Welcome back to the new season of the Unshiny Podcast! I'm sharing an episode Ray Dodd and I recorded and first shared on her Money Makers podcast, all about the brilliance and limitations of many coaching programs, and share with you a bit abo

Nicole Lewis-Keeber on How To Love Your Business (& Have It Love You Back)

May 15th, 2021 48m 49s

This is going to be a great episode for you if you’re someone who has ever struggled with certain aspects of your business, that doesn’t seem to have an obvious strategy solution to them, which AKA is every one of us.So those places in our busi

What you really need for each stage of your business - from beginner to growth

May 1st, 2021 37m 8s

I feel like I've given you a lot of nerdy, big picture stuff over the past few weeks and you know, I'm not averse to a bit of nerdy, big picture stuff. I own my nerdiness! But. I also wanted to give you some more of the juicy specifics of what

We Are Pioneers You And Me

Apr 22nd, 2021 29m 27s

In this week's episode of the Unshiny Podcast, I'll be talking about how we all get to be pioneers. Not only building our business but in shaping the industry and the wider culture around us, simply by doing our businesses, our way. For years o

Coach your own business

Apr 15th, 2021 27m 2s

This podcast is entitled Coach Your Own Business - AKA, ‘why it takes a village and what's wrong with the patriarchal, capitalist model of the lone hero idea of running a business.’Which I know makes it sound like a college class that you're on

The Co-Delusion Of The Shiny Life

Mar 30th, 2021 28m 52s

The Shiny life is seductive, powerful and damaging not only to our businesses but to society as a whole. Sound dramatic? Hear me out. This episode is all about how, far from being a bit of harmless ‘putting on a brave face’, shiny thinking can

What is an Unshiny Business?

Mar 30th, 2021 33m 44s

If you're sick of the bro marketers with their manipulative, shady tactics and overblown promises, there is an alternative - The Unshiny approach. In this episode, I'm going to share what an Unshiny business is and how this differs from many of

Introducing The Unshiny Podcast

Mar 30th, 2021 2m 17s

If the blueprints and noisy shouty marketing advice leave you cold - you’re not alone. Most of the work we do is about depth and nuance - not easy solutions and empty promises.So what we need to build a sustainable business are smart, human-s

What Happens To A Retreat Based Business During Covid? With Karen Marie Johnston

May 26th, 2020 31m 7s

Karen Marie Johnston's business was looking great at the beginning of 2020. After building up a loyal following in 2019 she had 8 retreats booked out for the duration of 2020. And then Covid-19 happened. In this funny, warm and honest conversat

What running a business through 2 previous recessions taught Maggie Patterson

May 21st, 2020 32m 25s

Maggie Patterson is the editorial director at Scoop Studio and the creator of Small Business Boss. With two decades of experience, Maggie has spent her entire career in client services and has been a successful entrepreneur for 15 years. Today,

Becoming an Unlost Woman - with Robyn Holloway

May 18th, 2020 31m 57s

Robyn Holloway helps women of a certain age become unlost - that is to say, to rediscover the vibrant person they were before life, laundry and taking care of everyone else got in the way.She is a certified coach, trainer and positive psycholog

Unravelling The Imposter Complex In Lockdown - with Tanya Geisler

May 13th, 2020 34m 3s

Tanya Geisler is the woman I credit with helping me get over my own lack of self-belief, my perfectionism and my procrastination and create the business and platform I have now. Tanya Geisler is a Leadership Coach (CPCC) with a penchant for cla

Why getting booked on podcasts are one of my favourite marketing strategies

May 11th, 2020 26m 45s

If you're struggling to know where to put your marketing efforts - this one's for you. I 100% believe that getting booked on other people's podcasts is not only one of the fastest and most effective ways of building the all-important know, like

Emotion, Power & Creativity - with Karen CL Anderson

May 7th, 2020 41m 30s

Karen C.L. Anderson helps women use the troubled relationships they have with their mothers and/or daughters as a catalyst for growth, empowerment, wisdom, and creativity.In our conversation she shares her current exploration on the connection

Cultivating Love & Connection with Corrie Cason

May 5th, 2020 33m 37s

With all of the horror of the current situation, there is also a lovely upside in the way the pandemic and the accompanying lockdown has brought out the best in so many folks. From community Whatsapp groups to neighbours doing shopping for one

Friday Q&A How Do I Build An Audience Without Feeling Overwhelmed?

May 2nd, 2020 41m 24s

Today's question comes from Marianne:"I have a holistic wellness program with 1:1 support that I created and have run 3 times with beta testers. I'm in the beginning stages of building an audience (beautiful opt-in, blog, newsletters, Instagram

Women, Money & Taking Up Space - With Ray Dodd

Apr 30th, 2020 37m 25s

Ray Dodd is a Money and Business Coach who helps women earn life-changing amounts of money without having to compromise who they are.If you're hearing the term 'money and business coach' and wincing a little - imagining fluffy talk of manifesti

How To Market Your Business with Love & Badassery

Apr 27th, 2020 33m 36s

How do you market yourself right now? With Love and Badassery according to my guest Helen Tremethick. Is it still OK to sell and promote our services right now? If so, how to we do it without sounding like an insensitive a-hole? These are just

How to market yourself when your idea clients are NOT other coaches

Apr 24th, 2020 19m 23s

This is a question I got in my Facebook group (every Friday I'm doing live Q&As and answering your business building questions - we'd love to have you in the group FYI) "How do I attract more of my ideal client in my socials? I keep attracting

Being a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) in a pandemic - with Tracie Nichols

Apr 22nd, 2020 34m 8s

What's it like being a highly sensitive person in a pandemic?My guest is today is Tracie Nichols - Rebel Crone, Mentor, Aromatherapist, and poet and all-round wise woman and we're talking about, amongst other things, how we navigate these times

Creating Content In Quarantine - With Lacy Boggs

Apr 20th, 2020 31m 2s

Today I'm joined by Lacy Boggs. Lacy is a content strategist, author of the bestselling Kindle ebook, "Make a Killing With Content," and the director of The Content Direction Agency. She helps small business owners fill their program or practic

Should you be selling right now and if so how?

Apr 17th, 2020 16m

The question of 'should you be selling or launching right now?' is one that has come up time and again with clients, peers and online. You might think this is something that only applies to the current lockdown times but in fact, it's a questio

Finding Calm Even In A Pandemic - With Gabrielle Treanor

Apr 15th, 2020 39m 41s

How do we go about finding calm even in a pandemic? My guest Gabrielle Treanor has some advice for how we go about doing just that.While we're not saying that finding calm in a pandemic is the state we should be expecting of ourselves all the t

But Somehow I Hit Surrender

Apr 13th, 2020 39m 25s

On today's episode of the Business NOT as usual podcast, I'm joined by Lara Heacock.Lara is a Leadership Coach, Lara Heacock helps leaders and corporations leverage kindness to gain powerful results. Lara helps leaders lean into kindness to unl

Friday Live Coaching: How to take an offline business online

Apr 10th, 2020 47m 50s

Hi, it's Jo, welcome. Yeah, we made it. It's Friday!And on Fridays, we are doing things a little bit different. I'm going to be doing some live coaching with people and today's coaching call is something that I think is going to be impacting a