“I was in the shower recently and thought, 'Man, if I can make this happen every year for myself to be in FLOW365, it changes the game. Period.'" —Heather

If you've ever felt like you're juggling your business, your family, your health, and your dreams, and wondering why it all feels so overwhelming, this conversation is for you.

Heather is a shamanically trained intuitive healer, Reiki practitioner, sound healer, podcast host, and founder of the Hear Her Sisterhood. She's also a mom of teenagers, a wife, a gardener, a dog lover, and someone navigating all the beautiful and messy realities of midlife.

In this episode, we talk about what happened when she stopped trying to figure everything out on her own and stepped into community and accountability. Instead of adding more to her plate, she found clarity, momentum, and permission to build her business in a way that honored her sensitivity and her real life.

We explore why slowing down can actually create more growth, how showing up imperfectly builds consistency, and the unexpected magic that happens when you make a plan and allow it to evolve.

• Why highly sensitive entrepreneurs need a different approach to planning and productivity
• The loneliness that so many solo business owners experience
• How community and accountability create momentum
• The difference between doing everything perfectly and simply showing up
• Creating a business that supports your life instead of competing with it
• Why Friday planning and Monday accountability became Heather's anchors
• Learning to give yourself permission instead of beating yourself up
• How honoring your energy can lead to more clients and greater ease
• The role of intuition, intention, and planning in sustainable business growth
• What it looks like to slow down and actually move forward faster

• Website: DivinelySensitive.com
• Instagram: @DivinelySensitive
• Podcast: Hear Her Podcast

Learn more about FLOW365 and create momentum in your business, health, and life at https://PlanSimple.com/flow365.

Sign up for the free workshop on July 15: https://PlanSimple.com/workshop.

Read the latest issue of Pause Magazine.

“Now we're showing up in full Technicolor and saying, ‘This is who I am.’”

–Sheila Darcey

When you turn 50, two things happen: you don't give a hoot about what other people think … and you start to really understand and embrace your power. I’m really excited to talk with Sheila Darcey, a visionary artist and the author of Sketch by Sketch, about how she claimed herself as an artist and developed a tool that you don’t have to be an artist to use.

The SketchPoetic method is an embodied, somatic practice. Sheila says “The moment you're attached to the outcome or the audience, it becomes art.” And that’s not what this is about. It’s less about what things look like and how they feel. Sheila explains the process in issue 5 of Pause.

Check out the conversation and give SketchPoetic a try. Sheila suggests 7 days is for healing or releasing something. If you want to make a habit, try 21 days, and if you want transformative growth, try consistently for 40 days.

We talk about:

• The invitation of unfinished and “messed up” sketchbooks
• How Sheila developed SketchPoetic
• Discovering emotions under emotions and rewiring emotional neuropathways
• Doing a body scan before you start sketching
• Plateauing with a practice and how to loosen your grasp
• The energy of our marks and how our intuition shows when we are in flow and take the time to pause and look after

ABOUT SHEILA

Sheila Darcey is a visionary artist and author of Sketch by Sketch, guiding others back to themselves through the healing language of intuitive art.

LINKS

• http://www.sketchpoetic.com
• https://sheiladarcey.substack.com
• https://www.instagram.com/sketchpoetic/

DOABLE CHANGES

At the end of every episode, we share three doable changes, so you can take what you've heard and put it into action. Action is how change happens.

Often we feel like our actions have to be huge to match the bigness of our desires, but we have seen over and over and over again that the little things add up. By stacking up a series of Doable Changes, you will create that big change that you crave. Choose the one that really resonates with you this week and really make it part of your life.

Here are Three Doable Changes from this conversation:

• PLAY WITH WHAT’S THERE. My foundation opened up into my sketch book. Maybe you spilled coffee or a page got marked by a pen in your bag. Instead of tearing out the page or starting a new book, play with what’s already there.
• DO A BODY SCAN. Before you try the SketchPoetic project or journal or try another creative act, pause for a minute and do a body scan. Acknowledge how you feel throughout your body.
• LOOSEN UP. There is benefit to sustained practices, but sometimes things that serve us begin to feel stale. We don’t get the same thing out of them. What happens if you try holding your practice more loosely for a week? For example, sketch in the sand or the dust instead of a notebook. Skip your morning pages and write a single page … in crayon or list the first 5 words that come into your head. Allow they practice to shift.

“People think once you hit retirement age you're in decline, but we really have the most amazing years ahead of us.”

–Nadja Piatka

You’re not too old to reinvent yourself. Whether it’s getting stronger, launching a new business, or eating healthy, you can start anytime. I’m really excited to talk with Nadja Piatka, a health influencer in her 70s, who is living proof.

Nadja lost everything and hit rock bottom when her husband left. She started a business making muffins locally and, within a year, had products in McDonalds, Tim Hortons, Subway, and more. When she retired, she found herself seeking something else.

Her pilates teacher suggested that she share how to stay fit and healthy on social media. She went from no Instagram account to viral posts and hundreds of thousands of followers at Nadja Eat Move Glow.

We talk about:

• Building consistency with exercise and with food
• Showing up with the joy of what you do to attract people
• The importance of identifying your target market and choosing what products or services to share with your audience
• 80-20 living
• Getting leukemia and choosing how we want to live in later life as motivators
• Leaving or letting go of what’s not working for you to make room for what is really meant for you

ABOUT NADJA

As an unemployable single mother of two, plagued by creditors and no income, Nadja Piatka began baking muffins and brownies at home and testing them on her two teenage children. She was soon selling her baked goods to local coffee shops. With a one hundred dollar investment she grew her business from her kitchen to becoming an international supplier to the food industry and a Best Selling Author. She’s now a health influencer showing that reinvention has no expiry date.

LINKS

• https://www.nadjaeatmoveglow.com/
• https://www.instagram.com/nadja__eat_move_glow
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadjapiatka/
• Pause Magazine, issue 5

DOABLE CHANGES

At the end of every episode, we share three doable changes, so you can take what you've heard and put it into action. Change comes from action.

Doable changes are things that you can add into your life, one at a time to make micro shifts and really create a ripple effect that will create a big change over time. Choose one that really piques your interest and roll with it.

Here are three Doable Changes from this conversation:

• BRING THE JOY. If you are creating social or other content feeling like you have to do it, your audience can tell.Try to bring more joy, liveliness, and your genuine excitement or passion to what you create. Think more about what you love and less about how you are supposed to dot it.
• MORE PROTEIN. We need more protein as we age for day to day and long-term health. Start adding protein to breakfast and weave some into meals and snacks all day. Ideally, you get most of your protein from healthy whole foods, but you can also add protein powder to smoothies as a way of adding in more. Think about swapping high sugar snacks for high protein snacks for double benefit.
• PRACTICE 80-20 EATING. Try nourishing your body with high-protein, high-fiber, and low-sugar foods 80% of the time. The rest of the time you enjoy your favorite treats — without guilt. Commit to this shift for two weeks and see how you feel.

What if the thing you're creating today actually began decades ago?

In this solo episode, I'm sharing the story behind the first print edition of Pause Magazine—and how a dream that started more than 25 years ago finally found its way into the world.

From buying domain names in my twenties, to creating an early online magazine while raising three young children, to launching Pause at 50, this episode is about trusting the unfolding of your own timeline.

I also share the inspiration behind the Pause Manifesto and why I believe a woman's most powerful years are not behind her. In fact, they may be just beginning.

In this episode, you'll hear:

• The surprising story behind Pause Magazine and the magazine that came before it
• Why some ideas need years—or decades—to mature
• What I learned from interviewing women in their 50s, 60s, and 70s for this issue
• Why so many women are stepping into their most meaningful work later in life
• The full Pause Manifesto and the vision behind the magazine

If you've ever wondered whether you're too late, whether your best work is behind you, or whether an old dream still matters, this episode is for you.

Plus, you'll get a peek inside the new Soulful Summer issue of Pause Magazine and hear what's coming next on the podcast as we dive deeper with many of this issue's contributors.

One prom-night emergency.

A week in the hospital with my daughter.

A college move-out.

A college graduation.

A forgotten passport.

A magazine launch.

And somehow, through it all, I stayed present.

In this episode, I'm sharing what the past month taught me about time, planning, capacity, and what it really means to "have it all."

The biggest lesson wasn't about getting more done. It was about learning how to hold more without losing myself in the process.

I'll take you behind the scenes of a month that felt like a year and share why I believe momentum and calm aren't opposites. In fact, we need both.

If you've ever felt like one unexpected event could derail everything, this episode is for you. You'll also hear why these experiences inspired my new workshop, You Can Have It All: Create Momentum and Calm in Business, Health, and Life, and why I believe there's still plenty of time to make 2026 your year.

“You spend less than you earn every month . . . This is the basis of all personal finance.”

–Lori Atwood

Feeling behind with money? Money stuff = anxiety for too many of us. There’s shame and guilt involved, and a sense we don’t know what we should know.

At 50, I have a gazillion questions and it’s time to stop fretting and start learning. Lori Atwood, founder of Fearless Finance, is here to answer questions, no judgement.

First step, stop comparing yourself to others. Start here: spend less than you earn every month. This is the cornerstone to personal finance and Lori talks about how to make sure you are there. Lori tells us about the other four basic building blocks of personal finance.

We talk about:

• How to deal with income fluctuations we often see as entrepreneurs
• Dealing with flux moments, like being between jobs
• Separating personal and business money
• Paying off credit card debt starting with the lowest amount
• Why to merge finances in a family
• Getting past guilt and shame

ABOUT LORI

Lori Atwood is the founder and CEO of Fearless Finance and a CFP® professional. Lori created Fearless Finance to make expert, fiduciary, hourly financial planning accessible to everyone with no sales, no minimums, and no judgement. Lori’s been in finance for over 25 years starting in investment banking, asset management and private equity before starting Fearless Finance in 2016.

LINKS

• fearlessfinance.com
• https://www.instagram.com/fearlessfinance/
• https://www.linkedin.com/company/fearless-finance/
• https://www.facebook.com/fearlessfinance
• https://www.tiktok.com/@fearlessfinance

DOABLE CHANGES

At the end of every episode, we share three doable changes, so you can take what you've heard and put it into action. Action is where change happens.

Even though we want big change, it’s really little things done over and over that make the difference. So pick a doable thing. Put it in your calendar. Weave it through your days for a week and then move on to the next one. It will have a snowball effect.

Here are three Doable Changes from this conversation:

• SPEND LESS THAN YOU EARN. Add up all your household income. Add up all expenses. Check your checkbook and credit card statements for things you might have missed. Subtract expenses from income. If you get a negative number, you’re spending too much. Look at where you could cut back to bring spending under earnings.
• CHECK YOUR 5 PILLARS. Spending less than you earn is the most important piece, but there are 4 other pillars to check. Do you pay yourself consistently? Do you have an emergency fund — and is there enough in it? Do you have a rainy day fund? Do you know the difference between the two? Are you saving (enough) for retirement? Do you have debt? If so, do you have a plan to pay it down?
• PAY OFF A DEBT. It’s hard to get in front of debt. Stop using a card with a rotating balance. Try paying off the credit card that has the lowest balance. This gives you a little win that can help you keep going to get debt down. Can’t pay it all off now? Decide how much you will start paying monthly until it is paid off.

“When your business model is really optimized, the money's good. You have the kind of lifestyle you want. You have the kind of income you want. You're working towards your legacy and it meets your why.”

–Carolyn Herfurth

Is a fuzzy business model slowing you down?

Carolyn Herfurth is a strategist and business model geek, and we’re diving into something a lot of us don’t have clear when we start our business or experience growth.

In the simplest language, the business model is all the offers, products and services that you make in order to make money. But you can have low, medium, or high touch offers. It’s not one size fits all—but finding the right fit for you at every stage of your business makes such a difference.

We talk about:

• Variety in filling your funnel
• Having the confidence to charge the right rates and changing rates to allow for the support you need to fill a program
• Getting clear on what we are offering and why and what the price is
• Decluttering your business model
• Why a thought partner is so important
• Quarterly check ins on the five pillars of your business.

ABOUT CAROLYN

Carolyn Herfurth is the strategist expertise-driven founders hire when they’ve built something that works and are ready for what’s next.

With 23+ years in business design, she uncovers the unmined gold in their experience, assets, and ideas, so they can create their next big thing.

LINKS

• Carolyn in Pause Magazine
• https://cherfurth.substack.com/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolynherfurth/
• https://instagram.com/carolynherfurth

DOABLE CHANGES

At the end of every episode, we share three doable changes, so you can take what you've heard and put it into action. Change comes from action.

Doable changes are things that you can add into your life, one at a time to make micro shifts and really create a ripple effect that will create a big change over time. Choose one that really piques your interest and roll with it.

Here are three Doable Changes from this conversation:

• TRY THE SIMPLIFIER. Try Carolyn’s Simplifier to help you develop your business plan. Ask yourself: What's the thing you're selling? What's the problem it's solving? What's the promise you're making? And what is the purpose of that thing? Why does it exist? And then what's the price?
• DECLUTTER YOUR BUSINESS MODEL. What are you still offering that no longer works for you? It might be something you no longer doing or an opt-in that leads nowhere. Even if people love it, if it doesn’t work for you and the rest of your business, you can move it out.
• DO A QUARTERLY CHECK IN. Check in on each of the five pillars: What is your relationship with your business now? Is your business model clear? How are you regarded as a thought leader? How easy and effective is your marketing? How are sales (is it easy to close)? Rate each of these on a scale of 1–10. Then explain in a sentence why you rated yourself that way. What does it show you about what needs to change.

“I know in advance what my body and soul need in order for me to call it a summer that feels just how I want summer to feel.” – Mia Moran

We think summer will take care of itself. It’s a go with the flow time, a less structured time, a different time — and it really needs a plan. Your summer plan needs to honor the vibe of the season and keep you connected to the things you want in this season.

I’m going to talk to you about Anchoring, but we’re not going to jump into it right away. So often when I see people feeling overwhelmed or struggling with planning, it’s because they’re skipping the first steps in the process: Centering, Visioning, Deciding.

Anchoring is when we make space for the things that really matter. It’s the part when we actually put things on our calendar.

One way to anchor for summer is to start with some key dates. Some things I’m starting with:

• Vacation time (don’t forget to add things you need to do to prepare or re-enter)
• Business events or launches
• Start and end of summer dates (these might be different for different people in your family)
• Key family events — graduations, celebrations, appointments
• Flexible space for things you want to happen

And then there is the restorative summery part … the reading more, the gardening, the moving your body differently, the relaxing. We plan for that too. Join me to plan a summer that turns out just how you want it to feel: https://plansimple.com/summer

LINKS

• A Smarter Way to Plan Your Summer
• https://plansimple.com/summer

DOABLE CHANGES

At the end of every episode, we share three doable changes, so you can take what you've heard and put it into action. Change comes from action.

Doable changes are things that you can add into your life, one at a time to make micro shifts and really create a ripple effect that will create a big change over time. Choose one that really piques your interest and roll with it.

• KNOW HOW YOU WANT SUMMER TO FEEL. Decide how you want this summer to feel. You need to know that before you put anything on the calendar.
• HONOR YOUR BUSINESS. What commitments have you already made for your business this summer? What have you been doing that you don’t want to lose momentum on and have to restart this fall? Make a list. You’ll want to make sure these things are part of your summer plan.
• ANCHOR KEY POINTS. Pull out your calendar and make sure key dates are on there: start and end of summer (this might be determined by when kids are home or when you are at a summer place for example), vacations, business events or standing appointments, family celebrations or other events. You’ll add other things — like the morning swim you want to take daily or the weekly family dinner — but having some of the big rocks as anchors gets you started.

One more doable thing you can do!

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