Constantly stressed and burned out but not making the revenue you want? You might be confusing hustle with hard work. Hustle is fueled by fear and insecurity and leads to burnout. Hard work is fueled by chill dedication and creates a sustainable, long-term business.

Which one is running your business?

If you're feeling more dread around your business than dedication and love, and you're having to force yourself to do things, this episode is for you.

In this episode you'll learn:

• How to know if you're hustling or working hard
• How to work sustainably and stop burning out
• The only income generating activities you need to work on in your business

...and so much more!

If you're loving this episode, share your biggest takeaway on IG. Make sure to tag me @melaniechilderscoaching!

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How to connect with Melanie:

Ready to hit the ground running in 2022 without hustling, pressuring, and racing? I created a FREE 3-day training and workshop just for you! Check it out here.

Interested in Melanie's mastermind for feminist entrepreneurs building hustle-free 6+ figure businesses? Get all the details and join the waitlist here.

Get full show notes and more information here.

© 2022 Melanie Childers

What if you took all of the experiences and knowledge that make up your life, and used those to create something for your clients? How powerful would that be?

Today I'm talking with Ana Verzone about how she's brought things from her past careers and personal experiences and turned them into something unique and truly exciting for her clients. From Buddhism and psychedelics to climbing guide and experience with cancer, Ana has a lot to share.

Listen in to how she's growing her business with these tools and accelerating it with the help of the tools that she's learning inside of the Bad Bitch Mastermind. How has the coaching helped her to grow her business and help more people? Tune in to find out!

In this episode you'll learn:

• How to bring all your unique expertise and experiences to your business for skyrocketing your income
• How cancer experiences informed our coaching and biz development
• How psychedelics can change neuroplasticity and your default patterns
• Why fun is so important in growing and scaling your biz
• Why not hustling makes you MORE money
• How the BBMM helped Ana be on track to almost 2x her 2022 income goal
• ...and so much more!

If you've loving this episode, share your biggest takeaway on IG. Make sure to tag me @melaniechilderscoaching!

Thanks for listening! Haven't left a review yet? All you gotta do is head here.

How to connect with Melanie:

Ready to hit the ground running in 2022 without hustling, pressuring, and racing? I created a FREE 3-day training and workshop just for you! Check it out here.

Interested in Melanie's mastermind for feminist entrepreneurs building hustle-free 6+ figure businesses? Get all the details and join the waitlist here.

Get full show notes and more information here.

© 2022 Melanie Childers

Sometimes you have to take a break from your business - whether it's working, marketing, selling, or anything else and pay attention to what's happening in your life. In this episode I'm sharing with you how to TRULY let go of the thoughts about what you "should" be doing and allow yourself the space to take a break without guilt.

The problem is often that we just don't give ourselves permission to take that break and rest.

So I'm sharing my own experiences of training a puppy who needs more attention than I expected, and learning how to rest so that I can move forward in an even more powerful way in my business.

In this episode you'll learn:

• The secret hustle that keeps you from taking a break from your business
• How to handle fear, anxiety, and guilt when you take a break
• How to talk back to the hustle to allow yourself to rest
• What to give yourself permission to do and NOT do during time off

...and so much more!

If you've loving this episode, share your biggest takeaway on IG. Make sure to tag me @melaniechilderscoaching!

Thanks for listening! Haven't left a review yet? All you gotta do is head here.

How to connect with Melanie:

Ready to hit the ground running in 2022 without hustling, pressuring, and racing? I created a FREE 3-day training and workshop just for you! Check it out here.

Interested in Melanie's mastermind for feminist entrepreneurs building hustle-free 6+ figure businesses? Get all the details and join the waitlist here.

Get full show notes and more information here.

© 2022 Melanie Childers

We have a brand-new Boston Terrier puppy in the house, and it's been ten years or so since either of us has trained a puppy. In some ways it's Thunderdome up in here right now!

And you know what? There are a LOT of parallels when it comes to puppy training and marketing your business. The tools that you use to show up for that cute little ball of curious energy are just like the tools that you use to show up for your clients.

In this episode you'll learn:

• #1 reason your mindset matters when communicating with your audience
• The best mindset to have to experiment, learn, and adjust quickly
• How to create a balanced business capable of scaling
• Why breaks are so damn valuable for business growth
• How to handle failure

…and more. So much more!

If you've loving this episode, share your biggest takeaway on IG. Make sure to tag me @melaniechilderscoaching!

Thanks for listening! Haven't left a review yet? All you gotta do is head here.

How to connect with Melanie:

Ready to hit the ground running in 2022 without hustling, pressuring, and racing? I created a FREE 3-day training and workshop just for you! Check it out here.

Interested in Melanie's mastermind for feminist entrepreneurs building hustle-free 6+ figure businesses? Get all the details and join the waitlist here.

Get full show notes and more information here.

© 2022 Melanie Childers

I was coaching a mastermind client last week who wanted to tell me that she was 'doing all the things and nothing was working.' In actuality, she was doing the same thing over and over in her marketing, getting the same result, and making it mean something bad about herself.

It's never your strategy. It's the thought behind the strategy. With a dash of internalized patriarchy.

If you're feeling like a failure in your business until a sale makes you temporarily feel better, this episode is for you.

In this episode you'll learn:

• 6 questions to ask to evaluate your marketing
• 3 shifts to make to market to your ideal, empowered AF clients
• How to know if internalized patriarchy is running the show and how to get back into your power to market effectively

...and so much more!

If you've loving this episode, share your biggest takeaway on IG. Make sure to tag me @melaniechilderscoaching!

Thanks for listening! Haven't left a review yet? All you gotta do is head here.

How to connect with Melanie:

Ready to hit the ground running in 2022 without hustling, pressuring, and racing? I created a FREE 3-day training and workshop just for you! Check it out here.

Interested in Melanie's mastermind for feminist entrepreneurs building hustle-free 6+ figure businesses? Get all the details and join the waitlist here.

Get full show notes and more information here.

© 2022 Melanie Childers

Lots of entrepreneurs think you have to have big, complicated funnels, TONs of followers, huge email lists, FB ads, and complex behind-the-scenes setup to make multiple 6 figures and more … it's just not true.

The back end of your business setup can be super simple, your following can be small, and you can still make a million dollars. You can also not hit any of your goals and still make a f*ck ton of money.

This week, I'm busting the myth that your business has to be complicated to make a lot of money. I'm sharing what the back end of my business looked like from $0-$750K, what it will look like as I cross $1M total in 2022 and $1M in 2023 alone.

In this episode you'll learn:

• Exactly what the back end of an almost $1 million business looks like
• The 6 income creating activities you need to actually make money
• The difference between followers and buyers and why more followers doesn't mean more income.

...and so much more!

If you're loving this episode, share your biggest takeaway on IG. Make sure to tag me @melaniechilderscoaching!

Thanks for listening! Haven't left a review yet? All you gotta do is head here.

How to connect with Melanie:

Ready to hit the ground running in 2022 without hustling, pressuring, and racing? I created a FREE 3-day training and workshop just for you! Check it out here.

Interested in Melanie's mastermind for feminist entrepreneurs building hustle-free 6+ figure businesses? Get all the details and join the waitlist here.

Get full show notes and more information here.

© 2022 Melanie Childers

Running a feminist business starts with you and your values. It also starts with checking your perfectionism at the door. It's really tempting to wait until you have all the perfect guidelines, SOPs and structures first, but if you're taking inaction because you're waiting on perfection - it's time to stop!

This week, I'm sharing my Feminist Business Guidelines. This list isn't perfect or complete, and I expect that they'll grow and evolve over time as I do.

I'm sharing these in the hopes you'll check your perfectionism at the door and commit to learning and evolving your own guidelines and perspective as you go. Where you are now is the perfect place to start.

In this episode you'll learn:

• How your mindset shows up in your business culture
• How to cancel perfectionism so you can learn and grow faster
• My top 10 feminist business guidelines for creating a successful multi-6 figure biz
• The #1 thing to cultivate to make your success inevitable
• How to define success for yourself now

...and so much more!

If you've loving this episode, share your biggest takeaway on IG. Make sure to tag me @melaniechilderscoaching!

Thanks for listening! Haven't left a review yet? All you gotta do is head here.

How to connect with Melanie:

Ready to hit the ground running in 2022 without hustling, pressuring, and racing? I created a FREE 3-day training and workshop just for you! Check it out here.

Interested in Melanie's mastermind for feminist entrepreneurs building hustle-free 6+ figure businesses? Get all the details and join the waitlist here.

Get full show notes and more information here.

© 2022 Melanie Childers

One of my favorite quotes is "Success leaves clues." It's not the strategy that leads you to success, it's the mindset running the show. To me, the success that leaves clues is the success blueprint underneath that's driving all the action that's creating results for you.

I teach the concept of Success Blueprints in the Bad Bitch Mastermind, and I'm sharing it with you so you can create your success on repeat. Learn how to follow your own success clues to drive further success at even higher levels.

This week, I'm sharing the mindsets that created success for me, how to look for your own success blueprints, and what clues to look for when you're considering other's success.

In this episode you'll learn:

• What success blueprints are and how to create yours
• Why you can't use someone else's strategy and expect the same results
• How SBs put you in control of your successes so it doesn't feel like a fluke
• My 5 most useful blueprints & how to make them your own

...and so much more!

If you've loving this episode, share your biggest takeaway on IG. Make sure to tag me @melaniechilderscoaching!

Thanks for listening! Haven't left a review yet? All you gotta do is head here.

How to connect with Melanie:

Ready to hit the ground running in 2022 without hustling, pressuring, and racing? I created a FREE 3-day training and workshop just for you! Check it out here.

Interested in Melanie's mastermind for feminist entrepreneurs building hustle-free 6+ figure businesses? Get all the details and join the waitlist here.

Get full show notes and more information here.

© 2022 Melanie Childers

I'm joined this week by my incredible guest April Stearns, the founder and editor of Wildfire Magazine.

Join us as we discuss doing business in a unique market, creating a paid resource and charging your worth in a sea of free publications, and the power of elevating her story in order to help others.

In this episode you'll learn:

• The power of a unique, small, and focused market
• Why cultivating commitment and resilience allows you to pivot in hard times
• How charging money in a marketplace full of free things help her help MORE people on a larger scale

...and so much more!

Thanks for listening! Haven't left a review yet? All you gotta do is head here.

More about April:

April Stearns is the founder and editor of Wildfire Magazine, a magazine specifically designed to help young people who've had breast cancer heal through the power of writing and sharing their stories. The magazine has grown since it's conception in 2016 to become a writing community with workshops, storytelling events, and podcast.

You can learn more about April and Wildfire Magazine on Instagram or on their website here.

How to connect with Melanie:

Ready to hit the ground running in 2022 without hustling, pressuring, and racing? I created a FREE 3-day training and workshop just for you! Check it out here.

Interested in Melanie's mastermind for feminist entrepreneurs building hustle-free 6+ figure businesses? Get all the details and join the waitlist here.

If you've loving this episode, take a screenshot and share your biggest takeaway on IG stories. Make sure to tag me @melaniechilderscoaching!

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© 2022 Melanie Childers

It's time for everyone's year in review! If you're judging your results and comparing yourself with where they are and the success you're seeing, then this episode is for you.

This week I'm sharing what compare and despair is, why it's not the best use of your valuable time, and what we work to dismantle in the mastermind.

In this episode you'll learn:

• What compare and despair is and how it slows down your process
• The patriarchy's role in your compare and despair cycle
• What the validation gap is and how to fill your own
• How to think about others' success to create success for yourself

...and so much more!

Thanks for listening! Haven't left a review yet? All you gotta do is head here.

How to connect with Melanie:

Ready to hit the ground running in 2022 without hustling, pressuring, and racing? I created a FREE 3-day training and workshop just for you! Check it out here.

Interested in Melanie's mastermind for feminist entrepreneurs building hustle-free 6+ figure businesses? Get all the details and join the waitlist here.

If you've loving this episode, take a screenshot and share your biggest takeaway on IG stories. Make sure to tag me @melaniechilderscoaching!

Get full show notes and more information here.

© 2022 Melanie Childers