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Building a Business While Employed And Raising Kids

Building a Business While Employed And Raising Kids
Author: Sharon Singh Sidhu
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Get real-life, practical tips and advice on how to stay focused and take consistent action to build your business in a clear, calm and consistent way, even if you work full-time and are raising kids.
You'll hear from other women building businesses and my own experience about growing my business on the side of my 9 to 5 job.
Follow me on LinkedIn, where I share daily insights and lessons making the transition from employee to entrepreneur in 1 hour a day: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharonsinghsidhu/
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This episode was a long awaited one. My guest is LinkedIn Top Voice, Niharikaa Kaur Sodhi. If you’re on LinkedIn, you probably know who she is. Her program, Summit 21, featured other heavyweights like Tim Denning, Justin Welsh, Ankur Warikoo and more. Niharikaa’s phenomenal growth has inspired many people building a solopreneur lifestyle. This episode is packed with her valuable wisdom and experience transitioning from a corporate job into becoming a self-employed solopreneur today. Her...
In this episode, I chat about how to overcome the fears and doubts that hold you back from growing your business. It's a question I got on one of my LinkedIn posts and something I too grappled with when I first started practising listening to my inner wisdom for guidance. I share my process of how to distinguish between rational fears that protect you and irrational fears that keep you small. You can also treat this episode as a mini guided meditation session because I take you th...
Balancing a job, family, and coaching business doesn’t have to leave you drained. In this episode, learn how to release resistance, manage your energy, and take small, aligned actions to grow your business with ease. I share how to use the MAP Method to rewire your brain so you can take small, daily actions to grow your business with clarity and confidence. What's covered in this episode: How resistance drains your energy—and how to release it.What the MAP Method is and how to u...
Are you struggling to find your groove after the holidays? The January blues can leave you feeling overwhelmed and unmotivated. In this episode, I explore why the post-holiday blues happen, how they impact your mindset, and how the MAP Method can help you reset, refocus, and regain clarity in just minutes. Listen to this episode to reset your mindset and start the year with focus and energy. Here's what's covered: Why post-holiday blues occur and their symptoms, like low energy, irrit...
When you're a busy working mom growing a business on the side, it's all about trying something new and experimenting. Often, typical business building advice don't work under your circumstances. You need to adapt and improvise - that requires you to follow your curiosity and try something new sometimes. If you find this scary to do, then today's podcast episode is for you! I recently tried a crystal sound healing and chakra balancing session when I was in Bali. I'd never tried this b...
Everyone wants more money. In this episode, I share a different approach to creating the money you need for the life you want in a calmer and more enjoyable way. Money is one of the 6 topics I share in my free Starter Guide for Career Moms. It's also one of my favourite topics! Get the free starter guide here: https://sharonsinghsidhu.com/starter Follow me on LinkedIn for regular tips and insights about growing a career you love without sacrificing family time. Are you a working m...
The 3 must-knows to have a better handle of your time and achieve your career ambitions without compromising your desire to be the best mom to your kids. This is how some people seem to accomplish so much in the same time you have. Taken off my free Starter Guide for Career Moms, this is one of the 6 topics I address after being an ambitious career mom myself for more than 2 decades. Get the free starter guide here: https://sharonsinghsidhu.com/starter Follow me on LinkedIn where I regula...
When you're an ambitious, high achiever, you'll always have goals. Even after you've achieved a goal, the next one almost immediately appears. The tendency is to focus on the gap between where you are now versus where you want to be already. But this just makes it harder and a less enjoyable process as you're doing the work to get to where you want to be. Listen to this week's episode where I share how you can fall in love with the process and enjoy being in the gap between where you are n...
As a working mom, it's all about having boundaries right? We've heard this 100x already. So why are working women and moms still struggling with work-life balance? It comes down to what we know and what we do. This week, I talk about one thing that helps me do all that I do as a full-time working mom, wife, and business owner. Boundaries. There's a world of difference between having them (what we know) and enforcing them (what we do). Having them is easy. Enforcing them? No...
As a full-time working mom who runs a coaching business on the side, I'm all about getting more done in less time. In this episode, I share how the unexpected and simple way to do it. Plus, it feels so much better than typical productivity hacks we hear about. Here's the book I mentioned: Money, and the Law of Attraction by Esther and Jerry Hicks And the link to book your call with me: https://calendly.com/sharonsinghsidhu/call Are you a working mom growing a side business? Connect with...
This episode is for you if you're feeling frustrated about where you are now in your business (career, or life) and how you can turn any obstacle in front of you into an opportunity to help you get to where you want to go in a better way. I draw from my own experience making my dreams of becoming a business owner come true. I share how I turn a disempowering story that I'm a failure into a more empowering one that fuels me and keeps me going. You can also read the step-by-step guide in my ...
This is the last episode of a series of women I've invited on the podcast to share their stories building their businesses. In this final guest episode, I chat with career coach, Keji Ogunnaike. Keji is more than just a career coach though because she works with her clients holistically. She shares how our personal lives can limit or propel our careers. A career coach can help you navigate these without judgement that frees you to talk about topics that can be hard to discuss at the workpla...
In this episode, I go against conventional wisdom and suggest you give up and quit. Yes, you read that right. You absolutely must give up and quit if you want to be successful. On everything that distracts you from building the business and life you want, that is. When you give up and quit on everything that gets in the way of building your dream, that's how you win. Are you ready? Listen to this episode to get the practical actions I share on how to give up and quit well. Are you a wor...
Are you worried about promoting your side business online? This is a common fear those of us in 9-5 jobs have when starting a business on the side. How to market your business and promote your services or products?How to be visible on LinkedIn where your bosses and colleagues hang out?Should you have 2 separate accounts?What to do about conflicts of interest? These are some questions I tackle head on in this episode as an entrepreneur with a HR job no less! If this is something you're gra...
After a year's break from my podcast, I'm excited to be back with my first solo episode. I share why I 'gave up' on my podcast and why I'm back. In this episode, I talk about how building a business takes a lot longer and is a lot harder than most people are prepared for. That's why most will give up. If you want to be like the minority of those who succeed, listen to my 6 tips so you can stay in the long game and make your success inevitable! Follow me on LinkedIn for more insights, les...
Join me as I interview Dane Tang, a corporate leader turned entrepreneur who founded Design Future, a coaching and consulting company that specializes in life design and work design. Dane shares her journey from the corporate world to entrepreneurship, including the catalyst of the pandemic that led her to make the transition. Dane shares the 5C's that guide her life and work now: Calling Connection Caring Cultivating JoyCourage She emphasizes the importance ...
In this episode, you’ll hear from Miki Maruko, a Performance Optimisation and Life Coach. Miki helps high achieving women who want to optimize their work and personal lives so that they feel as successful as they look on the outside and have the time and energy to truly enjoy their lives. Miki shared her journey of leaving her global corporate HR role after having children, becoming a full-time mom, and then transitioning into part-time coaching as a way to have a career beyond just raising...
Get all the insights and tips about how to grow your personal brand on LinkedIn - whether you're an employee or business owner - in this value-packed episode with Khushi Agarwal. Khushi specializes in helping Business Coaches, Founders, and Senior Leaders enhance their presence and authority on LinkedIn by handling everything from content creation to community engagement. In this episode, we discussed the importance of having a strong personal brand and presence on LinkedInwhy ...
‘Nothing in my 20-year career in a corporation prepared me to run a business.’ Yes, being incredibly successful in a corporate job - even a place like Goldman Sachs - does not naturally mean you have all the skills and experience to launch a successful business. The rules of the game are completely different when you become a solopreneur. Listen to how Evelyn Poh, ex Goldman Sachs VP transitioned from a financially lucrative career at Goldmans to becoming a Financial Educator and Creator of T...
In this episode, I speak with Samantha Cieslinski, a high school health and PE teacher, podcaster and mom of two. Samantha shares how she wrote her book, 100 Days of Happiness, as a means of coping with the isolation of having a baby during the pandemic in 2020. Later, spurred by the desire to share stories of mothers who do so much behind the scenes, Samantha started a podcast, The Running Wine Mom, to highlight the stories of inspiring women in her community. If you ever wondere...
Tap into the rich experience of Ellen Taaffe, Leadership Coach, TEDx Speaker, Kellogg Professor, Board Director, and Author of "The Mirrored Door: Break Through the Hidden Barrier that Locks Successful Women In Place", Ellen Taaffe. In this episode, we explore Ellen's background and journey, including her experience in corporate America, her transition to coaching and teaching, and her observations about women's advancement and struggles in their careers and as mothers. Ellen discussed fiv...
What a treat to have a previous guest back on the show! Samantha Siffring is my business coach and I had her back to share more about some changes she’s made recently in her business. This has been a theme for me too recently so it was good to hear from someone I look up to. Samantha shares her thinking behind her decisions, how and why she’s making changes in her business. If you’re wondering about the changes you’re making in your career or business and questioning if what you’r...
I’m excited to welcome Deon Senturk back on the show! Deon was my very first guest when I started the podcast and since then, she’s started her own company and developed the app Slashie that provides mentorship on a platform to engage learners and build community. We also discussed the considerations and challenges when starting a business and what it takes to make it all work when you’re also a mother. If you’re looking for coaching and mentorship, do give Slashie a try, it’s free to join an...
Join me as we hear Kasturi Gomatham, Global Head of Battery Swapping (E-mobility) at Shell share her experience as a chemical engineer and growing her career to where she is today as a full time working mom heading up the Battery Swapping business at Shell. She shares how being a mom and observing her own mother's resilience influenced her approach to balancing work and family. She emphasized the importance of picking meaningful moments and finding solace in sleep during tough times, the impo...
Do you see having a successful career coming at the expense of time, bonding and connection with your kids? Do you feel you have to make sacrifices or are they simply choices you make in your life? When it comes to thriving and building a successful career as a mom - whether that’s in a job or a business you run - it comes down to your perspectives and how you see things. In today’s episode, I wanted to share a few of mine with you as a career mom. I’ve gained these perspectives in the co...
I share my thoughts about what kind of leadership is required if you want to firstly lead your life from a position of empowerment, where you create the life you want and you get the results you desire. This is where you must begin before you can ever hope to ‘change’ your circumstances, the people around you so that you experience a happier, freer and more fulfilling life. Have a listen to it! If you’d like to find out how you can work with me to get results in an alternative way that’s g...
I share my thoughts, observations and experience about the key to success in this episode. It’s much simpler than many people make it out to be. And it’s not what you may have heard about high performance, success and achievement. If you feel like you’ve been doing everything you’ve been told to do or that’s supposed to get you the result you want and yet find yourself back at square one, this episode is for you. I uncover the missing piece to experience more success from a place of ease,...
This episode is for you if you’re feeling overwhelmed with everything you feel you’ve got to get done. I share how to use Maslow’s hierarchy of needs to prioritize and get clear on how to focus on the essential things so you can experience more calm, peace and happiness in your life. If you’d like to go beyond just learning about this information and actually apply it in your life, join my all-women Meetup group for a free, live demo here: https://sharonsinghsidhu.com/meetup/ Are you a w...
This week I share some quick tips about how to make the best use of your time when you feel you don’t have enough of it! This is real time, real life, as I too, felt overwhelmed by all the things that needed to be done. It’s something we all go through sometimes, so why not use it as an opportunity to learn something from it? I hope you enjoy this short episode. Are you a working mom growing a side business? Connect with me on LinkedIn where I share regular mom-tested tips to do this b...
In this episode, I talk about how to turn your people-pleasing tendencies into a superpower! You often hear how people-pleasing is not a good thing. I think people-pleasing reflects a good quality of you. It’s all about knowing when and how to use it so you don’t end up doing it to a degree where it affects your well-being. Listen to hear more about how to tell when and how to use people-pleasing for good rather than allow it to run your life or drain your energy. Are you a working mom ...
The ability to turn the feelings you want on, and the feelings you don’t want off, is an amazing power to have. Imagine being able to do this so you don’t do something you regret when you’re angry, or let something that scares you prevent you from taking action you know you must and want to. What could your life look like if you had this ability? I share the technique I use in this week’s podcast episode. Being able to do this has improved my relationships, enabled me to design and defin...
This week’s podcast episode is about something I notice a lot of people (including me) do. And that’s making excuses and rationalizing something we know in our hearts we want, but because it involves some scary moves, we tell ourselves that’s not the practical, realistic thing to do. So we continue telling ourselves it’s better that we stick to what we know is the safer option, the more ‘responsible’ option and try to push away what we feel in our heart. Living this way is out of alignment...
It’s ok to acknowledge, recognize and honour what your heart and intuition chooses. Maybe you’re like me and have been pushing away your emotions, valuing your rational, logical mind more than your intuition and what your heart feels. Now, you can acknowledge, recognize and honour your emotions and your intuition and do it with the peace of mind that it’s backed up by science and research, the stuff your rational, logical mind needs and loves! In this episode, I share more about how you ca...
We usually hear how comparison is not a good thing, especially in the age of social media where this is rampant. But I say comparison is a good thing and I talk about how to use comparison to help you achieve your dreams and goals in this week’s podcast episode. It’s such a simple concept that we learned as kids in school, but we’ve lost our ability to use comparison for its intended purpose when we grew up. Comparisons help us gain clarity, focus and open up more options to the problems an...
The key to transforming your dreams to reality is your ability to hold the space for both seeing your current reality - where you’re not yet at your goals yet - and be totally ok with that as you continue working towards achieving them. A lot of people can’t do this, they give in to the frustration and disappointment of not achieving their goals at the time they want to, or totally giving up and telling themselves it’s not possible. How do you cultivate this ability to do both - accept and de...
This week I share a very simple technique to create your perfect life. Simply answer 2 questions: Will doing this get me closer to my goals and the kind of life I want to create?Will doing it keep my vibe high, i.e. will I be happy doing this?I share how these 2 questions have guided my decisions and actions and helped me create my perfect life and what to do if you get a ‘no’ to these questions. And if you want help keeping your vibe high, feeling happy and good as you work towards your goal...
Today, I wanna remind you to love yourself! This is something I started doing a couple of years ago each Valentine’s Day. Besides celebrating with those you love, take some time today to remember to love yourself too! As women and moms, we often do a lot for everyone else and often neglect ourselves. So invest the time to do this for yourself today. I share in today’s episode a few ways you can celebrate being you. RESOURCES Dream Life Accelerator program - this is my signature program ...
We all have the rational side of our minds and our more intuitive side. If you’re like me and have a tendency to engage more with your rational side, perhaps it’s time to explore balancing this out with your intuitive side. Especially if you still feel like there’s something missing, despite being very successful in your career or life. In this episode, I share how challenges in my life actually led me to engage more with my intuitive mind because I was out of balance where my rational min...
Everyone experiences emotional trauma on some level. But no one taught us how to process it. Like suffering from indigestion, emotional trauma if left unprocessed, becomes a part of us that remains somewhere in our unconscious mind. This un-integrated, unprocessed emotions we experience from some past negative event can keep us stuck in disempowering behaviors and thought habit loops so we feel a low frequency, chronic dissatisfaction, disillusionment, disappointment, discouragement we...
How do you tell the difference between being guided by your higher, wiser, intuitive self and your ego, animalistic self? Why does it matter anyway? In this episode, I share how learning to reconnect with your intuition can help you end the cycle of repeated disempowering habits and behaviours so you can achieve your goals and create a life filled with joy, fulfillment, peace and happiness. Engaging both your intuitive and rational mind helps you be in charge and feel in control of your li...
In this first episode for 2023, I talk about the reason why you may still not be where you want to be in terms of your career/business despite working hard and doing everything you can to get to where you want to be. If you’re feeling drained and exhausted by your work, this episode will help you start 2023 that energizes and recharges you instead! Listen to the episode here: https://sharonsinghsidhu.com/107 Are you a working mom growing a side business? Connect with me on LinkedIn where I ...
In this week’s episode, I share my process on how to spend your time and energy on activities that actually help you to achieve your career or business goals. This is a simple process anyone can do, anytime of the year, and not just at the end of the year. What makes it different from the usual evaluation of goal achievement is that it taps into your intuition at the subconscious level. This is something that can guide you towards making decisions and taking actions that are aligned with who ...
The old model for your career where you have to choose between money or your passion is outdated. Instead, we need a new model for a career where you can make the money you want doing work you love and that energizes you. The reason why so many people don’t believe this is possible is a combination of not applying the right strategies to do this and not knowing how to manage your beliefs and confidence to make this happen. What you need if you want to make the money you want doing work you lo...
This episode is for you if you’re at the stage in your career where you feel stuck in a rut, have lost that lovin’ feeling for what you do, or just know where your career is heading is not where you want to be. If that’s you, I want you to know you don’t have to feel trapped because you don’t know how to make the transition into doing work you love and adore. I share 4 things you can do today to transition into doing work you love without sacrificing your financial security in today’s podcast...
When it comes to building a successful career where we do work we love, get paid really well for it, have autonomy over our time and where we work, i.e. the dream life many people have, we often underestimate what it takes to create this. For every success story you hear, there are many more you don’t hear who are still trying to build the life they’ve always dreamed of. Today’s episode is for those of you who aren’t quite where you want to be yet. Just remember this word: Underestimate...
In this week’s podcast episode, I share the 3 signs that tell you when it’s time for a change in your job, what you can do about it and when you should activate your plan. I also share my perspective about job hopping and how to tell when this is a very important and good thing both from a hiring manager’s perspective and as a job hopper myself earlier in my career. Are you a working mom growing a side business? Connect with me on LinkedIn where I share regular mom-tested tips to do t...
This week’s episode was inspired by the common fear many of us in corporate #jobs may have - how to have job security in our uncertain world. It’s one of those things we accept when we step into a #corporate job. There isn't any guarantee you’ll keep your #job forever, no matter how hard you work. I share the common misconception many people have about the reasons you get fired or let go from a job. And what you can do to make sure you become unfirable. Are you a working mom growing a s...
This phrase ‘be different’ kept coming back to me over the past 2 weeks. Perhaps it was F1 fever… I’ve been noticing the recurring theme about how different people at the top of their game are. How unafraid of being different they are. Being different is tough. It’s scary. It can feel lonely. But it’s what’s needed to be exceptional. People who are exceptional at what they do aren’t like everyone else. That’s why they’re exceptional. And being exceptional requires you to be different. I talk ...
Here are 10 lessons I learned about achieving BIG things in your life. I recorded this after getting certified as a coach by the MAP Coaching Institute which was a pretty big thing I’d been working on for the past 7 months. It involved showing up every week for class, clocking tons of client sessions, taking a written exam and a face-to-face interview exam. It was so intimidating when I started, I didn’t know how I could get it done, but I did. I share the 10 steps or things to know whe...
You may have heard that in order to create your dream life, you must have a vision of it and fully believe in it. While I’m all about building beliefs that support the life you want, I’m also practical. Sometimes, we just don’t believe we can create everything we want. What can you do when this happens? How can you create everything your heart desires even when you don’t believe it’s possible for you? Listen to this week’s episode to learn the 2 practical things you can do so you can continue...
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