Jess and Margy are the co owners of Interview Connections, the first and leading podcast booking agency. This is the podcast where you will learn all about podcast guesting and how to leverage podcast interviews to grow your brand awareness.

On today’s episode of Rock the Podcast, Jess interviews Nike Anani, author and consultant to NextGens that seek to lead their family businesses! Nike helps NextGens rise above operations into a non-executive board role with credibility, so that they are able to lead and formulate a plan to future-proof the business, becoming more effective change agents. 

A part of a family business herself, Nike grew up in Nigeria and the UK, and fell in love with entrepreneurship. In Nigeria, over 90% of businesses are family businesses but only 2% survive beyond the first generation. Nike’s goal is to help close that gap and help more family businesses thrive. 

She discusses what a survival mindset means for businesses, and how it can actually be detrimental to long-term growth. Nike proposes refocusing on a sustainability mindset, and what that looks like. She also reveals her theories for why so many family businesses don’t survive past the first generation, and what founders need to do in order to propel their businesses into the second generation! 

You can connect with Nike at her website! https://nikeanani.com/

On today’s episode of Rock the Podcast, Jess interviews client and wisdom teacher, Sophie McLean! Sophie McLean's mission is to contribute to the creation of a new culture for humankind; or the shift from Homo Sapiens to Homo Spiritus. As a wisdom teacher, Sophie has spent decades leading transformational seminars to over 80,000 people around the world, of all ethnicities, ages, religions and social backgrounds – all engaged with the universal existential questions of “Who and what am I?” and “What is my life about?”

In this episode, Sophie discusses her lifelong fascination with humanity, and trying to answer the question “What does it mean to be a human being?” Sophie talks about the ego, and how the ego is everything that you identify with that is not actually who you are. To illustrate, Sophie says that many of us might be a lioness, but trying to fit into a lamb’s costume.

Identifying with the ego-mind means identifying with emotions, anxieties, regret, worry and a whole host of other problems. Working with Sophie helps her clients stop and look, work on themselves in a deep way, and eliminate victimization and suffering from their lives. Sophie stresses the importance of shifting from identifying to the ego to, identifying to the soul.

You can connect with Sophie at her website: https://www.sophiemclean.com/

On today’s episode of Rock the Podcast, Jess interviews client Sim Sibanda! Sim is the founder of Glow Coaching and the leading expert in helping high achievers break free from toxic relationships. Sim helps her clients break through the obstacles that seem to be holding them back in life. She firmly believes that life is too short to be unhappy, unsure, or unfulfilled. She’s here to help her clients achieve a more positive outlook on life, and provide them with all the tools necessary to get them there.

In this episode, Jess and Sim discuss how an argument in English class helped lead Sim to relationship coaching, Sim’s speciality working with millennials, and the benefits of writing down your entire life story. Sim talks about working with “dogs who can see the rainbow,” meaning people who know things are in the world that they cannot see. Sim believes that unless you hope that you have the capability to believe in yourself, you will not be able to grow.

Listen to the full episode to learn more about relationship coaching in a globalized world, working through generational gaps, and Sim’s tip for partners living together during quarantine!

You can connect with Sim by sliding in her DMs on instagram @glowcoachingbysim

Jess and Margy are the co owners of Interview Connections, the first and leading podcast booking agency. This is the podcast where you will learn all about podcast guesting and how to leverage podcast interviews to grow your brand awareness.

On today’s episode of Rock the Podcast, Jess interviews client and spiritual life coach, Tiffany Nguyen! Tiffany helps busy professionals and sensitive, high-achievers reconnect with their truths and live authentically. She combines practicality and spiritual wisdom to guide people towards clarity and confidence in who they are, leading them to inner peace and happiness. With her analytical brain and her intuitive Tarot reading skill, Tiffany brings a unique approach to one’s self-transformation journey. 

After moving to the United States at 16 years old, Tiffany soon had to face her own biggest fear: loneliness. As the years went by, she grew tired of chasing the next thing and feeling lost, and decided to look within. Tiffany created the Happiness Blueprint to illustrate how people can build a fulfilling life for themselves. Listen to this episode to learn about why faking happiness is most harmful to ourselves, what someone needs to do before working with a spiritual teacher, and what it actually looks like to work with someone like Tiffany!

You can connect with Tiffany at https://spunkyspiritualist.com/

On today’s episode of Rock the Podcast, Jess and Margy talk about going on a competitor’s podcast. While it may seem like a bad idea, going on your competitor’s shows can be a very strategic move. Interview Connections client Jon MacDonald was hesitant to appear on a competitor’s podcast, but after his interview went live, he was invited to speak at YouTube HQ because of that exact interview!

When a host from the same space as you accepts you as a guest on their show, they have found value in your unique experience. This shows that they have a mindset of collaboration not competition. The podcast industry is very collaborative, and many hosts will take competitors on their show to give value in a complementary way.

You’re the only one who has your story. There may be other people who provide a similar service, but no one is the same as you. No one has your background, no one does it exactly the way that you do. There is space for everyone. There are people who are going to resonate with you, and there are people who are going to resonate with someone else. 

You can focus on: What makes you unique? Why are you different from the host? Look at your mindset, what is that lack mentality? What is driving that fear of going on a competitor’s show?  

If you need help answering any of these questions, listen to the full episode to learn more about the benefits of going on a competitor’s podcast!