The Think Piece Podcast

The Think Piece Podcast episodes:

• 03.28.2024

  Bring the Internet to Life

  Online businesses must transcend the digital if they want to survive. Awareness of the harms of the social internet and associated technologies, and how corporate greed and lackluster policy have made it so many of the harms outweigh the powerful...

  
• 03.15.2024

  In Praise Of Constraints

  When I narrowed the scope of what is possible, I found more possibility. A paradox perhaps, but true. Trying to keep all paths open, to never choose, to have it all is what prevents growth, creativity, and clarity. Listen to...

  
• 02.21.2024

  Innovation in the Algorithmic Age

  Artists feel the temperature shifts of our culture and economy before others even think to walk outside and see what the weather is. At this fulcrum moment of the Algorithmic Age, artists are up against some challenges: Generative AI threatens...

  
• 02.07.2024

  Vision Pro Is An Answer To A Deeply Sad Question

  Who gets to touch the world? Spatial computing replicates the core human desire to impact our surroundings while preventing us from doing that at all. This is the audio version of an essay published at Think Piece. This is...

  
• 01.31.2024

  Copyright, Fair Use, and AI with Katherine de Vos Devine

  AI AI AI. It’s all anyone online can talk about. What is it? Does it do anything useful? Who will it harm, and how? Can creative jobs even exist in the age of machine learning? For artists, creatives, writers, and...

  
• 12.12.2023

  In Search of a Post-Achievement Life with Khe Hy

  Who would you be without your business? Your mind may first go to the financial impacts: without your work, you might struggle to pay your bills, save for retirement, or care for your children. But that’s not the only potential...

  
• 11.28.2023

  I Quit Instagram

  I finally did it. After years of wrestling with Instagram and trying to figure out how to use it in a way that supports my work without making me want to die, I have left the platform professionally. I tried...

  
• 11.09.2023

  Find Your Hustle

  Hustle? Find it? Like it’s a good thing? If you read that title and wondered if you’re on the wrong podcast feed, I get it. I’ve spent years decrying the hustle, and trying to help founders and creatives break out...

  
• 10.25.2023

  The Experience of Time in Crisis

  Winter is coming in the Northern Hemisphere, and the shortening days are foregrounding the experience of time. The shift this year is intensified by the relationship to time, information, and engagement online as the world reckons with the horrific Hamas...

  
• 10.12.2023

  End-of-Year Business Planning

  We’ve entered the last quarter of 2023, and with it the pressure to push for last-minute sales. Entrepreneurs try to pack a lot into this season, and critical short- and longterm planning goes undone. In this episode, I explore what...

  
• 09.28.2023

  How To Create Business Boundaries

  As the founder of a business, it’s only a matter of time before a customer does something that crosses the line for your product, or you fall into the trap of working when you promised that you wouldn’t, or that...

  
• 07.27.2023

  Online Courses Are Not Working

  It’s no secret that online education is at an inflection point. Sales are down from their lockdown-era highs. Completion rates remain challenging, and as more people prioritize in-person experiences, even the best programs are suffering from low engagement. In this...

  
• 07.13.2023

  The Future of Online Marketing

  Social media is a mess, ad conversions are down and costs are up, and SEO is collapsing under the weight of AI content. The tools that have reliably grown online businesses for the past decades are no longer effective, but...

  
• 06.28.2023

  Burn It Down

  Last October, I unceremoniously stopped podcasting and started the process of closing my most successful online product, the Holistic Business Academy membership. Despite consistent revenue and a proven offer, I was bored and unable to hire myself out of the...

  
• 10.06.2022

  Lessons From Three Years Of HBA

  Are you afraid of change? Did your first iteration of an offer sell so well that you haven’t had a reason to fix it? Are there shifts you’d like to make to the offer, but you’re worried if you do...

  
• 09.21.2022

  Running an Online Tarot Business in 2022 with Liz Worth

  Vibes alone won’t create a successful business. Many online tarot readers, astrologers, and coaches saw a massive revenue increase in 2020 but steady declines since. Even more started new businesses during the boom as the pandemic pushed people online, but...

  
• 09.07.2022

  Small Business Degrowth

  Why do you want to grow your business? Is it because you have a specific revenue goal? A family to support, or dreams to fulfill? Something you’re saving towards, like a house, or debt you’re paying off? Or is it...

  
• 08.24.2022

  Electional Astrology for Business Planning with ZamboniFunk

  How do you choose the best day to launch? Maybe you look at your personal and business calendars, take into consideration the number of days you’ll need to promote, and schedule a launch date that works best for you. Perhaps...

  
• 08.10.2022

  Choosing the Right Education Model

  Confused about which online education model is actually going to lead to good results for both you and your client? Maybe you’ve set up a self-study course that you’re excited about, but few of your students are actually completing it....

  
• 07.27.2022

  How to Fix Your Membership

  Is your membership business making you feel trapped, overwhelmed, and burnt out? Your membership was supposed to make life easier for you, not harder. But now you’re stuck doing more work than ever, you’re losing customers faster than you can...

  
• 07.13.2022

  Starting an Online Membership Business with Ward Sandler

  Are you burnt out from endless private sessions, or worried that clients are going to stop booking in this economic downturn? Great news: we have a solution for you. Memberships, which are courses, communities, or group coaching programs accessible through...

  
• 06.29.2022

  Why No One Is Buying

  Does your offer suck? You spent weeks developing a new offer that highlights your areas of expertise. You sat in front of your computer for hours in Canva designing graphics. You made a sales page and changed the link in...

  
• 06.08.2022

  Values-Aligned Branding for Small Business with Christine Lieu

  It’s no secret that great branding is important to your business: it can save you valuable time and energy while quickly and effectively communicating your core values with your audience and boosting your sales. But what exactly does branding entail?...

  
• 05.25.2022

  Four-Day Work Weeks in Small Business

  Four-day work weeks sound great in theory. Getting to work less and having three-day weekends every week? Who would say no to that? But as a small business owner, you probably have serious worries about being able to get everything...

  
• 05.11.2022

  Subverting Capitalism in Small Business with Stephanie Najjar

  Capitalist ideology loves to promote the idea of business and entrepreneurship. Capitalist logic says, if your idea is innovative enough, if you work hard enough, if you discover all the right strategies—you’ll make it big. You’ll be rich. But when...

  
• 04.27.2022

  Sales Funnel Foundations

  Sales funnels can be intimidating, but at their core, they’re simple: a way for you to communicate with your ideal customers and give them all the information they need in order to make a buying decision. In this episode on...

  
• 04.13.2022

  Holistic Project Management

  How do you want to run your business? On fear, exploitation, and the assumption that you and your employees are incompetent? Or on open communication, shared accountability, and ease? In this episode on the holistic business approach to project management,...

  
• 03.30.2022

  Why Holistic Business?

  What exactly is a holistic business? And why does it matter? In this introduction to the philosophical foundations of building a sustainable business, holistic business coach Sarah M. Chappell breaks down the key characteristics of holistic business and shows you...

  
• 12.30.2021

  From Vulnerable to Spiritual with Alex Naranjo and Marlene Vargas

  Where has your intuition led you? Maybe you felt a tingle on the back of your head when you met your partner for the first time. Maybe you had a sudden urge to pick up an orange when you were...

  
• 12.23.2021

  2021 Year in Review

  How was your year? With 2022 fast approaching, this is the perfect time to step back and give your 2021 business year a quick assessment.  This doesn’t have to be about numbers, though y’all know how much I love numbers! ...

  
• 12.09.2021

  Tarot Excavation with Rashunda Tramble

  Are you paying attention? Seriously, do you know what’s coming next for the platforms you use to market your business, the places your information lives?  What would you do if Instagram disappeared tomorrow? Would you lose your entire audience? If...

  
• 12.02.2021

  Behind the Scenes: Membership Launch

  What does your launch week look like? Are you frantic, stressed, and anxious? Are you staring at your screen and analyzing the numbers? We recently launched our membership program, the Holistic Business Academy, for the third time this year. And...

  
• 11.25.2021

  Astrology as a Texturizer with Bess Matassa

  Astrology isn’t here to dictate your life. Astrology is a map.  A terrain for life.  A red carpet to possibility. This week on the podcast, I’m thrilled to be joined by Bess Matassa, PhD, a New York-based astrologer and tarot...

  
• 11.18.2021

  November Energy Reading

  You have a choice. Y’all, it’s been a few months since we’ve done an energy reading. But today, with the north winds blowing from the realm of fate, I am pulled to my altar, back to the cards, and into...

  
• 11.11.2021

  What’s Wrong With My Marketing?

  My marketing bombed. Yep, that’s right. This past week, I shared a post, and it completely bombed. And it made me think twice about how I’ve been feeling, what my state of mind is, and what message my audience was...

  
• 11.04.2021

  When Will You Be Successful?

  What is success? You’re probably scrolling through Instagram and seeing other small business owners boasting about their biz achievements, going on expensive vacations, or talking about their six-figure businesses. And seeing these posts might have you wondering if you’re ever...

  
• 10.28.2021

  Business is a Job

  Do you love what you do? We’ve all been told that if you love what you do, it won’t feel like work.  So when you set out to start your own business, you are ready for that feeling of alignment...

  
• 10.21.2021

  Collaborations

  How did you feel during the Facebook outage? Were you stressed about the implications for your business?  Concerned that the IG post you had scheduled wouldn’t post or be seen?  Anxious about the money you’d spent on ads that day?...

  
• 09.28.2021

  Quick Coaching with Sarah: Failed Launches, Rebranding, Competition

  Failure is a gift. When you “fail” at something in your business, it is an opportunity to learn, to reflect, to address gaps and make changes. Without failure you miss out on an opportunity to grow. In this Quick Coaching...

  
• 09.23.2021

  Take a Break

  When was the last time you took a break? No, really, I want to know. When was the last time you stepped away from your work? Read a book? Took a nap? Spent an entire afternoon binge watching your favorite...

  
• 09.21.2021

  Quick Coaching with Sarah: Transitioning from Sliding Scale to Flat Rate Pricing

  Does change have to mean loss? Anytime you change anything in your business, you are bound to lose customers. Read that again. Then take a deep breath, because it’s okay. Change is good. Especially when these changes are helping you...

  
• 09.16.2021

  Are You a Scammer?

  Are you ripping people off? Many of the people I work with have a huge fear of being a scammer. Being a spiritual entrepreneur, it’s common to have a heightened awareness of ethics that can lead you to regularly questioning...

  
• 09.14.2021

  Quick Coaching with Sarah: Membership Growth, Second Launches, and Free Content Boundaries

  Great ideas don’t make sales. So how do you take a great idea and transform it into something you can teach and your customers want to buy? In today’s quick coaching episode, we’re talking about how to turn an idea...

  
• 09.02.2021

  Developmental Trauma with Fanny Priest

  You deserve to feel safe. Trauma awareness is at an all time high. Or, more accurately, the use of the word has become extremely common. But that doesn’t mean we have a strong working understanding of the different types and...

  
• 08.31.2021

  Quick Coaching with Sarah: Firing Contractors, Self-Invalidation, and Effective Marketing

  Why aren’t you selling? It’s easy to tell people how much you believe in your products or services. It’s easy to share how many PDFs come in your course. It’s easy to explain how much it would mean to you...

  
• 08.26.2021

  How I Became a Business Coach

  You could go to school for two years for an MBA and still not be an entrepreneur. In fact, I might argue that an MBA doesn’t even prepare you to navigate the world of small business. So what does? Experience....

  
• 08.24.2021

  Quick Coaching with Sarah: Effective Instagram Engagement

  Instagram is not a strategy. Every week we get questions about Instagram from frustrated IG users like you who aren’t seeing the results they want. This makes sense, because I’m hosting this coaching session on Instagram. But what if I...

  
• 08.17.2021

  Quick Coaching with Sarah: Virtual assistants, Building an Audience, and Newsletters

  Who are you reaching? Everyone talks about building audiences for their business, but shaping your audience is just as important. Quality over quantity, folks! WHO you are reaching with your business and WHAT you do once you have their attention...

  
• 08.12.2021

  How to Change Your Mind

  Can we normalize changing your mind about your business plan? One of the issues I see business owners struggling with all the time is the PRESSURE to make “the right” decision. I see this pressure on everything from structuring offers...

  
• 08.05.2021

  Why I Hate Patreon

  Patreon sucks, y’all! Whoa, that’s a bold topic for an entire podcast episode! I know. It’s no secret that I have strong opinions, but I don’t bash lightly. What started as a bone to pick with this particular platform has...