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174. Following Your Intuition as a Mom and Business Owner With Gabriella Laura

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174. Business Burnout or a Signal to Pivot? How to Tell the Difference

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173. How to Grow Your Business Without Working More

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172. Mid-Year Check-In To Exceed Your Business Goals This Year

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171. The Visualization Practice That Changed My Life

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170. My Business Evolution Update: 60 Days In

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169. Marketing Strategies That Don't Feel "Salesy"

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168. 5 Mindset Shifts That Separate High Achievers From Everyone Else

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167. Time Management and Business Systems for Overwhelmed Entrepreneurs

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166. Why Ambitious Moms Undercharge, Overdeliver, and Say Yes When They Mean No

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165. Working Constantly and Still Not Where You Want to Be, Here's What's Missing

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164. My Biggest Business Evolution Yet

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163. Why the Life You Want Feels Just Out of Reach And How to Finally Close the Gap

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162. The Revenue Streams I Added This Year, What's Next and Why My Business Is Changing

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161. Farm Life, Three Kids, and a Thriving Business with Sydney Walden

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160. Standards to Stay Grounded During Tough Seasons of Life & Business

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159. No Episode This Week, But Here's Something Better!

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158. The Marketing Advice Designers Actually Need Right Now

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157. 10 Lessons That Changed My Life (Birthday Reflection)

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156. The 4 Reasons Designers Stay in The Feast-or-Famine Cycle

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155. Why Your Design Studio Isn't Scaling

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154. Why Slow Seasons Are the Best Time to Grow Your Studio

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153. The Part-Time CEO Playbook: How to Scale Without Burning Out with Shay from Bucketlist Bombshells

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152. The Hidden Costs of Being Flexible With Clients

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151. Motherhood, $15k Projects & a 3-Day Workweek

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150. Why You Slow Down Right Before a Breakthrough

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149. Behind the Scenes of $300k-$500k Design Studios

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148. The Truth About $30K Months, Solo Scaling, and Building a Studio That Fits Your Life With Kenzi Green

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147. The Metrics Every High-Performing Studio Owner Must Track in 2026

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146. The real reason your studio isn't growing & how to fix it in 2026

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145. This is the next chapter of Behind the Design & it's bigger than business

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144. What's Holding You Back From Hitting Six Figures as a Brand & Website Designer?

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The High-Paying Client Method: Free Live Training for Designers Ready to Scale

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143. Freelancer vs. CEO Energy: Which One Are You Running Your Business With?

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142. This One Simple Change Doubled My Revenue

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141. Why $10K Months Aren’t the Goal and What to Aim For Instead

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140. Motherhood First, Business Second: Navigating the Identity Shift & What Motherhood Taught Me About Business

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139. It’s Not Luck—It’s Mindset: The Habits Behind High Achievers

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138. No More Crickets: How To Turn Inquiries Into high-paying Projects

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137. Push, Pull, Pivot: Reflecting on Q1 & Planning for What’s Next

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136. 5 Habits That Have Changed My Life as a Busy Mom and Business Owner

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135. The Founder's Ultimate Tools & Tech Guide

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134. Your Future Studio: What’s Possible in the Next 6 Months?

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133. Best Practices to Invest Time, Energy & Resources Towards Your Future in 2025

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132. Identify & Overcome Your Biggest Blocks to Scaling

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131. Balancing Motherhood, Business, and Identity: Overcoming Guilt, Burnout, and Finding Your Focus

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130. Scaling Your Design Studio: The Missing Piece to Predictable Growth

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129. 2025 Planning To Transform Your Life and Business

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128. Separating Self-Worth from Business Success

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127. Thrive in 2025: 2 Key Areas to Focus on for a Stronger Studio

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126. 5 High Performance Habits to Elevate Your Creativity & Long-Term Success

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125. Secure Your Cash Flow: A Simple Payment Structure to Get Paid on Time and Forecast Your Revenue

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124. Working with High-Profile Clients, Providing Exceptional Service & Empowering Your Team with Audrey Saccone

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123. Achieving More by Working Less: My Part-Time Strategy for Productivity and Peace

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122. The 3 Essential Components to Onboarding That Set Your Design Project Up for Success

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121. Regaining Momentum: 4 Ways to Bounce Back After a Slow Season

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120. Beyond the Milestones: 7 Lessons After 7 Years of Entrepreneurship

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119. Behind the Scenes of My First Course Launch: Key Lessons & Game-Changing Tweaks for Next Time

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118. Work Less, Earn More: The Essential Steps to Make It Happen

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117. 5 Pillars of a Multi-Six Figure Design Studio

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116. 3 Things Holding You Back From 6 Figures as a Brand & Website Designer

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115. The Key to Your First $100k Year, Quarter or Month as a Brand & Website Designer

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114. 5 things I'm doing differently this maternity leave & mistakes I made last time

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113. Q2 Review & Q3/Rest of Year Planning to Thrive in Business & Life

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112. 4 Time Management Tips for Busy Entrepreneurs That Will Change Your Life

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111. 5 Mindset Shifts That Doubled My Revenue Last Month

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110. Expand Your Design Career With Personal Branding

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109. Using PR to Expand Your Small Business Impact & Prioritizing Relationships with Kelsey Ogletree

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108. Untapped Gold: Maximizing Profits with Retainer-Based Design Strategies

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107. How to Take a Paid Maternity Leave (or Extended Vacay) as a Creative Entrepreneur with Linzay Davis

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106. Daily Life of an Artist, Romanticizing Your Life Through Creativity & Following Your Intuition with Nicole Goldfarb

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105. 5 Reasons Why Your Clients are Stalling Brand & Website Design Projects

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104. Simplifying Your Creative Services, Staying in Your Creative Genius & Becoming a New Mom with Angela Mondloch, Saffron Avenue

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103. Create a Customized Growth Strategy for Your Best Quarter Yet

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102. Lead Generating Ads for Beginners, Using AI in Your Agency & Stepping Up As a Leader with Kay Allen-Car

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101. Elevate Your Process & Increase Profitability with ClickUp

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100. Understanding Intellectual Property and Protecting Your Business with IP Attorney, Paige Hulse

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99. Motherhood Unfiltered: Real Talk From My First Twelve Months

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98. Following Your Intuition and Finding Balance with Inner Peace and Ambition with Anna Wojtowicz

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97. If You Want to Make More Money in 2024, Do This

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96. How to Enhance Efficiency Without Losing Empathy In Business With Jessica Frigon

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95. Defining What Matters: Who Are You Without Your Business?

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94. How to take control of your own schedule and optimize your business and life

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93. How to Create a Luxury Client Experience + Increase Client Retention Leading to Higher Profitability in Your Business

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92. Remove the Stress of Finances with LoriAnn Kuntz

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91. What I'd Do If I Were Starting My Business From Scratch

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90. How to Set Intentional Business AND Life Goals for 2024

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89. Ditch the "all or nothing" mindset + actually live the life you're dreaming about

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88. Building + Pricing your design services for maximum profitability

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87. Managing your energy, work-life harmony + "having it all" as a mom + entrepreneur with Laura Sinclair

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86. Healing Self-Sabotage, Postpartum Anxiety, and the Journey to Reinventing Yourself

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85. Manifesting a Business + Life in Alignment wWith Your Soul's Purpose With Gabrielle Laura

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84. Vetting potential clients, Bad Client Red Flags and Breaking Up With Bad Clients

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INCOME REPORT: July 2023

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INCOME REPORT: Mar, Apr, May, Jun 2023

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83. Maternity Leave Recap: 3 Mistakes I Made + What I'd Do Differently

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82. Get Paid On Time and Know Your Revenue for Months With This Simple Payment Structure

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81. Increase Your Profit Margins + Revenue by Streamlining Your Systems with Ellie Rogers

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80. 15 Hour Work Weeks Mom Speed + Changing the Way We Work and Lead with Jill Wise

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79. Navigating Slow Seasons in Business