She Is A Leader - The Podcast for Women Creating Impact, Profit, and Peace in Their Business

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Real conversations for women who lead differently. Join Yvonne Heimann, Leadership & Efficiency Coach, for honest discussions with female leaders who are rewriting the rules on their own terms. Every episode explores the challenges women face in leadership - from building effective teams to creating systems that grow your business without burning you out. We dive into what matters: balancing intuition with strategy, building sustainable success, and leading authentically. Whether you're a digital entrepreneur, executive, or business owner, you'll discover practical strategies for team management, business automation, leadership development, and personal growth. No fluff, no cookie-cutter advice - just real conversations about what works when you're ready to step into bigger leadership while staying true to yourself. This isn't about following someone else's blueprint. It's about finding your unique leadership style and building a business that supports the life you want. Join us to explore frameworks that help you evolve as a leader without losing what makes you, you. Perfect for female executives, women entrepreneurs, business owners, and anyone ready to lead with both vision and heart. New episodes cover leadership strategies, business systems, team building, and the intersection of feminine wisdom and strategic action. She Is A Leader is brought to you by AskYvi.com, where visionary leaders find personalized support to transform their leadership impact through people-centered systems that scale.

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October 27, 2026Episode 9215 min

I Didn't Want to Hire Her, and Now She Runs My Business.

Letting go of control feels hard when clients hired you personally and your team is taking care of things without you. In this solo episode of She Is A Leader Podcast, Yvonne Heimann shares how she handed work to Luby, her COO, while wrestling with the urge to check every detail. You hired someone you trust, so why do you still need to check every email they send? Yvi struggled with that too, even while Luby handled things she'd let slip. She talks about wanting every detail, worrying that clients expected her personally, and learning to let Luby do the job she hired her for. If you're to delegate things to your team, this episode is for you. -------------- DISCLAIMER: This podcast is sponsored by AskYvi.com. Some links are affiliate links which means if you buy something we'll receive a small commission. -------------- 🌟Connect with Yvi https://instagram.com/askyvi https://www.facebook.com/AskYvi/ -------------- 🏆 Highlights 🏆 00:00 - What happens when the business depends on one person 02:00 - The person Yvi didn't want to hire 04:42 - How Yvi handles VIP clients 07:03 - Handing over her email inbox piece by piece 10:23 - Following the advice you give your clients 13:30 - The personal work of handing off your business -------------- powered by ecamm: https://askyvi.tips/ecamm and Transistor.fm : https://askyvi.tips/transistorfm -------------- Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SheIsALeader Subscribe to Podcast: https://askyvi.tips/podcast Apply to be a guest: https://askyvi.tips/pod-SIAL Proud member of the podmatch network

October 20, 2026Episode 9124 min

Confidence Came Back After Grief Took Her Business to Its Knees with Debi Lynn

Grief can stall a business you love for months at a time. In this episode of She Is A Leader Podcast, Debi Lynn shares how confidence came back after grief took her business to its knees. Debi lost her four-month-old son and her job in the same week, then spent twenty years supporting grieving parents before building her own business. Her and Yvonne talk about why "keep your personal life out of your business" falls apart when your personal life does. Debi walks through her HEART Framework step by step, including how it holds up on a bad day. You'll also hear about her joy jar and the one thing to do this week if your business has stalled. If you've been stuck in a cycle of grief, this episode is for you -------------- DISCLAIMER: This podcast is sponsored by AskYvi.com. Some links are affiliate links which means if you buy something we'll receive a small commission. -------------- 🌟 Meet Debi Lynn Website: https://debilynnfl.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/debitx LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/debi-lynn/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Heartledawakening Debi's Grief Support Services: https://friendsingrief.com/ Make sure to grab Debi's FREE practical guide to help you regain focus, confidence, and forward momentum after life's unexpected challenges: https://EmpowerHerBonus.com -------------- 🌟Connect with Yvi https://instagram.com/askyvi https://www.facebook.com/AskYvi/ -------------- 🏆 Highlights 🏆 00:00 - Your business is waiting for you 02:15 - Why a grief educator became a business resilience strategist 04:08 - What HEART stands for and why healing comes first 06:40 - Debi Lynn's worst week at 25 11:35 - Why your personal life and business are one and the same 14:40 - "You cannot heal what you do not feel" 15:20 - Debi's Joy Jar 17:20 - How Debi's framework works on a bad day 21:30 - The one thing to do this week if your business stalled 23:15 - Healing and success are not opposites -------------- powered by ecamm: https://askyvi.tips/ecamm and Transistor.fm : https://askyvi.tips/transistorfm -------------- Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SheIsALeader Subscribe to Podcast: https://askyvi.tips/podcast Apply to be a guest: https://askyvi.tips/pod-SIAL Proud member of the podmatch network

October 13, 2026Episode 9018 min

I Almost Lost My Business While Trying to Save Someone Else's Life

What happens to your business when you're the single point of failure and life pulls you away? In this solo episode of She Is A Leader Podcast, Yvonne Heimann tells the story of nearly losing Ask Yvi while caring for her husband through cancer. From 2012 to 2014, Yvonne's days were medication schedules and doctor drives, while every client and every sale still depended on her alone. By the second year of treatment she was handing clients off, and by the end there was no business left. Years later she caught herself running the same pattern, this time with a team of five depending on her. This episode explains why she's firing herself from her own company, plus the weekend test that shows if your business can run without you. Workbook: https://askyvi.tips/MoneyMaker -------------- DISCLAIMER: This podcast is sponsored by AskYvi.com. Some links are affiliate links which means if you buy something we'll receive a small commission. -------------- 🌟Connect with Yvi https://instagram.com/askyvi https://www.facebook.com/AskYvi/ -------------- 🏆 Highlights 🏆 00:00 - Why Yvi is firing herself 00:41 - "You might be the single point of failure" 02:13 - Pete's diagnosis and a business that ran on one person 06:13 - No safety net, no insurance, and the promise Yvi broke 08:56 - Do as I say, not as I do, and what happens if the owner gets sick 11:31 - The weekend test: can you leave Friday at 4:00? 14:01 - Find your Money Maker Process and the S.O.A.R.R. framework 16:51 - Your 2 to-dos for this week -------------- powered by ecamm: https://askyvi.tips/ecamm and Transistor.fm : https://askyvi.tips/transistorfm -------------- Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SheIsALeader Subscribe to Podcast: https://askyvi.tips/podcast Apply to be a guest: https://askyvi.tips/pod-SIAL Proud member of the podmatch network

October 6, 2026Episode 8930 min

You Shatter Limiting Beliefs When You Stop Believing the Sky's the Limit with Wani Manly

Limiting beliefs keep your business capped below the goal you wrote down and never said out loud. In this episode of She Is A Leader Podcast, Wani Manly shares how she moved to Paris with no plan and rebuilt from under $500. Wani is a TEDx speaker on change, a Fortune 500 IP and business lawyer, and a five-time expat who followed a year of signs from Miami to Paris without speaking French. Yvonne and her get into the parts of that move people skip: the money, the clients she lost when she landed, and the two things she'd do differently. You'll hear why she thinks "the sky is the limit" is a ceiling of its own. Then Wani explains how to change your perspective when your body doesn't feel safe holding a bigger goal, and the practice she'd start this week. -------------- DISCLAIMER: This podcast is sponsored by AskYvi.com. Some links are affiliate links which means if you buy something we'll receive a small commission. -------------- 🌟 Meet Wani Manly Website: https://www.wanimanly.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thelovelywani/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wani-iris-manly-esquire-44510a5a/ Facebook Business Page: https://www.facebook.com/WaniManly Facebook Personal Page: https://www.facebook.com/lovely.wani.1 Wani's Book: https://www.amazon.com/SURVIVAL-MODE-Live-Life-Really/dp/1511485876 -------------- 🌟Connect with Yvi https://instagram.com/askyvi https://www.facebook.com/AskYvi/ -------------- 🏆 Highlights 🏆 00:00 - The dream you've never said out loud 03:27 - Raised to be a lawyer, led by signs she couldn't prove 05:10 - First month in Paris and a book written in 30 days 08:55 - Was she reckless? 12:03 - Why "the sky is the limit" is a limit in itself 16:20 - Landing in Paris with under $500 and losing every client 18:15 - "It's not working" is not an option 21:18 - What's behind the seven-figure coach launches 26:00 - Why limiting beliefs live in your body 28:24 - Setting a 10x number and learning to hold it -------------- powered by ecamm: https://askyvi.tips/ecamm and Transistor.fm : https://askyvi.tips/transistorfm -------------- Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SheIsALeader Subscribe to Podcast: https://askyvi.tips/podcast Apply to be a guest: https://askyvi.tips/pod-SIAL Proud member of the podmatch network

September 29, 2026Episode 8812 min

A Business That Runs Without You Starts With Firing Yourself.

Your business depends on you for everything, and that's the problem. In this solo episode of She Is A Leader Podcast, Yvonne Heimann is firing herself from her own company and documenting every step. Yvi built a systems consulting business, and her own systems still relied on her. She's documenting the handoff in real time: why she's using the S.O.A.R.R. framework on her own business, what it feels like to let go of being needed, and what she's asking her team to carry. This is the start of a series where she invites you into the process and follow along with her. -------------- DISCLAIMER: This podcast is sponsored by AskYvi.com. Some links are affiliate links which means if you buy something we'll receive a small commission. -------------- 🌟Connect with Yvi https://instagram.com/askyvi https://www.facebook.com/AskYvi/ -------------- 🏆 Highlights 🏆 00:00 - Your phone buzzes during dinner (again) 01:26 - Why the systems queen needs to fire herself 03:32 - The team that makes this possible 05:15 - The S.O.A.R.R. framework 07:09 - People, programs, and processes 09:07 - What she wants to hear from you 11:00 - One key process at a time -------------- powered by ecamm: https://askyvi.tips/ecamm and Transistor.fm : https://askyvi.tips/transistorfm -------------- Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SheIsALeader Subscribe to Podcast: https://askyvi.tips/podcast Apply to be a guest: https://askyvi.tips/pod-SIAL Proud member of the podmatch network

September 22, 2026Episode 8741 min

She Turned Grief Into the Business She Never Planned with Autumn Wilson

Grief keeps showing up, and you still have clients to serve, bills to pay, and a business that won't pause for you. In this episode of She Is A Leader Podcast, Autumn Wilson shares how she built her social media agency through eight years of compounding loss and what it cost her when she tried to push through it. Autumn is the founder of AJW Services Inc. and the Simply Social Media Society. She helps entrepreneurs build social media strategies that lead to clients without burning out or chasing trends. In this conversation, she talks about the retainer structure that gives her room to breathe, the boundaries she had to learn the hard way, and the moment she landed her biggest client by showing up with zero energy and no pitch. If you are building something while grieving, this episode is for you. -------------- DISCLAIMER: This podcast is sponsored by AskYvi.com. Some links are affiliate links which means if you buy something we'll receive a small commission. -------------- 🌟 Meet Autumn Wilson Website: https://www.ajwservices.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/autumn.j.wilson/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/autumnwilson/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/autumnwilson.ajwservices YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@antihustlesocials -------------- 🌟Connect with Yvi https://instagram.com/askyvi https://www.facebook.com/AskYvi/ -------------- 🏆 Highlights 🏆 00:00 - Introduction 03:33 - What a normal Tuesday looks like mid-grief 05:15 - Yvi's grief story and how business structure matters 08:04 - Why retainer clients saved Autumn's sanity 09:17 - Setting boundaries clients respect 12:00 - When "push through" advice broke down 16:53 - Firing the client before replacing the income 25:32 - Strength is a sliding scale, not a fixed line 34:38 - Why grief is Pandora's box 39:00 - The one thing Autumn wishes she knew sooner -------------- powered by ecamm: https://askyvi.tips/ecamm and Transistor.fm : https://askyvi.tips/transistorfm -------------- Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SheIsALeader Subscribe to Podcast: https://askyvi.tips/podcast Apply to be a guest: https://askyvi.tips/pod-SIAL Proud member of the podmatch network

September 15, 2026Episode 8613 min

I Thought I Was Being Clear, So I Learned How to Communicate Better

Your directness keeps landing wrong and you can't figure out why. In this solo episode of She Is A Leader Podcast, Yvonne Heimann breaks down how to communicate better when good intentions keep getting misread as attacks. Three rooms. Three relationships. Same gap every time: what she meant and what the other person heard were two different things. From a restaurant kitchen where speaking German got mistaken for fighting, to a community dinner that nearly didn't happen, to a new friendship where helping landed as patronizing. By the end, you'll know what to ask instead of assuming, and why using more words is sometimes the most efficient thing you can do. -------------- DISCLAIMER: This podcast is sponsored by AskYvi.com. Some links are affiliate links which means if you buy something we'll receive a small commission. -------------- 🌟Connect with Yvi https://instagram.com/askyvi https://www.facebook.com/AskYvi/ -------------- 🏆 Highlights 🏆 00:00 - The restaurant kitchen story 01:31 - What it feels like when your tone gets read wrong 03:31 - How one email nearly cost me a community 05:12 - Why skipping the emotion costs more than it saves 07:48 - The story I almost didn't share 10:05 - "What did you hear me say?" and other fixes 12:25 - Good intent is the starting point, not the finish line -------------- powered by ecamm: https://askyvi.tips/ecamm and Transistor.fm : https://askyvi.tips/transistorfm -------------- Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SheIsALeader Subscribe to Podcast: https://askyvi.tips/podcast Apply to be a guest: https://askyvi.tips/pod-SIAL Proud member of the podmatch network

September 8, 2026Episode 8523 min

Small Business Owners Finally Get an AI Strategy That Works - with Heather McLean

It's midnight, you're doomscrolling another "AI took my job" post, and you still don't have a plan. Today's guest on the She Is A Leader Podcast is Heather McLean. She spent twenty years in Air Force logistics before she built an AI consulting firm on one rule: do the right thing, and do the thing right. In this episode, she names the exact sentence that reveals a bad AI vendor, walks through the real story behind IKEA's biggest AI decision, and calls herself out on the one conflict of interest nobody in her industry admits to. If you've spent hours talking to ChatGPT and still don't have an AI strategy for your business, this episode is for you. -------------- DISCLAIMER: This podcast is sponsored by AskYvi.com. Some links are affiliate links which means if you buy something we'll receive a small commission. -------------- 🌟 Meet Heather McLean Website: https://mcleanforrester.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heather-mclean1/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@HeatherMcLean1 -------------- 🌟Connect with Yvi https://instagram.com/askyvi https://www.facebook.com/AskYvi/ -------------- 🏆 Highlights 🏆 00:00 – Introduction 02:23 – Why AI hype and AI reality are two different things 04:22 – People vs. profit: how companies decide who survives AI 06:35 – The IKEA story: how one company avoided an 8,000-person layoff 09:00 – The mistake business owners make when they let vendors decide 11:20 – Why the word "automation" makes teams hesitant 13:13 – What a good AI strategy looks like 15:35 – The trust-building principle behind every good AI rollout 18:28 – The one thing to do this week if you've done nothing with AI -------------- powered by ecamm: https://askyvi.tips/ecamm and Transistor.fm : https://askyvi.tips/transistorfm -------------- Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SheIsALeader Subscribe to Podcast: https://askyvi.tips/podcast Apply to be a guest: https://askyvi.tips/pod-SIAL Proud member of the podmatch network

September 1, 2026Episode 8419 min

My Passion Almost Got Talked Out of Me, So I Monetized It Instead

If you've been told never build a business on your passion, this episode is for you. A mentor once told me straight to my face: don't build a business on your passion. I nodded. Something in my chest didn't. In this episode I break down the real difference between a passion and an obsession, why almost every coach who says "don't build on passion" is describing something else, and how 2024 nearly took my business down until passion was one of the only things that pulled it back up. You'll learn the real test for telling a lasting passion from a hobby you're five days from burning down, and why passion and profit were never opposites to begin with. -------------- DISCLAIMER: This podcast is sponsored by AskYvi.com. Some links are affiliate links which means if you buy something we'll receive a small commission. -------------- 🌟Connect with Yvi https://instagram.com/askyvi https://www.facebook.com/AskYvi/ -------------- 🏆 Highlights 🏆 00:00 – Introduction 01:54 – Passion or obsession: the question nobody asks 06:00 – How 2024 nearly killed my business, and what pulled it back 08:50 – Why passion and profit were never opposites 13:48 – When "don't build on passion" is someone else's limiting belief 17:00 – The gut check: how to know it's real passion -------------- powered by ecamm: https://askyvi.tips/ecamm and Transistor.fm : https://askyvi.tips/transistorfm -------------- Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SheIsALeader Subscribe to Podcast: https://askyvi.tips/podcast Apply to be a guest: https://askyvi.tips/pod-SIAL Proud member of the podmatch network

August 25, 2026Episode 8329 min

Her Career Couldn't Promise Financial Security, So She Built It - LaKiesha Tomlin

Dependent on one income stream, even a good one, means someone else holds the exit door... LaKiesha Tomlin learned that the hard way and built something her career alone couldn't give her: financial security on her own terms. She spent over 20 years in aerospace and engineering before she quietly started trading on the side, not to get rich, not to quit her job, but to have options. She funded sabbaticals, paid down debt, and bought back career flexibility while still showing up full-time. When she was laid off from a senior leadership position, she had investment accounts nearly equivalent to her annual salary and could afford to say no to offers below her level. In this episode, she breaks down how she did it and what you can do to start building your freedom today. If you've been feeling stuck or reliant on someone else, this episode is for you! -------------- DISCLAIMER: This podcast is sponsored by AskYvi.com. Some links are affiliate links which means if you buy something we'll receive a small commission. -------------- 🌟 Meet LaKiesha Tomlin Website: https://LaKieshaTrades.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lakieshatomlin/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chartconfidence/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@chartconfidence Grab LaKiesha's Beginner Market Starter Kit here: https://chartconfidence.kit.com/30daystarterkit -------------- 🌟Connect with Yvi https://instagram.com/askyvi https://www.facebook.com/AskYvi/ -------------- 🏆 Highlights 🏆 00:00 – Introduction 01:54 – The moment you realize paycheck isn't safety 03:00 – Why trading looks nothing like the commercials 07:53 – Why she chose to keep her nine-to-five instead of going all in 12:43 – Why keeping your job makes you a better investor 15:58 – She got laid off... 20:05 – The difference between Wall Street chaos and sustainable trading 22:00 – "Small, small amounts that add up" and why the hype on social media isn't the norm 25:50 – Your first step to building freedom 27:50 – What it means to stop waiting for your career to hand you security -------------- powered by ecamm: https://askyvi.tips/ecamm and Transistor.fm : https://askyvi.tips/transistorfm -------------- Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SheIsALeader Subscribe to Podcast: https://askyvi.tips/podcast Apply to be a guest: https://askyvi.tips/pod-SIAL Proud member of the podmatch network

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