Holistic Business Growth with Jess Parvin

What if you didn't have to be on social media to grow a successful business?

In this episode, I'm talking with Polly Pollack, a speaker, published author, and marketing mentor who helps online coaches and practitioners get visible and make consistent sales through capacity-conscious marketing that doesn't rely on social media.

Polly shares her journey from growing an audience of more than 40,000 followers and experiencing viral content to realizing that social media wasn't actually where most of her clients were coming from. She eventually decided to leave social media marketing behind and focus on more sustainable, relationship-based ways of growing her business.

We talk about why there isn't one right way to market your business, how to find strategies that work with your energy and capacity, and why consistent, aligned action matters so much more than chasing the next big marketing trend.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Why Polly decided to stop marketing on social media

• What capacity-conscious marketing actually means

• Growing your business through podcast guesting, speaking, and collaborations

• Building relationships and trust instead of chasing followers

• Creating a simple marketing ecosystem from visibility to sales

• Finding consistency without forcing yourself into strategies you hate

• Marketing approaches for ADHD and neurodivergent entrepreneurs

• Building self-trust and letting go of the pressure to follow someone else's formula

If you've been feeling overwhelmed by social media or wondering whether there's another way to grow your business, this conversation is full of practical ideas and encouragement to explore what actually works for you.

Connect with Polly:

• Website:  https://pollypollock.com/
• Polly will be leading a special workshop for my community- The Soulpreneur Collective- on November 9 called “Beyond the Scroll: Build your sustainable, social media-free visibility system that brings in predictable clients without being chained to the screen”. To join us, become a member today! 

Mentioned in today's episode:

• Polly's Anti-Social Marketing Kit: antisocialkit.com — use code holistic biz for free access.

• Join the Sacred Threshold Retreat and find out more info at: https://jessparvin.com/#retreat

What happens when the life you've built no longer feels like the life you're meant to be living?

In this episode, I'm talking with Sam Tetzlaff, a certified Mystic Astrologer, Somatic Educator for Women, and coach with a background in Counseling Psychology. Sam shares her journey from working in traditional counseling to following the pull toward astrology, somatic work, and eventually creating a business that allowed her to bring the mind, body, and spirit together.

We talk about what it looks like to follow your curiosity when you don't know where it's leading, why your nervous system plays such an important role in your capacity for change, and how reconnecting with the body can help us navigate big transitions in our lives and businesses.

Sam also shares her perspective on the astrology of 2026, the larger collective shifts we're experiencing, embodied leadership, and why so many of us may be questioning systems, identities, and ways of living that no longer feel aligned.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Following your curiosity without needing to know the outcome
• The connection between your nervous system and your capacity for growth
• Bringing together astrology, psychology, and somatic work
• The major astrological shifts happening in 2026
• Reconnecting with the body, intuition, and feminine energy
• Embodied leadership and reclaiming your own agency
• Navigating seasons when your old life no longer feels aligned
• The importance of community and our individual roles in creating collective change

If you've been feeling the pull toward something different but aren't quite sure what comes next, this conversation is a reminder that you don't need to have the whole path figured out. Sometimes you just need to follow the next breadcrumb.

Connect with Sam:

• Website: www.samtetzlaff.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sherises_embodiment/
• On October 26 Sam will be hosting a “Full Moon in Taurus women’s circle” inside of the Soulpreneur Collective. Join the membership community for women soulpreneurs now to be a part of this special Samhain-season gathering! https://jessparvin.com/the-soulpreneur-collective/

In this episode, Jess sits down with Emily Killeen, a spiritual yoga teacher, wellness-focused sobriety coach, retreat facilitator, and heart-centered community builder. Emily shares her unconventional entrepreneurial journey—from teaching yoga on the beaches of San Diego to running retreats and a wedding venue, becoming a sobriety coach, creating a group coaching program, and eventually weaving wellness, recovery, and community into one unique business.

Jess and Emily talk about the power of being a multi-passionate entrepreneur, finding your message through your own experiences, allowing your business to evolve, and staying consistent without constantly reinventing the wheel.

They also dive into social media, authenticity, AI, nervous system regulation, self-care, and why human connection and experiential offerings may become even more valuable as AI continues to change the online world.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why your own story may hold clues to your niche
• How Emily turned her sobriety journey into a business
• Why consistency doesn't mean doing the same thing forever
• How to let your offers evolve as you do
• Why you don't have to be perfect on social media
• How authenticity can become part of your marketing strategy
• Why community and human connection are becoming more important
• How self-care and personal growth influence your business

If you're a multi-passionate entrepreneur who has wondered how all the different pieces of your life are supposed to fit together, this conversation is for you.

Connect with Emily:

• Website: https://www.emilykilleen.com

• Website: https://www.happysoberfree.com

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/happy.sober.free/

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emily.eller2

Mentioned in this episode:

• The Soulpreneur Accountability Ritual: ⁠https://jessparvin.com/freebies/#accountability

What happens when burnout becomes the catalyst for building a completely different life?

In this inspiring and deeply relatable conversation, Jess Parvin sits down with Ether Wellness founder and women’s strength and embodiment coach Kari Mysker to explore the winding journey from corporate burnout to creating a thriving women’s wellness business rooted in intuition, embodiment, community, and sustainable growth.

Kari shares the very real behind-the-scenes of building a brick-and-mortar wellness studio from scratch, learning to trust herself, navigating entrepreneurship as a Projector in Human Design, and creating spaces where women can reconnect with their bodies in a safe and supportive way.

This conversation weaves together entrepreneurship, nervous system regulation, women’s health, embodiment, midlife wellness, community building, and the courage it takes to create something that doesn’t fully exist yet.

Topics we cover:

• Kari’s journey from burnout to entrepreneurship
• The reality of building a brick-and-mortar wellness business
• Gym anxiety and what’s missing from mainstream fitness spaces
• Human Design and entrepreneurship as a Projector
• Embodiment, intuition, and reconnecting with the body

• The importance of community for women entrepreneurs
• Building Ether Wellness and the evolution of Gather & Grow
• Midlife wellness, burnout, and nervous system regulation
• Why flexibility matters more than perfection in business and wellness

Connect with Kari:

• Rent Ether for your event, class, or gathering and check out upcoming classes & membership:  https://etherwellnessmadison.com/

• FB/IG: @etherwellnessmadison

• YouTube: @KariMysker
• Gather & Grow (last Friday of the month @ Ether): https://etherwellnessmadison.com/gather-grow-madison-womens-network/

Mentioned in this episode:

• Join the new Soulpreneur Collective:  ⁠⁠https://jessparvin.com/the-soulpreneur-collective/

• Attend our event "Thriving in Midlife" on Sept 24 in Madison! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/thriving-in-midlife-understanding-your-body-in-peri-menopause-beyond-tickets-1994020391669?aff=oddtdtcreator

What happens when you stop trying to fit yourself into a business model that was never designed for you?

In this grounded and deeply nourishing conversation, Jess Parvin sits down with Ayurvedic doctor, yoga therapist, and meditation teacher Andrea Russell to explore what it really looks like to build an intuitively led business over the long haul — especially as a multi-passionate entrepreneur.

Andrea shares her 27-year entrepreneurial journey through yoga, Ayurveda, retreats, nervous system healing, and midlife wellness, along with the lessons she's learned about consistency, intuition, sustainability, and creating a business that actually supports your life instead of consuming it.

Together, Jess and Andrea explore entrepreneurship through the lens of nervous system regulation, Eastern wisdom traditions, embodied intuition, and the evolving identity shifts many women experience in midlife.

Topics we cover:

• Andrea’s 27-year journey as a multi-passionate entrepreneur
• Building an intuitively led business without forcing yourself to niche down
• Ayurveda, yoga, and nervous system regulation for sustainable success
• Why consistency matters more than quick growth in business
• Entrepreneurship, intuition, and learning to trust your inner “yes”
• The connection between nervous system regulation and business capacity
• Midlife, perimenopause, and the deeper psycho-spiritual transition women experience
• Gut health, stress, and the Ayurvedic approach to hormonal balance
• What it means to live an “undivided” life and business
• The power of community, retreats, and women supporting women through transition

Connect with Andrea:

• Website: andrearussell.com

• Instagram:  @andrearussellayurveda
• Your Wise Way Online Workshop (Sept. 9): ⁠https://andrearussell.com/wise-women-workshop⁠
• Midlife Madison event (Sept. 24 in-person):⁠ Thrive in Midlife: Understanding Your Body in Perimenopause and Beyond⁠

Mentioned in this episode:

Join the new Soulpreneur Collective – use coupon code FOUNDER for 25% off in the month of August. ⁠https://jessparvin.com/the-soulpreneur-collective/

What if healing isn’t about fixing yourself — but remembering who you are underneath the conditioning?

In this expansive and deeply grounded conversation, Jess Parvin sits down with somatic and transpersonal psychotherapist Amy Nicholson to explore nervous system regulation, psychedelic-assisted therapy, embodiment, trauma healing, intuition, creativity, and what it really means to follow the “thread of your becoming.”

Amy shares her journey from college professor to full-time healer, medicine woman, and musician, along with the powerful role somatic healing and psychedelic integration can play in helping people reconnect to themselves, expand their capacity, and move through life with more presence and agency.

This conversation weaves together entrepreneurship, spirituality, nervous system work, collective trauma, creativity, human design, music as medicine, and the profound shifts happening in our world right now.

Learn more about Amy’s work, music, courses, pilgrimages, etc:

• Website: ⁠https://www.amynicholson.co⁠
• IG : ⁠@earthspirithealingarts⁠

• FB: ⁠Amy Maiima Nicholson

Topics we cover:

• Amy’s transition from academia to soul-aligned entrepreneurship
• What somatic healing and nervous system regulation actually mean
• Why trauma healing is really about expanding capacity
• The role of psychedelic-assisted therapy and integration work
• How ketamine therapy supports neuroplasticity and emotional healing

• The connection between embodiment, intuition, and authentic self-expression
• Creativity, music, and following “the thread of your becoming”
• Human design: What it looks like to be a Projector with Splenic Authority and a 6/3 Profile.
• Collective trauma, nervous system dysregulation, and the state of the world

Mentioned in this episode:

• Join the new Soulpreneur Collective - use coupon code FOUNDER for 25% off in the month of August. https://jessparvin.com/the-soulpreneur-collective/

Have you ever thought — maybe this just isn't for me? Maybe I should quit? If you're feeling like giving up on your business, this episode is for you.

Jess Parvin gets real about one of the most common — and least talked about — parts of the soulpreneur journey: hitting the wall. Drawing from almost 15 years on the path and years of coaching women solopreneurs, Jess breaks down why wanting to quit isn't a sign you're failing. It's a sign you're in it. She shares what's really behind the urge to give up, how to tell the difference between burnout, misalignment, and a genuine need to pivot — and what to do before you make any big decisions.

Topics we cover:

• Why feeling like giving up on your business is part of the process — not the exception
• The three-month slump and why it happens to almost everyone
• How your personal blocks, core wounds, and conditioning show up in your business
• The "boulder on the hill" arc of entrepreneurship and why most people quit too soon
• How to tell if you need to rest, pivot, or push through
• Why nervous system regulation is essential before making any big decisions
• The role of community, coaches, and inner work in staying the course

Mentioned in this episode:

• New Freebie! The Soulpreneur Accountability Ritual: https://jessparvin.com/freebies/#accountability
• Find your tribe and get a special rate to join the new Soulpreneur Collective: A Membership Community for Purpose-Driven Women Entrepreneurs: https://jessparvin.com/the-soulpreneur-collective/
• The Hidden Cost of Undercharging (and What to do about it!): Sustainable Pricing for Soulpreneurs: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5i7c1Yq0t9a31tivBqH9Jk?si=6b17s7sgQ6q0q2vomIeaQw 

• Embracing Failure as a Necessary Part of the Entrepreneurial Process + Lessons Learned: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3iYyGTxNOGleuOGHPA8NL7?si=miB1AuygS0qt5ySpOHu45Q 

In this solo episode, Jess breaks down what new paradigm accountability really means for women soulpreneurs — and why the feminine way to create sustainable momentum looks nothing like the hustle-harder, do-more model you've probably been handed. Drawing from her work with coaching clients and her mastermind community, Jess shares her 7 pillars of soulpreneur accountability: a feminine, aligned, and deeply personal framework for showing up consistently without the pressure, shame, or one-size-fits-all formulas.

Topics we cover:

• Why traditional accountability keeps soulpreneurs stuck and what to do instead
• The real blocks behind inaction — fear, perfectionism, overwhelm, and misaligned strategy
• How to shift from shame and pressure to empowerment and integrity
• The "be, do, have" reframe and why it changes how you show up
• Why saying no and creating space is one of the most powerful accountability moves you can make
• The role of community, ritual, and embodiment in building sustainable momentum

Join the Soulpreneur Circle: On Accountability July 16 live on Zoom: https://jessparvin.com/soulpreneur-circle/

Freebie: The Soulpreneur Accountability Ritual 

Your weekly check-in to reconnect with your Purpose, define your next steps, and keep moving forward in your business (without hustle!)

Download here: http://jessparvin.com/freebies/#accountability

Jess is joined by her husband, Josh Harty, and her sister Sam Parvin for a candid conversation recorded live from Montpellier, France. No agenda, no script — just three people navigating reinvention, talking honestly about identity shifts, the new paradigm of work and community, and how to trust your intuition when everything around you is changing, and a lot of thoughts on AI.

Topics we cover:

• Sam's move from Mexico to southern France and the unexpected identity shift that came with it
• Josh on uncovering his path in addiction recovery coaching and why he avoids the word "expert"
• Why real coaching is walking beside someone — not standing on a pedestal with all the answers
• The shift from top-down authority to peer-to-peer community and what that means for soulpreneurs
• How to use AI as a tool without outsourcing your intuition, creativity, or inner compass
• The Stoic principle Josh lives by — and why "be, do, have" changes everything
• What self-care, rhythm, and radical self-compassion look like in a season of reinvention

You can find out more about Josh and Sam here:

• https://www.joshharty.com/
• https://www.instagram.com/samparvin/

Jess is recording solo this week from Montpellier, France — and she's diving into one of the most practical and underused elements in Human Design: your environment. If your brand feels a little off, your content feels exhausting, or you're just not sure where to show up and how — this episode might be exactly what you've been missing.

Your environment is listed right on your Human Design chart, and it reveals the energetic conditions where you do your best work — and the kind of brand you're naturally meant to create. Jess breaks down all six environments as branding archetypes and shares exactly how each one shows up in your messaging, content, offers, and marketing.

Topics we cover:

• What the Human Design environment is and why it matters for your brand
• How your environment shapes the kind of content, offers, and marketing that feel most natural to you
• A breakdown of all six environments — Markets, Caves, Kitchens, Valleys, Mountains, and Shores — as branding archetypes
• Real examples of how each environment shows up in business and entrepreneurship
• Three journaling prompts to help you audit your brand through the lens of your environment
• How to stop forcing marketing that doesn't fit — and build something that actually does

Download your Free Human Design chart: ⁠https://jessparvin.com/human-design-readings/

If this sparked something for you, I have a 90-minute one-off coaching session called the Soulful Selling Blueprint — where we take your Human Design chart, your environment, and all the relevant pieces, and build a marketing and selling strategy that is completely custom to you. No more forcing tactics that feel wrong. No more exhaustion. Just a clear, aligned plan that actually fits.

Find out more at https://jessparvin.hbportal.co/public/68fbe283514e4000276267e2/1-My_services