SwissCast Shows: Where Swiss Life Meets English Voices

If you've ever wondered how to offer sliding scale services or pro bono work without devaluing your business, you're not alone— 

and that's exactly what I'm diving into in this episode. I see so many purpose-driven entrepreneurs struggling to make their services accessible without draining their energy or undermining their value. In this conversation, I unpack the five biggest mistakes people make when offering reduced-rate work and show you how to avoid them with clarity and confidence. 

You'll walk away with practical tips on setting healthy boundaries, communicating the true value of your services, and ensuring you're serving from a place of strength—not scarcity. Whether you're offering coaching, consulting, or wellness services, this episode will help you do good without compromising your business goals. 

Take a listen now—you’ll thank yourself later.

What to listen out for:

• 00:43 Episode Focus: Sliding Scale and Pro Bono Services
• 02:37 Challenges of Offering Sliding Scale and Pro Bono Work
• 08:02 Tips for Sustainable Sliding Scale and Pro Bono Work
• 13:03 Reflecting on Your Business Practices
• 14:21 Conclusion

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Delia shares her four powerful home birth stories that began when she was a young midwife trainee who discovered her pregnancy at 26 weeks. From catching each baby in her own hands to navigating birth as a young student, her stories exemplify trusting intuition and creating empowered experiences.

• Serendipitously discovering Ina May Gaskin's "Spiritual Midwifery" as a midwifery student and how that awakened her trust in physiological birth
• Working in the hospital during pregnancy as a trainee midwife and witnessing interventions that reinforced her desire for homebirth
• Experiencing pain-free birth by focusing on breath, trust and staying in the flow during labor and how this experience is possible for everyone
• Facing and moving through fear before and during birth
• Catching all her babies in her own hands
• Breastfeeding successfully despite being told by her family that she wouldn't be able to nurse
• Using instinctive knowledge during her second birth when she asked for a passionate kiss to relax her body
• Trusting her intuition
• Breaking away from her family's birth culture where all births were cesareans and breastfeeding wasn't practiced

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Her website with detailed birth stories, information on her birth preparation coaching, home birth and more (in German, if you want to reach out in English, send her an email):

https://www.deliabaechler.com/

Instagram: @genussgeburt

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Delia's book: GEBURT - SCHMERZFREI UND ENTSPANNT

https://geburtschmerzfreiundentspannt.com/

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Feeling behind, awkward, or secretly worried you are not cut out for this?

This episode is your reminder that self-doubt does not mean you are failing. It means you are in the middle of building something that matters. If business feels slower than you hoped, heavier than expected, or harder to hold alongside motherhood, this one is for you.

Here’s what I want you to hear:

• Why moving slowly does not mean you are doing it wrong
• Why doubt often shows up when you are doing something brave
• Why you do not need to earn success by burning yourself out

What I want you to remember:

You are not behind. You are not too late. You are not missing some secret. You are building in real life, with real responsibilities, and that takes strength. Keep going.

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Hey, I'm Manouchka Elefant, a business coach for mompreneurs with 15+ years in marketing and a specialization in positive psychology. After becoming a mom, I quickly realized that building a business with kids in the mix takes more than ambition. It takes clear strategy, honest support, and the kind of accountability that helps you actually follow through.

That's what led me to create Hey Boss Mama, a space where we talk honestly about business, motherhood, mindset, and what it really takes to stop doubting and start executing. If you're into real talk, smarter marketing, and support that helps you keep moving forward, hit follow for the latest Hey Boss Mama episodes.

I'm based in Switzerland, coaching mompreneurs everywhere English is spoken.

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In today’s episode, we conclude our “episode swap” series with an episode from the Labyrinth of the First Gen podcast hosted by Weyu Shameka.

Weyu engages with first-generation individuals around the globe on her podcast, sharing their transformative journeys of natural-born pioneers.

In this bilingual English and Spanish interview, Weyu speaks with Fidel a committed community activist from the Yungas region of Bolivia, who operates a radio station that plays a pivotal role in amplifying the voices of his community and advocating for their rights. Fidel's work exemplifies the transformative power of media in fostering social change.

Be sure to visit our podcast website for the full episode transcript.

LINKS:

• Follow the Labyrinth of the First Gen podcast at https://www.labyrinthfirstgen.com

• Follow our host Dr. Claire Murigande: WEBSITE | LINKEDIN
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CHAPTERS:

00:14 - Introduction to New Voices

01:26 - Introducing Fidel and His Impact on the Yungas Community

10:10 - The Importance of Afro Bolivian Culture

18:21 - The Pivotal Role of Fidel's Radio

22:06 - Reflections on Activism and Community Work

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Mihaela shares her empowering breech birth story, defying medical expectations through tenacity and informed decision-making to deliver her daughter naturally at Hirslanden Clinic in Aarau, Switzerland.

• First-time mother determined to have a natural birth despite baby being in breech position
• Used hypnobirthing techniques to prepare mentally and emotionally with her partner
• Faced significant pressure from medical professionals to have a scheduled cesarean birth
• Found a supportive doctor willing to support natural breech birth after changing providers multiple times
• Experienced a surprisingly fast six-hour labor despite being a first-time mom with a breech baby
• Baby was born naturally with her hand up alongside her face in the breech position
• Learned from an acupuncturist that "breech babies usually stay like that because they want to be close to the mom's heart"
• Advocates for women to be drivers of their birth experience through education and preparation
• Describes the birth as transformative and empowering, creating a new birth legacy for her daughter
• Emphasizes the importance of finding the right care provider who respects informed choice

Never give up and try to find the best place for you to give birth on your terms and never on others' terms.

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1. Julia’s hypnobirthing course (www.happydayhypnobirthing.ch) and Katharine Graves’s resources (book, instagram, free resources on her website - https://www.kghypnobirthing.com/hypnobirthing-free-resources)
2. Herr Wenhua Zhang from TCM Stadelhofen (Zurich): expert at breech accupuncture and moxibustion
3. Dr. Müller Astrid - The Webster Technique ( chiropractic method recommended by spinning babies for pelvic alignment during pregnancy and breech positioning )
4. Susann Brun - Hebamme services (from Delphys Geburtshaus in Zurich) and her course of birth preparation through swimming exercises and water
5. Hirslanden Klinik Aarau https://www.hirslanden.ch/de/hirslanden-klinik-aarau/
6. The most important one: Dr med W. Stadlmayr- Geburt und Familie Aarau ( as you can see the reviews are incredible) https://g.co/kgs/H6TgcPF

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Are you navigating discounts and promotions in a way that supports your value—or slowly undermines it? 

Navigating discounts and promotions without undermining your value is one of the trickiest pricing challenges we face as business owners. I’ve been there—offering a discount because a client’s story tugged at my heart, only to find out later it was a bit of a con. In this episode, I’m sharing why those spur-of-the-moment discounts can quietly drain your profits, confuse your pricing, and attract the wrong kind of clients. 

We’re not here to banish discounts altogether—but to use them strategically, not reactively. I’ll walk you through the mindset shifts and simple structures you need to stop second-guessing yourself and start owning your pricing with confidence. 

If you’ve ever regretted a discount, this episode is a must. Hit play now and let’s rethink your approach together.

What to listen out for:

• 00:43 Navigating Discounts and Promotions
• 02:48 Common Challenges with Discounts
• 10:51 Tips for Strategic Discounting
• 16:54 Final Thoughts and Homework

Don't go yet. If you're enjoying the show please rate and review. It helps us spread the word to more people and ultimately get more small businesses on the path to sustainable profitability and business success. Thanks for Listening.

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In this trailer episode of 'Becoming a Health Coach,' Megan McCrory introduces her background and the reasons for starting the podcast in 2018 while attending the Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN).

Megan reviews the structure of her podcast, highlighting early episodes that chronicle her learning experience, as well as popular episodes and interviews.

She also announces a new co-hosted show, 'So Frickin' Healthy,' with fellow IIN alum, Danna Levy Hoffman.

Although Megan is not currently practicing health coaching or planning new episodes for this podcast, she remains engaged with her audience through messages and voicemails, continuing to promote the benefits of her training at IIN.

https://www.swisscastnetwork.ch/show/becoming-a-health-coach/

00:00 Welcome to Becoming a Health Coach

00:05 Megan's Journey to Health Coaching

00:46 Discovering the Institute for Integrative Nutrition

01:36 Starting the Podcast

01:59 Popular Episodes and Future Plans

02:35 Current Endeavors and Listener Engagement

03:18 Final Thoughts and Farewell

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Are you So Frickin' Healthy?

Check out the other podcast I co-host with Danna Levy Hoffmann from Organilicious.ch. We are both IIN Health Coaching graduates who got together for our love to talk about all things health related.

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Ellie shares her journey of giving birth twice at the University Hospital in Zurich, exploring both the emotional challenges of pregnancy and the profound differences between her two birth experiences. Through her story, she highlights the importance of advocating for yourself during labor and recognizing that babies arrive with their own unique personalities from day one.

There are a few gorgeous moments in this podcast where you can hear her little one snuggling in for a feed. We kept these moments in as it is simply real and true to the experience of interviewing Elli, which was a total delight.

• Moving to Switzerland shortly before starting a family
• Experiencing physically easy pregnancies while struggling with the psychological aspects
• Being induced 9-10 days past estimated due date for both pregnancies
• First birth involving an epidural and the "cascade of interventions"
• Second birth progressing to intense, unmedicated labor within hours
• Advocating against an episiotomy during second birth without prior consent
• Insights on the Swiss postpartum care system
• Realizing her two children had completely different personalities from birth, and learning how to parent such different children
• The valuable midwife advice: "If it works for you, then it's okay"
• Finding perspective with her second child that everything is just a phase

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Podcast Recommendations

• Informed pregnancy podcast and informed pregnancy plus (to watch birth movies)
• The Birth Hour
• Evidence Based Birth
• Makes Milk with Emma Pickett

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