The Couragecast – Details, episodes & analysis

Have you ever felt like slowing down might cost you everything? Like if you take a break, the momentum will disappear, the clients will stop coming, and the money will dry up? You’re not alone. I recently faced this fear myself—and what it revealed to me about my nervous system, hustle patterns, and relationship with money completely changed the way I see rest.   In this episode of The Couragecast, we’re diving into:

• Why pausing or taking a break feels so unsafe for many entrepreneurs
• What my summer slowdown revealed about my nervous system + money stories
• How to create natural rhythms in your life and business without losing momentum
• The key role nervous system regulation plays in sustainable success

I’ll share my personal story of stepping back from teaching and podcasting, and how that opened space for deeper alignment, flow, and divine inspiration. If you’ve ever worried that rest equals failure, this conversation will shift how you view breaks, hustle, and abundance.   Let’s connect:@andreacrispcoach + www.andreacrisp.ca ✨ Links mentioned in this episode:

• Join Courage + Conversations, my free weekly community connection call → Learn More
• Sign up for the Receive With Ease Challenge (Sept 22-24) → Register Here

📝 Journaling Prompt: “What stories do I tell myself about rest and productivity? How might my life and business expand if I trusted that slowing down could create more abundance?” Ready to expand your capacity for abundance? Align & Empower is a five-month mastermind designed to help you step into wealth, success, and purpose with ease. APPLY HERE   Original music & production by Stephen Crilly.

What happens when you stop silencing your emotions and start owning your story?   Andrea and Brenda Jasmin explore emotional resilience, social awareness, and abundance. From inner critics to financial empowerment, this episode is a guide to healing, thriving, and making a difference—without burning out or tuning out.   In today’s episode, I’m joined by Brenda Jasmin, a positive psychology coach and resilience trainer who helps women move from surviving to truly flourishing. Together, we have a raw and inspiring conversation about what it means to navigate your emotions, quiet your inner critic, and stay present in a world that often asks us to either numb out or hustle harder. We also talk money—how our stories around finances shape our purpose and how an abundance mindset can be a powerful act of activism.   About Andrea: Andrea Crisp is an Intuitive Empowerment Coach and the voice behind The CourageCast. For over a decade, she’s been guiding women to unlock their inner abundance by blending nervous system regulation, subconscious reprogramming, and intuitive energy work. Andrea empowers you to live bravely, build soul-aligned businesses, and create a life of ease, flow, and purpose.   Website: www.andreacrisp.ca Instagram: @andreacrispcoach   About Brenda: Brenda Jasmin is a Positive Psychology Coach, resilience trainer, and host of The She Flourishes Podcast. With over 15 years of experience helping women thrive, she offers science-backed tools to increase confidence, emotional well-being, and joy. Brenda’s mission is to help women rise into their most authentic, empowered selves—no toxic positivity required.   Instagram: @brendajasmincoach Website: sheflourishes.ca   Music And Production: Stephen Crilly

You’ve journaled. You’ve affirmed. You’ve visualized. But if money still feels stuck, inconsistent, or heavy, it’s time to go deeper.   In this episode, you’ll learn:   > Why affirmations and mindset work often fall flat. > How shame, fear, and scarcity live in the nervous system. > The role of somatic healing in sustainable abundance.   What’s inside my free 3-day nervous system reset, Receive With Ease   This is the somatic money work you’ve been missing. Let’s regulate. Let’s receive.    Connect With Andrea: @andreacrispcoach   Original Music and Production By Stephen Crilly.

You likely became an entrepreneur because you wanted to have more freedom in your life. But here you are in the midst of building a business, doing all the things and more frustrated than ever that you are not experiencing the success you desire.   When you get to the point of asking whether or not you should go back to a 9-5 job that is the moment you need to ask yourself whether or not this is truly what you want and if you feel compelled to do this work.   Your divine purpose is so much bigger than you. But you may have gotten caught up in thinking that you have to be an overnight success.   It is very normal to have doubts and insecurities and part of the entrepreneurial journey is moving through those old stories and creating new more empowered truths about who you are and what is possible for your life.   It's time to let go of the struggle and the hustle to embrace the power of surrender.   Connect With Andrea: @andreacrispcoach + @the.couragecast   Join Weekly Community Call: Courage + Conversations Wednesdays at 12 pm EST   Are you ready to unlock your purpose and potential to step into your future self, now?   Next Level Coaching is for the female entrepreneur who is sitting on the sidelines stuck in comparison mode. She’s lost herself in the hustle and is stuck in constant overwhelm, unable to make decisions for herself, let alone her business. She is ready to get grounded, block out the noise, and find the flow that she hears everyone else talking about because she knows her success is inevitable. She just needs a little guidance to get there. Let’s partner together to create life-long results built on the belief that you already have everything you need to take your next brave steps in life.   Book A Discovery Call: www.andreacrisp.ca/schedule

Identity is the core of what we believe to be true about who we are. And that is no different when it comes to being an entrepreneur and running a successful business. Perhaps you are struggling right now to grow your business and wonder if another strategy or system will be the key to that success.   If you believe that you are a successful at something it is likely you will be. But if you think that you are not successful then it's likely you won't have the success you desire. In this episode we're continuing our five part series on the five key components that help every entrepreneur become successful.   Connect With Andrea: @andreacrispcoach + @the.couragecast   Join Weekly Community Call: Courage + Conversations Wednesday's at 12 pm EST   Are you ready to unlock your purpose and potential to step into your future self, now?   Next Level Coaching is for the female entrepreneur who is sitting on the sidelines stuck in comparison mode. She’s lost herself in the hustle and is stuck in constant overwhelm, unable to make decisions for herself, let alone her business. She is ready to get grounded, block out the noise, and find the flow that she hears everyone else talking about because she knows her success is inevitable. She just needs a little guidance to get there. Let’s partner together to create life-long results built on the belief that you already have everything you need to take your next brave steps in life.   Book A Discovery Call: www.andreacrisp.ca/schedule

Building a business is definitely part strategy and part energy, but one of the most important things that you can do to quantum leap your success is learning how to embody that next-level version of yourself.   In this exciting podcast collaboration, I had the opportunity to chat with my own sales mentor about her recent trip to Arizona and why she decided it was time to get out of her comfort zone.   Part 01 of the conversation takes place on the Sales & Social podcast and during this part of the episode we talk all about getting out of your comfort zone to start meeting like-minded people and the impact that changing up her routine had on her business and her community.   Part 02 of the conversation takes place right here on The Couragecast where we dive into the energetic shifts that took place in Jillian's life and business while in Arizona. We also talk about a near-death experience on the Salt River in Arizona that changed everything.   Listen To Part One: Sales & Social Podcast   Connect With Jillian Murphy: @thejillianmurphy   Connect With Andrea Crisp: @andreacrispcoach + @the.couragecast   Join Weekly Community Call: Courage + Conversations Wednesdays at 12 pm EST   Are you ready to unlock your purpose and potential to step into your future self, now?   Next Level Coaching is for the female entrepreneur who is sitting on the sidelines stuck in comparison mode. She’s lost herself in the hustle and is stuck in constant overwhelm, unable to make decisions for herself, let alone her business. She is ready to get grounded, block out the noise, and find the flow that she hears everyone else talking about because she knows her success is inevitable. She just needs a little guidance to get there. Let’s partner together to create life-long results built on the belief that you already have everything you need to take your next brave steps in life.   Book A Discovery Call: www.andreacrisp.ca/schedule

You've been getting game ready for long enough now and it's time that you learned in the many coaching programs you have invested in to grow your business and put it into motion. Real talk -- it's time to let go of the self-defeating thoughts that tell you, you need to be more qualified to be in the coaching industry.   Have you ever had one of those moments when you thought to yourself -- I could absolutely do that ... why am I not doing that ?! I would be so much better at that!!!   But instead of taking action and launching the program that you know is in your heart to do, you decided you needed one more certification just for good measure so that you can feel more qualified to do what you already know how to do.   What if you decided that you are already enough and anointed yourself with permission to show up for your community and get paid for it.   This week on The Couragecast you'll learn how to step more into your power so that you can create a thriving business from a place of self-love, self-compassion, self-acceptance and self-love.   Connect With Andrea: @andreacrispcoach + @the.couragecast   Join Weekly Community Call: Courage + Conversations Wednesdays at 12 pm EST   Are you ready to unlock your purpose and potential to step into your future self, now?   Next Level Coaching is for the female entrepreneur who is sitting on the sidelines stuck in comparison mode. She’s lost herself in the hustle and is stuck in constant overwhelm, unable to make decisions for herself, let alone her business. She is ready to get grounded, block out the noise, and find the flow that she hears everyone else talking about because she knows her success is inevitable. She just needs a little guidance to get there. Let’s partner together to create life-long results built on the belief that you already have everything you need to take your next brave steps in life.   Book A Discovery Call: www.andreacrisp.ca/schedule

For years I thought that self love was the last thing in the world I needed to work on. I felt confident and mostly self assured when it came to taking risks in my life and business. But that was far from the truth when it came to making mistakes or all out failure. That was the time that I punished myself for not doing more or being better. I lacked the capacity for self love and not only was it effecting me personally but it was also keeping my business from the growth that I desired. In this episode we talk about the ten surprising benefits of self love that have helped me fall in love with my business again.   Connect With Andrea: @andreacrispcoach + @the.couragecast   Join Weekly Community Call: Courage + Conversations Wednesdays at 12 pm EST   Are you ready to unlock your purpose and potential to step into your future self, now?   Next Level Coaching is for the female entrepreneur who is sitting on the sidelines stuck in comparison mode. She’s lost herself in the hustle and is stuck in constant overwhelm, unable to make decisions for herself, let alone her business. She is ready to get grounded, block out the noise, and find the flow that she hears everyone else talking about because she knows her success is inevitable. She just needs a little guidance to get there. Let’s partner together to create life-long results built on the belief that you already have everything you need to take your next brave steps in life.   Book A Discovery Call: www.andreacrisp.ca/schedule

Have you ever felt like you wanted to so desperately to move to that next level in your life and yet there seemed to be a cap on how much you can have? When you reach that point, you have reached your upper limit. Most people stop at that point and shrink back.   I want to let you in on a little secret, it's ok that you have reached an upper limit because it means that you are ready for more growth and expansion. When you start to shift your focus you start to see that all you really need is a change of perspective. In this episode I share four key components to breaking that upper limit.   Connect With Andrea: @andreacrispcoach + @the.couragecast Join Weekly Community Call: Courage + Conversations Book A Discovery Call: www.andreacrisp.ca/schedule   Are you ready to unlock your purpose and potential to step into your future self, now?   The Limitless VIP Experience is for you if you're tired of waiting for your time to come and you're ready to do the mindset work that will position you for a massive upgrade in your life and business.   Learn MORE

Did you know that your mindset is directly linked to your gut health? And not only is it responsible for how you feel but it is also a big indicator of your wealth. This weeks guest on The Couragecast is Geta Barbu. Geta is a Gut Health Practitioner & Certified Nutritionist helping heal and reverse chronic illnesses and keep your autoimmune in remission 100% through nutrition.    Living with liver dysfunction as a mama of 2, happily married, and successful online practice owner - it's has showed time after time how health really is wealth and that with the help from experts that align with our values and morals, we also can heal so we can heal generations after us.    Connect With Geta: @getas.digest   Connect With Andrea: @andreacrispcoach + @the.couragecast Join Weekly Community Call: Courage + Conversations Book A Discovery Call: www.andreacrisp.ca/schedule   Are you ready to unlock your purpose and potential to step into your future self, now?   The Limitless VIP Experience is for you if you're tired of waiting for your time to come and you're ready to do the mindset work that will position you for a massive upgrade in your life and business.   Learn MORE