Are you an artist, maker, or creative entrepreneur? If so, then this episode is definitely for you!

Phoebe Sherman is a yogi, turned craft maker, turned entrepreneur, and the founder of Girl Gang Craft,  a community and craft events company that helps small biz owners, makers, and creatives to turn their side hustles into profitable full-time businesses.

After struggling to find suitable and affordable craft shows and events as a beginner creative, Phoebe decided to host her own event, and Girl Gang Craft was born. What started as a small craft event held in a friend's cafe quickly grew, becoming a large-scale event with 120 vendors and over 3000 attendees.

In this interview Phoebe shares some of the lessons she’s learned while building her business, as well as her actionable tips and advice for makers and creatives who are just getting started and want to make money from their art.

Topics discussed: 

• The essential first steps you need to take when starting an art and craft-based business
• How to find customers who want to buy your products
• How to start building your brand and how to be seen
• The biggest obstacles holding most people back that you’ll need to overcome in order to build a successful business as a maker, artist, or creative entrepreneur 
• How to manage your time in a way that works for you
• Time management and productivity tips: How to find time to create content in your business.
• Taking care of yourself and your wellbeing as a creative entrepreneur
• Making the pivot from events to an online education focus

Connect with Girl Gang Craft

Website: https://www.girlgangcraft.com

IG: @girlgangcraft or @phoebesherman

Tiktok: @Girlgangcraft

Resources

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Gladys Simen is a Consultant at a Fortune 500 company, a mother of 2, a life coach, and the founder of My Life Couch where she specializes in helping working mums to uncover their strengths and superpowers, and to manage their careers and motherhood with ease. 

Gladys launched her business My Life Couch during the pandemic and now empowers fellow working moms to get out of their comfort zones and go after their dreams.

In this episode, Gladys shares some of the biggest challenges that working moms face within her coaching practice and how to avoid or manage them as well as how to avoid potential burnout as a working mum. She also discusses how becoming a mum has helped her to unleash more of her superpowers and how other mums can do the same. 

Topics Discussed

• The dangers of work overload when returning to work from maternity leave 
• The importance of advocating for yourself at work and how to advocate for yourself as a working mum
• The problem with aiming for work-life balance and a better alternative
• Recharging your batteries and putting yourself first so you can show up even stronger 
• The importance of knowing your dominant and dormant skills

Links & Resources 

My Life Couch Website: https://www.mylifecouch.com

Get The Free Success Journal: https://www.mylifecouch.com/blog/success-journal

Connect With My Life Couch on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mylifecouch/

You’ve probably heard that content is king or queen at some point! Well, there’s a reason for that. If you want to build a thriving online business then you will have to create great content at some point on your journey and in this episode,  I share the value of creating great content and the biggest lessons that I’ve learned about content creation from the last 100 epodes of the She Owns Success podcast!

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From being an overwhelmed, burned-out hustler to taking back control and building a successful business on her own terms. Laura Rubin shares how she did it

Laura Rubin is a lifelong overachiever and a reformed hustler who helps her clients to forget the hustle and unwind from the grind. 

After being driven to the point of overwhelm and burnout in her own pursuit of success, Laura realized that she had been forcing herself into society’s definition of how success is earned, with the hustle, hustle, and more hustle mentality. 

After questioning if having it all was worth it, Laura began taking steps to unlearn and shift from the hustler perspective and now mentors other overachievers on the brink of burnout to do the same. Empowering them to free themselves from society’s rules of success so they can take back control and live life on their own terms. 

Topics Discussed:

• Success on the outside, but not on the inside: How the hustle mentality can leave you feeling a sense of lack 
• The power of the pause- Why it’s ok to pause and take a moment 
• How living life on purpose is an inside job
• Why you should give yourself permission to play if you want to make a big change in your life/ career 
• How to redefine success on your own terms and the identities that keep you stuck
• How to handle those who don’t support your transformation and your journey 

Connect with Laura 

Website: www.laurarmarierubin.com

Links and resources mentioned 

The Audacity to Be Queen: The Unapologetic Art of Dreaming Big and Manifesting Your Most Fabulous Life ( This is an Affiliate Link) 

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones ( This is an affiliate link) 

Anna Tsui has gone from hiding in the shadows to letting her light shine brightly and now helps others to step out of their own shadows to build profitable and aligned businesses. A start-up hustler, turned serial entrepreneur, Anna has built many successful businesses, but the journey has been far from easy. In this episode, Anna shares some of her biggest personal struggles that she experienced and shows us that our biggest challenges can definitely lead to our greatest success. 

Topics discussed: 

• How to discover your personal genius & use it to build a thriving business
• What does "zone of genius" really mean and how to identify it for yourself 
• Are your shadows running the show? How to identify your shadows and stop them from blocking you from success 
• How to use your inner fear as fuel for success
• How to regain focus and stop others from running your life 

Links 

Website: Anna Tsui International LLC.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ms.annatsui/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AnnaTsuiCoaching/

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