Today’s episode is an interview with Emma Benyon. Emma is a self-care and motherhood coach and educator, supporting busy mums who are juggling the school run with a job and building a business with the tools to be less overwhelmed and have more balance, energy and clarity.

Emma is mum to a six year old and a qualified NLP, mBIT and Practical Magic Coach and full time post 16 educator. She is the editor of Positive Wellbeing Zine for Mums and host of the Self Care and Motherhood Edit podcast. Her passion is to support busy mums to have more time and energy for the all the things they enjoy and to have the tools to support and nurture themselves. I spoke to Emma about some of the challenges that she has faced juggling business and Motherhood, and she shared some insights with me as to how she has worked through these challenges. And of course some book recommendations (see list below).

Here are some of the key takeaways from this episode:

• Emma talks about ease (helping Mums to find time in a simple easy way).
• Lessons learned from hitting burnout multiple times
• Self-care, non-negotiables, but also being able to pick self-care habits back up if they haven't gone to plan one day
• Making self-care easy and to fit into your life, rather than trying to force it. Find the small moments
• Journalling, and finding a way it works for you
• The gym
• The example we set for our children
• The quiet time of early morning. Having time to yourself for self-care
• Our environment is part of our self-care. Being in a space that works for you
• Showing up in a way that is authentic to ourselves. The best version of you
• How good self-care allows you to manage situations that may get thrown at you
• Self-care as a fundamental part of making changes in life
• Exploring self-care practices… What does and doesn't work, and what we need at that time.
• Sitting in a coaching business with a full-time job, family life, and one sense of care
• Reaching burnout, and designating specific time to make it simpler
• Making coaching more accessible through small pockets of time and messages.
• How a business became a "Space for me ", a creative outlet and a self-care practice
• Business has a sense of self, to help with postnatal depression.
• Stay in your own lane. You never know what is happening behind closed doors of someone else's business.

Find the show notes and the links to recommended tools and books here.

In today's episode Kate talks about the importance of a Business Plan. Talking through each section of the business plan:

• Vision, Mission & Values
• Business Feasibility (market research and competitor analysis)
• SWOT Analysis
• Your Products/Services (now and planned)
• Financial Planning (including Pricing Strutcure, Break even point and Record Keeping)
• Your Audience
• Your Brand
• Marketing & Sales Strategy
• Organisational Structure
• Operations
• Risk Management
• An Action Plan

You can download Kate's free Business Plan template at https://businessfoundationsformums.co.uk/business-plan-sign-up

Find the show notes and any links to recommended tools and books here.

Today’s episode is an interview with Sarah McCalden. Sarah is a dedicated financial wellness and personal growth expert known for her achievement, strength, passion, and expertise. Award-winning and an international best-selling author, she has trained with industry leaders like Bob Proctor, Jack Canfield, and Kendall Summerhawk to master her skills in helping people achieve financial success and personal fulfillment.

Sarah's journey is a testament to her resilience. After overcoming a life-threatening drug addiction in her twenties, she turned her life around embracing motherhood and fitness, running marathons and ultramarathons. In 2018, she started her own business, achieving a six-figure income and making a real difference in the lives of women (and some men) by helping them take control of their finances and transform their relationship with money. And of course Sarah gave us some book recommendations.

Here are some of the key takeaways from this episode:

• Sarah's desire to home educate after seeing a lot that she didn't like in the education system.
• A lack of information about how best to manage the money that she was earning led to Sarah starting her own Money School.
• The difference between home schooling and home education. Education through play.
• Learning a different mindset and way of thinking about earning, money and wealth, through a network marketing business
• Shifting your mindset by taking more responsibility for your own journey and income. Seeking out and saying yes to opportunities.
• Low self esteem and low self worth following a long period of drug addiction. The journey forward - taking responsibility - being meant for more.
• Knowing your own comfort zone, pushing this slightly, taking tiny steps regularly to make massive change.
• Being put on the spot to speak at an international event. A small but very powerful moment of realising that others took inspiration from her story.
• Human design and being an introvert. Enjoying being around people and connection. But the need for time alone.
• Choosing the right opportunities rather than those that you feel that you "should" take.
• What other people think of you is none of your business. Looking back at times when fear, and what others think, has stopped her.
• Telegram as a good coaching and community tool.
• Zoom for video calls, group meetings, webinars.
• Networking - meeting each other through online networking.

Find the show notes and the links to recommended tools and books here.