In this episode of Uncensored Entrepreneurs, the hosts sit down with Donna Dube, certified Director of Operations, business growth strategist, and host of The CEO Amplify Podcast. Donna shares how entrepreneurs can escape the hustle-and-grind cycle, reclaim their time, and step into the role of confident, strategic CEO without burning out.

From redefining priorities to building systems that sustain growth, Donna reveals how to shift from reactive busyness to intentional leadership. This episode dives into the mindset, systems, and habits that allow business owners to scale with sanity and lead with purpose, without sacrificing their well-being or relationships.

Whether you’re stretched thin as a solopreneur or managing a growing team, this conversation will help you realign your energy, automate smarter, and finally work on your business instead of in it.

Key Takeaways

• Shift from Hustle to Strategy: Running faster isn’t the answer, building structure is. Focus on intentional planning, not constant action.

• Lead Like a CEO: Protect your time and energy. Treat your small business like a company you want to grow, not a job you have to maintain.

• Automate with Intention: Small automations compound into hours saved each week, start with simple, repeatable tasks and build from there.

• Delegate for Growth: Training your team is short-term pain for long-term gain. Free your plate to focus on high-value work.

• Audit Your Time: A simple time audit can uncover hidden inefficiencies and reveal what to stop, delegate, or automate immediately.

• Redefine Productivity: Busyness doesn’t equal progress, clarity, systems, and alignment do.

  
  

Featured Guest:

Donna Dube is a certified Director of Operations, business growth strategist, and host of the CEO Amplify podcast. She helps small business owners streamline operations, increase profit, and step fully into their role as confident CEOs. With years of experience guiding 6- and 7-figure companies through strategic growth, Donna knows how to turn vision into momentum and create businesses that run smoothly, without the burnout.

🔗 Learn more: https://www.ceoamplify.ca/sprint and www.ceoamplify.ca

Your Hosts:

Starr Codd is a business strategist, SaaS founder, and seven-figure entrepreneur who helps business owners scale online with automation, lead generation, and systems that create real freedom. After breaking through corporate glass ceilings and building a seven-figure beauty brand, she launched her all-in-one software and now empowers others to stop admiring someone else’s empire and build their own. Learn More: shehasclients.com

Tina Torres-Wilson is a self-publishing expert and founder of Pink Door Marketing Agency, helping female entrepreneurs and coaches write, publish, and market their books to become best-selling authors. After overcoming personal hardships, she rebuilt her business and now empowers women to share their stories and grow their brands through her signature programs like Aspiring Authors Academy and 120 Days to Best Seller. Learn More: ⁠pinkdoormarketingagency.com/ ⁠

Robert Wall is a best-selling author, transformational speaker, and business strategist who’s helped launch over $28 million in new programs. As the founder of The Branding Collaborative and creator of the YOUniversal Brand Alignment method, he guides entrepreneurs and leaders to build authentic brands aligned with their heart, mind, and soul. On stage or behind the mic, Robert brings real-world wisdom, unshakable faith, and a mission to help others rise, reconnect with purpose, and create lives they don’t need a break from. Learn more: brandingcollaborative.com

In this episode of Uncensored Entrepreneurs, the hosts sit down with Safia Sattaur, business and marketing coach and creator of the REACH50™ framework, to unpack what it really takes to build a business that gives you freedom, without sacrificing results.

Safia shares her personal journey from burnout to boundaries, from chasing every trend to building a scalable, sustainable ecosystem. If you’ve ever felt trapped by the very business you built for freedom, this episode will give you the mindset shift and systems strategy to change that.

Whether you’re stuck in hustle mode or ready to expand without burning out, this conversation delivers the clarity, tools, and real talk you need to scale on your own terms.

Key Takeaways:

• Design for freedom: Systems create time, space, and peace. Hustle doesn’t.

• Step out of survival mode: If your business can’t run without you, it’s time to rethink the model.

• Pair organic with paid: Strategic ads expand reach and reduce algorithm dependency.

• Make fast connections count: Intentional messaging builds trust, even with cold leads.

• Avoid scaling burnout: Growth means nothing if it costs your energy and joy.

• Start simple, then optimize: Small, repeatable systems unlock big results.

  
  

Featured Guest:

Safia Sattaur is a business and marketing coach, creator of the REACH50™ framework, and founder of the Build to Amplify private podcast series. With over a decade of experience, she helps women entrepreneurs escape survival mode, systemize their sales, and build freedom-first businesses. Safia believes true success includes the ability to unplug, and her strategies blend automation with alignment to help founders grow with ease.

🔗 Learn more: @safiasattaur on Instagram

Your Hosts:

Starr Codd is a business strategist, SaaS founder, and seven-figure entrepreneur who helps business owners scale online with automation, lead generation, and systems that create real freedom. After breaking through corporate glass ceilings and building a seven-figure beauty brand, she launched her all-in-one software and now empowers others to stop admiring someone else’s empire and build their own. Learn More: shehasclients.com

Tina Torres-Wilson is a self-publishing expert and founder of Pink Door Marketing Agency, helping female entrepreneurs and coaches write, publish, and market their books to become best-selling authors. After overcoming personal hardships, she rebuilt her business and now empowers women to share their stories and grow their brands through her signature programs like Aspiring Authors Academy and 120 Days to Best Seller. Learn More: ⁠pinkdoormarketingagency.com/ ⁠

Robert Wall is a best-selling author, transformational speaker, and business strategist who’s helped launch over $28 million in new programs. As the founder of The Branding Collaborative and creator of the YOUniversal Brand Alignment method, he guides entrepreneurs and leaders to build authentic brands aligned with their heart, mind, and soul. On stage or behind the mic, Robert brings real-world wisdom, unshakable faith, and a mission to help others rise, reconnect with purpose, and create lives they don’t need a break from. Learn more: brandingcollaborative.com

In this episode of Uncensored Entrepreneurs, the hosts sit down with Lemon Price, founder of the Supported Wife Society and a two-time Forbes-featured entrepreneur, to discuss the mental load high-achieving women carry, especially in business and marriage. Lemon unpacks how submission, boundaries, and support aren’t weaknesses, they’re strategies that help women thrive both professionally and personally. From shifting control patterns to reprogramming relationship dynamics, this conversation invites women to lead with strength and softness.

Whether you're newly married, in a leadership role, or rebuilding from burnout, this episode offers insights into redefining power dynamics, improving communication, and making room for real intimacy in your life.

Key Takeaways

• Release the mental load: You can’t delegate what you haven’t defined. Start by brain-dumping every thought, decision, and responsibility you carry.

• Boundaries aren’t mean, they’re strategic: Creating separation between work and home life preserves energy and strengthens relationships.

• Stop mothering your partner: When women assume too much control, intimacy suffers. Let your partner show up, even if it’s not your way.

• Start the marriage reset: Redefining roles starts with one person making new choices. Behavior shifts spark relational change.

• Get honest, not reactive: Don’t wait for resentment to build. Radical, respectful honesty prevents blowups and deepens connection.

• Remove decisions that don’t matter: Simplify your routines and systems to reduce decision fatigue and reclaim bandwidth for what really counts.

  
  

Featured Guest:

Lemon Price is a leadership and marriage coach, founder of the Supported Wife Society, and host of the top 2% podcast by the same name. After building a career in PR and rising to CMO at 26, she left corporate life to help high-achieving women create legacy marriages rooted in softness and strength. Through coaching, retreats, and community, Lemon empowers women to release the pressure of “doing it all” and start living supported lives.

🔗 Learn more: lemonprice.co

Your Hosts:

Starr Codd is a business strategist, SaaS founder, and seven-figure entrepreneur who helps business owners scale online with automation, lead generation, and systems that create real freedom. After breaking through corporate glass ceilings and building a seven-figure beauty brand, she launched her all-in-one software and now empowers others to stop admiring someone else’s empire and build their own. Learn More: shehasclients.com

Tina Torres-Wilson is a self-publishing expert and founder of Pink Door Marketing Agency, helping female entrepreneurs and coaches write, publish, and market their books to become best-selling authors. After overcoming personal hardships, she rebuilt her business and now empowers women to share their stories and grow their brands through her signature programs like Aspiring Authors Academy and 120 Days to Best Seller. Learn More: ⁠pinkdoormarketingagency.com/ ⁠

Robert Wall is a best-selling author, transformational speaker, and business strategist who’s helped launch over $28 million in new programs. As the founder of The Branding Collaborative and creator of the YOUniversal Brand Alignment method, he guides entrepreneurs and leaders to build authentic brands aligned with their heart, mind, and soul. On stage or behind the mic, Robert brings real-world wisdom, unshakable faith, and a mission to help others rise, reconnect with purpose, and create lives they don’t need a break from. Learn more: brandingcollaborative.com

M. Shannon Hernandez shares her journey of creating a business built around alignment, authenticity, and joy. From shifting away from hustle culture to designing a messaging framework that feels true to you, she helps entrepreneurs rediscover their voice and build businesses that sustain both impact and happiness.

This conversation explores the power of owning your story, protecting your unique voice, and building a business that reflects who you are, not what the industry tells you to be.

Key Takeaways:

• Lead with joy: Build a business based on what lights you up instead of chasing trends or algorithms.

• Protect your voice: Your message is your greatest asset, own it, refine it, and let it sound like you.

• Ditch manipulative marketing: Speak to possibilities and desires instead of fear and pressure.

• Start building your team early: Free your energy to focus on the work only you can do.

• Prioritize alignment over hustle: When your business reflects who you are, growth and clarity follow naturally.

Featured Guest:

M. Shannon Hernandez is a messaging strategist, creator of the Profit-Driven Messaging Ecosystem, and co-founder of Joyful Business Revolution. She helps mission-driven founders build brands rooted in authenticity and alignment while designing businesses that prioritize joy and sustainable growth.

🔗 Learn more: Joyful Business Revolution

Your Hosts:

Starr Codd is a business strategist, SaaS founder, and seven-figure entrepreneur who helps business owners scale online with automation, lead generation, and systems that create real freedom. After breaking through corporate glass ceilings and building a seven-figure beauty brand, she launched her all-in-one software and now empowers others to stop admiring someone else’s empire and build their own. Learn More: shehasclients.com

Tina Torres-Wilson is a self-publishing expert and founder of Pink Door Marketing Agency, helping female entrepreneurs and coaches write, publish, and market their books to become best-selling authors. After overcoming personal hardships, she rebuilt her business and now empowers women to share their stories and grow their brands through her signature programs like Aspiring Authors Academy and 120 Days to Best Seller. Learn More: ⁠pinkdoormarketingagency.com/ ⁠

Robert Wall is a best-selling author, transformational speaker, and business strategist who’s helped launch over $28 million in new programs. As the founder of The Branding Collaborative and creator of the YOUniversal Brand Alignment method, he guides entrepreneurs and leaders to build authentic brands aligned with their heart, mind, and soul. On stage or behind the mic, Robert brings real-world wisdom, unshakable faith, and a mission to help others rise, reconnect with purpose, and create lives they don’t need a break from. Learn more: brandingcollaborative.com

After surviving a life-threatening brain bleed and supporting her husband through a near-fatal battle with COVID-19, entrepreneur Tammie Neel emerged with a new mission: to help women over 40 rewrite their next chapter. In this episode, Tammie shares the emotional and practical journey of resilience, faith, and starting over—from running a successful IT company to launching her journaling workbook Resilience Rising.

The hosts explore how trauma reshaped her perspective on life, health, and purpose, and what it really takes to adapt, recover, and lead with intention after the unthinkable happens.

Key Takeaways

• Adaptability is non-negotiable: Life can shift overnight, being willing to pivot and let go of control is essential to surviving and thriving.

• Writing is a healing tool: Journaling activates parts of the brain that support emotional processing and recovery, especially during high-stress seasons.

• Mindset shapes recovery: From rebuilding physical strength to confronting fear, mindset was central to how Tammie moved forward.

• Prepare your business for the unexpected: Systems, staffing, and thoughtful succession planning allowed Tammie’s company to stay afloat even during medical crises.

• Gratitude creates momentum: Celebrating small wins, even in the midst of trauma, helped Tammie and her husband stay grounded in hope and perspective.

• Faith fueled resilience: Spiritual grounding gave her the strength to lead through chaos and step into new purpose-driven work.
  

Featured Guest:

Tammie Neel is a seasoned entrepreneur, brain surgery survivor, and author of Resilience Rising, a guided journaling workbook designed to help women over 40 reflect, recover, and reinvent their lives. After selling her IT company of 24 years, she now focuses on health, mindset, and legacy-building, helping others walk through life’s storms with clarity and grace.

🔗 Learn more: Resilience Rising

Your Hosts:

Starr Codd:

Starr Codd is a business strategist, SaaS founder, and seven-figure entrepreneur who helps business owners scale online with automation, lead generation, and systems that create real freedom. After breaking through corporate glass ceilings and building a seven-figure beauty brand, she launched her all-in-one software and now empowers others to stop admiring someone else’s empire and build their own. Learn More: shehasclients.com

Tina Torres-Wilson:

Tina Torres-Wilson is a self-publishing expert and founder of Pink Door Marketing Agency, helping female entrepreneurs and coaches write, publish, and market their books to become best-selling authors. After overcoming personal hardships, she rebuilt her business and now empowers women to share their stories and grow their brands through her signature programs like Aspiring Authors Academy and 120 Days to Best Seller. Learn More: ⁠pinkdoormarketingagency.com/ ⁠

Robert Wall:

Robert Wall is a best-selling author, transformational speaker, and business strategist who’s helped launch over $28 million in new programs. As the founder of The Branding Collaborative and creator of the YOUniversal Brand Alignment method, he guides entrepreneurs and leaders to build authentic brands aligned with their heart, mind, and soul. On stage or behind the mic, Robert brings real-world wisdom, unshakable faith, and a mission to help others rise, reconnect with purpose, and create lives they don’t need a break from. Learn more: brandingcollaborative.com