In today's solo episode I talk about all things journalling. And if you're not into journalling... hear me out! Because I also talk a lot about taking care of yourself and accessing your intuition as a business owner - two things which I believe are hugely important in making things happen.And my new program, Clarify, is open this week - it's all about stepping out of the busy work to uplevel your business: http://ruthpoundwhite.com/clarify/ QUICK LINKS: 🌱 Click here to sign up for my $7 Soulfu...
Sep 09, 2019•30 min•Ep. 41
Just a really informal update on why I'm making some changes, how I'm making things easier, what's coming from season 3 and what I'm working on.Links...Free Back to Business Challenge: https://www.ruthpoundwhite.com/btbMy course, Clarify: https://www.ruthpoundwhite.com/clarifyFor episode show notes & links, head to https://ruthpoundwhite.com/podcast/ QUICK LINKS: 🌱 Click here to sign up for my $7 Soulful Growth Club for my sustainable marketing and quiet visibility trainings, regular prompt...
Aug 30, 2019•13 min•Ep. 41
Today’s guest is writer, blogger and fellow introvert, Jessica Rose Williams. I loved this interview, as we got pretty deep about a few topic, including our feelings about “the numbers” on Instagram, and online in general, finding a voice as women who have previously found it hard to speak our opinions, and running a business based on values (including minimalism). "Maybe you can spend your days doing what makes you happy" - Jessica Rose Williams QUICK LINKS: 🌱 Click here to sign up for my $7 S...
Aug 05, 2019•43 min•Ep. 40
In this solo episode of Creatively Human, I answer some of your questions on business topics, including vulnerability, motherhood, mentoring, content planning & more.Link to my content planning ebook: https://ruthpoundwhite.com/spark-ebook/ QUICK LINKS: 🌱 Click here to sign up for my $7 Soulful Growth Club for my sustainable marketing and quiet visibility trainings, regular prompts, q&as, guided journalling & more. 🗣️ Click here to find out more about working with Ruth 1:1 on your ...
Aug 02, 2019•31 min•Ep. 39
Today I’m talking about practical ways in which we can make a difference in the world as business owners and online creatives. This includes the way we sell, the way we market, incorporating our values and feminism into everything we do. It includes doing our bit for the environment, making sure our work is accessible, building charity into what we do and more. This episode is part of my free Everyday Difference project: http://theeverydaydifference.com QUICK LINKS: 🌱 Click here to sign up for ...
Jul 29, 2019•31 min•Ep. 38
Today’s guest is stylist, writer and nature lover Hannah Bullivant. We talk about Hannah's journey to finding her calling in an unexpected industry, kindness as a core life and business value, building charity into our work in small ways, and being honest about the journey. This episode is part of the free Everyday Difference community project: http://theeverydaydifference.com"What can I do today to be kind to myself?" - Hannah Bullivant QUICK LINKS: 🌱 Click here to sign up for my $7 Soulful Gr...
Jul 22, 2019•54 min•Ep. 37
Today’s guest is creative coach and lovely human Nicola Rae-Wickham. We talk about how we get to that point where we start believing in new possibilities, how showing up as yourself is a huge way to make a difference, the nuanced journey to becoming more of ourselves, and the power of affirmations in all of this. This episode is part of the free Everyday Difference community project: http://theeverydaydifference.com"My activism is just showing up" - Nicola Rae-Wickham QUICK LINKS: 🌱 Click here ...
Jul 15, 2019•44 min•Ep. 36
Today’s guest is Instagram Queen Sara Tasker, and we talk about using your online platforms to make a difference: with how you show up as yourself, setting an example for others (and talking about money), and being responsible with the brands you work with. This episode is part of the free Everyday Difference community project: http://theeverydaydifference.com"A lot of us are able to be our most true and full self online" QUICK LINKS: 🌱 Click here to sign up for my $7 Soulful Growth Club for my...
Jul 08, 2019•41 min•Ep. 35
In this short solo episode I encourage you to think about how you already are making an 'everyday' difference with your business or online platforms, and I talk about the exciting project that I'm running throughout July. The free project is called the Everyday Difference, and you can sign up to updates here: http://www.theeverydaydifference.com QUICK LINKS: 🌱 Click here to sign up for my $7 Soulful Growth Club for my sustainable marketing and quiet visibility trainings, regular prompts, q&...
Jul 01, 2019•8 min•Ep. 34
In this q&a episode I continue the conversation about doing email marketing in a soulful, simple and creative way. For a general overview of my heartful email marketing philosophy, listen to part one of this episode (#32). And if you want to build up momentum with your email list, join in with my free 4-day creative email challenge."It is possible to do email marketing - it’s possible to do any kind of marketing - in your own way" QUICK LINKS: 🌱 Click here to sign up for my $7 Soulful Growt...
Jun 06, 2019•28 min•Ep. 32
In this solo episode I talk about one of the most powerful things I've ever done for my business: nurturing an email list in an honest, heart-led and creatively fulfilling way. In a way that suits your personality, that means something to you, and that ultimately makes it easier to sell what you do and make your business more sustainable."I love it… I love writing my newsletters and I love the results they give me" QUICK LINKS: 🌱 Click here to sign up for my $7 Soulful Growth Club for my sustai...
Jun 03, 2019•27 min•Ep. 32
Today I’m interviewing Maria Evans, a coach and mentor for teenagers. I was really keen to talk to Maria because I feel like a lot of the issues affecting teenagers are also really relevant to us as adults - especially how addicted we may feel to our phones, and the way we compare ourselves and our lives to what we see online - so we chatted a lot about that and what we are each doing to cultivate a healthier relationship with screens. QUICK LINKS: 🌱 Click here to sign up for my $7 Soulful Grow...
May 27, 2019•51 min•Ep. 31
In this solo episode I talk about my experience of figuring out what it meant to be an introvert, and how I have shaped my business around my personality (which will apply to the extroverts, too!) Go to https://ruthpoundwhite.com/quiet-visibility/ for my free ebook on the subject, 'Quiet Visibility'."Because I’m showing up as my fully introverted self and I’ve built an audience around that, it’s actually way more comfortable and I don’t feel as shy as I once did." QUICK LINKS: 🌱 Click here to s...
May 20, 2019•34 min•Ep. 30
Today I’m chatting to Greta Solomon, who is a writing coach who specialises in helping people to fully express themselves. We talked about journalling, mindset blocks to creativity, healing old wounds, being honest and vulnerable as highly sensitive introverts and more."My journal was a place for me to get guidance where I didn’t have any outside guidance. To trust myself, to ask questions, to map out where I wanted to go and what I wanted to do" - Greta Solomon QUICK LINKS: 🌱 Click here to sig...
May 07, 2019•38 min•Ep. 28
In this solo episode I talk about the exercises and techniques I use to get clear on my core business values, and why those values matter in my work.Get the free companion guide to this episode by signing up to my newsletter at https://ruthpoundwhite.com/newsletter/ "No one is doing the exact same thing that you’re doing in your business with the exact same reasons and values behind it" QUICK LINKS: 🌱 Click here to sign up for my $7 Soulful Growth Club for my sustainable marketing and quiet vis...
Apr 29, 2019•15 min•Ep. 27
Huma Qureshi is an author and former newspaper journalist turned blogger at Our Story Time. We talked a lot about writing and creativity, and also ventured into impostor syndrome, owning your expertise, banging your own drum and selling what you do in a nice, quiet way."I don’t want to talk to myself in a way that would break my heart if my kids talked to themselves like that" - Huma Qureshi QUICK LINKS: 🌱 Click here to sign up for my $7 Soulful Growth Club for my sustainable marketing and quie...
Apr 23, 2019•41 min•Ep. 26
In this solo episode I talk about how to keep showing up for yourself and your business, even when it's hard. Showing up for me is essential to making this work, but it's hard when you doubt whether what you're doing works, when you doubt yourself, or when you suffer setbacks. So I talk about how I've learnt to navigate these feelings myself over the years. "Showing up for me means having this resilience, and having this faith, that even if things aren't working out now, they will work out in fu...
Apr 15, 2019•22 min•Ep. 25
Sarah Von Bargen, in her own words, helps people spend their time, money and energy on purpose. She has been blogging since 2008 at Yes and Yes, "a lifestyle blog for smart, funny people", and runs several courses on the topics of money and habit. She really is brilliant, so I know you'll enjoy this episode!"A lot of us have spent a lot of time, energy and money pursuing a version of happiness that we haven’t necessarily taken time to examine." QUICK LINKS: 🌱 Click here to sign up for my $7 Sou...
Apr 01, 2019•35 min•Ep. 23
Season 2 of Creatively Human is coming on Monday April 1st! In this quick catch up episode I talk about some of the topics being covered and why I changed the release day (there's actually a good reason!) QUICK LINKS: 🌱 Click here to sign up for my $7 Soulful Growth Club for my sustainable marketing and quiet visibility trainings, regular prompts, q&as, guided journalling & more. 🗣️ Click here to find out more about working with Ruth 1:1 on your business strategy & self-belief to g...
Mar 19, 2019•5 min•Ep. 23
In this final episode of season 1 of Creatively Human, I share my journey of starting something new, scary and ultimately totally fulfilling: the podcast itself! And although this is about my experience of podcasting, it's more about the feelings and the mindset stuff that goes into doing anything new or creative. QUICK LINKS: 🌱 Click here to sign up for my $7 Soulful Growth Club for my sustainable marketing and quiet visibility trainings, regular prompts, q&as, guided journalling & mor...
Feb 12, 2019•28 min•Ep. 22
Today I’m chatting with Vix Meldrew, who started blogging under a pen name and quit her teaching job last year to take it full time. She is really open about what it takes to make that transition, and we chatted quite a bit about how much honesty there is surrounding money and privilege in the blogging industry. "In any kind of creative business, the minute you pigeonhole yourself and the minute you say "I’m only ever going to do this” you’re kind of stifling yourself" - Vix Meldrew QUICK LINKS:...
Feb 06, 2019•38 min•Ep. 21
In this solo episode of Creatively Human, I share some of my thoughts on what it means to change the world, and why I think we are all already doing just that by the very act of starting a business."It's OK to start small, it’s OK to not have it all figured out yet, and it’s OK to see where the journey takes you." QUICK LINKS: 🌱 Click here to sign up for my $7 Soulful Growth Club for my sustainable marketing and quiet visibility trainings, regular prompts, q&as, guided journalling & mor...
Jan 30, 2019•18 min•Ep. 20
Today’s chat is with Elizabeth Goddard, who has a really unique take on how she does things that doesn’t always match what the experts will tell you! QUICK LINKS: 🌱 Click here to sign up for my $7 Soulful Growth Club for my sustainable marketing and quiet visibility trainings, regular prompts, q&as, guided journalling & more. 🗣️ Click here to find out more about working with Ruth 1:1 on your business strategy & self-belief to grow your audience & make more sales your way 👋 Cli...
Jan 16, 2019•37 min•Ep. 18
Today’s guest is with Tamu Thomas, who runs Three Sixty, and we got into a lot of mindset stuff in this interview, specifically the courage it takes to start something new, and what it means to take care of yourself and give yourself the gift of time. QUICK LINKS: 🌱 Click here to sign up for my $7 Soulful Growth Club for my sustainable marketing and quiet visibility trainings, regular prompts, q&as, guided journalling & more. 🗣️ Click here to find out more about working with Ruth 1:1 o...
Jan 09, 2019•46 min•Ep. 17
In this solo episode of Creatively Human, I share some of my thoughts on goal-setting, planning, prioritising, and everything else that goes along with setting yourself up for a really good year. I also talk about some of the exercises I use in regular business meetings with myself that help me work "on" my business, rather than always "in" it."I guess the overall message I would give anyone in terms of planning and setting yourself up for a good year is: treat your business like a real business...
Jan 02, 2019•31 min•Ep. 16
In this solo episode of Creatively Human, I answer some of your questions on business topics. This was fun! For episode show notes & links, head to https://ruthpoundwhite.com/podcast/ QUICK LINKS: 🌱 Click here to sign up for my $7 Soulful Growth Club for my sustainable marketing and quiet visibility trainings, regular prompts, q&as, guided journalling & more. 🗣️ Click here to find out more about working with Ruth 1:1 on your business strategy & self-belief to grow your audience...
Dec 22, 2018•29 min•Ep. 15
In this solo episode on Creatively Human, I talk about how I'm prioritising feeling good and in alignment with my values in my work. I also share how I didn't always do things this way, and why it's actually quite scary at times to forge your own path. QUICK LINKS: 🌱 Click here to sign up for my $7 Soulful Growth Club for my sustainable marketing and quiet visibility trainings, regular prompts, q&as, guided journalling & more. 🗣️ Click here to find out more about working with Ruth 1:1 ...
Dec 12, 2018•16 min•Ep. 12
Today’s guest is the brilliant Jen Carrington, who has taught me so much about doing work that truly fits around me. This interview is full of so much goodness! We spoke a lot about writing and developing a strong voice across a "content ecosystem", finding your “secret weapon” content, being creative outside of our work, starting a business young, and the mindset work that has led Jen to where she is now. QUICK LINKS: 🌱 Click here to sign up for my $7 Soulful Growth Club for my sustainable mar...
Nov 28, 2018•40 min•Ep. 10
This week's interview is with Anna Considine and we talk about so much in this episode. I have a trigger warning, as she speaks very openly about her experience of psychosis. Plus we chat body confidence photo shoots, running a multifaceted business online and much more.For episode show notes & links, head to https://ruthpoundwhite.com/podcast/ QUICK LINKS: 🌱 Click here to sign up for my $7 Soulful Growth Club for my sustainable marketing and quiet visibility trainings, regular prompts, q&a...
Nov 14, 2018•34 min•Ep. 8
Today’s chat is with Gabrielle, who specialises in freeing people of overthinking and worry to live life with more ease and joy. In this interview, Gabrielle gives us some concrete strategies to overcome the kind of overthinking that creative business owners are prone to, as well as sharing her own story and her experiences of choosing to get more visible this year.For episode show notes & links, head to https://ruthpoundwhite.com/podcast/ QUICK LINKS: 🌱 Click here to sign up for my $7 Soul...
Nov 07, 2018•35 min•Ep. 7
