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Building a Business While Employed And Raising Kids
Get weekly tips from full-time working mom (that's me, Sharon) about building a business on the side and creating the life you want.
Topics centre around optimizing your time, energy, and money to do this.
The back story...
In 2015, I realized that getting the job title and salary I wanted felt empty.
That's when I decided what I had believed about success was wrong for me.
I didn't want to keep climbing the corporate ladder only to pay bills and die.
So I decided to redefine success and redesign my career to support the life I want.
I experimented with lots of side projects, businesses and even started a cafe!
Eventually, it led me to becoming a leadership trainer in my day job and coaching working moms on the side.
You'll also hear from other women building businesses from time to time.
Follow the show and remember to rate and review it to help more working moms find it!
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Episodes
131 episodes
150: How to carve out time for your side projects
Designing a career you love includes getting clear about what you like doing.You find out what you love doing and if it works by actually doing them.But how do you find time in your busy schedule for these side projects?I'm...
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Episode 150
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149: Your story has value - own it!
We know comparison is the thief of joy.Yet we still do it.In this episode, I share how owning your story helps you end comparison and what self-doubt is really all about.Listen in to find out if you’re being honest with you...
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Episode 149
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148: How to show up consistently in your business
In this episode, I explain my definition of consistency that's enabled me to grow my business since 2018 through ups and downs while handling a full plate of responsibilities as a full-time working mom.I share my simple consistency formu...
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Episode 148
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147: The journey to self-employment with LinkedIn Top Voice, Niharikaaa Kaur Sodhi
This episode was a long awaited one. My guest is LinkedIn Top Voice, Niharikaa Kaur Sodhi. If you’re on LinkedIn, you probably know who she is. Her program, Summit 21, featured other heavyweights like Tim Denning, Justin Welsh, Ankur Warikoo an...
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Episode 147
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146: What to do to overcome your fears and doubts about growing your business
In this episode, I chat about how to overcome the fears and doubts that hold you back from growing your business. It's a question I got on one of my LinkedIn posts and something I too grappled with when I first started practising li...
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Episode 146
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145: How to use the MAP Method to build your coaching business without overwhelm
Balancing a job, family, and coaching business doesn’t have to leave you drained. In this episode, learn how to release resistance, manage your energy, and take small, aligned actions to grow your business with ease. I...
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Episode 145
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144: How to reset and refocus after the holidays in minutes
Are you struggling to find your groove after the holidays? The January blues can leave you feeling overwhelmed and unmotivated. In this episode, I explore why the post-holiday blues happen, how they impact your mindset, and how the...
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Episode 144
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143: Follow your curiosities and try something new
When you're a busy working mom growing a business on the side, it's all about trying something new and experimenting.Often, typical business building advice don't work under your circumstances.You need to adapt and improvise - t...
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Episode 143
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142: The secrets behind making the money you need for the life you want
Everyone wants more money.In this episode, I share a different approach to creating the money you need for the life you want in a calmer and more enjoyable way.Money is one of the 6 topics I share in my free
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141: 3 must-know's to master your time as a busy career mom
The 3 must-knows to have a better handle of your time and achieve your career ambitions without compromising your desire to be the best mom to your kids.This is how some people seem to accomplish so much in the same time you have.
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Episode 141
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140: How to fall in love with the process of getting to your goals
When you're an ambitious, high achiever, you'll always have goals. Even after you've achieved a goal, the next one almost immediately appears.The tendency is to focus on the gap between where you are now versus where you want to be alre...
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Episode 140
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139: Having Boundaries Isn't The Same As Enforcing Them - Learn how to do it without feeling bad
As a working mom, it's all about having boundaries right?We've heard this 100x already. So why are working women and moms still struggling with work-life balance?It comes down to what we know and what we do....
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Episode 139
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138: How to get more done in less time (plus more ease)
As a full-time working mom who runs a coaching business on the side, I'm all about getting more done in less time.In this episode, I share how the unexpected and simple way to do it.Plus, it feels so much better than typical pro...
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Episode 138
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135: How to turn challenges into opportunities and go for your dreams!
This episode is for you if you're feeling frustrated about where you are now in your business (career, or life) and how you can turn any obstacle in front of you into an opportunity to help you get to where you want to go in a better way.
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Episode 137
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134: How to Achieve Anything You Want with Career Coach, Keji Ogunnaike
This is the last episode of a series of women I've invited on the podcast to share their stories building their businesses.In this final guest episode, I chat with career coach, Keji Ogunnaike.Keji is more than just a career coa...
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Episode 136
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135: Why You Must Give Up & Quit To Succeed
In this episode, I go against conventional wisdom and suggest you give up and quit.Yes, you read that right.You absolutely must give up and quit if you want to be successful.On everything that distracts you from building...
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Episode 135
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134: HR Guidance on Visibility and Promoting Your Side Business
Are you worried about promoting your side business online?This is a common fear those of us in 9-5 jobs have when starting a business on the side.How to market your business and promote your services or products?
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Episode 134
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133: It will take longer and be a lot harder to build your business. Here's how to make it easier.
After a year's break from my podcast, I'm excited to be back with my first solo episode.I share why I 'gave up' on my podcast and why I'm back.In this episode, I talk about how building a business takes a lot longer and is a lot...
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Episode 133
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132: Leading the future of work with LinkedIn Top Voice, Dane Tang
Join me as I interview Dane Tang, a corporate leader turned entrepreneur who founded Design Future, a coaching and consulting company that specializes in life design and work design. Dane shares her journey from the corporate world...
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Episode 132
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131: Optimize Your Life for Success with Miki Maruko, Performance Optimisation & Life Coach For High Achieving Women
In this episode, you’ll hear from Miki Maruko, a Performance Optimisation and Life Coach.Miki helps high achieving women who want to optimize their work and personal lives so that they feel as successful as they look on the outside and ...
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Episode 131
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130: Grow Your Business on LinkedIn with Khushi Agarwal, Personal Branding Specialist
Get all the insights and tips about how to grow your personal brand on LinkedIn - whether you're an employee or business owner - in this value-packed episode with Khushi Agarwal.Khushi specializes in helping Business Coaches, Founders, ...
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Episode 130
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129: How Ex-Goldman Sachs Leader, Evelyn Poh, Launched Her Entrepreneurial Journey and Became a Financial Stylist
‘Nothing in my 20-year career in a corporation prepared me to run a business.’Yes, being incredibly successful in a corporate job - even a place like Goldman Sachs - does not naturally mean you have all the skills and experience to launc...
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Episode 129
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128. Leading with Your Why with Samantha Cieslinkski, High School Health & PE Teacher, Podcaster, and Mom of 2
In this episode, I speak with Samantha Cieslinski, a high school health and PE teacher, podcaster and mom of two. Samantha shares how she wrote her book, 100 Days of Happiness, as a means of coping with the isolation of having a b...
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Episode 128
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127. Why Women Sabotage Their Own Sucesss with Leadership Coach, TEDx Speaker, Kellogg Professor, Ellen Taaffe
Tap into the rich experience of Ellen Taaffe, Leadership Coach, TEDx Speaker, Kellogg Professor, Board Director, and Author of "The Mirrored Door: Break Through the Hidden Barrier that Locks Successful Women In Place", Ellen Taaffe.In t...
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Episode 127
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126. Embracing Changes in Your Business with Confidence ~ Samantha Siffring, Business Coach
What a treat to have a previous guest back on the show! Samantha Siffring is my business coach and I had her back to share more about some changes she’s made recently in her business. This has been a theme for me too recently so it ...
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