Business Strategy
Episode 345: Joy as a Default Setting — A Lesson in Ease, Energetics, and The Joy Experiment, with Roberta Ravella
What Golden Bricks Taught Roberta Ravella About Building a Business in Joy My guest this week spent 25 years in the mortgage business, and by her own account, she was good at it. She had the tools, the strategy, and sticky notes covering an entire wall. Still, she told me, there came a point where…
Read MoreEpisode 343: From Voice Actor to Real Estate Founder — How Abi Horton Took One Step at a Time
What Happens When You Stop Waiting to Have It All Figured Out For a long time, Abi Horton thought real estate investing wasn’t accessible to her. Not enough money, not enough time, not the right background. So it felt like something that might happen someday, in some other version of her life. That’s where my…
Read MoreEpisode 342: The Energy Drains for Women Entrepreneurs No One Warns You About
Why This Kind of Tired Sneaks Up on You Energy drains for women entrepreneurs rarely look like burnout at first. They look like a Tuesday where you did everything right and still feel emptied out by 3 p.m. You’ve got the business you built, the goals you hit, the life that looks good on paper…
Read MoreEpisode 341: How to Increase Your Capacity for Happiness — A Conversation with Dr. Peggy DeLong, The Gratitude Psychologist™
What If Happiness Isn’t Something You Chase — It’s Something You Build? Most of us have been told, in one way or another, to just be happy. Just let it go. Just choose joy. And if you’ve tried that and found it deeply unhelpful, you are in very good company. Dr. Peggy DeLong is back…
Read MoreEpisode 340: How to Map a Customer Journey for Your Small Business
Why Your Customer Journey Matters More Than Any Tactic Some women seem to market without even trying. Their posts land, their emails get opened, their offers sell. Meanwhile, you’re doing all the “right” things and still hearing crickets. It’s not because they’re naturally gifted and you’re not. They’ve simply mapped out their customer journey —…
Read More339: Trust Your Intuition in Business — A Lesson in Serenity and the Next Play, with Bron Watson
What Two Cancer Diagnoses Taught My Guest About Listening to Herself Most of us grip tighter when life feels uncertain. We work harder, plan more, and try to control everything within reach. My guest this week learned something different: the real work isn’t gripping tighter. It’s learning to trust your intuition in business, even when…
Read MoreEpisode 336: How to Sell Without Feeling Slimy — Sales Tools That Actually Work
The Sales Lesson That Will Change How You Think About Selling Limited-time offers. Fast-action bonuses. Doors closing by Friday. Most women entrepreneurs have a complicated relationship with these tools. Either they avoid them entirely because they feel manipulative, or they use them while holding their breath, hoping they don’t come across as pushy. This episode…
Read MoreEpisode 334: What You Don’t Know in Business (And Why That’s Not a Failure)
The Category Where Everything Changes When you make a mistake in business, shame usually shows up with it. The kind that whispers, “You should have known better, moved faster, figured it out sooner.” But here’s what I want you to sit with today: some of what you don’t know in business simply cannot be known…
Read MoreEpisode 333: Soul Debt: What Overgiving in Business Is Costing You — and What Comes Next
Episode 333 Marks a New Era — And It Starts With Telling the Truth Episode 333 of the Game On Girlfriend® podcast looks different. Sounds different. Feels different. That’s intentional. In numerology, the three threes represent completion, integration, and creative expansion. And that’s exactly what this episode is. For the last 18 months, I’ve been…
Read MoreEpisode 332: Is Work-Life Balance a Myth? Dr. Anokhi Kapasi on Career-Life Integration
The Work-Life Balance Myth May Be Doing Women More Harm Than Good You’ve heard it dozens of times. Work-life balance is a myth. Balance isn’t possible. So stop trying. Dr. Anokhi Kapasi has heard it too – and she thinks the work-life balance myth is one of the most harmful messages women receive right now.…
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