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Latter-day Life Coaches238. Simple Business Growth Steps with Bonnie WiscombeIn this practical business focused episode, Heather welcomes coach Bonnie Wiscombe to discuss the essential but often overwhelming steps of growing a business. Bonnie shares her personal journey as a life and business coach while raising ten kids and explains how to consistently build a thriving business without perfectionism. They dive into the three essential steps every business owner must take—lead generation, nurturing, and prompting sales—and explore how faith, mindset, and simple tools can fuel your growth. Whether you're a coach, creative, or entrepreneur, you'll walk away with clarity, courage, and concrete next steps. For more...2025-07-1523 min
Burning Brightly80. The 5 Stages Your Clients Go Through Before They Hire YouIf you've ever wondered why your marketing isn’t landing—or why people aren’t signing up even though you know you can help them—this episode is for you.I’m walking you through the 5 phases of audience awareness, based on Eugene Schwartz’s framework, and showing you how understanding these stages can completely transform the way you speak to your potential clients.You’ll learn:Why some people scroll past your content while others lean inHow to tailor your message to meet your audience exactly where they areThe biggest mistake coaches make with their mar...2025-06-1116 minBurning Brightly79. Coach Highlight: Decluttering for Moms with Rachelle HeywoodIn this episode, I interview my friend and former client Rachelle Heywood who is a certified life coach and decluttering expert. She shares her journey of struggling with clutter amidst raising six kids and how she found peace through decluttering. Rachelle teaches us the mental and emotional aspects of letting go of physical possessions and shows us why our attachments to 'stuff' are often deeper (and more ingrained) than we realize. She also gives tips on how to start decluttering and emphasizes the importance of removing excess to foster better connections with family and oneself...2025-05-3023 minBurning Brightly78. The REAL Reason God Called You to Your BusinessIn this follow-up to Episode 75, we're diving deep into what it really means to trust God once you’ve invited Him into your business. If you’ve ever felt discouraged by slow progress, failure, or unmet expectations, this episode will reframe your perspective and remind you why you were called to this work in the first place. *Hint* It may not be what you think...What you'll learn:Why God still called you—even knowing you'd "mess up"How to define business success beyond money and metricsWhy "B-minus work" is more sustainable (and spiritual!) than p...2025-05-0811 minBurning Brightly77. Why You Need to Understand the Nervous System (with Guest Leah Davidson)In this episode, we explore the critical role of the nervous system in life coaching with Leah Davidson, a seasoned expert in nervous system resilience and a speech pathologist. Leah shares her incredible knowledge on how the nervous system impacts our daily lives, particularly for life coaches and their clients. She explains the concept of nervous system states, the importance of regulation, and how mismanagement can affect mindset and decision-making. We delve into her recently launched journal designed to help individuals and professionals track and improve their nervous system health. We also discuss practical ways for coaches...2025-03-1430 minBurning Brightly76. Why You're Not Getting ClientsThe life coaching industry is projected to hit $4.5 billion by 2028... don't you want to be one of thousands of experts who change lives and make good money doing it?Yes? Then let's talk about what your coaching business is likely missing if you're not getting regular clients. A solid (and simple!) sales funnel is crucial for every business's success and I'm going to show you how to build the perfect one.This episode explains the key elements of a working sales funnel, including lead magnets, landing pages, nurturing emails, and making sales, in...2025-03-0509 minBurning Brightly75. Does God Belong in Your Business?In this episode, I'm discussing the importance of integrating faith with entrepreneurship. In addition to the significance of mindset and strategy in business, I'll teach you that involving God is even more vital. Through my 10+ years of business experience, I've learned that God really does want to help us, but He will also always respect our agency. I'll tell you my personal journey of incorporating prayer and divine inspiration into my own business plans, and invite YOU to find the right balance between self-effort and seeking divine guidance. This episode is the perfect motivational guide for any...2025-02-2106 min
The Divine Worth PodcastEp 24: Humility and Self Worth with Bonnie WiscombeIn this episode of Divine Worth, we’re joined by Bonnie Wiscombe (@bonniewiscombe) to discuss a topic so many of us wrestle with: humility and self-worth. Bonnie shares her journey of understanding that humility is not the same as self-criticism and how embracing her God-given potential allows her to honor Him.
We dive into key insights, including:
Why tearing ourselves down is not the same as being humble.
The realization that using your strengths glorifies God.
How to let go of fear and embrace growth, trusting in God’s belief in your worth.
This episode chal...2025-01-3039 minBurning Brightly74. {Best of Burning Brightly} Discovering Parts Work with Guest Dani FakeHave you ever felt like you had a devil on one shoulder, constantly making trouble for you while you try to pursue your dreams?Well, that's not far off from the truth. Dani Fake is a former therapist and depth life coach who teaches about "parts work"; in other words, how and why our personalities are made up of different "parts".This episode is for anyone who struggles with an inner critic, imposter syndrome, shame spiraling or a cranky inner child. In other words, everyone! Understanding parts work can be the key to unlocking the...2025-01-2328 minBurning Brightly73. {Best of Burning Brightly} Living in the GainI recently learned the concept of living "in the gain" from the book The Gap and The Gain by Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy. Today we're talking about the 3 main benefits that come from focusing on how far we've made it so far in life in business, instead of how far we still want to go.Making and accomplishing goals is great, but when the goalpost keeps moving, we do ourselves the disservice of acknowledging our past and current blessings and living in lack instead of gratitiude. Learning to live in the gain while keeping God as...2025-01-1618 minBurning Brightly72. SurrenderIn this episode I'm sharing some of the transformation my personal and business life are undergoing right now. I'm leaving behind the hustle of the past year and learning to slow down and embrace a new guiding principle: surrender. We'll talk about my personal journey of re-evaluating life and business priorities, the spiritual signs that encourage me to trust in God's plan, and my intention to build a sustainable, fulfilling business that aligns with my values (faith, family, and more fun!). Tune in to learn how to reflect on your own past achievements, set meaningful New Year's...2025-01-1014 minBurning Brightly71. Giving Back with Guest Brittni SchroederMy guest this episode is Brittni Schroeder, a life and business coach specializing in helping other coaches grow to 6 figures and beyond. Brittni shares the bittersweet story of how she created a nonprofit in honor of her late teenage son, Gage. Despite her profound personal loss, Brittni's mission has been to channel her grief into acts of service and kindness, significantly impacting many lives through her Compassion Club organization. This episode is all about the critical importance of kindness, using one's spiritual gifts to bless the lives of others, and how faith and service can guide us...2024-12-1642 minBurning Brightly70. The Critical Importance of an Email List (and How to Build Yours)*Join me in a FREE, live, 5-day training to help you get more clients (or customers) for your online business! It all starts, December 2, 2024.*https://www.bonniewiscombe.com/challengeIn today's episode, I'll teach you how to grow your email list quickly and effectively, whether you're a coach, content creator or other online entrepreneur.Learn why it's crucial for building, nurturing, and selling to your audience beyond what social media algorithms can do for your business. I'll share tips on leveraging other people's audiences, creating powerful lead magnets, organizing online events, and establishing...2024-11-2518 minBurning Brightly69. How to Grow Your Coaching BusinessHey! Have you been wanting to grow your coaching business but can't seem to make progress? I feel you! The fact is, it's not easy or intuitive to make money as a life coach or to create a life coaching business model. There are very real business skills we all need to learn!In this episode I'll highlight the differences between coaching and business skills, emphasizes the importance of mindset, and share crritical steps for finding and nurturing leads, converting clients, and staying consistent with your business so that you can make a difference and impact the...2024-11-0714 minBurning Brightly68. It's Not Personal, It's BusinessWe women of faith have so many strengths when it comes to building a business, but one of our weaknesses is a tendency to take the failures and success of our business very personally.It makes sense - when we pour our hearts and souls into creating something that we know can help change people's lives, it can be hard not to take it personally when things don't go according to plan. But letting the highs and lows of our business dictate our emotions is a recipe for misery.Let's explore how to create a...2024-10-3122 minBurning Brightly67. Cutting the Right Key for Your BusinessSometimes building a business can feel akin to trying to open a lock using the wrong key. Nothing fits, everything's hard and you just feel stuck. The challenge comes from the fact that your business is uniquely yours, and no one has ever built one like you yet!This episode will walk you through a few signs that will tell you how to know if you're cutting the right business "key" and if not, how to tweak the things that aren't working. I'll also teach you how to know when you DO have the right "key" but...2024-10-2418 minBurning Brightly66. How to Be the Boss in Your BusinessMany Christian women in the entrepreneur space never set out to be a boss or a mogul initially. Most of us just saw a need and wanted to help people. But the quicker we can embrace and step into the energy that comes from being a true boss in our business, the quicker we'll create (and become) something truly amazing.Being a boss means so much more than just hiring employees - in fact, I suggest everyone step into this boss energy WAY before ever hiring your first team member. It looks like embracing confidence, respecting your...2024-10-1725 minBurning Brightly65. Is This The Season of Life for Business?If you're a mother, then you know all about the different seasons of life and how each requires different time and energy. There are times of life when we can work full time, times when we are way busier than we'd like to be and seasons when we're barely hanging on.It can be tempting to try to start or grow a business during a season of life that isn't particularly conducive to extra obligations. Conversely, it can be easy to dismiss a call from God asking us to do something new because we think we're "just...2024-10-1016 minBurning Brightly64. How to Start a PodcastI've been podcasting for almost 6 years now and it's one of my favorite means of communicating with my audience and disseminating expertise, encouragement and coaching. If you've been dreaming of a podcast of your own, this episode will give you a high level overview of the steps you'll need to put in place in order to launch a show yourself.Learn how to find a purpose for your show, create a title (and possibly a tagline), intro, outro and cover art, choose a hosting platform and music, as well as build a launch plan that's...2024-10-0428 minBurning Brightly63. Stop Second Guessing Your NicheAre you a coach or content creator with niche drama?Let's be honest, you probably have niche drama. We all do at some point! You're definitely not alone but this part of building your business doesn't have to be hard!When I became a certified life coach, I went all in a niche for several months, and eventually learned through testing (that we talk about in this episode) that it wasn't going to be a good fit for the kind of business I wanted to build. So I pivoted and now make money coaching people...2024-09-2625 minBurning Brightly62. Create The Perfect Work At Home ScheduleIf you have kids at home and are building a business, this episode is for you! It's taken me years and years to develop and implement a work-at-home schedule that works for me and my (very large) family. In today's episode, I'm sharing my own current schedule, showing you how to decide what's most important in creating your own, and walking you through the process. By the end of this show, you'll know exactly when you want to schedule regular working time on your business and how to make it happen even around family and household obligations.2024-09-1920 minBurning Brightly61. When Failure Is The Only OptionWhat do you feel when you hear the word "failure?" Does it make you cringe? Worry? Stress or shiver? Most people have only negative connotations to the word "failure", but when building a small business, we have to get up close and personal to this concept and start to reexamine it.Instead of seeing our business building adventure as a series of small failures, instead I want us to look at it as a series of experiments. This is how every business is built and getting comfortable with these experiments is critical if you're going to succeed.2024-09-1235 minBurning Brightly60. How to Know if You're Successful (in Life and Business)Today, we're talking about the concept of success and exploring how we can define and recognize our own success in business and life. I'm going to challenge conventional notions of success, and teach you how important it is to set personal goals instead of chasing other people's ideas of success. We'll start with what success means like for us, discuss how critical it is to manage our own expectations, and teach you the magic of how to start feeling successful NOW without waiting for external validation or financial milestones. We're going to learn how to prioritize what...2024-09-0524 minBurning Brightly59. Good vs Bad Networking for an Online BusinessIn this episode we're exploring the benefits of networking and how to do it in a way that feels good and genuine as an online business owner. We'll talk about what networking means, and I'm sharing my personal journey and struggles with this skill, especially when it felt salesy and/or disingenuous. We'll redefine 'networking' to make it a more authentic, service-driven approach and I'll give you three key strategies for successful networking: listen before speaking, build trust through vulnerability, and offer help without expecting anything in return. Let's look at the importance of genuine...2024-08-2919 minBurning Brightly58. How Honoring the Sabbath Changes EverythingIn this episode, I'm discussing the significance of honoring the Sabbath and how it has completely revolutionized my business and personal life. Through biblical references and personal anecdotes, I'm going to show you how dedicating a day to God not only fosters spiritual growth but will also improve productivity and creativity in your business. I'll give you some suggestions for implementing Sabbath day observance in your own life, and share some of the transformative benefits of keeping this day holy, even while it's not always easy. This episode is for Christian moms who want to...2024-08-2219 minBurning Brightly57. Become Best Friends With Your BodyIn this episode, we're exploring the struggles many women face in loving and appreciating their bodies as they are. I strongly believes this challenge is largely due to societal pressures and skewed perceptions of beauty, constantly thrown at us through advertising and social media. Today, I'm sharing my personal journey of overcoming body image issues and giving you actionable advice on changing your own thoughts and feelings to foster a positive relationship with your body. Takeaways include understanding that all bodies are miraculous and valuable, the importance of gratitude, and the effect of diet and...2024-08-1529 minBurning Brightly56. Do You Like Your Reasons?In this episode, I dive deep into the importance of understanding the reasons behind our actions and their impact on our lives. I'll explain the significance of aligning our reasons with our values to ensure long-term motivation and integrity. Listen in as I share examples that I'm sure you can relate to, like weight loss and business building, to illustrate how the right reasons can lead to more meaningful and sustainable results. I'll also give you practical exercises to help you evaluate and adjust your own reasons to better support your goals. Tune in for insights and...2024-08-0821 min
The Faith-Full Mama: Christian Motherhood, Spiritual Growth, Stay At Home Mom, Time ManagementMom Guilt vs. God Given DreamsToday we give you permission to be more than a mom. If God placed a dream in your heart, Bonnie reminds us to go for it!
Join Christian Life Coach Bonnie Wiscombe as she walks us through discovering our purpose and battling mom guilt.
You can find her at her podcast "Burning Brightly"! Enjoy!2024-08-0530 minBurning Brightly55. 5 Ways Your Brain is Sabotaging Your GoalsI recently gave this presentation to a local coworking space and I wanted to share it all with you! In it, I explores how our brains unintentionally sabotage our dreams and goals. In this review of how our brain approaches new experiences, I explain the motivational triad and its impact on entrepreneurship and goal setting. We'll learn insights into common emotions like fear, overwhelm, frustration, blame, and playing small, detailing how they hinder our progress. With practical examples and the "head-heart-hands" model, I’ll offer strategies to reframe thoughts and drive actions that will help us...2024-08-0330 min
Her Career Studio22 - How to Reenter the Workforce, from Full-Time Mom to Career Mom with Bonnie WiscombeFind freebies at https://hercareerstudio.com
Are you struggling with a stuck mindset? Host Lisa Virtue and her guest, life coach and entrepreneur, Bonnie Wiscombe, provide useful tools to spark your confidence and propel you toward change. Bonnie, a mom of 10, is more than familiar with the journey from stay-at-home mom to working professional transitioning back into the career space. If you're a working mom or just a professional searching for a career change, Bonnie is here to motivate and empower you with actionable steps toward success.
Find Bonnie's download "Mindset for Working Moms" at bonniewiscombe.com/mindset and check...2024-07-3026 minBurning Brightly54. 7 Ways to Make Money as Content CreatorIn this episode, we'll learn seven proven strategies for making money online as a content creator!We categorize content creators into influencers, educators, and entertainers, and then delve into how each can monetize their presence through the 7 most common ways of making money online, including affiliate marketing, brand partnerships, digital products, physical products, coaching or consulting, platform-specific programs, and ad revenue. With over 10 years of experience as a blogger, podcaster, course creator, vlogger and ecommerce owner, Bonnie provides valuable insights and emphasizes the importance of diversifying income streams. She also offers a free mini course...2024-07-1817 minBurning Brightly53. How to Reach Any Goal by Just Changing Your ThoughtsJoin me for Podcast Jumpstart where I teach you the framework to launch your podcast in just 2 weeks!In this episode, we dive deep into the science of goal achievement. Discover how to transform your mindset and leverage the power of your brain to reach any personal or professional goal. 1.Understanding the Brain’s Role in Goal Achievement - The importance of changing your brain to achieve goals.- How the brain creates paradigms and belief systems to keep us safe and comfortable. - The impact of new and un...2024-06-2716 minBurning Brightly52. Riding the Business RollercoasterToday, we're diving into the thrilling highs and lows of the business roller coaster. I'll guide you through the inevitable ups and downs of entrepreneurship and help you find the courage to keep going, even when it seems like “nothing is working”.Here's what we cover:Understanding the Dunning-Kruger Effect: Why we often overestimate our abilities early on.The Five Stages of Business:Uninformed Optimism: The initial excitement and confidence.Informed Pessimism: Realizing the challenges ahead.Valley of Despair: The toughest phase, where many feel like quitting.Informed Optimism: Gaining traction and seeing early successes.Achievement: Reac...2024-06-1314 min
Latter-day Life Coaches180. Women Building Businesses with Bonnie WiscombeIn the last few years have you noticed a large number of LDS women starting their own businesses? Why do you think this has been happening? Coach Bonnie Wiscombe believes that it is the result of so many of them feeling a call from God to do so and use them to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ through their business endeavors. Women are pulled in many directions and starting a business can seem daunting. Many women are afraid that they are doing the right thing, that their families will suffer, or that they don’t have wh...2024-06-0434 minBurning Brightly51. Dealing with EnvyWelcome to episode 51 of Burning Brightly, where we're tackling the (often unspoken) emotion of envy. I’m Bonnie Wiscombe, your host, life coach, and fellow mom entrepreneur. Today, we’ll dive deep into understanding and overcoming envy, particularly in the context of business, and how it can be a surprising catalyst for growth and clarity in your journey. Key Points:Understanding Envy: Envy is a natural human emotion that can feel terrible but also serves as valuable information about our desires and aspirations.Learning from Envy: Instead of judging ourselves, we can use envy to identify what...2024-05-3018 minBurning Brightly50. How to Get Good at Feeling Bad with Guest Denita BremerYou're in for a treat with this latest episode of Burning Brightly. We had the amazing Denita Bremer on to discuss something so important yet often avoided: feeling our negative emotions. As Christian moms building businesses, we can get caught in the trap of thinking we need to be positive and grateful all the time. But the truth is, avoiding the hard feelings actually holds us back from creating the impact and income we desire. Here are a few key insights Denita shared:- Feeling negative emotion doesn't mean you're doing something wrong...2024-05-1631 minBurning Brightly49. Combatting Imposter SyndromeHey there, fellow Christian moms and entrepreneurs! I'm Bonnie Wiscombe, your host and guide on this journey of building a business and sharing your light with the world. In today's episode, we're tackling a crucial topic that affects almost every one of us at some point: imposter syndrome.Do you often feel like you're not enough, that you're pretending to be something you're not, or that others will soon discover you're a fraud? You're not alone! Imposter syndrome can be a major obstacle in building a successful business, especially when you're selling your expertise and knowledge.2024-05-0214 min
Educate & Rejuvenate: The Podcast125. How to Create An Intentional Life As An Educator- Expert Coaching PanelIn episode 125 of Wife, Teacher, Mommy: The Podcast, our life coaches, including, host Kelsey Sorensen, Bonnie Wiscombe, Chrissy Nichols, Francini Estes, and Kamee Bisson share their insights and personal experiences, focusing on how educators & homeschool parents can create intentional lives and alleviate burnout and overwhelm.Self-Care and Time Management StrategiesOne of the key themes the coaching panel discusses in the episode is the importance of self-care and effective time management within an educator's busy schedule. Our coaches emphasize the significance of daily care, goal setting, and scheduling backward design. They share valuable insights on...2024-04-3059 minBurning Brightly48. How Life Coaching Changed My Life (Plus One Year of Burning Brightly!)Welcome to a very special episode of Burning Brightly! This month marks our one-year anniversary of the show, and I’m thrilled to share not only the journey of this podcast but how life coaching has profoundly transformed my life and career.It's been an incredible year of growth, both for myself and for the show. As some of you may know, I transitioned from co-hosting "Outnumbered the Podcast" to focusing entirely on Burning Brightly and my coaching business. This shift allowed me to delve deeper into the realms of business, faith, and personal development, emphasizing the po...2024-04-1818 minBurning Brightly47. Learning to Let Go as a High Achiever with Guest Kolette HallToday's guest has an incredible story and shares hope, inspiration and some amazing coaching tools. Kolette Hall is a life coach and widowed single mom who helps other high achieving men and women understand how to let go and be at peace with the things we can't (and don't want to) control. Kolette has a Master’s Degree in Education and spent 5 years teaching before starting her own business in the craft industry. Her husband, Jason, was a quadriplegic in a wheelchair who spent many months in the hospital and needed extra care.In 2019, Jason pa...2024-04-0443 minBurning Brightly46. How to Live Life to the FullestHey there, entrepreneurs! Welcome back to Burning Brightly, the podcast where we ignite our entrepreneurial spirits and embrace the adventure of building businesses while sharing our light with the world. I'm Bonnie Wiscombe, your guide through the highs and lows of this exhilarating journey.Today, we're diving into a topic that resonates with all of us: living life to the fullest. Yes, it may sound cliché, but bear with me, because there's profound wisdom in magnifying our mortality and seizing every moment on this earthly journey.Here are some key takeaways from today's episode:2024-03-2118 minBurning Brightly45. Why Every Business Needs a Funnel with Guest Matt PeetFunnel building is a buzzword in the entrepreneurial space, in large part thanks to the work of Russell Brunson and ClickFunnels. Matt Peet is a funnel expert and today he's teaching us everything we need to know to better understand this sales & marketing tool and how we can use them in our content businesses.If you aren't seeing regular, predictable clients or customers in your business and you're wondering what's missing, today's the day you learn to create a basic funnel to guide your leads all the way through the buying experience!Learn more about...2024-03-0743 minBurning Brightly44. Prioritizing FamilyWe working moms have a lot on our plate: balancing family, home, business, and more can feel exhausting and relentless. But in reality, there are only a few of these things that will really matter in this life and beyond. Our relationships with our family members are high on this list! Today we're talking about reprioritizing our family, especially when things get crazy as an entrepreneur, as well as how to inspire our own children to burn brightly. After all, what we create in the world will matter very little if we fail at home....2024-02-2217 min