Emma-Louise Parkes
The Ambitious Introvert® Podcast
The Ambitious Introvert® is for founders and entrepreneurs who want to create big results without burning through their energy. Hosted by Emma-Louise Parkes, it's less “business tips” and more like sitting down with a trusted mentor who actually gets the reality of building a business as an introvert. Through personal stories, honest insights, and conversations with entrepreneurial trailblazers, Emma-Louise offers the perspective and tools introverted entrepreneurs need to unlock fresh energy and momentum in their business. It’s not about chasing hacks or forcing extrovert strategies - it’s...
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Emma-Louise Parkes
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Dec 29, 2025
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Episodes
Episode 80: Thriving as an Empathic Business Owner with Catherine Wood 03.04.2022 44:16
Welcome to this week's episode of the Ambitious Introvert! I'm really thrilled to have Catherine Wood with me today, and I'm very excited to delve into her expertise in her very specific type of coaching. She’s also going to share a little bit more about herself and her background and how she runs a successful business as a highly sensitive empath. Enjoy! Catherine and I discuss: Th...
Epsiode 79: Designing an Online Course or Program That Gets Real Results with Emily Walker 27.03.2022 33:17
Welcome to this week's episode of the Ambitious Introvert, today’s guest has been instrumental in the Ambitious Introvert brand over the last few months – course creation expert Emily Walker. Not only has Emily helped me create and design Start Up to Scale Up, she has helped countless other clients in various industries and she brings all of this knowledge and experience to today’s conversat...
Episode 78: The Only Thing You Actually Need as a New Business Owner with Emma-Louise 21.03.2022 17:55
Welcome to The Ambitious Introvert! This episode is a spin on the game ‘2 truths and a lie’ - I’m going to call it ‘3 lies and a truth in the online space’ instead! People are telling you that you need to make all kinds of investments to grow a viable, profitable, sustainable business. But if you aren’t making consistent sales, don’t have consistent monthly recurring revenue that you can build on,...
Episode 77: Navigating Social Media as an Ambitious Introvert with Emma-Louise 14.03.2022 22:29
Welcome to the latest episode of the podcast! If you’re a long time listener, you know that social media is not something that comes naturally to me - it's probably the biggest stumbling block I've had as an introverted and HSP online entrepreneur. However, it now feels MUCH easier. After burnout forced me to change my mindset and knowledge around social media, I've been extremely c...
Episode 75: The Common Mindset Challenges of Entrepreneurship with Aimee Browne [Part 2] 07.03.2022 40:17
Welcome back to the Ambitious Introvert, this week I’m continuing my oh-so-candid conversation with my dear friend, Aimee Browne. If you haven’t listened to Part One from last week, be sure to check that out first. Today, we’re expanding on the common mindset blocks that Aimee and I have faced as both introverted and extroverted entrepreneurs. You’ll hear our experiences with healing from perfecti...
Episode 75: The Common Mindset Challenges of Entrepreneurship with Aimee Browne [Part 1] 28.02.2022 38:12
Hello, welcome to this week's episode of the Ambitious Introvert! As you know, all of my guests are special, but this guest is very, very special because she’s one of my closest friends. Aimee Browne is an online business strategist and we have been a part of each other's business journeys for almost two and a half years now - we have literally seen each other grow from signing our first...
Episode 74: 7 Ways to Give People Permission to Hire You Today with Emma-Louise Parkes 21.02.2022 34:47
Welcome to the newest solo episode of The Ambitious Introvert! Like every new entrepreneur, at the start of my business journey I had to learn to sell to people who didn’t know me well. I never wanted to have to ‘convince’ someone to invest with me on a sales call. Instead I got VERY intentional about my marketing! Today I’m sharing 7 seven simple ways to create safety with your marketing and onli...
Episode 73: Somatic Healing for Emotional Transformation with Manisha Tare 14.02.2022 38:29
Welcome to this week's very special Valentine's episode of The Ambitious Introvert. I never thought that I would be doing a dedicated Valentine's Day episode, but the stars aligned and the timing was perfect. Today, I have invited Manisha Tare, a somatic healing practitioner, on to the show to share how much our nervous system impacts our daily communication, relationships, and life...
Episode 72: Mindfulness for Entrepreneurs with Julia de’Caneva 07.02.2022 42:35
Hello, and welcome to the latest episode of the Ambitious Introvert podcast. Today I’m joined by one of my beautiful clients, Julia de’Caneva, to discuss a topic that often gets misinterpreted and misrepresented – mindfulness. It’s something that I’ve been familiar with for a number of years but I'm really excited to bring Julia on to discuss it because she’s a UCLA trained mindfulness facili...
Episode 71: Embracing the Woo & Creating a Balanced Business with Kendall Cherry 31.01.2022 56:20
Kendall Cherry is joining me on today’s episode of The Ambitious Introvert! Kendall is my 1:1 client, a copywriter, agency owner and founder of The Candid Collective. I invited her on today because at the start of our working together she was very resistant to the ‘woo’ - but once she fully embraced the different energetic practices I use, she saw so many transformations in her business, mindset a...
Episode 70: Q1 Business Update and Re-Introduction 24.01.2022 31:39
Welcome to this week's episode of The Ambitious Introvert Podcast. I'm Emma-Louise and today I'm going to do a bit of a re-introduction and a roundup of what has been going on for me and the brand. Whether you are a seasoned listener who’s been with me since day one, I want you to know exactly what's happening here at Team Ambitious Introvert. Or if you're new to the podca...
Episode 69: Embracing Your Strengths as an Introvert with Stacey Hagen 17.01.2022 23:06
It’s a special thing to come across someone who has the same business origin story, serves the same clients, and runs the same type of business as myself. This is exactly what’s happening on this week’s episode of The Ambitious Introvert featuring Stacey Hagen, a business coach for female entrepreneurs. In our conversation today we’re talking about the key things that introverts can do to find suc...
Episode 68: Email Marketing for Introverts with Sarah Anderson 10.01.2022 33:58
Welcome to this week's episode of the Ambitious Introvert! Today, Sarah Anderson is joining us to talk about email marketing. I’m surprised we haven’t covered it because email marketing is something that's been really important to my business success, but is something that I didn't utilise very well at the start. Now however, I cannot imagine my business without it! So I'm exci...
Episode 67: [Part 2] Answering Your Non-Business Questions with Emma-Louise 03.01.2022 30:36
Welcome to the first episode of The Ambitious Introvert in 2022! I thought I’d share a bit more about me in this episode that’s not necessarily business specific. This is somewhat of a part 2 episode from last week’s so be sure to tune into that one, too. If you're here, hopefully you find something that resonates with you, interests you, or prompts you to change how you do things. Maybe it&a...
Episode 67: [Part 1] Answering Your Business Questions with Emma-Louise 27.12.2021 23:55
As we finish up this year, I’m sharing an episode that you can listen to without being directly in your business. A few weeks ago, I asked my email list to submit any questions they had for me they’d love to hear answered on the podcast. So, this episode and the next one will be just that. Today’s episode will focus more on business related questions, we’re diving into everything from investments...
Episode 65: Building a Business with Purpose with Samantha Touchais 20.12.2021 40:24
I’m so excited for today’s guest episode of The Ambitious Introvert - Samantha Touchais is a business and mindset coach, and was recommended to the podcast by previous guest Karen Kissane who knew we’d have so much in common. And she was right - including the way we believe our businesses should be run, agreeing on why introverts can be successful, and the importance of healthy boundaries. I feel...
Episode 64: Niching, Storytelling & Building a Business You’re Passionate About with Matthew Pollard 13.12.2021 38:36
Matthew Pollard is on the show today and this introduction is pretty amazing - Matthew is someone who has been named “The real deal” by Forbes, a best-selling author of some of the best introvert books of all time, and responsible for helping create 5x million-dollar businesses. I invited Matthew on the show because, since niching down into introverts, I’ve found this amazing and welcoming commun...
Episode 63: Releasing Trapped Emotions for Growth & Success with Kyle Haskins 06.12.2021 41:35
Welcome to this week’s episode of The Ambitious Introvert Podcast, featuring a guest who has had a huge impact on my life and business - Kyle Haskins. Kyle is an Energy Code practitioner who I’ve worked with numerous times and I’m really excited to share this because his approach to energy work cannot be found in the mainstream. We discuss The Emotion Code, how it works, and the impact it’s had on...
Episode 62: Building Community & Connections with Michelle Vroom 29.11.2021 29:36
Hello hello, welcome to this week’s episode of The Ambitious Introvert. Today we’re talking about something that’s close to my heart as an introverted business owner - building community and relationships. My guest today is Michelle Vroom, marketing coach, and podcast host. Michelle has more than 15 years of marketing and PR experience which she uses to help small business owners grow their busine...
Episode 61: The 4 Things Working Well In My Business Right Now 22.11.2021 23:11
Welcome to episode 61 of The Ambitious Introvert, in this episode I'm sharing some of the things that are working really well for me in my business at the moment. As we're approaching the end of 2021 I’ve been looking back to see which aspects of the business are working really well, where there’s growth, where I feel aligned, what is bringing in more business, where I've been spend...
Episode 60: The Danger of the To-Do List with Agnese Rudzate 15.11.2021 27:03
Welcome to this week’s episode of The Ambitious Introvert. Today I’m talking with Agnese Rudzate who helps entrepreneurs and online business owners become more productive. If you’re on my email list, you may remember me talking about the overwhelm and anxiety my own to-do list caused me earlier this year - this is exactly what Agnese and I are going to dive into. This episode is for you if your ow...
Episode 59: Understanding Myers-Briggs with Frank James 08.11.2021 40:54
Welcome to this week’s episode of The Ambitious Introvert - today’s guest is the one person who may geek out about Myers-Briggs and personality types more than I do… With an audience of almost 850K YouTube subscribers and many of his videos hitting over 1 million views, I think it’s safe to say he knows what he’s talking about. Welcome fellow INFJ, Frank James! Frank and I Discuss: How Frank first...
Episode 58: How to Humanise Your Marketing with Sarah Santacroce 01.11.2021 31:11
Welcome to the newest episode of The Ambitious Introvert. Today I’m joined by Sarah Santacroce - we’re talking about a subject that's really close to my heart as a business coach and is important to you as an introverted business owner - marketing. Sarah believes that marketing should be approached with kindness and can truly be something that is introvert-friendly. I loved hearing her take o...
Episode 57: Celebrating One Year of The Ambitious Introvert 24.10.2021 26:23
Welcome to a big celebration episode of The Ambitious Introvert Podcast! First, the podcast is now one year old. Then, we also hit a huge milestone of downloads back in September. Today I'm going to share a little bit with you about the story of why I started the podcast in case you're not familiar, what I've learnt from a year of creating a podcast and how it's helped me grow...
Episode 56: Numerology for Business Success with Jo Soley 17.10.2021 26:43
Welcome to this week's episode of the Ambitious Introvert. Something I’ve learnt in my own personal development and self discovery journey is that there are so many different ways that we can understand ourselves. The more awareness and understanding that we heave helps us to better understand ourselves and give ourselves permission to be exactly who we are. With this said, I am a big fan and...
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