Life-Friendly Business Podcast

Life-Friendly Business Podcast

Hosted by: Erin Thomas Wong

Welcome to the Life-Friendly Business Podcast where we lift the lid on the reality of running a business around family life and shine a light on the mindset gremlins which may well be stopping you from stepping in to...

Episodes

Ep 25 - Time to reflect

Season #1

As the first season of this podcast draws to a close with this final episode, I wanted to talk to you about the importance of taking time to reflect. It's so easy to overlook this when we are busy with our heads down...
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Ep 24 - Making sales less icky

Season #1

Do you find selling what you do THE most challenging part of running your own business? You're not alone. A lack of confidence, knowledge and experience in this area can make it feel incredibly daunting. I've never...
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Ep 23 - How to make an impact

Season #1

To have an 'impact' is to have 'a marked effect or influence' on something, and I'm betting this something we all want, whether it's on our businesses, our bottom line, our lives or even on the world! I honestly...
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Ep 22 - Building a product based business

Season #1

In this episode I speak to Keri Squibb, Founder of The Dog and I and The Soap Coach. A previous Police Constable, Keri started her first business at 44 in her search to follow her passion and create a more flexible...
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Ep 21 - Signs you need a brain break

Season #1

Are you pushing yourself to keep going, even when you feel exhausted, unwell and mentally overwhelmed? Why do we do this? Are we worried about looking weak? incapable? unhinged? We must stop doing this to...
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Ep 20 - Recovering from relationship breakdown with Viv Allen

Season #1

Today I'm speaking to Viv Allen, Counsellor, Success & Business Performance Coach and Charity founder, about how going through a divorce was the catalyst for retraining and learning to work in her zone of...
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Ep 19 - Thinking Big with Rebecca Newenham

Season #1

After a corporate career in buying for retail giants Superdrug and Sainsburys, Rebecca was looking for a flexible work solution that could fit around her lifestyle and three daughters. Having grown up with a...
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Ep 18 - Scaling my business during the pandemic

Season #1

During the last financial year I have increased my turnover by 31%, which on its own is pretty awesome, but the real milestone has been exceeding my previous full time TV salary on just 25 hours a week (in fact whilst...
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Ep 17 - Overcoming Adversity with Maddy Alexander

Season #1 Episode #17

In this episode I speak to Maddy Alexander, the CEO of multi award winning money saving app My VIP Rewards, about her journey of scaling her business despite facing multiple challenges, which include recovering from...
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Ep 16 - When people see your business as a hobby

Season #1 Episode #16

Do you get frustrated when your nearest and dearest treat your business like a hobby? When they assume you can stop what you're doing at the drop of a hat, because you work at home, and what you're doing can't be that...
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Ep 15 - Ready to step up? Don't do this

Season #1 Episode #15

Have you ever had one of those moments when it feels like now is the time to step up? That everything feels aligned and that you whole heartedly believe that you can make this work? Maybe that moment is now, or maybe...
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Ep 14 - Beating the isolation of solo working

Season #1 Episode #14

When I chat to women about their experiences of running a small business, often as a solopreneur, one of the common challenges they face is how incredibly lonely it can be. Especially if they've come from a corporate...
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