The Real Women Real Business Podcast
Welcome to The Real Women Real Business Podcast, where we celebrate the strength, resilience, and entrepreneurial spirit of women everywhere. I'm your host, Shauna Lynn Simon, and I'm thrilled to invite you on this journey with me. On this podcast, my guests and I dive into proven strategies and techniques to help you build your empire without the overwhelm and stress. Each episode is filled with insights, inspiration, and practical advice to fuel your entrepreneurial journey. This podcast is an all-inclusive space where we empower each other to reach our fullest potential in business and beyond.
Episodes
December 23, 2025 • 36 mins
In this episode, Shauna Lynn guides listeners through a compassionate yet strategic process for closing out the year like a true CEO. Drawing from her own challenging season, marked by personal loss, stalled timelines, and hard-earned breakthroughs, she models the mindset shift that transforms setbacks into meaningful data rather than self-criticism. Shauna Lynn outlines a four-part framework to strengthen confidence, clear mental ...
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December 16, 2025 • 40 mins
In this episode, Shauna Lynn Simon sits down with branding expert and designer RuthAnn Rafiq to explore why so many established coaches and service providers hit a revenue ceiling not because of visibility, but because their brand no longer reflects the level of expertise they’ve grown into. RuthAnn shares how mismatched branding can quietly erode confidence, limit conversions and keep entrepreneurs playing small even when demand i...
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December 9, 2025 • 43 mins
In this episode, Shauna Lynn sits down with life and personal development coach Primavera Barron for a raw, honest look at why so many women feel stuck, burnt out, or disconnected from their current identity. Primavera shares her transformative journey from losing herself in a decade-long marriage to rebuilding her sense of self through neuro-linguistic programming and energy work, and how this sparked her mission to help other wom...
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December 2, 2025 • 43 mins
In this episode of The Real Women Real Business Podcast, Shauna Lynn pulls back the curtain on one of the most costly and overlooked drains on women entrepreneurs: emotional labor. From people-pleasing clients to absorbing everyone else’s stress, Shauna Lynn reveals how invisible emotional work quietly sabotages your profits, your energy, and your joy.
Drawing on her own experience with burnout and the powerful transformations of he...
Drawing on her own experience with burnout and the powerful transformations of he...
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November 25, 2025 • 47 mins
In this episode of The Real Women Real Business Podcast with Shauna Lynn Simon, entrepreneur and coach Kandi Lee shares how she turned $1.11 and two suitcases into a multi–seven-figure legacy. With honesty and humor, Kandi reflects on rebuilding from rock bottom, learning to lean into the “messy middle,” and mastering the mindset shifts that separate survival from success.
Listeners will walk away with a clearer understanding of how...
Listeners will walk away with a clearer understanding of how...
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November 18, 2025 • 45 mins
In this episode of The Real Women Real Business Podcast, Shauna Lynn sits down with Puja Malhotra, founder and creative director of Roop Creative Agency, for a powerful and emotional conversation about what rebranding really means. Puja shares how leaving corporate life to build her own agency sparked an ongoing evolution, one shaped by intuition, courage, and purpose.
Together, they unpack the emotional side of rebranding: the guil...
Together, they unpack the emotional side of rebranding: the guil...
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November 11, 2025 • 32 mins
In this episode of The Real Women Real Business Podcast, Shauna Lynn Simon takes listeners behind the scenes of her own hard-earned lessons about profit leaks and how to stop them. After a costly business decision reshaped how she views money, Shauna Lynn began helping women entrepreneurs uncover the hidden dollars sitting quietly inside their businesses.
Listeners will learn how pricing, processes, and priorities can silently drain...
Listeners will learn how pricing, processes, and priorities can silently drain...
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November 4, 2025 • 48 mins
In this inspiring episode of The Real Women Real Business Podcast, Shauna Lynn sits down with Emily Rosales, brand strategist and founder of Simply Me, to reveal why authentic connection, not viral content, is the key to sustainable growth. Emily shares how she rebuilt her entire Instagram presence from scratch after losing her first account, growing an engaged community of just 1,500 followers who actively connect, comment, and co...
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October 28, 2025 • 50 mins
In this episode of The Real Women Real Business Podcast, host Shauna Lynn Simon sits down with authenticity strategist Inga Faison-Cavitt, who proves that introverts don’t have to change who they are to thrive in sales or entrepreneurship. Once an engineer turned top 5% direct-sales leader, Inga built her success by honoring her natural strengths, deep listening, empathy, and meaningful connection, instead of relying on extroverted...
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October 21, 2025 • 24 mins
In this episode of The Real Women Real Business Podcast, Shauna Lynn shares an unfiltered look into a bold experiment that changed how she connects with her audience and reframed how entrepreneurs think about clarity and growth. After giving out her personal cell number to subscribers and inviting them to text her their biggest business challenge, Shauna Lynn uncovered a surprising truth: most entrepreneurs aren’t struggling with s...
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October 14, 2025 • 47 mins
In this episode of The Real Women Real Business Podcast, Shauna Lynn sits down with Jaci Russo, CEO and co-founder of Brand Russo, one of the very few women-owned agencies in the United States. With over 25 years of experience, Jaci shares how she transitioned from Hollywood to Louisiana, started an agency while pregnant, and grew it into a nationally recognized firm, all while raising four children alongside her husband.
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October 7, 2025 • 42 mins
In this episode of The Real Women Real Business Podcast, Shauna Lynn sits down with Jennifer Lemmert, an award-winning communications consultant who went from losing her corporate job during the pandemic to building a thriving six-figure business while raising three young children. Jennifer shares how she shifted from identifying as a “freelancer” to owning her role as a CEO, and how that mindset change transformed her brand, her c...
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September 30, 2025 • 36 mins
In this transformative episode of The Real Women Real Business Podcast, Shauna Lynn reframes procrastination not as a personal flaw but as a message from your subconscious. With relatable stories and practical insights, Shauna Lynn shares how to recognize when procrastination signals a skill gap, a need for processing time, or a mismatch with your true priorities.
Listeners will gain powerful strategies to shift from frustration to ...
Listeners will gain powerful strategies to shift from frustration to ...
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September 23, 2025 • 48 mins
In this episode of The Real Women Real Business Podcast, Shauna Lynn Simon sits down with Kirsten Graham, CEO of Six Figure Business Coaching, to dismantle the "solo CEO" myth that holds so many women back. Kirsten shares how true growth only happens when you stop trying to do it all and start spending your time where it counts most.
From outsourced bookkeeping that helps you understand your profit margins to done-with-you lead funn...
From outsourced bookkeeping that helps you understand your profit margins to done-with-you lead funn...
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September 16, 2025 • 43 mins
What if your team stopped waiting to be told what to do - and started leading with you?
In this power-packed episode of The Real Women Real Business Podcast, Shauna Lynn Simon is joined by Hall of Fame speaker and business growth expert Meridith Elliot Powell to explore what it truly takes to lead in a world defined by rapid change. If you’re tired of shouldering the full weight of your business while your team merely ticks off task...
In this power-packed episode of The Real Women Real Business Podcast, Shauna Lynn Simon is joined by Hall of Fame speaker and business growth expert Meridith Elliot Powell to explore what it truly takes to lead in a world defined by rapid change. If you’re tired of shouldering the full weight of your business while your team merely ticks off task...
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September 9, 2025 • 36 mins
In this powerful episode of The Real Women, Real Business Podcast, Shauna Lynn explores why many entrepreneurs only take action after facing painful setbacks and how to shift into a more proactive approach to leadership. Through relatable stories (including a jaw-dropping cockroach incident in a staged home) and hard-won lessons, Shauna Lynn reveals the hidden costs of procrastination, underpricing, weak boundaries, and neglected s...
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September 2, 2025 • 45 mins
In this episode of The Real Women Real Business Podcast, Shauna Lynn sits down with Dr. Anne Dranitsaris, a psychotherapist, leadership coach, and author of the upcoming book Not Broken, Just Delayed. Together, they challenge long-held ideas about codependency, reframing it not as a disorder but as a developmental delay that keeps entrepreneurs, especially women, stuck in survival mode instead of thriving.
Anne shares how self-prot...
Anne shares how self-prot...
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August 26, 2025 • 48 mins
In this inspiring episode of the Real Women, Real Business Podcast, Shauna Lynn sits down with Gabrielle Tongol, also known as Gabs, whose accidental journey from fitness coach to CEO of Assist-Her Agency is anything but typical. What began as a side hustle in college turned into a multi-six-figure agency helping overwhelmed entrepreneurs reclaim their time, mental energy, and vision for growth. Gabrielle shares candid lessons from...
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August 19, 2025 • 32 mins
If your to-do list seems to grow faster than you can cross things off, and every task feels equally urgent, you’re not alone. In this episode of The Real Women Real Business Podcast, Shauna Lynn Simon speaks directly to entrepreneurs buried under endless to-do lists and constant urgent demands. She shares her simple yet powerful decision-making filter designed to cut through the noise, reduce overwhelm, and refocus your time on wha...
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August 12, 2025 • 52 mins
What if you stopped waiting until you felt “ready”... and just built the business anyway? Shauna Lynn welcomes Amanda Kaufman, founder of The Coaches Plaza and host of The Amanda Kaufman Show. With over $2 million in revenue and a mission to help coaches scale without social media burnout, Amanda shares what really happens behind the glossy success stories.
From starting her business with just eight names to quitting her corporate j...
From starting her business with just eight names to quitting her corporate j...
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