Your Simple & Spacious Business

It has now been four years since I first opened the doors to my group program Your Simple & Spacious Business in April 2022.Four years since I built a whole new foundational piece of my business model and redefined what my work gets to look like and brought a whole lot more spaciousness and flexibility into my business too.And for today’s episode I want to share with you the biggest lessons I’ve learned from running and selling this program, what’s supported it to gently thrive over the past four years, and why you never have to feel stuck in any one version of your business that isn’t truly working best for you.I also share how much money YS&SB has made since 2022 and how building and running this program really changed everything for me in my business.Links:Join us inside Your Simple & Spacious Business before doors close on Friday 22nd May + the 1:1 bonus ends on Tuesday 19th!Join my free library filled with resources to support you to create a spacious workweek, a steady and thriving income, and honour your humanness every day.Do I regret making my group program a lifetime offer? 💫 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

Whenever I come across business advice that I’m deciding whether or not if it’s relevant and supportive for me and my work I ask myself two questions:Do I have their day? And do I want their day?Because the real question isn’t: will this strategy or approach work?But instead, will it actually work for me?Over and over again I come back to the reminder that our day is the whole damn point.Because that’s the beating heart of a simple and spacious business: doing work we enjoy, spending our days and weeks at a pace that feels good to us, and where we are making enough money to sustain our life too.In today’s podcast episode I share more about why our day is the whole damn point and how we can root into that as our guide whenever we feel lost, overwhelmed, or overstimulated by all of the noise of what we should and could be doing next in our business.Links:Join the waitlist for Your Simple & Spacious Business before doors open again on Monday 🌸Join my free library filled with resources to support you to create a spacious workweek, a steady and thriving income, and honour your humanness every day. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

My business hasn’t always been this simple & spacious.I used to be overbooked, undercharging, and deeply burned out in my work each week.It’s taken a whole lot of intention, patience, and experimentation to design my business to work best for me and I’m so damn grateful to have built a working life for myself that feels aligned with my capacity and the daily life that I want to be living.There are five key decisions that have supported me to build, run, and sustain this simple and spacious business of mine and in today’s podcast episode I dive deeper into each of them and offer up some lessons learned if they can support you in your own simple and spacious business journey too.mLinks:Sign up for the free simple & spacious clinicWatch the quarterly planning call recordingJoin the waitlist for Your Simple & Spacious BusinessRecent episode about my 8-10 hour workweekDo I regret making my group program a lifetime offer? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

Something I’ve been thinking a lot about recently is how much de-centering my business has been one of the most supportive decisions I’ve ever made in my working life.Don’t get me wrong, I am so damn grateful for my business and so devoted to doing my best work for the wonderful humans I get to walk with each week.But I’m also not obsessed with my work, or endless growth, or defining my self-worth by how much I get done each week.We get to build businesses that orbit our life, not the other way around.And we get to do this whilst also running businesses that sustain our life financially and give us space to do work that we find meaningful and fulfilling too.One of the ways I do this in my business? By taking regular time off throughout the year.This year I’m taking 15 weeks off from my business and in this week’s podcast episode I’m sharing more about how I make this possible and some encouragement for how you can build more time off into you schedule too.Links:Join my free library filled with resources to support you to create a spacious workweek, a steady and thriving income, and honour your humanness every day.Find out how I can support you to bring more flexibility, ease, and stability into your business.Join me over on Substack. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

I received an emailed recently from someone asking if I outsourced any tasks to a virtual assistant in my business as they just couldn’t believe that I was able to sustain my business in just 8-10 hours a week.And their question makes sense.My workweek isn’t the norm.But as I shared with them, apart from my husband editing my podcast episodes each week there is nothing else that I outsource in my business.8-10 hours a week is truly what my workweek looks like whilst continuing to make a steady and thriving income in my business.I’m also not outsourcing any of my work tasks to AI (everything I write, create and share with you is and always will be human made).In this week’s podcast episode I dive deeper into the specifics of what my workweek looks like, the decisions I’ve made to make this possible, and some encouragement if you’re currently craving more spaciousness and don’t believe that it’s possible for you.Does it take time, patience, curiosity, and one brave decision at a time to make this possible?Of course.But we don’t have to stay stuck in a version of our business that asks us to abandon our humanness to sustain our work.Links:Join my free library filled with resources to support you to create a spacious workweek, a steady and thriving income, and honour your humanness every day.Find out how I can support you to bring more flexibility, ease, and stability into your business.Join me over on Substack. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

For my first podcast episode of the year back in January I shared all about planning for 2026 when we don’t know what our capacity will be.I entered this new year with so much clarity around my creative desires, for the mini book of essays that I want to write and self-publish, for the first draft of my novel that I want to chip away at this year, and the app my husband and I are working on together too.And I also knew that I would have to be okay with the messy, imperfect, and beautiful road that I walk down as a human who lives in a chronically ill body.Because the gap between my creative desires and my capacity can feel so huge some days.In this week’s podcast episode I recorded a catch up from Q1 in my business and creative work; I share how business is feeling really good so far this year and what’s working well and how I’m adjusting my mindset and approach to expanding what my body of work can be this year too as I continue to slowly work on my creative projects.More than anything, I hope this episode helps you feel less alone if you’re also navigating a gap between your desires and your capacity too and that you know that it’s possible to bridge the gap between where you are now and where you truly wish to be next in your business and creative life without sacrificing your joy, peace, and wellbeing in the process.Sometimes we just have to be okay going at a slower, gentler, more flexible pace.Links:Find out more about Your Simple & Spacious Business + join us inside whilst doors are open this week 🌼Read my Substack essay: Move gently & stay the courseJoin my free library filled with resources to support you to create a spacious workweek, a steady and thriving income, and honour your humanness every day. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

Four years ago when I first built and launched my group program Your Simple & Spacious Business I made a very gut driven decision to price it as a lifetime offer.Instead of needing to continue to renew and pay to keep access to all of the resources, coaching, and community inside members pay just once and then continue to get access at no extra cost.Do I have any regrets? No.Even though I know I’d make more money if existing members had to continue to keep paying, and therefore need to do less marketing to welcome brand new members in each year, I’m so glad that I priced the program this way.But does that mean that I recommend this pricing structure to everyone else? Not really.And would I do it again for a different offer? I don’t think so.In today’s podcast episode I dive deeper into all of this and share all of my feelings, thoughts, and lessons learned from pricing an offer this way and why it’s the best worst business decision I’ve ever made. Links:Join my free library filled with resources to support you to create a spacious workweek, a steady and thriving income, and honour your humanness every day.Find out more about YS&SB and join the waitlist before doors open again next week.Join me over on Substack. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

Living with two chronic illnesses means that I have many routines, structures, and boundaries that I rely on in my business so that I can continue to sustain my work and income whilst also honouring the daily realities of living in a disabled body.I talk a lot about the ways I’ve designed my business model and offers to work best for me and to be a space where I’m able to do meaningful work with my clients and customers and today I’m getting a little more granular and sharing with you five routines that support my simple and spacious business each week. I share:🗓️ How I plan my workload a quarter at a time📝 How I use weekly time blocking🌿 Why I never work on Wednesday’s and Friday’s🌼 My marketing Monday’s🌸 And how I offer asynchronous 1:1 coaching each workday without feeling overwhelmedMy hope is that today’s podcast episode can spark some ideas for ways you can build routines that support you to gently thrive in your business each week too.Links:Join my free library filled with resources to support you to create a spacious workweek, a steady and thriving income, and honour your humanness every day.Find out how I can support you to bring more flexibility, ease, and stability into your business.Join me over on Substack. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

I’ve found that we talk a lot about growth as small business owners but not enough about actually sustaining these businesses of ours for the long run.Because longevity has always been my goal, not the endless pursuit of more, more, more.Sustaining the energy, devotion, courage and creativity that my business asks of me has been essential for me in my work ever since I started my business 12 years ago now.It’s how I’ve been able to stay committed to doing my very best work for my clients and customers and continue to sustain steady sales in my business thanks to strong word of mouth, testimonials, and sustaining a gentle marketing plan too.So today I’m sharing the ways I’ve supported my business to sustain a client workload for over a decade now, from the ways I’ve designed my offers, to how I protect the space I need to hold space, and why downloading my brain was one of the best decisions I’ve made and more.Whatever your business model, my hope is that this episode holds some space for you to explore what sustaining the energy, devotion, courage, and creativity your business asks of you looks like for you too 🌼Links:Join me for next week’s workshop: Marketing Without Performance & PersuasionJoin my free library filled with resources to support you to create a spacious workweek, a steady and thriving income, and honour your humanness every day.Find out how I can support you to bring more flexibility, ease, and stability into your business.Join me over on Substack. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

Over and over again my clients have been telling me: I want launching to feel simpler, more easeful, more low-lift.Either big, intense launch plans have exhausted their body and nervous system in the past or they’ve avoided selling altogether because what they think they have to do feels super out of alignment for them. And I get it, because I’m right there with them too.As I shared in my last episode I’m leaning into much softer sales cycles this year and so far it’s feeling really good. If old school launching advice and being told that you have to go big, build hype, and create more, more, more sales content and take up more space than feels sustainable for you is holding you back from creating sales cycles that support you to reach your financial goals, I recorded this week’s podcast episode for you.In it I share six gentle alternatives to go-big-or-go-home launch strategy that I hope can crack open some fresh ideas for how you can sell this year in a way that resonates and connects with your hell yes people and actually feels fun and sustainable for you to bring to life too. Links:Join me for next month’s workshop: Marketing Without Performance & PersuasionJoin my free library filled with resources to support you to create a spacious workweek, a steady and thriving income, and honour your humanness every day.Join me over on Substack. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

One of my goals heading into this year was to redefine for myself what launching and sales cycles get to look like in my business, especially for my group program Your Simple & Spacious Business which I sell multiple times a year.Sales were a little slower at times last year but doing bigger launches also just wasn’t feeling good for my nervous system and capacity anymore either.And so much of the advice I saw last year in response to many people’s launches not working as well as they used to was to do more: build more hype, create more urgency, build more volume and virality, more, more, more.And I’m just not interested in extracting from myself to sustain my business or to feel like it’s my job to perform or persuade in my work.So when I was mapping out my sales cycles for 2026 I decided that I what I want to experiment with this year are mini enrolments rather than big launches, to take the pressure off each launch, and to embrace lower-lift sales cycles rather than feeling like I have to go big and push myself to do more, more, more.In today’s podcast episode I share more behind the scenes of how I’m embracing softer sales cycles in my business this year and all of the behind the scenes of this launch, why I only sent sales emails to a 5th of my email list, and what I think supported this first mini enrolment of the year to gently thrive and reach my goals.Links:Join my free library filled with resources to support you to create a spacious workweek, a steady and thriving income, and honour your humanness every day.Find out how I can support you to bring more flexibility, ease, and stability into your business.Join me over on Substack.Photo credit: Unsplash This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

As a society we celebrate fast growth, pushing through, and overcoming whatever obstacles are in our way.Yet over and over again I see my clients truly crack open gentle momentum and growth in their business journey - and actually have the capacity to sustain that growth - when they are brave enough to honour their needs in the process.When they go at their own pace, when they opt-out of the growth-at-all-costs mindset, and when they tend to their nervous system every step of the way.I’m a chronically ill parent and there’s no way I would have been able to sustain my business for over a decade now without deeply honouring my humanness in my work.I have a mantra: our needs are the answer, not the obstacle.They’re how we can feel resourced and rested enough to actually sustain the courage, experimentation, and devotion to doing our very best work that running our own business asks of us each week.So in today’s podcast episode I share more about what it’s looked like to see my own needs as the answer and not the obstacle in my business and some encouragement for how you can do the same too.You’re not alone if you need a whole lot of space to tend to the needs of your life, body, and mind in your business. I’m right there with you, needy and refusing to be ashamed of it.Links:Join my free library filled with resources to support you to create a spacious workweek, a steady and thriving income, and honour your humanness every day.And find out more about Your Simple & Spacious Business and come and join us inside before doors close this week on Thursday 5th 💫Photo credit: Unsplash This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

A wonderful human left a comment on one of my Substack essays recently that inspired today’s episode. They shared:“I’ve spent the last few years reclaiming my identity from coaches and gurus I purchased courses upon courses from. I was so desperate to find the answer to unlocking success… along the way, I completely lost myself. I’ve been slowly but surely finding myself and rebuilding confidence”I think that there is so much gentle power in reclaiming our entrepreneurial inner compass in our business.In redefining the hierarchy in our mind of who knows best what our business needs to thrive.And I think outsourcing the leadership of our business and believing that someone else knows better than we do is such a dangerous way to not only disconnect ourselves from our own inner wisdom but also lead us down an entrepreneurial path that probably isn’t built to truly work best for us.In today’s episode I walk you through five simple steps to reclaim your entrepreneurial inner compass if your head feels really noisy right now from everyone else’s noise and if you’re doubting your own entrepreneurial instincts and craving deeper intuition in your work.Links:Over on my Substack: But what if I don’t want to be a personal brand?Join my free library filled with resources to support you to create a spacious workweek, a steady and thriving income, and honour your humanness every day.And find out more about Your Simple & Spacious Business and join the waitlist before doors open again this week.Photo credit: Unsplash This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

I have been the breadwinner for my family for over a decade now, which has at times felt so empowering and at times also felt like a whole lot of responsibility on my shoulders too.After five years of mostly being a stay at home dad and retraining to be a software developer, my husband started a full time job last October so heading into 2026 I now have the option to earn a little less this year in my business if I want to. I’m still the higher earner and probably will be for quite a few more years to come but I am no longer responsible for almost all of our financial needs and long term goals and my nervous system was honestly so ready for this.So in today’s episode I’m sharing some very in-the-moment thoughts, feelings, and reflections on how it feels to be able to earn less money this year if I want to and all of the big messy feelings that’s brought up for me too. And most of all I hope this episode can encourage you to know that how much you earn in your business isn’t the most interesting thing about you in your work and that your financial goals don’t have to exist in response to anyone else’s. Links:Over on my Substack: I don’t want to be the breadwinner anymore Join my free library filled with resources to support you to create a spacious workweek, a steady and thriving income, and honour your humanness every day.And find out more about Your Simple & Spacious Business and join the waitlist before doors open again next week.Photo credit: Unsplash This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

A conversation that I have over and over again with the wonderful humans I work with is encouraging them to know and trust that marketing gets to feel way more simple in their business.I have been marketing my business online for 12 years now.12 years, hundreds of clients and customers, thousands of email subscribers and social media followers, and over a decade of sustaining my business financially without doing anything that I don’t want to do to reach my sales goals.There is so much noise out here telling us what our marketing plan has to look like.Expert after expert telling us what we should be doing to reach our sales goals and sustain our business.It’s a lot and for those of us who crave slower, gentler, more spacious businesses it goes completely against our needs to feel like marketing is a place where we have to perform and persuade and extract from ourselves energetic resources that we don’t actually have available to give in our business.So in today’s episode I’m sharing with you a calmer and more human approach to marketing in 2026 and some questions that I find so clarifying when it comes to rooting into intention with our marketing plans. I also share some behind the scenes of what I’m prioritising and experimenting with in my marketing this year too.Links:Join my free library where you can dive into my 100 Hell Yes People toolkit.And find out more about Your Simple & Spacious Business and join the waitlist before doors open again at the end of January.Photo credit: Unsplash This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

I feel more clarified at the start of this year than I have in a long while.Or perhaps, more than clarified, I feel like I am in deeper dialogue with my desires and creative curiosities than I have been in recent years.There’s a mini book of essays that I want to write and self publish, an app that I’m building with my husband, a novel idea that I want to get lost in - all whilst gently sustaining my business and doing my very best work for my clients and customers too.And also… I’m still a human who lives in a chronically ill body, I’m a parent, and I’m also just a deeply introverted human who doesn’t thrive at a go go go pace.I have no idea what my capacity will be this year - 2025 was a very low capacity year for me with lots of health challenges, and as I enter this brand new year with creative desires, a business I want to continue to nourish and sustain, and a simple daily life that I like to fill with walks, reading, and naps whenever I need them too, I am balancing both gentle devotion to my creative desires and an acceptance that I want and need to honour my own humanness and capacity and pace every step of the way.In today’s episode I share more about my desires and creative projects for the year ahead and a simple process for moving towards your own desires and intentions for your business and creative work this year whilst honouring your humanness, your needs, and your capacity inevitably shifting too.Links:Join my free library filled with resources to support you to create a spacious workweek, a steady and thriving income, and honour your humanness every day.Find out how I can support you to bring more flexibility, ease, and stability into your business.Join me over on Substack. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

Does anyone else feel like you’re just not the same person you were at the start of the year?That’s exactly how I’ve found myself feeling as we start to wrap up this year and slowly enter a brand new one in just a few weeks.So for my last podcast episode of the year I’m just sharing a very candid and personal voice note from me to you sharing how I’m processing 2025 and all of the ways it has changed me and I also share some encouragement for you if you’re also finding yourself navigating a season of deep transition and evolution too.Links:Get the end of year coaching session recording sent straight to your inbox.Find out how I can support you to bring more flexibility, ease, and stability into your business.Join me over on Substack.Photo credit: Unsplash This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

Last week I logged into IG, archived a decade of posts, and uploaded a nine grid to be a simple landing page for my business.In today’s episode I share why I did this and take you on a walk down memory lane as I share why IG has always been a side character in my marketing plan, how I have grown my audience online without relying on social media, and why my vision for my marketing plan for this next season doesn’t include IG at all.If you’re feel exhausted by the pressure to dilute your marketing plan to please an algorithm or are just in need of a mini pep talk to do marketing in a way that works best for you and your creativity and capacity, this episode is for you.Links:Join my free library filled with resources to support you to create a spacious workweek, a steady and thriving income, and honour your humanness every day - including my toolkit called 100 Hell Yes People if you’re craving deeper guidance on reaching your hell yes people in your business in a way and at a pace that feels aligned, creative, and sustainable to you.Find out how I can support you to bring more flexibility, ease, and stability into your business.Join me over on Substack.Listen to Amelia’s podcast that I mentioned: Off The Grid.Photo credit: Unsplash This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

Do you ever feel utterly exhausted by all of the strategic business advice you navigate on the internet? By all of the ways you could be growing your business? And by how inaccessible so much of it feels for the capacity you actually have for you work?Today I’m sharing with you how I opt-out of business strategy that isn’t accessible for my capacity or in alignment with how I actually want to be experiencing my business and two gentle questions you can ask yourself to figure out what you actually want to work towards in your business and what pace you want to move towards those goals and desires at too.If you want business to feel calmer and more clarified for you in this season and more attuned to your capacity and humanness, today’s episode is for you.Links:Join my free library filled with resources to support you to create a spacious workweek, a steady and thriving income, and honour your humanness every day.Find out how I can support you to bring more flexibility, ease, and stability into your business.Join me over on Substack. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

Sometimes life throws us unexpected curveballs and laughs at all of our best laid plans and forces us to adapt and adjust in ways we couldn’t have prepared for.That’s exactly where I’m finding myself right now - adjusting to the fact that my vision for this season looks nothing like I thought it would due to navigating some new health challenges. In today’s episode I share the messy middle behind the scenes of the past couple of months of my life and business, the three questions I asked myself to ground into acceptance and clarity in this season, and some encouragement for knowing you’re not alone if you’re navigating a season of your life and business that looks different to what you first hoped and planned for too. 📞 Submit your voice note to the simple & spacious hotline✍🏻 Get the Design Your Part Time Business Model toolkit sent straight to your inbox for freeYour Simple & Spacious Business is produced by Sonics Podcasts This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

In today’s episode I share the behind the scenes of recently updating the pricing structure of my group program, why I’ve created a concession tier, and how I’m experimenting with a 1:1 tier too. If you love to hear the messy middle behind the scenes of someone else’s business this episode is for you.✨ Find out more about Your Simple & Spacious Business✍🏻 Get the Design Your Part Time Business Model toolkit sent straight to your inbox for freeYour Simple & Spacious Business is produced by Sonics Podcasts This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

In today’s episode I have a pep talk for you all about why prioritising your needs in your business is an essential piece of the puzzle of making your income goals your reality and actually sustaining them in the long run too.✨ How we can work together✍🏻 Get the Design Your Part Time Business Model toolkit sent straight to your inbox for freeYour Simple & Spacious Business is produced by Sonics Podcasts This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

I’m back after a 7 month hiatus to share with you why designing a part time business model for ourselves is how we can bring more simplicity, spaciousness, and flexibility into our business - and how we can do this without compromising on our income goals too. ✍🏻 Get the Design Your Part Time Business Model toolkit sent straight to your inbox for free🎙 Listen to The Slow Business Sessions✨ Join the waitlist for Your Simple & Spacious Business🎙 Catch up with Letters From A Hopeful Creative🎙 Catch us with Business Besties This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

As I prepare to open my group program YS&SB for enrolment for the 8th time this month, in today’s episode I’m sharing five ways that I’m experimenting with this upcoming launch and breathing some fresh energy and life into the process.Find out more about YS&SB Get my free deep dive kitGet my free toolkit 100 Hell Yes PeopleJoin me on SubstackListen to my other podcast Letters From A Hopeful CreativeYour Simple & Spacious Business is produced by Sonics PodcastsPhoto credit: Unsplash This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

In today’s episode I share a pep talk for not spiraling if sales are slow in your business and share a recent example of selling a workshop in my own business where sales were very slow at the start. This episode is here to normalise the highs and lows of sales in our business and a reminder that we’re not alone if sales are slower for a season or an offering in our work.How we can work togetherGet my free deep dive kitGet my free toolkit 100 Hell Yes PeopleJoin me on SubstackListen to my other podcast Letters From A Hopeful CreativeYour Simple & Spacious Business is produced by Sonics PodcastsPhoto credit: Unsplash This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

In today’s episode I share why I still believe in the magic of long-form content in my business and why writing newsletters and recording podcast episodes is still where I prioritise the majority of my marketing energy in my work. I share why I’d rather reach less people at a slower and gentler pace rather than trying to hack an algorithm and people’s attention spans, and why I trust this approach to marketing as it’s served me very well for a decade now. I’m hosting a workshop on Tuesday 24th September to support you to revitalise your marketing plan 🖥How we can work togetherGet my free deep dive kitGet my free toolkit 100 Hell Yes PeopleJoin me on SubstackListen to my other podcast Letters From A Hopeful CreativeYour Simple & Spacious Business is produced by Sonics PodcastsPhoto credit: Unsplash This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

Hello 👋🏻 I am back from my 4 month break from this podcast and sharing with you how it felt to lose my business mojo, what I did to support it to come back (spoiler alert: I let myself rest a lot!), why longevity is my goal in my business and why losing my business mojo at times is just part of that, and some upcoming episode topics I want to record for you soon too!I’m hosting a workshop on Tuesday 24th September to support you to revitalise your marketing plan 🖥How we can work togetherGet my free deep dive kitGet my free toolkit 100 Hell Yes PeopleJoin me on SubstackListen to my other podcast Letters From A Hopeful CreativeYour Simple & Spacious Business is produced by Sonics PodcastsPhoto credit: Unsplash This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

In today’s episode I share with you why it’s so powerful to define and stay connected to our own version of what a simple and spacious business looks like for us and some of the specific ways I’ve done this in my own business journey too, from not building a team or a business model that requires thousands of paying customers a year to keeping my simple and spacious workweek as my guiding anchor and more.YS&SB is open for enrolment until Friday 24th May Get my free deep dive kitGet my new free toolkit 100 Hell Yes People sent to your inboxJoin me on SubstackListen to my other podcast Letters From A Hopeful CreativeYour Simple & Spacious Business is produced by Sonics PodcastsPhoto credit: Unsplash This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

In today’s episode I share a three-word approach to defining our vision and desires for our business - my three words are simple, spacious, and steady. I walk you through how you can define your own three words and how they can ground you into clarity and intention in your work. YS&SB is open for enrolment until Friday 24th May + today (May 15th) is the last day to get the 1:1 coaching bonus. Join me on Substack.Listen to my other podcast Letters From A Hopeful CreativeAllison BornsteinYour Simple & Spacious Business is produced by Sonics Podcasts This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

After taking a month off from this podcast I’m back today with a little catch up to share where I’ve been and what I’ve been working on and what I’m prioritising in this season of my business too.Get my new free toolkit 100 Hell Yes People sent to your inbox.Find out more about YS&SB and join the waitlist before doors open again very soon.Join me on Substack.Listen to my other podcast Letters From A Hopeful Creative—Your Simple & Spacious Business is produced by Sonics PodcastsPhoto credit: Unsplash This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

Photo credit: UnsplashI recently published a piece on my Substack called: dear small business owner: it’s okay to have fluctuating income.It’s a topic I wish we talked about more as small business owners - the natural highs and lows and ebbs and flows of entrepreneurship and normalise that income growth isn’t always linear (and that maintaining our income instead of always chasing more, more, more is a beautiful choice too!)So in today’s episode I’m expanding on that piece a little and sharing with you the lessons I’ve learned about navigating fluctuating income in our business and my overall mindset when it comes to money and business too. Get my free deep dive kit to support you to bring more freedom, ease, and intentional growth into your business sent straight to your inboxFind out more about how I support business owners to bring more freedom, ease, and intentional growth into their work and life.Join me on Substack.Listen to my other podcast Letters From A Hopeful CreativeYour Simple & Spacious Business is produced by Sonics Podcasts This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

In today’s episode I bring you behind the scenes on this first quarter of 2024 and share with you all of my highs, lows, joys, and struggles in this new year so far. I share what I’ve been working on, what’s been going well, what’s been challenging, and what I’m planning on working on in Q2 too.Get my free deep dive kit to support you to bring more freedom, ease, and intentional growth into your business sent straight to your inboxFind out more about how I support business owners to bring more freedom, ease, and intentional growth into their work and life.Join me on Substack.Listen to my other podcast Letters From A Hopeful CreativeYour Simple & Spacious Business is produced by Sonics Podcasts This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

In today’s episode I’m sharing with you the audio from a coaching session inside my group program, Your Simple & Spacious Business, all about pricing your services and offerings with intention. I shared free access to this in this week’s simple and spacious digest, the weekly newsletter that I send to my email community on Monday’s, where I share some behind the scenes about how I price my 1:1 containers in my business - you can read that newsletter here if you’re not a subscriber (and you can subscribe here if you want to be!)If you ever feel stuck on how you can price your services and offerings in a way that feels good and sustainable too, this coaching session is for you.You can also watch the video version and grab the slides and workbook this way too.And come on over and join me on Substack if you’d love to read some interviews with some awesome business owners choosing a slower, gentler, more spacious approach to business too.Get my free deep dive kit to support you to bring more freedom, ease, and intentional growth into your business sent straight to your inboxFind out more about how I support business owners to bring more freedom, ease, and intentional growth into their work and life.Listen to my other podcast Letters From A Hopeful CreativeYour Simple & Spacious Business is produced by Sonics PodcastsPhoto credit: Unsplash This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

After 60 episodes I’ve decided to switch things up a little and move this podcast to Substack. In today’s episode I share why I made this decision, what my vision is for this show moving forward, and how I’m hoping this decision supports me in my goal of reaching 100 yes hell people in my business this year.Get my free deep dive kit to support you to bring more freedom, ease, and intentional growth into your business sent straight to your inboxFind out more about how I support business owners to bring more freedom, ease, and intentional growth into their work and life.Join me on Substack.Listen to my other podcast Letters From A Hopeful CreativeYour Simple & Spacious Business is produced by Sonics Podcasts This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

For today’s episode I sat down and recorded a recap of my recent enrolment of my flagship group program, Your Simple & Spacious Business.I share how I approached the launch, how I honoured my capacity through my marketing plan, the breakdown of when sales came in throughout the launch, and how I held my nervous system through what I’m calling ‘the five day desert’ too.I also share my thoughts and ideas for launching YS&SB moving forward this year and, more than anything, my hope is that this episode can encourage you to know that you are allowed to launch and sell your offerings at a gentle and sustainable pace without burning yourself out in the process.  Get my free deep dive kit to support you to bring more freedom, ease, and intentional growth into your business sent straight to your inboxListen to my other podcast Letters From A Hopeful CreativeYour Simple & Spacious Business is produced by Sonics Podcasts--- This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

After ten years of sending a weekly letter every Monday to my email list I have decided to switch things up and experiment with a new newsletter format in 2024.In this episode I share the behind the scenes of this decision, why it’s okay to switch something up in your business even when it’s ‘working’, and I share some questions to hold space for you to root into your intention with your own newsletter too.If email marketing is a priority for you this year and you want to feel re-energised with your content plan I hope this episode can encourage you to do exactly that.And Your Simple & Spacious Business, my group program for online business owners who want to bring more freedom, joy, and intentional growth in your work and life is open for enrolment until Friday 9th February and this is the last time to join us inside before the price increases for 2024. Get my free deep dive kit to support you to bring more freedom, ease, and intentional growth into your business sent straight to your inboxListen to my other podcast Letters From A Hopeful CreativeYour Simple & Spacious Business is produced by Sonics Podcasts— This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

Have you ever heard of the ‘1000 true fans’ framework?It argues that instead of needing a customer base of millions, entrepreneurs and creators just need 1000 true fans to run a profitable and thriving business.In my own journey I’ve always reframed this as hell yes people (the word fans gives me the ick) and in this episode I’m sharing why I’m prioritising reaching 100 hell yes people in my business this year (and why I’m focusing on 100 instead of 1000) and how I’m planning on doing so too.If you ever feel utterly overwhelmed by marketing strategies and ideas and you just want to approach supporting your business to thrive in a really gentle, human, and sustainable way, this episode is for you.Your Simple & Spacious Business, my group program for online business owners who want to bring more freedom, joy, and intentional growth in your work and life is now open for enrolment until Friday 9th February and this is the last time to join us inside before the price increases for 2024.There’s also an awesome 1:1 bonus available if you join us inside by Friday 2nd February. You can find out more this way if you’re ready to never do business alone againGet my free deep dive kit to support you to bring more freedom, ease, and intentional growth into your business sent straight to your inboxListen to my other podcast Letters From A Hopeful CreativeYour Simple & Spacious Business is produced by Sonics Podcasts— This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

Launching is such a big part of my business and a key piece of how I reach my income goals throughout the year.But launching can also feel like A LOT. A lot of work, a lot of taking up space, and a lot of nervous system activation too.After a decade of launching in my business and all of the highs and lows along the way, this year I want to embrace a gentle, human, and sustainable approach to launching and in today’s episode I’m breaking down exactly what I want that to look like this year.If you often feel overwhelmed by all of the launch strategy and advice out there too this episode is here to give you permission to do it in a way that works best for you.Your Simple & Spacious Business opens for enrolment again at the end of this month and this is the last time to join us inside before the price increasesGet my free deep dive kit to support you to bring more freedom, ease, and intentional growth into your business sent straight to your inboxListen to my other podcast Letters From A Hopeful CreativeYour Simple & Spacious Business is produced by Sonics Podcasts— This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

In today’s episode I share some encouragement as we embark on a brand new year in our business and why one of the biggest lessons I’ve learned after a decade in business now is that every year of entrepreneurship is a leap of faith. If you’re feeling a little overwhelmed at the start of this brand new year, I recorded this episode for you.The Substack post that I mentionedHow we can work togetherGet my free deep dive kit to support you to bring more freedom, ease, and intentional growth into your business sent straight to your inboxListen to my other podcast Letters From A Hopeful CreativeYour Simple & Spacious Business is produced by Sonics Podcasts— This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

In today’s episode I share with you how I’ve been prioritising nervous-system care in this season of my business and the simple daily habits that have been supporting me to find more calm and presence each day.Hold Yourself Through It mini guided journalHow I’m rooting into a sense of safety in this season of my businessHow we can work togetherGet my free deep dive kit to support you to bring more freedom, ease, and intentional growth into your business sent straight to your inboxListen to my other podcast Letters From A Hopeful CreativeYour Simple & Spacious Business is produced by Sonics Podcasts— This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

In today’s episode I bring you into the behind the scenes of how I run my business in just 8-10 hours a week and the intentional decisions I’ve made to make this my reality too.My hope is that today’s episode can encourage you to shape your workweek in a way that truly works best for you too even if what you desire goes against workweek ‘norms’ too.How we can work togetherGet my free Deep Dive Kit to support you to bring more freedom, ease, and intentional growth into your business sent straight to your inboxListen to my other podcast Letters From A Hopeful CreativeRead my SubstackMy IG post on what my workweek looks likeYour Simple & Spacious Business is produced by Sonics Podcasts— This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

In this final episode of my launch diary I share:A full recap of how the launch wentCelebrating having a great launch whilst keeping it very gentle and low-keyHow offering a sliding scale is feeling sustainable for me with this offerReflecting on how I haven’t been focusing on audience growth this yearHow launching YS&SB last year completely changed my businessMy reflections on how I want to navigate YS&SB launches moving forwardMy curiosity about experimenting with an evergreen sales sequence for YS&SBMy plans to create some lower-ticket digital products over the next yearWrapping up this launch diaryp.s: Due to a technical issue the audio for this episode doesn’t have the same sound quality they usually do -  a big apology for that!How we can work togetherGet my free deep dive kit to support you to bring more freedom, ease, and intentional growth into your business sent straight to your inboxListen to my other podcast Letters From A Hopeful CreativeRead my SubstackYour Simple & Spacious Business is produced by Sonics Podcasts— This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

In this fifth episode of my launch diary I bring you behind the scenes of the halfway point of my current enrolment of my group program Your Simple & Spacious Business and I share:How the launch is going so far at this halfway pointHow I’ve honoured my humanness most of all through this enrolmentHow I’m rooting into a deep sense of safety and ease through this enrolmentWhy I’m feeling so grateful for my own simple and spacious business through this launchSome behind the scenes of the sales emails I’m sending through the rest of this launchYour Simple & Spacious Business is open for enrolment until Monday 23rd October - find out more and join us inside this wayGet my free Deep Dive Kit to support you to bring more freedom, ease, and intentional growth into your business sent straight to your inboxListen to my other podcast Letters From A Hopeful CreativeRead my SubstackYour Simple & Spacious Business is produced by Sonics Podcasts  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

In this fourth episode of my launch diary I bring you behind the scenes of the first four days of my current enrolment of Your Simple & Spacious Business and share:How the launch is going so farHow I’ve supported my nervous system through the emotional rollercoaster of launching so farThe mindset I’m rooting into through this enrolmentWhat I’m prioritising through the rest of this enrolmentYour Simple & Spacious Business is open for enrolment until Monday 23rd October - and today is the last day to get the 1:1 coaching bonus! Find out more and join us inside this wayYour Simple & Spacious Business Podcast is produced by Sonics Podcasts- This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

In this third episode of my launch diary I share with you:What I’m working on this week as I prepare to open the doors for enrolmentHow my inviting, not selling philosophy is shaping my approach to this launchHow I’m deciding on bonuses for this launchHow I’m supporting myself through pre-launch anxiety and overwhelm and my mindset going into this launchFind out more about YS&SBGet my free deep dive kit to support you to bring more freedom, ease, and intentional growth into your business sent straight to your inboxListen to my other podcast Letters From A Hopeful CreativeRead my SubstackYour Simple & Spacious Business is produced by Sonics Podcasts    This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

In this second episode of my launch diary I share with you:My inviting, not selling philosophy in my businessHow I’ve mapped out my gentle launch plan for this upcoming enrolment and what I’m prioritising mostMy gentle approach to pre-marketing for this launchMy plans for the early-bird window for this enrolmentWhy my email list is my core marketing channel through a launch and my plan for emails through this upcoming launchMy question mark around whether or not I’ll show up on social through this enrolmentWhat I need to feel organised and ready for this launch and why I want to prioritise having fun and enjoying it tooFind out more about YS&SBGet my free deep dive kit to support you to bring more freedom, ease, and intentional growth into your business sent straight to your inboxListen to my other podcast Letters From A Hopeful CreativeRead my SubstackYour Simple & Spacious Business is produced by Sonics Podcasts This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

As I gear up for the next enrolment of YS&SB in a few weeks I want to bring you on the journey with me and share how I’m embracing a very simple and low-key approach to this launch and share all of the messy-middle moments as I navigate them each week. In today’s episode I share:   •    Why I’m doing this launch diary   •    Some behind the scenes on what I’m launching, how I’ve launched it in the past, and how it usually sells too   •    The gap between traditional launch advice and our capacity for that workload   •    How a 5th launch of a program feels very different to the first   •    How and why this is going to be a very simple and low-key launch   •    How I’m feeling as I’m about to embark on this launch   •    The things I will be prioritising most   •    What you can expect from this launch diary Find out more about YS&SBGet my free deep dive kit to support you to bring more freedom, ease, and intentional growth into your business sent straight to your inboxListen to my other podcast Letters From A Hopeful CreativeRead my Substack This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

In today’s episode I’m sharing what it’s looked like for me to show up for my business this past year whilst also navigating some really challenging health circumstances and what has supported me to continue to run my business at a slower and gentler pace.Get my free deep dive kit to support you to bring more freedom, ease, and intentional growth into your business sent straight to your inboxHow we can work togetherListen to my other podcast Letters From A Hopeful CreativeRead my Substack This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

In today’s episode I’m sharing the five question I ask myself to sense-check through whenever I’m navigating business advice.These questions support me to stay in my own lane, steer clear of advice that isn’t truly aligned with my goals for my work and life, and avoid the overwhelm that can come with all of the noise out there and my hope is that they can support you to do so too.Get my free deep dive kit to support you to bring more freedom, ease, and intentional growth into your business sent straight to your inboxHow we can work togetherListen to my other podcast Letters From A Hopeful CreativeRead my Substack This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com

As I ease back into creating marketing content again this week after my summer sabbatical I’m sharing with you today in this episode the simple marketing system I’ve been using for close to a decade now in my business that has supported me to be consistently booked out with hell yes clients and reach my income goals in my business.Get my free deep dive kit to support you to bring more freedom, ease, and intentional growth into your business sent straight to your inboxHow we can work togetherListen to my other podcast Letters From A Hopeful CreativeRead my Substack This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yoursimpleandspaciousbusiness.substack.com