her Self: IFS & Spiritual Entrepreneurship

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her Self is where spiritual depth meets business clarity for sensitive women who want to integrate inner wisdom and outer-world success. Join intuitive business mentor and expert in women's spiritual leadership, Sara Avant Stover, for conversations about building businesses that honor both your soul and your bank account—without burnout, compromise, or constant visibility. Each episode blends spiritual practice, psychological insight (rooted in Internal Family Systems), and practical strategy to help you embody spiritual authority while being a force for good in the world. If you're a coach, healer, therapist, or creative entrepreneur who's done deep inner work and you're ready to embody your soul's purpose through a business that creates meaningful impact, welcome.

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September 12, 202623 min

266 | 3 Mistakes Spiritual Women Entrepreneurs Make When Growing a Business

What if some of the things you’ve been avoiding in business are actually the things that could help you grow? Over the years, I’ve worked with hundreds of spiritual women entrepreneurs, and I’ve watched the same few patterns surface again and again. They often look sensible, even wise, on the surface. But underneath, they can make bringing your soul’s work into the world much harder than it needs to be. Together, we’ll explore: The business number I wish more women understood, and why getting it “right” may not mean what you think. A distinction around ambition that changed the way I think about sustainable success. Why investing in support is only the beginning, and what determines how much you actually receive from it. The pattern I see among highly trained women who readily invest in their expertise, but hesitate somewhere else. What professional athletes understand about sustainable performance that entrepreneurs can learn from. One simple practice I use to get far more value from the coaching rooms I invest in. These three mistakes may seem unrelated at first. But by the end of the episode, I think you’ll see how closely they’re connected, and why shifting even one of them can change your relationship with your business. If you want your business to become a greater source of freedom, stability, and support in your life, while giving your deepest work a structure through which it can thrive, this episode will give you a few things to consider. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Join my free training, Open Channel , for spiritually mature women in business. Subscribe to my newsletter, “ Sara’s Sunday Journal. ” Follow me on Instagram @ saraavantstover Subscribe to my Substac k . SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW If you loved this episode, please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Your support helps us reach more spiritually attuned women entrepreneurs who need these conversations. Thank you for tuning into the her Self podcast, and I’ll see you next week.

September 6, 202649 min

265 | The Last Business Program They Ever Needed

What happens when you've done all the certifications, invested in countless trainings, and still feel like something is missing? In this special conversation, I sit down with three women who recently completed her Self CEO—an IFS therapist, a university professor, and a movement educator—to explore what really changed for them over our three months together. They share why they almost didn't join another business program, what surprised them most about the experience, and how doing the inner work transformed not only their businesses, but their relationship with themselves. Together, we talk about: Why more information and certifications weren't what they needed. The unexpected identity shifts that happened before the business breakthroughs. How working with your inner parts changes the way you market, sell, and lead. The relationship between spirituality, entrepreneurship, and sustainable growth. Using AI as a tool without losing your own inner wisdom. Why building a business from the inside out creates more ease, clarity, and momentum. This isn't a conversation about building a business faster. It's about becoming the woman who can finally bring her soul's work into the world with integrity, confidence, and Self-leadership. If you've ever wondered whether another business program could really be different, I think you'll find something of yourself in these stories. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Join my email community here . 3-Day End of Summer Sale for her Self CEO (September 8-10, 2026) After the sale, learn about her Self CEO here . Follow me on Instagram @saraavantstover Subscribe to my Sunday newsletter on Substack . SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW If you loved this episode, please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts . Your support helps us reach more spiritually attuned women entrepreneurs who need these insights. Thank you for tuning into the her Self podcast, and I’ll see you next week.

August 22, 202629 min

264 | 5 Spiritual Principles That Guide My Business

This episode is part of my Business From Within Summer Series —a curated collection of foundational conversations exploring a more feminine way of building a business rooted in inner authority, spiritual practice, and sustainable success. What if the most important business strategy you ever developed had nothing to do with marketing, sales, or scaling? After more than two decades of entrepreneurship, I've realized that the way I run my business isn't shaped primarily by tactics. It's guided by a handful of spiritual principles that influence every decision I make—from how I plan my days to how I navigate uncertainty, serve my clients, and define success. In this episode, I'm sharing the five principles that continue to anchor my business today. They aren't rules to follow or productivity hacks to master. They're ways of relating to your work that invite more presence, trust, and alignment into the everyday experience of building a business. Because when your business becomes an extension of your spiritual practice, success stops feeling like something you have to chase, I becomes something you embody. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: You've invested in healing. You've grown your business. Your work changes lives. So why doesn't your income consistently reflect the depth of what you offer? Discover what's missing between your inner work and sustainable growth in my free live training for spiritually mature women who are ready to build a business that's steady, profitable, and true to who they are. Click here to join. Follow me on Instagram @saraavantstover Subscribe to my Sunday newsletter on Substack . SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW If you loved this episode, please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts . Your support helps us reach more spiritually mature women in business who need these insights. Thank you for tuning into the her Self podcast, and I’ll see you next week.

August 15, 202622 min

263 | Are You In Love With Your Business?

This episode is part of my Business From Within Summer Series —a curated collection of foundational conversations exploring a more feminine way of building a business rooted in inner authority, spiritual practice, and sustainable success. Most women don't start a business because they want another job. They start because they long for freedom, purpose, creativity, and the opportunity to make a meaningful difference. But somewhere along the way, it's easy to lose the very relationship that inspired us to begin. In this episode, I invite you to ask a simple but transformative question: Are you in love with your business? Together, we'll explore what it means to build and lead from a place of devotion rather than obligation, why business can become one of your greatest spiritual teachers, and how a more feminine way of working can transform not only the success you create, but the experience of creating it. Because the most fulfilling businesses aren't simply profitable. They're relationships that invite you to become more fully yourself. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: You've invested in healing. You've grown your business. Your work changes lives. So why doesn't your income consistently reflect the depth of what you offer? Discover what's missing between your inner work and sustainable growth in my free live training for spiritually mature women who are ready to build a business that's steady, profitable, and true to who they are. Click here to join. Follow me on Instagram @saraavantstover Subscribe to my Sunday newsletter on Substack . SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW If you loved this episode, please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts . Your support helps us reach more spiritually mature women in business who need these insights. Thank you for tuning into the her Self podcast, and I’ll see you next week.

August 8, 202626 min

262 | The Divine Feminine Way to Do Business

This episode is part of my Business From Within Summer Series —a curated collection of foundational conversations exploring a more feminine way of building a business rooted in inner authority, spiritual practice, and sustainable success. What if success didn't require you to override your intuition, push through exhaustion, or leave parts of yourself behind? For generations, women have been taught to build businesses according to values that prize productivity, speed, and constant growth above all else. But as more of us awaken to a different way of leading, we're being invited to redefine what sustainable success can look and feel like. In this episode, I share five ways to bring the wisdom of the Divine Feminine into your business—from creating spaces of beauty and practicing deep listening to honoring your natural rhythms, embracing rest, and leading with greater compassion and inclusivity. Because the future of business isn't about becoming more like the old paradigm. It's about remembering a way of working that allows you to flourish while creating meaningful impact. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: You've invested in healing. You've grown your business. Your work changes lives. So why doesn't your income consistently reflect the depth of what you offer? Discover what's missing between your inner work and sustainable growth in my free live training for spiritually mature women who are ready to build a business that's steady, profitable, and true to who they are. Click here to join. Follow me on Instagram @saraavantstover Subscribe to my Sunday newsletter on Substack . SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW If you loved this episode, please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts . Your support helps us reach more spiritually mature women in business who need these insights. Thank you for tuning into the her Self podcast, and I’ll see you next week.

August 1, 202653 min

261 | Why Building a Business Is a Spiritual Path

This episode is part of my Business From Within Summer Series —a curated collection of foundational conversations exploring a more feminine way of building a business rooted in inner authority, spiritual practice, and sustainable success. What if your business wasn't a distraction from your spiritual path—but one of the most powerful places to practice it? In this conversation, we dive into the emerging archetype of the spiritual entrepreneur and why building a business asks us to cultivate the very qualities that help us grow as human beings: presence, courage, discernment, trust, and deep inner listening. Along the way, I share the practices, teachers, and experiences that have shaped my own path: from embodiment and Internal Family Systems to redefining success, money, and what it really means to lead from within. Because entrepreneurship isn't simply a way to earn a living. At its best, it's a path of becoming, one that invites you to build a business that reflects who you truly are. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: You've invested in healing. You've grown your business. Your work changes lives. So why doesn't your income consistently reflect the depth of what you offer? Discover what's missing between your inner work and sustainable growth in my free live training for spiritually mature women who are ready to build a business that's steady, profitable, and true to who they are. Click here to join. Follow me on Instagram @saraavantstover Subscribe to my Sunday newsletter on Substack . SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW If you loved this episode, please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts . Your support helps us reach more spiritually mature women in business who need these insights. Thank you for tuning into the her Self podcast, and I’ll see you next week.

July 25, 202614 min

260 | Make Your Business Your Rich Husband

For generations, women were handed a story: marry well. Find someone who could provide the security, the stability, the freedom. Someone whose presence meant you could finally rest and feel safe. I understand that wish more than I'd like to admit. Several years ago, after a season of profound loss and rebuilding, I realized I never wanted to create a business that depended on me showing up every single day, no matter what was happening in my life. I wanted to build something that could hold and support me financially through all of life's seasons—just as much as I hoped a loving partner would. In this episode, I introduce the idea of "business husbanding": creating the systems, recurring revenue, and structure that allow your business to become a generous partner rather than a demanding one. I share how this shift transformed my own life and business, the question I now ask every woman I mentor, and why building a business that supports you isn't about becoming more productive—it's about creating true freedom, stability, and sovereignty. Because the greatest gift your business can offer isn't just an income. It's becoming a relationship that allows you to rest, trust, and know that you've built something capable of holding you through every season of your life. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: You've invested in healing. You've grown your business. Your work changes lives. So why doesn't your income consistently reflect the depth of what you offer? Discover what's missing between your inner work and sustainable growth in my free live training for spiritually mature women who are ready to build a business that's steady, profitable, and true to who they are. Click here to join. Follow me on Instagram @saraavantstover Subscribe to my Sunday newsletter on Substack . SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW If you loved this episode, please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts . Your support helps us reach more spiritually mature women in business who need these insights. Thank you for tuning into the her Self podcast, and I’ll see you next week.

July 18, 202632 min

259 | Why You Haven't Been Able to Simplify Your Business

The Real Reason Your Business Keeps Getting More Complicated (and Why Simplifying Isn't Where You Start) Most women I work with don't actually want a bigger business. They want a business that feels lighter, more spacious, and gives them the freedom they imagined when they first became entrepreneurs. And yet somewhere along the way, their business became more complicated instead of more life-giving: more offers, more audiences, more things to maintain. In this episode, I'm sharing why I no longer believe complexity is the real problem. I think it's a symptom. Through the story of packing for a month on the Portuguese coast, the mistakes I made in my first business, and the journeys of two remarkable women I’m mentoring, I'll show you why simplicity isn't something you create by cutting things away. It's something that naturally emerges when you're clear about the life you're building toward. Because simplifying your business isn't really about having less. It's about finally learning how to build from the inside out. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: You've invested in healing. You've grown your business. Your work changes lives. So why doesn't your income consistently reflect the depth of what you offer? Discover what's missing between your inner work and sustainable growth in my free live training for spiritually mature women who are ready to build a business that's steady, profitable, and true to who they are. Click here to join. Listen to episode #258: The Life You Keep Postponing Listen to episode #255: How Substack is the Platform That Finally Rewards Women of Depth Follow me on Instagram @saraavantstover Subscribe to my Sunday newsletter on Substack . SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW If you loved this episode, please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts . Your support helps us reach more spiritually attuned women entrepreneurs who need these insights. Thank you for tuning into the her Self podcast, and I’ll see you next week.

July 11, 202633 min

258 | The Life You Keep Postponing

This past winter, I named a desire I'd carried for years, along with a long list of practical reasons why it couldn't happen this summer. Within about thirty seconds, the reasons had already won. Except the desire didn't go away. And as life often does, it found a way of bringing that desire into being anyway. It's the same pattern I see in so many of the women who come to me: wise, accomplished women who've done years of inner work, invested in countless trainings, and still find themselves unable to take the next step toward the life and business they say they want. In this episode, I'm sharing why I no longer believe the thing so many of us say when we're standing at the edge of something important: "I just need to get a little clearer first” or “I need to wait for a better time.” Because what often looks like a lack of clarity or inconvenient timing is something else entirely. I'll share what I've learned about the parts of us that step in just before we're about to go for it, why more information or waiting rarely creates the readiness we're hoping for, and the one question that can help you tell the difference between needing more clarity and being afraid to want what you truly want. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: You've invested in healing. You've grown your business. Your work changes lives. So why doesn't your income consistently reflect the depth of what you offer? Discover what's missing between your inner work and sustainable business growth in my free live training, Open Channel . Created for spiritually mature women entrepreneurs who are ready to build a business that's steady, profitable, and true to who they are. Click here to join. Follow me on Instagram @saraavantstover Subscribe to my Sunday newsletter on Substack . SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW If you loved this episode, please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts . Your support helps us reach more spiritually attuned women entrepreneurs who need these insights. Thank you for tuning into the her Self podcast, and I’ll see you next week.

July 4, 202627 min

257 | What My Father's Death and a Record-Breaking Heat Wave Taught Me About My Business

This past month handed me two things I didn't plan for: my father's death, and a record-breaking heat wave that made our apartment in Bordeaux uninhabitable for two weeks. Both came back-to-back, with no warning and no gradual transition. Just: life arriving and asking everything to hold. In this episode, I'm sharing what those two experiences revealed about my business and why I think this is one of the most important (and least talked about) aspects of building a sustainable business as a woman. Because here's what I know now: your business either holds you during the hard seasons, or it doesn't. And the gap between those two versions isn't luck. It's a design choice — one we need to make long before the crisis arrives. I'm also talking about the IFS parts that make it so hard for many of us to build this kind of infrastructure, the longer arc of where I am in my business right now, and the one question I want to leave you with that will show you exactly where your next layer of work is. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: You've invested in healing. You've grown your business. Your work changes lives. So why doesn't your income consistently reflect the depth of what you offer? Discover what's missing between your inner work and sustainable business growth in my free live training, Open Channel . Created for spiritually mature women entrepreneurs who are ready to build a business that's steady, profitable, and true to who they are. Click here to join. Follow me on Instagram @saraavantstover Subscribe to my Sunday newsletter on Substack . SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW If you loved this episode, please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts . Your support helps us reach more spiritually attuned women entrepreneurs who need these insights. Thank you for tuning into the her Self podcast, and I’ll see you next week.