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Hapitalist
by Russell Nohelty
At Hapitalist, we turn stressful businesses into easeful joy engines. Make the money you want while staying true to your values. Interviews and lessons about joy, happiness, and money. podcast.hapitalist.com
Episodes
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The Primus Effect, Platform Fandom, and Escaping Social Media with Seth Werkheiser
* Listen on the app of your choice In this episode, Russell chats again with Seth Werkheiser, founder of the Social Media Escape Club, about the exhausting but rewarding process of selling group coaching programs. They dive into the psychology of fandom, comparing superficial social media...
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Coffee, Chaos, and Tarot: Why You Actually Love Sales with Jen McFarland
* Listen on the app of your choice Episode Summary In this chaotic and insightful episode of Hapitalist, Russell sits down with Portland-based business strategist Jen McFarland. The two dive deep into unlearning toxic business habits, the myth that everyone hates marketing, and how to harness…
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The Power of Brand with Christian Helms
* Listen on the app of your choice In this episode of Hapitalist, we sit down with Christian Helms of Helms Workshop to talk about why branding is the absolute best way to get more traction for less money and less effort. If you are banging your head against the wall with marketing, it's time to...
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Edgewalkers, Sunset Dates, and Coaching the Chaos-Minded Creator with Alison Godfrey
* Listen on the app of your choice In this episode of Hapitalist, Russell sits down with former corporate executive turned CEO coach Alison Godfrey to discuss powerful coaching frameworks designed to give “chaos-minded creators” better structure and self-awareness. The conversation dives deep…
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Turn Words Into Wealth with publisher Aurora Winter
* Listen on the app of your choice The Big Idea The episode explores how creators and entrepreneurs can thrive in a market being rapidly transformed by AI. Guest Aurora Winter argues that while the “middle of the market” is being crushed by generic AI-generated content, there is a massive...
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Gratitude, Agency, and building the life you're grateful to have with Aaron Hendon
* Listen on the app of your choice Author, speaker, and meditation teacher Aaron Hendon joins Russell for a conversation that moves from the philosophy of gratitude all the way to frameworks for coaching, selling, and building a business that earns trust before it asks for anything. 1. Why...
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Websites, Niches, and the Joy of Showing Up with Wes Towers
* Listen on the app of your choice Wes Towers, founder of Uplift 360, a digital agency based in Australia that’s been building and optimizing websites for trades, construction, and industrial brands for over 20 years, joins Russell for a wide-ranging conversation about why your website is the…
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Ads, Discovery, and the Author’s Digital Future with Mal Cooper
* Listen on the app of your choice Mal Cooper — sci-fi author (M.D. Cooper), Facebook ads expert, and co-founder of The Writing Wives — joins Russell to talk about what it actually takes to run ads, why indie authors keep handing money to corporations, and what the web got right the first time...
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Vibe coding your way to indie success with Chelle Honiker
* Listen on the app of your choice Russell sits down with Chelle Honiker — publisher, vibe coder, and what Russell calls “the queen of vibe coding in the author industry” — fresh off a three-week international event sprint through Savannah, London, and Ireland. What starts as a...
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You have nothing to lose. So why are you playing it safe?
* Listen on the app of your choice Honestly, you’ll probably want to just skip to about minute 27 or so of this one when it goes straight into a coaching call and you see in real time how Russell’s brain works, and how it all clicks into place in 30 minutes. In this one, Russell sits down with...
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Being so you that no one can replicate it with One Brilliant Arc
Hi, I was a guest on a livestream by my friends at One Brilliant Arc (OBA) this week, and I said a lot of words. Here are some of my best takeaways. I was pretty animated in this one, and I’m still on fire even now typing this bit to you. Everyone Has the Same Four Problems Doesn’t matter if…
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Building a business tarot deck and what it taught me about clarity, systems, and letting go
* Listen on the app of your choice I’ve been trying to understand tarot for years, but every time I tried to learn it, nothing stuck. It’s hard for me to see the framework until I break it down and rebuilt it for my weird brain. So, that’s what I did. I broke it down to first principles and…
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Work that feels like cheating
* Listen on the app of your choice This episode is part of the January Joy(ful) Growth Club with Russell and Claire program I’m running with Claire Venus ✨. Join and get access to special challenge and interviews all month. Join by clicking here. In this episode, we’re joined by education...
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Fun work changed everything
* Listen on the app of your choice This episode is part of the January Joy(ful) Growth Club with Russell and Claire program I’m running with Claire Venus ✨. Join and get access to special challenge and interviews all month. Join by clicking here. In this conversation, we’re joined by artist and...
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Finding your magic trick
* Listen on the app of your choice This episode is part of the January Joy(ful) Growth Club with Russell and Claire program I’m running with Claire Venus ✨. Join and get access to special challenge and interviews all month. Join by clicking here. In this conversation, we’re joined by artist and...
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How 30 people can beat 1,000,000
* Listen on the app of your choice This episode is part of the January Joy(ful) Growth Club with Russell and Claire program I’m running with Claire Venus ✨. Join and get access to special challenge and interviews all month. Join by clicking here. In it, I sat down with Seth Werkheiser from SOCIAL...
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Building a creative life that gives energy back
* Listen/subscribe on Apple * Listen/subscribe on Spotify * Listen/subscribe on Pocketcasts * Listen/subscribe on Youtube In this episode, we kick off the new year by slowing down on purpose. This episode is all about our new January Joy initiative we’ll be talking about all month as part of our...
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Path of least friction presentation record
* Listen/subscribe on Apple * Listen/subscribe on Spotify * Listen/subscribe on Pocketcasts * Listen/subscribe on Youtube This is the recording from December’s Path of Least Friction presentation. While I didn’t record the breakthrough sessions, I took a video of the presentation bit for you. It...
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Break your biggest blocks: Craft Con highlight reel
* Listen/subscribe on Apple * Listen/subscribe on Spotify * Listen/subscribe on Pocketcasts * Listen/subscribe on Youtube This week, I’m bringing you sneak peek into Craft Con, a free two-day virtual summit I’m hosting with my friends at Plotdrive happening Thursday, Nov. 20 and Friday, Nov. 21....
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WTF is Hapitalist presentation record
* Listen/subscribe on Apple * Listen/subscribe on Spotify * Listen/subscribe on Pocketcasts * Listen/subscribe on Youtube I ran a live breakthrough session at Author Nation, which meant I needed to introduce the whole Hapitalist system to people who’d never heard of it before. If you want to...
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The art of joyful expansion into consumables with Maggie Beeler
* Listen/subscribe on Apple * Listen/subscribe on Spotify * Listen/subscribe on Pocketcasts * Listen/subscribe on Youtube I’ve known (Wheeler Dealer) Maggie Beeler for years. I took her out to breakfast the first year we met and she was incredibly charming, if a little naive. Still, I wish I had…
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From stranger to evangelist in 5 emails
* Listen/subscribe on Apple * Listen/subscribe on Spotify * Listen/subscribe on Pocketcasts * Listen/subscribe on Youtube Recently, Substack added drip campaigns for “bestsellers”, which means it will probably be launched to everyone in a month or two. Claire Venus ✨ and I jumped on a call…
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Mastering email with Shiv Chibber from Kit
* Listen/subscribe on Apple * Listen/subscribe on Spotify * Listen/subscribe on Pocketcasts * Listen/subscribe on Youtube In this power-packed session, USA Today bestselling author Russell Nohelty sits down with Shiv Chibber from Kit to break down the exact email marketing system that powers...
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Rating popular Substack strategies
Let’s be real. Most advice about growing on Substack feels either too vague to be useful or too hacky to feel good. That’s why we decided to do something different. We’re not outside observers. We live in this ecosystem. We talk to creators every day, see what’s working in real time, and watch…
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How to Build a World Class Substack in 2025 with Claire Venus
* Listen/subscribe on Apple * Listen/subscribe on Spotify * Listen/subscribe on Pocketcasts * Listen/subscribe on Youtube Substack is having a moment, but not everyone is thriving. In this deeply honest episode, Claire Venus and Russell Nohelty dig into what’s actually working on Substack in…
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The Future of Direct Sales and Author Ownership with Monica Leonelle and Greg Keogh from Curios
* Listen/subscribe on Apple * Listen/subscribe on Spotify * Listen/subscribe on Pocketcasts * Listen/subscribe on Youtube This is our first joint live broadcast since the end of Writer MBA, and we’re kicking it off with a bang. Joining Russell Nohelty are two powerhouse guests: * Monica Leonelle,...
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How can other people like my writing if I don’t even like myself?
* Listen/subscribe on Apple * Listen/subscribe on Spotify * Listen/subscribe on Pocketcasts * Listen/subscribe on Youtube In this episode of The Author Stack, Russell Nohelty breaks down a critical reason why many writers struggle to build true connection with their audience—despite being good…
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Building a Kickstarter Master plan with Tyler James from Comixlaunch
* Listen/subscribe on Apple * Listen/subscribe on Spotify * Listen/subscribe on Pocketcasts * Listen/subscribe on Youtube This week on the show, Russell Nohelty is joined by none other than Tyler James, creator of the ComixLaunch podcast—an essential resource for indie comic creators navigating...
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Building Sustainable $10K Months with Newsletter Strategies
* Listen/subscribe on Apple * Listen/subscribe on Spotify * Listen/subscribe on Pocketcasts * Listen/subscribe on Youtube 🎯 What is 10K Secrets? * 10K Secrets is a collaboration between Write, Build, Scale and The Author Stack. * It's a newsletter (and a free book) designed to help creators…
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Mapping your Newsletter Growth with Claudia Faith, Russell Nohelty, and Jari Roomer
* Listen/subscribe on Apple * Listen/subscribe on Spotify * Listen/subscribe on Pocketcasts * Listen/subscribe on Youtube In this episode, Russell is joined by Claudia Faith from Wander Wealth and Jari Roomer from Write • Build • Scale to talk through Claudia’s chapter in 10K Secrets. Claudia...
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How 10K Secrets Came Together—And Why Anthologies Built My Career
* Listen/subscribe on Apple * Listen/subscribe on Spotify * Listen/subscribe on Pocketcasts * Listen/subscribe on Youtube I didn’t mean to start another book project, but I am an author, so my brain does think in book. So, in some ways it was inevitable. What wasn’t inevitable was Jari Roomer,...
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Leading When You Feel Lost: Building Connection in a Weird World
* Listen/subscribe on Apple * Listen/subscribe on Spotify * Listen/subscribe on Pocketcasts * Listen/subscribe on Youtube In this funny, heartfelt, and surprisingly deep conversation, Russell Nohelty and Alex Dobrenko talk about what it really means to lead an audience today — especially when you...
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Substack, Kit, and the Power of Automated Workflows
* Listen/subscribe on Apple * Listen/subscribe on Spotify * Listen/subscribe on Pocketcasts * Listen/subscribe on Youtube Many writers are discovering how a Substack newsletter can help them reach new audiences with minimal fuss. Yet, if you’re looking to do more than simply send out...
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How to Build a World-Class Substack (and Pivot Successfully) Without Losing Sight of Your “Why”
* Listen/subscribe on Apple * Listen/subscribe on Spotify * Listen/subscribe on Pocketcasts * Listen/subscribe on Youtube The growing popularity of Substack has created fresh opportunities for writers to reach new audiences, deepen relationships with existing fans, and share knowledge with…
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Creative Growth Strategies for a Sustainable Business
* Listen/subscribe on Apple * Listen/subscribe on Spotify * Listen/subscribe on Pocketcasts * Listen/subscribe on Youtube Creative Growth Strategies for a Sustainable Business Building a creative career that lasts requires more than just passion—it’s about setting boundaries, leveraging the right...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
At Hapitalist, we turn stressful businesses into easeful joy engines. Make the money you want while staying true to your values. Interviews and lessons about joy, happiness, and money.
podcast.hapitalist.com
HOSTED BY
Russell Nohelty
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At Hapitalist, we turn stressful businesses into easeful joy engines. Make the money you want while staying true to your values. Interviews and lessons about joy, happiness, and money. podcast.hapitalist.com
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