Listen and Follow on Your Favorite Platform: Hear my keynote talk for Kroger with 80+ store and assistant store managers of Ralphs and Food4Less. We talk about how to have difficult conversations including: Why your brain goes into fight, flight, freeze, or fawn...
Blog Posts from Elaine Lou Cartas
141: How to Build a side Business, while Working full time with Autoimmunity with Amber Ivey
Listen and Follow on Your Favorite Platform: Don’t want to leave your job, but want to have a side business? It can be done and my client, Amber Ivey and I have a candid conversation about this. We talk about: How to create a 9-5, then 5-9 routine, while keeping sane...
How to Set Healthy Boundaries At Work
Realtalk: 95% of employees say boundaries at work matter for their wellbeing, but do we actually practice it? Why practice it? So we can enjoy being a human like: Watching sunsets outside of YouTube Laughing with no screens at the dinner table Riding a bike that’s not...
How to Tell Your Boss They Are the Problem
Realtalk: Sometimes the issue isn’t the systems, you might realize it’s your boss. But how do you protect yourself, while giving feedback? The Story That Taught Me This Early in my career, I worked in political campaigns: high stakes, high stress, zero patience for...
Emotional Intelligence at Work
As AI and automation is embraced by more companies, emotional intelligence becomes more valuable, not less. Remember, who manages and makes decisions? The human. AI and automation is just a tool. And emotional intelligence EI is what makes you stand out. Even now,...
How to Speak Up as an Asian Woman
Finding your voice isn't something you’re burned with. It can be learned. I Was Bullied. Then I got into martial arts. I was the kid who learned quickly that quiet = safe. Then, as I grew up I found out that equation doesn’t work. Twenty-one years of Muay Thai on and...
Navigating Your Midlife Crisis
Questioning everything? Welcome to your midlife crisis. Nobody Warns You The Wake-Up Call Looks Like This The big sign? It wasn’t me getting a sports car, it was me finishing my master's back in 2017. Sure, I had my dream job, but I realized I wanted to start this...
140: Imposter Syndrome, Burnout & Being a Child of Immigrants
Listen and Follow on Your Favorite Platform: Main Points I’m stuck on a boat with a therapist and HR leaders and we coach each other on: How to have difficult conversations How to scale a small business sustainably Work-life balance How to find a job in this...
139: Stop Performing, Start Closing: Follow-Up Over Followers
Listen and Follow on Your Favorite Platform: Main Points In this episode, I break down the exact live pitch I just gave to 100+ minority small business owners, the one that's helped me beat last year's revenue and grow profit margins by 23%, all without being social...
138: My 9-Year Business Anniversary: What I Quit to Go From Chaos to Calm
Listen and Follow on Your Favorite Platform: Main Points It’s my 9 Year Business Anniversary and I’m sharing: How I surpassed last year's revenue in cash flow already, and increased my profit margins by 24% How I quit copying everyone else's business model and turned...





