Show Notes
Things get playful right off the bat in this debut episode of The Playful Mompreneur, as the host of the show, Shelley Tonkin Smith is interviewed by her inner critic/alter ego, Cruelette de Smithers.
Shelley talks about how she came to embrace more playfulness in her business, after taking the decision to homeschool her two boys exactly three weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic became a global reality.
Shelley is on a mission to equip new mompreneurs to take the bold step of starting their own businesses alongside motherhood. She's also inviting established mama business owners into the playful mompreneur game. Because business is way more fun when mompreneurs, mumpreneurs, mamapreneurs, and mother-of-all-businesswomen play together.
In this episode, you can look forward to:
- What's in store for you as a listener of The Playful Mompreneur Podcast.
- A guest appearance by Cruelette de Smithers, Shelley's inner critic. ;)
- Shelley's copywriting + website design business.
- How Shelley has set up support systems that help her to homeschool her kids and be a mompreneur.
- Why figuring out your Zone of Genius is so important — and how you can do that.
- How Shelley has embraced playfulness in both homeschooling and her business journey.
- How she has set up her typical week + her mompreneur productivity tips.
- Examples of how she incorporates play into her business.
- Business "rules" Shelley has broken to good effect — and why you should also be a rule breaker.
- Shelley's best advice to new mompreneurs.
