By the Fire with Faye - Conscious Leadership for Awakened Women

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Welcome to By the Fire with Faye. A podcast for medicine women, transformational founders, practitioners and wild leaders whose work is no longer just something they offer… but something they are being called to expand, structure, and lead at a higher level. I’m Faye of the Forest: Strategic Adviser, founder of the Expansion Wheel™, and the woman behind the movement helping transformational leaders build training schools, certifications, lineages and bodies of work that can grow beyond them, without losing their depth. This is where we gather around the fire to speak honestly about what happens when your work begins asking for more. More leadership. More structure. More precision. More responsibility for the impact your work creates. Because there comes a point where the conversation is no longer just about starting or growing a business. It becomes about: how to scale transformational work without diluting it, how to lead consciously while making commercially sound decisions, and how to build something sustainable enough to carry your work into its next era. This is where conscious business decisions matter. Not just strategy for growth. Not just intuition for direction. But the grounded meeting point between vision, leadership, structure and expansion. Through conversations, storytelling, strategic insight and honest reflection, we explore: 🔥 The evolution from practitioner to leader, architect and steward 🌿 Building training schools, certifications and scalable transformational businesses 🌑 Conscious decision-making in business and leadership 🜂 The Expansion Wheel™ and how to direct your energy strategically 🌹 Scaling your impact and income without burning out or losing integrity 🌲 The structures, standards and leadership required to hold transformational work properly Because this stage of the path asks something different of you. Not just visibility. Not just success. But conscious expansion. So pull up a chair. The fire’s warm. 🎧 Series 2: Conscious Expansion & the Leadership of Transformational Work For women ready to build work that lasts beyond them. For more information about Faye: https://www.fayeoftheforest.co.uk Or connect on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fayeoftheforest_businessmentor

  1. May 21

    S2:Ep10: Why your Training School still doesn’t exist & what happens for you when it does!

    There comes a point in business where your work is no longer asking to simply be delivered by you, it’s asking to become something bigger than you. In this final episode of Season 2 of By the Fire with Faye, we explore the stage of business that many healers, therapists, and spiritual entrepreneurs arrive at, the moment where your work has depth, transformation, and demand… but the training school, certification, or practitioner pathway still doesn’t exist, even though you know it's the next step for expansion and are excited about it! Because building a transformational practice and building a training school are two entirely different things. Together, we explore: – Why so many experienced practitioners become exhausted by business models tied entirely to their own hours – The hidden “expansion ceiling” many transformational businesses eventually hit – Why your training school may still be sitting in notebooks, voice notes, and half-written frameworks – The difference between depth and business architecture – And what fundamentally shifts when your work evolves from private practice into lineage, certification, and sustainable scale I also share my own journey building both an award-winning franchise company and an accredited eco-somatics training school, and why now I am so passionate about helping practitioners bridge the gap between transformational depth and scalable business structure. This episode is for the woman who knows her work is ready to expand beyond direct delivery and is finally ready to stop carrying the vision alone. Depth without structure stays small. Structure without depth feels hollow. The magic is learning how to hold both to build, launch & scale a training school, certification or lineage. And that is exactly what we do together in Expansion Accelerator!   Reach out and drop me a voicenote on Instagram to tell me what landed for you this episode.

    25 min

  2. May 14

    S2:Ep9: Astrology & Conscious Business Decisions with Gina King (Wild as the Moon)

    We’re often taught to make decisions in business through logic alone. Through planning. Through timelines. But there are other rhythms at play. Cycles we can’t always see, but that we feel. In this episode of By the Fire with Faye, I’m joined by Gina King, founder of Wild as the Moon, to explore astrology as a tool for conscious business decision-making, timing, and deeper alignment. Because not every moment is meant for the same kind of action. Together, we explore: – How astrology can support decision-making in business – How planetary cycles influence energy, clarity, and momentum – The difference between forcing and flowing with the right season – How intuition and astrology work together – And how understanding your own chart can help you build your business in a way that aligns with your natural leadership style and capacity Conscious decision-making isn’t just about what you do, it’s about understanding when the energy is truly ready to support it. You can say Hi to Gina on Instragram here. And find ways to work with her here. For more information on Faye's work supporting lineage & training school founders click here.

    34 min

  3. May 7

    S2:Ep8: Hormones, Cycles & Business Decision with Samantha Hadadi (The Hormone Goddess)

    For women, decision-making is not separate from the body. It’s not separate from our energy. Our rhythms. Or our hormones. In this episode of By the Fire with Faye, I’m joined by Samantha Hadadi, also known as The Hormone Goddess, to explore how our hormonal cycles influence the way we think, feel and make decisions in business. Because the same decision can feel clear, expansive, and aligned one week and heavy, overwhelming, or impossible the next. Not because you’ve lost clarity but because your body has shifted. Together, we explore: – Where hormones and the menstrual cycle come into business decision-making – How the different phases influence clarity, energy, and action – What happens when we ignore our body and try to operate the same way every day – How hormones influence intuition – The link between our Womb and our Voice – And what it looks like to build a business that works with your cycle rather than against it For more information about Sam's work say Hi on Instagram. And for more information about Faye's work visit here.

    43 min

  4. Apr 30

    S2:Ep7: Ancestral Wisdom, Returning to Your Soul Path & Business Decisions with Guest Emma Griffin

    In this episode of By the Fire with Faye, I’m joined by Emma Griffin, modern witch, intuitive guide, and author, to explore what it really means to come home to your soul path, and how ancestral wisdom shapes the way we choose, lead, and live. Because the voice guiding you forward often doesn’t feel new. It feels ancient. Like something remembered. Like something that has always been there. Together, we explore: – Whether your soul path is something you choose or something you remember – How ancestral patterns and lineage influence your decisions in business and life – The fear of being seen, judged, or walking a different path, and the deeper roots of that fear – Why following your truth can feel uncomfortable before it feels aligned – And what truly changes when you begin to walk your path fully This is a conversation for the woman who feels the pull toward something deeper but knows that following it will ask her to choose differently. Some decisions aren’t about figuring it out, they’re about remembering who you are and trusting it enough to act. For more information about Emma visit: www.emmagriffinwitch.co.uk And for more information about Faye visit: www.fayeoftheforest.co.uk

    46 min

  5. Apr 23

    S2:Ep6: Neurodiversity, Trauma & Conscious Business Decision-Making - guest interview with Samantha Stein (Yo Samdy Sam)

    Not all business decisions are made from clarity alone. Sometimes… they’re shaped by your nervous system. Your lived experiences. Your patterns of safety and protection...your Wild Brain! In this episode of By the Fire with Faye, I’m joined by Samantha Stein (Yo Samdy Sam), creator of Wild Brains, to explore how neurodiversity and trauma influence the way we make decisions in business. Because for many women, especially those who are neurodivergent, decision-making isn’t just about knowing what to do next. It’s about capacity. Safety. And whether the way you’re building actually fits how your wild mind works. Together, we explore: – What’s often missing from conversations around business and decision-making – The role of masking and pressure to “do business the right way” – And how to begin building a business that works with your neurodiverse brain, not against it This is a conversation for anyone who has felt overwhelmed, inconsistent, or out of sync with the way they’ve been told to build their business. Your business doesn’t have to be something you force yourself into, it can be something that supports you to thrive. You can find Samantha on Youtube here and work with her through her Spark program here. Enjoy this episode!

    43 min

  6. Apr 16

    S2:Ep5: Embodied Wealth Decisions within your Business - Guest interview with Sarah Hayes

    In this episode of By the Fire with Faye, I’m joined by Sarah Hayes, founder of Embodied Wealth, to explore conscious decision-making through the lens of nervous system, capacity and our relationship with money. Because business decisions aren’t just strategic. They’re energetic. They’re emotional. They’re relational. Together, we explore: – What conscious decision-making actually looks like in lived experience – How the nervous system shapes choices around money, pricing, and growth – The hidden costs of building from misalignment – Why capacity to receive influences how your business evolves – And how to move toward sustainable, long-term expansion rather than short-term results This is a conversation for the woman who feels the pull to build differently, with more awareness, more integrity, and more alignment with who she truly is.

    47 min

  7. Apr 9

    S2:Ep4 - Lineage, Legacy & Stewardship in Expanding Work

    There comes a point where your work stops being something you simply offer and becomes something you are responsible for. Something with the potential for more impact & income too. In this episode of By the Fire with Faye, we explore the shift that happens when your work begins to grow beyond you. when its impact deepens, its reach expands, and leadership becomes unavoidable. Because in the beginning, your work is personal. But as it begins to land… as more people enter your world… as the work starts to change how others live, relate, and lead… Something shifts. Your work is no longer just yours. It becomes something with weight. With consequence. With legacy. And that calls for consciousness in decision making. This episode explores the transition from running a business… to stewarding a body of work. We move into: – Why expansion can begin to feel heavier, even when it’s desired – The difference between growing a business and protecting the integrity of transformational work – How awareness, not fear, often sits underneath hesitation at this stage – The decisions that quietly shape the future, reach, and impact of your work – The different pathways expansion can take – Why clarity at this level isn’t about more ideas, but deeper discernment We also explore where strategy truly enters the conversation. Not surface-level growth tactics, but conscious, long-term decision-making about how your work evolves, expands, and is held, by you and beyond you. Because when you are inside your work, you can feel its potential, but you can’t always see the path clearly. This is the threshold many women reach, where their work is no longer small, where expansion feels both exciting and weighty, and where the decisions ahead begin to matter in a different way. What you choose here at this threshold shapes everything that follows. If this episode landed for you I would love to know why - drop me a message on Instagram here :)

    32 min

  8. Apr 2

    S2Ep3 - Building Containers That Can Hold Depth

    As your work begins to grow, a quiet but important question emerges: How do you expand something that changes lives… without losing the depth that made it powerful in the first place? In this episode, I explore the art and responsibility of designing containers that can hold transformation, even as your work reaches more people. Because depth is not something that happens by accident. Depth is something that must be consciously created, held and protected. In this Episode, we explore: • Why depth requires container design • The difference between content/information and transformation • The anatomy of a depth container - The 5 pillars needed • The expansion paths for transformational work • Why structure protects (not restricts) your work • Recognising what your work is asking for next This Episode Is For You If: • You’re concerned about losing depth as your work grows • Your current offers feel too small or unstructured for what’s emerging • You’re thinking about scaling, trainings, or expanding your reach • You want to grow your work without compromising its integrity An Invitation - If you’re at the stage of shaping or evolving your containers, the Rooted Compass Session offers a private space to explore the structure your work is asking for and how to support its next phase - click here for more info. In Episode 4, we explore lineage, legacy, and stewardship and how to protect the integrity of your work as it expands through others. With thanks and quiet gratitude, until next time.

    31 min
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Welcome to By the Fire with Faye. A podcast for medicine women, transformational founders, practitioners and wild leaders whose work is no longer just something they offer… but something they are being called to expand, structure, and lead at a higher level. I’m Faye of the Forest: Strategic Adviser, founder of the Expansion Wheel™, and the woman behind the movement helping transformational leaders build training schools, certifications, lineages and bodies of work that can grow beyond them, without losing their depth. This is where we gather around the fire to speak honestly about what happens when your work begins asking for more. More leadership. More structure. More precision. More responsibility for the impact your work creates. Because there comes a point where the conversation is no longer just about starting or growing a business. It becomes about: how to scale transformational work without diluting it, how to lead consciously while making commercially sound decisions, and how to build something sustainable enough to carry your work into its next era. This is where conscious business decisions matter. Not just strategy for growth. Not just intuition for direction. But the grounded meeting point between vision, leadership, structure and expansion. Through conversations, storytelling, strategic insight and honest reflection, we explore: 🔥 The evolution from practitioner to leader, architect and steward 🌿 Building training schools, certifications and scalable transformational businesses 🌑 Conscious decision-making in business and leadership 🜂 The Expansion Wheel™ and how to direct your energy strategically 🌹 Scaling your impact and income without burning out or losing integrity 🌲 The structures, standards and leadership required to hold transformational work properly Because this stage of the path asks something different of you. Not just visibility. Not just success. But conscious expansion. So pull up a chair. The fire’s warm. 🎧 Series 2: Conscious Expansion & the Leadership of Transformational Work For women ready to build work that lasts beyond them. For more information about Faye: https://www.fayeoftheforest.co.uk Or connect on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fayeoftheforest_businessmentor

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