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She's The BOSS. The Business Podcast for Holistic Nutritionists.
She’s The BOSS is the podcast for established Holistic Nutritionists who are done being the best kept secret in wellness. Hosted by Leigh McSwan, 16-year industry veteran and business coach, this show covers the real conversations about building a scalable, profitable nutrition business that actually works without you. No fluff, no generic business advice. Just the strategies, stories, and honest truths that the Holistic Nutritionist industry doesn't talk about enough. New episodes every Tuesday.
www.leighmcswan.com
Episodes
22 episodes
The Four Tendencies: The Framework That Made Me a Better Practitioner, Coach and Seller
You can have the smartest nutrition protocol in the world and still watch clients stall, ghost, or “fall off” between sessions. That’s not a meal plan problem. It’s a psychology problem, and once you see it, you can’t unsee it.We’re div...
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Feel It to Free It: The Real Reason High-Functioning Women Stay Stuck, With EMDR Therapist Lilly Gonoratsky
Trauma doesn’t just live in the past, it shows up in your body, your relationships, and even the way you run your business. I’m joined by Lilly Gonoratsky, a licensed counseling therapist and EMDR therapist with a master’s in clinical health ps...
Death Threats, Viral Hate, & A YouTube Paycheck: What Happens When You Disrupt Your Own Identity
A single, off-the-cuff YouTube video can change your life, but not always in the way you expect. We tell the true story of a nutrition creator who pivoted from a vegan, plant-based identity to a paleo message and watched the internet react in r...
Why the Women Who Scale the Fastest Aren't Working Harder, They're Healing Smarter | Sarah Lambert
If you’re doing “everything right” and your business still feels hard, it may not be a strategy issue at all. It may be your nervous system pushing the brakes while your goals push the gas. I sit down with high performance business and leadersh...
Ethical Sales For Nutritionists Who Hate Selling
Sales is the asset nobody wants to talk about, until the numbers force the conversation. After a scroll through an Instagram clip with high-level entrepreneurs calling out sales as the key business skill, we bring it home for holistic nutrition...
Your Nervous System Controls Your Business - And You Don't Even Know It with Nicole Elliott
Your nervous system is running your business more than you think. When you catch yourself overexplaining your offer, shrinking your prices, or bracing for a “no,” that’s not just a mindset problem it’s a regulation problem. I sit down with Nico...
What Would Happen to Your Revenue if You Disappeared for Three Weeks?
If taking a real break would tank your revenue, you’re not lazy or bad at business, you’re just trapped in a structure where you are the system. I’m walking through a simple but uncomfortable test: take three weeks off in your mind, then ask wh...
Your Subconscious Is Making Your Business Decisions. Here's What To Do About It | Chantelle Denstedt
A single childhood moment can quietly write the rules you live by for decades, including how you price, how you lead, and how safe it feels to be seen. We sit down with Chantelle Densted, founder of BU Naturally, to unpack how the subconscious ...
Why She Said She'd Think About It (And Never Came Back)
That “pit in your stomach” after a discovery call is not random. It is your instincts telling you the prospect checked out long before they said, “I need to think about it.” We walk through the exact moment most holistic nutritionists lose the ...
An ER Doctor Leaves Emergency Medicine To Build A Life That Fits | Laura Grangeia
The scariest career changes don’t start with a plan, they start with a moment of truth. Laura Grangeia spent 13 years as an emergency medicine physician, doing the work, hitting the milestones, and pushing through the kind of stress most...
For the Holistic Nutritionist Who Knows She Built a Practice When She Was Meant to Build an Empire
In this episode Leigh McSwan introduces the solo series and explains exactly why She's The BOSS was built specifically for established Holistic Nutritionists who are ready to stop running a practice and start building a real business.Top...
You Do Not Need To Be The Smartest Person In The Room | Kristen Herlihy
That quiet moment when someone asks about your offer and you suddenly overexplain, discount, or hope they don’t say no? We go straight into the mindset and mechanics behind that spiral with Kristen Hurlihy, founder of Refine From Within, a lice...
Energetic Wellness For Ambitious Women Without Burnout | Sarah King
You can be the woman who gets everything done and still feel like you’re disappearing inside your own life. That’s the tension we get honest about with Sarah King, founder of Empress Nation, as we unpack what burnout looks like for high-achievi...
A Mother’s Road From Crisis To Advocacy with Robin DeLorenzo
Your confidence can vanish in one sentence: “So, what do you charge?” Then life hits you with a much harder question: “What do I do when something feels wrong and nobody will listen?” That’s where this conversation lands, and it’s why I wanted ...
Cheaper Than Divorce: The Gym And The Guilt | Dr. East Phillips
Your confidence doesn’t disappear at pricing time because you’re “bad at sales.” More often, it vanishes because you’re still asking for permission to be fully seen. I’m joined by Dr. East, an integrative and alternative medicine physician, fre...
Salmon DNA And Sisterhood Are A Business Plan with Laura Swanson
AI is speeding up everything, but it can’t replace the feeling of being truly seen. That’s why this conversation with Laura “Lala” Swanson hit so hard for me. She went from high-earning tech sales burnout to a year of slow travel across 13 coun...
Closing A Business To Save A Mission with Amber Cebull
What if closing a beloved, award-winning brand is the most honest way to protect your mission? We sit down with Amber, founder of Gather Beverage Co., for a raw, timely look at why her clean, functional non-alcoholic elixirs—internationally rec...
From Booty Shakes To Business: How Dance Fitness Becomes A Scalable Brand with Angie Shealy
What if the real secret to growth isn’t a secret at all? Angie, a wife, mom of two, full-time professional, and founder of Level Up Dance Fitness, joins us to show how joy, grit, and smart systems beat fads—on the mat and in the market. We star...
How A Former Teacher Turned Natural Health Into A Scalable Mission | Erin Ward
Ready to trade the busy badge for a business that actually feels like you? We sit down with Erin, a former elementary teacher who built a thriving natural health career by listening to her instincts, setting clear boundaries, and choosing work ...
From “Too Much” To Just Right, With Stickers, Glee, And Zero Guilt | Andrea Mondoux
What if the life you’re building is still running on someone else’s script? We sit with transformation coach and author Andrea Mondu to unpack the quiet weight of shoulds, the autopilot thoughts that steer our choices, and the surprising role o...
From Single Mom To Multi‑Millionaire: Jasmine Marra On Redefining Wealth
What if joy came before money—and made you wealthier because of it? We sit down with life and financial coach Jasmine Marra to unpack how she rebuilt from divorce and job loss to a multimillion‑dollar portfolio, why assets beat accolades, and h...
Faith, Grit, And A Second Chance | Jessica James
A quiet morning ritual becomes the fuse for a radical life reset. We sit down with Jessie—entrepreneur, mother, and mindset guide—to trace how faith, grief, and a shocking brain tumor diagnosis rebuilt her relationship with work, health, and le...