It’s no secret that business owners wear many hats - customer service, marketer, bookkeeper, salesperson, random stuff that just needs to get done doer! It’s up to you to do it all, especially in the first few years of business when most people aren’t ready to bring on team members or outsource. Out of all the multi-tasking we have to do, I’ve found the hardest is finding time to work ON the business while keeping up with working IN the business. 

How do you balance looking after customers and ...

Do you remember when the most stressful thing you had to do around Christmas was learn a couple of lines for the nativity at school? (And beg your mum to buy you the popular toy that year!)

Those were the good old days! We have to deal with a different kind of adrenaline now. The adrenaline of rushing everyone to their various Christmas events, wading through the crowds of Christmas shoppers and making sure everyone is happy.

As we prepare to buckle down and ride out the Christmas chaos, can I...

I’m going to tell you a secret. I don’t enjoy social media. I just don’t want to deal with it. I don’t want to write about my business again and again, multiple times a week. As a small business owner, admitting this feels like committing treason!

On the other hand, if you see me networking (like at a Small Business Vibes event *wink wink*), I’ll be raving about my clients and the progress they’re making. I love talking to people about what I do during networking. People often tell me how I lig...

Does anyone remember watching 3D films as a kid? You had to wear those paper glasses with one red lens and one blue. I remember sneaking a peek at the film without the glasses and seeing the distorted images that somehow magically became 3D with something as simple as blue and red lenses.

I have a point don’t worry! Say life is the film. Your mindset is the lens through which you interpret life. How you respond to what happens in your life depends on your mindset. That’s how you make sense of ...

A business can’t be successful without sales. It doesn’t matter who you are, what you offer, what you charge or how desperately you want to bury your head in the sand at the sound of the word sales, all businesses need new customers. But that doesn’t make selling feel any less icky, pushy or stomach-churning. We started our businesses to do what we love on our own terms, not to convince people our products are worth buying. 

You can read all the sales strategies you want (Google found about 1,8...

The immediate response is “No! Of course, not. I would give anything for my business to be successful.” I don’t doubt that! Building a business from scratch is no joke. If you’ve made it this far, you have to want it. But there might be things going on in your subconscious making building a business harder than it needs to be. 

Subconscious fear stole the show!

I say this as someone who has been there, done that and got the t-shirt. For example, there was the time I was preparing to launch a n...

The term imposter syndrome has never sat right with me. That’s not because I’ve gone through life with full confidence that I can do anything I set my mind to. I wish! I’ve had my doubts and fears. I’ve had times when I stopped myself from being successful. But it wasn’t because I felt that I was an imposter - undeserving and about to be caught out. I know I’m a good coach. I feel confident in my qualifications and experience and the progress I see my clients make. 

But because imposter syndrom...

Does your internal monologue sound like this at all?

I should really be X…

I should get on top of Y…

I should have figured out Z by now…

‘Shoulds’ are the bane of my existence! They’re flagged in both of my journaling clubs. Whenever I hear the word uttered, I make a point to question it (even if I’m the one saying ‘should’). Do it because you want to do it or not at all! 

‘Shoulds’ are like unwritten rules we think we have to follow. If you don’t question them, you live your life on autopi...

I don’t know if this is a hot take but I don’t think you can build a successful business without failing a couple of times (at least!) There’s no one-size-fits-all way to build a business. It’s not as simple as following a map from A to B because you and your business are unique. What makes me tick is not the same as what makes you tick. What works for me isn’t necessarily going to work for you. 

That’s why I’m all about figuring out your own path to success. The figuring-out part is where peop...

How’s your self-care going? If your response is “Huh? Self-care? Where am I supposed to fit that into my schedule?” Let’s talk. 

Self-care, filling your cup, looking after your health and wellbeing, whatever you want to call it is vital for everyone. We’re human beings with human needs like nutrients, movement and fresh air. While a lot of us put self-care on the back burner, cos we're business owners doing it all, we can’t afford to not look after ourselves properly. 

Why is self-care so impo...