Slowpreneur: Business Without the Busy

Hello hello & welcome back to Season THREE of Slowpreneur! I am so happy to be back after our season break and ready to dive back into the world of slowpreneurship with all of you.  On today's episode, I'm sharing seven key mindset shifts that I've had to make on my journey to building an intentional and sustainable business that works for me. These are philosophies or ways of thinking about your work that can make a huge impact on how you feel as an entrepreneur & I hope they get the wheels turning for you as to how you can simplify, streamline and humanize your business more to suit you. 😍 See show notes for this episode at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠stephaniepellett.com/slowpreneur⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Stay in touch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Email⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ This episode is sponsored by my business coaching community, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Profoundery⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Want to check it out for yourself? Get your first Productivity Party for free ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠right here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slowpreneur/message

As a solo business owner, it can be really tough to set boundaries with clients. We need to have policies that protect us, but speaking those out loud and enforcing them with others can feel super scary, if not next to impossible. 🙈 It's also pretty hard to figure out when to be disciplined with your boundary-setting, and when to be more flexible. When we should give people the benefit of the doubt, and when we should hold firm. This is why gentle boundary-setting is an art, not a science.  In today's episode, I'm sharing two recent stories that illustrated for me some of the principles and values that I believe in when it comes to gentler, more human boundary-setting. Remember: there are no "right answers", there are only answers that feel right to you. ❤️ See show notes for this episode at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠stephaniepellett.com/slowpreneur⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Stay in touch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Email⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ This episode is sponsored by my business coaching community, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Profoundery⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Want to check it out for yourself? Get your first Productivity Party for free ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠right here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slowpreneur/message

On today's episode, I'm interviewing social media strategist and event planner Kirsti McNabney, whose mission is to help you connect with your ideal clients in-person and digitally. If you're somebody who has a major love-hate relationship with social media (🙋🏻‍♀️), this is the episode for you. Kirsti's approach centres authenticity, community, and building true connection with the people you interact with online. We talk a lot about why social media "best practices" might not be right for you, and how you can create a social media presence that actually feels good for you to sustain. I found Kirsti's wisdom so fresh and helpful, and I know you'll love her advice in this episode. See show notes for this episode at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠stephaniepellett.com/slowpreneur⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Stay in touch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Email⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ This episode is sponsored by my business coaching community, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Profoundery⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Want to check it out for yourself? Get your first Productivity Party for free ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠right here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slowpreneur/message

When the world is scary, it is easy to get sucked into the bad habit of doomscrolling: compulsively checking our various feeds for bad news and updates. This impulse makes sense! We want to be informed, and it's difficult to switch off when things are stressful. 🙃 And yet staying in this cycle of doom is not helping us or anyone else. It's throwing off our nervous systems and making us less effective in our work and our activism. So in today's episode, I'm sharing some of my best strategies and tips for reducing your doomscrolling, plus some crowdsourced suggestions from all of you! 📱 Hopefully there will be something in here that is supportive in reducing the harm of these habits so we can all feel healthier and happier. ❤️ See show notes for this episode at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠stephaniepellett.com/slowpreneur⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Stay in touch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Email⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ This episode is sponsored by my business coaching community, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Profoundery⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Want to check it out for yourself? Get your first Productivity Party for free ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠right here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slowpreneur/message

On today's episode, I'm interviewing Joy Asibey-Gabriel, personal stylist and feminine adornment coach, about the power of living & working pleasure-first. This was such a rich conversation! We explored why it can be so hard for us to prioritize pleasure, why pleasure is so important, how Joy brings pleasure into her life and business, and how we can start to access it in small ways every day. Joy is such an inspiring human, who is always dancing, laughing, and dressed to the nines. I love watching how she shows up in the world, and I really loved learning from her throughout this conversation. 😍 See show notes for this episode at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠stephaniepellett.com/slowpreneur⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Stay in touch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Email⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ This episode is sponsored by my business coaching community, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Profoundery⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Want to check it out for yourself? Get your first Productivity Party for free ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠right here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slowpreneur/message

Confession: I'm a business coach that kind of hates the business coaching industry. I have opinions about some of the shenanigans that go on when it comes to marketing, sales and business models, and I want to talk about! Not just to protect you from scammy, slimey tactics, but also to strongly discourage you from replicating any of them inadvertently. 🙅🏻‍♀️ In this episode I'm sharing my seven hottest takes on the world of online business: everything from passive income to MLMs to "investing in yourself". We're going there! Wanna join us? 🌶 As always, would love to hear your thoughts and any hot takes of your own! Drop them in the comments below or over on Instagram.  See show notes for this episode at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠stephaniepellett.com/slowpreneur⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Stay in touch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Email⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ This episode is sponsored by my business coaching community, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Profoundery⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Want to check it out for yourself? Get your first Productivity Party for free ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠right here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slowpreneur/message

On today's episode, I'm chatting with Celina Rosso, intuitive business witch & medium for entrepreneurs, about how we can use energetics in our business to move closer to the things that we want. Our conversation was full of great nuggets, including: how to follow the nudges you get towards your next right steps, the importance of meeting your strategy with energy, and how we can add some practical magic into the process of running our businesses. Celina's approach is all about having a relationship with your business and your clients, and she has some powerful perspectives to share that will change the way you see those relationships. ✨ See show notes for this episode at ⁠⁠⁠⁠stephaniepellett.com/slowpreneur⁠⁠⁠⁠ Stay in touch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Email⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠ This episode is sponsored by my business coaching community, ⁠⁠⁠⁠The Profoundery⁠⁠⁠⁠. Want to check it out for yourself? Get your first Productivity Party for free ⁠⁠⁠⁠right here⁠⁠⁠⁠. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slowpreneur/message

Y'all, we have a lot to do which means we have a lot to NOT do. On today's episode, I'm talking about entering my anti-decanting era, plus what my shampoo bottle epiphany taught me about figuring what else I'm not doing anymore in life and business. This is a terrifically freeing thought experiment that I highly encourage you to take on in your own life! 💡 Tune in for lots of examples of the power of personal policies, how we apply this practice *weekly* in The Profoundery, and other ideas for things you may want to discontinue for yourself. Honestly? Not doing things is super fun. 🙅🏻‍♀️ See show notes for this episode at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠stephaniepellett.com/slowpreneur⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Stay in touch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Email⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ This episode is sponsored by my business coaching community, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Profoundery⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Want to check it out for yourself? Get your first Productivity Party for free ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠right here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slowpreneur/message

On today's episode, I'm convincing you to take a vacation from your business. A real one! Not a staycation, not a working trip, not a digital nomad experience on the beach in Thailand. A real vacation where you unplug from your daily tasks, give yourself a chance to breathe, and learn to be a human again. 😍 I'm going to share two key mindset shifts that you'll need to take on board before you feel like vacationing is possible, and then I'll talk through six tips to make your vacation more fun & relaxing for you. Ready to vacay?! 🏖 See show notes for this episode at ⁠⁠⁠⁠stephaniepellett.com/slowpreneur⁠⁠⁠⁠ Stay in touch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Email⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠ This episode is sponsored by my business coaching community, ⁠⁠⁠⁠The Profoundery⁠⁠⁠⁠. Want to check it out for yourself? Get your first Productivity Party for free ⁠⁠⁠⁠right here⁠⁠⁠⁠. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slowpreneur/message

On this episode, I'm talking to Amanda Laird of Slow & Steady Studio about mindful marketing that helps you achieve your business goals. Amanda has years of experience in marketing and we are so lucky that she is sharing her philosophies and approach with us. 🙏🏼 You'll hear some of the factors that make marketing so hard (for all of us!) and how we can use the principle of "just enough marketing" when it comes to how much we show up. She emphasizes the importance of understanding your business foundations & how we can customize our marketing approaches to each of our specific businesses. 📣 See show notes for this episode at ⁠⁠⁠stephaniepellett.com/slowpreneur⁠⁠⁠ Stay in touch: ⁠⁠⁠Email⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠Newsletter⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠ This episode is sponsored by my business coaching community, ⁠⁠⁠The Profoundery⁠⁠⁠. Want to check it out for yourself? Get your first Productivity Party for free ⁠⁠⁠right here⁠⁠⁠. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slowpreneur/message

On this episode, I'm sharing my seven favourite books for slowpreneurs! 📚 Unfortunately there is no book specifically about slowpreneurship (yet! I hope to write one soon!) but these seven taken together are a good primer to help you build more slow values into your own business. I'll be walking you through all of these books one by one and sharing why it has stuck with me over the years. We're covering a whole range of topics, from setting up standard operation procedures to dealing with stress to time management, and I hope you pick up some of these books to support you in your own small business. 📖 See show notes for this episode at ⁠⁠⁠stephaniepellett.com/slowpreneur⁠⁠⁠ Stay in touch: ⁠⁠⁠Email⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠Newsletter⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠ This episode is sponsored by my business coaching community, ⁠⁠⁠The Profoundery⁠⁠⁠. Want to check it out for yourself? Get your first Productivity Party for free ⁠⁠⁠right here⁠⁠⁠. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slowpreneur/message

On today's episode, I'm talking to ⁠Géraldine Jippé, the creator of the podcast Slow is Good and the co-founder of The Slowpreneur Summit⁠, about her journey to slowpreneurship. 🙏🏼 She shares how she learned the hard way after a cancer diagnosis that she needed to slow down and prioritize her life while building a business. I loved Géraldine's approach to business, how she wants to set a better example for her son, her practice of playing the harp (!) and much more. I think you'll love her gentle energy and soulful approach to building a business with intention. ❤️ See show notes for this episode at ⁠⁠stephaniepellett.com/slowpreneur⁠⁠ Stay in touch: ⁠⁠Email⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Newsletter⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠ This episode is sponsored by my business coaching community, ⁠⁠The Profoundery⁠⁠. Want to check it out for yourself? Get your first Productivity Party for free ⁠⁠right here⁠⁠. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slowpreneur/message

On this episode, I'm talking about why rest is so important for us entrepreneurs. It's not just a "nice to have" thing that can be sacrificed on the altar of productivity! Rest is one of the most important factors when it comes to our productivity & creativity, and should be prioritized. I'm also sharing five different kinds of rest to hopefully spark some new ways of thinking about rest and encourage you to fold even more of it into the everyday life of running your own business. See show notes for this episode at ⁠⁠stephaniepellett.com/slowpreneur⁠⁠ Stay in touch: ⁠⁠Email⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Newsletter⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠ This episode is sponsored by my business coaching community, ⁠⁠The Profoundery⁠⁠. Want to check it out for yourself? Get your first Productivity Party for free ⁠⁠right here⁠⁠. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slowpreneur/message

On today's episode, I'm talking to Ashley Beaudin, the Gentle Business Coach, about her approach to building a gentle business that prioritizes care, safety and compassion for ourselves. ❤️ She shares her own journey to building a gentle business and what she's learned from past experiences and endeavours that were successful externally, but not always internally. Ashley is so thoughtful and intentional in everything she does, and I was so inspired to learn more about her approach to creating more ease & joy while also achieving our goals. Her thoughts on protecting and regulating our nervous systems as a key part of running a business were so fresh and supportive, and something I've been thinking a lot about since we spoke. I can't wait for you to learn from her ideas. 🙏🏼 See show notes for this episode at ⁠stephaniepellett.com/slowpreneur⁠ Stay in touch: ⁠Email⁠ | ⁠Newsletter⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠ This episode is sponsored by my business coaching community, ⁠The Profoundery⁠. Want to check it out for yourself? Get your first Productivity Party for free ⁠right here⁠. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slowpreneur/message

Hello and welcome back to Season Two of Slowpreneur! 🐌 Thank you for coming back for another round of thoughtful conversations about what it means to build a sustainable & intentional business. 🥰 On today's episode, I thought it was about time that I tell you about my philosophy on slowpreneurship! I'm sharing my personal definition of what it means to be a slowpreneur, as well as definitions that have come before me. And I'm also explaining my framework for slowpreneurship, which prioritizes three key factors: strategy, systems, and self-care. I'll give you examples of each so that you can start making your business feel more intentional. Let's dive in! 🎉 See show notes for this episode at ⁠stephaniepellett.com/slowpreneur⁠ Stay in touch: ⁠Email⁠ | ⁠Newsletter⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠ This episode is sponsored by my business coaching community, ⁠The Profoundery⁠. Want to check it out for yourself? Get your first Productivity Party for free ⁠right here⁠. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slowpreneur/message

And just like that, it's the end of Season One of Slowpreneur! I'm taking an intentional pause between seasons, but not before I share the slow business lessons that I've learned from creating this podcast that I think are widely applicable no matter what kind of business you run. 👀 In this episode you'll hear my thoughts on the importance of showing up, how vulnerability creates connection (and my two most important rules for being vulnerable with your audience), and ways you can motivate yourself to keep going when things are hard. These are universal lessons that I constantly need to be reminded of, and I hope that they bring you some encouragement too. 🎉 And as I end this season, I just need to say a huge THANK YOU for listening. I am so grateful to have this space to share my ideas & connect with all of you. See you next year! ❤️ See show notes for this episode at stephaniepellett.com/slowpreneur Stay in touch: Email | Newsletter | YouTube This episode is sponsored by my business coaching community, The Profoundery. Want to check it out for yourself? Get your first Productivity Party for free right here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slowpreneur/message

Over the past few years, more folks than ever are working & running businesses from home, myself included! It's harder than ever to set up clear boundaries around our time & work hours. If we're not careful, the lines between personal & professional life can get really blurry. Over time, this lack of down time can lead to us to feeling a huge lack of wellness & restfulness in our everyday lives. 🙃 On today's episode, I'm sharing five ideas for "commutes" you can try even if you work from home. These are simple, free things that you can do to create more of a divide between work time and home time starting today. Practicing a work-from-home "commute" creates a gentle distinction between work and rest that can be so supportive to us having a sustainable business. 🙏🏼 See show notes for this episode at stephaniepellett.com/slowpreneur Stay in touch: Email | Newsletter | YouTube This episode is sponsored by my business coaching community, The Profoundery. Want to check it out for yourself? Get your first Productivity Party for free right here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slowpreneur/message

It's not easy to build a business, and it's even harder to build a business that feels calm & peaceful to spend time working in. I've learned a few strategies over the years about what helps me to feel more relaxed when managing my business, and on today's episode I'm sharing those ideas with you! ✨ If you struggle with setting boundaries, managing client communications, keeping track of what you have to do or find yourself constantly fielding questions, this episode will give you some ideas & inspiration to set things up in a more sustainable way. 🙏🏼 See show notes for this episode at stephaniepellett.com/slowpreneur Stay in touch: Email | Newsletter | YouTube This episode is sponsored by my business coaching community, The Profoundery. Want to check it out for yourself? Get your first Productivity Party for free right here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slowpreneur/message

On today's episode, I'm talking to my friend Palak Dave of Embiria and Hosted Here about her mission to live beautifully in the present moment, and to inspire others to do the same. Through her experiences, events, and thoughtfully curated spaces, she uses the five senses to invite us to slow down and find deeper presence in our everyday lives. 🙏🏼 In our conversation we talk about Palak's major business shift from going it solo to joining a team, and how that's supported her to step more fully into what she does best. We also discuss our complicated relationships with technology and social media, and how Palak tries to limit the reach of these apps so that she can connect more deeply to others and stay present in her real world experiences. 🌿 See show notes for this episode at stephaniepellett.com/slowpreneur Stay in touch: Email | Newsletter | YouTube This episode is sponsored by my business coaching community, The Profoundery. Want to check it out for yourself? Get your first Productivity Party for free right here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slowpreneur/message

Everyone talks about how it's so important to work ON your business instead of only IN your business, but what does that actually mean? One key aspect is taking time to reflect on your experiences and make sense of all the data you're collecting as a business owner. In today's episode, I'm sharing my five favourite tools for reflecting on your business. All of these tools are inexpensive or free, but could pay huge dividends in the value you gain from making space to reflect. And don't miss our Reflect & Reset Session 🗓, happening on Wednesday, October 26th from 5-6 PM EST! Grab your $15 ticket here: https://bit.ly/reflectoctober See show notes for this episode at stephaniepellett.com/slowpreneur Stay in touch: Email | Newsletter | YouTube This episode is sponsored by my business coaching community, The Profoundery. Want to check it out for yourself? Get your first Productivity Party for free right here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slowpreneur/message