Female emPOWERED: Winning in Business & Life

Hey there! Here is a new Female empowered episode for you! In this week’s podcast, I talked about the first step to any successful marketing strategy for your boutique fitness and wellness business. Marketing is something that some people are really afraid of or do not understand it fully that they confuse marketing with sales. What Marketing Is On A Really Basic Level It is letting the market kno...

I have another episode of Female empowered for you! In today’s podcast, I talked about how you can deal with "problem" clients. Service providers always interact with other people, and oftentimes, when we do that, there is bound to be poor communication or difficulties with “problem” clients. In this podcast, I will share the underlying reason why this type of client exists and the respo...

I’m bringing to you another episode of Female emPOWERED! For today’s podcast, I talked about the importance of business owners being clear on their mission and vision and why it matters. Many talk about their missions and visions all the time, but some of them don’t know what these actually mean, while others just have their mission and vision because they think they’re supposed to have them and t...

Here is another episode of Female emPOWERED! Let me share with you today about business owners getting to a point where they hit a fork in the road. When you are at that point, the question you need to ask yourself is if you want to grow or cut back. A Fact That You Need To Be Ready For This is a fact, and many business owners hit this point as they are trying to grow their business. It is a real...

I have a new episode of Female emPOWERED for you! Today, I am going to discuss with you one of my favorite topics – team building, team leadership, and the like. What I will specifically talk about today is how you can tell if you are leading your team or if your team is leading you. Are you the boss of you? Or are they the boss of you? Juggling Schedules To Accommodate Your Team One of the tell-t...

Here is the new episode of Female emPOWERED! Today, we’re going to chat about what happens when you are already at capacity. It’s literally when you have no more room, no more bandwidth for anything to be added to your plate. Are you in that situation already? Do you feel it approaching? Is it on the horizon? What Capacity Means It simply means that your cup is already overflowing. But, when you r...

Welcome back to another episode of Female emPOWERED! Have you track what has been working for you on the first half of the year in your business? Have you sat down and plan out what you want to achieve and how you’re gonna get there for the second half of the year? If you haven’t,  listen to this episode because I’m gonna go through what we look at for Pilates in the Grove for the 1st half of the...

Welcome back to another episode of Female emPOWERED! I interviewed Genevieve Pepin for this episode of #FemaleFounder and we talked mainly about how to achieve more by doing less. She is an accredited life coach, certified mindset specialist productivity and leadership development coach, and improve facilitator. She is passionate about helping high achievers to go from busy and stressed to happy a...

Here is another episode of Female emPOWERED! I talked to Katie Santos for this week’s episode of #FemaleFounder. We shared about what you need to know about Human Resources to run a sustainable and legal boutique fitness and wellness business. As business owners, we already kind of know that we need Human Resources and it is an important part of any business, but we don’t have any idea what we’re...

Welcome back to another episode of Female emPOWERED! Today, I wanted to share with you how you can navigate a slow season in your boutique. Summer has begun and it could be a slower time for some people. For me, it’s slower because school is out and people are leaving for their vacations. So, if  you are experiencing a slower schedule like me during this time of the year, or for any other time for...

Welcome back to another episode of Female emPOWERED! I talked to Boutique Fitness Broker Mitch McGinley for this week’s episode. We will be sharing about how to prime your business for sale in this podcast. I met Mitch at Boutique Fitness Summit and after a recent Mastermind Meeting where he was a Panel, and he was my favorite panelist. So, I sought him out to have him in our podcast because I lea...

It’s Tuesday, Female emPOWERED listeners! Which means it’s time for another episode with a very special guest for #FemaleFounder – Surabhi Vietch. We connected after I listened to her podcast, Mom Strength, and I loved the vibe she was putting out.  Surabhi is a registered physiotherapist in Toronto, Canada and is a pregnancy and post-partum athleticism coach.  Creating The Business Based On Her E...

Happy Tuesday, Female emPOWERED listeners! What we're going to talk about today is how to successfully transition an employee into a leadership or managerial role with one of our core member in Pilates in the Grove, Kelly Montgomery. Kelly has extensive education in orthopedics and management, and is also a board-certified Physical Therapist.   She has experience working in inpatient rehabili...

Welcome back to another episode of Female emPOWERED! Today, I wanted to share with you some of the things I've learned from the summit I attended last April. It was an amazing summit hosted by Boutique Fitness Solution, which I've been a part of their elite level mastermind for about 2 years, and what's great about this summit is that I've got to meet most of my mastermind grou...

 Welcome back to another episode of Female emPOWERED! A lot of people are struggling in tracking their metrics, and believe me it doesn’t have to be that complicated. To learn more about Metrics and its importance in the business industry, stay tuned in today’s podcast as I’m going to give a little snippet of the masterclass I did about metrics and analytics that would equip people with enough kno...

Welcome back to another episode of Female emPOWERED! Studies have found that while 44% of companies prioritize acquisition, only 18% focus on retention. Those stats are striking when you consider the fact that increasing customer retention by a mere 5% can boost profit by as much as 95%. (Source: Infographic by Invesp.)  So while consumers are being distracted by other brands, brands are being dis...

Female Founders with Elva Li Happy Tuesday, Female emPOWERED listeners! My Female Founders guest this week is Elva Li, a luxury branding coach, creative director, and speaker who helps her clients create a luxury brand so they can attract high-end clients, increase their influence, impact, and income.  Growing up in Shanghai, she moved to Melbourne and founded the Elva Li Luxury Branding and Lifes...

Welcome back to another episode of Female emPOWERED! Over the past year, roughly 33 million Americans have turned the job market on its head with the Great Resignation.  The industries experiencing elevated quits—like leisure and hospitality, and accommodation and food services—have significant proportions of such workers. So, what is the #1 BIG mistake business owners make when it comes to hiring...

Episode 111: Female Fridays with Sharon Beason It’s Friday, Female emPOWERED listeners, which means it’s for another episode! Today Sharon Beason joins me as our guest. With her “tell it how it is” authenticity, I am very excited for this conversation and the incredible value she is going to bring you. Founder of Womeneur, Sharon can show you how to create, identify and scale a sustainable brand i...

Welcome back to another episode of Female emPOWERED!  Some businesses have peak periods when their services and products are in high demand. Landscapers, HVAC techs, roofers, and stucco companies are busiest in the spring and summer. Seasonal business peaks for florists are Valentine's Day and Mother's Day. If you run an e-commerce business your seasonal dips may have different patterns....

Female Founders with Laura Munkholm It’s Friday, Female emPOWERED listeners! Which means it’s time for another episode with a very special guest for Female Founder – Laura Munkholm. Laura is one of the Co-founders of Walla software, a modern studio management platform created to transform and simplify your studio operations.  The Founder’s Journey Laura has been in the boutique fitness industry si...

Welcome back to another episode of Female emPOWERED!  A lot has changed over the last couple of years in health, wellness, and fitness. So, what I really want to talk about today in this short podcast episode is what most professionals are buzzing about right now, specifically on things that have really worked in the boutique fitness industry and other variety of ways that will help you stay on tr...

Episode 111: Female Fridays with Joshua Mendez You are in for a treat, Female emPOWERED listeners! It’s time for another episode with a very special guest, Joshua Mendez, our very own COO and CFO here at Pilates in the Grove!  He started with us back in December of 2021, after finding him through a recruiting firm, and he is my first full time employee that doesn’t provide a service. And he’s comp...

Welcome back to another episode of Female emPOWERED! What I’m going to talk about today is how having access to more than one source of income protects your business for greater stability and security, and how beneficial it is in terms of deepening customer relationship.  If you would love to learn a little bit more about how you can diversify your business and increase additional revenue stream,...

Welcome back to another episode of Female emPOWERED! Today’s just a real quick episode about the 3 stress free ways to say NO without feeling guilty. A lot of people struggle in saying no to the things they really need to refuse. If you are someone who’s been in this kind of situation and been figuring out how to say no without feeling liable or responsible, stay tuned in today’s podcast as we tal...