The Moxie Movement

Your daughter asks if you love business more than her. You're standing in the kitchen and you have no idea what to say, because part of you knows she's not wrong to ask. That question is not a verdict on you as a mother. It's information about a business that needs all of you, all the time, and has no room left over for the people you built it for. Take the call from your mum at 3pm, with a client...

Someone asks you what you want and you give them a good answer. Coherent. Covers all the bases. Sounds like a woman who has thought hard about her business and her life. Deep down somewhere you’ve not explored for a long while, you know the answer isn't actually yours. You have been wanting for everyone else for so long that the question "what do I want, just for me" lands like a it’s being spoken...

You think you're keeping it on the inside. The hard morning with the kids, the employee who isn't coping, the thing you're internally bracing against but you're not talking about it, so you've decided you're managing it. In this episode we are talking about why you're not actually hiding it at all. You're broadcasting it. There's a difference between holding something inside and not transmitting i...

You've been demanding the same output from yourself in March as you do in July. Same pace, same targets, same standard, even when March feels like wading through mud and you can't work out why. So you tell yourself the thing you always tell yourself - just push through, be disciplined, just stay consistent and eventually you will get it together. That output you’ve been demanding is the part that...

You spent months building the system. The workspace, the SOPs, every process mapped out, the whole thing finally making sense. And then your youngest got sick. Not seriously, just the kind of sick where they have to be home and they need you. When you came back to your business, it felt like someone had changed the locks while you were gone. What this episode is about Here's the design habit almos...

You looked at the dishes in the sink and the first thought was "I need to clean it." Not "someone." You. Because somewhere along the way, someone quietly started meaning you, every single time. That automatic claiming of every dropped thing, at home and in the business, is the exact pattern we are naming today, and it runs a lot deeper than the dishes. Here's what I want you to sit with this week....

There is a decision you've been sitting on. You know the one. It's been on the list for weeks, possibly months, and every time you go to make it, life happens and you make it fast in the gap between everything else, or you don't make it at all. Either way it's costing you, and the cost is bigger than you've let yourself look at. What this episode is about In this episode I'm walking you through th...

Your sales have doubled and you are still the woman scanning prices in the supermarket aisle like nothing has changed. You are not crazy I promise, the structure you have built was never designed to pay you. Until someone names that out loud, you keep solving for the wrong problem. What this episode is about This week we are focusing on the Paid Twice accelerator and the Non-Negotiable Profit Phil...

You've delegated work, batched content and you've hired (more than once!). You've journaled the goals, run the morning routines and attempted to set the boundaries. And somehow you still feel like you are standing in the same exhausted place as this time last month, with more people to manage and the same nagging question: why is none of this actually making this easier? It's because you've been h...

She told me she thought she was mostly fine. Just wanted to tighten a few things. Twenty minutes into our second call, she stopped mid-sentence and said: I think I've built myself a cage and called it a business. That's who this episode is for. What this episode is about I want to introduce you to something I've been mapping with hundreds of women like you for years. It's called the Moxie Ascent,...

You've been doing everything right. Following the advice, taking the courses, implementing the systems. And it's still not quite working, and you can't figure out why. This episode is where that stops making you feel like the problem. We've been quiet for a few months. Not because I ran out of things to say (that's not really my issue, let's be honest) but because what I needed to say had to be bu...

If you're a woman entrepreneur or mum business owner struggling to step away from your business, this episode is for you. Many small business owners feel like their business can’t run without them, which makes taking time off feel impossible. If your business only works when you’re there, it’s often a sign your systems, team structure, and business processes need strengthening. In this episode, Sa...

If you’ve ever wondered why your small business cash flow feels tight even when your revenue looks good, this episode is for you. Because a lot of women in business hit this confusing stage where sales are coming in, clients are paying, and on paper the numbers look healthy… But the bank balance still feels stressful. Payroll is due, tax is coming up and the rent’s around the corner. And you open...

Micromanaging your team, answering endless “quick questions,” and feeling like the bottleneck in your own business? If every refund, rebooking, roster tweak, client issue, and “Can I just check…” still lands on your desk, this episode is your reset. Because you’re not overwhelmed by growth. You’re overwhelmed by tiny decisions. And when everything flows through you, your team doesn’t grow and your...

What if success isn’t about doing more… But about choosing less? In this episode of The Moxie Movement, I’m sitting down with Erika Clarkson — Melbourne artist, mum of two, and Done By Three Club member. Who went from breastfeeding with 47 business ideas and zero focus… to earning $1,500 before 2pm drawing on shop windows. And still making school pick up. This is the real story of what happens whe...

If you’re an overwhelmed business owner who says she wants help… but still struggles with delegation anxiety, this episode is for you. Because task hoarding in small business doesn’t look dramatic. It looks like: Doing payroll from a hospital bed. Working when you’re sick because “no one else can do it properly.” Redoing your team’s work at 10pm. Micromanaging because it feels safer. This isn’t ab...

The hours between 3pm and bedtime can feel like absolute chaos. You’re trying to finish work, cook dinner, manage homework, regulate everyone’s emotions… and somehow be present too. If you’ve ever thought, “Why does it feel like I’m failing at everything between school pickup and bedtime?” this episode is for you. You’re not bad at being present, your business just isn’t designed to let you leave....

You did the thing, built the business and money’s coming in. So why does it feel like you can’t breathe ? If you’ve got a business that looks successful from the outside paying you well, serving clients, ticking the “should be grateful” boxes but you can’t switch off, can’t step away, and can’t imagine a holiday without your laptop… this one is for you. In this episode, I’m unpacking what I call t...

Back to school. Back to business. Back to carrying everything… again? If you’re a mum running a business, this season probably feels familiar. Uniforms. Stationery chaos. Permission slips. Lunchboxes you hope were emptied last term. And that quiet belief whispering in your head: “Once this settles down… then I’ll focus on my business.” But it never settles down. In this episode, Sarah is calling t...

That Behind Feeling? Let’s Talk About It. Ever feel like everyone else has kicked into full work mode…while you’re still juggling kids, snacks, uniforms, camps, activities, and a half-working brain? That tight chest a sprinkle of low-grade panic. That rather annoying thought loop of “I should be further ahead by now.” This episode is your permission slip to stop beating yourself up. Because that “...

There’s a version of you 90 days from now. She’s checking her bank balance. Doing the mental maths. And she’s not stressed because things are “quiet”… she’s stressed because nothing was decided earlier. Welcome to your loving-but-direct reminder that business results are lag metrics. What feels hard in 90 days from now didn’t start in March. It started with what you did (or didn’t do) right now. A...

If you’ve opened Instagram in January and felt immediately behind… If you’re being told this is the year to reinvent yourself while you’re still dusting sand out of the sheets, refereeing screen-time negotiations, and acting as unpaid Uber driver… This episode is for you. January is not supposed to be a stick to beat yourself with. For us it’s supposed to be a time to gently reenter, not reinvent....

You don’t need more hacks or another freaking strategy. And you definitely don’t need to keep holding your life and business together with cheap cellotape. If you’ve been patching and praying your way through motherhood, business, relationships, and responsibility, this episode is your permission slip to stop. In this episode, we’re officially killing the cellotape era and bringing out the scissor...

Why your brain feels fried (and how to clear the static so you can actually move forward) Ever sat down to work… finally… and your brain feels like it has 67 tabs open? Three of them are screaming for an update, one is definitely playing random music. And another is showing a meme you definitely didn’t search for. Yeah. This episode is for you. In Episode 88 of The Moxie Movement Podcast, I’m look...

You’ve built the whole damn dream house, metaphorically (and maybe literally)…So why are you curled up in the cramped cupboard under the stairs like a gremlin with a vacuum cleaner you haven’t used since April? In this episode, we’re going beyond the noise, the clutter, the chaos, the open loops, the endless notifications, the decisions you keep circling but never quite making. This isn’t about do...