True To You: Recent Episodes
Ruby Marsh
The True to You podcast is your go-to show for practical wisdom to build a meaningful, creative small business.
You’ll find content on marketing, mindset and tonnes of experts who want to help you grow a thriving small business you love.
My guests are exceptionally creative women, building businesses from their zone of genius, all while balancing many other roles in their life.
Kate & Kole was founded in 2015 by two friends, Sara and Maddy, with the goal of creating sustainable, quality, design-led fine jewellery. What started as a side-project from a home studio in Newcastle, has evolved into a fully-fledged Australian-born ring concierge and jewellery brand, with signature collections, engagement and wedding suites and a custom jewellery design service.
In this conversation, we dive into the story of Kate & Kole, how they build their business around their core values, creating a personalised experience through every touchpoint, building an amazing team, and their experience of raising a family alongside a growing business.
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Grab your journal and calendar of choice, and dive into this strategy with Ruby that will allow you to produce some content do keep up with marketing even when life and business get busy.
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Jemma Darling is a passionate creative and lover of visual arts who started her business journey nearly two decades ago with her husband. Always the one with a camera in hand it wasn't until a little over 2 years ago, that she decided to pursue a career in photography full-time. In a short time, Jemma's unique style which blends her love of the ocean had become sought after by local small business owners.
In this conversation, we talk about finding your unique style as a creative in business, her small business journey, balancing a business and family, supporting your mental health as a mum and going all in on a passion and turning it into a viable business.
Website: https://jemmadarling.com.au/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jemmadarlingcreates/
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How do you stand out in a crowded market? As Marty Neumeier would say ‘when everybody zigs, zag’.
You go the opposite way to create a unique point of difference or what we'd call your 'uniqueness factor'.
In this episode, we explore what it means to 'zag', when to start thinking about it and how you can define what that is for you.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Marty Neumeier
- Hermes episode featured on the Acquired Podcast
- Buy Think Less Create More t-shirt
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Alicia Doyle boasts over 17 years experience as an interior designer, spanning across residential and commercial design sectors both locally and abroad.
At some point after the birth of her first child, she realised she'd outgrown the corporate environment, the volume of construction waste and fast pace of the commercial world. Alicia knew there had to be a better fit, and decided it was time to launch Ramble Interiors.
In this conversation, we explore Alicia's story, her upbringing in rural NSW and the journey to following her heart and beginning Ramble. She shares her product development process and some of the less conventional ways she's created awareness around the brand which has seen her pieces featured around the world in residential and commercial settings.
https://rambleinteriors.com.au/https://www.instagram.com/rambleinteriors/
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Why are we so obsessed with nostalgic brands right now? What is it about their marketing that creates a certain feeling? Why do we 'have' to have what they're selling?
Recently, I had the same questions and thought I'd take a deep dive into the content marketing strategy of one of my "so hot right now" brands - Cognilio Palm Beach to see what they're doing right, and why tapping into nostalgia is key.
Cognilio Palm Beach makes a cheeky appearance in this episode which you can listen to after - Ep. 163 - The soft sell, seduction and spicing up your content
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Caitlin is a founder, facilitator and coach and host of the award winning entrepreneurship podcast and community lady-brains.
With a deep love for helping women find their purpose and confidence and over 10+ years experience in the media, branding, community and positive psychology space, Caitlin has helped to build multimillion-dollar businesses across Australia, US, Canada, Singapore and Europe. She is also the host of the Female Founder workshops on confidence, courage, strengths, brand and storytelling.
In our conversation we dive into:
- Choosing the non-linear path and not having a clear vision for your career
- How working and living in Miami opened her eyes up to entrepreneurship
- Starting the LadyBrains podcast and it’s phenomenal success
- Building your confidence to speak in public and share your story
- Finding the marketing medium that suits your personality
You can connect with Caitlin here:
www.caitlinjudd.comwww.ladybrains.comhttps://www.instagram.com/caitjudd/
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In this episode Ruby shares some research on the state of marketing, funnels and how we can make it fun again.
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Excited to welcome back Mary Margaret Skelly to the show for the third time and this time you get an insight into some of the behind the scenes conversations we have in our DM's.
Mary Margaret has been in leadership advisory for 14 years, and have coached, interviewed and placed hundreds of leaders across industries.
Today she works with professionals across industries as they seek to develop as leaders, grow into larger roles, plan major career shifts, and manage their energy. She also guide CEOs of startups and their leadership teams to work effectively together to drive rapid growth.
In this conversation we dive into:
- How her coaching practice has changed post-pandemic and what her clients are focussed on most
- Taylor Swift's crazy schedule and moving away from girl boss era
- Gen Z and the influencer culture
- Energy, emotional fatigue, money and the recession
- Growing your business with relationship building
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As a small business owner who's not a born and bred marketing expert, feeling like you constantly have to keep up with tactics to grow your audience is exhausting.
At the same time, when we're putting out the the same content over and over it's easy to get board - am I right? So how do we stay inspired to keep marketing? What's a way to inject some fun into our work?
In this episode, I'm sharing a strategy that will have you feel excited about creating content, through more experiential marketing that taps directly into how your market wants to feel and what they're buying right now.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Art of Seduction by Robert Greene
- Coniglio Palm Beach
- Love Shack Fancy
- The Story of Lululemon by Chip Wilson
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Anneli Hansson is an award-winning Brand strategist based out of Stockholm, Sweden. With her 20+ years of experience in Brand strategy, design thinking, and marketing she holds a unique position in the market.
Throughout her career she's worked with international brands like Coca-Cola, Levi's, Polaroid, John Deere, and Volvo to innovative organic food brands from Sweden with a focus on sustainability.
This is one of those rare conversations with a creative who has a depth of expertise, and equally unafraid to share openly about her career journey. From working inside large organisations in CBO and CMO roles, to running a boutique agency to branching out into teaching and coaching, Anneli is a clear example of someone who has done both the inner and outer work required to thrive as a creative in the modern economy.
Connect with Anneli on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theannelihanssonWebsite: https://www.annelihansson.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/theannelihansson/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@annelihansson5883
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Welcome back to the 2024 season of the True to You Podcast with Ruby Marsh.
Last year I started to notice a shift happening in the worlds of many women in business. A shift that's exciting and empowering. Today I'm sharing what this discovery led me to realise about the podcast moving forward and the sorts of conversations (& doorways) I want it to open up for you in 2024 and beyond.
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This is the second time we have Linda Helisto back on the show and this time we're diving into the world of money mindset and it's connection with our emotions, somatic response and the nervous system.
Linda is a former IT startupper and Sales Executive who got tired of constantly working on the verge of burnout and hiding behind other people’s dreams. Taking the leap to the unknown, she followed her life-long dream, leaving her life in Finland and moving into an RV on a small island in the wild and luscious Canadian Pacific Northwest.
Studying and working alongside some of the greatest minds in modern stress research and body-mind science, she now coaches and advises high-performing executives and business owners on how they can take their business and performance to the next level.
www.lindahelisto.com Instagram @lindahelisto LinkedIn @lindahelisto
Listen to Linda's previous episode: Ep.157 - How to sell with ease and scale your business your way (Part One)
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As small business owners who are marketing our services, we can learn a lot from creatives in other industries. Today, I wanted to share three observations from watching Beyoncés recent Renaissance world tour blasted out across social media and how she squeezed every bit of juice out of marketing and selling this tour.
To go deeper into character work check out these episodes:
Ep. 127 - Thinking about your personal brand like designing a character
Ep. 140 - Becoming more confident to bring out more of your 'character'
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Olga Poppius is a photographer, designer and mentor who has shot campaigns and editorials for multinational brands, and record companies, been published in ELLE, Vanity Fair, and Cosmopolitan.
She's also had several art exhibitions all over the world from Japan, Russia, New York, and Europe. Creating a high-end portraiture business for celebrity clients and also normal everyday people and businesses.
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Mentoring: https://www.olgapoppius.com/mentoring
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/olgapoppius/
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Linda is a former IT startupper and Sales Executive who got tired of constantly working on the verge of burnout and hiding behind other people’s dreams. Taking the leap to the unknown, she followed her life-long dream, leaving her life in Finland and moving into an RV on a small island in the wild and luscious Canadian Pacific Northwest.
Studying and working alongside some of the greatest minds in modern stress research and body-mind science, she now coaches and advises high-performing executives and business owners on how they can take their business and performance to the next level.
www.lindahelisto.comInstagram @lindahelistoLinkedIn @lindahelisto
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For several years, we've been told that we're in an attention economy - the more attention and engagement you get, the easier it is to 'win' in business. While you do need some feedback to show your marketing is resonating, gaining a lot of attention doesn't automatically result in more clients. The bigger question your audience is asking now is: "can I trust this person?".
In this episode, we dive into four strategies to create more trust with your audience both online and offline so you become their first choice when they want to engage with your service like yours.
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In this episode we're bringing back a past guest - Nerida Bint who has had a major transformation in her business and personal life since we spoke back in 2020.
Nerida's work now centres around a coaching woman and men in emotional intelligence so they can play bigger in their business and relationships.
If you feel like you feel like your emotions are running you and you want a little more ease in your life you'll thoroughly enjoy this conversation.
For more information on her work, you can connect with Nerida here: https://www.instagram.com/neridabint/
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Today's episode is all about selling! I'm sharing two belief shifts that radically changed how I felt about selling in the last two years. Shifting these beliefs allows us trust the process and feel more confident next time you go to talk about your pricing or make offers to new clients.
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What if instead of trying to find your voice was not a mysterious process but something you find by using it?
In this conversation, Ruby shares 3 tools that will help you discover your unique voice whether you're looking to write or speak more.
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When we think about personal brand it's easy to think that it's all about the look and feel, but compelling personal brands or compelling characters go much deeper.
In this conversation, Ruby shares 3 things you can start to bring in to your personal brand so you're more magnetic to your audience.
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Who would have thought that a decade ago being able to pick up your phone and talk to it like you're talking to a room of people would become a key skill for marketing your business?
Well here we are, and despite the introduction of Threads, video ain't going away anytime soon.
In this episode, Ruby debunks 3 myths around what you need to feel more confident on camera.
These aren't quick "hacks" but if you do practice them, I guarantee your videos will become more interesting and engaging.
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Today we have Kate Histon-Behrend back on the podcast. Kate joins us to share her insights around leading a team and setting up an exit strategy to step out of running her dance studio full-time and then eventually selling it.
Kate is a keynote Speaker, mindset & leadership coach for dance studios and dancers, dance adjudicator and now newly retired studio owner of 23 years.
We featured Kate's story on the podcast back in Ep.106 which you can listen to HERE
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What would your business be without your relationships?
Maybe this gives you a clue:
We refer clients to people we trust, first.
And for service businesses having a strong referral network is one of the best ways to keep clients flowing to you no matter what’s happening - whether that’s algorithm updates or increases in ad costs.
In this weeks LIVE, we’re talking about the wildly positive benefits of building relationships around your business with good old fashioned networking.
I also share a few tips on how you find people if you’re ready to get to work (this bit might surprise you!)
These LIVE conversations every week on Tuesday’s at 12pm AEST over on Instagram.
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Because we spend a lot of time online we’ve come to see content as the holy grail of marketing But when we overthink it we use energy, we don’t say what we need to say or we get stuck on the analytics. So how we shift from overthinking to producing?
In this recent LIVE Q&A, Ruby shares a simple exercise you can follow along with to help you understand why you're overthinking the process and some strategies to become consistent again.
These LIVE conversations every week on Tuesday’s at 12pm AEST over on Instagram.
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Taken from a recent LIVE conversation, Ruby shares some ways you can think about giving your content personality and energy without having to totally change yourself - by amplifying what's already interesting and unique about you.
I had a blast doing this, and we’ll be doing this every week on Tuesday’s at 12pm AEST over on Instagram - follow here @rubykmarsh to join us.
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Melissa Maulini is a sought-after Digital Marketer, Ad Strategist, Founder of Defined Media Co. and the Fractional CMO of The Darin Olien Show.
Her brand offers a team-oriented approach to marketing for start-up companies in the e-commerce, wellness, sustainability and tech space, where she creates tailored campaigns to support her clients’ needs.
In this conversation we talk about:
- Melissa's story and how she went from a completely different career in paediatrics to becoming wildly obsessed with social media marketing and now paid advertising
- The 3 things you need for a strong foundation in organic content before you leap into paid advertising
- What to expect with paid advertising in 2023
- When to start thinking about paid as a small business
- Building an email list through paid advertising
Check out Melissa's website here and Instagram here.
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In this LIVE we focus on simple strategies and mindset shifts you can try on to make ‘being visible’ a little easier.
I had a blast doing this, and we’ll be doing this every week on Tuesday’s at 12pm AEST.
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Following on from our last episode with Amy Bowe, today I have Emilia Cardillo back on the podcast to share her own journey of supercharging her personal and business brand over the last couple of years.
She’s the lawyer that makes legal stuff easy to understand so you feel confident in your business and where you’re headed.
This is a really fun conversation, not only do you get a behind the scenes look of Emilia’s world, but you also get to see how bringing in more of your personality to your work isn’t scary and can actually be a powerful asset to your business.
If you’re part of Creator Club, this is one of the key transformations we help service professionals with. It takes some time and a lot of courage but if you’re interested in building a unique business we believe it’s essential in the modern economy.
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Connect with Emilia here: https://cardillolaw.com.au/
Or Instagram HERE
Listen to more of Emilia's story from Ep.47 "Emilia Cardillo shares her experience of stepping out of the box as a lawyer" HERE
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Amy Bowe is the Creator of Warrior School. She offers 14 years of experience in coaching, nutrition, hormonal health, and training, helping 1000’s of women redefine themselves through coaching and training so they can live life on their OWN terms.
Amy believes that the relationship you have with yourself and your body is the most important relationship you’ll ever have.
In this conversation, we explore:
- The connection between Amy’s backstory and how Warrior School came to be
- Why parts of your backstory are key to a character-driven business
- How helping women become strong allows them to transform their life as a whole
- How she was thinking about personal brand before she understood character-building
- What you need to have in place before you start going deeper with character
- The role trends play in her work
- How world building allows her to create a unique service offering for a specific client
Connect with Amy and learn more about Warrior School here:
https://warriorschool.co/
https://www.instagram.com/amykatebowe/
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Want a simple, effective planning tool to set up your week? Tune into this episode as Ruby guides you through the CEO Hour framework so you feel clear, energised and organised.
CLICK HERE to download your free CEO Hour Planning Framework and set aside 45mins to get set up for the week ahead.
In this conversation, I bring back two friends and past guests to the show. Both women have grown multiple online businesses and creative collaborations between them, over the past 5-10 years.
Together Amy, Roberta and I, have a round table discussion as to how we're seeing online business right now - what's working for us personally and our clients, the challenges and opportunities including:
- What's surprising us when it comes to marketing in a post covid-era
- How the pace and type content is looking very different in 2023 (and why we're working with our energy more)
- Bringing back offline and in-person events, and why the authenticity of live events is important
- The power of building 1:1 relationships for your business and how it allows you to bring through more of your humaness
- Creative collaborations that energise you and make you feel alive
- Building quality, connected, niche communities through Substack and other email platforms
- Letting go of the 'Boss Babe' identity for more feminine energy
Enjoy!
You can connect with Amy Keller here: https://www.instagram.com/missamykeller/ or here: https://amykeller.podia.com/
And Roberta Vommaro here: https://www.instagram.com/roberta.vommaro/ or here: https://robertavommaro.com/
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Last last year we introduced this idea of 'character building' as a way of taking your personal brand and giving it steroids. Today, I'm sharing a little more of my personal journey with this concept of character building, what I've learned, what I've loved about the process and what's been challenging. You'll also learn about 3 different aspects of your character that you can explore yourself if you want to dive into this work.
Disclaimer: you might be able to hear my dog Luna trotting around at the start of this episode, sorry in advance!
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Swell Magazine is a local publication based on the east coast of Australia, and described as the perfect companion for your sunny Sunday morning.
The magazine is the creation of design duo (and sisters) and founders of Design Bug - a small but mighty team of designers, developers, copywriters and marketers started in 2009.
In this episode, I speak with Rebecca and Kristy about their business journey over the last 14 years including:
- The story of how Swell Magazine came to life
- The process of starting a magazine from scratch and getting that first issue off the ground
- Deciding to keep a local Newcastle theme and how they've been able to involve the creative scene in both story and production sides of the magazine
- How they market and get stockists for Swell, including what's been most effective (there's some gold in this!)
https://designbug.com.au/about/https://swellmag.com.au/https://www.instagram.com/swell.mag/
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Hannah Nieves is a multidisciplinary entrepreneur, creative visionary and voice of inspiration for many.
After a period of burnout, she took her skills and leapt out on her own, launching Hannah Nieves Consulting, a full-service consulting agency, HN Haus, a network and business education platform for multi-passionate women, and This Hudson Studio, a multifunctional creative studio in the Hudson Valley.
In this conversation we talk about:
- Innovating in transitional times and taking risks
- Running a multidimensional business, with a number of offerings
- Why this direction with her business allowed her to use her creativity and dive into investing
- The secret to managing multiple businesses and maintaining a consistent brand
- Adding a brick and mortar to the mix with This Hudson Studio
Website: www.hannahnieves.co Instagram: www.instagram.com/hannahmnieves Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/hannahmnieves/
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Recently, I put the question to my Instagram audience: 'What's your priority? is it to build a bigger audience or build a horde of raving fans?'
Today we go deep into the pros and cons of both and if a horde of raving fans is your goal, how you can do that.
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Roberta Vommaro is an international wellness specialist, executive coach and meditation teacher, with over 15 years of experience. Previously a lawyer in Rio and New York, Roberta understands the demands of the corporate world.
Roberta’s training background includes coaching modalities such as Humanology and Human Design, and she is also a certified Yoga & Meditation teacher, Breathwork facilitator and Ayurveda specialist.
After over a decade supporting thousands of individuals, she created The Magnetic Blueprint Method, a method designed for busy high-achievers who wish to experience wellbeing, cut through anxiety, burnout and other low energy states, while building self-worth, positive influence and wealth.
Website: https://robertavommaro.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/roberta.vommaro/
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Michael Clarke Architects is an ideas-focused architecture practice established by Michael Clarke in 2010. The practice uses a holistic approach to design through reiteratively testing ideas as they move from concept small scale urban studies right through to a 1:1 detail.
Michael also has experience in educating and developing architects, through the AIA NSW chapter; growUNSW, UTS and University of Sydney.
When Michael is not working, he likes to surf and spend time with his family.
In this episode we talk about how Michael started his practice and what he loves about the practice, the macro challenges and opportunities in 2023 for the design industry, and what sparks his creative process.
https://www.michaelclarkearchitects.com/
Another year down! Tune in to hear some of my personal and business reflections from 2022 - because let's face it, it's all connected.
Alexandra Hulme has been a creator, performer and artist since the beginning. Performing since the age of 3, her career has led her to work in both American and International films, on stage, and on TV.
Alexandra’s wide ranging talent and experience in front of and behind the camera has made her a sought after creative in the Entertainment Industry. She’s been known to wear many hats: producer, director, host, choreographer, actress, dancer, writer, editor, artist.
In this episode we talk about:
- What influenced her desire to to perform and create from such a young age?
- Finding your style as an actor
- Her favourite roles
- Preparing for a role & getting into character
- Authenticity is not a destination
Website: https://www.alexandrahulme.com/aboutInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexandra__hulme/
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In 2010, Mark and his wife Anna moved their four and one-year-old to Tanzania, where they lived on the southern slopes of Mt Kilimanjaro until 2013. After moving home, Mark and Anna founded a not-for-profit, Forever Projects.
Forever Projects helps the women of Tanzania break the cycle of poverty and create a self-sustaining future.
What we explore in this episode:
- Transitioning from teacher to founder of a charity
- Moving to Africa with a young family
- Marketing a charity in less conventional ways
- How Seth Godin's AltMBA (and becoming a coach) influenced their marketing
Website: foreverprojects.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/foreverprojects/
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Alison Shamir is an Imposter Syndrome Expert, Coach & Speaker, Media Contributor and former Technology Leader. Through her work, Alison empowers global audiences with the knowledge, tools and methods grounded in science they need to overcome Imposter Syndrome, build unshakeable Confidence and achieve the success they desire & deserve.
In this conversation we cover:
- Alison's story of transitioning out of corporate into her own coaching business
- Recognising imposter syndrome and her own moment early in business
- When is it time to seek help and what sort of help is available
- Not taking yourself too seriously in life and business
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Anyone you look up to in your industry that “stands out” is/or has been unreasonable at some point in time. Anyone is at the forefront of innovation, has unreasonable ideas. If we want to make an impact in any kind, we’ll likely have to do unreasonable things.
In this episode, Ruby shares four examples of where you can be unreasonable in your business without turning into a diva (or maybe you do, and that's ok).
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At the time of recording this, John and I have launched 3 podcasts in the last 3.5 years and collectively recorded over 350 episodes and counting. We've learned a lot of lessons and can confidently say WHY podcasting is an incredible medium to grow your business.
In this episode, Ruby shares why starting a podcasting will benefit your business over time:
- Create a way for fans to become more immersed in your world and how you use a podcast to do that
- Direct and indirectly listeners to additional content and services
- Rapidly increase your confidence in business and sharing your message
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Over the last year I've been thinking my personal brand like designing a character inside our business world. In this episode, I'm sharing my learnings from applying the theory of character design to my role inside Creator Club and marketing my personal brand.
Part Two will be an update of this work dropping later in the year!
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Joanna Andreae is the founder of The Victory Practice, a teacher, fire-starter, treasure revealer, and energy hunter. She believes that your life can be a living victory if you know where to look and how to train.
She works with people all over the world to remind them of their limitless potential and ignite the radiant power within that they have forgotten through 1:1 coaching, speaking and her practice community on Patreon.
http://thevictorypractice.com/
https://www.instagram.com/thevictorypractice/
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Georgie Hubbard is the Co-Founder of Sisterhood Club and CH Talent Solutions.
Arriving in Australia 10 years ago with nothing but a rucksack, she knows what it feels like to have a dream and how important it is to have the courage to take the first step.
A decade on, she's built life of her dreams, a 7 figure IT recruitment company and now through Sisterhood Club elevating other females to pursue their purpose in life.
W: https://www.sisterhoodclub.io/
T: https://twitter.com/Sisterhoodclub_
I: https://www.instagram.com/georgielhubbard/
Community discord https://discord.gg/GGz8qVFu
In this episode, Ruby is sharing her thoughts after the backlash about the recent changes to Instagram - how you can go from feeling frustrated about your content to a place of possibility and excitement.
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In this episode, my recent guest Ashley Izsak flips the script and interviews me! This was a fun, unscripted conversation where I took Ashley behind the scenes of the last decade and how I went from Architect to running a coaching business with my husband John.
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Today's guest is Amy Keller, creator of Mega Magnetic Storytelling, creative director, strategist and mentor.
For over 20 years, Amy Keller has worked worked on both the consumer and corporate side of sales and digital communications in the Fashion and Beauty industries.
During her time in New York City, she worked in Digital Strategy including, Public Relations and Influencer Relationship Development and Management for American heritage brands such as, Ralph Lauren, New Balance and L'Oreal, to name a few.
Today, Amy’s work centres around helping creators, storytellers, & brand builders to generate clarity and confidence in their voice, vision and execution. She blends strategy with 5-D Business Teachings, Kundalini Yoga & Mantra, Positive Psychology and Holistic Healing Modalities.
https://www.amykeller.co/ https://www.instagram.com/missamykeller/
In this episode, Ruby shares a strategy that will bring depth to your content and connect you with your dream clients more easily.
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Bella Cauchi is the co-founder of Honest Paper. She and her business partner Gabi Graham, founded the Specialty Stationery store in 2016 on a total whim, when they were 22 and 25.
Together they have a busy stationery store in the heart of Newcastle, a thriving online stationery store and are now busy building their very own stationery brand which is available in boutiques across Australia.
Bella is a wife and also a mum to two girls and has been attempting to balance business and motherhood for 6 years! She is passionate about women in business and finding a great balance for life and ambitions.
Website: honestpaper.com.au Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/honestpaper/
Ashley Izsak is the founder of Ash Izsak Studio in Ottawa, Canada. Ashley is known for her aesthetic and design vision as well as her meticulous attention to detail and the ease at which she walks her clients through major brand, website and style transformations.
Ashley founded her design business as the culmination of her passions for business, elevated visual experiences and styling anything and everything. In addition to her degree in Business, Ashley is deeply rooted in storytelling and shares her ever evolving brand on Instagram at @ashleyizsak.
To connect with Ashley, you can follow her on Instagram @ashleyizsak, read her substack at ashleyizsak.stubstack.com or see her portfolio at www.ashizsakstudio.com
LIVE from the recent Newcastle Babes in Business seminar speaking about the connection between your vision, sales and money. Enjoy!
Nikki Nash is a Hay House author, marketing genius, and creator of the Genius Profit Lab, an online course on a mission to equip entrepreneurs with the tools and resources they need to share and profit from their message.
Known for empowering people to quit making excuses and start going after their dreams, Nikki uses her extensive marketing, business, and personal development background to help people build strong personal and professional relationships, position themselves as the go-to expert in their industry, multiply their sales, and grow their business through strategic storytelling.
Instagram: @nikkinashofficial Facebook: @nikkinashofficial Website: nikkinash.co
3 strategies you can practice to help you fall in love with sales, make sales more easily and enjoy the process of speaking with new clients.
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In this episode I speak to One by One - a creative studio born from a shared passion for empowering people and businesses to strive for conscious, positive, and intentional impact in the lives they live and the work they do.
Through considered visual identity and strategic brand storytelling, their mission is to help you connect with your audience, attract loyal customers and drive business growth for a sustainable future.
https://www.onebyonecreative.com.au/ https://www.instagram.com/onebyonecreative/
About five years ago, a beautiful friend gave me some feedback that I was elevating others work too much.
When we regularly put other people on a pedestal, it becomes an unconscious habit that leads to scarcity, distraction and limiting ourselves when we design offers or create content.
This episode is a reminder that you’re safe to “blow your own damn mind”.
You’re safe to go bigger.
You’re safe to be acknowledged for your greatness.
Let's go do this!
Celebrity trainer, Joie Lee was raised on the beautiful island of Maui and began training in Kundalini Yoga, dance, and music at an early age.
After over a decade of working with some of the top names in boutique fitness in NYC, and Los Angeles, she grew disenchanted with the superficially of the industry. After the birth of her second son in 2021, she launched the Manifestation Workout.
Joie draws on her spiritual upbringing to empower her clients to become deeply mindful of their bodies and how they relate to the world, thereby creating long-lasting, and definitive change, physically, mentally and emotionally.
In this episode we talk about Joie's upbringing, how she manifested a move across country to LA, how she created her current offer, the radiant body and much more.
W: joiefullee.com I: @livejoiefullee
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One of the things I often here from clients - whether they be creatives or in the coaching industry, is they want to feel more comfortable speaking in public. With social media being a primary marketing tool, it’s common for people to start here and build confidence on a platform first.
Instagram reels or TikTok are a fun place to explore with shorter content, but what happens when you want to do more longer form content like a video podcast, YouTube or Lives?
In this episode, we dive into the "4 P's" to help you become more magnetic on camera (or any speaking gig for that matter).
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Darshana Parekh is on a mission to help people have courageous conversations and drive equitable changes in workplace around diversity, equity and inclusion. She is also a lawyer, worked as Legal Counsel in a corporate environment, speaker, fashionista and chai lover.
In this powerful conversation, Darshana and I talk about:
- Building your personal brand while working in a corporate environment
- How to be professional and authentic across different social media
- Talking about wider issues beyond your immediate area of expertise
- And what it takes to have a courageous conversation in the workplace
Connect with Darshana on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darshana_is_dash/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darshana-parekh/
Website: https://darshana.com.au/
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In this five part series called 'Turning Pro', Ruby shares the mindset shifts & strategies to help you view your business through the lens of a pro. We talk about new ways to look at your marketing to your money to make growing your business exciting.
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In this five part series called 'Turning Pro', Ruby shares the mindset shifts & strategies to help you view your business through the lens of a pro. We talk about new ways to look at your marketing to your money to make growing your business exciting.
Want to be part of the best business coaching membership for creatives? so you can be as confident in business as you are in your craft? Find out more at creatorclub.link
In this five part series called 'Turning Pro', Ruby shares the mindset shifts to help you view your business through the lens of a pro. We talk about new ways to look at your marketing to your money to make growing your business exciting.
Want to be part of the best business coaching membership for creatives? so you can be as confident in business as you are in your craft? Find out more at creatorclub.link
In this five part series called 'Turning Pro', Ruby shares the mindset shifts to help you view your business through the lens of a pro. We talk about new ways to look at your marketing to your money to make growing your business exciting.
Want to be part of the best business coaching membership for creatives? so you can be as confident in business as you are in your craft? Find out more at creatorclub.link
At 19 years old, Kate Histon moved to Byron Bay Australia and opened her own ballet/dance school Byron Dance Dynamics. Over twenty years later, she still owns the school, and has added mentoring and a dance wear line to her business experience.
Through years of dedication from such a young age, Kate is uniquely placed to appreciate the demands of both the creative life and the business world.
Our conversation is centred around the determination and unwavering commitment Kate needed to have to pursue excellence in both business and life. A journey that was not without it's challenging moments.
www.elevatedynamics.com.au
@kate_histon @elevatedynamics @byrondancedynamics @byronbaydancewear
As partners in business and life, Luke and Cindra have combined their life experiences (from divorce to anxiety and addiction) with their passion for people, and training in NLP and TimeLine TherapyTM, to help you transform your relationship with yourself first and then with your partner.
In this conversation we talk about how they came to this work, what it's like working with your partner and the challenges with that, practicing what you preach as a coach, working with vulnerability and how we can invite more creativity into our work.
Luke and Cindra are hosts of the popular "The Relationship Show" podcast.
To learn more about their 1:1 and group programs at conscious-couples.com
Connect with Cindra: @cindrabanks or Luke: @lukeskewes on Instagram.
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Emma Winch or better known as Morris Bear Designs, helps female entrepreneurs use their website to book more clients, raise their rates & sell out their services – all without being attached to their phone 24/7!
https://www.instagram.com/morrisbear/ www.morrisbear.com
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In this episode, Ruby dives into three less conventional ways to think about your marketing as a coach or creative. If you're feeling a little lost in the sea of “how to’s” these ideas will provide some fresh energy and take the pressure off having to do things by the book.
Want to be part of the best business coaching membership for creatives who want to be as confident in business as they are in their craft? Find out more at creatorclub.link
Amy Keller was raised in Cape Cod, MA and spent her summers working on Nantucket Island while completing painting and color theory classes at the local art college.
She left New England after attending The Massachusetts College of Art in Boston and pursued a career as an assistant fashion editor in Los Angeles. She worked closely with top editors and photographers for British Vogue, GQ Magazine, Harper's Bazaar, Paris Vogue and Vogue Hommes.
She then achieved a high degree of success as a stylist in the advertising and commercial worlds, booking campaigns for major retail brands that include Adidas, Isabel Marant, J.Crew, Levi's and Nike.
Amy is also a creative consultant for designers and artists. She has love for the simplicity of everyday life and an intuitive knack for mixing the high and the low, allows her an openness in navigating the specific creative needs of clients.
http://www.amykellerconsultant.com/styling
https://www.instagram.com/amykelleroriginal/
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This episode is taken from a recent IG LIVE in which Ruby share's some of the places where you could use boundaries in order to take your business to the next level.
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Shea Smith is a speaker and mentor helping accidental leaders own their authority in their impact driven business.
From producing network television to leading a team of clean living consultants, she has led over a hundred people most of which never set out with the intention of leading others.
For someone who has dabbled in network marketing and has a passion for direct sales, I was really keen to get into some of the sticky questions and dispelling myths around this industry - that Shea had no hesitation in answering. In fact, this leads us into a really interesting conversation about becoming an accidental leader to finding your natural leadership style once you embrace the title.
Connect with Shea: https://www.instagram.com/thesheasmith/
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In this episode, Ruby share's why working on your money story will directly reflect how you sell and price your services as a creative. She offers three tools to help you get started if these two things are something you know would take your business to the next level.
For more money conversations, you can also tune into Ep.81 and 82 which are deeper conversations on pricing.
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Molly Ho is a digital product and course coach, strategist, designer, and educator. She helps her clients and customers from beginning to end - from validating your product idea to knowing how to market and sell it. She has a podcast called Keep Getting Better and a digital product membership called Keep Getting Paid.
In this episode we talk about:
- What’s the biggest thing Molly learned from selling over 1500 digital products and counting
- The allure of digital products (passive income, making money while you sleep) and the reality
- At what stage in business does Molly suggest someone add a digital product to their offering?
- The basics of selling digital products - including what falls under the umbrella of digital products, where we can sell them and what some of your first steps should be
- How to stand out in a crowded market
Website: https://mollyhostudio.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/mollyhostudio/ Freebie: https://mollyho.kartra.com/page/digital-product-ideas
**Note: In this episode Molly mentions her membership "Keep Getting Paid" however, since recording this Molly has decided to close the membership. Follow Molly over at Instagram to learn more about how you can work with her now.
Adrienne Donnelly started her business when she saw a need for all round support for small business owners.
Word spread fast and soon after, Adrienne was able to quit her ‘day job’ in Human Resources/Operation Management to pursue a full-time career as a Virtual Personal Assistant.
Adrienne has a team of specialist that work with her on projects including virtual assistants, graphic designers, photographers, videographers, copy writers, website developers and editors.
This is a fabulous episode if you're thinking about getting support for your small business, but have no idea where to get started - especially if you're looking for a virtual option.
https://www.adriennedonnelly.com.au/
https://www.instagram.com/organisedbyadrienne/
If you’re someone that’s ever been worried about the judgement you might face by pivoting your career or business, then you’re going to love today’s guest.
Nicole Joy focuses on helping women in service led business shine through her photography and personal brand mentoring. Through her work, Nicole supports you to become camera confident, ditch self-doubt, have a sound content strategy for your business.
What I love about Nicole’s approach to helping women is how real she keeps it when it comes to blending life and business. She’s not one to get sucked into trends or hype and certainly doesn’t want anyone looking back in regret because they never had a go.
https://nicolejoyinspire.com/ https://www.instagram.com/nicolejoyinspire/
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My guest this week is Katie Holohan, an embodied women's mentor and women + children's health practitioner.
Katie has trained as a Naturopath, Clinical Nutritionist, Herbalist, NLP + Emotional Freedom Techniques Practitioner and Reiki Therapist.
Through her work, she helps women to be their most empowered, self-assured and optimally-well self. She does this through her programs Being Woman and Becoming Mother.
In this episode, Katie shares that journey from a challenging decision to not continue with one career, to totally rethinking your business model as a Naturopath. At the heart of this conversation, Katie shares how nurturing your feminine essence will support your creativity, and building a nervous system that can deal with sharing your creativity with the world - which often comes with self-doubt and fear of judgement.
https://www.katieholohan.com/
https://www.instagram.com/katieholohannaturopathy
Amy Bowe is the creator of WARRIOR SCHOOL and a proud member of the Creator Club community.
Warrior School is the FIRST of it’s kind to bring training and the menstrual cycle together in this way. It’s an online coaching program and community to help you get strong and gain confidence by learning how to train with your body.
In this mini episode we talk about one of the key way's Amy has built her school, podcast and curriculum using collaboration.
Connect with Amy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amykatebowe Or https://warriorschool.carrd.co/
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Rachael Mueller is a master implementer who helps you banish the overwhelm and mess, streamline your systems and fully step into your role as CEO.
She helps entrepreneurs with integrating automation systems like Dubsado and Honeybook, systems audits, brainstorming and strategic planning via monthly support meetings.
In this conversation, Rachael and I dive into:
- The unusual path she took to starting her current business - which was almost by accident
- Where she starts first with an overwhelmed business-owner who can’t seem to get on top of their admin
- When to start automating your client on-boarding process and a couple of tools to help you do that
- Specific ways that a CRM (client relationship management) software will help creatives and coaches out there
Connect with Rachel here:
https://www.heyrachael.com/
https://www.instagram.com/hey.rachael
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In kundalini yoga, there are a wealth of teachings on the concept of “prosperity”.
I decided to invite Mary Margaret Skelly back on the show to go deeper on this profound concept.
In this conversation we explore the shifts that have happened between 2020 - 2021 personally and in her work, what prosperity means to her and what the practice involves, how important it is to build a strong nervous system to support you when success comes your way and what it looks like to help her clients achieve fulfilment in their work.
If you want to learn more about Mary Margaret’s background and her work, I suggest you listen to our last conversation - episode 60 which aired in Sep 2020.
Before we dive into this episode, I wish to mention that this was recorded in mid-July and sadly, 2 weeks later our teacher Guru Jagat passed away from complications post surgery. It was sudden, and while she left a void, she has only deepened our love for this work, and the creative mark she left on this world is only inspiring others to “keep up” and do the same.
It was with Mary Margaret’s permission that I’m sharing this episode with you in honour of someone we both cared about and respected deeply.
https://www.marymargaretskelly.com/ https://www.instagram.com/marymargaretskelly
Kate Kohler is a stylist and personal brand strategist who translates the essence of who you truly are and guides you to create an authentic and powerful personal brand.
Kate Kohler’s expertise in styling and powerful eye for identifying personal strengths makes her the go-to for creating a recognisable personal brand. From everyday styling to styling key pieces for a last minute European vacation or honeymoon. She’s styled everyone from football stars to radio personalities to the mother of the bride.
In this conversation, you’ll learn:
- About Kate’s journey - from her childhood days (this bit might surprise you) to the early days of her business
- What it took to get her start as a stylist and she wants to make sure that women feel both inspired and realistic
- We go on to discuss Kate’s approach to styling - how she’s able to make anyone feel amazing
- Finally we dive into some tips for small business owners that want to their appearance to match their brand & what makes a successful photoshoot.
https://www.instagram.com/_katekohler/ https://katekohler.com.au/
After liberating herself from the shackles of a senior exec job, Zoe Mac has spent the past three years-plus travelling full-time, gaining insights into true freedom and upgrading her spiritual toolkit with every loop of the world.
Through her channelled light language transmissions and quantum coaching practice, Zoe assists her clients to bypass their limiting blocks and beliefs, to help them open and fully utilise their spiritual gifts.
Zoe is dedicated to unleashing the potential she sees in every willing human she meets, as well as bringing together the lightworker community for co-creation through her Facebook group, The Healers Colab.
I know you’re going to love today’s conversation as we traverse everything from what it’s like to pursue freedom, loneliness, to fostering an online and offline community for your life and business when you have no fixed address, and finally a lesson on what manifesting is!
www.instagram.com/ZoeMacEnergy www.facebook.com/groups/thehealerscolab
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So what can we do when we’re feeling disconnected from our business goals, avoiding taking action, fearful or like everything’s too hard???
Yes, surrender is the answer - and ain’t no shame in it.
In business, this is often how you come back into alignment, refine and create something that really serves your dream clients most powerfully.
In this 10min clip, I share 4 ways you can approach this feeling and move yourself from resistance to surrender and take action from a calm, centred place.
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Natasha Samuel is the host of The Shine Online Podcast and an Instagram Strategist that helps small businesses shine online. Through intensive strategy days, digital resources and education, Natasha helps you build your brand on the ‘Gram with a video strategy that is fulfilling and fun without the overwhelm.
If you’ve been wondering “should I do reels” this woman is the capital Q - Queen when it comes to reels.
In this episode we talk about:
- How she turned an obsession into a viable business
- Honing her teaching skills to make content that’s easy to digest and implement for her audience
- The why and the magic of Instagram reels
- And how you can grow your account organically with great engagement
I know that even the most reluctant video friends out there are going to love this super fun episode. Natasha is engaging, smart and her generosity shows she really wants you to win!
https://shinewithnatasha.com/ https://www.instagram.com/shinewithnatasha/
Today we are celebrating another female author on the show and now two time guest - Shinobu Hindert.
Shinobu is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional, money expert, and creator of Empowered Planning, LLC.
Her book - “Investing is Your Superpower” goes on sale this week on Amazon, and it offers a proven step-by-step process for building wealth and confidently making investment decisions. Her goal is to simplify the complex world of investing and empower women everywhere to reach financial freedom.
In this conversation we talk about the current economic situation in the west and how that is rapidly changing the work choices for women, how you can begin to feel more financially empowered and simple ways that small business owners can think about investing especially when things can be unpredictable.
Purchase your copy of Investing is Your Superpower here: https://amzn.to/3y3pDVQ and the Kindle version is is only 99c for the first week of the launch.
https://www.empoweredplanning.com/ https://www.instagram.com/empowered_planning
In this solo episode, Ruby shares how her business has evolved since starting out coaching 3 years ago and answers all your questions about the new way to work together through the Creator Club small business coaching membership. She answers questions like:
- Who is the program for? Do I need to be at a certain stage in business?
- What is the program for?
- Being a membership is there a minimum time-frame I have to join?
- What does a month in the Creator Club look like?
- How do the group calls work?
- Whats the big takeaways I’ll get?
Applications close 7th May for this first round of the Creator Club and you can apply by clicking here
Sophie Brenton stared SB Business Services in 2018, after 15+ years in executive management. She tells me it was the craziest thing I've ever done. Since then, she's proud to say she has around 85% creative business owners on her books!
In this episode, we talk about:
- The reality of small business vs. why we originally started and why she focuses on helping you regain work-life balance
- What simple things small business owners can do to feel less stressed and more organised
- When to implement automation and software into the back end
IG: @sb_business_services W: www.sbbusinessservices.com
Grab Sophie's "A No Nonsense Guide to Work Life Balance" via her website.
--> FIND OUT MORE about the CREATOR CLUB business coaching membership by clicking HERE. Applications open until 6th May 2021 and we commence 10th May 2021.
Liz McVoy is a Marketing Consultant who helps entrepreneurs elevate their brand and connect with their audience through video storytelling, brand strategy, and magnetic marketing content.
Over the last decade, Liz has worked with multi-billion dollar tech companies, boutique brands, and entrepreneurs to focus their creative direction, stand out as the expert, and create marketing content that converts.
In a rush of courage, and the height of the craziness of 2020 - while pregnant with her second baby, she officially launched her creative agency which is now her full-time gig.
For more marketing tips, inspiration and resources, sign up for her newsletter at www.lizmcvoy.com and follow her on Instagram @lizmcvoycreative.
--> FIND OUT MORE about the CREATOR CLUB business coaching membership by clicking HERE. Applications open until 7th May 2021 and we commence 10th May 2021.
In today’s episode, we round out this two part conversation on pricing.
We talk about what a value ladder is, positioning your pricing - relative to the market and your clients, allowing for a profit margin and alternatives to hourly rates and fixed pricing.
While these mini episodes are intended to be simple and not throw a thousand ideas at you - at a minimum I do hope you pencil in a regular date to review your pricing.
Got questions? Drop me a DM on Instagram @rubykmarsh and let's help you price with confidence.
Today’s episode is taken from a short but powerful 10min IGTV on pricing. Pricing is one of the top 3 things small business owners have questions about when we they enquire about coaching.
At least once a year we want to sit down and evaluate our pricing to ensure it's a reflection of the type of business we’re building and the value we’re creating. This video isn’t about how to be the most expensive, but it is about being profitable and you may or may not choose to raise your prices after tuning in.
If you enjoy this episode make sure you hit me up in the DM’s on Instagram @rubykmarsh or head to rubymarsh.com to learn about 1:1 coaching if you have specific questions about pricing and your business.
Grab your notebook and let’s get into the conversation!
Ché Elizaga Castro is an award-winning Brand Story Strategist + Copywriter for impact-driven brands, and an in-demand speaker flipping the business script with a more human approach to marketing. Ché founded Come Alive Co to help industry disruptors elevate their presence and stand apart through the connecting power of Brand Story.
In this episode we talk about:
- Che's career story and why she left to start her own business despite being at the top of her industry
- The highlights and the lowlights of small business
- Going from designing campaigns for the likes of Toyota to GoDaddy, to realising her passion was in small business
- What is your "brand story"?
- Why is it your most important piece of marketing?
- Why do you think many entrepreneurs fear writing copy so much?
- How can we learn to “practice” copy and overcome the fear?
Instagram and TikTok: @comealive.co Free Brand Story resource: comealive.co/email
The word “community” and building a community has become a buzzword in marketing in the last 10 years - most likely due to the rise of social media, blogging, gaming and discussion platforms like reddit.
So why is community something that we are both craving for our mental wellbeing, and interested in as a marketing strategy for small business?
Why is building a community or being part of community, help you build authority and reputation as a small business?
In this episode, Ruby answers both these questions for small business owners who have been thinking about their own "community" in 2021.
We also explore community building with other small business owners, in these great episodes:
Ep. 30 - Building Community & Wellness-based Business with Renee Wilkinson
Ep. 33 - Collaboration, Community and Mum-life with Sara Spence
Ep. 48 - Melissa Histon believes all women can make a difference
Ep. 51 - Grace Blacksea on Banishing Burnout and Becoming a Master of Time
Ep. 54 - Alisha Ochoa Tell us Why Building Community is Essential for Small Business
To access more great resources around building your small business head to rubymarsh.com
Chaili Trentham designs developmental conversations for authentic leaders across multiple organizational industries. After several years of developing leader training programs in higher education, she began collaborating as a consultant for companies passionate about employee experience, while teaching leadership studies to undergraduates in the university classroom.
Chaili is Founder of Coffee on Leadership, a team of Organisational Development consultants coaching leaders in developmental strategy for more authentic impact in their organisational roles. She also hosts a podcast of the same name.
In this conversation we talk about some of the core challenges new leaders face including learning about your leadership style, designing your core values as a business, boundaries, delegation vs. enrolment and so much more.
IG: https://www.instagram.com/chaili and https://www.instagram.com/coffeeonleadership W: https://www.coffeeonleadership.com/
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Ruby and John Marsh have an honest conversation about the role of social media in business and in life. We talk about how social media can unconsciously affect our business growth and how you can start to look beyond social media in your marketing.
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Tara Lee Bagnall is the founder of Ohm Wellness is a Yoga and Mediation facilitator, passionate about helping people in community and corporate settings, to transform their lives to one of more joy and fulfilment. She is the creator of online program '40 Days with Tara’
Tara uses simple yet powerful methods, like Yoga, Meditation, Energy Medicine and Mindset Awareness to transform her own life - from one of Severe Bipolar Disorder and Heart Disease at just 31 years of age - to now living her life by design, in which she is thriving and now guiding others on their own path.
In this episode, Tara and I talk about the importance of prioritising yourself and simple ways to do that even when it feels impossible, how she came to be a yoga teacher and now author, yoga teachings that transfer into business and how we can manage stress as small business owners.
https://www.instagram.com/taralbagnall/ https://www.ohmwellness.com.au/
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Today's guest is Laura Higgins - founder of marketing consultancy Lala Social Club.
As the founder, Laura’s role is consulting with clients, putting together strategies and helping everyone get really good at marketing. (Plus also managing to market her own business while she's at it)
She works with small business owners who want to cut through the noise. She is here to give you practical, proven strategies to take you from confused to confident. Oh, and she believes marketing should be fun! When she's not at work, you’ll find her watching Gilmore Girls reruns, sipping a champagne, chasing the sun at the beach and hanging out with her (super cute) nieces and nephews.
Lala Social Club recently launched their podcast too - it’s called My Business Playbook - fun!
Hang out with Laura:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lalasocialclub.co
Website: https://lalasocialclub.co/
Podcast: My Business Playbook
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Jen Wright is a self-published author whose first love is helping young women develop their skill of oral storytelling and writing their personal story.
Jen's new book is called RedeemHer Heart and is a personal memoir. This book is her first major creative endeavour on this scale, but like anything Jen puts her mind to it's a starting point.
Throughout 2020 she rose to the occasion, despite having 7 children at home (and homeschooling them) this episode celebrates the launch of the book this month.
You can also hear Jen on Episode 3 of the True To You podcast where we went deeper into Jen's story and her previous business Let Light In You.
www.redeemherheart.com
https://www.instagram.com/redeemher.heart/
My guest today is Sue Atkinson, a local Newcastle artist who started the journey of selling her art commercially in her mid-life. We talk about how she expressed her creativity as a child, growing a business in 2020, the challenges of being seen as an artist and selling your work, social media and the inspiration behind what she chooses to paint.
Episode Notes Stephanie Heath is a coach, mentor and big sister. Her intention is to help you attain six-figure job offers and a killer internal smile through her business Soul Work and Six-Figures.
During her time in corporate America she was involved in the hiring of 100's employees for JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, and Credit Suisse. She negotiated the salaries of C-Suite Executives ranging from $350,000 a year to interns making $10 an hour.
All this aside, what I think you’ll enjoy about today’s episode is Stephanie’s honest account of her experience, how she got through some really rocky patches in her career where she experienced social anxiety and imposter syndrome, to come out the other side and be proudly doing her own soul-aligned work.
Stephanie's links:
Free Linkedin Workshop: www.soulworkandselfies.com/2020 Stephanie's signature program: https://www.soulworkandselfies.com/catalyst Book targeted one hour sessions:https://calendly.com/soulworkandsixfigures/power-hour-session Or https://www.instagram.com/careercoachsteph
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Episode Notes My guest today has over 25 years of leadership experience in a variety of National and Global Executive roles across a range of industry sectors. From business ownership, executive leadership, change management, culture creation, brand, product & all facets of marketing, she has demonstrated creativity, innovation & entrepreneurial ability in all of her career appointments to date.
Today, we get raw and real about Michelle’s business & creative journey of the last 18months since leaving the day to day of corporate life.
You see, Michelle Cox is passionate about living an unconventional life and helping others to live a life that's right for them. This curiosity lead Michelle to write a book series and launch a podcast show under the same name - The Wabi Sabi Series.
Her books are short & impactful, centred around topics we don't often talk about. While her podcast centres around asking guests just one question - "If there was one thing you wish society would talk more about, what would it be and why?"
Important links:
Michelle's books are available here: https://wabisabiseries.com/
Listen to her podcast Wabi Sabi Series on your favourite app and keep up to date with the latest guests at https://www.instagram.com/thewabisabiseries/
Michelle's candles are available at: https://www.knoxcoxcandleco.com/
And her new venture: https://www.instagram.com/atelier9_avalon/
Episode Notes For today’s episode, I thought I’d dig into the archives and share with the podcast community some of the work that we’ve been doing inside the Create(her) Club. It’s only fair you get taste for what it’s like to be part of this magical group.
A big part of this 3 months spent together, was about giving our goals structure, get ourselves off the starting line and hopefully ticking one or two off goals the list.
And faaaaaaaaar out did these women go for it.
On the first call - a goal setting call, I took the women through an exercise called Creating Your Success Container which I'm sharing with you today.
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Episode Notes My guest today is Victoria Lovisa Lawyer turned women’s health + wellness coach. Victoria specialises in help women in the early years of motherhood who feel disconnected and depleted become engaged with a new life story. _ _
For her it starts with providing inspiration, education and practical, simple tools through delivered via social media, holistic health + lifestyle programs, to facilitate a journey of flipping old scripts to live a life of vitality.
Themes we cover in this conversation:
- Authenticity and sharing openly about your story especially since becoming
- Her journey from law to motherhood and now health and wellness coach for women
- The identity shifts internally and externally from career woman to motherhood
- Dealing with the generational changes from our Grandmothers era to our generation, having a career and being a mother at the same time
- Legacy and discovering what your legacy is
- Being a multi-passionate business owner
https://www.victorialovisa.com/ https://www.instagram.com/victorialovisa_
Episode Notes In this solo episode, Ruby shares three strategies to help you feel more freedom while creating content online & social media without the pressure and emotion that often stops us from being consistent.
Books referenced in this episode: Steal Like and Artist and Show Your Work by Austin Kleon
Mentioned in this episode was my conversation with Odette Barry in Ep.65 where we spoke about storytelling
Today's episode focuses on how you can be more magnetic online and offline, and what effect that has on attracting our dream clients or customers.
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Ash is a former therapist and a serial entrepreneur turned mentor & productivity coach who helps female entrepreneurs increase their profit + productivity. Her mission is teaching women with big dreams how to crush their goals without missing out on the moments that matter most in life.
Through her own experience as an ambitious & driven mama of three babes under the age of 6, she has found the secret sauce to having it all!
She believes in the power of maximising your mindset through therapeutic techniques that actually create change, optimising your health to activate your best, most energetic life, and enhancing time management skills for business freedom.
https://www.ashmcdonaldmentoring.com/ https://www.instagram.com/ashmcdonald/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/thepolishedsisterhood
Today’s guest - Odette Barry is one of those women, she’s the founder of her own PR company Odette and Co as well as the 9-week mentoring program Hack Your Own PR and podcast of the same name. She’s witty, intelligent and extremely generous with her advice on how to become a better storyteller which will lead you to better promotion and PR opportunities.
This episode is essential for small businesses, mostly because Odette demystifies the assumptions we likely make about PR and breaks it down into a way that we can start taking action today.
Check out Hack Your Own PR podcast HERE or Odette & Co website HERE Odette also mentioned she is the Editor of Channel Void (formally known as Future Dreamers as referred to in the episode) which you can find out more about HERE
My guest today is Joanne Wetzel - a Certified Life Coach, YouTube Content Creator, and Podcaster with more than eight years of experience mentoring, coaching, and empowering women in business.
Through her company, Joanne Wetzel Coaching, she specialises in coaching women on how to develop their personal skills to show up more empowered and inspired in their businesses.
She truly believes that when we learn how to challenge and evolve our personal growth, it makes a monumental difference in the health and impact of our businesses.
Connect with Joanne at: www.joannewetzelcoaching.com OR https://www.instagram.com/joannewetzelcoaching
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In this episode I am joined by the delightful Maya Oren - Visual Director and Founder of mojalvo.
Maya specialises in helping brands in hospitality, fashion and wellness spaces. She creates photography and video content, visual brand strategies and seeks to understand the culture of a brand to harness and evoke a certain "energetic identity".
She openly “moonlights” as a wellness enthusiast, leading free movement sessions, and practicing meditation, and kundalini yoga. I thoroughly recommend jumping on Maya’s instagram for inspiration!
This episode is a free flowing conversation which explores everything from Maya’s early blogging to the nuances of your personal creative process, the work challenges of 2020 and her beliefs around creativity and the future.
I’m so grateful for Maya in sharing so openly and honestly and helping to bring thought-provoking conversations to the True to You podcast.
https://www.instagram.com/mojalvo http://www.mojalvo.com/
This episode was inspired by a 7 day yoga training Ruby completed in September 2020, and specifically the principles apply to small business owners and career.
- Managing information & inputs
- Building legacy
- Having a sense of urgency
- Success is in relationship
- The value of teaching for service based-businesses
Mentioned in this episode:
True to You podcast Ep. 60 - Mary Margaret Skelly on creating a conscious work environment where women
Gary Vee "$1.80 Strategy"
This week-long training was completed online via RA MA Institute in Venice, California
Katie Saffert is the creator of Hatched Collective, a consulting firm for entrepreneurs who are ready to build their community and grow their business.
She's a natural leader and a visionary, yet incredibly down to earth and practical that all this business stuff is happening while juggling motherhood.
This is an important episode for the small business owner who feels like their vision has been thrown off course a few times this year and wants to learn some practical tools to ensure your dreams don’t die inside you.
At the end of the episode, Katie mentions her new offering The Business Church which opens at the end of September 2020. You can jump over to instagram and follow Hatched Collective to find out more when spots open up.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hatchedcollective/ Website: https://www.hatchedcollective.co/
Mary Margaret Skelly believes a woman’s overwhelm and job satisfaction can be remedied by reconnecting to our essence, forgetting much of what we've learned about what a successful life looks like, and staying true to ourselves. The traditional, one-dimensional path simply does not work for most of us.
Having advised hundreds of business leaders through her work as an executive search consultant on Wall Street, in Silicon Valley, and for companies of all sizes across industries around the world. As the co-founder and former co-CEO of a sustainable fashion business, Weve, I also understand the unique challenges facing entrepreneurs. Her message is about consciousness and the freedom to choose a career path that allows for more creativity and more genius - whether that be in corporate or small business environment.
Website: https://www.marymargaretskelly.com/workwithme Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marymargaretskelly/
In our conversation we speak about Guru Jagat and Kundalini Yoga which you can find out more about here: https://rama-tv.com/
My guest today is a friend and inspiration when it comes to design collaborations. She is the founder of Altrd Studio - the place where you bring an idea, and we breathe it to life.
Jess Wells began her design career many years ago working for Lisa Messenger at the much adored Collective Hub magazine. After moving onto Aussie favourites, Seafolly and Miléa, she took a chance job offer that saw her relocate to Los Angeles to pursue her career within the fashion industry.
Since returning home to Australia, Jess has steadily built her client base and portfolio to focus on bigger projects and clients whose values mirror her own.
Having experienced the dark and wasteful side of the fashion industry first-hand, Jess has committed her future to collaborating only with clients whose hearts and back pockets are “in the right place”.
This episode we drop the formalities and this one is much like a conversation between girlfriends. We dive into Jess’s story, how she came to be led by values and learned big lessons around boundaries, her business model and finding her fit as a designer.
https://www.altrdstudio.com/ https://www.instagram.com/ALTRD.STUDIO/ or https://www.instagram.com/jesswells
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Shinobu Hindert is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™, money expert, and creator of Empowered Planning, LLC.
She has spent over 10 years creating personalized financial plans for hundreds of individuals and families around the country.
Through her experience working for some of the largest institutions in the US, Shinobu has created a proven method for teaching personal finance and delivered over 500 live workshops.
Her goal is to simplify the complex world of money and empower women to reach financial freedom.
In this episode we talk about why she chose to go out on her own, the roadblocks we need to move through around investing, how we can get into investing with limited resources, being a small business owner and how to create a powerful money mindset and so much more.
www.empoweredplanning.com https://www.instagram.com/empowered_planning/ https://empowered-planning.mykajabi.com/academy
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Jessica Yarbrough has quickly developed a reputation of being one of the best business strategists and marketing and sales consultants for entrepreneurs who want to sell high value products and services. Her background is in international business and she has built multiple companies.
She is a genius at showing entrepreneurs how to build an expert platform, rapidly raise their value, build their credibility online and attract high paying clients. She travels the world teaching and inspiring entrepreneurs and helping them grow their influence and make the income and impact they desire.
Half Million Dollar Case Study: How We Helped a Business Coach Go from 0 to $500K in Under 1 Year >>https://bit.ly/500Kcasestudy FB : https://www.facebook.com/JessicaYarbroughConsultant LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicayarbrough-bizconsultant/ YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNyoWO_PHyyuJMZ2-XvpxGA Website: www.jessicayarbrough.com
Today's episode is a deep dive into the three most common things I hear from women who are on the bring of change in their career, ready to grow their business or take it in a new direction but they feel paralysed by these beliefs.
In this episode we're talking about one of my favourite topics - discovering your zone of genius and making money from it.
What is this zone of genius I hear you say. Sounds elusive? Obtuse? Unattainable?
Or could this be the secret to life-changing work that takes a little curiosity and practice.
Tune into today's episode to learn the specific questions you need to ask yourself in order to discover what skills, strengths and activities sit in your zone of genius.
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For anyone that finds themselves at a career crossroads right now, I think you’ll love this episode with Alisha - and maybe you won’t have to pump the accelerator so hard trying to find the right path.
As you’ll find out, Alisha is a very curious person, which means she’s explored a few different life paths by this point. Much of her skills in this area she has taught herself from the ground up, and used the advancement in technology to create authentic relationships with the doers and dreamers.
Cultivating community, empowering women and seeing small businesses thrive not only inspires her, but she also believes one of the best ways to learn is through human connection; through storytelling, authenticity, and vulnerability.
In this conversation Alisha and I talk about:
- The turning point that had her start Alo Co
- Letting go when something no longer feels right or aligned
- Shutting down a successful business in your 20s because you didn’t have the energy to sustain it, and the lessons she learned from this process
- Why community is the most important asset for a small business owner
- What 2020 has taught her about building community
- Connecting online vs. offline and creating authentic connections in both scenarios
- The things that hold us back from reaching out to collaborate or connect with someone online
Website: http://alococommunity.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JoinALOCo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alo.co.community/
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Today’s podcast is going to be a rapid fire sermon for my small business owners out there on a topic I'm really passionate about helping my clients get more of: Energy.
Our energy is the thing that influences our consistency and momentum. Ultimately, it effects how well we feel our time is spent.
Energy underpins our ability to be creative, to have empathy for our customers and to innovate our small business all requires a level of energy.
In this episode I share with you a four part framework on energy generation for small business owners, that we'll be guiding you through in our upcoming masterclass on Wednesday 29th July, 2020 at 6:30pm AEST (Sydney time).
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In this episode we feature excerpts from my conversations with these four women who were featured on the True to You podcast for not only their experience and expertise but also the journey they've taken to move towards meaningful work:
Ep.12 - Bel Yorston Ep.16 - Hannah Mitchell Ep.19 - Rachel MacDonald Ep.45 - Karissa Kouchis
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Grace Blacksea's official title is time strategist, business mentor, and founder of Quench Collective, but I say she’s the avocado to your gluten free toast, aka. the woman every business owner needs on their team.
Quench Collective is a community for female entrepreneurs, and each week she invites a fellow business owner and expert, to step up and support her community through the Friday Fill Up Your Cup sessions. Grace is passionate about helping small business owners up-level their mindset, strategy, and systems so they can have more impact and less overwhelm. In her work, she focuses on building new mindset patterns, setting up systems that scale, and developing tools that help female founders work smarter not harder.
I loved this conversation with Grace, we go strategic, we get personal and I know you’re going to love this woman’s generous spirit.
https://www.quench-collective.com/ https://www.instagram.com/quench.collective
Join the Quench Facebook Community here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/quenchcommunity/
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Today I’m honoured to be joined by a fellow creative, architectural designer, mama, wife and all-round go-getter Natalie Van Der Merwe.
Natalie had desire to remain in the Architecture world, but wanted shift her business to work with clients more aligned with her values, niche down to capatilise on her zone of genius and create services that met the needs of her clients. All this would see her differentiate herself from traditional practice in an innovative way.
Her new business is called On Home Ground - first and foremost it is a design consultancy that exists for two reasons: to create sustainable, healthy homes and provide hands-on education for her clients and community.
Natalie shows us we don’t have to put our dreams totally on hold if don’t want to when we become a fist time mum, even if the process takes a little bit longer than you originally anticipated! The On Home Ground website is launching very soon, so make sure you follow Natalie on Instagram https://instagram.com/onhomeground and look out for any updates.
If you'd like to do something similar to Natalie in your work but want the guidance of a coach to do it, head to www.rubymarsh.com/private-mentoring for more details on my 1:1 options.
Join me in this podcast masterclass where I share the four keys to boundary setting. From awareness, to your boundary style to how to stick to your boundaries once you've created one.
This is the perfect episode to support you in your life and business so you can move your dreams forward at speed.
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My guest today is THE definition of the word go-getter. To share with you in detail Mel Histon’s resume and achievements will be an extended intro to say the least. So before we get into the interview, here’s just a glimpse at what she’s been up to in the last few years.
After 10 years in corporate, Mel left to establish her photography business - a decision that would open new doors and a completely new life. After experiencing a number of life-altering events, Melissa created The Sista Code in May 2014 with a dream to see women empowered, happy and connected.
In 2016 she established Got Your Back Sista the charitable arm of The Sista Code movement. Her vision with this non-profit organisation is to see women and their children happy, thriving and living independently after escaping the trauma of domestic violence.
Got Your Back Sista offers benevolent relief and support to women and children escaping domestic violence and are at risk of living below the poverty line. In just this past 3 months as the country went into lockdown, the charity received 3x the number of calls for support.
And Mel’s love of community, uplifting women and creative projects doesn’t stop there. At the end of 2019, Mel launched her personal project the Hey Soul Sista podcast and just this year she opened an “op shop” to support the Got Your Back Sista charity.
In the spirit of the True to You podcast, we go wide and deep with this conversation. Exploring everything from Mel’s career journey, to a life-altering cancer diagnosis to family to mentors. This woman is truly remarkable and I am so pleased to be able to share this episode with you today. She is an example of someone who has followed her heart on the path towards meaningful work.
https://www.gotyourbacksista.com/
https://www.thesistacode.com/
https://www.instagram.com/melissahiston
Emilia Cardillo is the founder of boutique law firm - Cardillo Commercial Lawyers. She is also the first female accredited specialist in business law in Newcastle, a mother two two beautiful boys and when she's not doing all this you'll find her running trails.
Her work specialises in commercial, leasing and property law. Though this might sound like terms that are only relevant to big business - Emilia has first hand experience in small business after launching an e-commerce store Royal Rhino back in 2016. Emilia also became our fairy godmother for many small business during COVID-19 as they navigated what was a challenging and confusing time.
Her work is founded on 3 key principles of real value, transparent pricing and plain english advice because Emilia believe this is essential to providing dynamic and innovative legal solutions to our clients.
If you run a small business, this episode is incredibly valuable, but as with all my guests I wanted to share Emilia’s story.
- money mindset and what might surprise you about lawyers and money conversations
- why she chose to exit private practice and start from scratch
- creating a personal brand
- raising her visibility at a time when people needed support (during COVID-19)
- finally her experience of running a small business and parenting
Connect with Emilia:
https://cardillolaw.com.au/ https://www.instagram.com/cardillolaw/
Clancy Allen is a partner, daughter, mother to a spirited 4 year old boy and has worked as a doula since 2017 attending home births, birth centre births and hospital births. She is a Birthing From Within mentor and prenatal yoga teacher. She has also studied and practised kinesiology, and in her former career was a civil litigation lawyer for 6 years.
She offers birth mentoring, postnatal doula support, mothering the mother ceremonies, and her online course, Yoga for Empowered Birth is launching on 4 June 2020.
In this conversation, we chat about visibility - communicating with authenticity and speaking the truth (even when you know not everyone will agree), knowing when you’re not in the right career path, leaning into who you need to be to attract your ideal clients, perfectionism and finally starting out one way in business then shaping your offerings over time in line with the needs of your energy and growing a family.
https://www.instagram.com/clancy_allen_doula/
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My guest today is Karissa Kouchis also known as KK - is the youngest and currently the only female trainer for Tony Robbins. This woman is a firecracker, and I promise you will not know what has hit you after listening to this episode. I am constantly inspired by her tenacity and “lady balls” to get out there, show the world who’s boss and show up time and time again for her tribe through Tony’s work.
In this episode we go deep into the following:
- Her journey to becoming a trainer for the worlds most recognisable personal development figure - Tony Robbins
- Sales and why it shouldn't be so hard if we love our product or service
- Leaning into growth even when it's uncomfortable
- Surrounding yourself with the right people
- Her morning and evening routines
- How she's built a massive following and is very motivated to provide a channel for women through UHPW
To hang out with Karissa head to: https://www.instagram.com/karissa_kouchis/
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I’m joined by Hannah Mitchell, Antoinette Cano and Kendall Dodson - these three women I had the pleasure of working with in the last year and each of them have undertaken the significant task of starting a small business, some even doing a complete career switch in the process.
As you’ll hear in this episode, the three women have come to this process with different backgrounds, Kendall is a mama of a toddler, Antoinette is still full-time in her work, and Hannah left her finance career to move home to the UK to work in the education sector.
We cover everything from the need for boundaries, mindset, the challenges of balancing multiple things, what they need to work at their best and how to make a career transition.
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My guest today is a pug mama to Audrey, she’s a little woo woo, a former teacher and now happiness advocate.
Her name is Karen Harrison and officially she is an NLP Coach, Time Line Therapist, Reiki Master and Holistic Counselor who supports her clients to release their energetic and mindset blocks, and create a life that is connected to purpose and intention.
As you’ll find out in our conversation, life wasn’t all roses and waking up to Pharell Williams every day, she’s been on quite the journey.
We talk about the transition from full-time teaching to starting her business in a completely different field and her lessons from this process, what skills and strengths she transferred from teaching, being driving by your inner voice, how to create your point of difference by harnessing what you do best, what it’s like to “start from the beginning again” and so much more.
If you love this episode, you can hang out with Karen here:
https://www.thehappyco.com.au/ https://www.instagram.com/thehappy_co/
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In today's episode we come together to have a conversation on the topic of boundaries - a concept that has changed how we do life and business for the better. Here's what you'll find inside this episode:
- Why we have a desire for flexibility and freedom - and whether small business is the way to get that
- What is a boundary
- How to balance your business with other areas of your life when you're building a business
- What boundaries has John put in place to maintain consistency
- Communication and creating content for your audience - how boundaries ties into what you do and don't do
- Where consuming content can actually be important to understanding your audience and leads to creating content that brings value
- How do you hold yourself accountable to your work when you work for yourself or work from home and you are your own boss
Today’s guest is Nic Minter the founder of the boutique social media agency - SoQual. SoQual is all about aligning quality businesses with quality social media. From experimenting with the social media of one of Australia's most iconic female fashion brands to 7 years later running her own agency.
With extensive experience in Social Media and Digital Marketing, Nic has worked with many well established brands and businesses local to Newcastle and Hunter Valley areas to help them build their online presence and ultimately grow their business.
In this conversation we talk about: + Nic's career journey and how she got into the business of social media + Finding your dream clients + How to be more consistent on social media? + and whether you should be "selling" on social media?
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Today’s episode is designed to support you not just now, instead to prepare you should you face any change in the future. This is a timely conversation as we find ourselves in the midst of a worldwide shutdown or shift in delivery for many industries due to COVID-19.
I wanted to bring on a guest that is practical yet all calm and kindness at this time. Jade Pearsall heads up Puro People as the People & Operations Coordinator, located here in Newcastle, Australia. Jade brings over 8 years experience in varied industries and roles in the Human Resources and Recruitment space.
In this episode Jade and I discuss some thoughts on:
- How to approach applying for work during COVID-19 (hint "using VIDEO")
- What to do if you find yourself in the midst of an unexpected career change that you didn't plan for?
- How do you explain employment gaps in your resume?
- Should we consider up-skilling or making a career change in these times and what could this look like?
- How to maintain focus and wellbeing and set yourself up for success in the application process
Skills Assessments: https://linktr.ee/puropeople (click "skills assessment") Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/puropeople Website: http://puropeople.com.au/
Sarah Fritz is one of the kindest loving souls I’ve known, yet until today's episode, we’d every only spoken over email. Our connection was sparked completely by chance, when the Yes Queen logo came across my instagram feed and I thought hmmm what is this?
Sarah's career started out in the fashion industry, moving into the magazine world and later she became the co-founder of St Dakota Creative Agency with her husband Mike. At the end of 2017, she launched Yes Queen - a not-for profit organisation and community that’s soul purpose is to future-proof wellbeing at work by erasing bullying and cultivating safe, positive and inclusive cultures.
This conversation is wide-ranging -- we talk about the why behind Yes Queen, becoming a non profit, product and ambassador collaborations, balancing two businesses, travelling and working and so much more.
https://www.instagram.com/the.yesqueen/ https://theyesqueen.com/ https://www.stdakota.com.au/
My guest this week is a bit of a powerhouse. Nerida Bint is the owner of Lissome gyms, who never started out her career wanting to be a personal trainer - let alone own a gym. But it was an unfortunate experience back in 2011, that led her to eventually beginning Lissome in 2014.
The vision for Lissome is to strive to make a global shift in the way women think about health through community, connection and contribution. Their mission is to empower 1 billion women to live more meaningful lives. And their values are community, excellence and courage.
In this episode, Nerida shares her career journey and taking big leaps even when you’re scared. She shares the “why” of Lissome, being a leader, leading yourself even as a solopreneur or team member and finally building a business brand as well as your personal brand as an owner.
This one is jam-packed full of inspiration for any woman looking to live a meaningful life.
https://www.lissome.net.au/ https://www.instagram.com/lissome_newcastle/ https://www.instagram.com/neridabint/
For today’s episode I sat down with Cat Long in her beautiful light-filled office here in Newcastle to talk about her career journey that started at the kitchen bench 3 and 1/2 years ago when she launched her business Long & co.
Described as a small brand and marketing company with big expertise, Long & Co solve problems in a strategic and impactful way through Cat’s experience with global brands.
Our conversation ranges from the scary moments of starting a small business, to drawing on her Scandinavian heritage, juggling mum life and the flexibility of a business, and the importance of clarity in why and how you do what you do.
I love Cat’s straight up, thoughtful approach to her work and life, and for those perfectionists out there - be ambitious yet forgiving of yourself.
https://www.longandco.com.au/about/ https://www.instagram.com/longandco/
In this episode I share with you 4 core mindset shifts you can make to become more confident with selling what you do and why as women we don't have to buy into the belief that sales is icky or for certain people.
If you have a business, you are in sales and sales is the thing that helps you to do more of what you love and impact people's lives in the process.
Even if you don't have a side-hustle or full-time business, you can still apply these ideas to selling yourself to a perspective employee.
Let’s talk money Part Two: The five things I resisted talking about but has been the most powerful work I've done as I undertook a career transition.
My intention for this episode, is that you walk away with a feeling of “I’ve got this” and you can move forward with more freedom when it comes to money and your career.
In this episode I share how to:
- Set yourself up for a career transition
- How does your side hustle fit into your money story?
- Empower yourself
- Cultivate consistent habits
- Have your basics covered
You can dive deeper into these topics by listening to: Episode 23 with Amber Snowden Episode 24 with Emm Page
Expanders: https://tobemagnetic.com/
My guest today today is Kendall Dodson. Kendall is many things, mama, primary school teacher and the creator of two businesses - Henry & Audrey and These Golden Daze. At the end of 2019, I was lucky to spend 3 months partnering with Kendall as her coach. Kendall is a big hearted woman, who is very clear in her mission and her values, which means every action is thoughtful and intentional.
When Kendall and I connected, she was at a crossroad and together we worked on laying the foundation for success which as she tells me, had her nudging her comfort zone almost every day since!
And for those of you who are wondering - These Golden Daze is about creating space to play, learn and create. Her goal is to inform and educate others of the benefits of play-based learning for young children and inspire parents to integrate this into their homes. All of the products are inspired by the natural beauty of the Australian environment and are kind to our earth.
Website: https://www.thesegoldendaze.com.au/ InstagramL: https://www.instagram.com/thesegoldendaze
Sara Spence is a doer, and when she thinks of hobbies - her two side-hustles are the things that make life fun (aside from her baby boy and partner of course).
Sara is the owner of a small business called Kate & Kole, an Art Director for a local creative agency and in 2018 she started Fe Collective. Fe was created because from a belief that we can all gain so much from having conversations with other small business owners.
Women often have similar motives when it comes to going into business for themselves. Whether that is creative freedom and financial independence or wanting to be able to balance having a family and a career, the journey is often the same. Fe is a wonderful space to network, share experiences, help where we can and say things out loud. Even if they are terrifying.
In this episode, Sara shares: + Her thoughts on taking risks with your side-hustles + How they set their brand Kate & Kole apart in a full market + What it is it like to collaborate with a friend in business and how to set yourself up to succeed + Why you need strong brand clarity + Knowing your strengths, outsourcing or collaborating and using your team + Splitting your time between multiple side-hustles + Why she created a female networking community in Newcastle
Fe Collective: https://www.thefe.co/ Kate & Kole: https://www.kateandkole.com.au/
What happens when you love your industry but you don't love the job you're doing within it? You can leave and try something new, add another qualification to the mix or you can pivot. Cora's story highlights how it's possible to stay within an industry but pivot into new roles to keep life interesting, challenging and most importantly true to you.
We talk about a wide range of topics including aligning with your values, how to find your values, perfectionism, following your heart, to finding your voice as a teacher or leader within your profession.
This is a conversation for anyone who is looking to make a shift in their career either into wellness or within their current industry but not sure where to begin.
You can also hang out with Cora here:
Teaching Yoga Podcast - https://apple.co/31wYfQ5 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/corageroux/ Website - https://www.corageroux.com/
Jeni Steep is a Movement Teacher, Yoga Teacher and an advocate for womens’ health and wellness
She was first inspired by movement when she started taking movement classes 5 years ago, she was drawn in by the idea that exercise doesn’t have to be a chore, she realised it can be playful and fun but still challenging at the same time.
Hand balancing was her first movement addiction but as she began to explore she became very fond of a diverse range of modalities including gymnastics rings, acrobatics, yoga, dance, flow and martial arts (to name a few).
Jeni was inspired to teach after seeing the impact movement had made on her physical and emotional wellbeing. In 2017 Jeni began teaching movement classes and then in 2018 travelled to Ubud to complete her 200 hour Yoga Teacher Qualification. Jeni currently teaches movement classes out of The Movement Collective and is also available for 1:1 training both in person and online.
Jeni is also running a series of women's wellness events this year (2020) called Exuberant woman aimed at connecting women around the Newcastle area and inspiring them to lead life with purpose and from the heart.
W: https://www.movelaughlive.com/ I: https://www.instagram.com/jenimoves/
Tickets to the Exuberant Woman Series on Sunday 1st March HERE
In this conversation we talk about EVERYTHING from business to relationships, coming full circle in her career, owning your gifts, how she moved out of television into owning a yoga studio with her husband, to mentoring and growing your business online as well as offline.
You can join Renee here:
https://www.reneewilkinson.org/
https://www.theopenmindspace.com.au/
or on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/renee_wilkinson
In this episode, Ruby explores what happens to our identity when we make a career change. She reflects on her personal experience with career change, going from having a notable job title and then the feelings of loss and uncertainty as she transitioned into her exciting new world and eventually becoming a life coach a few years later.
Mentioned in this episode:
Ep. 4 - The Story I was Telling Myself: my personal account of growing up and finding my place in the world, belonging and challenging those stories we hold on to
Elena Brower Practice You Journal
Can you believe we are two days out from the end of a decade. Holy crap balls it’s crazy and exciting isn’t it?
Given this momentous occasion and my love of reflection recently, I thought I’d share with you the exact end of year process I did this year.
Typically, I do my end of year review and goal setting on or around New Years Day, but this year, I decided to start this process a little earlier on my birthday. I really recommend doing this if you can squeeze it in before Dec 31st rolls around, as it gives plenty of time for your vision and goals to marinate before you lock them in.
This year we're shaking it up and trying something different. The thought of a new decade on the way has me ready to reinvigorate my trusty old ways.
I've created a three part process which takes you from reflection to zone of genius to your goals. It takes around an hour or so to complete for one area of your life (in this case, I looked at my career and business), however, you may like to do the same for other areas of your life like health & wellbeing and relationships.
Just to get one thing straight - This is by no means the ONLY way to set goals, but I wanted to share it because it’s been hugely liberating and fun.
Download your own workbook for this episode by CLICKING HERE
The four lessons you'll learn in this episode relate to:
- Expectations around time and how quickly things will happen in your business
- Expectations around money (how much it takes to start a business, earnings and what risk you're comfortable)
- Will things go exactly to plan?
- Learning to validate your business idea at speed rather than succumb to perfectionism
https://www.rubymarsh.com
Take daily action towards your dream by doing this 5min exercise - Pages of Possibility journal exercise by clicking HERE: https://bit.ly/2RI0z4d
Other references:
Don't Keep Your Day Job podcast Ep.100 with Elli Worthington
Your unique value is much deeper than the features of your service or product.
Most of us can articulate the “what” and the “how” pretty easily. But “why” you are more valuable than the woman next to you is a whole other ball game.
Personal brand is something we all have, and another way of bringing together all the elements that make us memorable and the unique value we bring to our work. ⠀ While we might think that only certain people need a personal brand, truth is — living in the digital age, means we have one whether we want to or not. So you can either be consciously aware of your value or you can leave it for someone else to decide.
So the real question is: not whether you have a personal brand, instead does your personal brand show your company, your future boss or clients what you’d like them to see and hear? what will set you apart if you’re one of many women talking about the same stuff?
Once you know your personal brand, the second thing you need to learn to do is express it!
https://www.rubymarsh.com
Take daily action towards your dream by doing this 5min exercise - Pages of Possibility journal exercise by clicking HERE: https://bit.ly/2RI0z4d
Also mentioned in this podcast is the book Dare to Lead by Brene Brown, Bernadette Jiwa (storytelling) and Guru Jagat
My guest today is Phoebe Simmonds - founder of The Blow - Melbourne’s premium blow dry bar experience.
What you’ll love about this episode is Phoebe’s straight up audacity to build a business that embodies her values, a clear mission, deep knowledge of their customer and the contribution they want to make. Beyond the service itself is an underlying desire to empower women to feel like they can walk out of the salon and conquer the world.
The Blow extends this value of contribution and community through partnering with Australian charity “share the dignity” and by hosting live events in house collaborating with Lady Brains, Yes Queen, Moxie Period Products and Bumble Australia to name a few.
As you listen to Phoebe’s story, you’ll notice that every step of her career has led her to where she is today, building important relationships, her ability to be an indispensable employee (if you haven’t read Linchpin go do it now) and learning to play to her strengths and own her weaknesses.
This is a brilliant, brilliant episode for anyone on the cusp of launching their business or any woman looking to level up professionally - Phoebe has the goods!
https://theblow.com.au/
https://www.instagram.com/theblowaustralia/
https://www.instagram.com/phoebeactually
Also mentioned in this episode:
https://www.instagram.com/the.yesqueen https://www.instagram.com/lady.brains https://www.instagram.com/moxette https://www.instagram.com/emma_rutherford_ward https://www.instagram.com/sharethedignityaustralia
Emm Page is a Newcastle-based financial planner who is on a mission to educate women to make powerful choices around money. She is particularly focussed on helping millennial women, single parents, divorcees & BOSS ladies alike!
In this conversation, we talk about Emm's career journey, the conversations we have as women about money, her favourite habits to empower yourself when it comes to money and how to set yourself up financially for a career switch.
https://www.instagram.com/lumaire_ https://www.lumaire.co
Disclaimer: Any information provided in this video or audio can only be considered general in nature. It does not take into account your own personal circumstances or needs. Before implementing anything mentioned in this video, we encourage you seek professional advice from a qualified professional and consider the relevant product disclosure statements.
Emma Page is a certified Financial Adviser with Sufficient Funds. Emma holds an individual authorised representative license with Synchron AFSL 243313. Any statements made within this video are not attributed to Sufficient Funds or Synchron. Before considering anything mentioned in this video or audio, we encourage you to seek professional advice from a qualified professional.
Education is power when it comes to money for anyone, but when you start a small business, it can be a bit of a love hate relationship. To feel the love a little more, I thought we'd get into the basics of numbers and bring on a woman who wants to help you.
Today's guest is Amber Snowden of Zest Bookkeeping solutions, a local Newcastle solopreneur. We dive into her business journey, going from hairdressing to numbers and a recent stint she did in Bali with her family. We also get super practical and how to overcome the initial resistance we might feel when it comes to our finances. It's a great episode for anyone who has a business now, a side hustler or even someone contemplating turning a hobby into a legit business.
Learn more about Amber's business at https://zestbooks.com.au/about or https://www.instagram.com/zestbookkeepingsolutions/
Today’s episode was inspired by the work of Brooke Castillo of The Life Coach School and Seth Godin and forms part one of a three part in a series around the topic of money.
Following on from this one, I’m excited to bring you two conversations with two fantastic local Newcastle women - Amber and Emm and we are going to explore finances for small business and making powerful decisions about money to support our careers.
But first, I’m going back to basics. In today’s episode, we're not talking about “where do babies come from?” instead “where does money come from?”
It’s fair to say that in my adult years, money and I weren’t always best of friends.
In fact, making a career change, actually prompted (or forced me rather) to do a crapload of work on rewiring my brain to create a positive relationship with money.
A short riff, on why creating change in your career can be scary as hell and another way to think about change in your career from a place of possibility.
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Today’s episode is actually a throwback to a punchy 15min video I recorded for my youtube channel last year on overwhelm and how to break through it 6 simple steps (I say 5 in the video but you actually get a bonus one).
This episode is sponsored by my FREE favourite journaling practice: Pages of Possibility which you can download HERE.
In this wide-ranging conversation with Rachel MacDonald we explore everything from...
- Rachel's experience with life coaching and how working with a coach opened the door for her to start her business
- Dealing with fear, uncertainty and looking for the evidence that you're ok
- The rewards to that come with motherhood and how you see your work - grounding yourself in your true identity
- Why women are so attracted to starting side-hustles right now and the possibility of removing the income ceiling, as well as thriving as a fully expressed woman - helping us to heal generational patterns and cycles
- The fundamental starting point for businesses - knowing who you want to serve and the problem you want to solve and why this is so important to get clear on and how that helps your speak their language (this was a game-changer for me this work!)
- The power of collaboration and community to build your business - combining energies and strengths
- Being more visible in your business
Rachel's website: http://inspacesbetween.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rachelcmacdonald/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/inspacesbetween
Officially, Bec Mutch is the founder of PathHunting, a boutique learning company that designs and facilitates live and digital learning experiences for personal and professional growth. Working with clients of the people side of business, Bec is all about innovative ways to develop leaders that thrive in life and work.
In today's conversation Bec and I talk about:
- Her career journey and what led her to begin Path Hunting
- Pivoting the direction of Path Hunting
- Embracing your own evolution rather feeling as though you have to fit into someone else's model or path
- Having a loose vision but lots of curiosity
- Fear and visibility and her advice around busting through your limiting beliefs
- How her career sits alongside becoming a mother
Click here to DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE PDP - Universal Personal Development Plan - a simple self-reflection tool, that will help you get clear on your intentions behind a change. It works with her 5 favourite energies - curiosity, optimism, enthusiasm, generosity and appreciation.
Where you can find Bec: https://www.instagram.com/pathhunting/ https://www.pathhunting.com/
If you want to learn to develop your personal brand in a way that feels authentic to you then CLICK HERE to join us for The Business of YOU on November 23rd 2019, here in Newcastle. Tickets also available via Eventbrite.
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In today's podcast we're talking about personal branding and it's importance in speaking about your business and as a job candidate. We cover:
- Harriet and Jade's individual experience with personal branding and how they've recently capitalised on having one
- The moment we realised it was the key to our success
- Discovering your biggest asset when it comes to personal brand and how that's effected our individual career journey's
- Where confidence comes from and how to feel more confident
- How to overcome the fear of selling yourself
Jade Pearsall is the owner of Puro People - a boutique recruitment agency and Harriet Hughes is an HR Specialist and creator of Newcastle Mama's a platform for women living the hustle somewhere between the nursery and the office.
Today’s episode is a special one - Hannah Mitchell's career story is super interesting (she fell into her many of her roles) and now she’s about to make a switch from accountant into educator for young people.
Her dream to be a facilitator of programs for teenagers that promote resilience, confidence and leadership skills inside and outside of the classroom.
At the start of our time coaching together, Hannah had two critical question she wanted answers to. Within the first few sessions she solved both and has a huge opportunity in the wings which you’ll about to hear about.
My favourite part of this episode is listening to Hannah’s determination to gain feedback on her ideas and find out what the needs are of the students and teachers - a critical process for her to know what problem she was solving, where the opportunities lay and think creatively as to how she could go about doing it without being a teacher initially. All of this while holding down a full-time job.
Have you heard of a book called The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks? If you have then you’ll be nodding your head all the way through this episode and if you haven’t - you might want to run to your nearest bookstore and get a copy.
What I loved about this book is his teachings around “the upper limit” or what you could also call self sabotage. The upper limit is what stops us from moving into the Zone of Genius.
Your “Zone of Genius” is where the magic happens – where you become so excited by your mission you can’t wait to get out of bed. It’s when you create a career or business that is uniquely expressing your true gifts.
To leap into the zone of genius we must dis-solve the upper limit - this self imposed limit for feeling good and achieving a level of success, so we manufacture thoughts to feel bad and sabotage ourselves.
In this episode, you'll hear of four ways you can begin to dissolve the upper limit with small daily action and awareness.
This episode is sponsored by my FREE favourite journaling practice: Pages of Possibility which you can download HERE.
Today we’re looking at our relationship to time, our schedules, and how the “I don't have time” excuse can be reversed to be "I have time for that".
How do we make the things we love or the change we want to make in our career a priority? make it necessary, but not burn out in the process.
What’s our language around busy?
In the words of Danielle LaPorte - Are you an overwhelmed overachiever?
Do you feel like someone is doing your schedule to you instead of you owning it? Does this leave room to do more of what you love?
Or could you have ownership over time and your schedule?
We answer all of those questions and more in today's podcast - including 8 strategies to implement today!
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And if it’s clarity you need, remember one of my favourite sayings “clarity comes from action”. Here's what happens when you do this exercise consistently:
- We attract new opportunities our career that we previously couldn’t see
- We have a simple practice we can do daily without too much fuss
- We feel a sense of clarity and freedom, and the ability to work through feeling “stuck” without it dragging on for days
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"It's amazing to see how those skills that you have, shift and change and you can apply them to anything, but when you have passion behind it the momentum is ten-fold"
Today's guest is Bel Yorston - CEO of yLead, a not for profit association that empowers 30,000 young people annually.
Bel believes in the potential of people and has a deep seeded passion for the work she does at yLead, believing that our world needs more leaders than it ever has before.
Her career journey has thrown her from following a passion of dance and performance to being curious about corporate success and working in real estate; in 2011 she took a huge leap to explore life with purpose and meaning, and commenced her full-time career with yLead.
Grab your FREE Pages of Possibility Journal by heading to rubymarsh.com and join women worldwide taking small steps to change in the life and career
Today's guest is Shauna Ryan. In 2015 she founded STRONG WOMAN a community and social media platform that showcases women that embody resilience, fortitude and compassion through photographs and corresponding narrative.
She is also the founder of Community Narrative, a digital and social media management agency. And she has spent the past 12 months traveling to and from Los Angeles, gaining experience in the Entertainment Industry, including assisting in the production and writing of an Emmy Nominated TV show.
I wanted to bring Shauna on the podcast because she is a woman has enormous strength and pours her heart into everything she puts her mind to. She is very clear on her why and uses that to navigate a career path that at only 28 has taken many interesting turns.
https://www.instagram.com/strongwomanofficial https://www.strongwomanofficial.com/shauna
These six women were featured in a series on rubymarsh.com called "The Switch" - interviews that were designed to share the highs, the lows of the journey to making changes in their careers. Click the links below to read the full interviews with these six women.
Rosie Drumbell - Physiotherapist to yoga studio owner to founding a maternity activewear brand Clancy Allen - Lawyer to doula Bec Ampt - Fast fashion to founding the conscious creative studio Lindsay Bouvier - Founder of Bouv Studios Rachel Karalus - Full-time physiotherapist to leading a team with Kinematics Health & Performance Alison Gallagher - Actor to founding a ritual skincare brand Alyssum Alchemy
While a big leap might look like an overnight thing to the outside world in reality it was the result of many, many twists and turns both internally and actions externally over several years.
Perhaps you’re wondering what those last few years have looked like going from Architect to coach? Today's podcast a short but not definitive list of the these little leaps and decisions, and the compound effect they had.
One of the keys to the compound effect is making lots of little decisions. To support you - DOWNLOAD: CLICK HERE FOR YOUR: 7 Question Framework for Decision Making
This week the roles are reversed and I'm sharing a recent "conscious conversation" I had with Lisa Bryant, on her show the Self podcast. Lisa and I discuss how I transitioned out of a full-time career as an architect to becoming a life and career coach for women, self love and what it was like for a woman working in a heavily male-dominated industry (but as you hear that is a changing my friends!).
You can find the original episode on the Self podcast here: https://apple.co/30KtZzB
If you want to know about Lisa's story, you can find my original interview with her here: https://apple.co/2Nl2YRA
Today’s conversation is one of my absolute favourites because I used to be terrible at this very thing for so long that it crippled me - decision making. All part of being an adult right?
Once I got clear on the tools I needed to make decisions often and with ease I no longer felt overwhelm and today you're getting all of them in one episode.
*MAKE SURE YOU CLICK HERE FOR YOUR *FREE DOWNLOAD: 7 Question Framework for Decision Making****
Recommended blog posts: https://www.rubymarsh.com/creativedecisionmakingtools
https://www.rubymarsh.com/femininemasculinedecisions/
https://www.rubymarsh.com/break-through-overwhelm-in-five-simple-steps/
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today we’re going to have a conversation about a topic that we might not want to talk about, but is super important for us in pursuit of meaningful work: what to do when you feel like you’ve lost your mojo - your creative mojo.
This conversation is really dear to me - not only has it been an important part of my own journey, but of course reigniting creativity is something I see my clients also desire too and often becomes an element of our work together.
I want to support your creative side, because I know this is an important part of your life, but it could also be your secret sauce to elevating your career.
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Lisa Bryant shows up for her creativity - daily. After working for over a decade as a professional dancer, a career which took her around the world, she returned home to Australia and found herself going through a career transition. A transition that lead her to explore other ways of expressing herself through working as an actor, presenter, fitness coach and yoga teacher. In January 2019, Lisa started a daily podcast called Self - which she describes a short and powerful way to kick start your day with intention and a positive mindset. All because of this one daily creative act, she is being presented with new career opportunities and is taking the podcast offline with a collaboration called Well, which helps younger women with their mental and physical wellbeing through workshops.
To learn more about Self podcast and her Well workshops you can follow Lisa at https://instagram.com/_lisabryant or https://instagram.com/well_aus
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Today's episode is a little unusual. After my interview with Jen Wright (Episode 3.), I thought it would be fun (and terrifying) to share the story I created as a result of her framework. This is a personal reflection of the stories I accumulated about belonging and fitting based on the way I interpreted my teenage experiences. Stories that ultimately led me to question my career path and make a big change several years ago.
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Today’s guest is Jen Wright. Jen is a storyteller, life cheerleader and millennial motivator.
She’s also a wife, mama of eight children and a survivor of adversity. She's devoted the past two decades to shaping the next generation through youth work that has led her all over Australia.
Her most beloved treasures are faith, family and personal story.
In today’s conversation, we dive into the power of story and how doing this work can benefit your life on so many levels.
We discuss how story can be incorporated into your personal brand to support your career.
You’ll learn how story allows us to really explore empathy in the first person, empathy is a beautiful quality of a great leader, being an effective team member and an super important asset to building both a service or product based business and dealing with clients or customers face to face.
And finally, we also touch on storytelling as a catalyst for bringing women together in community.
Jen's Legit Identity story framework is available for download by heading to: https://www.letlightinyou.com/
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In this episode, Ruby shares a talk she did back in March 2019 which was about being brave over perfect and how this can lead us to contribute, gain clarity around our path and ultimately feel more passionate about our work.
Attribution note: Though not quoted in the podcast, the phrase "Brave Over Perfect" was originally shared by Susie Rinehart who spoke at TEDx Boulder back in Spring 2018 (https://susierinehart.com/)
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In our very first episode, we explore what it means to "take up space" in your life and work. The fears that come with being visible, sharing your ideas and beliefs and making an impact on this planet. I'll also give you a sneak peak into my creative process and what it's taken to birth this podcast baby and of course the topics and interviews we'll share each week on the True to You podcast. Pour yourself a tea and let's get started!
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