This episode is about the uncomfortable gap between who you know yourself to be and what somebody encountering you for the first time sees.

Your clothes, website, photos, LinkedIn profile and the way you talk about your work all send signals. The question is whether they’re sending the right ones.

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The Solo Sauce is for solopreneurs and independent professionals building something of their own.

Short, sharp ideas on creativity, business, and staying sane while working solo.

When you’ve been doing what you do for 10, 15 or 20 years, experience probably isn’t the problem. The problem may be that too few people ever bump into it.

This episode is about creating more useful collisions: small experiments, conversations and deliberate ways of putting yourself in front of people who might need what you do.

Because sometimes, you have to make things happen.

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The Solo Sauce is for solopreneurs and independent professionals building something of their own.

Short, sharp ideas on creativity, business, and staying sane while working solo.

Building one business is hard enough. What happens when both people in a relationship are building their own?

Maggie Arai designs event experiences that turn online followers into real-world superfans. Ademola Adelakun runs A2 Media, helping B2B companies create videos that close deals.

Together, they explore what it takes to support each other’s ambitions, build separate businesses under one roof, and make sure the relationship stays bigger than the work.

In this conversation, they talk about:

• Becoming each other’s unfair advantage
• Why the people around you matter
• Routines and boundaries that protect the relationship
• Taking calculated risks when you both work for yourselves

Connect with Maggie Arai:

• LinkedIn
• IRL Studios

Connect with Ademola Adelakun:

• LinkedIn
• A2 Media

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The Solo Sauce is for independent professionals and solopreneurs building something of their own.

Short, sharp ideas on creativity, business, and staying sane while working solo.

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The best opportunities rarely come from sitting around waiting to be discovered.

This episode is about creating more useful collisions: reconnecting with people, starting conversations, trying things that stand out, and giving your work more chances to bump into the right people.

Sometimes you have to make things happen.

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The Solo Sauce is for solopreneurs and independent professionals building something of their own.

Short, sharp ideas on creativity, business, and staying sane while working solo.

What happens when something you’ve spent years getting good at suddenly starts to feel a little less relevant?

This episode is about that uncomfortable moment when the market finds a newer, shinier toy, and how to work out what still makes you valuable, what may need to change, and how to stay relevant without pretending to be something you’re not.

Maybe we’re all Woody eventually.

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The Solo Sauce is for solopreneurs and independent professionals building something of their own.

Short, sharp ideas on creativity, business, and staying sane while working solo.

Staying calm is easy when nothing is going wrong. The real test is what happens when the pressure is on.

Phil Dorman is an executive coach who helps leaders move from surviving to thriving.

Drawing on his experience in coaching, facilitation and mindfulness, he explores how being more present can change the way people work, make decisions and deal with pressure.

In this conversation, they talk about:

• What mindfulness actually means
• How to respond better under pressure
• Why modern work feels so overwhelming
• How Phil finds clients and builds his network
• Moving from surviving to thriving

Connect with Phil Dorman:

• Not Neutral
• LinkedIn

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The Solo Sauce is for independent professionals and solopreneurs building something of their own.

Short, sharp ideas on creativity, business, and staying sane while working solo.

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There are 140 days until New Year’s, which is a lot more runway than it might feel like.

How about using that time deliberately: reconnecting with people, becoming more visible, starting conversations about 2027 and putting a few things in motion now so January doesn’t have to start from zero.

Next year’s visibility and pipeline are partly being built now.

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The Solo Sauce is for solopreneurs and independent professionals building something of their own.

Short, sharp ideas on creativity, business, and staying sane while working solo.

You finally get the hang of something, then the goalposts move again.

Let's explore why that resistance feels so personal, how to tell whether there’s truth in the change, and how to adapt without dismissing all the work you’ve already put in.

Feel the frustration. Then decide what’s worth testing.

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The Solo Sauce is for solopreneurs and independent professionals building something of their own.

Short, sharp ideas on creativity, business, and staying sane while working solo.

When business slows down, it’s easy to wonder whether you’ve lost your edge.

This episode is for those moments. Let's explore what to question before you start questioning yourself, how changing markets can make solid experience feel suddenly outdated.

The rules moved. You can move with them.

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The Solo Sauce is for solopreneurs and independent professionals building something of their own.

Short, sharp ideas on creativity, business, and staying sane while working solo.

When pushing through stops working, what do you do next?

Amena Schlaikjer believes the answer may be a side quest: an intentional detour that helps you find perspective, energy or opportunities you could not see before.

Amena runs Untapped Lab, where she helps founders turn ideas into ventures with greater clarity and confidence.

In this episode, we talk about burnout, nonlinear careers, feeling lost and how to know when to keep going or take another path.

In this conversation, they talk about:

• What separates a side quest from a distraction
• Why pushing through can become avoidance
• How to recognise when you are genuinely stuck
• How to spot the “gold coins” inside a detour

Connect with Amena Schlaikjer:

• Untapped Lab
• LinkedIn

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The Solo Sauce is for independent professionals and solopreneurs building something of their own.

Short, sharp ideas on creativity, business, and staying sane while working solo.

Sign up for my weekly ideas for solo pros in my newsletter, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Solo Sauce⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.