{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/665f2c4646cf460012b9dff8/6a972dcb9de3427035e24a12?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How Rachel Stopped Working Nights & Weekends, Got Out of Client Delivery — and Made More Money","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/665f2c4646cf460012b9dff8/1788342858004-7c07f5cf-1124-4667-8e38-7a95fca0dc89.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>This episode is for you if your business looks successful from the outside... but behind the scenes, you're exhausted from holding everything together.</p><p><br></p><p>Maybe you have a team, but you still feel guilty giving them too much. You say yes to client requests you don't really want to take on. Your evenings and weekends have quietly become work time, and even when you're with the people you love, part of you is still thinking about the business.</p><p><br></p><p>If that's you, I want you to meet Rachel Coles.</p><p><br></p><p>Rachel is the founder of UK-based full-service agency Convert Marketing. When we first met, her business was growing. But Rachel herself wasn't doing well.</p><p>She was working constantly, answering hundreds and hundreds of client WhatsApp messages each day, struggling with scope creep, taking on work that didn't excite her, and putting everyone else's needs ahead of her own. She had a team, yet everything still seemed to flow through her.</p><p><br></p><p>Most painfully, the business she'd originally created to give her more time with her son was taking that time away from her.</p><p><br></p><p>Today, so much has changed.</p><p><br></p><p>Rachel no longer works weekends. Evenings, if ever she gets to her computer, are a choice, never an obligation. She now has super strong boundaries with clients, trusts her team to own their work fully, has dramatically stepped back from client delivery and operations, and has rediscovered the confidence (and time!) to pursue a passion project on the side that deeply matters to her, including advocating for maternal mental health, speaking to policymakers and writing her first book.</p><p><br></p><p>In this conversation, Rachel vulnerably shares what actually created that transformation: boundaries, delegation, understanding each team member's Unique Brilliance, mindset work, accountability and learning to finally believe in herself. Take notes.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Because sometimes the biggest transformation in your business isn't simply what happens to the numbers.</p><p><br></p><p>It's what happens to <em>you</em>.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>In This Episode:</strong></p><ul><li>How rapid business growth left Rachel approaching complete burnout despite doing well financially (01:08–03:26)</li><li>How people pleasing and a lack of client boundaries created evenings, weekends and constant availability (03:26–07:21)</li><li>Why Rachel took on clients and work that weren't aligned with her or her agency (09:23–13:30)</li><li>How the belief that she was never \"good enough\" fueled overworking and over-delivering (13:30–16:37)</li><li>What changed when Rachel finally delegated operations instead of waiting until she reached crisis point (16:37–18:06)</li><li>Rachel's vision for stepping further into her CEO role while expanding her maternal mental health advocacy (44:06–46:49)</li><li>The deeply personal reason Rachel knew something had to change: she wanted to be a present mother to her son (47:10–49:40)</li></ul><h2><br></h2><h2>Inspired Actions:</h2><p>✨ Notice where people pleasing may be creating unnecessary work, scope creep or resentment in your business.</p><p>✨ Look at your client relationships and ask where stronger agreements or boundaries would protect both you and your team.</p><p>✨ Ask yourself whether your evenings and weekends belong to you, or whether your business has quietly claimed them.</p><p>✨ If you'd like my eyes on your business and a personalized roadmap to scale with more freedom, apply for a complimentary Business Audit at<a href=\"http://www.boldheart.com/call\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> <strong>www.boldheart.com/call</strong></a>.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Would you like to know how women work with me to accomplish this while you scale to 7-figures with their life back?&nbsp;</strong></p><ul><li>Apply to have a free Business Audit<a href=\"https://boldheart.com/talk-to-coach/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> with me here</a> <a href=\"https://boldheart.com/talk-to-coach/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://boldheart.com/call</a></li><li>Get<a href=\"https://boldheart.com/the-leveraged-business/book/?\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> The Leveraged Business Book</a> <a href=\"https://boldheart.com/the-leveraged-business/book/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://boldheart.com/the-leveraged-business/book/</a></li><li>Learn more about my signature program within<a href=\"https://boldheart.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Boldheart</a> <a href=\"https://boldheart.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://boldheart.com/</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Continue the Conversation:</strong></p><ul><li>Instagram (personal)<a href=\"https://open.acast.com/networks/6644a6783fa3790012b8c304/shows/665f2c4646cf460012b9dff8/episodes/www.instagram.com/fabiennefred\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> www.instagram.com/fabiennefred</a></li><li>Facebook:<a href=\"https://open.acast.com/networks/6644a6783fa3790012b8c304/shows/665f2c4646cf460012b9dff8/episodes/www.facebook.com/fabienne\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> </a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/fabienne\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.facebook.com/fabienne</a></li><li>LinkedIn: <a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/fabiennefredrickson/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.linkedin.com/in/fabiennefredrickson/</a></li><li>TikTok: <a href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@fabiennefredrickson\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.tiktok.com/@fabiennefredrickson</a></li></ul><p><br></p>","author_name":"Fabienne Fredrickson"}