If you think building a business is just about strategy, systems, or ambition, you might be missing the real work. Over the past twelve years of running my own coaching and consulting practice, I’ve learned that entrepreneurship isn’t just a career path, it’s a personal growth journey. It will stretch your courage, discipline, and purpose more than any business plan ever could.

In this episode, I’m sharing the five biggest lessons that have shaped my journey: courage, discipline, follow-through, knowing your “why,” and leading with an abundance mindset.

I talk about why the scariest leaps are often the most rewarding, how flexibility without discipline can derail progress, and why consistency, not constant hustle, is what builds lasting influence.

I also reflect on what it really takes to stay grounded in your purpose when the grind feels endless and why community, confidence, and clarity matter more than ever.

Join me as I celebrate Women’s Small Business Month and honor the courage, creativity, and resilience it takes to build something that lasts.

Episode Highlights:

01:25 How courage shows up after you take action—not before

01:53 Why “flexibility without discipline leads to failure” (and what that really means for entrepreneurs)

02:55 The underrated power of following through on what you say you’ll do

03:26 How clarifying your “why” makes work easier, more fulfilling, and more fun

04:56 Shifting from scarcity to abundance—why there’s room for everyone to win

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Heather Price Consulting

If you believe confidence is something you’re either born with—or can buy in a bottle—you’ll want to rethink everything. Too often, “confidence” is confused with outward validation and perfectionism, leading to regret and burnout. What if your biggest barrier to influence is not lack of skill, but the way you trust yourself?

This week, we examine the five biggest “confidence derailers” and discover the surprising antidotes that make self-trust possible—even when you’re feeling stuck or overwhelmed. Ever wondered why failure and imperfection might actually build your confidence faster than any praise?

Listen in as Heather Price welcomes Nicole Kalil—sought-after coach, speaker, and author of Validation is for Parking. Hear Nicole reveal the real drivers of confidence and the small daily practices that can reset your self-belief. Ready to stop outsourcing your confidence?

Episode Highlights

07:54 - I trust that I did the very best that I could at the time that I was doing this and that had to be good enough. That was the confidence that I needed.

14:57 - The evidence is opposite. And it took me a really long time to believe this because I didn't want to. But we learn to build trust with and for ourselves so much more out of our hard times, our hard moments, the things that don't work, than we ever do when it is working and when we're winning, right?

25:28 - I'm great at keeping the commitments I make to everyone else, right? My daughter, my husband, my work, my clients, my like, every commitment kept, no questions asked. But the minute the commitment was to myself, I'm going to prioritize my health and nutrition. I'm going to work out five times a week. I'm going to whatever it is, right? All that went by the wayside.

35:43 - It's very challenging to not outsource your confidence with things like validation or compliments or how many followers you have on social media or fill in the blank.

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Heather Price Consulting

Nicole Kalil

Ever worry you’re playing it safe with your finances—only to regret it later? Discover the surprising ways high achievers miss out on living life fully, not by failing to save, but by misunderstanding what financial independence truly means. Too often, fear and old habits keep us stuck, focused on building wealth rather than enjoying it or making real impact. What if your risk isn’t running out of money, but growing old with regrets for not using your resources sooner?

In this episode, I sit down with Matt Heckmann, a seasoned financial advisor and the founder of Heckmann Financial, whose 25-year career has centered on helping families gain true peace of mind through education-focused financial planning. Matt is known for making complex concepts simple and relatable, empowering clients to make confident decisions and live their most fulfilling lives. We’ll unpack his philosophy of “responsible confidence,” discuss how humor and storytelling can deepen client relationships, and learn more about his innovative Financial Independence Planning Program designed to help other advisors amplify their impact.

Episode Highlights

03:41 - There's a few people. I've always kind of put it in the category of mentors. The four in particular would be my dad, Nick Murray. I'll come back to John Wooden and my faith. So Jesus is that fourth. And there's so many elements of the Christian faith that apply to our business because ultimately, it's a great instruction manual for how things are supposed to work professionally.

12:25 - Part of why you're not fully confident right now is because these things are bubbling around the back of your mind right now that you haven't even been able to articulate yet.

14:35 - We need to have a clear vision for what that even means to me, because what it means to me might be different than what it means to you and so on. We need to have perspective, which is really a fun one for us, around our financial capacity and trajectory. And then we have to have a very good direction or roadmap that says, okay, I've got some tax planning and some asset management, some risk management. I've got all these different things going on in my life. How do I make sure it's all working together and pointed towards my vision to achieve the best outcome possible.

19:10 - It's actually waking up at age 85 with a fantastic balance sheet and then saying something like, hey, had we known it was going to look this amazing at age 85, a little earlier, we would have done things differently with our time. And now it's too late.

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Heather Price Consulting

Matt Heckmann