Sitting in my mentoring seat, I pretty much get an “access all areas” pass with the women I work with.  

I get the inside track on their businesses for sure, but also how they’re operating in the various other areas of their lives (health, energy management, life admin, the works).  Believe me, it’s fascinating!

This week, I hosted a Masterclass called “Behind The Success Scenes” – and, as a special bonus, I’m sharing that Masterclass today on the show. 

You’ll learn how:

• One pushed through decades of self-doubt to build her profile… and secured epic revenue as a result!
• Another unlearnt years of pushing herself too hard (and resulting serious health issues) to find a balance that works for her
• Another relinquished the need to be “on the tools” (as I call it!) to step back and work ON her business, rather than IN it (oh, and 5x her team in the process)

If you’re ready to take your business and life to the next level, and want to learn the strategies these brilliant women use, enjoy this episode.

PS: In the Masterclass I share more about my new mentoring program, Bold Darling.  Doors are open until Thursday 31st March – get your application in via my website: lorrainemurphy.com.au.

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Would you believe me if I told you that your biggest business challenge is actually YOU?  

This May I’ll tick over a full decade of running my own businesses, and the biggest lesson I’ve learned is this: when I’m good, my business is good.

I’ve gotten to mentor hundreds of female entrepreneurs in the last five years, and I can tell you that overwhelm, flagging energy and a sense of being pulled in 50 directions at once are the most common challenges they face.

This week I presented a brand new Masterclass called “The Flow Framework” - sharing a new model I’ve been working through with my one-on-one mentees.  It’s given them clarity, empowerment and FLOW.

And - as a special bonus episode - I’m sharing that Masterclass today on the show.  

Prepare to wave goodbye to overwhelm, exhaustion and frenetic effort… and say hello to clarity, energy and focus!

PS: In the Masterclass I share more about my new mentoring program, Bold Darling.  Doors are open until Thursday 31st March - get your application in via my website: lorrainemurphy.com.au.

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Hooray!!  FINALLY I can share with my wonderful listeners My New Thing - aka Bold Darling.  

Bold Darling is a platform to support entrepreneurs who understand that business is about more than business.  

I’ve seen so many of my mentees sacrifice themselves on the altar of their businesses.  What I’ve designed is the exact content and structure to combat this problem.  I could happily talk about Bold Darling all day long, however I invite you to go explore it yourself on my website: lorrainemurphy.com.au.  

My co-mentor in Bold Darling is Michelle Broadbent, who I have worked with closely for four years now.  For the first two of those years, she was my Business Manager and all-round right hand woman in my second business.  And for the last two years, she has helped me to support my mentees by co-mentoring in a Mastermind program and speaking to my groups at business retreats.  

Michelle is a Small Business Strategist who brings the perfect balance of smarts and serious TLC (I may still call her my “Blankie”!).  She is The Guru of systems, recruiting what she calls unicorns, and effective boundaries.

In this conversation, we cover: 

• The origins of Bold Darling 
• My most recent “Blankie call” to her, and why I needed it
• How women don’t have a Nothing Box (like men do) and how that impacts us in our businesses
• The biggest challenges we see our clients experiencing in their businesses right now
• What we see as the others superpowers, and also the values we share
• The top 3 resources each of us share with our mentees 
• One of the saddest examples we see of business owners getting in their own way
• The quote I have stuck on our fridge at home
• Our “no mean girls” policy
• The best investments each of us have made in our own businesses

To connect with Michelle, visit her website - michellebroadbent.com.au and her Instagram - @michbroadbent.

And remember, Bold Darling doors are open until Thursday 31st March!

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Business can be a really, really lonely place - and that’s why I’m so grateful to have people who I can connect with who are also walking the entrepreneurial path.  And I’m even more grateful to have women like Julie Masters, who are also mums, who are also focused on their own wellbeing, and who have a very similar sense of humour and values as me!

I thought it would be fun to record a chat with Jules that’s pretty much like the conversations we have privately - the insights we share with each other, and the aha moments we give each other. 

In this (very wide ranging!) chat, we cover:

• Adjusting back to IRL events
• Our codependent households - or what I call “the village within the village”
• Our similar COVID experiences
• Progress for each of as we each work on Our New Things
• Her recent health retreat experience, and how I tried (!) to recreate one at home 
• The dangers of falling out of love with our business offerings
• Why sometimes the only - and best - thing we can do is to stay curious  

Next week, I get to reveal My New Thing to you - I cannot wait!

To find out more about Jules, check out:

Her website - juliemasters.com 

Her Instagram - @jules.masters

Her podcast - Inside Influence

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I’ve had this episode brewing for a while now!  Building a rockstar culture is up there as one of the foremost priorities of any business owner or team leader… and not all of us have had that kind of culture modelled for us with our past employers.

In this episode, I share the six greatest nuggets that helped me build an award winning culture in my first business, and that I pass on my most to my one-on-one mentees - including my genius (IMO!) approach to keeping values alive in a team, my favourite ways I’ve surprised and delighted my teams and why we need to get the wrong people off the bus ASAP.

PS: In two episodes’ time I’ll be announcing My New Thing!!  

Some of the resources I mention:

• I covered personality profiling in detail in episode 47
• Gallop Strengthsfinder 5 Top Strengths assessment - store.gallup.com/p/en-au/10108/top-5-cliftonstrengths
• Free DISC behaviour profile assessment - 123test.com/disc-personality-test

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This week’s episode is a bit different.  Given events here in Australia and overseas, I didn’t feel you wanted more stuff to learn…  So this week I’ve created an episode that will hopefully soothe your soul and not stretch your brain or emotions too much.

This week’s show is part-magazine style, part life update, part Q&A - a random episode basically!  I want you to feel that you and I are having an intimate catch-up in your favourite cafe.  

So come hang with me in while I talk about:

• Our recent family rona experience
• What I’m doing to navigate the negativity/fear of current events
• My recent cooking discoveries (and one absolute disaster)
• The books I’ve been reading for some gentle relief 
• The TV shows I’ve been loving
• My advice to anyone recovering from exhaustion or sickness
• Why it’s essential that women especially prioritise their recovery
•  The go-to essentials I love for breastfeeding
• My greatest loves in my make-up bag (someone asked ok!)
• What “resilience fatigue” is and what to do if you’re there right now

I hope you enjoy my random magazine episode this week - remember to look after yourself.  You deserve it and we need you. x

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Last year, I read a book that I know will game change my business.  The book is Profit First by Mike Michalowicz, and in it, he steps through a super simple, super effective plan to ensure that readers actually realise profit from their businesses… by safeguarding themselves from their own worst habits (yes, I know them all as I’ve done them all!).  

After the success of the book, Mike created Profit First Professionals - a certification program for finance professionals and business advisers.  This week, I’m talking to Laura Elkaslassy, CEO of Profit First Professionals ANZ.  Laura is a bona fide finance guru who leads multiple businesses - and has experienced the magic of Profit First for years in her own businesses.  I’m in the early days of implementing the structure in my own business, and I couldn’t wait to share the ideas with you.

In our conversation we cover: 

• An overview of what Profit First is - and why it can be so impactful
• A seriously inspiring case study of someone she’s seen implement it 
• How Profit First has helped her in her own business
• The first step business owners can take towards introducing Profit First in their business
• Whether or not there's a "good time" to implement the methodology 
• Whether or not start-ups should think about doing it from day 1
• How to shift out of the paralysis that often comes from financial overwhelm (I know, I’ve been there myself)
• How the principles are just as powerful for personal finances as they are for business

Laura has also kindly shared the following resources:

Free resources - profitfirstaustralia.com.au/resources

Find a PFP - profitfirstaustralia.com.au/find-a-profit-first-professional

Buy the book - profitfirstaustralia.com.au/profit-first-book

Profit First FAQs - profitfirstaustralia.com.au/frequently-asked-questions

Profit First video book - https://litvideobooks.com/profit

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I’m delighted to bring you this week’s episode, as Nicole Bayliss has been part of what I call my “spiritual support team” for over a decade.  Nicole is a life path guide and soul coach, who has a background in counselling.  

She works with modalities including forensic healing, tarot reading, reiki, soul truth healing, meditation… and more.  I’ve had many sessions with Nicole, and also been part of her very special meditation nights. 

I’m very excited that Nicole is going to be part of My New Thing that I’m launching next month!

She has just written a brilliant new book - Soulful and Successful Business - so it was the perfect time to bring her onto the show (her second time joining me).  

In myself and Nicole’s chat, we cover: 

• How business can be seen as a very "head-based" journey, and why it's so important to tune into our hearts and souls too
• The range of tools we can access in order to tune into higher guidance
• The heart chakra and why it’s so key for business success
• The one spiritual practice she would encourage listeners to explore in 2022 
• How she sees self-doubt manifesting for her clients, and why we actually need it in our businesses 
• The power of an Evidence Journal (and how Lexi has started her own one)
• Why prayer can be so helpful to us - and not just relied in times of desperation!
• How we can distinguish between "soul whispers"/gut instinct telling us not to go ahead with something, and the fear that might be holding us back
• The three crystals every entrepreneur should have on their desk

In this episode we talk about the following resources:

Nicole’s book - Soulful and Successful Business

Resonate Essences sprays - resonateessences.com

Altearah Bio Perfumes - altearah.com.au

Registrations are now open for my FREE Masterclass at 12pm AEDT on Tuesday 1st March.  It’s called “The Flow Framework: How to find clarity and power in your business and life” and you can register for your free spot here: https://lorrainemurphy.mykajabi.com/flow

You can find out more about Nicole and her work at nicolebayliss.com.au

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In this solo episode, I take you behind the scenes of my own business plans for 2022.  This year will be my biggest to date in this business, and I’m laying some critical foundations to support that growth.  I cover my latest steps towards streamlining, the big changes I’m making to create a successful infrastructure, and a teeny tiny sneak peek at My Big Thing I’m launching next month...  

This episode is brought to you by Nature Nate’s honey.  My favourite way to use it is in my weekly batch of homemade chocolate.  And believe me, a LOT of my business planning was fueled by chunks of it!  Nature Nate’s honey is raw, organic and made from beautiful Aussie bees and you can find it on the shelves of your local Woolworths.

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Making the transition from cash-for-time to a fully scalable online business is a daunting prospect… BUT my guest this week is here to step you through exactly how she did it!  

Dr. Kyla Smith is a Perth-based pediatric dietician who four years ago transitioned from being a purely in-person health provider to building two membership communities - Baby Meal Times and Toddler Meal Times.  

In doing so, she has created a business model that does not rely on her time for its revenue and has grown her team to a mostly remote team of ten, and she’s ensured she personally has the flexibility she wanted for her young family.

Kyla is a brilliant case study in how to take expertise online, and - lucky me - she’s also a longtime mentee of mine!  

In our action-packed chat, we cover:

• The initial “bricks and mortar” model for her business 
• What the tipping point was for her to transitioning the business to an online model
• The very first steps she took towards making that a reality 
• How she built brilliant “trust capital” with her community long before she had anything to sell to them
• The golden rules that grew her Instagram audience to 60,000+ 
• Her experiences of imposter syndrome in the online world, and how she conquers it
• The upside to adding the online element to the business - how it's benefited her, her family and the business
• What her biggest learnings have been on the journey
• The two critical pieces of advice that she wants to pass on to other business owners aiming to do what she has done 
• [Cos we have her!] Her #1 tip for baby weaning, and her biggest tip for fussy toddlers

You can find out more about Dr. Kyla on Instagram - @dr_kyla - and via her websites - babymealtimes.com.au and toddlermealtimes.com.au.

To learn about my Power Quarter Mentoring package, visit my mentoring page: lorrainemurphy.com.au/mentoring

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