BEYOND: The Podcast for Moms Called to Business

A few Sundays ago, a guest pastor at our church shared words that stuck with me, "You can have an amazing life, but not really be alive." His words stood out and I instantly thought about how many of us are living on autopilot, going through the motions, feeling like we're missing out on our actual lives. My guest on this episode of BEYOND: The Podcast for Moms Called to Business, Jenn Kautsch, he...

We have families, we have businesses, we have full lives and bodies and minds that need to be taken care of well. But what do you do when it all feels important RIGHT NOW? What do you do when you have competing priorities and it's literally impossible to do it all?    How do you make progress without burning out from trying to do it all?   On this episode of BEYOND, we're going to talk about how y...

"Don't worry, be happy." If only it were that easy, right?   Having a positive outlook on life is valuable when it comes to your mental and emotional well-being. The problem?    Life isn't always positive. There are difficult times. There are legitimate problems that can't be overlooked or brushed off with a positive thought. There are times when we are going to want to feel upset, disheartened an...

When it comes to growing a business, it's easy to think of just that: the GROWTH required to reach your goals and create the business you feel called to. The problem is, that we can be so focused on constant growth that it comes at a cost: the cost of our peace, our mental health, our quality of life, AND the actual growth of our business.   Growth is important for a business, yes. Seasons of grow...

Have you ever feared that a successful, profitable business might cost you what matters most as a mom who values her family, faith and quality of life?   Or maybe you've lived that reality; you've found yourself in a place where as a mom and entrepreneur, everything looks great from the outside, maybe you've hit goals you once dreamed of – but on the inside, you're falling apart.   My client – Kan...

It's no secret that motherhood and business are hard work; and when paired together, they bring a unique set of challenges to the table. Over the years as a mom and business owner, I've learned a lot. I'm sharing some of these lessons on this episode of BEYOND.   The lessons I'm sharing on this episode: • If you don't let yourself enjoy the process, the journey, you're going to miss out on some of...

 It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me.      Never have Taylor Swift lyrics felt more relevant in my work – because when it comes to the problems you face in your life, you're actually creating more of them than you realize.   Why? Our brains are wired to look for problems it views as a threat to our safety, comfort and well-being. It's why we default to looking toward the negative... why one crit...

Motherhood and business are hard work. Good work, but hard. Beyond work, our roles as moms and entrepreneurs is a ministry: a way to steward the lives God puts in our path, whether it's our children and family or the clients we're called to serve.   But as with all hard things, sometimes we need encouragement. We need to be reminded of why this work matters and how we are to persevere in times whe...

You sit down at your desk to work and start to dive into a project only to stop. You've just remembered the phone call you forgot to make, the appointment you need to schedule and the socks you forgot to order on Amazon. One by one, your brain reminds you of these items and you don't want to forget them - AGAIN - so you stop what you're doing and take care of each one. Sound familiar? Are days lik...

Do you ever have days in business where you wonder what in the world you're doing, why you're even doing all that you're doing, and maybe even question if you should quit? If that's a yes, I want you to know that it's completely normal. It happens to every single one of us. Motherhood is hard. Owning and growing and maintaining a business is hard. There are peaks and valleys and every single entre...

The truth that I wish wasn't our reality: integrity is an issue in the world of online business, including the coaching and service industries. There are some marketers out there who are very good at sales tactics and forms of manipulation that just aren't okay when you value ethics and integrity and putting more good into the world. There are others who are willing to do "whatever it takes" if it...

In John Lennon's famous song Beautiful Boy, he sings the words, "Life is what happens to you While you're busy making other plans." I feel similarly when I look back and think about the trajectory of my business journey – there have been so many plot twists that happened while I was making other plans.  When your reality looks different than you thought it would, it can be really hard! It can feel...

When it comes to building and growing your own business, It can feel really hard to show up and do the work when you aren't accountable to a boss or collaborating with co-workers.   It's in those moments that you notice thoughts like, "I just don't feel like it", or "I'm just not motivated."   Here's the problem: so many of us are sitting around waiting to feel motivated. We don't feel like eating...

You know that quote that says, "Be kind. You never know what someone else is going through?" It's so true. Every single one of us has "stuff" – baggage we're carrying around. Often it's invisible to others, but the weight is heavy. It takes a toll. It impacts our lives in ways we can't always see and never anticipate. Finding peace involves inner work. It requires a level of honesty that we don't...

Why have I built my business as a coach by focusing on serving clients 1:1? It's a smart and simple way to build a business for both creatives and coaches, and it's highly underrated.   Spend a little time in the online business world and you'll quickly see the PUSH to grow and scale through the creation of courses, group programs, memberships and more. And it's not that these are never valid opti...

Questions I'm asked a lot in my life and business: • What did you do to get to where you are in your business? • How do I open your emails (or listen to your podcast episodes) and feel like you wrote them personally for me? • How do you manage entrepreneurship and motherhood without burnout? • How do you stay profitable year after year?  • How do you see growth and sustainability without hustle, w...

Are you getting in the way of your own success without realizing it?   The truth is, you and I have a pride problem. An ego. It's sneaky, and often subtle, and it impacts our lives and businesses in ways we can't always see.   As entrepreneurs who value integrity and serving our clients well, we want to be good stewards of the businesses we're called to and the clients we're entrusted to serve. Ho...

This episode has been a long time coming.   As a coach in the world of online business, I believe there is a lot of good out there. I believe that there are honorable leaders and coaches and teachers sharing valuable, high-quality content and they have high-levels of integrity. Unfortunately, there is also a large volume of the opposite where integrity is forgone and the interests are not in the p...

How do you protect your peace as a mom and creative entrepreneur that isn't willing to do "whatever it takes" to reach the goals you have in mind for your business?   One is making mindset work a regular discipline in your life.   And the other is setting five important boundaries that directly impact what your days feel like.    Most of us know intellectually that having healthy boundaries is a w...

You know what's not always fun? When life doesn't go as we hoped it would. When the timeline and circumstances look different than we imagined. When it comes to entrepreneurship, the timeline – the pathway to our goals – often looks different than what we expected.    As human beings, we find comfort in control. We like to know what to expect and when to expect it, AND we like to avoid pain and di...

There is a problem in the world of online business, creative entrepreneurship, education, and coaching… and the problem is that of MORE. I notice it when words like abundance are tossed around… because what they are often truly rooted in is a place of scarcity. We're told that we should constantly want more, be more and do more so that we can get more.    We're sold this story that to be successfu...

In a world that tells us we should do more, want more and be more, it makes sense that we constantly feel behind and as though we aren't ever doing enough. As business owners, add to it that we live in a world of oversaturated marketing messaging with many (and contrasting) opinions on "what works" and it's easy to understand why life and business feel so complicated.   We are experts at overthink...

One of the keys to quality of life and a sustainable business? REST.   The truth is, we need REST and we have to be intentional to build breaks into our days, our weeks, our months and our years. Not only is this an important piece of prioritizing QUALITY of life, but also building a business you don't want to quit.    The title of this episode is not just rest, but Rest Like It's Your Job, becaus...

What if everything you do isn't a success or a failure? What if it's not that black-and-white, and there is a better way to navigate life and business and the growth that's required of you in order to do new and hard things?   On this episode of the Breakthrough Series, we're talking about building an experimental mindset. When you're willing to let things in your business be an experiment, you gi...

This week in the Breakthrough Series we're talking about your most important human relationship: your relationship with you, and the importance of trusting yourself.   If you're new to BEYOND or this is the first episode in the series you're listening to, this is just a collection of episodes where each week we're focusing on one shift, one breakthrough that leads to BIG changes in life and busine...