The Sarah Swain Show

On the podcast with me today is Lindsay Ford Owner of Bread+Clutter.  Lindsay is and author, illustrator, and publisher for Bread+Clutter Books, an independent publishing house on Vancouver Island.  Lindsay created the Awkward+Awesome reading series celebrating everyday heroes and inner weirdos, so obviously she’s my people! She has been in business for 4 years now and her main focus is helping people see people differently. 

Today we're diving into:

• The back story of what Bread+Clutter is and how it came to be, ya'll this story is cool AF.
• Why trusting the process and following your intuition could be the greatest gift to your business
• Why focusing on the impact you want to make in this world AND how something feels to you is sometimes more important than a formal business plan
• And a whole lot more

I'll meet you here next Wednesday with another amazing interview! Until then, keep taking action, friends!

Want to connect with Lindsay? You can find her online at www.breadandclutter.com and over on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/breadandclutter 

 Want to connect with me online? 

Join me on the ‘Gram @iamsarahswain (https://www.instagram.com/iamsarahswain)

And if you’re looking to start a business, grow your business, burn your business down and start fresh with a new idea, head over to https://www.businesswithsarah.com/ and join my FREE Success Lounge Membership.  This membership is packed full of incredible videos and training for everything you need to start, grow, or level up your business!

If you loved this episode it would mean so much to me if you could head over to iTunes and leave a 5 star rating and review.  Reviews and ratings help me know the best content to keep serving you up every single week!

Are you feeling fuelled by your business? Does it energize you? Or is it just another "thing" on your plate every single day?  If you are consistently catching yourself saying "I don't have time for my business" you might need to re-evaluate some things!

Today I’m talking all about;

• The difference between having TIME for your business and having ENERGY for your business!
• A few things that you may need to change when it comes to your time management, & schedule
• How your sleep patterns, eating habits and even the people you surround yourself with can have a huge impact on your ability to show up for your business.

I’ll meet you here next week for another 5 minute Monday! Until then, keep taking action,

Want to connect with me online? 

Join me on the ‘Gram @iamsarahswain

And if you’re looking to start a business, grow your business, burn your business down and start fresh with a new idea head over to https://www.businesswithsarah.com/ and join my FREE Success Lounge Membership.  This membership is packed full of incredible videos and training for everything you need to start, grow, or level up your business!

If you loved this episode it would mean so much to me if you could head over to itunes and leave a 5 star rating and review.  Reviews and ratings help me know the best content to keep serving you up every single week!

Meet Cora Lynn Hazelwood! Cora Lynn helps simplify the tech and systems for coaches and course creators so they can help more people, in less time, while making more money. Her jam is showing these business owners how simple running a multiple six-figure business get's to be when we really truly focus on what's working and allow it to be that simple. How empowering it is and necessary to know and understand the tech side of your business.

Today we dive into:

• What has business owners so hesitant about the tech side of their online business
• The things in your business that really need 100% of your attention
• A few things that you can systemize in your business right now to immediately start saving time!
• And a whole lot more!

I'll meet you here next Wednesday with another amazing interview! Until then, keep taking action, friends!

Want to connect with Cora Lynn? You can find her online at www.letslaunchyoursite.com and over on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/coralynnhazelwood at and facebook at https://www.facebook.com/coralynnhazelwood

   Want to connect with me online? 

Join me on the ‘Gram @iamsarahswain (https://www.instagram.com/iamsarahswain)

And if you’re looking to start a business, grow your business, burn your business down and start fresh with a new idea, head over to https://www.businesswithsarah.com/ and join my FREE Success Lounge Membership.  This membership is packed full of incredible videos and training for everything you need to start, grow, or level up your business!

If you loved this episode it would mean so much to me if you could head over to iTunes and leave a 5 star rating and review.  Reviews and ratings help me know the best content to keep serving you up every single week!

We are diving right into market research today guys.  We as business owners always think that we have the “next big thing to hit the market” right? And while I am 100% sure your idea is brilliant, I want to ask you if you have actually done the research into who the heck you are talking to and if they are even looking for what you’re selling?

So today we’re talking about;

• Why doing your research and doing it properly is one of the most important pieces to the success of your business.
• My top 3 quick and easy tips to help you conduct solid market research
• The #1 reason businesses or launches fail right off the bat, and I speak from experience on this one guys!
• And much more...

I’ll meet you here next week for another 5 minute Monday! Until then, keep taking action,

Want to connect with me online? 

Join me on the ‘Gram @iamsarahswain

And if you’re looking to start a business, grow your business, burn your business down and start fresh with a new idea head over to https://www.businesswithsarah.com/ and join my FREE Success Lounge Membership.  This membership is packed full of incredible videos and training for everything you need to start, grow, or level up your business!

If you loved this episode it would mean so much to me if you could head over to itunes and leave a 5 star rating and review.  Reviews and ratings help me know the best content to keep serving you up every single week!

Meet Marsha! Marsha is a storytelling Business Coach, who coaches leaders on how to own their stories and build businesses that create massive impact in the world.  She is also a proud red-head with a spine full of titanium, she’s basically the bionic woman!

Today Marsha and I are digging into;

• Why it’s important to start saying “no” to things that don’t line up with your business
• Being ok with trying a million things in your business to find exactly what works and what doesn’t
• Getting rid of the mentality that you need to be able to please everyone in your business and online.  If you try to show up for everyone, you’re speaking to no one.
• And a whole lot more...

I'll meet you here next Wednesday with another amazing interview! Until then, keep taking action, friends!

Want to connect with Marsha? You can find her online at https://www.marshavanw.com and over on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/marshavanw/ and facebook at https://www.facebook.com/marsha.vanwynsberghe

Want to connect with me online? 

Join me on the ‘Gram @iamsarahswain (https://www.instagram.com/iamsarahswain)

And if you’re looking to start a business, grow your business, burn your business down and start fresh with a new idea, head over to https://www.businesswithsarah.com/ and join my FREE Success Lounge Membership.  This membership is packed full of incredible videos and training for everything you need to start, grow, or level up your business!

If you loved this episode it would mean so much to me if you could head over to iTunes and leave a 5 star rating and review.  Reviews and ratings help me know the best content to keep serving you up every single week!

OK….I might get heated in this episode because I am so frustrated with watching business owners chasing a "magic pill" for their business, and are either unaware of the work that is required holistically OR are aware of what it takes and choose not to because they just don’t WANT to put in the work - because they want the results NOW. 

So today we’re talking all about;

• 3 core things to help you see and understand what actually matters in building your business
• The reasons why there is no one size fits all approach for each business owner.
• The small kick in the butt you might need to hear to KEEP GOING in your business
• And more...

I'll meet you here next week for another 5 minute Monday! Until then, keep taking action,

Want to connect with me online? 

Join me on the ‘Gram @iamsarahswain

And if you’re looking to start a business, grow your business, burn your business down and start fresh with a new idea head over to https://www.businesswithsarah.com/ and join my FREE Success Lounge Membership.  This membership is packed full of incredible videos and training for everything you need to start, grow, or level up your business!

If you loved this episode it would mean so much to me if you could head over to itunes and leave a 5 star rating and review.  Reviews and ratings help me know the best content to keep serving you up every single week!

Meet Renee!! Renee’s business, We Wild Women, helps female entrepreneurs launch, market and grow their dream business. Renee has been a business owner for 23 years and brings a massive amount of knowledge around PR, marketing, & also proper mindset in business.

Today we’re breaking down;

• Renee’s business back story, and how babies and burnout resulted in her closing down her PR Agency, resting, resetting and starting over again
• Getting your mindset right about just taking the leap and doing the damn thing, like  starting a business, having the baby, or buying the house.
• What women can do to help themselves recognize the power of the knowledge and the value that their experiences bring to others.
• And more…

I'll meet you here next Wednesday with another amazing interview! Until then, keep taking action, friends!

Want to connect with Renee online?

Join her on Instagram @renee_warren

https://www.instagram.com/renee_warren

And her website www.wewildwomen.com

Want to connect with me online? 

Join me on the ‘Gram @iamsarahswain (https://www.instagram.com/iamsarahswain)

And if you’re looking to start a business, grow your business, burn your business down and start fresh with a new idea head over to https://www.businesswithsarah.com/ and join my FREE Success Lounge Membership.  This membership is packed full of incredible videos and training for everything you need to start, grow, or level up your business!

If you loved this episode it would mean so much to me if you could head over to iTunes and leave a 5 star rating and review.  Reviews and ratings help me know the best content to keep serving you up every single week!

Ok! You’ve got a rad idea for a business. You’ve been eating, sleeping, and breathing this idea for a month now! You’re so excited about it, right? You try and find the words to explain to your partner, your friends, your mom, maybe even your dog? And although they are so excited for you, they aren’t understanding a word you’re saying. They’re asking “why do people need that?” or “How do you even help someone do that?” and now you're questioning it too...Deep breath! and listen to this episode.

Today we’re talking all about;

• Getting very clear on the problem you or your business help solve
• What can happen to your credibility when your vision is so big and fuzzy, and not easily explainable
• A few questions to answer so you can easily, market, share, & articulate what it is you help people with!
• And more...

I'll meet you here next week for another 5 minute Monday! Until then, keep taking action,

Want to connect with me online? 

Join me on the ‘Gram @iamsarahswain

And if you’re looking to start a business, grow your business, burn your business down and start fresh with a new idea head over to https://www.businesswithsarah.com/ and join my FREE Success Lounge Membership.  This membership is packed full of incredible videos and training for everything you need to start, grow, or level up your business!

If you loved this episode it would mean so much to me if you could head over to itunes and leave a 5 star rating and review.  Reviews and ratings help me know the best content to keep serving you up every single week!

Meet Alex Street! Alex’s business, Alex Street Communications, helps people stand out with their signature story & gain the confidence and clarity they need so they can show up and sell their services like never before. Most entrepreneurs know their story matters but they think it's too big, too confusing, or unrelated to their current business. Alex helps simplify the process to uncover their story and turn it into a message that matters. 

We’re breaking down:

• Alex’s story and how he got into the business of teaching the art of storytelling
• Why storytelling is such a powerful marketing tool, and also, in my opinion, wildly underused, even by me!
• How your story is directly linked to the impact you want to make with your business.
• And more…

I'll meet you here next Wednesday with another amazing interview! Until then, keep taking action, friends!

Want to connect with Alex? 

Join him on instagram @streetsays https://www.instagram.com/streetsays 

And his websites @ https://www.alexstreet.ca

https://www.fearlessspeakersacademy.com

Want to connect with me online? 

Join me on the ‘Gram @iamsarahswain (https://www.instagram.com/iamsarahswain)

And if you’re looking to start a business, grow your business, burn your business down and start fresh with a new idea head over to https://www.businesswithsarah.com/ and join my FREE Success Lounge Membership.  This membership is packed full of incredible videos and training for everything you need to start, grow, or level up your business!

If you loved this episode it would mean so much to me if you could head over to iTunes and leave a 5 star rating and review.  Reviews and ratings help me know the best content to keep serving you up every single week!

If you haven't been here very long, something you'll quickly learn about me is that dogs & business are quite literally my two favourite things.  Last month I observed my two dogs and cat Charlie, as we integrated a new pup into the mix, and I was not expecting to learn some major lessons from observing their interactions.

So today's episode is all about;

• A major lesson I learned about how we show up in business and the price we may be paying for letting people walk all over us and chew on our heads.
• My dog's three different personality types and deciphering which one you may be in your business right now.
• Why showing up for yourself in your business with assertiveness, and strong boundaries should not be seen as negative.
• And more…

I'll meet you here next week for another 5 minute Monday! Until then, keep taking action, friends!

Want to connect with me online? 

Join me on the ‘Gram @iamsarahswain

And if you’re looking to start a business, grow your business, burn your business down and start fresh with a new idea head over to https://www.businesswithsarah.com/ and join my FREE Success Lounge Membership.  This membership is packed full of incredible videos and training for everything you need to start, grow, or level up your business!

If you loved this episode it would mean so much to me if you could head over to itunes and leave a 5 star rating and review.  Reviews and ratings help me know the best content to keep serving you up every single week!