Have you ever thought about how we as humans bring so much uniqueness to our businesses - our experiences, our successes, our failures, our skills and struggles, our goals and versions of success... Yet we're often given the same steps to follow to get to where we want to be.

As a mentor (and as a designer!), I love to bring more human-ness into the businesses of the designers I work with and I'd love to share some of my favourite lessons that I have learnt as I've tried to build my business with myself as a key focus. All of the messiness included!

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When it comes to consistency, we're told that this is a MUST DO in business. From consistent marketing (you have to post on Instagram five times a week, you have to create more video content, you have to engage with your audience every day), to showing up consistently (you should be working on your business every week, you should join more programs, you need to work on more passion projects) - we know consistency is a must.

But what we're not told as much, is that you get to choose what consistency looks like for you. If your business is unique and your goals are unique, we will all also have a version of consistency that helps us reach those goals that are perfect for us and fit with our time, energy and creativity!

Yes, consistency is so important. Because the consistency we can control (like marketing, visibility, engagement, development) helps us build consistency in the areas we have a little less control over (like monthly income, lead generation, project bookings and sales).

So in this episode, I'm sharing some tips to help you find and develop what consistency can look like in your own business, so you can ignore the advice that isn't relevant to you!

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I'm talking sustainability again this week, and why wouldn't I, it's my favourite topic! Today I'm talking through four unsustainable business practices that you may be experiencing in your business that we need to evolve away from to have a sustainable, consistent and joyful design business.

After sharing my own experiences in the last episode, I really wanted to chat about areas you can focus on to build more sustainability in your own business and create long-lasting foundations for your incredible business.

I really hope you enjoy the episode! As mentioned in the episode, my group program for designers, The Clubhouse, is launching again in September and the waitlist is now open! Head to the link below to find out all about the program, take a tour behind the scenes, and learn about everything the designers who are currently in The Clubhouse have achieved!

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As of this year, I have been running my design studio for ten years (!!), and in that time have managed to build my dream job which has been my most sustainable and secure job so far. We're so often told how working for yourself isn't sustainable and isn't secure that I just wanted to share a few lessons that I've learned in building my business with sustainability, consistency, and joy as my main priorities.

This is more of a chatty episode where I talk through a few pivotal moments and lessons that have allowed me to have sustainability as a foundation in my business over the past 10 years!

I really hope you enjoy the episode! As mentioned in the episode, my group program for designers, The Clubhouse, is launching again in September and the waitlist is now open! Head to the link below to find out all about the program, take a tour behind the scenes, and learn about everything the designers who are currently in The Clubhouse have achieved!

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As we move through summer, get ourselves rested and start feeling inspired by our business, you may be thinking about your business and what works and what doesn't. And you may be feeling like something doesn't quite fit right at the moment - if this is the case, you're ready for change.

I know change can be scary, but I like to look at it as moving to the next step and evolving your business to get it even closer to where you want to be. Change is good and necessary!

Listen to this episode to figure out whether you're ready for change and what that can look like for your business.

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Time off is so important and I really want you to be taking restful and restorative breaks from your business so you can come back feeling rejuvenated and inspired! No checking your emails when you're away, no panicking about clients getting in touch, no worrying about switching off - just enjoying your rest and allowing yourself to come back as your best creative self!

In my business, I take at least 12 weeks off a year (without any client dread!) and I'd love to help you create more space in your design business schedule.

Here's a link to the free workshop I mentioned in the episode to help you schedule your time off in advance: How I Book Design Clients 4-6 Months in Advance

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Do you find that you're being more consistent with your marketing but don't seem to be attracting dream clients? There are a few shifts you can make to make sure you're allowing yourself to shine to the right people and getting more enquiries from those dreamy clients - so I wanted to share three small tweaks you can make right now.

These tips will allow you to stand out more and be magnetic to those perfect people who give you a steady flow of dreamy projects!

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Are you feeling overwhelmed? It's not unfamiliar territory for us designers & creatives when we have all of the projects to work on, all of the admin, all of the marketing tasks, and all of the... millions of other things we need to do!

I am no stranger to feeling overwhelmed and overworked but it's so tricky to keep your business moving or make your business sustainable when you constantly feel hectic and stressed.

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Today I'm chatting all about social media and how to get out of the numbers and in control of your marketing!

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I haven't chatted about money for a while so I wanted to share an episode about pricing! In the past, I've told myself so many things that I assumed were true about pricing - all of which stopped me from raising my rates and working towards my bigger income goals. As soon as I took control over my thoughts about pricing, I started to feel more confident and comfortable with pricing and could easily raise my prices (even tripling at times!)

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I'm sharing four tasks that you can add to your to-do list that can take anywhere between one and a couple of hours and will start saving you time straight away! We get so overwhelmed with creating our client process that often we don't even start, it gets left behind and we use more and more time on our processes. Let's get started and build your client process a bit at a time!

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The Clubhouse is Open! My signature group mentoring program for designers is opening for this week only! If you'd like to learn more and work with me in 2024, you can sign up here ✨

Today I'm chatting with the lovely Sarah from Design Gals! Sarah launched her business just over 12 months ago and has spent the entire time building her business with strategy, intention and her personal version of success in mind. After joining me in The Clubhouse, she work on not just trial and error and any old strategy, but considering the work she wanted to be doing, how she wanted to work, what she wanted from the future and how to make that happen. Less than a year on, Sarah was working with dream clients and booking up to three months in advance!

In this episode, Sarah and I chat about how you can build intention and strategy into your design business right from the beginning so your business can be built on solid, sustainable foundations! We also share some amazing tips for those of you who are in the early stages of your business or want a fresh start to focus on your version of success.

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Today I’m chatting about a few reasons why you might not be getting enquiries in your design business! I am also sharing why although you might not need to worry about your lack of enquiries too much, there are a few things you can look over and analyse to connect with your dream clients and encourage more enquiries by showcasing your business and being authentic in your own way.

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In this episode, I'm talking through the biggest questions I've been asked about my group mentoring program for designers, The Clubhouse. I share:

• What's included when you join
• How much time you need to commit to the program
• Why it's 12 months access
• Who is the program for?
• How much support you get from me as your mentor
• Investment options and how to know when to make an investment
• How to start the program without overwhelm

You can find out everything you need to know about The Clubhouse below, including a guided tour video and stories and thoughts from current and past members:

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In this episode, I'm sharing everything you need to know about my twelve-month group mentoring program for designers - The Daring Designers Clubhouse! The Clubhouse launched yesterday evening and I'm so excited to share all the things you need to know about the program, including:

• How I redesigned the program based on my previous programs
• The values I wanted to build into the Clubhouse
• What is included with The Clubhouse
• The keen bean and launch pricing and my thoughts about accessible pricing
• Launch information and how you can join!

You may also have heard that I ran an amazing workshop yesterday just for designers and you can watch the replay for a limited time! Head to the link below to watch the workshop back and for all the information you need to work with me as your mentor 🥰

How I Book Design Clients 4-6 Months in Advance - the Replay

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I realised a few days ago that in a couple of months, I'll be celebrating eight years full-time in my business! A business that I never thought I could make work and especially didn't think it would be in the amazing position it is today. Listen to me chat about the biggest lesson I learned in every year of running my business and I'd love to hear yours too!

As you'll have heard, next week I'm running a free workshop - How I Book Design Clients 4-6 Months in Advance and I'd love to see you there! Use the link below to sign up and you'll get a link closer to the time :)

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A few weeks ago, I shared three business consistency enemies and today I'm talking about my main business enemy in general - impatience!! Impatience affects so many parts of my business and the way I approach my goals and it's taken so long for me to deal with and manage feeling like I need to get somewhere urgently or like I can't celebrate wins along the way.

As you'll have heard, I'm currently sharing a video series about how I'm re-building and re-imagining The Clubhouse with my waitlist of keen beans only! If you'd love to watch along and see some juicy behind the scenes, including designing sales pages, building a signature framework, and personalising the learning experience I'd love for you to join me below:

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Today's episode gives both a bit more guidance for you and a little sneak peek into my signature group mentoring program, The Clubhouse! I'm sharing one of the audio coaching episodes that is part of The Clubhouse to support the mentorship and guidance for the members. I really love these mini audio coaching guides and they have been so popular with my mentees so I hope you love it too.

This audio coaching is all about identifying and crafting a vision of your dream work week so you can start taking steps to make it a reality!

As you'll have heard, for the next few weeks, I'll be sharing a video series about how I'm re-building and re-moulding The Clubhouse with my waitlist of keen beans only! If you'd love to watch along and see some juicy behind the scenes, including designing sales pages, building a signature framework, and personalising the learning experience I'd love for you to join me below:

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We're continuing with consistency! Today I'm talking about three reasons you might be struggling with consistency in your business and how you can work through them to create consistent marketing, show up consistently and be a reliable and visible presence.

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Let's chat about some small tweaks you can make to your design business to make your monthly income more consistent - no passive income, no big business restructuring - just little changes that can help take you from feast and famine to consistent and secure!

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In this episode, I'm talking about perfectionism - the effect it can have on your business, why it's tricky to shake off and how to put it behind you to start taking the "done is better than perfect" approach!

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In this episode, we're chatting about the different types of burnout and how they can show within your business and yourself! Plus some personal anecdotes sharing my experience with burnout through all stages of my business and how I've learnt to spot it before it becomes a serious problem for you.

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The Clubhouse waitlist is Open! My signature group mentoring program for designers is opening on the 15th January for waitlist members to sign up with an exclusive 1:1 bonus! If you'd like to learn more and work with me in 2024, you can sign up to the waitlist here ✨

I could have gone on for a really long time with this episode talking about the benefits of booking in advance! But I stopped at the twelve that I find are the most important and can have the biggest impact on your business, your wellbeing, your mindset, and your freedom.

Booking my design clients in advance has been the main strategy that has helped me build my dream design business and I'd love to help you do the same ☺️

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In the first guest episode of 2023, I'm chatting with Alice from Creative Babes Club! We're talking about Alice's perfect topic - prioritising your creative energy as a designer who runs a business. We talk about what can happen if you don't put yourself first, how setting boundaries can preserve your creativity and filling up your creative cup.

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In this episode, we're chatting about some of the "shoulds" we hear floating around that you can completely ignore (or at least put your own spin on!), how to navigate hearing a "should" that hits home and why thinking for yourself can lead to reaching your own version of success quicker.

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In this episode, we're chatting about my intentions for this new year! I can't quite believe we're in 2023 but as we're here and raring to go, I've been thinking about what I would love to make happen this year, where my focuses lie and what this means for The Daring Designers Club!

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In this episode, we're chatting about how you can keep your business aligned and connected to your goals by shifting your mindset from small picture to big picture thinking. When we focus on a bigger picture and where we would like to be in the future, we can make more aligned and intentional decisions that create a more joyful and successful business for us as humans.

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In this episode, I’m talking about how knowing your dream clients can replace the traditional idea of a business niche and help you gear your business towards working with the right people who will make your workload much happier! Think clients who fit your style, who are super easy to work with and who completely love everything you do - sounds like the dream!

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Welcome back to the podcast! In this new episode, I'm chatting about what I learnt after a month off this August. Taking regular and consistent time off is a huge priority for me in my business, including one full month that I schedule as holiday every year. And every year, I come back more motivated and with more lessons!

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Welcome back to the podcast - it’s been a while! I had a wave of inspiration and I’m also loving some good podcast content at the moment so I thought I’d get back into it. Before we get into the episode, I just want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has still been listening and sending me messages of support whilst I’ve had a podcasting break! It means a lot that you still love the podcast and listen for pep talks :)

In this new episode, I’m chatting about why confidence is one of the key tools you need in your business toolkit, why you don’t need to be naturally confident and how to built confidence in yourself as a business owner.

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Welcome back to the podcast with a brand new interview episode! Today I’m chatting with Danielle Joseph, founder of design studio Function Creative and CRM Willowspace. With running both her own studio and software to support processes - Danielle knows a thing or two about systems!

In this new episode, we talk about how having good systems in place for your client process can allow you to level up your projects and raise your rates.

In our membership bonus episode, we discuss How to Create a Client Process from Scratch and you can sign up to the membership below to get access to that and so many more bonus episodes, resources and workshops:

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We’re back and with a new fancy look! The past few months have been so exciting for The Daring Designers Club - we’ve had another round of Dare Together and the launch of the Membership! My resources for designers who are looking for ongoing support to reach their version of success.

In this new episode, I’m talking about how I changed my business to make sure I was only working with dream clients and how you can do that too! Identifying my dream clients and attracting them has been the biggest gamechanger for my business so I really hope this helps.

I also talk about my free email challenge ‘Find Your Dream Clients’ which use the link below to sign up to:

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When you have your eyes on big goals and know you have what it takes to get there, it can be easy to focus on whatever feels like it’ll get you to where you want to be quicker. But sometimes the things that get us to reach those goals quicker are actually getting us further away from where we want to be in the long-term and further away from building a sustainable business.

So how do we focus on sustainable elements in our business instead of quick results - even when we want the quicker results? Let's talk about it!

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In this episode, I’m talking about how knowing your dream clients can replace the traditional idea of a business niche and help you gear your business towards working with the right people who will make your workload much happier! Think clients who fit your style, who are super easy to work with and who completely love everything you do - sounds like the dream!

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You may or may not know that I am currently on maternity leave as I’m having my first baby this month! As soon as I found out, I was straight into planning mode trying to figure out how I could fit maternity leave around my business and managing things like paying my bills and not leaving clients hanging.

In this episode, I wanted to pull together all of my tips for taking an extended break, whether like me you’re planning to have a baby and want to get organised in advance or if you just want to fit in a longer break or holiday into your schedule. I think these will help for all scenarios! Even actually if you just want to take 2 weeks off to go on holiday (when that’s allowed again of course…).

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Over the past few years, I’ve experimented with quite a few different additional income streams including courses about design, coaching programmes both one to one and in groups, e-books, design elements, website templates, graphic templates and a few more - yes I’ve tried a lot of things!

Because of the income streams I’ve added into my business, I’ve been able to cut down to working 3 days a week, I’ve been able to book fewer client projects at a time which saves me a lot of energy and time and I’ve also been able to dedicate some time to other areas which I’m passionate about like coaching and working with other designers. 

So let’s jump into a few different income streams you can add into your business to generate some additional money and help you hopefully work a little bit less!

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Today’s episode is another fab guest interview! And I’ll be talking to beauty branding & website designer, Chloe Ford. Chloe and I chat about how she’s recently pivoted her business to focus just on working with beauty and wellness brands and how that’s improved her workload and meant she can work with dream clients!

If you’re a designer who is considering niching down into a specific industry or niching at all, this episode is such a good listen!

Listen to our tips about the benefits of niching down really specifically, how to tweak your business to make this a reality and why you shouldn’t just niche for the sake of it.

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So for any service-based business, you are likely to run into some client issues along the way - it's perfectly natural for this to happen every now and then! But what do we do when we run into these issues? And is there a solution for the most common client problems?

Before we jump into the advice I have for a few designer-specific client issues, it's important to know that most of the time and I don’t want you to take this the wrong way because I mean absolutely no offence at all, but these client issues and anything that goes wrong in a project - well it’s mostly our own fault!

That's right... we're usually the problem! Now don’t worry because I’m sure you haven’t realised that the problem could be from your end but I have found time and time again, aside from a rare few which are possibly just not meant to be, the designer in the project could have done something earlier on or within their process to stop the issue occurring.

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I’m talking today about something which haunted me for a while when I first set up my business and something I know a lot of designers feel a bit apprehensive about and that is sales calls!

I know when I just started working with clients I dreaded jumping on any type of calls and would end up getting so nervous that I’m pretty sure they ended up being more of a hindrance than a help when it came to actually booking projects. But over time, I’ve managed to really build up my confidence and make sure that all sales calls were actually a benefit and a chance for me and my clients to get to know each other and make sure we’re a good fit for their project.

I think face to face contact and having these calls are so important for any designer to be able to share their expertise with a potential client and so I would love to help you all feel even a little bit more confident on a call to help you book more clients and make sure they’re dream clients too!

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I’m talking today about something that people ask me about often which is booking up your schedule in advance! I think the reason people ask me quite often is that for the past few years, I’ve been regularly booked up in advance from anywhere between 2 and 6 months. At the moment, as I’ll be taking some maternity leave for a few months, I’m booking projects 6 months in advance and still managing to book clients for this time and it doesn’t put people off at all. 

Booking in advance isn’t about looking exclusive or making people wait, the two huge benefits to having a schedule and giving clients a certain time to work with you is, first of all, your workload can be much more organised which means you don’t overload yourself with too much work and you know exactly how many projects you can take on at any time. And then secondly, having a more organised schedule of clients means you can more accurately plan your income and it can also make it much more consistent for you - and isn’t that just a dream for some who is self-employed!

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Today’s episode is the first ever guest interview on The Daring Designers Club Podcast! And I’ll be talking to WordPress expert and Web Developer, Holly Pryce. Holly and I have been working together for around three years and she has been able to take a lot of my more complex designs and turn them into beautiful, functional websites.

If you’re a designer who either doesn’t have websites as part of their services and wants to, wants to uplevel their website projects or just wants to save time - working with a web developer is an amazing way to do this.

Listen to our tips about how to find a great web developer, how you as a designer can make projects run smoothly and mistakes to avoid when collaborating on a project.

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In a few different episodes and through a lot of what I talk about in The Daring Designers Club, I mention working towards your version of success instead of anyone else’s. This for me is the best bit of advice I can give when it comes to avoiding comparison or getting stuck with what goals to work towards. 

But, what if you don’t know what your version of success looks like? This is perfectly possible and I myself have had periods in the past where I just keep on going and see how things go instead of figuring outwhat my actual goals are and what I’m working towards.

So today’s episode is going to be just that! We’re going to talk about how to find what your version of success would look like so you can plan your goals and get a really good idea of where you want to be in the next 2, 5 or even 10 years.

Also, in this episode, I mention the amazing Sophie Cliff who works wonders for people trying to find a little more joy in their lives. Head over to her website here!

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Being a 100% authentic business owner can be really difficult - it’s not like just being yourself as a person or showing your personality. It’s about making decisions in your business and building your business in a way that feels really comfortable and helps you reach any goals you have without compromising who you are and what feels like it will work for you. 

I feel very strongly that there is no one way to do things in any single business and the chances are one piece of advice will not fit for every business owner. If you’re a long term listener of the podcast, you’ll know that with everything I share, there are always caveats that you can listen to what I’m saying and then twist or mould it into a version of that thing which works for you and your business.

So today, I really want to give you some tips on how you can stick 100% to being your authentic business owner self, make decisions which feel like a good fit and avoid any “noise” which doesn’t suit you.

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Ok here's a biggy - I want your marketing in your design business to be SO much easier and I know it can be too!! We have such a set idea of what marketing has to be and what we have to achieve that we sometimes lose focus of the goal - connecting with dreamy clients in a way that works for you. Not building a huge audience, not getting the most views, not posting as much as possible.

Let's chat through a few of my favourite tips to help make your marketing so much easier, take off the pressure and maybe you can even start to love marketing!

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I wanted to jump back into the podcast by talking about a topic I think about and talk about with coaching clients so much and one which I think can be really crucial to running a successful business and getting yourself to where you want to be and that is dream clients.

Thinking about who your dream clients are, even if they’re huge, huge businesses or people who have hundreds of thousands of followers on Instagram, can really help you figure out how to run your business and can give you amazing foundations for how you present your marketing, your branding, your pricing, your portfolio, your content - basically every part of your business.

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As we’re at the end of the year, I had to chat all things goals just like everyone else in the world right now! But now is a really good time to think about our goals for the year ahead because we’re winding down and thinking forward to where we would like to be this time next December.

The reason I wanted to create this particular episode about goals which is making your goals achievable instead of overwhelming is that I have in the past been very good at setting goals which have actually been counterproductive because they feel too much. So I know exactly where I want to be but when I get it down on paper, I chicken out a bit and think it’s too much and then kind of give up along the way. So if you feel the same way, here are the tips I’ve found work best for setting your achievable goals which you can work towards without feeling overwhelmed.

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I’m so excited about today’s topic and I have a lot to say! And that topic is organisation. More specifically my favourite organisation tools which help me run my business and keep up with day to day tasks.

I am such an organisation lover that I could make 10 different episodes on this but let’s start with some tools to ease us in and if this is a topic you enjoy, be sure to let me know so I can rack my brains for all of my best organisation tips for the future.

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I’m jumping into one of my favourite topics to talk about with coaching clients, other designers and actually anyone who is self-employed and that is the subject of boundaries. I very passionately believe that we as business owners should be in total control of first of all our businesses but second of all, the lives that we lead around our businesses.

It can be so incredibly easy to let boundaries slide when you’re feeling under pressure or when you want to give a really good impression to your clients but in my experience, letting any form of boundaries fall out of place is a one way ticket to stress, overworking and burn out. All things which I’m pretty keen for us all to avoid!

As mentioned in the episode, I’m currently booking my final one-to-one coaching slot to help designers with confidence, pricing, process, marketing and basically everything we talk about in these episodes! If you want to find out more information, head to the Daring Designers Coaching Club here and feel free to apply!

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