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

Taking on too many things outside of your business can be way more impactful on getting things done than you think.   If you are working on too many projects inside your business - and not getting them done and then simultaneously spinning too many plates in your personal life too, you are on a train to guilt, shame and burnout.     So today I give you three options to get those plates under contr...

Ok so today we are talking about trying to fit too many different projects in to too tight a timeframe. So examples of this in your business, might be you trying to launch a podcast for the first time, and write and record the content for a new program you are selling, and organise or run a launch that you haven't done before, and rewrite your website copy, and organise your back office better or...

The word "should" in business and life - especially for women can be a dangerous word. Thinking in terms of "should" leads to shame and guilt and ultimately leads to a place where you aren't fitting it all in. So today I give you 8 steps to work through to eliminate the "should" so that you can get to what you want to be doing instead. Let's drop the should!

Previously I have covered Shiny Object Syndrome on the podcast - and it might be useful to go back and listen to that episode before this one. if you did suffer with this - it makes sense that you are struggling to fit it all in. Because, if we were to pull out of those courses and programs, all the worksheets, all of the trainings, all of the replays, all of the content available and then add on...

Series: Why you aren't fitting it all in - Part 2.  The problem isn't actually that you can't fit it all in. Yes, yes, I know you don't believe me. But the problem is thinking that you HAVE TO fit it all in. Because you think it is ALL necessary. And this simply isn't true. Because - typically, out of everything we are actually doing in our business, there is usually only around 20% of it that is...

Series: Why aren't you fitting it all in? Part 1 Having a huge list of projects, ideas and things to do is fine - but what impact is trying to fit it all in - and then not managing it having upon you and your business? What impact is cramming everything in without a plan having on your mindset? The newest series for you - Why aren't you fitting it all in? Is going to help you to really get to a pl...

Are you committed or attached to your business revenue goal? Do you know the difference between the two and how to know? No? No problem! I have you covered! Today I will talk to you about commitment to your business goals like you have signed up to a marathon - what will it take to successfully train for and complete that marathon and why is being committed to that goal is the thing to be - over a...

A peer of mine used an analogy this week that I love - thanks Bridget! She likens building your business to growing a plant. So after thinking about it, I have really taken this on board and decided to ask you today - what are you feeding your business?  Are you fertilising, watering and giving the correct nutrients to your plant - or in this case your business?   I talk you through just why your...

So if you haven't listened to last week's episode, make sure you go back and listen to that one first so that you know what type you struggle with, why you are doing it, the consequences of it, and what you think it is protecting you from. This week I am going to be talking to you about what you actually need to be working on in order to change the behaviour and stop doing it.  So I talked about t...

With shiny object syndrome, I see it come up in 3 separate areas -    1 when A new platform for marketing comes out, or a new feature on a marketing platform is released, or a new software for project managing comes out 2 when A new strategy emerges, or when someone is promoting a particular strategy that they have been successful in for getting clients or growing your audience (and when I say pro...

Your thoughts about your progress in business can be the very thing that is stopping your from reaching your goals. If you are having thoughts like "I should be further ahead by now" or "I'm haven't gotten far enough to be able to reach my goals" this episode is for you. Follow the 10 steps I lay out to help you bust through those thoughts that are holding you back and if you do this and still nee...

Even once you have worked your way through the 9 step framework that I laid out for you in Part 1, you may still be having trouble making that decision that's pressing right now. So what remains in the way of you making that decision? the decision is clear but you still don't want to decide and commit to one. Or the other is that the decision is still unclear - maybe the reasons you like are simil...

Decisions need to be made in our businesses all the time. Options are presented to us and we need to decide which way to go. We may have 5 options, 10 options, 2 options. Either way we have to choose an option, commit to it and run with it. I see my clients struggle to make decisions for their business regularly. So I have put together a 2 part series for you - this week and next, which will help...

What does it actually take to build a successful - and sustainable online business? It really infuriates me when I see Facebook ads showing the latest guru selling a three step process to take you from here to here at lightning speed. Let's be honest, if it was as simple and easy as a three step system, then everyone would be doing it, following that system and finding success - right? Except they...

In this episode I want to talk to you about your beliefs - and how they get in the way of you building the business and life that you want. There are three core beliefs I see regularly in my clients that lead to them sabotaging their success: Believing that the success of your business is outside of your control - out of your hands. "I might not have what it takes" I don't have the right circumsta...

This week I bring you part three (the final part) of the recent mini series where I have helped you tackle resistance around making your offers. This episode covers where you actually have all your offers clear in your mind, and ready to sell, you don't have to launch them at all, or you are in the process of actively launching and selling…except you aren't posting about them, you aren't telling p...

Welcome to Part 2 of the mini series about breaking through procrastination making offers in your business. Today I talk about procrastination around launching - the dates, the how, the warm up, a successful vs a launched failure. Then I give you 9 steps to work through to bust through the procrastination around launching - so that you can actually go out there and launch! Enjoy listening and then...

There are three areas that may be affecting you when it comes to making your offers and causing you to procrastinate. Deciding what your offer is Figuring out launch details Avoiding telling people about your offer This episode is part one of three and I will be diving into why you may be procrastinating on deciding what your offer is. Are you making it complicated and confusing for yourself - nev...

We all start off with great intentions. we try to implement those good intentions and actually be more productive or be more consistent. Yet when it comes to the moment in time where we want to make that change, we find ourselves doing the same as we always do. We don't make the changes. We don't make the time to do the thing. Or we justify why we can't. We don't feel like it. And so we don't do i...

There are 23 reasons that may be tripping you up when it comes to successfully implementing time blocking in your business. Sometimes its not that time blocking won't work for you, its that there is one small thing that needs changing up to make it work better! So dive into this episode, take note of the mistakes you may have made in the past, and then set up your time blocking this week with thos...

There are 12 steps to take in order to successfully implement time blocking as a way of getting more done in your business.   I go through each in detail in this episode to ensure you get the most out of time blocking - by starting off in a way that sets you up for success but is easy to evaluate and adjust if you need to. 

Today on my podcast I am talking to you about throwing your hat in the ring - and the three biggest reasons that you are avoiding going for that thing that you aren't putting yourself forward for right now. There is something that you know you aren't putting yourself forward for right now that you know would propel you forward if you did it. Here's the thing though, if you want it, no matter what...

This week we are talking about confusion when it comes to making offers in your business. I talk to you about how making offers can be like going fishing - and illuminate for you where you might be going wrong - and how you can get some clarity and fish your river successfully!

When we know we are going on holiday, we work faster, we have more focus and we put in a hard boundary. I am going away gosh darn it and I am NOT working whilst I am away! So why is it that when we are at home and want to make sure we clock off at a certain time every day and not let work creep into our evening schedules and weekend time, is it so hard to actually stick to it?! I am talking about...

100% belief in your goal and in yourself is great when it comes to going after your goals in life and business. But today I make it clear that not only is it not compulsory to achieving your goals, you can still get there without it. I talk about my big podcast goal for February - hitting it and what position I would have been in had I not used the other tools in my arsenal to make sure I hit that...