In this episode, I share the five things I’d focus on if I were to have my first year in business all over again - the activities that will support sustainable growth, clarity, and strong foundations for further down the line. 🌱 In this episode, you’ll learn: - Why shaping your ideal week early on matters (even if your calendar is still quiet) - The value of building a network before you feel ready - How to talk about what you do, even when your niche is still forming - What simple metrics are ...
Jul 13, 2025•16 min•Ep. 34
In today’s episode, I’m sharing a theme that is taking a prominent place in my business this year - simplicity as a way of building spaciousness and sustainability for the long term. If you’re a service-based business owner (a coach, consultant, or wellness practitioner) who’s feeling stretched too thin or unsure where to focus next, this episode is for you. I’ll walk you through five key principles that, in my opinion, support a more regenerative, values-aligned approach to business - including...
Jun 29, 2025•21 min•Ep. 33
What if the way you work and how you deliver your services is just as important as what you offer? In this episode, I’m sharing my thoughts on how to build a business that actually feels good to run — one that’s not only sustainable for your clients, but also for you. Whether you’re a coach, consultant, or wellness practitioner, I’ll walk you through the key questions I use to review whether an offer is truly working — for you, your clients, and the wider world. This isn’t about starting from sc...
Jun 15, 2025•15 min•Ep. 32
Join me this week for a conversation on what I believe is one of the key principles of creating a sustainable, regenerative business - designing relevant solutions to real problems. In business and elsewhere in life, there can be such a focus placed on always having and building more, which inevitably leads to waste and resources being used in a way that isn't really necessary. In the episode we dive into what this actually means for us as values-led service based business owners and how we go a...
Jun 01, 2025•11 min•Ep. 31
Tune in this week as I'm talking about how you know it's time to simplify your business: 1️⃣ You’re juggling too many offers 2️⃣ Your days feel reactive, not intentional 3️⃣ Your business doesn’t energise you in the way it once did 4️⃣ Your income isn’t reflecting your effort 5️⃣ You Don’t Know What’s Working (or What’s Not) Tune in to hear more about each of these as well as suggested solutions. 🔗 Connect with Me: If you enjoyed this episode and want to learn more about this approach, check ou...
May 29, 2025•39 min•Ep. 30
Join me this week as I dive into the question of what it takes to build a business that really works for you—not just financially, but personally and energetically too. I'm diving into my own squiggly career path where I join the dots to find the three key ingredients that I need to make my business fulfilling and one that meets my needs beyond the finances alone. 💡 What You’ll Learn - Why your career doesn’t need to follow a straight line to be meaningful - How to reconnect with what truly mat...
May 11, 2025•19 min•Ep. 29
Join me this week as we explore the importance of understanding and articulating the big why behind your business. My belief is that your why is the foundation upon which everything else in your business is built. If you've ever felt like your business doesn’t quite match the life you want to lead or you're unsure how to communicate the deeper mission behind your work, this one's for you. 💡 What You’ll Learn - Why defining your “why” is foundational to your work - Five key reasons why your big ...
Apr 27, 2025•21 min•Ep. 28
In today's episode I'm talking about five ways to test out a new offer or idea for your business, without having to 'put yourself out there.' Key Takeaways from the episode include: - Testing ideas is crucial for both your own personal alignment, as well as validating what your customers want. - The traditional lean startup approach may not be ideal for solo entrepreneurs. - Simple methods like writing, vision boards, and talking can effectively explore ideas. - Building momentum through gradual...
Apr 13, 2025•16 min•Ep. 27
In today's episode I'm talking about overwhelm in business, why it's so common and what we can do about it. Key Takeaways from the episode include: - Overwhelm is a common and valid experience, especially for solo business owners. - Recognizing the signs of overwhelm is the first step towards addressing it. - Implementing practical strategies can help regain focus and balance. - Creating sustainable plans and aligning business activities with personal goals is essential. If you would like suppor...
Mar 30, 2025•20 min•Ep. 26
In this week's episode I'm talking through three steps to sustainable action in your business. 1️⃣ Getting clear on your big why and what it is your are working towards 2️⃣ Auditing where you are now - what's working and what's not 3️⃣ Rebuilding a new plan that is based on the activities that energise you the most AND get you to where you want to go If you would like support in putting together a plan for sustainable action in your business, you might like to check out a half day strategy inten...
Mar 21, 2025•13 min•Ep. 25
This week it's a solo episode from me talking about how I am putting my word of the year 'spaciousness' into action. I'm talking about both the practical, tangible steps that I’m taking to make that this possible as well as the internal shifts that I’ve needed to make to get out of doing mode. In the episode I mention a blog post that talks through the pyramid goal system that I use, that you can find here: https://www.debbielee.co.uk/blog/how-to-set-goals-that-you-can-achieve Hosted on Acast. S...
Feb 21, 2025•16 min•Ep. 24
This week on the podcast join me in conversation with Betty Cottam Bertels. Betty is a hypnotherapist and coach who helps fellow entrepreneurs to overcome the internal obstacles that are keeping them stuck so that they can move forward and grow a business where they are the fullest version of themselves. In the episode we dive into Betty's story from shoe-string adventurer to business owner and mum of two, and how our life experiences all add up to the version of ourself that we are today. If yo...
Feb 07, 2025•47 min•Ep. 23
Join me on the podcast this week where I am in conversation with Asis Patel, talking all about the power of storytelling in business. Asis is an Artist and Storyteller and helps coaches and creatives to join the dots within themselves so that they can better understand their own story and share it with the world. We cover the role that storytelling has to play in: - understanding yourself more - forming deeper connection with clients - marketing in a way that feels natural and easy If you'd like...
Jan 31, 2025•40 min•Ep. 22
This week on the podcast, I'm delighted to be hosting Susan Wallace, founder of Settled Petals. Through her work, Susan provides support to families using sleep consultancy, potty training, baby yoga, baby massage, and also provides accredited training in these areas. Susan believes in a tailored approach that meets each individual family's needs in order to give them the best possible support through the early years. Key Takeaways: Finding Your Niche: Susan's passion for supporting families led...
Jan 17, 2025•32 min•Ep. 21
Join me for this conversation with Stephanie Wasylyk, a business coach and founder of the Happy Squirrel Collective - a unique ADHD-friendly community for business owners. Stephanie shares her 12-year journey in coaching, including how her niche in supporting ADHD entrepreneurs has unfolded naturally. We explore her innate talent for creating supportive structure amidst chaos and how this can be a complimentary pairing for those of us with busy brains and creative minds. Our conversation also to...
Oct 21, 2024•29 min•Ep. 20
Rose is a transformational, healing-centered coach who specialises in coaching spiritually oriented women to find the wisdom and compassion within themselves. Prior to becoming a coach Rose worked as a tenured professor of religious studies in California before moving to Istanbul where she currently lives. Rose has travelled extensively and has a visible passion for meeting and connecting with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures. In this podcast episode we’re talking about her experienc...
Sep 26, 2024•40 min•Ep. 19
Caroline Leon is a business coach who specializes in supporting service-based, online business owners - such as coaches, healers and teachers - to build and grow sustainable businesses. She supports business owners to do away with the gross and manipulative tactics so prevalent these days online and instead adopt ethical growth strategies that put people before profits. She firmly believes that when we change the way we do business, we change the world. Content creation, and specifically long fo...
Sep 12, 2024•39 min•Ep. 18
DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE REGENERATIVE BUSINESS STARTER KIT ➡️ www.debbielee.co.uk/starter-kit To get the most out of the series, I invite you to download your free Starter Kit so that you can follow along with each episode and create a one-page framework that will serve as the regenerative action plan for your business. EPISODE SUMMARY Welcome to Episode 6 of the Beyond Business Summer Podcast Series! Today, we explore how to create and nurture a regenerative framework for your online business, taking...
Aug 15, 2024•12 min•Ep. 6
DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE REGENERATIVE BUSINESS STARTER KIT ➡️ www.debbielee.co.uk/starter-kit To get the most out of the series, I invite you to download your free Starter Kit so that you can follow along with each episode and create a one-page framework that will serve as the regenerative action plan for your business. EPISODE SUMMARY Welcome to the Beyond Business Summer Podcast Series! This episode builds on our previous discussion about crafting offers with ease, and talks about shifting from a tr...
Aug 08, 2024•11 min•Ep. 5
DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE REGENERATIVE BUSINESS STARTER KIT ➡️ www.debbielee.co.uk/starter-kit To get the most out of the series, I invite you to download your free Starter Kit so that you can follow along with each episode and create a one-page framework that will serve as the regenerative action plan for your business. EPISODE SUMMARY Join me this week on the Beyond Business Summer Podcast Series as we explore the next step in our regenerative business framework: creating a valuable offer with ease. ...
Aug 01, 2024•13 min•Ep. 4
DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE REGENERATIVE BUSINESS STARTER KIT ➡️ www.debbielee.co.uk/starter-kit To get the most out of the series, I invite you to download your free Starter Kit so that you can follow along with each episode and create a one-page framework that will serve as the regenerative action plan for your business. EPISODE SUMMARY Join me in this episode as we explore the vital role of connection in building a successful online business. We discuss the common pitfalls of creating products or serv...
Jul 25, 2024•12 min•Ep. 3
DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE REGENERATIVE BUSINESS STARTER KIT ➡️ www.debbielee.co.uk/starter-kit To get the most out of the series, I invite you to download your free Starter Kit so that you can follow along with each episode and create a one-page framework that will serve as the regenerative action plan for your business. EPISODE SUMMARY Join me on this episode as we explore the transformative power of purpose-led business frameworks and their potential to create a more sustainable and collaborative onl...
Jul 18, 2024•14 min•Ep. 2
DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE REGENERATIVE BUSINESS STARTER KIT ➡️ www.debbielee.co.uk/starter-kit To get the most out of the series, I invite you to download your free Starter Kit so that you can follow along with each episode and create a one-page framework that will serve as the regenerative action plan for your business. EPISODE SUMMARY Welcome to the Beyond Business Summer Podcast Series! In this first episode, we challenge the traditional, profit-focussed approache to online business, often rooted in...
Jul 11, 2024•12 min•Ep. 1
DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE REGENERATIVE BUSINESS STARTER KIT ➡️ www.debbielee.co.uk/starter-kit To get the most out of the series, I invite you to download your free Starter Kit so that you can follow along with each episode and create a one-page framework that will serve as the regenerative action plan for your business. EPISODE SUMMARY Welcome to the Beyond Business Summer Podcast Series! Coming up over the next six episodes, we will be exploring a transformative approach to building a sustainable onl...
Jul 05, 2024•9 min
Join me on this week's episode of the podcast where I welcome Danièle Fogel, a passionate herbal educator and founder of Yervika. Through Yervika, Danièle is working to bring herbs back into everyday life to foster more connection & belonging, and also greater health & wellbeing. She seeks to re-orient people towards nature, our inherent belonging to the earth and a reclamation of ancestral knowledge & wisdom that connects us to our inner power and opens a pathway to collective wellb...
Jun 18, 2024•37 min•Ep. 17
EPISODE SUMMARY Join me on this episode where I’m talking with Nathalie Alburjas of Utterly Create, where she helps conscious entrepreneurs to strengthen their business by unlocking their brand's true potential. During the conversation we dive into: ➡️ What branding is and what makes Nathalie’s approach different ➡️ Why branding matters as a conscious business owner ➡️ What makes a brand stand out as ethical ➡️ Common challenges business owners have when it comes to branding ➡️ The benefits of g...
May 30, 2024•33 min•Ep. 16
EPISODE SUMMARY Join me on this episode where I’m talking with Beth Derry, founder of Lovely Messy Humans. Through this work, Beth aims to dismantle the stigmas and create a new understanding of teenage self-harm, emotional wellbeing and resilience. Prior to founding Lovely Messy Humans, Beth spent two decades helping the world’s biggest companies communicate about sustainability, from climate change to human rights. During this time she also dived deep into her own inner world, alongside raisin...
May 16, 2024•32 min•Ep. 15
Have you ever had that lightbulb moment of a business idea that lights you up, only to be stopped in your tracks by the question of where to begin? Starting out in your own business can be both exciting and daunting. Overwhelm can be a common companion in the early days. In this episode I offer up a step by step framework that you can use to guide simple, sustainable action that starts small and allows you to grow from there. It helps to take you from initial idea to a fully fledged business in ...
Mar 28, 2024•25 min•Ep. 13
Join me in this episode as I talk with Rowena Gerrett about embracing nature’s rhythms in life, work and business. Rowena is a coach and facilitator who supports female entrepreneurs and changemakers to do their work more joyfully and sustainably. She does this through spaces that support their reconnection to their bodies, the natural world and reimagining their place in our wider interconnected world about embracing. Nature is central to how Rowena lives, works and supports others. In this epi...
Mar 21, 2024•34 min•Ep. 12
Join me as I talk with Rachael Cumberland Dodd of Feed Marketing. Rachael is an ex-corporate marketer turned niche-whisperer & messaging guide. She helps unknown, unconventional biz owners who want to do-good get to the heart of what they do, why they do it and for whom, so they can market their mission with ease and attract best-fit clients. At the core of Rachael’s message is “start with you, not who”. In this episode we dive into the importance of getting to know yourself first, as a way ...
Feb 29, 2024•38 min•Ep. 11
