With all the juggling that they do, mom’s naturally develop abilities that give them a leg-up in the business world. Today’s guest is Dr. Ali Griffith, best-selling author, business coach, and self-described “badass autism mompreneur.” Her work in the autism community has helped moms to embrace their stories and realize their business goals. We talk about Ali’s background studying audiology and speech pathology, and how she discovered that the skills that she needed to raise her autistic child were valuable in building a business. After asking Ali to share a story of someone that she’s helped, Ali then opens up about supporting a mom with a child whose needs prevented her from writing. In a triple whammy, Ali found a way for her to work on her book, express her feelings, and help future mothers in similar situations. We discuss Ali’s transition into mompreneurship, how she learned business skills, and how she was approached by other businesses for help. We then explore how Ali and pivoted to helping autism moms. Ali emphasizes the importance of developing systems to help you tackle your struggles. She then shares her top three tips for entrepreneurs. Focusing on business development, Ali explains how she created a simplified business plan to help moms build out their business one snippet at a time. Listen to this episode to hear more of Ali’s tips on how you can simplify your business. And if you’re a mom, then hear how you can build a business by tapping into your ‘inner-mom’. 

Key Points From This Episode:

• Understanding that when Plan A doesn’t work, that Plan B is still possible.
• Our ability to get through our struggles and make changes without feeling guilty. 
• How Ali’s mother gave her the strength to move on and see the bigger picture. 
• How starting a fitness program led Ali into a career of coaching and building businesses. 
• The cycle of shame, guilt, and protectiveness that autism moms go through.
• Helping autism moms to embrace their uniqueness. 
• Ali’s challenges embracing her story; you need to help yourself before you can help others.  
• Learning strategies and systems that make life easier; it’s all about implementation. 
• Hear Ali’s top three communication tips for successful entrepreneurs. 
• Why personal development and growing your business go hand-in-hand. 
• What it means to be a mompreneur — caregivers who are entrepreneurs.
• Creating a simplified business plan to help budding mompreneurs.
• Why moms have so much that they can leverage to become entrepreneurs. 

Tweetables:
“I like unique people. I like helping those that people don’t run towards. If everyone runs one way, you’ll probably see me running the other way.” — Dr. Ali Griffith [0:05:15]

“Even through adversity, we can still get the results that we desire. Even in moments that seem impossible to get through, we can still make a change without feeling guilty.” — Dr. Ali Griffith [0:10:55]

“It’s hard to face the truth and work through it. But once we begin to learn strategies and tools and systems on how to deal with it, life gets easier.” — Dr. Ali Griffith [0:18:20]

“You up-level with your personal development and your business together. They work in tandem.” — Cassandra Shuck [0:21:47]

“Stop trying to do it alone. You will get through your struggles faster and more enriched if you get support.” — Dr. Ali Griffith [0:30:30]

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Dr. Ali Griffith
Dr. Ali Griffith LinkedIn
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