445: How Women are Reclaiming Success in Entrepreneurship in 2025: Ceremony, Motherhood, The Erasure of Sacred Feminine in History + Pursuing Passion with Sarah Jenks

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Natalie Ellis

Education, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Business, Self-improvement

4.9 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

In this soul-inspiring episode, Natalie welcomes Sarah Jenks, a priestess, entrepreneur, and advocate for women stepping into their fullest selves. Together, they explore the journey from conditioned expectations to authentic living, the erasure + resurgence of the sacred feminine, and how ceremony can unlock untapped potential. Sarah shares her personal story of evolution — from an advertising executive to an emotional eating coach to a fully expressed priestess — and how embracing her path led to profound transformation in her marriage, motherhood, and business. This episode’s candid reflections include navigating the fear of judgment, balancing motherhood with ambition, and building a niche business in a non-traditional field. If you are looking to align your business with your passion + create lasting impact while staying true to yourself, this episode is for you. What You’ll Learn in This Episode: How to build a niche business rooted in authenticity and passion. Blending spiritual practices with entrepreneurship to create alignment and sustainability. Sarah’s journey from advertising to emotional eating coach to priestess, and how each step shaped her entrepreneurial path. Why embracing your unique calling can help you stand out in a crowded market. The power of ceremony to unlock creativity, clarity, and courage in business and life. Overcoming fear of judgment and redefining success on your terms. Balancing the changes that come with motherhood, marriage, and entrepreneurship while honoring your truth. TIMESTAMPS 00:31 - From advertising to emotional eating: Sarah's early career story. 02:26 - Building a successful business while feeling unfulfilled inside. 05:00 - The transformative power of ceremony and meeting your soul. 11:12 - Motherhood as a spiritual awakening and breaking free from conditioning. 19:59 - The erasure of the sacred feminine in history and its impact today. 27:23 - What ceremony is, and how it creates space for divine connection. 37:27 - Turning an unlikely path into a career: From priestess training to entrepreneurship. 43:40 - How to weave sacred practices into your business. 51:13 - Navigating marriage, motherhood, and authenticity in tandem. 55:02 - Advice for anyone feeling stuck in a life that doesn’t resonate. RESOURCES + LINKS Join Sarah’s retreat, Emerge here. Sign Up For Our Free Weekly Newsletter & Get Insights From Natalie Every Single Week On All Things Strategy, Motherhood, Business Growth + More. Join The Société: Our Exclusive Membership To Help You Build A Freedom-Based Business. Learn Natalie’s Proven Method for Building a Profitable, Predictable, Freedom-Based Business and Get Back to WHY you Became an Entrepreneur in this FREE 90-Minute Training. Drop Us A Review On The Podcast + Send Us A Screenshot & We’ll Send You Natalie’s 7-Figure Operating System Completely FREE (value $1,997) FOLLOW bossbabe: @bossbabe.inc Natalie Ellis: @iamnatalie Sarah Jenks: @sarahjenks

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0:00.0	Welcome to the podcast. Thanks, Natalie. I'm so happy to be here. I know. This has been so overdue. I've wanted you on here for ages. Thank you.
0:19.4	Thank you. So where I want to kick off is talk to me a little bit about your business career journey.
0:26.9	Because there's a lot of people listening that maybe they have business that doesn't resonate
0:33.3	with them anymore or they're in a career and there's something inside of them that's like,
0:37.7	I want to do something else, but is there a market for it?
0:40.1	I'm going to go back to the very beginning because I used to work in advertising and my clients
0:47.5	were Dove Chocolate and Foot Locker.
0:49.2	You know those little promises inside the Dove Chocolate wrappers and have those little sayings.
0:52.8	I wrote some of those.
0:54.1	What? So fun. I wrote some of those. What?
0:54.4	So fun.
0:54.9	I know.
0:55.2	There was like early personal development signs.
0:58.8	It's hilarious.
0:59.4	And I was, I had a binge disorder.
1:04.5	So I was eating in secret in the mornings and at night.
1:08.6	And I had this moment where I ate an entire bag of dove chocolate
1:12.9	promises in the supply closet at my ad agency. And in that moment, I snapped and realized that I had
1:21.5	to figure out what was going on because I knew everything about nutrition. And I couldn't
1:26.3	understand why I was so addicted to food. And I
1:30.6	went to, I decided I wanted to be a psychologist because I was a psych major in college. And I started
1:37.0	looking at psychology programs because I went, I went to the number one liberal arts school in the
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