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The Freelancer's Teabreak — 273 episodes

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1

Freelance Realities: Not Just the Glossy Highlights

2

Freelancers: Watch Out for Scammy Discovery Calls (Quick Warning & What to Do)

3

Tax-Free Childcare & Summer Holiday Survival Tips for Freelancers (UK)

4

How to Respond When Someone Asks You to Work for Free (Without Feeling Awkward)

5

Tiny Ways To Outsource (without feeling overwhelmed)

6

Freelance Service Funnels: DIY, DWY and DFY (Revisited)

7

3 Ways I'm Finding New Clients in May 2026

8

Can You Claim Universal Credit While Freelancing?

9

Following up After Discovery Calls

10

Should I Join a Directory?

11

From Full-Time to Fractional Freedom with Katherine Pearse (Nee Hall)

12

Haggle Your Subscriptions (Rewind)

13

Your Q2 To-Do List

14

My WFH Desk Essentials

15

Why AI Can't Replace Coaching

16

Can Potential Freelance Clients Find You?

17

Are You Proactive or Reactive When Finding Freelance Clients?

18

Freelance vs Fractional: What's the Difference?

19

Is Freelancing Dead? Or Has It Just Rebranded?

20

Future Proofing Your Freelance Business: A Snippet from My New Book

21

What is Freelancing: A Snippet from My New Book

22

Book Doubling for Neurodivergent Writers with Gail Doggett

23

Behind the Scenes of Writing a Book

24

Annoying but Helpful Money Advice With Talia Loderick

25

Three Simple Year-Start Questions

26

My Annual Review

27

Freelance Wins: Boundaries, Learning and Clients

28

Your Freelance End Of Year Admin Checklist

29

Combatting Freelance Loneliness

30

Who Should Pay - The Client or the Freelancer?

31

Top 3 ADHD Time Hacks for Freelancers

32

How Much Responsibility Should You Take for Your Freelance Clients?

33

My Freelance Pet Peeve

34

Why Do Freelancers Charge More per Hour Than Employees?

35

7 Tools for ADHD Freelancers

36

Planning for Q4

37

My Cosy Freelance Favourites

38

Fresh Start Freelance Wk 4: Following Up

39

Fresh Start Freelance Wk 3: Get Visible Without Burning Out

40

Fresh Start Freelance Wk 2: Track Client Journeys

41

Fresh Start Freelance Wk 1: Check Your Offers and Services

42

AI - Gaining Time, But Losing Creativity

43

What I'd Do Differently If I Started Freelancing Today

44

What to Do When You've Lost Motivation in Your Freelance Business

45

The Easiest Way to Raise Your Rates Without Losing Clients

46

5 Ways to Find Clients in August (Even When Everyone's on Holiday)

47

Pivoting as a Freelancer in 2025

48

Preparing for the Summer Holidays

49

Understanding Amber Flags: Navigate Freelancing with Confidence

50

You Don't Have To Scale! With Maggie Patterson

51

Three tools to make SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) for freelancers

52

Sale for National Freelancers Day

53

Can A Graduate Go Freelance? Exploring Opportunities for New Graduates

54

Zoom Hacks for Freelancers

55

Freelance Service Funnels: DIY, DWY and DFY

56

Are You Allowing Too Much Time?

57

My Current Freelance Tech Stack

58

Client Red and Green Flags

59

Why You Need an Emergency Plan as a Freelancer

60

My Newsletter Process Over The Years

61

You Can Only Choose Two

62

Two Great Real Life Pitching Examples

63

Overcoming Freelance Confidence Knocks

64

How to Review Your Quarter 1

65

Building Your Portfolio Without Working for Free

66

One Month on With Discord

67

How I Gamify My Life as a Freelancer

68

Stop Donating Your Free Time to Freelancing

69

Avoid Promotions, Go Freelance!

70

7 Things I Want You To Know About Coaching

71

The Future of My Community

72

Dumping the Freelancer 'Shoulds'

73

Are your Goals Slipping Away?

74

My Unusual Goal Setting Tips

75

My 2024 Review

76

How to Prep for Christmas as a Freelancer

77

Black Friday: Do You Need It?

78

Collaboration vs. Competition in the Freelance World with Jamie Pei

79

my ChatGPT hack to organise my to do list

80

what is pitching?

81

how to create a freelance contract

82

Book writing when you have adhd, with Gail Doggett

83

10 things I've learnt from running a facebook community for a decade

84

My unusual lead magnet with Sarah Wayte

85

6 ways I'm making my coaching more autism-friendly

86

How to set your Quarter Four Goals

87

My LinkedIn Hack for Posting Regularly

88

Do you Review Your Prices? I have!

89

My Journaling Prompts to help Future You

90

How to Manage Imposter Syndrome

91

Freelancing through seasons of life

92

How I Get Myself Motivated Using CHAT GPT

93

How I stop Working over the Summer Holidays

94

Here is your Friendly Nudge

95

Freelancers vs The Patriarchy

96

How to Manage the Inbox Overwhelm

97

My Favourite AI Meeting Tools

98

Advice for New Freelancers, from Experienced Freelancers

99

Be My Guest

100

Does a freelancer need a CV?

101

Special Episode: Chatting all things Freelance with Lisa Pierce

102

How to follow up with enquiries (without the ick)

103

What is it like working with a coach

104

Why Freelancers should say No to doing Spec Work

105

Three exceptions to the rule: Freelancers should never work for free

106

How to Organise your Business (The Real Life Way)

107

Three Ways I use Notion to Run My Business

108

"What to do with all the Ideas in your Head" with Anj Cairns

109

What to track in your business as a freelancer

110

5 Questions to Ask Before You Set Q2 Goals

111

The biggest mistake I made about Neurodiversity

112

My favourite freelance zoom apps and tools

113

My Favourite Chrome Extensions For Freelancers

114

7 ways to stay focused as a freelancer with adhd

115

This is the best advice I've been given as a freelancer

116

This tool will boost your testimonials

117

Three Ways to Bounce Back as a Freelancer

118

Three Ways To Find New Clients That You Won't Have Thought Of

119

Three Common Fears About Going Freelance

120

Three Ways to Make More Money as a Freelancer

121

Freelancer FAQs | The Answers to Your Questions

122

My Freelance Year in Review: What I've Learned.

123

What does return in investment mean to you?

124

Top Tips to Maximise Your Money this Black Friday

125

These are a few of my favourite things

126

Let's Talk About Money.

127

Do you have a sustainable website?

128

Moving from Teachable to Podia

129

ADHD Meds a year on

130

This advice isn't for you

131

Decluttering Hacks For Freelancers

132

Five reoccuring tasks in my daily calendar

133

Five Minute Drains

134

Haggle your subscriptions!

135

Three pitching emails that have landed me clients

136

Two Team Tools

137

Two exciting September announcements

138

How to juggle all the ideas

139

Lean marketing and positive psychology, with Kelly Cookson

140

Freelance marketing without social media - Viv Guy

141

Setting boundaries for time off

142

A Freelance Rant!

143

Three reasons you should try Voxer Coaching

144

Three things to add to your Q3 goals

145

Follow up for more clients!

146

How to be a freelance coach, with Jo and Zoe from the Coaching Crowd

147

Chatting with Freelancer Magazine editor Sophie Cross

148

Podcasting for freelancers, with Fiona Fraser

149

Cyclical Freelance Life with Ellen Franklyn-Carr

150

Spring clean your desk

151

Sort your SEO and get more freelance clients!

152

Spring clean your freelance online presence

153

Spring clean your inbox

154

Spring clean your freelance finances

155

Spring clean your freelance life

156

Imperfect Action

157

The inevitable end of year review episode in 10 minutes

158

Awards, anxiety and working with family, with Georgina Merckel

159

Is Upwork for you? Featuring Sílvia Pinho

160

Treat your clients

161

Collab episode #2: Mental health tips for freelancers

162

Is your business accessible? + ADHD chat

163

Pitch....with less risk

164

How I Met My Client - The Collaborative episode!

165

Niches are overrated

166

How I use Voxer in my freelance business

167

Can you be quietly ambitious? Featuring Ruth Poundwhite

168

Finding time to find freelance clients

169

My Freelance ADHD Tip

170

Please put your prices on your website!

171

Different services for different budgets

172

More and Less

173

What didn't go to plan, and what did you learn?

174

What went well for you this year?

175

Chronic illness and freelancing with Bee Stevenson

176

Kindness, passion projects and side incomes with Sarah Browning

177

Chatty and Appy update

178

Perfection, Shoulds and a decade of freelancing with Gemma Pettman

179

Running a Community (with Suzanne Buckley)

180

Are you an optimist or a pessimist?

181

Childless not through choice - Berenice Smith

182

Should you blog as a freelancer? (Yes!)

183

Three Sites To Find Clients

184

More ways to find clients as a freelancer

185

What is one thing you can do in 2020 to set yourself up for a brilliant 2021?

186

What have you learnt about yourself this year?

187

Ruby McGuire: Growing your biz WITHOUT social media!

188

Review Month: What Has Been Your Biggest Achievement In 2020?

189

Should you work for free?

190

Dealing With Discounts

191

Raising your prices: 5 Things to do

192

Three Common Mistakes People Make With Pricing

193

Where To Share Your Opt-Ins

194

Five Opt-ins For Your Freelance Newsletter

195

Consistency and Content for Newsletters

196

4 Emails to send as a freelancer

197

Pitching for freelancers

198

Networking for freelancers - in a Covid world!

199

It's back! 10 ways to find clients on social media

200

Freelance Finances with Sally Farrant

201

Social Media Tips for Freelancer with Alexis Bushnell

202

Things to think about for a branding photoshoot

203

The most common questions I get

204

Q&A Podcast: Raising Prices, Podcasts and FB groups

205

Are You Being A Bad Boss?

206

Five Things I've Learnt About Running A Membership

207

Passive Income For Freelancers

208

Should You Charge To Pitch?

209

Should You Charge To Do Admin?

210

How To Hack Consistency

211

Getting Out Of A Freelance Rut

212

Are You Making The Most Of Freelance Flexibility?

213

How To Market Your Freelance Business When You're Shy

214

Fast and freelance #3: the mindset trick to fight impostor syndrome

215

Fast and freelance day #2: get local, get leads

216

Fast and freelance tip #1: are you committing this email crime?

217

What are the childcare options for freelancers?

218

New! Fast and Freelance, mini podcast episodes with freelance tips

219

How to survive the summer holidays as a freelance parent

220

How I ran my first virtual summit

221

Ten lessons I've learnt in ten years of freelancing

222

Should you have a newsletter?

223

Using Facebook groups without losing your sanity!

224

How to market your freelance biz on Instagram and LinkedIn

225

How to get into the right pitching mindset

226

The Do's and Don'ts of Pitching for Freelancers

227

How To Find Work And Clients

228

Coaching Exercise: The Wheel Of Life

229

The importance of celebrating wins

230

How to beat overwhelm over your goals

231

Apps for staying focused on your goals

232

What are your core priorities for 2019?

233

Business Books For People Who Don't Read Business Books

234

Three tools to improve communication with your client

235

What will you achieve in the last 90 days of the year?

236

The Freelancer's Teabreak is back!

237

What to include in your Terms & Conditions

238

Visibility, body image and plus size freelancing with Anna Jones

239

Five people every freelancer needs in their life

240

Three Employed Habits You Shouldn't Drop

241

Brilliant apps, tools and tricks to try in February

242

Three ways to speed up invoice payments

243

Planning for the unexpected as a freelancer

244

How could the Apple Watch help your freelance life?

245

An interview with Millie's Huts founder Victoria Gunn

246

Does the F(reelance) word give you the ick?

247

My three favourite Gmail hacks for freelancers

248

How to get motivated (when you really don't want to work)

249

Are you setting yourself up for a fail?

250

What Drives You? An Introduction and Driver #1: Be Perfect

251

Got a freelancing question?

252

#15: 3 Surprising Perks To Freelancing

253

#14: How to be a happier freelancer

254

#13: Why introverts make great freelancers

255

#12: Is the pen mightier than then app?

256

#11 Essential Freelance Apps

257

#10: When marketing scares you

258

#9: Resolutions, obviously

259

#8: Get podcasting

260

#7: Five Ways To Hit Inbox Zero

261

#6: 5 Ways To Be A More Productive Freelancer

262

#5- Meditation

263

5 Things To Do Before You Go Freelance

264

#4: Preparing to go on holiday

265

#3: Are you your own worst enemy?

266

#2: Are you standing in your own way?

267

#1: Rewarding Yourself

268

The Freelancer's Tea Break - 5 Ways To Keep Positive During Tricky Times

269

The Three Minute Podcast: Planning for a freelance future

270

The Three Minute Freelance Podcast: A freelancer's worst enemy

271

How to make freelance life easier: Outsource stuff

272

The Three Minute Podcast: Should you go freelance?

273

The Three Minute Podcast: How to work from home without going batshit crazy