Made for More with Amanda Kolbye

Last week, I took an unexpected but much needed "Mental Health Week." I postponed all my client calls, paused internal business projects, and cancelled personal social plans to give myself the space I needed to get back in the driver's seat of my business and life. In this episode, I am sharing my 6 takeaways from this experience so that you can learn from my week off in case you find yourself needing a week to rest, catch-up, and take time away too.     In this episode, we cover… The reality that we have more control over our business and life than we often think Why we need to stop making excuses The truth that you are the ONLY one who will fight for you The importance of doing what is best for you whether others support you or not Different types of rest that we all need How your energy and peace are the most valuable things you have   Quotes "It is truly a decision to say, okay, I'm going to be honest with myself and others around me about what I need, instead of pushing through."   "When push comes to shove, you're capable of more than you think and there are always more options than you think there are. But the key is, don't make push come to shove."   "Your energy and peace are the most precious, valuable things you have."   Links & Resources Mentioned in this Episode Laptop Lifestyle Co Links: Website Instagram Tik Tok YouTube Channel   Other Links Mentioned "Types of Rest" Instagram post

In these "Mini Moments" we pull some of my favorite and most impactful mini lessons from past episodes of the Made for More Podcast to give you a quick digestible lesson in under 10 minutes.   If you liked this mini moment, check out the rest of this full episode here - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/made-for-more-with-amanda-kolbye/id1529443551?i=1000507410904   Summary As people, we are always changing and evolving, and our brands are no different. As we change and evolve, often times our brand identities must shift to remain aligned with where we are at in our lives. In this mini moment, Cait Scudder shares how her coaching brand transformed when she went from ex-pat in Bali to a US-based mom. She explains the reason entrepreneurs often fear these brand shifts for their own businesses as well as why brand evolution is so necessary to the success of your business.   Our Favorite Quotes "For a lot of people, the permission to go into the unknown of where your brand is evolving and growing is really scary. But honestly it's one of the most important things to let yourself explore and go into because you are not going to stay the same and stay static, and your brand is not going to stay the same and stay static."     Thanks for listening, and if you like what you've heard, I would greatly appreciate you shaing this episode with your friends or on your Instagram stories (and tag @laptop.lifestyle.co)! There are so many amazing women who need to hear this message and who are working to build their dream lifestyle, and I'd love you to help me spread the word.    Resources and links mentioned in this episode: Laptop Lifestyle Co Links: Website Instagram Tik Tok YouTube Channel

In these "Mini Moments" we pull some of my favorite and most impactful mini lessons from past episodes of the Made for More Podcast to give you a quick digestible lesson in under 10 minutes.   If you liked this mini moment, check out the rest of this full episode here - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/made-for-more-with-amanda-kolbye/id1529443551?i=1000550369652   Summary Sales can be fun, and in this mini moment Business Coach & Strategist Rachel Spencer shares her advice for bringing innovation to the process. Whether you are creating some sort of sales extravaganza, or finding creative ways to sell you existing offers, the key is trying new tactics without fear of failure. Whether your launch succeeds or flops, there is always something to learn, and you might as well have fun in the process!   Our Favorite Quotes "You really have to go into your future launches willing to either have a smash hit or have a fail, and be okay with that knowing, at least I tried. "   "How can I gamify this? How can I make this more fun?"   Thanks for listening, and if you like what you've heard, I would greatly appreciate you shaing this episode with your friends or on your Instagram stories (and tag @laptop.lifestyle.co)! There are so many amazing women who need to hear this message and who are working to build their dream lifestyle, and I'd love you to help me spread the word.    Resources and links mentioned in this episode: Laptop Lifestyle Co Links: Website Instagram Tik Tok YouTube Channel

With today's guest, functional diagnostic practitioner Maja Miller, we are diving into how internal health impacts how we are able to show up in all areas of our lives, business included. In the episode we talk about health in terms of trauma and stress as well as nutrition and gut health, and examine how prioritizing your health is the key to sustainable high-performance in business and life.   Maja Miller is a metabolic health coach and functional diagnostic nutrition practitioner: A fancy way of saying that she uses clinical labs to analyze blood, urine, stool, hair, etc to figure out why her clients feel burned out, exhausted and sick. She then uses those results to create tailored, bio-individual protocols to reverse their symptoms. As the owner of Maja Miller Wellness, a six-figure business she helps highly productive individuals and ambitious professions transform their bodies from the inside out through her signature programs like the Adrenal Detox, the Inside Out Protocol and Next Level. Over the course of her career in wellness she’s worked with over 10,000 women, 1,500 of which have been within her online programs. She’s been a podcast guest on many shows including Low Ticket High Impact, Ideas & Impact, The MindFuel Entrepreneur and Ideas & Impact with Jeremy Jones. She’s also been featured in print in Forbes, Austin Fit Magazine and the Austin Business Journal. Maja lives in Austin, Texas with her husband and pups.     In this episode, we cover… Why "healing from the inside out" is the key to a healthy business, relationships, & life How trauma stressors impact our bodies and functioning (including autoimmune diseases) Taking responsibility for our own healing Why nutrition and functional health can be so overwhelming without support Maja's approach to supporting her client's health journeys The major role gut health plays in our life (and how complicated maintaining a healthy gut can be)   Quotes "Your external world is simply a reflection of your internal world... That is often times a very difficult realization and truth to absorb."   "What I'm finding now is that in the past it would be when you're in your 40s or 50s you were starting to see the results and the symptoms of those stressors. Now I'm working with clients in their 20s and 30s."   "In the U.S. it is impossible to be micronutrient sufficient, period, end of story. Impossible. Even if your diet is perfect, on-point, organic."   Links & Resources Mentioned in this Episode Laptop Lifestyle Co Links: Website Instagram Tik Tok YouTube Channel   Other Links Mentioned Maja's Website Maja's LinkedIn Maja's FaceBook How to Work With Maja Ritual Microbiome Labs

In these "Mini Moments" we pull some of my favorite and most impactful mini lessons from past episodes of the Made for More Podcast to give you a quick digestible lesson in under 10 minutes.   If you liked this mini moment, check out the rest of this full episode here - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/made-for-more-with-amanda-kolbye/id1529443551?i=1000603028569   Summary If you aren't regularly and intentionally stopping to reflect on and analyze what you've done in your business, it's easy to get pulled into thinking that your success is a fluke. In this mini moment, we talk all about the importance of recognizing your own accomplishments in your business - so you can acknowledge the success you have had, determine what is actually working, feel confident in your ability to sustain what you've created. You have created your business out of thin air, and understanding that your success has always been up to is exactly the mindset shift you need to stop feeling like your success is a fluke.   Our Favorite Quotes "Your success has always been up to you."   Thanks for listening, and if you like what you've heard, I would greatly appreciate you shaing this episode with your friends or on your Instagram stories (and tag @laptop.lifestyle.co)! There are so many amazing women who need to hear this message and who are working to build their dream lifestyle, and I'd love you to help me spread the word.    Resources and links mentioned in this episode: Laptop Lifestyle Co Links: Website Instagram Tik Tok YouTube Channel

Have you ever wanted to start into a product based business? In this episode, we welcome guest Bridgitte Mallinson who found incredible success in her shift from an online gut health and business coach to the founder of a gut health product based business. We get into the realities of starting a product based business - what investments and profitability look like, how marketing differs, and what risks and rewards are involved - all with the goal of helping you see if this is the right move for you!   Bridgitte Mallinson is a functional dietitian specializing in gut health, and business coach and founder of GutPersonal. Her mission is two fold: improve health and wealth for women! After healing herself & a decade of studying functional medicine and nutrition and healing hundreds of women, she realized even women who eat super healthy have a lot of gut issues. She started a gut-health coaching company in June 2020 which skyrocketed to reach $1million in sales in 16 months! With that success, she focused on business coaching in 2021 before launching her personalized line of gut health supplements, GutPersonal. GutPersonal is not only female founded but also female funded and operated. GutPersonal exists to support women in living their best life — heal their gut so they can feel the best and their body!     In this episode, we cover… Considering gut health as an entrepreneur Addressing the root cause of business problems versus just the symptoms Investing in your business to grow How logistics and profitability differ in a product based business Marketing similarities and differences for product and service based businesses The importance of enjoying the journey   Quotes "You have to have this bigger vision. I wouldn't start a physical product company if I didn't have wildly set intentions."   "We say 'step back' but I almost think like just getting silent, and getting quiet and listening to our inner intuition. If I ever feel stuck or I think I need to pivot, I do a shit ton more inner work. I meditate more. I journal more. I do all of these things that help me grow personally."     Links & Resources Mentioned in this Episode Laptop Lifestyle Co Links: Website Instagram Tik Tok YouTube Channel   Other Links Mentioned (DELETE THIS IF NONE) Bridgitte's Website Bridgitte's Instagram GutPersonal's Instagram Bridgitte's Gut Health Quiz   Check out the GutPersonal Shop and use the code AMANDAK10 for 10% OFF supplements, testing, or programs!

In these "Mini Moments" we pull some of my favorite and most impactful mini lessons from past episodes of the Made for More Podcast to give you a quick digestible lesson in under 10 minutes.   If you liked this mini moment, check out the rest of this full episode here - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/made-for-more-with-amanda-kolbye/id1529443551?i=1000552425882   Summary Positioning your business & brand isn't always about being the most expensive, luxurious offer on the market. There are actually 4 factors to consider when positioning your brand as the go-to in your particular corner of the market, and that is what we get into in this mini moment. What are the factors? You can consider the unique characteristics of your service, the price and value of what you offer, the quality and brand reputation, and how you compare to competition. When you clarify your unique position in the market and claim and communicate that, you are going to be able to become the go-to for exactly what your ideal clients want and need.     Our Favorite Quotes "You have to decide intentionally how you're going to position yourself in the market, and then go and dominate that."   Thanks for listening, and if you like what you've heard, I would greatly appreciate you shaing this episode with your friends or on your Instagram stories (and tag @laptop.lifestyle.co)! There are so many amazing women who need to hear this message and who are working to build their dream lifestyle, and I'd love you to help me spread the word.    Resources and links mentioned in this episode: Laptop Lifestyle Co Links: Website Instagram Tik Tok YouTube Channel

Scaling your business can be overwhelming as you try balance the vision of what you are aiming for with the details of what needs to happen to get there. So we are getting into the nitty gritty of how to scale - all with the intention of helping you learn to scale without burnout and capping out. In this episode, I am introducing you to the 5 Figure Formula™, the method of scaling I teach The Gameplan, my 4 week group coaching program for entrepreneurs scaling to $10-50K months. You'll learn about the approach to scaling I have found works best, what areas of your business you should focus on to optimize scalable growth, and why this method of creating a gameplay to scale really works.     In this episode, we cover… The distinction between "growth" and "scaling" in your business Why copy+paste scaling strategies don't tend to work long-term The 5 areas we cover through the 5 figure formula™: Macro, Micro, Gameplan, Internal Growth Cycle, & Course Correct 4 core areas of your business you should focus on to scale Factors that make the 5 Figure Formula™ stand out as an effective method for scaling   Quotes "You've got to consider the whole picture, and most people don't have the patience to zoom out, pause for 5 seconds, and actually analyze and build a legit plan to scale."   "If you are not being strategic, you are always going to make things harder than they need to be."   Links & Resources Mentioned in this Episode Laptop Lifestyle Co Links: Website Instagram Tik Tok YouTube Channel   Other Links Mentioned Instagram Post Breakthrough Private Podcast Series The Gameplan

In these "Mini Moments" we pull some of my favorite and most impactful mini lessons from past episodes of the Made for More Podcast to give you a quick digestible lesson in under 10 minutes.   If you liked this mini moment, check out the rest of this full episode here - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/made-for-more-with-amanda-kolbye/id1529443551?i=1000546768010   Summary When it comes to decision making, it's less about what decision is made and more about how and who is actually making your decisions. To figure out how you are making decisions, you can ask yourself these two questions: What you do when you don't want to do something or when you don't know what to do, and how do you make decisions? Then, you can reflect on who - or what part of you - is making your decisions, and whether you are surrounded by and focused more on where you are & what you don't yet have, or what you desire & know is coming. When you consider the how and the who of your decision making, you are more likely to make effective decisions based on where you want to go in your business.     Our Favorite Quotes "Plain and blunt and simple: To be successful, you must be good at making decisions."   "When you're surrounded by your Point B, you are not climbing a mountain - you're pulling your past self up to reality."   Thanks for listening, and if you like what you've heard, I would greatly appreciate you shaing this episode with your friends or on your Instagram stories (and tag @laptop.lifestyle.co)! There are so many amazing women who need to hear this message and who are working to build their dream lifestyle, and I'd love you to help me spread the word.    Resources and links mentioned in this episode: Laptop Lifestyle Co Links: Website Instagram Tik Tok YouTube Channel

In these "Mini Moments" we pull some of my favorite and most impactful mini lessons from past episodes of the Made for More Podcast to give you a quick digestible lesson in under 10 minutes.   If you liked this mini moment, check out the rest of this full episode here - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/made-for-more-with-amanda-kolbye/id1529443551?i=1000497948565   Summary Scaling your business is exhilarating, and while there are a lot of positives that come along with the experience, there are also some uncomfortable truths about scaling. In this mini moment I am exposing two of these truths: you must take radical responsibility in your business and you must hold a long term vision of what your business is and will become. Only when you take 100% ownership of of each and every circumstance you face and act as if your business is long term with calm confidence & abundance will you be able to scale effectively through the ups and downs. We close out this episode with the importance of intentionally seeking support in your scaling journey.     Our Favorite Quotes "You're responsible for the things that you do, you're responsible for the effects that you have, the choices that you make. And the sooner that you really 100% buy into this, the more power and more satisfaction you're going have within your business and this growth journey that you go on."   "You have to have calm confidence and abundance in the way that you act, in the way that you plan, in the way that you invest, for the business to rapidly grow no matter the ups and the downs."   Thanks for listening, and if you like what you've heard, I would greatly appreciate you shaing this episode with your friends or on your Instagram stories (and tag @laptop.lifestyle.co)! There are so many amazing women who need to hear this message and who are working to build their dream lifestyle, and I'd love you to help me spread the word.    Resources and links mentioned in this episode: Laptop Lifestyle Co Links: Website Instagram Tik Tok YouTube Channel