In this episode, we dive deep into the concept of success and its complex relationship with comparison. Mandy shares her own unique perspectives on success and offers a fresh perspective, emphasizing that success isn't a one-size-fits-all concept. She dismantles the societal stereotype that success is solely tied to income, number of clients, or constant busyness. She encourages listeners to reframe their definition of success to encompass personal joy, life balance, and resilience in the fac...

In this episode Mandy sits down with Marissa Martino, of Paws & Reward. They delve into a deep conversation about the intersection of dog training, business, and mindfulness. Marissa shares her unique approach to dog training, emphasizing the importance of building a meaningful relationship between dogs and their owners. From managing stress to navigating the sometimes challenging terrain of mental health in the dog training world, this episode provides invaluable insights and tools...

Content Warning: This episode does include a discussion of mental illness, depression and suicide.In this episode I am joined by Tabitha Kucera from Chirrups and Chatter for a lively conversation about mental health, business management, and setting up the antecedents for yourself. The episode teems with laughter while tackling weighty topics, such as mental illnesses, disabilities, imposter syndrome, and burnout. We discuss the balance between maintaining a successful business and prio...

In this episode I have a really wonderful chat with Claire Anderson CPDT-KA, FDM, SAPT, FFCP of Mutt Sense regarding being more mindful when navigating not only running our business, but also in how we show up for our clients, their dogs, our animals and most importantly....ourselves. We discuss growth in our careers, learning from less than ideal situations with business and clientele, figuring out what exactly our needs are in order to remember to meet them, creating our businesses in a wa...

This is a different kind of episode from our usual! Back in early April I was experiencing a lot of overwhelm with....projects piling up, an impending surgery that I knew was going to derail my usual flow for 2+ months, and not feeling like I would be able to get all the things done, in a timely manner...which caused me to work harder and longer - working on days off, not giving myself adequate breaks, downtime and time to recharge. I caused myself to get very burnt out and wh...

In this episode I have a chat with Dr.Chris Pachel of Animal Behavior Clinic & Instinct Dog Training & Behavior, Portland.This episode is FILLED with so many juicy relatable nuggets and also just so much laughter and joy that Dr.Pachel tends to always bring to the table. He and I really dig into what setting boundaries within your business can and should look like, how that can help provide more clarity not only to your clientele but also to how YOU would like your business to look 5,...

In this episode I have a chat with Janet Cutler of Landmark Behaviour and The Behaviory Podcast! On top of running her behavior consulting business, Janet is also an instructor at the Ontario Veterinary College, teaching veterinary students about companion animal behavior and welfare.In this episode Janet and I dig into imposter syndrome and professional growth - how we can turn it into something useful instead, and how that can help us achieve our personal and professional goals. Many of us ...

In this episode I break down WHY creating, adjusting and developing certain habits for starting our day, really affects how we move through our day and our week. But in true ADHD fashion I couldn't stay on just one topic, I also touch on how comparison on social media affects how we're approaching our business - be that online or how we think about our business as a whole. My goal with this episode is to help put things into perspective a little bit more when it comes to how we choo...

This week I have a chat with Lisa Corcoran of The Confident Hound located in Waco,TX.Before Lisa was a dog trainer, she worked with veterans at the VA, specifically with trauma therapy, after completing her masters in Psychology. In this episode we discuss how her background and former career working with veterans and trauma, has really helped her in leaning into focusing on reactivity and behavior cases, how she approaches those cases, and where she really notices the overlap between both ca...

In this episode I share my personal experience navigating life with an aging dog who also developed Canine Cognitive Dysfunction which, ended up exacerbating his separation anxiety that he came to us with. This is something I have held close to myself for the last couple of years and have not shared at all primarily because I was struggling a lot with my mental health, because of the situation I was in. I did not leave my house for 2 years, if I did, I did it with Pip. I do cry a little bit, ...