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When you're an ambitious, high achiever, you'll always have goals. Even after you've achieved a goal, the next one almost immediately appears. The tendency is to focus on the gap between where you are now versus where you want to be already. But this just makes it harder and a less enjoyable process as you're doing the work to get to where you want to be. Listen to this week&ap...

As a working mom, it's all about having boundaries right? We've heard this 100x already.  So why are working women and moms still struggling with work-life balance? It comes down to what we know and what we do. This week, I talk about one thing that helps me do all that I do as a full-time working mom, wife, and business owner. Boundaries.  There's a world of difference between havi...

As a full-time working mom who runs a coaching business on the side, I'm all about getting more done in less time. In this episode, I share how the unexpected and simple way to do it. Plus, it feels so much better than typical productivity hacks we hear about. Here's the book I mentioned: Money, and the Law of Attraction by Esther and Jerry Hicks And the link to book your call with me: h...

This episode is for you if you're feeling frustrated about where you are now in your business (career, or life) and how you can turn any obstacle in front of you into an opportunity to help you get to where you want to go in a better way. I draw from my own experience making my dreams of becoming a business owner come true. I share how I turn a disempowering story that I'm a failure into...

This is the last episode of a series of women I've invited on the podcast to share their stories building their businesses. In this final guest episode, I chat with career coach, Keji Ogunnaike. Keji is more than just a career coach though because she works with her clients holistically. She shares how our personal lives can limit or propel our careers. A career coach can help you navigate th...

In this episode, I go against conventional wisdom and suggest you give up and quit. Yes, you read that right. You absolutely must give up and quit if you want to be successful. On everything that distracts you from building the business and life you want, that is. When you give up and quit on everything that gets in the way of building your dream, that's how you win. Are you ready? Listen to...

Are you worried about promoting your side business online? This is a common fear those of us in 9-5 jobs have when starting a business on the side. How to market your business and promote your services or products? How to be visible on LinkedIn where your bosses and colleagues hang out? Should you have 2 separate accounts? What to do about conflicts of interest? These are some questions I tackle h...

After a year's break from my podcast, I'm excited to be back with my first solo episode. I share why I 'gave up' on my podcast and why I'm back. In this episode, I talk about how building a business takes a lot longer and is a lot harder than most people are prepared for. That's why most will give up. If you want to be like the minority of those who succeed, listen to...

Join me as I interview Dane Tang, a corporate leader turned entrepreneur who founded Design Future, a coaching and consulting company that specializes in life design and work design.  Dane shares her journey from the corporate world to entrepreneurship, including the catalyst of the pandemic that led her to make the transition. Dane shares the 5C's that guide her life and work now:  Calling ...

In this episode, you’ll hear from Miki Maruko, a Performance Optimisation and Life Coach. Miki helps high achieving women who want to optimize their work and personal lives so that they feel as successful as they look on the outside and have the time and energy to truly enjoy their lives. Miki shared her journey of leaving her global corporate HR role after having children, becoming a full-time mo...

Get all the insights and tips about how to grow your personal brand on LinkedIn - whether you're an employee or business owner - in this value-packed episode with Khushi Agarwal. Khushi specializes in helping Business Coaches, Founders, and Senior Leaders enhance their presence and authority on LinkedIn by handling everything from content creation to community engagement.   In this episode, w...

‘Nothing in my 20-year career in a corporation prepared me to run a business.’ Yes, being incredibly successful in a corporate job - even a place like Goldman Sachs - does not naturally mean you have all the skills and experience to launch a successful business. The rules of the game are completely different when you become a solopreneur. Listen to how Evelyn Poh, ex Goldman Sachs VP transitioned...

In this episode, I speak with Samantha Cieslinski, a high school health and PE teacher, podcaster and mom of two. Samantha shares how she wrote her book, 100  Days of Happiness, as a means of coping with the isolation of having a baby during the pandemic in 2020. Later, spurred by the desire to share stories of mothers who do so much behind the scenes, Samantha started a podcast, The Running Wine...

Tap into the rich experience of Ellen Taaffe, Leadership Coach, TEDx Speaker, Kellogg Professor, Board Director, and Author of "The Mirrored Door: Break Through the Hidden Barrier that Locks Successful Women In Place", Ellen Taaffe. In this episode, we explore Ellen's background and journey, including her experience in corporate America, her transition to coaching and teaching, and...

What a treat to have a previous guest back on the show! Samantha Siffring is my business coach and I had her back to share more about some changes she’s made recently in her business.  This has been a theme for me too recently so it was good to hear from someone I look up to. Samantha shares her thinking behind her decisions, how and why she’s making changes in her business.  If you’re wondering a...

I’m excited to welcome Deon Senturk back on the show! Deon was my very first guest when I started the podcast and since then, she’s started her own company and developed the app Slashie that provides mentorship on a platform to engage learners and build community. We also discussed the considerations and challenges when starting a business and what it takes to make it all work when you’re also a m...

Join me as we hear Kasturi Gomatham, Global Head of Battery Swapping (E-mobility) at Shell share her experience as a chemical engineer and growing her career to where she is today as a full time working mom heading up the Battery Swapping business at Shell. She shares how being a mom and observing her own mother's resilience influenced her approach to balancing work and family. She emphasized...

Do you see having a successful career coming at the expense of time, bonding and connection with your kids? Do you feel you have to make sacrifices or are they simply choices you make in your life? When it comes to thriving and building a successful career as a mom - whether that’s in a job or a business you run - it comes down to your perspectives and how you see things. In today’s episode, I wan...

I share my thoughts about what kind of leadership is required if you want to firstly lead your life from a position of empowerment, where you create the life you want and you get the results you desire. This is where you must begin before you can ever hope to ‘change’ your circumstances, the people around you so that you experience a happier, freer and more fulfilling life. Have a listen to it! If...

I share my thoughts, observations and experience about the key to success in this episode. It’s much simpler than many people make it out to be. And it’s not what you may have heard about high performance, success and achievement. If you feel like you’ve been doing everything you’ve been told to do or that’s supposed to get you the result you want and yet find yourself back at square one, this epi...

This episode is for you if you’re feeling overwhelmed with everything you feel you’ve got to get done. I share how to use Maslow’s hierarchy of needs to prioritize and get clear on how to focus on the essential things so you can experience more calm, peace and happiness in your life. If you’d like to go beyond just learning about this information and actually apply it in your life, join my all-wom...

This week I share some quick tips about how to make the best use of your time when you feel you don’t have enough of it! This is real time, real life, as I too, felt overwhelmed by all the things that needed to be done. It’s something we all go through sometimes, so why not use it as an opportunity to learn something from it? I hope you enjoy this short episode.

In this episode, I talk about how to turn your people-pleasing tendencies into a superpower! You often hear how people-pleasing is not a good thing. I think people-pleasing reflects a good quality of you. It’s all about knowing when and how to use it so you don’t end up doing it to a degree where it affects your well-being. Listen to hear more about how to tell when and how to use people-pleasing...

The ability to turn the feelings you want on, and the feelings you don’t want off, is an amazing power to have. Imagine being able to do this so you don’t do something you regret when you’re angry, or let something that scares you prevent you from taking action you know you must and want to. What could your life look like if you had this ability? I share the technique I use in this week’s podcast...

This week’s podcast episode is about something I notice a lot of people (including me) do. And that’s making excuses and rationalizing something we know in our hearts we want, but because it involves some scary moves, we tell ourselves that’s not the practical, realistic thing to do. So we continue telling ourselves it’s better that we stick to what we know is the safer option, the more ‘responsib...