Today’s episode is a little update on what's happening with me and the podcast and how I'm helping people like you get your wellness business started. More about my 12 week group programme The Core here: https://vickyshilling.com/core For episode show notes, resources and links, head to: https://vickyshilling.com/juststartnow-podcast

Just Start Now

Update: Award nomination and my book is coming!

Today’s episode is with Registered Nutritional Therapist & Empowerment Coach Deirdre Egan. We talk about: Going from a full-time mum to retrain as a nutritional therapist and battling the “you’re never going to make this work” mindset Deirdre’s Plan A to become a nutritionist and Plan B: to work harder on Plan A! The ebb and flow of working for yourself, seeing the positives and feeling grateful for quiet down times, rather than anxious and worried Increasing your confidence by just ‘doing the thing’ rather than sitting thinking about it For episode show notes, resources and links, head to: https://vickyshilling.com/juststartnow-podcast

43. Success Series with Nutritional Therapist & Empowerment Coach Deirdre Egan

Today’s episode is with clinical nutritional therapist, functional medicine practitioner and health coach Anoushka Davy. We talk about: How Anoushka moved from working in TV production to going full-time as a nutritionist releasing her first book Social media as Anoushka’s big mental block and the ‘should’ of using socials to build her business. I mentioned this blog post I wrote called ‘Do you need to be on social media to have a successful wellness business?’ Getting help and delegating so that you can stay in your zone of genius, and how to think about this even when you’re just getting started Bringing in joy to your work and how to be a better practitioner by having more fun and letting go of pressure and being too serious For episode show notes, resources and links, head to: https://vickyshilling.com/juststartnow-podcast

42. Success Series with Functional Medicine Practitioner Anoushka Davy

Today’s episode is with nutritionist and yoga teacher Sarah Hawkins, from Food Is Good (F.I.G) Nutrition. We talk about: Blending together nutrition and yoga to help Sarah’s ideal clients with their IBS and gut health The worry about a saturated market when it feels like so many other people are doing the same thing as you Sarah’s evolving journey to going full-time into her business, rather than suddenly appearing fully formed onto the market The importance of having a network and getting support, like Sarah does in the Just Start Now membership For episode show notes, resources and links, head to: https://vickyshilling.com/juststartnow-podcast

41. Success Series with Sarah Hawkins from Food Is Good (F.I.G) Nutrition

Today’s episode is with Ultramarathon Runner and Coach, Hannah Walsh who helps women to run their first ultramarathon. We talk about: Hannah’s journey from a long-distance commuter, to working for a small business in the training industry alongside her own coaching business allowing her to create more impact Imposter complex and how this shows up when you think you ‘aren’t good enough’ to teach or help other people Using your own network and the people closest to you to do market research and find out what problems you can solve in your business. Receiving negative feedback from clients when things don’t go as well as you both hoped and how to use this to grow and get better, rather than taking it personally For episode show notes, resources and links, head to: https://vickyshilling.com/juststartnow-podcast

40. Success Series with Ultramarathon Coach Hannah Walsh

Today’s episode is with retired cancer nurse and Life and Women’s Wellbeing Coach, Tracy Acock from The Wellbeing Wisdom Club. We talk about: Tracy’s journey from retired cancer nurse, to feeling like she had more to contribute and retraining as a Life Coach helping women to navigate mid-life The importance of learning to take the first step and finding a coach or mentor who supports and believes in you, such as my Elevate package How letting go of the past and tackling the mindset block of needing outside validation allowed Tracy to step in to the new version of herself and create space for ‘morning miracles’ Tracy’s tips on embracing discomfort and how keeping curious and an open mind can lead to a life better than you’d ever expected! For episode show notes, resources and links, head to: https://vickyshilling.com/juststartnow-podcast

39. Success Series with Tracy Acock from The Wellbeing Wisdom Club

The podcast is back for a mini Success Series - showcasing people doing what you want to do - turning their passion for health and wellness into a career. Today’s episode is with Nutritional Therapist and women’s health expert Le’Nise Brothers from Eat Love Move.   We talk about:   Le’Nise’s journey from busy advertising exec, travelling the world for work, to nutritional therapist and yoga teacher, with a life that enables her to spend time with her son How it is possible to earn money as a nutritionist and how important it is to surround yourself with people that truly believe this (no matter what you’ve been told in college!) Choosing to go all in on her nutrition business, even though the lure of her old advertising job was still there. The tough days and the honest length of the journey, to reach today with a busy practice and a book deal Le’Nise’s tips on focusing on one or two platforms to build your audience and really engaging fully on them in order to build your business For episode show notes, resources and links, head to: https://vickyshilling.com/juststartnow-podcast

38. Success Series: Le'Nise Brothers from Eat Love Move

The podcast is back for a mini Success Series - showcasing people doing what you want to do - turning their passion for health and wellness into a career. Today’s episode is with personal trainer and fitness entrepreneur Elle Linton from Keep It SimpElle. We talk about: Elle’s journey from bored full-time office worker, Nike training club instructor, through to the multi-hyphenated career she has today The mindset shift of learning to harness the power of choice and possibility Choosing the right support at the right time, from joining communities such as the Just Start Now Facebook group when you’re starting out, to getting admin help to be able to focus on the ‘sexy’ side of the business The importance of goal setting, being open to goals shifting or changing, and how they help Elle with making everyday decisions to keep her on track For episode show notes, resources and links, head to: https://vickyshilling.com/juststartnow-podcast

37. Success Series with Elle Linton from Keep It SimpElle

The podcast is back for a mini Success Series - showcasing people doing what you want to do - turning their passion for health and wellness into a career.  Today’s episode is with Nutritional Therapist Claire O’Brien from Honest & Goodness. We talk about: Claire’s journey from burned out digital marketer, to running her own busy nutritional therapy practice The magic of setting goals and how doing this with support from the Just Start Now membership helped Claire achieve her income targets What to do if it feels like a client knows loads about your area of expertise and the imposter syndrome kicks in The mental block of being a single parent and needing to see income and be financially independent. Claire’s clever mindset shift to overcome this. For episode show notes, resources and links, head to: https://vickyshilling.com/juststartnow-podcast

36. Success series with Claire O'Brien Honest Goodness Nutrition

I'm back! But whilst I’m still juggling everything with childcare and business, I’m not fully returning quite yet with a full season of Just Start Now like you’re used to.  Instead across May 2021 I'm going to be presenting a mini-season showcasing people doing what YOU want to do - turning their passion for health and wellness into a career.  They’re not making millions but they’re making it work for them and I am really hoping these stories and insights will be inspiring to you as you get started on your path. I’m calling it the success season, so if you’re ready for a bit more success in your life, this month is going to be an absolute treat.  Stay tuned and make sure you're subscribed! 

Something exciting is coming...

In this episode I talk to my husband about the reality of what it’s been like living with me while I build my business over the last two years. This is an intimate conversation with my husband’s honest thoughts on me going solo, investing in myself with a coach and what it takes to be supportive when you’re starting a new business. We talk about: What David thought when I wanted to quit the music industry and go into coaching.  What it takes to run your own business - from an outsider’s perspective looking in. My bad habits and secrets that only my husband sees behind the scenes as I build my biz! How necessary it was for me to invest in myself at a high level and what his thoughts were when I did How David thinks you can be the most supportive partner to someone who is just getting started running their own business, tips for your partner if you’re not getting the support you need For episode show notes, resources and links, head to: https://vickyshilling.com/juststartnow-podcast

35. How to be supportive if your partner is starting a wellness business

In this episode I’m talking to life coach and online business strategist Sahar Twesigye, who you might also know from her healthy eating blog Earth & Spoon. We discuss the powerful marketing tool that is Pinterest and the steps you need to take to harness it to drive eyes onto your wellness business. We talk about: The difference between Pinterest and social media - Pinterest is a search engine where people are coming to answer questions and solve problems, not to connect with people. The benefits of using Pinterest including the fact it’s not a ‘hungry monster’ like social media - you can have pins that keep returning traffic to your website for weeks, months and years after they’ve been created. What you need to have in place before you start using Pinterest. If you think you’re ready to start using Pinterest as part of your marketing strategy, Sahar's recommended steps to get started. For episode show notes, resources and links, head to: https://vickyshilling.com/juststartnow-podcast

34. How to use Pinterest to grow your wellness business with Sahar Twesigye

In this episode I talk about scarcity and the multitude of ways it shows up for you and holds you back from being successful in your wellness business. Whether it’s your belief that the market is saturated, that there aren’t enough customers who want what you offer or the thoughts that cross your mind when you look into your bank account, it all dictates how much success you’ll see. I talk about these 5 scarcity mindsets you might be suffering with: You think there are a limited number of customers out there and the market is too saturated You think money is finite and will run out, or that your customers don’t have the money to invest in what you do You feel not enough and think you need more qualifications You think there’s not enough time to do what you want You don’t think you have a big enough audience to get the income you’re aiming for right now. For episode show notes, resources and links, head to: https://vickyshilling.com/juststartnow-podcast

33. How scarcity mindset is holding you back from success in your wellness business

In this episode, I’m talking to Business Coach Caroline Thompson about the myth that you need to have a huge audience in order to bring in decent money to your business. Caroline is a great example of how with small numbers she could still attract paying clients and shares her tips on how to do this. We discuss: The importance of quality over quantity when it comes to your audience How in-person networking and know/like/trust factors were key to Caroline’s launch successes Being authentic and showing up fully as yourself in your content and communication which is what sells. The importance of rest instead of stress and strategy in order to get your energy right Believing 100% in what you’re doing and selling as the core of having successful launches For episode show notes, resources and links, head to: https://vickyshilling.com/juststartnow-podcast

32. How to have a £10k launch without a huge audience with Caroline Thompson

In this episode I talk about how to schedule and repurpose content for your wellness business. Creating content for social media, emails and other marketing channels can feel like a huge and overwhelming task and is something I help many clients with. I’ll talk you through ways to break it down and re-use what you have so it’s easy to stay consistent. I take you through: Looking at the channels you want to schedule content for Why your mailing list should always be part of your plan, not just social media. Developing some kind of consistent framework that you stick to for at least 3 months to get into a rhythm and see what works The importance of repetition and sharing your content more than once in different ways Re-sharing old content that’s still relevant and also making sure in your content planner you are scheduling regular sales posts Scheduling tools that might help you stay consistent. For episode show notes, resources and links, head to: https://vickyshilling.com/juststartnow-podcast

31. How to schedule and repurpose your content

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