INTRO: My name is Amy Lynch and in today's Season 5 Final and solo episode I'm going to be sharing a recap of the past few months spent planning, recording, editing, producing and promoting what has been my most efficient podcasting experience to date! THINGS I TALK ABOUT: Celebrating three years and five seasons of the Mixing Babies And Business™ Podcast What it's been like turning a template set up during the pandemic with two kids under five years old at home versus adapting to the school and summer break routines, working from wherever and working from home What it's been like hosting an ..read more

INTRO: My name is Amy Lynch and in today's solo episode I'm going to be sharing my podcasting workflow as I celebrate three years of recording, editing, producing and promoting the Mixing Babies And Business™ Podcast. THINGS I TALK ABOUT: When my podcasting placeholder for synchronous in person event experiences became an almost completely asynchronous podcasting process and delivery model  How I approach creating my Podcast Seasons based on my family planning The consistency and trust I believe this model requires but the connection and flexibility it can create Who this podcast and re ..read more

PT 3: Joy and Mayur Sontakke are entrepreneurs, coliving hosts, community builders and parents of three kids. Through building NomadGao, Remote Explorers and the Nomadtuktuk brand and retreats for families, they're focused on connecting like-minded individuals and creating their own village with experiences closer to nature. In our third and final episode, we talk about the transition period from a solo digital nomad to a parent and business owner, how children mirror your behaviour and what their future vision is for creating community and their own village. THINGS WE TALK ABOUT: The thin ..read more

PT 2: Joy and Mayur Sontakke are entrepreneurs, coliving hosts, community builders and parents of three kids. Through building NomadGao, Remote Explorers and the Nomadtuktuk brand and retreats for families, they're focused on connecting like-minded individuals and creating their own village with experiences closer to nature. In the second mini episode, we talk about launching a business right before the pandemic, proving their concept through coliving and community, which has led to investment from friends. THINGS WE TALK ABOUT: Their opinions on the importance of community building and ke ..read more

PT 1: Joy and Mayur Sontakke are entrepreneurs, co-living hosts, community builders and parents of three kids. Through building NomadGao, Remote Explorers and the Nomadtuktuk brand and retreats for families, they're focused on connecting like-minded individuals and creating their own village with experiences closer to nature. This is the first of three mini episodes of our conversation. In this interview, we talk about Mayur's transition of going from a digital nomad remote worker and Joy's transition as a handicraft designer and single mother to become a family of five, building businesses ..read more

PT 3: Julie Cole is a recovered lawyer, co-founder and Senior Director of Public Relations at Mabel’s Labels and a parent of six kids. She is an award-winning entrepreneur, author, keynote speaker and engaged community member. In our third and final episode, we talk about why you may want to start thinking of selling your business as you build it and what it’s really been like launching a new product from a basement with co-founders, working alongside their families. THINGS WE TALK ABOUT: Planning for an exit when you start to build a business, why you need to think about the future and how ..read more

PT 2: Julie Cole is a recovered lawyer, co-founder and Senior Director of Public Relations at Mabel’s Labels and a parent of six kids. She is an award-winning entrepreneur, author, keynote speaker and engaged community member. In the second mini episode, we talk about making mistakes, giving up on guilt, the distractions of perfectionism and networking as a parent. THINGS WE TALK ABOUT: Blogging about parenting fails in the early days of being a mom, the importance of humour, saying sorry, learning from it and how her kids now contribute to her honest annual review Modelling making mistakes ..read more

PT 1: Julie Cole is a recovered lawyer, co-founder and Senior Director of Public Relations at Mabel’s Labels and a parent of six kids. She is an award-winning entrepreneur, author, keynote speaker and engaged community member. This is the first of three mini episodes of our conversation. In this interview, we talk about changing careers and modelling the flexible company culture you are working to create. THINGS WE TALK ABOUT: The ways her work and family life have evolved over the past 20 years of building Mabel’s Labels and what it’s been like to build something which didn’t exist in the m ..read more

PT 3: Melissa Marsden is a Workplace Dynamics Strategist, founder and Director of COMUNiTI and a parent of four kids. She is a published author, speaker and host of the Work Life by Design Podcast. In our third and final episode, we talk about what you can do to advocate for change in the workplace as a parent and the importance of building in redundancy plans for both your business and your family. THINGS WE TALK ABOUT: Being transparent around flexibility in her branding and how it has attracted more progressive clients to work with her design business who are willing to do the work aroun ..read more

PT 2: Melissa Marsden is a Workplace Dynamics Strategist, founder and Director of COMUNiTI and a parent of four kids. She is a published author, speaker and host of the Work Life by Design Podcast. In the second mini episode, we talk about some of the different types of work modes, physical spaces and flexible models which enable people to connect and collaborate. THINGS WE TALK ABOUT: Designing to help unlock a business’ most crucial assets – their people and property – creating variety in the types of physical spaces people work in The overnight impact of what would traditionally have bee ..read more