Mics To Millions: Podcast Growth & Monetization Strategies for Health & Wellness Podcasters

Kattie Laur has been shaping the Canadian podcast landscape for more than a decade. She’s produced award-winning shows as a freelancer, worked as a podcast growth specialist, and built her own independent podcast from the ground up. Today, she’s the Principal and Executive Producer of Pod the North, where she provides strategic guidance, creative support, and community-building initiatives for Canadian podcasters.

In this episode, Kattie breaks down what makes the Canadian podcast ecosystem so unique, the challenges creators face, and the major opportunities emerging right now for Canadian voices.

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Your podcast can become the most powerful marketing engine behind your coaching business, and today’s conversation shows exactly how one host made that transformation.

Our guest is the creator of a long-running recovery podcast with more than 20,000 monthly downloads, 30 years of lived expertise, and a show that now brings in a steady stream of high-quality, highly motivated coaching clients. What started as a passion project has become the heartbeat of her entire business, fueling visibility, credibility, and demand for her programs.

In this episode, we unpack the exact podcast strategies she uses to grow her audience, generate leads, and build deep trust with listeners who eventually convert into clients.

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Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@theonedayatatimepodcast

Find out how one podcast became the engine behind a thriving therapy practice.

Dr. Nazanin Moali is a licensed clinical psychologist, AASECT-certified sex therapist, and the host of Sexology Podcast. Since launching in 2017, she has published huindreds of episodes, built a deeply loyal audience, and turned her podcast into the primary driver of clients for her practice.

In this episode, Dr. Moali reveals how she uses her podcast as a long-term marketing machine, the systems she’s built to convert listeners into clients, and the strategies that keep’s Sexology on top as a top 0.5% ranked podcast nearly a decade later.

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Website: https://sexologypodcast.com/ 

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Erika De Pellegrin is the host of The Balance Theory, a show she launched in 2020 that has since grown to nearly 400,000 monthly downloads. With a thriving YouTube presence, a studio-quality production setup, and a fiercely loyal audience, Erika has built a thriving mindset-focused podcasts, all while juggling life as a full-time mom and part-time lawyer.

In this episode, Erika breaks down how she transformed a passion project into a fast-growing podcast by upgrading her production quality, mastering YouTube strategy, and committing to long-term consistency.

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thebalancetheorypodcast 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erika-de-pellegrin/?originalSubdomain=ae

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Your podcast doesn’t grow just because you want it to. Here’s what actually moves the needle according to one of the industry’s most trusted voices.

Arielle Nissenblatt is a podcast industry leader, storyteller, and community strategist whose work spans nearly every corner of the audio world. She runs Earbuds Podcast Collective, leads community and content at Pinwheel by Audily, hosts multiple shows, sits on the Podcast Academy’s Board of Governors, and brings more than a decade of experience helping creators build shows people genuinely want to listen to.

In this episode, Arielle breaks down why so many podcasters struggle with growth, what creators should really focus on before worrying about marketing, and how to build a year-round strategy that turns every episode into its own event.

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arielle-nissenblatt/

🎧 Past episodes mentioned in this episode:

-The game-changing podcast marketing hacks NOBODY is talking about with Lauren Passell | Ep 50: https://shorturl.at/7Lecx

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Find out how to choose the right podcast editor to skyrocket your show’s success.

Matthew Bliss is a podcast engineer, producer, and educator from Australia now living in Ireland. As the founder of mbpod.com and host of Rethinking Podcasting, he brings both philosophical and practical insight into what makes a podcast truly work. He has spent years helping creators refine their systems, elevate production quality, and build long-term partnerships with editors who actually understand their goals.

In this episode, Matthew explains how podcasters can hire the right editor, what red flags to avoid, and how to build a working relationship that gets better with every single episode.

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Want to discover how health and wellness podcasters can secure lucrative sponsorship deals and build long-term brand partnerships that actually pay? 

Bev Hampson is the founder and CEO of Category Three Media Group, a sponsorship and monetization agency specializing in health and wellness creators. With over a decade of experience in podcasting and eight years focused specifically on women’s health, Bev helps podcasters build sustainable income through ethical partnerships, strategic campaigns, and smart pricing.

In this episode, Bev breaks down how podcasters can start working with brands, build strong affiliate foundations, and structure sponsorship deals that grow both revenue and trust.

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Website: https://categorythree.ca

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Jonathan Levitt is the host of For The Long Run and the founder of Long Run Labs, a fast-growing podcast collective serving the endurance, outdoor, and performance industry. After leaving his high-paying tech job in 2025, Jonathan went all-in on podcasting and brand partnerships, building a network of 24 shows and more than 600,000 combined monthly downloads.

In this conversation, Jonathan reveals how creators can think like marketers, price like professionals, and build long-term partnerships that big and small brands actually want to invest in. He breaks down the systems, structures, and strategies he uses to negotiate better deals, deepen audience trust, and help podcasters earn more without compromising integrity.

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Your life experiences can become the foundation of a strong brand, and today’s episode shows exactly what that looks like when someone builds a podcast that becomes bigger than content, bigger than metrics, and bigger than the original idea.

Broke Girl Therapy, a podcast by content creator Stefanie Meghan, began as a personal outlet during a chaotic period of life, with no budget, no equipment, and no strategy. What started in a $500 Craigslist basement apartment evolved into a business, a creative career, and an entire ecosystem built around storytelling, vulnerability, humor, and community.

In this episode, you’ll hear how raw beginnings transformed into a multi-platform brand, how relationships fueled exponential growth, and how social media became the true engine behind long-term audience expansion.

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Here’s why most podcasters are measuring the wrong thing, and what to track instead.

Dan Misener is one of the most respected voices in podcast analytics and audience development. Dan, co-founder of Bumper, has spent years helping publishers, networks, and brands understand real listener behavior.

In this episode, Dan breaks down why downloads are becoming less meaningful, what loyalty data actually tells you, and how podcasters can finally understand whether their editorial and marketing decisions are working.

If you’ve ever felt confused by your numbers, stuck in a plateau, or unsure what’s really driving growth… this episode will completely change how you see your audience.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

-Why ALV (Average Lifetime Value) is the clearest measure of listener loyalty, and how it reveals what your audience is actually doing with your show

-Why downloads are a broken metric, how auto-download changes inflated numbers for years, and why the industry still relies on a flawed system

-Why publishing more episodes rarely fixes growth problems, and how overproduction can accelerate silent churn

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