Ever felt FOPO (Fear Of Posting Online?), or how about a nagging feeling that you’re in the wrong line of work?In this episode, Joe McKay shares his journey from “boring” job to creative business owner as a LinkedIn Ghostwriter. In the sharing

The solution to procrastination in business? Getting messy.

6 days ago 11m 48s

If you’re experiencing analysis paralysis, or straight up procrastination on the things that could make you money in your business, it might be time to make a big old mess. In this episode your host Kim Kerton shares some game-shifting insight

PART 2 “Self-employment is actually quite radical!” Brook McCarthy, Hustle & Heart

9 days ago 19m 18s

Making money in your business doesn’t have to be hard, and this episode will share insights into the mindset of trusting our ability to make bank. We left off Part 1 of this epic chat with Brook McCarthy hearing about prioritisation, why it’s

“Self-employment is actually quite radical!” Brook McCarthy, Hustle & Heart

9 days ago 41m 18s

If you’ve struggled with the information overload we experience in the process of building our businesses, you will take so much away from this chat.Hear Brook McCarthy share the story of creating her coaching and training business over the la

How can we become our own inspiration in business?

13 days ago 18m 52s

If you’ve never felt slightly envious of another person’s success, this episode isn’t for you. If you have, you’re in good company, so how can we reflect on envy and use it as a tool for reflection, and progress? In this episode your host Kim

“You have to experiment your way to working out your path,” Penny Locaso, Founder of Hacking Happy Co.

16 days ago 50m 30s

What could happen to your business if you started collecting rejections? If you set a goal not to achieve a big dream, but to be rejected 100 times? Imagine the potential yeses, or the “what about this’s” you never thought of.In this episode,

Learning or procrastinating? Our vulnerability to masterclass overload in business.

20 days ago 20m 40s

Truth is, we’re all a little vulnerable to the myriad of masterclasses, webinars and coaching must-haves in business. So how do we identify when seeking knowledge and guidance becomes toxic procrastination?In this episode your host Kim Kerton

“I decided I wasn't going to listen to that crappy inner voice anymore,” Cherie Donnellan, founder of Hella Mallow

23 days ago 50m 36s

What happens when you have big business dreams, but your mind, body or current circumstance won’t let you chase them?In this episode you’ll hear from Cherie Donnellan, the creative force behind the newly launched gourmet Marshmallow brand Hell

“There’re so many things I didn't think I could have learned, until it was happening right in front of me,” Hayleigh Watson, Founder of Hali Helper

30 days ago 35m 18s

Between what to charge, what we don’t yet know and learning when and how to say no – service-based business owners have a lot to battle with.In this episode you’ll hear from Hayleigh Watson, AKA Hali Helper, about her experience developing a v

Pivoting in public sucks for everyone

Mar 27th, 2024 10m 40s

We decide to make a change in our business, or to start one for the first time, but in order to make it real we have to tell other people about it - insert the ick factor, because pivoting in public sucks. In this episode your host Kim Kerton

“Ask the question, and don't be shy about it if you don't understand,” Michelle Cox, multi-passionate entrepreneur.

Mar 24th, 2024 44m 54s

How comfortable are you with learning on the go in your business, and could you ask for help and guidance more often than you do? In this episode Kim Kerton chats to multi-passionate entrepreneur and board director Michelle Cox about how she’s

How you display grit and perseverance, everyday

Mar 20th, 2024 12m 31s

Do we really have a choice to be anything other than persistent when building a business? In this episode your host Kim Kerton shares an insight into finding her voice, the role of grit in business-building and coming full-circle. Need some bu

“I was expecting it to take three months, it landed up taking two years,” Lauren Yehezkel, Founder of Lydy

Mar 17th, 2024 40m 40s

Creating any new business is hard going, but especially when your idea is challenged and you have to find it within yourself to stay committed to your vision.Lauren Yehezkel, Founder of Lydy knows all about this, she’s raw and real about the e

“All the networks you need are probably already around you, you're just not capitalizing on them,” Lauren Karan, Founder of Karan & Co

Mar 10th, 2024 52m 45s

Building a business is guaranteed to come with some angry, frustrating, sad and highly stressful moments, but how can you use them to keep growing?The journey behind Lauren Karan’s building of her tailored recruitment solutions business Karan

“50 small steps later you end up in a completely different place,” Mike Halligan, Co-Founder of Scratch

Mar 3rd, 2024 1h

When you commit to an action for your business goals and follow the journey that’s right in front of you, and not be too attached to an end goal, what happens next is nothing short of incredible.I’ve got an brilliant conversation and business

“Maybe we should just give this little seed a chance to grow,” Natalia Tapia, Co-Founder of Graduated

Feb 25th, 2024 58m 18s

Being in the business development phase, when you’re pumping out content, meeting people and having conversations just to have them is such a confusing time in business – it feels like you’re going nowhere and everywhere all at once.The story

“Sometimes the secret is there is no secret, you've just got to go and do it,” Viv Conway, Co-Founder of Girls Get Off

Feb 11th, 2024 57m 29s

“Acting as if” has to be one of the best business mantras out there, and this chat is full of so many more incredible and relatable takeaways for those of us dreaming of building our businesses to their heights.Viv Conway is one part of the fo

“The business owners who look like they've got it all going on online… there are things that those founders could never share,” Cherie Clonan, CEO of The Digital Picnic

Feb 4th, 2024 1h 5m

Getting to know who you are, how you work, and how to uniquely thrive in business truly is a story of “doing the work” personally and professionally, and if you’re ready for that, I have no doubt you’re going to love this chat.Cherie Clonan, C

“I had decades of thinking I'm a creative who is not good at organizing things and turns out, that's not true,” Eric Mirbach, CEO of Very Good Looking

Jan 28th, 2024 44m 13s

This business story is going to be deeply supportive to what I would argue is the most important aspect of working for yourself and building a business - the personal evolution you go through that really makes or breaks - learning to look at yo

“When you're the face of your business, but you're a shy person - it's so hard to reconcile those two things,” Rachel Smith, Founder of Rachel’s List

Jan 21st, 2024 55m 54s

Multiple passions can mean multiple businesses – so how do you do it, and be able to pivot with each as they grow?The answer could boil down to balancing both your professional and your personal growth efforts, but as always there’s more to th

“It's probably something I would have mulled over forever and kicked myself at the end if I didn't do it,” Heidi Warren, Director of Law by Design

Jan 14th, 2024 51m 58s

Creating a business in the field you’ve spent your career in as an employee is a unique experience, but when you’re aiming for a better fit lifestyle and to work on something that matters to you, it’s an experience worth taking.My guest today

“Launching your own business is a deeply human endeavour,” Camey O’Keefe, Director of Gambol Creative

Jan 7th, 2024 1h 2m

If you happen to be an employee currently deciding on if leaving to start your own business or simply explore something “else” is for you, this episode will be exactly what you need – we’ve both been there and are sharing some hard earnt lesson

“There are obvious things that you miss, and that there's some huge learning curves,” Teresa Wojcik, Founder of Your Season

Dec 31st, 2023 51m 48s

Not all business owners feel comfortable sharing their journey at the early stages or until there’s some wins on the board - thing is, that’s where the absolute gold is for us all as business builders. If we never see ourselves in the stories o

“Even if you're doing all the right things, sometimes you just don't feel confident,” Kim Kerton, Host of Unemployed & Afraid

Dec 25th, 2023 39m 8s

Let’s get deeply personal and under the hood of my business where, me, your host Kim Kerton, is dishing out the realities of building and monetizing a podcast brand, developing a consulting business and learning what to let go of when exploring

“I still have to learn not to judge my work off the opinions of others,” Monique Fedor, Artist

Dec 17th, 2023 38m 56s

The fear of sucking at something has killed more businesses [and more passions generally] than any other life variable.Thing is, being average and not knowing what you’re doing is completely unavoidable for anything new worth doing. Building a