Behind The Fold – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Maternity leave as a business owner presents a unique set of challenges. How do you balance taking time for yourself while ensuring your business continues to thrive? In this episode of Behind the Fold, we’re exploring actionable strategies for entrepreneurial mothers preparing for maternity leave. As a mother and business owner myself, I know firsthand about the fears and uncertainties surrounding this transition. From setting boundaries, to embracing the beauty of maintenance mode, this episode unpacks everything I’ve learned through my own experiences with mat leave. 

Listen as I share:

• 2:45 - Navigating maternity leave and business challenges, including my experience with the fear and complexities of stepping away during this transitional phase.
• 7:50 - How I embraced the “magic of maintenance” and let go of unrealistic growth expectations.
• 13:32 - How to plan for true downtime during your mat leave.
• 16:26 - The importance of setting firm boundaries around your time off and how you can effectively delegate with your team.
• 21:50 - Being aware of what you need to feel supported during your return to work, which may include pacing yourself for a gradual re-entry.

Are you an entrepreneurial mom-to-be? I’d love for you to share your experiences and thoughts with me over on Instagram @RachelleSaevil! If you know an entrepreneurial mom who’s prepping for maternity leave, be sure to share this episode with them! Let’s support and inspire each other to embrace this time with confidence and intention.

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Welcoming my next guest to Behind The Fold, Stevie Dillion! Stevie is the founder of Lifestyle Business School, an online education course business that helps aspiring founders build and leverage an expertise-based online business. After much traditional success with her business and then juggling becoming a new mother, Stevie sought after a creatively aligned and fulfilling business while also working hours that allowed her to care for her little ones. Eventually, reworking and transforming her business model, she rebuilt it with a lifestyle business sweet spot in mind! She is also the host of her own podcast Lifestyle Business School. Today we’ll get into her business evolution, fears in motherhood while running a business, family roles, identity shifts and ultimately discovering that beautiful balance as mothers!

Tune in to hear us talk more on:
• 5:38 - Her business growth, fears and preparation during and after her first pregnancy.
• 12:57 - The time in between her first and second child of feeling unaligned and conflicted, that caused her to rethink her whole business model.
• 20:00 - The experience and struggles of having her partner become the primary care giver while she continued working.
• 23:30 - How her motherhood identity and mindset changed from one birth to the next.
• 26:15 - Learning about the power of self care, slowing down and being okay with extended timelines when it comes to goals.
• 34:00 - Focusing on what matters most to you, even if it means a revenue dip in your business for a season.

I hope this episode encourages you to seek balance among all the areas you may be juggling in whatever that might look like for you- give yourself some grace. I would love to hear what you thought of this episode, so be sure to leave a rating, review or shoot me a message on Instagram!

Connect with Stevie!
Podcast: Lifestyle Business School
Instagram: StevieDillon_
Website: https://lifestylebusiness.school

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There is so much that happens during the 9 months of pregnancy before your baby is born, and as high achieving women, we can often set these big goals and plans. However, I think it’s so important that we take the time to get realistic with what we can accomplish, the shift we’ll feel and take on only what we can manage. In this episode of Behind The Fold, I’ll be first sharing a fun announcement, and then diving into areas we can take control of when it comes to our expectations of ourselves not only during pregnancy, but ways that doing so can set us up for success afterwards as well.

Join me as I discuss more on:
• 0:35 - My plot twist announcement and how I want to go into this next year as a busy mother and business owner.
• 6:12 - Redefining what productivity looks like and embracing flexibility in your personal and professional life.
• 8:02 Setting boundaries and communicating what support you might need in your roles and through delegation.
• 14:26 - The significance of prioritizing self care as an investment in yourself that you can carry into your life after pregnancy.

I would love to hear if any of this resonated with you, or how you are redefining certain areas for yourself if you are currently in this life stage! Be sure to send me a DM on Instagram @RachelleSaevil so we can connect!

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I am so excited to welcome my very first guest to Behind The Fold, Ellie McNevin! Ellie is an entrepreneur and founder of The Birdie Agency, an award-winning agency focused on scaling innovative, creative, lifestyle businesses through proactive PR and marketing strategies that amplify reach, awareness, and revenue. Before starting her agency, Ellie launched her career as an editor in New York working in corporate for companies like Conde Nast and Hearst, but it wasn’t until the birth of her first child where she felt a shift in wanting to find that balance of business and motherhood. She launched The Birdy Agency and never looked back! In this episode we’ll chat about her pull to entrepreneurship, starting her agency as a new Mom and her passion for inspiring other women to create space for rest and creativity.

Listen in as we discuss more on:
• 4:46 - Ellie’s struggle with going back to work after the birth of her first child and feeling inspired by her self-employed friend.
• 12:18 - Challenges she’s faced building an agency while also raising young kids.
• 15:39 - Navigating working with your spouse and the benefits.
• 18:47 - Understanding that you can’t do everything, while checking in on how you show up in your business and as a parent.
• 23:37 - Ellie’s Agency’s retreat mission to create white space, rest and downtime to allow for big ideas and success to take place.
• 31:29 - How Ellie’s giving back to herself and other ideas for prioritizing you!

I would love to hear what you thought of this episode, so be sure to leave a rating, review or shoot me a message on Instagram!

Connect with Ellie!
The Birdie Agency Website: https://birdieagency.co
Instagram @TheBirdieAgency
Instagram @Ellie_BirdieAgency.Co

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Welcome to the very first episode of Behind The Fold with your host, Rachelle Saevil! I am so excited to have you joining me on this podcast journey and wanted to take this time to introduce myself, the passion behind why I wanted to start this podcast and what you can expect in future episodes! I’ll share a fun story about my own entry into motherhood, the divine timing of it all, my worries as a business owner and why I wanted to create this space for open and real conversations about what it takes to be a career driven woman and a mother! 

Tune in to hear more about:
• 0:38 - My background in past podcasting, business and the idea to combine this new stage of motherhood and brand building.
• 3:35 - Pulling inspiration from feeling like there were limited resources and authentic conversations on entrepreneurs and motherhood.
• 7:27 - The true mission behind the podcast, what it will be about and who this space is for.
• 9:40 - A personal story about my introduction into motherhood, struggles with infertility, a psychic reading and signs in the form of baby socks. 

It would mean so much to me if you could review, rate and share the podcast so we can reach more women like yourself, who know they are meant for something more! 

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Tune into this special teaser and glimpse into Behind The Fold with host Rachelle Saevil, a podcast for ambitious women who are navigating the highs and lows of being career-driven mothers. It’s about embracing the duality and complexities behind both motherhood and business! We hope you join us for this first look, what the podcast represents and that it gives you and idea for what’s to come!

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