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5th Aug 2024

What does it mean to Scale Spaciously..

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Hello and welcome to the

spacious scaling podcast.

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I am really excited to be finally

sharing this episode with you.

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It has been something that has

been on my vision board and my

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to do list for a very long time.

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And to be completely honest with

you, I have been just too much of

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a perfectionist to give it a go

when I didn't feel fully prepared.

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And like I had enough to say, but

here we are, I'm doing the finally.

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And I wanted to take some time to record

this episode as A little bit of an

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introduction and I really want to dive

into the concept of spacious scaling,

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which of course is the name of the podcast

and why I am so passionate about this

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concept and this movement and give you

a little bit of information on myself.

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So here we go.

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If you are new to my world or you

don't really know much about my work

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and my business, then I want this to

be the place where you can get some

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of that foundational information.

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And I'm also gonna try and keep it

nice and short because if you are

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anything like me, you probably just

wanna like dive in and start listening

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to the content and the actual episodes.

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But yeah, I wanted to provide

an introduction first, and

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I guess my intention with

this podcast episode is that.

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You will listen to this first episode

and really get a feel for if this is

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going to be a place that is going to

provide some valuable content for you.

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And it's going to be worth you spending

your precious time listening to.

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And yeah, I really hope that it is.

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So let's begin by touching on this

concept, this idea of spacious scaling,

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which is a term that I have come up

with to encompass this movement that

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I'm really passionate about leading

in my business and the way that I am

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passionate about doing business as well,

because to me, spacious scaling is the

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act of intentionally growing and scaling

our business, our income, our impact

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all in a way that feels really good.

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spacious and grounded.

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And it isn't going to lead to us feeling

burnt out and resenting our business and

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building something that we actually hate.

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And I know that that can

actually be really easy.

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Like one moment, you've got this

idea to start this business.

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And then before you know it,

you can be running this thing.

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That isn't what you want, right?

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Like you probably started your business

because you didn't want to work in quote

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unquote, the normal world in a normal

nine to five, You wanted freedom, you

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wanted flexibility, you wanted that

different kind of stability that comes

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with being in control and running your

own business, but you could possibly find

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yourself either already there, like going

down the path of running a business that

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feels similar to what you were trying

to avoid and escape in the first place.

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And I think it can be

really common to do that.

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And really, Easy to find

ourselves on that path.

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And I know myself, I have definitely

found myself running my business before

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in a way that didn't feel good to me.

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And it wasn't that I.

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Didn't feel like I was being intentional.

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It's just that things can kind of snowball

and We end up there before we know it.

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And so whether you're listening to this

episode and you You can relate and you

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are like balls deep in a business right

now That feels like absolute shit to

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run or maybe you can feel yourself going

down that path Or maybe you're just

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really conscious of not ever ending up

there You I just want you to know that

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like you are not alone and so many more

people than you know have probably found

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themselves in that similar situation.

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And so what spacious scaling really

means to me is building and growing a

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business that does not feel like that.

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And still being a business that is

capable of holding the amount of

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clients and the amount of income that

you truly desire in order to live the

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life that you really want to live.

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Because I think there's

can be this idea and this.

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This concept that you need to like

work really hard and commit all of

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this like time and energy into your

business in order to see success.

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And whilst I don't think that

is really like is untrue, like

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building a business is hard.

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It does take time.

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It does take energy and

it does take effort.

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I think there is a way that

we can experience that.

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While still being really intentional,

intentional about the way we are doing

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business and, you know, making sacrifices

from a place of like conscious choice

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and intention and committing ourselves

to the bigger picture rather than running

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ourselves down in a business that feels

like absolute shit and that we're not

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taking intentional action in and making

sure that we're doing the other things

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in our life that make those sacrifices.

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Manageable.

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Right.

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And of course, I think that journey and

that experience is going to look different

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and play out differently for everyone.

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And I guess something that I also

want to touch on here, especially as

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I'm talking about the idea of scaling

and intentionally making more money

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in your business is I really don't

think there is any shame and anything

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wrong with wanting to make money in

your business and make a lot of money.

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And I feel like this is important

to say because especially if your

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work is centered around providing

impact and you feel like what you

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do in your business is like part of

your soul work and it's really deep.

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Yeah, maybe like more spiritual work,

you're a healer of some sort, you

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work in like a wellness modality.

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It can sometimes be really easy

to think that what we are doing

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is for the good of everyone else.

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And that we shouldn't care about

the money or like we can't care

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about helping other people whilst

also like making lots of money.

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And I really just want you to know

that this is like a safe space and

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that this is a place where it is okay

to care about making a lot of money.

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And that doesn't mean that it takes

away from the integrity or the depth of

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the work that you do with your clients.

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And.

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Yeah, I know for myself and like

the people that I attract, it is

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really about the both and right.

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It's about growing a business that

is really supportive of ourselves

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and our lifestyle and allows us

to be fully present in our offline

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life, whilst also deeply caring

about the work that we do and the

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transformation that we offer our clients.

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And so this , spacious scaling

movement is about being able to enjoy.

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The whole process even when it means

that we are stretching ourselves

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and feeling challenged in that

process of growing and scaling.

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We are doing it in a way that feels

really good and nourishing to ourselves.

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And so something else that I want

to touch on here is that I am really

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passionate about simple business.

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Like if your vision is to have like a

really, big business to scale to like,

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you know, multi seven figures with a

big team and lots of offers and lots

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of stuff going on and like have this

complicated business model, then this

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is not going to be the space for you.

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And I'm not the person for you

because that way of business

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does not interest me in any way.

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And that's not to say that

there's anything wrong with it.

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It's just not the way that I, I'm I'm

interested in doing business, and I know

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that for myself and for the people that

I work with, what is likely to be the

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truth is that you want to build a business

that is maybe going to be generating

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To low to mid multi six figures.

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You want to have a lean team, simple

operations and have a business that is

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set up to support you to do the work that

you really love in a way that feels good

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for you and for your family, for your

lifestyle, and you know, Have a business

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that has the systems and processes that

mean that you don't always need to be on.

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You don't need to be constantly

creating and chasing the next thing.

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You can be really content and

have a spacious life, do all the

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things you love whilst also having

a wildly profitable business.

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Enjoyable and scalable business and so

that is my definition of spacious scaling

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and what I am really passionate about

supporting other women in business to

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achieve in their own businesses and I

do that through supporting them with

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business strategy launch strategy.

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Offer creations and the systems and

operations and having all of the things

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that we need to have set up in our

business to ensure that it is running

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like an actual business, not a hobby

that is demanding every ounce of our

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spare time and energy and requires you

to like show up live and do everything

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in order for it to run smoothly.

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I'm sorry.

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I honestly think that my gift is being

able to see the bigger picture and see all

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of the things that need to happen in order

to reach our goals and to get things done.

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Done and being able to find the

most efficient pathway for someone

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to get there based on their values,

their desires, their circumstances,

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their strengths, and their skillset.

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And I think that is very true and

reflective of my human design as well.

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I have been leaning into learning

a lot more about myself through

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the lens of human design lately.

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And if you're interested in this, I am

a three, five self projected projector.

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I have a very open chart.

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I only have two defined centers in my

chart, which is my throat and my G center,

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my identity center, which I also think

is a reason why this podcast is going

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to be really pivotal for me is to have

this channel that I can use my voice in

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and to speak like my throat is one of

my only defined centers in human design.

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And I find a lot of clarity comes through

when I'm able to speak and use my voice.

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So.

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Yeah.

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And I think also being a three, five,

like being able to have a space where I

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can share my experiences with you, what I

have found that has worked and not worked.

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And yeah, I'm just really excited to

use this podcast to support myself

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in sharing this movement of spacious

scaling with you and to really simplify

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the process of growing and scaling your

business, because I definitely feel like

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we can overcomplicate things sometimes.

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We can look at what everyone else

is doing and feel like we need to

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be doing the same things in order

to get to that level of success.

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And very often that would lead

to us either doing things before

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we're ready, doing things that just

aren't right for us and the person

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that we are, or like skipping steps

that are really important to us.

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Putting the foundations

down for our growth.

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And so that is what I really want to

use this platform for is to share my

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experiences, my thoughts, my knowledge

around business and everything that

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I have learned in the last almost

five years of both running my own six

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figure business and also supporting

other women in their business and men.

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I do work with one male client.

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And it's Yeah, I've supported

my clients to achieve really

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incredible results in their business.

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And so I feel like coming from

this background of working with my

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clients in such an intimate capacity,

I have primarily been working as

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an online business manager for

the last four and a half years.

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Which means I've been like their right

hand person that supports them in taking

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their visions and grounding it into the

3D and making it actually come to life.

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And so being an OBM, and at least the

way that I have worked as an OBM, I am

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like right in their business, right?

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I know their business as

well as I know my own.

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And so it means that I have been able to

see, you know so much see all of these

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experiences, different strategies and

ideas play out for different people.

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And I think.

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That experience alongside my own

design and my experience running my own

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business is really powerful to be able

to support other women in business.

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And yeah, in the new ways that I want to

show up and like new offers that I want

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to be creating, I'm really excited to

be able to harness all of my experience

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and change some of the things that

I'm doing in business and offer new

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things, which is really exciting to say.

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Because I definitely feel like there has

been a pull in the last little while to

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change up the way that I'm working and

to start introducing some new offerings,

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which has actually been a really

natural progression because over the

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last couple of years I have, alongside

my OBM services, Also been supporting

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clients in a more like strategic business

coaching capacity, providing them

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strategy, launch strategy, like feedback

on their marketing and their copy and

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those sorts of things behind the scenes.

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And I have felt really recognized for my

insights in that space, which obviously

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as a projector is so important and kind

of provides a bit of a, What can I say?

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I don't know, like a light bulb

moment of like a ping to follow.

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So yeah, I just feel like I have the

skills to be able to like ask the right

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questions and provide the right feedback

to help people get really clear on what

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it is that they're doing in business.

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And so all of that so far, right.

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Has been happening behind.

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the scenes.

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And I feel like now is really the

time where I want to start taking

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action on moving those things into

how I present my business publicly

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and creating new offers around that.

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And yeah, I'm just really excited to have

new ways to support women in business,

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to give them the frameworks and the

processes and the support that they need

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to reach the results that they want.

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In a really tangible way, right?

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Because I think that is my gift being

able to ground things into the 3D.

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It's like, cool, you have this huge

vision, lots of ideas, and I'm really

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able to like pull that down into a plan,

into a process that's going to work for

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them and be supportive of all of the other

things that they have going on in life.

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And so, I'm really excited to be able

to use this podcast as a way to do that.

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And I'm really excited that you're going

to be here along for the ride with me.

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So I think that is kind of a perfect

time to wrap up this first episode.

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I'm feeling like that is.

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Complete.

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I might've gone on a little ramble there.

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Thank you so much for tuning in and

I'm excited to hear your feedback,

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hear any thoughts that you have from

listening to the first lot of episodes.

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And I guess what you can expect

from this podcast moving on from

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here is going to be weekly episodes.

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That is at least what I'm

committing to at the moment.

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And if I'm going to be completely

honest with you, that does feel

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a little bit challenging because.

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I often feel like I go through these

periods where I don't feel like

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I have much to say, I don't have

any unique thoughts or ideas, and

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I know that that is not the case.

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And it is probably just the fact that

I have so much openness in my chart.

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Like I have an open mind.

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I don't have consistent access to

knowing those like ideas and thoughts.

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And yeah, that means that committing to

a weekly episode where I have to create

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new content and show up and create new

episodes does feel a bit challenging,

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but it also feels like a challenge

that I really want to commit myself to.

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And.

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You know, even though there might be

times when I feel like I have nothing

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to say, I'll just start talking and

I know that something will come up.

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So I might just need like a bit of an

energetic clear out or whatever, but

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anyway, besides the point, we're going

to go with weekly episodes and yeah,

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thank you so much again for tuning in

and I'm excited to dive deeper with you.

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