Space and Grace Podcast – Abundant Business Without Burnout

Michal McCracken | Business and Money Coach for Women Entrepreneurs
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The Space and Grace Podcast is for intuitive, ambitious women who want to grow an abundant business without burning out, shutting down, or constantly pushing themselves past capacity. Hosted by Michal McCracken, a business and money coach specialising in nervous system regulation and subconscious money patterns, the podcast explores how to create sustainable income from a calm, regulated place, instead of hustle and pressure. Episodes blend practical business strategy with nervous-system-based and hypnosis-informed money coaching, self-leadership, and grounded spirituality. You’ll learn how to feel safe earning more, regulate the patterns that drive overworking or inconsistency, and build a life and business that feels like freedom. Expect honest conversations about money, capacity, confidence, identity, and growth, along with practical tools for time freedom, intentional planning, and embodied leadership.

  1. 18h ago

    Is It Intuition or a Nervous System Stress Response?

    What feels like intuition may actually be urgency. In this episode, Michal explores how a nervous system trained to move through pressure can keep capable women working harder, moving faster, and mistaking stress for clear direction. Have you ever acted on a business idea because it felt intuitive, only to end up exhausted, dissatisfied, or wondering why the results did not match the effort? This solo episode is for capable women whose business growth still relies on urgency, pressure, and overwork. Michal shares how a dysregulated nervous system can make a threat response feel like clear direction, and why sustainable business growth requires learning to tell urgency from intuition. You will learn: • Why urgency can feel energising and intelligent  • How pressure becomes a familiar fuel for business growth  • What genuine intuition feels like in the body  • How to make steadier decisions without losing momentum Rewired to Rich is Michal’s 3-month private coaching experience for changing the money patterns that keep income tied to pressure. Click here to learn more  The podcast is proudly sponsored by JuicyCRM. If you're looking for an all in one CRM, click here and book a demo with the awesome team at JuicyCRM:

  2. Sep 27

    Strategic Visibility Without Burnout: How to Be Seen and Trusted- with KJ Blattenbauer

    Visibility shouldn't feel like a second job. PR expert KJ Blattenbauer explains how to become easier to find, recognise and trust without constantly posting, performing or adding more work to an already full plate.  Being good at what you do doesn't automatically mean the right people will find you. In this episode, publicist and Pitch Worthy author KJ Blattenbauer joins me to talk about strategic visibility, and why getting seen doesn't have to mean constantly posting, performing or turning marketing into another full-time job. We talk about: Why clarity matters more than simply being consistent How to make your message recognisable wherever people find you Why PR can create visibility beyond your existing audience What to do when being seen brings up vulnerability or fear of judgement How to build authority in ways that fit your capacity  KJ also shares a refreshingly simple approach to deciding what you want to be known for, who needs to hear your message and where you actually need to show up. And if you know visibility would help your business, but notice yourself avoiding, overcomplicating or retreating when it's time to be seen, that may be worth looking underneath. Rewired to Rich is my 3-month private coaching experience where we work with the money and safety patterns affecting visibility, earning, receiving and business decisions. Click here to learn more   Click here to grab all of KJ Blattenbauer’s free PR Resources Grab your copy of Pitchworthy     The podcast is proudly sponsored by JuicyCRM. If you're looking for an all-in-one CRM, I highly encourage you to click here and book a demo with the awesome team at JuicyCRM:

  3. Sep 20

    When Your Business Engine Stalls: Subconscious Loops and Income Patterns

    When motivation disappears and nothing you try seems to fix it, the problem is usually not on the surface. Here is what is actually running the show.   This episode is for the business owner who has gone flat, lost momentum, or found that the drive she used to rely on has quietly stopped working. Michal McCracken shares the story of a client whose entire business engine, inspiration followed by hard work, had run out of capacity. Not because she did anything wrong, but because the nervous system that had been holding all that pressure had reached its limit.   In this episode, Michal breaks down what subconscious emotional loops are, how they form, and why they keep showing up in business as overgiving, pivoting, avoidance, and inconsistent income, even when you consciously want something different.   What you will take away: Why flatness and stalled momentum are often a nervous system issue, not a motivation problemHow subconscious loops formed in childhood continue to shape money behaviour and business decisionsWhy standard mindset work often misses the layer where these patterns actually liveWhat shifts when the loop is cleared at the source rather than managed at the surface  If this episode is naming something you have been living with, Rewired to Rich is my 3-month private coaching experience where we work with your money patterns at the root.  Together, we use Miracle Coding, money pattern work, and nervous system regulation to help your body feel safer making, receiving, and holding more money, so you can stop returning to the same income ceiling and create more financial stability without needing to earn through pressure, overwork, or constant stress.    Click here to learn more  The podcast is proudly sponsored by JuicyCRM. If you're looking for an all in one CRM, I highly encourage you to click here and book a demo with the awesome team at JuicyCRM.

  4. Sep 13

    How to Speak Up and Share Your Expertise With Confidence – with Theresa Miller

    You can know your subject inside out and still stay quiet when the opportunity to speak comes. Theresa Miller explains why women’s expertise is still underheard and how to speak clearly and confidently when it matters.  You can be highly experienced, know exactly what you’re talking about, and still hesitate when someone hands you the microphone. In this episode, journalist, author and media trainer Theresa Miller joins me to talk about why women’s expertise is still underrepresented, what we lose when knowledgeable women stay in the background, and how to speak with more confidence and clarity. We talk about: Why speaking up can be a public service rather than self-promotion How to explain your expertise without drowning people in jargon Simple ways to structure a message so people actually understand it Practical tools for managing nerves before a presentation or interview Why credible expert voices matter even more in an era of misinformation and AI-generated content We also explore the fear of judgement that can appear when you know you need to be more visible, but some part of you would still quite like to disappear. If that pattern shows up around selling, speaking, visibility or being recognised for your work, it may be worth looking at what is making the quieter choice feel safer. Rewired to Rich is my 3-month private coaching experience where we work with the deeper patterns affecting visibility, earning, receiving and business decisions. Click here to learn more   Click here to Download Theresa’s online course  You can get Theresa’s book here  Or on Amazon here      The podcast is proudly sponsored by JuicyCRM. If you're looking for an all-in-one CRM, I highly encourage you to click here and book a demo with the awesome team at JuicyCRM:

  5. Sep 6

    Why Money Still Feels Unsafe Even When You Have Enough

    You check your account, the money is there, and you still feel tense. Here is why more money does not automatically create more safety.   If your business is working but money still does not feel stable, this episode is for you. Michal McCracken breaks down why women who are already earning can still feel anxious, guarded, or braced around money. Not because their numbers are wrong, but because the nervous system responds to money patterns, not bank account balances. What you will take away: Why more money does not automatically feel like more safetyHow your body can still be running old scarcity patterns even when your income is consistentThe difference between what your bank account says and what your nervous system believesWhy positive affirmations often fail to shift money patterns at the rootWhat it looks like to work with money responses in the body, not just the mind  This episode is for the woman whose finances look fine from the outside but feel exhausting from the inside. Speaking of the psychology of money, if you are building something meaningful but still feel stress, pressure, or contraction around money, Rewired to Rich is my 3-month private coaching experience where we work with your money patterns at the root. Together, we use Miracle Coding, money pattern work, and nervous system regulation to help your body feel safer making, receiving, and holding more money, so you can stop returning to the same income ceiling and create more financial stability without needing to earn through pressure, overwork, or constant stress.  Click here to learn more    The podcast is proudly sponsored by JuicyCRM. If you are looking for an all-in-one CRM, I highly encourage you to click here and book a demo with the awesome team at JuicyCRM.

  6. Aug 30

    Sustainable Business Growth for Real Life with Karen Dennett

    Your business plan can look tidy while your actual week is full of school runs, paid work, energy dips, decision fatigue, and the invisible load. Karen Dennett shares how to build a sustainable microbusiness that fits real life.   Most business growth advice assumes unlimited time, steady energy, and a clean calendar. That is not the reality for many women building a microbusiness around caregiving, paid work, school logistics, financial pressure, and the invisible load.   In this episode, I’m joined by Karen Dennett, educator and award-winning business mentor behind Hello Monday  , to talk about sustainable business growth, decision fatigue, and building a business that fits real life. You’ll hear: • Why hustle-based business models often fail women  • How one focused hour can create clearer business decisions  • Why clarity makes growth feel less scattered   Click here to download Karen Dennett’s Customer Matching Worksheet & Explainer Video  * A practical clarity tool to help women get clear on who they’re actually speaking to in their business * Guides users to match their offers with the right customers and articulate the real value they bring * Designed to be completed in under an hour and drawn from Hello Monday’s weekly clarity framework     And, if your business still feels tied to pressure, overgiving, or full-capacity output, Rewired to Rich is my 3-month private coaching experience for money patterns, nervous system regulation, and Miracle Coding. Click here to learn more    The podcast is proudly sponsored by JuicyCRM. If you’re looking for an all in one CRM, I highly encourage you to click here and book a demo with the awesome team at JuicyCRM

  7. Aug 23

    Work Less and Earn More with the Minimum Viable Workday – with Allan Ngo

    Working less sounds good in theory. Most people either cannot trust it or try it and watch their results slide. Allan Ngo explains what actually has to change first.   Most solo business owners are doing more than they need to. The problem is they cannot tell which parts actually move the needle. In this episode, Michal speaks with Allan Ngo, founder of Digital Solopreneur, about the minimum viable workday: the concept of identifying the smallest set of daily actions that genuinely drive results, and building your business around those instead of around maximum output.   What you will take away: How to identify the 20% of your work that creates most of your revenueWhy hiring or outsourcing often fails without documented processes and clear directionHow to use life commitments as an acid test for what to cut from your businessWhy doing less requires more clarity, not more discipline  This episode is for the solo business owner who is capable and hardworking but whose business still depends on the version of them who can always push.     If you recognise yourself in that last line, Rewired to Rich is my 3-month private coaching experience where we work with the money patterns and nervous system responses that keep your income tied to full-capacity effort. Together, we use Miracle Coding, money pattern work, and nervous system regulation to help your body feel safer making, receiving, and holding more money, so you can build a business that supports your life rather than one that quietly consumes it.  Click here to learn more    Click here to access Allan Ngo’s Revenue Relay GPT - Writes customer re-engagement messages that feel like helpful offers, not sales pitches—by honoring past purchases, rewarding loyalty, and timing offers with care - Helps you turn one-time buyers into repeat customers by offering the right thing at the right time without feeling pushy or salesy - Guided step-by-step process that creates ready-to-send emails or DMs based on your specific offers, customers, and timing       The podcast is proudly sponsored by JuicyCRM. If you're looking for an all in one CRM, I highly encourage you to click here and book a demo with the awesome team at JuicyCRM.

  8. Aug 16

    The Hidden Money Stories Behind Your Financial Decisions – with Carrie KC West

    Your money decisions are not coming from logic. They are coming from a story you did not consciously choose.  Here is how to see it clearly. Most money patterns do not start with strategy. They start with a story, one you absorbed before you had language for it.   In this episode, Michal McCracken is joined by Carrie KC West, founder of the Rewritten Collection and author of Money Rewritten. Drawing on her background in story analysis, Carrie helps people identify the hidden narratives shaping their financial lives and consciously choose new ones.   What you will take away: How to recognise when you are inside a money story, including the avoidance patterns most people mistake for practical decisionsHow generational and cultural conditioning shapes your current relationship with moneyWhy major life events like selling a business, getting married, or changing careers tend to surface the patterns you did not know you were carryingHow stripping money back to its baseline can help reduce the fear and noise around itWhat it actually looks like to start rewriting a money narrative in a grounded, sustainable way  This conversation is for the woman who knows her money behaviour does not fully match her intentions, and wants to understand why. You can buy Carrie’s book here Amazon Australia  And Amazon US    Speaking of money patterns that run beneath the surface, if you are building something meaningful but still feel stress, pressure, or contraction around money, Rewired to Rich is my 3-month private coaching experience where we work with your money patterns at the root.  Together, we use Miracle Coding, money pattern work, and nervous system regulation to help your body feel safer making, receiving, and holding more money, so you can stop returning to the same income ceiling and create more financial stability without needing to earn through pressure, overwork, or constant stress.  Click here to learn more    The podcast is proudly sponsored by JuicyCRM. If you're looking for an all in one CRM, I highly encourage you to click here and book a demo with the awesome team at JuicyCRM.

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The Space and Grace Podcast is for intuitive, ambitious women who want to grow an abundant business without burning out, shutting down, or constantly pushing themselves past capacity. Hosted by Michal McCracken, a business and money coach specialising in nervous system regulation and subconscious money patterns, the podcast explores how to create sustainable income from a calm, regulated place, instead of hustle and pressure. Episodes blend practical business strategy with nervous-system-based and hypnosis-informed money coaching, self-leadership, and grounded spirituality. You’ll learn how to feel safe earning more, regulate the patterns that drive overworking or inconsistency, and build a life and business that feels like freedom. Expect honest conversations about money, capacity, confidence, identity, and growth, along with practical tools for time freedom, intentional planning, and embodied leadership.

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