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How to Quit Your Job: A Mom’s Guide to Creating a Life & Business You Love

A podcast that helps working moms like you optimize your time, manage your minds, and start a business that helps you create more freedom, flexibility, and fun.

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14. How to Make Selling Easier

How many times have you held back in promoting your business because you're worried about coming across as too pushy? Have you downplayed your amazing products or services for fear of making people uncomfortable? I get it. I've been there too. But if you're a mom who wants to build a thriving business that allows you to quit your soul-sucking corporate job and create the life you've always dreamed of, you need to make peace with selling.

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13. Break Free From the Cycle of Mom Guilt

As moms, we often set impossible standards for ourselves, trying to live up to an idealized version of motherhood that leaves us feeling inadequate. But what if we could reframe our guilt and use it as a catalyst for growth and positive change?

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12. How to Finally Take Control of Your To-Do List

Do you feel like your to-do list is a never-ending source of stress and overwhelm? Are you tired of ending each week with more to-dos than you started with, feeling like you're constantly falling behind? What if I told you there was a simple tweak you could make to your life that would completely transform the way you get things done?

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11. Stop Learning, Start Doing: A Mom’s Guide on Taking Action

Learning masquerades as productive action but in truth, overly focusing on learning is really just a fancy form of procrastination. So, it's time to ask yourself: is the pursuit of research and learning actually getting you closer to starting your own business, or is it keeping you safely within the bounds of what you already know how to do?

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9. How To Secure Your Financial Future as an Entrepreneur

When thinking about starting your own business, you're probably worried about no longer having the safety of your biweekly paycheck. The thought of walking away from your corporate salary feels terrifying. I know it did for me early on. But that financial fear is just one of the mindset obstacles holding you back from the life-changing success you're capable of achieving. And there are more.

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8. Managing Your Mind: The Secret Weapon for Building Your Business

The biggest obstacle standing between you and your dream business isn't your job. It isn't your skillset, and it isn't even that you don't have enough time because you're trapped in your nine-to-five. The biggest hurdle you need to overcome in pursuit of your dream business and the life you want to live is your thoughts. Your mindset matters, so it's time to unlock the secret to managing your mind.

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7. The Transformative Power of Networking for Mom Entrepreneurs

If you're looking for more confidence and clarity as you ditch the nine-to-five and start working for yourself, you're in the right place. You might have a vision of networking involving stuffy corporate mixers and awkwardly trying to climb the ladder, but what I'm bringing you today is networking reimagined, and it is going to change everything for you.

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6. How To Start a Business When You Have No Idea What To Do

Feeling like you're stuck is daunting. But the truth is, you have countless entrepreneurial options for starting a new business, some of which you've probably never even considered. This episode is not only packed with ideas for your new business, but you'll also learn how to finally get out of your own way so you can actually explore what's possible for your future.

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5. Create Space in Your Schedule With These 4 Simple Steps

You're a busy mom being pulled in a million different directions and it's normal to feel like the little time you do have isn't your own. Well, this episode is going to help you find the time to get started on your business (or any personal project for that matter) by regaining control of your schedule.

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4. How To Make Work Suck Less

If every day feels draining and soul-crushing but you know you need to stick with it just a little while longer, this episode is for you. There's a simple but powerful shift that can transform those agonizing days into a manageable and even empowering transition period, and I'm sharing it in today's episode.

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3. When To Quit Your Job: The Importance of a Departure Date

Not having a plan is one of the biggest obstacles that stops moms like us from living the lives we truly want. Sure, planning is difficult and even overwhelming, but when you choose a date and commit to making your transition into entrepreneurship, the rest of the plan will begin falling into place.

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