002: Let Your Colors Shine with Cathy Heller
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In this life, you have to give yourself permission to take action and go for what you want. You have something valuable that the world needs. You can do so much by simply opening your heart, being messy and beginning.
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On today\\u2019s episode, I am joined by a friend of mine and fellow podcaster, Cathy Heller. We chat about failing forward and the importance of taking action. She shares how she got to this point in her career, the failures that she has faced along the way and how she overcomes limiting beliefs. We discuss giving yourself permission to share your gift and how to look at failures as opportunities.
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What\\u2019s in this episode:
- How Amy and Cathy met
- What happened when Cathy lost her record deal
- Finding a way to make an income in the music industry
- Cultivating relationships as her competitive advantage
- Pushing past the comfort zone and sharing that gift with others
- Why Cathy started a podcast to help people in every industry
- Looking at failures as opportunities
- Allowing yourself to be messy
- Tactics that Cathy uses to overcome her limiting beliefs
- Happiness is an inside job
- Giving yourself permission to share your gift
- Cathy\\u2019s advice to her younger self
- How Cathy crafts a life that she loves
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About Cathy:
Cathy Heller is a fire hose of inspiration. She\\u2019s the host of the popular podcast Don\\u2019t Keep Your Day Job, which was given the #1 spot on iTunes recommend list of shows for the New Year in 2018 and 2019.
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Each week Cathy encourages thousands and thousands of listeners to find more purpose in their life and get paid to do what they love full time. She started out as a singer songwriter and first found success licensing her music to TV, Film and Ads. Quickly she became a stand out in her field and was featured in magazines like Billboard, Variety and the LA Weekly.
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After making a multi six figure living with her music, Cathy started a music agency and then she began teaching other artists to grow their own careers.
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Two weeks after her third daughter was born, she started her top ranked podcast. Cathy\\u2019s show has been featured in Forbes, HuffPost, the NY Times and Inc Magazine\\u2019s \\u201ctop 9 podcasts\\u201d, and has over 6 million downloads. She\\u2019s been featured several times by Apple themselves and the fans are resonating with how genuine she is.
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Throughout the show, she has interviewed creative entrepreneurs like actress Jenna Fischer, popular blogger Seth Godin, designer Jonathan Adler, make up artist Bobbi Brown, dancer Mandy Moore, fashionista Tamara Mellon, novelist Emily Giffin, and Gretchen Rubin to name a few.
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When she\\u2019s not teaching or interviewing amazing guests for her podcast, you can find Cathy playing with her three little girls, writing her book, songwriting for tv shows and commercials, or enjoying a moment with friends.
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Cathy often says \\u201cpurpose is the opposite of depression\\u201d and she is truly lifting others to be the happiest version of themselves.
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Connect with Cathy:
Website | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | Podcast | Book
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Links:
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