Have you ever done the exercise where you look at the big picture vision you have for your business and identify the person you need to be to achieve that? While this is a valuable exercise, because we can’t wait until after we achieve "the thing" to be the version of the person who is able to achieve it (as that just doesn’t make sense) I feel there’s a flaw or missing piece in the exercise that makes it harder for us to ‘be that version’ now, which in turn makes the goals harder to reach. If y...
Mar 27, 2025•13 min•Ep. 155
When I sat down to prepare for this episode of the podcast, I had a couple of topics in mind, but I just couldn’t get it together on either of them. Which led me to the actual topic it’s good for us to talk about: Uncertainty It’s an unavoidable part of business, so how do we manage it? Let’s talk on the show and I’ll share a micro-routine to help you do so. Elle xo Growth without the Guesswork - free training replay Get access to the Growth without the Guesswork replay here. https://elleturner....
Mar 20, 2025•11 min•Ep. 154
Recently, my online buddy and I, Charlene Thompson, recorded TWO podcast episodes to EXPOSE and REFRAME the Sales Ick to help YOU confidently serve your ideal clients AND your business by showing up and SELLING your offers. Why do so many of us in online business find it hard to SELL what we offer? Why do we get ‘The Sales Ick’? and What can we do about it? Join us today for part 2 of our conversation! Elle xo Charlene Thompson is a Sales Optimisation Leader who helps small and medium size busin...
Mar 13, 2025•24 min•Ep. 153
Recently, my online buddy and I, Charlene Thompson, recorded TWO podcast episodes to EXPOSE and REFRAME the Sales Ick to help YOU confidently serve your ideal clients AND your business by showing up and SELLING your offers. Why do so many of us in online business find it hard to SELL what we offer? Why do we get ‘The Sales Ick’? And What can we do about it? Join us for Part 1 today and come back next week for Part 2! Elle xo Charlene Thompson is a Sales Optimisation Leader who helps small and me...
Mar 06, 2025•28 min•Ep. 152
Have you ever thought, ‘Why am I bothering doing all this work? I’ve got little or nothing to show for it. Maybe I should just quit my business.’ I’ve certainly thought that and, if you have too (or something similar) this episode of Taking It Personally is for you, because I’m sharing the ONE belief that has helped me keep on keeping on in my business. If you don't WANT to quit, I don't want you to either! Elle xo *For solopreneurs, or business owners with 1 or 2 of a team, who want to show up ...
Feb 27, 2025•13 min•Ep. 151
One of the most harmful feelings I’ve experienced over my 8 or so years in the online business space is SELF DOUBT. I say harmful because, not only did it make my day-to-day experience of business very rocky because I felt bad (and that would have been a good enough reason alone to address it) but it also had a directly damaging effect on my business’ bottom line. Let’s talk about the cost to your bottom line of second guessing yourself in business ( and what you can do about it). Elle xo Join m...
Feb 20, 2025•15 min•Ep. 150
I’ve been re-reading my journals from my early days in business and share some entries from my early days in business on this episode of the podcast. (Eeep 😨) From around 2017-18 and into 2019, these journal entries show how, what I now provide and call Entrepreneur Training, was the missing piece in my business that meant I found the early years overwhelming, confusing, dread-inducing and, at times, just plain horrible . If you want to hear the real, vulnerable and unedited examples from my jo...
Feb 13, 2025•16 min•Ep. 149
Because I deal with personal, leadership and mindset development for business owners, I spend a lot of time focusing on what’s going on internally: Limiting beliefs that lead to indecision Self-doubt that leads to inaction, The dismissing of the importance of self - leadership leading to overwhelm, (because leadership as a term isn’t the first thing that springs to mind, understandably, as a solopreneur or micro-business owner) In this episode, we talk about: how such internal blocks show up in ...
Feb 06, 2025•13 min•Ep. 148
One of the reasons I have developed my business to provide Entrepreneur Training is because I’ve seen so many times, and have experienced myself, business feeling heavy, confusing and overwhelming. I’ve seen it lead to really creative, impact driven, talented people with an idea and a vision feeling burned out, stuck, frustrated or demoralised (or all of the above), because they didn’t feel they were experiencing the business results they wanted in the timeframe they expected. I’m certainly fami...
Jan 30, 2025•11 min•Ep. 147
I created my entrepreneur training programme, Build the Business Owner, to help you grow your business through prioritising your personal, leadership and mindset development so that you can elevate and lock it the decision making, self-trust, clarity and confidence skills and behaviours that underpin effective ACTION in your business (for example on marketing, visibility, sales etc.) so that you can grow and scale your business in an aligned and sustainable way. What I didn’t realise was that it...
Jan 23, 2025•12 min•Ep. 146
I know a lot of us in the online space started a business with the intention of leveraging it for the good of the collective. The people I work with are heart-led, impact driven, soulful and creative humans who want, through growing a business, to make their unique contribution to changing the world for the better. My guest on the Podcast this week joined me to talk about another way to contribute to positive change and support other entrepreneurs at the same time. Marcia Dawood is an early stag...
Jan 16, 2025•30 min•Ep. 145
Happy New Year! In this, the first episode of Taking It Personally in 2025, I’m talking about why I see leaning into spiritual practices as an important part of your development as a business owner. This is not in any way to prescribe particular spiritual practices or beliefs, but instead to consider how the combination of logic and spirituality , the blending of both ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine’ energies and the deliberate incorporation of these into your development as a business owner is what f...
Jan 09, 2025•12 min•Ep. 144
If you’ve been trying to achieve a particular result in your business You’ve done the best you can and still The clients, the growth, the income or whatever outcome you planned for Didn’t happen This episode is for you. It’s through not achieving my 2024 business goals that I learned, not for the first time, how to have faith that everything is as it’s supposed to be. (Just because it’s annoying , doesn’t mean it’s not true, so listen anyway!) Elle xo *For solopreneurs, or business owners with 1...
Dec 12, 2024•12 min•Ep. 143
I haven't achieved my goals in 2024. I definitely could have made that mean on a number of occasions throughout the year that: I'm not good enough I don't have what it takes I'll never get what I want BUT, thank goodness I didn't because what's actually happened is that: Although 2024 has been and felt crappy in a lot of ways The experiences that have delayed the launch of my Build the Business Owner Entrepreneur Training programme have actually resulted in me creating a better and stronger prog...
Dec 05, 2024•11 min•Ep. 142
I’m delighted to be joined by Lora Brown & Angelic Lovestrong, from the Fempreneur True Confessions podcast. for this episode of Taking It Personally. Lora & Angelic are entrepreneurs who believe we are here, as business owners, to support each other, not to see each other as competition. Join us on the show as we talk about: The benefits of an abundance mindset over a scarcity mindset Why collaboration over competition is good for business and How, through adopting this approach to busi...
Nov 28, 2024•36 min•Ep. 141
As an Entrepreneur Trainer, I talk about entrepreneurial leadership and taking the role of ‘CEO’ in your business But I understand why it’s not always clear at face value why this is relevant to solo & micro-preneurs, and why I’ve been asked What do you mean by leadership, who are you leading? Join me for this episode of the podcast to find out why being a ‘CEO’ will help you grow your business and achieve the lifestyle and legacy results you’re looking for. Elle xo *For solopreneurs, or bus...
Nov 21, 2024•11 min•Ep. 140
Joining me on this episode of Taking It Personally is Sabrina Hall, a certified coach and Neuro-Linguistic Programmer, who helps female business owners stand out, magnetise their dream clients and make more money through her visibility code. Visibility is one of the most important pieces to create for your business but, arguably, one of the most difficult. This is true not only practically, because of all the options available, but also personally , especially when showing up and standing out ca...
Nov 14, 2024•32 min•Ep. 139
What is it COSTING you to prioritise business strategies and tactics over your own personal, leadership and mindset development as a business owner? Full disclosure, yes, I have a vested interest in showing you that you need to Build the Business OWNER to Build the Business, because that’s what I help you do and that’s what all my offers are geared towards But, the bottom line is, I want you to achieve your vision for your business. If at the moment you feel a lack of clarity, direction or focus...
Nov 07, 2024•13 min•Ep. 138
To be honest, for one reason and another, I’ve not been feeling great the past few weeks. I had different intentions for this episode of Taking It Personally but, when I sat down to prepare, I felt that all I wanted to do was tell you how great you are For being prepared to show up Build your own heart-led business And share your talents with the world This episode is a pick-me-up / pep talk / virtual business hug for whenever life is life-ing and you need a reminder about why you rock! I’m root...
Oct 31, 2024•9 min•Ep. 137
Not only is it the hardest lesson I’ve had to learn, I know, from having been in the online space for 8 or so years now, that this is something that has affected almost everyone I’ve spoken to - clients, friends, mentors So, very possibly, it’ll have affected you too. My goal (through Entrepreneur Training) is to help you shift whatever’s blocking you from taking action so that you can see the results you want in your business, whether that’s more clients, a bigger audience or opportunities like...
Oct 17, 2024•15 min•Ep. 136
If you know me at all, you’ll know that I provide Entrepreneur Training so that you can Build the Business OWNER (you) so that you can then, in turn, build your heart-led, impact driven business and achieve all the success, fulfilment and flexibility you desire. I spend a lot of time talking about why building the business owner is the key to this based on my knowledge, experience and all the good things But in today’s episode I’m talking about why it’s so important that you build your business....
Oct 10, 2024•15 min•Ep. 135
A short podcast holiday! Hey there, Taking It Personally is taking a short autumn break for a couple of weeks, but I'll be back with you really soon to talk all things entrepreneurial leadership and mindset! If you want to listen to Taking It Personally meantime, here are a handful of back catalogue episodes you could start with: #67 I don’t need to BTBO, I just need to make money #68 Three Mindset Myths that are affecting your business #98 How to manage the hardest part of entrepreneurship #100...
Sep 10, 2024•1 min
When I started recording this episode of the podcast, I wasn’t quite sure where it was going to go, I just knew I wanted to share something that’s been on my heart and mind to get your opinion. It’s time for me to share more vulnerably, but I promise it’s got a point related to business building and to YOU building your business too. Let me know what you think! Elle xo *For solopreneurs, or business owners with 1 or 2 of a team, who want to show up and share their message confidently and consist...
Sep 05, 2024•12 min•Ep. 134
How do you identify the ‘problem’ you need to solve to move your business forward? How do you identify the right problem when there’s so much information in the online space telling you: Do this No, do this , No, that’s wrong, do this instead to grow your business I have FIVE questions in this week’s episode to ask yourself so that you can feel confident you know what action to take to make progress as we head into the new season. Elle xo *For solopreneurs, or business owners with 1 or 2 of a te...
Aug 29, 2024•11 min•Ep. 133
One thing we all know (and can rely upon) is that life happens with no regard to your plans for business growth. In this episode we talk about THREE questions to ask yourself so that you not only know WHAT you want to achieve during the remainder of 2024, but how you can BEST set yourself up to achieve it. And, as well as guiding you through the questions, I share the life lesson that kept smacking me in the face until I was finally prepared to learn it! As always, one of my intentions through m...
Aug 22, 2024•13 min•Ep. 132
If your goals for the remainder of 2024 include attracting and signing clients and making more sales so that you can create the revenue and profit you desire But at the moment you feel that’s inconsistent or you’re bogged down in day to day service provision and know you want to expand but don’t know how you’ll find the time and energy or maybe you know you know what to do but you’re overwhelmed by all the things you could be taking action on And you’re looking for what needs to change, or a mis...
Aug 15, 2024•14 min•Ep. 131
We want to see a positive return on any investment we make in our business, whether it be our investment of money, time, energy and even hope. There are different ways to think about, and measure, ROI but, ultimately, in business, it is a financial ROI that leads to a growing and sustainable business. It’s understandable, therefore, that when investing whether it be in software, team, learning or support through programmes and/or coaching/mentoring, that we want, as a minimum, to get our investm...
Aug 08, 2024•16 min•Ep. 130
I was delighted to welcome Speaker, Podcast Host, Best selling author and CEO of Sales Maven, Nikki Rausch, to the podcast to talk about selling successfully and authentically. Selling in a way that feels authentic to us as business owners HAS to be one of the hottest topics for heart-led, impact driven business owners, doesn’t it, because, not only do we not want to come across as pushy, or just out to make a buck to someone else’s detriment, we have also experienced as buyers the fear of falli...
Aug 01, 2024•40 min•Ep. 129
(New episodes from 1 August!) Every so often I like to 'encore' an episode of the podcast that really drives home the importance of entrepreneur training and the need to Build the Business OWNER to Build the Business That is, the need to focus on your own personal and leadership development as a business owner and build your business mindset so that you can take action in your business to grow your audience, connect with kindred clients, make more sales, or whatever goals you have to increase yo...
Jul 25, 2024•11 min
(New episodes from 1 August) Every so often I like to 'encore' an episode of the podcast that really drives home the importance of entrepreneur training and the need to Build the Business OWNER to Build the Business That is, the need to focus on your own personal and leadership development as a business owner and build your business mindset so that you can take action in your business to grow your audience, connect with kindred clients, make more sales, or whatever goals you have to increase you...
Jul 18, 2024•16 min
