Today, I’m joined by the legendary Jodie Eade — aka The No BS Business Coach — a Queensland-based nurse, ex-midwife, and six-figure massage business owner turned systems-savvy business coach for service providers.

Her journey? It's wild.

From raising kids and pausing her career for family, to being frustrated with AHPRA (more than once), to rebuilding her nursing credentials from scratch in her fifties... and still deciding to create a nurse-led business on her own terms? Iconic.

We talk about:

🔁 Starting nursing twice and what it’s like to return to the profession later in life

💼 Why she left her six-figure massage business and what COVID had to do with it

🎯 How she leveraged her past experience in retail, midwifery, sales, and business development to create a brand-new business

🧠 The mindset shifts required to go from charging $150/hour to selling premium coaching offers

✨ Building a business with freedom, not just more work

📉 Why digital marketing courses are often a trap (and what to do instead)

🛠️ The backend systems every service-based business owner needs to thrive

💸 How she made $10K while working full-time as a nurse — without a big following, website, or fancy tech

This one is raw, real, and ridiculously inspiring — especially if you’ve ever said: “I’m too old to start a business” or “I don’t even know what my niche would be.”

Spoiler: your life experience is your niche. And Jodie proves it.

🔗 Connect with Jodie

• Instagram: @nobs_businesscoach_jody
• Grab her freebie: 8 Steps to Making Bank in Your Business – for service-based business owners ready to stop leaving money on the table

👏 Episode Highlights:

• “I knew I couldn’t go back to building someone else’s dream — it was time to build mine.”
• “Business isn’t about hustle; it’s about systems.”
• “If you’ve ever sold a service for $150/hour, you’re undercharging. Massively.”
• “I want to go to Grandparents’ Day without begging my boss for a day off — that’s my why.”

FREE RESOURCES

🚀 Want to start your own nurse-led business with the skills you already got?

✅ Download the Bedside to Business Roadmap – a step-by-step launch guide for nurses ready to build an online income stream.

🎓 Watch the Make Nursing Optional Masterclass – discover the 6 steps to turn your nursing skills into a profitable business (without needing another certificate).

CONNECT WITH ME

📲 Follow me on Instagram: @nursepreneuracademy

📩 Got an aha moment from this episode? I’d love to hear from you!

Email: [email protected]

If you’re a nurse who knows you’re made for more—and you’re craving bold conversations about building a freedom-based, impact-driven business using the skills you already have—The NursePreneur Podcast is for you.

You’ll love this show if you're already tuning into The NursePreneurs Podcast with Catie Harris for nurse entrepreneur spotlights, the Gritty Nurse Podcast with Amie Archibald-Varley and Sara Fung for advocacy and raw honesty, The Nurse Break by Jackson Heilberg for real career stories, Scrubs and Stocks by Ellaine Maala for nurse wealth and investing, or Nurse John’s I Beg Your Pardon for comedic truth-telling from the bedside trenches.

Here, host Liam delivers behind-the-scenes strategy, belief-busting mindset shifts, and practical steps to help you build a soul-aligned nurse-led business—without needing another certificate to get started. This is the podcast for nurse entrepreneurs who are done waiting and ready to lead.