Interview

Episode 37 – The Inner Dominatrix on Being a Badass in Business

Mark Leslie

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Mark chats with Dana Pharant, a business owner, a speaker, an author and the host of the Inner Dominatrix Podcast, about her new book The Inner Dominatrix Guide: Become a Badass in Business.

Before the interview, Mark shares a few personal updates:

 

  • Getting Sean Costello into indie audiobooks (and a mention that this podcast is sponsored by Findaway Voices)

 

Findaway Voices provides all the tools that an independent author or small publisher needs in order to get into the digital audiobook market. From audiobook production to distribution, and with the bonus of being able to set and control your audiobook pricing.

 

 

Mark also thanks new Patrons of the show, Joanna Penn and Ellie Ashe as well as all existing patrons who support the podcast via Patreon.

 

In their chat, Mark and Dana discuss:

The back-story and where the use of “Dominatrix” comes from (Dana spent 6 years as a Dominatrix) how principles of healing were learned through that experience which Dana has been able to apply to the concept of power, space and authority that are integral to the Inner Dominatrix

  • The intriguing parallels between the role of Dominatrix and the role of Author
  • Where the “Badass” attitude comes from and the energy that it can put people into
  • The way that creative people can really shrink back when it comes to the business, marketing and promoting of their work
  • The last thing that a person who is tied up and blind-folded wants to hear
  • The importance of leaning into being unapologetic in one’s approach
  • The energy-based concept of “practical woo”
  • The three main principles that Dana teaches: 1) Getting you out of the “wrongness of you” 2) Connecting with and following your intuition 3) Being willing to lose it all
  • Her forthcoming book launch (October 15th) and the early-preview launch speaking event on Sept 26th

After the interview, Mark reflects about the concept that Dana mentions of “stepping into authority” and how he believes this to be important for authors. He also talks about his friend James A. Owen, who regularly reminds authors of not downplaying the importance and value of what they do.

 

Links of Interest:

Dana Pharant is a business owner, a speaker, and author and the host of the Inner Dominatrix Podcast where she shares insights into how people can be the leader in their business, by owning that space, by becoming the dominatrix in your business. As Dana says: “Dominatrix energy is feminine energy—a totally different kind of power. You simply stand and state your position. You don’t try to justify it; you don’t second-guess yourself. When you step into your dominatrix energy and surrender into the present moment, you can see the bigger picture and scout out what needs to be done. And that will take your business to an entirely new level of success. You’ll be a superstar, handling everything with ease!”

 

 

 

 

The music for this podcast (“Laser Groove”) was composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com and is Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

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Published by Mark Leslie

Writer, editor and bookseller who haunts Southern Ontario. Craft beer enthusiast. Author of thrillers and horror novels such as A CANADIAN WEREWOLF IN NEW YORK, EVASION and I, DEATH. Also writes a series of stand-alone non-fiction titles exploring ghosts and the paranormal which include HAUNTED HAMILTON, SPOOKY SUDBURY, CREEPY CAPITAL, TOMES OF TERROR, HAUNTED HOSPITALS, and MACABRE MONTREAL. Editor of the anthologies CAMPUS CHILLS, TESSERACTS SIXTEEN, FICTION RIVER: EDITOR'S CHOICE and FICTION RIVER: FEEL THE FEAR.

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