Making It: How Coaches, Consultants, and Creators Build for Success

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For most aspiring online entrepreneurs, “making it” means achieving success in your business. But what exactly is business success anyway? And how do outwardly successful online entrepreneurs define "making it"? Here at Mirasee FM, we wanted to find out, so we asked a group of diverse online business owners what success means to them. Their answers and insights surprised, moved, and inspired us. In this podcast, accomplished online entrepreneurs discuss what making it means to them, provide tips for online business success, and share important lessons on business and life that they have learned along the way.

  1. 23h ago

    From Software CEO to Kingmaker: Building a Lifestyle Coaching Business

    Special "Business Revenue Leak Checklist" offer free at http://www.mrse.co/leak. What happens when you realize you're the kingmaker, not the king? Alex van Ginneken shares how he sold his 25-employee software company to build a lifestyle coaching business. Discover his LinkedIn strategy, AI automation tips, and why doubling your prices creates freedom. Guest Bio: What if you didn’t just use AI, but actually made it work for your business? While growing more revenue, working fewer hours, and finally having space for life again. That’s exactly what Alex van Ginneken helps entrepreneurs achieve. Alex is an entrepreneur, business coach, and AI expert with more than fifteen years of experience. He has built and sold multiple companies and now helps thousands of entrepreneurs make their businesses smarter, more efficient, and truly scalable through practical AI. His approach focuses on practical, immediately applicable strategies and insights rather than complicated theory, delivering real results for business owners. When he’s not working with AI, Alex enjoys running marathons around the world. He believes that discipline, perseverance, and smart systems make the difference, both in sport and in business. Connect with Alex van Ginneken LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ginneken/Website: https://alexvanginneken.com Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:Mirasee Credits: Host: Meredith EisenbergEditor: Marvin Del RosarioExecutive Producer: Danny Iny To catch the great episodes coming up on Making It, please follow us on Mirasee FM's YouTube channel or your favorite podcast player. And if you enjoyed the show, please leave us a comment or a starred review. It's the best way to help us get these ideas to more people. Episode transcript: From Software CEO to Kingmaker: Building a Lifestyle Coaching Business coming soon.

    From Software CEO to Kingmaker: Building a Lifestyle Coaching Business

  2. 1d ago

    Building Trust in Leadership: The Framework That Transforms Teams

    Special "Business Revenue Leak Checklist" offer free at http://www.mrse.co/leak. What does it take to build trust in leadership during uncertain times? Fiona Campbell Arrand shares her Working with Trust framework built from 35 years of international sales and NLP expertise. Discover how transparency, respect, and supporting others creates thriving team cultures. Guest Bio: Fiona Campbell Arrand is the author of the bestselling leadership book Working with Trust, an international speaker, Business Coach and Leadership Development Trainer with over 35 years' experience helping leaders, coaches and business professionals strengthen communication, build trust and create psychologically safety. As the creator of the Working with Trust Framework™ NLP Leadership Programme, Fiona combines leadership development, coaching, emotional intelligence and NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) to help leaders think more clearly, communicate with precision and lead with confidence in today's AI-supported workplace. Her programmes have been delivered across the UK and Middle East to organisations spanning government, healthcare, banking, hospitality and industry. Known for making complex communication and behavioural skills simple and practical to apply, Fiona has trained thousands of professionals and regularly speaks at leadership and NLP conferences. She is passionate about helping leaders develop the human skills AI cannot replace - building trust, strengthening psychological safety, and creating cultures where people take ownership, collaborate and perform at their best. Connect with Fiona Campbell Arrand LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fionacampbellarrand/Website: https://theprofessionalgrowthcompany.com Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:Mirasee Credits: Host: Meredith EisenbergEditor: Marvin Del RosarioExecutive Producer: Danny Iny To catch the great episodes coming up on Making It, please follow us on Mirasee FM's YouTube channel or your favorite podcast player. And if you enjoyed the show, please leave us a comment or a starred review. It's the best way to help us get these ideas to more people. Episode transcript: Building Trust in Leadership: The Framework That Transforms Teams coming soon.

    Building Trust in Leadership: The Framework That Transforms Teams

  3. 2d ago

    From Telecom Engineer to Leadership Coach: Why Vulnerability Wins

    Special "Business Revenue Leak Checklist" offer free at http://www.mrse.co/leak. What happens when a telecom engineer realizes technology upgrades aren't his passion? Leadership coach Albert Cervelló Griso shares his pivot from deploying networks at Cisco to helping technical leaders develop human skills. Discover why vulnerability is the key to team connection. Guest Bio: Albert Cervelló Griso was following the path that was expected of him, which he assumed would make him happy. He had studied for a degree, worked for a large multinational, travelled the world, and earned a good salary. He had a place to live, a car, and a significant other. However, upon turning 30 and despite having social status and a good position as a Telecommunications Engineer at one of the best technology companies in the world, he began to feel lost, unmotivated, and anxious. From a young age, Albert had always been interested in reading self-help and leadership books, in particular, those offering advice on how to feel better and improve oneself. The truth is, like most people, after so many years at school and university, he not only ended up with a degree, but also a great capacity to memorise. Unfortunately, he did not know himself; he did not know what he liked, what he was good at, or what his purpose in life was. He had always been driven by something that had a clear professional outlet. He did not know what emotions were, let alone how to manage conflict, anxiety, and personal relationships. It was in early 2011 when Albert discovered coaching and embarked on his journey of personal and professional transformation. By following his purpose, aligning his values and strengths, and learning how to manage his emotions, he was finally able to focus on what fulfilled him and made him feel good: personal and organisational development, leadership, and interpersonal skills. Connect with Albert Cervelló Griso LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/albertcervello/Website: https://albertcervello.com/ Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:Mirasee Credits: Host: Meredith EisenbergEditor: Marvin Del RosarioExecutive Producer: Danny Iny To catch the great episodes coming up on Making It, please follow us on Mirasee FM's YouTube channel or your favorite podcast player. And if you enjoyed the show, please leave us a comment or a starred review. It's the best way to help us get these ideas to more people. Episode transcript: From Telecom Engineer to Leadership Coach: Why Vulnerability Wins coming soon.

    From Telecom Engineer to Leadership Coach: Why Vulnerability Wins

  4. 5d ago

    How to Break Free From Outdated Identities That Hold You Back

    Special "Business Revenue Leak Checklist" offer free at http://www.mrse.co/leak. What happens when the identity that built your success becomes the cage that traps you? Ellen Cohen shares her STAR Map framework for breaking free from outdated identities and stepping into transformation. From Hollywood lawyer to executive coach, she reveals how to redraw life's map. Guest Bio: Ellen B. Cohen is a PCC-certified executive and leadership coach, organizational consultant, facilitator, speaker, and founder of EBC Coaching & Consulting LLC and ThinkSpace. She works with senior leaders, high-achieving professionals, lawyers, executives, and entrepreneurs who want to step into larger roles, stronger leadership identities, and more strategic versions of themselves with greater clarity, confidence, influence, and authority. Before and during the growth of her coaching practice, Ellen spent more than 25 years as an in-house attorney and business affairs executive at major media and entertainment companies, including Disney, Sony, Twentieth Century Fox, Showtime, and Microsoft. Her coaching and corporate entertainment background give her firsthand insight into what it takes to navigate demanding roles, complex organizations, career reinvention, entrepreneurship, and high-stakes decision-making. Her work includes executive coaching, leadership development, facilitation, workshops, masterminds, MCLE programs, and ThinkSpace, a confidential thought partnership offering for complex decisions, leadership challenges, career moves, organizational dynamics, and strategic opportunities. Ellen holds a BA in French and Philosophy from Brandeis University, a JD from Emory University School of Law, and an MA in Organization Development and Leadership. She is also certified in yoga, meditation, breathwork, neuromindfulness, Reiki, personal training, and group fitness. Connect with Ellen B. Cohen LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ebccoachingWebsite: https://ebccoaching.com Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:Mirasee Credits: Host: Meredith EisenbergEditor: Marvin Del RosarioExecutive Producer: Danny Iny To catch the great episodes coming up on Making It, please follow us on Mirasee FM's YouTube channel or your favorite podcast player. And if you enjoyed the show, please leave us a comment or a starred review. It's the best way to help us get these ideas to more people. Episode transcript: How to Break Free From Outdated Identities That Hold You Back coming soon.

    How to Break Free From Outdated Identities That Hold You Back

  5. Sep 30

    From Free Workshops to Enterprise Clients: Landing Big Contracts as a Coach

    Special "Business Revenue Leak Checklist" offer free at http://www.mrse.co/leak. How do you go from free workshops to landing enterprise clients at Fortune 500 companies? Kate Strohl shares her two-year follow-up strategy, why she skips HR to go direct to managers, and how she built credibility as an Enneagram coach helping early career teams communicate better at work. Guest Bio: Kate Strohl is an ICF-certified coach, the founder of Enneagram With Kate, and the creator of Enneagram Reflection Cards. With a master's degree in Human Development and Learning, and graduate research focused on social connection in emerging adults, she brings 10+ years of coaching and facilitating across hundreds of clients, from global financial firms to local nonprofits. Today, Kate partners with organizations to help early-career talent become more self-aware and work together more effectively — using the Enneagram to help individuals and teams understand not just what they do, but why they do it. Connect with Kate Strohl LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katestrohl/Website: https://EnneagramWithKate.com Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:Mirasee Credits: Host: Meredith EisenbergEditor: Marvin Del RosarioExecutive Producer: Danny Iny To catch the great episodes coming up on Making It, please follow us on Mirasee FM's YouTube channel or your favorite podcast player. And if you enjoyed the show, please leave us a comment or a starred review. It's the best way to help us get these ideas to more people. Episode transcript: From Free Workshops to Enterprise Clients: Landing Big Contracts as a Coach coming soon.

    From Free Workshops to Enterprise Clients: Landing Big Contracts as a Coach

  6. Sep 29

    From Product Manager to Career Coach: Scaling Beyond the Politics

    Special "Business Revenue Leak Checklist" offer free at http://www.mrse.co/leak. What does it take to become a successful career coach for software engineers? Anna Miller left product management to build Outlier Expert, helping engineers master the interview skills no one teaches. She shares how to scale from 3 clients to 10 and why each growth phase demands new capabilities. Guest Bio: Anna Miller brings over 15 years of work experience from tech, working with teams across 7 different companies. Since 2021, Anna has been mentoring software engineers, with a focus on the job search. She has helped 100+ engineers land new roles, grow their career and get better pay. Currently she runs Outlier Mentors. Connect with Anna Miller LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annamiller/Website: https://outlier.expert Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:Mirasee Credits: Host: Meredith EisenbergEditor: Marvin Del RosarioExecutive Producer: Danny Iny To catch the great episodes coming up on Making It, please follow us on Mirasee FM's YouTube channel or your favorite podcast player. And if you enjoyed the show, please leave us a comment or a starred review. It's the best way to help us get these ideas to more people. Episode transcript: From Product Manager to Career Coach: Scaling Beyond the Politics coming soon.

    From Product Manager to Career Coach: Scaling Beyond the Politics

  7. Sep 28

    From Deputy Superintendent to Leadership Coach: Finding Purpose After Burnout

    Special "Business Revenue Leak Checklist" offer free at http://www.mrse.co/leak. What happens when a successful leader hits a wall despite outward success? Leadership coach Paula Shannon shares her journey from deputy superintendent to coaching executives through burnout. Learn why productivity as identity holds leaders back and how to reconnect with joy. Guest Bio: Paula Shannon is the founder of Whole Leader Lab, where she helps teams and leaders improve how they communicate, engage, and influence. Every business has three things: products and services, plans to design and deliver them, and people. The products and the plans are tangible and visible. The people dynamics are not, and that is where Paula works. She helps teams communicate and collaborate, supports leaders and owners in engaging in ways that empower and expand their influence, and works with the emotional dynamics always at play so leaders and their teams move from reacting to responding. Before founding her practice, Paula spent more than seventeen years in senior and C-suite roles, including as Deputy Superintendent of Tulsa Public Schools, leading organizations of thousands through complex, high-stakes change. That experience taught her how much the way people experience an organization shapes whether they stay, trust, and do their best work. She is now training as an X-Factor Certified Consultant, deepening her ability to apply behavioral psychology to the design of experiences that build connection and belonging. Paula is especially interested in this work as technology reshapes how organizations relate to the people they serve. Paula is a certified executive coach, consultant, and speaker. Connect with Paula Shannon LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paularshannon/Website: https://wholeleaderlab.org Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:Mirasee Credits: Host: Meredith EisenbergEditor: Marvin Del RosarioExecutive Producer: Danny Iny To catch the great episodes coming up on Making It, please follow us on Mirasee FM's YouTube channel or your favorite podcast player. And if you enjoyed the show, please leave us a comment or a starred review. It's the best way to help us get these ideas to more people. Episode transcript: From Deputy Superintendent to Leadership Coach: Finding Purpose After Burnout coming soon.

    From Deputy Superintendent to Leadership Coach: Finding Purpose After Burnout

  8. Sep 25

    Why AUDHD Entrepreneurs Need Different Business Strategies to Thrive

    Special "Business Revenue Leak Checklist" offer free at http://www.mrse.co/leak. What happens when conventional business advice actually works against your neurodivergent brain? Alex Owen-Hill shares how his AUDHD diagnosis transformed his business strategy—revealing why AUDHD entrepreneurs need to hire help earlier, embrace hyperfixation cycles, and work inside their comfort zone. Guest Bio: Alex Owen-Hill probably shouldn't have a bio like this. Bios like this are supposed to tell you what someone does, who they help, and why they're "The Best" in language that sounds impressive, polished, and businessy… but that could be said by almost anyone and could frankly be spat out by an AI. Which is exactly the opposite of Alex's values and mission: helping people sound more like their glorious, unique selves. Now for a bunch of impressive-sounding labels: Voice and speaker coach, voice researcher, physical comedian, and professional clown, trained at the notoriously demanding École Philippe Gaulier, where being boring is the highest unforgivable sin. A plethora of voice certifications including Gender-Affirming Voice Work, Emotional Vocal Expression, and Neuroscience and Voice. Also currently completing an MA in Voice research specialising in Neurodivergent Voice and Workplace Masking. As an ADHD-autistic, Alex creates clown shows about neurodivergence and difference. In business, Alex's work has always been a bridge between the authentic world of performers and the "normal" business world. A PhD in robotics from a previous life has led to over a decade of experience in content marketing and strategy for tech businesses… an industry where companies increasingly all sound exactly like each other. For years, trying to follow the right business advice was actively working against Alex's brain and thwarted business growth. All the frameworks, funnels, and best-practice teachings deeply violated the values and mission. It's only when Alex decided to rebel against the business advice that things started to align… Connect with Alex Owen-Hill LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/alexowenhillWebsite: https://alexowenhill.co.uk/ Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:Mirasee Credits: Host: Meredith EisenbergEditor: Marvin Del RosarioExecutive Producer: Danny Iny To catch the great episodes coming up on Making It, please follow us on Mirasee FM's YouTube channel or your favorite podcast player. And if you enjoyed the show, please leave us a comment or a starred review. It's the best way to help us get these ideas to more people. Episode transcript: Why AUDHD Entrepreneurs Need Different Business Strategies to Thrive coming soon.

    Why AUDHD Entrepreneurs Need Different Business Strategies to Thrive
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For most aspiring online entrepreneurs, “making it” means achieving success in your business. But what exactly is business success anyway? And how do outwardly successful online entrepreneurs define "making it"? Here at Mirasee FM, we wanted to find out, so we asked a group of diverse online business owners what success means to them. Their answers and insights surprised, moved, and inspired us. In this podcast, accomplished online entrepreneurs discuss what making it means to them, provide tips for online business success, and share important lessons on business and life that they have learned along the way.

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