#172 - Building a Business, Manifesting, and Motherhood: Yvonne Tchrakian on Confidence, Authenticity, and Handling Online Negativity

Part two with Yvonne Tchrakian is all about the business side — building something of your own while raising a family, staying true to yourself online, and tuning out the noise.

Yvonne shares where her confidence comes from (her Irish parents' work ethic, a childhood in sport, being told big things were possible), why she's resisted "automate everything" advice in favour of keeping community and accountability at the heart of her 21-day manifestation challenge, and how she handles online negativity while staying authentic rather than playing the comparison game.

Her journey — from law firms to a high-level in-house role, to creating gratitude and manifestation products after losing her baby, to going full-time in business after redundancy — is proof that purpose can come from the hardest places.

We close on consistency over perfection, spending money early in business, and why sleep matters more than hustle.

Catch part one first if you haven't already — this one builds on it.

Timestamps:

00:00 Welcome and guest intro

01:44 Early years and work ethic

04:32 Sport discipline and big dreams

07:20 Authenticity over business blueprints

10:08 Community vs digital products

12:38 Handling social media hate