anti-hustle

Unless you’ve been offline for the last week you’ve probably heard about Instagram's new platform, Threads! In this episode, I’m sharing my experiences with Threads and how to determine if it's the right fit for you and your business.

In this episode, we’re talking about how the principles of exercise and fitness can also be applied to business.

In this episode we explore the importance of managing your energy, not just your time, when it comes to being productive and avoiding burnout in your business. Most productivity advice will have you believe that the key to success is managing our time properly. However, managing our energy is equally important and sustainable in the long run. By working with and managing your energy, you can run your business in a way that doesn't drain you or burn you out, and you can reach your goals without hustling constantly or becoming resentful or frustrated with your business.

Last week we talked about how you can’t unlearn things, and that once you know, it’s your opportunity to do things better. So following on from that, in this episode I’m sharing the things I wouldn’t do, now that I know about my menstrual cycle and my hormones, and how they impact how I think and feel, and my productivity.

In this episode, we talk about how learning to cycle sync has taught me the importance of surrendering to my body's needs. I share my own experience with burnout and how charting helped me understand my body's patterns and needs.

Can I share a secret? When I first heard about cycle syncing I thought it was a load of crap. Until my curiosity got the better of me and I tried it. Turns out it was a missing piece of the puzzle that helped me to change my habits, and heal from burnout.

In this episode, we explore how to identify and overcome resentment in your business. I share some personal insights on how to align your business with your values, and provide steps to get you started identifying areas you resent.

In this episode, we explore the question: Are there areas of your business where you're making things harder for yourself than they really need to be? And I share some personal experiences and examples from my own business, highlighting the importance of taking action and avoiding over complicating things.

In this episode we chat about learning to listen to your body and trusting your energy, rather than listening to some online business gurus who say you have to be consistent no matter what. I also share my experience of not having the energy to record an episode this week. And how that transpired into this episode coming to be.

In this episode we talk about something that can save you so much time and energy in your business: automation. So, what is automation? It's simply using an app or tool to complete a series of steps for you, so that you're not doing it manually.

In this episode, we talk to Kris Emery, an editor and author about the process of writing a book. Kris shares tips on how to get started, what to consider before diving in, and how to stay motivated throughout the process of writing your book. She covers the importance of beta readers, the role of editors, and the difference between traditional publishing and self-publishing. Kris also discusses the challenges of writing and how to overcome them.

In this episode we explore the world of AI and how it's changing the game in the online business world.

In this episode I’m chatting to Lindy Alexander. Lindy Alexander is an Australian freelance food and travel writer who regularly contributes to international publications such as The Telegraph, The Guardian, The Sydney Morning Herald and more. Lindy is the founder of The Freelancer's Year - a popular blog and hub for online writing courses and resources for aspiring and established freelance writers. In this interview we chat about how Lindy created a successful freelance writing business, and then also went on to create a second course creation, coaching and mentoring business supporting other writers to do the same.

This episode I am celebrating the milestone of 100 episodes! I’m sharing my insights, lessons, and celebrations from the last 2 years of podcasting.

When it comes to tech and apps in your business, its true that there is an app for everything. In fact there is usually about 100 different ones to choose from. And that is where things can get messy, complicated, and sometimes expensive. So how do you know what ones you need? That’s what we’re chatting about in this episode.

Today I'm chatting with my friend and podcasting mentor Ellen Ronalds Keene all about maximising your experience with podcasts, whether that is hosting your own, or being a guest on other podcasts. Ellen is our first repeat guest, previously appearing on Episode 25.

In this episode we're exploring the different systems every online business should have. Depending on your niche or how you work with clients, there will be others as well. But the systems we discuss in this episode are the core systems every online business needs. Key points in this episode: * Systems are the strong and stable foundation that support your business to grow, without hustle and hard work. * Systems are not the tools and apps you use, these are one part of your overall system * The core systems every online business needs include sales and marketing, client management, content management, operations management, and financial management. * Don't try and fix everything all at once, start with one thing, get that working well, and then move onto the next. * You'll always be looking for ways to streamline things and make them better, don't wait till you have it perfect to start creating systems. Do it now and let them grow and evolve with your business.

If you were to have a social post go viral and have a massive influx of people wanting to work with you, how would that make you feel? And how well would your business cope with that? If the behind the scenes of your business is a bit disorganised or messy, growing your business is not going to magically fix that. It will just create a bigger and messier mess, with more stress and frustration. So if the behind the scenes of your business is stressing you out, this episode is for you.

We all dream of the overnight success and big influx of cash into our business. But a business built on hustle and hard work alone will always require that to keep going. The majority of my clients have super successful businesses before they come to work with me.​​​​​​​​​ What they don't have, is the strong foundations to support and ground their business. They're so damn good at what they do, that making money is easy. They've spent the majority of their time working with clients, focusing on sales and marketing (which is of course crucial for a successful business). But getting things in place behind the scenes is an after thought. And as time goes on, things get complicated, messy, and unstable. And the longer you leave it, the worse it seems to be to fix.

Business is a marathon, not a sprint. You have to play the long game on strategy, there is no such thing as an overnight success. But at the same time, you do need to be moving forward, taking action, and sometimes the marathon analogy can make it feel like you don't achieve anything until you get to the very end...And without those wins you can lose motivation and momentum. One of the concepts I worked with in the corporate world was agile and sprints. Sprints are a short defined period of time, where you break down the end goal into small chunks that can be achieved inside that sprint, and so while you are focused on the end goal, you're also focused on making progress each and every sprint. Over the holiday period I realised that our cycles are perfect for implementing sprint planning. In this episode I'm sharing more about what sprint planning is, and how we can use it with a cyclical approach.