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The One That Works For You
Two frantic type-As with unreasonably high expectations of themselves on a mission to find that elusive trifecta: fulfillment, balance, and success. We explore ways people from all walks of life have built their businesses while they try to work out what success looks like for them. Our biggest lesson? The best life is the one that works for you.
So if you're efficient up to your eyeballs and you have systems and processes up the wazoo, power to you.
If not, you'll like this podcast.
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32. The art of saying NO with Topaz Hooper (Copy)
Topaz returns to share even more insights about building a life and business on your own terms. From navigating Google as a content strategist to embracing her "soft girl era," Topaz reveals how strategic decisions—like saying "no"—can lead to thriving professionally and personally.
Topaz offers copywriting services for clean beauty, sustainable fashion, and plant-based products. She’s on a mission to help cruelty-free brands stand out, turn heads, and change the world
31. Make your life your own with Topaz Hooper
Topaz squirrelled away tons of knowledge (and dollars) from her time as a Google Content Strategist. Now she’s crafted a business that aligns with her heart’s truest values. Find out how she did it—and how she’s let go of society’s expectations for her to trust herself instead.
Topaz offers copywriting services for clean beauty, sustainable fashion, and plant-based products. She’s on a mission to help cruelty-free brands stand out, turn heads, and change the world
30. Burnout recovery starts with regulating your nervous system with Lisa Hicks
It’s not easy. It’s gonna take ages. But learning to regulate your nervous system is the most powerful thing you can do to recover from burnout. Learn how to build gentleness into your life and your business—so you can live with more self-compassion.
Lisa Hicks is an ADHD and Autism coach and a content creator. She’s here to help you learn to support yourself and thrive as a business owner.
29. What losing Survivor taught Liz Wilcox about her business
When Liz took out SECOND PLACE on TV’s Survivor, she felt robbed. And her dysregulation caused her to set some arbitrary business goals that actually made her feel terrible. Find out how Liz came back from this—and how it taught her to keep her business as simple as humanly possible.
28. Business lessons from a creative multi-hyphenate with Aimee Rachael
Aimee shares stories of times she’s failed upwards, and how it has helped her find the work that lights her up. Learn how outsourcing helps her run several businesses in two countries. And how she turns her business stressors into lessons.
27. Using AI to get the very best from your brain with Ami Williamson
Ami shares a list of ways you can use AI as your right-hand woman—in business and in life. Tune in for ADHD-friendly mindset ideas (and the permission to accept your brain exactly as it is).
Ami Williamson is the AI-obsessed copywriter behind Damn Right. These days, she enlists AI as her creative sidekick and teaches other people how to do it, too.
26. Design your life around who you really are with Whitney Catalano
Whitney shares a bunch of solid gold: find out how she’s moved through different iterations in her business (and what she wishes she knew before her first pivot). Bottom line: building a life that works for you starts with listening to your body. Grab Whitney’s tips to get started straight away.
25. Status quo? I don’t know her with Andrea Shah
Andrea shares her journey from a demanding corporate job to freelancing and finding her niche in the wedding industry. Learn how she’s created a business that gives her space for her passions: travel and community. Tune in for insights on creating a fulfilling and flexible work-life balance from someone who has successfully navigated the twists and turns of entrepreneurship.
24. Minnie Isaac shares how she finds the ‘roof’ for her rates
Minnie shares her journey into full-time freelance work, her insights on setting fair rates, and the importance of freedom and flexibility in her career. We cover practical tips for aspiring freelancers, the value of saying no, and how to build self-confidence in your work.
Minnie Isaac is a content creator and founder of White Rabbit Social, a creative agency dedicated to talent representation and helping creators with the business side of things.
23. How gourmet, plant-based foods can create full-body brand experiences with Léonie Bouchet
Learn how creating a sensory experience can take your brand to the next level. Léonie creates French vegetarian culinary experiences, recipes, and menus for people and brands looking to engage their senses and connect with their community. Find out how Léonie has turned her passions into a unique, vibrant business.
22. From hunting terrorists to raising women-led start-ups with Jemimah Ashleigh
Find out how a series of small changes led to a series of big changes and took Jemimah from AFP Criminal Intelligence Analyst to Visibility Bad 🐝. Learn how she can help you grow and scale with practical advice that helps you get visible.
Jemimah Ashleigh is an award-winning entrepreneur, best-selling author and keynote speaker.
21. Dené Logan doesn’t do things she hates (and you don’t have to either)
Find out how a practice of kindness and compassion can pave the way for the type of life that lights you up. Dené Logan is a marriage and family therapist, facilitator, and co-host of the Cheaper than Therapy podcast. Her first book, Sovereign Love: A Guide to Healing Relationships by Reclaiming the Masculine and Feminine Within, will be released in May 2024.
20. Integrate your personal mission into your work with Zoe Simmons
Zoe shares the power of her advocacy work—in her life and business as well as in the disability community. She shares how she manages business ownership with a dynamic disability. Learn Zoe’s tips for prioritising your health while you manage the juggle.
19. How to love what you do every day with Amy Posner
Amy opens up about her personal experiences with burnout and the pivotal life changes that led her to a period of ‘unproductivity’. She shares four questions to ask yourself if you want to work out what’s YOURS to do—so you can wake up each day and do what makes you excited.
18. All in the family: finding balance in an intercontinental family business with Nick Akkanen
A social media crisis (and a global recession) sparked a re-evaluation of Cassandra's business and personal values. Find out where she’s landed and learn her tips for identifying and living your own values.
Cassandra is the founder of the Quirky Pineapple Studio, a brand visibility strategist for BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and feminist-run brands.
17. End-of-life therapy lessons for a balanced business with Kirsty Fanton
Kirsty Fanton shares the end-of-life psychotherapy lessons that inform her business. Listen up for practical tips for balancing your business and a chronic illness, and how to create a daily check-in practice to manage overwhelm. Kirsty is a coach, ex-psychotherapist, and a great question-asker. She provides copy, coaching, and strategy for online business owners.
16. Embracing your mission—overcoming pushback and finding balance with Cassandra Le
A social media crisis (and a global recession) sparked a re-evaluation of Cassandra's business and personal values. Find out where she’s landed and learn her tips for identifying and living your own values.
Cassandra is the founder of the Quirky Pineapple Studio, a brand visibility strategist for BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and feminist-run brands.
15. How taking control of micro decisions can help you do less with Belinda Weaver
Belinda Weaver shares the tweak she made that 10x-ed her motivation: she made her business about Belinda. Find out how this micro change helped her forge a big, bold new path. Belinda Weaver helps copywriters supercharge their income, create financial stability, and avoid career burnout.
14. Neurodiversity and swallowing the frog first with Liv and Martha
We answer Liv’s burning question about prioritisation: Do we tackle the hardest tasks first or fill our cup first? Find out how our listeners do it, what neurodiversity’s got to do with it, and what it says about how much society values self care.
13. My day starts with me—how to nail your creative practice with Sarah Wayte
Prioritising her creative practice was life-changing for Sarah—and it benefitted her business as well! Learn how she combines smart systems and self-acceptance to make the most of her ADHD brain.