Are you a busy mom or entrepreneur? Take a deep breath and create a better life for you and your family! Elaine Tan Comeau, founder of Easy Daysies (www.easydaysies.com a favorite winning pitch on Dragons' Den, Canada's Shark Tank), mom of 3, wife, foodie, stroke survivor, former school teacher, author & speaker, and Mompreneur of the Year in Canada, talks to you about Creating Better family, health, mental health, business and self, all straight from the kitchen table - where it started for her and where it can start for you! This season’s guests include Greg McKeown (author of runaway bestseller Essentialism), Erica Ehm (pioneering MuchMusic VJ), Tonia Jahshan (W100 #1 Canadian female entrepreneur), Ann Douglas (CBC Radio parenting expert/columnist), Dr Vanessa Lapointe (registered psychologist and parenting expert), Tara Teng (Miss World 2012), Brian Dixon (author of Start With Your People) and more! I am so happy to have you join me!
Episodes
Friday Nov 20, 2015
Friday Nov 20, 2015
Sara Clarke, mom of 4 boys, business partners with her husband in Martin Clarke and Associates, bookkeepers and business consultants, tells us how to make sure we are running a profitable business, not a time-wasting "hobby business".
This is a fun interview we conducted while she was driving a van!
Here is where you can find Sara online:
http://www.worldofwriteoffs.com
http://www.martinclarkeassociates.com
https://www.facebook.com/clarkesaralouise
http://london.themompreneur.com/
Thursday Nov 12, 2015
Thursday Nov 12, 2015
Welcome to the "Know Your Numbers" series on Elaine's Kitchen Table!
You often hear "know your numbers" as one of the most important aspects of being successful in business. But what numbers do you have to know? Our goal is to go over all the important numbers, and tell you why they are important, so that you can feel confident knowing your numbers. It's not rocket science, and for small businesses it's not even advanced accounting.
In this episode, we discuss "spending a little to make a lot", specifically using Square as a credit card processing service.
Let me know what numbers you'd like to know about next on Twitter @chatwithelaine!
Wednesday Nov 04, 2015
Wednesday Nov 04, 2015
Dea Viola is such an inspirational woman and mompreneur. Somewhere between her business, the Baby Flamingo Company, her singing career, and her charitable work with humanityhealing.org, she finds time to raise 5 children!
How does she do it? Dea tells us all her tips that keep her sane and moving toward her goals, tips like:
• Living in "plane emergency landing mode"
• Her "same shoe size and brand theory" on harmful comparison behavior
• How to "start your day over" any time you want!
• Overcoming perfectionism
As Dea says, you don't have to do everything today, but if you do something every day, in a month you will have accomplished 30 steps towards your goal!
Here is where you can find Dea online:
Business:
http://www.thebabyflamingoco.com/
Music:
christianartistdea.bandcamp.com
facebook.com/christianartistdea
instagram.com/christianartistdea
twitter.com/christiasnartdea
Tuesday Oct 27, 2015
Tuesday Oct 27, 2015
"Balance is impossible. Memories are better."
In this episode, I interview Marci Fair (www.marcifair.com), mom of 4, founder of www.kares4kids.com, and author of "TILT - 7 Solutions to be a Guilt-Free Working Mom"
We talk about 3 of the 7 solutions, including:
• Dreams and Goals - you don't have to give up on your own to help your children pursue theirs
• Choices - including the "dirty gym shorts rule"
• Roots and Wings - what do you think about this - "The less we do for our kids, the more we help them develop!"
If you struggle with working mom guilt and want real-life parenting tips - read TILT!
Show notes: https://elaineskitchentable.com/033
Connect with Elaine:
- Website: https://elaineskitchentable.com
- Instagram: @elainetancomeau
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elainetancomeau/
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- Twitter: https://twitter.com/chatwithelaine
Get a free chapter from Elaine’s book, Sell Your Passion: https://elaineskitchentable.com/book/
Monday Oct 19, 2015
Monday Oct 19, 2015
Brad Hallwood has a very unique job. As the right-hand man to Jim Treliving of Dragons' Den (Canadian version of Shark Tank), he has witnessed hundreds and hundreds of pitches from entrepreneurs and "wantrepreneurs" alike. In this episode, he tells us two key things about entrepreneurial investors:
• What they are definitely looking for
• What they are definitely NOT looking for
Whether or not you are in the market for an investor in your business, your suppliers and customers are looking for many of the exact same qualities when choosing who to do business with. So please listen to Brad's wisdom and enjoy!
Monday Oct 12, 2015
Monday Oct 12, 2015
Looking for an excuse to be thankful? Elaine gives 5 reasons why having an "attitude of gratitude" will actually help grow your business and make you happier overall.
Connect with Elaine:
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- Twitter: https://twitter.com/chatwithelaine
Get a free chapter from Elaine's book, Sell Your Passion: https://elaineskitchentable.com/book/
Episode Sponsor:
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Monday Oct 05, 2015
Monday Oct 05, 2015
Jody Vance of Vancouver City TV's Breakfast Television, and formerly SportsNet Canada, was Canada's first prime-time female sports anchor - one of the most male-dominated industries before Jody and others paved the way for the many female sports anchors today. Her secret? Tune in to find out, as well as:
• The daily routine of a morning news host who gets up for work at 4am every day
• The importance of paying your dues
• What it's like to go through in-vitro fertilization, and how she treats others doing the same
And much more in this wide-ranging interview!
Tuesday Sep 29, 2015
Tuesday Sep 29, 2015
In this episode, learn 2 key things to help you in business:
• How to ask for advice
• How not to ask for advice!
Elaine gives you the ABC's of getting answers to your questions from people who have gone before you. The tricky part is that they are most often quite busy, but they are usually willing to help - IF you approach in the right way.
Connect with Elaine:
- Website: https://elaineskitchentable.com
- Instagram: @elainetancomeau
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elainetancomeau/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElainesKitchenTable
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/chatwithelaine
Get a free chapter from Elaine's book, Sell Your Passion: https://elaineskitchentable.com/book/
Tuesday Sep 22, 2015
Tuesday Sep 22, 2015
Influential people (or "influencers") play by a different set of rules. Teresa de Grosbois is an international speaker and bestselling author on the topic of influence. In today's interview, we learn:
• How the most influential people share their influence, and how to approach them
• The "Premature Ask", or how NOT to approach people of influence (with hilarious examples)
• How crying on the bathroom floor at her lowest point ignited Teresa's journey to where she is today
As an example of how influential Teresa has become, several of my podcast interviews have been with people to whom I was connected by Teresa!
You can get her newest book, "Mass Influence - The Habits of the Highly Influential" at
http://massinfluencethebook.com
Connect with Elaine:
- Website: https://elaineskitchentable.com
- Instagram: @elainetancomeau
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elainetancomeau/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElainesKitchenTable
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/chatwithelaine
Get a free chapter from Elaine's book, Sell Your Passion: https://elaineskitchentable.com/book/
Monday Sep 14, 2015
Monday Sep 14, 2015
Spencer McDonald, businessman, author, keynote speaker, and mentor, talks about:
• the top 3 qualities in a profitable business person
• how people starting out in business unknowingly "finance" their coffee
• why setting a beautiful ship (that you own) on fire is sometimes the right thing to do!
• his habits of success
Check out his website at www.thinkingdriver.com
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Connect with Elaine:
- Website: https://elaineskitchentable.com
- Instagram: @elainetancomeau
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elainetancomeau/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElainesKitchenTable
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/chatwithelaine
Get a free chapter from Elaine's book, Sell Your Passion: https://elaineskitchentable.com/book/