Inside the Founder

You're building something, but it's building you into the ground, and nobody's telling you that doing it slower might be the fastest path forward.

Gina Keeping, founder of The Business Circle and host of her own podcast, has spent years teaching mindset and personal development through the lens of nervous system wisdom. She's not here to sell you another scaling framework, she's here to teach you what sustainable actually looks like.

We explore:

• Why your nervous system is the blueprint for your business (and why you've probably been ignoring it)
• How being "authentically yourself" can still be a performance, and what actual authenticity requires
• The question that changes everything: do you need stability to build, or does needing stability mean you're not serious enough?

• The two-minute rule and why it works when willpower fails
• Why slowing down isn't giving up, it's the thing that makes success sustainable

If you're caught between wanting to build something meaningful and wanting a life that has space in it for joy, this conversation is for you.

Connect:

Gina Keeping: @gina_keeping

Priya: @priya_p08

Podcast: @insidethefounder_

In this episode, I sit down with Lisa Hansen to explore how self-trust, confidence, and understanding your own needs can transform both your personal and professional life. Lisa shares her non-linear journey from engineer to pastry chef to coach and conference host, and explains why thriving is not about comparison or perfection. It’s about confidently choosing what is right for you.

We unpack the difference between meeting your goals and meeting your needs, why so many women struggle with saying no, and how simple questions can help you build real confidence from the inside out. Lisa also shares the mindset shifts that helped her move beyond shame, external validation, and guilt, and into a life and business that feel aligned and fulfilling.If you’ve ever felt stuck in comparison, unsure of your next step, or disconnected from what you truly want, this conversation will help you reconnect with your own voice and what it means to truly thrive.In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why self-trust is the foundation of confidence
• How to identify the difference between goals and needs
• Why comparison keeps women stuck
• How learning to say no can create freedom
• What thriving really means in business and life

Listen in for an honest, practical, and encouraging conversation about confidence, fulfillment, and becoming unstoppable on your own terms.

Connect:

Lisa Hansen: @thelisahansen

Lisa's Thriving Women's Conference: https://thelisahansen.com/thriving-womens-conference-2026/

Priya: @priya_p08

Podcast: @insidethefounderpodcast_

Lighten Up Mastermind UK: https://www.thecliq.app/event/the-lighten-up-mastermind

Most people think marketing is the exciting part of a business. Diane will tell you why operations is actually the sexiest thing in the room.

Diane Mayor spent years in investment banking before burning out completely, and now works as a fractional COO and business consultant helping founders build the systems that hold everything else together. Her take is simple. Marketing gets people through the door, but operations is what decides whether they ever come back.

What you'll get from this one

• How a cocktail napkin in a bar turned into a career as a fractional COO
• Why operations is the glue holding every other part of your business together
• What an eleven dollar product taught Diane about what happens after someone hits buy
• Why handing AI a system you don't understand might be riskier than it feels
• The system you're already running every day without realising it
• The honest truth about what's really happening behind the businesses you admire online

If you're...

a founder who's poured everything into your marketing and never quite looked at what happens once someone actually buys from you, this one's for you.

Connect:

Diane Mayor: LinkedIn

Priya: ⁠@priya_p08⁠

Podcast: ⁠@insidethefounder_

Most people think systems and workflows are the boring part of business. Ania will tell you they're the part that gives you your life back.

Ania is the founder of She Creates, known online as the Notion girl, and she helps female founders get organised in Notion so their business actually supports them instead of running them into the ground. Before any of that, she burned out twice before turning 25, which is exactly why she's so direct about rest, play and what systems are really for.

What you'll get from this one

• How a rabbit hole of organising other people's businesses turned into Ania's own
• What it actually felt like to walk away from something she'd built her identity around
• The real lesson Ania took from burning out twice before 25
• The biggest misconception founders have about systems and platforms
• One simple way to start with Notion without overwhelming yourself
• Why offloading everything out of your head and into one space changes how you operate

If you're...

a founder who feels like everything is living in your brain and you're one dropped ball away from a meltdown, this one's for you.

Connect:

Ania: @shecreatesmgmt

Priya: ⁠@priya_p08⁠

Podcast: ⁠@insidethefounder_

Most people think a money mindset problem comes from one big dramatic moment. Emilie shares how it almost never does.

Emilie Nutley is a money and business strategist who helps founders build wealth without burning themselves out to get there. After running her business one way and burning it to the ground when she had her son, she rebuilt it from scratch around the life she actually wanted, and that's the lens she brings to this conversation about money, identity and the stories we inherit without ever choosing them.

What you'll get from this one

• Why your brain treats one pound in the bank the same as a million, and what that means for how you spend
• The word people use to describe how women spend money, and why Emilie thinks it's time to take it back
• How people pleasing quietly shows up in your pricing long before you notice it
• What it actually takes to build wealth once you get past the budget spreadsheet
• Why building a business around your life, not the other way around, started as a survival decision for Emilie

If you're...

someone who has done the mindset work and still feels like money is something that happens to you rather than something you have a say in, this one's for you.

Connect:

Emilie Nutley: @Emilienutley

Priya: @priya_p08

Podcast: @insidethefounder_

You don't have to choose between your work and who you actually are — the best personal brand is just you, authentically shown.

Alyssa Olerud, founder of Fearless Media and personal branding strategist, helps service-based business owners stop leading with their packages and start leading with who they actually are. She's built a system that removes the guesswork from showing up on social media.

We explore:

- Why visibility without expectation changes everything in how you build your brand

- The Flow framework: foundation, offer, wisdom — the four-pillar system that removes posting blocks

- How the inner work you do shifts not just who you are, but how you show up in your business

- What choosing yourself actually looks like when life gets messy

- Why trusting your first instinct matters more than overthinking other people's feelings

If you're building a business that fits the life you actually want to live and you've been stuck on how to show up authentically online, this one's for you.

Connect:

Alyssa Olerud: @alyssaolerud

Inside the Founder Podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@insidethefounderpodcast_⁠⁠

Priya: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@priya_p08⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Resources:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠You are your secret sauce⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: a guide to re-remember your magic. 

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Vibe check⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: a guide to review and get clarity on what’s next.

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Story behind the story⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: getting to the root of what’s behind the fear or block keeping you stuck from taking action.

Growthday is an app for my mindset supplement to set me up with wisdom for my day! Daily insights from Brendan Burchard, community, accountability, reflection and learning all in a single app! Sign up to a 7 day free trial ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

Lessons from organising the event have accumulated from the value of community, navigating rejection, taking action, enjoy this charcuterie board of lessons.

Connect:

Inside the Founder Podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@insidethefounderpodcast_⁠⁠⁠

Priya: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@priya_p08⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Resources:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠You are your secret sauce⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: a guide to re-remember your magic. 

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Vibe check⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: a guide to review and get clarity on what’s next.

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Story behind the story⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: getting to the root of what’s behind the fear or block keeping you stuck from taking action.

If you're looking for guidance on shifting stories keeping you in the chase for a version of success that isn't yours, I've gotchu! Send me a DM on Instagram and I'll send you a link with more information.

Growthday is an app for my mindset supplement to set me up with wisdom for my day! Daily insights from Brendan Burchard, community, accountability, reflection and learning all in a single app! Sign up to a 7 day free trial ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

Most people think their money problems are about the numbers. They're not.

Suzanne Alexander is a money coach who left financial advising to do something deeper—she's helping people rewire their relationship with money from the nervous system up. She's been on this show before, and in this episode, we're exploring how her work has evolved into something she calls aligned wealth.

We explore:

• Why feeling good about money matters more than the balance in your account
• How your nervous system is running your financial story (and what to do about it)
• The difference between scarcity mindset and scarcity feeling—why affirmations alone won't cut it
• How to start trusting yourself with money decisions instead of outsourcing your confidence
• The small joys that actually build wealth (and why they matter)
• What changed when Suzanne moved from fixing her mindset to feeling good with money

Connect:

Instagram: @mindful_finances

Website: mindfulfinances.com.au

Co-host of: Money Talk, Real Talk podcast

Inside the Founder Podcast: ⁠@insidethefounderpodcast_⁠

Priya: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@priya_p08⁠⁠⁠⁠

Resources:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠You are your secret sauce⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: a guide to re-remember your magic. 

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Vibe check⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: a guide to review and get clarity on what’s next.

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Story behind the story⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: getting to the root of what’s behind the fear or block keeping you stuck from taking action.

Growthday is an app for my mindset supplement to set me up with wisdom for my day! Daily insights from Brendan Burchard, community, accountability, reflection and learning all in a single app! Sign up to a 7 day free trial ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

In this solo I share about a line from Sara Blakely that really stuck with me and how I've got to experience the magic of it as I put my event together.

Connect:

Inside the Founder Podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@insidethefounderpodcast_⁠⁠

Priya: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@priya_p08⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

If you're looking for guidance on shifting stories keeping you in the chase for a version of success that isn't yours, I've gotchu! Send me a DM on Instagram and I'll send you a link with more information.

Resources:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠You are your secret sauce⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: a guide to re-remember your magic. 

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Vibe check⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: a guide to review and get clarity on what’s next.

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Story behind the story⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: getting to the root of what’s behind the fear or block keeping you stuck from taking action.

Growthday is an app for my mindset supplement to set me up with wisdom for my day! Daily insights from Brendan Burchard, community, accountability, reflection and learning all in a single app! Sign up to a 7 day free trial ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

In this episode, Chellie Carlson, a transformational wardrobe stylist, shares how style is a powerful tool for inner growth, confidence, and accelerating personal transformation. Discover how decluttering your closet can collapse timelines and elevate your life.

We explore:

• Chellie’s journey from farm life to fashion and entrepreneurship
• The connection between wardrobe, self-worth, and personal development
• How closet clean-outs and removing limiting beliefs transform confidence
• The concept of style as a tool to collapse time and manifest dreams
• Practical tips for building a signature style and embracing outfit repeats
• The importance of a daily dress code for self-worth and team energy
• The science behind dressing to signal productivity and well-being
• The evolution of fashion trends and why letting go of old styles benefits growth

Connect:

Chellie Carlson: @chelliecarlson

Inside the Founder Podcast: ⁠⁠@insidethefounderpodcast_⁠⁠

Priya: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@priya_p08⁠⁠⁠⁠

Resources:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠You are your secret sauce⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: a guide to re-remember your magic. 

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Vibe check⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: a guide to review and get clarity on what’s next.

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Story behind the story⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: getting to the root of what’s behind the fear or block keeping you stuck from taking action.

Growthday is an app for my mindset supplement to set me up with wisdom for my day! Daily insights from Brendan Burchard, community, accountability, reflection and learning all in a single app! Sign up to a 7 day free trial ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!