Today's episode is an interview with Jackie Meek, who helps frazzled Mums make time for themselves by creating sustainable mindset habits to bring resilience, calmness and laser focused attention.

In this episode Jackie talks openly about the very personal struggles she went through which led her to starting her own business. Jackie talks in depth about her positive mental fitness bootcamp, equipping Mums to build their mental fitness so they can face life's challenges resourcefully.

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http://businessfoundationsformums.co.uk/021-jackie-meek

Today's episode is all about networking. Having children can make it challenging to attend networking meetings, and many people feel uncomfortable stepping into the unknown and anxious about having to stand up and talk in front of a group of strangers. In this episode, I explore some of the different styles of networking, from online, to informal, to more formal, and child friendly.

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Today's episode is an interview with Wendy Wood. Wendy is the co-founder of the Little Birth Company, Birth worker and women's business coach. Wendy and her business partner at the Little Birth company have trained hundreds of women to deliver hypnobirthing, whilst Wendy also supports numerous women in their business journeys, with her focus being helping her clients to stay in their own lane, do things, their way and not to feel that they have to follow to crowd or compare themselves to others. Wendy shares some of her own experiences of how she built her businesses to work around her family life, so that she can be there for her children and family, using time carefully and knowing what to focus on. She also talks about the importance of growing your audience on multiple platforms, and how she found this out the hard way.

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Today's episode is all about key financial terms… About understanding the basic terminology for the financial aspect of your business. Covering turnover, the difference between net profit and gross profit, allowable expenses, VAT, PAYE and corporation tax. Find the show notes here.

Today's episode is an interview with Steph Newman. Steph is a Mum to Ava and runs her business, Facials by Stephanie, to share a back to basics approach to taking care of your skin. I spoke to Steph about how she decided to return to her passion of working with skin, and why she chose to start her own business, rather than join an existing salon, and Steph talks with huge passion about skin, and how she works with clients to address their skin issues, or simply to get a good skin routine with the right products for their skin. And of course some book recommendations. Find the shownotes and links to the recommended books & apps here

Today's episode is all about Resilience... about getting back up and trying again after you have been knocked down, or suffered a failure. About learning from our experiences, and picking ourselves up, learning from our mistakes, changing our direction and giving it another go.

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Today's episode is an interview with Julie Brown. Julie is a visibility and media coach working with female coaches and consultants to increase their impact, credibility and attract more clients. Eighteen years enjoying a career as a journalist/editor places Julie in an ideal position to help her clients develop and execute a media strategy to tell the world about their greatness and put them ahead of their competitors. This coupled with her knowledge of marketing, messaging, writing and storytelling, Julie confidently leads business owners towards success. Add in being a qualified and accredited life coach, she will wrestle to the ground any mindset issues threatening to hold you back. And of course some book and tool recommendations.

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A question that I am often asked, and see asked in so many business groups is "should I have a Facebook Business page or a Facebook Group?". Here, I talk about the features, benefits and values of both.

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Today's episode is an interview with Helen Wood of Ava Rose Marketing. Helen started her career running marketing campaigns for large international brands before deciding to work with her husband in their construction business, growing the business to doubling year on year. Seeing the success that marketing could bring to a small business, Helen decided to start her own marketing consultancy bringing her wealth of experience to other small business owners, either supporting them with a marketing strategy, or delivering their marketing for them.

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In today's episode Kate talks about identifying your ideal client and why this is so important.

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