Tumbleweeds in the sales department can be scary, and the default reactions can be panic and or despair. These are totally understandable reactions, but today we wanted to give you a helping hand with some other things to do when the going gets tough and sales are slow - think of it as a virtual hug, with some whispered advice too! 

Do you know your brand's tone of voice? Have you ever thought about it? Having an idea of your tone of voice can make it a lot easier to write content, copy, captions and more for your business, and it can even help your visuals too! Here's how you can find it...

In today’s episode, we have the absolute pleasure of chatting to Le’Nise Brothers, founder of Eat Love Move. As the author of You Can Have A Better Period (and host of the Period Story podcast), yoga teacher at Frame, and registered nutritionist, we knew we wanted to chat to her all about holistic health as small business owners (and, just as, human beings!) A huge part of what she talked about was menstrual cycle syncing, and she blew our tiny minds with her wisdom. Prepare yourself - now dive right in!

Alice gave us an overview of how your business works in a lifestyle-first way, and 3 top tips to takeaway too. 

Ah, productivity - you're a cruel mistress. As two small business owners who love learning and getting the most out of every day, for so long we've been searching for productivity hacks that will finally allow us to perfect our day. But we've decided we're calling time on 'productivity' as we know it: and instead of focusing on maximising output, we're gonna focus on maximising input. Instead of doing the most, we're gonna do what you can, and have fun with it. Here's how we're doing it!

Content creation can be stressful at the best of times, but at the moment you might be feeling some definite ~ vibes ~ where it's feeling even worse!! Today we're chatting all about what to do when it feels like that: how to still show up for your business (if you want to), in a way that feels good for you (which is a must-do!) We talked to some of our brilliant podcast pals, including Vix Meldrew, Elizabeth Stiles, Nerrisa Pratt, Alice Benham, and Laura-Jane Illustrations, for their thoughts too. 

If you often look at the world of business coaching and advice, and think - but this just doesn't feel like it's ME - then we think you'll love this episode. As a gentle visibility coach, Suzy Darke helps women run soulful, tender-hearted small businesses that want to connect and make impact in a way that works for them. Suzy is full to the brim with brilliant analogies, permission slips, and wisdom to help small business life seeming not only manageable, but magical too, without having to ever sell your soul.

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Today we're joined by lovely Laura Jane, of Laura Jane Illustrations & Hello Happee. We chat all about how a personal interest in self-care led to 270k people following her on instagram for her mindful creativity and illustration (spoiler alert: it's wholesome af.) But it's also real, and amongst other things she introduces us to her idea of restorative self-care and energetic self-care. Looking for an audio hug? This is it!

We know, we know. You can't believe your eyes! Finally, the episode about Profit First has finally landed! Well, just you wait til your ears get round to it...we hope you enjoy it!

We've mentioned Mike Michalowicz's Profit First many a time on the podcast, but today we deepdive on how Rachel implemented it in her biz as a real life case study, and how it's helped transform her business finance. LET'S GO!

You can get Profit First as both a book an audiobook, if you want to look into it yourself.