Resilient Entrepreneurs

Vicki Abraham and Laura Bell
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Building a business as a woman? You're in the right place. Co-hosts Laura (Bermuda) and Vicki (Brisbane, Australia) have been connecting across time zones for 5+ years, bringing you real conversations about entrepreneurship from a feminine perspective. Some episodes feature inspiring guests sharing their journeys of strength (and humour). Others are Laura and Vicki teaching the 6S Personal Branding System, the exact framework they've built for smart, talented women who are brilliant at what they do but somehow feel like marketing is hard work and getting clients is a random game. But here's what makes this different: we don't just teach you the system and send you on your way. We coach you through the hard bits. The "I don't want to be seen" bits. The "who am I to claim this" bits. The "I'll do it tomorrow" bits. Expect short, relatable episodes with practical strategies, actionable reframes and encouragement, and the reminder that you can market your business in a way that feels less forced and with a whole lot more joy. Perfect for: Women entrepreneurs who want to step further into their greatness and play even bigger.

  1. 3 HR AGO

    188: Lesley Pyle: How Entrepreneurs Can Stop Doing Everything Themselves and Grow Faster

    Many entrepreneurs start their businesses with the idea of freedom and flexibility. But somewhere along the way, they end up doing everything themselves. Client work, emails, marketing, admin tasks, and strategy can quickly pile up, leaving many entrepreneurs stretched thin and wondering how long they can keep doing everything themselves. If this sounds familiar, you’re not the only one facing this challenge. And according to remote work pioneer Lesley Pyle, the solution isn’t working harder, it’s learning when to bring the right support into your business. In this episode, Founder of Hire My Mom, Lesley Pyle joins Laura and Vicki to talk about hiring, delegation, and how entrepreneurs can grow their businesses without burning out. After more than 30 years working from home and nearly two decades helping connect businesses with talented remote professionals, Lesley has seen firsthand how the right hire can transform both a business and a person’s career. We talk about: • The five signs your business may already be ready to hire help • Why you don’t need perfect systems before bringing someone onto your team • How delegating even 10 hours of work per week can free up valuable time • Simple ways to create SOPs while training your first hire • Why small businesses can compete with big companies when attracting talent • How tools like ChatGPT can help you write a clear job description quickly Lesley also shares insights into the value of flexible work opportunities and why many women returning to the workforce bring powerful, transferable skills that businesses often overlook. If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed in your business or wondering whether it’s time to stop doing everything yourself, this conversation offers practical guidance on how to start building support. Connect with Lesley: www.HireMyMom.com 👉 Get the free hiring guide mentioned in the episode at the show notes: https://youtu.be/8Nh9b8zJdAg

    36 min
  2. 187: What Women Founders Get Wrong About Personal Branding

    10 APR

    187: What Women Founders Get Wrong About Personal Branding

    What you keep to yourself doesn’t grow your business. Because here’s what most founders don’t realise: being “good at what you do” isn’t the same as being known for it. And if people don’t clearly see what you stand for, they can’t choose you. In this episode, Vicki Abraham and Laura Bell go into the real conversation behind personal branding. Not the polished version. The honest one. The one where visibility asks you to speak up before you feel fully ready. ✨ Inside This Conversation → Why having a personal brand isn’t optional (even if you’ve never worked on it) → How to share your ideas without feeling like you’re exposing everything → The gap between posting content and actually leading conversations → Why the right message naturally filters your audience → How consistency is built through repetition, not reinvention → What shifts when you start saying what you actually think If people don’t hear your perspective, they create their own version of you. And that version may not reflect what you really stand for. This episode is a starting point, but the real shift happens when you apply it. Explore more inside the RE Women Founders Circle, where women are building brands with clarity, support, and direction. 👉 Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/SV4SYxS8SSY 👉 Learn more about the Circle: https://www.resilient-entrepreneurs.com/RE-women-pb

    23 min
  3. 186: Hilary Hendershott: Why Smart Women Struggle With Money (And How to Build Real Wealth)

    3 APR

    186: Hilary Hendershott: Why Smart Women Struggle With Money (And How to Build Real Wealth)

    Have you ever looked successful on the outside… while quietly struggling with money behind the scenes? In this powerful episode of the Resilient Entrepreneurs Podcast, we sit down with Hilary Hendershott, founder of Hendershott Wealth Management and host of Profit Boss Radio to unpack the truth about money shame, self-sabotage, and the hidden beliefs that keep smart women broke. Before building a $2M-per-year business and multi-seven-figure net worth, Hilary was $550,000 in debt. She lived on $8 a day. A sheriff padlocked her condo while she was at work. What changed everything wasn’t a budgeting app. It was rewriting her money story. This conversation goes beyond spreadsheets and into the psychology of wealth, the “money operating system” running in the background of your decisions, and how childhood messages about scarcity silently shape your business. If you’re a woman building wealth while battling hidden money fears, this episode will hit home. In This Episode, We Discuss: -Why being good at math doesn’t equal financial health-The “money operating system” shaping your spending and investing -How childhood messages like “there’s never enough” show up in business -Why high-achieving women overspend-The simple financial automation system that helped Hilary climb out of debt-Why women avoid investing and what it costs long term-How giving away $40 a month can shift your wealth identity-Hilary’s 7 Steps to Wealth framework If this episode resonated with you, share it with a woman who needs to hear it. And remember: Wealth is not selfish. Your full cup is what allows you to give. Watch the full episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/0tE9t2Ox1JA

    48 min
  4. 185: Seen and Remembered: The 6S Personal Branding System for Women Founders

    27 MAR

    185: Seen and Remembered: The 6S Personal Branding System for Women Founders

    What if the secret to showing up online wasn't hustle, but a system? Because here's the truth: most women founders aren't stuck because they lack ideas or expertise. They're stuck because they're trying to build visibility without a framework to hold it all together. In this episode, Vicki and Laura pull back the curtain on the 6S Personal Branding Framework - developed, tested, and refined right inside the RE: Women Founders Circle. This is the exact system they use with founders who are done playing small and ready to be genuinely, consistently seen. They walk through all six steps: Strategy, Storytelling, Socials, Speaking, Systems, and Scale - and this conversation is different: it's not just the marketing mechanics. It's the mindset shifts that make the whole thing sustainable. --- ✨ What You'll Learn in This Episode → The 6 steps of the 6S Framework and exactly how each one builds on the last → Why strategy comes before content (and what happens when you skip it) → The mindset shift that transforms social media from a performance into a conversation → How to stay visible even during your busiest seasons — without burning out → Why long-form content builds trust and authority faster than you think → How scaling your brand brings you full circle — and why that's a beautiful thing --- 💡 The Big Takeaway Visibility isn't about doing more. It's about doing the right things, in the right order, with intention. Your perspective is already unique. Your story is already worth telling. You just need the system to share it - and that's exactly what this episode gives you. --- 🎙️ Ready to Turn This Into Real Momentum? Come join us inside the RE: Women Founders Circle - a community built for female founders who are shaping their profile and their identity. Watch the full video on Youtube and get all the important assets!

    38 min
  5. 184: Katrena Freil: From $30K Loss to TEDx Speaker: The Mindset Shift Every Entrepreneur Needs

    20 MAR

    184: Katrena Freil: From $30K Loss to TEDx Speaker: The Mindset Shift Every Entrepreneur Needs

    There’s a moment in business that rarely gets talked about. It’s the moment when everything you planned seems to fall apart and you wonder if you should too. In this episode, hosts Laura and Vicki speak with TEDx speaker and business mentor Katrena Friel about the $30,000 loss that could have ended her entrepreneurial journey but instead became the turning point for a 25-year career in speaking, coaching, and helping women build businesses faster. Katrena shares how setbacks, self-doubt, and perfectionism can actually guide growth if you know how to listen. She explains why waiting for confidence or perfection before launching keeps so many entrepreneurs stuck and how taking action is the real catalyst for momentum. In this episode, we explore: • Why labeling yourself as “not confident” keeps you stuck • How to interpret self-doubt as guidance instead of proof you should quit • The hidden cost of over-preparing and under-launching • What really happens behind the scenes of a TEDx talk • Why your most powerful years may still be ahead of you This conversation is for anyone who has hesitated, overthought, or doubted themselves and is ready to step into clarity, confidence, and speed in their business.Watch the full episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/RQAnzk82jdc

    50 min
  6. 183: Dr. Nikia Smith: Why Rest Isn’t Fixing Your Burnout (What Women Entrepreneurs Need to Know)

    13 MAR

    183: Dr. Nikia Smith: Why Rest Isn’t Fixing Your Burnout (What Women Entrepreneurs Need to Know)

    What if the exhaustion you're feeling isn't a sign you're doing too much - but a sign you're missing something? You've built the thing. You're passionate, committed, all in. And yet you're running on empty in a way that rest just doesn't fix. There's a reason for that and it's probably not what you think. This week, Laura Bell and Vicki Abraham sit down with Dr. Nikia Smith, physician turned wellness entrepreneur, for a conversation that might just reframe everything you thought you knew about burnout and recovery. In this episode: 📌The real reason rest isn't restoring you 📌The seven types of rest (and the ones you're almost certainly missing) 📌Why asking for help feels so hard - and what that's costing you 📌The small shifts that create sustainability without starting over This episode is for women entrepreneurs and professionals who are done with survival mode and ready to build a life and business that support their energy, wellbeing, and long-term success. 🎧 Watch or listen to the full episode now and discover a healthier way to work, rest, and thrive. Watch it on Youtube! https://youtu.be/EDV7STmpfs8

    38 min
  7. Stop Second-Guessing Your Content: Social Media Confidence for Business Owners

    6 MAR

    Stop Second-Guessing Your Content: Social Media Confidence for Business Owners

    Have you ever stopped yourself from posting online because you wondered what people might think? It’s something we see often with entrepreneurs we work with, especially women building businesses and personal brands. You may have the experience, the knowledge, and the strategy, yet still hesitate when it comes to sharing your voice publicly. In this episode, Vicki and Laura talk about the quiet pressure many business owners feel when showing up on social media. The pressure to say the right thing or sound polished can easily turn visibility into a performance. This conversation explores a different way of looking at it. Instead of focusing on perfection, it’s about sharing your perspective and speaking to the people who genuinely need to hear from you. We also talk about a simple mindset shift that makes posting feel much easier: imagine you’re speaking to one person, not an entire audience. If social media has ever felt intimidating or unnatural, this episode offers a refreshing reminder that your voice, and your point of view is exactly what helps the right people find you.

    27 min
  8. 181: Jacqlin Richards: How Your Inner Child Controls Your Entrepreneurial Success

    27 FEB

    181: Jacqlin Richards: How Your Inner Child Controls Your Entrepreneurial Success

    Sometimes the biggest obstacles in business aren't your competitors, algorithms, or even cash flow - it’s the patterns you've been carrying since childhood. You've built your business, shown up consistently, and still there are moments when self-doubt, perfectionism, or the urge to control everything creeps in. If that sounds familiar, this one's for you. Laura Bell and Vicki Abraham sit down with Human Conditioning and Emotional Awareness Expert Jacqlin Richards - author of F*ck Up Your Kids with Grace and Humour - to talk about how your early life experiences are shaping the way you lead, make decisions, and relate to the people around you. This starts as a conversation about parenting and quickly becomes about you - and each of us. The childhood programming you grew up with, how you were guided, labelled, or protected, shows up in your business as overthinking, people-pleasing clients, avoiding risks, imposter syndrome, and struggling to back yourself when things get uncertain. With nearly two decades of research and personal work in human behaviour, Jacqlin, Laura and Vicki explain why building a business is about so much more than strategy. It's about learning to parent yourself, embrace your humanness, and make decisions from a place of curiosity rather than fear. If you want to stop exhausting yourself by forcing confidence, and instead build something that actually feels like you, this is a great place to start. Watch now → https://youtu.be/TMbWqni2-io  👉 Learn more about Jacqlin Richards’ work and her book F*ck Up Your Kids with Grace and Humour here: https://www.wayofthewolfpack.com/home

    48 min
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Building a business as a woman? You're in the right place. Co-hosts Laura (Bermuda) and Vicki (Brisbane, Australia) have been connecting across time zones for 5+ years, bringing you real conversations about entrepreneurship from a feminine perspective. Some episodes feature inspiring guests sharing their journeys of strength (and humour). Others are Laura and Vicki teaching the 6S Personal Branding System, the exact framework they've built for smart, talented women who are brilliant at what they do but somehow feel like marketing is hard work and getting clients is a random game. But here's what makes this different: we don't just teach you the system and send you on your way. We coach you through the hard bits. The "I don't want to be seen" bits. The "who am I to claim this" bits. The "I'll do it tomorrow" bits. Expect short, relatable episodes with practical strategies, actionable reframes and encouragement, and the reminder that you can market your business in a way that feels less forced and with a whole lot more joy. Perfect for: Women entrepreneurs who want to step further into their greatness and play even bigger.

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  • Creator
    Vicki Abraham and Laura Bell
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    189
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    Resilient Entrepreneurs