🎙 The Rise Podcast with Sara Connell – Episode 77 Featuring: Kimberly Warner

In this powerful episode of The Rise, Sara Connell sits down with creator and thought leader Kimberly Warner for a heart-opening conversation on what it really looks like to rise in the midst of uncertainty, change, and big dreams.

Together, Sara and Kimberly explore how to stay devoted to your vision when life doesn't go as planned, how to alchemize challenge into purpose, and how to trust your voice as a leader, artist, and human being.

Whether you're writing a book, building a movement, growing a business, or simply navigating your next chapter, this episode will meet you right where you are and invite you to take your next brave step.

What You'll Learn in This Episode

• How to honor your story (even the messy parts) and turn it into fuel for your mission.

• Simple mindset shifts to help you move from self-doubt into aligned, courageous action.

• Practices for staying grounded and resourced while you're visible, vulnerable, and leading.

• How to reframe "setbacks" as sacred redirections on the path to your purpose.

• Why your lived experience is not a liability but your greatest thought leadership asset.

This is a beautiful listen if you've ever wondered, "Is it really possible for me?" and you're ready for a resounding, soul-level yes.

 

Writing the Unfixed Life

Every life holds stories that refuse tidy arcs or endings—illness, loss, identity shifts, and everyday uncertainties that shape us. Writing the Unfixed Life is for writers sitting (or wrestling!) with those stories.

Over four weeks, we'll build the emotional and creative scaffolding needed to shape your memoir. We'll move beyond the mind's grip and allow prose to rise from within, the kind of truth the body carries long before the brain finds words for it.

I'll be your companion on this journey, drawing on years of interviewing and filming people living with chronic illness, my own path living unfixed, and the work of guiding others like Dylan Shanahan, whose memoir Liberation of Being came into the world even as ALS took his ability to speak or type. Between Dylan's story, my award-winning films, and my own best-selling memoir Unfixed, I've learned that the stories we resist the hardest are often the very ones most capable of shining light, for ourselves and for others.

REGISTRATION ENDS DECEMBER 31st, 2025

Session Curriculum

When: 4 Mondays in February 2026 from 9:00am - 10:30am PT

Week 1: The Call to Story — Finding Your Entry Point

• Identify the central pulse of your memoir: the story only you can tell.

• Explore the "unfixed" nature of memory and how to embrace uncertainty as part of truth.

• Exercises: guided free-writes + letter-writing across time (to or from your past or future self or other key characters).

Week 2: Sensory and Synesthetic Play — Writing What Can't Be Said

• Use sensory details, metaphor, and synesthesia to access emotion beyond fact.

• Learn to transform abstract feelings into vivid images and scenes.

• Exercises: sensory mapping + writing through an object or image.

Week 3: Voices Within — Dialogue With the Unheard

• Listen for the inner voices (your child-self, your body, the silenced characters of your past).

• Practice writing conversations across memory and imagination.

• Exercises: voice-pairing dialogue + "chair across the room" exercise.

Week 4: Shaping the Memoir — Building Your Emotional Blueprint

• Learn how to structure memoirs around emotional arcs, not just chronology.

• Create your personal story map: themes, turning points, and threads of resilience.

• Exercises: draft your memoir's scaffolding + closing ritual for courage to keep writing.

Participant Takeaways

By the end of the seminar, writers will:

• Have 4+ new chapters, scenes, or fragments rooted in emotional truth.

• Create a memoir story map that clarifies themes, arcs, and structure.

• Gain embodied, emotional building blocks needed to finish their memoirs with confidence.

• Carry tools for writing and living with uncertainty, grief, and the unknown.

Enrollment Details

Ordinarily, a course like this would cost $495. You can join at no cost when you purchase 10 copies of Unfixed (about $250 total) from Amazon or Barnes & Noble.

Think of it as giving the books away—to a reader's club, as gifts, or to friends who might need this story—while receiving the workshop as a gift in return.

Simply DM or email your receipt, and we'll reserve your spot.

Every time I've walked beside someone through this kind of sharing, I've seen how the unspeakable softens once it finds its voice in the body. What once felt unshapable begins to glimmer with coherence, even a kind of magic—as if you survived it so that one day it could be told, so your pain might become someone else's map. Writing the Unfixed Life is my invitation to sit with you in that tender, luminous space. Your story matters, in all its jagged, uncertain, unfixedness, and I would be honored to help you bring it into being.

Register here: https://open.substack.com/pub/unfixed/p/writing-the-unfixed-life?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

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In Episode 76 of The Rise Podcast, Sara Connell sits down with transformational coach, technologist, and author Will Lukang for a powerful conversation on timing, courage, and the art of betting on yourself.

Will—who spent 33+ years in technology before launching his leadership company Kyros Executive Program—shares the core philosophy behind the name:
the right moment isn't someday…it's now. 

Together, Sara and Will explore:
✨ Why your next big leap begins the moment you decide to take it
✨ The difference between planning for what if and planning for when—and how this shift changes everything

✨ The mindset reframe that turns rejection into "next opportunity"
✨ How to break the habit of staying small and start behaving like the future you
✨ How AI + human intention can elevate your thought leadership, creativity, and impact
✨ Why betting on yourself is the only strategy that guarantees expansion

Will also shares behind-the-scenes stories about his new collaborative book, the unexpected chain reaction that turned podcast guests into published authors, and the one question that changes his clients' entire trajectory:
"If you couldn't fail, what would you do?"

This episode is a call to action for leaders, writers, and entrepreneurs ready to rise into their next chapter. Whether you're at the start of your career, reinventing yourself, or climbing toward senior leadership—this conversation ignites the courage to move now, not later.

What You'll Learn

• How to recognize the Kyros moment—the precise moment to act on your calling
• A practical framework for making bold decisions without fear
• The simple morning ritual Will uses for peak performance
• How AI can support your creativity without replacing your voice
• How one brave action can unlock a chain of opportunities you never saw coming 

#TheRisePodcast #SaraConnell #WillLukang #BetOnYourself #KyrosMoment #ThoughtLeadership #LeadershipDevelopment #WomenStartingMovements #HumanAndAI #NextOpportunity #CareerBreakthrough #QuantumLeapMindset

In this empowering episode, Sara Connell is joined by Stacey Brass-Russell, a former Broadway performer turned coach for thought leaders to talk about why you don't have to start over to rise. They explore what it means to evolve your identity and message without erasing your past, and how to claim your space as a bold, visible, soul-led leader.

Why listen: If you've ever felt like you've outgrown parts of your brand, business, or identity but don't want to throw it all away. This conversation will remind you that every version of you is still worthy. It's not about reinvention. It's about integration.

Who it's for:
Coaches, creatives, speakers, and authors navigating a personal or professional evolution.

What you'll gain:

• Tools for visibility
• Mindset breakthroughs
• Practical steps for turning your past into your power.

🎟️ Join us August 6 for the Monetize Your Book Summit!
For authors, coaches & entrepreneurs ready to amplify their impact through a bestselling book.
Sign up: Click here to register

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Let's be honest: hiring can be one of the hardest parts of growing a business—and one of the most liberating when done right.   In this episode, Sara Connell sits down with Tim Francis—entrepreneur, hiring strategist, and founder of Great Assistant—to talk about the real reason most hiring fails and what to do instead. You'll hear the behind-the-scenes story of how Tim went from five failed assistants to building a multi-million dollar team—plus the genius strategy that helped him hire like a pro (and finally reclaim his time). In this episode:

• Why entrepreneurs should operate like surgeons in the room
• The 3 things ONLY you should be doing in your business
• What happened when Tim imagined being legally bound to his next hire for 3 years
• How dinner parties turned into an empire of 1,000-person events
• The mindset shift every founder needs before building a team

Whether you're just getting started or scaling fast, this episode is your reminder that you don't have to do it all alone.

EP64: WATCH THIS BEFORE You Write with AI — with Elizabeth Wardle   What is writing really for—and what happens when we outsource it? In this eye-opening episode, Sara Connell sits down with Elizabeth Wardle—Distinguished Professor, Writing Expert, and Director of the Howe Center for Writing Excellence—to talk about the future of writing, AI, and why the way we teach and create needs to evolve fast. We explore the true purpose of writing in a world where AI is rapidly replacing human expression—and what it really costs when we give it all away to the machines. You'll hear:

• Why "play it through to the hangover" applies to AI-generated writing
• What students and writers actually need to learn
• How to stop policing and start teaching better writing
• Why not all "problems" AI solves are real
• The powerful reason we should keep writing ourselves

If you care about education, creativity, connection—or you're using AI in your business—this episode is your reminder to pause, question, and lead with intention.

What if your book wasn't the end of your message—but the beginning of a business?

In this powerful episode, Sara Connell sits down with Melissa Pharr—coach, spiritual medium, and multi-hyphenate entrepreneur—for a candid conversation about the future of publishing, soul-aligned marketing, and how to build a business that transforms lives.

Melissa shares her unique path from money strategist to medium, what it really takes to write and launch a book in today's world, and why 2025 is calling us to be more multidimensional in our businesses and our leadership.

You'll hear:
✨ How to align your book with transformational offers
✨ The truth about energetics + identity shifts while writing
✨ Why your book isn't your business—but your invitation
✨ How mediumship and entrepreneurship intersect in healing work
✨ What every heart-led creator needs to know right now

Whether you're writing your first book or building a brand that blends service, soul, and success—this episode is your permission slip to do it your way.

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Ready to sell more books and look like a pro on Amazon?   In this tactical, game-changing episode of Thought Leader Launch, Sara Connell is joined by publishing strategist Susie Schaefer, who walks us through the most overlooked (and powerful) tools authors can use to elevate their Amazon presence: Author Central and A+ Content.   You'll learn:

• How to actually set up and optimize your Amazon Author Central page
• The secrets of A+ Content—and how it turns browsers into buyers
• Why your book may be missing critical sales page elements (and how to fix it fast)
• How to position yourself as a thought leader, not just an author
• Simple changes that make your Amazon page look polished, professional, and searchable

  If you're publishing on KDP, IngramSpark, or both—this is the masterclass you didn't know you needed.   Join Sara's community: https://www.saraconnell.com/thought-leader-academy   Women STARTING MOVEMENTS: A  3 day curated event for experts, coaches, visionaries, & entrepreneurs- https://www.saraconnell.com/women-starting-movements

What if making money didn't require hustle, burnout, or endless pressure? In this inspiring episode of Thought Leader Launch, bestselling Hay House author and top 1% podcast host Kate Northrup joins Sara Connell to reveal how she created success and abundance without stress—and how you can too.   You'll learn:

• The life-changing event that redefined Kate's relationship with money and success
• Why hustle no longer works—and what to do instead
• The real meaning of "relaxed money" and how to create it in your life
• Kate's surprising #1 first step to shift into ease and abundance—starting today
• A behind-the-scenes peek at what she's considering for her next book deal

  Whether you're scaling your business, launching your next offer, or healing your relationship with money, this episode is your permission slip to do it differently—and thrive.   Explore more of Kate's work: https://katenorthrup.com/   Want to become a bestselling author or thought leader?    Join Sara's community: https://www.saraconnell.com/thought-leader-academy   Women STARTING MOVEMENTS: A  3 day curated event for experts, coaches, visionaries, & entrepreneurs- https://www.saraconnell.com/women-starting-movements  

Thinking about launching a book? Don't hit publish until you hear this!

In this week's episode of Thought Leader Launch, Sara Connell sits down with bestselling author and strategist Christina Nylese, who breaks down how she used a paid community not only to support her launch—but to fund it. Plus, they dive deep into Author Central, Amazon A+ content, and what it really takes to stand out on Amazon and beyond.

You'll learn:

• How Christina structured her paid group to generate revenue before her book even dropped

• Why most authors overlook the power of their Amazon Author Central page—and how to fix that

• A+ Content 101: what it is, why it matters, and how to use it to boost your credibility

• Tactical, low-cost steps to make your book launch more powerful and profitable

If you're an aspiring author, coach, or thought leader—this episode is a masterclass in launching smart.

 

Join the Thought Leader Academy: https://www.saraconnell.com/thought-leader-academy

Women STARTING MOVEMENTS: A  3 day curated event for experts, coaches, visionaries, & entrepreneurs: https://www.saraconnell.com/women-starting-movements

 

 

 

If you've been triggered, feel resentful, or stuck, learn this quick 4 part code that will give you a breakthrough

Key Topics

• What you might not know about emotional triggers
• The secret (no it's not what's the gift or lesson) hidden inside your most recent trigger
• The 4 step turnaround from trigger to your next triumph

Want the full Millionaire Codes book? Get it here: https://www.amazon.com/Millionaire-Codes-Science-Supernatural-Success/dp/B0F1ZLCRDJ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3EF2SXJ4RN0WY&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.5zlafUp2gedEEUwIZTRKfg.zJDBMFLifCs-_ZUwDYA-YgeJG_7tf0Jb4-yUAx9hsZ0&dib_tag=se&keywords=millionaire+codes+book+sara+connell&qid=1745253475&sprefix=millionaire+codes+book%2Caps%2C149&sr=8-1

 

We're back with a new brain sequence to fast-track your next big goal with code 3: anchor images

Key topics:

• Your brain's superpower to create "future memories" and accelerate your success
• What is an anchor image, and how can it fast-track the manifestation of a goal?
• DO the anchor image process in real time
  
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You asked, we answered- real proven strategies on how to focus on your goals amidst distraction, anxiety, and fear

Key Topics:

• Brain science based techniques to move forward on important goals even when you're distracted
  
  
• Innovation from chaos- how to mine this time for creativity 
  
  
• My favorite strategy to align our actions with our vision even when you feel it's impossible
  
  If a book is one of your goals, download the 7 steps to a revenue generating bestselling book (FREE) here to keep you on track
  
  https://www.saraconnell.com/7-steps-to-write-a-revenue-generating-bestselling-book-freebie
  

In this electrifying episode, Sara Connell welcomes powerhouse thought leaders Julie Fedele and Pamela DeRose, founders of Midlife Upgrade and creators of the fast-growing Menapolooza movement. What began as two women navigating their own midlife health challenges has transformed into a worldwide mission to end suffering, build community, and revolutionize the way women experience perimenopause and menopause. 

Julie and Pam share their extraordinary origin story—how a raw conversation over symptoms, struggle, and sisterhood sparked a movement neither of them could have predicted. From hosting their first sold-out events to partnering with the leading physicians in the menopause space, to launching their groundbreaking book Midlife Upgrade, these women are showing a generation of women what's possible when you refuse to stay silent. 

This episode is a masterclass in courage, resourcefulness, and movement-building.

What You'll Learn in This Episode

• How Julie & Pam turned personal suffering into a global mission to help women be seen, honored, and supported during midlife. 

• Why menopause remains one of the least understood areas in women's health, and how leaders are stepping up to fill the gap.

• The exact strategies they used to build momentum quickly — including partnering with top medical experts and creating sold-out community experiences. 

• How to leverage your book before it's published, using events, partnerships, and visibility to build your movement (Sara breaks this down beautifully).

• What it really takes to start a movement even when you don't have a blueprint, funding, or certainty — just the willingness to say yes.

• The role of community, storytelling, and generosity in becoming a thought leader who genuinely changes lives.

• Why midlife is not a decline — but an upgrade, and how to reclaim passion, vitality, and purpose in the chapters ahead.

Why This Episode Matters

If you're a writer, coach, healer, or visionary with a message in your heart, this episode will remind you:
Movements don't happen because someone gives you permission — they happen because you decide to rise.

Julie and Pam show us what's possible when women tell the truth, lead with generosity, and refuse to let other women suffer in silence. Their story is movement-making at its finest.

Listen now and learn how to turn your calling into a movement that changes the world.

#WomenSupportingWomen #MidlifeUpgrade #MenopauseSupport #MovementMakers #TheRisePodcast #SaraConnell #ThoughtLeadership #WomenStartingMovements #PerimenopauseSupport #EmpoweredWomen #WomensHealthRevolution #RiseWithSaraConnell

Continue the series on CREATING YOUR OWN ECONOMY with this stimulating conversation with Chris Williams where we discuss how to attract ideal clients in any economy.

 

Key Topics

• What does it mean to create your own economy?
  
  
• What is the most important step in attracting ideal clients in a contracted market?
  
  
• What is the fastest way to financial growth in a "decision-hesitant" buyer?
  
  
• The 4 steps you can take to increase sales THIS WEEK

 

Join Chris' upcoming virtual training 

https://chriswilliams.kartra.com/page/success


And The Holistic Coaches Success Starter Kit

https://chriswilliams.kartra.com/page/SuccessStarterKit

 

Want to fasttrack your path from podcast launch to profit- watch this important conversation with top 1% podcast host Lou Diamond

Key Topics

• Benefits of monetizing (making money through) a podcast
• The #1 factor that will determine sales success
• The guesting strategy that creates compounded sales

Join me and the thought leader community in Palm Desert May 6-8th for WRITE & GROW RICH

https://www.saraconnell.com/write-grow-rich

 

Find out what it will take this year to be a FEARLESS leader and create WINS for you and the people you serve!

Key Topics:

• How to lead like an Olympic athlete
  
  
• What it means to lead FEARLESSLY (it's NOT not feeling fear)
  
  
• The strategy Sheryl uses to speak at top companies
  
  
• The Apples & Orchards strategy that leads to 5 figure speaking engagements 
  
  
  Get Sheryl's new bestselling book here: https://www.sherylkline.com/fflbook1

Learn pivotal legal guidelines for authors from publisher Carrie Severson in this must listen episode

Key Topics:

• What legal issues should writers keep in mind as they draft book manuscripts 
  
  
• The 2 most important things book writers need to know about copywriting and trademark rules
  
  
• How can we write about other people with respect and legal integrity
  
  NOTE: Carrie and I are writers and publishers not attorneys so everyone must consult a business attorney with specific questions on your topic.
  
  READY TO WRITE YOUR first or next BESTSELLER?
  Join https://www.saraconnell.com/bestselling-book-intensive
  

Continue our series of unlocking the Millionaire Codes to increase your wealth and success this week

 

Key Topics

• A brain hack to overcome imposter syndrome and the confidence gap
  
  
• Tangible strategies to circumvent our own limitations and tap into greater potential 
  
  
• Activate Millionaire Code 2: The Emboldener
  
  
• 10X power comes from doing this
  
  Want to get on the insider list and win a free ticket to the Millionaire Codes launch event? Comment MILLIONAIRE on You Tube @thoughtleadermedia

Learn a brain science based activator from my upcoming new book The Millionaire Codes

Key topics

• What is a brain activator and how do they work
• How focusing on what we want creates synchronicity and innovative solutions
• Activator 1: The Clarifier

Want to get on the insider list and win an advanced copy of The Millionaire Codes? Comment MILLIONAIRE on YouTube @thoughtleadermedia

 

Host of the Let's Go Win podcast shares his secret strategies 3 decades of creating multi-million dollar wins and massive personal growth

Key topics:

• What it means to "WIN" in 2025
• How JM got over a business partner stealing $2.5Million
• What forgiveness has to do with increasing financial abundance 
• How to let big clients come to you

What do you do when you go for a big dream and hit nothing but obstacles and walls?!

Key Topics:

• When the s—hits the fan on your big goal
• What obstacles really are (they are NOT signs that you're not meant to be/do/have your dream) 
• A 3-part framework to shift your energy, mindset and destiny
• How to create the "something even better" out of an s- show

Learn a proven 3 step process to take your finances, health, and life to the next level

Key Topics:

• The stats on how the average adult spends their time
  
  
• What game have you been playing and what game do you need to play to hit your big goals in the next 12 months
  
  
• The real secret ingredient in habit change
  
  
• How to make your 1 year plan a 90 day plan

Find out what your ideal clients and readers need from you as a leader/expert/author this year (and how to have fun delivering big!)

Key topics:

• The 2025 forecast for thought leaders and anyone creating content
  
  
• The top 3 challenges your ideal client is likely facing as we start the new year
  
  
• The emotional needs (emotions determine 80+ % of actions buyers take)
  
  
• The antidotes: 5 most important factors for your book, marketing, content creation this year
  
  
  Want support putting together your game-changer success plan for 2025? We're going to help you 1-1 as our New Year's gift!
• https://calendly.com/saraconnellcoaching/laser-strategy-session-bestselling-book-bootcamp

"Joy in the Belly of a Riot" with Poet & Performer Barbara Fant

In this soul-stirring episode, Sara Connell welcomes award-winning poet, performer, and author Barbara Fant to celebrate the launch of her newest collection, Joy in the Belly of a Riot—a book born from prayer, memory, healing, and the radical practice of choosing joy in the midst of pain. 

Barbara opens up about the spiritual and creative forces behind her writing, sharing how dreams, images, and intuitive "downloads" shape her poems. She also performs a powerful reading of "I Keep Trying to Write About the Trauma but the Joy Won't Let Me," offering listeners a rare glimpse of her voice, breath, and artistry. 

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• How to access joy—even when life is hard, through the wisdom that joy is not the absence of pain, but "happiness in spite of it." 
• The surprising creative process behind Barbara's poems, including how she receives lines through imagery, dreams, and intuitive insights.
• Why writing can be a form of prayer, healing, and reclamation—and how your own story can become an instrument of wholeness.
• The art of writing for both the page and the stage, and how Barbara edits her work using breath, rhythm, and embodied performance. 
• How to preserve your voice through trauma and transformation, and why your words have the power to "save the day."
• What it means to reimagine your future, even when your past feels heavy—and how joy can call you forward. 

This episode is a masterclass in artistry, resilience, and the sacred power of storytelling. Whether you're a writer, a creative, or someone seeking healing, Barbara's wisdom will invite you to step into light, possibility, and the page that's waiting for you next.

 

Want more support? Visit https://www.saraconnell.com

 

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The 5 step system to transforming the "yuck" of rejection into your next big success

 

Key Topics:

• How to bypass spiritual bypass and USE your feelings to change your situation
• Why we really don't like "failure" or "getting no" (it's not why you think)
• The 5 steps that will work in minutes to change your emotions and outcomes- for real
• The specific technique to identify the opportunity of a "no" and turn it into a big win 
  
  
  Want to take your place as a GAME CHANGER this year, join me Jan 13-18th for our Gamechangers Bestselling Book bootcamp (access your free ticket here)
• https://www.saraconnell.com/bestselling-book-intensive

I'll take you through the step by step process that has helped me and our clients self-actualize big goals & Dreams!

Key Topics:

• Visioning process: discover your Big VISION for the new year

• Identifying and dissolving what could get in the way

• The step by step process to align with and activate your vision to bring in synchronicity, speed, and success

 

If writing a book or creating high converting content is on your vision, join me Jan 13-17 for the GAME CHANGER bestselling book bootcamp:

https://www.saraconnell.com/bestselling-book-intensive

 

Do this 5 step process before the New Year to release, integrate and open the channel to your greatest success in 2025

 

Key Topics:

- Why it's important to turn inward before setting new years goals and resolutions

- The power questions that reveal your greatest gifts of the current year and the greatest opportunities for the coming 12 months

- How to activate your brain for success

- My secret technique for opening up inspiration, clarity, and thinking big for the new year.


Want to learn the rest of my game changing process for 2025?

Join me for a LIVE Masterclass Jan 3rd (it's free) 

https://www.saraconnell.com/rise-your-epic-year

Take the first step (that no one talks about )in become a game changing leader

Key Topics:

• What does it mean to be a Game Changing Leader?
  
  
• The 5 signs you're being called to change the game in the next 12 months
  
  
• The first step in becoming an industry leading, innovative game changer in 2025
  
  
• How to activate the Game Changer mindset to create wins for you, those you serve, and the world in the coming year

Want to go all the way as a game changing leader
1- access your (free) Game Changer Blueprint 

https://saraconnellcoaching.lpages.co/gamechanger/

&
As a RISE listener, access your FREE spot at GAME CHANGER 2025- the bestselling book bootcamp Jan 13th-18th
On zoom
https://www.saraconnell.com/bestselling-book-intensive

Use this 3 step process to turn your 1 year plan your 90 day success

 

Key Topics
* The 3 part technique that created a breakthrough for our team this week
* The neuroscience of Good, Better, Best and how to get it to work for you
* How to use the framework to 

1- clarify the actions that will lead to the fulfillment of your goal 

2- exceed your initial goal

3- accelerate the timing of your goal achievement

Want to hit BEST in all your goals for the coming year? Join us for these upcoming masterclasses!

A 3-month experience for coaches, experts and entrepreneurs who want to build and monetize on social media.

Register here:

https://www.saraconnell.com/secret-visibility-project

&

A 2-part masterclass for leaders, coaches, and entrepreneurs who want to make 2025 an EPIC year of impact & success!

Register here:

https://www.saraconnell.com/rise-your-epic-year

Access your high profit Financial Strategy for Thought Leaders in 2025 with top financial advisor Donna Kendrick

Key Topics:

• The 3 moves you want in place to grow your wealth in 2025
• The surprising strategy that will likely yield more than your top market investment
• How to have FUN while building wealth 

Connect with Donna
https://www.donnajeankendrick.com/

& See her "prosperous purchase" of 2024 

https://www.instagram.com/donnajeankendrick/

If you want to grow your wealth with me on social media, join the Secret Visibility Project here:
https://www.saraconnell.com/secret-visibility-project

The inner circle strategies (what we didn't post on social media) from the New York Times Square Visibility Event

Key Topics:

* Why is visibility the #1 factor for the coming 12 months?

* A new strategy to beat imposter syndrome

* Times Square billboards- worth it?

* How to maximize impact and conversions from a high profile visibility opportunity

* The processional effect- the "magical" thing that happens when you big leap your visibility

If you want to grow your visibility online in the next 90 days, join me in the Secret Visibility Project!

https://www.saraconnell.com/secret-visibility-project

Learn the secret book cover strategies used by top bestselling authors and big publishers with Claudine Mansour

Key Topics:

• How Claudine Mansour (Random House, Parsons School of Design) ended up designing book covers for T. S. Eliot, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, President Jimmy Carter, The Dalai Lama, Pope John Paul II, Elizabeth Berg and more!
  
  
• Do readers judge a book by the cover?
  
  
• What makes a knockout cover:  3 secret strategies that top cover designers use to make a book a standout bestseller
  
  
  
• The digital world: what your cover must do to grab attention online and in stores
  
  
• What bookstore owners and publishers look for in a cover
  
  
  
  Do you want to build an audience and monetize on social media in the next 90 days? Join me in the Secret Visibility Project- first and likely only time we'll offer this!
  https://www.saraconnell.com/secret-visibility-project
  

 

Want to win an award with your book cover?

https://www.bedsidereading.com/bca24.html

Find out the most important priority for thought leaders heading into 2025 and how to set yourself up for success

 

Key Topics
* What is the # priority for Thought Leaders heading into 2025?

* Where to find your ideal clients and readers?

* The amount of time the average adult spends on social media per day (and why this is crucial for thought leaders)

* Visibility Resistance: what is it & do you have it & how to transform it if you do

* The next step we can take to rise impact and income on social media

Want to build an audience and monetize on social with me?

 
I'm going to share all my secrets here:

https://www.saraconnell.com/secret-visibility-project

When you go all in for 90 days, miracles happen- learn how to accomplish in 3 months what you otherwise would in 1 year

 

Key Topics:

* Why goals accelerate progress

* My goal setting method that has allowed me to double revenue almost every year and impacting 10x more people

* The 90 day structure and how to use it to create  a year's worth of action and success in 3 months

* Step by step of how to set up your next 90 days for big success


We're going all in to to grow an audience and monetize a social media channel from scratch! Want to join me?
I'm going to share all my secrets here:

https://www.saraconnell.com/secret-visibility-project

In this episode, we're diving deep into one of the most overlooked tools in your author brand: your website.

Whether you're launching a book, building a thought leader brand, or growing your expert business—your website is the foundation of your visibility, credibility, and conversions.

Join bestselling author and founder of Thought Leader Academy Sara Connell and special guest Hannah Boeck, conversion copywriter and founder of Amplify Copy, as they unpack what it really takes to build a website that doesn't just look good—but actually works.

You'll Learn:

• What makes an author website stand out and convert

• Common website mistakes (and how to avoid them)

• The #1 element that drives people to take action

• Why traditional "pretty" websites often don't sell

• The strategy behind creating magnetic landing pages, sales pages & opt-ins

• How to position your site as a bridge to your book and brand

Whether you're pre-launch, post-publish, or pivoting to scale your business, this episode is your roadmap to building a website that works as hard as you do.

🎯 Want more support? Visit https://www.saraconnell.com

#AuthorMarketing #WebsiteTipsForAuthors #ThoughtLeaderBranding #SaraConnell #AmplifyCopy #ConversionCopywriting #ExpertBrand #AuthorWebsite #BuildAWebsiteThatConverts #MessageToMovement #BookLaunchTips

It may be time to UNBOX yourself- find out how with guest Bestselling Author Betsy Pepine

Key Topics:

* The hidden boxes we put ourselves in

* How the box you're in is holding you back

* A simple strategy to break free even from a box that seems all pervasive

* How to release guilt and people pleasing

* How Thought Leader Betsy Pepine's new book on "unboxing" is building her legacy

If you want to be the next BESTSELLING AUTHOR, join me for the TRIPLE POWER Bestselling Book Bootcamp 

https://www.saraconnell.com/bestselling-book-intensive

Check out Betsy's Book here

Learn this NEW breakthrough strategy that can create an instant WIN for you this week PLUS how to get your book on the bestseller list in PRE-ORDER

 

Key Topics:

• The key to your breakthrough: IGNORE THE LIMITING NARRATIVE & CREATE YOUR RISE
  
  
• The story you're running (in your mind) will determine your results
  
  
• Find out if you have a limiting or and empowering story running your life
  
  
• A TURNAROUND to trade a limiting story for a powerful one
  
  
• The story of the Cleveland Guardians to transcend the "external narrative" and triumph
  
  
• How Thought Leader Academy member Jessica Beebe practiced this to hit BESTSELLER during PRE-ORDER (before her actual book launch)
  
  If you want to GET YOUR BOOK the bestseller list, use this link to attend the Bestselling Book Bootcamp as my guest:

https://www.saraconnell.com/bestselling-book-intensive

Find out the 3 essential things you need to economy, recession and election proof your business and vision NOW!

 

Key Topics

• The 1 factor that will determine your revenue and impact over the next 12 months + 
  
  
• How every market and situation holds a big opportunity
  
  
• The current "triple threat" econoomy and how it's affecting coaches, experts  and entrepreneurs
  
  
• The antidote: becoming a Triple Power
  
  
• The 3 things you need in place to RISE as a Triple Power over the next 12 months

If you would like to receive the FREE 7 Easy Steps to Set & Smash Your 90 Day Goals worksheet, email us at care@saraconnell.com with the subject line "90 DAYS"

Find out WHY you may be resisting, procrastinating or avoiding making more $$$ and HOW (with just 2 strategies) you can smash that next glass ceilings!

Key Topics

•  The top reasons we fear the sales, offers, money conversations
• How to sell through GENEROSITY 
• The #1 strategy that took me from avoiding/resisting/fearing making offers to making millions per year in sales
• Reps= Revenue HOW to breakthrough your resistance and make money as a thought leader every day
  
  
  
  If you want to use a book to attract your ideal clients and make more sales, come be my guest at the Bestselling Book Bootcamp:

https://www.saraconnell.com/bestselling-book-intensive

Learn how to get a bestselling book done in 90 days or less!

Key Topics:

• The 90 Day Bestseller Formula
• How to make the time to write
• 3 neuroscience based ways to wire your brain for writing motivation and success
• What it REALLY takes to cross the finish line
• How to make your success inevitable
  
  If you want to write a bestselling book BEFORE New Years, join me as my FREE guest at our Bestselling Book Bootcamp:

https://www.saraconnell.com/bestselling-book-intensive

 

Resistance is Real! Learn a quick 3 step process to breakthrough, uplevel your habits & get into the actions that create success

Key Topics:

• WHY we don't do the things that are good for us
• The 3 A's of change
• The secret question you can use to cut through resistance and shift into success
• My A-B-C breakthrough framework that will align thoughts, emotions and actions with your vision and get you doing what you KNOW will move you forward
• How to use this fast to create success any minute you need it
  
  If you want to write a bestselling book BEFORE New Years, join me as my guest at our Bestselling Book Bootcamp:

https://www.saraconnell.com/bestselling-book-intensive

Find out the 3 crucial factors you need to know when considering using AI to help write a book

Key Topics

• Is AI actually helpful in writing a book
• The risks of AI
• Why I use AI for research but NOT for the writing itself
• My secret process to expedite your book writing with AI that still allows you to write every word yourself
  
  BONUS: how to get out of resistance and GET WRITING!

The Miracle factor - how to find it in yourself and use it for a miracle

Key Topics:

• You are wired for miracles
• The 3 steps to position yourself for a Miracle
• What stonecutting has to do with tenacity and miracle resilience 
• How to train your brain for Faith while the miracle unfolds
  

Learn the surprising way to grow profitability from this Multi 7 figure CEO

Key Topics:

• The #1 thing that can get you scale to 7 figures fast

• Mindset or Strategy- which is most important?

• A pathway to fasttrack your 3 year goal into several months

• What's the POINT of making money (hint: according to Justin- it's all about FREEDOM

• What is true financial freedom and how to get it

 

Learn more about Justin Buonomo's work here:

Website: https://journeytofinancialfreedom.co/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/justin_buonomo/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/journeytofinancialfreedom.co

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKM4gmtD9jWqACUF5zfCqmw

 

What happens when life pulls you in an unexpected direction? Do  you answer the call or cling to the familiar? Is everyone able to connect to the spirit world? Come find out what all this has to do with THE RISE

• What does the business world have to do with the spirit world
• Mel Pharr's RISE from 7 figure strategist to spiritual medium
• What the heck is a spiritual medium?
• How to "tune in" to guidance
• How to discern intuition vs fear and trust your guidance
• The most important entrepreneur lesson Mel's learned from working with the spirit world 

Follow Mel and find out about her upcoming medium development circles: www.mediumshipwithmel.com/learn

If you've ever wondered how to stand out in a crowded online world, this episode is for you.

In Episode 72 of The RISE Podcast, Sara Connell sits down with Rachel B. Lee, personal branding expert and co-founder of Standout Authority, to talk about the REAL keys to building a personal brand that doesn't just look good—but drives real impact and results.

Rachel shares:
✨ The 4 pillars of a magnetic personal brand
✨ Why most entrepreneurs blend in—and how to break out
✨ How to turn your personal story into a visibility superpower
✨ What thought leaders MUST do to connect with modern audiences
✨ Her own journey from corporate marketing at Microsoft to building a multi-six figure brand with her husband

Whether you're a coach, author, or entrepreneur ready to be seen, heard, and PAID—this episode gives you actionable tools to become unforgettable.

🔗 Learn more about Rachel B. Lee and Standout Authority: https://www.standoutauthority.com

📚 Learn more about Sara's programs: https://www.saraconnell.com

🎧 Listen to more episodes of The RISE Podcast: https://www.saraconnell.com/the-rise-podcast

Follow Sara on IG: @saraconnell

#PersonalBranding #ThoughtLeader #SaraConnell #RachelBLee #StandOutAuthority #BrandStrategy #EntrepreneurLife #BookMarketing #MagneticBrand #WomenInBusiness #OnlineBusinessTips #ContentStrategy #TheRisePodcast  

Learn this 4 step process I've used to achieve even my most impossible sounding goals.

 

Key Topics:

• The 4 steps to move from resistance to empowered action 
• How to "download" intuitive guidance 
• Re-programming your mind for success using neuroscience
  
  If you want to train with me live to create a bestselling book or other high converting content- I'll gift you a free ticket to our upcoming Bestelling Book Bootcamp: 
  https://www.saraconnell.com/bestselling-book-intensive

 

Your subconscious controls over 80% of your decisions and therefore most of your results. Learn how to identify blocks to your next level and unlock the potential within you.

Key Topics:

• Getting to the root of procrastination, avoidance and fear around going to your next level
• The role of subconscious blocks and how they can impede your rise
• Learn a powerful release technique to dissolve resistance and get into action around your most important goals

If writing a book this year is one of your goals I'll gift you a free ticket to our upcoming Bestelling Book Bootcamp:

https://www.saraconnell.com/bestselling-book-intensive

 

I'll walk you through a scorecard strategy that will make your success inevitable

Key Topics

• A game changing strategy to setting your goal up for success
• How to reverse engineer success with a 60 day scorecard
• My top way to identify which actions will result in the achievement of a goal
• How to motivate yourself to TAKE ACTION on a daily basis 
• Challenge to take 1 action by the time you go to bed tonight
  

If you do not already have a ticket, register here for the Viral Visibility Accelerator and our LIVE event in Chicago:

https://www.saraconnell.com/thought-leader-rising

Continuing our Viral Visibility series, learn GOLD lessons from 2 Olympic Greats: LeBron James & Illana Maher

 

Key Topics:
* Why even the most visible people still work to get in front of new audiences (and why this matters even when you're getting started)

* How a women's rugby star is using TikTok to empower young girls around body image

* The wisdom of LeBron and what it has to do with YOU getting 10X more visible

* The Next visibility producing action you need to take to make a bigger impact and more revenue this year


If you want support creating your Personal Viral Visibility Plan-we're gifting a few strategy sessions just for our audience:

https://calendly.com/saraconnellcoaching/your-personal-viral-visibility-plan