290. Mentor Session with Yaa Astar: Persevering Through Self-Doubt And Comparison & Keeping The Momentum Going While Also Finding Balance
Powerhouse Women
Lindsey Schwartz
4.9 • 912 Ratings
🗓️ 2 December 2021
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Lindsey is back with another mentor session with new business owner, Yaa Astar. Yaa has been a CPA for most of her career and took the big leap to leave her job and start her own business as a health and accountability coach. She battled breast cancer and also suffered from severe depression, resulting in multiple suicide attempts. Therefore, Yaa feels the pull to do what she loves now more than ever. On today's episode, Lindsey answers her questions about perseverance and comparison.
In this episode we talk about:
- How to keep the momentum going in your business
- How manage struggling with comparison
- How to respond to family and friends that lose faith in your vision for your business
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|| CONNECT WITH YAA ASTAR ||
https://astarbodyclassroom.com/1-day-confidnence-health-summit
|| CONNECT WITH POWERHOUSE WOMEN ||
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instagram.com/llindseyschwartz
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|| EPISODE TIMELINE ||
( :50 ) Welcome back to the Powerhouse Women podcast for another mentor session!
( 1:33 ) Lindsey asks Yaa to share a little about herself and the big idea she is working on.
( 7:20 ) Lindsey asks Yaa, "Where are you at right now in your journey that other listeners might be able to relate to?"
( 7:32 ) Yaa asks Lindsey, "How do I keep the momentum going?" -Yaa
( 12:40 ) Lindsey talks about struggling with comparison.
( 17:05 ) Lindsey goes into more detail about Yaa's question of keeping up the momentum.
( 20:25 ) Yaa asks Lindsey, "How do I continue to show up for myself when people have lost faith in me, but I still feel that pull to do what I want to do?"
( 26:18 ) Yaa reminds herself to continue asking the question, "Where do I want to see myself in a year from now?
( 26:38 ) Lindsey asks Yaa, "Where can everyone find and follow you on your journey?
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | How do I continue to show up for myself day in and day out? |
| 0:03.6 | How do I balance like working hard diligently and then also giving myself a break? |
| 0:09.1 | You know, how do I create that balance but still keep that momentum going as well as showing up for myself even when there's nobody else around? |
| 0:18.5 | Welcome to Powerhouse Women, the podcast for women who know they are ready for more. |
| 0:25.3 | I'm Lindsay Schwartz, your host and the founder of Powerhouse Women, and together we'll |
| 0:30.5 | unlock the confidence and clarity you are looking for to help you get out of your own way |
| 0:36.2 | and into action around your next big idea. |
| 0:48.3 | Welcome back to the podcast. I'm so excited to bring you another mentor session. These are my |
| 0:53.4 | favorite. And I can't wait to introduce you to, I'm just going to bring you another mentor session. These are my favorite. And I can't wait to |
| 0:56.0 | introduce you to, I'm just going to go ahead and say, mind you best friend. Because yeah, |
| 1:00.8 | you are a ray of sunshine. I've been so excited to do this interview with you. And I'm so |
| 1:06.3 | excited to have you on the podcast. Thanks for coming on. Thank you so much, Lindsay. Yes, I'm excited. |
| 1:13.5 | We were having so much fun chatting before turning the microphone on. I was like, wait, we need to |
| 1:18.2 | record a podcast because that's why we're here. But you have just brought so much light into the |
| 1:25.2 | powerhouse women community, into the girl gang community. |
| 1:29.0 | And I know that a lot of people are going to be able to relate to your journey. So why don't |
| 1:33.3 | you share a little bit about yourself and the big idea that you are currently pursuing? |
| 1:38.5 | Sure. So we're going to do an abridged version about myself. This can't be long. I am 45. |
| 1:46.1 | So I have lived life. But let's go ahead and do a short version about myself. This can't be long. I am 45, so I have lived life. |
| 1:48.0 | But let's go ahead and do a short version of it. |
| 1:52.0 | So my name is Yass Starr, and I was born in Boston. |
| 1:56.6 | And I lived up north all my life, Boston, New York, New Jersey. |
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