Crystal Sanford is a Speech-Language Pathologist who supports families, children and young adults with unique needs.
Crystal has built her successful consultancy completely from scratch and today she tells us the steps she took and her lessons learned.
When you listen to this episode her passion shines through.
Crystal’s goal is to move fellow special needs families from overwhelm and frustration to confidence and hope.
In her advocacy role, she has successfully helped numerous families to persistently pursue what their children deserve at school.
We cover pricing and how to get everything done - especially in the early days when Crystal was juggling a full time job with her new business - who else can relate to this? :-)
You can find out more about Crystal at
her website:
https://www.sdautismhelp.com
social media links
FB: www.facebook.com/sdautismhelp
IG: www.instagram.com/sanfordautism
Podcast: Thriving Special Families – proving insight, humour and hope for the special needs family journey
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This book Business 101 and can answer pretty much all your business questions. It is your step by step guide to build your viable and robust business - smarter and faster.
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Dr Artika Tyner is an amazing woman, a human rights lawyer, book publisher and book store owner! Planting People Growing Justice
She lives by the credo: When you see a problem, find a solution.
She tells us that she realised that "a reader is more likely to find a black dog on the cover of a book than a black person" and set about to find a solution. She started publishing books
Her first book stores were pop-ups - at festivals and markets, offering the early books she published.
In 2017 Planting People Growing Justice was named as small business champion which was extremely fortuitous as this gave them access to business training and a mentor.
She says having this mentor as well as others has been indispensable to their success. And successful they indeed are.
She talks honestly about in the beginning she dreamt of "buying a building for her book store" and then didn't have step 2 ... no pricing plan, no overall strategy for financial viability - which is why the mentors were so important.
Dr Artika realised "I had to reconcile in my mind: this is a business, this is not a hobby. For this to last for the generations to come meant that we had to have a very sound strategy in place from the outset!"
She tells us some pretty disturbing data from the US:
"1 in 4 children are not reading at grade level by 4th grade
If you're not reading at grade level by 4th grade you are 4 times more likely to drop out of school
And if you drop out of school you are 3 and half times more likely to enter into the tangled web of incarceration and be arrested
Planting People Growing Justice is NOT just about selling books alone it’s about increasing literacy and engagement"
Dr Artika is truly on a mission and when you listen to this conversation I believe you will be as inspired and uplifted as she is to bring about change in real time.
In recognition of her leadership and service, she is the recipient of more than two dozen awards that include: Women in Business, American Small Business Champion, International Educator Citizen, and American Bar Association Difference Makers.
She has been featured in a variety of media outlets.
She is a prolific, award-winning author of adult and children’s books that includes: Amazing Africa: A to Z and The Inclusive Leader: Taking Intentional Action for Justice and Equity.
She serves as a global citizen by supporting education, entrepreneurship, and women’s leadership initiatives in Africa. In furtherance of her philanthropic efforts, she created Planting People Growing Justice Leadership Institute, a nonprofit organization committed to promoting literacy and diversity in books.
You can find Planting People Growing Justice here:
Instagram:
@ppgjbooks
@plantingpeoplegrowingjustice
Hello and welcome to Episode 177
Recently I found myself saying to a friend "I feel like I've lost my voice"
I hadn't written a newsletter in a while and there was a gap in my podcast episodes and I was mostly off social media .... I told my friend "I don't know what to say"
She said: "We procrastinate as a response to fear - we develop the habit of procrastinating to protect ourselves"
Wow!! That was a lightbulb moment
I hadn't realised that this is procrastination!!
What am I frightened of?
In this solo and very personal episode I share with you how I dealt with it - and it is NOT about having more willpower
We are in business - we have tons of willpower
This calls for something much deeper - and totally different
In this short (less than 15 minute) episode I walk you through the steps I took
Am I completely "cured" ... time will tell
I'm guessing it could happen again AND next time I'll be ready!!
I'd love to hear your thoughts on this episode
You can email me at ingrid@healthynumbers.com.au
or please leave a review wherever you listen to your podcasts
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This book Business 101 and can answer pretty much all your business questions. It is your step by step guide to build your viable and robust business - smarter and faster.
“So You Want to Start a Business”
You can order your copy right here: Buy The Book
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It’s so exciting to be sharing it with you.
Happy reading!