Explore every episode of the podcast The Life She Built
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| 003: Why I Don't Open My Laptop Before 11AM | Sandra Bettina | 23 juin 2026 | 00:17:11 | |
An ideal week schedule for an entrepreneur is not about doing more in less time. It is about knowing what matters to you, putting it in your calendar first, and building your work around that. If your business is running your life instead of supporting it, your schedule is the place to start. In this episode of The Life She Built, host Sandra Bettina, mom, entrepreneur, wedding planner with 11 years of business experience, pulls back the curtain on her exact weekly schedule. She shares how she moved from constant hustle, late nights, and saying yes to everything into a structured, intentional week built around her non-negotiables first. Sandra walks through her themed day system, including CEO Mondays, team and client Tuesdays, podcasting Wednesdays, client and project work Thursdays, and Freedom Fridays, and explains why she aims to live inside her ideal week 80 to 90 percent of the time rather than chasing a perfect hundred. Some topics we cover:
We talk about: 00:00 The honest answer to how do you do it all 01:24 Why 80 to 90 percent is the goal, not 100 02:14 Why Sandra stopped letting her business run her life 03:00 What non-negotiables actually are and how to find yours 04:30 Why the morning sets the tone for everything 04:42 How Sandra structures her mornings before work begins 06:00 What theme days are and why they work 06:49 CEO Monday: big picture, no meetings, no distractions 07:42 Tuesday through Thursday: team, clients, podcasts, and projects 09:24 Freedom Friday and what it really means 11:53 The brain dump method and the three things rule 13:04 How evenings and weekends are protected in Sandra's week Connect with Sandra
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| 002: The Overachiever's Worth Wound: My Story | Sandra Bettina | 23 juin 2026 | 00:34:17 | |
Overachiever burnout is what happens when you build an entire identity around achievement because somewhere along the way, you learned that doing was the only way to be worthy. If you've ever hit every goal and still felt like something was deeply wrong, this is the episode for you. Sandra Bettina, host of The Life She Built and entrepreneur, wedding planner, and mother of two, shares her full origin story in this solo episode: from fleeing a civil war in Bosnia at four years old, to earning 100% grades she negotiated herself, to building two businesses postpartum while running on three hours of sleep. She introduces the concept of the Worth Wound, the unspoken belief that love and belonging must be earned through output, and how it quietly ran her life until she couldn't hold it together anymore. You'll leave this episode knowing exactly what to look for in your own story. Some topics we cover:
We talk about: 00:00 Why Sandra is sharing her story 01:13 Born in Bosnia, fleeing a civil war at four years old 03:18 The unspoken pressure to earn your worth as an immigrant 04:09 Why praise for achievement became an addiction 06:07 Grade seven: 98% wasn't enough so she negotiated extra credit 13:40 Launching her business two weeks before finding out she was pregnant 16:21 Working a wedding at 38 weeks and visiting a venue with a 3-day-old 23:38 When she finally couldn't hold it all together anymore 26:16 "I built myself a jail in the name of success" 27:13 What Sandra's real version of success looks like today Connect with Sandra
#TheLifeSheBuilt #SandraBettina #WomenEntrepreneurs #OverachieverBurnout #ImmigrantDaughter #EntrepreneurMom #WorkingMomLife #BurnoutRecovery #BusinessAndMotherhood #WorthWound #EntrepreneurIdentity #DesignYourLife #SustainableBusiness #WomenInBusiness #MomFounder #PodcastForWomen #TheLifeSheBuiltPodcast | |||
| 001: Her Business. Her Life. Her Design | What it Actually Means to Design Your Life with Intention | Sandra Bettina | 23 juin 2026 | 00:15:03 | |
Women entrepreneur clarity is not about doing more. It is about knowing who you are first. If you have been chasing goals that feel hollow, building a business that consumes you, or trying to measure up to a version of success that was never actually yours, you do not have a strategy problem. You have a clarity problem. And you are not alone. In this first episode of The Life She Built, host Sandra Bettina, entrepreneur and business owner with 11 years of experience, introduces the three pillars at the heart of this podcast: her life, her business, her design. Sandra breaks down why most millennial women carry conflicting messages about ambition, why those messages create internal confusion about what success is supposed to look like, and how knowing yourself first is the only foundation worth building a business on. She introduces the Her Design Framework and shares a journaling exercise to help you define what success, freedom, and peace actually look like for you before the business conversation even starts. Some topics we cover:
We talk about: 00:00 Why this podcast is not a business podcast 01:20 The clarity problem most women entrepreneurs have 02:06 Mixed messages about ambition and what they cost you 04:03 Why your business is a tool, not your identity 05:09 What happened when Sandra measured success the wrong way 05:50 The journaling exercise to find your actual why 08:18 Why every woman's version of success is equally valid 09:17 Designing a business and life that fit who you are 10:44 The real questions women should be asking themselves 12:05 How The Life She Built approaches business differently 12:42 Building a business that supports your life 13:21 What The Life She Built covers going forward Connect with Sandra
#womenentrepreneur #thelifeshebuilt #sandrabettina #womenInbusiness #entrepreneurpodcast #femaleentrepreneur #businesspodcast #claritycoach #intentionalliving #designyourlife #millennialwomen #successmindset #burnoutrecovery #bossbabe #selfawareness #knowyourself #buildalifeyoulove #worklifebalance #podcastforwomen #successonyourownterms | |||
| Trailer | The Life She Built | 16 juin 2026 | 00:05:43 | |
You want an incredible life and a beautiful business, and you are done pretending those two things have to compete. The Life She Built is a podcast for women entrepreneurs who are building something real without burning out their lives in the process. Hosted by Sandra Bettina - entrepreneur, wife, mom to two daughters, and immigrant daughter - this show has the honest conversations about business, motherhood, ambition, identity, and life that most podcasts will not touch. Sandra grew up learning resilience before she had a word for it. Now she is sharing all of it, unfiltered, so you do not have to figure it out alone. Some topics we cover:
This is not empowerment that asks you to perform. It is the kind that asks you to show up as the whole, complicated, capable person you already are. Her business. Her life. Her design. Let's talk about it. Connect with Sandra
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