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Calm isn't an App: Culture, Autonomy, and the Myth of Productivity (with Kacie Brennell)
Meetings don’t equal management—most of the time, they’re just control theater. Freelance project manager Kacie Brennell joins Susan to unpack how autonomy—not attendance—drives real outcomes. They dig into async accountabili...
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July 27, 2021
Bake In Boundaries in Your Default Settings with Brittany Berger
What choices we make about where our boundaries are–or aren't–can have a huge effect on our overall capacity and how much time it takes to actually serve each client. Boundaries can be a really powerful tool when we're talking about streamlining or increa
July 20, 2021
Examining Your Relationship With Your Business With Nicole Lewis-Keeb…
Nicole and I talk about how your foundational experiences might show up in your business and create limitations to your growth, especially when it comes to perfectionism and control.
June 29, 2021
Self Awareness as the Key That Unlocks Consistency with Marie Poulin
Marie and I talk about consistency and how critical it was to her success with Notion and her course and community Notion Mastery. We also talk about how discovering she was neurodivergent explained so much about how her brain worked and has helped her fi
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Oct. 14, 2025
Calm isn't an App: Culture, Autonomy, and the Myth of Productivity (with Kacie Brennell)
Meetings don’t equal management—most of the time, they’re just control theater. Freelance project manager Kacie Brennell joins Susan to unpack how autonomy—not attendance—drives real outcomes. They dig into async accountabili...
Sept. 30, 2025
The Most Human Metric in Operations: Layla Pomper’s Death List KPI
What if your most important KPI wasn’t about revenue, leads, or efficiency—but about people? In this episode, operations strategist Layla Pomper shares the story of her Death List KPI: a surprisingly human metric born out of ...
Sept. 16, 2025
The Expertise Trap: When Your Signature Skill Becomes Your Biggest Bottleneck with Jeremy Enns
When your signature skill is the thing clients line up for, it’s easy to accidentally build a beautiful trap. In this live diagnosis, Jeremy Enns, the founder of Podcast Marketing Academy,shares how his rave-review podcast au...
Aug. 5, 2025
Frameworks as a System: Scale Your Ideas Without Reinventing the Wheel
If you've been sharing the same ideas for years but still feel like you're reinventing the wheel every time you explain them, this episode is for you. Susan sits down with Melanie Deziel, creator of the IRON Framework, to exp...
July 15, 2025
Calmer Brain, Clearer Decisions: Consolidating Your Digital Chaos into One Trusted System
Susan sits down with leadership and culture consultant Melissa Carson to tackle a challenge so many entrepreneurs face: digital tool sprawl. Together, they unpack the overwhelm caused by scattered systems and explore how crea...
June 30, 2025
Vibe Coding: Delivering Client Projects Without Scope Creep or Burnout
This episode is part 2 of a 2-part conversation with Joe Casabona, a systems architect for solopreneurs and a self-described automation geek. You can catch part 1 over on the Streamlined Solopreneur feed here What if the diff...
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Susan Boles
Susan is the founder of Beyond Margins. Through its newsletter, podcast and consulting services, Beyond Margins helps you build a calmer business with comfortable margins. Susan is a speaker, podcaster, and consultant with more than 15 years of experience as both a CFO and COO, in a variety of industries. She's worked with major universities, small retail shops, software companies, just to name a few - and now she focuses on working with agencies, consultants and creatives.
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