The Zen Desk Podcast

If your business currently relies on you showing up every day to make sales… then at some point, you’re going to hit a ceiling. Eventually you will feel like the bottleneck in your own sales system and if you don’t show up to post on social media or send emails to your list, you don’t make sales.  That’s why I invited Meta Ads Strategist, Marie Nyman, to talk about how Meta ads help you change tha...

In this episode, I’m talking to my client from The SOP Bootcamp Merry Chiu about her experience inside the program.  She’s a successful and talented college admissions mentor. Fully booked with 1:1 clients from all over the world. Flexible around her life with 3 kiddos. But… She had no space to take her business beyond the Zoom room and free up her time to serve more people at different price poin...

In this episode, I’m answering a question from inside my community on what to focus on and prioritise in your business when your business isn’t your full-time focus or income stream (yet). We dive into: How to structure your time when you’re in a transition phase  What to focus on (and what to stop doing) The daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly rhythms I would use to build a business alongside a...

Nobody warns you that the hardest part about working 4 hour days isn’t managing your time or getting your work done faster.  It’s actually allowing yourself to let 4 hours of work be enough without feeling guilty like you could have “done more”.  That low-level guilt you feel when you leave your office or laptop early?  That voice in the back of your mind that whispers (or screams) ‘I haven’t dese...

In today’s episode we are talking maternity leave prep: What I’m doing, what I’ve built, and how I’m setting things up so I can rest and enjoy time off with my baby and little family while knowing the business still works in the background. By the end of this episode, you’ll know: How I’m structuring my maternity leave behind the scenes, what I’ve done before pregnancy to set this up and what’s st...

DOORS TO THE SOP BOOTCAMP ARE OPEN! JOIN NOW AT SPECIAL EARLY BIRD PRICE OF EUR 397 (SAVE EUR 200 WHEN YOU ENROLL BEFORE 1 FEBRUARY 2026) In this episode, I’m walking you through the 5 core SOPs (standard operating procedures) I believe every online business owner needs to have in place. Especially if you want a business with 4 hour work days that give you more time, more spaciousness, and less ho...

❤️‍🩹 TRIGGER WARNING ❤️‍🩹 In this episode, I talk about pregnancy loss and early pregnancy. Please take care of yourself while listening wherever you are on this journey or however you relate to it. In this episode, I’m sharing a personal story I wasn’t sure I’d tell. During the second half of 2025, I navigated a chemical pregnancy, followed shortly after by the early months of a new pregnancy a...

In today’s episode I’m joined by my client Sara Vezenšek who came to me a few month ago sharing about the incredible momentum she had already created in her business. She even proclaimed to the internet how she was planning to make 50,000 euros in just 4 months in her business. I watched from the sidelines as Sara ticked off one big goal after the other but eventually she realized that there was o...

Email marketing is one of the most powerful sales tools for online business owners.  And if you’ve been around the block of online business for a minute, you will have heard either me or one of your favourite sales coaches talk about how you cannot build your business only on social media. You need to know how to get your people off the socials and on to your email list.  While social media can be...

You’ve sold out your 1:1 ✅ Your Stripe is pinging and ponging ✅ Your calendar’s full of dreamy client calls ✅ But your contracts? A dusty PDF you pulled from your mentor’s mastermind portal in 2021… or worse... nonexistent. In this episode, I’m breaking down why having your contracts in place is no longer optional if you’re out here telling the internet you’re on your way to 50K months as the q...

We’ve all seen the money win posts… 💸 “Just hit a 10K month!” 💸 “Signed a 50K client!” 💸 “My client hit 6 figures from one funnel!” And while those posts can be true… If the context is left out, they can be both misleading and violating the marketing legislation in your country. In this episode, I’m putting my lawyer hat on (ok, it never really comes off) to walk you through: 👉 Why income scre...

In this episode, I’m taking you behind the scenes of the week I got hacked just 16 hours after I got engaged 🎉🤖😳 We’re talking about the exact steps I took to secure my online business, protect sensitive client data, and clean up the mess they made with zero financial damage.  I’ll walk you through what most online entrepreneurs don’t realize about cybersecurity and what you can do right now to...

In this episode, I’m breaking down why I spent 2 whole quarters refining my backend, rebuilding my funnels, and rewriting sales pages without obsessing over my monthly income. If you’ve ever written “sign 3 clients” or “make 50k” at the top of your planner and felt instantly defeated halfway through the month because it didn’t happen… this episode is for you. We’re talking: 👉 Why “sign 3 clients”...

In this behind-the-scenes drop from my live workshop PAGES OF POWER , I’m sharing a practice that I’ve been working with over the last 2 months and now it’s your turn. We’re talking about why recording meditations in your own voice is one of THE most powerful shifts you can make in your meditation practice and how it can help you build more self-trust and belief in your business.  This isn’t about...

In this behind-the-scenes episode, I’m bringing you into the full debrief of my recent VIP day with my mentor Gabi Metz here in Athens, Greece. A day that wasn’t just luxurious or strategic… it was a frequency shift that marked the end of the “cute little online business” version of me, and the beginning of something much bigger. We talk about the identity shifts, the visibility wounds, the belief...

DOORS TO THE TIME RICH CEO AUDIO VAULT ARE OPEN AT €48! PRICE GOES UP SOON. They called it quitting. I call it coming home to myself, my energy, and the business model I was always meant to run. In this raw and real episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on my transition from law to full-time entrepreneurship.  Not the highlight reel version with cinnamon cappuccinos and cats.  The real version.  T...

What happens when you're told not to build a website... and then realize it's exactly what your business (and nervous system) has been craving? In this episode, I’m sharing the full-circle story behind launching my new digital home and why it’s one of the most freeing, strategic moves I’ve made in my business in a long time.. After a much-needed social media detox, I started to really notice the c...

In this episode, I’m sharing what came up during my social media detox, how it impacted my productivity & presence, and what I’ll never go back to.  If you feel a little more glued to your phone than you really want to be... this one's for you. I’m pulling back the curtain on why I decided to unplug (even though things were going well) and what it revealed about how I’d been running my busines...

In this episode, I chat with my client (and my investment coach!),  Anouk Knuffmann, about the exact shifts that helped her cut her workday down from 12+ hours to an average of 5 hours a day while stacking consistent income in her business.  We dive into how she’s implemented daily sustainable habits into her routine and how creating more space in her schedule and mind helped her reclaim time for...

This week we are celebrating the 100th EPISODE of the Zen Desk Podcast! Joining me on this episode is my partner Andreas, who shares insights from his life as a chicken farmer. In this episode, we break down: ✨ The importance of finding a work-life balance. ✨ The challenges of delegation. ✨ The significance of having a morning routine.  ✨ How to balance enjoying life and managing a business. A...

This week I’m chatting to my incredible client Franzi Höhne who has been inside The 4 Hour Work Day Foundation & 4 Hour Work Day Freedom over the last six months. In less than six months, Franzi has completely redefined what’s possible for her business and life.  She went from balancing a 9-5 to running a thriving virtual legal business on her own terms: She’s signing dream clients, traveling...

If you have days where you feel like a hot mess in your business before you’re fully booked with clients, it’s not because you’re not doing enough — it’s because you’re missing the structures that make scaling effortless.  Let’s talk about what to get in place, so you can become a match for more clients inside your business.  Next steps:  Grab my FREE Face 2 Cam script so you know exactly what to...

Do you ever wish you could learn exactly how to show up on video like a pro without spending hours worrying about what to say or what your hair looks like? 👑 Me too... When I first started my business, I would avoid the camera like the plague, and every time I spoke on it I would overthink what to say, record 47 small videos that took forever to cut into one video and then rewatch my stories 10x...

Taking Mondays off looks like having your tasks planned out for the week, adding a CEO day to your weeks and leaving your phone on airplane mode when you work 💅 When you have a clear system to plan your time, weekends can be for rest.  And Mondays? They’re your day off. This is what we dive into inside this episode 🕰️💸 Also, my 30th birthday is in a few days and we are gonna have a party to cele...

Investing in private mentorship completely changed the game for my business (and entire life to be honest).  In this episode, I’m sharing why investing in private mentorship was the best business move I’ve ever made, how I knew I was ready to invest in myself at this level, how 1:1 mentorship literally got me in the fast lane so I could grow faster, and the results I had that made it all worth it....