Stop the Morning Chaos: Back-to-School Routines That Actually Work Back-to-school mornings shouldn’t feel like a battle zone… but for most parents, they do. Shoes disappear. Homework is “forgotten.” Emotions are high before you’ve even had coffee. In this episode of Ask Mom, Sue and Randee share what’s really behind morning…
The Contractor Carousel: Why 5 Marketing "Experts" Still Can't Grow Your Practice 📈 You've hired five different marketing "experts" in the past two years – a content writer, social media manager, web designer, SEO specialist, and email marketing contractor. Each one has impressive credentials and delivers what they promise. Your…
Shannon Russell is a Career Transition and Business Coach empowering women to leave unfulfilling careers and build joyful, purpose-driven businesses. She is the Author of Start Your Second Act: How to Change Careers, Launch a Business, and Create Your Best Life, a Speaker, and Host of the Second Act Success…
The Freelancer Illusion: Why "Strategic" Marketers Still Leave You Scattered 📈 You hired what seemed like a really talented marketing freelancer – maybe someone who even calls themselves "strategic." On paper, it made perfect sense: get sophisticated marketing expertise without building an entire team. But here's what's actually happening: your…
Liz Steblay became a solopreneur before the word was even invented. Upon being laid off, she called a former colleague, and a week later she had her first consulting contract. After that first project, she realized that she made more money, worked fewer hours, and had more time with her…
The Numbers Game: When Your Marketing Metrics Tell Beautiful Lies 📈 Picture this: A healthcare practice gets their monthly marketing report and everything looks incredible. Website visits are up 40%, social media followers have grown by 300, email campaigns are hitting 35% open rates, and blog posts are generating tons…
Lisa Talbot, Founder of True North PM Solutions, specializes in helping growing businesses streamline operations and scale smoothly. As businesses expand from five employees to 10, 15, or more, the processes that once worked often start breaking down—leading to inefficiencies, overwhelm, and lost time. That’s where Lisa comes in. With…
How to Stop Overparenting: Trust Yourself, Not Your Fear! Are you doing everything for your child…and calling it love? In this episode, Sue peels back the curtain on overparenting and calls out the subtle ways control shows up (micromanaging, rescuing, rushing, rewriting their essays) and how it can backfire. Spoiler:…
Overparenting shows up as micromanaging, rescuing, rushing, rewriting their essays and how it can backfire. Spoiler: Letting go isn’t giving up your authority, it’s how you gain influence and raise independent, resilient kids who actually want to talk to you because they trust you and don’t feel judged by your…
The $350K Marketing Mistake: Why Building Your Own Team Costs More Than You Think 📈 You've decided it's time to get serious about marketing, so you start building an in-house team. First, a marketing manager at $85,000 plus benefits. Then they need support, so you add a content creator at…
Barb Nangle is a boundaries coach, speaker and host of the podcast, "Fragmented to Whole: Life Lessons from 12 Step Recovery." She also offers a free Boundary-Building Starter Kit. In 2015 at the age of 52, after decades of therapy and tons of self-help work in a variety of areas,…
The Success Trap: When Your Control Habits Start Killing Your Growth 📈 You didn't build a successful practice by letting things slide. Your attention to detail, insistence on quality, and hands-on approach created the reputation that got you where you are today. But here's the uncomfortable truth: that same control…
Elona Lopari is the Founder & CEO of The Life School , Speaker, Best Selling Author to numerous books, Award Winner, Show and Speaking Events Organizer to an audience of over 30,000+ purpose driven service-based entrepreneurs and corporations. She has supported 100+ companies double and triple their impact and revenue…
The Silent Killer: Why "Good Enough" Marketing Is Slowly Destroying Your Growth 📈 Remember when your marketing used to light up your inbox overnight? When you'd post something and immediately see engagement, responses, and inquiries flooding in? When campaigns felt electric and that rush of excitement hit because they actually…
Christine Trimpe is a transformative wellness leader dedicated to empowering professional Christian women to reclaim their health and vitality through her faith-based, holistic approach to weight loss. As the founder of The SugarFreed Me Method and a certified SUGAR® Licensed Practitioner, Christine helps clients achieve lifelong healing from sugar addiction…
Mom Guilt is Lying to You - Here's How to Shut it Down In this raw and real episode, we’re unpacking one of the most toxic emotions moms carry: guilt. Spoiler alert - guilt feels useful, but it’s actually hijacking your parenting, sabotaging your credibility, and weakening your connection with…
The Marketing Hamster Wheel: Why You Keep Starting Over (And How to Finally Break Free) 📈 Picture this: A successful consulting practice gets busy with client projects, so marketing takes a back seat. "We don't need leads right now – we're swamped!" But then projects wrap up, the pipeline looks…
While pregnant with her first child, shocked by how many toxic ingredients were lurking in everyday products, and after trying dozens of natural mineral sunscreens, Arielle Moody was determined to create one that 1) didn’t make her immediately want to wash her face, and 2) didn’t leave a white cast…
The Seven-Figure Ceiling: Why Your DIY Marketing Suddenly Stops Working 📈 Picture a thriving wellness practice that's grown steadily over several years, recently crossing that magical million-dollar revenue mark. The founder's hands-on marketing approach served them well during initial growth stages. But now, something has changed. The same activities no…
Maggie Clancy didn’t start with entrepreneurship in mind. With a Bachelor of Science in Biology, she initially pursued medicine, but managing horses ignited a love for business that shifted my career path. Over two decades, Maggie has led Strides Riding Academy through economic, environmental, and pandemic challenges, while gaining invaluable…
The Untouchable Advantage: How Some Businesses Never Miss a Beat When Markets Shift 📈 Picture this: Two financial advisory firms facing the same major market disruption. The first firm had built everything around networking events and referral partnerships. When economic conditions changed and those opportunities vanished, their client pipeline disappeared…
In this episode of the Ask Mom Parenting Podcast, Sue Donnellan, mom of four, parenting coach, and reformed yeller, has real, no BS conversations with Randee Moore about what really works in parenting. Sue shares her powerful transition from old-school, authoritarian tactics to a leadership-based approach that actually improves behavior…
Lydia Perez is the founder and the Artistic director of The Puerto Rican Institute for Arts and Advocacy (PRIAA), based in Rhode Island and founded in 1994. The institute champions the gathering and retention of cultural memory, language, and identity transmitting these across generations in the form of education through…
Kittie DeCarlo was my mom. She has been gracing Heaven with her presence since 1994. 9 years ago over Christmas, we found 5 songs that she recorded with Les Paul, and I can't tell you how excited I am to be sharing music we thought we had lost. I first…
