About Samantha:
Samantha is a Niche Strategist + Business Clarity Superstar teaching busy Fempire Builders like herself the steps to get on track in their business, identify their niche and map out opportunities to boost their sales and work with them to implement the sys-tems and processes within their businesses that they need to work with the clients they truly love, level up, and grow to the money-making machine that creates time freedom that Samantha believes you can have. Around the time her second child was born, her eldest child was diagnosed with autism. It was then that Samantha had to learn how to keep her priorities aligned within her family, and it became clear that returning to the corporate world was not the right fit for her. While trying to answer the “now what?” question, Samantha created the Fempire Builders community, a tribe of women in business who are supporting and empowering each other to take action in achieving success how they want it and on their own terms. Samantha has been leading them since 2016 to change the conversation about how women build businesses amidst our day-to-day lives and the many different hats we wear. Members have shared their knowledge and lessons to mentor, support and empower each other to reach new heights both personally and professionally. By blogging, speaking, leading workshops and her online courses for female entrepre-neurs on our new Training Centre, Samantha continues to work with the Fempire Builders community to grow and reach new heights by giving them to opportunities to gain access to the tools + skillsets they need to create the profitable business of their dreams surrounded by like-minded women cheering them on! Samantha’s most rewarding (and challenging) role is raising two small children on the autism spectrum. She knows how hard it is to identify, cope with and support a child with a high functioning autism diagnosis (especially in girls). Samantha loves to connect with others who have walked this path and holds this journey close to her heart. Samantha is also a self-professed TV fanatic, a natural storyteller, an Adult Colourer, Photography Enthusiast, a Book Junkie, Meditator in training, a possible runner, and (my guilty pleasure) a certified people watcher.
You can find Samantha below:
LinkedIn: @FempireBuilders
https://www.linkedin.com/company/fempirebuilders/ and @IAMSamanthaKing
https://www.linkedin.com/in/iamsamanthaking/
 
Facebook: @FempireBuilders https://www.facebook.com/fempirebuilders/ and
@IAMSamanthaKing https://www.facebook.com/IAMSamanthaKing
 
Twitter: @FempireBuilders  https://twitter.com/fempirebuilders and
@IAMSamanthaKing  https://twitter.com/iamsamanthaking
 
SHOW NOTES:
00:06 - Introduction to the Embrace Your Destiny Podcast
00:23 - Samantha King's introduction
02:17 - Samantha shares her story
04:26 - Dealing with the guilt of feeling everything was a chore
06:06 - Samantha's husband recognizes it's time to get her help
08:31 - Samantha starts to think about her life
10:00 - The decision is made that life needed to change
11:59 - Samantha decides she's done with living to work
13:20 - Fempire Builders community is created
16:36 - Learning to say no was the lesson learned from experiencing burnout
18:28 - The importance of setting boundaries with everyone in your life
25:52 - Samantha's biggest lesson
33:24 - Samantha's final thoughts
 
About your host: 
Sandra Dawes is a recovering control freak and excuse maker who works with clients struggling with similar issues. She holds an Honors BA, an MBA, and a certificate in Dispute Resolution. After the passing of her father and the circumstances that followed, she suffered from bouts of depression and sought the help of psychotherapists. Unwilling to seek pharmaceutical assistance to deal with her chronic unhappiness, she was lead on a journey of self-awareness and forgiveness that changed her life in deep and meaningful ways.
Sandra enjoys spending time with friends and family and her husband Satnam. She published her first book Embrace Your Destiny: 12 Steps to Living the Life You Deserve in 2013.
Sandra was added to the Wall of Role Models by the Diversity Advancement Network in July 2016.
You can find more articles and learn more about Sandra and the programs and products she offers at www.embraceyourdestiny.ca.
You can also find Sandra in the following places:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EmbraceYourDestiny
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/embraceurdestiny
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/mbraceurdestiny