The Easily Distracted Entrepreneur

How do you find strength and resilience during challenges to your physical and mental health? Does your work provide meaning to get you through these tough times in life? What's the signal that you need to take a pause for rest and recovery instead of laboring through it all? (And is your business set up to allow that—or is it all YOU?) My guest on the podcast this week is Australian force of natu...

If you're like a lot of business owners, you take a pause on Fridays and wonder, "Where did the week go?" We have so much going on and mayyyybe we don't have a plan of action before we start our week. The result is less productivity and a lot of feeling like we're not making forward progress. This is your brain bias in full action. We have so many "shoulds" and "have-tos" in our lives, and we star...

If you're a busy entrepreneur who doesn't know how to make sense of your business profit and loss statement---let alone figure out how to create one for your accountant to review---well, you are definitely not alone. There are so many of us out there running six-figure businesses and yet we're not actually on top of our finances. I have been guilty of this, and so has financial coach Nicole Barham...

After getting a bad case of COVID recently (and despite being fully vaccinated), I found myself really wiped out and unable to find my way back to "work mode." My energy was low, and yet at the same time, I felt restless, an urge to do something remotely useful, but not necessarily vitally important. You know the feeling? If you have ADHD like me, or even if you don't, you probably know exactly wh...

Getting organized can be especially challenging for neurodiverse people. Sometimes it seems as if our environments fall in either one of two extremes—everything neatly in place or everything in total chaos. It's like a battle of the OCD versus the ADD.  But one woman's clutter might be another woman's "I'm okay with this!" We all have a unique pain point when it comes to organization and time mana...

How do you decide what's "next" for you, without falling into the trap of doing something because it's what you've always done...or it's what is expected of you. Or, even worse, sticking with something because doing something different would look like failure to others. COVID has shifted life and business ownership for so many of us, and one of the gifts it's given us is the ability to see what's...

Are you good at being a manager? We have the wonderful Casey Gromer , who just might be able to answer all your dreams, on the show to talk with us about taking your business to serving your needs, and encouraging entrepreneurs to make their own business plans. Casey is the founder of SHE-Suite Boutique , and calls herself a Fractional Integrator. Her goal is to help women step out of their day-to...

Happy four year anniversary to the podcast! Business owners are busy, and with tech challenges and life happening all around us there never seems to be enough time in the day. But one of my favorite things about publishing this podcast is the ability to really connect with you and offer you support in getting clarity around what's important to you at this moment. To celebrate four years with you,...

Does the thought of creating content for your social media account sound overwhelming? I hear that all the time, entrepreneurs feel that pressure to do all the things but they struggle with social media.    What if you could grow your social media following without feeling the overwhelm of having to do it all? (Because you don't!)   This week on the podcast, Andréa Jones and I discuss how finding...

Therapist and wellness consultant Marisol Solarte-Erlacher joins me in this episode to discuss her position as a trauma therapist and her views on trauma, especially amongst women within the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) community. Marisol and I met at a thought leadership program, and after getting to know a little bit more about her and the wonderful things that she does, I knew tha...

I have a super special guest today that I'm pretty dang excited about. I'm joined by the one, the only Dr. Melissa Hall! That is right, my biz bestie is back! (At least for today!) The reason we wanted to do this episode together, besides it being more fun is that we're going to talk about an ADHD strategy for getting things done. And you know, both of us have ADHD. We specialize in ADHD. We love...

If you have been around me in the past few months you would have heard me singing the praises of my favorite new show! I have been telling EVERYONE and I do mean everyone about it. From parents at my daughters soccer games, to people at stores, my esthetician and all my friends and family. I'm obsessed! And for good reason, it's a fresh and much needed bringer of joy and love show called Ted Lasso...

In today's episode I share a story about getting unstuck, making changes and doing something that felt scary. Which included an important announcement about the podcast. Love the show?  Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here's How » If you are someone who would like some extra support with staying focused on what matters in your business head on over to mybizbestie.com/inner-circle for more info...

If you're passionate about getting your thoughts and ideas out there to the world so you can help others, then you, my friend, are a thought leader. But what does that look like, in practice? With public speaking being the number one fear of humans, and the online space making speaking up feel very vulnerable, many thought leaders hold back their message or don't share it to the scope that they co...

It can be tempting to just surround yourself with the people whose company you enjoy, but from an HR perspective, you need to take some things into consideration to ensure that you're hiring for fit.    This week on the podcast, HR consultant Niki Ramirez and I walk through some of these hiring considerations that are extremely important but all too frequently overlooked. We talk about how your re...

Given what 2020 has thrown at us, many people are questioning how they have structured their businesses and their lives. While some are trying to figure out if what they're doing still works for them, others are reexamining what they want to get out of their business and day-to-day living. Joining Amber Hawley in this episode is virtual business mentor  Rachel Proctor . Rachel teaches and coaches...

In this bite size episode of the My Biz Bestie podcast (now The Easily Distracted Entrepreneur) the focus is on decision fatigue, a prevalent issue especially for ADHD and easily distracted business owners. Amber discusses the impact of decision fatigue, heightened by the changes and emotional labor brought on by recent global events. Key signs of decision fatigue such as procrastination, impulsiv...

You'd probably never know an embezzler if you'd see one, as many of them can be normal, nice-looking people. That is part of the reason why detecting and dealing with these so-called pink-collar crimes are not as easy as you think. To make matters worse, the embezzler can be someone you trust, someone you have built a relationship with, making the matter more intimate and much trickier to handle....

Parents have always taken it upon themselves to feel responsible for their families, especially their children. With everything that's going on in 2020, parents are confronted with challenges that none of their predecessors have ever experienced before. Tapping into this topic with Amber Hawley is Mercedes Samudio , LCSW, a parenting coach, speaker, bestselling author of Shame-Proof Parenting and...

With so much turmoil going on right now, our world has been turned upside down in so many ways. Many people, including business owners, are feeling this pressure to get a lot of things done or try to make an impact or shift. At the same time, they also are overwhelmed with not knowing where to focus, and so they feel stuck.   There's a way around feeling stuck, and it takes looking into the brain...

One of the greatest reasons why employee turnover is high in an organization is the workplace environment. After all, who would want to stay in a place that is bringing more stress than fulfillment? In this episode, Amber Hawley sits down with  Patti Perez  to talk about how to create a drama-free culture in your business. Patti is the founder and CEO of  PersuasionPoint Inc. , a modern-day consul...

The COVID-19 pandemic undeniably turned our lives upside down. We slept one night only to wake up in a whole different world where our day to day routines have been disrupted. With all the stress and anxiety we feel in this situation, we then try to rebuild our lives in various ways in order to cope. However, before we lose ourselves through it all, it helps to rethink the ways we are handling thi...

Despite the fact that there are so many women in business who give their all to thrive, they still face challenges unique to their identity. There are numerous expectations placed upon women in business that they must overcome, but with a little help, they have shown time and time again that they're perfectly capable. Amber Hawley is joined by Maggie Frank-Hsu, a writing coach who helps entreprene...

In times of so much upheaval and shifting, how can you keep your business healthy? This is the question that Amber Hawley's guest for this episode is going to answer. She has over  Hannah Smolinski , the founder and CEO of  Clara CFO Group —a virtual CFO company that helps small business owners reach their goals. Highlighting first the strengths of small business owners, Hannah talks about the nim...

As many people around the world have surely experienced by now, life in quarantine is difficult. Life in quarantine means not being able to go outside for a run or to see a movie, or basically most of the activities people use to cope, but you still have to find a way through. Laura Reagan, LCSW-C is an integrative trauma therapist and the owner of the Baltimore Annapolis Center for Integrative He...