The One That Works For You Martha Barnard-Rae + Liv Steigrad

Find out how a series of small changes led to a series of big changes and took Jemimah from AFP Criminal Intelligence Analyst to Visibility Bad 🐝. Learn how she can help you  grow and scale with practical advice that helps you get visible.   

Jemimah Ashleigh is an award-winning entrepreneur, best-selling author and keynote speaker. 


Here’s what went down:




Jemimah shares the how she ‘followed the bunny’ down the Australian Federal Police to PR Queen pipeline


Change happens in three stages: feathers, rocks, and trucks


Jemimah explains the difference between intuition and gut feeling


Jemimah has complicated feelings about fulfilment for entrepreneurs 


Find out the switch Jemimah flipped to find balance in her life (26 mins)


Jemimah slays the ‘how do you know you’ve had a successful day?’ question (and her response will surprise you)


Learn how Jemimah supports women-led startups




We also mentioned these people/things:




Jemimah’s website

Jemimah’s LinkedIn

Jemimah’s Instagram

Martha’s website

Martha’s HyperFocus Week services

Martha’s LinkedIn and Instagram

Liv’s website

Liv’s LinkedIn

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Find out how a practice of kindness and compassion can pave the way for the type of life that lights you up. Dené Logan is a marriage and family therapist, facilitator, and co-host of the Cheaper than Therapy podcast.  Her first book, Sovereign Love: A Guide to Healing Relationships by Reclaiming the Masculine and Feminine Within, will be released in May 2024. 


Here’s what went down:


How Dené managed to carve out time to write an actual book


What 2020 taught Dene about social boundaries


How Dene prioritises when it comes to letting go of commitments


Learn Dene’s non-negotiables for starting her day


Internal Family Systems: Martha butchers a description of the only therapeutic modality that has ever worked for her


Dené shares the tools she uses to get back to herself during times of overwhelm


How re-parenting (inner child work) helps Dené hype herself up


Radical self-forgiveness is the antidote to Dené’s anxiety


Dené explains masculine and feminine energetics (and it goes all the way back to Carl Jung)


Liv and Martha are #triggered by this discussion and Dené helps us understand the nuances


How to reclaim the ability to talk about fem and masc identities while understanding that the binary is BS…


…so we can integrate healthy masculine and feminine energies 


Dené shares an easy system for a relationship check-in (and the importance of maintenance therapy for couples!)




We also mentioned these people/things:

Dené’s website

Preorder Sovereign Love

Dené’s Podcast—Cheaper Than Therapy

Dené’s LinkedIn

Dené’s Instagram

Martha’s website

Martha’s HyperFocus Week services

Martha’s LinkedIn and Instagram

Liv’s website

Liv’s LinkedIn



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Zoe shares the power of her advocacy work—in her life and business as well as in the disability community. She shares how she manages business ownership with a dynamic disability. Learn Zoe’s tips for prioritising your health while you manage the juggle. 

Zoe Simmons is an award-winning journalist, copywriter, and disability advocate.


Here’s what went down:


Zoe shares the safeguards she puts in place as a business owner with dynamic disabilities


She shares what she loves about being an advocate, writer, speaker


Zoe makes the most of her varying energy levels by combining her interests with her job


Zoe shares tips for people with dynamic disabilities


Medical misogyny and the burden of navigating the health system when you’re sick (esp when you have a reduced capacity to earn an income) 


How advocacy helped her deal with her rage about how society treats disabled people 


How identifying as disabled helped Zoe create an intentional, joyous life 








Zoe Simmons’ website

Zoe’s LinkedIn

Zoe’s Instagram



Martha’s website

Martha’s HyperFocus Week services

Martha’s LinkedIn and Instagram



Liv’s website

Liv’s LinkedIn

Maintenance Phase podcast



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Amy Posner shares four questions to ask yourself if you want to work out what’s YOURS to do—so you can wake up each day and do what makes you excited. Amy opens up about her personal experiences with burnout and the pivotal life changes that led her to a period of ‘unproductivity’. Learn Amy’s tips to prepare your business for life’s inevitable transitions. Amy Posner is a serial entrepreneur who helps other people discover what's "theirs to do" and teaches them the business skills to make it their reality.






Amy explores the process of recovering from burnout when you’re really attached to your work


Amy shares how it feels to work on finding what she actually likes to do after a big life change  


How do we work out what we actually like to do? 


How do we shift from go-go-go to accepting a period of unproductivity?


Amy’s first question for business coaching clients will help you find the essence of your business 


Learn how Amy knows she’s had a successful day during a period of change


How do we know when to ‘call it’ when the ‘productive’ day isn’t happening 


Challenging the idea that work should be hard


Amy challenges the idea that work should be hard—and shares her superpower


Get the four questions to ask yourself if you want to work out what’s YOURS to do—so you can wake up each day and do what makes you excited


The myth of your ‘Why’ (and how it’s OK to want to make money!)


Amy’s tips for preparing your business for a period of illness or transition 




We also mentioned these people/things:

Amy Posner’s website

Amy’s LinkedIn

Martha’s website

Martha’s HyperFocus Week services

Martha’s LinkedIn and Instagram

Liv’s website

Liv’s LinkedIn



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Running a family business with his romantic partner and his brother in law (across time zones, no less!) is a wild ride. Nick generously shared some of the highlights and challenges—and got real about how the business is scaffolded by family support. 

Nick Akkanen heads up the graphic design stream of Pink Dog Studio, a retail branding agency based in Sydney and Santiago, Chile.   

Here's what went down:


Nick shares the story of how Pink Dog Studio niched down (and why you should niche down immediately) 


Is it Smell-o-vision or Scent Branding? We’re still not sure


Learn how much time Nick *aims* to spend each week on his brand


Nick shares how he crafts a business plan that allows him to stay nimble


Five minute jobs vs. eating the frog: Nick shares how he gets sh!t done on the daily


Find out how Nick knew it was time to quit his 9-5 and jump in with both feet (and the essential nature of family support)


Nick shares some of the highs and lows of business ownership between romantic partners


…and gives some tips for couples thinking of going into business together



We also mentioned these people/things:



Pink Dog Studio

Nick’s LinkedIn

Pink Dog on Instagram

Pink Dog on TikTok

Grab a 30-minute brand consultation with Pink Dog Studio

Martha’s website

Martha’s HyperFocus Week services

Martha’s LinkedIn and Instagram

Liv’s website

Liv’s LinkedIn



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Kirsty Fanton shares the end-of-life psychotherapy lessons that inform her business. Listen up for practical tips for balancing your business and a chronic illness, and how to create a daily check-in practice to manage overwhelm. Kirsty is a coach, ex-psychotherapist, and a great question-asker. She provides copy, coaching, and strategy for online business owners.

Here's what went down:





Learn how Kirsty focuses each day on moving her business one tiny step closer to her vision and how she wants it to be serve and support her 


Prioritisation vs. freedom and flow


As a former psychotherapist, Kirsty shares how her expertise in grief and coping with long term illness informs her business now


Learn what that work taught Kirsty about hindsight and regret—and the three key themes she took away from providing end-of-life therapy


How informed consent can help you manage your business alongside a chronic illness (and how much you can/should share with clients)


How boundaries can help you create the conditions you need to do your best work


Martha shares how she creates buffers to accommodate for her ADHD—without making it her clients’ problem


Legacy feels yucky to Liv because she’s self actualised AF


Get Kirsty’s two key tips for identifying (and managing!) your capacity


Identifying the capacity cost of certain tasks vs. the number of tasks


Kirsty shares the three questions she asks herself during twice-daily check-ins and how to incorporate them into a daily practice 



We also mentioned these people/things:

Kirsty’s Reflective Practice Club

Kirsty’s Instagram

Kirsty’s LinkedIn

The Business Badassery Podcast

Martha’s website

Martha’s HyperFocus Week services

Martha’s LinkedIn and Instagram

Liv’s website

Liv’s LinkedIn

Lanae Carmichael

Verity Byth—Business Strategist

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