You don't have to feel ready before you take the next step — you just have to take it. In this conversation, Emily sits down with Lindsay Cloud, a vocal coach and business coach who has sold over 100,000 sessions and built her business by doing what she couldn't not do. Lindsay shares what shifted when she stopped waiting for confidence and started taking action anyway, why sales is really about connection and belief, and how regulating her nervous system became the foundation for explosive growth.

This conversation is for women who feel stuck, waiting for the fear to pass before they make a move. Lindsay and Emily get into why agency is a decision not a feeling, what it actually looks like to build an empire while raising kids, and how your life expands to match what you're willing to claim out loud. If you've been playing small or hiding your big vision, this episode is going to change how you think about confidence, action, and what you're capable of.

Questions answered in this episode:

1. What does it mean to have agency, and why is it a decision not a feeling?
2. Why do so many people resist sales, and what shifts when you truly believe in what you're offering?
3. How do you regulate your nervous system so you can actually show up and be creative?
4. What's the difference between building a business and building an empire?
5. How do you celebrate your wins so your brain doesn't trick you into thinking it was easy all along?
6. What would you tell a woman who feels like she's waiting to feel confident before she makes a move?

THE LAUNCH PAD SOCIETY:

A virtual membership for ambitious women who want ongoing support, consistency, structure, accountability, and community as they build their business with clarity, alignment, and rhythm instead of chaos and hustle.

→ https://theceobesties.com/launchpad-society

Connect with Lindsay:

So Much More Than Sales

CONNECT WITH EMILY:

1. ✨ Instagram: @heyemilycollins
2. ✨ Website: www.emilycollins.com
3. ✨ Email: hello@emilycollins.com
4. ✨ Newsletter: www.emilycollins.com/newsletter
5. ✨ Work with me: www.emilycollins.com/coaching

Something shifted after baby number five that Emily didn't expect. It wasn't the logistics — she had prepared for that. It was the internal stretch that came from holding more in life and business than ever before. In this episode, Emily shares what the fourth trimester revealed about how she had been showing up online, why social media started feeling draining, and the moment she realized she had been performing without even knowing it.

This conversation is for women who have ever felt like showing up online takes more energy than it should. Emily gets honest about what it looks like to stop polishing everything, to own your authority without shrinking, and to figure out what you actually believe — not what you think will land well. If you're craving more alignment and less performance in how you show up, this episode is for you.

Questions answered in this episode:

1. What does life actually look like with five kids, two businesses, and a newborn?
2. Why did showing up on social media start feeling so draining after baby number five?
3. What is the difference between showing up authentically and still performing without realizing it?
4. How do you figure out what you actually believe and what hills you're willing to die on?
5. What does discomfort in authority look like and how do you move through it?
6. How do you refine your life and business in real time instead of waiting until you have it all figured out?

THE LAUNCH PAD SOCIETY:

A virtual membership for ambitious women who want ongoing support, consistency, structure, accountability, and community as they build their business with clarity, alignment, and rhythm instead of chaos and hustle.

→ https://theceobesties.com/launchpad-society

CONNECT WITH EMILY:

1. ✨ Instagram: @heyemilycollins
2. ✨ Website: www.emilycollins.com
3. ✨ Email: hello@emilycollins.com
4. ✨ Newsletter: www.emilycollins.com/newsletter
5. ✨ Work with me: www.emilycollins.com/coaching

Growth doesn't always come from the seasons you plan for... sometimes it comes from the ones you never would have chosen. In this conversation, Emily sits down with Michelle Hooey, a coach, speaker, and bestselling author of The Goldie Effect. Michelle shares the deeply personal story behind her book, including the journey with her daughter Goldie, how that season completely changed the way she thinks about success, and what it looks like to rebuild your life without burning it all down.

This conversation is for anyone who has ever found themselves trying to hold it all together, wondering how to keep rising in a season they never would have chosen. Michelle and Emily talk about presence, surrender, motherhood, marriage, community, and the small choices that help you keep going when life feels really heavy. If you've been through your own "before and after" moment, this one is going to stay with you.

Questions answered in this episode:

1. What does it look like to rewrite your life without burning it all down?
2. How do you find presence and surrender when life feels completely out of control?
3. What is the 15 Minute Rewrite and how can it help busy moms reclaim their energy?
4. How do you protect your marriage and family through seasons of intense uncertainty?
5. Why is community so essential when you're navigating something hard?
6. What does it mean to turn your hardest season into something that helps others?

THE LAUNCH PAD SOCIETY:

A virtual membership for ambitious women who want ongoing support, consistency, structure, accountability, and community as they build their business with clarity, alignment, and rhythm instead of chaos and hustle.

→ https://theceobesties.com/launchpad-society

Connect With Michelle:

Instagram: @michellehooey

Website: anchorlistcoaching.com

Book: The Goldie Effect (available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble)

CONNECT WITH EMILY:

1. ✨ Instagram: @heyemilycollins
2. ✨ Website: www.emilycollins.com
3. ✨ Email: hello@emilycollins.com
4. ✨ Newsletter: www.emilycollins.com/newsletter
5. ✨ Work with me: www.emilycollins.com/coaching