Real Women

In this episode, Dawn and Tracy are reviewing 4 suppliers of chef-inspired meals with ingredients delivered to your door, to ease the burden of a busy lifestyle. Are they any good? Is it worth it? The pair will be reviewing Hello Fresh and Gousto, both ingredient-based deliveries along with Allplants and Lions Prep for chef-made meals ready to reheat. KEY TAKEAWAYS For Dawn, the curiosity and moti...

Dawn and Tracy have guest Michelle Herbert, also known as the Foxy Financial Advisor with them today on Real Women. The trio will be discussing the term Financial Freedom, which is often overused. What does it mean and is there a true passive way to be financially free, or is it just a marketing tool used to create fear and doubt?   KEY TAKEAWAYS Michelle is a financial advisor, but most important...

On today's show, we're talking about the topic of being embarrassed by other women leaders in the world, specifically around female prime ministers of the UK. What we're asking is many things, but most of all, maybe we need to stop looking at gender and accepting that our leaders are human beings. It's got nothing to do with boobs or bums.  KEY TAKEAWAYS It seems that when a man in a position of p...

Today’s guest on Real Women is a returning guest who has just as little of a filter as Tracy and Dawn, Shari Teigman is here to talk about building a business as a single mum. Should parents feel guilty for spending time on the business and away from the kids? Or is that whole notion just part of an old fashioned system? Listen in to find out what these Real Women think, no fluff, no filters. KEY...

Welcome to Real Women, the first of the re-branded podcast episodes with Dawn and Tracy. This first episode is all about how we deal with the bits between the businesses. How do you juggle life and business? What is the right balance and how do you keep it there?   KEY TAKEAWAYS   For anyone wanting to know what the new format is all about, Dawn and Tracy are real women who are fed up with all the...

We’ve got some exciting and scary news about the podcast going forward and what the future is for Sweat Grit & Hustle. Dawn Willock joins Tracy on the show for the second time, and maybe not the last…. Listen in for chat on not just the evolution of the podcast, but of business, and most importantly what gives you joy.  KEY TAKEAWAYS The podcast will be evolving and changing its name with a new dy...

This is one for not just the UK listeners but also my US listeners as Tracy is joined by native New Yorker,  creative strategist and performance mentor, Shari Teigman. She’s on the podcast to tell her remarkable story and how she worked hard to find a balance in business and how there is an island out there for everyone. KEY TAKEAWAYS Shari had lost her spark and had no idea how to find it again....

What happens when you disrupt the "old boy network" in an industry with a little experiment? Dawn Willock has been part of Martial Arts for over 30 years, continuously driving tremendous change in that time. Using her wealth of business experience and understanding, she embarked on a journey to provide the practical support needed for the Martial Arts industry: Martial Arts GB – or MAGB – was born...

It's content week and Tracy has a good one for you this week and it’s possibly even a little controversial. Many of you listening are business owners or wanting to look at getting a business. This week is specifically about an education market in the property industry, but some of the things that get highlighted are things for you to watch for if you go on any other form of education for another b...

Most people follow the rules. Some people break the rules. But the truth is most rules don't even exist. That’s the quote on today’s guest, Robbie Swale’s about me section on his website and it sums up why Tracy was so delighted to have him on the podcast. Robbie Swale is a leadership coach and author of The 12-Minute Method series, he’s here to share some wonderful golden nuggets of inspiration a...

This week it's all about connecting with people as Tracy shares with you the recording of a webinar she made about a year ago with her women in property group. Don't panic though the ideas and thoughts relate to any business not just property. Listen in as Tracy shares a summary on some of the concepts from the book ‘How to make people like you in 90 seconds’ by Nicholas Boothman. KEY TAKEAWAYS Th...

  From Business to Dragons and back again with a delightful local businesswoman full of character and a desire to succeed. Karrina is one of the few to have turned down the Dragon's offer in the Den but she didn’t turn down the offer to be on this week's Sweat, Grit & Hustle to tell her amazing story.   KEY TAKEAWAYS   In 2012 Karrina hit our screens on the TV show Dragon’s Den. She was supposed t...

This week is a summary on one of the chapters of a book Tracy was re-reading whilst on holiday, Nigel Botterill's "The Entrepreneurs Marketing and Sales System". Nigel's chapter on The Foundations explores 11 fundamental blocks of marketing for any business and it’s those that are going to be the subject of today’s episode.    11 FUNDAMENTAL BLOCKS OF MARKETING Review all of your marketing assets....

What do you do when your professional sporting career is drawing to a close? Tracy's guest this week found the perfect solution, do what many Rugby players do and turn to drink! Today Tom is a full time director of Bach95... the solution to a problem that has also turned three Rugby passionate mates into the owners of a brewing business!   KEY TAKEAWAYS  During his professional rugby career and a...

This week's guest is Sharon Swift of The HR Experts. Sharon has spent most of her working career in the area of Human Resources but has not always been in business for herself. Join Tracy and Sharon as they share some brilliant HR tips for you to use as well as discovering more about Sharon’s life and career.    KEY TAKEAWAYS  Like many females a corporate career can often be interrupted when the...

Tracy’s content piece this week is all about the Eisenhower Matrix, a brilliant tool that helps you prioritise that big long never ending to do list. Named after the former US President, this technique allows you to decide what is urgent and what is important and will help you in all aspects of life.    KEY TAKEAWAYS  The Eisenhower Matrix is a task management tool that helps you organise and prio...

This week is a little different, we are bringing our regular inspirational story from business, but our guest this week will also be giving you some great tips to get started with your Branding Strategy. Andrew Hope has been in the creative world since leaving school many years ago. Following not one but two redundancies, in 2009 Andrew went into business for himself and created Hope Creative and...

The property market has always been one of the most reactive sectors, and one of Tracy’s businesses is a property business, buying, doing up, renting, and selling. So when the state of the market changes, it affects her income streams, so as part of her new blog series, Tracy will be giving you a market update and a reaction to where we are in the second half of 2022.    KEY TAKEAWAYS  In 2020 the...

What happens when the university degree you get is something you are unlikely to ever have a career in? For Ken Abbott of Ken Abbott Photography, you go off round Europe on $10 a day and fall into a corporate life, before waking up many years later and turning your passion into profit. Tune in as Ken reveals his real life journey and how he turned his passion into a profitable business, capturing...

A content piece this week all about some trials and tribulations Tracy has had in relation to borrowing money for a limited company that she is the sole director of.  Whilst a very complex and confusing situation, tune in as Tracy takes a fun but serious look at a problem impacting sole director companies.   KEY TAKEAWAYS    A new judgement in February 2022 has led to new case law that is causing...

Do you want to be a more confident networker? Tracy’s guest this week on Sweat Grit & Hustle is Caroline Andrew-Johnstone. Tracy has known Caroline for 6/7 years and she eats, sleeps and breathes networking. With her Networking Rebel business she is now sharing her wealth of knowledge in this space.   KEY TAKEAWAYS  When she attended her first networking event, Caroline was shocked to see the diff...

Are you thinking of starting a business but haven't started yet? This week on Sweat, Grit & Hustle, Tracy is giving you her top tips for giving your business the best start and best chance of success. Listen in to find out how to get ahead of the curve and if your business idea has the legs or not.    KEY TAKEAWAYS  Do your Research - Understand what it will take to be a great player in your indus...

After 20 years working in corporate, Tim Martin decided to run away and do some real work. With an obsession for music and a passion for helping unsigned artists understand how to market their music, Tim has been a published author in the music press for some time. Realising this same skill could help other businesses, Tim set to work expanding his business to help all business owners with their w...

Pricing for your products or services shouldn't be an afterthought, it is a key part of panning a business, product and/or a services launch. This week on Sweat, Grit & Hustle, Tracy is covering a question from one of her clients who wanted to know if she just used direct costs (to produce her product) to work out a selling price, or should she include general costs such as accounting software, sh...

David Wright of Wright Building Design is a friend, brilliant young business person, and contact from Tracy’s networking group. David joins Tracy this week on Sweat, Grit & Hustle to talk about how it’s never too late to get back into education, why you should never settle for mundane, the benefits of networking, and how he started his own business.    KEY TAKEAWAYS  At the age of 23 David decided...