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The Ex-Good Girl PodcastEpisode 80 - When the Internet Mob Comes for You with Sandy Connery and Jeni BarcelosSend us a textThis week, my guests and I invite you to join a conversation we’ve been having over the last few years about women in business and the power of using, or not using, our voices in the face of cancel culture and online scrutiny.I’m thrilled to welcome Sandy Connery and Jeni Barcelos, friends, business owners, and co-founders of Marvelous Software. Sandy and Jeni, with their courage and resilience, share their experience facing the internet mob in 2020, how they navigated the situation while keeping their business afloat, and what they wish...2024-09-1849 min
Pilates ExchangeBest Online Studio Platform with Jeni BarcelosThere is something truly powerful about being able to use technology to broadcast our movement classes across the world. It’s as if we're sharing our energy with the world in real-time. The wild thing? These tools are things that did not even exist 10 years ago! As we dive deeper into how technology and AI intersect with movement, we’re thrilled to explore the best online studio platform alongside the amazing Jeni Barcelos. Jeni is a multifaceted individual with roles as an attorney, parent, and artist. She co-founded the Marvelous software platform, And She Coaching Co., and the climate just...2024-09-0543 min
And She Spoke: Women. Money. Power.How to Survive Cancel-Culture with Kelly DielsThere are far too many women today who won’t make themselves visible due to a fear of visibility itself — a fear of being targeted, trashed, and taken down. Joining us today is return guest, Kelly Diels, who always brings new and insightful ideas to the conversation. Kelly is a business teacher for Culture Makers where she helps socially conscious entrepreneurs achieve, not just financial success, but critical gains for social justice. Hear us unpack the intricacies of cancel-culture and public trashing, the fears that stop women from putting their work out into the world, and wh...2024-01-161h 01And She Spoke: Women. Money. Power.What We're Leaving Behind in 2024A lot has happened in 2023! Join us in today’s episode as we explore all that we intend to leave behind as we move into 2024 and what we envision for ourselves, And She Coaching and Hey Marvelous in the coming year. We reflect on the events of the past year with a focus on what we would like to take with us and what we are ready to do differently. We get candid about the effect of the business on our internal worlds and vice versa, sharing our thoughts on where life really gets interesting, how to fin...2024-01-0235 minAnd She Spoke: Women. Money. Power.How to Get CoachedIn this "best-of" episode, we talk about how to hear and implement advice. We believe there are things you can do to prepare ones-self to hear and successfully implement feedback about your business. Sandy shares about a mindset best suited when preparing to hear advice and those emotions that can hinder one’s willingness to receive guidance. We also talk about why business owners need to focus on those things that can be controlled to be successful and how often-times, we need to reorganize our emotions, attitudes, and actions to find success. Join us a...2023-12-0526 min
Feminist Founders: Building Profitable People-First BusinessesChallenging the Status Quo with the founders of Marvelous SoftwareNOTE: Feminist Founders is a listener-funded podcast. Your contributions enable me to continue bringing you these important conversations. To support the mission, sign up for a paid Substack subscription at https://feministfounders.substack.com/ ----- Marvelous empowers wellness creators to build and sell online courses, memberships, communities, and coaching programs. “We are changemakers, female founders, feminists, and future thinkers focused on helping creators make more money and transform more lives through online education.” Co-founder Jeni Barcelos (she/her) is an attorney, a parent, and an artist. Prior to entrepreneurship, she graduated from UC Berkeley and Yale...2023-10-251h 14
Business Beyond the Mic004: Bold Conversations for Women in Business with Jennifer Barcelos and Sandy ConneryThere’s a pervasive stigma that tells women to keep the peace, make sure everyone is happy, and put themselves last. Turns out, that approach doesn’t work in business! The people-pleasing tendencies often ingrained in us hold a lot of sway, but solely putting out safe topics that don’t draw criticism won’t grow or hold your audience. No one wants to listen to boring podcasts! This is the bold stance of today’s guests, Jennifer Barcelos and Sandy Connery, who are the brains behind the Marvelous software platform, the founders of And She Coaching Co. What's more, and...2023-10-1544 min
The Work IN to move out of stress, tension & anxiety3 Social media skills NO ONE needs (and are crippling your business)Top 3 things I learned from Social media (that will cripple your business.)Social media is supposedly THE tool to use for connection and organic growth and yet is simultaneously one of the most inauthentic and unsafe spaces in our culture today. What skills do you need to use social media as a tool while still showing up as the unique unfettered individual that you are? And how do you do that with getting canceled?I’d like to thank my coaches Jeni Barcelos and Sandy Connery of He...2023-07-1724 min
The Punks Unite Podcast - Health + Wellness for RebelsUnveiling the Untold Struggles of Living with Long Covid with Jeni BarcelosJeni Barcelos' life changed dramatically after contracting Covid. Initially, she battled severe symptoms like difficulty breathing and persistent headaches. However, the struggle didn't end there - a second wave of neurological issues hit, causing vision problems, vertigo, and sensitivity to certain environments. Despite the daily challenges, Jeni found strategies to manage her condition. She meticulously tracks her medications, employs anti-inflammatory substances, and maintains an exercise routine designed to keep her heart rate under 120 bpm. Surprisingly, even something as simple as wearing earplugs provided relief from her neurological symptoms. Online communities and functional neurologists hav...2023-07-121h 10And She Spoke: Women. Money. Power.Why We Left Instagram for TwitterWe’re leaving Instagram from Twitter! This episode talks about why we’re making the switch and where we’re headed next with our social media. We’re challenging the perception that IG is where you need to be if you want to market your business. This episode explores the trade-off that is often made between sharing ideas vs making them visually appealing and the discrepancies between operational tendencies of men versus women in online business. We encourage you, listener, to consider where the important conversations to you and your business are happening online, to allocate y...2023-07-0446 minAnd She Spoke: Women. Money. Power.When Lockdown Explodes Your GrowthToday we’re airing an episode we did on the Get Paid podcast with Claire Pelletreu. This interview is our entire story- from how we first met, to starting Namastream, to massive growth during COVID, to our bank collapsing last spring. We’ve never told our story in this way- from end to end- and it’s kind of a good story and we should bring it to our listeners. Claire is an excellent interviewer and she pulled out a lot of stories we wouldn’t necessarily tell on our own podcast.Here’s a sneak pee...2023-05-301h 41
The Get Paid Podcast: The Stark Reality of Entrepreneurship and Being Your Own BossSandy Connery and Jeni Barcelos: When Lockdown Explodes Your BusinessTune into one of our most powerful podcast episodes featuring the founders of Marvelous and And She Coaching Co., Jeni Barcelos and Sandy Connery. Despite starting in different industries, Jeni as an attorney and Sandy in footwear and gait analysis, they bonded as the only two women in a tech course with 600 participants. Together, they faced countless obstacles such as securing investors, dealing with copycats, and even running two companies with long COVID before it was widely known. In this powerful interview, Jeni and Sandy share their inspiring story of building their businesses and overcoming adversity in a male-dominated...2023-05-111h 40And She Spoke: Women. Money. Power.When Your Bank CollapsesToday on the podcast, we discuss the collapse of the 16th largest bank in America, the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). And who do we bank with, you might ask? SPOILER ALERT: Silicon Valley Bank. This was the second biggest bank failure in the world and in this exclusive episode, we discuss what happened to SVB and how it is- or was- at the center of the world of start-ups. The collapse of this bank doesn’t only affect the billionaires but also has a major impact on companies and their ability to do payroll. 2023-03-1745 minAnd She Spoke: Women. Money. Power.How to Build a Burn-Out Free BusinessThis episode is intended to help you pause and question what ‘working’ means to you, why you feel like burnout is inevitable, how to define what being your own boss looks like, and the ways in which you can prioritize and maximize rest. We also reflect on 2022: why it was a difficult year, what the listeners can learn from our experiences, and we’re emphasizing the juxtaposition between hustle and joy (now more than ever). Plus, you will hear about building boundaries, setting expectations, and taking your power into your own hands. Burnout is not i...2023-02-1431 minAnd She Spoke: Women. Money. Power.How to Get CoachedIn this week’s episode of And She Spoke, we talk about how to hear and implement advice. We believe there are things you can do to prepare ones-self to hear and successfully implement feedback about your business. Sandy shares about a mindset best suited when preparing to hear advice and those emotions that can hinder one’s willingness to receive guidance. We also talk about why business owners need to focus on those things that can be controlled to be successful and how often-times, we need to reorganize our emotions, attitudes, and actions to find succe...2023-02-0724 minAnd She Spoke: Women. Money. Power.Navigating Long COVID as an EntrepreneurLong Covid is a debilitating long-term illness that is affecting the lives of so many people. Today on the And She Spoke Podcast, Jeni shares how she navigated this chronic illness while running the business. She shares how she was medically gaslit, her symptoms, how walking helped her, what medication she used, and the crippling vertigo and vision problems she experienced. We also discuss how the nature of Jeni’s job and how the flexibility and financial freedom of entrepreneurship saved her during this challenging time. You’ll also learn about some resources and medical professionals that...2023-01-1743 min