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💪The Work Beneath The Work ~ Beyond Effort, Into Transformation

The Work Beneath The Work
Beyond Effort, Into Transformation

Most people are familiar with effort, work harder, and learning more.
Trying a different strategy.
Pushing through resistance.
Yet there comes a point when effort alone ...no longer creates the change we are seeking.

The same challenges continue to surface, frustrations return, and the same results find a way to repeat themselves.

At some point, the question becomes less about what we are doing and more about what may be shaping our experience beneath the surface.

✨This is where the conversation shifts.

Beneath every habit, reaction, belief, and decision is a deeper layer influencing how we move through life.

Patterns formed through experience.
Stories we learned to believe.
Responses that became familiar long before we questioned whether they still serve us.

Most people never see this layer.

They only experience the outcome.
The hesitation.
The frustration.
The recurring challenge.

The feeling of knowing something needs to change without fully understanding why it hasn't.

❤️‍🔥Transformation often begins here.

Through recognizing the hidden patterns that quietly influence our choices, relationships, leadership, confidence, and sense of possibility.
When that awareness begins to grow, something remarkable happens.

Perspective changes.

New pathways become available.
The way forward becomes easier to recognize.
What once felt stuck begins to move.

This LIVE opens a conversation about the work beneath the work.
The place where lasting change begins long before it becomes visible to the outside world.

What We Will Explore
• The hidden patterns that continue shaping outcomes despite effort and good intentions
• Why awareness often creates more change than willpower alone
• How the brain and nervous system reinforce familiar responses and what helps create new possibilities
• What becomes available when transformation begins beneath the surface rather than at the level of behavior alone

Our Guest-perts
Amy "Shine" McClain is a hypnotherapist who helps professionals move beyond repeating patterns and access new ways of thinking, responding, and creating change.

Aura Martinez is a Self-Discovery and Empowerment Coach whose work helps individuals gain greater clarity, well-being, and purpose through deeper self-awareness and practical action.

Together, Amy and Aura bring a conversation that explores what happens when growth moves beyond effort and into transformation.

Join Us Live
📅 Thursday, June 25
🕙 10:00 AM PST | 12:00 PM CST | 1:00 PM EST | 6:00 PM UK
📍 Streaming on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Facebook

A Question to Carry Forward:
If effort alone could have created the change you wanted, would it have happened by now?
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💪The Work Beneath The Work ~ Beyond Effort, Into Transformation

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❤️‍🔥From the Boardroom to the Bedroom: The Nervous System's Role in Connection, Trust, and Intimacy

Most people think connection begins with communication. Finding the ...

Most people think connection begins with communication.
Finding the right words. Having the conversation. Saying what needs to be said.
Yet there are moments when the words are present, but something still ...feels out of reach.
A difficult conversation gets postponed.
A boundary feels hard to express.
A desire goes unspoken.
An important need remains hidden beneath the surface, even when the longing and willingness are present, because the connection itself feels harder to access. These experiences are often viewed as communication challenges.
Their roots frequently reach much deeper.
The nervous system plays a powerful role in how safe we feel being seen, heard, understood, and vulnerable with another person.
That influence extends far beyond our closest relationships.
It shapes how we navigate conflict. How we establish trust, lead, collaborate, and connect.
This is where the conversation shifts.
Connection is rarely created through words alone.
Safety creates the conditions for honesty, and trust creates the conditions for openness.
A regulated nervous system creates the conditions for deeper connection.
When those elements are present, conversations begin to change. Relationships become more authentic. People feel more comfortable bringing forward who they truly are.
This LIVE opens a conversation about the relationship between nervous system safety, communication, trust, and intimacy.
A look at what becomes possible when connection is supported by something deeper than effort alone.
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What We Will Discuss:
• Why safety plays such a significant role in communication, trust, and emotional connection
• How nervous system patterns influence the way we show up in relationships, leadership, and everyday interactions
• What creates the conditions for honest conversations, healthy boundaries, and meaningful connection
• How greater awareness can support stronger relationships both personally and professionally
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Our Guest-pert
Irene Fehr, MA, CPCC, SEP is a Sexless Marriage Recovery Coach who helps couples rebuild desire when love is present but connection has faded.
Drawing from both professional expertise and personal experience, Irene works at the intersection of emotional intimacy, nervous system awareness, and human connection. Her approach helps people understand the hidden patterns that create pressure, disconnection, and distance while offering practical pathways toward greater trust, closeness, and authenticity.
Her forthcoming book, Desire Under Pressure: A Practical 12-Step Guide to Wanting—and Enjoying—Sex Again, explores how modern life influences connection and what helps restore it.
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Join Us Live
📅 Thursday
🕙 10:00 AM PST | 1:00 PM EST | 6:00 PM UK
📍 Live on LinkedIn and YouTube
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The Culture You Carry ~ Shapes Performance, Leadership, and Growth

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The Culture You Carry ~
How Environment Shapes Performance, Leadership, and Growth.

Most people think culture belongs to an organization.
Something written on a wall, shared during onboarding, or included in a mission ...statement.

Yet culture has a way of revealing itself long before anyone reads the values.
It lives in the conversations we have with ourselves. It shows up in the standards we accept, the way we respond under pressure, and the expectations we place on the people around us.

Over time, those moments shape more than performance.
They influence relationships. They affect trust. They determine whether people feel valued, supported, and connected to something bigger than themselves.
The impact can be felt.

A team begins communicating differently.
People become more engaged.
Accountability becomes something people embrace rather than avoid.
This is where the conversation shifts.

Leadership is often associated with position or title. The deeper influence comes from the culture we create through our daily interactions, the way we listen, the way we communicate, and the example we set for others to follow.

This LIVE opens a conversation about the relationship between culture, leadership, communication, and human potential.

A look at what becomes possible when people intentionally create environments that bring out the best in themselves and those around them.
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What We Will Discuss:
• How environment influences mindset, performance, and the standards we live by
• Why connection and communication often determine the strength of a team more than talent alone
• What leaders can do to create trust, accountability, and engagement that lasts
• How culture shapes confidence, growth, and the ability to reach our potential
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Our Guest-perts:
Keith Mercer and Dr. Stephanie Duguid bring powerful and complementary perspectives to this conversation.

Keith's journey from adversity to Division I Football Champion, leadership speaker, educator, and founder of Mercer Elite has given him firsthand insight into the role mindset, accountability, and personal standards play in creating lasting success. His work helps students, educators, leaders, teams, and organizations recognize their potential, raise their standards, and develop the confidence needed to thrive.

Dr. Stephanie Duguid brings more than three decades of experience as a teacher, athletic trainer, administrator, and leadership culture strategist. Her work focuses on helping organizations strengthen communication, build trust, and create cultures where people feel connected, valued, and supported.
Together, they offer a powerful perspective on the relationship between environment, leadership, and the impact culture has on both personal and professional growth.

A Question to Carry Forward:
What culture are you creating through the way you show up each day?

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💸The Cost of Uncertainty :What Becomes Possible When Clarity Returns

Most people do not think of uncertainty as something they carry. Yet ...

Most people do not think of uncertainty as something they carry.
Yet it can shape the way they move through an entire day.
Attention gets pulled in different directions.
Simple decisions begin to ...feel heavier.
Questions linger longer than they should.
➜ Revenue.
➜ Growth.
➜ Direction.
Those questions rarely stay at work.
Attention becomes divided. Decisions carry extra weight. Mental energy gets spent filling in the blanks.
The body feels this.
Pressure lingers.
This is where the conversation shifts.
Financial clarity reaches far beyond the numbers.
Confidence grows. Decisions become easier to navigate. Leadership feels more grounded.
Clarity creates room to think, lead, and grow with greater intention.
This LIVE opens a conversation about the relationship between uncertainty, confidence, leadership, and growth.
A look at what becomes possible once the guesswork begins to fade and a clearer picture starts to emerge.
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What We Will Discuss:
• The hidden cost of uncertainty and how it influences far more than finances
• Why confidence often grows from clarity rather than certainty
• What shifts in leadership when assumptions are replaced with visibility
• How understanding the numbers can create more space for growth, creativity, and meaningful impact
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Our Guests
Kirsten Graham and Jeanne Willson are the Co-Founders of Love Your Profit.
Together, they bring a refreshing perspective to a topic many business owners would rather avoid.
Their work goes far beyond bookkeeping.
Together, they help entrepreneurs gain visibility into what is happening behind the scenes of their business so decisions become clearer, confidence grows stronger, and attention can return to the work that truly requires their gifts.
The result is more than organized finances.
It is a greater sense of trust in the numbers, a clearer understanding of what is driving growth, and the freedom to spend less time wondering and more time leading.
Through Love Your Profit, Kirsten and Jeanne support business owners in creating the clarity, systems, and financial confidence needed to make informed decisions, strengthen leadership, and build sustainable growth.
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Join Us Live
📅 Thursday, June 4
🕙 10:00 AM PST | 1:00 PM EST | 6:00 PM UK
📍 Live on LinkedIn and YouTube
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A Wider Lens
One of the things I appreciate most about the Hounds of Business community, founded by Mike Ashabraner, is the opportunity to have conversations like this.
What begins as a conversation about finances often reveals something deeper: confidence, leadership, and the impact uncertainty can have on daily life.
That is the value of community.
Kirsten and Jeanne are wonderful examples of the professionals found within Hounds of Business, helping entrepreneurs gain clarity, confidence, and momentum that creates lasting impact.
This same principle is woven throughout the Bali retreat experience.
Space creates perspective.
A change in environment often creates a shift in awareness.
Stepping away from the constant demands of daily life allows the body to soften, the mind to settle, and a different level of clarity to emerge. Priorities become easier to recognize. Decisions feel less tangled. Energy returns to what matters most.
If you feel called to explore that experience, I would love to connect with you.
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A Question to Carry Forward
If clarity suddenly arrived in the area of your business that feels the most uncertain, what would become available to you that feels out of reach today?Show More

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