The SPIRAL UP Podcast with Dr. LaChelle Wieme

There's a moment when you realize you've handed your power over to someone else, and suddenly you can't even articulate what you do or why people hire you. That happened to me. And it was exactly the wake-up call I needed.

In this episode, I'm getting real about where I got stuck lately and walking you through my own experience applying the Flow State Money Method to get myself unstuck. This isn't a polished highlight reel. This is the messy middle, and I'm sharing it because you need to know you're not alone in it.

Here's what you’ll take away:
The 4 steps of the Flow State Money Method and why nervous system regulation has to come first
How I hired three experts to build a "powerhouse trifecta" for my business and what went wrong
The "coachability trap" - why I kept overriding my own discernment and what it cost me
How I finally asked God a clear yes or no question and got an answer I had to act on immediately
What happened the moment I made the decision to trust myself again

If you've ever felt foggy, stuck, or like you've lost your own voice in your business, this episode will make you feel seen. And then it's going to help you get moving again.

👉 Explore the Full Episode Page:
https://iam-lifebydesign.com/post/how-i-stopped-second-guessing-and-trusted-myself

Ways to Work With LaChelle

🔥FREE Training - Flow State Money Reset
Learn why your income feels inconsistent and how to shift into aligned, reliable momentum.
https://iam-lifebydesign.com/flowmoney

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❤️ Connect on IG
https://instagram.com/lachellewieme

📅 Book Your Support & Growth Consultation:
https://iam-lifebydesign.com
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What does it actually look like to build something that doesn't break? Not the highlight reel version, but the real version, where the clients don't show up, a pandemic shuts everything down, and you have to start over more than once?

That's exactly what Dr. Terry Carter did. She's the CEO of Terry International Consulting and host of the Empowered Nurse Leader Summit, and she has built a global nursing leadership consulting firm that has served clients from the United States to Dubai to East Africa. But the path to get there was anything but straightforward.
In this conversation, Terry shares how she kept going through years of slow growth, how COVID froze her contracts mid-stream and forced a complete pivot, and what she calls the "endurance toolkit" that keeps her in a high-performance state as a founder.

Here's what we get into:
Terry's framework for preparing for the worst without abandoning your vision
Why doing a personal inventory of your skills (even the obvious ones) is the starting point for getting unstuck
What "banning the boats" actually means and when it's the right move
How COVID didn't break her business, it redirected it into something bigger
The daily practices Terry uses to stay grounded when everyone is looking to her for direction

If you've been in a slow season and wondering whether to keep going, this conversation will remind you why the answer is yes.

👉 Explore the Full Episode Page:
https://iam-lifebydesign.com/post/building-a-business-that-survives-anything-dr-terry-carter

Meet Dr. Terry Carter
Dr. Terry Carter, DNP, RN, NE-BC, is a nurse executive, leadership strategist, and author known for her work on sustainable leadership and burnout recovery. She is the Founder of Empowered Nurse Leaders and CEO of Terry International Consulting. Her books, including Leadership Redefined and Brilliance in the Quiet, explore leadership as a practice of clarity, stewardship, and renewal rather than self-sacrifice.

https://terryinternationalconsulting.us
https://empowerednurseleaders.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/terry-carter-220ba2372

Ways to Work With LaChelle

🔥FREE Training - Flow State Money Reset
Learn why your income feels inconsistent and how to shift into aligned, reliable momentum.
https://iam-lifebydesign.com/flowmoney

🎧 Listen to Full Episodes on your Favorite Platform
Apple: https://bit.ly/spiraluppodcastapple
Spotify: https://bit.ly/spiraluppodcastspotify
YouTube: https://bit.ly/spiraluppodcastyoutube

❤️ Connect on IG
https://instagram.com/lachellewieme

📅 Book Your Support & Growth Consultation:
https://iam-lifebydesign.com

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Sales doesn't have to feel like a performance. In this episode, I sit down with Chris Castanes, author, speaker, and sales expert with 30+ years in the field, and we get into the real stuff: why rejection isn't personal, how to build a referral network that actually works, and how to make selling feel less like a transaction and more like a conversation.

Chris started his career doing door-to-door insurance sales in the mid-80s (yes, including one memorable encounter involving a vacuum salesman, a very angry homeowner, and a pistol). He's seen it all, and what he's learned is that the best salespeople aren't the most aggressive ones. They're the ones who genuinely care about helping people.

If you've ever avoided a sales conversation because you didn't want to seem pushy, or if you've wondered why your friends aren't your first clients, this one's for you.

In this episode, you'll learn:
Why rejection is almost never about you, and what it actually is about
How to transition from networking small talk to a real sales conversation
The three-option pricing strategy that moves people toward yes
Specific ways to ask for referrals without making it weird
Why confidence comes from action, not the other way around

Sales is a skill, and skills can be learned. You don't have to love it. You just have to get out there and do it until it stops feeling so heavy.

👉 Explore the Full Episode Page:
https://iam-lifebydesign.com/post/how-to-sell-without-feeling-slimy

Meet Chris Castanes
Chris Castanes is the president of Surf Financial Brokers, a speaker, author and host of the "You're Going To Be Great At This!" podcast.

Website: https://www.chriscastanes.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-castanes-4861a92/
Podcast: https://chriscastanes.my.canva.site/ygtbgat-landing-page

Ways to Work With LaChelle

🔥FREE Training - Flow State Money Reset
Learn why your income feels inconsistent and how to shift into aligned, reliable momentum.
https://iam-lifebydesign.com/flowmoney

🎧 Listen to Full Episodes on your Favorite Platform
Apple: https://bit.ly/spiraluppodcastapple
Spotify: https://bit.ly/spiraluppodcastspotify
YouTube: https://bit.ly/spiraluppodcastyoutube

❤️ Connect on IG
https://instagram.com/lachellewieme

📅 Book Your Support & Growth Consultation:
https://iam-lifebydesign.com
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There's a pattern I see constantly in high-achieving women and business owners, and I lived it for years without even knowing it: the invisible weight of feeling responsible for how everyone around you feels. If I upset you, if I disappointed you, if you walked away from our conversation unhappy with me, that felt like my problem to solve. And it was quietly running everything.

In this episode, I walk you through a personal shedding process I went through at the end of 2025 that cracked something wide open for me. It started with a one-minute Instagram reel and ended with me sitting with my two-year-old self, finally telling her she didn't have to hold anyone else's emotions anymore. And the ripple effects in my business and life have been real.

Here's what I cover:
How to set the intention for healing without it needing to be a dramatic breakdown
Why empathy can actually be a trauma response rooted in childhood survival, not sensitivity
How feeling responsible for others' emotions shows up in your business (overdelivering, avoiding hard conversations, discounting your rates, saying yes when you mean no)
The process I used to identify the root of my people pleasing and begin releasing it
Why getting to the root of a pattern changes everything that strategy alone never could

You are not broken. There is nothing wrong with you. There are just some puppet strings running in the background that are ready to be seen.
If you're curious where your gaps are and what's quietly running your show, I have a few openings each month for an Align and Growth Consultation. Let's find the root together.

👉 Explore the Full Episode Page:
https://iam-lifebydesign.com/post/why-feeling-responsible-for-everyones-emotions-is-costing-you

Ways to Work With LaChelle

🔥FREE Training - Flow State Money Reset
Learn why your income feels inconsistent and how to shift into aligned, reliable momentum.
https://iam-lifebydesign.com/flowmoney

🎧 Listen to Full Episodes on your Favorite Platform
Apple: https://bit.ly/spiraluppodcastapple
Spotify: https://bit.ly/spiraluppodcastspotify
YouTube: https://bit.ly/spiraluppodcastyoutube

❤️ Connect on IG
https://instagram.com/lachellewieme

📅 Book Your Support & Growth Consultation:
https://iam-lifebydesign.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are you chasing the next big milestone only to find that once you hit it, you feel absolutely nothing?

I sat down with somatic leader Brianna Rose to talk about the "numbness" of success and why our bodies often rebel against the very growth we’re praying for. We explore how to move past the "lone wolf" burnout and start training your nervous system to actually hold the abundance you’re creating. It’s time to stop conforming to the hustle and start transforming from the inside out.

Recognizing when your body is sending "mixed signals" that counteract your prayers for business growth.
The vital difference between simply regulating your stress and actually rewiring your nervous system for a higher baseline.
Why the "1% everyday" approach is more sustainable for long-term success than the "quantum leap" that leads to collapse.

Building the life you want starts with building the body that can handle it.

I’d love to help you find the alignment you’ve been looking for.

👉 Explore the Full Episode Page:
https://iam-lifebydesign.com/post/somatic-leadership-business-burnout

Meet Brianna Rose
Brianna Rose is the founder of the Light Leader® movement and creator of Body Mapping™, a somatic framework exploring how nervous system patterns shape growth, decision-making, and capacity. She has built a global 7+ figure education business by learning how to grow without self-abandonment, translating lived experience into insight for entrepreneurs navigating identity shifts, uncertainty, and sustainable success.

https://www.instagram.com/iambriannarose
https://www.lightleaderco.com
https://www.lightleaderco.com/cert

Ways to Work With LaChelle

🔥FREE Training - Flow State Money Reset
Learn why your income feels inconsistent and how to shift into aligned, reliable momentum.
https://iam-lifebydesign.com/flowmoney

🎧 Listen to Full Episodes on your Favorite Platform
Apple: https://bit.ly/spiraluppodcastapple
Spotify: https://bit.ly/spiraluppodcastspotify
YouTube: https://bit.ly/spiraluppodcastyoutube

❤️ Connect on IG
https://instagram.com/lachellewieme

📅 Book Your Support & Growth Consultation:
https://iam-lifebydesign.com
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.