You're building something, but it's building you into the ground, and nobody's telling you that doing it slower might be the fastest path forward.

Gina Keeping, founder of The Business Circle and host of her own podcast, has spent years teaching mindset and personal development through the lens of nervous system wisdom. She's not here to sell you another scaling framework, she's here to teach you what sustainable actually looks like.

We explore:

• Why your nervous system is the blueprint for your business (and why you've probably been ignoring it)
• How being "authentically yourself" can still be a performance, and what actual authenticity requires
• The question that changes everything: do you need stability to build, or does needing stability mean you're not serious enough?

• The two-minute rule and why it works when willpower fails
• Why slowing down isn't giving up, it's the thing that makes success sustainable

If you're caught between wanting to build something meaningful and wanting a life that has space in it for joy, this conversation is for you.

Connect:

Gina Keeping: @gina_keeping

Priya: @priya_p08

Podcast: @insidethefounder_

In this episode, I sit down with Lisa Hansen to explore how self-trust, confidence, and understanding your own needs can transform both your personal and professional life. Lisa shares her non-linear journey from engineer to pastry chef to coach and conference host, and explains why thriving is not about comparison or perfection. It’s about confidently choosing what is right for you.

We unpack the difference between meeting your goals and meeting your needs, why so many women struggle with saying no, and how simple questions can help you build real confidence from the inside out. Lisa also shares the mindset shifts that helped her move beyond shame, external validation, and guilt, and into a life and business that feel aligned and fulfilling.If you’ve ever felt stuck in comparison, unsure of your next step, or disconnected from what you truly want, this conversation will help you reconnect with your own voice and what it means to truly thrive.In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why self-trust is the foundation of confidence
• How to identify the difference between goals and needs
• Why comparison keeps women stuck
• How learning to say no can create freedom
• What thriving really means in business and life

Listen in for an honest, practical, and encouraging conversation about confidence, fulfillment, and becoming unstoppable on your own terms.

Connect:

Lisa Hansen: @thelisahansen

Lisa's Thriving Women's Conference: https://thelisahansen.com/thriving-womens-conference-2026/

Priya: @priya_p08

Podcast: @insidethefounderpodcast_

Lighten Up Mastermind UK: https://www.thecliq.app/event/the-lighten-up-mastermind

Most people think marketing is the exciting part of a business. Diane will tell you why operations is actually the sexiest thing in the room.

Diane Mayor spent years in investment banking before burning out completely, and now works as a fractional COO and business consultant helping founders build the systems that hold everything else together. Her take is simple. Marketing gets people through the door, but operations is what decides whether they ever come back.

What you'll get from this one

• How a cocktail napkin in a bar turned into a career as a fractional COO
• Why operations is the glue holding every other part of your business together
• What an eleven dollar product taught Diane about what happens after someone hits buy
• Why handing AI a system you don't understand might be riskier than it feels
• The system you're already running every day without realising it
• The honest truth about what's really happening behind the businesses you admire online

If you're...

a founder who's poured everything into your marketing and never quite looked at what happens once someone actually buys from you, this one's for you.

Connect:

Diane Mayor: LinkedIn

Priya: ⁠@priya_p08⁠

Podcast: ⁠@insidethefounder_