Perfection Not Required: Growing an Online Business from the Inside Out

As you're building your business are you prepared for these 4 common pitfalls women make as they transition from corporate to self-employed? My guest today is Alison Hall and after a decade of coaching women through life and career changes a couple of patterns emerged when it came to women starting their businesses. We talk about planning, market research, taxes, legal, finances - all the nerdy stuff in an approachable and pragmatic way. To learn more about Alison and for the links mentioned in this episode, go here for full episode show notes. Support the show Break free from the redundant admin of building your business and focus on the parts you love. | Grab your Ultimate Automations Guide for Coaches & Podcasters here!

Are you struggling to market yourself in your coaching business? Jen from Becoming Iconic shares her insights on how to own who you are, share your experience, and declare your journey. In this short episode we get into the importance of not putting yourself in a box and letting your audience discover what you have to offer. Check out episode 51 for the full interview and head to the website for full episode show notes. Support the show Break free from the redundant admin of building your business and focus on the parts you love. | Grab your Ultimate Automations Guide for Coaches & Podcasters here!

Are you a content creator who's hesitant to use ChatGPT? As a creative, you might think tools like this just aren't for you...but you're wrong. Ignore the fear mongers for a minute - this is NOT going to replace you as a creative - your genius, voice and personality are still required. This is simply an assistant that can help get you focused on more of your want to's instead of your have to's. On this episode we get into the technical and ethical ways to use ChatGPT in your business. I'll show you how I've been using it to knock off tasks on my to-do list, and how you can too. After listening to this episode you're ready to learn more about ChatGPT and how to use it in your business, Jamie invites you to an interactive workshop on May 23rd. You'll get to see live examples of how to prep and prompt ChatGPT for better results and get your burning questions answered. To sign up, head to JamieRiene.com/gpt. Click here for full show notes. Support the showBreak free from the redundant admin of building your business and focus on the parts you love. | Grab your Ultimate Automations Guide for Coaches & Podcasters here!

Starting a new business comes with a lot of uncertainty. One minute you're totally sure of your choices and the next minute leaves you questioning what you're doing, how you're doing it and if you're even good enough to be doing it. Needless to say, there's a lot of drama. One strategy to move through this drama quickly is to check in with your feelings to see where they're guiding you. In this episode, I chat with my friend and pod squad bestie - Heather Love. She's a life coach and host of "For the Love of Dharma". Listen in as Heather & I talk about how the feelings we experience in our bodies can help guide us to make decisions that are right for us. Click here for full episode show notes. Support the show Break free from the redundant admin of building your business and focus on the parts you love. | Grab your Ultimate Automations Guide for Coaches & Podcasters here!

Are you having trouble growing your podcast? With no algorithm to help new podcasters get found, I'm turning to YouTube as part of my growth strategy. Listen in and see if maybe it's right for you too! Click here for full episode show notes. Support the showBreak free from the redundant admin of building your business and focus on the parts you love. | Grab your Ultimate Automations Guide for Coaches & Podcasters here!

Do you struggle when it comes to getting paid for what you do, or want to do in your business? For the longest time this has been my struggle and I've been playing mind drama whack-a-mole to counter all the limiting beliefs and struggles around worthiness. I cannot wait to share my conversation with Jen from Becoming Iconic. She's a sales and marketing expert who's been building her business over a decade. She's a force to be reckoned with and I am a changed woman because of this. Head to the show to hear Jen's powerful message. You are worthy upon arrival. ❤️ Click here for full episode show notes. Support the show Break free from the redundant admin of building your business and focus on the parts you love. | Grab your Ultimate Automations Guide for Coaches & Podcasters here!

Get ready to be blown away at the ease you can create in your business when you tap into the power of automations. Fair warning - I tend to geek out on this stuff 'cause that's how my brain works baby! I get pretty fired up about automating processes in your business to create flow and efficiency not to mention more productive and profitable! If you're looking to work smarter, not harder, then this episode is a must-listen! Click here for full episode show notes. Support the show Break free from the redundant admin of building your business and focus on the parts you love. | Grab your Ultimate Automations Guide for Coaches & Podcasters here!

Are you avoiding taking action in your business because what you have isn't pretty or "perfect"? My guest today is Melissa Lin, chemical engineer turned fitness coach and then business coach. Building her business alongside her career was messy - and it worked! A couple of my favorite segments from this conversation are Click here for full show notes Support the showBreak free from the redundant admin of building your business and focus on the parts you love. | Grab your Ultimate Automations Guide for Coaches & Podcasters here!

"Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it.” ~Eckhart Tolle. Excellent advice....but how do you do that? Today I'm taking you through the process I used to take me from feeling like a total fraud to full acceptance. The best part is - it's totally repeatable. Click here for full show notes. Support the show Break free from the redundant admin of building your business and focus on the parts you love. | Grab your Ultimate Automations Guide for Coaches & Podcasters here!

One day, your story will tell itself. It doesn't matter if your Uncle Larry makes fun of you at Thanksgiving or your mom's worried that you're sharing too much in your podcast. People don't have to get it. In this episode Whitney and I chat about being your authentic self, learning to accept money in a new way, the realities of many early entrepreneurs and so much more! Whitney Baker is a facilitator who helps women find a new sense of possibility. She is the host of the Electric Ideas podcast and the creator of a signature six week mastermind targeted at moms. Click here for full show notes and links to the references mentioned in this episode. Support the show Break free from the redundant admin of building your business and focus on the parts you love. | Grab your Ultimate Automations Guide for Coaches & Podcasters here!

Holy self sabotage - I'm calling myself out on this one. I was recently reflecting over the last year as part of a gratitude / mindset exercise and let's just say I got a little more out of it than I was expecting. In this episode I go into the 4 patterns that emerged that are holding me back in my business and I'm guessing you'll be able to relate to at least one of them. We'll get into what I discovered, what I'm doing differently and also what you can do if you recognize yourself in any of these patterns. Click here for full show notes and links to the references mentioned in this episode. Support the show Break free from the redundant admin of building your business and focus on the parts you love. | Grab your Ultimate Automations Guide for Coaches & Podcasters here!

What happens when you reach your business goals and then discover it's not what you actually wanted? You've created this thing that started out being fun but now, it totally drains you. Uh...what now? Nicole Haney takes us from hometown farmers market to scaling her home baked energy bars across 300 locations in Canada. We'll talk about what happened when that business was no longer serving her and how she used the skills gained in that business to propel her forward to a new career helping others. Click here for full episode show notes and links. Support the show Break free from the redundant admin of building your business and focus on the parts you love. | Grab your Ultimate Automations Guide for Coaches & Podcasters here!

What do you do when you create a podcast called Breaking Up with Corporate and then you find yourself back in corporate? Join me in this first episode of Perfection Not Required as I bring you up to speed with what life has looked like since wrapping up season one and pivoting back into corporate. We'll chat life updates, rebranding the show and what you can expect from the upcoming season. Let's get into it! Support the showBreak free from the redundant admin of building your business and focus on the parts you love. | Grab your Ultimate Automations Guide for Coaches & Podcasters here!

Let's be real for a sec...building an online business is hard. Not like, physical labor hard - more like mental gymnastics on a tight-rope hard. I thought it was just me, but it turns out that after interviewing dozens of women killing it in their business that there's a distinct connection between inner healing and business growth. This podcast is dedicated to exploring those connections and sharing the strategies, stories and resources to grow your business - Perfection Not Required. Support the show Break free from the redundant admin of building your business and focus on the parts you love. | Grab your Ultimate Automations Guide for Coaches & Podcasters here!

The Lessons Learned series continues! Get ready to dive deep into the messy middle and get a true behind the scenes of look of starting a podcast and online business. For more back story about how we got here, be sure to check out the first three episodes of this series. You can find the full episode on the Pivot Into Your Purpose podcast. Resources: Want to know 7 things you can do today to make leaving corporate easier? Grab it here! Follow me...

Welcome back friend! This is the third interview in the Lessons Learned series and this episode is with my friend and fellow podcaster, Kristen Lettini. Kristen is the host of the Build Your Own Fairytale podcast and we recorded this episode back in March of this year. It's so interesting to to hear these interviews and the evolution of my thought process and mindset at each moment in time. Some of the things I spoke about in this interview, like the Facebook group have never actually...

One of the things I did last year when I started my podcast was to intentionally be on other people’s podcasts as well. Not only was I practicing the skill of articulating answers to questions off the cuff but it also really gave me the opportunity to reflect on where I was in the moment. This moment captured by Heather Love of the For the Love of Dharma podcast just two months into my podcasting journey. Heather really surprised me with some of the questions - would you believe that I was...

One of the things I did last year when I started my podcast was to intentionally be on other people’s podcasts as well. Not only was I practicing the skill of articulating answers to questions off the cuff but it also really gave me the opportunity to reflect on where I was in the moment. This moment captured by Krystal Carruthers of the Fierce, Fun & Free podcast was from October 2021. To be her very first interview, I am so impressed with the quality of questions and the way she was able...

We're quick to judge our progress through the lens of I have so much more to go...instead of pausing a beat to look back and see how far we've come. As season one comes to a close, I invite you in to do just that. Tune into this episode to celebrate: Go here for full show notes and links! Resources: Want to know 7 things you can do today to make leaving corporate easier? Grab it here! Follow me on: Instagram Website LinkedIn Twitter YouTube Loved this episode? 💕 Leave a review and ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ rating here! Support the showBreak free from the redundant admin of building your business and focus on the parts you love. | Grab your Ultimate Automations Guide for Coaches & Podcasters here!

After recognizing how her own familial traumas were impacting her every day life, Kathleen made it her mission to empower women to and break the generational & societal curses and rewrite their legacy. Kathleen McDermott is serving up all the ways for you to design your legacy as a Stress & Lifestyle Coach, a Restorative & Adaptive Yoga guide and speaker & host of the Your Life Your Way Podcast. Tune into this episode to hear more about: Go here for full show notes and links! Resources: Want to know 7 things you can do today to make leaving corporate easier? Grab it here! Follow me on: Instagram Website LinkedIn Twitter YouTube Loved this episode? 💕 Leave a review and ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ rating here! Support the show Break free from the redundant admin of building your business and focus on the parts you love. | Grab your Ultimate Automations Guide for Coaches & Podcasters here!