Do you have “paid speaker” on your current vision board?

I do! So what do you do? How can you start? And what does it take to be a paid speaker? I know, all your burning questions will be answered in the latest episode of The Essential Shift Podcast with our guest, Jaimie Abbott!

Small business owners, I am talking to you.

While we are setting goals and theme words for the year, it is a powerful time to look at what is happening in the industry and adapt our priorities to focus on how we can think ahead in 2024 - all while grounding ourselves in the present.

We all have dreams, BUT this is important to remember…

We all have different dreams! Your dream business looks so different to my dream business.

It is time to stop letting others tell us what is the business of our DREAMS.

What does it take to build a growing and scaling startup? Determination, motivation and a great support network around you! This REWIND episode of The Essential Shift Podcast (and also the most popular of 2023) is sure to inspire you to continue on your business journey.

One thing your business might be missing… And it is something I have noticed in the last few months among female entrepreneurs. It striked me how many small business owners prioritise tactics, flashy digital tools, and shiny objects, overlooking the fact that the missing link is actually the strategy led by none other than YOU, the CEO.

How can you describe 2023?

Did you feel you created the impact you wanted? Or did you chase the dreams of others. Did you chase an aligned vision of success?

Whatever the answer. It doesn’t matter. Because we learn, we grow, we evolve.

We all build our business for a reason, for a desired outcome. But I imagine 99.9% of us create our business based on a passion we have. What can happen along the way is we get lost, we go down a different path or we chase someone else’s definition of success.

Money stress is uncomfortable, so maybe it is time to stop your worry and stress… Sounds hard, right?

What do you want? Have you ever been told that and thought “gosh, I don’t know”. Usually with this question, we have a generic answer like “to be a millionaire”. But when we take time to actually reflect, this is when we dive deep into our inner knowing what it is we actually want.

You can build a side hustle without the hustle…

It doesn’t have to be about working extra hard just to make your side hustle a “success”.

You don’t have to be a “creative” to be the creator of your own success… But at the same time, you can be as creative as you want on your path towards impact. Towards building your own definition of success.

The overnight success… a rare find if I am honest. To grow a business takes a lot of time, a lot of love and a lot of testing. It is filled with lessons learnt, tears, happiness - every emotion you can think of.

There's a trend going around on social media that's damaging to businesses… I want to talk about it and call it out.

What does it take to launch and promote a book without burnout?

I know so often when we launch something in our business (especially something that has had as much love as a book), we feel we are 24/7 talking about it, promoting it.

Your brand…whether it be your personal brand or your business brand - it is what people say about you when you aren’t in the room. That is why building and maintaining your brand is vital for the longevity of your business. So what do people say about you when you are not in the room? Or what do you want people to say about you and your brand?

I have seen many entrepreneurs now talking about this… Intuition and how much they use it in business.

It was 2014. I was a Strategy Consultant in France at the top of my game… Now as you know me, I live in Sydney Australia with my two girls and husband working as a Business Doula and mentor for hundreds of women in business. How did this happen? How did my burnout lead me here?

I always like to say “your words could be medicine for others”.

And this doesn’t just mean the spoken word. The words you write on your website, your social media posts, your emails can have a profound impact on your audience.

Full pinch me moment!! Light It is officially LIVE this week!

I channelled this book in 2021! November 2021 - New Moon in Scorpio (and of course it was a Lunar Eclipse (you can't make this stuff up)...The message came SO clearly.

Are you secretly spiritual?

This conversation with Ashley Rose will leave you so inspired.