Ep.56 Finding Full Time Freedom: Mel Hussong's Ride to Authentic Living

What happens when you trade burnout for a motorcycle and a map of Australia? Meet Mel Hussong, mindset coach and motorcycle enthusiast, who did just that and found her true calling on the open road. Mel's incredible journey of transformation takes centre stage as she shares how learning to ride a motorbike became the spark for a life filled with purpose, freedom, and a healthy dose of rebellion against societal norms. Hear how Mel integrated her passion for motorcycles with her career in coaching, and how embracing what initially seemed unconventional led her to a fulfilling professional and personal life, even as she navigates the new adventure of motherhood.

Join us for an empowering exploration into creating a life and business that reflects your true self. We discuss the vibrant community of female motorcyclists in Minneapolis that fueled Mel's passion for empowerment and eventually led her to podcasting and business coaching. From overcoming personal shyness to taking bold steps in entrepreneurship, Mel's story is a testament to following the unexpected paths that life offers. Through the lens of her podcast, "Full-Time Freedom," which ranks in the top 10% globally, Mel emphasises the importance of authenticity, embracing your unique strengths, and pursuing your passions without waiting for permission.

Find out more about Mel here: https://www.herhandlebars.com/

Listen to her podcast here: Full Time Freedom Podcast 

Chapters

• 0:00 Mischief Movement - Empowering Transformation
• 12:04 Journey of Empowerment and Growth
• 22:01 Embracing Unique Business Growth

Transcript

Mel Hussong: 0:00

but I wanted to write and something was calling me to it and I couldn't put my finger on it. I didn't know why it didn't make sense, but now, like I know that the things that don't make sense is what you should pay attention to.

Zoe Greenhalf: 0:13

Hey there welcome, or welcome back to the Mischief Movement podcast. I'm Zoe, your guide on this journey to shake up the status quo and design a life that truly makes you feel alive. If you've ever felt disconnected, stuck on autopilot or trapped in a life that feels more like a treadmill than an adventure, you're in the right place. I know that change can feel scary, so let's turn down the fear and crank up the fierce as we transform your life from the inside out. Whether it's solo episodes packed with actionable advice or interviews with some absolute badass human beings who've dared to defy the norm by living life their way, we're here to inspire, activate, empower and challenge you each week. My mission is simple to help you reawaken your rebel spirit, break free from mediocrity and design a life that's anything but dull. You only get one wildlife, so what are you planning to do with yours? If you're ready to stop settling, start living boldly and create a positive impact along the way, let's dive in and stir up some mischief together. Now buckle up and let's go.

Zoe Greenhalf: 1:32

Get ready, because this week we've got Melissa Hussong mindset coach, motorcycle aficionado and all-round badass. She's someone who didn't just dream of changing her life. She actually did it boldly, kicking imposter syndrome to the curb and riding her way into a life of purpose, freedom and full-on adventure. Imagine this a solo 10,000 kilometre motorcycle journey across Australia, a no-holds barred reset that took her from boxed in and burnt out to badass and launched her on a mission to help other women do the same. Melissa's approach? It's refreshingly unapologetic. She's all about cutting through the fluff and diving straight into what holds us back so we can finally start living a life that feels like ours, not someone else's.

Zoe Greenhalf: 2:14

If you're waking up dreading tomorrow, wondering if there's more, or itching to feel some fire again, melissa's story is your fuel. You've got the power to change things, and, after hearing Melissa's wisdom, you'll know exactly how to start too. So tune in and get ready to turn things up a notch with some insights that are going to inspire empower and let's be real, probably make you want to shake things up big time. Well, I'm super excited to have you here with us, melissa, or do you prefer that I call you Mel? I'm not sure. Mel is fine. Yeah, I go by Mel. Oh, amazing. So, mel, you're joining me today from Australia, which is very exciting because it means that the mischief movement is probably going global. Would you like to tell everybody what your mischief is everybody what your mischief is.

Mel Hussong: 3:12

Yes, my mischief is motorcycles and I've been riding for probably like four years now and I think that's probably first and foremost like was my gateway to being more mischievous in my life, starting a business. But it always comes back to motorcycles for me and it used to feel very um like because when it was so new to me it was like I was just crashing through this huge ceiling of being a badass and like doing all these new things. But now I have a one-year-old and it was funny this morning. He loves my helmet, he loves playing with my motorcycle helmet and the gloves and trying on all the things and it feels like very family friendly. Now my mischief. So that's kind of like the whole journey from start to now.

Zoe Greenhalf: 4:00

I love that because I also, from a sort of spectator's point of view, feel like that is, like you said, you explained it perfectly the gateway to everything else that's happened since. Yeah, um, and then you sort of tentatively stepped less. You stepped out of the motorcycle world and into other things, starting your own business, moving to Australia from the states, becoming a mom, like all these things have happened, and it feels like you're almost coming full circle back and you know that there was a move away from the, from the biking, for a while, and I mean, you were a mum as well, so that can't have been easy to juggle the two, but you're managing to integrate everything, including the bikes, into what you're doing now yeah, you've been paying attention, zoe, and like totally, I feel like very seen in that comment right now because we've been friends for several years and like basically since that time.

Mel Hussong: 5:10

And I think when we first met Zoe, I I think I featured your business in my newsletter was like I think when we first connected the because I was running a motorcycle newsletter and featuring women, sort of motorcycle type businesses and I feel like that was when we first connected. And yeah, so I started with the motorcycle stuff and then I got into mindset, coaching and doing all of that. And then I kind of sort of lost my voice for a bit there. I kind of turned down the motorcycle stuff. I was like that's too, that's too much. You know what I'm going for.

Mel Hussong: 5:54

People don't resonate with that. Not everyone rides motorcycles, not everyone wants to. And then I was just like, if I'm going to be an online coach, like I have to look like this, I have to do this, I have to be more of this vibe and toned it down. And then, you know, probably two years later, like since I started toning it down, like I've started turning it back up again and bringing it back into my branding and just more into my content. But yeah, like it was. It was funny how you kind of lose things and come back to them and then you're like no, like it actually was about this from the beginning, like I just forgot about it.

Zoe Greenhalf: 6:35

I think that does happen, though and I mean, I speak to a lot of people who are parents and definitely there's an element of kind of forgetting who you are or what you enjoyed before you became a parent, because it's very all-consuming, um, and I think that's just a natural thing. That happens when you become a parent sometimes. But I also know a lot of people that go through that in life. Things just kind of drop to the wayside because it doesn't feel like the thing is a good fit or the person's a good fit in that particular moment. But somewhere along the lines they go actually, my baby used to really love that, or I was really good at that. Why haven't I been doing that thing? And they come back to it and it's almost like a light switch is on, no, and they're like no, I remember who I was. Now that certainly happened for me. I went through a little sort of phase like that where I went oh my god, I remember who.

Zoe Greenhalf: 7:29

I was now, and I used to love doing all of this kind of adventurous stuff and and going out on my own and, um, yeah, I sort of really then tapped back into that sense of adventure. And maybe, I don't know, you've also tapped back into that sense of adventure, that, and an empowerment that you felt, um, when you started riding yeah, definitely like riding for me just opened up so many doors of possibility that I had closed on myself at a very young age.

Mel Hussong: 8:02

right, like you grow up and you don't do this and you don't do it intentionally, like none of it is intentional, it's very subconscious and automatic, and you just kind of grow into this box of like this is who I am. This is neat little package. Don't go outside the lines. Um, go to the school, get the job. These are your friends, you know this. Basically it's kind of predetermined, but like that's how you want it. Right, that's how you want it. Air quotes, cause that's how you think you want it. And then you get to a point and there's always like, uh, some kind of fall from grace where you're like what happened? Like for me, it was a health crisis. And then you like kind of come back to who that person was and who you actually want to be and start to kind of backtrack and find all the layers again.

Mel Hussong: 8:53

But yeah, motorcycling really opened that up. So, like when I started to ride, I didn't grow up riding, I didn't have any friends that rode motorcycles. It was very much like stepping into a new identity for me, which was super scary. I was not at that point in my life, working in corporate. I was like very straight and proper and the good girl, right, like the perfectionist. But I wanted to ride and something was calling me to it and I couldn't put my finger on it. I didn't know why. It didn't make sense. But now, like I know that the things that don't make sense is what you should pay attention to.

Mel Hussong: 9:31

So I started writing and I was um good at it, straight out the gate, randomly, like it just came very natural to me, and I was like Whoa, like this was possible. Always. Like what do you mean? I could have always been doing this, what else can I do? And, like you said, whoa, like this was possible. Always. Like what do you mean? I could have always been doing this, what else can I do? And, like you said, the light bulb goes off and you're like hang on, like maybe I can do that, maybe I can do that.

Mel Hussong: 9:53

And then one thing leads to another, leads to another and it's just like snowballs. And the empowerment was something I had never felt, because I felt strong in my body, was something I had never felt, because I felt strong in my body and I felt in control of my life, because I was legitimately like in control of a big vehicle, a big engine, like holding the handlebars and like it's such a beautiful metaphor. And then I started to say like, well, what if I could do something with this? Like what if I became a motorcycle coach? And that led to mindset coaching and the business and all of that stuff. But it was definitely the biggest thing. That kind of opened up like that whole world of mischief and you just kind of follow the breadcrumbs.

Zoe Greenhalf: 10:38

I love so much about that, from the fact that it didn't feel logical to you you just felt like it was something that you needed to do and you weren't quite sure why and the fact that that was then a catalyst for so many other things.

Zoe Greenhalf: 10:54

And I'm always encouraging people to lean into the things that really make them feel alive, and I think quite recently I've come to realize myself that it's not necessarily because that's going to be your thing, like I think. For a long time I was very fixated on this idea of finding purpose and finding my thing, you know, and during that exploration well, what is my thing? I realized that I love loads of different things and I'm really sort of coming to love that about myself, and I find myself talking to many other people who are these kind of multi-passionate people with very different interests. So this is something new that I'm kind of exploring. But it's just now that sense of well, if you lean into something that really lights you up, it is the thing that can then open the doors in all the other directions that you'd never even thought about, and you've just illustrated that so beautifully with the motorcycling. Have you considered this idea of coaching before then, or was it kind of a natural evolution from the motorcycling?

Mel Hussong: 12:14

Oh, it was an evolution, 100%. Like I wouldn't be here with this business, with my business podcast, if I didn't start riding motorcycles. That's mad, no question I I mean maybe in an alternate universe, like they would have collided, and I have found it another way, but I cannot think of an example of how that would happen. But no, the motorcycling was like something was happening and like at the time I lived in Minneapolis, minnesota, in the United States, and like there's just just a community of badass, empowered, strong, unapologetic women that were riding motorcycles. And I get chills thinking about that because it was. It's such a beautiful community it still is, and I I'm still tapped in when I go to visit them. Um, but I would say people would be like Mel. I can't believe you ride motorcycles Like. People would be like Mel, I can't believe you ride motorcycles like OMG, that's not who you are and it wasn't who I was.

Mel Hussong: 13:09

But I just I decided, I made that decision that that's like who I was going to be. Now everyone was like wow, you're so brave, you're so courageous. And I was like but I'm not, anyone can do this. Yes, I've made a decision and yes, it's very obvious, because a motorcycle is different from a car, like it's very visual that I'm doing something different, but anyone can do this in any way at any time and you, you don't need permission. It was really a message of empowerment and I just wanted more women to know that you can take control of your life. You can take control of the handlebars at any time and go wherever you want. Like it's your life, you create it.

Mel Hussong: 13:50

And that was a message that I started to kind of bring and help women understand that, like if they wanted to ride motorcycles, they could. So I started my business in that way and I was publishing a lot of content and I published my first online course about the motorcycle mindset and how to get women to ride motorcycles. But then I was like it can be polarizing. Not everyone wants to ride motorcycles. So, like what in the message resonates beyond the actual activity of riding, and it was just the empowerment piece, the mindset piece.

Mel Hussong: 14:26

And from there you know I was setting goals, I was thinking more about entrepreneurship and that quite naturally led to the mindset coaching, life coaching, that sort of thing. And and then, you know, speak about following that thing that you love. Like I got into that and the deeper I got into that. I just started understanding business because I've always been obsessed with just reading business books and like that's just been like a little passion of mine. And then that morphed into a podcast and now we're like a top 10% podcast globally. So it's just. It's just like you keep, you just keep pulling the threads. It's like you pull the thread and it leads to another, and it's the process. I think Like we're never really finished. You just keep going and I've like come to see that as really a cool thing. It's all about the process.

Zoe Greenhalf: 15:21

I love that because, yeah, you're doing that. You're just saying that feels good. I think I'm interested in that you're not worrying about whether there is a sort of destination to that. And then off the back was it off the back of the podcast that you then were offered the job on radio?

Mel Hussong: 15:42

So in this whole probably three to four year process, like at the very start, I was so shy about asking for what I wanted and advocating for myself. Like I used to be the person, zoe, where I would sit in my corporate job, in meetings with like the big bosses, and I would literally like stare at a piece of paper and avoid eye contact, cause like I didn't want anyone to talk to me because I didn't want to be embarrassed if I said the wrong thing or like if I totally just had a brain fart and like didn't know what to say. I was like so scared of that so I used to be the person that did not say anything that I wanted. But through this whole like empowerment stuff and the coaching and the business, like I just got comfortable just being like asking questions, being like hey, can I help you with that? And so the the radio show really came up with.

Mel Hussong: 16:36

Like I was on a zoom call, I was being interviewed for the radio show that I ended up getting, and at the very end the guy was like wrapping it up, and then I was like it's now or never, it's now or never. And I was just like it up, and then I was like it's now or never, it's now or never. And I was just like, do you mind I have more content, like I would be happy to contribute in some way. What do you need? So it happened because I asked for it. And that was a huge lesson. I think in my life that I need to kind of hold on to more. But it's like if you want something, ask for it, give yourself permission. No one's going to wave a wand and be like Mel, you now have that thing. It's like you gotta, you gotta, ask for it. And he said yes, and now I have like a little business segment that that hosts on the radio station where I live now.

Zoe Greenhalf: 17:25

So oh that's amazing, brilliant, yeah, absolutely. Um, I don't know whether that's a, I don't know whether that's a female thing, um, or just it depends on you know an individual character. But I said, I also struggle with that sometimes and you really have to have that chat with yourself, don't you?

Mel Hussong: 17:46

it's like you go, you literally can hear so I've got it's now or never, if you want this thing move, yeah, yeah, and it's so uncomfortable because, like our body is literally trying to do the opposite, like our body wants to keep us safe, but there's a voice in your head that's like now, do it. Do it like, ask the question. Um, yeah, so it's you. Just you just got to do it and um, but like so much of my business and in the podcast as well, and just and just being on different shows and having opportunities is like having the courage to just put yourself out there super hard. But once you do it, it gets easier and easier and easier. Does it? Does it get easier? It's like it, it comes. It's the more levels, right, cause, like there's like levels that you keep going up. So I think it comes back in different ways, the next level, but it's the same thing. It's still that same discomfort, but you just have to, like you keep ascending these levels. Like the fear never goes away, like the self-doubt never goes away.

Zoe Greenhalf: 18:57

It just comes in back in a different way yeah, do you think that, um, you know, being able to do that, being able to keep going up to the next level, is through a sort of constant, um, awareness of your mindset and kind of keeping that in check and making sure that you are, I don't know, really speaking kindly to yourself, really kind of trying to boost your own confidence and make sure that you feel yourself worthy and valued and, um, I want to say, to sort of keep you on your game, on your a game. You know you've got to be your biggest advocate, haven't you? And I think sometimes it's that that's going to make or break whether you actually get what you want or not. It's, it's, it's the mindset stuff that people aren't seeing but you're doing in the background.

Mel Hussong: 19:53

Yeah, mindset's a huge piece.

Mel Hussong: 19:56

Um, but, zoe, like, if I can be totally honest, like I totally overdo it on the mindset stuff and I just like I exhaust myself on like trying to be positive all the time, yeah, I feel like the more light you have and like the more light that you're trying to bring into the world, there's a polar opposite.

Mel Hussong: 20:16

There's also a lot of darkness. So, like to say that mindset's a huge piece, yes, it is a huge piece, because the alternate is like there's a lot of pain involved in staying the same. So I think, like when, for me personally, like on my journey, I have such a drive just to like help people, and I feel like if you're in the content, if you're creating any content in the world, like if you're like teaching anyone through your business or anything, if you're just being a parent, let's be real, or anything, if you're just being a parent, let's be real, like you want to do your best and you want to share from the heart. And there is like a drive there, there's like an innate drive there and and for me, when I think about trying to keep going, is like, yes, the mindset piece, but also like I can't not Cause, like if I don't do it, then like the alternative is like so much harder.

Zoe Greenhalf: 21:17

If you weren't going to kind of keep going with where you are now, what would you be doing?

Mel Hussong: 21:21

I don't even know, zoe, like I don't. I think about it a lot because my background, like I went to grad school I did economics and I was in a corporate America job doing the you know the nine to five thing and in data analytics, and that's so not where I am now. So I don't even know, like maybe I'd be in a sales job, um, doing something that like I would have control of my time, like trying to be an entrepreneur without being an entrepreneur, like whatever job that that made sense of. Yeah.

Zoe Greenhalf: 22:00

Yeah. And how has your coaching business evolved from the days of empowering women in a motorcycle environment to where you are now?

Mel Hussong: 22:10

Yeah, oh gosh. At the start, yeah, I was serving women that wanted to ride motorcycles and that was really cool and I loved it. And I just started to see patterns in who my clients were like, who I was attracting, and I hadn't done a ton of branding or like none of that was very conscious at the time. I was just like I love motorcycles, I want to share that with the world. And I started to notice that all of the women I was serving either had businesses and were entrepreneurs or were trying to start side hustles and I was like, oh, that's really interesting. I didn't really pay attention at the start and then I was like, as I kept doing it, I was like, oh, and then they would ask me business questions and I'd help them with that.

Mel Hussong: 23:05

And around that time I had started doing a weekly mastermind meeting, which is just a fancy word for like a weekly accountability meeting where you talk about your goals and challenges and kind of brainstorm ideas, share resources, and through that we were doing a lot of business stuff and just having like really raw, frank conversations about starting businesses and successfully had launched several businesses in that time. And then that was kind of like we're like, oh, this is really helpful. What if we just recorded these conversations so we could help more women with you know what we're learning, so they can join the journey and listen along and hopefully learn something? So we started a business podcast that's now the top 10% podcast globally. It's called Full-Time Freedom and we still do that to this day.

Mel Hussong: 23:49

Is business stuff. Like a lot of it is real time things that we're business stuff like a lot of it is real-time things that we're learning and a lot of it is the hard stuff. Now that me and my co-host, jesse, are both parents, like we have the parenting piece that comes in a little bit of lifestyle stuff, but it started as motorcycles and the current place is the business related thing and, um, I don't know where we'll be next, but I guess I'm here for it.

Zoe Greenhalf: 24:16

Yeah, I love that. I love the fact that your podcast is is still very friendly, though, you know. It's still very friendly, very informal, it's not businessy. Um, and in fact, I was listening to an episode in which it was a solo one that you did, which was about what would I do if it felt easy? And I love that because that's what I come back to when I start getting overwhelmed.

Zoe Greenhalf: 24:41

I come back to that question. You know, if I could make this feel really easy, what would it look like? And I found that one sentence, that one question, to be so grounding for those moments in which you're kind of spinning all the plates and going, oh, but I should be doing this, but I also want to be doing that, but I haven't finished this other thing. And you're like, oh my God, ok, all right, just calm yourself. What would it look like if it was really easy? And also bringing me back to what feels right for me, not what I should be doing, um, which, you know, is something that we all get sucked into. It's just oh god, it's just incessant. This, you know, this is the way to build an audience. This is a way to create your social media. This is the way to present yourself as a coach. This is the way to make 10 million pounds. You know, it's just it, just it just goes on, isn't it?

Mel Hussong: 25:33

Oh my gosh, it's so exhausting. Like everyone has a framework that is like you must do this or you will die or your business will fail or you'll be a terrible person. Um, but none of it's true. It's just like do what is you do what lights you up? And for everyone on the planet it's different. We all have different skills and, like our DNA obviously is different, but that's how I like to think of like content creation. It's like some people are just very good writers, some people just naturally gravitate toward podcasting, and it's different for everyone. Some people just crush Instagram reels Like I'm not that person, but I can really appreciate that person. There is a time and a place for that and everyone is different.

Mel Hussong: 26:20

But when we try to like, squeeze ourself into, like you know, I feel like my son has a couple of toys and it's like that whole, like different shapes, and like you have a different ball, it's like you're trying to squeeze the round ball into like the square hole and it's just not going to work. And so why would we do that to ourselves? Because it's just it's not worth it. But like when we can look at ourselves and be like, what do I love to do? How can I uniquely share my message with the world, and even if it is different to anyone else out there, that's actually a really amazing thing, because you're unique and everyone's unique. So how can we express that? And a lot of the time it's like make it easy, don't over complicate it, because then you have a million excuses not to do it.

Zoe Greenhalf: 27:10

Oh yes, absolutely that, 100%, and that is also something that I'm sort of leaning into very heavily these days the idea that there's no point. Not only does it not make sense, because you're not going to fit in those little molds, but you're not going to enjoy it either, you know you're not that person.

Zoe Greenhalf: 27:37

Um, and as far as I can see, the only way to really make the most of this life experience is literally to just be as you, as you can possibly be, and not worry about the frameworks, the methods. You know, we all want to save time and we all buy into this idea that, oh, somebody's been there, they've done it before. They give me their framework, their blueprint, their experience, then I can, I can do that too, but you know, it's not going to be the same journey because you're not them.

Mel Hussong: 28:11

Um, yeah, for so long I was like I would always seek out people's frameworks or like buy a course or whatever, and then I'd always left be wondering like oh, but there's gotta be something more. Like it doesn't quite fit my need. You know, like I was always looking to other people to be like no, but that's like not exactly what I need. But but I just realized sort of recently, it's like that's because it's not me, like everyone's gonna have their own unique spin on it. Like even if you're teaching something that is a similar topic to someone else, like yeah, but it's not gonna hit for someone the way that you can express it, because, like you bring your own experience and your own twist to it, but it's just like it's okay because, like we're all different and that's what we bring to the equation. And I guess that's just one extra piece I wanted to add about how being unique like is the answer.

Zoe Greenhalf: 29:08

The answer to everything yes. So what are you currently working on or what plans have you got for the rest of the year?

Mel Hussong: 29:18

Yes plans. I gosh, I feel like it changes every day. Zoe, you have kids as well, so I'm sure you can relate. But it's like being the mom, being the business person and the podcast and like juggling all these balls. So I think at the moment like today, I guess, is just focusing on the podcast it's kind of been a runaway train in the best way possible.

Mel Hussong: 29:45

This year. We have seen growth that we never expected. We started to get paid speaking events from it and booking those up for um, for the U? S in the fall, and, yeah, I just think it's um for me, like I'm really putting a lot of time and intention behind the things that are taking off. You know, like I think so so much. Like in my business in the past, I've always been like trying to force an outcome, like this is going to be my thing or like this is what I'm about. But just starting to pay more attention to like the universe and the signs and being like what is hitting for people, like what do people respond to right now? What am I getting feedback on and leaning into those things? Um, and and right now, the podcast is definitely one of those.

Zoe Greenhalf: 30:38

Yeah do you think that those you know, if you are following the things that taking off, it's very much? For the time being it's the podcast, but that might change and then it might be the focus on the speaking or the focus on, you know, even just on your child. Do you think it's going to be sort of in waves of different things?

Mel Hussong: 31:01

Yeah, I do. I actually really love that question because I'm always I'm always thinking about this topic and I think it does come in waves and it does sort of naturally lead to the next thing. It's like with the podcast, you know, that started to take off this year and then it was like oh, the speaking thing, maybe that's going to be a thing. And I'm I'm trying to keep my mind open to possibilities and I can. I always am thinking about possibilities on, like, how something can work out, or like you know, sometimes when we're manifesting, it's like we want this one thing, we want like exhibit a, like this is my goal, this is what I've been working towards. And then it's like that abundance just kind of smacks you up the side of the head and it's like, hey, dummy, like over here there's this thing that you never even considered. That is going to be the thing.

Mel Hussong: 32:00

Um, so I think more these days. I'm just I'm trying to keep an open mind and and just roll with it and see what comes and and gosh, this is gonna silly. But just like how I can serve people the best, cause I don't know everything, I don't know what people want, like I'm sure my idea is different to like what someone else's idea is. So I'm just trying to be like how can I serve the best and be open to that, no matter how it looks?

Zoe Greenhalf: 32:32

Yeah, I love that. Um, so where can everybody find out more about you?

Mel Hussong: 32:39

um, I'm guessing that now you're in more of a kind of business coaching space, but correct me if I'm wrong there yeah, yeah, so I um, I'm doing at the moment business mindset and um mentoring, and so my website is her handlebarscom, and along there, you know, anyone can see the types of stuff that I do. I have a 12 week signature course burnt out to bad-ass, um where I help women entrepreneurs go from like burnt out, overwhelmed and just totally stressed in the business to feeling totally badass, you know, confident, with clarity and cashflow to match. And, yeah, otherwise, the podcast. You know that's a free offering that we pour so much love into Gosh, I love the podcast. It's called Full-Time Freedom. We're on any of the major platforms and that's business side hustle, mum, life, all that stuff. So if anyone already has a business like I think, that one will help you expand it. If you're thinking about having a side hustle, it'll definitely help you launch it, and that's something that I co-host with one of my best friends.

Zoe Greenhalf: 33:50

Oh, amazing. Thank you. Let's do it again sometime.

Mel Hussong: 33:56

Absolutely. I need to pick your brain for parenting advice. Oh God, you're talking to the wrong woman, sorry.

Zoe Greenhalf: 34:03

So here's a little rebellious recap for you. Number one the things that don't make sense or when you're called to do something that feels illogical are what you should pay attention to. Two when you find the courage to try something new, it doesn't matter where it leads, because what matters more is the realisation that if you can do that, what else are you capable of doing? Three keep coming back to the idea of what if it's a great reframe when you feel scared to do something. Four anyone can decide to have a go at any time. You don't need permission. It's your life, you create it. Five we're never really finished. We just keep going. We have to learn to enjoy the process. Six find the courage to get uncomfortable and put yourself out there, and it will get easier to keep going and up leveling yourself. Seven when you get overwhelmed, come back to the question what would I do if it felt easy? Don't overcomplicate it, because then you have a million excuses not to do it. And finally, number eight if you want something, ask for it. No one is going to hand it to you, so get out there and make it happen.

Zoe Greenhalf: 35:24

That's a wrap on another episode of the Mischief Movement podcast. If today's content stirred something in you. Let's keep in touch on instagram or connect with me on linkedin. You can even click the link in the show notes to sign up to my mischief mail newsletter, where you'll get exclusive insights on upcoming episodes and your chance to submit questions to future guests. But shh, don't tell anyone, it's our secret. For more info on ways to work with me and some fun free resources, check out the website themischiefmovementcom. Until next time, stay bold, stay rebellious and, of course, keep making mischief. Thank you.