The Dream Biz® Podcast | Anti-Hustle Business Strategies for Creative Entrepreneurs

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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In today’s episode, I’m chatting about how to flourish in your business! Whether you’re feeling low or overwhelmed, this step-by-step plan will help you achieve your goals with confidence even as a neurodivergent business owner who feels like you never finish anything. We’re talking about:

• Planting - How to know what ideas to follow & plant in your business

• Watering - How to nourish yourself and your business to grow your idea

• Tending - How to test, iterate, and get feedback even if you don’t think of yourself as “consistent”

• Pruning - How to remove what is not working to make space for what is working

• Harvesting - Celebrating your progress and your joyful success

• Resting - How to prepare for another season of flourishing

Are you feeling low and like flourishing isn’t possible for you or you just don’t know how to do it? Book a Positivity Power Hour with me. 

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Is your business bringing you joy or is it sucking the life out of you! Today on the show, I'm chatting about how to increase your joy in your life and your business. We'll close by doing a "Joy Audit" of both your life and your business. You'll learn:

• How to recognize if joy is present in your life or business
• How to audit your vision, operations, and marketing for joy
• How to create a "Joy Menu" to bring joy to your day every day in just 5 minutes
• Why joy is a non-negotiable in your business

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In this episode, I'm continuing my summer series by digging into growth — what it really means, why it doesn't happen by accident, and how I pursue it without burning out.

I walk through how you can grow in whatever area matters most to you: your business and sales, a new skill, your connections, your email list, or your podcast audience. I share my coach Tracy Stanger's "Simple Human Selling" framework (meet, build relationships, tell, ask), practical tips for finding your best growth channels using past client data, and why boundaries and self-compassion matter just as much as strategy.

I also talk about my Alternative Business Owners community, my new Positivity Power Hour offer, and simple ways to grow your social media following by leading with your values instead of hustle-culture tactics.

Key topics: choosing one growth focus, the four parts of sales, using past evidence to find what works, growing connections authentically, growing your email list and podcast audience, and building content around your values.

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Welcome to the first episode of my summer series, where I'm exploring energy, growth, joy, flourishing, light, and connection. In this episode, I'm diving into energy — why it naturally fluctuates (especially if you're neurodivergent, creative, or a woman), and practical ways to shift it when you're feeling low.

I share my go-to tools for boosting energy: mantras and affirmations, protecting a flexible morning routine, doing things I love, moving my body, and connecting with friends. I also introduce my free Joy Menu tool to help you build your own energy-boosting toolkit.

Then I unpack the concept of following your energy through intuitive time management — a game-changer for neurodivergent and creative entrepreneurs who don't thrive on rigid schedules. Plus, I talk about how confidence and excitement (not stress) become a magnet for attracting the right clients.

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Today on the podcast I'm sharing a struggle I'm currently working through and how I'm working through it. This year has been so tough to sign new clients! I'm sharing:

• Why it's been harder to land clients in this season
• How AI marketing has created a trust recession
• How I improved my messaging around my group coaching
• What marketing strategies I'm leaning into currently
• How you can decide where to focus your marketing efforts & what to release

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Today we're hearing from Lauren Glynn about how has built a business that enables her to live her dream life with a business where she doesn't always have to be "on" and the ability to live six months each year in two different states.

Listen in to learn how Lauren:

• Transitioned from part-time business ownership to full-time
• Knew it was the right time to leave her position with the federal government
• Used moving to and living in Italy as the inspiration to work for herself full time
• Uses systems to help her with fluctuating energy levels
• Decided to file for bankruptcy as a business owner and what that looked like
• Healed from burnout to own the business she has today
• Is helping business owners stop being the bottleneck in their business + lead their teams well

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Are routines hard for you? You're not alone! Today I'm chatting about why routines are hard for ADHD entrepreneurs and some ideas for creating a flexible structure around your business.

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Have you ever felt stuck or creatively blocked in your business? Or have you been in the middle of launching something and it just felt off but you couldn't figure out why? In today's episode, I'm sharing how that happened to me recently and what you can do to get unstuck if you're feeling stuck!

We'll talk about:

• 8 strategies for getting unstuck
• How getting outside can be the most powerful thing to do
• The beauty of connecting with others to fuel your creativity
• When to move forward with your plan or scrap it entirely
• How to make things easy & fun

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Today I'm sharing with you my Joy-First Business Model and how I to help my clients enjoy their businesses without burnout.

Here's what I'm covering:

• How to design your dream days NOW
• Making your daily operations work for you
• Task management/energy management even on low capacity days
• Finding your way to do marketing that you enjoy!

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00:43 Joy First Business Model

02:21 Vision Dream Day Exercise

05:36 Future You and Money Goals

06:58 Designing Work Around Strengths

09:54 Operations Make Dreams Real

13:34 Boundaries and Enough Plan

16:32 Marketing That Feels Good

19:29 Sales Confidence and Coaching Style

21:22 Work With Me on Slack