Female emPOWERED: Winning in Business & Life cover art

All Episodes

Female emPOWERED: Winning in Business & Life — 339 episodes

#
Title
1

Episode 338: Can Independent Pilates Studios Survive the Pilates Boom? What Private Equity Is Betting On—And What Small Studios Need To Do Differently To Win

2

Episode 337: Stop Competing on Price

3

Episode 335: The Plateau Season of Entrepreneurship

4

Episode 334: How Carrie Pagès Built a Pilates Studio and Scalable Online Brand

5

Episode 333: When Your Team Is “Fine” but Not Exceptional: The Hidden Cost of Tolerating Mediocrity

6

Episode 332: How Business Mentorship Is Helping Studio Owners Grow: Real Client Testimonials

7

Episode 331: Retention Is a System: How to Keep Clients Long-Term

8

Episode 330: How to Make Data-Driven Decisions When You Don’t Think You’re ‘Good with Numbers

9

Episode 329: How Physical Therapists Can Stop Selling Visits and Start Selling Value

10

Episode 328: Cleaning Up Your Offer Suite: Why Your Pricing & Packages Confuse Your Clients

11

Episode 327: How to start and grow a successful online studio or business interview with Kaleen Canevari

12

Episode 326: The Real Reason You’re Overworked: You’re Doing the Wrong Work

13

Episode 325: Your Classes Are Full… So Why Aren’t You Profitable?

14

Episode 324: Off-Boarding Without Drama: How to Professionally Handle Resignations in a Small Studio

15

Episode 323: Hiring the Right Person vs. the Right Skillset: How to Train New Instructors Without Losing Your Mind

16

Episode 322: Your Ideal CEO Week: Reclaim 3–5 Hours Without Burning Down Your Studio

17

Episode 321: Stop Throwing Spaghetti at the Wall: How to Build a Real Client Acquisition System

18

Episode 320: How to Use Google + Meta Ads to Grow Your Local Studio with Paid Ads Expert Ashley Brock

19

Episode 319: Best of 2025- How to leverage the power of AI for your boutique wellness business

20

Episode 318: Best of 2025- How to determine prices, pay rates and more to keep your business profitable

21

Episode 317: What the Last 8 Months After Selling My Studio Have Really Looked Like

22

Episode 316: How to Protect Your Studio From Client Poaching and Still Support Your Team

23

Episode 315: Not All Revenue Is Created Equal: How to Build More Predictable Income in Your Studio

24

Episode 314: Women in Wellness Summit 2025 Recap: Planning Your 2026 Profit, Freedom & Exit Options

25

Episode 313: What to know if you are hiring a digital marketing agency

26

Episode 312: What You’re Really Paying For — and the ROI of Giving Yourself Space to Grow

27

Episode 311: How to Spot the Difference Between a Marketing Problem and an Operations Problem

28

Episode 310: Avoiding HR Headaches: Scheduling Do’s and Don’ts for Boutique Fitness Studios with HR Expert Katie Santos

29

Episode 309: How to Build a Website That Attracts Clients: SEO & Design Tips with Jessica Freeman

30

Episode 308: Afraid to Niche Down? How to Make the Transition With Confidence

31

Episode 307: Utilization Rates for New Team Members: What's Good?

32

Podcast Episode 306: Introduction to Google Ads for Your Brick & Mortar

33

Episode 305: How to Transition a Client To Another Team Member

34

Episode 304: Compensation Models for PT, Pilates, and Wellness Businesses

35

Episode 303: How Strong Branding Builds Stronger Businesses — Insights from Fhitting Room Founder Kari Saitowitz

36

Episode 302: Get Out of the Day-to-Day With a DIY Business Retreat with Latasha Doyle

37

Episode 301: Revenue Streams: Workshops for Technicians

38

Episode 300: 300 episodes!!

39

Episode 299: Boutique Fitness Exits: What Every Studio Owner Needs to Know Before Selling, with Mitch McGinley the Boutique Fitness Broker

40

Episode 298: You Can’t Scale What You’re Still Managing - How to go from Overwhelmed Operator to Strategic Leader

41

Episode 297: What Makes a Women’s Wellness Clinic Truly Transformational? A Deep Dive with Dr. Jennifer Gelfand, DPT

42

Episode 296: The Mid-Year Reset for Pilates Studio Owners

43

Episode 295: Studio Growth at Lightning Speed: The Systems, Mindset & Strategy Behind It All with Erin Canada CEO of Paradise Pilates

44

Episode 294: What We Learned At Our Inner Circle Retreat - How To Use Your Strengths To Lead

45

Episode 293: How to leverage the power of AI for your boutique wellness business

46

Episode 292: When Your Marketing Stops Working

47

Episode 291: The ‘Invisible Work’ That’s Holding You Back From Studio or Practice Success

48

Episode 290: Hard Truths About Accountability - It's not Toxic, It’s the Job

49

Episode 289: From Failed Deal to Freedom: The Exit That Finally Worked - What It Really Takes to Sell Your Business

50

Episode 288: The Exit That Didn’t Happen - What I Got Wrong Trying to Sell My Business the First Time

51

Episode 287: Should You Ditch Class Packages?

52

Episode 286: The Case for Memberships in Your Fit Biz

53

Episode 285: How Being "Booked Out" Leads to Being "Burnt Out"

54

Episode 284: Your Best Instructor Just Quit - Now What

55

Episode 283: How to Get New Leads in the Door — Without Hosting Another Workshop

56

Episode 282: How to Create Marketing Automations With Your CRM - Combining Sequences and Strategy with Peter Pastijn of Momence

57

Episode 281: Brick & Mortar vs. Online Services for Fit Biz Brands w/ Movement Maestro Team

58

Episode 280: Ask a Wealth Manager - How to Save, Invest & Retire in your business

59

Episode 279: The Mental Game of Entrepreneurship: Courage, Confidence, and Showing Up

60

Episode 278: How To Fund Your Business Growth Without Dipping Into Your Personal Finances

61

Episode 277: How To Determine Prices, Pay Rates, and More To Keep Your Business Profitable

62

Episode 276: Ask a CFO - Rapid Fire Round with Danielle Hayden

63

Episode 275: Building A Marketing Strategy That Integrates Organic and Paid Content with Lauren Peachie

64

Episode 274: Mastering Paid Ads for Your Wellness Biz with Courtney Moody

65

Episode 273: Marketing Foundations: Understanding Paid, Organic, and Earned Marketing for Your Wellness Business

66

Episode 272: Is Your Website Helping or Hurting Your Boutique Fitness Business with Connie Holan

67

Episode 271: Craft a Constantly-Selling Offer Ladder for Your PT or Pilates Biz

68

Episode 270: State of the Industry: 2025 for PT & Pilates Studio Owners

69

Episode 269: The $50K Problem: What an Undertrained Team is Really Costing Your Studio

70

Episode 268: How Much Can Your Fit Biz ACTUALLY Grow in 2025?

71

Episode 267: How to Price Your Services for Your Client Based Business

72

Episode 266: What's Required to grow past $300,000 in revenue in your boutique fitness or physical therapy business

73

Episode 265: Let's Talk About MONEY!

74

Episode 264: Optimizing an Insurance Based Physical Therapy Practice with Dr. Laura Sommer

75

Episode 263 | What It's Like To Buy A Pilates Studio with Beth Adas

76

Episode 262: What We Can Be Grateful For (Thanksgiving Episode)

77

Episode 261: Women in Wellness Business Summit Recap Episode

78

Episode 260: Growing a Pelvic Health Physical Therapy Practice with Dr. Amanda Frank

79

Episode 259: From Start Up to Sustainable

80

Episode 258: Spooky Tales of Studio Ownership

81

Episode 257: How To Negotiate a Commercial Lease

82

Episode 256: Before You Discount Do This

83

Episode 255: DIY PR: How to Create Media Worthy Pitches for your Wellness Business with Monica Spoelstra

84

Episode 254: Planning For EOY In Your Pilates Studio Biz

85

Episode 253: Building a Personal Brand as a Fit Biz Studio Owner - Part 2

86

Episode 252: Building a Personal Brand: Part 1 - Expert Advice from Uncanny Content

87

Episode 251: Marketing vs Sales: What's Your Business Missing?

88

Episode 250: Boosting Revenue and Growing Your Studio with Teacher Training Programs

89

Episode 249: Fall Forward: Strategic Changes for Boutique Fitness Owners as We Approach Fall and Year-End

90

Episode 248: How 6 and 7 Figure Business Owners Manage to Take a Month off Without Sacrificing Revenue

91

Episode 247: What I Learned From Investing Over $60,000 In My Business

92

Episode 246: The Problem With Charging What You're Worth

93

Episode 245: The Marketing Strategy That Grew My Pilates Studio to 7+ Figures

94

Episode 244: Building a Profitable Studio Schedule

95

Episode 243: Which Metrics Should I Track For My Pilates Studio

96

Episode 242: How To Deal With Problem Staff

97

Episode 241: Healthy Margins For Business Profitability

98

Episode 240: The Support Your Admin Team Needs To Help You GROW

99

Episode 239: Slow Season Mindset

100

Episode 238: Raising Prices in a Down Economy

101

Episode 237: When Your Fit Biz is Burning You Out

102

Episode 236: 4 Promotions You Can Run to Combat the Summer Slowdown

103

Episode 235: The Legal Documents Every Fit Biz Needs with Conscious Counsel

104

Episode 234: What To Pay Your Team

105

Episode 233: What To Include On A Job Description For Your Boutique Wellness Business

106

Episode 232: Q1 Recap - What the Inner Circle & PITG Did in Q1

107

Episode 231: How To Optimize Instagram For Your Brick and Mortar Business with 20 Degrees Media

108

Episode 230: Your Studio Website is Working Against You

109

Episode 229: Lost a Client? Learn How to Master Win-Back Campaigns for Pilates and Yoga Studios

110

Episode 228: Equipment Investments: Budgeting, Capital, Credit?

111

Episode 227: How To Leverage Your Studio Revenue And Recruiting Process With Teacher Training With Nora Reynolds

112

Epsiode 226: Why Women Are Better Business Owners

113

Episode 225: Email List Metrics & Why They Matter

114

Episode 224: Why Listening to Too Many Opinions is Killing Your Business

115

Episode 223: The Value of Local Network Marketing & Community

116

Episode 223: Why Listening to Too Many Opinions is Killing Your Business

117

Episode 222: How to Build a Successful Multiple 6 Figure Business Out of Your Home with Dr. Megan Greco

118

Episode 221: The Biggest Risk to Your Fit Biz? Boredom

119

Episode 220: Saying No to Team Members

120

Episode 219: Raising Your Prices in 2024

121

Episode 218: How to Market Your Fit Biz in 2024

122

Episode 217: Why You’re Not Ready for a Mastermind to Grow Your Fit Biz

123

Episode 216: Avoiding a "New Year, New You" Mindset

124

Episode 215: Listener Favorite: Most popular episode of all time with over 1200 downloads

125

Episode 214: Listener Favorite: My Most Popular Episode of 2023

126

Episode 213: Year of Achievement: Women's Wellness Wins in Under 365 Days

127

Episode 212: End of year financial planning with KickStart Accounting Inc. CEO Danielle Hayden

128

Episode 211: CEO Summit Recap

129

Episode 210: Holiday Cancellations: How to Prevent Them

130

Episode 209: Contingency Planning for your Small Business with Mary Beth

131

Episode 208: How to Make the Most out of Ads for your Brick and Mortar Business with Kia Shakur Kiascope

132

Episode 207: Overcoming Overthinking: 5 Strategies for Women Entrepreneurs

133

Episode 206: How to Plan for Black Friday and Cyber Monday for your Boutique Wellness Biz with Content Strategist Latasha Doyle

134

Episode 205: How Therapy Impacted My Business Growth

135

Episode 204: Navigating Changes at Home When Your Business Grows

136

Episode 203: How I Find Work/Life Balance as a Female Fitness CEO

137

Episode 202: Should you drop that service? Figuring out which offers are helping you grow and which are keeping you stagnant

138

Episode 201: Evaluating Team Members: How to Keep a Great Team

139

Episode 200: Are you sabotaging your earning potential? I was and didn't even realize it....

140

Episode 199: How to get paid first...not last

141

Episode 198: How to Stand Out in a Crowded Market

142

Episode 197: Running a successful Insurance Based PT practice with Dr. Laura Sommer

143

Episode 196: My Journey to 7 Figures

144

Episode 195: Mindset Re-Frames for the Stressed Out Entrepreneur

145

Episode 194: Growing a 6-figure Pelvic Health Practice with Dr. Tanya Goodrich

146

Episode 193: 7 Advertising Ideas for your Brick and Mortar Boutique Fitness Studio

147

Episode 192: Segmentation Success: 5 ways to Boosted Engagement Through Targeted Email Marketing

148

Episode 191: Market Sophistication 101: Tailoring Your Marketing Strategies for Success

149

Episode 190: Why a Strong Management Team that Does not Include YOU is Crucial for your Growing Boutique Wellness Biz

150

Episode 189: Sales Strategies for Small Boutique Fitness Business Owners

151

Episode 188: How to pay yourself as a business owner and why it matters

152

Episode 187: Meet my Team Part 2

153

Episode 186: Meet my Team Part 1

154

Episode 185: Three simple low cost ways to avoid the summer slow down

155

Episode 184: How to Make Sure your Business Never Runs Out of Money: Cash Strategies for the Small Business Owner

156

Episode 183: What to do when you want to give up on your business + why you are feeling that way

157

Episode 182: Scaling Your Small Business: Is It The Right Time to Hire a Director of Operations or Executive Assistant

158

Episode 181: How to create efficient and sustainable schedules for your business, your team and yourself

159

Episode 180: How Female Small Business Owners Can Handle Clients Who Are hesitant to Work with Another Service Provider

160

Episode 179: Using your female strengths as a business owner with Leslie Draffin

161

Episode 178: How to perform your own quarterly review plus a breakdown of my Q1 results

162

Episode 177: How to improve your group exercise programming and create raving fans with Director of Marketing Hannah Pratt

163

Episode 176: What metrics the top female business owners should all be tracking with Danielle Hayden

164

Episode 175: Which program will get you the best results? How you can work with me?

165

Episode 174: Create a System that Turns Leads into Paying Clients

166

Episode 173: A $400k Year and a Major Mindset Shift with Claire Pelletreau

167

Episode 172: Cancellations | What they are costing your business and what you can do about them

168

Episode 171: What To Do When You Don't Love your Business Anymore

169

Episode 170: How to move from clinician to the C-suite in less than a year

170

Episode 169: From clinician to entrepreneur with Anna Hartman

171

Episode 168: Why you keep getting sucked back into your fitness business and what you can do about it

172

Episode 167: Why I Ditched Perfect and so Should You

173

Episode 166: The 3 Simple Ways Highly Successful Female Entrepreneurs Get More Time in our Business (and our lives)

174

Episode 165: How to Find (and fix) Profit Leaks in Your Business

175

Episode 164: How 6 and 7 Figure Business Owners Manage to Take a Month off Without Sacrificing Revenue

176

Episode 163: 3 Ways All Successful Business Owners Learn to Step Away from Day to Day Operations

177

What the 1% of Business Owners All Have in Common

178

How I Generate 6 Figures In Profit Being In Studio Less Than 10 Hours Each Week

179

Female Founder Episode: How to Run Your Business Based on your Human Design with Robyn Macneill

180

3 Reasons High Achievers Are More Prone To Burnout

181

What Successful High Achievers Focus Their Efforts On (I guarantee it's not what you are doing)

182

3 Must Have’s To Attracting And Retaining Top Talent For Your 6 Figure Business

183

3 Reasons Most Successful Business Owners Have Trouble Managing Their Team

184

5 Signs That It's Time To Increase Your Prices

185

7 Things I Still Struggle With As A 7 Figure Business Owner

186

What's Your Exit Strategy? Why I Hate That Question

187

How To Rethink Sales In Your Boutique Fitness And Wellness Biz With Sarah Walton

188

Going From Side Hustling To $10,000/Month In 60 Days With Ali Zeno

189

How Many Hours Do I Work? - That's The Wrong Question To Be Asking

190

New Levels, New Devils with Each Phase of Business Growth

191

Why Retention Matters For Your Boutique Fitness And Wellness Business

192

Attraction Strategies

193

How To Deal With "Problem" Clients

194

Getting Clear On Your Mission & Vision — Why It Matters

195

A Fork in the Road: Do You Grow or Do You Cut Back?

196

Are You Leading Your Team Or Is Your Team Leading You?

197

You're at Capacity Now What?

198

Quarterly Strategy Session - What to look at for the second half of the year

199

How to achieve more by doing less with Genevieve Pepin

200

Everything You Need to Know About HR to Run a Sustainable and Legal Boutique Fitness and Wellness Biz with Katie Santos

201

How to Navigate a Slow Summer in Your Fitness Business

202

How to prime your business for SALE with Boutique Fitness Broker Mitch McGinley

203

Starting a Business in a Pandemic with Surabhi Vietch

204

How to Properly Promote and Onboard a Studio or Clinic Manager with Kelly Montgomery

205

What I learned at the Boutique Fitness Summit

206

Metrics that Matter: Which metrics you should be tracking and why!

207

How to Design a Successful WIN-BACK Strategy for your Boutique Fitness or Wellness Business

208

#FemaleFounders with Elva Li

209

The #1 Mistake Business Owners Make When Hiring

210

#FemaleFridays with Sharon Beason

211

How to Prepare for Seasonal Dips in your Business

212

#FemaleFounders with Laura Munkholm

213

Trends That WORK in the Fitness Industry

214

How a COO Can Improve your Business with Joshua Mendez

215

Other Ways You Can Make Money in Your Fitness or Wellness Business

216

Short Friday 15- 3 stress free ways to say NO without feeling guilty

217

Pulling Back the Curtain Behind the Analytics of a 7-figure Brick and Mortar Business

218

#FemaleFridays with Claire Pelletreau

219

The 5 Dysfunctions of Your Team and What You Can Do About It

220

#FemaleFridays with Sarah Dupree

221

The Feminine Based Approach That Will Work for Your Boutique Fitness or Physical Therapy Business

222

#FemaleFridays with Latasha Doyle

223

The Three Things that Need to Happen to Go from Service Provider to Leader

224

#FemaleFridays with Dr. Arecelly Latino-Feliz

225

Taking Yourself Off the Schedule is the Only Way for Your Business to Grow

226

What Success Looks Like for Women in Our Coaching Programs and What Does That Mean for All of You

227

What's required to grow past $300,000 in revenue in your boutique fitness or physical therapy business

228

#FemaleFridays with Shante Cofield [Part 2]

229

Market Sophistication

230

#FemaleFridays with Shante Cofield [Part 1]

231

From Doubt to Domination - How to Turn Overthinking on It's Head

232

My hack for creating REELS

233

How to bring more patients into your physical therapy practice

234

#FemaleFridays with Heather McConochie

235

Intro Offers That Convert For Your Physical Therapy Or Boutique Fitness Studio

236

What's required to grow your boutique fitness or PT practice beyond $100,000

237

How to Grow Your Boutique Fitness Business Without Taking Anything Else On

238

#FemaleFridays with Kimberly Haley

239

What I've Learned About Business, Marketing & Connection Since Starting This Podcast

240

5 Free or Low Cost ways to stay accountable in 2022

241

Why that Expensive Marketing Strategy isn't working for your Wellness Business

242

#FemaleFridays with Dr. Danelle Dickson

243

2022... Help Me Help You - Christa answers questions LIVE from IG!

244

Words of Wisdom from Women for Women

245

Memberships vs Packages

246

How to Price Your Services for Your Client Based Business

247

#FemaleFridays with Christa

248

Black Friday and Cyber Monday - Great Idea or Big Mistake?

249

#FemaleFridays with Sarah Mamaril

250

The Step by Step Framework of a Business Process Lifecycle

251

#FemaleFridays with Dr. Rena Eleazar

252

What exactly are you hustling for?

253

#FemaleFridays with Kaleen Canevari

254

The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day that Created the Radical Mindset Shift that Turned my Business AND my Life Around

255

#FemaleFridays with Nicole Naab

256

The Three Phases of Business Ownership

257

#FemaleFridays with Jordana Edelstein

258

How to Create Content When You Don't Know What to Create

259

#FemaleFridays with Olesya Webb

260

The Power of Retention - 10 Low Cost or FREE Ways to Keep Your Customers Coming Back

261

#FemaleFridays with Sande Taylor

262

What Metrics Should You Be Tracking?

263

#FemaleFridays with Dr. Perri Young

264

Insurance Based PT vs Cash Based and How To Sell It

265

#FemaleFridays with Anna Hartman

266

Overcoming The Money Objection

267

#FemaleFridays with Jackie Hinton

268

6 Ways To Buy Yourself More Time and Freedom

269

#FemaleFridays with Sandra York

270

How To Structure a Team Meeting

271

#FemaleFridays with Alexia Hammond

272

Are You Ready to Grow From Solopreneur to CEO?

273

#FemaleFridays with Nina Ramirez

274

How I Built My Team - The Good, The Bad and The Lessons Learned

275

#FemaleFridays with Jess Hughes

276

The Anatomy of a Welcome Sequence Email

277

#FemaleFridays with Becky Cerroni

278

How To Prepare For a Successful Photo Shoot

279

#FemaleFridays with Dr. Omolara Uwemedimo

280

Business Book Review

281

#FemaleFridays with Lauren Sok

282

What You Need To Know About Hiring

283

#FemaleFridays with Katie Costalas

284

What You Need To Start Your Business

285

#FemaleFridays with Beth Bishop

286

What Tools & Tech You REALLY Need to Run Your Biz

287

#FemaleFridays with Tracy Sher

288

Time Saving Strategies for Content Creation: How to Batch and Repurpose Content Like a Pro

289

#FemaleFridays with Christa Gurka

290

How To SEO Like a Pro with Latasha Doyle

291

#FemaleFridays with Darcy Smith

292

What To Do When Your Marketing Isn't Working with Andrea Palten

293

#FemaleFridays with Andrea Trombley

294

Mid-Year Review: Know Your Numbers

295

#FemaleFridays with Jackie Fenton

296

Taking Time Off: How to Prepare for Vacation or Maternity Leave

297

#FemaleFridays with Andrea Isabelle Lucas

298

42. Money on your MIND? What you really need to know about peoples relationships with money

299

What To Do When You Don't Have Time To Do It All

300

#FemaleFridays with Alyssa Stewart

301

Mental Health Awareness Month

302

#FemaleFridays with Dana Dreifus

303

The Wellness Professionals Co-Working Business Model with Studio26 founder Jared Kaplan

304

#FemaleFridays with Christi Brown

305

The Essential Ingredients Every Business Must Have to Survive with Shay Kostabi and Barry Enis

306

#FemaleFridays with Katie D'Amato

307

Insurance...What You Need, What You Don't Need To Protect Your Business, Your Employees and Your Customers with Luis Gazitua

308

#FemaleFridays with Lex Lancaster

309

How To Build Social Proof For Your Business

310

#FemaleFridays with Aimee Coppola

311

The Problem With Charging What You're Worth

312

#FemaleFridays with Kristin Kaplan

313

#1 Mistake Biz Owners Make When Running Ads

314

#FemaleFridays with Carrie Pagliano

315

Quarter 1 Review

316

#FemaleFridays with Kari Saitowitz

317

Facebook Ads and Sales Funnels with Michelle Fernandez

318

#FemaleFridays with Krystyna Holland

319

How to Feel More Confident About Your Content & Copy with Latasha Doyle

320

#FemaleFridays with Melanie Connell

321

How To Burnout Proof Your Business

322

#FemaleFridays with HanaKyle Moranz

323

What You Can Learn From Your Competitors

324

#FemaleFridays with Kerry McGinn

325

What I Learned From Investing Over $60,000 In My Business

326

#FemaleFridays with Theresa Pride

327

Pricing and Profit

328

#FemaleFridays with Justine Calderwood

329

Becoming a Better Leader

330

#FemaleFridays with Felicia Alexander

331

Who Should I Hire First

332

#FemaleFridays with Jennifer Hutton

333

Email Marketing Do's and Don'ts

334

#FemaleFridays with Jennifer Maanavi

335

8 Tips to Design a Marketing Strategic Plan

336

#FemaleFridays with Lencola Green

337

Getting To Know You-Tips to Better Understand your Ideal Community

338

#FemaleFridays with Allison Tenney

339

Welcome to the Female emPOWERED Podcast