Stark Reflections on Writing and Publishing EP 037 - The Inner Dominatrix on Being a Badass in Business

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:

• Misadventures of the cat and the headset cord
• Experience using PublishDrive
• Getting Sean into indie audiobooks (and a mention that this podcast is sponsored by Findaway Voices)

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: The Dominatrix's Guide to Inner Power in Business
• Stark Reflections Episode 30 (previous appearance by Dana): Target Markets & Relationships
• Episode 77 of Dana’s podcast (Dana interviews Mark about the Transition in his life)
• Findaway Voices
• PublishDrive
• CAPS: Canadian Association of Professional Speakers
  • Dana’s CAPS Speaker Profile
  • Mark’s CAPS Speaker Profile
• Stark Reflections Listener Survey
• Patreon for Stark Reflections
• Sean Costello
• James A Owen
• Superstars Writing Seminars

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