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You’re running a business and dreaming of growing your family, but when you search for how to take maternity leave as a self-employed mom, the answers just don’t exist. You’ve pieced together advice from HR blogs, asked your friends, downloaded generic templates, and tried to “figure it out later.” Meanwhile, you’re left wondering: Can I really step away from my business without losing momentum...or my mind? Here’s the truth: You can. And Growing Pains is here to show you how. Hosted by mate ...
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The Smooth Operator Podcast is one operator's take on business, personal life and entrepreneurship. The average business owner's professional and personal lives are so closely intertwined that they must pay attention to the little details that separate them from the average. Hey my Name is Alyson Caffrey... I sit (and have sat) in the COO seat for several six and seven-figure businesses. Follow along with me while we dive into what separates average business owners from the amazing ones and ...
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Welcome to the 6-Figure Secrets Podcast, where we pull back the curtain and have real conversations about the real things that are helping us to see and experience results in our online business. I’m your host Allison Hardy, I’m an email funnel and lead generation strategist for online coaches who are fed up with the live launch rollercoaster and all of the “salesy” strategies you’ll find, and may have been victim to, in the online marketing space. It my intention through the episodes you’ll ...
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Succeed at Growing and Scaling Your Entrepreneurial Business. Join executive coach, consultant and founder of Awareness Strategies, Michelle Nedelec, while she interviews CEO's and Experts in Business to bring you their proven wisdom on how you can grow and scale your business. If you’re an entrepreneur with a brilliant idea who’s looking for mentors with practical solutions to your problems this show is for you.
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Join Brad Ebenhoeh, CEO and Partner/Co-Founder of the Outsourced Accounting firm, Accountfully as he discusses how accounting can transform a business. Brad chats with founders, industry innovators, and entrepreneurs about how they go from concept, to execution, to success while sharing the fun stories of wins and lessons learned along the way. Each episode closes with one business do, and one don't; two takeaways summarizing the years of hard work, wins, and misses into advice you can apply ...
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Former cause marketing agency owner turned Trauma-Informed Leadership Coach and Conscious Leadership Consultant, Kelly Campbell hosted THRIVE: Your Agency Resource, a video podcast for creative and tech leaders interested in the intersection of conscious leadership and agency growth. Sponsored by E2M Solutions.
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Ever feel like you’re waiting for “momentum” to just magically appear in your business? In this solo episode, Allison Hardy pulls back the curtain on a 5-day email sale she ran (while sitting at a baseball tournament!) that brought in consistent daily sales—without a launch runway, new offers, or being glued to her phone. She breaks down exactly ho…
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Do you really know what makes your business valuable to buyers? Would your company attract the right buyer if you tried to sell today? In this episode of The Business Ownership Podcast I interviewed Tristan Tahmaseb. Tristan Tahmaseb is a Director at ButcherJoseph & Co. He helps founder- and family-owned businesses navigate complex ownership transi…
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Think brand sponsorships are only for influencers with massive followings or perfectly curated Instagram feeds? Think again! In this episode, sponsorship coach and creator economy expert Justin Moore pulls back the curtain on how any expert-led business (yes, even yours!) can start landing lucrative, aligned brand partnerships. You’ll learn how to …
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What happens when a marketing strategist accidentally ghosts her favorite social platform all summer? In this episode, Allison Hardy gets real about why she took an unintentional break from Instagram Stories, and what that break revealed about her business, her boundaries, and what truly moves the needle. If you've ever felt like the emotional roll…
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What if success doesn’t look like managing a huge team or scaling to seven figures? In this episode, Allison sits down with copywriter and Cheeky Copy founder Laura Kendrick to pull back the curtain on building a business that’s both wildly effective and intentionally small. Laura shares how she ditched the hustle, redefined success, and created a …
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What if video marketing wasn’t about going viral, but about getting results? Want to know the secret to video content that converts? In this episode of The Business Ownership Podcast I interviewed Atiba de Souza. Atiba de Souza, renowned as a "Super Connector" and the "Video Content Superman," is a celebrated marketer and business owner whose caree…
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Have you ever looked at your email stats and thought, is anyone even reading these?! You’re not alone. In this episode of the 6-Figure Secrets Podcast, Allison digs into how she helped one of her Done-For-You Email Funnel clients take a “dead” list (15% open rates and 0.3% click rates) and completely revive it, doubling their open rates and multipl…
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Over the years of supporting hundreds of business-owning moms, I’ve noticed a truth no one wants to say out loud: the version of you that existed before maternity leave isn’t the one who returns. You don’t bounce back. You bounce forward. And the sooner we stop trying to fit into old routines that no longer serve us, the more freedom we’ll find. Th…
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Are you undervaluing your products and leaving money on the table? How much growth are you missing because you don’t fully understand your metrics? In this episode of The Business Ownership Podcast I interviewed Pablo Paul Lemberg. Paul has advised entrepreneurs and worked with thousands of business owners to grow revenues, profits and valuation — …
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If you’re hoping to have a record-breaking Black Friday this year, this episode is your ultimate prep guide! In this episode, I’m joined by three online business powerhouses—Dolly DeLong, Mara Kucirek, and Bekah Read—to talk about what’s actually working (and what to avoid) when it comes to Black Friday sales. We’re pulling back the curtain on stra…
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We’re told not to make any big business decisions postpartum. But what if that’s actually when everything becomes the most clear? In today’s conversation with Cait Scudder, business mentor, TEDx speaker, and founder of The Millionaire Mother, we discuss the deep personal transformation that occurs after birth and how Cait’s own postpartum reckoning…
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Not all ads are created equal — are you running the wrong ones? Could your marketing funnel be killing your ad results? In this episode of The Business Ownership Podcast I interviewed Jennifer Tamborski. Jennifer Tamborski, a seasoned Digital Marketing Strategist, specializes in empowering business owners with innovative marketing and tailored digi…
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You’ve got email questions? Allison's got answers this week! In this episode, Allison’s giving you straight-up, no-fluff answers to questions about email marketing that were sent to her by her audience. In this lightning-round style episode, she tackles 12 questions she's received over the last quarter about email marketing. From how often to email…
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Relocating abroad isn’t just logistics—it’s identity, mindset, and clarity. Before you move abroad, ask yourself: “How do I want to live?” In this episode of The Business Ownership Podcast I interviewed Deborah Dahab. Deborah is an expat coach and intercultural psychologist with extensive experience living in six countries across three continents. …
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Planning a second maternity leave isn’t just a repeat. It’s a whole new equation. You’re already a mom. You’re already running a business. And when you’re preparing for another baby, the bandwidth just isn’t the same. In this episode, I’m sharing what I did differently the second time around, not just because I knew more, but because I needed diffe…
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You know podcast guesting is great for visibility, but what if it could also be a serious revenue driver? In this 6-Figure Secrets Podcast episode, Beth Nydick breaks down how to transform podcast appearances into $10K+ paydays using her signature Mic to Millions™ method. She shares why most entrepreneurs are completely underutilizing the interview…
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There was a moment in this conversation with Heather Chauvin that stopped me in my tracks. She said, “If you’re not going to create space for how you want to feel, you’re going to have a lot of space for how you don’t want to feel.” And I felt that in my body. Because so many of us, especially in early motherhood, are taught that struggle is part o…
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Ever feel like your program is this close to being a powerhouse, but something’s just… off? In this solo episode, Allison pulls back the curtain on a game-changing move she made inside her membership that doubled her retention rate, without creating more content or adding more to her members’ plates. She’s breaking down the exact missteps, the AI u…
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When Didiana De La Osa joined my maternity leave program, she was pregnant, growing a mission-driven business, and determined to take real time off after her son was born. Just a few months later, she’s wrapping up her first maternity leave, and she did it without pausing her momentum or compromising her values. Didi is a board-certified behavior a…
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🎨 Feeling stuck in your creative career? Your creativity is your power—learn how to sell it confidently. In this episode of The Business Ownership Podcast I interviewed Jamie Roberts. Jamie the CEO & Founder of Rock That Creative Job™, where she provides career support to creative professionals across the globe through coaching, speaking, workshops…
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What if taking time off actually made your business stronger? In this episode, I chat with Operations Strategist and bestselling author Alyson Caffrey about redefining success, building systems that support real rest, and why your business shouldn't fall apart when you're not glued to your laptop. If you’re craving more space to be present—with you…
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Leah Gervais makes $10,000 a week, and she does it while staying home full-time with her two boys in New York City. In this conversation, she shares what it looked like to let go of childcare, simplify her business, and step fully into a version of motherhood she didn’t even know she wanted when she started. What I loved about this conversation is …
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Got ideas? Here’s how to turn them into income—again and again. In this episode of 7-8 Figure Special Series I interviewed Jeremy Lessaris. Jeremy is an experienced global marketing and communications executive and entrepreneurial leader, with over two decades of experience in the industrial, energy, transportation, and technology sectors, establis…
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You’ve probably heard the chatter, AI is making online businesses less human, more robotic. But what if the opposite could be true? In this episode, Allison Hardy gets real about how embracing AI didn’t dilute her voice, it amplified it. From shaving hours off her email writing time to showing up live for her membership community, she shares how in…
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Some moms know they’re struggling postpartum. Others just feel “off” but don’t know why. I brought on Dr. Emily Guarnotta, a licensed clinical psychologist and certified perinatal mental health provider, to talk about the signs of postpartum anxiety and depression that often go unnoticed. Her perspective helped me name parts of my own journey I had…
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Want a smarter way to hire and train new staff? Are you missing out on free hiring funds? In this episode of The Business Ownership Podcast, I interviewed Mike Mammel. Mike is a workforce development expert at Lifemark, specializing in helping Alberta businesses access wage subsidies and streamline their hiring processes. With a deep understanding …
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Shannon Pruitt is the Founder and Creative Director of Sunday Muse Design®, where she transforms brands and websites into authentic, strategic assets that convert. Known for her refreshingly honest approach and strategic simplicity, Shannon helps female entrepreneurs elevate their online presence to attract premium clients. With a background in wed…
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When Janea Kannett couldn’t find a diaper bag that actually worked for her, she designed one herself. She was in the thick of postpartum anxiety, with a baby on her hip and zero business background. Less than a year later, she’s shipping hundreds of orders from her home, showing up online daily, and slowly rebuilding a version of motherhood she act…
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If you can’t take a vacation without chaos… your business needs this episode. In this episode of The Business Ownership Podcast I interviewed Alyson Caffrey. Alyson is the Founder of Master Maternity Leave and a small business operations strategist and the founder of Operations Agency. With over seven years of experience helping service-based busin…
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Are your sales emails falling flat? It might not be your copy, it might be who you're writing to. In this episode, Allison breaks down a simple but wildly effective strategy that helped one of her Done-For-You Email Funnel clients increase her email funnel sales by $2,000 per 100 leads without rebuilding a thing. If you’ve ever felt like your funne…
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When I first met Bridgitte Mallinson, MS, RDN, I knew I needed to bring her voice to Growing Pains. Bridgitte is the founder and CEO of GutPersonal, a female‑founded supplement company that helps women heal gut issues with personalized testing and targeted formulas. She’s also a registered functional dietitian, a mom to Lily, and currently pregnant…
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What if business could be easier—and more enjoyable? In this episode of The Business Ownership Podcast I interviewed Emily Bissen. Emily is a Business Opportunity Strategist who works with entrepreneurial parents to help them own their voice, do the work they love, simplify their business, get paid well, and become magnetic to their ideal clients. …
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Ever feel like you’re shouting into the void with your content? You’re not alone, and Nina Dafe gets it. In this heartfelt and wisdom-packed convo, Nina pulls back the curtain on what really moves the needle in PR: authentic relationships, intentional messaging, and purpose-driven visibility. Whether you’ve pitched yourself once or one hundred time…
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When Deborah Collazo first started planning her self-employed maternity leave, she was overwhelmed. She was convinced she’d either have to shut down her business completely or skip taking time off altogether. But after joining my maternity leave planning program, Deborah created a plan that gave her clarity, support, and confidence. Now she’s prepa…
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Ever had a month in business so rough it made you question everything? Yeah… this is one of those episodes. In this vulnerable solo chat, I share the honest truth about the worst sales month in three years—what really caused it, how I managed my mindset, and the simple but powerful steps I took to recover. No sugarcoating. No “bounce back” fluff. J…
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What’s the real value of guest experience? Think restrooms can't be premium? Think again. In this episode of The Business Ownership Podcast I interviewed David Sauers. David is the co-founder of Royal Restrooms Nationwide and Director of Nationwide Franchise Sales. Always drawing in a little black notebook, he was constantly trying to come up with …
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What if getting a handle on your business finances didn’t have to feel so heavy? In this episode, I’m joined by financial coach Tiffany Vogel, who has made it her mission to simplify the money side of entrepreneurship, especially for moms. We talk about why so many of us avoid looking at the numbers, how to rebuild trust in yourself as a business o…
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Elise is an email funnel strategist who helps coaches and course creators make daily sales on autopilot. Since 2017, she has helped business owners launch six-figure offers and build simple, high-converting email funnels. As a mum of two toddlers, Elise runs her business in part-time hours and is passionate about helping others create flexible, pro…
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If you’ve made it here, you’ve done something powerful. You’ve committed to rethinking what maternity leave can look like as a business owner. In this final episode of the series, I’m reflecting on what we’ve covered, what it really means to lead yourself through this season, and how to keep going. Because this work isn’t just about creating a plan…
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When you're building a plan for maternity leave, it’s easy to assume that once it’s in place, it’s set in stone. But the truth is, your needs, your baby’s rhythms, and your business might ask for something different. That’s not a sign you did it wrong. It’s a sign you’re paying attention. In this episode of the Maternity Leave Roadmap series, I’m t…
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What if growth didn’t have to be loud, measurable, or tied to a to-do list? In this reflective episode of the Maternity Leave Roadmap series, I’m sharing what early postpartum really felt like and how disorienting it was to go from clear, daily business progress to the invisible work of motherhood. If you’ve ever felt like you’re falling behind jus…
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What if your next business came with a blueprint for success? Franchise success is closer than you think. In this episode of The Business Ownership Podcast, I interviewed Adam Goldman. Adam’s varied experience in business, startups and franchising has given him the expertise to help entrepreneurs to find the best franchise for them. Over his 20 yea…
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Ever feel like you're building your business on rented land? In this episode, Allison gets real about why she stopped relying on social media to drive sales, and how her email funnels took over the heavy lifting. She shares the wake-up call that changed everything, the behind-the-scenes of her evergreen system, and how YOU can start building a busi…
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When your whole life is shifting, you need something that keeps you grounded. That’s what an anchor activity is for. In this episode of the Maternity Leave Roadmap series, I’m introducing one of the very first things we build inside The Bond coaching program: the anchor activity. Whether it’s journaling, stretching, walking, or simply breathing, th…
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Some people want to fully unplug during maternity leave. Others feel pulled to work, and that doesn’t have to be a bad thing. In this episode of the Maternity Leave Roadmap series, we’re talking about how to think through working during your leave. Whether it’s out of desire or necessity, this episode walks you through how to assess your time, your…
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The Sell Like A Human Sessions is a 4-episode series airing on the 6-Figure Secrets Podcast and the Coach Business Podcast for entrepreneurs who are done with sales that feel awkward or slimy. Join me, Allison Hardy, along with Caryn Gillen, Marisa Corcoran, and Lauren Litt as we spill the tea on what it really takes to build the know, like, and tr…
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Ready to go global but not sure how to get there? In this episode of The Business Ownership Podcast I interviewed Dr. Brigitte Bojkowszky. Dr. Brigitte Bojkowszky, founder of BridgetBrands, is a seasoned company and personal brand identity strategist with over 23 years of experience in teaching global marketing management and branding at universiti…
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Boundaries aren't just about protecting your time. They are about teaching others what to expect from you. In this episode of the Maternity Leave Roadmap series, I’m sharing what it really looks like to create boundaries that stick. I walk through how to set expectations with yourself, your team, and your clients, especially during maternity leave.…
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Kay Hillman is a mom of 2, wife, and 2-time CEO. She is the founder of a photography studio (Kay Hillman Photography) and a sales and CEO consultant for moms who want to build peaceful and profitable businesses doing the bare minimum. Kay is passionate about teaching service providers and coaches how to create, market, and sell premium offers all w…
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The closer you get to maternity leave, the more valuable your time and energy become. And the only way to protect both is with boundaries. In this episode of the Maternity Leave Roadmap series, I’m walking you through five boundaries that have helped me save my sanity during pregnancy, maternity leave, and early motherhood. These aren’t just “nice …
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