142: Truth Telling & Secret Sharing & Myth Busting with Leona Thrift-ola

Hello Couragemakers and welcome to another fabulous episode of The Couragemakers Podcast!  This week I'm chatting to the wonderful Leona Thrift-ola. Leona is the founder of Indie Roller: a truth telling, secret sharing, myth busting community that empowers Indie Biz owners to play by their own rules.   We dive into SO many things, from Leona's business journey, her experiences of being self-employed and building a community of likeminded people to how to lead with your values.   I am so excited to share my conversation with Leona! A couple of weeks ago, Leona interviewed me for her new - and amazing podcast - The Indie Roller Podcast and I think we could easily chat for hours about mindset, how to keep going and what it means to lead and live by your values If you want to find your people, if you want encouragement for your creative journey, or if you're craving the real behind the scenes look at what it takes to run an indie biz, this is the episode for you!   So, enjoy the show!   About Leona Leona is the founder of Indie Roller: a truth telling, secret sharing, myth busting community that empowers Indie Biz owners to play by their own rules. She is the host of The Indie Roller Podcast and The Indie Roller and Indie Roller News, a quarterly trades newspaper for Indie Biz owners. Website | Podcast | Instagram Things We Talked About Leona's fascinating business journey Leona's  experiences of being self-employed and building a community of likeminded people How to lead with your values Leon'a fabulous advice if you're in our head a lot   About Meg & The Couragemakers Podcast I'm Meg and I'm the host of Couragemakers and founder of That Hummingbird Life. I'm a coach for creative and multipassionate women, a writer and INFJ creative and multi-passionate who has a bit of a notebook and post-it note obsession, loves foot-stomping country music and likes her hot chocolate with way too much chocolate. I started Couragemakers because I wanted to create a platform for passionate and unconventional women to have honest conversations and to share their stories, struggles and dreams. The intention behind this podcast is to inspire and encourage creative and mission-driven women to live a wholehearted life and follow the beat of their drum. When I'm not recording episodes, writing bullshit-free Sunday Pep Talks to my wonderful Couragemakers community or working 1:1 with coaching clients, I'm usually covered in paint or walking my wonderfully weird cockapoo Merlin.