Built On Your Terms

Suzanne Dayton
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Built On Your Terms is the podcast for moms who've decided they want income they actually control... without the hustle, the guilt, or a 9-to-5 that never really saw them.  Hosted by Suzanne Dayton, founder of VA MOM, each episode is an honest conversation about building a real business, and a real life, in the hours you already have... while the kids are at school or asleep.  Expect practical how-to, founder stories, and the mindset shifts that move you from "someday" to your first client and beyond. If you're ready to build work around your family instead of the other way around, you're in the right place. Anti-hustle. Pro-you. Ready to actually start? Get the free VA MOM Bootcamp / Academy - the whole step-by-step setup for your Virtual Assistant business - at vamom.net/academy-page.

Episodes

  1. 2d ago

    How She Started a Home Bakery Business After a Layoff

    Pam Richard started Miss Peabody's Southern Tea Cakes with a bowl, her grandmother's recipe, and none of the equipment she was certain she needed first. In this episode: • The layoff, the grief underneath it, and the Baking Show episode that redirected everything • Piecing her late grandmother's recipe back together with her aunts • Why the minute you make your first sale, you're a business owner • Her "suffer-free zone" rule The list you think you need is permission, not equipment. Start the free VA MOM Academy - eight full modules, no login, no gate: 👉 https://vamom.net/academy-page Order from Miss Peabody's: https://www.misspeabodys.com/ https://www.instagram.com/miss_peabodys Built On Your Terms is a VA MOM production.

  2. Jul 15

    Real Freedom: Why Josh At LavaBox Could Scale This Business, Just Won't.

    Josh Thurman built Lavabox, the portable propane campfire that puts out 280,000 BTUs (about 4x a normal fire pit) and still passes fire bans across the West, and then made the decision most founders never do: he chose NOT to scale it. In this episode, we talk about: • The seven-prototype origin story (yes, the first one was a 50-cal ammo can) • Why he stays at 30,000 units a year when he could push to 60,000 - and won't • Do what you're good at. Delete the rest. • Strength-based operations over self-improvement • Growing up in the disability community, Protect Our Rivers, and why the outdoors saved his life Ready to actually start? Get the free VA MOM Bootcamp / Academy - the whole step-by-step setup for your Virtual Assistant business - at vamom.net/academy-page.

  3. Jun 30

    How She Left a Corporate Sales Career to Build Work She Believes

    Laura Conley walked away from a corporate sales career to build coaching work she actually believes in, and gave herself permission to choose a life that fits. For years, Laura was the breadwinner in a pharmaceutical sales job. This is the story of how she followed a trail of "curiosity crumbs" — a yoga class, a teacher training, a cry on a Santa Monica beach on Easter weekend, out of a career she'd outgrown and into work that's aligned with who she actually is. (A week after she decided to leave, her job laid her off. The decision was already made.) It's an episode about permission to choose: the moment you stop forcing a path that isn't working and start building one that is. In this episode, we talk about: - Why the "big calling that lands in your lap" is a myth — and what curiosity crumbs actually look like - The teacher-training moment that made her blow up her life — and the layoff that came one week later - "Deposits before withdrawals" and the business-is-a-baby season nobody posts about - How she and her husband pass the breadwinner role back and forth as each of them grows - Untying her self-worth from whether a launch lands — and what "pouring from a full cup" really means - What life looks like now, and what she'd tell someone still waiting for permission to choose If today's conversation resonated and you're building (or thinking about building) a virtual assistant business, here's your next step... a free resource on how to actually get clients: 👉 https://sideincomestudios.com/getclients You'll learn how to find your first (or next) clients with skills you already have, without cold-pitching all day, a big audience, or posting every day. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ CHAPTERS 00:00 Meet Laura & the "Mom Era" 00:46 The Big-Calling Myth & Curiosity Crumbs 01:01 How Yoga Found Her (Brian's Sports-Medicine Doctor) 01:58 The Teacher-Training Moment That Changed Everything 02:13 Easter Weekend in Santa Monica — Deciding to Blow It Up 03:02 The Layoff That Came One Week Later 12:46 Why It's in Her DNA: Sales, Hustle & Girl Scout Cookies 13:32 Deposits Before Withdrawals & the Business Baby 15:08 Passing the Breadwinner Role Back and Forth 16:46 Being Honest When She Couldn't Carry It Alone 36:46 Future-Self Thinking & Intentional Motherhood 37:23 Untying Self-Worth From the Launch 39:35 Pouring From a Full Cup ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ LINKS 📺 More episodes: youtube.com/@BuiltOnYourTerms 💌 Work with Laura Conley (Weight Boss coaching): lauraconley.com ABOUT Built On Your Terms is the video podcast from Side Income Studios - real people, real stories, and how they built income on their terms.  Real People. Real Stories. Income on Your Terms. #SideIncome #LeavingYour9to5 #BuiltOnYourTerms #SideIncomeStudios

  4. Jun 17

    Ep 1 · She Took a Month Off - and Her Business Was Still There When She Got Back · Bonnie Schutz

    Welcome to Episode 1 of Built On Your Terms. After nearly 30 years as a corporate executive assistant, Bonnie Schutz walked away in her late 40s to build her own version of freedom with Tandem Resource Solutions - a US-based remote-support agency with about 35 team members. In this episode, I sit down with Bonnie for the story of co-founding Tandem with her bestie at her last corporate job, finding her tribe of second-act women through her network, and arriving at one of the clearest definitions of freedom anyone has given on the show. KEY MOMENTS [01:26] Starting Tandem with her bestie [05:00] When corporate caught up with her [10:12] How she met Barbara Brooks (the funny version) [12:26] "Old network is your net worth" [24:41] Why owners aren't employees [30:03] The one-month sabbatical that proved everything [30:48] What freedom actually means START YOUR FIRST $1,000 IN SIDE INCOME Free 5-day bootcamp → https://sideincomestudios.com/bootcamp ABOUT THE GUEST Bonnie Schutz, Founder & Owner of Tandem Resource Solutions (tandemresourcesolutions.com). Connect on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/bonnieschutzea. Host of the podcast Delegate to Elevate: Get Shit Done. Founder of the upcoming Professional Service Pros directory.  ABOUT THE SHOW Built On Your Terms is a series by Side Income Studios. New episodes every other Wednesday.

  5. Season 1, Episode 1 Trailer

    Welcome to Built On Your Terms - Real People. Real Stories. Income and Life on Your Terms.

    Welcome to Built On Your Terms, a podcast about real people who chose to build income, and lives, that actually fit who they are. I'm Suzanne Dayton, founder of Side Income Studios, and this show is for the people who know deep down there has to be another way to live. Not necessarily easier. Not necessarily perfect. But more intentional. More free. More aligned. Every episode is a real conversation with someone who decided to stop waiting for permission and start building something different. This isn't about hustle culture. It's about freedom. Ownership. Flexibility. Purpose. And waking up feeling connected to the life you built. 👉  Click here to get started inside the the free 5-day Build Your First $1,000 Side Income Bootcamp. So glad you are here.  Built On Your Terms is part of Side Income Studios. sideincomestudios.com

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Built On Your Terms is the podcast for moms who've decided they want income they actually control... without the hustle, the guilt, or a 9-to-5 that never really saw them.  Hosted by Suzanne Dayton, founder of VA MOM, each episode is an honest conversation about building a real business, and a real life, in the hours you already have... while the kids are at school or asleep.  Expect practical how-to, founder stories, and the mindset shifts that move you from "someday" to your first client and beyond. If you're ready to build work around your family instead of the other way around, you're in the right place. Anti-hustle. Pro-you. Ready to actually start? Get the free VA MOM Bootcamp / Academy - the whole step-by-step setup for your Virtual Assistant business - at vamom.net/academy-page.

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  • Creator
    Suzanne Dayton
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    5
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Side Income Studios
  • Show Website
    Built On Your Terms