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The Black Woman in the Corner OfficeFrom Hustle to Rest: Why High-Performing Women Need to Sit Down Somewhere — with Shalece DanielsSend us a textIn this episode of The Black Woman in the Corner Office, I sit down with the powerhouse herself — Shalece Daniels. As CEO of Live As If, Shalece is redefining productivity through wellness. She co-founded Flow AI, the delegation-streamlining system that saves your time and your sanity. And because rest is a love language too — she also leads couple retreats that help partners reconnect so they can flourish inside and outside the boardroom.Sis is basically teaching us how to succeed without sacrificing our souls. We first...
2025-10-2858 min
Hustle Culture Recovery: A Live As If PodcastEpisode 16 - The Truth About Costa Rica No One Talks About | The Aligned CEO™Sunrise, salt air, quieter brain. From Eloa’s treetops, David and I break down how Costa Rica upgrades your PIES: Physical, Intellectual, Emotional, Spiritual. If your calendar is loud and your thinking feels dull, this episode gives you a simple morning rhythm that sharpens decisions and softens your nervous system.You’ll get • The PIES Block you can run on day one • Why a blue-zone culture reduces decision fatigue and rework • A 10-minute sunrise cue that cuts afternoon crashesWalk 10, read 10, gratitude text 1, sit 5 before touching your phone. Notice your first big decision.
2025-09-2328 min
Hustle Culture Recovery: A Live As If PodcastEpisode 15 - How I Beat Brain Fog With Flow | The Aligned CEO™Rest is not a reward. It is the strategy.In this episode of Aligned CEO™, I pull back the curtain on what happens when brain fog takes over and your to-do list looks like a CVS receipt. From taxes to watering the grass, everything feels urgent until you learn how to reset your nervous system and lead like a true CEO.Inside this conversation you will learn:- How to use a Radical Rest Reset to reclaim energy in minutes- A CEO-grade task sorting system that cuts overwhelm on the spot...
2025-09-1606 min
Hustle Culture Recovery: A Live As If PodcastEpisode 14 - Delegating While on Vacation | The Aligned CEO™What if you could build 9 client-ready guides, 9 automations, and an entire quiz funnel… while lying in bed or walking the beach in Puerto Viejo?In this episode of The Aligned CEO™, I show you how I used FLOW to take a big framework and turn it into clear, actionable mini-guides that my VAs executed with ease. By the time they started their workday, every detail was already laid out. While they moved the project forward, I was free to rest, ground myself on the beach, and focus on living my life.Here is what you will...
2025-09-0911 min
Hustle Culture Recovery: A Live As If PodcastEpisode 13 - The Biggest Lies About Rest That Nearly Broke Us| The Aligned CEO™Rest is not laziness. It is a business strategy.In this week’s episode of The Aligned CEO™, I sit down with my business besties Tanisha Molden (Molden Law) and Charmaine Brown (Connections Consulting + Simply Living Me) to unpack the biggest myths about rest and reveal how shifting into guilt free rest practices completely changed our revenue, creativity, and leadership.For years we believed the hustle myth. That exhaustion was the price of growth. That naps, boundaries, and retreats meant you were falling behind. The truth is very different. Rest protects your bottom line. Studies show...
2025-09-0259 min
Hustle Culture Recovery: A Live As If PodcastEpisode 12 - No 9-5. Just Wealth Here's How We Raised Them | The Aligned CEO™Generational wealth is about more than real estate and bank accounts. It is about building a legacy that lasts in your family, your health, and your relationships.In this week’s episode of The Aligned CEO™, David and I share the systems and lessons we’ve put in place to make sure our kids don’t just inherit assets, but wisdom:🏡 Ownership over debt → why we guided our kids into buying property instead of renting📈 Teaching by example → showing them how investments compound, how credit works, and why discipline matters💬 Relationships as wealth → because money doesn’t m...
2025-08-2635 min
Hustle Culture Recovery: A Live As If PodcastEpisode 11 - You Don't Need A Team, You Need This! | The Aligned CEO™Before you hire someone new, ask yourself, does this task really need a human?In this episode of The Aligned CEO™ podcast, I walk you through my real to-do list.It was long. Messy. Stress-inducing.I dropped the entire thing into FLOW.She replied with:What to deleteWhat to automateWhat to delayWhat I needed to actually doAnd what to send to my team, already written as a briefYou’ll learn:How to use a decision matrix to avoid over-hiringHow to stop being the middleman between your brain and your team...
2025-08-1906 min
Hustle Culture Recovery: A Live As If PodcastEpisode 10 - Watch This Before You Hire Your First Employee | The Aligned CEO™This episode is for every founder who’s scaling too fast, hiring too soon, and wondering why they still feel behind.I share the exact frameworks I use with FLOW to decide: – What needs my attention – What can be templatized or automated – And what should never land on my desk againYou’ll learn: ✔️ How I saved a client $3,500/month with one automation ✔️ The 4-question Decision Matrix I run everything through ✔️ The Approval Matrix that removed 80% of my “quick check-ins”Stop building teams that scale your chaos.Build systems that give you...
2025-08-1218 min
Hustle Culture Recovery: A Live As If PodcastEpisode 9 - The Only 3 Things You Need Each Morning | The Aligned CEO™Most founders wake up and hit the ground running.I used to be one of them, inbox before breath, meetings before meaning.Then I made a radical shift: ✨ No alarms ✨ A $7.98 gratitude meditation ✨ No meetings before 11 ✨ Morning rituals built around my body’s rhythmIt wasn’t just about rest. It was revenue.FLOW, my AI delegation system, was born in that space.Five-figure contracts came when I stopped sprinting into my day.Neuroscience shows: The first 20 minutes after waking dictate your cognitive capacity for the next 4 hours. Wha...
2025-08-0508 min
Hustle Culture Recovery: A Live As If PodcastEpisode 8 - Here's The Truth About Keeping The Spark | The Aligned CEO™Ten years inand we are still asking how to show up fullywithout losing ourselves in the processThis episode of The Aligned CEO™ is about what intimacy looks like when life is fullVirtual dinnersSoft check-insEye contact that says “I’m still here”Love doesn’t stay alive on its ownIt’s built with intentionWatch the full episode now
2025-07-2942 min
Hustle Culture Recovery: A Live As If PodcastEpisode 7 - Too Tired To Explain? FLOW Gets It | The Aligned CEO™Voice notes don’t scale. FLOW does.In this episode, I turned one messy voice note into 3 complete, actionable tasks without a second explanation.If you're tired of repeating yourself, FLOW translates your chaos into clarity so your team can execute without extra pings, stress, or rewrites.Win: Saved hours of team confusion, and I didn’t lift a finger twice.Watch now and reclaim your energy.
2025-07-2210 min
Hustle Culture Recovery: A Live As If PodcastEpisode 6 - If you're not using these 3 filters before you delegate...well | The Aligned CEO™From chaos to clarity in 2 minutes.In this episode of The Aligned CEO™, I walk you through how one messy voice note turned into three crystal-clear tasks without repeating myself once.You’ll learn the 3-question filter I use to reclaim my time, stop micromanaging, and delegate with clarity that sticks. I’ll also demo how FLOW translates your to-do list into clean, actionable steps your team or systems can run with.🎯 Save 10+ hours a week🧠 Get your brain back💡 Lead without managing every detailWatch now and let FLOW...
2025-07-1510 min
Hustle Culture Recovery: A Live As If PodcastEpisode 5 - Hustle Didn't Work This One Did | The Aligned CEO™Pleasure is the business plan.I don’t start my day with Slack. I start it with breath work.Since switching to rest-driven systems, my decisions have been sharper and my growth more sustainable.Build one daily ritual that opens your body before your inbox.
2025-07-0802 min
Hustle Culture Recovery: A Live As If PodcastEpisode 4 - What Almost Broke Us... and What Brought Us Back | The Aligned CEO™First time living alone. At 38.In Costa Rica. After a massive fight.I stopped performing and started breathing.And I realized something wild.I had never lived without serving someone else.The mental tabs we keep open, partner, parent, provider, stay open until we choose to close them. This week, David and I open up about the moment that nearly ended our marriage. It is real. And it is a must-watch.Watch the full episode of The Aligned CEO™ to see what brought us back.
2025-07-0131 min
Hustle Culture Recovery: A Live As If PodcastEpisode 3 - Brain Dumped and She Gave Me a Plan | The Aligned CEO™I had three tabs open, two team members waiting on answers, and my smoothie was melting.My VA asked the same question for the third time. Not because she wasn’t capable — but because I was holding the entire business in my brain.The overwhelm hit my chest before I could name it. I wasn’t mad at her. I was exhausted from being the Chief Explaining Officer.That was the moment I realized I wasn’t leading. I was compensating.FLOW changed that. I dropped one messy voice note — full of half-fi...
2025-06-2409 min
Hustle Culture Recovery: A Live As If PodcastEpisode 2 - You're Delegating Wrong Wanna Fix It? | | The Aligned CEO™You’re not delegating. You’re escaping.No time to train. No room to draft. No trust in the final delivery.And then you wonder why it keeps coming back.Try this instead: Train. Try. Trust. Repeat with clarity.Ready to stop putting out fires? Time to Delegate Like a Pro.Watch out for this week’s podcast episode.
2025-06-1712 min
Hustle Culture Recovery: A Live As If PodcastEpisode 1 - I Didn’t Plan This Episode, My Nervous System Did | The Aligned CEOI didn’t film this episode with a plan.These are the moments I caught;the pauses, the movement, the breath that makes everything else possible.This isn’t a sit-down episode.This is real life, real rest, my real rhythm.It’s the part of my leadership you don’t usually see…Not the strategy doc. Not the quarterly wins.Me giving my body what it needs so my business doesn’t drain me.Before I build, I breathe.Before I delegate, I download.This is the...
2025-06-1002 min
Hustle Culture Recovery: A Live As If PodcastPlanting Prosperity: Taurus Season Insights with Rikki DutchIn this transformative episode, I, Shalece Daniels, a 7-figure business coach, author, real estate investor, and retreat host, take you on a journey through the pivotal moments that shaped my success. From growing up on Detroit's East Side to scaling businesses globally, this episode is about redefining what it means to thrive.I share how real estate became my ticket to freedom, why Rich Dad, Poor Dad changed my perspective, and how the mindset shift to embrace delegation transformed my business. You’ll learn how I went from being stuck in the weeds of my business to le...
2025-02-061h 08
Hustle Culture Recovery: A Live As If PodcastMen, Do You Crave Balance Too?In this powerful episode, we dive deep into the challenges men face in business—particularly as leaders, providers, and entrepreneurs. While men are often expected to suppress emotions and always have the answers, this unprocessed pressure can seep into their businesses, creating cycles of chaos, overwhelm, and exhaustion.We explore why societal expectations make it difficult for men to acknowledge vulnerability and how this impacts their ability to delegate, scale, and thrive. I share insights from conversations with men in leadership who are struggling with strained relationships, poor systems, and an inability to trust others with their bu...
2025-01-2407 min
Hustle Culture Recovery: A Live As If PodcastReal Estate Investing with Laura TomlinsonAs a Detroit-based real estate investor and property manager with over 20 years of experience, I sat down with LT on Tag Up with LT to share my journey, insights, and strategies for building a thriving rental property portfolio. In this episode, I break down my proven Section 8 Insider Formula—a system that has helped me consistently generate high returns while supporting tenants through wraparound services.I talk about how I got started at 18 years old and built a business that now manages over 230 units. Whether you're new to real estate or an experienced investor, I share exactly ho...
2025-01-1732 min
Hustle Culture Recovery: A Live As If PodcastWhen to Rest and Reflect as a Real Estate Investor with Tilisa StubbsWhat if rest was the secret to scaling your business? In this conversation with Tilisa Stubbs, I, Shalece Daniels, share how embracing radical rest and intentional practices took my real estate business to seven figures while allowing me to create a life of freedom and ease. From Detroit to Costa Rica, I’ve discovered that rest isn’t a luxury—it’s a powerful tool for creativity, clarity, and growth.Here’s what Tilisa and I discuss:Why rest isn’t just about sleep or relaxation—it’s about restoring your energy and fueling innovation.How somatic healing...
2025-01-0938 min
Hustle Culture Recovery: A Live As If PodcastFuel Creativity: Breakthroughs By Slowing Down with Laura Jane LaytonAs entrepreneurs and real estate CEOs, we often wear "hustle" like a badge of honor, but what if rest was the ultimate power move? In this episode of The Lara Jane Layton Show, I, Shalece Daniels, share my journey from burning the candle at both ends to embracing Radical Rest—a concept that changed my life and my business.Radical Rest is about more than just taking time off; it’s about finding what truly restores you. For me, rest has looked like climbing mountains, lounging in a hammock, and taking dance breaks during workdays. It’s about...
2024-12-2647 min
Hustle Culture Recovery: A Live As If PodcastFirst Time Experiences: Travel Stories and Laughing Through Hardships with Lavinia Grosanu and Asher WrightHave you ever taken a leap into the unknown? In this episode, alongside Asher and Lavinia, I’m sharing one of the most transformative firsts of my life: moving to Costa Rica in 2020. What started as a three-week vacation turned into a five-month adventure, my first solo experience away from family, and the beginning of a life I never imagined.This wasn’t just a physical move—it was a mindset shift. At 38, I had spent my life grinding, raising kids, and doing what society told me was “normal.” But Costa Rica taught me the power...
2024-12-1956 min
Hustle Culture Recovery: A Live As If PodcastBoost Your Business With RestI’m Shalece Daniels, and in this episode, I’m sharing how I transformed my hands-on property management business into a thriving, hands-off operation—while living in Costa Rica. My journey is all about embracing rest as a revenue driver, scaling smartly, and building a business that works for you, not because of you.I dive into how I transitioned from being deeply involved in the daily grind to optimizing my systems and empowering my team with a Business Instruction Manual (BIM). This approach allowed me to step back, travel, and truly live while my bus...
2024-12-1211 min
Hustle Culture Recovery: A Live As If PodcastHow to Profit from Section 8 Rentals with Shalece Daniels | Real Estate Investing Tips for EntrepreneursWelcome to the Keys to Success Podcast! In this episode, we dive into the lucrative world of Section 8 rentals with Shalece Daniels, a seasoned real estate investor and avid traveler. Shalece shares her journey from starting as an 18-year-old landlord to becoming a full-time investor in Detroit’s Section 8 market. She reveals how she turned challenges like over-leveraging and market crashes into valuable lessons that shaped her successful real estate strategy.Shalece explains the benefits of Section 8 housing, including guaranteed government-backed income and tips to find reliable tenants. Learn how she screens tenants, nurtures relationships, and maintains pr...
2024-12-0556 min
Detroit is DifferentBuilding Futures: Shalece Daniels on Detroit, Business, and CommunityDiscover how dreams, community, and history intertwine in the heart of Detroit with Shalece Daniels. Listen to our conversation about transformative community initiatives and personal journeys on the Detroit is Different podcast.
Transitioning from personal history to present endeavors, Shalece and Khary delve into the significance of community work and homeownership in Detroit. Shalece's involvement in two dynamic initiatives—Renewed Homes and Black Leaders Detroit—highlights her commitment to serving the community by providing opportunities for financial literacy and homeownership education.
Renewed Homes focuses on rehabilitating properties for individuals who might otherwise struggle with creditworthiness, offe...
2024-11-282h 06
Hustle Culture Recovery: A Live As If PodcastBlack Women on Kilimanjaro: Tips for SuccessFor all the Black women who dream of conquering Mount Kilimanjaro—or even those who never thought about it—this episode is for you. Climbing Africa’s tallest peak isn’t just about the physical journey; it’s about preparing your mind, body, and spirit for an adventure that’s as challenging as it is rewarding. I created this insider’s guide specifically for Black women who want to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, sharing everything I wish I had known before taking on the mountain.From unexpected struggles with altitude sickness to life-saving gear recommendations, I’ve covered it all. Did you...
2024-11-2819 min
Hustle Culture Recovery: A Live As If PodcastWhy You Need A Business SquadBuilding a business that thrives on rest, ease, and accountability takes more than just systems—it requires the right squad. In this podcast episode, I’m joined by Tanisha Molden, an attorney and productivity coach, and Charmaine Brown, a corporate leader turned entrepreneur, as we dive deep into what makes our squad a game-changer for business growth and personal fulfillment. Together, we reflect on how collaboration, trust, and shared energy have shaped our success, while offering insights on why every entrepreneur needs a support network.From the unfiltered story of how we met to the three reasons why...
2024-11-2155 min
Hustle Culture Recovery: A Live As If PodcastScarcity to Abundance: Create Time Freedom & ThriveIn this episode, recorded straight from Costa Rica during a family celebration, I dive into a transformative conversation around time—one of the most precious yet misunderstood resources. We’ve been taught to think about time through a lens of scarcity: rushing from one deadline to the next, believing there’s never enough time in a day. But what if you flipped that script? Shifting your mindset from scarcity to abundance changes how you experience time and, in turn, how you thrive in business and life.Throughout this episode, I explore how this simple mindset shift gives you co...
2024-11-1409 minHustle Culture Recovery: A Live As If PodcastStop Being Afraid to Scale! It doesn't Mean More Work.Ready to scale your real estate business but overwhelmed at the thought of more work? You’re not alone. In this episode, I dive deep into the challenges of scaling—addressing the fear of delegation, breaking free from over-involvement, and why you need to build a Business Instruction Manual (BIM) to regain control of your time. Many entrepreneurs think growing means working harder, but the truth is, success lies in working smarter.We explore how systems, delegation, and trust can unlock time freedom, so you can enjoy life without sacrificing business growth. Through my Business Coaching experience, I sh...
2024-11-0711 min
Pandora's Awareness Podcast🌟 Thousands have this priceless gift but never discover it. Shalece & Lavinia 🌟Send us a textGet ready for a laughter-filled, inspiring episode of Pandora's Awareness Podcast featuring the dynamic trio: Asher, Lavinia, and Shalece Daniels! 😂✨Dive into a world of first-time experiences:• 🌍 Embracing new cultures and self-discovery• 🏔️ Conquering mountains and facing fears• 🐠 Underwater adventures and fishing tales• 👶 The rollercoaster of first-time motherhoodMeet our fabulous guest:Shalece Daniels: Business coach helping women entrepreneurs find success with easeExplore:• 🧳 The thrill of leaving home and reinventing...
2024-09-2855 min
The Laura Jane Layton Show – Silencing Your Inner Bully ®Ep145: Fuel Creative Breakthroughs By Slowing Down with Shalece DanielsDive deep into the transformative power of radical rest with Shalece Daniels as she explores how stepping back and embracing rest recharges your batteries and enhances creativity and productivity. Learn to say yes to yourself, discover what brings you joy, and break free from societal expectations by tuning in! Key takeaways to listen for What is the true essence of radical rest, and how it differs from traditional rest Practical steps to begin integrating radical rest into your daily routine The importance of self-inquiry in discovering personal desires and...
2024-04-2442 min
Tag Up with LTReal Estate InvestingReal estate investor and manager of rental properties, Shalece Daniels, has a conversation with LT on how to get started by your mindset, believing, and creating relationships with funding partners. Shalece has over 200+ units and 130+ rental properties that require effective systems in place to successfully run a property management company and maintain capitalization rate. She walks LT through her section 8 insider formula, challenges to property management, and the wrap around services she offers her tenants.Links:https://tagupwithlt.comhttps://shalecedaniels.comFollow:@tagupwithlt@shalecedanielsSupport the show
2023-05-1232 min