Mess to Mission

Lindsey Paulson
  • 5.0 (20)
  • Mental Health
  • Updated Weekly

Welcome to "Mess to Mission," the podcast where we delve into the intersection of mental health and entrepreneurship. Hosted by Linds Paulson, this show is your go-to resource for navigating the challenges of streamlining everything- from your business operations to your mental health. Join me each week as we explore practical strategies for streamlining your business operations while maintaining a healthy mindset. From managing stress and burnout, to fostering resilience and creativity, we cover it all. Hear stories from our guests on how they found purpose in their pain, joy in their accomplishments and helped to bring light to something that is passionate to them. Drawing on insights from experts in both mental health and business, we offer actionable tips and inspiring stories to help you turn your mess into a mission. Whether you're a seasoned entrepreneur or just starting out, this podcast is your roadmap on helping ensure that your mess can become your new found mission. Tune in to "Mess to Mission" and let's transform the way you do business, one episode at a time.

  1. 1d ago

    Why Your "Normal" Labs Might Not Be Optimal: Thyroid, Hormones, and Functional Medicine | Ashley Cruz Arata

    Have you been told your labs are "normal" while you're exhausted, gaining weight, and not sleeping? Integrative health practitioner Ashley Cruz Arata lost half her thyroid, gained 40 pounds, and kept hearing "normal" until an oncologist asked if she'd ever tried natural medicine. She left a decade at Amazon to help women find the root cause. This episode is for education, not medical advice. Talk with your own provider about your care. Ashley had to learn the tech and email side of business from scratch. If that's the part you dread, that's exactly what I help with: https://www.lindspaulson.com IN THIS EPISODE A fall on black ice, a CT scan, and the thyroid nodule nobody was worried aboutWhy weight gain, hair loss, and broken sleep were early thyroid signals"Normal" vs. optimal lab ranges, and why normal includes people who are already unwellThe three hormone buckets: thyroid, reproductive, and stressHow gut health affects thyroid hormones and estrogen clearanceThe minerals your thyroid needs to work: iodine, selenium, and zincWhy integrative health means the best of both worlds, not ditching your doctorLosing two father figures to cancer in one year, and deciding not to wait for "later"Leaving Amazon and learning the business side as she wentYou are the expert on your own body ABOUT ASHLEY Ashley Cruz Arata is a Certified Integrative Health Practitioner who helps women over 35 get to the root cause of hormone and thyroid imbalances using functional lab testing and natural approaches. After years of hearing her labs were "normal," she healed her own body and now helps women feel seen in theirs again. CONNECT WITH ASHLEY Free guide, Normal Isn't Optimal (the hormone lab guide that shows what "normal" labs are missing): https://ashleycruzarata.myflodesk.com/normalisntoptimal Website: https://ashleycruzarata.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashleycruzarata/ --- LOVED THIS EPISODE? Follow Mess to Mission and leave a rating or review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. It's the best way to help another busy mom-preneur find the show. ABOUT YOUR HOST Linds Paulson is the founder of Sunday Ops Co. She helps busy women business owners build simple systems so their business feels easy like Sunday. https://www.lindspaulson.com Want to know about the systems I talk about on the show? Get the weekly Sunday Ops email to see what systems you can create to turn your mess into a mission. https://lindspaulson.myflodesk.com/messtomission

  2. Sep 24

    Human Design for Moms: Grief, Postpartum and Coming Back to Yourself | MaKenzie Byram

    What happens when grief, postpartum, and a demanding career all land in the same season? MaKenzie Byram shares how gut health and Human Design helped her come back to herself, and how she now helps moms move out of survival mode. Content note: this episode includes discussion of suicide loss and postpartum depression. If you are struggling, call or text 988 (US) to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. If your business is running you instead of fitting your season of motherhood, that's exactly what I help with. Start here: https://www.lindspaulson.com IN THIS EPISODE How an elimination diet in 2015 introduced MaKenzie to gut health, long before it was mainstreamPostpartum anxiety and depression with her first baby, and why she leaned on professional supportLosing her dad to suicide while nursing a six-month-old, and going back to work two weeks laterThe gut-brain connection, and why physical health was the first thing she could controlBuilding an in-house recruiting department, then hitting a wall after baby number threeHuman Design explained simply: start with your type, strategy, and authorityWhy "let me think about that" changed her decision-making as an emotional authorityThe Gut Code: receive, rhythm, regulate, release, and restoreParenting three kids with three different Human Design types BOOKS MENTIONED The Plan by Lyn-Genet Recitas: https://amzn.to/3T6U7Wz The Whole30 by Melissa Urban: https://amzn.to/4hpORqp The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman: https://amzn.to/3TRvBJe As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. ABOUT MAKENZIE MaKenzie Byram is the host of Regulating and Raising, a podcast helping moms move out of survival mode and into a life they recognize as their own. After a decade in corporate talent acquisition and a postpartum season that left her depleted, she found her way back through gut health, Human Design, and nervous system work. She teaches that moms aren't broken, they're dysregulated. CONNECT WITH MAKENZIE Website: https://www.cleanmomedit.com Instagram: @thecleanmomedit Free training, The Reason You Mom the Way You Do: https://thecleanmomedit.myflodesk.com/freebie The Clean Mom Edit Club ($33/month): https://www.skool.com/the-soft-motherhood-collective-8849/about --- LOVED THIS EPISODE? Follow Mess to Mission and leave a rating or review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. It's the best way to help another busy mom-preneur find the show. ABOUT YOUR HOST Linds Paulson is the founder of Sunday Ops Co. She helps busy women business owners build simple systems so their business feels easy like Sunday. https://www.lindspaulson.com Want to know about the systems I talk about on the show? Get the weekly Sunday Ops email to see what systems you can create to turn your mess into a mission. https://lindspaulson.myflodesk.com/messtomission

  3. Sep 17

    How to Homeschool and Run a Business Without Burning Out | Erin Meinel

    Can you homeschool your kids and still build something of your own? Former kindergarten teacher Erin Meinel ran two businesses straight into burnout, laid them both down to homeschool, and came back with a personal brand that flexes with every season. Feeling pulled between motherhood and the business you're building? Let's make room for both: https://www.lindspaulson.com IN THIS EPISODE From a decade teaching 4K and kindergarten to sleep coaching and a branding agencyWhy running two businesses with preschoolers led straight to burnoutThe book that gave Erin language for what she saw in classrooms: Hold On to Your Kids by Gordon Neufeld and Gabor MatéLaying down two working businesses to homeschool, and what she did in the in-betweenWhy a personal brand can ebb and flow with your season of lifeIntegration over balance: you don't have to pick just one identityPivoting without fear: the right people stay in your cornerThe four to five homeschool anchors that make days predictable and calmerThe one thing Erin wishes she'd known: look for problems you've already solved THE BOOK ERIN MENTIONS Hold On to Your Kids by Gordon Neufeld and Gabor Maté: https://amzn.to/4huwH5k As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. BUILDING YOUR OWN MARKETING PLAN? I plan content in Rella (https://getrella.com/?via=lindsey) and send emails with Flodesk (https://flodesk.com/c/2RCUL7). Both are affiliate links. ABOUT ERIN Erin Meinel spent over a decade as an early childhood educator before building two businesses of her own, one of which hit six figures in its first year. After two years as a marketing manager for a faith-integrated brand, she now teaches homeschool moms how to build and market a personal brand that fits their life and season. She hosts the Homeschool Moms Make Money podcast and lives in Wisconsin with her husband and two boys. CONNECT WITH ERIN Exclusive for Mess to Mission listeners: https://erinmeinel.com/mess Website: https://erinmeinel.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/erinmeinel Substack: https://substack.com/@erinmeinel Homeschool Moms Make Money podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/homeschool-moms-make-money-homeschool-routines-work/id6790794941 --- LOVED THIS EPISODE? Follow Mess to Mission and leave a rating or review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. It's the best way to help another busy mom-preneur find the show. ABOUT YOUR HOST Linds Paulson is the founder of Sunday Ops Co. She helps busy women business owners build simple systems so their business feels easy like Sunday. https://www.lindspaulson.com Want to know about the systems I talk about on the show? Get the weekly Sunday Ops email to see what systems you can create to turn your mess into a mission. https://lindspaulson.myflodesk.com/messtomission

  4. Sep 10

    How to Pivot Your Business and Finally Delegate as a Mom Entrepreneur | Nora Virginia

    Why is pivoting your business scarier than starting one? Business and identity coach Nora Virginia walked away from a multiple six-figure program three days before launching $15K in ads, and rebuilt her business to run part-time after becoming a mom. Ready to hand things off but don't know where to start? Building the systems and SOPs that make delegation possible is exactly what I do: https://www.lindspaulson.com IN THIS EPISODE What an identity coach does, and why strategy alone doesn't get executedHow seven years at a startup built Nora's figure-it-out resourcefulnessBuying someone else's 10,000 hours: why she has worked with coaches since day oneBusy vs. productive: will that hour in Canva actually make you a dollar?Eating the frog, the phone blocker that exposed her avoidance habits, and asking "why am I avoiding this?"Why pivoting is harder than starting, and the program she shut down right before launchRebuilding for part-time hours: the 20% of work that drives 80% of resultsHow her assistant turned maternity leave into an SOP for every task in the business BOOK MENTIONED Eat That Frog by Brian Tracy: https://amzn.to/3TVwS1Q As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. SYSTEMS I USE TO DELEGATE Turn a screen recording into a written SOP with Kommodo: https://kommodo.ai/?via=lindsey My client workflows, forms, and follow-ups run through Dubsado: https://www.dubsado.com/?c=linds2026 Both are affiliate links. ABOUT NORA Nora Virginia is a business and identity coach, breathwork facilitator, and host of the top 2.5% podcast Glow Up to Blow Up. She helps entrepreneurs building personal brands scale to six and seven figures by expanding their identity into the version of themselves capable of creating the success they want, paired with timeless business strategy. CONNECT WITH NORA Website: https://www.noravirginia.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamnoravirginia/ Glow Up to Blow Up podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/15mqJPnmWqp3heIwbDKdpe It Factor Interactive Workshop: https://www.noravirginia.com/itfactor Daily Future Self Activation: https://www.noravirginia.com/activation --- LOVED THIS EPISODE? Follow Mess to Mission and leave a rating or review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. It's the best way to help another busy mom-preneur find the show. ABOUT YOUR HOST Linds Paulson is the founder of Sunday Ops Co. She helps busy women business owners build simple systems so their business feels easy like Sunday. https://www.lindspaulson.com Want to know about the systems I talk about on the show? Get the weekly Sunday Ops email to see what systems you can create to turn your mess into a mission. https://lindspaulson.myflodesk.com/messtomission

  5. Sep 3

    Business Burnout Recovery: Letting Go of a Team and Rebuilding Better | Amy Stout

    What do you do when your six-figure business looks great on the outside and you're falling apart on the inside? Amy Stout took a sabbatical, lost her biggest clients, let go of her whole team while pregnant, and rebuilt a simpler business that now earns more with half the expenses. If your business was built in a way that runs you into the ground, I help you rebuild the systems so it doesn't: https://www.lindspaulson.com IN THIS EPISODE Landing her first client by cold pitching 10 influencers: email, a personal video, and a follow-upHow a virtual assistant business grew by referral into a six-person teamWhy highly customized services are hard to scaleBurnout that showed up in her body: fatigue, eczema, asthma, and moreTaking a seven-week sabbatical, and coming back to clients leavingFinding out she was pregnant, and deciding to let go of her entire teamHow one client's advice led to a new ads offer that signed four clients in a monthExpenses cut in half and profit tripled after the pivotWhy pivoting is a skill, not a failure ABOUT AMY Amy is a mom, entrepreneur, and the host of The Peaceful Entrepreneur, a podcast about building a business (and a life) that doesn't burn you out. She runs ABIDE Outsourcing, an ads agency serving Amazon influencers. CONNECT WITH AMY The Peaceful Entrepreneur: https://www.thepeacefulentrepreneur.com ABIDE Outsourcing: https://www.abideoutsourcing.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heyamyelizabeth/ ABIDE on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abideoutsourcing/ --- LOVED THIS EPISODE? Follow Mess to Mission and leave a rating or review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. It's the best way to help another busy mom-preneur find the show. ABOUT YOUR HOST Linds Paulson is the founder of Sunday Ops Co. She helps busy women business owners build simple systems so their business feels easy like Sunday. https://www.lindspaulson.com Want to know about the systems I talk about on the show? Get the weekly Sunday Ops email to see what systems you can create to turn your mess into a mission. https://lindspaulson.myflodesk.com/messtomission

  6. Aug 27

    Why I Sold My Successful Business to Find Margin Again | Lauren Elliott, BCBA

    What if the most faithful move is walking away from something that's working? Board Certified Behavior Analyst Lauren Elliott built a debt-free, profitable two-location practice, then sold it after five years to get her margin back. If your business has taken over every part of your life, let's build it back around your life instead: https://www.lindspaulson.com IN THIS EPISODE What a behavior analyst actually does (and the Criminal Minds question)How a psychology class turned an international business major toward mission work at homeOpening a practice in 2020, with a waitlist one month inRunning two locations debt-free and profitable from day oneFeeling guilty wherever she was: at one clinic, the other, or at homeThe phone call from her assistant that made her decide to sellSelling to a national organization in under six months, exactly five years to the day after openingWhy margin matters: you can't serve well with nothing left to refillWhat's next: a lifestyle blog, homesteading, and mentoring new BCBAs FINDING YOUR PEOPLE Lauren talks about why community with other women in business matters so much. Rally is one I love (affiliate link): https://letsrally.circle.so/rally?affiliate_code=a2c73b ABOUT LAUREN Lauren Elliott is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), entrepreneur, writer, wife, and mom. She blends biblical truth with practical insights from behavioral science to help individuals and families build healthier habits, strengthen relationships, and move from surviving to thriving. Her message: your mess doesn't disqualify you; it may be the very thing God uses for your mission. CONNECT WITH LAUREN Lifestyle: https://www.simplyelliott.com | Instagram @elliott_lauren Behavior analysis content and consultation: https://www.laurenrelliott.com | Instagram @lre.bcba --- LOVED THIS EPISODE? Follow Mess to Mission and leave a rating or review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. It's the best way to help another busy mom-preneur find the show. ABOUT YOUR HOST Linds Paulson is the founder of Sunday Ops Co. She helps busy women business owners build simple systems so their business feels easy like Sunday. https://www.lindspaulson.com Want to know about the systems I talk about on the show? Get the weekly Sunday Ops email to see what systems you can create to turn your mess into a mission. https://lindspaulson.myflodesk.com/messtomission

  7. Aug 20

    How a Mom of Two Started a Social Media Business With One Bold Email | Abby MacMillan

    Can you build a business without a marketing background, around babies who don't nap? Abby MacMillan, founder of Resonate Social, sent one audacious email from her couch and turned it into a social media studio built around her kids, not the other way around. Know what you want your systems to do but dread building them? That part is my specialty: https://www.lindspaulson.com IN THIS EPISODE Imposter syndrome when you don't see yourself as "a creative"Three MLMs later: what they taught her about Canva and her own entrepreneurial streakHow freelancing during naptime created a stressful relationship with the clockThe one email to a local job listing that became her first client for a year and a halfBuilding slowly: layering in childcare and client work one step at a timeKeeping Fridays with her kids, and remembering that's the whole pointBeing a big-picture thinker who hands off building the systems and automationsWhy social media and email work best togetherWhy podcasts have more staying power than a post the algorithm buries TOOLS FOR SOCIAL + EMAIL Plan your social content in Rella: https://getrella.com/?via=lindsey Send your emails with Flodesk: https://flodesk.com/c/2RCUL7 Both are affiliate links. ABOUT ABBY Abby MacMillan is the founder of Resonate Social, a social media studio that helps small business owners and founders show up online as themselves, not as a performance of who they think they need to be. A New Hampshire mom of two, she built her business around motherhood instead of the other way around. CONNECT WITH ABBY Free 5-Day Content Mini Course: https://resonatesocial.myflodesk.com/messtomissionpodcast Website: https://resonatesocial.co Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/resonate_social/ Work with Abby: https://resonatesocial.hbportal.co/public/discoverycall Join the membership: https://resonatesocial.co/membership-sales-page --- LOVED THIS EPISODE? Follow Mess to Mission and leave a rating or review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. It's the best way to help another busy mom-preneur find the show. ABOUT YOUR HOST Linds Paulson is the founder of Sunday Ops Co. She helps busy women business owners build simple systems so their business feels easy like Sunday. https://www.lindspaulson.com Want to know about the systems I talk about on the show? Get the weekly Sunday Ops email to see what systems you can create to turn your mess into a mission. https://lindspaulson.myflodesk.com/messtomission

  8. Aug 13

    From Special Ed Teacher to Online Business Manager for ADHD Entrepreneurs | Virtually Robyn

    What happens when going back to teaching part-time would net you $1,000 a month after childcare? Former special education teacher Robyn ran the numbers, became a virtual assistant, and within a year had almost replaced her full-time teaching income as an Online Business Manager for busy-brained business owners. If your business lives in your head and you're ready to hand some of it off, start here: https://www.lindspaulson.com IN THIS EPISODE Why teaching part-time didn't add up once childcare was in the mathFollowing a creator for seven years before buying her course: a lesson in nurturing your audienceHow helping one creator find an ADHD evaluation shaped Robyn's nicheKeeping the impact of the classroom while working with adultsEverything in motherhood and business is a seasonA weekly calendar on the fridge: the simple system for a pilot's scheduleWhat an OBM does: podcasts, inboxes, launches, and even grocery ordersTaking a real lunch break: boundaries when you're in charge of everythingGamify it: how Robyn writes her newsletter in 30 minutes or less WRITE YOUR OWN NEWSLETTER Flodesk is the email platform I use (affiliate link): https://flodesk.com/c/2RCUL7 ABOUT ROBYN Robyn is a former special education teacher turned Online Business Manager for business owners with busy brains. She supports them with simple, sustainable systems so their goals actually make it out of their notes app and their business supports their life. CONNECT WITH ROBYN Website: https://virtually-robyn.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/virtually.robyn/ Free private podcast: https://virtually-robyn.com/podcast --- LOVED THIS EPISODE? Follow Mess to Mission and leave a rating or review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. It's the best way to help another busy mom-preneur find the show. ABOUT YOUR HOST Linds Paulson is the founder of Sunday Ops Co. She helps busy women business owners build simple systems so their business feels easy like Sunday. https://www.lindspaulson.com Want to know about the systems I talk about on the show? Get the weekly Sunday Ops email to see what systems you can create to turn your mess into a mission. https://lindspaulson.myflodesk.com/messtomission

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Welcome to "Mess to Mission," the podcast where we delve into the intersection of mental health and entrepreneurship. Hosted by Linds Paulson, this show is your go-to resource for navigating the challenges of streamlining everything- from your business operations to your mental health. Join me each week as we explore practical strategies for streamlining your business operations while maintaining a healthy mindset. From managing stress and burnout, to fostering resilience and creativity, we cover it all. Hear stories from our guests on how they found purpose in their pain, joy in their accomplishments and helped to bring light to something that is passionate to them. Drawing on insights from experts in both mental health and business, we offer actionable tips and inspiring stories to help you turn your mess into a mission. Whether you're a seasoned entrepreneur or just starting out, this podcast is your roadmap on helping ensure that your mess can become your new found mission. Tune in to "Mess to Mission" and let's transform the way you do business, one episode at a time.

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  • Creator
    Lindsey Paulson
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    120
  • Rating
    Clean