerful “CAT FUR TEST,” you gotta listen in for that one…

This is one of those conversations I am so happy to bring to you, it’s full of wonderful wisdom and reminders that if we don’t take care of number one (ourselves) then everything else will suffer.

Thanks again for tuning in, I so appreciate it!

More About Dr. Heather
Dr. Denniston is a seasoned chiropractor with a certification in Wellness Chiropractic (CCWP). She is also a NASM, trained Certified Personal Trainer. She is an avid athlete and health enthusiast who has a passion for inspiring action in people of all ages to ignite first steps toward their personal best.

As a writer, she has penned for publications such as Paleo Magazine and FIX.com and authored the book The Three Day Reset, a doable food plan for those wanting to transform their nutrition. (Available on Amazon). She has also been featured in Thrive Global and Authority Magazine.

She is the creator and producer of The Junk You Should Know Show, an episodic targeted primarily to women over forty. Topics range the wellness spectrum from mindset to menopause to meal prep. Weekly, she breaks down tricky wellness topics by going head to head with wellness thought-leaders from all over the world.

She is a Wellness Strategist for companies like Microsoft. She has spoken on topics of resilience, stress management, trust in the workplace, fitness and nutrition for professional success, habit training, and more.

Her proprietary Wellness Amplifier Method helps executives and entrepreneurs bridge the connection between wellness and professional success for themselves and the leaders on their teams. Her engaging and practical consulting style is refreshing and impactful, and her results-oriented curriculum is transformative.

Through online content, public speaking, and coaching, Heather shares wellness, fitness, and nutrition expertise for those looking for profound change.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/quiz/

For more about Dr. Heather and WELLFIT and FED, visit https://www.wellfitandfed.com/

Follow her on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/wellfitandfed/

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She has a Ph.D. in Communications and has created this company called 3 WORD REBELLION that I gravitate towards, hence, Front Seat Life, and it is just a fascinating way to describe your business and what you do.

Michelle’s philosophy on this 3 Word Rebellion is one of the BEST TOOLS I have ever seen or heard or studied about getting clear about what your message is so that you don’t go off and squirrel. Listen carefully because Michelle is going to BLOW YOUR SOCKS OFF today! She is absolutely an amazing person, an amazing business owner, an amazing woman, an amazing intuitive, and an AMAZING GUEST.

Again, this POWERFUL MESSAGING FRAMEWORK is all about creating a one of a kind message that grows your business into a movement.

Michelle grew her business as a public speaking coach for about five years, and then literally had a, “Fuck this shit! I can’t do this anymore…” moment.

Giving herself SPACE and time to reflect, she noticed that many good communicators were able to encapsulate the change they want to create in just a few words.

“It’s like your message is so important in getting you known, and I thought to myself, I wonder if I could take questions from social movement theory, like what are you rebelling against? What’s the CHANGE you’re trying to create in the world and use them with my clients? To see if I could get them to their core message, like let them just kind of free write, dump their ideas out of their head.

I wonder if I could help them figure out what their core message is, and THAT WORKED!”

And that was the beginning of the 3 Word Rebellion.

Listen in today as we dig deep into this incredible messaging concept and unpack why it works and how it works. Michelle even gives us a “TEMPLATE” to follow when crafting our message.

Does it just have to be three words? So, in her book, she gives creative constraints, which are rules, but it can be two to five words. The important thing to remember is that it’s incredibly sticky or starts what Michelle calls an “INTRIGUE LOOP.” The first thing it does is it stops the other person. It grabs their attention because it’s something a little bit different.

And that’s just the start. LISTEN to this episode, get her book, follow her AND IMPLEMENT this into your messaging and you will find the clarity and focus you have been seeking. I guarantee it! This episode is one you need to listen to ALL THE WAY to the end. So damn good. SO DAMN GOOD.

Thanks again for listening, I appreciate you all so much and hope you are staying healthy and well. Take care.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

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Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/71-3-word-rebellion-with-michelle-mazur]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/27373580Fri, 15 May 2020 00:08:12 +0000Jessica ButtsHello, Front Seat Lifers! I have a special, amazing, WONDERFUL guest for you today, Michelle Mazur. We both live here in the Seattle area, and she is a rock star. She’s a straight-up weirdo, just like me, and so many of you, and she’s also a total...
She has a Ph.D. in Communications and has created this company called 3 WORD REBELLION that I gravitate towards, hence, Front Seat Life, and it is just a fascinating way to describe your business and what you do.

Michelle’s philosophy on this 3 Word Rebellion is one of the BEST TOOLS I have ever seen or heard or studied about getting clear about what your message is so that you don’t go off and squirrel. Listen carefully because Michelle is going to BLOW YOUR SOCKS OFF today! She is absolutely an amazing person, an amazing business owner, an amazing woman, an amazing intuitive, and an AMAZING GUEST.

Again, this POWERFUL MESSAGING FRAMEWORK is all about creating a one of a kind message that grows your business into a movement.

Michelle grew her business as a public speaking coach for about five years, and then literally had a, “Fuck this shit! I can’t do this anymore…” moment.

Giving herself SPACE and time to reflect, she noticed that many good communicators were able to encapsulate the change they want to create in just a few words.

“It’s like your message is so important in getting you known, and I thought to myself, I wonder if I could take questions from social movement theory, like what are you rebelling against? What’s the CHANGE you’re trying to create in the world and use them with my clients? To see if I could get them to their core message, like let them just kind of free write, dump their ideas out of their head.

I wonder if I could help them figure out what their core message is, and THAT WORKED!”

And that was the beginning of the 3 Word Rebellion.

Listen in today as we dig deep into this incredible messaging concept and unpack why it works and how it works. Michelle even gives us a “TEMPLATE” to follow when crafting our message.

Does it just have to be three words? So, in her book, she gives creative constraints, which are rules, but it can be two to five words. The important thing to remember is that it’s incredibly sticky or starts what Michelle calls an “INTRIGUE LOOP.” The first thing it does is it stops the other person. It grabs their attention because it’s something a little bit different.

And that’s just the start. LISTEN to this episode, get her book, follow her AND IMPLEMENT this into your messaging and you will find the clarity and focus you have been seeking. I guarantee it! This episode is one you need to listen to ALL THE WAY to the end. So damn good. SO DAMN GOOD.

Thanks again for listening, I appreciate you all so much and hope you are staying healthy and well. Take care.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

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She’s kicking ass in business and she’s just a soul sister kind of person. And during this mind-bending conversation we talk about ego, what it is, and some very amazing insights about EGO TRICKS. Especially now in the time of Covid.

And in general, for simplistic purposes, ego is that “protect yourself” instinct, that reptilian part of us that is here to keep us alive. And that is turned on at unprecedented levels right now. We need to have that protection otherwise we would be aimlessly walking around this earth getting hit by buses.

And this is getting pushed to the max right now and there are certain “ego tricks” that may prevent us from being triggered and becoming the BABY IN THE BACK SEAT. Listen in as we unpack this important concept.

Jena and I also dive deep into BEING BRAVE and she reveals her bravery levels, including being brave by survival, by choice, and ultimately BRAVE BY PURPOSE.

I believe wholeheartedly that unless bravery is coming from our purpose, people can read through it in a hot minute.

When I say brave by purpose, it means that when we are looking through the lens of our choices and our decisions and our actions and our thinking and our beliefs it comes from within… This is not happening to us, it is happening for us.

Jena says she hears people describe their fears and their concerns and their challenges as, “I have to do this and I have to do that and now we have to stay in and we have to do that…”

Here’s the thing. If you want an immediate transformation, change that to “I get to.” Just reframe that in nanoseconds and only because as soon as you say “I get to,” you just gained so much more personal power. You became that person that can self-lead and therefore lead your family, children, and whoever else is right around you, let alone online.

Listen to this episode and gain yourself some personal power, we could all use a little now, and in the future. I feel like all of this is happening for a reason. I feel like this is the time to start having these incredibly rich, emotionally intelligent conversations.

And I just thank you so, so, so much for being a part of this with me.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

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For more about Jena and Brave Masters, visit http://bravemasters.com/

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Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/70-ego-tricks-and-being-brave-with-jena-rodriguez]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/26903965Fri, 08 May 2020 13:38:54 +0000Jessica ButtsHello! I am not going to lie, I am extra excited today, one because I’ve had way too much coffee and two, I have a dear friend of mine, Jena Rodriguez with me. She’s kicking ass in business and she’s just a soul sister kind of person. And during...
She’s kicking ass in business and she’s just a soul sister kind of person. And during this mind-bending conversation we talk about ego, what it is, and some very amazing insights about EGO TRICKS. Especially now in the time of Covid.

And in general, for simplistic purposes, ego is that “protect yourself” instinct, that reptilian part of us that is here to keep us alive. And that is turned on at unprecedented levels right now. We need to have that protection otherwise we would be aimlessly walking around this earth getting hit by buses.

And this is getting pushed to the max right now and there are certain “ego tricks” that may prevent us from being triggered and becoming the BABY IN THE BACK SEAT. Listen in as we unpack this important concept.

Jena and I also dive deep into BEING BRAVE and she reveals her bravery levels, including being brave by survival, by choice, and ultimately BRAVE BY PURPOSE.

I believe wholeheartedly that unless bravery is coming from our purpose, people can read through it in a hot minute.

When I say brave by purpose, it means that when we are looking through the lens of our choices and our decisions and our actions and our thinking and our beliefs it comes from within… This is not happening to us, it is happening for us.

Jena says she hears people describe their fears and their concerns and their challenges as, “I have to do this and I have to do that and now we have to stay in and we have to do that…”

Here’s the thing. If you want an immediate transformation, change that to “I get to.” Just reframe that in nanoseconds and only because as soon as you say “I get to,” you just gained so much more personal power. You became that person that can self-lead and therefore lead your family, children, and whoever else is right around you, let alone online.

Listen to this episode and gain yourself some personal power, we could all use a little now, and in the future. I feel like all of this is happening for a reason. I feel like this is the time to start having these incredibly rich, emotionally intelligent conversations.

And I just thank you so, so, so much for being a part of this with me.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/quiz/

For more about Jena and Brave Masters, visit http://bravemasters.com/

For more about Jena’s powerful Detachment Method, visit http://bravemasters.com/themethod

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I’ve asked myself this question many times throughout the years, and it’s really, really come back up for me strongly and powerfully during Covid, during quarantine work, during the global pandemic, in addition to launching during that time.

All of this and maybe the TIME OF PAUSE has brought to the forefront for me, and for others as well, this opportunity to reflect and think about this idea of when is enough, enough?

During this episode, I dive into how personality type plays into our attitude around this concept and why it’s important to ask specific questions when we feel things aren’t meeting our expectations, or we can’t seem to reach our goals.

Why is this happening for me, not to me, and WHAT CHANGES DO I GET TO MAKE in my business right now and my life, my life, and my business right now? Because again, to me, I feel this is the opportunity of all opportunities to slow it down and say, “Okay, everybody stop. Let’s reevaluate. What do I really want to do?”

And as I’ve talked about in past episodes, our INTUITION is our greatest guide. In so many ways, this is so delightful to slow down.

So, listen in, and I give you some things that I want you to consider when you think about, “When is enough, enough?”

Number one always is: What is your type? Number two: What are your core values? One of my big core values is FREEDOM, and there are a lot of different ways to define this idea for each of us.

What are your circumstances? What is your lifestyle? What is important to you? Whatever your way is, the way that you run your business, the way that you live your life, that is always enough.

When you die, what will you regret?

This is a deeply thoughtful episode, highlighting some learning I’ve recently experienced and some from the past, but all very important. Best wishes, as always, and I will see you next week.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

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Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/69-when-is-enough-enough]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/26464989Fri, 01 May 2020 01:22:02 +0000Jessica ButtsAs always, I am super honored to be with you, and I’ve been sitting with that least episode for probably the last ten days or so and following my launch I’ve been off and just kind of taking some downtime. And during this period of “recovery,” what...
I’ve asked myself this question many times throughout the years, and it’s really, really come back up for me strongly and powerfully during Covid, during quarantine work, during the global pandemic, in addition to launching during that time.

All of this and maybe the TIME OF PAUSE has brought to the forefront for me, and for others as well, this opportunity to reflect and think about this idea of when is enough, enough?

During this episode, I dive into how personality type plays into our attitude around this concept and why it’s important to ask specific questions when we feel things aren’t meeting our expectations, or we can’t seem to reach our goals.

Why is this happening for me, not to me, and WHAT CHANGES DO I GET TO MAKE in my business right now and my life, my life, and my business right now? Because again, to me, I feel this is the opportunity of all opportunities to slow it down and say, “Okay, everybody stop. Let’s reevaluate. What do I really want to do?”

And as I’ve talked about in past episodes, our INTUITION is our greatest guide. In so many ways, this is so delightful to slow down.

So, listen in, and I give you some things that I want you to consider when you think about, “When is enough, enough?”

Number one always is: What is your type? Number two: What are your core values? One of my big core values is FREEDOM, and there are a lot of different ways to define this idea for each of us.

What are your circumstances? What is your lifestyle? What is important to you? Whatever your way is, the way that you run your business, the way that you live your life, that is always enough.

When you die, what will you regret?

This is a deeply thoughtful episode, highlighting some learning I’ve recently experienced and some from the past, but all very important. Best wishes, as always, and I will see you next week.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

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My guest today, Tarzan Kay, and I were both LAUNCHING while the pandemic was peaking. And today we talk about all kinds of things related to OUR EXPERIENCES, the lessons we learned, and so much more. I mean we even talk about household chores, whether God is male or female, entrepreneurship, and a host of topics inspired by our mutual desire to serve our communities.

We also realized that the pandemic wasn’t going to stop us from our plans. As a successful entrepreneur, you do have to have A PLAN. It’s not just throwing spaghetti at the wall. Then we still have a massive BELIEF in what we’re putting out into the world, with full integrity.

For both of us, we had big sales targets, high hopes. We ALWAYS PUSH ourselves and the goals were a stretch before the pandemic. Even though we didn’t achieve those goals, we’re both proud of the efforts of both teams.

And Tarzan pointed out that, “There’s always a ripple effect. I call it the LAUNCH HALO. It’s like every time you launch something, every time you put yourself out there in this way where you’re very public, very clear on what you’re here to teach, how you can help…

“And you’re sending lots of emails and social media posts and you’re really banging your pots and pans about what you do. So much happens, so many more people become aware of what they could achieve through working with you. And things happen.”

In the end we’ve realized it’s the same stuff at every level. Am I having fun? Is this in ALIGNMENT with my core values? Is it in alignment with my life or my business? Is it alignment with my personality type? Am I pushing a boulder up a hill?

For me, if you listened last week, you’ll know that my launch was starting to feel like a TRAIN speeding down the tracks, OUT OF COTROL. I’m glad I took a moment to step back and pause and realize is that maybe it’s not worth it. I had to ask myself some tough questions… How can I be smart? How can I connect with my people? How can I still be of service? I revisited my theme words: Focused leadership, Visionary, Have Fun, Self-Soothing, and Love and Partnership.

Tarzan added one little addendum, “You still have to do hard things.”

Absolutely.

I’m actually grateful for this crazy pandemic right now, because it’s giving me this opportunity to pause and really reevaluate. What do we want?

Please check out Tarzan and all her things, she is amazing.

Thanks for tuning in to the conversation that goes both deep and wide, it’s a good one. All right, my friends, we’ll see you next week.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Learn more about Tarzan Kay here: https://tarzankay.com/

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

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https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/25979183Thu, 23 Apr 2020 23:44:11 +0000Jessica ButtsAll right, Front Seat Lifers, I have a SPECIAL GUEST with me today. If you’ve been following along, you listened to last week where I got super vulnerable, super real about why I wholeheartedly believe that COVID is happening for me, not to me. My...
My guest today, Tarzan Kay, and I were both LAUNCHING while the pandemic was peaking. And today we talk about all kinds of things related to OUR EXPERIENCES, the lessons we learned, and so much more. I mean we even talk about household chores, whether God is male or female, entrepreneurship, and a host of topics inspired by our mutual desire to serve our communities.

We also realized that the pandemic wasn’t going to stop us from our plans. As a successful entrepreneur, you do have to have A PLAN. It’s not just throwing spaghetti at the wall. Then we still have a massive BELIEF in what we’re putting out into the world, with full integrity.

For both of us, we had big sales targets, high hopes. We ALWAYS PUSH ourselves and the goals were a stretch before the pandemic. Even though we didn’t achieve those goals, we’re both proud of the efforts of both teams.

And Tarzan pointed out that, “There’s always a ripple effect. I call it the LAUNCH HALO. It’s like every time you launch something, every time you put yourself out there in this way where you’re very public, very clear on what you’re here to teach, how you can help…

“And you’re sending lots of emails and social media posts and you’re really banging your pots and pans about what you do. So much happens, so many more people become aware of what they could achieve through working with you. And things happen.”

In the end we’ve realized it’s the same stuff at every level. Am I having fun? Is this in ALIGNMENT with my core values? Is it in alignment with my life or my business? Is it alignment with my personality type? Am I pushing a boulder up a hill?

For me, if you listened last week, you’ll know that my launch was starting to feel like a TRAIN speeding down the tracks, OUT OF COTROL. I’m glad I took a moment to step back and pause and realize is that maybe it’s not worth it. I had to ask myself some tough questions… How can I be smart? How can I connect with my people? How can I still be of service? I revisited my theme words: Focused leadership, Visionary, Have Fun, Self-Soothing, and Love and Partnership.

Tarzan added one little addendum, “You still have to do hard things.”

Absolutely.

I’m actually grateful for this crazy pandemic right now, because it’s giving me this opportunity to pause and really reevaluate. What do we want?

Please check out Tarzan and all her things, she is amazing.

Thanks for tuning in to the conversation that goes both deep and wide, it’s a good one. All right, my friends, we’ll see you next week.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Learn more about Tarzan Kay here: https://tarzankay.com/

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Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/quiz/

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And one of my core values, one of my reasons for existence, is to be VULNERABLE and share my life experiences with you. So it’s gonna get real today. This is MY EXPERIENCE, and everybody’s having their own experience right now. I’m not going to sit around and judge parents as they’re going through their situation. And I ask that you don’t judge mine as a business owner and as a single person because these lessons, while they’re deeply personal, they’re also my own. The reason I’m sharing them is that I hope that you learn something from them.

And then secondary is I’m going to tell you how I figured this out in the middle of COVID, in middle of a launch, what I’ve been doing to have these deeply, deeply impactful LIFE LESSONS that are coming through very clearly.

So there’s going to be two parts of this podcast. One is what I’m learning as a business owner, as a woman, as a partner, as a friend, and as a daughter. And then I’m going to tell you how that’s happening so that you can hopefully learn from both.

So last week was the launch of my best program that I’ve ever put together called LIVE UNAPOLOGETICALLY. It’s specifically for Intuitive types. And I’m obsessed with it. I have been in a launch sequence plan for about four months, really just working on it, perfecting it, spending, teams, all the things. So last week was the launch. I may be clear in my head I had a hope, and that number or metric did not happen.

Not even close. I’m kind of over it. I sat in sadness and grief and shifting expectations. Last week it was deeply personal. It was deeply wounding, and now this week, just one week later, I have done what I’m going to hopefully teach you to do. This week, I’ve gotten QUIET.

So every hard time in my life, there is what I would consider a BREAKTHROUGH AFTER THE BREAKDOWN. And this might be the fifth or so full-on breakdown. Like it was bad. It was pacing. I don’t suffer from anxiety, but I would say that was the closest to a panic attack I’ve ever gotten.

And here’s the deal with all of those. You’ve got to have the break down before you have the breakthrough. I can’t speak for other people, but I’ve never actually had a real breakthrough if I didn’t have a breakdown.

Listen to this powerfully vulnerable episode as I unpack this fully. You can make excuses. You can remain busy, but right now, THIS IS THE GIFT, the gift of space, the gift of time, the gift of freedom to create, dream, and restructure.

This is the opportunity for the breakthrough after the breakdown, but you got to get real. You got to get real with yourself. We can do anything we want. You just got to know what it is that you want, and the only way to do that is to get quiet, to get quiet. I’ve spent more time being quiet this week than I have in a long time, and I’m going to do it again next week.

What can be your breakthrough after this breakdown, and how is this happening for you, not to you?

All right, my friends, we’ll see you next week.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Sign up for the new Live Unapologetically course: https://jessicabutts.com/LU/

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https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/25629275Fri, 17 Apr 2020 05:01:01 +0000Jessica ButtsHello Front Seat Lifers, it is Jessica, your host, and it is in the middle of COVID. And I want to have a deeply, profoundly PERSONAL PODCAST with you because everybody has different reasons that they do their business, that they do podcasts, that...
And one of my core values, one of my reasons for existence, is to be VULNERABLE and share my life experiences with you. So it’s gonna get real today. This is MY EXPERIENCE, and everybody’s having their own experience right now. I’m not going to sit around and judge parents as they’re going through their situation. And I ask that you don’t judge mine as a business owner and as a single person because these lessons, while they’re deeply personal, they’re also my own. The reason I’m sharing them is that I hope that you learn something from them.

And then secondary is I’m going to tell you how I figured this out in the middle of COVID, in middle of a launch, what I’ve been doing to have these deeply, deeply impactful LIFE LESSONS that are coming through very clearly.

So there’s going to be two parts of this podcast. One is what I’m learning as a business owner, as a woman, as a partner, as a friend, and as a daughter. And then I’m going to tell you how that’s happening so that you can hopefully learn from both.

So last week was the launch of my best program that I’ve ever put together called LIVE UNAPOLOGETICALLY. It’s specifically for Intuitive types. And I’m obsessed with it. I have been in a launch sequence plan for about four months, really just working on it, perfecting it, spending, teams, all the things. So last week was the launch. I may be clear in my head I had a hope, and that number or metric did not happen.

Not even close. I’m kind of over it. I sat in sadness and grief and shifting expectations. Last week it was deeply personal. It was deeply wounding, and now this week, just one week later, I have done what I’m going to hopefully teach you to do. This week, I’ve gotten QUIET.

So every hard time in my life, there is what I would consider a BREAKTHROUGH AFTER THE BREAKDOWN. And this might be the fifth or so full-on breakdown. Like it was bad. It was pacing. I don’t suffer from anxiety, but I would say that was the closest to a panic attack I’ve ever gotten.

And here’s the deal with all of those. You’ve got to have the break down before you have the breakthrough. I can’t speak for other people, but I’ve never actually had a real breakthrough if I didn’t have a breakdown.

Listen to this powerfully vulnerable episode as I unpack this fully. You can make excuses. You can remain busy, but right now, THIS IS THE GIFT, the gift of space, the gift of time, the gift of freedom to create, dream, and restructure.

This is the opportunity for the breakthrough after the breakdown, but you got to get real. You got to get real with yourself. We can do anything we want. You just got to know what it is that you want, and the only way to do that is to get quiet, to get quiet. I’ve spent more time being quiet this week than I have in a long time, and I’m going to do it again next week.

What can be your breakthrough after this breakdown, and how is this happening for you, not to you?

All right, my friends, we’ll see you next week.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Sign up for the new Live Unapologetically course: https://jessicabutts.com/LU/

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Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at 2165falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/66-sex-and-relationships-during-quarantine--25201701
So, for relationship therapist’s this is kind of the PERFECT STORM. We’ve heard there may be a BABY BOOM nine months from now, but there may also be a DIVORCE BOOM.

During this killer conversation, we discuss how couples can navigate their differences due to personality type and desire discrepancy. And how they can find or block time to have difficult or fun conversations.

We also talk quite a lot about how couples can work on things in their sex lives. It’s going to be tough to navigate personal space versus the overwhelming amount of “TOGETHER TIME,” especially if when managing kids or working from home.

Listen to this valuable episode. We give some KICK-ASS ADVICE and awesome tips. If you want, you can use this time to grow in your most intimate relationship and grow. How are you CHOOSING to come out of this?

This is a real time to discover what we need and ask for what we need. If that’s, “I need a day to be by myself,” or “I need an hour to go for a walk,” or “I would love for you to kiss me or embrace me,” or whatever it is. This is such an opportunity for us to get very clear and reflect on, “What is it that I WANT? How do I want our sex life, our love life, our conversations are our relationship to be?”

This is a moment to kind of sit with those things so that we can work on it. And again, on the other side of it, where, where are we going to be? You know, I keep saying, “Where do you want to be on the other side of this?”

Thanks again for listening, and I wish you only the best in health and happiness. Take care.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

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For more about Jessa, her book and her course, visit https://sexwithoutstress.com

For her guide, Talk to Your Partner about Intimacy Without Any Drama, visit https://sexwithoutstress.com/guide

Listen to her podcast, The Better Sex Podcast: https://bettersexpodcast.com

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/25201701Thu, 09 Apr 2020 23:58:11 +0000Jessica ButtsJessa Zimmerman joins me today to talk about all things relationships and SEX during this pandemic and quarantine situation. Obviously, two things are going on. There is quarantine, and we’re also in massive fear – a global pandemic, people losing...
So, for relationship therapist’s this is kind of the PERFECT STORM. We’ve heard there may be a BABY BOOM nine months from now, but there may also be a DIVORCE BOOM.

During this killer conversation, we discuss how couples can navigate their differences due to personality type and desire discrepancy. And how they can find or block time to have difficult or fun conversations.

We also talk quite a lot about how couples can work on things in their sex lives. It’s going to be tough to navigate personal space versus the overwhelming amount of “TOGETHER TIME,” especially if when managing kids or working from home.

Listen to this valuable episode. We give some KICK-ASS ADVICE and awesome tips. If you want, you can use this time to grow in your most intimate relationship and grow. How are you CHOOSING to come out of this?

This is a real time to discover what we need and ask for what we need. If that’s, “I need a day to be by myself,” or “I need an hour to go for a walk,” or “I would love for you to kiss me or embrace me,” or whatever it is. This is such an opportunity for us to get very clear and reflect on, “What is it that I WANT? How do I want our sex life, our love life, our conversations are our relationship to be?”

This is a moment to kind of sit with those things so that we can work on it. And again, on the other side of it, where, where are we going to be? You know, I keep saying, “Where do you want to be on the other side of this?”

Thanks again for listening, and I wish you only the best in health and happiness. Take care.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Sign up for the new Live Unapologetically waitlist: https://jessicabutts.com/LU/

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/quiz/

For more about Jessa, her book and her course, visit https://sexwithoutstress.com

For her guide, Talk to Your Partner about Intimacy Without Any Drama, visit https://sexwithoutstress.com/guide

Listen to her podcast, The Better Sex Podcast: https://bettersexpodcast.com

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>3197falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/65-you-know-what-brings-hope-having-a-plan-for-after-the-crisis-is-over--24756184
Having a plan for after the crisis is over!!🙏💕

And having a long-term vision for your life! 👓

Doing deep personal development work NOW so that when we come out of this, you are READY TO GO!! 🏃‍♀️

And, finally knowing who you truly are and having the confidence to stand boldly in your power and truth! 👸

Being able to navigate life in an authentic, powerful way… now that is empowering! 💥

But when was the last time you felt that way? 😳

Probably before society pushed you to be someone you are not and forced you into living your life from your backseat!

They took away your power. Life got boring, uninspiring, and just plain hard! 😡

You lost sight of our dreams in exchange for jobs, relationships, caring for other people, and making sure everything looks good from the outside… even though you’re dying on the inside.

Life got hard when you started going against who you really are and went about life with methods that only work for Sensors while you, my dear, are a creative visionary, an INTUITIVE! 😀😀😀😀

When you started to meekly comply with the expectations of others (probably Sensors). 😲

When you allowed busyness to consume you and your life so you wouldn’t have to face your unhappiness…

You said goodbye to the real you. 💔

❌No more….I have a 4 part free Masterclass series in April that can help with all of this that I do hope you will join me and hundreds of other Intuitive’s ready to use this time for incredible personal development‼️

✴️ Join any or all of the upcoming four free Masterclass trainings:

https://tw183.infusion-links.com/api/v1/click/6282706368069632/5741365686173696

💟 Apr 7 – 9am PDT -Topic: Be Unapologetically Who You Are

💟 Apr 8 – noon PDT – Topic: Don’t Do Stuff You Suck At

💟 Apr 14 – 5pm PDT – Topic: Intuitive Habit Training

💟 Apr 17 – 11am PDT – Topic: Are You Consistently Inconsistent?

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Sign up for the new Live Unapologetically waitlist: https://jessicabutts.com/LU/

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/quiz/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/24756184Thu, 02 Apr 2020 20:39:49 +0000Jessica ButtsHello Front Seat Lifers, I have a question for you today: Do you know what brings hope? Having a plan for after the crisis is over!!🙏💕 And having a long-term vision for your life! 👓 Doing deep personal development work NOW so that when we...
Having a plan for after the crisis is over!!🙏💕

And having a long-term vision for your life! 👓

Doing deep personal development work NOW so that when we come out of this, you are READY TO GO!! 🏃‍♀️

And, finally knowing who you truly are and having the confidence to stand boldly in your power and truth! 👸

Being able to navigate life in an authentic, powerful way… now that is empowering! 💥

But when was the last time you felt that way? 😳

Probably before society pushed you to be someone you are not and forced you into living your life from your backseat!

They took away your power. Life got boring, uninspiring, and just plain hard! 😡

You lost sight of our dreams in exchange for jobs, relationships, caring for other people, and making sure everything looks good from the outside… even though you’re dying on the inside.

Life got hard when you started going against who you really are and went about life with methods that only work for Sensors while you, my dear, are a creative visionary, an INTUITIVE! 😀😀😀😀

When you started to meekly comply with the expectations of others (probably Sensors). 😲

When you allowed busyness to consume you and your life so you wouldn’t have to face your unhappiness…

You said goodbye to the real you. 💔

❌No more….I have a 4 part free Masterclass series in April that can help with all of this that I do hope you will join me and hundreds of other Intuitive’s ready to use this time for incredible personal development‼️

✴️ Join any or all of the upcoming four free Masterclass trainings:

https://tw183.infusion-links.com/api/v1/click/6282706368069632/5741365686173696

💟 Apr 7 – 9am PDT -Topic: Be Unapologetically Who You Are

💟 Apr 8 – noon PDT – Topic: Don’t Do Stuff You Suck At

💟 Apr 14 – 5pm PDT – Topic: Intuitive Habit Training

💟 Apr 17 – 11am PDT – Topic: Are You Consistently Inconsistent?

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Sign up for the new Live Unapologetically waitlist: https://jessicabutts.com/LU/

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/quiz/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>1826falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/64-how-introvert-s-and-extrovert-s-babies-in-the-backseats-are-showing-up-during-a-crisis--24401598
I’m kind of ON FIRE right now. I am stuck in my house, and it seems to be a time of great inspiration for me, and so I’m just going gangbusters with content right now, and it feels good to be able to be of service and help in a way that I know that I can right now.

I’m dedicated to HELPING PEOPLE understand themselves in this time of crisis through understanding personality type and human behavior, which I’m an expert in, and how that then also translates to our relationships in regular times, and now this time of crisis.

As you may know, I am the creator of FRONT SEAT LIFE, a new approach to Myers-Briggs, and about our reptilian brain. My whole “BACKSEAT” methodology is about us understanding exactly what we’re going through right now, which are times of stress.

I feel very much called to be of service right now. I’m going BALLS-TO-THE-WALL on my personal Facebook page right now to give a ton of content. I am talking about each of the dichotomies and how they show up in your Backseat. Then I’m going to be talking about how we, as human beings, either as single people or just as individuals, how WE CAN MANAGE this time of crisis by understanding our personality type.

And of course, that BACKSEAT REPTILIAN BRAIN RESPONSE that is happening to every single one of us.

I’m so in this creative mode, and it’s great energy. It’s super relevant content, 1000% pertinent to what we’re doing right now, and I’m asking for a little grace about also conserving my energy because I’m in this with all of you. I’m on the roller coaster. PLEASE JOIN me every morning on Facebook for more.

I hope you enjoy the episode and know that there are more of them coming. I’m going to try to shove them in and do some bonus episodes and give you this content as quickly as possible because I know that WE’RE ALL IN IT.

So, take care, TAKE CARE EVERYBODY. Take care of yourself, number one, and then take care of those that are very, very important to you. And start by understanding how you’re reacting to this time of stress, and then lovingly accepting and understanding how the people around you are.

All right, enjoy.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Sign up for the new Live Unapologetically waitlist: https://jessicabutts.com/LU/

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/quiz/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/24401598Thu, 26 Mar 2020 23:30:49 +0000Jessica ButtsHello, this is Jessica, your host coming to you during this “NEW NORMAL” that we’re in right now. And I am with you in the ROLLERCOASTER of emotions, the fear of the economy, the fear of people that I love getting sick. And during this time, I am,...
I’m kind of ON FIRE right now. I am stuck in my house, and it seems to be a time of great inspiration for me, and so I’m just going gangbusters with content right now, and it feels good to be able to be of service and help in a way that I know that I can right now.

I’m dedicated to HELPING PEOPLE understand themselves in this time of crisis through understanding personality type and human behavior, which I’m an expert in, and how that then also translates to our relationships in regular times, and now this time of crisis.

As you may know, I am the creator of FRONT SEAT LIFE, a new approach to Myers-Briggs, and about our reptilian brain. My whole “BACKSEAT” methodology is about us understanding exactly what we’re going through right now, which are times of stress.

I feel very much called to be of service right now. I’m going BALLS-TO-THE-WALL on my personal Facebook page right now to give a ton of content. I am talking about each of the dichotomies and how they show up in your Backseat. Then I’m going to be talking about how we, as human beings, either as single people or just as individuals, how WE CAN MANAGE this time of crisis by understanding our personality type.

And of course, that BACKSEAT REPTILIAN BRAIN RESPONSE that is happening to every single one of us.

I’m so in this creative mode, and it’s great energy. It’s super relevant content, 1000% pertinent to what we’re doing right now, and I’m asking for a little grace about also conserving my energy because I’m in this with all of you. I’m on the roller coaster. PLEASE JOIN me every morning on Facebook for more.

I hope you enjoy the episode and know that there are more of them coming. I’m going to try to shove them in and do some bonus episodes and give you this content as quickly as possible because I know that WE’RE ALL IN IT.

So, take care, TAKE CARE EVERYBODY. Take care of yourself, number one, and then take care of those that are very, very important to you. And start by understanding how you’re reacting to this time of stress, and then lovingly accepting and understanding how the people around you are.

All right, enjoy.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Sign up for the new Live Unapologetically waitlist: https://jessicabutts.com/LU/

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/quiz/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>2676falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/63-everyone-needs-a-schedule-working-schooling-from-home-what-you-need-to-know--24071896
Number one, I have not thrown everything out. I say that, but my content manager, Stephanie, kind of scolded me, and she was like, “Girl, girl, stop saying that.” And it’s true. WE ARE PIVOTING. Hard. I have not thrown everything out. And I’ll be sincere; I’m having a lot of fun with content right now because I get to do it spontaneous and in the moment.

The best way right now to keep up with what’s happening is to JOIN the Front Seat Squad. I’m LIVE there almost daily right now with updates and strategies on how to navigate our current and always changing rough waters.

Number two, I am NOT A PARENT, and I am not a parenting expert. But I get it, and people are straight up in dire straits right now. I get it. I do. My friends have kids, that reality surrounds me and I never want to feel like I’m lecturing or preaching, and had a feeling that I needed to say that ahead of time because I believe everything that I say in this episode is 100% true.

There is part of me that this is the only area in my life that sometimes I feel like a fraud if I’m honest because I don’t have kids. I’m not living in that reality. So, this is triggering some of my insecurities, and one of my core values is to just KEEP IT REAL with you guys, to be super transparent, to be super authentic.

I am far from perfect. I got my own shit going on, and part of that is precisely what I’m saying. So, while I still 100% sit behind what you’re about to hear, I don’t want it to come off as lecturing, especially from someone who’s in a different scenario.

Also, I think this episode is quite honestly one of MY FAVORITE EPISODES around personality type. Around working from home and schooling from home. All of this is still legit, and although I don’t know exactly some of the pain that you guys are going through, I’m sending you love. I hope you enjoy the episode.

I’m in this with you, and I will see you next week.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Sign up for the new Live Unapologetically waitlist: https://jessicabutts.com/LU/

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/quiz/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/24071896Thu, 19 Mar 2020 22:16:37 +0000Jessica ButtsAll right, Front Seat Lifers, it is Jessica, your host. And before we get into today’s episode, I’m going to be super, SUPER VULNERABLE with you as I always am. Still, I’m going to start it right off because I have two caveats after recording this...
Number one, I have not thrown everything out. I say that, but my content manager, Stephanie, kind of scolded me, and she was like, “Girl, girl, stop saying that.” And it’s true. WE ARE PIVOTING. Hard. I have not thrown everything out. And I’ll be sincere; I’m having a lot of fun with content right now because I get to do it spontaneous and in the moment.

The best way right now to keep up with what’s happening is to JOIN the Front Seat Squad. I’m LIVE there almost daily right now with updates and strategies on how to navigate our current and always changing rough waters.

Number two, I am NOT A PARENT, and I am not a parenting expert. But I get it, and people are straight up in dire straits right now. I get it. I do. My friends have kids, that reality surrounds me and I never want to feel like I’m lecturing or preaching, and had a feeling that I needed to say that ahead of time because I believe everything that I say in this episode is 100% true.

There is part of me that this is the only area in my life that sometimes I feel like a fraud if I’m honest because I don’t have kids. I’m not living in that reality. So, this is triggering some of my insecurities, and one of my core values is to just KEEP IT REAL with you guys, to be super transparent, to be super authentic.

I am far from perfect. I got my own shit going on, and part of that is precisely what I’m saying. So, while I still 100% sit behind what you’re about to hear, I don’t want it to come off as lecturing, especially from someone who’s in a different scenario.

Also, I think this episode is quite honestly one of MY FAVORITE EPISODES around personality type. Around working from home and schooling from home. All of this is still legit, and although I don’t know exactly some of the pain that you guys are going through, I’m sending you love. I hope you enjoy the episode.

I’m in this with you, and I will see you next week.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Sign up for the new Live Unapologetically waitlist: https://jessicabutts.com/LU/

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/quiz/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>2864falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/62-how-being-an-ambitious-woman-nearly-ruined-my-life--23803954
I don’t know who taught me this, but they call it TAO. Transparency, authenticity, and openness, which leads to today’s podcast. I am SICK as a dog. I am sick, sick, sick, sicker than I’ve been in a very long time. And. The show MUST go on.

So, a couple of weeks ago, maybe it was just last week, I’m in such a fog. Anyway, I was doing all the things. We have a huge team right now. I have a lot of clients right now. We are getting ready to launch… And I told Stephanie and our new Director of Operations, Kristen, that I was not going to take my normal day off on Friday, and I was going to start working over the weekends until the launch, and I’m going to start doing Facebook Lives and all these things.

And Stephanie said, “Hey girl, you might want to SLOW YOUR ROLL. Like, this is a marathon right now. This is not a sprint. You need to CONSERVE your ENERGY.” And at the time I was super healthy, completely in my Front Seat. I felt unstoppable. I felt like my normal, ambitious self.

I know I’m a VERY STRONG J, and a lot of women in my life are too. J’s are doers. They are pushers. They are bossy, they’re controlling, they’re AMBITIOUS, they know what they want, and they go after it. That is when they’re in their Front Seat. P’s, on the other hand, go with the flow, don’t worry about it.

I no doubt 1000% believe I got sick because I’m pushing TOO HARD. There’s too much going on. There’s a lot of pressure. There are a lot of expectations that I allow. I’m not stupid enough or naive enough to think that I am not 100% responsible for this, as are you.

I’ve been SICK THREE TIMES this year, and it’s only March 10th, and it’s when I, as a J, can’t stop and rest.

I’m BREAKING my Cardinal Rule. My Cardinal rule is compartmentalization and giving a hundred percent of my energy to the one thing that I’m doing. However, it becomes my fault when I’m trying to do 15 different things in a day. And it can absolutely take its toll. It can start to ruin your life.

Could you give 80%? And not 110% or 125%? I think I’m that person, I just go all in so fucking hard that then there’s nothing in reserves and that’s exactly what’s happening to my body right now.

I know for a fact that this is just the universe like slapping me upside the face. I didn’t listen the first two times it happened. I soldiered through and this one has TAKEN ME DOWN. And ironically, I’m still doing this. I think it’s a great life lesson. I think others can learn from it, which is one of my core values.

I do this not to just pontificate and throw stuff at you, but to connect and let you know how I and many listening to this podcast right now can resonate with this.

I’m MAKING A PLEDGE. The goal is 80% of the time to be hustling, to be ambitious, to be going after it, and then by choice 20% of the time resting. And I don’t think that includes Saturdays and Sundays because we’re also giving to other people.

And I know for a lot of you that work nine to five, that sounds impossible. So how do you take at least a night a week or three or four days a month off for SELF-CARE? Set boundaries, and they’re non-negotiable.

And so that’s the pledge says what I’m asking us to do. #jandppledge. And tag me @frontseatlife and I cannot wait to start this conversation on Instagram and start sharing how we as strong, ambitious J women are choosing to embrace some P energy, some “BEING” energy. I want to see your pledge. I want to see what you’re going to be participating in, how you can relax a little bit, and how you can implement this into your life.

So, thank you for listening. As always, share this with any strong, beautiful, gorgeous, ambitious woman that you know, and LET’S START THIS PLEDGE!

#jandppledge

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Sign up for the new Live Unapologetically waitlist: https://jessicabutts.com/LU/

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/quiz/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/23803954Thu, 12 Mar 2020 20:54:42 +0000Jessica ButtsI love doing this podcast. I love educating. I LOVE SHARING my information that I know being a Myers-Briggs expert and a former psychotherapist and couple’s counselor. And one of my core values on this show is to be vulnerable with you and to share my...
I don’t know who taught me this, but they call it TAO. Transparency, authenticity, and openness, which leads to today’s podcast. I am SICK as a dog. I am sick, sick, sick, sicker than I’ve been in a very long time. And. The show MUST go on.

So, a couple of weeks ago, maybe it was just last week, I’m in such a fog. Anyway, I was doing all the things. We have a huge team right now. I have a lot of clients right now. We are getting ready to launch… And I told Stephanie and our new Director of Operations, Kristen, that I was not going to take my normal day off on Friday, and I was going to start working over the weekends until the launch, and I’m going to start doing Facebook Lives and all these things.

And Stephanie said, “Hey girl, you might want to SLOW YOUR ROLL. Like, this is a marathon right now. This is not a sprint. You need to CONSERVE your ENERGY.” And at the time I was super healthy, completely in my Front Seat. I felt unstoppable. I felt like my normal, ambitious self.

I know I’m a VERY STRONG J, and a lot of women in my life are too. J’s are doers. They are pushers. They are bossy, they’re controlling, they’re AMBITIOUS, they know what they want, and they go after it. That is when they’re in their Front Seat. P’s, on the other hand, go with the flow, don’t worry about it.

I no doubt 1000% believe I got sick because I’m pushing TOO HARD. There’s too much going on. There’s a lot of pressure. There are a lot of expectations that I allow. I’m not stupid enough or naive enough to think that I am not 100% responsible for this, as are you.

I’ve been SICK THREE TIMES this year, and it’s only March 10th, and it’s when I, as a J, can’t stop and rest.

I’m BREAKING my Cardinal Rule. My Cardinal rule is compartmentalization and giving a hundred percent of my energy to the one thing that I’m doing. However, it becomes my fault when I’m trying to do 15 different things in a day. And it can absolutely take its toll. It can start to ruin your life.

Could you give 80%? And not 110% or 125%? I think I’m that person, I just go all in so fucking hard that then there’s nothing in reserves and that’s exactly what’s happening to my body right now.

I know for a fact that this is just the universe like slapping me upside the face. I didn’t listen the first two times it happened. I soldiered through and this one has TAKEN ME DOWN. And ironically, I’m still doing this. I think it’s a great life lesson. I think others can learn from it, which is one of my core values.

I do this not to just pontificate and throw stuff at you, but to connect and let you know how I and many listening to this podcast right now can resonate with this.

I’m MAKING A PLEDGE. The goal is 80% of the time to be hustling, to be ambitious, to be going after it, and then by choice 20% of the time resting. And I don’t think that includes Saturdays and Sundays because we’re also giving to other people.

And I know for a lot of you that work nine to five, that sounds impossible. So how do you take at least a night a week or three or four days a month off for SELF-CARE? Set boundaries, and they’re non-negotiable.

And so that’s the pledge says what I’m asking us to do. #jandppledge. And tag me @frontseatlife and I cannot wait to start this conversation on Instagram and start sharing how we as strong, ambitious J women are choosing to embrace some P energy, some “BEING” energy. I want to see your pledge. I want to see what you’re going to be participating in, how you can relax a little bit, and how you can implement this into your life.

So, thank you for...]]>2297falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/61-debunking-myths-introverts-are-selfish-af-and-extroverts-are-idiots--23523590
There are a lot of them, but I picked kind of my favorites. I want to start with some general myths, and then we’ll get into specific introverted and extroverted myths. The prevailing, overarching myth about introversion and extroversion is that WE ARE ONE OR THE OTHER. However, this is one of the only dichotomies that is balanced.

Introversion and extroversion live, BOTH of them, in our Front Seat, which makes up 80% of who we are. Often, people think, “Oh my God, I’m just introverted, and there’s no extroverted part of me.” And that is not true. Or extroverts think, “Well, you know what’s weird? I wonder why I want to spend time by myself?”

It’s NOT WEIRD. It’s just your Front Seat. There is NO such thing, technically, as an AMBIVERT (#ambivertisamyth). We’re all kind of ambiverts because we all have a Front Seat, and everybody’s Front Seat is half introverted and half extroverted. We’re both things. We just have a PREFERENCE for one over the other.

Now, there are several other myths and misconceptions surrounding the introversion versus extroversion. Listen as I get way into some of these like the ones I used in the title of this episode, which is INTROVERTS are SELFISH AF, and EXTROVERTS are IDIOTS.

As you listen, you’ll see many of these myths are stories we create in our heads about the other type. For example, introverts save their best selves for themselves, which to extroverts comes off very selfish.

Why aren’t you getting back to me? Why aren’t you responding to me right away? Introverts tend to have a depth of friends and the depth of interest, meaning they only have a few friends, even a couple sometimes, but they’re very, very close to them, and they just have a few interests. Extroverts typically have a whole bunch of friends and a whole bunch of interests because they give their best selves to other people, which to introverts, that can seem idiotic.

Again, this is just one myth I debunk in this episode, and I highly encourage you to listen in as I debunk several OTHER common MISCONCEPTIONS. And this is just the start of a series of these episodes, and I also am sharing a ton about type via my social media channels, so join me there for more insight and delight. I seriously could go on about this for years.

I so appreciate your listening, and I will see you guys next week when I’m back debunking the myths of sensing and intuition, which is going to be a fricking doozy. I’m going to give you a teaser. One of the biggest myths is that SENSORS DON’T HAVE INTUITION. I have heard that from the day that I started using type 20 some years ago, and I cannot wait to share that with you next week.

I love, love, love, love sharing this stuff with you!

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Sign up for the new Live Unapologetically waitlist: https://jessicabutts.com/LU/

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/quiz/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/23523590Thu, 05 Mar 2020 23:38:09 +0000Jessica ButtsAs promised, we are going down a journey of DEBUNKING some myths, but I’m going to do it, of course, in Jessica-style. Today’s topic is debunking the myths surrounding INTROVERSION and EXTROVERSION. There are a lot of them, but I picked kind of my...
There are a lot of them, but I picked kind of my favorites. I want to start with some general myths, and then we’ll get into specific introverted and extroverted myths. The prevailing, overarching myth about introversion and extroversion is that WE ARE ONE OR THE OTHER. However, this is one of the only dichotomies that is balanced.

Introversion and extroversion live, BOTH of them, in our Front Seat, which makes up 80% of who we are. Often, people think, “Oh my God, I’m just introverted, and there’s no extroverted part of me.” And that is not true. Or extroverts think, “Well, you know what’s weird? I wonder why I want to spend time by myself?”

It’s NOT WEIRD. It’s just your Front Seat. There is NO such thing, technically, as an AMBIVERT (#ambivertisamyth). We’re all kind of ambiverts because we all have a Front Seat, and everybody’s Front Seat is half introverted and half extroverted. We’re both things. We just have a PREFERENCE for one over the other.

Now, there are several other myths and misconceptions surrounding the introversion versus extroversion. Listen as I get way into some of these like the ones I used in the title of this episode, which is INTROVERTS are SELFISH AF, and EXTROVERTS are IDIOTS.

As you listen, you’ll see many of these myths are stories we create in our heads about the other type. For example, introverts save their best selves for themselves, which to extroverts comes off very selfish.

Why aren’t you getting back to me? Why aren’t you responding to me right away? Introverts tend to have a depth of friends and the depth of interest, meaning they only have a few friends, even a couple sometimes, but they’re very, very close to them, and they just have a few interests. Extroverts typically have a whole bunch of friends and a whole bunch of interests because they give their best selves to other people, which to introverts, that can seem idiotic.

Again, this is just one myth I debunk in this episode, and I highly encourage you to listen in as I debunk several OTHER common MISCONCEPTIONS. And this is just the start of a series of these episodes, and I also am sharing a ton about type via my social media channels, so join me there for more insight and delight. I seriously could go on about this for years.

I so appreciate your listening, and I will see you guys next week when I’m back debunking the myths of sensing and intuition, which is going to be a fricking doozy. I’m going to give you a teaser. One of the biggest myths is that SENSORS DON’T HAVE INTUITION. I have heard that from the day that I started using type 20 some years ago, and I cannot wait to share that with you next week.

I love, love, love, love sharing this stuff with you!

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Sign up for the new Live Unapologetically waitlist: https://jessicabutts.com/LU/

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/quiz/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>1793falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/60-what-ambitious-visionary-nj-s-and-flitty-woo-woo-np-s-have-in-common--23265724
I created the FRONT SEAT LIFE, which is a revolutionary new approach to the Myers-Briggs personality type indicator. And as part of this approach, I created my own archetypes based on the Front Seat Life method. And that is the second dichotomy and the last dichotomy paired together, which means there are four: intuitives (N) and sensors (S), judgers (J) and perceivers (P). With the pairings being:

- SJ: the police.
- SP: the adventurers/artists.
- NJ: the entrepreneurs.
- NP: (my favorites) the squirrels.

Today, in particular, I am going to be talking significantly about NP’s and NJ’s because some of my mastermind group reached out to me and said, “You know, I don’t resonate with the word intuitive because we are strong DRIVEN, HARDCORE, ambitious women.”

They think of themselves like that, as do I, and they’re having a problem because NP’s are a bit more woo woo. They are big picture, think-outside-the-box-CREATIVES like all intuitives are, but when you start pairing the letters, this is when shit gets interesting.

When you put them together in the archetypes like I am and talk about your Front Seat and your Back Seat, as I do in the Front Seat Life methodology, this is when stuff gets rich. The tip of the iceberg is the four dichotomies, and then it gets so much DEEPER.

So, that’s what we’re doing today. I am talking about pairing NP’s and NJ’s and what their similarities are and what their differences are and how we all relate to each other.

NJ’s are these driven, hardcore, AMBITIOUS, get it done, creative-vision-entrepreneurs-get-out-of-my-way kinds of people. They sometimes don’t resonate with the NP’s, which are a little WOO WOO, or a lot woo woo. They’re so full of ideas and they flit from thing to thing. They are very creative and absolutely huge free thinkers. They are very squirrelly. About 90% of my clients are P’s because they have all these amazing ideas, but they have a hard time focusing.

So, the common denominator with NJ’s and NP’s is this creative, visionary, think outside the box aspect. All the different ideas are really about being intuitive. It’s just how the last letter, the J, and the P factor in and play a role.

Here’s the deal. I don’t want J’s to think that they are not this person, the intuitives, because they are driven and ambitious. There is a SPECIALNESS, a uniqueness that 25% of the population has. And that is this intuitiveness.

I hope this episode and the examples I share (blinders on v. blinders off) can help you to see the similarities, yet the differences that one letter, one dichotomy, in our personality can make. We’re different, and we’re similar.

All right, I’m going to be doing BONUS EPISODES on the archetypes coming up next, and then I’m going to be doing all the myths for each of the archetypes. That is going to be fun. So, until next week, have a good one and thanks again for listening!

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/quiz/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/23265724Thu, 27 Feb 2020 22:46:15 +0000Jessica ButtsRecently, lots of people have been talking to me about some of the CONFUSION around INTUITIVE types. So, it’s led me to want to do some clarifying on this podcast episode today around NJ’s, which are intuitive judgers, and NP’s, intuitive perceivers....
I created the FRONT SEAT LIFE, which is a revolutionary new approach to the Myers-Briggs personality type indicator. And as part of this approach, I created my own archetypes based on the Front Seat Life method. And that is the second dichotomy and the last dichotomy paired together, which means there are four: intuitives (N) and sensors (S), judgers (J) and perceivers (P). With the pairings being:

- SJ: the police.
- SP: the adventurers/artists.
- NJ: the entrepreneurs.
- NP: (my favorites) the squirrels.

Today, in particular, I am going to be talking significantly about NP’s and NJ’s because some of my mastermind group reached out to me and said, “You know, I don’t resonate with the word intuitive because we are strong DRIVEN, HARDCORE, ambitious women.”

They think of themselves like that, as do I, and they’re having a problem because NP’s are a bit more woo woo. They are big picture, think-outside-the-box-CREATIVES like all intuitives are, but when you start pairing the letters, this is when shit gets interesting.

When you put them together in the archetypes like I am and talk about your Front Seat and your Back Seat, as I do in the Front Seat Life methodology, this is when stuff gets rich. The tip of the iceberg is the four dichotomies, and then it gets so much DEEPER.

So, that’s what we’re doing today. I am talking about pairing NP’s and NJ’s and what their similarities are and what their differences are and how we all relate to each other.

NJ’s are these driven, hardcore, AMBITIOUS, get it done, creative-vision-entrepreneurs-get-out-of-my-way kinds of people. They sometimes don’t resonate with the NP’s, which are a little WOO WOO, or a lot woo woo. They’re so full of ideas and they flit from thing to thing. They are very creative and absolutely huge free thinkers. They are very squirrelly. About 90% of my clients are P’s because they have all these amazing ideas, but they have a hard time focusing.

So, the common denominator with NJ’s and NP’s is this creative, visionary, think outside the box aspect. All the different ideas are really about being intuitive. It’s just how the last letter, the J, and the P factor in and play a role.

Here’s the deal. I don’t want J’s to think that they are not this person, the intuitives, because they are driven and ambitious. There is a SPECIALNESS, a uniqueness that 25% of the population has. And that is this intuitiveness.

I hope this episode and the examples I share (blinders on v. blinders off) can help you to see the similarities, yet the differences that one letter, one dichotomy, in our personality can make. We’re different, and we’re similar.

All right, I’m going to be doing BONUS EPISODES on the archetypes coming up next, and then I’m going to be doing all the myths for each of the archetypes. That is going to be fun. So, until next week, have a good one and thanks again for listening!

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/quiz/

Front Seat Life Podcast
1706falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/59-how-to-have-flow-and-ease-using-personality-type--23005139
One of the things that I took away from that experience is that I’ve gotten away from my Myers-Briggs base a little bit. I’m too close to it or something. Do you guys do what I mean? And I’m coming back to it!

I created FRONT SEAT LIFE, which I’m realizing is truly a REVOLUTIONARY new way to look at Myers-Briggs. For those of us that have trouble understanding this brilliant tool, this is a better way, an easier way for people to understand it. So, I’m going back to my roots a little bit here and today is an episode about flow and ease.

Here’s the deal. The FRONT SEAT is the way God designed you. For every single personality type, there are two parts that will facilitate FLOW and EASE. You have more energy and I think you sleep better. I think you have better sex. I think you lose weight. I think everything in your life feels Flow and Ease.

This is a little bit of an advanced topic today, so for those of you who don’t have any fricking idea what I’m talking about, I would highly recommend you go to my website, and take the personality assessment because otherwise, you’re not going to know what I’m talking about.

And our Front Seat is the two middle letters of your Myers-Briggs personality type paired up. So, I’m an ENFJ, for example, the N and the F are called functional pairs. Those two letters in the middle make up a huge part of our “car.” The extrovert and introvert also have a place in it, but as I’ve said before, the J and the P don’t.

These two middle letters are Flow and Ease. This is where I need, and you need to be spending 80% of your time.

The way that I like to visualize these two parts of our personality, the Front Seat, it’s like a beach ball. So, if you’ve got a beach ball and you’re just kicking it down the beach, and there’s ZERO EFFORT, zero effort. You’re just walking, and you’re kicking it along. That is the visualization I have for your Front Seat. It is EASY. It is FLOW. It is GOD-GIVEN. This is the way that you were born into this world. And when we are doing things that we are NATURALLY DESIGNED to do, it is inevitable that it’s going to be Flow and Ease.

If you have been trying to be “well-rounded,” and you’re fucking exhausted… STOP! I was one of those people trying to do all the God-forsaken things. It doesn’t work.

There is a lot to understanding the difference between the Front Seat and the Back Seat, but focusing on your Front Seat, the Flow and Ease will help so, so much. Listen in to this episode as I dive into this extremely important concept.

And keep tuning in for more, because I’m on a mission the next several weeks and it’s going to be awesome! Thanks again for listening, I love you all. Have a fantastic week and shoot me a DM on Instagram or leave a review, I always love to hear your feedback!

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

The Front Seat Life FREEBIE Cheat Sheet from this episode: https://jessicabutts.com/cheatsheet/

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/23005139Thu, 20 Feb 2020 21:00:06 +0000Jessica ButtsI am excited that you guys are here today. We are going to go on a JOURNEY over the next several weeks, and I am going to go over some basics with you. Those of you who are active listeners, (thank you, by the way), know that I recently went to my...
One of the things that I took away from that experience is that I’ve gotten away from my Myers-Briggs base a little bit. I’m too close to it or something. Do you guys do what I mean? And I’m coming back to it!

I created FRONT SEAT LIFE, which I’m realizing is truly a REVOLUTIONARY new way to look at Myers-Briggs. For those of us that have trouble understanding this brilliant tool, this is a better way, an easier way for people to understand it. So, I’m going back to my roots a little bit here and today is an episode about flow and ease.

Here’s the deal. The FRONT SEAT is the way God designed you. For every single personality type, there are two parts that will facilitate FLOW and EASE. You have more energy and I think you sleep better. I think you have better sex. I think you lose weight. I think everything in your life feels Flow and Ease.

This is a little bit of an advanced topic today, so for those of you who don’t have any fricking idea what I’m talking about, I would highly recommend you go to my website, and take the personality assessment because otherwise, you’re not going to know what I’m talking about.

And our Front Seat is the two middle letters of your Myers-Briggs personality type paired up. So, I’m an ENFJ, for example, the N and the F are called functional pairs. Those two letters in the middle make up a huge part of our “car.” The extrovert and introvert also have a place in it, but as I’ve said before, the J and the P don’t.

These two middle letters are Flow and Ease. This is where I need, and you need to be spending 80% of your time.

The way that I like to visualize these two parts of our personality, the Front Seat, it’s like a beach ball. So, if you’ve got a beach ball and you’re just kicking it down the beach, and there’s ZERO EFFORT, zero effort. You’re just walking, and you’re kicking it along. That is the visualization I have for your Front Seat. It is EASY. It is FLOW. It is GOD-GIVEN. This is the way that you were born into this world. And when we are doing things that we are NATURALLY DESIGNED to do, it is inevitable that it’s going to be Flow and Ease.

If you have been trying to be “well-rounded,” and you’re fucking exhausted… STOP! I was one of those people trying to do all the God-forsaken things. It doesn’t work.

There is a lot to understanding the difference between the Front Seat and the Back Seat, but focusing on your Front Seat, the Flow and Ease will help so, so much. Listen in to this episode as I dive into this extremely important concept.

And keep tuning in for more, because I’m on a mission the next several weeks and it’s going to be awesome! Thanks again for listening, I love you all. Have a fantastic week and shoot me a DM on Instagram or leave a review, I always love to hear your feedback!

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

The Front Seat Life FREEBIE Cheat Sheet from this episode: https://jessicabutts.com/cheatsheet/

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/1739falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/58-my-biggest-takeaway-from-kate-northrup-s-mastermind--22748549
This Mastermind was with Kate and ten inspiring, INCREDIBLE women. I was very humbled to be in the presence of these women, and Kate brought in a guest speaker. The one, the only, Amy Porterfield. It was kind of an “over-the-top” moment. I mean, we were all shitting our pants a little bit.

Anyway, I came away from this experience with a bunch of GOLDEN NUGGETS and loved being with these awesomely powerful women. You gotta listen to this episode to hear some of the GEMS, even if my voice is a bit rough. But one thing I realized was that we have the same systems and similar goals. We’re building the list, and we’re doing the webinars, we’re launching, we’re doing courses, we have groups, we’re coaching, we have podcasts.

It’s the similar stuff, but we need to do it our OWN WAY. We need to do it our way, BASED on our personality TYPE. We all must understand our differences, own them, and then BE UNAPOLOGETIC about it.

So, there’s no right or wrong way. It’s just we must know OUR WAY.

When we can step into that and own it for the first time in our lives, it’s such an unbelievable GAME CHANGER because again, if Kate’s trying to be like Amy or Amy’s trying to be like Kate or I’m trying to be like them or any of it, it doesn’t come off authentic. We leave ourselves, and we muffle who we really are, and the world needs who we really are.

There’s more to this episode, listen in. And I am definitely coming away from this super stoked to do more with personality type and help you all be unapologetically who you are, I’m going on a rampage!

Stay tuned. There’s some BAD-ASS STUFF coming. In the next couple of weeks, I’m going to start throwing in some “TYPE TIPS” into each of the episodes so you can get a quick little nugget of juiciness around all the other juiciness.

Have a wonderful, wonderful week!

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

The Front Seat Life FREEBIE from this episode: https://jessicabutts.com/me/

Kate Northrup: https://katenorthrup.com/

Amy Porterfield: https://www.amyporterfield.com/

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/22748549Thu, 13 Feb 2020 23:46:46 +0000Jessica ButtsAll right Front Seat Lifers. I am coming to you hoarse, a little bit exhausted and FULL OF LOVE and excitement. I am in Laguna Beach, and just this morning, I finished my MASTERMIND with Kate Northrup. She is my coach for 2020 and I want to share with...
This Mastermind was with Kate and ten inspiring, INCREDIBLE women. I was very humbled to be in the presence of these women, and Kate brought in a guest speaker. The one, the only, Amy Porterfield. It was kind of an “over-the-top” moment. I mean, we were all shitting our pants a little bit.

Anyway, I came away from this experience with a bunch of GOLDEN NUGGETS and loved being with these awesomely powerful women. You gotta listen to this episode to hear some of the GEMS, even if my voice is a bit rough. But one thing I realized was that we have the same systems and similar goals. We’re building the list, and we’re doing the webinars, we’re launching, we’re doing courses, we have groups, we’re coaching, we have podcasts.

It’s the similar stuff, but we need to do it our OWN WAY. We need to do it our way, BASED on our personality TYPE. We all must understand our differences, own them, and then BE UNAPOLOGETIC about it.

So, there’s no right or wrong way. It’s just we must know OUR WAY.

When we can step into that and own it for the first time in our lives, it’s such an unbelievable GAME CHANGER because again, if Kate’s trying to be like Amy or Amy’s trying to be like Kate or I’m trying to be like them or any of it, it doesn’t come off authentic. We leave ourselves, and we muffle who we really are, and the world needs who we really are.

There’s more to this episode, listen in. And I am definitely coming away from this super stoked to do more with personality type and help you all be unapologetically who you are, I’m going on a rampage!

Stay tuned. There’s some BAD-ASS STUFF coming. In the next couple of weeks, I’m going to start throwing in some “TYPE TIPS” into each of the episodes so you can get a quick little nugget of juiciness around all the other juiciness.

Have a wonderful, wonderful week!

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

The Front Seat Life FREEBIE from this episode: https://jessicabutts.com/me/

Kate Northrup: https://katenorthrup.com/

Amy Porterfield: https://www.amyporterfield.com/

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>1486falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/57-what-to-do-when-you-can-t-figure-out-your-type-5-steps--22492823
The question is, “What do I do if I can’t figure out MY personality TYPE?”

So, that’s what today’s episode is about, if you’re HAVING TROUBLE figuring out your personality type, what do you do to figure it out?

And I have five main tips for you today. First, let me back up… It’s totally NORMAL. It’s hundred percent completely normal not to know fully what your type is, 75% of the population has trouble figuring out one of the letters of the four dichotomies.

They can’t decide if they’re an INFP or an ENFP or an ESTJ or an ESFJ. There are LOTS OF VARIATIONS. And again, it’s a very, very normal thing. So, today’s episode is to help you and give you the main things that you need to do.

Number one, ask yourself, WHEN did you take the assessment? I can’t regulate when people are taking the assessment, but if you are trying to get the most accurate read on you as a human being, don’t take it when you’re at a job that you hate, or when you are at work during a terrible day. I guarantee 100% it’s not going to come out accurately because you’re in that environment.

It’s not an accurate assessment of you as your best self. What you’re going to get is a reading of YOUR BACKSEAT. Let me say that again. You’re going to get a reading that’s more in alignment with your backseat, which is the exact opposite of who you normally are.

The number one tip is you must take the assessment when you’re MOST YOURSELF. That might be the first thing in the morning. It might be after a bath, or it might be after you play with your kids or while you’re on vacation.

And do a SELF-ASSESSMENT. You want to get the most accurate reading, and the self-assessment is the most accurate because you can take your time and you can choose when you’re going to take it. You can head to my site for more info on taking a self-assessment or do a quick search on Google or YouTube, but this will help a lot.

Next, if you are getting results showing consistency except for one letter, one dichotomy, READ THE DESCRIPTIONS for those types. You will likely have an “A-Ha! Moment” and you will know which one you are. Again, you can go to my site for more details.

All right. Those are my top three tips, shorthand-style. There are more, and I encourage you to please listen in to this episode to get the rest, especially if you are still having trouble.

Love you guys. Thank you so much for listening. Also, go into the Squad and introduce yourself. I want to know your type. I want to know if this helped you. Once a month, I’m doing some awesome, awesome, happy hour Q&A. We’re having some drinks. I’m answering all your questions. We’re connecting. It’s quite lovely. It’s 90 minutes of just awesomeness, so I can’t wait to see you — bye guys.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

The Front Seat Life Event: https://jessicabutts.com/events/

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/22492823Thu, 06 Feb 2020 22:21:59 +0000Jessica ButtsI get asked this question EVERY TIME I talk about personality type. 100% of the time, this comes up because it’s very, very common. The question is, “What do I do if I can’t figure out MY personality TYPE?” So, that’s what today’s episode is...
The question is, “What do I do if I can’t figure out MY personality TYPE?”

So, that’s what today’s episode is about, if you’re HAVING TROUBLE figuring out your personality type, what do you do to figure it out?

And I have five main tips for you today. First, let me back up… It’s totally NORMAL. It’s hundred percent completely normal not to know fully what your type is, 75% of the population has trouble figuring out one of the letters of the four dichotomies.

They can’t decide if they’re an INFP or an ENFP or an ESTJ or an ESFJ. There are LOTS OF VARIATIONS. And again, it’s a very, very normal thing. So, today’s episode is to help you and give you the main things that you need to do.

Number one, ask yourself, WHEN did you take the assessment? I can’t regulate when people are taking the assessment, but if you are trying to get the most accurate read on you as a human being, don’t take it when you’re at a job that you hate, or when you are at work during a terrible day. I guarantee 100% it’s not going to come out accurately because you’re in that environment.

It’s not an accurate assessment of you as your best self. What you’re going to get is a reading of YOUR BACKSEAT. Let me say that again. You’re going to get a reading that’s more in alignment with your backseat, which is the exact opposite of who you normally are.

The number one tip is you must take the assessment when you’re MOST YOURSELF. That might be the first thing in the morning. It might be after a bath, or it might be after you play with your kids or while you’re on vacation.

And do a SELF-ASSESSMENT. You want to get the most accurate reading, and the self-assessment is the most accurate because you can take your time and you can choose when you’re going to take it. You can head to my site for more info on taking a self-assessment or do a quick search on Google or YouTube, but this will help a lot.

Next, if you are getting results showing consistency except for one letter, one dichotomy, READ THE DESCRIPTIONS for those types. You will likely have an “A-Ha! Moment” and you will know which one you are. Again, you can go to my site for more details.

All right. Those are my top three tips, shorthand-style. There are more, and I encourage you to please listen in to this episode to get the rest, especially if you are still having trouble.

Love you guys. Thank you so much for listening. Also, go into the Squad and introduce yourself. I want to know your type. I want to know if this helped you. Once a month, I’m doing some awesome, awesome, happy hour Q&A. We’re having some drinks. I’m answering all your questions. We’re connecting. It’s quite lovely. It’s 90 minutes of just awesomeness, so I can’t wait to see you — bye guys.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

The Front Seat Life Event: https://jessicabutts.com/events/

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>1779falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/56-energy-management--22245277
I’ve talked about this before, and I’m reading a great book on the subject, The Patriarchy Stress Disorder, but we as women are PREDISPOSED to be apologetic, to be codependent, to minimize ourselves, to oppress ourselves, and TO GIVE to others. It’s just part of who we are.

If you’ve been listening to the podcast long enough, you know that when we are giving too much, when we’re too accommodating, we can stop managing our energy and become the “baby in the backseat.” Which is about 20% of the time. And that’s a lot of the time.

So, what do we do? So, where in our lives, do we need to PROTECT our energy? And how do we do it?

Number one, we need to BE ACCEPTING of people for who they are. How much time and energy do you waste on trying to change somebody or being irritated that that person who is not like you? We want people to accept us for who we are, but then who are we to judge them for who they are?

All right, number two, FORGIVE people. Just forgive people. Do you know the amount of energy that it takes not to forgive someone? It is so not worth it. Judgment takes up space. Acceptance does not. Resentment takes up space. Forgiveness does not. And if someone apologizes to you, like take their apology.

Okay, number three. LET THAT SHIT GO. Let that shit go. Anytime you’re holding on to stuff, it’s a waste of energy. And so sometimes you may need to make a conscious decision, “What can I let go?”

Number four is DON’T TAKE ANYTHING PERSONALLY, which is from The Four Agreements. Most of the time, it has nothing to do with you. Everybody’s dealing with their own shit and someone’s reaction to you likely has nothing to do with you.

Alright, those are the heavy lifters when it comes to energy management, but let’s get real. How many of you are on Facebook or Instagram way, way, way, way, way, way more than you need to be? Hands all over the country, all over the world for that matter, are going up right now because we are almost all guilty of this, and it is an energy management KILLER.

When we get on social media, and let’s be honest, what’s the first thing we do? We COMPARE ourselves to other people. “Oh my God, that person’s hair looks amazing. Or, wow, her butt is so on-point. Oh, her marriage is perfect. Oh my God, her business is killing it. Oh, she is traveling all over.”

“Oh, she must be a millionaire. Oh, she must not have any problems. Oh, look how clean her house is. Oh, LOOK AT ALL THE THINGS… I am a fucking loser…”

One of the biggest energy management tools is to TURN YOUR DAMN PHONE OFF. I need to turn it off because otherwise, I’m that person. I’m always clicking it, touching it, looking at it, all the things. So, I turn my phone off for multiple hours a day.

How many of you have NOTIFICATIONS for every godforsaken app on your phone? Hands again, all over the country and the world going up… Turn that shit off because you’re reactive and when that ping goes off, we break whatever concentration we are in to go to our phone.

And it takes like 20 minutes for us to get back to whatever task that we were doing, no matter the task. Try it for a month, a week, a day. Turn that off and BE PROACTIVE about when you’re going into your apps. PROTECT YOUR ENERGY.

And that then that leads us to set some BOUNDARIES. I’m not gonna lie, I have gotten away from this a little bit lately. I have a problem with boundaries. I over-give and this just teaches others by responding to them that this is acceptable, and it’s not.

Okay, next on the list… CODEPENDENCY. When are you jumping on the other side of the net, and where are you letting other people jump on your side of the net? It’s such a humongous topic, and I promise I will talk about it in upcoming episodes. Basically, what is your business and what is not your business? What are you spending energy on that is none of your fucking business.

The last thing I cover today is COMPARTMENTALIZATION. I’ve done podcasts about this. There are videos in the Squad about this, but compartmentalization is being as FOCUSED as possible, one hundred percent doing one thing at a time.

Being with your partner, eating a meal, being on your phone. Listening to a podcast, self-care, watching TV, going for a walk, playing with your kids, doing work, right? As women, we have a lot of compartments. When we are multitasking, when we are trying to manage and control things, we are all over the place. Making sure as much as possible that you are compartmentalized in the thing that you are doing is one of the number one energy management tools.

I hope that you will take the time to listen to this episode and to try some energy management, it is such a key piece to getting the most out of every day, every relationship, everything.

Join The Squad and ask me some questions. Start connecting with the community and me. I will see you next week. We have so much good stuff coming up on the podcast, so please share it. Love you guys. See you soon!

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Book: Patriarchy Stress Disorder: The Invisible Inner Barrier to Women’s Happiness and Fulfillment by Valerie Rein Ph.D. – https://www.amazon.com/dp/1544505779/

Book: The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (A Toltec Wisdom Book) by Don Miguel Ruiz – https://www.amazon.com/dp/1878424319/

Book: Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself by Melody Beattie – https://www.amazon.com/dp/0894864025/

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/22245277Thu, 30 Jan 2020 20:52:30 +0000Jessica ButtsHello! It’s just me today, and I want to go through what I’m currently doing in my life to do some ENERGY MANAGEMENT and what other people are doing. I’ve talked about this before, and I’m reading a great book on the subject, The Patriarchy Stress...
I’ve talked about this before, and I’m reading a great book on the subject, The Patriarchy Stress Disorder, but we as women are PREDISPOSED to be apologetic, to be codependent, to minimize ourselves, to oppress ourselves, and TO GIVE to others. It’s just part of who we are.

If you’ve been listening to the podcast long enough, you know that when we are giving too much, when we’re too accommodating, we can stop managing our energy and become the “baby in the backseat.” Which is about 20% of the time. And that’s a lot of the time.

So, what do we do? So, where in our lives, do we need to PROTECT our energy? And how do we do it?

Number one, we need to BE ACCEPTING of people for who they are. How much time and energy do you waste on trying to change somebody or being irritated that that person who is not like you? We want people to accept us for who we are, but then who are we to judge them for who they are?

All right, number two, FORGIVE people. Just forgive people. Do you know the amount of energy that it takes not to forgive someone? It is so not worth it. Judgment takes up space. Acceptance does not. Resentment takes up space. Forgiveness does not. And if someone apologizes to you, like take their apology.

Okay, number three. LET THAT SHIT GO. Let that shit go. Anytime you’re holding on to stuff, it’s a waste of energy. And so sometimes you may need to make a conscious decision, “What can I let go?”

Number four is DON’T TAKE ANYTHING PERSONALLY, which is from The Four Agreements. Most of the time, it has nothing to do with you. Everybody’s dealing with their own shit and someone’s reaction to you likely has nothing to do with you.

Alright, those are the heavy lifters when it comes to energy management, but let’s get real. How many of you are on Facebook or Instagram way, way, way, way, way, way more than you need to be? Hands all over the country, all over the world for that matter, are going up right now because we are almost all guilty of this, and it is an energy management KILLER.

When we get on social media, and let’s be honest, what’s the first thing we do? We COMPARE ourselves to other people. “Oh my God, that person’s hair looks amazing. Or, wow, her butt is so on-point. Oh, her marriage is perfect. Oh my God, her business is killing it. Oh, she is traveling all over.”

“Oh, she must be a millionaire. Oh, she must not have any problems. Oh, look how clean her house is. Oh, LOOK AT ALL THE THINGS… I am a fucking loser…”

One of the biggest energy management tools is to TURN YOUR DAMN PHONE OFF. I need to turn it off because otherwise, I’m that person. I’m always clicking it, touching it, looking at it, all the things. So, I turn my phone off for multiple hours a day.

How many of you have NOTIFICATIONS for every godforsaken app on your phone? Hands again, all over the country and the world going up… Turn that shit off because you’re reactive and when that ping goes off, we break whatever concentration we are in to go to our phone.

And it takes like 20 minutes for us to get back to whatever task that we were doing, no matter the task. Try it for a month, a week, a day. Turn that off and BE PROACTIVE about when you’re going into your apps. PROTECT YOUR ENERGY.

And that then that leads us to set some BOUNDARIES. I’m not gonna lie, I have gotten away from this a little bit lately. I have a problem with boundaries. I over-give and this just teaches others by responding to them that this is acceptable, and it’s not.

Okay, next on the list… CODEPENDENCY. When are you jumping on the other side of the net, and where are you letting other people jump on your side of the net? It’s such a humongous topic, and I promise I...]]>2775falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/55-soul-meets-strategy-jenna-faye-madden--21998496
She is one of my Soul Sisters, I swear, and we agree on so much, which comes through during our conversation. I mean, we both worked in Human Resources before we had our “epiphanies” and got out of the drudgery that was not us.

“The light bulb kind of went off… wow, I can do and be something different.”

This is a longish episode, but well worth it, and you gotta give it a listen. We talk about both of our rough rides along the entrepreneurial journey. There are bumps, and people BASH YOU and you go down. And when we are transforming, “It rocks other people’s world because it also shines a light on them that they are not changing, and MISERY LIKES COMPANY.”

Evolving, TRANSFORMING, changing, it makes other people very uncomfortable. But don’t let that stop you.

“When you first start, you don’t really have any evidence. You have to start somewhere with that action piece where you grow the muscle a little bit more, and then a little bit more.”

Jenna tells us about the importance of ROI. It’s two things, the ROI, like Return On Investment, but also the RIPPLE OF IMPACT. And so many people aren’t making that kind of ROI that they’re capable of, or some people are way too much into the strategy which causes a disconnect in their vision.

“The idea of Soul Meets Strategy was to bring those two things together, that embodiment, the connection, and the actual tangible strategy that it takes to MOVE THE NEEDLE FORWARD.”

We go deep into the actual steps of Jenna’s philosophy, so similar to mine, because once you can connect and feel clear on your path, things will fall into place. And DON’T OVERTHINK IT either. So many people are like wronging themselves and thinking, “Is this the thing?”

The “thing” is what EXCITES you now! And how can you deeply connect to that? The three steps that Jenna thinks are the most important: alignment, strategy, profitability. Everything can fall into those buckets and we dissect each during this episode.

Jenna reveals that one of her mottos is “SIMPLIFY TO AMPLIFY.” I’m sure you probably agree, as I do, that most people are doing way too much shit within their business. They’re trying too many tactics, and then it leads to doing a lot of things, but none of them that well.

Okay, there’s so much more to the awesome and amazing conversation we had, you must check it out, maybe a couple of times! Thanks again for listening, and thanks to Jenna for joining me and for being brilliant.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

For Jenna Faye Madden and Soul Meets Strategy: https://www.facebook.com/groups/scaleyoursoulmission/

To follow Jenna on Instagram, go to @soulmeetsstrategy

Book: Profit First: Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine by Mike Michalowicz – https://www.amazon.com/dp/073521414X/

Book: Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business by Gino Wickman – https://www.amazon.com/dp/1936661837/

Book: Rocket Fuel: The One Essential Combination That Will Get You More of What You Want from Your Business by Gino Wickman and Mark C. Winters – https://www.amazon.com/dp/1941631150/

Book: Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness by Dave Ramsey – https://www.amazon.com/dp/1595555277/

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/21998496Thu, 23 Jan 2020 22:18:56 +0000Jessica ButtsFront Seat Lifers, I am excited to bring you another sassy, INSPIRING, courageous woman, Ms. Jenna Faye. In less than two years, she and her partner Spencer scaled their business, Soul Meets Strategy™ into the multi-6 figure realm – and they did it...
She is one of my Soul Sisters, I swear, and we agree on so much, which comes through during our conversation. I mean, we both worked in Human Resources before we had our “epiphanies” and got out of the drudgery that was not us.

“The light bulb kind of went off… wow, I can do and be something different.”

This is a longish episode, but well worth it, and you gotta give it a listen. We talk about both of our rough rides along the entrepreneurial journey. There are bumps, and people BASH YOU and you go down. And when we are transforming, “It rocks other people’s world because it also shines a light on them that they are not changing, and MISERY LIKES COMPANY.”

Evolving, TRANSFORMING, changing, it makes other people very uncomfortable. But don’t let that stop you.

“When you first start, you don’t really have any evidence. You have to start somewhere with that action piece where you grow the muscle a little bit more, and then a little bit more.”

Jenna tells us about the importance of ROI. It’s two things, the ROI, like Return On Investment, but also the RIPPLE OF IMPACT. And so many people aren’t making that kind of ROI that they’re capable of, or some people are way too much into the strategy which causes a disconnect in their vision.

“The idea of Soul Meets Strategy was to bring those two things together, that embodiment, the connection, and the actual tangible strategy that it takes to MOVE THE NEEDLE FORWARD.”

We go deep into the actual steps of Jenna’s philosophy, so similar to mine, because once you can connect and feel clear on your path, things will fall into place. And DON’T OVERTHINK IT either. So many people are like wronging themselves and thinking, “Is this the thing?”

The “thing” is what EXCITES you now! And how can you deeply connect to that? The three steps that Jenna thinks are the most important: alignment, strategy, profitability. Everything can fall into those buckets and we dissect each during this episode.

Jenna reveals that one of her mottos is “SIMPLIFY TO AMPLIFY.” I’m sure you probably agree, as I do, that most people are doing way too much shit within their business. They’re trying too many tactics, and then it leads to doing a lot of things, but none of them that well.

Okay, there’s so much more to the awesome and amazing conversation we had, you must check it out, maybe a couple of times! Thanks again for listening, and thanks to Jenna for joining me and for being brilliant.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

For Jenna Faye Madden and Soul Meets Strategy: https://www.facebook.com/groups/scaleyoursoulmission/

To follow Jenna on Instagram, go to @soulmeetsstrategy

Book: Profit First: Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine by Mike Michalowicz – https://www.amazon.com/dp/073521414X/

Book: Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business by Gino Wickman – https://www.amazon.com/dp/1936661837/

Book: Rocket Fuel: The One Essential Combination That Will Get You More of What You...]]>3049falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/54-how-do-you-decide-what-to-fight-for-sara-dean--21761656
Both of us are PASSIONATE about our messages, and it can get easy these days to get sucked into disagreements or even HOSTILE conversations, online and off, that can lead us down a rabbit-hole.

We delve into examples that happen to us, and likely to you too every day. Scrolling through social media and getting caught up in a HEATED “DEBATE” over divisive topics is all too common, it’s a slippery slope. Sara and I talk about how to find a middle ground. Too often, if we stand up for our beliefs, we are labeled as “Bitches,” and if we sit back and are accommodating, we’re not doing ourselves or our beliefs justice.

It’s often about asking yourself, “How can I insert myself into a conversation in a way that is powerful and meaningful. That doesn’t make everyone defensive, but that puts some clear boundaries in place?”

Sara gives us some wonderful insight and tips on how we can effectively navigate these tricky situations. Because we’ve all been there, where we feel we cannot help ourselves in those kinds of conversations. You want to say something, but also, you don’t want to say it in a way where you’re going to be immediately dismissed because it’s a FLY-OFF-THE-HANDLE-BITCHY-BOSSY comment.

Sara says, “I’m just conscientious around how I respond. But stay in ALIGNMENT with my CORE VALUES. When I’m going to insert myself into something on social media, I enter the conversation with curiosity and compassion.”

And we also talk about how these strategies can be useful in other areas of our lives, with our partners, our children, our parents, and friends or colleagues. More and more, we seem to be running into difficult and divisive conversations.

Sara and I also get into a deep conversation about how important this is when LEADERSHIP is considered. You’ve got to be able to say something and that sense of hesitancy to step up and say something will diminish your role as a leader. And ALL WOMEN ARE LEADERS in different capacities, but many of us don’t identify as such.

Apologizing or minimizing or saying, “I’m sorry,” when there’s nothing to be sorry about is habitual with many women. If you’re not setting boundaries, not LEANING IN to difficult conversations, or saying things that might not be popular, even in your own home, you’re shrinking.

People, this is just the tip of the iceberg, there is A TON packed into this episode, and I hope you get some fantastic value out of it. Again, thank you for listening and keeping the conversation going. I appreciate it.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

For Sara Dean and The Shameless Mom Academy: https://shamelessmom.com/

To follow Sara on Instagram, go to @shamelessmomacademy

Book: Patriarchy Stress Disorder: The Invisible Inner Barrier to Women’s Happiness and Fulfillment – https://www.amazon.com/dp/1544505779/

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/21761656Thu, 16 Jan 2020 22:48:33 +0000Jessica ButtsI have my amazing, thoughtful, kick-ass, brilliant friend Sara Dean with me today. Sarah is the creator and mind behind Shameless Mom Academy. We have an INCREDIBLE CONVERSATION about what it’s like to stand up for being a woman in this world. How to...
Both of us are PASSIONATE about our messages, and it can get easy these days to get sucked into disagreements or even HOSTILE conversations, online and off, that can lead us down a rabbit-hole.

We delve into examples that happen to us, and likely to you too every day. Scrolling through social media and getting caught up in a HEATED “DEBATE” over divisive topics is all too common, it’s a slippery slope. Sara and I talk about how to find a middle ground. Too often, if we stand up for our beliefs, we are labeled as “Bitches,” and if we sit back and are accommodating, we’re not doing ourselves or our beliefs justice.

It’s often about asking yourself, “How can I insert myself into a conversation in a way that is powerful and meaningful. That doesn’t make everyone defensive, but that puts some clear boundaries in place?”

Sara gives us some wonderful insight and tips on how we can effectively navigate these tricky situations. Because we’ve all been there, where we feel we cannot help ourselves in those kinds of conversations. You want to say something, but also, you don’t want to say it in a way where you’re going to be immediately dismissed because it’s a FLY-OFF-THE-HANDLE-BITCHY-BOSSY comment.

Sara says, “I’m just conscientious around how I respond. But stay in ALIGNMENT with my CORE VALUES. When I’m going to insert myself into something on social media, I enter the conversation with curiosity and compassion.”

And we also talk about how these strategies can be useful in other areas of our lives, with our partners, our children, our parents, and friends or colleagues. More and more, we seem to be running into difficult and divisive conversations.

Sara and I also get into a deep conversation about how important this is when LEADERSHIP is considered. You’ve got to be able to say something and that sense of hesitancy to step up and say something will diminish your role as a leader. And ALL WOMEN ARE LEADERS in different capacities, but many of us don’t identify as such.

Apologizing or minimizing or saying, “I’m sorry,” when there’s nothing to be sorry about is habitual with many women. If you’re not setting boundaries, not LEANING IN to difficult conversations, or saying things that might not be popular, even in your own home, you’re shrinking.

People, this is just the tip of the iceberg, there is A TON packed into this episode, and I hope you get some fantastic value out of it. Again, thank you for listening and keeping the conversation going. I appreciate it.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

For Sara Dean and The Shameless Mom Academy: https://shamelessmom.com/

To follow Sara on Instagram, go to @shamelessmomacademy

Book: Patriarchy Stress Disorder: The Invisible Inner Barrier to Women’s Happiness and Fulfillment – https://www.amazon.com/dp/1544505779/

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
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If there’s anybody SASSIER than me, it’s probably Susan Hyatt. And that’s saying a lot because I’m pretty damn sassy myself.

Susan KEEPS IT REAL. She’s a hustler. She works hard. She has a beautiful message for her business clients and also her BARE clients. She is a true, true inspiration. A real BOSS BABE. She is absolutely the real deal. And I’m honored and delighted to have her with you today.

This episode is JAM PACKED with GOLDEN NUGGETS, so listen in. We cover Susan’s incredible story and how she ended up on her amazing path to kick some serious ass. And that’s just while we are getting warmed up… The trauma, the learning, the growth…

We talk about BODY IMAGE ISSUES and the super important work Susan is doing to help address this with young women and girls, and how programs help untold numbers move with LOVE and eat with ATTENTION instead of DEPRIVATION.

Her approach has seen an overwhelmingly enthusiastic response because “I think women are TIRED OF IT. They’re tired of the whole body shaming that goes on. They’re tired of dieting and counting points and everything.”

We also spend some time talking about how important it is to have a longterm vision. It’s what draws you forward when the going gets tough because it will get tough. It’s a real bitch sometimes. And it’s better to focus on the 90-day goals that you have set, than to “squirrel” and chase something new.

“It’s a long game, long game… At the end of this career, when I look back at my legacy, I want to be able to say the BARE or BOLD curriculum is known internationally for schools, hospitals, healthcare systems… That’s going to take some work.”

The going gets tough at different levels of your business for different reasons. And if you aren’t anchored in a strong enough “why,” then it becomes so easy to say, “I’m out, like I’m just going to go get a job, or I’m just gonna like go do something different because this isn’t worth it to me.”

Okay, there’s so much more to this episode, but if listen in, you will hear me admit one of my mindset issues… which has definitely been playing small and thinking people don’t want to talk to me and they don’t want to play with me.

Working with Susan has helped me to overcome this and just ask. Ask for money, ask to be on the stage, ask to be on the podcast… ask. (Do it professionally, don’t send those annoying-ass messages like, “This is why I think I’d be great on your podcast.”)

Wrapping up here, I want to mention Susan is working on a documentary, so watch for that, because I’m sure it will kick some SERIOUS BUTT, just like she does. And I know ‘em when I see ‘em.

Again, as always, thank you for being here. Thank you for having me.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

For Susan Hyatt: https://shyatt.com/

To follow Susan on Instagram, go to @susanhyatt.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/21522763Thu, 09 Jan 2020 23:01:33 +0000Jessica ButtsAll right, Front Seat Lifers, you are in for a TREAT. This is technically the second episode of the new year, but I couldn’t think of a better person to start the new year with than Susan Hyatt. She is currently my coach, helping me take my business...
If there’s anybody SASSIER than me, it’s probably Susan Hyatt. And that’s saying a lot because I’m pretty damn sassy myself.

Susan KEEPS IT REAL. She’s a hustler. She works hard. She has a beautiful message for her business clients and also her BARE clients. She is a true, true inspiration. A real BOSS BABE. She is absolutely the real deal. And I’m honored and delighted to have her with you today.

This episode is JAM PACKED with GOLDEN NUGGETS, so listen in. We cover Susan’s incredible story and how she ended up on her amazing path to kick some serious ass. And that’s just while we are getting warmed up… The trauma, the learning, the growth…

We talk about BODY IMAGE ISSUES and the super important work Susan is doing to help address this with young women and girls, and how programs help untold numbers move with LOVE and eat with ATTENTION instead of DEPRIVATION.

Her approach has seen an overwhelmingly enthusiastic response because “I think women are TIRED OF IT. They’re tired of the whole body shaming that goes on. They’re tired of dieting and counting points and everything.”

We also spend some time talking about how important it is to have a longterm vision. It’s what draws you forward when the going gets tough because it will get tough. It’s a real bitch sometimes. And it’s better to focus on the 90-day goals that you have set, than to “squirrel” and chase something new.

“It’s a long game, long game… At the end of this career, when I look back at my legacy, I want to be able to say the BARE or BOLD curriculum is known internationally for schools, hospitals, healthcare systems… That’s going to take some work.”

The going gets tough at different levels of your business for different reasons. And if you aren’t anchored in a strong enough “why,” then it becomes so easy to say, “I’m out, like I’m just going to go get a job, or I’m just gonna like go do something different because this isn’t worth it to me.”

Okay, there’s so much more to this episode, but if listen in, you will hear me admit one of my mindset issues… which has definitely been playing small and thinking people don’t want to talk to me and they don’t want to play with me.

Working with Susan has helped me to overcome this and just ask. Ask for money, ask to be on the stage, ask to be on the podcast… ask. (Do it professionally, don’t send those annoying-ass messages like, “This is why I think I’d be great on your podcast.”)

Wrapping up here, I want to mention Susan is working on a documentary, so watch for that, because I’m sure it will kick some SERIOUS BUTT, just like she does. And I know ‘em when I see ‘em.

Again, as always, thank you for being here. Thank you for having me.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

For Susan Hyatt: https://shyatt.com/

To follow Susan on Instagram, go to @susanhyatt.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

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I’m super, SUPER EXCITED. Welcome to the New Year, and today’s episode is one of MY FAVORITE TOOLS. I’ve been giving you lots of my favorite tools, and this week is no different. I figured this is the best possible way that I can help you start the new year.

I did not create this, and I am going to be honest, I don’t know who created this. I learned about it when I was a therapist, and I have been obsessed with it since. Absolutely. Completely. OBSESSED.

I’m going to tell you a little bit about it today, but you’ve got to get the download (see link in the notes). Get your Core Values Exercise. I give you the directions and beautiful, cute little cards with all the core values on them.

THESE CORE VALUES BECOME A BARRIER if you will, or a guidepost, or a SHIELD for what you allow into your life.

I believe so strongly in the POWER of these core values that I want everybody to do them. That’s all there is to it. I want you to do it with yourself and then any partner, kids, anybody. To start a new year is to determine what your core values are. And again, treating them as if they are the barrier for what you allow in.

During this episode, I guide you through this powerful exercise. Last week’s episode, the Visualization exercise, and this Core Values episode are both very powerful in helping you learn how to set boundaries.

And CLARIFYING what is important to you. This will change your life. If you want a new decision-making tool, this is it.

Look at your core values and ask yourself, “Does this decision line up with my core values?” If the answer is no, you get to move on with all the confidence in the world.

All right guys, Happy New Year! I am so excited to bring all this stuff to you, like so, so, so excited. It just makes me a little bit crazy, and I’m so excited. So again, Happy New Year!

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Your FREE Core Values Exercise Download: https://jessicabutts.com/corevalues/

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/21290713Thu, 02 Jan 2020 21:09:17 +0000Jessica ButtsHappy Freaking New Year! It is definitely my favorite time of year. It is a NEW YEAR. It is a NEW DECADE. It is 2020 people, and we are going to be bringing you all kinds of NEW and EXCITING THINGS this year. I’m super, SUPER EXCITED. Welcome to...
I’m super, SUPER EXCITED. Welcome to the New Year, and today’s episode is one of MY FAVORITE TOOLS. I’ve been giving you lots of my favorite tools, and this week is no different. I figured this is the best possible way that I can help you start the new year.

I did not create this, and I am going to be honest, I don’t know who created this. I learned about it when I was a therapist, and I have been obsessed with it since. Absolutely. Completely. OBSESSED.

I’m going to tell you a little bit about it today, but you’ve got to get the download (see link in the notes). Get your Core Values Exercise. I give you the directions and beautiful, cute little cards with all the core values on them.

THESE CORE VALUES BECOME A BARRIER if you will, or a guidepost, or a SHIELD for what you allow into your life.

I believe so strongly in the POWER of these core values that I want everybody to do them. That’s all there is to it. I want you to do it with yourself and then any partner, kids, anybody. To start a new year is to determine what your core values are. And again, treating them as if they are the barrier for what you allow in.

During this episode, I guide you through this powerful exercise. Last week’s episode, the Visualization exercise, and this Core Values episode are both very powerful in helping you learn how to set boundaries.

And CLARIFYING what is important to you. This will change your life. If you want a new decision-making tool, this is it.

Look at your core values and ask yourself, “Does this decision line up with my core values?” If the answer is no, you get to move on with all the confidence in the world.

All right guys, Happy New Year! I am so excited to bring all this stuff to you, like so, so, so excited. It just makes me a little bit crazy, and I’m so excited. So again, Happy New Year!

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Your FREE Core Values Exercise Download: https://jessicabutts.com/corevalues/

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
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Here’s the deal about this episode, I want you to take 30 or 40 minutes or an hour to do this entire exercise.

I’m going to walk you through the visualization. Before you go to bed would be a great time to do this, or during your morning practice or sometime during the day where you have 40 minutes. This is the episode where you need to spend some time listening. And then, when it’s over, get out a journal and write every visual that you have.

I will talk to you about that at the end, but I wanted to preface it so that you don’t waste your time. I know your time is valuable, and I want you to get the most out of this.

So flag this or come back to it. But this is not the one that you want to be listening to while you’re in the shower or putting your makeup on because to get the most out of it, you’re going to need to close your eyes, get centered, and then journal afterward.

When we end the episode, I’m going to ask you to pick up your journal and then I’m going to have you write down every feeling, every single thing you remember, the feelings in your tummy, how you felt about yourself, what you saw, what was there, where you were, what were you doing in your life, all the things.

So get your journal, get yourself into a comfy spot… are you ready to go? Okay, I’m excited.

I pray and hope that this is powerful for you. Thank you. Thank you for listening. Happy New Year and I will see you for the New Year’s episode!

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/21095413Thu, 26 Dec 2019 22:50:04 +0000Jessica ButtsHello, Front Seat Lifers! Today I am going to guide you through the best visualization tool I have found. This is a pretty special episode because this is something that I normally only reserve for my private clients. I also still do in my life...
Here’s the deal about this episode, I want you to take 30 or 40 minutes or an hour to do this entire exercise.

I’m going to walk you through the visualization. Before you go to bed would be a great time to do this, or during your morning practice or sometime during the day where you have 40 minutes. This is the episode where you need to spend some time listening. And then, when it’s over, get out a journal and write every visual that you have.

I will talk to you about that at the end, but I wanted to preface it so that you don’t waste your time. I know your time is valuable, and I want you to get the most out of this.

So flag this or come back to it. But this is not the one that you want to be listening to while you’re in the shower or putting your makeup on because to get the most out of it, you’re going to need to close your eyes, get centered, and then journal afterward.

When we end the episode, I’m going to ask you to pick up your journal and then I’m going to have you write down every feeling, every single thing you remember, the feelings in your tummy, how you felt about yourself, what you saw, what was there, where you were, what were you doing in your life, all the things.

So get your journal, get yourself into a comfy spot… are you ready to go? Okay, I’m excited.

I pray and hope that this is powerful for you. Thank you. Thank you for listening. Happy New Year and I will see you for the New Year’s episode!

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
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So this is CHOCK FULL of information about your year end review. Why us weirdo intuitive types need to do our year end review differently. I talk to you about all of my best tips and tricks and tools and all of the things that I do this time of year. All to make sure that I’m getting ready for the most magnificent year that I can have going into the first of the year.

So I hope you enjoy today’s podcast / webinar / masterclass / Facebook live. I talk many, many times throughout this episode about the FRONT SEAT SQUAD. So I am very, very excited to announce that the Front Seat Squad, which has been the community in the past, is transferring into a free group.

So EVERY intuitive is invited! And so I’m really excited to invite a whole bunch of newbies into the group.

I cannot wait to talk to you all about personality type codependency, setting boundaries, loving people for who they are. Being unapologetically who you are, the 80 20 rule of rest, your Front Seat, your backseat, you’re your driver, your copilot, your drunk uncle, your baby in the bathroom.

Oh, ALL THE THINGS that I absolutely love to talk about. The Front Seat Squad is about that in particular, it’s about personal development. It’s about differentiation and attonement. It putting your own oxygen mask on first, and then being in relationship and accepting and loving people for who they are and not trying to change them.

So I’m excited to have you guys in there. This is not a group for entrepreneurs in particular. This is really a group for PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT and those that are very interested in all of those things that I just mentioned.

So go pop yourself into the group. Yes, you have to fill out four freaking questions. I believe in having a teeny tiny bit of skin in the game, but this is also our way of protecting the group and making sure that this is a, a small, private, intimate community.

So my friends, GET YOUR BUTT OVER THERE. All of you listeners too, that have been listening for this whole time and had been wondering, what’s the next step? How do I ask Jessica questions? How do I see her? How do we do masterclasses? This is how.

Thank you so, so much for listening and putting up with my crazy this year and I will see you guys in the squad as well as on the podcast next week.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

How to Navigate the Holidays Using Type (Videos): https://jessicabutts.com/holidays/

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/20903798Fri, 20 Dec 2019 00:40:01 +0000Jessica ButtsHello Front Seat Lifers! I am thrilled as always to be here with you, especially at the end of the year. Today’s episode is a bit of a SPECIAL EPISODE. I did a Facebook Live, a webinar, and made this into a podcast. So one of my themes for the past...
So this is CHOCK FULL of information about your year end review. Why us weirdo intuitive types need to do our year end review differently. I talk to you about all of my best tips and tricks and tools and all of the things that I do this time of year. All to make sure that I’m getting ready for the most magnificent year that I can have going into the first of the year.

So I hope you enjoy today’s podcast / webinar / masterclass / Facebook live. I talk many, many times throughout this episode about the FRONT SEAT SQUAD. So I am very, very excited to announce that the Front Seat Squad, which has been the community in the past, is transferring into a free group.

So EVERY intuitive is invited! And so I’m really excited to invite a whole bunch of newbies into the group.

I cannot wait to talk to you all about personality type codependency, setting boundaries, loving people for who they are. Being unapologetically who you are, the 80 20 rule of rest, your Front Seat, your backseat, you’re your driver, your copilot, your drunk uncle, your baby in the bathroom.

Oh, ALL THE THINGS that I absolutely love to talk about. The Front Seat Squad is about that in particular, it’s about personal development. It’s about differentiation and attonement. It putting your own oxygen mask on first, and then being in relationship and accepting and loving people for who they are and not trying to change them.

So I’m excited to have you guys in there. This is not a group for entrepreneurs in particular. This is really a group for PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT and those that are very interested in all of those things that I just mentioned.

So go pop yourself into the group. Yes, you have to fill out four freaking questions. I believe in having a teeny tiny bit of skin in the game, but this is also our way of protecting the group and making sure that this is a, a small, private, intimate community.

So my friends, GET YOUR BUTT OVER THERE. All of you listeners too, that have been listening for this whole time and had been wondering, what’s the next step? How do I ask Jessica questions? How do I see her? How do we do masterclasses? This is how.

Thank you so, so much for listening and putting up with my crazy this year and I will see you guys in the squad as well as on the podcast next week.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

The FREE Front Seat Squad: https://jessicabutts.com/squad/

How to Navigate the Holidays Using Type (Videos): https://jessicabutts.com/holidays/

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
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This is one of probably my busiest times of the year in terms of getting questions from listeners and viewers and people on my website, “Oh my God, my uncle or my sister or my mom or my stepdad… they’re driving me CRAZY! I think it’s a personality type thing. Can you talk to me about these things so that I can LOVE THEM for who they are?!”

Today’s topic is all about navigating the holidays, asking people to love us for who we are, but then we also need to love them for who they are. It’s really about FAMILY ACCEPTANCE around the holidays.

To help you with this sometimes SUPER challenging topic, my amazing team has put together a series of videos in addition to this episode. So you can listen to this with your family, but you can also watch these short videos. (See the link below the notes.)

Today I’ll talk about introversion and extroversion, sensing and intuition, thinking and feeling and judging and perceiving, and the differences between those dichotomies in particular. And then again in particular, how they relate to FAMILY DYNAMICS. I’ll give you some tips and insight so you can navigate your family holiday experiences smoothly and with love.

Hopefully, this can help you talk to your family about these differences so you don’t annoy the shit out of each other. We can learn to love each other for our differences and learn to accept. I might not even go as far as to say love the differences, but certainly, get to a place of acceptance of those differences.

I think this is a Dr. Phil-ism, “You can choose to be right. Or you can CHOOSE to be HAPPY.” And it doesn’t mean you let people walk all over you, but it’s also about picking your frickin’ battles. Is it worth fighting over? Are you going to accept your family around the holidays? Are you going to accept yourself?

Again, it’s about showing up as who you are but not expecting everybody else to be like you. All right, my friends, it is two weeks before Christmas and I hope you are enjoying this holiday season and doing whatever it is that makes you feel wonderful around this time of year!

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

How to Navigate the Holidays Using Type (Videos): https://jessicabutts.com/holidays/

The FREE Year in Review Webinar: https://jessicabutts.com/yearinreview/

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/20697484Thu, 12 Dec 2019 23:07:36 +0000Jessica ButtsIt is getting towards the end of the year, which always means family time, holiday time, all the wonderful things that come with spending time with our friends and family around the holidays. But it also NOTORIOUSLY comes with frustrations and...
This is one of probably my busiest times of the year in terms of getting questions from listeners and viewers and people on my website, “Oh my God, my uncle or my sister or my mom or my stepdad… they’re driving me CRAZY! I think it’s a personality type thing. Can you talk to me about these things so that I can LOVE THEM for who they are?!”

Today’s topic is all about navigating the holidays, asking people to love us for who we are, but then we also need to love them for who they are. It’s really about FAMILY ACCEPTANCE around the holidays.

To help you with this sometimes SUPER challenging topic, my amazing team has put together a series of videos in addition to this episode. So you can listen to this with your family, but you can also watch these short videos. (See the link below the notes.)

Today I’ll talk about introversion and extroversion, sensing and intuition, thinking and feeling and judging and perceiving, and the differences between those dichotomies in particular. And then again in particular, how they relate to FAMILY DYNAMICS. I’ll give you some tips and insight so you can navigate your family holiday experiences smoothly and with love.

Hopefully, this can help you talk to your family about these differences so you don’t annoy the shit out of each other. We can learn to love each other for our differences and learn to accept. I might not even go as far as to say love the differences, but certainly, get to a place of acceptance of those differences.

I think this is a Dr. Phil-ism, “You can choose to be right. Or you can CHOOSE to be HAPPY.” And it doesn’t mean you let people walk all over you, but it’s also about picking your frickin’ battles. Is it worth fighting over? Are you going to accept your family around the holidays? Are you going to accept yourself?

Again, it’s about showing up as who you are but not expecting everybody else to be like you. All right, my friends, it is two weeks before Christmas and I hope you are enjoying this holiday season and doing whatever it is that makes you feel wonderful around this time of year!

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

How to Navigate the Holidays Using Type (Videos): https://jessicabutts.com/holidays/

The FREE Year in Review Webinar: https://jessicabutts.com/yearinreview/

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
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Intuitives in particular, need TIME AWAY and they need things to look forward to. It’s Maui this time for me, and it could be anywhere for you. It could be the ocean, it could be the mountains, it could be ANYWHERE.

Intuitives do not like, nor do we flourish in a nine to five schedule. We love spontaneity, creativity, and living different lives. And part of that comes from not living a scheduled life… and from traveling.

As creative, intuitive types, we need to get outside of the box. So that is one of the reasons that I am here and that you’re listening to this podcast because you need to know as well that there is NOTHING fricking wrong with you. There’s nothing wrong with you, except again, as a reminder, 75% of the population doesn’t actually ”need” this.

Do they love it? Of course, they’ll have to go on vacation. Well, some people don’t love it, but the difference is Intuitives NEED IT in a different way than Sensors need it. Or, they maybe don’t even need it.

Where can we go? What can we see that’s new every day? And so again, I want Intuitives to realize there is nothing wrong with us. This is just who we are.

I don’t care if you are married, single, or in a relationship. GO TRAVEL by yourself, it will be one of the best decisions you’ve ever made in your life. I promise you that. During this amazing episode, I get super honest and let you know why this is so damn important, and empowering. (And also, when you see someone traveling alone, let’s stop looking at them with fucking pity. Instead, look at them like, “Good on you!” Remember, they are alone likely by choice.)

The second reason that I’m here is that this is my time to do my YEAR IN REVIEW.

I want to talk to you a tiny bit about the year in review, but I’m not going to give it all the way because I am doing a free webinar. December 18th at 7:30 AM Pacific time. (See the link below in the notes…)

I’m going to show you exactly what I do to review my year, to set me up for success. So there has to be INTENTION. And purpose. We’ve got to mark down, like literally write down our biggest “aha” was for the past year to help us give some clarity on where we need to go in 2020.

Then obviously, you know, one of my favorite things is to plan the coming year to be the most KICK-ASS that it can be.

But I’m here to tell you right now… you cannot, and will not be successful until you do this practice. Period. End of story. I think it’s a Dr. Phil-ism that says, “The best predictor of future performance is past performance.” And what most people do is they don’t do shit.

They don’t track their year. They don’t reread their year and they certainly don’t ask themselves…Where was I awesome? Where was I a hot-ass mess? And how do I need to FIX IT?

So, if you don’t follow this practice or need some motivation to get it in gear, listen to this episode. I’ll outline my practice, give you some kick-ass ideas on how to implement this into your world, and you’ll learn why all of this is so important.

Ok, there’s so much more in the episode, so give it a listen and I can’t wait to see you next time. All right guys, thank you!

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

The FREE Year in Review Webinar: https://jessicabutts.com/yearinreview/

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/20515402Thu, 05 Dec 2019 23:45:17 +0000Jessica ButtsAloha! I am in Maui right now, in my condo with the doors wide open, birds chirping, SUN out, and I am delighted to be coming to you today. The reason that I brought all of my equipment to Maui is that I wanted to be in this vortex of energy to talk...
Intuitives in particular, need TIME AWAY and they need things to look forward to. It’s Maui this time for me, and it could be anywhere for you. It could be the ocean, it could be the mountains, it could be ANYWHERE.

Intuitives do not like, nor do we flourish in a nine to five schedule. We love spontaneity, creativity, and living different lives. And part of that comes from not living a scheduled life… and from traveling.

As creative, intuitive types, we need to get outside of the box. So that is one of the reasons that I am here and that you’re listening to this podcast because you need to know as well that there is NOTHING fricking wrong with you. There’s nothing wrong with you, except again, as a reminder, 75% of the population doesn’t actually ”need” this.

Do they love it? Of course, they’ll have to go on vacation. Well, some people don’t love it, but the difference is Intuitives NEED IT in a different way than Sensors need it. Or, they maybe don’t even need it.

Where can we go? What can we see that’s new every day? And so again, I want Intuitives to realize there is nothing wrong with us. This is just who we are.

I don’t care if you are married, single, or in a relationship. GO TRAVEL by yourself, it will be one of the best decisions you’ve ever made in your life. I promise you that. During this amazing episode, I get super honest and let you know why this is so damn important, and empowering. (And also, when you see someone traveling alone, let’s stop looking at them with fucking pity. Instead, look at them like, “Good on you!” Remember, they are alone likely by choice.)

The second reason that I’m here is that this is my time to do my YEAR IN REVIEW.

I want to talk to you a tiny bit about the year in review, but I’m not going to give it all the way because I am doing a free webinar. December 18th at 7:30 AM Pacific time. (See the link below in the notes…)

I’m going to show you exactly what I do to review my year, to set me up for success. So there has to be INTENTION. And purpose. We’ve got to mark down, like literally write down our biggest “aha” was for the past year to help us give some clarity on where we need to go in 2020.

Then obviously, you know, one of my favorite things is to plan the coming year to be the most KICK-ASS that it can be.

But I’m here to tell you right now… you cannot, and will not be successful until you do this practice. Period. End of story. I think it’s a Dr. Phil-ism that says, “The best predictor of future performance is past performance.” And what most people do is they don’t do shit.

They don’t track their year. They don’t reread their year and they certainly don’t ask themselves…Where was I awesome? Where was I a hot-ass mess? And how do I need to FIX IT?

So, if you don’t follow this practice or need some motivation to get it in gear, listen to this episode. I’ll outline my practice, give you some kick-ass ideas on how to implement this into your world, and you’ll learn why all of this is so important.

Ok, there’s so much more in the episode, so give it a listen and I can’t wait to see you next time. All right guys, thank you!

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

The FREE Year in Review Webinar: https://jessicabutts.com/yearinreview/

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure...]]>1696falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/47-why-it-s-hard-for-an-intuitive-to-release-and-move-on--20348670
Not that I don’t love you, Sensors. I do. I have plenty of them in my life. I have plenty as clients as well. But MY JAM is really about INTUITIVE TYPES because… we truly are the WEIRDOS of the world. We are only 25% of the population, and therefore we are met with all kinds of resistance.

We are met with CONFUSION. We are met with PUSHBACK from society, Scholastic schooling, and Scholastic tests. Nine to five jobs. All these things, and this podcast and my website and everything that I do are really to help Intuitive types because we’re different than the other 75%. And it can be tough at times to live and thrive in a world built by Sensors.

I feel all Intuitive types have this desire and dream to live a unique and different life. And today I want to talk to you about why it is HARD for Intuitive types to MOVE ON. And what do you, if you’re that Intuitive I’m talking about, what do you NEED TO RELEASE? What do you need to get rid of this year?

Last week I talked about ROCKS. And in that, I asked you specifically about who are your rocks, what are the rocks in your life? And then what do you need to get rid of?

Today I’m going deeper and piggybacking on that idea, but in a new frame of reference, which is why? Why is it hard for intuitive types to move on and release things?

I’m going to ask you two main questions today, and answer them too…

Why is it HARD?

What do you NEED TO RELEASE?

Listen in, and I know the answers to these questions can help you move on if you are staying, intuitively stuck on something in your life of which you desperately, desperately need to let go.

All right, enjoy your day after Thanksgiving. I hope you are having an amazing, amazing long weekend and I will see you next Friday. Thanks again for listening!

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/20348670Fri, 29 Nov 2019 00:34:00 +0000Jessica ButtsToday, I want to bring you a bunch of different tools, especially for Intuitive types. Anybody who knows me at all knows that I am a strong, Intuitive type. My passion is to help Intuitive types. Not that I don’t love you, Sensors. I do. I have...
Not that I don’t love you, Sensors. I do. I have plenty of them in my life. I have plenty as clients as well. But MY JAM is really about INTUITIVE TYPES because… we truly are the WEIRDOS of the world. We are only 25% of the population, and therefore we are met with all kinds of resistance.

We are met with CONFUSION. We are met with PUSHBACK from society, Scholastic schooling, and Scholastic tests. Nine to five jobs. All these things, and this podcast and my website and everything that I do are really to help Intuitive types because we’re different than the other 75%. And it can be tough at times to live and thrive in a world built by Sensors.

I feel all Intuitive types have this desire and dream to live a unique and different life. And today I want to talk to you about why it is HARD for Intuitive types to MOVE ON. And what do you, if you’re that Intuitive I’m talking about, what do you NEED TO RELEASE? What do you need to get rid of this year?

Last week I talked about ROCKS. And in that, I asked you specifically about who are your rocks, what are the rocks in your life? And then what do you need to get rid of?

Today I’m going deeper and piggybacking on that idea, but in a new frame of reference, which is why? Why is it hard for intuitive types to move on and release things?

I’m going to ask you two main questions today, and answer them too…

Why is it HARD?

What do you NEED TO RELEASE?

Listen in, and I know the answers to these questions can help you move on if you are staying, intuitively stuck on something in your life of which you desperately, desperately need to let go.

All right, enjoy your day after Thanksgiving. I hope you are having an amazing, amazing long weekend and I will see you next Friday. Thanks again for listening!

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>1340falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/46-know-your-rocks--20174641
And the other reason that I love this time of year, in addition to reflecting and reviewing, is that I start THINKING AHEAD, focusing on where I am going as I head into a new year… which for us is also a new decade. So, today is a big end of the year topic. I’ve got basically six or seven more “end of the year” and “prepping for the new year” topics and today’s is KNOWING YOUR ROCKS.

Most people that I run into are REACTIONARY. They’re not proactive with their calendar. They’re not proactive with their time. They’re not proactive in how they spend their time. They’re reactive. They’re CONSTANTLY BEHIND and running all over the place.

Often this is because they don’t know what their ROCKS are, the main things in your life that are important. What are the most important things in your life?

If you were to try to put rocks and sand in a cylinder or big jar, let’s just say you fill it first with a bunch of sand, and then you try to put the rocks in…They don’t fit. If you put the rocks in first and then fill it the rest of the way with the sand… Everything fits.

We live in this weirdly reactionary world right now and a lot of the things going on in our world can just be SAND. Hey, I’m a social media marketer too. I’m out there doing Insta stories and I’ve got a podcast and I’m doing all this stuff. And I get that it’s a little bit controversial to be talking about this yet there are people that just get lost for hours and hours and hours in sand, which are Insta stories from a bunch of people that don’t matter.

What are your rocks? They come first, my friends… What are your rocks going into 2020? For example, I really think there should only be a few. First and foremost, and this may be controversial for some of you, but first and foremost, YOU are your NUMBER ONE ROCK.

You are your number one priority. This has been said a million times by a million different people that if you do not take care of yourself, you cannot be the best mother. You cannot be the best spouse. You cannot be the best entrepreneur. You cannot be the best daughter, sister, friend, employee, and all the things that we need to be able to do, whatever it is. You cannot be the best version of yourself if you are not taking care of yourself.

Other BIG ROCKS may include your FAMILY, obviously. Your partner, spouse, lover, whoever that is, and your CHILDREN, if you have children. Your SPIRITUAL TIME can go into “you” time or that can be something separate.

Your BUSINESS is on there, whether you work for somebody else or you work for yourself, but what is your work time. Then maybe comes your A-List FRIENDS, and I know that sounds awful, but I made a list years ago of my A-List friends, my B-List friends, and then anybody who’s not in that becomes my D-List friends. You’re going to have to listen in to hear me explain the importance of this, and it is a key piece.

Now, the hard part isn’t always identifying YOUR ROCKS, the tough stuff often comes next… the point is to put them on your calendar. And then HONOR YOUR CALENDAR. Stay focused and don’t take a FREE DAY and FILL IT with 47,000 things!

That, to me, is CRAZY TOWN. And so, if you don’t know what the rocks are, I bet your time is filled with a whole bunch of bullshit.

And that brings me to the last point today. I encourage you to MAKE SPACE FOR YOUR FUTURE.

How do you make space for your future? Ask yourself, “What am I holding on to that is time to let go of?” We are not only going into a new year and a new decade. What do YOU NEED TO RELEASE in order to make space for your future? Is it a dead-end relationship? Is it a group of friends that just gossip?

Is it a part of your business that you know you need to release in order to make space for your future? Is it weight? Is it toxic thinking? Is it that you need to finally get ahold of your finances? What is it that you need to get in check? Figure it out? What are you holding onto? Then it is time to let go of it… If I know anything, I know this because I’ve literally experienced this.

WHEN I RELEASE SOMETHING out of the cylinder of my energy, SOMETHING NEW AND WONDERFUL COMES IN and it blows me away every single time.

Okay, you gotta listen to this episode, and the next several because I’m ending this year really, really strong with some amazing episodes to help you FINISH YOUR YEAR STRONG and then absolutely kill it going into a brand new decade.

And on that note, I will see you next week, I hope everybody has an amazing weekend. Thank you so much for listening.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/20174641Thu, 21 Nov 2019 22:26:59 +0000Jessica ButtsI love fall. I love the couple of weeks before the holidays. I love this season for a lot of reasons. One of the main reasons I love this time of year is that it feels like there’s time to REST and REFLECT. There’s time to get things done. It’s not as...
And the other reason that I love this time of year, in addition to reflecting and reviewing, is that I start THINKING AHEAD, focusing on where I am going as I head into a new year… which for us is also a new decade. So, today is a big end of the year topic. I’ve got basically six or seven more “end of the year” and “prepping for the new year” topics and today’s is KNOWING YOUR ROCKS.

Most people that I run into are REACTIONARY. They’re not proactive with their calendar. They’re not proactive with their time. They’re not proactive in how they spend their time. They’re reactive. They’re CONSTANTLY BEHIND and running all over the place.

Often this is because they don’t know what their ROCKS are, the main things in your life that are important. What are the most important things in your life?

If you were to try to put rocks and sand in a cylinder or big jar, let’s just say you fill it first with a bunch of sand, and then you try to put the rocks in…They don’t fit. If you put the rocks in first and then fill it the rest of the way with the sand… Everything fits.

We live in this weirdly reactionary world right now and a lot of the things going on in our world can just be SAND. Hey, I’m a social media marketer too. I’m out there doing Insta stories and I’ve got a podcast and I’m doing all this stuff. And I get that it’s a little bit controversial to be talking about this yet there are people that just get lost for hours and hours and hours in sand, which are Insta stories from a bunch of people that don’t matter.

What are your rocks? They come first, my friends… What are your rocks going into 2020? For example, I really think there should only be a few. First and foremost, and this may be controversial for some of you, but first and foremost, YOU are your NUMBER ONE ROCK.

You are your number one priority. This has been said a million times by a million different people that if you do not take care of yourself, you cannot be the best mother. You cannot be the best spouse. You cannot be the best entrepreneur. You cannot be the best daughter, sister, friend, employee, and all the things that we need to be able to do, whatever it is. You cannot be the best version of yourself if you are not taking care of yourself.

Other BIG ROCKS may include your FAMILY, obviously. Your partner, spouse, lover, whoever that is, and your CHILDREN, if you have children. Your SPIRITUAL TIME can go into “you” time or that can be something separate.

Your BUSINESS is on there, whether you work for somebody else or you work for yourself, but what is your work time. Then maybe comes your A-List FRIENDS, and I know that sounds awful, but I made a list years ago of my A-List friends, my B-List friends, and then anybody who’s not in that becomes my D-List friends. You’re going to have to listen in to hear me explain the importance of this, and it is a key piece.

Now, the hard part isn’t always identifying YOUR ROCKS, the tough stuff often comes next… the point is to put them on your calendar. And then HONOR YOUR CALENDAR. Stay focused and don’t take a FREE DAY and FILL IT with 47,000 things!

That, to me, is CRAZY TOWN. And so, if you don’t know what the rocks are, I bet your time is filled with a whole bunch of bullshit.

And that brings me to the last point today. I encourage you to MAKE SPACE FOR YOUR FUTURE.

How do you make space for your future? Ask yourself, “What am I holding on to that is time to let go of?” We are not only going into a new year and a new decade. What do YOU NEED TO RELEASE in order to make space for your future? Is it a...]]>1347falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/45-goal-setting-for-intuitives--20035513
I’m more excited than normal and I’m also really, freaking excited to bring you today’s topic, which is Goal Setting for Intuitives. Because I’m an Intuitive, I work almost exclusively with Intuitives, and Front Seat Life is really designed for Intuitives… because we are the WEIRDOS.

We are only 25% of the population, and quite honestly, of that 25% of the population, a large portion of those people don’t even know that they’re Intuitives because they’ve been living suppressed in a world made up by Sensors, the other 75%.

But again, today’s topic is specifically about GOAL SETTING. So, I’m going to start by saying how we don’t do things, or we need to not do things, like Sensors. We do not process information the way that 75% of the population does. Sensors are SMART GOAL kinds of people. You’ve heard of these, maybe even tried them out, and probably found they DIDN’T WORK for you.

Especially if you are Intuitive. We are not like that. We are not “sit down and write things out” kinds of people. We live in a world that is designed by a bunch of people who don’t get the ways our brains work.

(And so that is why I’m so f*cking passionate about working with Intuitives because I am that person.)

Are you an Intuitive? Stop trying to do SMART goals? Okay? Listen in, because during this episode, I’m going to tell you how Intuitive brains work around setting goals for the New Year. (And, by the way, I think you should do this quarterly, not just yearly.)

We Intuitives must start with the BIG PICTURE. We are like a funnel, in your mind, think of a funnel. Sensors start at the bottom of the funnel. They are detail people. They are down there in the minutiae. When they have all the details, then they get a big picture. Intuitives, we start at the big picture and then we get smaller. So, my friends, you have to start with the big picture.

What’s up with your vision board? Do you have a new one? Do you even have one? What does it look like? Are you updating it? And then what are the big pictures for yourself? Also, if you do not have a FIVE-YEAR VISION for yourself, you fricking better get one. Along with a 10-year vision too.

I used to somewhat think that I was a procrastinator. And it’s NOT ABOUT PROCRASTINATION for Intuitives. It’s the fact that it’s the number third thing on goal setting for Intuitives, which is we need to FEEL INTO IT.

Why are you not getting something done? It’s part of how we process information. Intuitives have to oftentimes sit with it, decide how it feels. How does my intuition think about that? So, whatever that means for you, taking a walk, going on vacation by yourself, your morning practice. This is a time for me where I get even more introverted.

Mind mapping is another great way to help set your goals, but this is very, very difficult to explain on a podcast. Go check out my webinar on the 18th because I’m going to show you what mind mapping looks like. Or you can also go look it up.

The next strategy I use to help me with my goal setting is to also pray. I say this a lot, I’m a Christian and I’m a believer that also says f*ck a lot. And I pray when I’m STUCK. I pray for other people of course. But sometimes I just say, “God, I’m over-managing this and I need your input.”

I believe in taking guidance. I don’t believe in people telling me what to do. I still trust the universe and God and my own intuition first. And then I listen to other people.

And so lastly about goal setting for Intuitives, here’s a couple of questions to ask yourself:

Where are you PLAYING SMALL in your life or your business? And how much of that is FEAR based?

I believe wholeheartedly that for new to come in, we must release the old. Whether that is old patterns, old beliefs, old relationships, old ways of being, or an old business model. To step into something new, we must release the old.

This is a biggie and if you listen, you’ll hear me go pretty deep on this one. But that’s goal setting in a nutshell. Listen to this mind-bending episode for more details and I’m sure you won’t regret it. As always, I get real and authentic and plenty vulnerable as I share my own experiences and mistakes.

And as always, I love you all and am just wanting to spread this Front Seat Life message. I’m getting very excited for 2020 to bring you a little bit of a new format and some new awesome stuff for the podcast.

I’m just really honored and thank you again for listening.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/20035513Thu, 14 Nov 2019 21:51:51 +0000Jessica ButtsI just came off an incredible week with my Mastermind. We’re a total of four entrepreneurs that have become very dear friends. And we Mastermind. We are building relationships. And I am reinvigorated for Front Seat Life! For my business, for you guys,...
I’m more excited than normal and I’m also really, freaking excited to bring you today’s topic, which is Goal Setting for Intuitives. Because I’m an Intuitive, I work almost exclusively with Intuitives, and Front Seat Life is really designed for Intuitives… because we are the WEIRDOS.

We are only 25% of the population, and quite honestly, of that 25% of the population, a large portion of those people don’t even know that they’re Intuitives because they’ve been living suppressed in a world made up by Sensors, the other 75%.

But again, today’s topic is specifically about GOAL SETTING. So, I’m going to start by saying how we don’t do things, or we need to not do things, like Sensors. We do not process information the way that 75% of the population does. Sensors are SMART GOAL kinds of people. You’ve heard of these, maybe even tried them out, and probably found they DIDN’T WORK for you.

Especially if you are Intuitive. We are not like that. We are not “sit down and write things out” kinds of people. We live in a world that is designed by a bunch of people who don’t get the ways our brains work.

(And so that is why I’m so f*cking passionate about working with Intuitives because I am that person.)

Are you an Intuitive? Stop trying to do SMART goals? Okay? Listen in, because during this episode, I’m going to tell you how Intuitive brains work around setting goals for the New Year. (And, by the way, I think you should do this quarterly, not just yearly.)

We Intuitives must start with the BIG PICTURE. We are like a funnel, in your mind, think of a funnel. Sensors start at the bottom of the funnel. They are detail people. They are down there in the minutiae. When they have all the details, then they get a big picture. Intuitives, we start at the big picture and then we get smaller. So, my friends, you have to start with the big picture.

What’s up with your vision board? Do you have a new one? Do you even have one? What does it look like? Are you updating it? And then what are the big pictures for yourself? Also, if you do not have a FIVE-YEAR VISION for yourself, you fricking better get one. Along with a 10-year vision too.

I used to somewhat think that I was a procrastinator. And it’s NOT ABOUT PROCRASTINATION for Intuitives. It’s the fact that it’s the number third thing on goal setting for Intuitives, which is we need to FEEL INTO IT.

Why are you not getting something done? It’s part of how we process information. Intuitives have to oftentimes sit with it, decide how it feels. How does my intuition think about that? So, whatever that means for you, taking a walk, going on vacation by yourself, your morning practice. This is a time for me where I get even more introverted.

Mind mapping is another great way to help set your goals, but this is very, very difficult to explain on a podcast. Go check out my webinar on the 18th because I’m going to show you what mind mapping looks like. Or you can also go look it up.

The next strategy I use to help me with my goal setting is to also pray. I say this a lot, I’m a Christian and I’m a believer that also says f*ck a lot. And I pray when I’m STUCK. I pray for other people of course. But sometimes I just say, “God, I’m over-managing this and I need your input.”

I believe in taking guidance. I don’t believe in people telling me what to do. I still trust the universe and God and my own intuition first. And then I listen to other people.

And so lastly about goal setting for Intuitives, here’s a couple of questions to ask yourself:

Where are you...]]>2146falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/44-are-you-giving-away-your-intuitive-power--19913311
Today I am chatting with my dear friend Jeni Dahn about this and about what I think is happening. What I think is happening is that we’re getting rid of TRUSTING our own INTUITION.

Me, we, lots of us have gotten away from getting quiet, asking God and the universe to bring us messages. So, Jeni and I are sharing our perspectives on getting QUIET and the power of getting quiet.

What we decide, the conclusion we come to during this conversation is that you CANNOT HEAR your own intuition unless you’re able to silence your MIND.

Elizabeth Gilbert talks about the “BUTTERFLY” idea. That ideas are like butterflies, and if you are busy, if you have chaos going on, that butterfly, that idea, cannot land on you when you’re flailing all around. If you do not silence yourself, if you do not calm down and get quiet, those ideas and your intuition can not be activated.

I ask, “How can we do this?” One of the ways that Jeni practices and she believes still works, is to find a word or a phrase that I can give my mind to FOCUS on, to stop the 10 conversations that are in your head.

“A phrase that I want to happen in my life. I’m saying a phrase that I want to cultivate internally to be expressed externally.”

Stay calm and focused. Yes, it takes practice, a practice of slowing yourself down a little bit at a time.

And then we can learn to TURN the volume DOWN enough on THE NOISE so that we can hear our own inner voice, our own intuition. Because our intuition is often telling the TRUTH.

This is just the beginning of our incredible conversation surrounding this topic, one which we could talk about for hours given the chance! So, listen in today and at the heart of it all, is PRACTICING all the things we talk about, asking for it, practicing it, and then BEING OPEN to receiving it. And open means open your eyes, open your soul, open your energy field, open all the things. Yup, and it’s ASKING FOR A SIGN.

Thank you, dear listeners. I love you and I appreciate you and as always, I hope this has been helpful to you.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

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Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19913311Thu, 07 Nov 2019 21:41:43 +0000Jessica ButtsWe live in an INSANELY BUSY society right now. There is all the stuff… There are too many podcasts. (As you’re listening to a podcast, I’m telling you there’s too many.) There’s TOO MUCH NOISE. There are too many Instagrammers, there are too many...
Today I am chatting with my dear friend Jeni Dahn about this and about what I think is happening. What I think is happening is that we’re getting rid of TRUSTING our own INTUITION.

Me, we, lots of us have gotten away from getting quiet, asking God and the universe to bring us messages. So, Jeni and I are sharing our perspectives on getting QUIET and the power of getting quiet.

What we decide, the conclusion we come to during this conversation is that you CANNOT HEAR your own intuition unless you’re able to silence your MIND.

Elizabeth Gilbert talks about the “BUTTERFLY” idea. That ideas are like butterflies, and if you are busy, if you have chaos going on, that butterfly, that idea, cannot land on you when you’re flailing all around. If you do not silence yourself, if you do not calm down and get quiet, those ideas and your intuition can not be activated.

I ask, “How can we do this?” One of the ways that Jeni practices and she believes still works, is to find a word or a phrase that I can give my mind to FOCUS on, to stop the 10 conversations that are in your head.

“A phrase that I want to happen in my life. I’m saying a phrase that I want to cultivate internally to be expressed externally.”

Stay calm and focused. Yes, it takes practice, a practice of slowing yourself down a little bit at a time.

And then we can learn to TURN the volume DOWN enough on THE NOISE so that we can hear our own inner voice, our own intuition. Because our intuition is often telling the TRUTH.

This is just the beginning of our incredible conversation surrounding this topic, one which we could talk about for hours given the chance! So, listen in today and at the heart of it all, is PRACTICING all the things we talk about, asking for it, practicing it, and then BEING OPEN to receiving it. And open means open your eyes, open your soul, open your energy field, open all the things. Yup, and it’s ASKING FOR A SIGN.

Thank you, dear listeners. I love you and I appreciate you and as always, I hope this has been helpful to you.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

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Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>3106falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/43-honoring-your-front-seat--19794102
As I talked about in the ambivert episode, your Front Seat is made up of two different people, two different parts of your personality. One is extroverted, and one is introverted, and this is why ALL EXTROVERTS need time alone. And often, extroverts get this bad rap that they are always supposed to be out in the world and connecting and all the things.

And with introverts, I think they think people that they never want to go out and be in public or connect, which is NOT TRUE. Maybe they don’t want to go to a big, busy restaurant, but they want to come over and connect and have a wonderful deep conversation.

So, what I’ve realized over the last couple of weeks, and again, possibly the last month, but specifically the last two weeks, is my introverted part of my Front Seat has been feeling prickly, and I have gotten away from that half of my Front Seat.

I’ve realized we cannot forget the BALANCE of both of those people in our Front Seats.

So, I hope that this episode where I get vulnerable and share my personal experience around this helps you to understand that we need to balance this Front Seat. We’ve got to learn about it, acknowledge it, and learn how to communicate with ourselves about it… And then with others in our lives about it as well.

I hope this has been helpful to you. Again, if you need resources, please always, always go to my website, I do hope you will go check that out. I can’t wait to talk to you next week when we continue this conversation about the Front Seat and the Back Seat. All right guys, thank you so, so, so much for listening.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19794102Thu, 31 Oct 2019 21:51:24 +0000Jessica ButtsHello friends, today is a little bit of a riff from Episode 40, “Ambivert Is NOT A Thing.” And I’m going to share with you my Front Seat and some recent realizations. As I talked about in the ambivert episode, your Front Seat is made up of two...
As I talked about in the ambivert episode, your Front Seat is made up of two different people, two different parts of your personality. One is extroverted, and one is introverted, and this is why ALL EXTROVERTS need time alone. And often, extroverts get this bad rap that they are always supposed to be out in the world and connecting and all the things.

And with introverts, I think they think people that they never want to go out and be in public or connect, which is NOT TRUE. Maybe they don’t want to go to a big, busy restaurant, but they want to come over and connect and have a wonderful deep conversation.

So, what I’ve realized over the last couple of weeks, and again, possibly the last month, but specifically the last two weeks, is my introverted part of my Front Seat has been feeling prickly, and I have gotten away from that half of my Front Seat.

I’ve realized we cannot forget the BALANCE of both of those people in our Front Seats.

So, I hope that this episode where I get vulnerable and share my personal experience around this helps you to understand that we need to balance this Front Seat. We’ve got to learn about it, acknowledge it, and learn how to communicate with ourselves about it… And then with others in our lives about it as well.

I hope this has been helpful to you. Again, if you need resources, please always, always go to my website, I do hope you will go check that out. I can’t wait to talk to you next week when we continue this conversation about the Front Seat and the Back Seat. All right guys, thank you so, so, so much for listening.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

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I want to talk about what an extroverted BACK SEAT looks like, specifically what their baby in the backseat looks like. So in the backseat, there’s obviously the drunk uncle, which I will also talk about in fact next week’s podcast. Stay tuned for that… I had a HUGE new awareness around something that I was doing WRONG in my Front Seat that was actually causing my backseat. So I know that’s a little bit of a teaser, but stay tuned for next week.

Today’s episode, I want to do what’s extroverted backseat looks like cause I’M IN IT RIGHT NOW. What got me there and what gets you there? Also, how to deal with it in the moment, because sometimes they come out of nowhere. Mine came out of nowhere and I was like, “Okay, what do I need to do in the moment to manage this?”

And then, what to do next. Now that I’ve learned this lesson, what am I doing? How can I do it differently? How can you do it differently?

Okay, you guys ready? Here we go…

And as always, thanks for listening!!! I so, so appreciate it.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19676280Thu, 24 Oct 2019 21:58:16 +0000Jessica ButtsSo this is always interesting, that I could pretend that everything’s fine and pretend that I am in my Front Seat and the reality is – I AM NOT. And so I wanted to take this opportunity in the moment to be as authentic as I possibly and to educate you...
I want to talk about what an extroverted BACK SEAT looks like, specifically what their baby in the backseat looks like. So in the backseat, there’s obviously the drunk uncle, which I will also talk about in fact next week’s podcast. Stay tuned for that… I had a HUGE new awareness around something that I was doing WRONG in my Front Seat that was actually causing my backseat. So I know that’s a little bit of a teaser, but stay tuned for next week.

Today’s episode, I want to do what’s extroverted backseat looks like cause I’M IN IT RIGHT NOW. What got me there and what gets you there? Also, how to deal with it in the moment, because sometimes they come out of nowhere. Mine came out of nowhere and I was like, “Okay, what do I need to do in the moment to manage this?”

And then, what to do next. Now that I’ve learned this lesson, what am I doing? How can I do it differently? How can you do it differently?

Okay, you guys ready? Here we go…

And as always, thanks for listening!!! I so, so appreciate it.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

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Our world is changing all around us, and rapidly. Unfortunately, the way we teach our children has not been keeping up. In fact, as my guest explains, we are still STUCK in an 1800s style of education which is doing many of our kids, and their parents, a serious injustice.

Maureen O’Shaughnessy is a TRAILBLAZING school administrator and mother of three. Her master’s and doctorate focused on educational innovation. She is thrilled to use her experience and passion for personalized learning and academic success to innovate and lead a non-traditional, creative “Micro” school.

And on today’s episode, she reveals what’s wrong with our current model and system… and what she’s doing to FIX IT. If you are a parent or know of any parents who have school-age children, you gotta listen to this episode. It will open your mind to a way school can help your kids be happier, healthier, and more successful in a fully supportive environment.

It’s downright incredible. Here’s the deal, we have outliers when it comes to our kids. If it’s that A+ student that is perfectionistic and needs absolute control. If it’s an LGBTQ, if it’s a kid with autism, ADHD, the kid that’s a hands-on kinesthetic learner… Maureen says she has listed nine different kinds of outliers in her new book, Creating Micro-Schools for Colorful Mismatched Kids. NINE! And you start to see that is the MAJORITY of our students.

These are the kids who are NOT middle-of-the-road. And they need something different to FIND SUCCESS.

Thank you so much for listening. I just absolutely LOVE bringing this to you and am so grateful for your support.

Learn about Maureen’s book and find resources for Micro Schools here: http://microschoolcoalition.com/

For info about the amazing Lead Prep Academy, go to: https://lead-prep.org/

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19559138Thu, 17 Oct 2019 21:34:26 +0000Jessica ButtsParents, it’s time to REIMAGINE EDUCATION and your children’s experience with school. For a lot of kids, school is a friggin’ disaster. If they don’t fit in the middle-of-the-road lane, then sometimes they have no other OPTIONS. Our world is...
Our world is changing all around us, and rapidly. Unfortunately, the way we teach our children has not been keeping up. In fact, as my guest explains, we are still STUCK in an 1800s style of education which is doing many of our kids, and their parents, a serious injustice.

Maureen O’Shaughnessy is a TRAILBLAZING school administrator and mother of three. Her master’s and doctorate focused on educational innovation. She is thrilled to use her experience and passion for personalized learning and academic success to innovate and lead a non-traditional, creative “Micro” school.

And on today’s episode, she reveals what’s wrong with our current model and system… and what she’s doing to FIX IT. If you are a parent or know of any parents who have school-age children, you gotta listen to this episode. It will open your mind to a way school can help your kids be happier, healthier, and more successful in a fully supportive environment.

It’s downright incredible. Here’s the deal, we have outliers when it comes to our kids. If it’s that A+ student that is perfectionistic and needs absolute control. If it’s an LGBTQ, if it’s a kid with autism, ADHD, the kid that’s a hands-on kinesthetic learner… Maureen says she has listed nine different kinds of outliers in her new book, Creating Micro-Schools for Colorful Mismatched Kids. NINE! And you start to see that is the MAJORITY of our students.

These are the kids who are NOT middle-of-the-road. And they need something different to FIND SUCCESS.

Thank you so much for listening. I just absolutely LOVE bringing this to you and am so grateful for your support.

Learn about Maureen’s book and find resources for Micro Schools here: http://microschoolcoalition.com/

For info about the amazing Lead Prep Academy, go to: https://lead-prep.org/

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

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It’s not a thing. It’s just, it’s BULLSH!T. I don’t know who came up with it, but it’s not a thing. And I’m here to tell you exactly why it’s not a thing today. Ambiverts do not exist and one of the main reasons that it CAN’T EXIST.

The introversion and extroversion part of your personality type dictates your “Baby in the Back Seat,” which again as a reminder, is where you go under deep stress and where you go under deep stress tells you obviously so much about your personality type.

The Baby in the Backseat is where you go under deep STRESS, where you go when you’re doing too many things that you suck at, where you go when your back is up against a wall. When this happens, there are two very, very clear in places that people go and those two places are to fight or flee.

As I’ve mentioned in other episodes, and I will continue to talk about this, is that extroverts flee. And introverts lash out, they fight in a very baby-esque extroverted way. They get loud, they yell, they scream, they might boss people around, that kind of thing.

And so if people say, “Oh, I’m an ambivert, I’m neither one,” you’re missing so much of the richness of what personality type can teach you about yourself. Listen to this episode and I’ll explain what I mean and why I believe AMBIVERT IS IMPOSSIBLE and a bunch of BULLSH!T. And this is why… because our Front Seats are made up of both introvert and extrovert and we are equally those two things.

I mean, listen to this episode and I’ll be dropping this TRUTH BOMB on you, straight from the inside of my closet. I hope to God that it’s informative and helpful to you because I’m really fired up about it. A real fired up about it.

I’m going to do a webinar in the next couple of weeks about this, free webinars. So you can see me. I won’t be in my closet, I promise. So, if you’re not on my email list, go get on there. If you haven’t taken the assessment, it’s free on my website.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for listening. I know you have lots and lots and lots and lots of options, and it continues to shock me, delight me, and it’s just an incredible honor that you listen. So THANK YOU so, so, so, so, so much.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

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https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19448594Thu, 10 Oct 2019 21:29:44 +0000Jessica ButtsOh, people, I’m here to tell you, ambiverts don’t exist. It’s not a thing. It’s just, it’s BULLSH!T. I don’t know who came up with it, but it’s not a thing. And I’m here to tell you exactly why it’s not a thing today. Ambiverts do not exist and one...
It’s not a thing. It’s just, it’s BULLSH!T. I don’t know who came up with it, but it’s not a thing. And I’m here to tell you exactly why it’s not a thing today. Ambiverts do not exist and one of the main reasons that it CAN’T EXIST.

The introversion and extroversion part of your personality type dictates your “Baby in the Back Seat,” which again as a reminder, is where you go under deep stress and where you go under deep stress tells you obviously so much about your personality type.

The Baby in the Backseat is where you go under deep STRESS, where you go when you’re doing too many things that you suck at, where you go when your back is up against a wall. When this happens, there are two very, very clear in places that people go and those two places are to fight or flee.

As I’ve mentioned in other episodes, and I will continue to talk about this, is that extroverts flee. And introverts lash out, they fight in a very baby-esque extroverted way. They get loud, they yell, they scream, they might boss people around, that kind of thing.

And so if people say, “Oh, I’m an ambivert, I’m neither one,” you’re missing so much of the richness of what personality type can teach you about yourself. Listen to this episode and I’ll explain what I mean and why I believe AMBIVERT IS IMPOSSIBLE and a bunch of BULLSH!T. And this is why… because our Front Seats are made up of both introvert and extrovert and we are equally those two things.

I mean, listen to this episode and I’ll be dropping this TRUTH BOMB on you, straight from the inside of my closet. I hope to God that it’s informative and helpful to you because I’m really fired up about it. A real fired up about it.

I’m going to do a webinar in the next couple of weeks about this, free webinars. So you can see me. I won’t be in my closet, I promise. So, if you’re not on my email list, go get on there. If you haven’t taken the assessment, it’s free on my website.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for listening. I know you have lots and lots and lots and lots of options, and it continues to shock me, delight me, and it’s just an incredible honor that you listen. So THANK YOU so, so, so, so, so much.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

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Hello Front Seat Lifers! I am thrilled as always to be with you and today is a fun episode for me. It is about what the two biggest, I mean there are a lot of lessons, but the two biggest lessons I learned from the Front Seat Life event this year. As you may know, so once a year I throw this GINORMOUS event. I am going to be honest, there are a lot of feelings around it and part of what I learned is what I’m going to share about all these feelings.

Throwing an event like that is quite honestly, it’s, it’s just STRESSFUL. It’s a lot of WORK, it’s a lot of MONEY output, and sometimes those moments of, “Oh my God, is anybody going to show up?” And so for three years I posted an event the way that I watched other people host events. This year, I changed it up and came away with some BIG LESSONS I share on this episode.

This year I was really challenged by my coach to do it in a way that feels right, to not be so black or white in my thinking, but to really do it in a way that SPEAKS TO MY SOUL. So I share my story of this year’s event. What in your life, or your business or your relationship, are you doing in a way that you should consider changing? Can you do things in a way that speaks more to your soul? How in your life can you live a life that is congruent to who you are? How in your business can you THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX and not do it in a traditional way?

Go ahead, you have my permission, BREAK THE RULES.

Number two. Okay, you have to listen for lesson number two, because it’s an amazing story of MANIFESTATION in action.

I’ve told this story many times already and IT GIVES ME CHILLS. The power of manifestation, the power of dreaming big, the power of prayer, the power of holding on to a dream and a vision. Even though you have no idea how anything is going to happen. As you’re saying, “YES!” to yourself.

If you sit in your house and you don’t do anything to pursue and to go towards your dreams, nothing is going to happen.

You have to say, “yes” to yourself. DO NOT MAKE EXCUSES. It is our job to take action because that is a “God moment,” how the universe works, how manifestation works.

I’m just so thankful that my clients and God and the universe continue to give me these messages so I have content to bring you for this podcast. Thank you so much for listening. As always, it is such a ridiculous honor to hear the people who are even listening. I hope that you can learn something from these amazing lessons that I learned from the Front Seat Life event.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19344152Thu, 03 Oct 2019 21:04:45 +0000Jessica Butts“Yesterday I was clever, so I changed the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” – Rumi Hello Front Seat Lifers! I am thrilled as always to be with you and today is a fun episode for me. It is about what the two biggest, I mean there are...
Hello Front Seat Lifers! I am thrilled as always to be with you and today is a fun episode for me. It is about what the two biggest, I mean there are a lot of lessons, but the two biggest lessons I learned from the Front Seat Life event this year. As you may know, so once a year I throw this GINORMOUS event. I am going to be honest, there are a lot of feelings around it and part of what I learned is what I’m going to share about all these feelings.

Throwing an event like that is quite honestly, it’s, it’s just STRESSFUL. It’s a lot of WORK, it’s a lot of MONEY output, and sometimes those moments of, “Oh my God, is anybody going to show up?” And so for three years I posted an event the way that I watched other people host events. This year, I changed it up and came away with some BIG LESSONS I share on this episode.

This year I was really challenged by my coach to do it in a way that feels right, to not be so black or white in my thinking, but to really do it in a way that SPEAKS TO MY SOUL. So I share my story of this year’s event. What in your life, or your business or your relationship, are you doing in a way that you should consider changing? Can you do things in a way that speaks more to your soul? How in your life can you live a life that is congruent to who you are? How in your business can you THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX and not do it in a traditional way?

Go ahead, you have my permission, BREAK THE RULES.

Number two. Okay, you have to listen for lesson number two, because it’s an amazing story of MANIFESTATION in action.

I’ve told this story many times already and IT GIVES ME CHILLS. The power of manifestation, the power of dreaming big, the power of prayer, the power of holding on to a dream and a vision. Even though you have no idea how anything is going to happen. As you’re saying, “YES!” to yourself.

If you sit in your house and you don’t do anything to pursue and to go towards your dreams, nothing is going to happen.

You have to say, “yes” to yourself. DO NOT MAKE EXCUSES. It is our job to take action because that is a “God moment,” how the universe works, how manifestation works.

I’m just so thankful that my clients and God and the universe continue to give me these messages so I have content to bring you for this podcast. Thank you so much for listening. As always, it is such a ridiculous honor to hear the people who are even listening. I hope that you can learn something from these amazing lessons that I learned from the Front Seat Life event.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

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I am now being rested by the Universe. I did not rest enough after the Front Seat Life event. This event is the culmination of a TON OF WORK, from both myself and my team. I purposely scheduled a couple of days of downtime after the event, one day for myself and I brought the team for another. But I think what I didn’t do was rest enough in my own home. And now I am not feeling well.

I am now in bed doing a podcast episode and contemplating, but not feeling surprised. Like me, a lot of you are very type “A.” You’re very driven, and we push, and we push, and sometimes it’s hard for us to rest, especially as entrepreneurial spirits.

We are excited about what we’ve done. We want to celebrate it, but we also are onto the next thing. I’ll be honest, I’ve started to realize the importance of this 80/20 rule. As you may have remembered that we want in general as human beings, we want to try to spend 80% of our time in our Front Seat.

But the question always begs, what about the other 20%? What does that mean? And I have learned through the years that if we’re in our Front Seat 80% of the time, well, we have to be somewhere else the other 20%, and it’s best not to be doing stuff we suck at, or even worse, as the baby in the back seat.

We should ideally be resting. Turning off the social media, checking out, not working. So, my community came up with that new word, “soulfish.” Taking time away to replenish your soul, being selfish so that you can then be of service to other people to take that time off so that it’s proactive so that you can come back and 80% of the time then being your best self.

And I really, really feel like this is a mindset shift. It is for me, and I’ve been teaching this shit for like 20 years!

Take a little time today, kick back, and take care of yourself. Rest and listen to this episode or read a book. Go for a walk. We cannot be everything to everybody. If we do not rest, the universe is going to rest us.

I am excited to you next week, WELL-RESTED. Thank you so much for listening. I would love to hear from you guys over on iTunes about what you might be doing to implement this 80/20 Rule of Rest into your life. Bye-bye!

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19247796Thu, 26 Sep 2019 20:50:35 +0000Jessica ButtsI am in bed. I AM SICK. So, today’s episode will be a short episode, and, ironically, this is what I wanted to talk to you about today, and then this is happening. I am now being rested by the Universe. I did not rest enough after the Front Seat...
I am now being rested by the Universe. I did not rest enough after the Front Seat Life event. This event is the culmination of a TON OF WORK, from both myself and my team. I purposely scheduled a couple of days of downtime after the event, one day for myself and I brought the team for another. But I think what I didn’t do was rest enough in my own home. And now I am not feeling well.

I am now in bed doing a podcast episode and contemplating, but not feeling surprised. Like me, a lot of you are very type “A.” You’re very driven, and we push, and we push, and sometimes it’s hard for us to rest, especially as entrepreneurial spirits.

We are excited about what we’ve done. We want to celebrate it, but we also are onto the next thing. I’ll be honest, I’ve started to realize the importance of this 80/20 rule. As you may have remembered that we want in general as human beings, we want to try to spend 80% of our time in our Front Seat.

But the question always begs, what about the other 20%? What does that mean? And I have learned through the years that if we’re in our Front Seat 80% of the time, well, we have to be somewhere else the other 20%, and it’s best not to be doing stuff we suck at, or even worse, as the baby in the back seat.

We should ideally be resting. Turning off the social media, checking out, not working. So, my community came up with that new word, “soulfish.” Taking time away to replenish your soul, being selfish so that you can then be of service to other people to take that time off so that it’s proactive so that you can come back and 80% of the time then being your best self.

And I really, really feel like this is a mindset shift. It is for me, and I’ve been teaching this shit for like 20 years!

Take a little time today, kick back, and take care of yourself. Rest and listen to this episode or read a book. Go for a walk. We cannot be everything to everybody. If we do not rest, the universe is going to rest us.

I am excited to you next week, WELL-RESTED. Thank you so much for listening. I would love to hear from you guys over on iTunes about what you might be doing to implement this 80/20 Rule of Rest into your life. Bye-bye!

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

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https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>1243falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/37-purpose-driven-business--19154734
And it turned out to be this RICH, AMAZING CONVERSATION and I realized, “Oh shit, this is actually gonna be a really great podcast episode!”

So here it is! And it’s quite honestly, it’s one of my FAVORITE conversations I’ve ever had ever with anyone. I don’t even think what we’re talking about is necessarily about business. It’s just about your message, and your personal branding, connecting on a deeper level, and just being purposeful and purpose-driven in everything that you do.

We talk about the fact that even before you can figure out what you do, you’ve got to figure out who you are. You’ve got to figure out what your passion is, because what we’re talking about is not starting something just to start it but getting really CLEAR ABOUT WHY. What is it for you?

There’s so much to this incredible chat! So, I hope that you enjoy it, get inspired, and get a little something out of it. Thanks again for listening, I appreciate it so much!

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19154734Thu, 19 Sep 2019 18:27:55 +0000Jessica ButtsYou NEED a purpose-driven life and business. This interview was unintentional, as a podcast episode anyway. Hello Front Seat Lifers, I am excited to bring you a recording I did with Mandi Ann. You’ve heard her before in the podcast, she’s a client,...
And it turned out to be this RICH, AMAZING CONVERSATION and I realized, “Oh shit, this is actually gonna be a really great podcast episode!”

So here it is! And it’s quite honestly, it’s one of my FAVORITE conversations I’ve ever had ever with anyone. I don’t even think what we’re talking about is necessarily about business. It’s just about your message, and your personal branding, connecting on a deeper level, and just being purposeful and purpose-driven in everything that you do.

We talk about the fact that even before you can figure out what you do, you’ve got to figure out who you are. You’ve got to figure out what your passion is, because what we’re talking about is not starting something just to start it but getting really CLEAR ABOUT WHY. What is it for you?

There’s so much to this incredible chat! So, I hope that you enjoy it, get inspired, and get a little something out of it. Thanks again for listening, I appreciate it so much!

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

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https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>2632falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/36-truth-bomb-this-resistance-thing-is-a-b-tch--19082979
That’s what this new segment is going to be. I’m going to be sharing some shorter episodes with you of some TRUTH BOMBS that I see THAT MY CLIENTS NEED OFTEN. And when they hear them, it is like a light bulb going on. It is very much a holy shit, a little slap in the face, a little bit of a fire hose to the face.

But often we need that. I know that that is where my greatest learning has often come from is when someone in my life is that honest with me. And it hurts. It does, it hurts in the moment. And it hurts because it’s true.

If it’s not true, it doesn’t matter to you.

So, hang tight for the first TRUTH BOMB to hit… it’s all about RESISTANCE.

This first truth bomb is a BIGGIE and it addresses four main questions surrounding resistance.

Number one, what does resistance LOOK LIKE? I think a lot of people don’t even understand what resistance is in their life. They might even be having resistance, but they don’t even realize that that’s what it is.

Number two, WHY does it show up?

Number three, what can we do to FIX IT? Because I hate to leave you with a bunch of horrible things, and then not give you some solutions.

Then number four… and this came from a listener. I got this amazing email from this great listener, and she wrote a powerful question and it stopped me in my tracks a little bit. When do you know it’s just a SIGN? Or when do you know that it’s RESISTANCE?

Listen in as I get gritty with this resistance thing, because it can be a BITCH!

Thanks again for listening, you’re all my heroes and I appreciate every one of you!

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast – https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19082979Thu, 12 Sep 2019 21:20:57 +0000Jessica ButtsAre you ready for something a LITTLE DIFFERENT? One of the themes that I see over and over and over… people need some TRUTH BOMBS. I need truth bombs. People need truth bombs. My clients need truth bombs. Sometimes we need to be coddled. Sometimes we...
That’s what this new segment is going to be. I’m going to be sharing some shorter episodes with you of some TRUTH BOMBS that I see THAT MY CLIENTS NEED OFTEN. And when they hear them, it is like a light bulb going on. It is very much a holy shit, a little slap in the face, a little bit of a fire hose to the face.

But often we need that. I know that that is where my greatest learning has often come from is when someone in my life is that honest with me. And it hurts. It does, it hurts in the moment. And it hurts because it’s true.

If it’s not true, it doesn’t matter to you.

So, hang tight for the first TRUTH BOMB to hit… it’s all about RESISTANCE.

This first truth bomb is a BIGGIE and it addresses four main questions surrounding resistance.

Number one, what does resistance LOOK LIKE? I think a lot of people don’t even understand what resistance is in their life. They might even be having resistance, but they don’t even realize that that’s what it is.

Number two, WHY does it show up?

Number three, what can we do to FIX IT? Because I hate to leave you with a bunch of horrible things, and then not give you some solutions.

Then number four… and this came from a listener. I got this amazing email from this great listener, and she wrote a powerful question and it stopped me in my tracks a little bit. When do you know it’s just a SIGN? Or when do you know that it’s RESISTANCE?

Listen in as I get gritty with this resistance thing, because it can be a BITCH!

Thanks again for listening, you’re all my heroes and I appreciate every one of you!

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast – https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/

Front Seat Life Podcast
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If you’ve been resistant to invest in yourself and your business because you are afraid of success - this episode is for you. If you are living with one foot in and one foot out of your business - this episode is for you. If you have taken the easiest, cheapest, most minimal approach to all parts of your business because you are already afraid it will fail - this episode is for you.

So, really, I’m just saying, this episode is for YOU if you are reading this. Yes, you. We’ve all done it. We’ve tried to take shortcuts here and there and we’ve literally SET OURSELVES UP TO FAIL.

Meet my guest, Sheri Gazitt. Sheri is a parent educator, author, and teen life coach, a boss CEO of TeenWise (http://www.teenwiseseattle.com), and a mom of three amazing kids. She delves into difficult topics that parents and teens face every day such as friendship issues, perfectionism, peer pressure, anxiety, and stress. Even Sheri has faced challenges in stepping up and into her power as a business owner and Lady Boss! Listen in to hear her WHY and what motivated her to finally be ALL IN! #allin

Sheri and I drop some GEMS in this episode. Seriously, this is gold and the truth bombs are REAL. Let’s break down some of the reasons you might not be progressing forward. Did you buy some $200 website and get exactly what you DIDN’T pay for? Maybe you are scared of your own success? We’ve all been there, sister. This shit is scary - and we get real with you as we tell you how we made it through from hobby to CEO - and how you can, too.

Are you ready to wear the CEO badge? Have your name on the door? Settle in for this wild ride where we tell it to you straight. Let’s level up.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast - https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19018769Fri, 06 Sep 2019 02:10:00 +0000Jessica ButtsDone messing around? If you’ve been resistant to invest in yourself and your business because you are afraid of success - this episode is for you. If you are living with one foot in and one foot out of your business - this episode is for you. If...
If you’ve been resistant to invest in yourself and your business because you are afraid of success - this episode is for you. If you are living with one foot in and one foot out of your business - this episode is for you. If you have taken the easiest, cheapest, most minimal approach to all parts of your business because you are already afraid it will fail - this episode is for you.

So, really, I’m just saying, this episode is for YOU if you are reading this. Yes, you. We’ve all done it. We’ve tried to take shortcuts here and there and we’ve literally SET OURSELVES UP TO FAIL.

Meet my guest, Sheri Gazitt. Sheri is a parent educator, author, and teen life coach, a boss CEO of TeenWise (http://www.teenwiseseattle.com), and a mom of three amazing kids. She delves into difficult topics that parents and teens face every day such as friendship issues, perfectionism, peer pressure, anxiety, and stress. Even Sheri has faced challenges in stepping up and into her power as a business owner and Lady Boss! Listen in to hear her WHY and what motivated her to finally be ALL IN! #allin

Sheri and I drop some GEMS in this episode. Seriously, this is gold and the truth bombs are REAL. Let’s break down some of the reasons you might not be progressing forward. Did you buy some $200 website and get exactly what you DIDN’T pay for? Maybe you are scared of your own success? We’ve all been there, sister. This shit is scary - and we get real with you as we tell you how we made it through from hobby to CEO - and how you can, too.

Are you ready to wear the CEO badge? Have your name on the door? Settle in for this wild ride where we tell it to you straight. Let’s level up.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

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Join me and my guest today. Stacey Sorgen. She’s the owner of ModBody Fitness and Stacey Sorgen Coaching. As a personal trainer, integrative wellness coach, and progress coach – she’s built her business on honesty, transparency, hard work, and love. She meets people where they’re at and helps them find the strength to be themselves. www.modbodyfitness.com

Let’s get down, dirty, truthful – and connected. Are you afraid that you, doing what you want to do, doesn’t work on paper? Stacey was afraid to let people in because she couldn’t imagine a world where she could succeed in her field, could find an excited clientele, and could provide the kind of care and love that was congruent with her personality and core values. Because she couldn’t and wouldn’t show up in social media as herself – it was costing her the connection that meant so much to her. Learn what her catalyst was and how she began.

Are you ready to show up and start to make real CONNECTIONS?

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18952092Thu, 29 Aug 2019 20:23:40 +0000Jessica ButtsAre you conducting transactions or are you building RELATIONSHIPS? Is your business about connection or about dollars for hours? Are you actually LETTING your clients IN to see the real, amazing, unapologetic YOU? What would happen if you were...
Join me and my guest today. Stacey Sorgen. She’s the owner of ModBody Fitness and Stacey Sorgen Coaching. As a personal trainer, integrative wellness coach, and progress coach – she’s built her business on honesty, transparency, hard work, and love. She meets people where they’re at and helps them find the strength to be themselves. www.modbodyfitness.com

Let’s get down, dirty, truthful – and connected. Are you afraid that you, doing what you want to do, doesn’t work on paper? Stacey was afraid to let people in because she couldn’t imagine a world where she could succeed in her field, could find an excited clientele, and could provide the kind of care and love that was congruent with her personality and core values. Because she couldn’t and wouldn’t show up in social media as herself – it was costing her the connection that meant so much to her. Learn what her catalyst was and how she began.

Are you ready to show up and start to make real CONNECTIONS?

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>3520falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/33-leveraging-your-offerings--18891135
You asked for the thing, you got it, and now what? You might be feeling guilty that you got what you wanted, all the blessings of a full schedule – but you are ready for a new level. Are you bitter, resentful, exhausted? Is your body breaking down? Are you completely out of bandwidth with no room left for friendships and relationships? You are likely spending ALL of your time providing services one to one and feeling resentful that you can’t make any more money within the limitation of hours for dollars and you are freakin’ fresh out of hours. It’s time to make some money, honey. It’s time to PIVOT, PIVOT, PIVOT. (Yes, if you are hearing a “Friends” reference in your head, it’s on purpose)

In this episode, I will teach you 3 WAYS to INCREASE your INCOME today without using any more of your most precious commodity – TIME.

Emmie Perez is with me today talking about her a-ha LEVERAGING moment. Emmie is an Emotional Eating Coach at Blissfully Healthy Women’s Wellness Center. You can learn more about her at www.EmmiePerez.com. She was feeling torn between the hustle and exchanging hours for dollars, waking up every morning feeling exhausted despite LOVING what she does. Learn how she started to create more space, better services for her clientele, and how she’s providing even higher impact coaching resulting in even better transformations.

Are you starting to wonder, “Is this all there is?” When your client load gets too big – it’s time to leverage and grow, girl. You just need to have a “why” for moving from one to many. How can you leverage your skills and time to get more information to the people who need it? How can you serve more people without repeating the same message again and again one on one?

As much as we love to serve and care for others through our gifts and work – we also need to be able to have the time and energy to care for ourselves, our vessel, our souls. We need to learn how to get our message out there in a bigger way, by doing less.

Bigger impact, do less. More money, do less.

Pivot!

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18891135Thu, 22 Aug 2019 17:31:22 +0000Jessica Butts“Isn’t a full schedule what I wanted?” You asked for the thing, you got it, and now what? You might be feeling guilty that you got what you wanted, all the blessings of a full schedule – but you are ready for a new level. Are you bitter,...
You asked for the thing, you got it, and now what? You might be feeling guilty that you got what you wanted, all the blessings of a full schedule – but you are ready for a new level. Are you bitter, resentful, exhausted? Is your body breaking down? Are you completely out of bandwidth with no room left for friendships and relationships? You are likely spending ALL of your time providing services one to one and feeling resentful that you can’t make any more money within the limitation of hours for dollars and you are freakin’ fresh out of hours. It’s time to make some money, honey. It’s time to PIVOT, PIVOT, PIVOT. (Yes, if you are hearing a “Friends” reference in your head, it’s on purpose)

In this episode, I will teach you 3 WAYS to INCREASE your INCOME today without using any more of your most precious commodity – TIME.

Emmie Perez is with me today talking about her a-ha LEVERAGING moment. Emmie is an Emotional Eating Coach at Blissfully Healthy Women’s Wellness Center. You can learn more about her at www.EmmiePerez.com. She was feeling torn between the hustle and exchanging hours for dollars, waking up every morning feeling exhausted despite LOVING what she does. Learn how she started to create more space, better services for her clientele, and how she’s providing even higher impact coaching resulting in even better transformations.

Are you starting to wonder, “Is this all there is?” When your client load gets too big – it’s time to leverage and grow, girl. You just need to have a “why” for moving from one to many. How can you leverage your skills and time to get more information to the people who need it? How can you serve more people without repeating the same message again and again one on one?

As much as we love to serve and care for others through our gifts and work – we also need to be able to have the time and energy to care for ourselves, our vessel, our souls. We need to learn how to get our message out there in a bigger way, by doing less.

Bigger impact, do less. More money, do less.

Pivot!

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
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What would happen to your business if a catastrophe happened? Or if you just need a break or a vacation? What would happen if you called yourself out on your own bullsh*t? What if you looked at the numbers, the time spent doing stuff you suck at? What if you started to really be the BOSS you know you can be? Boss up, glow up, grow up!

No, really. When are you going to stop wasting 80% of your time on things you aren’t so great at – and only spending 20% of your time in your zone of genius? How much potential, money, opportunity, and growth are you missing out on because you are trying to keep all facets of your business under only YOUR thumb?

Melinda Slater, of Melinda Slater Interiors, is here to talk about exactly this. Who did she hire, when, and why? Learn how coming to terms with her limitations helped her glow up, create more business and profit, and helped to keep her to pay off her debt. Yup, in two months time – she paid off her debt. Melinda learned a hard and difficult lesson through a catastrophic event – that our businesses need support and need to be able to continue to run smoothly even when we can’t be present. There comes a point in business where we can choose to just “survive” and be in a holding pattern or we can level up, as Ciara says, plan for the future, and get down to business. Are you limiting your potential by hanging on too tightly to the reins? What would LETTING GO make possible in your business?

For more about Melinda, go to https://slaterinteriors.com/
For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18830248Thu, 15 Aug 2019 22:43:43 +0000Jessica ButtsWhen is enough, enough? What would happen to your business if a catastrophe happened? Or if you just need a break or a vacation? What would happen if you called yourself out on your own bullsh*t? What if you looked at the numbers, the time spent...
What would happen to your business if a catastrophe happened? Or if you just need a break or a vacation? What would happen if you called yourself out on your own bullsh*t? What if you looked at the numbers, the time spent doing stuff you suck at? What if you started to really be the BOSS you know you can be? Boss up, glow up, grow up!

No, really. When are you going to stop wasting 80% of your time on things you aren’t so great at – and only spending 20% of your time in your zone of genius? How much potential, money, opportunity, and growth are you missing out on because you are trying to keep all facets of your business under only YOUR thumb?

Melinda Slater, of Melinda Slater Interiors, is here to talk about exactly this. Who did she hire, when, and why? Learn how coming to terms with her limitations helped her glow up, create more business and profit, and helped to keep her to pay off her debt. Yup, in two months time – she paid off her debt. Melinda learned a hard and difficult lesson through a catastrophic event – that our businesses need support and need to be able to continue to run smoothly even when we can’t be present. There comes a point in business where we can choose to just “survive” and be in a holding pattern or we can level up, as Ciara says, plan for the future, and get down to business. Are you limiting your potential by hanging on too tightly to the reins? What would LETTING GO make possible in your business?

For more about Melinda, go to https://slaterinteriors.com/
For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
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Do you feel like you aren’t living up to your full potential – but you don’t know what the next step is? Are you TERRIFIED to step into your destiny, feeling stuck in your internal bullsh*t? Do you feel like you’re stretched soooo thin that you can’t deal with that voice inside that tells you that you are meant for MORE?

What if you were so fed up with your own crap – that you finally took action? What if you said YES? What if you just went for it?

Isn’t it time to say YES to YOU? (That’s a rhetorical question, ladies, because the answer is a resounding HELL YES)

Dana Adams is the founder of the Life Mapping Institute, author of the book “Live Your Gift” and it’s amazing companion guide. She did the THING, she’s living her GIFT, and she wants to teach you how to do it, too. What amazing things are you carrying around in your gut, your soul, your head? What are you driven to give to the WORLD? Learn more about how to commit to what sets your soul on fire. Learn how to push through resistance and DO IT ANYWAY. Did you hear that? DO. IT. ANYWAY.

What would you say if tomorrow, God asked you, “Did you use all the gifts that I gave you?” Dana asked herself this question after attending her first Front Seat Life event and the rest is history. It wasn’t easy – but it was worth it. A single mother of 4 boys, a woman who was stifled by fear, and who was nervous to show up – she made herself PROUD and so can you.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18767471Thu, 08 Aug 2019 21:38:23 +0000Jessica ButtsAre you freakin’ stuck?! Do you feel like you aren’t living up to your full potential – but you don’t know what the next step is? Are you TERRIFIED to step into your destiny, feeling stuck in your internal bullsh*t? Do you feel like you’re...
Do you feel like you aren’t living up to your full potential – but you don’t know what the next step is? Are you TERRIFIED to step into your destiny, feeling stuck in your internal bullsh*t? Do you feel like you’re stretched soooo thin that you can’t deal with that voice inside that tells you that you are meant for MORE?

What if you were so fed up with your own crap – that you finally took action? What if you said YES? What if you just went for it?

Isn’t it time to say YES to YOU? (That’s a rhetorical question, ladies, because the answer is a resounding HELL YES)

Dana Adams is the founder of the Life Mapping Institute, author of the book “Live Your Gift” and it’s amazing companion guide. She did the THING, she’s living her GIFT, and she wants to teach you how to do it, too. What amazing things are you carrying around in your gut, your soul, your head? What are you driven to give to the WORLD? Learn more about how to commit to what sets your soul on fire. Learn how to push through resistance and DO IT ANYWAY. Did you hear that? DO. IT. ANYWAY.

What would you say if tomorrow, God asked you, “Did you use all the gifts that I gave you?” Dana asked herself this question after attending her first Front Seat Life event and the rest is history. It wasn’t easy – but it was worth it. A single mother of 4 boys, a woman who was stifled by fear, and who was nervous to show up – she made herself PROUD and so can you.]]>3401falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/30-your-mess-is-your-message--18700344
Do you find yourself hiding the rawest parts of yourself? Are you trying to work around your pain because facing it head-on is too painful? Are you hiding it from others? Are you ready to own your own shit and to actually SHOW UP to follow your goals and dreams?

We welcome Nadia Ahrens of “Transform the Shit Out of Your Life” Transformational Life Coaching. She’s leading the way, leaving no emotional stone unturned, after the very very worst experience of her life – the loss of her son, Jack. How did this therapist and coach of 19 years find purpose through tragedy and bring even more meaning to her work?

How do you use your pain and transform it to help others – with the best intentions possible? Find out how to level the playing field, how to gain trust, and how to live authentically as yourself; pain, trauma, faults, and all.

Transform the Shit Out of Your Life!

For more about Nadia, go to https://nadiaahrens.com

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18700344Thu, 01 Aug 2019 20:59:38 +0000Jessica ButtsAre you shutting out pain? Do you find yourself hiding the rawest parts of yourself? Are you trying to work around your pain because facing it head-on is too painful? Are you hiding it from others? Are you ready to own your own shit and to actually...
Do you find yourself hiding the rawest parts of yourself? Are you trying to work around your pain because facing it head-on is too painful? Are you hiding it from others? Are you ready to own your own shit and to actually SHOW UP to follow your goals and dreams?

We welcome Nadia Ahrens of “Transform the Shit Out of Your Life” Transformational Life Coaching. She’s leading the way, leaving no emotional stone unturned, after the very very worst experience of her life – the loss of her son, Jack. How did this therapist and coach of 19 years find purpose through tragedy and bring even more meaning to her work?

How do you use your pain and transform it to help others – with the best intentions possible? Find out how to level the playing field, how to gain trust, and how to live authentically as yourself; pain, trauma, faults, and all.

Transform the Shit Out of Your Life!

For more about Nadia, go to https://nadiaahrens.com

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>2513falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/29-from-squirrel-to-structure-with-lisa-fischer--18641776
Maybe you are thinking that you are rocking it. Maybe you are thinking this is as good as it gets and you’ve got it all together. But, what if there’s more? Perhaps you are thinking of all the POSSIBILITIES – but never following through? Are you looking awesome on social but not making enough money in real life? Are you procrastinating your backseat activities? Spreadsheets, CRMs, etc? What if you could be BIGGER, BADDER, and more BADASS – with follow-through?

Enter; Lisa Fischer of Lisa Fischer Styling. A squirrel that became a freakin’ stylist queen of badassery. Listen to this episode to find out about how she organized her “client list” before meeting Jessica, to hear more about her struggles, and to learn how she went from scattered to STRUCTURED and killin’ it in her business.

Learn about her metamorphosis from scattered to structured. Find out how she started to hire people, so she wasn’t doing the stuff she sucked at. Learn how she claimed her POWER, owned her INTELLIGENCE, and created the BUSINESS she always dreamed of.

Shift’s about to get real. For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18641776Thu, 25 Jul 2019 20:07:26 +0000Jessica ButtsWhen the SHIFT hits the fan… Shift happens, friends. Sometimes the shift just has to hit the fan. We’re talking about what happens when you are a total SQUIRREL but you want SUCCESS and you need STRUCTURE. Maybe you are thinking that you are...
Maybe you are thinking that you are rocking it. Maybe you are thinking this is as good as it gets and you’ve got it all together. But, what if there’s more? Perhaps you are thinking of all the POSSIBILITIES – but never following through? Are you looking awesome on social but not making enough money in real life? Are you procrastinating your backseat activities? Spreadsheets, CRMs, etc? What if you could be BIGGER, BADDER, and more BADASS – with follow-through?

Enter; Lisa Fischer of Lisa Fischer Styling. A squirrel that became a freakin’ stylist queen of badassery. Listen to this episode to find out about how she organized her “client list” before meeting Jessica, to hear more about her struggles, and to learn how she went from scattered to STRUCTURED and killin’ it in her business.

Learn about her metamorphosis from scattered to structured. Find out how she started to hire people, so she wasn’t doing the stuff she sucked at. Learn how she claimed her POWER, owned her INTELLIGENCE, and created the BUSINESS she always dreamed of.

Shift’s about to get real. For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>2904falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/28-have-you-been-hiding--18583742
Step one is about being unapologetically who you are. I have chosen my ideal client avatars for each of these eight steps. Joining me on this episode is Robin Miller, who is absolutely the most shining example I can possibly imagine of someone who has become completely unapologetically who she is.

She shares her amazing story of transformation, from “Squirrel” to Girl Boss. (Well, we do see that the Squirrel-like tendencies are innate and can be hard to shake!) But she has, in a relatively short period of time, completely changed from someone who would “cocoon” in a bathtub to a beautiful butterfly.

“There are times where I couldn’t handle it inside my skin anymore from the pain. And imagine 80 to 90% of that being able to be fixed, be corrected by learning about yourself. And you know, it’s huge. This is the biggest thing of my life.”

We also talk about the power of healthy detachment, just stepping back when shit gets ugly, looking at the situation, and not getting emotionally involved. Detachment doesn’t mean “not caring.” We can still love them, we can still be in relationship with them, but by choosing to get off that bad rollercoaster ride, we will be healthier.

Another critical piece to Robin’s path to becoming a Girl Boss was investing in herself and building a foundation. It also helped immensely to partner with someone who could take her “back seat” projects, letting go of those tasks, and relieving her of stress and a huge emotional energy drain.

There’s so much to our conversation, but by understanding who she is and accepting it, stepping back from unhealthy things and allowing more space for the good stuff, Robin has discovered she can be the best version of herself.

This episode definitely highlights some essential pieces to getting off on the right foot when you are following the Girl Boss pathway. Thanks again for listening, I appreciate it so, so much!

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
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Step one is about being unapologetically who you are. I have chosen my ideal client avatars for each of these eight steps. Joining me on this episode is Robin Miller, who is absolutely the most shining example I can possibly imagine of someone who has become completely unapologetically who she is.

She shares her amazing story of transformation, from “Squirrel” to Girl Boss. (Well, we do see that the Squirrel-like tendencies are innate and can be hard to shake!) But she has, in a relatively short period of time, completely changed from someone who would “cocoon” in a bathtub to a beautiful butterfly.

“There are times where I couldn’t handle it inside my skin anymore from the pain. And imagine 80 to 90% of that being able to be fixed, be corrected by learning about yourself. And you know, it’s huge. This is the biggest thing of my life.”

We also talk about the power of healthy detachment, just stepping back when shit gets ugly, looking at the situation, and not getting emotionally involved. Detachment doesn’t mean “not caring.” We can still love them, we can still be in relationship with them, but by choosing to get off that bad rollercoaster ride, we will be healthier.

Another critical piece to Robin’s path to becoming a Girl Boss was investing in herself and building a foundation. It also helped immensely to partner with someone who could take her “back seat” projects, letting go of those tasks, and relieving her of stress and a huge emotional energy drain.

There’s so much to our conversation, but by understanding who she is and accepting it, stepping back from unhealthy things and allowing more space for the good stuff, Robin has discovered she can be the best version of herself.

This episode definitely highlights some essential pieces to getting off on the right foot when you are following the Girl Boss pathway. Thanks again for listening, I appreciate it so, so much!

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
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“If you find that you’re saying the same thing over and over your clients, then you’ve got a message.”

She and I love a good role reversal because, in fact, she was my supervisor when I was a brand-new psychotherapist. One of the appealing reasons why she decided to sign up for coaching with me was that as a former psychotherapist with a full practice, I knew her exact business pain point. The big shift for Nadia came after she realized that she was stuck in her therapy business, just like I had been 5 years ago. Working one-on-one with clients reaches a point where you run out of time, run out of energy, and max out with your ability to create more income…and freedom.

During this interview, Nadia and I detail the baby steps she was able to follow which allowed her to clarify her message and a dramatic increase in her ability to work with more people. She began leveraging her time and value, growing her business exponentially in a relatively short time.

Nadia is a perfect example of somebody who is wicked smart and who can build a successful practice on their own, but literally couldn’t see outside of her immediate reality. And I think there are a lot of entrepreneurs out there where that is the case. It was the case for me, too. That’s why I always have a coach, why I’m hiring new people and doing new things. It’s is because we get to a certain spot and we can’t see past that. We need help to take the blinders off.

You don’t know what you don’t know and moving past this unconscious incompetence is HUGE. As our eyes are opened to the new opportunities and options we begin to have “A-ha!” moments. Nadia began to have these moments as her mindset shifted, and when we paired this with a systematic approach to growth, success was inevitable.

One of the biggest challenges I see with any desired change, especially with “creatives” is that we want this shit to happen yesterday. We’re damn impatient, and once we see the light we want it all and we want it now. But before we can have the fun throw pillows and funky decorations, we need to build a foundation for our house. It’s the same in business, and this is where Nadia discovered it’s time to slow down, do the “baby steps,” focus on the things in her Front Seat and outsource the stuff in her Back Seat.

And then, when you trust in the plan and stick to it, stay consistent and don’t waver, it just works.

“Also, going back to the therapy and coaching thing, there is only so much growth you can expect from somebody who’s paying a $20 copay.”

We begin to close out this conversation with a mic drop from Nadia who attributes much of her success to the fact that she hired a coach and had some serious skin in the game. She wasn’t going to piss away the opportunity. It was time to put her money where her mouth was and get very conscious about her growth.

Listen to this amazing conversation full of powerful takeaways, it will inspire you and open your mind to the possibilities, at least I hope it does. That’s my goal for this podcast, to help you move past your hurdles, write yourself a new life story, and reach your full potential, because you can! Thanks again for listening, I so appreciate it!

For more about Nadia, go to https://nadiaahrens.com

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18526625Thu, 11 Jul 2019 21:29:09 +0000Jessica ButtsAn absolute A-plus student who has recently bossed up big time! That’s how I would describe my special guest today, Nadia Ahrens of Transform The Shit Out Of Your Live. She is one of my star Lady Boss clients, a close colleague, and an ENFJ twin. I...
“If you find that you’re saying the same thing over and over your clients, then you’ve got a message.”

She and I love a good role reversal because, in fact, she was my supervisor when I was a brand-new psychotherapist. One of the appealing reasons why she decided to sign up for coaching with me was that as a former psychotherapist with a full practice, I knew her exact business pain point. The big shift for Nadia came after she realized that she was stuck in her therapy business, just like I had been 5 years ago. Working one-on-one with clients reaches a point where you run out of time, run out of energy, and max out with your ability to create more income…and freedom.

During this interview, Nadia and I detail the baby steps she was able to follow which allowed her to clarify her message and a dramatic increase in her ability to work with more people. She began leveraging her time and value, growing her business exponentially in a relatively short time.

Nadia is a perfect example of somebody who is wicked smart and who can build a successful practice on their own, but literally couldn’t see outside of her immediate reality. And I think there are a lot of entrepreneurs out there where that is the case. It was the case for me, too. That’s why I always have a coach, why I’m hiring new people and doing new things. It’s is because we get to a certain spot and we can’t see past that. We need help to take the blinders off.

You don’t know what you don’t know and moving past this unconscious incompetence is HUGE. As our eyes are opened to the new opportunities and options we begin to have “A-ha!” moments. Nadia began to have these moments as her mindset shifted, and when we paired this with a systematic approach to growth, success was inevitable.

One of the biggest challenges I see with any desired change, especially with “creatives” is that we want this shit to happen yesterday. We’re damn impatient, and once we see the light we want it all and we want it now. But before we can have the fun throw pillows and funky decorations, we need to build a foundation for our house. It’s the same in business, and this is where Nadia discovered it’s time to slow down, do the “baby steps,” focus on the things in her Front Seat and outsource the stuff in her Back Seat.

And then, when you trust in the plan and stick to it, stay consistent and don’t waver, it just works.

“Also, going back to the therapy and coaching thing, there is only so much growth you can expect from somebody who’s paying a $20 copay.”

We begin to close out this conversation with a mic drop from Nadia who attributes much of her success to the fact that she hired a coach and had some serious skin in the game. She wasn’t going to piss away the opportunity. It was time to put her money where her mouth was and get very conscious about her growth.

Listen to this amazing conversation full of powerful takeaways, it will inspire you and open your mind to the possibilities, at least I hope it does. That’s my goal for this podcast, to help you move past your hurdles, write yourself a new life story, and reach your full potential, because you can! Thanks again for listening, I so appreciate it!

For more about Nadia, go to https://nadiaahrens.com

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.3001falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/26-replay-purpose-passion-and-resistance--18463881
And we have been diligently working on new, exciting content for you that I have been learning as well. I never do anything that I don’t also ask you to do as an entrepreneur. I always have a coach. I am always learning and learning new tricks to grow my business just as I’m teaching you to grow your business.

The next eight weeks, all through summer, all of July, all of August and into September are going to be about the success path that I have learned about getting out your message and creating a successful business.

So, as we go into the next eight weeks, I thought this was the perfect replay episode. I think even if you’ve already listened to it, I would encourage you to listen to it again. And if it’s new for you, I would very much encourage you to listen to this because as we go into summer, there will be resistance as we go into me teaching you about these eight steps and the success path and some of the things that I have just curated over the many years of doing this.

You’re going to have some resistance. And this episode about your purpose and your passion and resistance is a perfect tee up for where we’re going the next eight weeks.

I cannot wait to see you in the coming weeks. Enjoy the episode!

Determination, passion, purpose, mindset… and not living five minutes in front of your face. My special guest Mandi Ann and I talk candidly about what it took her to find the ideal path for her journey. A path which delivered so much passion and purpose, she became determined to write her new book and grow her business, despite the resistance which showed up.

We discuss how this devil (resistance) is always showing up, at every level of your journey… new level, new devil! But, if you can find ways to maintain your determination and focus, you can continue to move forward and upward.

Revealing some of the common stumbling blocks, we go deep into the importance of setting boundaries to maintain a laser-like focus. Setting boundaries and prioritizing almost becomes easier when you have decided on your path. Mandi says, “I truly do think that when you find that purpose, that passion, you will set those boundaries and you just do anything.”

And to continue to “do anything” can be really friggin’ hard when that damn devil keeps showing up with another challenge or roadblock. Mandi Ann and I tell some stories about the tough conversations we’ve had while setting boundaries, and I also let out of the bag my secret “dream job.”

Listen to this golden nugget-filled conversation, take the time and make the moment to get quiet, to settle down, to allow yourself to be open to possibilities. Thanks again for listening, I so appreciate it!

For more about Mandi Ann and her new book, Creating Your Purpose-Driven Business, go to https://www.mandiann.com

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18463881Thu, 04 Jul 2019 20:29:31 +0000Jessica ButtsA repeat performance? That’s right, today’s episode is the first replay I have done in six months since I’ve launched this podcast and there are reasons for the repeat episode: it is the 4th of July and it’s also my birthday. There is also a lot going...
And we have been diligently working on new, exciting content for you that I have been learning as well. I never do anything that I don’t also ask you to do as an entrepreneur. I always have a coach. I am always learning and learning new tricks to grow my business just as I’m teaching you to grow your business.

The next eight weeks, all through summer, all of July, all of August and into September are going to be about the success path that I have learned about getting out your message and creating a successful business.

So, as we go into the next eight weeks, I thought this was the perfect replay episode. I think even if you’ve already listened to it, I would encourage you to listen to it again. And if it’s new for you, I would very much encourage you to listen to this because as we go into summer, there will be resistance as we go into me teaching you about these eight steps and the success path and some of the things that I have just curated over the many years of doing this.

You’re going to have some resistance. And this episode about your purpose and your passion and resistance is a perfect tee up for where we’re going the next eight weeks.

I cannot wait to see you in the coming weeks. Enjoy the episode!

Determination, passion, purpose, mindset… and not living five minutes in front of your face. My special guest Mandi Ann and I talk candidly about what it took her to find the ideal path for her journey. A path which delivered so much passion and purpose, she became determined to write her new book and grow her business, despite the resistance which showed up.

We discuss how this devil (resistance) is always showing up, at every level of your journey… new level, new devil! But, if you can find ways to maintain your determination and focus, you can continue to move forward and upward.

Revealing some of the common stumbling blocks, we go deep into the importance of setting boundaries to maintain a laser-like focus. Setting boundaries and prioritizing almost becomes easier when you have decided on your path. Mandi says, “I truly do think that when you find that purpose, that passion, you will set those boundaries and you just do anything.”

And to continue to “do anything” can be really friggin’ hard when that damn devil keeps showing up with another challenge or roadblock. Mandi Ann and I tell some stories about the tough conversations we’ve had while setting boundaries, and I also let out of the bag my secret “dream job.”

Listen to this golden nugget-filled conversation, take the time and make the moment to get quiet, to settle down, to allow yourself to be open to possibilities. Thanks again for listening, I so appreciate it!

For more about Mandi Ann and her new book, Creating Your Purpose-Driven Business, go to https://www.mandiann.com

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

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I have two really big weeks during the year that I choose to do some self-reflection, and the first is the week that’s coming up, which is my birthday week. It’s also the 4th of July, a holiday. And then also the week between Christmas and the New Year is always another very self-reflective time.

I wanted to be super vulnerable with you today, as I always am, and talk to you about some of the biggest life lessons that I have learned this past year. It’s been an excellent year, but it’s also been an interesting year, one that I didn’t quite anticipate and so I want to share with you some of the things that I’ve learned.

I have six main topics that I’ve been pondering and thinking about over the last couple of weeks or so as my birthday is quickly approaching and here is what I have learned. I think there’s probably more, of course, and these are the “Cliff’s Notes” here. Please listen to me as I go much deeper with each of these on this episode.

Year of re-building. I’ve spent a good portion of this year looking at things differently and re-investing in myself and my business.
Setting boundaries. I’ll be honest, I think sometimes you just got to do what’s best for you, no matter how selfish it seems.
I have learned the power of presence and the power of choosing not to do ten different things at the same time, but being present to where I am in that moment.
Theme words and manifestation. When you can focus on the things that you want through your vision boards, through your manifestation, through your theme words, it is amazing to me when they start to happen. And let them happen when they happen.
Fiercely protecting my alone time. My alone time is critical to my success in my life and my business. It gives me time to think. It gives me time to process. It gives me time to look back. When I am over busy, I don’t have time to do any of that.
Getting honest with myself. What’s working and what’s not? Taking a true inventory of all of the things in my life; my house, my time alone, my self-care, my intimate relationship with my partner, my relationships with my family and my friends… is this serving me?
If you take away simply doing this exercise of asking yourself once a year on your birthday, what have I learned this past year? What tough life lessons? If I had to endure, what’s been good, what’s not been good, and what do I want to take from my past to propel me into my future in the best possible way?

Thank you so, so much for listening, and I’m looking forward to the next few episodes with you guys. I’m going to go through all kinds of wonderful, amazing content with you!

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18403931Thu, 27 Jun 2019 22:13:27 +0000Jessica ButtsI am somebody who has always believed in milestones. I believe in celebrating. I believe in looking back at the things that you’ve accomplished. I believe that the best predictor of your future performance is your past performance and taking a close...
I have two really big weeks during the year that I choose to do some self-reflection, and the first is the week that’s coming up, which is my birthday week. It’s also the 4th of July, a holiday. And then also the week between Christmas and the New Year is always another very self-reflective time.

I wanted to be super vulnerable with you today, as I always am, and talk to you about some of the biggest life lessons that I have learned this past year. It’s been an excellent year, but it’s also been an interesting year, one that I didn’t quite anticipate and so I want to share with you some of the things that I’ve learned.

I have six main topics that I’ve been pondering and thinking about over the last couple of weeks or so as my birthday is quickly approaching and here is what I have learned. I think there’s probably more, of course, and these are the “Cliff’s Notes” here. Please listen to me as I go much deeper with each of these on this episode.

Year of re-building. I’ve spent a good portion of this year looking at things differently and re-investing in myself and my business.
Setting boundaries. I’ll be honest, I think sometimes you just got to do what’s best for you, no matter how selfish it seems.
I have learned the power of presence and the power of choosing not to do ten different things at the same time, but being present to where I am in that moment.
Theme words and manifestation. When you can focus on the things that you want through your vision boards, through your manifestation, through your theme words, it is amazing to me when they start to happen. And let them happen when they happen.
Fiercely protecting my alone time. My alone time is critical to my success in my life and my business. It gives me time to think. It gives me time to process. It gives me time to look back. When I am over busy, I don’t have time to do any of that.
Getting honest with myself. What’s working and what’s not? Taking a true inventory of all of the things in my life; my house, my time alone, my self-care, my intimate relationship with my partner, my relationships with my family and my friends… is this serving me?
If you take away simply doing this exercise of asking yourself once a year on your birthday, what have I learned this past year? What tough life lessons? If I had to endure, what’s been good, what’s not been good, and what do I want to take from my past to propel me into my future in the best possible way?

Thank you so, so much for listening, and I’m looking forward to the next few episodes with you guys. I’m going to go through all kinds of wonderful, amazing content with you!

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/

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People underestimate how much time they have available. They think they have so many more hours in the day and the week than they do. And what happens is we tend to over-schedule ourselves and live in a world of chaos, frustration, and irritation because we always feel “behind,” and our energy is scattered. It’s exhausting just thinking about it!

So, this episode is all about how you can take your time back and get the most out of it by doing these three things:

- Time Blocking: You only have 24 hours each day, you need to budget your time and prioritize.

- Identify your Rocks: What are the most important things in your world? Make room for these first.

- A-Listing: Friends, activities, and more. You must learn to set boundaries and say “no!” to those not on your A-List.

I have learned that setting these boundaries, time blocking, figuring out what my rocks are, deciding who my A-list friends are and what my A-list activities are, creates space for the happiness and life I desire. What do I enjoy spending my time doing and can I say no to certain things?

I promise you, the freedom that is going to come from doing this is going to change your life. I encourage you to just to practice, practice, practice over the summer. You could literally check in with yourself three months from today and ask yourself, “How much happier am I?”

“How many things that no longer served me have I said goodbye to and what freedom, new activities, new relationships, new money, new things have come into my life?”

All because you’ve learned how to time block, you’ve figured out what your rocks are, figured out your A-List and then said, “no.”

All right, Front Seat Lifers, thank you for listening. As always, I hope this inspires you and I appreciate your time!

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18331364Thu, 20 Jun 2019 20:25:34 +0000Jessica ButtsThese three things have given me more time and freedom. Time blocking, rocks, and A-listers. Oh my. I have learned these from a plethora of different people in my life, and they have also kept my personality type sane and given me so much energy....
People underestimate how much time they have available. They think they have so many more hours in the day and the week than they do. And what happens is we tend to over-schedule ourselves and live in a world of chaos, frustration, and irritation because we always feel “behind,” and our energy is scattered. It’s exhausting just thinking about it!

So, this episode is all about how you can take your time back and get the most out of it by doing these three things:

- Time Blocking: You only have 24 hours each day, you need to budget your time and prioritize.

- Identify your Rocks: What are the most important things in your world? Make room for these first.

- A-Listing: Friends, activities, and more. You must learn to set boundaries and say “no!” to those not on your A-List.

I have learned that setting these boundaries, time blocking, figuring out what my rocks are, deciding who my A-list friends are and what my A-list activities are, creates space for the happiness and life I desire. What do I enjoy spending my time doing and can I say no to certain things?

I promise you, the freedom that is going to come from doing this is going to change your life. I encourage you to just to practice, practice, practice over the summer. You could literally check in with yourself three months from today and ask yourself, “How much happier am I?”

“How many things that no longer served me have I said goodbye to and what freedom, new activities, new relationships, new money, new things have come into my life?”

All because you’ve learned how to time block, you’ve figured out what your rocks are, figured out your A-List and then said, “no.”

All right, Front Seat Lifers, thank you for listening. As always, I hope this inspires you and I appreciate your time!

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>2140falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/23-five-steps-to-a-new-life--18265025
I was prompted to share these five steps today not just because of the date, but I have a lot of big changes happening in my world and remembering how I got to this point really inspired me to share today’s episode.

These are five of the main things that I’ve realized I have learned over the last eight years since leaving graduate school:

Letting go of the old and allowing the new.
Stepping into the unknown and feeling what that feels like.
Dreaming and planning. Visualizing, hanging out with like-minded people.
Your. Ass. Off.
Creating a new life takes new takes “new.” Act accordingly.
You’re going to want to listen to this episode because it has some mojo. I reveal what I understand, what big lessons I’ve learned by looking back at the last eight years and drilling down to the essence of what has really moved the needle for me.

These are the steps that have taken me from quitting my dreadful job, finding my path, getting into graduate school, opening my office and having one $10/week client, to pure awesomeness today. Looking back on those eight years I can hardly believe it, and could not have predicted it. But I was able to bring it into reality… with the help of these five steps.

Thank you again for listening. I hope that this has been helpful. I love bringing you this content. Please share this if it’s inspiring and you feel like it’s worthy and let me know how this is impacting you. As always, if you ever want to reach out or DM me or send me a message or send me love or something, I would love to hear from you.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18265025Thu, 13 Jun 2019 21:47:35 +0000Jessica ButtsI have five BIG lessons today that I would like to share with you in reflection of this somewhat monumental occasion for me, the eighth anniversary of my graduation from Graduate school. I am a big believer in looking back at the past and seeing how...
I was prompted to share these five steps today not just because of the date, but I have a lot of big changes happening in my world and remembering how I got to this point really inspired me to share today’s episode.

These are five of the main things that I’ve realized I have learned over the last eight years since leaving graduate school:

Letting go of the old and allowing the new.
Stepping into the unknown and feeling what that feels like.
Dreaming and planning. Visualizing, hanging out with like-minded people.
Your. Ass. Off.
Creating a new life takes new takes “new.” Act accordingly.
You’re going to want to listen to this episode because it has some mojo. I reveal what I understand, what big lessons I’ve learned by looking back at the last eight years and drilling down to the essence of what has really moved the needle for me.

These are the steps that have taken me from quitting my dreadful job, finding my path, getting into graduate school, opening my office and having one $10/week client, to pure awesomeness today. Looking back on those eight years I can hardly believe it, and could not have predicted it. But I was able to bring it into reality… with the help of these five steps.

Thank you again for listening. I hope that this has been helpful. I love bringing you this content. Please share this if it’s inspiring and you feel like it’s worthy and let me know how this is impacting you. As always, if you ever want to reach out or DM me or send me a message or send me love or something, I would love to hear from you.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/

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I gotta be honest, I get massive, massive pushback… probably from between 90 and 98% of my clients, I get massive pushback on journaling. People don’t get it. They don’t want to do it.

And I am here to tell you for the entrepreneurs, for the leaders in the world, for those who Jeff Olson calls the “Five Percenters,” if you want a more engaged and richer and more intimate and more successful and more authentic life, you have to start the practice of journaling.

Period. End of story.

Nobody, I know that it’s successful… The Tony Robbins’, the Gay Hendrick’s, the Orpah’s, the former Steve Jobs… All these people will say one of the secrets to their success is that they start every morning with a morning practice. And part of that morning practice is journaling.

So, listen to this power-packed episode which I hope inspires you to either start journaling or up your game with your current journal habit, because it’s a total game-changer.

I am, as always, insanely delighted to come to you and I’m so honored that so many of you are spending your valuable time listening and engaging.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18196870Thu, 06 Jun 2019 19:32:20 +0000Jessica ButtsJournaling is not just some “woo-woo” bullsh!t, it’s for real. And today I’m going to reveal to you the three REAL reasons why I journal… and why you should too! I gotta be honest, I get massive, massive pushback… probably from between 90 and 98%...
I gotta be honest, I get massive, massive pushback… probably from between 90 and 98% of my clients, I get massive pushback on journaling. People don’t get it. They don’t want to do it.

And I am here to tell you for the entrepreneurs, for the leaders in the world, for those who Jeff Olson calls the “Five Percenters,” if you want a more engaged and richer and more intimate and more successful and more authentic life, you have to start the practice of journaling.

Period. End of story.

Nobody, I know that it’s successful… The Tony Robbins’, the Gay Hendrick’s, the Orpah’s, the former Steve Jobs… All these people will say one of the secrets to their success is that they start every morning with a morning practice. And part of that morning practice is journaling.

So, listen to this power-packed episode which I hope inspires you to either start journaling or up your game with your current journal habit, because it’s a total game-changer.

I am, as always, insanely delighted to come to you and I’m so honored that so many of you are spending your valuable time listening and engaging.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/

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This might sound bonkers, but stay with me here as I jump into the world of COMPARTMENTALIZATION. Girl, if you have no idea what I’m talking about, this episode is especially for YOU. I see you, intuitive types and judging types. Are you squirreling out? Do you get distracted with every shiny object or great idea, flitting from one thing to another and not really getting much done? I’VE GOT YOU. Truly, let me show you the way to make your life not only EASIER and more efficient – but more FUN!

Let’s stop f*cking around, chasing all the shiny things. Let’s get you started; learning how to complete 90-day goals, how to focus, and how to choose to be present IN THE MOMENT so you can get WORK done like the lady boss you are. Find out how a simple experiment with a raisin, yes, a raisin, can help you FOCUS.

Nobody has enough time to afford the option to waste it, especially you. You’ve got BIG ideas, incredible skills, and important shit to do.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18127017Thu, 30 May 2019 20:49:26 +0000Jessica ButtsAre you like spaghetti or waffles? This might sound bonkers, but stay with me here as I jump into the world of COMPARTMENTALIZATION. Girl, if you have no idea what I’m talking about, this episode is especially for YOU. I see you, intuitive types and...
This might sound bonkers, but stay with me here as I jump into the world of COMPARTMENTALIZATION. Girl, if you have no idea what I’m talking about, this episode is especially for YOU. I see you, intuitive types and judging types. Are you squirreling out? Do you get distracted with every shiny object or great idea, flitting from one thing to another and not really getting much done? I’VE GOT YOU. Truly, let me show you the way to make your life not only EASIER and more efficient – but more FUN!

Let’s stop f*cking around, chasing all the shiny things. Let’s get you started; learning how to complete 90-day goals, how to focus, and how to choose to be present IN THE MOMENT so you can get WORK done like the lady boss you are. Find out how a simple experiment with a raisin, yes, a raisin, can help you FOCUS.

Nobody has enough time to afford the option to waste it, especially you. You’ve got BIG ideas, incredible skills, and important shit to do.

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/

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This wonderful conversation with Sara Dean, host of the Shameless Mom Podcast and Academy, reveals so many of the struggles we can run into as our businesses grow and require us to take on new roles, new duties. What so many of us do is jump in and think, “I got to do it all. I gotta do everything.” But that just won’t work.

Sara and I talk about how we often need to allow our Zone of Genius to evolve and how it is so important to listen to your body, which can often show you through somatic response what you should be focusing on, and what you need to be delegating.

Staying in your Zone of Excellence can feel great! You feel successful, you’re doing the things you are good at and it’s so comfortable… which is why so many get stuck there. But to grow and reach new levels, you must push past this and get uncomfortable.

Sara says, “I do the scary things and I have this firm belief that anyone can be Oprah. Oprah is not special. She is uniquely talented at what she does, but she’s not special. And all of us have those things in us.”

We have all these people that we look up to and we think, “Oh, well someone’s already doing that, and they have 7 million followers and a six-figure or seven-figure business. Why even bother? And we look at that and we don’t even try. And I think that for me, what I continue to tell myself is that anyone can be Oprah.”

“But you have to take the steps every single day. You must do the uncomfortable things. So I’ve just shown up and done the uncomfortable things over and over and over again.

This episode is packed full of inspiration and wisdom, and it all starts with your belief that yes, you can. You must listen to this one, it’s a doozy.

I’ll leave you with one final bit of awesomeness from Sara. You know I’m a huge proponent of a Morning practice, and Sara is too. However, when she first tried writing morning affirmations, she admits she thought it was “ridiculously cheesy.”

But now, after some practice and consistency, she says, “What I do is every morning when I write them, it gets me excited about what I’m going to do that day and it makes me immediately step into my power and recognize and acknowledge the direction that I’m going.”

Thanks again for listening, I so appreciate it! I hope this will help you to step into your power, and get you excited about the direction you are headed!

For more about Sara Dean and her Shameless Mom Podcast and Academy, go to https://shamelessmom.com/

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18056734Thu, 23 May 2019 18:48:17 +0000Jessica ButtsZone of Genius? Zone of Excellence? WTF are those? Sara and I go deep today into defining these concepts. And we detail how we can get caught in our comfort zones sometimes, sticking to our Excellence and avoiding the discomfort that is required to...
This wonderful conversation with Sara Dean, host of the Shameless Mom Podcast and Academy, reveals so many of the struggles we can run into as our businesses grow and require us to take on new roles, new duties. What so many of us do is jump in and think, “I got to do it all. I gotta do everything.” But that just won’t work.

Sara and I talk about how we often need to allow our Zone of Genius to evolve and how it is so important to listen to your body, which can often show you through somatic response what you should be focusing on, and what you need to be delegating.

Staying in your Zone of Excellence can feel great! You feel successful, you’re doing the things you are good at and it’s so comfortable… which is why so many get stuck there. But to grow and reach new levels, you must push past this and get uncomfortable.

Sara says, “I do the scary things and I have this firm belief that anyone can be Oprah. Oprah is not special. She is uniquely talented at what she does, but she’s not special. And all of us have those things in us.”

We have all these people that we look up to and we think, “Oh, well someone’s already doing that, and they have 7 million followers and a six-figure or seven-figure business. Why even bother? And we look at that and we don’t even try. And I think that for me, what I continue to tell myself is that anyone can be Oprah.”

“But you have to take the steps every single day. You must do the uncomfortable things. So I’ve just shown up and done the uncomfortable things over and over and over again.

This episode is packed full of inspiration and wisdom, and it all starts with your belief that yes, you can. You must listen to this one, it’s a doozy.

I’ll leave you with one final bit of awesomeness from Sara. You know I’m a huge proponent of a Morning practice, and Sara is too. However, when she first tried writing morning affirmations, she admits she thought it was “ridiculously cheesy.”

But now, after some practice and consistency, she says, “What I do is every morning when I write them, it gets me excited about what I’m going to do that day and it makes me immediately step into my power and recognize and acknowledge the direction that I’m going.”

Thanks again for listening, I so appreciate it! I hope this will help you to step into your power, and get you excited about the direction you are headed!

For more about Sara Dean and her Shameless Mom Podcast and Academy, go to https://shamelessmom.com/

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/
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We discuss how this devil (resistance) is always showing up, at every level of your journey… new level, new devil! But, if you can find ways to maintain your determination and focus, you can continue to move forward and upward.

Revealing some of the common stumbling blocks, we go deep into the importance of setting boundaries to maintain a laser-like focus. Setting boundaries and prioritizing almost becomes easier when you have decided on your path. Mandi says, “I truly do think that when you find that purpose, that passion, you will set those boundaries and you just do anything.”

And to continue to “do anything” can be really friggin’ hard when that damn devil keeps showing up with another challenge or roadblock. Mandi Ann and I tell some stories about the tough conversations we’ve had while setting boundaries, and I also let out of the bag my secret “dream job.”

Listen to this golden nugget-filled conversation, take the time and make the moment to get quiet, to settle down, to allow yourself to be open to possibilities. Thanks again for listening, I so appreciate it!

For more about Mandi Ann and her new book, Creating Your Purpose-Driven Business, go to https://www.mandiann.com

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
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We discuss how this devil (resistance) is always showing up, at every level of your journey… new level, new devil! But, if you can find ways to maintain your determination and focus, you can continue to move forward and upward.

Revealing some of the common stumbling blocks, we go deep into the importance of setting boundaries to maintain a laser-like focus. Setting boundaries and prioritizing almost becomes easier when you have decided on your path. Mandi says, “I truly do think that when you find that purpose, that passion, you will set those boundaries and you just do anything.”

And to continue to “do anything” can be really friggin’ hard when that damn devil keeps showing up with another challenge or roadblock. Mandi Ann and I tell some stories about the tough conversations we’ve had while setting boundaries, and I also let out of the bag my secret “dream job.”

Listen to this golden nugget-filled conversation, take the time and make the moment to get quiet, to settle down, to allow yourself to be open to possibilities. Thanks again for listening, I so appreciate it!

For more about Mandi Ann and her new book, Creating Your Purpose-Driven Business, go to https://www.mandiann.com

For more about Jessica and her upcoming events, visit https://jessicabutts.com

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

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Today’s episode was captured LIVE on 5/8/19 in her Instagram/Facebook-based Book Club. If you are not following this series and have not joined the Front Seat Life Community, you are missing out on amazing additional content, connection, and deeper discussion about these topics. Today’s podcast is just a taste of the deep dives we take together in the Community.

Join the upcoming Book Club covering Jessica’s second book, Don’t Do Stuff You Suck At, running May 6-17 at 7:00 am PDT on Facebook and Instagram. Get Jessica’s analysis chapter by chapter along with 4 accompanying handouts. Join at: https://tw183.infusionsoft.com/app/form/book-club-opt-in

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17884689Thu, 09 May 2019 22:47:30 +0000Jessica ButtsA blessing and a curse, being an Intuitive can potentially be both at the same time. Join Jessica as she dives DEEP into Chapter 3 of her book, “Don’t Do Stuff You Suck At”. She gets literally into the HEART of being an INTUITIVE and how it can...
Today’s episode was captured LIVE on 5/8/19 in her Instagram/Facebook-based Book Club. If you are not following this series and have not joined the Front Seat Life Community, you are missing out on amazing additional content, connection, and deeper discussion about these topics. Today’s podcast is just a taste of the deep dives we take together in the Community.

Join the upcoming Book Club covering Jessica’s second book, Don’t Do Stuff You Suck At, running May 6-17 at 7:00 am PDT on Facebook and Instagram. Get Jessica’s analysis chapter by chapter along with 4 accompanying handouts. Join at: https://tw183.infusionsoft.com/app/form/book-club-opt-in

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/

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I’m going just going to keep it real right up front. What I’m going to talk to you about today is potentially going to just blow your mind. This is especially for the “J’s.” That’s not true. This is for everybody. But this shit today is, is a little off the hook. I remember learning about this and having it be potentially one of the most validating things I’ve probably ever learned. Learning about my personality type, the “J” personality type, which is 50% of the population, and how we react during weird, wonky, unstable summer energy.

When I learned this from Jenny Dawn, understanding that the summer comes with unstable “seasonal” energy because when summer comes, it’s this “free time,” which we feel as kids when suddenly school’s out and the days are long, and we get to play!

When we are in winter, we’re obviously hibernating, we’re closed in. This is a time to really work plans for our lives and doing all those things to take care of ourselves. That way when spring comes, we flourish out of those ideas and those ideas start to grow and they start to come out of us.

Then we go into summer and summer is this unstable wonky energy. Technically there isn’t a lot of productivity going on, but that is what this Front Seat Life “Summer Challenge” is all about. Because we can be productive, we can, and we need to because it’s three months out of the year. So, this Summer Challenge is to help you stay on track during this time.

These are all things that we seem to somewhat abandon in the summer. I hope and pray that you will stick with me over the summer because today’s episode, I hope, is helpful in just validating the wonkiness of summer. The biggest thing is keeping that schedule, understanding who you are, and being unapologetically who you are.

Go to my website at for more information about the Book Club, and my event in September, and of course, stick with me for this challenge. The Front Seat Life Summer Challenge is about showing up and continuing to be unapologetically who we are, to not do stuff that we suck at, to not pretend that we suddenly change in the summer, and to stay productive.

And the way that we need to stay productive is to have a schedule that we stick to, to get some sleep, to still do self-care, to have fun, to compartmentalize, and to make sure that we’re really, really clear about our life, love, and business goals. Again, I don’t know what this summer bullshit is, we just throw everything out the door and take the whole summer off, and then come September you’re three months behind.

I want to help you stay on task and I’m on a crazy passionate kick right now about wanting this to be the best summer of your life, to own who you are, to learn to, to have the best business, to have the best fitness and wellness and relationships of your life. I hope that you will join me all summer long and I can’t wait. Stay focused. Stay in your brilliance being unapologetically who you are and thank you so much for listening.

To find out more about Jessica visit https://jessicabutts.com/.

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/.

To learn more about the new Front Seat Love Online Course for Couples, go to: http://www.frontseatlove.com.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/.

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17819336Thu, 02 May 2019 21:28:59 +0000Jessica Butts“I’m about to go on a Rampage, quite honestly, this summer, like a straight up rampage to help people have the best summer of their lives.” I’m going just going to keep it real right up front. What I’m going to talk to you about today is...
I’m going just going to keep it real right up front. What I’m going to talk to you about today is potentially going to just blow your mind. This is especially for the “J’s.” That’s not true. This is for everybody. But this shit today is, is a little off the hook. I remember learning about this and having it be potentially one of the most validating things I’ve probably ever learned. Learning about my personality type, the “J” personality type, which is 50% of the population, and how we react during weird, wonky, unstable summer energy.

When I learned this from Jenny Dawn, understanding that the summer comes with unstable “seasonal” energy because when summer comes, it’s this “free time,” which we feel as kids when suddenly school’s out and the days are long, and we get to play!

When we are in winter, we’re obviously hibernating, we’re closed in. This is a time to really work plans for our lives and doing all those things to take care of ourselves. That way when spring comes, we flourish out of those ideas and those ideas start to grow and they start to come out of us.

Then we go into summer and summer is this unstable wonky energy. Technically there isn’t a lot of productivity going on, but that is what this Front Seat Life “Summer Challenge” is all about. Because we can be productive, we can, and we need to because it’s three months out of the year. So, this Summer Challenge is to help you stay on track during this time.

These are all things that we seem to somewhat abandon in the summer. I hope and pray that you will stick with me over the summer because today’s episode, I hope, is helpful in just validating the wonkiness of summer. The biggest thing is keeping that schedule, understanding who you are, and being unapologetically who you are.

Go to my website at for more information about the Book Club, and my event in September, and of course, stick with me for this challenge. The Front Seat Life Summer Challenge is about showing up and continuing to be unapologetically who we are, to not do stuff that we suck at, to not pretend that we suddenly change in the summer, and to stay productive.

And the way that we need to stay productive is to have a schedule that we stick to, to get some sleep, to still do self-care, to have fun, to compartmentalize, and to make sure that we’re really, really clear about our life, love, and business goals. Again, I don’t know what this summer bullshit is, we just throw everything out the door and take the whole summer off, and then come September you’re three months behind.

I want to help you stay on task and I’m on a crazy passionate kick right now about wanting this to be the best summer of your life, to own who you are, to learn to, to have the best business, to have the best fitness and wellness and relationships of your life. I hope that you will join me all summer long and I can’t wait. Stay focused. Stay in your brilliance being unapologetically who you are and thank you so much for listening.

To find out more about Jessica visit https://jessicabutts.com/.

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/.

To learn more about the new Front Seat Love Online Course for Couples, go to: http://www.frontseatlove.com.

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All right Front Seat Lifers, this is a very special episode today. I have my very favorite person in the entire world on the podcast, my sister Erica. We pretty much hated each other during our teenage years, I think, as most girls did. But since then, we are the best of friends, deeply, deeply in each other’s lives. So much so, that when I started my coaching groups and my business a few years ago, my sister was my helper. I always had this vision of her being a part of my business for some reason. She’s funny, she’s engaging. She has an unbelievable work ethic. So, when I started doing my group programs, she was my helper. She was organized, she greeted people, she just loved on them.

She was brilliant at it, absolutely brilliant at it. The lovely and incredible side effect is that she sat in the back of the room working, doing diligence, being of service to all my clients for about two years and inadvertently heard everything that I was teaching them. Subconsciously, all of this stuff kind of seeped into her beautiful mind and all of a sudden one day she called me and said, “I think I want to start my own dog walking business.”

And I think my reaction was, “It’s about f-ing time and hallelujah, praise God!” because it was so obvious. She’s been a dog and cat lover, and animal rights activist since she was born. It seems like she just kind of came out of our mama loving on animals and wanting to be of service to animals.

It wasn’t just such an easy transition. She’s a hard worker, she’s organized, but she just needed, I think to hear the stuff that I was saying about how you can leap, that you can do the hard work. It’s not going to be easy. It’s going to take effort. She had to work two, three, even four jobs to make it happen, but the next hour is really the story of how this person in my life that I love so much made the leap. She left her shitty corporate job and made the leap and how she’s making more money and so much happier.

I know how many of you are listening right now that are in the exact same situation my sister was in and that you feel like you can’t do it. You don’t have the blessing from your family. You don’t know how you’re going to do it financially. And I’m here to tell you it’s not going to be easy. Erica had to run herself ragged just as I did and every entrepreneur I know does, and then at some point, “Oh my God, I can do this.”

I hope that you will sit down, listen to this episode. Yes, it’s a leap and yes, it’s terrifying, but when you can make that move and you’ve proven to yourself you can do it, you will feel as light as a feather. Or as Erica says, as light as one of the Olsen twins.

This is why so many of you are listening to this Front Seat Life Podcast and staying motivated and inspired in your life because so many of you want the same thing that my sister was able to do. Thank you so much for listening and enjoy.

“I have for sure had dog poop in my hair, maybe under my nails. It’s raining a week straight and it’s still a better scenario for me than the best day as a state worker. The worst day as a dog walker will forever be better than the best day as a state worker.” – Erica

To find out more about Jessica visit https://jessicabutts.com/.

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/.

To learn more about the new Front Seat Love Online Course for Couples, go to: http://www.frontseatlove.com.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17747173Thu, 25 Apr 2019 21:17:52 +0000Jessica Butts“It’s when sh#t like this comes up… when you are stressed out, when you want to punch someone in the face for eating popcorn and they’re not doing their job… and you realize: I could be putting my talents to better use.” All right Front Seat...
All right Front Seat Lifers, this is a very special episode today. I have my very favorite person in the entire world on the podcast, my sister Erica. We pretty much hated each other during our teenage years, I think, as most girls did. But since then, we are the best of friends, deeply, deeply in each other’s lives. So much so, that when I started my coaching groups and my business a few years ago, my sister was my helper. I always had this vision of her being a part of my business for some reason. She’s funny, she’s engaging. She has an unbelievable work ethic. So, when I started doing my group programs, she was my helper. She was organized, she greeted people, she just loved on them.

She was brilliant at it, absolutely brilliant at it. The lovely and incredible side effect is that she sat in the back of the room working, doing diligence, being of service to all my clients for about two years and inadvertently heard everything that I was teaching them. Subconsciously, all of this stuff kind of seeped into her beautiful mind and all of a sudden one day she called me and said, “I think I want to start my own dog walking business.”

And I think my reaction was, “It’s about f-ing time and hallelujah, praise God!” because it was so obvious. She’s been a dog and cat lover, and animal rights activist since she was born. It seems like she just kind of came out of our mama loving on animals and wanting to be of service to animals.

It wasn’t just such an easy transition. She’s a hard worker, she’s organized, but she just needed, I think to hear the stuff that I was saying about how you can leap, that you can do the hard work. It’s not going to be easy. It’s going to take effort. She had to work two, three, even four jobs to make it happen, but the next hour is really the story of how this person in my life that I love so much made the leap. She left her shitty corporate job and made the leap and how she’s making more money and so much happier.

I know how many of you are listening right now that are in the exact same situation my sister was in and that you feel like you can’t do it. You don’t have the blessing from your family. You don’t know how you’re going to do it financially. And I’m here to tell you it’s not going to be easy. Erica had to run herself ragged just as I did and every entrepreneur I know does, and then at some point, “Oh my God, I can do this.”

I hope that you will sit down, listen to this episode. Yes, it’s a leap and yes, it’s terrifying, but when you can make that move and you’ve proven to yourself you can do it, you will feel as light as a feather. Or as Erica says, as light as one of the Olsen twins.

This is why so many of you are listening to this Front Seat Life Podcast and staying motivated and inspired in your life because so many of you want the same thing that my sister was able to do. Thank you so much for listening and enjoy.

“I have for sure had dog poop in my hair, maybe under my nails. It’s raining a week straight and it’s still a better scenario for me than the best day as a state worker. The worst day as a dog walker will forever be better than the best day as a state worker.” – Erica

To find out more about Jessica visit https://jessicabutts.com/.

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at 3875falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/15-where-are-you-going--17681537
Front Seat Lifers, I have been taking you on a journey. For the past several months we have been focusing on who you are and how you show up in the world. And understanding the personality types of those around you, and how they are showing up and how this impacts your relationships.

That first question of “Who are you?” is so important, along with understanding your family of origin, your traumas, your personality type, and your core values. These things in our lives that don’t change and then the things that we can work on in relationships with other people. And it all comes down to really being the best version of ourselves. Being in our Front Seat, living our lives from the Front Seat and then showing up and being unapologetically who we are.

And once we have a pretty good idea to this “Who are you?” question, we can begin to try to answer another whopper. So today marks a big day, a big day because we are transitioning from the “Who are you?” into the second question, which is “Where are you going?”

That day in the park was a pivotal moment in my life. I was in my mid-thirties and I didn’t know who I was. I had lost myself in my marriage, lost myself in my career. I had lost my identity or maybe I never found it. And I sat there not only trying to figure out who I was but trying to answer this question, “Where was I going?” I started for the first time in my life to have a clear direction. I had signed up for graduate school. I had quit my job. I knew some about where I was going, but quite honestly, I was somewhat living about two or three months in front of my face. I didn’t necessarily have a long-term vision yet.

With today’s episode, we will begin to explore this tough question and I will help you begin to find clarity in your path. Once we have the vision, we will begin to fill in the necessary steps to get there, but this is the start. I want people to quit settling and start thriving. It makes me so sad when I watch people settle, to not have a plan, to not have any idea where they’re going in their life. Because here’s a fact. This is a fact. If you do nothing different, you can expect the same exact results.

Those visions that I had starting back then on that park bench are now happening and yes, it might take 10 years, it might take five years. Sometimes it takes five days or five months. That’s the part that I know that we are not in control over, but what we are in control over is what we do about it. And until you know the “why,” which is this vision for your life, all that stuff, you’re not going to do it.

That is the importance of what we’re going to talk about today, and as we go forward. I hope today’s episode is inspirational for you, motivational, and I hope that you will go on this journey with me.

If you want this summer to be a defining summer of your life, don’t let this summer go by like all the others and just waste it away. Join the Front Seat Life community. It’s the best investment you’re ever going to make. This summer is going to be an epic summer and I hope you will come along with us. I will see you next week. Thank you for listening.

To find out more about Jessica visit https://jessicabutts.com/.

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/.

To learn more about the new Front Seat Love Online Course for Couples, go to: http://www.frontseatlove.com.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/.

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17681537Thu, 18 Apr 2019 21:39:22 +0000Jessica ButtsWho are you, where are you going, and how are you going to get there? These words came from when I was in graduate school. We were given some homework that summer before we started, and I read this book and it had those three lines in that book. Who...
Front Seat Lifers, I have been taking you on a journey. For the past several months we have been focusing on who you are and how you show up in the world. And understanding the personality types of those around you, and how they are showing up and how this impacts your relationships.

That first question of “Who are you?” is so important, along with understanding your family of origin, your traumas, your personality type, and your core values. These things in our lives that don’t change and then the things that we can work on in relationships with other people. And it all comes down to really being the best version of ourselves. Being in our Front Seat, living our lives from the Front Seat and then showing up and being unapologetically who we are.

And once we have a pretty good idea to this “Who are you?” question, we can begin to try to answer another whopper. So today marks a big day, a big day because we are transitioning from the “Who are you?” into the second question, which is “Where are you going?”

That day in the park was a pivotal moment in my life. I was in my mid-thirties and I didn’t know who I was. I had lost myself in my marriage, lost myself in my career. I had lost my identity or maybe I never found it. And I sat there not only trying to figure out who I was but trying to answer this question, “Where was I going?” I started for the first time in my life to have a clear direction. I had signed up for graduate school. I had quit my job. I knew some about where I was going, but quite honestly, I was somewhat living about two or three months in front of my face. I didn’t necessarily have a long-term vision yet.

With today’s episode, we will begin to explore this tough question and I will help you begin to find clarity in your path. Once we have the vision, we will begin to fill in the necessary steps to get there, but this is the start. I want people to quit settling and start thriving. It makes me so sad when I watch people settle, to not have a plan, to not have any idea where they’re going in their life. Because here’s a fact. This is a fact. If you do nothing different, you can expect the same exact results.

Those visions that I had starting back then on that park bench are now happening and yes, it might take 10 years, it might take five years. Sometimes it takes five days or five months. That’s the part that I know that we are not in control over, but what we are in control over is what we do about it. And until you know the “why,” which is this vision for your life, all that stuff, you’re not going to do it.

That is the importance of what we’re going to talk about today, and as we go forward. I hope today’s episode is inspirational for you, motivational, and I hope that you will go on this journey with me.

If you want this summer to be a defining summer of your life, don’t let this summer go by like all the others and just waste it away. Join the Front Seat Life community. It’s the best investment you’re ever going to make. This summer is going to be an epic summer and I hope you will come along with us. I will see you next week. Thank you for listening.

To find out more about Jessica visit https://jessicabutts.com/.

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.1894falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/14-how-to-speak-your-partner-s-language--17608140
About six years ago I started this crazy process of starting this business called Front Seat Life and with the tag line “Be Unapologetically Who You Are in Your Life, Love and Business. I’ve been doing the life portion for about six or seven years. I have been doing the business portion for about four to five years and now I am taking all this information and putting it to use for relationships. And today’s episode is a recording of a webinar that I put together a couple of weeks ago.

As a couple’s therapist, and as the work that I have done for all these years about figuring out who we are in this world, it must start with us. We really must learn how to put our own oxygen mask on first. I often see couples blaming their partner and pointing fingers, “You’re not doing this” and “You’re not doing that.” This was always amazing to me. They don’t know what to ask for. They don’t know how to ask for, or what they want, because they don’t know what they want because they don’t know who they are.

So the first step of that is figuring out who you are, and to do that I love to use my favorite tool, the best tool I’ve ever found. And that is understanding your Myers-Briggs personality type. Once you know who you are, how you are showing up in the world and can recognize how your partner is showing up, an amazing thing happens. Clarity. It all becomes clear as to why someone says something or behaves a certain way, it’s just who they are.

During this webinar I also talk about one of the interesting things we do, we oftentimes don’t show up as who we are. We suppress ourselves and we hide because we’re embarrassed, or we’re scared to get hurt. So, we suppress this part of us. We don’t show up fully who we are and end up pulling away from our partner.

This is when it becomes critical to be open, be honest, and be who we really are. I reveal some important tools you can use to help with this important step and share some stories from different perspectives and outcomes. I also share why we tend to fall for our opposite, why this can cause challenges later in our relationships, and why this can be a good thing if you can figure out this “being yourself” piece while communicating effectively with your partner.

I also mention the ‘ladder of inference’ where our made-up stories can get us into trouble. And we all do this! But, don’t worry, it’s a fairly easy problem to solve and I give you some tips on how you can head off your troubles at the pass.

Enjoy today’s episode which is absolutely jam-packed and filled with information that I know will enhance your relationship. And it is just my absolute pleasure to be able to give you this content to hopefully enhance the love and acceptance in your relationship and joy.

As always, thank you for listening, I can’t tell you how much I appreciate it.
To find out more about Jessica visit https://jessicabutts.com/.

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

To learn more about the new Front Seat Love Online Course for Couples, go to: http://www.frontseatlove.com.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/.

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/.

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17608140Thu, 11 Apr 2019 21:32:28 +0000Jessica ButtsAny couples out there that are looking for better communication, really starting to understand each other’s personality types, your energy, how you make decisions, all the miscommunications… then this episode is for you. About six years ago I...
About six years ago I started this crazy process of starting this business called Front Seat Life and with the tag line “Be Unapologetically Who You Are in Your Life, Love and Business. I’ve been doing the life portion for about six or seven years. I have been doing the business portion for about four to five years and now I am taking all this information and putting it to use for relationships. And today’s episode is a recording of a webinar that I put together a couple of weeks ago.

As a couple’s therapist, and as the work that I have done for all these years about figuring out who we are in this world, it must start with us. We really must learn how to put our own oxygen mask on first. I often see couples blaming their partner and pointing fingers, “You’re not doing this” and “You’re not doing that.” This was always amazing to me. They don’t know what to ask for. They don’t know how to ask for, or what they want, because they don’t know what they want because they don’t know who they are.

So the first step of that is figuring out who you are, and to do that I love to use my favorite tool, the best tool I’ve ever found. And that is understanding your Myers-Briggs personality type. Once you know who you are, how you are showing up in the world and can recognize how your partner is showing up, an amazing thing happens. Clarity. It all becomes clear as to why someone says something or behaves a certain way, it’s just who they are.

During this webinar I also talk about one of the interesting things we do, we oftentimes don’t show up as who we are. We suppress ourselves and we hide because we’re embarrassed, or we’re scared to get hurt. So, we suppress this part of us. We don’t show up fully who we are and end up pulling away from our partner.

This is when it becomes critical to be open, be honest, and be who we really are. I reveal some important tools you can use to help with this important step and share some stories from different perspectives and outcomes. I also share why we tend to fall for our opposite, why this can cause challenges later in our relationships, and why this can be a good thing if you can figure out this “being yourself” piece while communicating effectively with your partner.

I also mention the ‘ladder of inference’ where our made-up stories can get us into trouble. And we all do this! But, don’t worry, it’s a fairly easy problem to solve and I give you some tips on how you can head off your troubles at the pass.

Enjoy today’s episode which is absolutely jam-packed and filled with information that I know will enhance your relationship. And it is just my absolute pleasure to be able to give you this content to hopefully enhance the love and acceptance in your relationship and joy.

As always, thank you for listening, I can’t tell you how much I appreciate it.
To find out more about Jessica visit https://jessicabutts.com/.

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

To learn more about the new Front Seat Love Online Course for Couples, go to: http://www.frontseatlove.com.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/.

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at 3854falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/13-personality-type-and-your-relationship-with-friend-lisa-fischer--17535564
If you haven’t been following along, over the last several episodes I have been transitioning from being unapologetically who you are in life to being who you are in love. Showing up and being your authentic, true self regardless of what other people think, even your partner.

When you show up this way, sometimes people accept it and sometimes people don’t. Both Lisa and I have gone on journeys when we started being unapologetically who we are within our relationships. Each of us ended up on very different paths and this episode is all about what happened and how you can translate our experiences into your own and learn from them.

When anyone commits to a long-term relationship, things can happen which prevent you from figuring out who you really are and showing up that way. We get busy with work or family and time flies by, suddenly we are left wondering, “Where am I? Who am I? And am I being my true self and is my life congruent with who I am?”

We can find ourselves shutting down and settling for a life that isn’t the one we had hoped or planned. I know this feeling. I think every single marriage in America for sure, possibly the world, knows this feeling. At one point we all stopped getting real because we’re a little bit “walking on eggshells.” We’re nervous, we’re scared, we’re protecting our own hearts, we’re protecting our person, and something happens. And if we stopped really being who we are, we stopped having our voice. Honestly, it’s often after a period of this kind of existence, sometimes years or even decades, that it becomes important to be able to communicate our needs and desires and be able to be our true self.

What happens then? Listen as Lisa and I share our experiences, both very different yet similar at the same time. And much of the outcome is determined by our personality type, and our partners type as well.

If you are in a long-term relationship, there are some potent lessons to be gleaned from our raw and honest chat. These are struggles we all go through, and it is important for your health, well-being, and happiness to be who you are, and to be able to show up unapologetically as that person in life and in love.

Thank you so, so much, I appreciate your time and thank you so much for listening.

To find out more about Jessica visit https://jessicabutts.com/.

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

To learn more about the new Front Seat Love Online Course for Couples, go to: http://www.frontseatlove.com.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/.

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/.

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17535564Thu, 04 Apr 2019 21:22:45 +0000Jessica ButtsBeing unapologetically who you are in your relationship, what does this mean? How is it related to personality type and what impact can this have? I am joined by my dear friend Lisa Fischer today to have a candid conversation about this powerful...
If you haven’t been following along, over the last several episodes I have been transitioning from being unapologetically who you are in life to being who you are in love. Showing up and being your authentic, true self regardless of what other people think, even your partner.

When you show up this way, sometimes people accept it and sometimes people don’t. Both Lisa and I have gone on journeys when we started being unapologetically who we are within our relationships. Each of us ended up on very different paths and this episode is all about what happened and how you can translate our experiences into your own and learn from them.

When anyone commits to a long-term relationship, things can happen which prevent you from figuring out who you really are and showing up that way. We get busy with work or family and time flies by, suddenly we are left wondering, “Where am I? Who am I? And am I being my true self and is my life congruent with who I am?”

We can find ourselves shutting down and settling for a life that isn’t the one we had hoped or planned. I know this feeling. I think every single marriage in America for sure, possibly the world, knows this feeling. At one point we all stopped getting real because we’re a little bit “walking on eggshells.” We’re nervous, we’re scared, we’re protecting our own hearts, we’re protecting our person, and something happens. And if we stopped really being who we are, we stopped having our voice. Honestly, it’s often after a period of this kind of existence, sometimes years or even decades, that it becomes important to be able to communicate our needs and desires and be able to be our true self.

What happens then? Listen as Lisa and I share our experiences, both very different yet similar at the same time. And much of the outcome is determined by our personality type, and our partners type as well.

If you are in a long-term relationship, there are some potent lessons to be gleaned from our raw and honest chat. These are struggles we all go through, and it is important for your health, well-being, and happiness to be who you are, and to be able to show up unapologetically as that person in life and in love.

Thank you so, so much, I appreciate your time and thank you so much for listening.

To find out more about Jessica visit https://jessicabutts.com/.

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

To learn more about the new Front Seat Love Online Course for Couples, go to: http://www.frontseatlove.com.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/.

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/.

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>3653falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/12-masculine-and-feminine-energy--17467837
“I’m really good at gathering berries, you’re good at stabbing bears, let’s make a team.”

For the most part, this is how these two energies revealed themselves until recently in our history as a species, somewhat of a caveman-style connection to ourselves and our partners.

But the world has changed dramatically, and many women are now much more masculine, for one reason or another. And there a lot of men out there who just don’t know what to do with that!

In our go, go, go world where gender roles are sometimes reversed, we often become confused as to what behaviors or reactions are now appropriate…or desired. Especially when we have to deal with perceived roles and societal norms that might cause conflict or contradiction.

I want you to understand that we all have masculine and feminine energies and I want you to also understand that it is tied directly to your personality type.

Also, during this episode, we talk about how there cannot be two masculine energies or two feminine energies at the same time. It just doesn’t work that way.

The biggest takeaways for you my dear listener:
1. The awareness of masculine and feminine energies.
2. How are you showing up in your masculine and feminine energies?
3. And, it’s not about masculine energy being strong or feminine energy not being strong, it’s just that two different energies exist within the same person.
And to successfully navigate a relationship and these energies, it takes trust and respect.

There is a lot to this conversation and discussion, so please listen in for the goods and some inside dirt on both me and David. As always, I appreciate your time and willingness to listen, thank you so, so much.

To find out more about Jessica visit https://jessicabutts.com/.

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

To learn more about the new Front Seat Love Online Course for Couples, go to: http://www.frontseatlove.com

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/.

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/.

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17467837Thu, 28 Mar 2019 22:03:53 +0000Jessica ButtsDavid is back to discuss, and to quiz me, about masculine and feminine energy, how these show up in each and every one of us, and some of the many challenges we navigate in a relationship related to these two powerful forces. We get super vulnerable...
“I’m really good at gathering berries, you’re good at stabbing bears, let’s make a team.”

For the most part, this is how these two energies revealed themselves until recently in our history as a species, somewhat of a caveman-style connection to ourselves and our partners.

But the world has changed dramatically, and many women are now much more masculine, for one reason or another. And there a lot of men out there who just don’t know what to do with that!

In our go, go, go world where gender roles are sometimes reversed, we often become confused as to what behaviors or reactions are now appropriate…or desired. Especially when we have to deal with perceived roles and societal norms that might cause conflict or contradiction.

I want you to understand that we all have masculine and feminine energies and I want you to also understand that it is tied directly to your personality type.

Also, during this episode, we talk about how there cannot be two masculine energies or two feminine energies at the same time. It just doesn’t work that way.

The biggest takeaways for you my dear listener:
1. The awareness of masculine and feminine energies.
2. How are you showing up in your masculine and feminine energies?
3. And, it’s not about masculine energy being strong or feminine energy not being strong, it’s just that two different energies exist within the same person.
And to successfully navigate a relationship and these energies, it takes trust and respect.

There is a lot to this conversation and discussion, so please listen in for the goods and some inside dirt on both me and David. As always, I appreciate your time and willingness to listen, thank you so, so much.

To find out more about Jessica visit https://jessicabutts.com/.

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

To learn more about the new Front Seat Love Online Course for Couples, go to: http://www.frontseatlove.com

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/.

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/.

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I used to love doing couples therapy, I loved high conflict couples. The Sensing and Intuition dichotomy was one of the biggest ones that would come up notoriously and repeatedly in my work as a couple’s therapist as well as in my own relationships.

And today I am going to be highlighting the need for variety. Some of us crave it and some of us, the majority of us…not so much.

Probably more than any of the other dichotomies, this is the one that we misunderstand the most. And we also judge the most. We judge other people. We don't understand how they don't see things the way that we see them.

That's really what this episode is about. I'm digging in deeper about the need for variety and how that can impact relationships. I use some powerful examples from my years as a therapist and from my own personal experiences. These will help you understand that this is who you are innately and then help you understand your partner.

And once we are there, we can communicate with each other so that you can quit pathologizing each other, right? This is what we do, “What's wrong with you? Why aren't you more like me? Why can't you do this? Why?”

Let's just start having open fricking conversations about this as a couple that loves each other instead of, “What's wrong with you?”

If you are currently married or in a partnership, I urge you more than any other dichotomy to learn about this so that you don't go down this rabbit hole and make the mistakes that I've made in my relationships.

“I'm not going to try to change you and you don't try to change me.”

I hope that this episode is helpful for you in terms of seeing the different variety of needs within a relationship based on the Sensing and Intuition dichotomy.

I love, love, love sharing this with you, I hope this was helpful and I can wait for next week. People, next week is going to blow your effing mind, so keep listening. Thank you for Front Seat Lifers!

To find out more about Jessica visit https://jessicabutts.com/.

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

To learn more about the new Front Seat Love Online Course for Couples, go to: http://www.frontseatlove.com

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/.

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/.

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17397430Thu, 21 Mar 2019 21:06:17 +0000Jessica ButtsWe have been transitioning from “self” into “other.” Last week's episode was about understanding your partner's energy, introversion and extroversion, and understanding how your energy is different from your partner's. And today we are continuing this...
I used to love doing couples therapy, I loved high conflict couples. The Sensing and Intuition dichotomy was one of the biggest ones that would come up notoriously and repeatedly in my work as a couple’s therapist as well as in my own relationships.

And today I am going to be highlighting the need for variety. Some of us crave it and some of us, the majority of us…not so much.

Probably more than any of the other dichotomies, this is the one that we misunderstand the most. And we also judge the most. We judge other people. We don't understand how they don't see things the way that we see them.

That's really what this episode is about. I'm digging in deeper about the need for variety and how that can impact relationships. I use some powerful examples from my years as a therapist and from my own personal experiences. These will help you understand that this is who you are innately and then help you understand your partner.

And once we are there, we can communicate with each other so that you can quit pathologizing each other, right? This is what we do, “What's wrong with you? Why aren't you more like me? Why can't you do this? Why?”

Let's just start having open fricking conversations about this as a couple that loves each other instead of, “What's wrong with you?”

If you are currently married or in a partnership, I urge you more than any other dichotomy to learn about this so that you don't go down this rabbit hole and make the mistakes that I've made in my relationships.

“I'm not going to try to change you and you don't try to change me.”

I hope that this episode is helpful for you in terms of seeing the different variety of needs within a relationship based on the Sensing and Intuition dichotomy.

I love, love, love sharing this with you, I hope this was helpful and I can wait for next week. People, next week is going to blow your effing mind, so keep listening. Thank you for Front Seat Lifers!

To find out more about Jessica visit https://jessicabutts.com/.

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

To learn more about the new Front Seat Love Online Course for Couples, go to: http://www.frontseatlove.com

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/.

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/.

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https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>2246falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/10-understanding-your-partner-s-energy--17324541
I have been talking about the self, being unapologetically who you are, understanding your “side of the net” differentiation, what your opinions are, what your personality type is, how you show up in this world. And last week we transitioned over into the “other.” The “other” part of who are you is this piece of how we're in relationships with people because none of us live in a silo. We live in the world, and everybody has somebody in their life. And those are the people that we must now “attune” to.

Once we understand who we are in this world, this is how we show up, this is what we believe, our opinions, but we can't always be selfish. That is a very one-sided way to live. But we also can't always be attuned, which means you are super codependent. If you were always attuned, you would be always worrying about others. I know there's probably some of you listening who are like, “Oh shit, that's me.”

The attunement piece is how we have a healthy, let me be very clear about that, a healthy balance between “self” and “others”, between “differentiation” and “attunement”. This episode is about how you get attuned to other people in your life, specifically around the introversion and extroversion dichotomy.

Half of the population is introverted, half of it as extroverted. And on this episode, I talk about how when you are in a relationship, how you can understand your partner's energy. When we can understand each other’s energy within a relationship, we can grow and find those times and experiences that energize each other. And not get all weird about those times when our partner wants to do something we would rather not do, something that makes us feel exhausted just thinking about! I give some good examples and even strategies on how to communicate with each other, so you can be attuned and stay energized.

Thanks again for listening! I super appreciate your time!

To find out more about Jessica visit https://jessicabutts.com/.

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

To learn more about the new Front Seat Love Online Course for Couples, go to: http://www.frontseatlove.com.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/.

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/.

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https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17324541Thu, 14 Mar 2019 21:37:00 +0000Jessica ButtsI am continuing to talk about things “other” related. As you guys know, this whole podcast is about living your life from the Front Seat, about being unapologetically who you are in your life, love, and business. I have been talking about the self,...
I have been talking about the self, being unapologetically who you are, understanding your “side of the net” differentiation, what your opinions are, what your personality type is, how you show up in this world. And last week we transitioned over into the “other.” The “other” part of who are you is this piece of how we're in relationships with people because none of us live in a silo. We live in the world, and everybody has somebody in their life. And those are the people that we must now “attune” to.

Once we understand who we are in this world, this is how we show up, this is what we believe, our opinions, but we can't always be selfish. That is a very one-sided way to live. But we also can't always be attuned, which means you are super codependent. If you were always attuned, you would be always worrying about others. I know there's probably some of you listening who are like, “Oh shit, that's me.”

The attunement piece is how we have a healthy, let me be very clear about that, a healthy balance between “self” and “others”, between “differentiation” and “attunement”. This episode is about how you get attuned to other people in your life, specifically around the introversion and extroversion dichotomy.

Half of the population is introverted, half of it as extroverted. And on this episode, I talk about how when you are in a relationship, how you can understand your partner's energy. When we can understand each other’s energy within a relationship, we can grow and find those times and experiences that energize each other. And not get all weird about those times when our partner wants to do something we would rather not do, something that makes us feel exhausted just thinking about! I give some good examples and even strategies on how to communicate with each other, so you can be attuned and stay energized.

Thanks again for listening! I super appreciate your time!

To find out more about Jessica visit https://jessicabutts.com/.

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

To learn more about the new Front Seat Love Online Course for Couples, go to: http://www.frontseatlove.com.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/.

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/.

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The next two months we are diving into self and others. If you are coming into this and you haven't listened to episode 8, I would suggest going back and listening because that is really about the balance of self and others. Today and in the next several episodes, and last week's episode too, I talk about transferring into the other.

Because we don't live in a silo, we don't live in a world where it's just us, there are all these other people in the world... Our sisters and our brothers and our spouses and our kids and our significant others and friends. We live in this world of others. Although the next few episodes I will be referencing romantic relationship, you can really relate this conversation to pretty much any relationship in your life.

Today's episode is a bit of a butt kicker. I really get going at the end of it, so stay tuned for that. I know you're going to enjoy it. This topic of codependency is something that I will continue to cover, but today is really an intro into it and it is essential. Learning about this, learning about how we interact and then what it means to have healthy detachment.

You've probably heard the saying stay on your side of the net or stay on your side of the fence. This is what codependency means and I think of it as a tennis court. Think of it as two sides of a court and in the middle is a net and any time two people are in a relationship, whether this is siblings, mother, daughter, parents, your children, obviously your intimate relationships, your partner, co-workers...

This is any relationship in your life and how we show up in those relationships. Imagine someone you're having trouble with, but they are on the other side of the net and you're on one side of the net - healthy detachment. A lot of people think detachment is a negative word, but healthy detachment is an excellent thing.

Listen to this episode and I'm going to describe what that looks like as well as what unhealthy attachment looks like. Where things get tricky is most people have some form of what's called codependency. I'm going to describe those two different forms of codependency, what happens, and what to do about it.

I'll never ever forget when I learned about codependency and how much it was just like a light bulb going off. It was just straight up a huge light bulb. It was just so incredibly eye-opening. And since that day I have been continuing to use it and play with it and love it and have it change my life and I believe it will do the same for you. So enjoy today's episode.

To find out more about Jessica visit https://jessicabutts.com/.

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

To learn more about the new Front Seat Love program, go to: https://frontseatlove.com.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/.

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/.

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https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17257925Thu, 07 Mar 2019 22:43:53 +0000Jessica ButtsToday's topic is codependency. Oh Wow. That's a doozy. For those of you who have never heard about codependency before, this is one of the biggest topics that has impacted my life as well as my business. The next two months we are diving into self...
The next two months we are diving into self and others. If you are coming into this and you haven't listened to episode 8, I would suggest going back and listening because that is really about the balance of self and others. Today and in the next several episodes, and last week's episode too, I talk about transferring into the other.

Because we don't live in a silo, we don't live in a world where it's just us, there are all these other people in the world... Our sisters and our brothers and our spouses and our kids and our significant others and friends. We live in this world of others. Although the next few episodes I will be referencing romantic relationship, you can really relate this conversation to pretty much any relationship in your life.

Today's episode is a bit of a butt kicker. I really get going at the end of it, so stay tuned for that. I know you're going to enjoy it. This topic of codependency is something that I will continue to cover, but today is really an intro into it and it is essential. Learning about this, learning about how we interact and then what it means to have healthy detachment.

You've probably heard the saying stay on your side of the net or stay on your side of the fence. This is what codependency means and I think of it as a tennis court. Think of it as two sides of a court and in the middle is a net and any time two people are in a relationship, whether this is siblings, mother, daughter, parents, your children, obviously your intimate relationships, your partner, co-workers...

This is any relationship in your life and how we show up in those relationships. Imagine someone you're having trouble with, but they are on the other side of the net and you're on one side of the net - healthy detachment. A lot of people think detachment is a negative word, but healthy detachment is an excellent thing.

Listen to this episode and I'm going to describe what that looks like as well as what unhealthy attachment looks like. Where things get tricky is most people have some form of what's called codependency. I'm going to describe those two different forms of codependency, what happens, and what to do about it.

I'll never ever forget when I learned about codependency and how much it was just like a light bulb going off. It was just straight up a huge light bulb. It was just so incredibly eye-opening. And since that day I have been continuing to use it and play with it and love it and have it change my life and I believe it will do the same for you. So enjoy today's episode.

To find out more about Jessica visit https://jessicabutts.com/.

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

To learn more about the new Front Seat Love program, go to: https://frontseatlove.com.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/.

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/.

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I want you to imagine an infinity symbol. This is not a line for a reason because you're not one or the other, you’re kind of going back and forth. You're floating, if you will, to one side or the other and at times landing in the middle, between differentiation and attunement.

Let's start with differentiation. This is what we've been kind of digging into so far, figuring out who are you in this world. Being unapologetically who you are, right All the things I love to talk about to help you figure out who the hell you are in this world.

On the other side of the infinity symbol from differentiation is attunement, which means “others.” How we attune to others. And again, I want to be very clear that this is an infinity symbol, not a line. You will go back and forth along this path between differentiation and attunement. If it was just a line, you could stay over there forever and that's how people lose themselves. They lose themselves in their children's lives. They lose themselves in the relationship. They lose themselves in their work and they forget to dip back over onto the other side.

Everyone wants to be heard. And if we start to hear someone, we can begin to see them for who they are, or they can hear us and see us for who we are. And that all leads to love. When people start to be heard and seen for who they really are, then the last thing is the most powerful. And this is all about attunement and being loved, loving others and being loved.

Don't we do that all the time, right? “Love me for who I am.” Yet we go through this world trying to change other people. We try to make them who we want them to be or why aren't you doing this my way? Instead of getting curious? HSL: All I want in life is to be Heard, Seen and Loved. And I think that's what everybody wants in our life.

This description just scratches the surface, I hope you can listen because if you need to hear this, you need to hear this. Thank you again, I appreciate your time to be here!

To find out more about Jessica visit https://jessicabutts.com/. Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

To learn more about the new Front Seat Love program, go to https://www.frontseatlove.com.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/.

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/.

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17186940Thu, 28 Feb 2019 22:27:16 +0000Jessica ButtsWe are making a big move, from “self” to “others.” We do not live in a silo. We do not live alone. We live with others and one of the best models that I ever learned was this model of attunement and differentiation. And that's what today's episode is...
I want you to imagine an infinity symbol. This is not a line for a reason because you're not one or the other, you’re kind of going back and forth. You're floating, if you will, to one side or the other and at times landing in the middle, between differentiation and attunement.

Let's start with differentiation. This is what we've been kind of digging into so far, figuring out who are you in this world. Being unapologetically who you are, right All the things I love to talk about to help you figure out who the hell you are in this world.

On the other side of the infinity symbol from differentiation is attunement, which means “others.” How we attune to others. And again, I want to be very clear that this is an infinity symbol, not a line. You will go back and forth along this path between differentiation and attunement. If it was just a line, you could stay over there forever and that's how people lose themselves. They lose themselves in their children's lives. They lose themselves in the relationship. They lose themselves in their work and they forget to dip back over onto the other side.

Everyone wants to be heard. And if we start to hear someone, we can begin to see them for who they are, or they can hear us and see us for who we are. And that all leads to love. When people start to be heard and seen for who they really are, then the last thing is the most powerful. And this is all about attunement and being loved, loving others and being loved.

Don't we do that all the time, right? “Love me for who I am.” Yet we go through this world trying to change other people. We try to make them who we want them to be or why aren't you doing this my way? Instead of getting curious? HSL: All I want in life is to be Heard, Seen and Loved. And I think that's what everybody wants in our life.

This description just scratches the surface, I hope you can listen because if you need to hear this, you need to hear this. Thank you again, I appreciate your time to be here!

To find out more about Jessica visit https://jessicabutts.com/. Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

To learn more about the new Front Seat Love program, go to https://www.frontseatlove.com.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/.

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/.

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I use a tennis court as an analogy and on one side of the net is ourselves, and we need to make sure this side of the net is filled in and whole for us to properly find attunement with others.

During this episode, I pose a series of powerful and introspective questions. I guide you through them to help you think about how you can complete yourself and build your side of the net. The ultimate goal is to find a way to improve our relationships with ourselves and to do that we must know what we truly want as human beings.

Who are you and what are your opinions? What do you want and need out of a relationship? How about in your life? What are your core values? Not what everyone else has told you that you should do or should think. What are your goals and what do you want to do with your life?

And what is the best version of yourself? I share my thoughts on these questions and my favorite “go to” tools and exercises to help me find the answers to these tough questions and moments when I am not my best self, but in my back seat. The power of building your side of the net and understanding who you are is so important, you don’t want this to be dictated by others.

Please listen and consider some of the tools I use and suggest you use, they all have been proven to help you discover the who your authentic self is, and to unapologetically that person, which is such a joy. Thanks again for listening, I appreciate your time and encourage you to share this with others if you know someone who might find value from the podcast.

To find out more about Jessica visit https://jessicabutts.com/.

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/.

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/.

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17110497Thu, 21 Feb 2019 22:39:05 +0000Jessica ButtsWhat is our job? It is our job to complete ourselves and go into relationships as a whole person. Nobody else can do this. Someone else cannot “complete” us, and this can be hard, very hard. Especially for women because we, as caretakers, can struggle...
I use a tennis court as an analogy and on one side of the net is ourselves, and we need to make sure this side of the net is filled in and whole for us to properly find attunement with others.

During this episode, I pose a series of powerful and introspective questions. I guide you through them to help you think about how you can complete yourself and build your side of the net. The ultimate goal is to find a way to improve our relationships with ourselves and to do that we must know what we truly want as human beings.

Who are you and what are your opinions? What do you want and need out of a relationship? How about in your life? What are your core values? Not what everyone else has told you that you should do or should think. What are your goals and what do you want to do with your life?

And what is the best version of yourself? I share my thoughts on these questions and my favorite “go to” tools and exercises to help me find the answers to these tough questions and moments when I am not my best self, but in my back seat. The power of building your side of the net and understanding who you are is so important, you don’t want this to be dictated by others.

Please listen and consider some of the tools I use and suggest you use, they all have been proven to help you discover the who your authentic self is, and to unapologetically that person, which is such a joy. Thanks again for listening, I appreciate your time and encourage you to share this with others if you know someone who might find value from the podcast.

To find out more about Jessica visit https://jessicabutts.com/.

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/.

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/.

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https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>2395falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/6-why-judgers-and-perceivers-get-on-each-other-s-nerves--17046309
If you need to go back and understand what judging and perceiving is, just scoot back to episode one and two. But a tiny little recap: it is how we'd like to be organized in this world.

And the population differential is about 50/50. But this dichotomy is one of my favorites because there are so much juiciness and richness in it.

Today's guest is David Walthew again, he's been on several episodes because he's such a great example of somebody who was in my life and we were complete opposites in this area. In fact, he was an ex-boyfriend of mine. Part of the demise of our relationship is because we were so different in this area. I think you're going to enjoy the stories and you'll learn a lot about yourself through David's stories and through my stories about what it's like to be in a relationship with the exact opposite person.

So as strong “J's”, we are very organized, more decisive decision makers and a bunch of control freaks. We like things our own way. We like to be in control of ourselves and other people and everything around us. “P’s” are much more “go with the flow.” They are undaunted by surprise. They're like, “don't worry about it, we'll figure it out.” And we drive each other crazy.

“P’s” drive “J's” absolutely crazy because they are people who live five minutes in front of their face. They don't do a lot of planning and they just really go about the world in this beautiful, easy, breezy kind of way. And then there's the “J’s” and we obviously drive “P’s” crazy because we're a bunch of control freaks and we need to know what's the plan, where are we going, what's happening, what's going on in our lives.

And when you can see these differences in a friendship like mine and David's, I think you can learn a lot. Thank you so much and enjoy the episode.

To find out more about Jessica visit https://jessicabutts.com/.

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/.

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/.

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/17046309Thu, 14 Feb 2019 22:17:40 +0000Jessica ButtsWelcome, Front Seat Lifers! We are on week four of the dichotomies. We have been talking for the last four weeks about introversion, extroversion, sensing, intuition, thinking, feeling, judging and perceiving. And today's episode is one of my all-time...
If you need to go back and understand what judging and perceiving is, just scoot back to episode one and two. But a tiny little recap: it is how we'd like to be organized in this world.

And the population differential is about 50/50. But this dichotomy is one of my favorites because there are so much juiciness and richness in it.

Today's guest is David Walthew again, he's been on several episodes because he's such a great example of somebody who was in my life and we were complete opposites in this area. In fact, he was an ex-boyfriend of mine. Part of the demise of our relationship is because we were so different in this area. I think you're going to enjoy the stories and you'll learn a lot about yourself through David's stories and through my stories about what it's like to be in a relationship with the exact opposite person.

So as strong “J's”, we are very organized, more decisive decision makers and a bunch of control freaks. We like things our own way. We like to be in control of ourselves and other people and everything around us. “P’s” are much more “go with the flow.” They are undaunted by surprise. They're like, “don't worry about it, we'll figure it out.” And we drive each other crazy.

“P’s” drive “J's” absolutely crazy because they are people who live five minutes in front of their face. They don't do a lot of planning and they just really go about the world in this beautiful, easy, breezy kind of way. And then there's the “J’s” and we obviously drive “P’s” crazy because we're a bunch of control freaks and we need to know what's the plan, where are we going, what's happening, what's going on in our lives.

And when you can see these differences in a friendship like mine and David's, I think you can learn a lot. Thank you so much and enjoy the episode.

To find out more about Jessica visit https://jessicabutts.com/.

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/.

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/.

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Back in the eighties, John Gray wrote this book called Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus and unknowingly I think he was really talking about this idea that most men are Thinkers and most Women are Feelers. In fact, 66 to 75 percent of men are Thinkers and 66 to 75 percent of women are Feelers. So as a psychotherapist, I've always been so curious about the other 25 percent. These are the marginalized people in our society. The people who end up feeling left out and different and weird and unusual, and “Why doesn't anybody get me?” And those happen to be my two different guests today.

First, I talk with Lindsey, a thinking woman, and an INTJ. She explains her perspective on what has been like for her to grow up as a Thinking woman in our society. And then I chat with David, who has been on another episode before, and his experience is especially fascinating, I think. Because he is a Feeling man who, in almost all his intimate relationships, has been with Thinking women and he was also raised by a Thinking woman. And so, it's fantastic getting his perspective on this.

I think you're going to learn a lot about your own type. You're going to learn a lot about opposite types, and I hope you become informed and educated in a whole new way. So, enjoy.

To find out more about Jessica visit https://jessicabutts.com/.

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/.

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/.

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/16979401Thu, 07 Feb 2019 22:23:54 +0000Jessica ButtsHello everybody, welcome. This is Jessica Butts, your host of the Front Seat Life Podcast, and today I have interviewed two different people to really highlight the dichotomy of this week's episode, which is Thinking and Feeling. This is one of the...
Back in the eighties, John Gray wrote this book called Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus and unknowingly I think he was really talking about this idea that most men are Thinkers and most Women are Feelers. In fact, 66 to 75 percent of men are Thinkers and 66 to 75 percent of women are Feelers. So as a psychotherapist, I've always been so curious about the other 25 percent. These are the marginalized people in our society. The people who end up feeling left out and different and weird and unusual, and “Why doesn't anybody get me?” And those happen to be my two different guests today.

First, I talk with Lindsey, a thinking woman, and an INTJ. She explains her perspective on what has been like for her to grow up as a Thinking woman in our society. And then I chat with David, who has been on another episode before, and his experience is especially fascinating, I think. Because he is a Feeling man who, in almost all his intimate relationships, has been with Thinking women and he was also raised by a Thinking woman. And so, it's fantastic getting his perspective on this.

I think you're going to learn a lot about your own type. You're going to learn a lot about opposite types, and I hope you become informed and educated in a whole new way. So, enjoy.

To find out more about Jessica visit https://jessicabutts.com/.

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/.

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/.

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If you remember, 25% of us are Intuitives and the rest are Sensors. The 75% who are Sensors like to have all the details, the plans, the facts, they are very concrete. They tend not to believe in “gut feelings” and seem to focus on why something can’t be, listing out a big pile of reasons. We Intutives often “just know” something and believe it is possible.

I call the Sensors “the Police” and David refers to them as “Security Guards” and Intuitives often don’t fit well into this “Muggle World,” which I must point out it the world we live in, created by most of us, that 75%. We have a hard time because Sensors don’t understand us and we just can’t explain it to them, what it is to feel and be an Intuitive.

So, listen to this episode as we tell stories and share what it feels like to grow up and live in a culture created by Sensors which does not reward Intuitives. It is an interesting dilemma and I thank you so much for joining us on this exploration!

To find out more about Jessica visit https://jessicabutts.com/.

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/.

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/.

Feel like treating yourself to major healing and growth? Want to get a year’s worth of therapy done in 5 days? Join Jessica’s Maui Retreat on March 13-17, 2019. Learn more here: https://tinyurl.com/fsl-maui-retreat.

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/16897655Thu, 31 Jan 2019 22:16:48 +0000Jessica ButtsHey there, welcome back! Come and join me as a fly on the wall while my good friend (and former boyfriend) David and I discuss what life is like as an Intuitive. We both realized at some point, it took some time believe me, that being an Intuitive,...
If you remember, 25% of us are Intuitives and the rest are Sensors. The 75% who are Sensors like to have all the details, the plans, the facts, they are very concrete. They tend not to believe in “gut feelings” and seem to focus on why something can’t be, listing out a big pile of reasons. We Intutives often “just know” something and believe it is possible.

I call the Sensors “the Police” and David refers to them as “Security Guards” and Intuitives often don’t fit well into this “Muggle World,” which I must point out it the world we live in, created by most of us, that 75%. We have a hard time because Sensors don’t understand us and we just can’t explain it to them, what it is to feel and be an Intuitive.

So, listen to this episode as we tell stories and share what it feels like to grow up and live in a culture created by Sensors which does not reward Intuitives. It is an interesting dilemma and I thank you so much for joining us on this exploration!

To find out more about Jessica visit https://jessicabutts.com/.

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/.

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/.

Feel like treating yourself to major healing and growth? Want to get a year’s worth of therapy done in 5 days? Join Jessica’s Maui Retreat on March 13-17, 2019. Learn more here: https://tinyurl.com/fsl-maui-retreat.

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The perspectives we all are able to share about the two dichotomies is definitely illuminating and fascinating...at least I think so! Listen in and I think you will find something that applies to your own experiences or to those of your co-workers, friends, and family.

Again, I can't thank you enough for listening, I so appreciate you taking the time.

To find out more about Jessica visit https://jessicabutts.com/.

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/.

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/.

Feel like treating yourself to major healing and growth? Want to get a year’s worth of therapy done in 5 days? Join Jessica’s Maui Retreat on March 13-17, 2019. Learn more here: https://tinyurl.com/fsl-maui-retreat.

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/16836089Fri, 25 Jan 2019 03:19:19 +0000Jessica ButtsIn this episode, I, a devoted extrovert, sit down with two wonderful people who are leaning towards the introverted side of things. Stephanie and Jeni have agreed to join me today to share some stories about what it is like to be an introvert in an...
The perspectives we all are able to share about the two dichotomies is definitely illuminating and fascinating...at least I think so! Listen in and I think you will find something that applies to your own experiences or to those of your co-workers, friends, and family.

Again, I can't thank you enough for listening, I so appreciate you taking the time.

To find out more about Jessica visit https://jessicabutts.com/.

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/.

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/.

Feel like treating yourself to major healing and growth? Want to get a year’s worth of therapy done in 5 days? Join Jessica’s Maui Retreat on March 13-17, 2019. Learn more here: https://tinyurl.com/fsl-maui-retreat.

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https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>3608falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/2-don-t-do-stuff-you-suck-at--16741245
In this episode, I reveal a framework, an analogy I personally came up with to help explain the Meyers-Briggs personality types and how they show up within ourselves. I needed to find a way to help people really understand and grasp the nuances of each type, and why we want to choose to put most of our energy into our “best self.”

Thank you so much for listening and being here, I so appreciate you taking the time.

To find out more about Jessica visit https://jessicabutts.com/.

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/.

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/.

Feel like treating yourself to major healing and growth? Want to get a year’s worth of therapy done in 5 days? Join Jessica’s Maui Retreat on March 13-17, 2019. Learn more here: https://tinyurl.com/fsl-maui-retreat.

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/16741245Thu, 17 Jan 2019 21:58:05 +0000Jessica ButtsHello, I'm so glad you are back, this episode piggybacks onto Episode 1. If you haven’t heard that episode yet, please consider going back and listening, it will help everything in this installment of the show make so much more sense. In this...
In this episode, I reveal a framework, an analogy I personally came up with to help explain the Meyers-Briggs personality types and how they show up within ourselves. I needed to find a way to help people really understand and grasp the nuances of each type, and why we want to choose to put most of our energy into our “best self.”

Thank you so much for listening and being here, I so appreciate you taking the time.

To find out more about Jessica visit https://jessicabutts.com/.

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/.

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/.

Feel like treating yourself to major healing and growth? Want to get a year’s worth of therapy done in 5 days? Join Jessica’s Maui Retreat on March 13-17, 2019. Learn more here: https://tinyurl.com/fsl-maui-retreat.

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>2403falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1-live-your-life-from-the-front-seat-meyers-briggs-overview--16681559Hello, I'm so glad you are here. This is the episode where we start to get into the "meat" of the show and I can't wait to share. You'll find out where that comes from during this episode as I start to unpack my fascination with Meyers-Briggs and what I mean when I say, "Live your life from the front seat!"

My Obsession
I have been obsessed with the Meyers-Briggs personality type indicator since I was about 20 years old. I was working as an HR director and we had this Meyers-Briggs experience at work and I completely had one of the "Holy Sh*t!" moments. So much in relationships and life became crystal clear.

My obsession has led me to do a deep dive into the world of Meyers-Briggs throughout my career and in my personal life. I have tried to distill it all down into a format people can consume easily so they can understand it and get value from it, because that can be huge!

I'm Shocked
I am completely shocked to see how many people feel Meyers-Briggs is a bunch of "hooey!" When it’s one of the most amazing tools (if not THE most amazing tool) we must help us to understand ourselves and others in our life.

I Hope This Helps
This episode is meant to educate you on all things Meyers-Briggs in a way that I hope helps you to understand it, and how you can use it. I want this to be so relatable, that you can use your understanding to show up, unapologetically who you are in your life, your love, and your business.

But this is not just about us, it's about understanding the people in our lives.

More to Come, I Promise
Please, please listen to this episode or go to our show notes on the website for more insight into Meyers-Briggs and how it impacts your world. And I promise you I will have many, many episodes going even deeper into each of the four dichotomies with stories and more.

I hope this is eye-opening and educational because I want families to have these conversations, to be able to talk about these differences. And instead of being irritated by it, to be able to accept it and love it.

My deepest hope is that you can use this to have better relationships with everyone in your life, everyone, including yourself.

Let's start an epidemic of understanding ourselves, of being unapologetically who we are in this world!

To find out more about Jessica visit https://jessicabutts.com/.

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/.

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/.

Feel like treating yourself to major healing and growth? Want to get a year’s worth of therapy done in 5 days? Join Jessica’s Maui Retreat on March 13-17, 2019. Learn more here: https://tinyurl.com/fsl-maui-retreat.

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/16681559Thu, 10 Jan 2019 21:46:57 +0000Jessica ButtsWelcome back to the Front Seat Life Podcast! Hello, I'm so glad you are here. This is the episode where we start to get into the "meat" of the show and I can't wait to share. You'll find out where that comes from during this episode as I start to...Hello, I'm so glad you are here. This is the episode where we start to get into the "meat" of the show and I can't wait to share. You'll find out where that comes from during this episode as I start to unpack my fascination with Meyers-Briggs and what I mean when I say, "Live your life from the front seat!"

My Obsession
I have been obsessed with the Meyers-Briggs personality type indicator since I was about 20 years old. I was working as an HR director and we had this Meyers-Briggs experience at work and I completely had one of the "Holy Sh*t!" moments. So much in relationships and life became crystal clear.

My obsession has led me to do a deep dive into the world of Meyers-Briggs throughout my career and in my personal life. I have tried to distill it all down into a format people can consume easily so they can understand it and get value from it, because that can be huge!

I'm Shocked
I am completely shocked to see how many people feel Meyers-Briggs is a bunch of "hooey!" When it’s one of the most amazing tools (if not THE most amazing tool) we must help us to understand ourselves and others in our life.

I Hope This Helps
This episode is meant to educate you on all things Meyers-Briggs in a way that I hope helps you to understand it, and how you can use it. I want this to be so relatable, that you can use your understanding to show up, unapologetically who you are in your life, your love, and your business.

But this is not just about us, it's about understanding the people in our lives.

More to Come, I Promise
Please, please listen to this episode or go to our show notes on the website for more insight into Meyers-Briggs and how it impacts your world. And I promise you I will have many, many episodes going even deeper into each of the four dichotomies with stories and more.

I hope this is eye-opening and educational because I want families to have these conversations, to be able to talk about these differences. And instead of being irritated by it, to be able to accept it and love it.

My deepest hope is that you can use this to have better relationships with everyone in your life, everyone, including yourself.

Let's start an epidemic of understanding ourselves, of being unapologetically who we are in this world!

To find out more about Jessica visit https://jessicabutts.com/.

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/.

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/.

Feel like treating yourself to major healing and growth? Want to get a year’s worth of therapy done in 5 days? Join Jessica’s Maui Retreat on March 13-17, 2019. Learn more here: https://tinyurl.com/fsl-maui-retreat.

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>3530falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/0-what-i-have-learned-in-the-past-five-years--16663946Hello, I'm Jessica Butts and I am so glad you are here! This is the first episode of my new podcast and I can't wait to share some amazing times with you. During this inaugural episode, I want to explain a little about who I am and what this podcast is all about, how it can help you be unapologetically who you are!

I get completely vulnerable and honest while I share what has been going on as I re-invented my life and myself over the past five years. And how I have gotten to the point of this podcast you are listening to right now.

Sometimes You Just Have to Leap
I'm 45 now and in my late 30's I found myself ridiculously uninspired by my work. My marriage was also falling apart at the time and I felt like I was just wasting my life. I was merely surviving, not thriving...at all.

I was jolted awake when my office was offering severance packages for voluntary layoffs...so I volunteered! I didn't even know what I was going to do next, no clue.

I somehow ended up at a meeting with people who were doing what I wanted to do, what inspired me. And I realized after that meeting when everything started to fall into line, that you must pay attention to those moments when they happen to you. These are absolutely defining moments, especially when we choose to take them as a sign and act.

I left my 20-year relationship, my career, all of it...with no money and no idea where I was headed. But I knew that what I was doing I couldn't keep doing... Something had to change.

The 14 Things I Have Been Doing
There are 14 things I have been doing to turn my life around, and I am sharing them all on this podcast. Today I am outlining these key principles, but in future episodes I will take a deep dive into them, to give you all the details, all the good stuff. All right, here they are:

Codependency. I tell you what this means to me, and what happened when I realized I was codependent.
Figure out who I was and what I wanted... Who am I when I am at my best?
Take time to be alone. It's critical to take time to slow down, stop being so busy, and be alone.
To be in alignment with your personality type and your core values as much as possible. Life is just easier when we do this but know this might require some big changes as it did for me.
Get a coach, get a therapist, or get both. Find people to help you.
Compartmentalization. A choice to give 100% of your energy to one thing at a time. Be all present and all in.
To learn how to know my worth. I have value, what is it?
Having a vision and plan for my life, aka Not living five minutes in front of my face.
To set goals, long-term planning. Where am I going to be in five years? In one year? In 90 days? How about weekly and every single day?
Like-minded people. Beware the "Muggle World." We must hang out with the people who are doing bigger and cooler sh*t than we are to keep us inspired and motivated.
Systems, structure, and singular focus. These are the essential components of a successful life and business strategy.
Don't listen to the naysayers, they will kill us.
Be f-ing determined. When you don't have a trust fund, or a wealthy spouse, or other resources like that, do you know what you are? You are f-ing determined because there's no "Plan B."
You must believe that you can do it. You don't have to know how you just must have that determination and believe that you can do it... The "how" will unfold.

Those are the 14 things that got me from where I was... lost, broken, stuck, scared... to where I am now. It's not perfection, it's always evolving, but it's what I envisioned five years ago.

And now, what I am dreaming of and working my butt off for is where I will be...

You can do the same.

To find out more about Jessica visit https://jessicabutts.com/.

Follow her on Instagram @frontseatlife for daily motivation.

Not sure what your Myers Briggs personality type is? Take a free personality assessment at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-personality-assessment/.

Looking for a tribe of growth-oriented people and want to stay closely connected to Jessica’s coaching? Join the Front Seat Life Community for a small monthly subscription at https://jessicabutts.com/front-seat-life-membership-group/.

Feel like treating yourself to major healing and growth? Want to get a year’s worth of therapy done in 5 days? Join Jessica’s Maui Retreat on March 13-17, 2019. Learn more here: https://tw183-a76c28.pages.infusionsoft.net/.

Front Seat Life Podcast
https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/front-seat-life-podcast/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/16663946Tue, 08 Jan 2019 22:48:52 +0000Jessica ButtsWelcome to the Front Seat Life Podcast! Hello, I'm Jessica Butts and I am so glad you are here! This is the first episode of my new podcast and I can't wait to share some amazing times with you. During this inaugural episode, I want to explain a...Hello, I'm Jessica Butts and I am so glad you are here! This is the first episode of my new podcast and I can't wait to share some amazing times with you. During this inaugural episode, I want to explain a little about who I am and what this podcast is all about, how it can help you be unapologetically who you are!

I get completely vulnerable and honest while I share what has been going on as I re-invented my life and myself over the past five years. And how I have gotten to the point of this podcast you are listening to right now.

Sometimes You Just Have to Leap
I'm 45 now and in my late 30's I found myself ridiculously uninspired by my work. My marriage was also falling apart at the time and I felt like I was just wasting my life. I was merely surviving, not thriving...at all.

I was jolted awake when my office was offering severance packages for voluntary layoffs...so I volunteered! I didn't even know what I was going to do next, no clue.

I somehow ended up at a meeting with people who were doing what I wanted to do, what inspired me. And I realized after that meeting when everything started to fall into line, that you must pay attention to those moments when they happen to you. These are absolutely defining moments, especially when we choose to take them as a sign and act.

I left my 20-year relationship, my career, all of it...with no money and no idea where I was headed. But I knew that what I was doing I couldn't keep doing... Something had to change.

The 14 Things I Have Been Doing
There are 14 things I have been doing to turn my life around, and I am sharing them all on this podcast. Today I am outlining these key principles, but in future episodes I will take a deep dive into them, to give you all the details, all the good stuff. All right, here they are:

Codependency. I tell you what this means to me, and what happened when I realized I was codependent.
Figure out who I was and what I wanted... Who am I when I am at my best?
Take time to be alone. It's critical to take time to slow down, stop being so busy, and be alone.
To be in alignment with your personality type and your core values as much as possible. Life is just easier when we do this but know this might require some big changes as it did for me.
Get a coach, get a therapist, or get both. Find people to help you.
Compartmentalization. A choice to give 100% of your energy to one thing at a time. Be all present and all in.
To learn how to know my worth. I have value, what is it?
Having a vision and plan for my life, aka Not living five minutes in front of my face.
To set goals, long-term planning. Where am I going to be in five years? In one year? In 90 days? How about weekly and every single day?
Like-minded people. Beware the "Muggle World." We must hang out with the people who are doing bigger and cooler sh*t than we are to keep us inspired and motivated.
Systems, structure, and singular focus. These are the essential components of a successful life and business strategy.
Don't listen to the naysayers, they will kill us.
Be f-ing determined. When you don't have a trust fund, or a wealthy spouse, or other resources like that, do you know what you are? You are f-ing determined because there's no "Plan B."
You must believe that you can do it. You don't have to know how you just must have that determination and believe that you can do it... The "how" will unfold.

Those are the 14 things that got me from where I was... lost, broken, stuck, scared... to where I am now. It's not perfection, it's always evolving, but it's what I envisioned five years ago.

And now, what I am dreaming of and working my butt off for is where I will be...

You can do the same.

To find out more...]]>2606falsefull