In this episode of The Real Women Real Business Podcast, Shauna Lynn Simon sits down with Sonia Barney, founder of Kaivari and Sonia Barney Design, to unpack one of the biggest decisions entrepreneurs face when growing their business - choosing the right coach.

With more than two decades in the interior design industry and over ten years running her own business, Sonia shares how her journey through multiple coaching programs shaped her perspective on what truly makes coaching valuable. Together, she and Shauna Lynn explore why many entrepreneurs hesitate to invest in support, how costly the wrong coaching fit can be, and why clarity about your needs is essential before committing to any program.

In this episode of The Real Women Real Business Podcast, Shauna Lynn Simon is joined by fractional CFO and financial strategist Zahra Carol Baghdadi for a grounded, practical conversation about what it really means to stop flying blind financially. Zahra works with startup founders and small business owners who are tired of reacting to cash flow surprises and want to lead their businesses with clarity instead of stress.

Together, they break down the three numbers that matter most in business finances and explain why revenue alone is a misleading metric. Zahra shares how cash flow timing impacts daily decisions, why healthy profit margins determine long-term sustainability, and how understanding burn rate helps business owners make smarter choices about hiring, pricing, and growth. Rather than overwhelming listeners with accounting jargon, this episode focuses on using numbers as a strategic tool, not a source of fear.

In this episode of The Real Women Real Business Podcast, Shauna Lynn Simon tackles a common pattern among high-achieving women entrepreneurs - spiraling when a client goes quiet. When uncertainty creeps in, the brain fills in the blanks, often with stories that trigger defensiveness, overexplaining, discounting, or avoiding follow-up altogether.

Shauna Lynn breaks down a five-step reset framework designed to interrupt the spiral and replace emotional assumptions with clean leadership. She explains why silence is not feedback, how to separate fact from narrative, and why following up is not needy - it is responsible business ownership. The episode also outlines a practical follow-up cadence you can implement immediately to prevent lost revenue and protect your momentum.

In this episode of The Real Women Real Business Podcast, Shauna Lynn Simon is joined by expert authority coach Christine Blosdale for a powerful conversation about clarity, confidence, and becoming known for what you do best. With over 25 years in personal branding, marketing, and broadcasting, Christine shares why so many talented women struggle to be seen, even when they are highly capable and experienced.

This episode explores the hidden cost of being multi passionate without clear messaging, how imposter syndrome shows up for overachievers, and why authority is built through simplicity rather than credentials. Christine breaks down how to communicate your value in a way people actually understand, how to stop overwhelming your audience with too many offers, and why visibility strategies only work when they are aligned with who you are.

In this episode of The Real Women Real Business Podcast, Shauna Lynn Simon is joined by embodiment-led brand and web designer Abby Bradetich for a refreshing conversation about authenticity, energy, and breaking outdated content rules. With a background in professional dance and over 15 years in marketing and design, Abby shares how she helps women entrepreneurs stop forcing strategies that do not fit and start building an online presence that actually feels good.

Together, they explore why content often feels exhausting, how overconsumption blocks creativity, and why energy matters just as much as what you say. Abby introduces her embodiment-first approach to content, explains how to find your natural entry point for showing up online, and challenges the pressure to follow rigid posting rules or hustle culture tactics.

In this milestone 100th episode of The Real Women Real Business Podcast, Shauna Lynn Simon tackles one of the most common and costly patterns she sees in women entrepreneurs - people pleasing. What often starts as being helpful or accommodating quietly turns into burnout, resentment, and a business built around everyone else’s urgency.

Shauna Lynn breaks down how people pleasing shows up in real business decisions, from bending policies to rescuing clients and saying yes to timelines that are not yours to carry. She explains why people pleasing is not kindness, how it creates scope creep and emotional exhaustion, and why boundaries are not rigid walls but the container that makes great work possible.

In this episode of The Real Women Real Business Podcast, Shauna Lynn Simon pulls back the curtain on the subtle ways women entrepreneurs leak profit without realizing it. Drawing from a recent month in her own business, Shauna Lynn shares how catching a series of small, “reasonable” decisions helped her retain an extra $4,000 - not from one big win, but from holding her value in everyday moments.

This episode explores what Shauna Lynn calls the “nice tax” and the micro-moments where it shows up, from quick calls that are not so quick to preemptive discounts, scope creep, extensions, and underpricing based on comfort rather than value. She walks listeners through the mindset shifts and CEO standards that helped her replace people-pleasing with calm, confident boundaries, without sacrificing kindness or client experience.

In this episode of The Real Women Real Business Podcast, Shauna Lynn Simon sits down with paid advertising strategist Britt Holmes for a grounded, no-hype conversation about what actually makes ads work. With nearly 14 years of experience managing millions in ad spend, Britt shares how she moved from corporate marketing to helping women-led and service-based businesses grow with clarity, ethics, and measurable results.

Listeners will walk away with a clearer understanding of when ads make sense, how to avoid expensive mistakes, and why integrity matters more than trends in digital marketing.

In this episode, Shauna Lynn sits down with powerhouse publicist KJ Blattenbauer, founder of Hearsay PR, to challenge everything women entrepreneurs think they know about being seen. Drawing on nearly three decades in PR, KJ shares how she went from shaping stories behind the scenes to helping overlooked experts step into authority in a way that actually fits real life.

Listeners will hear how publicity differs from social media noise, why credibility compounds faster than followers, and how clarity - not intensity - is the real driver of sustainable visibility. KJ reframes PR as an act of service, showing how lived experience, consistent messaging, and simple storytelling can open doors to aligned opportunities without selling your soul online. She also breaks down the most common visibility mistakes women make and offers practical ways to become your own best publicist, starting now.

In this episode, Shauna Lynn reframes the January pressure and replaces hustle-driven goal-setting with a grounded, sustainable CEO approach. She walks listeners through a mindset shift that moves them from feeling behind to feeling firmly in control, without adding more to an already full plate.

Rather than chasing big resolutions, Shauna Lynn shares how micro habits, paired with thoughtful weekly planning, create real momentum over time. Through personal examples and real-world CEO routines, she illustrates how progress is built in the margins of everyday life, especially when things feel messy or unpredictable. Listeners will hear how prioritization, intention, and flexibility can coexist, and why grace is not a weakness in leadership, but a strategy.

In this powerful conversation, Shauna Lynn Simon sits down with mindset coach and author Rusty Osborne to explore a counterintuitive truth many high-achieving entrepreneurs miss: the very thoughts you try to silence may be pointing to your next breakthrough. Rusty shares his own journey from building a business that looked successful on the outside to confronting the unseen mental blocks that quietly stalled his growth, and how that reckoning reshaped the way he now helps others lead with clarity and confidence.

Listeners will gain a fresh lens on overwhelm, self-doubt, and imposter syndrome, learning why positive thinking alone often falls short and how working with negative self-talk can create real momentum. Through practical insights rooted in neuroscience, mindset work, and lived experience, this episode reveals how trust in yourself is built, how freedom expands when you stop resisting discomfort, and why sustainable success starts beneath the surface.

In this episode, Shauna Lynn guides listeners through a compassionate yet strategic process for closing out the year like a true CEO. Drawing from her own challenging season, marked by personal loss, stalled timelines, and hard-earned breakthroughs, she models the mindset shift that transforms setbacks into meaningful data rather than self-criticism. Shauna Lynn outlines a four-part framework to strengthen confidence, clear mental clutter, and create the space needed to build a business that feels aligned rather than overwhelming. Listeners will hear her philosophy on celebrating imperfect progress, identifying repeating patterns, releasing what no longer fits, and crafting a vision anchored in how they want to feel next year.

In this episode, Shauna Lynn Simon sits down with branding expert and designer RuthAnn Rafiq to explore why so many established coaches and service providers hit a revenue ceiling not because of visibility, but because their brand no longer reflects the level of expertise they’ve grown into. RuthAnn shares how mismatched branding can quietly erode confidence, limit conversions and keep entrepreneurs playing small even when demand is high.

Listeners will hear RuthAnn’s refreshing philosophy on premium positioning, including why mindset shifts must happen before the visuals change, how authenticity and values shape true authority and the subtle signals that separate brands attracting tire kickers from those bringing in high-intent, ready-to-invest clients. She also breaks down the organic marketing opportunities most entrepreneurs are missing and explains how a strategic rebrand can transform not only revenue, but the way a founder shows up in their business.

In this episode, Shauna Lynn sits down with life and personal development coach Primavera Barron for a raw, honest look at why so many women feel stuck, burnt out, or disconnected from their current identity. Primavera shares her transformative journey from losing herself in a decade-long marriage to rebuilding her sense of self through neuro-linguistic programming and energy work, and how this sparked her mission to help other women stop abandoning themselves.

Listeners will hear why procrastination, people-pleasing, and overwhelm are often symptoms of a deeper identity mismatch, and how simple but challenging questions can shift long-standing patterns. Primavera offers a fresh, science-backed perspective on changing the inner narrative, reframing limiting beliefs, and taking action that actually aligns with who you are today, not who you used to be.

In this episode of The Real Women Real Business Podcast, Shauna Lynn pulls back the curtain on one of the most costly and overlooked drains on women entrepreneurs: emotional labor. From people-pleasing clients to absorbing everyone else’s stress, Shauna Lynn reveals how invisible emotional work quietly sabotages your profits, your energy, and your joy.

Drawing on her own experience with burnout and the powerful transformations of her coaching clients, Shauna Lynn shares how to spot emotional labor in your day-to-day business decisions and offers four practical tools to help you reclaim your time, energy, and clarity. She reframes boundaries as an act of leadership, not guilt, and introduces simple shifts that help you build a business that supports you rather than depletes you.

In this episode of The Real Women Real Business Podcast with Shauna Lynn Simon, entrepreneur and coach Kandi Lee share how she turned $1.11 and two suitcases into a multi–seven-figure legacy. With honesty and humor, Kandi reflects on rebuilding from rock bottom, learning to lean into the “messy middle,” and mastering the mindset shifts that separate survival from success.

Listeners will walk away with a clearer understanding of how fear, identity, and belief shape business growth, and how to recalibrate them using Kandi’s practical tools like the “five-minute funeral” and her four-step thought trail process. She also reveals her signature three profit levers: Priority, Pipeline, and Profit, that help women scale freedom-based businesses without burning out.

In this episode of The Real Women Real Business Podcast, Shauna Lynn sits down with Puja Malhotra, founder and creative director of Roop Creative Agency, for a powerful and emotional conversation about what rebranding really means. Puja shares how leaving corporate life to build her own agency sparked an ongoing evolution—one shaped by intuition, courage, and purpose. Together, they unpack the emotional side of rebranding: the guilt, fear, and resistance that surface when your business outgrows its original identity, and the freedom that comes from realigning your brand with who you’ve become.

In this episode of The Real Women Real Business Podcast, Shauna Lynn Simon takes listeners behind the scenes of her own hard-earned lessons about profit leaks, and how to stop them. After a costly business decision reshaped how she views money, Shauna Lynn began helping women entrepreneurs uncover the hidden dollars sitting quietly inside their businesses.

Listeners will learn how pricing, processes, and priorities can silently drain profits and why “busy” isn’t the same as “successful.” With candor and humor, Shauna Lynn challenges the myth that more effort equals more income and shares a refreshing approach to creating a sustainable, profitable business without burnout.

In this inspiring episode of The Real Women Real Business Podcast, Shauna Lynn sits down with Emily Rosales, brand strategist and founder of Simply Me, to reveal why authentic connection, not viral content, is the key to sustainable growth. Emily shares how she rebuilt her entire Instagram presence from scratch after losing her first account, growing an engaged community of just 1,500 followers who actively connect, comment, and convert. She opens up about the mindset shift from follower counts to meaningful conversations, explaining how clarity, consistency, and genuine care can transform a brand into a trusted presence online.

In this episode of The Real Women Real Business Podcast, host Shauna Lynn Simon sits down with authenticity strategist Inga Faison-Cavitt, who proves that introverts don’t have to change who they are to thrive in sales or entrepreneurship. Once an engineer turned top 5% direct-sales leader, Inga built her success by honoring her natural strengths—deep listening, empathy, and meaningful connection—instead of relying on extroverted “hustle” tactics.

Listeners will gain powerful insights from her Authentic Sales Accelerator Method and her 3P Networking Framework, both designed to help introverted entrepreneurs grow without draining their social batteries. Inga shares how preparation, genuine relationship-building, and nurturing human connection can create lasting business success—and how even extroverts can benefit from understanding the introvert’s approach to communication and energy management.