NOT FRAGILE PODCAST

Episode Summary In this episode of the Not Fragile Podcast , Sabrina dives into one of the most uncomfortable but powerful topics in business: failure. Drawing from her own experiences and conversations with multi-million-dollar women in home services, she reframes failure as feedback, tuition, and proof that you are still in the arena. Sabrina shares a candid story about launching a service that...

Episode Summary: In this episode, Sabrina sits down with Lindsay Curtis, founder of A Smart Move in San Diego, whose journey is a masterclass in resilience, relationships, and saying yes before you feel ready. After moving to the U.S. from the UK in 2008 and being unable to legally work for five years, Lindsay built community from scratch, then built a business the same way. What started with rent...

Episode Summary Fear shows up in business more often than we like to admit. It’s the tight chest before payroll, the hesitation before a hard conversation, the quiet voice that asks, “Who do you think you are?” In this episode, Sabrina Jones reframes fear—not as a sign you’re doing something wrong, but as a signal that what you’re building actually matters. Drawing from personal experiences, famil...

Episode Summary In this episode of the Not Fragile Podcast, Sabrina Jones explores what real confidence actually looks like and why so many capable people underestimate themselves. Through a simple story about learning how to make a pie crust, Sabrina draws a powerful connection between confidence in life and confidence in business. No one is born knowing how to do hard things. Confidence is built...

Episode Summary In this episode, we explore how confidence can quietly erode when something meant to bring joy turns into pressure. What starts as a love for being outside and staying active becomes a frustrating experience when expectations no longer match ability. Through a personal story about mountain biking, this episode highlights how comparison, forced growth, and ignoring personal limits c...

Episode Summary In this powerful and deeply human conversation, Sabrina Jones sits down with a business owner whose story goes far beyond plumbing, revenue, or branding. What starts as a discussion about naming a company turns into a raw look at resilience, family, trauma, and breaking generational cycles. You’ll hear how Loyalty Plumbing was born, inspired by the values of a Golden Retriever: loy...

Episode Summary Jennifer Baker, founder of Right Sized Living in Central Massachusetts, shares how she built a full service senior move management company that helps older adults transition from long time homes into smaller living with every detail handled, from decluttering to unpacking and setting up the new space. Jennifer explains how she fell into the industry after being a stay at home mom,...

Episode Summary In this episode, the conversation centers on confidence, belief, and what it really takes to keep going when the outcome is uncertain. Through a personal story about Emily’s journey from rejection to opportunity, we explore what it looks like to believe in a dream long before it becomes visible to others. After being denied a coveted NBC page position, Emily continued building her...

Episode Summary Amanda, owner of Maven Roofing (North Jersey) , shares the real story behind launching her company after a brutal season of life: shutting down a previous business during COVID, losing her dad, having a baby, and being buried under financial pressure. Instead of quitting, she went into roofing sales, learned the industry fast, then launched Maven with a strong brand and a clear pla...

Episode Summary In this episode of The Not Fragile Podcast , Sabrina explores the difference between failure and self-sabotage, and why so many women in male-dominated industries feel pressured to explain, soften, or justify their setbacks. Through a personal story about her son Evan and his unexpected career pivots, Sabrina reframes failure as information, not identity. She challenges the idea th...

Episode Summary In this episode, Sabrina breaks down one of the biggest mindset shifts separating powerhouse women in home services from those who stay stuck: seeing profit as purpose, not greed . After interviewing 11 women who run $5M+ home service companies, a clear theme emerged, almost all of them started with a scarcity mindset around money or launched their businesses out of necessity. Sabr...

Episode Summary Today’s episode is a wild, honest, hilarious, and deeply inspiring conversation with Megan Throckmorton   — better known online as “The Septic Queen.” She’s a single mom of three little boys, a former agriculture teacher, a homesteader, and now a powerhouse business owner operating one of the fastest-growing septic companies in her region. Her story is pure grit: → leaving a d...

Episode Summary In this solo episode, Sabrina opens up about what happens after you start your business and it actually begins to work. The doubts do not always disappear. In fact, sometimes they get louder. She shares stories from her own life, from being a record-holding high school basketball player to getting cut from a college team, to eventually becoming a basketball official, and later star...

Episode Summary In this episode, Sabrina sits down with Jennifer Bagley, founder and CEO of CI Web Group and one of the most influential women leading the charge in AI, digital strategy and marketing transformation for home service companies. Jennifer shares how she accidentally built CI Web Group, why AI has completely reshaped her business, and how the last 18 months inside her company have been...

Episode Summary In this episode, Sabrina sits down with Corrie, founder of Inspired By You and Inspired By University, to share one of the most powerful transformation stories in the home services world. Corrie built a thriving cabinet refinishing and home renovation business after hitting one of the lowest seasons of her life. She opens up about the personal challenges she faced, how she rebuilt...

EPISODE SUMMARY In this episode, Sabrina talks about one of the most powerful breakthroughs in a woman’s business journey: the moment when your intuition about your financial progress finally matches the numbers. If you are running a home service business in cleaning, moving, HVAC, plumbing, electrical, landscaping, window cleaning, pressure washing, or any other home service industry, you have li...

EPISODE SUMMARY In this powerhouse conversation, Sabrina sits down with Lynn Wise, founder of Contractor in Charge and co founder of One Path AI. Lynn brings more than three decades of experience in the trades, corporate leadership, financial management, scaling operations, and building teams that stay loyal for years. From her early days dispatching at 18 years old, to becoming a general manager...

EPISODE SUMMARY: In this episode of The Not Fragile Podcast , Sabrina gets real about something every woman in home services struggles with: staying focused when everything (and everyone) is pulling at you. Using powerful real-life stories from outrunning a dust storm with her kids to preserving her mom’s handwritten stuffing recipe, Sabrina breaks down the Three S’s every powerhouse home service...

EPISODE SUMMARY In this episode of the Not Fragile Podcast , Sabrina sits down with Karen , co-owner of Main Street Movers , a New Jersey–based company that grew from the basement of her home into a $5 million moving powerhouse . Karen shares how she and her husband left corporate life and built something of their own — fueled by hard work, smart scaling, and a refusal to blend in. With humor, hon...

EPISODE SUMMARY: In this inspiring and practical episode of the Not Fragile Podcast for Powerhouse Women , Sabrina breaks down how to plan for your financial future — even if you feel like you’re starting late — with her five-step COAST method : Crash Course, Open an Account, Act, Set It and Forget It, and Trust Yourself. Through personal stories — from her kids’ 4-H lessons to a last-minute Lady...

EPISODE SUMMARY In this powerful episode of the Not Fragile Podcast for Powerhouse Women , Sabrina sits down with Cindy Williams , a true trailblazer who started her first business in a 7x10 room as a single mom with two small kids and went on to build and sell multiple successful companies. Cindy shares her raw, unfiltered journey of turning poverty into purpose, overcoming sexism, and building a...

EPISODE SUMMARY In this episode of the Not Fragile Podcast for Powerhouse Women , Sabrina breaks down the three T’s — a simple but powerful leadership framework to help you communicate clearly, increase team productivity, and lead with confidence without ruffling any feathers. Through a mix of heartfelt personal stories from reading “Go Dog Go” to her son every night to helping her daughter say go...

EPISODE SUMMARY In this powerhouse episode of the Not Fragile Podcast for Powerhouse Women , Sabrina sits down with Katy Higgin's , a trailblazer in the HVAC industry who turned struggle into a multimillion-dollar success story. Katy shares how she went from being a single mom with no safety net to building a $5 million home service company starting literally out of her garage. With no investors,...

EPISODE SUMMARY In this inspiring episode of the Not Fragile Podcast for Powerhouse Women , Sabrina breaks down three transformational steps to help you align your joy with your purpose because when those two connect, there’s no stopping you. Through her own personal stories from raising money for her kids’ school playground to learning lessons the hard way (like the infamous “exit gate” moment) S...

EPISODE SUMMARY: In this episode of the Not Fragile Podcast for Powerhouse Women , Sabrina sits down with Allison McDaniel , founder and president of Allison’s Relocations in Anchorage, Alaska, a trailblazer who built one of the state’s most respected moving companies in a male-dominated industry. Allison shares her incredible 30-year journey from dispatcher to business owner, how she learned what...