Summary

In this conversation, Kate is joined by collaboration expert Sara Alepin of District Bliss to unpack how powerful (and wildly effective) strategic collaboration can be for online coaches craving more income, visibility, and ease. They talk exponential growth, opt-in quality, bundle burnout, introvert-friendly networking and why being everywhere is not necessarily the goal. If you’re ready to get unbusy while growing your audience + client base, this one’s for you 👯‍♀️💸🙌🏻

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Grab Sara's free Goals & Collaboration Strategy Worksheet: https://districtbliss.myflodesk.com/getunbusy

Top Takeaways & Quotes

🧠 “If you're doing the wrong type of collab, you won’t see exponential growth.”🔥 You don’t need to “do it all”, you need the right collaboration aligned with your goals and offer.💡 Cold traffic from bundles or freebies? Remember that warming them up is your job 😉👀 “The algorithm doesn’t have a vested interest in your success, but collaborators do.”📣 Networking works best when it’s connection > pitch. Think “make a friend,” not “make a sale.”💭 “Go into events with a clear goal. The wrong event isn't a failure, it's data for next time”⚡️You’ll grow way faster when you take part in an aligned collab rather than just cold outreach.👋🏻 “You have my permission to leave any event that drains you... as long as you replace it fast!”😍 Warm leads from someone’s audience > cold followers from a reel. Period.

Mentioned Resources

• Collaborations That Monetize Summit (coming Nov, keep an eye on Sara's socials for that!)

• Now That’s a Membership Summit - Register NOW!

• District Bliss Membership

Summary
In this conversation, Kate brings on membership expert Mike Morrison, founder of Membership Academy, to talk about the real, raw blueprint behind building a membership that’s not just profitable, but still thriving 10 YEARS later 👏🏻 Mike shares how to transition from 1:1 work to a scalable membership model, when to start outsourcing, and the big mindset + strategic shifts that make longevity (and time freedom) possible. THIS IS "UNBUSY" GOLD! Expect unfiltered truths, BTS stories, and pure gold for every coach craving more income AND more ease 💸📆

Top Takeaways & Quotes

🔥 "Your membership is now your client; you just wouldn't miss those deadlines."

💡 Building a membership starts with solving a specific problem for your people. Forget the shiny objects.

📆 Mike’s 6-date transitioning strategy is PURE GOLD for phasing out 1:1 work without tanking your income.

🧠 “If you can’t find people to talk to, you’re gonna struggle to sell to them.”

⚡️ Memberships thrive when you design for long-term retention, not just a cash injection.

👅 A unique take on repurposing; your client work, your process, your past projects, all into scalable assets.

🙌🏻 “You need to be the rockstar, not the roadie. Stop doing the stuff anyone else can do.”

💭 Coaches often hold on to admin + editing work as comfort zones. But that’s not what grows your business.

🔥 “Your effective hourly rate is the number to watch. That’s how you make time-smart decisions.”

💸 A thriving membership isn’t about doing more, it’s about doing the right things in the right order.

Mentioned Resources

• Membership Academy

• The Membership Geeks Podcast

• The free Membership Roadmap course

• Now-THAT'S-A-Membership-Summit

  
  

🧠 Your Next Step

• Identify ONE task you’re doing that someone else could do and hire a VA to take it over. 😉

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Summary
In this conversation, Kate is joined by client experience & systems strategist Rebecca Carmensita to unpack why your client experience is your brand experience, and how to make yours so good it turns buyers into long-gamers. Expect spicy truth bombs, small-but-mighty upgrades you can make today, and a fresh look at how to build systems that save you time while making your clients fall in love with working with you 👅💸

Top Takeaways & Quotes

💡 “Your brand voice shouldn’t stop at Instagram; it needs to flow into every client touchpoint.”

📈 The 70% buyer’s remorse stat: most regret hits within 24 hours of purchase, so your onboarding is everything.

🧠 Consistency in tone, style, and delivery builds trust, connection, and repeat buyers.

⚡️ Automation isn’t “impersonal”, forgetting to follow up is what’s impersonal.

📆 Set expectations early: payment terms, response times, client responsibilities.

💭 Creative brains need systems to protect their energy and boost their money-making activities.

✅ “If you don’t tell clients what to give feedback on, they’ll fill in the gaps for you.”

📌 Check in early and often; don’t wait 6 months to find out a member is lost or disengaged.

😍 Implementation matters: give clients the how, not just the what.

Wanna hear more from Rebecca? ⬇️

• Follow Rebecca on Instagram here
• Learn more on Rebecca's website here

Mentioned Resources

• Dubsado (CRM tool Rebecca uses for client management)

• Now That’s A Membership Summit (Rebecca speaking on client experience) - registration opening 19th Aug!

🧠 Your Next Steps

• Automate at least one recurring client touchpoint this week.

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🔥 Summary

In this conversation, Kate brings Kimba Cooper-Martin on to spill the tea on how gamification can completely change the game when it comes to motivation, momentum, and engagement, for both you AND your clients. Kimba breaks down why traditional systems don’t stick, how to design habits that feel like play, and the sneaky psychology that turns your to-do list into a heck-yes follow-through machine. Plus: how to use these tools in your community, courses, or memberships to boost completion + sales 📈👅

💭 Top Takeaways & Quotes

🎯 Gamification makes it easier to want to show up, not just push yourself to.💡 Gamification isn't necessarily about badges + points (though it could be). It's about building systems that work WITH your brain, not against it.📈 Sales go up when your offers feel like a challenge people want to complete.😍 Even something as small as a daily “win” channel in your membership can boost dopamine + engagement.✅ Is gamification a form of manipulation? And... is that even a bad thing? 👀🎮 “When you understand your player type, everything starts to click.”

📚 Mentioned Resources

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• • Kimba’s free resource 7 BIG mistakes businesses make when gamifying their membership (and what to do instead)
  • Kimba’s Facebook group “The Business Game"
  • (Suggested) The Octalysis Framework by Yu‑kai Chou for deeper gamification insights

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  🧠 Your Next Steps

• Identify your personal player type — what actually motivates you?

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🎧 Summary

In this conversation, Kate is joined by membership strategist Nathalie Doremieux to break down exactly how AI can revolutionize your membership experience for both YOU and your clients. They dive into using AI to streamline support, improve content access, reduce overwhelm, and boost retention (without burning yourself out). If you’re running or dreaming of running a scalable, impactful membership, this episode is a must-listen 👅

Want to learn more about Nathalie Doremieux and grab her Monthly Recurrin Revenue Calculator to tell you exactly how many members you need, what you should price your membership at and how much money you’ll make based how long they stay!? Grab it here.

🔥 Top Takeaways & Quotes

💡 “AI helps your members talk to your content, not just consume it.”📉 Most members don’t watch full replays. AI can help them find exactly what they need, faster.📚 Stop adding more and more content. AI can make your existing library more useful.🤖 “A bot never gets tired, doesn’t judge, and always explains it again if needed.”📈 You don’t need more videos. You need more action-taking tools.🙌🏻 Use AI for 24/7 support - no new team member required!👩🏻‍💻 “People are starting to expect some form of AI. It’s no longer a ‘nice to have’.”

📚 Mentioned Resources

• Julie Reisler's Podcast
• Memberships Behind the Scenes Summit by Sandra DeFrietas

• Now That’s A Membership Summit (coming September!)

🧠 Your Next Steps

Pick one of these actions to start unbusying your membership biz:

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Summary:

In this conversation, Kate dives into real-life, high-pressure coaching scenarios with a juicy member Q&A session from members of Work Smart Academy. You'll hear her unfiltered take on how to prioritize when everything feels urgent, how to keep self care non-negotiable during intense seasons, and what it really means when your top priority keeps getting bumped. Expect spicy analogies, practical strategies, and mindset shifts that’ll change how you plan your week 👀🔥

Top Takeaways & Quotes

🧠 “If everything is important… nothing actually is.”

💡 Self care needs to be scheduled like a doctor’s appointment.

⚡️ Most of your productivity problems would be solved by just getting better at prioritizing. What ACTUALLY is the most important thing this week?

📆 Dragging your top task into next week for the 5th time? Time to journal on the real reason.

🔥 “If you only had one hour of energy a day, you’d learn to cut the crap fast.”

📉 Overcommitting is often just time blindness.

💥 High intensity doesn’t have to mean high pressure — but it does mean smart energy use.

💭 “You can know what to say no to, but the real power is actually saying it.”

Mentioned Resources

Summary

In this conversation, Kate peels back the curtain what's been happening, juggling 18 x 1:1 clients while planning her biggest visibility move yet: hosting a full-scale online summit in just 60 days 😳 From real-time completion stats to AI-powered strategy shifts, she shares exactly how she’s recalibrating her timeline, leveraging investments, and refusing to hustle into burnout. If you're planning something BIG, this one’s a must-listen 👅

Top Takeaways & Quotes:

🔥 “Leverage isn’t optional when you’ve got 18 clients & a summit to pull off.”

💻 “I asked ChatGPT to build me a get-back-on-track plan, because THAT’S the Work Smart move.”

🧠 “You don’t need to do everything. You need to do the essential things.”

⏱️ “I batch my days not by category, but by brain function. Creative, on-camera tasks, admin. It WORKS.”

📆 “Your calendar doesn’t lie. If your dream isn’t on it, it’s not your priority.”

🧽 “Deleting tasks is also productivity. That % complete went UP without me doing more. Just working smarter.”

👀 “The bells & whistles can wait. First, get the important stuff DONE. Then we play with extras.”

🤖 “If you’re not using AI, SOPs, or templates… good luck babe. You’re gonna need Jesus.”

🧩 “It’s an up-level season and that means letting go of perfection, and leaning into POWER.”

Mentioned Resources

• Summit in a Box (online summit planning system & templates)

• Asana (task management)

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Summary

In this conversation, Kate unpacks the real reason you think you don’t have time — and why that belief is draining your income, creativity, and sanity. If you’re stuck in “busy coach” energy and constantly feeling behind, this episode will help you shift into clarity and power FAST. Prepare for spicy mindset flips, truth bombs, and one hell of a permission slip to do less and get more done 🙌🏻

Top Takeaways & Quotes

⏰ “Telling yourself you don’t have time is actually a lie. You do have time; it’s just not a priority.”

💥 Busy is not a badge of honor; it’s a distraction from what really matters.

🧠 “You’re not behind. You’re just bonding with other people over overwhelm.”

💸 Time scarcity is a form of self-protection… and it’s expensive.

📆 Your calendar is not a fact, it’s a reflection of your choices (and you can change it).

⚡️ The most successful coaches are doing less than you — but the right stuff.

👀 Every time you say yes to something random, you’re saying no to the thing that could actually change your life.

🛑 Want to make massive moves? Say no 10x more often.

🧠 Your Next Steps

Write “I don’t have time for…” and the 5 things you tell yourself (and others) that you don’t have time for. Then, rewrite it to “_____ is not a priority right now” — what comes up for you?

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Summary
In this conversation, Kate breaks down a sneaky mindset block that was quietly sabotaging her productivity and joy in business. It all came down to her approach to doing the “hard” things, and how her new approach changed everything.

Top Takeaways & Quotes🧠 “I was punishing myself for not hitting certain goals, so I only let myself do things that felt hard.”📉 If you’re only doing tasks that look “productive” on the outside, you’re not building a biz that lights you up.💡 Productivity doesn’t just mean getting sh*t done — it means doing what moves your needle.👀 You DO NOT have to suffer your way to the finish line.🌀 Sometimes options feel like pressure, not freedom.💬 “Systems reduce the time you spend on the ‘meh’ so you can make room for the magic.”

Mentioned Resources

• The Priority Game Dashboard (your FREE tool)

• EFT tapping for mindset shifts

  
  

🧠 Your Next Steps
Add at least one “Soul Fire Hour” to your calendar this week 🌶️

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🔥 Summary

In this conversation, Kate drops an absolute banger of an analogy that flips your perspective on time management: treat your hours like money and your tasks like investments. If you’re constantly saying “yes” to every opportunity, project, or collab — but feeling stuck AF in the “I’m doing everything, but nothing’s working” cycle — this episode is your wake-up call. Kate breaks down how to spot your time liabilities, build time assets, and reclaim hours that actually pay you back in freedom, energy and income. Get ready for systems, SOPs, and a whole new way to budget your time like the boss bitch you are 👑💸

💥 Top Takeaways & Quotes

🧠 “Every commitment you make is a time liability, and not all of them are worth the payment plan.”

📆 Your to-do list is a subscription model. Are you actually getting ROI from the things you're paying in time?

📉 Time liabilities = commitments that drain your energy without moving the needle. Be RUTHLESS about what stays.

📈 Time assets = systems, templates, SOPs, automations. These pay you back in hours every week.

💡 “If you don’t track your time like you’d track your money, you’ll always be in the red.”

🙅🏻‍♀️ Broad goals = blurry to-do lists. Clarity is queen 👑

🔥 “What if you made a rule that you never write the same thing twice?”

📊 “If your liabilities exceed your time budget, you’ll always feel behind, no matter how ‘productive’ you are.”

⚙️ Systems aren’t boring. They’re the fck-me-this-is-so-easy magic you’ve been missing.

💬 Templates are tiny time investments that pay back in mental energy and speed, start building your bank now!

📚 Mentioned Resources

• Automated Money Stuff Masterclass (in Work Smart Academy)

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