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395: Roundtable: Self-Care

Are you prioritizing self-care? As a business owner, we are often the last to get cared for. The fact is, your business will suffer if you’re not taking care of yourself. Michelle Kline (DogCo Launch), Doug Keeling (Bad to the Bone Pet Care), and Dan Reitman (Dan’s Pet Care) share their journeys and struggles to learn what self-care means to them. Your health, and the health of your business, depend on you operating at your best. To do this, the roundtable encourages us to not numb the struggles and instead seek professional help and healthier ways of dealing with stress. They also walk through what “work-life” balance actually is and how to find your priorities.

316: Dealing with Grief as a Business Owner

How do you deal with grief as a business owner? We don’t always have the luxury of being able to not show up for the work. We have to find healthy ways of working through the grief process and giving ourselves permission to take guilt free time away. We walk through six things to consider when walking through grief as a business owner. Then, Natasha O’Banion answers, “What does it mean to be efficient in my business?”

168: Always Keep Learning with Jennifer Sybol

Jennifer Sybol, owner of Comfort at Home Pet Services, took the opportunity to buy a pet care business in 2013 and began working hard to raise the bar on pet care. She shares what it was like buying and growing her business the past 8 years and what her guiding principle has been. We discuss the importance of viewing every day as a learning opportunity and the necessity of doing community work to build your network and relationships.