Alli in the Hot Seat: The Stuff I Only Say Behind the Scenes

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Something different is happening this week on Smart Girl Summer. I’m in the chair.
Ashley Collins, my chief of staff and a whole PhD holder (yes, I tease her about it constantly), has been quietly collecting the things I say when the mic is off: the coaching wisdom that never makes it to air, the personal stories I usually only share with clients, and the honest parts of building something for 20 years without a map. This episode is Ashley finally making me say those things out loud.
This is part 1 of 2. We talk about 20 years of coaching women, what obedience actually costs, the one thing that keeps women from ever taking the leap, and how the Catalyst Mastermind came to be.
What You'll Learn in This Episode:
Why do the same mindset obstacles that hold back first-time entrepreneurs also show up in surgeons and Fortune 100 leaders, and what Alli's job actually is in the room
The biggest misconception people have about successful women, and why the "golden path" idea is keeping you stuck
What happened when God told Alli to shut down her conference in 2012, and what she would have missed if she'd said no
The beach walk story she's never told before, and why there's a jar of sand dollars sitting in her office
The hidden thing that holds back the women who never quite take the step (it's not fear of failure)
How the Catalyst Mastermind started from a Disney trip and became something Alli calls magical
Why Catalyst isn't just for entrepreneurs and who it's actually for
Timestamps:
(01:22) — What Alli does all day (and why the answer depends entirely on who's asking)
(02:16) — 20 years of coaching: what she knows now that she didn't know then
(03:24) — The core issues every woman shares, from first-time author to hospital CEO
(04:43) — The biggest misconception about successful people
(06:21) — The decision that changed everything: shutting down the conference in 2012
(06:48) — Becoming the breadwinner and what came next (Propel Women, new vision)
(10:01) — The beach walk, the sand dollars, and the fear nobody knew about
(11:24) — What her therapist said that shifted everything about trusting God with money
(15:25) — The hidden problem women are afraid to say out loud
(17:13) — The one thing holding back women who never take the step
(17:51) — Where Catalyst came from: the retreat origin story
(22:26) — What the Catalyst circles look like, and why women refuse to let them break up
(24:00) — What Ashley saw at the April retreat (and why women's shoulders look different when they leave)
(25:56) — Who Catalyst is actually for (hint: not just entrepreneurs)
Links to great things we discussed:
Catalyst Mastermind
Function Health
Uplift App
Substack - Wise Woman Era
Alli on YouTube
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xo,
Alli