Being Boss: Mindset, Habits, Tactics, and Lifestyle for Creative Entrepreneurs

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Being Boss is a podcast for creative entrepreneurs, freelancers, and side-hustlers, whether you're wanting to quit your day job or have been your own boss for a while now. Authors and "business besties" Emily Thompson and Kathleen Shannon dig into the mindset, habits, routines, boundaries, branding, marketing tactics, business strategies, systems, and processes that help you make money doing what you love. Join us as we interview bosses such as Brené Brown, Brooke Castillo, Marie Forleo, Ramit Sethi, Danielle LaPorte, Chalene Johnson, Mike Michalowicz of Profit First, Melissa Hartwig of Whole30, and more! Subscribe, rate, and review wherever you listen to good podcasts.

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A happy life doesn’t just fall in your lap, so we're bringing in Stephanie Fleming of The Happy Planner today to talk with us about how to plan out your happy life. We're also talking about navigating pivotal life moments, ...

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01.21.2020 #221 - Plan a Happy Life with Stephanie Fleming of Happy Planner A happy life doesn’t just fall in your lap, so we're bringing in Stephanie Fleming of The Happy Planner today to talk with us about how to plan out your happy life. We're also talking about navigating pivotal life moments, ...
01.07.2020 #220 - Plan Out Your Year with 20/20 Vision Whether it's once a quarter or once a year, there's never a bad time to do some business planning. To get 2020 off to a great start, Emily and Kathleen discuss the different methods for creating a plan, what types ...
12.10.2019 #219 - Burnout + Buyout This time last year, Emily and Kathleen felt burnout that prompted them to scale back their workload. One year removed from that fatigue, they're looking back at what caused the burnout and how it affected their businesses, personal health, and ...
11.19.2019 NOW OPEN: Being Boss Conference and Community After years of testing and changing, chatting with you, listening to you, traveling with you, and growing with you, we’re showing up for the next phase of Being Boss, and… it’s all about you. So today, we have two big ...
11.12.2019 #218 - Gratitude Practices for Abundance Practicing gratitude is essential for being a boss, so Emily and Kathleen are using this episode to talk about why gratitude is so important, how and why to implement gratitude into your relationships, and practices for showing appreciation in your ...
10.08.2019 #217 - Your Wolfpack Friendships and connections are important when you're running a business, so Kathleen and Emily are taking some time to talk about cultivating a community, finding your wolfpack, nurturing relationships with business besties, and more.
09.10.2019 #216 - Own Your Weird with Jason Zook Our long-time boss boyfriend, Jason Zook, is back on the podcast today to talk with us about the tangle of work + identity, the things you learn from sticking to your entrepreneur path, and owning your weird.
08.13.2019 #215 - Travel, Perspective, and Impact Fresh off of their trip to Guatemala, Emily and Kathleen are ready to talk about traveling, the importance of seeing new places, and the positive impact your business can have in the world. They are also opening up about their ...
07.09.2019 #214 - Boundaries This month we're talking about boundaries. We’re diving in with defining what boundaries are, how to tell when you need better boundaries, and how to create healthy boundaries professionally and personally.
06.11.2019 #213 - Word of Mouth Marketing With social media and email marketing having become so popular in recent years, it's easy to forget that word of mouth marketing is a tried and true method that has consistently worked throughout time. In this episode, Emily and Kathleen ...
05.14.2019 #212 - How to Get Better at What You Do When did you last take time to practice your craft? In today's episode, Kathleen and Emily discuss how to get better at what you do by finding ways to continue educating yourself, whether it be with books, new tools, school, ...
04.09.2019 #211 - Instagram and Blogging Some of you may have noticed changes in Instagram and blogging lately, so today we're talking Instagram and our potential breakup with hashtags, the ever changing landscape of blogging and whether or not we think it's dead, content marketing strategies ...
03.14.2019 Join us for #BeingBossGuatemala! Being Boss has partnered with Cooperative for Education to host a charitable trip to Guatemala where we will help educate children out of poverty, and we're inviting you to help us accomplish our goal! Join Emily, Kathleen, and the team ...
03.12.2019 #210 - Speaking, Photoshoots, and Monthly Intentions This month, we're talking about making the most of a photoshoot, sharing growth goals with your entire team, the charitable #BeingBossGuatemala trip, our monthly intentions, and all things speaking: how to get speaking gigs, what to charge, and the do's ...
02.12.2019 #209 - Rest for Productivity Rest is essential when you are running a business, so today we're discussing what we learned from reading the book Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less. We're also exploring the business trends that we anticipate for ...
01.17.2019 Emily's Top 2 Things for Being a Business Boss Emily is dropping into your feed today to share some insights into two things she couldn't live without as the boss of her own business!
01.15.2019 #208 - Word of the Year + Having More Fun We're back! Emily and Kathleen are at it again after an extended break and they're ready to define their intentions for 2019. In this episode, we're hitting the ground running with choosing our words of the year and the month, ...
12.18.2018 #207 - Self-Limiting Beliefs and Goal Setting We're starting to look ahead at some of our 2019 wants and goals, but first, let's tackle some self-limiting beliefs. Bosses, it's time to start becoming aware of the negative thoughts you allow into your space so that you can ...
12.11.2018 #206 - Company of One with Paul Jarvis Boss boyfriend, Paul Jarvis is back on Being Boss! He's got a new book called Company of One, so we're digging into the mindset of being a solopreneur, finding "enoughness" in your business, finding resilience, and hiring vs. partnering on ...
12.04.2018 #205 - First Year of Business at Almanac Supply Co Emily has had her product-based business, Almanac Supply Co, for one year now! So today we're checking in on what she's learned in her first year of business, how fraudy feelings come up even when you've had other businesses, the ...
11.27.2018 #204 - Your Brightest Life with Caroline Kelso Zook Get ready for a mindset shift! Today, Caroline Kelso Zook joins us on Being Boss to talk about all things from listening to your body to avoid burnout, to finding that work/life balance or blend (especially when you work with ...
11.20.2018 #203 - Build a Community For Your Business with Jadah Sellner These days it seems like all the online businesses are focused on building a community...but that's easier said than done. So today, Jadah Sellner joins us to talk about building a community with heart in a way that creates genuine ...
11.13.2018 #202 - Non-Profit and For-Purpose Business Model with Shawanda Mason-Moore What does it actually look like to start a non-profit business? In today's episode, Shawanda Mason-Moore, co-founder of the educational non-profit, The Chattery, talks us through some of the logistics of starting and running a non-profit and how the non-profit ...
11.06.2018 #201 - Health, Body, and Business with Ali Shapiro You know it by now: when you treat your body right, you're able to be more boss, but how many of you are actually putting that knowledge to practice? Well today we are joined by Ali Shapiro of the Insatiable ...
10.30.2018 #200 - Surprising Business Lessons – LIVE from New Orleans We're celebrating 200 episodes of the Being Boss podcast live from our Being Boss NOLA vacation! Today we're digging into the business lessons we've learned over 200 episodes and we're hearing from some of the bosses at our vacation as ...
10.23.2018 #199 - Crystals for Creatives with Hibiscus Moon Raise your hand if you have a crystal or two sitting on your desk? Beyond being just pretty, we love getting woo with them, but in today's episode, we've got Crystal Healer, Hibiscus Moon, sharing how some of these woo ...
10.16.2018 #198 - Tarot, Spiritual Baths, & Creative Business with Tatianna Tarot You know we can't stay away from the Tarot for too long, so today we are so excited to be joined by Tatianna Morales of Tatianna Tarot who is talking with us all about her journey and approach to Tarot, ...
10.11.2018 BONUS - Style & Business with Diadora Luxe We're coming at you live from Toronto where we were joined by a panel of inspiring bosses to talk about personal style, entrepreneurship, and more at an event to celebrate the launch of the new, Canadian designed Diadora Luxe Collection, ...
10.09.2018 #197 - Modern Mystic Kelley Knight Kelley Knight of Modern Mystic Shop joins us on Being Boss to dive deep into the woo. We're talking all about where business and spirituality mix, listening to your intuition to feel a solid yes or no when making decisions, ...
10.02.2018 #196 - Everyday Tarot with Biddy Tarot Brigit Esselmont of Biddy Tarot is back on Being Boss because she has a new book (Everyday Tarot) to help us incorporate tarot and ritual in our everyday lives (and businesses!). So we're nerding out about tarot, talking about the ...
09.25.2018 #195 - Branding for Business Consider this the episode that can serve as the Branding 101 guide to your business. We've done a couple episodes about branding in the past, but in this episode, we're breaking down the terms, talking about how to develop your ...
09.18.2018 #194 - Money Planning with Farnoosh Torabi We know that money is a favorite boss topic, but it's also one of the biggest boss struggles, so we've invited one of America's leading personal finance authorities, Farnoosh Torabi, on Being Boss to talk all about earning, saving, spending, ...
09.11.2018 #193 - Online Courses Let's talk online courses! We've each had different online courses for different businesses in different formats, so in this episode of Being Boss, we're talking about the pros & cons of online courses, why you might want to utilize different ...
09.04.2018 #192 - Cultivating Optimism Staying positive is something we really rally and try to do, but sometimes things don't go as you've planned—especially when you're starting or growing a business—and fraudy feelings can get in the mix. So today we're sharing our tips and ...
08.31.2018 MINISODE - Mandatory Lazy Day In order to be boss, you have to do the work...but sometimes doing the work looks like some serious rest. In today's minisode, we're talking about the importance of giving yourself some serious rest and separation from your business to ...
08.28.2018 #191 - Rituals and Routines A huge part of Being Boss is creating routines and rituals that keep you focused in your work, but that also enrich your life away from the computer. In today's episode, we're sharing our favorite rituals and routines that help ...
08.24.2018 MINISODE - Your Employee Handbook Having an employee handbook isn't just important if you have employees, it's important if you are your own employee so that you can set boundaries and rules for the way that you want to work. In today's minisode, we're sharing ...
08.21.2018 #190 - Choose Wonder Over Worry with Amber Rae Amber Rae, author of Choose Wonder Over Worry, joins us on Being Boss to talk about acting on your truth, finding internal awareness, learning from your emotions, identifying your priorities when you think you don't have enough time, and moving ...
08.17.2018 MINISODE - Creating Boss Boundaries Establishing boundaries to cultivate more of what you want to grow in your business is a lot like tending to a garden, which is exactly the metaphor we use in an exercise from the Being Boss book. In today's minisode, ...
08.14.2018 #189 - Communicate + Collaborate Especially after writing our book, Being Boss: Take Control of Your Work + Live Life on Your Own Terms, we've gotten lots of questions about how we collaborate so strongly and maintain strong communication despite being in separate locations and ...
08.10.2018 MINISODE - What's in Your Orbit? When you're taking control of your work and living life on your terms, it's important to pay attention to who and what you're putting in your orbit of influence. In today's minisode, we're going over an exercise from the Being ...
08.07.2018 #188 - Going From Boss to CEO It's time to step into the role of CEO in your business. Today we're talking about the difference between being "boss" and being "CEO," how you can own the title of CEO, and we're breaking down the different types of ...
08.03.2018 MINISODE - The Scientific Method for Bosses One of the exercises we outline in the Being Boss book is The Scientific Method (for creative entrepreneurs) because running a business is all about testing and changing. In today's minisode, we're sharing how to employ the scientific method in ...
07.31.2018 #187 - She Caused a Riot with Hannah Jewell Hannah Jewell, author of She Caused a Riot, joins us to share how writing about women in history has shaped how she views life today, how she's cultivated her sense of humor while tackling serious topics, and the huge importance ...
07.27.2018 MINISODE - Finding Your Values You hear us talking about finding your values and this comes up several times in the Being Boss book as well as our CEO Day Kit, but we still get questions from listeners about how to actually find your values. ...
07.24.2018 #186 - Digital Boundaries Boundaries can be elusive—especially when you’re trying to enforce them in an always-connected online world. So today we’re talking about our digital boundaries for creative entrepreneurs and business owners—from social media to customer support and more.
07.20.2018 MINISODE - What's Next for the Podcast? Coming at you live from the Printers Row Lit Fest in Chicago, listener Patrick asks us what's next for the Being Boss Podcast. We're talking all about our spinoff podcast and what's next up our sleeves with new podcasts and ...
07.17.2018 #185 - Spend Less Money and Make More Time with Cait Flanders Cait Flanders, author of The Year of Less, shares how spending less money opened up more space for intentional decision-making around being a better freelancer and creative entrepreneur and living a creative life of her own making.
07.13.2018 MINISODE - Finding Your Online Creative Community Coming at you live from the Printers Row Lit Fest in Chicago, listener Claire asks us for tips on how to build or join communities and just connect with other creatives if you're just starting out as a creative entrepreneur.
07.10.2018 #184 - Homeschool + Daycare A huge part of our boss identity is that we're also moms. Being creative business owners has allowed us to parent the way we want, and we know a lot of our boss listeners are also mothers or want to ...

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