Marsha Powell, is the founder of belly view UK, a London-based girls, charity that equips girls and young women with a support network skills and competence to make informed choices about their future, committed to the development and social mobility of young women. This HR professional uses all her transferable skills, knowledge and experience.

From her 15 year career and the city and her masters and personnel development to develop and sustain a platform that contributes to the female empowerment. And gender equality narrative in the UK belly gives girls and young women support guidance, education, confidence, self-esteem opportunities, positive solutions, and role models.

With eight years of experience, working with girls and young women, Marsha has developed and successfully facilitated the learning of over 5,000 girls aged eight to 19, contributing to their social mobility, improved educational outcomes and wellness. Believes outcomes are delivered through employability leadership workshops and career development support, a strong believer that every girl needs a mentor.

Cassie is a social media strategist, consultant and workshop facilitator, and she works with busy business owners to simplify their social media strategy. Cassie believes in creating sustainable strategies that work with your lifestyle, not ones that have you chained to your phone.

I loved recording this episode with Cassie because she shows us what's possible. She's created her entire business around. Her energy, her schedule, and wanting to spend more time with her husband doing the things she loves. And that's exactly why we're all in business for the freedom and flexibility, as well as the capacity to help people with our gifts and talents and skillsets.

So let's hear exactly how she does it.

I am so excited for you to listen to this episode. Rachel is just a fountain of calm and just the peacefulness of nature seems to emanate out of her. So I'll tell you a bit about her. Rachel is the founder of Rooted Wings, a nature based business that seeks to gather and connect people to themselves, each other and the land we live on through nature, connection, holistic living nature education forrest school and adventures.

She lives in Yorkshire, UK with her husband and four children, three of which are home educated and one is a recent convert to school. They spend a lot of free time on the moors, uphills, in the woods, and along the canals exploring.

Through this discussion, Rachel shared so much about what it means to live with nature, as opposed to living in this busy technological life that we have. To mirror the energy of the seasons and of our own rhythms. It's super important. And she's given us lots of really good tips. Ready? Let's hear it directly from her.

PS this particular episode is pretty echo-y on my audio! Sorry about that, we've got it fixed for other episodes.

What do you want more time and energy for?

This is something that in my previous life, as a tech virtual assistant, I dealt with all the time, it was one of the first questions I asked my clients when I was trying to figure out how I could assist them in making their lives easier. It's something I still ask members of The Capable Collective all the time.

What do you want more time and energy for?

I also asked this question in a recent workshop in the free Capable Collective Facebook group.

The answers I got included things like. Focused deep work to think about new products. Finding time for Headspace. Ensuring that I spend time on actually supporting my clients and less on faffing. Resting. Pleasure. Self-care. Being able to get up and go. Working from anywhere. Finding some balance between work and time to herself.

These are things that I see really commonly across my community and across my work. So I want to share with you some of my very best tips, tools and templates to streamline your business in a way that will feel like it's a lot less hard. You can make business easy.

Today we have one of my favorite entrepreneurs, Ashley Gartland.

Small business mentor and coach Ashley Gartland helps service based businesses streamline so that they can scale sustainably and build a business that makes the life and the lifestyle they desire possible. She runs her six figure business in 30 hours a week, leaving her plenty of time to enjoy the good stuff in life - like trail runs, reading and adventures with her family.

What I love about Ashley is that she's so honest. She is willing to break the mold. She has a brilliant mind and is all about creating simple and streamlined businesses that serve your life.

The funny thing is we didn't make an online connection until well after I'd moved to Belfast., but Ashley and her family are actually based back in Portland, Oregon, where I spent about seven years before moving here. So it's really cool to have that connection and I'm hoping that next time we get to go home, I'll actually get to meet her in real life.

That's why The Capable Collective was created.

Because I have a vision for a space - where women run business in the integrative way that comes so naturally for us.

And we all thrive while doing it. Because there is a desperate need for us to push away from the hustle culture. That exists in digital business.

Because there needs to be an informational hub where the curtain is pulled back on the mechanical side of business. We are in this together.

That's why The Capable Collective was created.

Because I have a vision for a space - where women run business in the integrative way that comes so naturally for us.

And we all thrive while doing it. Because there is a desperate need for us to push away from the hustle culture. That exists in digital business.

Because there needs to be an informational hub where the curtain is pulled back on the mechanical side of business. We are in this together.

That's why The Capable Collective was created.

Because I have a vision for a space - where women run business in the integrative way that comes so naturally for us.

And we all thrive while doing it. Because there is a desperate need for us to push away from the hustle culture. That exists in digital business.

Because there needs to be an informational hub where the curtain is pulled back on the mechanical side of business. We are in this together.

“I’m not ‘techy’.” I hear this all the time from the women I work with.⁠⁠

The thing is that it’s almost never true. Once my clients have been walked through the basic steps of using a new software, website platform, or email marketing tool they realise that it’s easier than they ever thought it would be! ⁠

You are more than capable of handing the tech in your life and business.

I’ve grown so much and have a much healthier relationship with money and how I can use it for good in my life and to invest in the relationships and small businesses I love.

However, I really wanted to make the money stuff in my business really easy. I didn’t want to be bogged down by spreadsheets or those awkward “hey, you haven’t paid me yet’ conversations.

So I made sure I was using great tools! I filed my self-assessment tax return a few days ago and it took no math. Because my system had all the answers for me!

I’m a firm believer that creating a system can be easy AND that doing so will save you hours of time and sanity. It can stop you from missing steps or dropping the ball and means you don’t have to keep everything swirling around in your head.

It’s a brand new decade and I’ve been reflecting on how to start out on the right foot! I’ve listed the top 10 things to stop doing in 2020 as well as the top 10 things to ensure you find fulfilment and enjoyment in the new year!

Time, money, and energy are all essentially the same thing.

Let that soak in for a minute.

We must be mindful of what we spend in each category and each person’s version of an “ideal” balance to strive for is different. Some people (like me!) love to craft and find that spending their time and energy creating something they could buy is absolutely worth it. However, this isn’t the case for everyone.

Do these and you’ll be on track to have a fantastic and stress free month because you’re awesome and opted to delegate, automate and systematise right at the very beginning. Doesn’t it feel freaking awesome?

This summer, I’m taking two trips to the US to visit my friends and family! One is a few days in NYC for a gals weekend and the other trip is a full 3 weeks back in Oregon to visit my other home. This has really gotten me thinking about how prepared we, as entrepreneurs, need to be to actually get the most out of a vacation. So here is my foolproof formula for finally getting away from it all for a bit.

Solopreneurship offers the incredible opportunity to call your own shots and answer to no one (except maybe your clients). However it does create a unique set of struggles that other types of entrepreneurs don’t always have to face (or at least have to take on alone). I’ve been speaking with other solopreneurs to discuss some of the biggest pet-peeves, struggles and challenges they face. Are you running the same sticking points in your solo business?

I’ve been speaking with and working with solopreneurs to discuss some of their biggest pet-peeves, struggles and challenges as solopreneurs. Are you facing the same difficulties running your solo business?

I’m all about systems and productivity. I’ve picked up and honed my skills as a way to create order and gain a little control over what can be a chaotic and hectic life! I run a part-time VA business, work a full-time job, and I’m at my happiest when I have a thriving social calendar.

Systems and automation are key to balancing it all! Here are my top 7 tips for becoming a productivity badass, just like me.