School Hours or Less: The Podcast for Mums & Moms Building Profitable Businesses Around Family Life

Here's what no one tells you about time management coaching: the people who need it most are often the ones who are convinced they don't have time for it. My client, Natalie Rockall, was drowning in calendar overwhelm, squeezing meetings into impossibly tiny blocks while telling herself she was "too busy" to address her productivity issues. As a freelance email marketing consultant and self-procla...

Do you ever feel like the harder you push, the more behind you fall? You've tried the planners, the time-blocking, the endless productivity hacks… But the truth? Hustling harder isn't the answer. And deep down, you know it. Leanne Davies was an overwhelmed mum searching for connection, and what she found instead was a counterintuitive strategy that built a 100K+ community and two successful busine...

Are you tired of reaching 2:07 PM only to realize you've been avoiding work that matters while staying "busy" all day? I'm Kirsty Knight, and I'm exposing the shocking truth about why high-achieving women find themselves stuck in this maddening cycle—and it has nothing to do with laziness or lack of discipline.   If you're constantly avoiding tasks that would grow your business while drowning in l...

Ever told yourself you "just don't have time" to chase that project, only to realize years have slipped by and nothing's changed? In this episode, I sit down with my friend and client Ady, a writer who spent 30 years waiting for the perfect moment to start her novel. Together, we unpack the stories we tell ourselves about time, productivity, and what it really takes to shift from stuck and overwhe...

Ever wondered if using AI to organize your chaos is the ultimate productivity cheat, or just smart business?   In today's episode, I'm discussing the myths around tech shortcuts, hustle culture, and what it really means to earn your progress. If you've ever battled brain overwhelm, felt guilty about using tools like ChatGPT, or questioned whether you're "doing it right," this one's for you.   I'm...

Ever had those days where you accomplished more in one hour than you did in the entire week before? I'm Kirsty Knight, and what I'm about to reveal isn't just another productivity hack. It's the missing piece that explains why some days you're unstoppable and others you can barely reply to an email. My approach to understanding your unique productivity cycles helped me 10X my results without addin...

Midnight. Living room. Back killing me as I ironed endless bed linens. I was working 17-hour days in my campsite business. Cleaning bell tents until my hands were raw. I greeted guests with a smile despite my exhaustion. Answering enquiries at dawn. Washing and ironing bedding until midnight. Then doing it all again the next day. Yet my business wasn't growing. I had zero work-life balance. And my...

Ever wondered why some days you're an unstoppable productivity machine while others you can barely check off a single task? I'm Kirsty Knight, and in this episode, I'm revealing the game-changing concept of your "Productive Blueprint" – the unique combination of strategies, mindsets, and environmental factors that unlock your peak productivity state. Stop chasing random productivity hacks that wor...

Are you tired of having your workday shattered by endless interruptions? In this episode, I reveal my powerful protocol for managing interruptions and maintaining peak productivity, even when your mother-in-law shows up unannounced at your home office door. This is a must-listen for high-achieving women entrepreneurs who want to transform their relationship with interruptions and reclaim hours of...

Are you tired of having your workday shattered by endless distractions? In today's episode, I expose why managing interruptions is the hidden key to remote work productivity that nobody's talking about. If you're an ambitious woman entrepreneur drowning in work from home distractions while trying to build your business, this episode is your lifeline. I share the uncomfortable truth about why tradi...

Frantically jumping between tasks might feel productive, but it's actually sabotaging your success. Your brain isn't wired for multitasking—it's physically impossible—yet we keep trying, leaving a wake of half-completed work that delivers zero return on your time investment. In this eye-opening episode, I'm exposing the dangerous myth of multitasking and revealing why task switching is the hidden...

What if everything you've been taught about how to make a decision is actually keeping you stuck? While other entrepreneurs are scaling their businesses, you're still 'sleeping on it.' Today, we're busting the myths about decision-making that are secretly sabotaging your success and revealing a framework that will change everything. Join me as I shatter common myths about decision-making that keep...

Ready to break free from the "perfect morning" trap that's keeping you stuck? Join me as I shatter the myth that you need to "win your morning to win your day." If you're tired of writing off entire days because your morning didn't go as planned, this episode is your permission slip to embrace imperfect action and transform your productivity mindset. Whether you're starting your workday at sunrise...

Can't focus because your mind is a tornado of personal drama, health worries, or family conflicts? In today's episode, productivity expert Kirsty Knight reveals her strategies for staying focused at work – even when life throws emotional curveballs. Whether you're running an online empire from your kitchen table or managing a team remotely, you'll discover how to transform your scattered thoughts...

Many business owners are hoping for 2025 to be their most productive year yet! While that's a lovely goal, if you want it to actually happen—you need to plan for it. It doesn't just happen. Today I'm sharing exactly how you go about setting yourself up for your most productive year! We're paying special attention to quarter 1 of 2025! I'm diving into specific exercises to walk yourself through to...

It's so easy to leave a year-end business review until after Christmas, but sometimes that means we go into the holiday with unprocessed emotions—particularly if our year didn't go quite the way we wanted. Or it means we don't fully celebrate ourselves if our business did go well because we've usually forgotten about a lot of the things we did that were worth celebrating.    I've run year-end revi...

What if I told you it was possible to lower the resistance you have to planning? That it is possible to think of yourself as "good" at planning. To "like" planning. To want to take the time to plan. You're not alone in thinking this is an impossible feat. I have many clients who come to me wanting to get better at managing their time and being more productive. And they know that when they plan, it...

On a recent family holiday, I was so focused on solving for several problems and challenges that I missed the most important one of all. Of course, the ones I tackled were important, but the order in which I focused on them and solved them needed to be shifted. Ironically, this is something that I coach my clients on. Hence, this episode! Because sometimes as entrepreneurs, we're solving for probl...

If you have a time-sucking life circumstance that is making it difficult to get it all done, you will absolutely love this podcast. I condense my top 11 tips for getting stuff done even when you have a baby or some other time-sucking circumstance that leaves you with way less hours.

Series: Time Management with a Newborn, Part 11  If you have a time-sucking life circumstance that is making it difficult to get it all done, denying your reality and trying to hustle through regardless is simply costing you more time. In this episode of the Time & Productivity Podcast for Entrepreneurs, I talk about the power of acceptance of your new reality and how it might be the key to you ge...

Series: Time Management with a Newborn Series Part 10 Tune into the podcast this week where I talk about the different types of support you could get to help you in this season of life and the 5 reasons you might not feel like support is an option for you, to help you see why it might be.   

Series: Time Management with a Newborn Series Part 9  Tune into the podcast this week where I talk about how organisation and preparation will impact your productivity, and sell you on why even the smallest bit you can do is worth doing.

Series: Time Management with a Newborn  - Part 8 Tune into the podcast this week where I share a super short, real, raw, and FAR-FROM-PERFECT episode to help give you the reminder and permission that if you lower your standards and move away from perfectionism, you can still get things done - even when you are short on time, energy and brain space.

Series: Time Management with a Newborn, Part 7 Tune into this week's episode where I share how constraint might be the one thing you need when it comes to being successful in your business, when working with limited hours.     

Series: Time Management with a Newborn Part 6 Tune into this week's episode where I share how you need to think about planning ahead - and how you can adapt it to help you get more done than if you didn't make a plan in the first place - EVEN when you have an unpredictable life circumstance that tends to throw you off-course regularly.