Perfect for entrepreneurs who want to scale in a sustainable way where you enjoy business AND life success. This podcast is about about all things people, business and leadership. Because >> Big Dreams Need Great Teams® and here you'll learn how to hire, lead and grow your business with an epic team who make you proud and support you to live a balanced life.
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Motherhood changes us. As the generation who were told we could do anything and be anything we want to be, accepting the changes that come with motherhood can be very difficult. This podcast is a collection of stories of matrescence, motherhood, womanhood and change, told by our Mama Rising coaches and mothers around the globe. Through our stories and community, we hope that the wisdom of the rite of passage of matrescence spreads far and wide, and that we can begin to change the way we see, ...
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Riot Act Podcast's Stephen Hill and Remfry Dedman trawl through the abysmal, the shocking and the maligned in their search for the worst album of all time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Client Lesson #4: There is ALWAYS light at the end of the tunnel
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Welcome to our brand new Client Lessons series. These are short sharp episodes where Paula Maidens draws on her client coaching calls each week to share a key lesson, learning or tip in a way that is quick and easy for you to digest. Client Lesson Summary In this client lesson, Paula shares an inspiring lesson from one of her recent private clients…
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#271 | HOW DO WE DO THIS WHEN WE HAVE NO EXAMPLES AROUND US? | WITH GABRIELLE NANCARROW
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Welcome to this week’s episode of the Happy Mama Movement podcast. This week’s guest is Gabrielle, the mother of three beautiful children, an author, a doula, and the founder of Gather, a space and community for women in Melbourne, Australia. We talk about: How we can support families through conception, pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. The import…
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EOFY Reflections: Revenue is down but my WAGE IS UP
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In this episode, Paula reflects on the past 12 months in her business and shares her end-of-financial year review. She discusses the decline in revenue but emphasises that she paid herself more in wages compared to the previous year, which is more important to her. Paula highlights her business value of chasing profit rather than just revenue and t…
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Client Lesson #3: Why You Must TEST In Your Hiring Process (& how to feel good about it!)
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Welcome to our brand new Client Lessons series. These are short sharp episodes where Paula Maidens draws on her client coaching calls each week to share a key lesson, learning or tip in a way that is quick and easy for you to digest. Client Lesson Summary In this conversation, Paula discusses the common feeling of “being mean” or “awkward” during t…
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#270 | BECOMING COMFORTABLE WITH THE TYPE OF WORKING MOTHER YOU ARE | WITH VICKY WREN
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How do we make peace with the type of mother we want to be when we also crave our careers or our own ambitions and dreams? That's exactly what this week's podcast is all about when Amy speaks with Vicky Wren, a mother of three, an accountant with over 20 years of experience, a Mama Rising Facilitator and Coach, and a soon-to-be-published co-author …
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BTS of My Recent Filipino VA Hire & 4 Top Tips for You To Do It Too!
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In this episode, Paula shares her experience of hiring a Filipino virtual assistant, providing an in-depth look at the hiring process and valuable insights for businesses considering hiring virtual assistants from the Philippines. She breaks down the step-by-step process, highlighting the importance of clarity, research, and trial periods in ensuri…
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Client Lesson #2: Common Hiring Mistakes You Can Avoid
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Welcome to our brand new Client Lessons series. These are short sharp episodes where Paula Maidens draws on her client coaching calls each week to share a key lesson, learning or tip in a way that is quick and easy for you to digest. Client Lesson Summary This lesson dives into the importance of creating an effective application screening process t…
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#269 | ALCOHOL, MOTHERHOOD, AND THE PROMISE OF WINE O'CLOCK | WITH SARAH RUSBATCH
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Welcome to this week’s episode of the Happy Mama Movement podcast. This week’s guest is Sarah Rusbatch, a multi-award-winning Health and Wellbeing Coach, an accredited Grey Area Drinking Coach, and a menopause coach. We talk about: - How Sarah's journey to sobriety began and the impact it had on her life. - The importance of understanding and addre…
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Struggling to FIND quality applicants & stand out to potential employees? Here’s what to do
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In this episode, Paula Maidens dives into a common challenge many business owners face: struggling to find the right candidates for their job openings. Paula reveals that the issue often lies not with the availability of talent but with the way job advertisements are written. She shares valuable insights on how to craft compelling job ads that effe…
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Client Lessons #1: Delegating EMAIL in a way that's easy (for you!)
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Welcome to our brand new Client Lessons series. These are short sharp episodes where Paula Maidens draws on her client coaching calls each week to share a key lesson, learning or tip in a way that is quick and easy for you to digest. Client Lesson Summary Entrepreneurs and business owners of all sizes often struggle with delegating tasks, especiall…
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#268 | TAKE THE MIC | INSANE MAMA MOMENTS | WITH ELIANE POLEK
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Welcome to this week’s episode of "Take The Mic". This week is Eliane Polek, who created her first blog, ‘The Insane Mama,’ during the first COVID lockdown, driven by her own experiences and struggles with motherhood. She share's with us: How Eliane's journey through motherhood and feelings of maternal anger and rage inspired her blog and her work …
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Why Hiring is Different In 2024 (& Why You Need to Know HOW To Get It Right For Small Business Success!)
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In this episode, Paula Maidens delves into the essential strategies for achieving hiring success as a small business owner in 2024. With over 17 years of HR and recruitment experience, Paula shares invaluable insights into how to confidently hire employees, ensuring your team performs at its best. Whether you're looking to hire your first team memb…
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#267 | BREAKING THE MYTH OF WORK LIFE BALANCE | WITH PAULA MAIDENS
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Welcome back, Mamas, to this week’s episode of the Happy Mama Movement Podcast. My guest this week is Paula Maidens. Paula helps entrepreneurs build high-performing teams so they can scale with ease, get their time back, and create the balanced life they deserve! This week we dig deep into Paula's strengths as a Business Coach and discuss: - Ways t…
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#266 | CREATING CHANGE FOR FATHERS IN THE WORKPLACE | WITH JEREMY MACVEAN
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Welcome Mama's and perhaps some Fathers, to this week’s episode of the Happy Mama Movement podcast. This week’s guest is Jeremy Macvean who co-founded, 'The Father Hood' which aims to build tribes of healthier, happier men through his work with Movember. This week we discuss: The unacceptable pay gap between men and women, and exponentially as the …
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#265 | TAKE THE MIC | BEYOND THE 6 WEEKS OF HEALING | WITH RACHEL BETTINZOLI
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Where did we get this idea that six weeks after birth, a woman is completely healed and ready to re-enter the world? Why do we rush this process, simply checking in how her body is feeling, and even suggesting she is now ready for sex again? Imagine what would happen if we looked at a mother's becoming as something way beyond the first six weeks, a…
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The impact STRESS has on you & your business
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In this episode of Big Dreams Great Teams®, I am joined by Aubrey Nation, a Registered Nurse, Yoga and Meditation Teacher and Wellness Expert who specialises in Functional Genetic Testing. Aubrey shares her insights on personalised health, functional genetic testing and what the impact of stress can be on our health as entrepreneurs. We discuss the…
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#264 | WHAT WOULD MATRESCENCE-INFORMED PUBLIC POLICY LOOK LIKE? | WITH SARAH CLEGGETT
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What would our world be like if we had matrescence-informed public policy? What would those policies even look like? And what impact would they have on our experience of becoming a mother - and the wider experience of parenthood? In this week's episode, mama of 2 Sarah Cleggett share's her own personal experience of becoming a mother, and how that …
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Unlocking the Secrets to A High Performance Culture
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In this episode, I discuss the relationship between a high performing team and culture. There are many different ways of looking at this and I explore the questions of ‘does high performance come from a good culture?’ Or, ‘does culture drive high performance?’ I explore how they are interdependent, with each influencing and reinforcing the other. I…
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#263 | NAVIGATING BELIEF GRIEF IN MOTHERHOOD AND RELATIONSHIPS | WITH ABBY KAMEN
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No matter what you believe BEFORE you go into motherhood, there is always a moment when you realise: this isn't what I thought it would be. Maybe it comes immediately - birth was nothing like you thought, the first days were completely different. Or maybe it comes years later, when you think your life - and that of your children or your relationshi…
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In this episode, I discuss the importance of fostering an environment in your business where team members feel empowered to take initiative and make decisions, particularly in busy or peak times. I talk about why giving permission and creating psychological safety for team members is important for your business, and how it allows them to make execu…
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#262 | REFLECTING ON A DECADE OF COACHING MOTHERHOOD | WITH AMY TAYLOR KABBAZ
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In this episode Amy takes a moment to reflect on ten years of coaching mothers, and both her personal journey to get to this point, and how she sees the focus on mothers changing. Just a few short months after becoming a mother 16 years ago, Amy started writing and researching the question: what happens to us? Why does it feel this way? How can we …
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Today, I discuss the four characteristics of an effective team and how to identify whether your team is operating efficiently (or not!). I share the reasons why having regular conversations with your team about expectations and decision-making is important if you want your team to operate effectively and in a spacious way. I talk about how to under…
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#261 | MANAGING MATRESENCE AND MENOPAUSE | CICI GOKTAS
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Throughout a woman's life, she experiences so many metaphorsis and change - and until very recently, most of these have been hidden and unspoken. Like matrescence - and menopause. Why is that? Why is it that we, as a society, have kept so many of these huge transformations hidden? And what does that do to a woman as she experiences it? And imagine …
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How to Overcome These 2 Common Business Challenges
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In this episode, I discuss two common business challenges that have been a theme for many of my clients in the first quarter of 2024. I talk about how to manage team members you feel are performing at an average or below-average level, and how to evaluate your team costs and efficiency, particularly in the context of potential changes in revenue. I…
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#260 | TAKE THE MIC | FINDING THE WORDS TO HEAL THE ANGER | Elena Sánchez Martín
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In today's Take the Mic episode, we hand our mic over to Elena. Elena bravely shares her experience of matrescence, and her vision now for her work - and in particular, her desire to create a space for the mothers in her community and in her country to be vulnerable about their own experience, free from judgement. But as she asks so beautifully in …
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In this episode, I talk about how to determine appropriate pay structures for your team members, and how it can impact your team dynamics and business outcomes. I explore some of the intricacies of underpaying and overpaying for a role, and explain why it is important to align pay rates with market research, financial feasibility, and the role's in…
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#259 | REDEFINING INTIMACY IN PARENTHOOD | WITH DANIELA STEVENS
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We've spoken with a number of relationship and sex experts over the years on this podcast - and there's a reason for that. Babies can change so much. For both partners. How do we connect after so much has changed? How do we even know what we want anymore when our bodies feel so different and the time and space we had for our partner has evaporated?…
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Decision Making Authority & Why You Need To Give It Away
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In this episode, I discuss what decision-making authority is in your business and why it is important. I share how to hand over more of your decision-making power to build trust and confidence with your team. I explore the reasons why clear decision-making power is essential to ensure the smooth operations and growth of your business. I share some …
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#258 | HEALING OUR FAMILY STORIES THROUGH MOTHERHOOD | WITH NGOMBO CHANSA
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The beautiful - and confronting - thing about matrescence is it often leads us deep into our own familial story, and how we were mothered. Sometimes, without even knowing it, it can be the portal into looking at our mothers, and our mothers' mother's experience of being a woman and a mother... which, without the proper support and understanding, ca…
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Powerful Content: How to ramp up your visibility without doing it all yourself with Mel Daniels
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In this episode of Big Dreams Great Teams®, I am joined by Mel Daniels, a Content Marketing Strategist, speaker, podcast host and author. Mel shares her insights on how to create powerful content, the importance of authenticity, and when and how to delegate content creation within your team. Mel shares the four P’s of content creation, and why they…
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#257 | THE SPIRITUAL ASSIGNMENT OF MATRESCENCE | WITH KELLY VAN ZANDT
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What if we were to view the experience of Matrescence as a spiritual assignment? How would we feel if we knew that all we are going through is actually here to help us grow? Would that make this wild ride any different? Over the years, I have interviewed many different authors and experts about matrescence and motherhood - but rarely have I been so…
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Boundaries: How to set ones that work (& keep them!)
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In this episode of Big Dreams Great Teams®, I delve into the importance of setting and maintaining healthy boundaries in your business, and with your team. Boundaries are a positive tool for creating a thriving work environment, and they will support your business for further growth and success. I talk about how clear boundaries are guiding princip…
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#256 | TAKE THE MIC | WITH CAROLINA SALDARRIAGA
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Imagine if we could translate the word Matrescence into all the different languages, ensuring that this powerful new understanding of the rite of passage of motherhood is deeply understood by each and every women? Imagine if it was not only translated, but also shared through local cultures and traditions, bringing back a connection between mothers…
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Performance Enhancing Conversations with your Team
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In this episode, I discuss the importance of having performance enhancing conversations with your team. These conversations are necessary to have regularly when you want to improve the performance of team members who are already ‘doing okay’ but you know could be doing better. I talk about how performance enhancing conversations should be two-sided…
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