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Perfect for entrepreneurs who want to scale in a sustainable way where you enjoy business AND life success. This podcast is about about all things people, business and leadership. Because >> Big Dreams Need Great Teams® and here you'll learn how to hire, lead and grow your business with an epic team who make you proud and support you to live a balanced life.
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Motherhood changes us. As the generation who were told we could do anything and be anything we want to be, accepting the changes that come with motherhood can be very difficult. This podcast is a collection of stories of matrescence, motherhood, womanhood and change, told by our Mama Rising coaches and mothers around the globe. Through our stories and community, we hope that the wisdom of the rite of passage of matrescence spreads far and wide, and that we can begin to change the way we see, ...
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Welcome to our new Client Lessons series. These are short sharp episodes where Paula Maidens draws on her client coaching calls each week to share a key lesson, learning or tip in a way that is quick and easy for you to digest. Client Lesson Summary In this episode, we discuss the critical considerations when hiring someone to deliver the same serv…
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Welcome to this week’s episode of the Happy Mama Movement podcast. This week’s "TAKE THE MIC" guest is Jodie Abrahim, a Nutrition, Health, and Wellness Coach, a certified Mama Rising Facilitator, and a Women’s Health and Hormones Coach. Jodie shares with us: Her personal journey and experiences as a mother. Her experience with Postnatal Depression …
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In this episode, Paula Maidens explores the necessity of team meetings and how to make them effective. She discusses the signs of unnecessary meetings, such as boredom and long durations, and highlights the importance of impactful and purposeful meetings. Paula talks about how meetings can foster the key elements required to have a ‘high performing…
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Welcome to our brand new Client Lessons series. These are short sharp episodes where Paula Maidens draws on her client coaching calls each week to share a key lesson, learning or tip in a way that is quick and easy for you to digest. Client Lesson Summary In this episode, Paula dives into the essential steps for business owners to take a well-deser…
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Welcome to this week’s episode of the Happy Mama Movement podcast. This week’s guest is a writer who has been exploring the politics and culture of parenting and caregiving for more than fifteen years. The marvelous Elissa Strauss. We cover a lot of ground, including: Insights from her book,'The unexpected magic of caring for others' How we can ins…
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Today’s guest with Paula Maidens is Dr. Hayley Kelly, a clinical psychologist and business coach, shares her journey of overcoming stress and burnout and offers insights on managing stress as an entrepreneur. Hayley explains the concept of allostatic load, which is the toll that stress takes on us, and emphasises the importance of understanding our…
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Welcome to this week’s episode of the Happy Mama Movement podcast. This week’s guest is Courtney Whittle, a motherhood support facilitator and the founder of The Georges River Motherhood Network. We explore: Courtney’s journey in overcoming Postpartum Depression and Anxiety. How to concept of Matrescence changed everything for her and what she sees…
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Welcome to our brand new Client Lessons series. These are short sharp episodes where Paula Maidens draws on her client coaching calls each week to share a key lesson, learning or tip in a way that is quick and easy for you to digest. Client Lesson Summary In this client lesson, Paula talks about delegating leadership and how it is important as your…
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In this episode, Paula Maidens explores the impact of effective team management on brand experience through real-life observations of two very different renovation teams on her street. This episode could also be called “Lessons in Team Management from the Tradies on My Street!” You’ll hear Paula’s key insights on how she can see from the outside th…
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Welcome to our brand new Client Lessons series. These are short sharp episodes where Paula Maidens draws on her client coaching calls each week to share a key lesson, learning or tip in a way that is quick and easy for you to digest. Client Lesson Summary In this client lesson, Paula shares an inspiring lesson from one of her recent private clients…
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Welcome to this week’s episode of the Happy Mama Movement podcast. This week’s guest is Gabrielle, the mother of three beautiful children, an author, a doula, and the founder of Gather, a space and community for women in Melbourne, Australia. We talk about: How we can support families through conception, pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. The import…
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In this episode, Paula reflects on the past 12 months in her business and shares her end-of-financial year review. She discusses the decline in revenue but emphasises that she paid herself more in wages compared to the previous year, which is more important to her. Paula highlights her business value of chasing profit rather than just revenue and t…
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Welcome to our brand new Client Lessons series. These are short sharp episodes where Paula Maidens draws on her client coaching calls each week to share a key lesson, learning or tip in a way that is quick and easy for you to digest. Client Lesson Summary In this conversation, Paula discusses the common feeling of “being mean” or “awkward” during t…
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How do we make peace with the type of mother we want to be when we also crave our careers or our own ambitions and dreams? That's exactly what this week's podcast is all about when Amy speaks with Vicky Wren, a mother of three, an accountant with over 20 years of experience, a Mama Rising Facilitator and Coach, and a soon-to-be-published co-author …
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In this episode, Paula shares her experience of hiring a Filipino virtual assistant, providing an in-depth look at the hiring process and valuable insights for businesses considering hiring virtual assistants from the Philippines. She breaks down the step-by-step process, highlighting the importance of clarity, research, and trial periods in ensuri…
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Welcome to our brand new Client Lessons series. These are short sharp episodes where Paula Maidens draws on her client coaching calls each week to share a key lesson, learning or tip in a way that is quick and easy for you to digest. Client Lesson Summary This lesson dives into the importance of creating an effective application screening process t…
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Welcome to this week’s episode of the Happy Mama Movement podcast. This week’s guest is Sarah Rusbatch, a multi-award-winning Health and Wellbeing Coach, an accredited Grey Area Drinking Coach, and a menopause coach. We talk about: - How Sarah's journey to sobriety began and the impact it had on her life. - The importance of understanding and addre…
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In this episode, Paula Maidens dives into a common challenge many business owners face: struggling to find the right candidates for their job openings. Paula reveals that the issue often lies not with the availability of talent but with the way job advertisements are written. She shares valuable insights on how to craft compelling job ads that effe…
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Welcome to our brand new Client Lessons series. These are short sharp episodes where Paula Maidens draws on her client coaching calls each week to share a key lesson, learning or tip in a way that is quick and easy for you to digest. Client Lesson Summary Entrepreneurs and business owners of all sizes often struggle with delegating tasks, especiall…
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Welcome to this week’s episode of "Take The Mic". This week is Eliane Polek, who created her first blog, ‘The Insane Mama,’ during the first COVID lockdown, driven by her own experiences and struggles with motherhood. She share's with us: How Eliane's journey through motherhood and feelings of maternal anger and rage inspired her blog and her work …
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In this episode, Paula Maidens delves into the essential strategies for achieving hiring success as a small business owner in 2024. With over 17 years of HR and recruitment experience, Paula shares invaluable insights into how to confidently hire employees, ensuring your team performs at its best. Whether you're looking to hire your first team memb…
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Welcome back, Mamas, to this week’s episode of the Happy Mama Movement Podcast. My guest this week is Paula Maidens. Paula helps entrepreneurs build high-performing teams so they can scale with ease, get their time back, and create the balanced life they deserve! This week we dig deep into Paula's strengths as a Business Coach and discuss: - Ways t…
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Welcome Mama's and perhaps some Fathers, to this week’s episode of the Happy Mama Movement podcast. This week’s guest is Jeremy Macvean who co-founded, 'The Father Hood' which aims to build tribes of healthier, happier men through his work with Movember. This week we discuss: The unacceptable pay gap between men and women, and exponentially as the …
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Where did we get this idea that six weeks after birth, a woman is completely healed and ready to re-enter the world? Why do we rush this process, simply checking in how her body is feeling, and even suggesting she is now ready for sex again? Imagine what would happen if we looked at a mother's becoming as something way beyond the first six weeks, a…
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In this episode of Big Dreams Great Teams®, I am joined by Aubrey Nation, a Registered Nurse, Yoga and Meditation Teacher and Wellness Expert who specialises in Functional Genetic Testing. Aubrey shares her insights on personalised health, functional genetic testing and what the impact of stress can be on our health as entrepreneurs. We discuss the…
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What would our world be like if we had matrescence-informed public policy? What would those policies even look like? And what impact would they have on our experience of becoming a mother - and the wider experience of parenthood? In this week's episode, mama of 2 Sarah Cleggett share's her own personal experience of becoming a mother, and how that …
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In this episode, I discuss the relationship between a high performing team and culture. There are many different ways of looking at this and I explore the questions of ‘does high performance come from a good culture?’ Or, ‘does culture drive high performance?’ I explore how they are interdependent, with each influencing and reinforcing the other. I…
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No matter what you believe BEFORE you go into motherhood, there is always a moment when you realise: this isn't what I thought it would be. Maybe it comes immediately - birth was nothing like you thought, the first days were completely different. Or maybe it comes years later, when you think your life - and that of your children or your relationshi…
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In this episode, I discuss the importance of fostering an environment in your business where team members feel empowered to take initiative and make decisions, particularly in busy or peak times. I talk about why giving permission and creating psychological safety for team members is important for your business, and how it allows them to make execu…
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In this episode Amy takes a moment to reflect on ten years of coaching mothers, and both her personal journey to get to this point, and how she sees the focus on mothers changing. Just a few short months after becoming a mother 16 years ago, Amy started writing and researching the question: what happens to us? Why does it feel this way? How can we …
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Today, I discuss the four characteristics of an effective team and how to identify whether your team is operating efficiently (or not!). I share the reasons why having regular conversations with your team about expectations and decision-making is important if you want your team to operate effectively and in a spacious way. I talk about how to under…
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Throughout a woman's life, she experiences so many metaphorsis and change - and until very recently, most of these have been hidden and unspoken. Like matrescence - and menopause. Why is that? Why is it that we, as a society, have kept so many of these huge transformations hidden? And what does that do to a woman as she experiences it? And imagine …
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In this episode, I discuss two common business challenges that have been a theme for many of my clients in the first quarter of 2024. I talk about how to manage team members you feel are performing at an average or below-average level, and how to evaluate your team costs and efficiency, particularly in the context of potential changes in revenue. I…
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In today's Take the Mic episode, we hand our mic over to Elena. Elena bravely shares her experience of matrescence, and her vision now for her work - and in particular, her desire to create a space for the mothers in her community and in her country to be vulnerable about their own experience, free from judgement. But as she asks so beautifully in …
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In this episode, I talk about how to determine appropriate pay structures for your team members, and how it can impact your team dynamics and business outcomes. I explore some of the intricacies of underpaying and overpaying for a role, and explain why it is important to align pay rates with market research, financial feasibility, and the role's in…
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