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Today on the show I'm SO excited to chat with brand and website designer, community curator, and retreat host Kelsey Christine of Launch Your Daydream.

We chat about:

• Kelsey's 10+ year self-employment journey
• Shifting dreams and trusting your gut
• Financial stability, giving back, and mutual aid
• Protecting your peace & silencing outside noise
• Rituals to ground yourself & listen to your creative voice
• Dealing with imposter syndrome
• Why rigid niching isn't required to have a successful business
• & more!

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I'm so excited to have Britt Hyatt from Pop Impact on the show today! We're chatting about setting yourself up for success with boundaries that support your nervous system and aligning your business with your values.

You'll hear:

• Britt's journey from corporate dread to freelancing freedom, including one supervisor's dismissive comments about postpartum depression
• How Britt's boundaries help her live her dream days
• The mindset shifts needed to show up publicly

Britt Hyatt is the owner of Pop Impact, an SEO and website design studio for kind, inclusive small business owners. With 10+ years as an SEO strategist and 20+ years as a website designer, Britt believes getting found online is only half the job, the other half is building a website that makes the right people want to stay.

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Today on the show I'm so excited to be interviewing Morgan Jackson! Morgan is the creator of the Light 56 framework and the founder of Light 56 Circle, a community of women pursuing non-traditional dreams, building confidence through small commitments, and practicing flexibility over perfection.

In this episode we talk about:

• How Morgan qualified for the World Wake Surf Championships and doing hard things
• Why 56 days is the best amount of time for a 30-day challenge
• How to prioritize being vs. doing
• Why feeling light is different than feeling happy
• Rituals and tools for intention-setting, celebration, and release

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Today on the podcast I'm SO excited to have one of my favorite people on the internet, Kristy Black, joining us!

We talked about:

• Centering joy and community in business to combat loneliness
• Building a values-aligned business and "breadcrumbing" your values
• Navigating perfectionism and being bad at something
• And more!

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Kristy Black (she/they) is a brand strategist and designer who helps values-driven creatives and creatives build bold, impactful brands that stand out from the crowd & stand up for what matters most. Known for their “golden retriever energy” and no-BS approach, Kristy is on a mission to help socially conscious business owners joyfully grow without burning out or watering themselves down.

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Today on the show I’m SO excited to have Polly Pollock as our guest to talk about how to find clients without using social media!

Polly is a published author and the founder of Neuropreneur Rising, a Marketing Mentor for online coaches/practitioners with ADHD and busy brains who want to go full-time in their business through capacity-conscious marketing that doesn’t rely on constant social media output.

In this episode, we chat about:

• Polly’s capacity-conscious and neurodivergent-friendly marketing ecosystem

• Visibility strategies that don’t require constant hustle

• Human-led pitching to speaking opportunities 

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00:00 Welcome to Dream Biz

01:23 Free Anti Social Kit

02:45 Polly’s Origin Story

05:59 Burnout and Going Viral

08:51 Neuropreneur Rising Born

11:42 Ditching Social Media

16:59 Neuro Friendly Ecosystem

20:49 Visibility Room Analogy

26:00 Capacity and Time Blocking

35:35 Pitching That Gets Yeses

40:33 How to Work With Polly

42:36 Final Takeaways and Goodbye

In this episode of the Dream Biz Podcast, I’m chatting with brand designer and creative coach Bridget Baker. We talk about creativity, experimentation, authentic branding, navigating roadblocks, and trusting your own energy instead of following someone else’s formula.

In this episode, we cover:

• Why there are no “wasted” experiences in your creative journey
• Building routines that support creativity without forcing it
• Letting your personality and uniqueness show up in your brand
• What to do when you feel stuck or unsure what to sell
• Why collaboration can spark better ideas
• Using writing and reflection to navigate business roadblocks
• Shifting your mindset by looking for evidence of what is working

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In this Dream Biz Journey episode, I got to talk with one of my biggest inspirations, Molly Balint. Molly is a speaker, educator, storytelling expert, Instagram strategist, and founder The Soft Business Club, a membership focused on storytelling and building a sustainable business without hustle. 

Molly shares the family legacy that shapes her story and her 22-year path from early blogging and corporate social media to teaching female farmers and eventually founding The Soft Business Club. 

We discuss how hustle, comparison, and self-limiting stories (including beliefs about weight and needing an “it factor”) kept her playing small, and how therapy, self-acceptance, and leaning into her gifts helped her show up fully. 

Now, her business is built around community and teaching, allowing her to create more space, peace, and bigger dreams. 

Listen in to learn exactly how she got to where she is today and how she shows up for her community without sacrificing the life she wants.

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00:00 Welcome and Intro

01:40 Life on the Farm

04:40 From Blogging to Soft Business

07:23 Hustle Burnout and Inner Stories

15:34 Stop Playing Small

26:10 All Roads to Soft Business Club

32:54 Calendar Boundaries and Energy

39:03 Space to Dream Bigger

45:52 Big Dreams and Fullest Self

50:56 Wrap Up and Where to Follow

Today I'm so excited to have one of my biggest mentors, Laylee Emadi on the podcast! Laylee is the founder of The Creative Educator Conference and The Educator's Lounge, a community for business owners that are educating others and are committed to serving their audiences with heart & passion.

In this episode, we chat about how she transitioned from photographer to educator, how she created one of the BEST conferences in the industry, and how she regularly breaks industry norms by putting people before profit.

Here are some of the highlights:

• You don't have to build your dream all at once. Take the next logical step, learn from it, and iterate.
• Slow doesn't mean behind. A slower path can produce a stronger, more sustainable business.
• Your business should serve you, too. You're allowed to prioritize your own life, joy, relationships, and wellbeing.
• Build around your actual capacity. Don't design a business that only works when everything in your life is going perfectly.
• Not everything is urgent. During hard seasons, identify what truly has to happen and let everything else wait.
• Know how you work best. There's no single "right" way to launch, sell, schedule, or run a business.
• Boundaries create freedom. Protecting personal time first gives you a clearer picture of what business opportunities you actually have capacity for.
• Confidence comes from reps. Visibility gets easier when you practice it consistently, especially with supportive community around you.
• Your values can be your business strategy. Decisions don't always have to maximize revenue or growth; they can maximize sustainability, integrity, joy, and peace.
• Community may be the most valuable thing you build. Laylee ultimately says she's most proud not of the conference or her business itself, but of the community she's cultivated.

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Today on The Dream Biz Podcast we are finishing our summer series! We’ve been connecting different elements of summer to your business and today’s episode is about connection! I’m going to talk to you about how to easily connect with other business owners so you can grow your business and your client list. 

We’ll cover: 

• How to find networking groups you actually like to attend 

• Why virtual can be just as important as in person connections 

• Keeping track of the people you meet so you can follow up with them and build relationships with them 

• How to turn your connections into clients

Want to make your marketing more fun? Join me and Tayler Cusick Hollman from Enji for a free marketing workshop on making marketing more fun! It’s August 27th at 1PM EDT. Register HERE. 

Want some accountability in your business? I’m now offering accountability coaching! DM me on Instagram or email me at [email protected] with the word ACCOUNTABILITY and I’ll tell you all the info!

In today’s episode, we’re talking about how to make your business lighter. If you’ve felt overwhelmed in your business, alone, or bogged down by complicated systems, this episode is for you. We’re covering 4 ways to feel lighter: 

• Simplifying your systems so they cause you less stress & won’t break

• Leaning into what comes easily for you so you have less stress & feel lighter

• Getting involved in community so you can reach out when you feel alone

• Doing something every day that brings you joy so you boost your creativity & reduce stress

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