Mums With Hustle Podcast

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By: Tracy Harris

In 2015, as a new mum, I left my 10-year teaching career to pursue the freedom-filled life my family deserved. With no business experience and this podcast as my starting point, I built a multi-million-dollar online education business, powered by Instagram and content marketing.The Mums With Hustle podcast is where I share my real journey, lessons, and strategies, alongside stories from the women I’ve coached and guests who inspire. It’s your space to learn, grow, and build a business by design. Enjoy!

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MWH 559 : Why You Keep Avoiding The Thing You Want_ A Live Coaching Breakthrough With Alicia Sutton
Yesterday at 6:00 PM

There is always an emotional payoff for not doing the thing.

In this episode I'm sharing a real, unscripted coaching call recorded live inside my Social Method Society®. The woman being coached is Alicia Sutton, a former media lawyer and professional actress, now a communication coach, who hosts her own podcast, You’re Allowed!

Alicia came to the call with one question underneath all her content questions: how do I hear my heart over my head? What followed is a live breakthrough. Through a few strategic questions, she coaches herself into recognising a belief she did...


MWH 558 : Your CEO Era: What it's going to require of you
10/18/2026

Your CEO era is not some cool, fancy term, it is a bill. In this episode of The Mums With Hustle® Podcast, I get honest about everything stepping up has actually cost me, and what it is still asking of me today.

I talk about the comfort you give up when you start deciding from your future self instead of your current circumstance, why I do not keep a plan B, and why I invested in my first mastermind well before it ever made sense on paper. I trace my own pattern of playing small all the w...


MWH 557 : 5 Reasons Your Business Stopped Feeling Fun (And Why It Is Probably Not You)
10/11/2026

Your business was built for a version of you who no longer exists. And she is never coming back.

Three years ago I fell madly in love with my business again. For the two years before that, I was frustrated almost every single day and could not name why. One of my core signature offers was built around Instagram, and the messaging kept filling my membership with women chasing a bigger following fast, often without a structured business or an offer worth buying underneath it. My messaging asked for exactly who was showing up...


MWH 556 : The Free Pilates Class That Went Very Wrong (A Real-Time Lesson in Customer Experience)
10/04/2026

Nobody told us the free Pilates class was being filmed. The announcement came once we were already on our mats, framed as a reminder of something we had never actually been told, and what happened next taught me more about customer experience than most business books ever have.

In this episode I share the full story, including the moment the studio owner walked in and the micro expression that said everything. Then I unpack the Triangle of Death, a framework I learned from my friend George Bryant that names the three deadly customer experience mistakes: the ego...


MWH 555 : Your Income Depends On Your Business Model
09/27/2026

Two weeks after launching my first online membership, I was pegging washing onto the clothes horse in our courtyard and I ugly cried. Not a little cry, the full body, can't catch your breath kind of cry. It had nothing to do with the laundry.

That was the moment my nervous system caught up with what had just happened. I had gone from $0 to $15,000 a month in recurring income, from a single four day launch.

In this episode I take you back to that moment and the business model shift behind it. Before the membership...


MWH 554 : Your membership era - Why Women Are Creating Online Memberships
09/20/2026

What if your business started every month with revenue already in the bank, instead of at zero?

In this episode of The Mums With Hustle® Podcast, I make the case that the membership model is the smartest business model for women building an online business around their life. Whether you are a coach, a practitioner, a creative or a digital service provider, a membership lets you stop the endless chase for new clients and focus on serving, deeply and consistently, the people you already have.

I walk you through the simple maths behind $10K a m...


MWH553 : Why So Many Coaches Are Building Memberships Right Now
09/13/2026

Almost every week a woman in my community tells me she is thinking about building an online membership, usually because she is tired, fully booked, and wondering if there is a way to build a business that does not need all of her.

In this episode I answer with my own week: Fridays off since before I made any money, a week off every month, and December off entirely. All of it made possible by running a membership.

I share the three reasons I would encourage any coach, creative or service provider to choose a...


MWH 552 - How Ali Broinowski Built, Launched And Sold Her First Online Course At 57
09/06/2026

You do not need a big audience, a slick launch, or perfect tech to package your expertise into an online offer. You need to commit in front of people who will hold you to it, and then personally invite the right-fit women who are already waiting for what you know.

In this episode I talk with Ali Broinowski, founder of Cloth & Feather in regional New South Wales and creator of The Curated Home Method. Ali joined the Freedom Filled® Mastermind at the start of the year with no online course, no launch experience, and a v...


MWH 551 : The Trial Reels Playbook. How To Grow Your Following With Trial Reels (Best and Worst Practices).
08/30/2026

Have you ever told yourself you're going all in on a strategy when, honestly, you're dabbling? In this episode I'm taking radical responsibility for my own Instagram experiment: trial reels. I'll walk you through exactly what they are, how the non-follower toggle works, and the precise playbook the people mastering them are using. One video, 10 to 20 hook variations, drop-off analysis in insights, and the 24-hour rule before you judge a single result.

But this episode is about something much bigger than a feature. It's about where your energy actually belongs. I share why stopping a stranger's scroll...


MWH 550 : The hidden cost of the friendships you actually want
08/23/2026

Hey lovely, this one is a little different.

I have been in business for 11 years, and one of the most common things women tell me is that they feel lonely. Building an online business can quietly become an isolating life, especially when whole days pass without a proper conversation with another adult.

In this episode I unpack something that has been sitting on my heart. Everybody wants a village, but no one is prepared to be a villager.

I share why the R in the F.R.E.S.H FRAMEWORK® (Relationships) is o...


MWH 549 : We're Not Messing Around Anymore, with Angela Dickson
08/16/2026

Entrepreneurial wellness doesn't get spoken about enough, and it should, because you are the person leading your business. If you're not well, you can't enjoy the fruits of it, and you're not really free.

In this episode, I sit down with one of my longtime mentees, Angela Dickson of Beauty Business Co, for her third appearance on the podcast. And wow, how her life has changed.

Angela shares the defining moment she had around New Year, when she felt a clear invitation to go for more, along with the words she heard in her spirit...


MWH 548 : Make It More You: The Message Fix Every Business Owner Needs
08/09/2026

Frameworks are having a moment on Instagram. Every creator has a signature five step method, a proprietary process, a named formula. And as someone who teaches business owners how to build their own IP, I love it.

But I need to talk about the cost of getting this wrong.

I recently reviewed a mentee's brand new sales page. She has decades of experience in her field. She is a genuine expert. And her sales page read like she had swallowed a copywriting textbook. The magic was gone. Her voice was gone. The oomph...


MWH 547 - The Cycle Breaker: How Sovy Lie Built Freedom for Her Family
08/02/2026

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MWH 546 : You Are Made to Evolve: Why Women in Their 40s and 50s are Choosing to do Business Differently
07/26/2026

I don't talk enough about this, and it is time I did.

So many of the women in this community right now, incredibly bright, capable, successful women, are quietly feeling flat. Exhausted. Confused about what is next. They are in a new season of motherhood, womanhood, or business, and the old version of their life does not quite fit anymore.

In this episode, I want to give real air time to the in between season. The season where you have come to clarity about what you no longer want to do or who you no...


MWH 545 : The Nine Year Overnight Success Nakita Attard Vassallo on Retention, Consistency and the FRESH Framework
07/19/2026

 Nakita Attard Vassallo is an author, the founder of The Mama Manual and the creator of the Freezer Meals Club. She has been inside Freedom Filled® Business Mentorship for two years, and watching her grow has been one of my favourite things to witness.

In this episode we talk about Nakita's nine year journey of building a business online, her very first webinar launch, and the 93% to 96% retention rate her membership holds (yes, really).

We also unpack the F.R.E.S.H FRAMEWORK®, what living a life you are genuinely proud of actually looks lik...


MWH 544 : The $800K Launch I Never Told Anyone About (And Why the Waitlist Made It Happen)
07/12/2026

I had an $800,000 revenue launch and I did not tell anyone about it. I felt like a knob. I thought about the people in my world who would take ten years, or a lifetime, to make that kind of number, and I stayed quiet. I am not staying quiet anymore, because the how of that launch is exactly what you need to hear.

It was a waitlist-only launch. No webinar. No masterclass. No challenge. No endless reels. Just a curated list of right-fit women who raised their hand long before the doors opened.

In this...


MWH 543 : How Claire Abbott Took Her Booked-Out Coaching Business Online (and Multiplied Her Impact)
07/05/2026

What happens when a brilliant 1:1 coach realises she is booked out, capped, and ready for a different way to build?

This week I am talking to Claire Abbott, a competition coach for pole dancing athletes based in Perth, with 15 years in the sport. Claire helps her athletes train, perform, and win, working on structure, musicality, mindset, and stage presence.

But this conversation is not really about pole sports.

It is about coaching.

It is about the quiet ceiling that hits every brilliant 1:1 coach, practitioner, or creative eventually. The fully booked diary...


MWH 542 : Strategic Storytelling How to Share Your Story Without Oversharing
06/28/2026

There is a version of "being authentic" on social media that is quietly costing women business owners their sales, their authority, and their ability to lead their community well.

And almost no one is naming it.

In this episode, I unpack the difference between strategic storytelling that serves your audience and the kind of oversharing that just serves you. I share the 2016 season where authenticity became my word of the year, the Brene Brown moment that cracked me open, and my own honest confessions about the vulnerability hangovers I have had along the way.

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MWH 541 : It's Not Always Summer in Business (And That's Ok)
06/21/2026

Have you ever had a massive creative surge, taken bold aligned action, and then a week later found yourself in a total funk?

You're not broken. You're not regressing. The pendulum just swung.

In this episode, I'm sharing a concept I recently unpacked with a high-level private client: polarity. The entire universe is built on opposites. Night and day. Summer and winter. High tide and low. And your business journey is no different.

The problem isn't that the low comes. The problem is that we make big decisions from it.

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MWH 540 : She Had 200 Email Subscribers. 12 Months Later She Had 10,000. The Tess Thompson Story
06/14/2026

A year ago, two people showed up to Tess's webinar. Today her online Pilates membership for women over 50 has 430 members, a 10,000-person email list, and launches that convert at 18%. In this member story, Tess and Tracy unpack exactly how it happened: the niche she was scared to claim, the Million Dollar Message™ that named her webinar, the belief she dismantles in every ad, the phone calls that convert over 50%, and the identity shift from content creator to business owner. Real strategy, real numbers, zero fluff. Ready for your version of this story? Apply for Freedom Filled Business™ Mentorship at trac...


MWH 539 : How to Sell Your First Online Programme to Five People
06/07/2026

You do not need fifty women in your first programme. You need five.

In this episode of The Mums With Hustle® Podcast, Tracy walks you through how to sell your first online programme to five right-fit women, the kind of women whose results become the proof that powers everything you launch after this one.

Most coaches, practitioners, and creatives sabotage their first launch by aiming for numbers that create pressure, then overwhelm, then a launch so diluted nobody notices. The fix is not a bigger audience. The fix is sharper messaging and a smaller, more i...


MWH 538 : You Do Not Have A Visibility Problem. You Have A Translation Problem
05/31/2026

You are showing up. The engagement is fine. People tell you they love your content.

So why is your inbox so quiet 🦗, and why are the inquiries you do get from people who cannot afford you or are not ready?

In this episode of The Mums With Hustle® Podcast, I am pushing back on the most overused piece of advice in online business: "just be more visible".

Most of you do not have a visibility problem.

You have a translation problem. Your buyer is scrolling past because the...


MWH 537 : Stuck in the Freeze : How to Move Forward After a Hard Client Experience
05/24/2026

What do you do when a past experience is quietly running the show in your beautiful business?

One of my mentees inside the Freedom Filled® Business Mentorship recently came to me wanting to launch a new group programme. But she was stuck in the freeze.

Overthinking. Self doubt. Imposter syndrome. Procrastination that looks productive but moves nothing forward.

Underneath it all was a wound from a previous client who questioned her character and her capability.

In this episode, I coach right through it.

We unpack why the f...


MWH 536 : The Entrepreneurship Boom: 1 in 3 Adults Want To Start An Online Business (and What This Means For You)
05/17/2026

The numbers are in for 2026, and they are extraordinary. One in three US adults plan to start a business or side hustle in the next twelve months. In Australia, one in four. 65% of aspiring founders say they will use AI to launch. Entrepreneurship is officially the number one wealth-building strategy heading into 2026, outranking saving, investing, and working harder at a traditional job.

In this episode, I sit with what this shift actually means for the women listening. Because when I started over ten years ago, recording podcasts in 30-degree heat with a baby on my hip, building...


MWH 535 : The Gratitude Lesson That Changed Everything
05/10/2026

What if a kids' gratitude worksheet held the key to shifting your entire energy?

Today I'm sharing a lesson I taught my boys during homeschool in Bali. It was simple. Four prompts on a page. But instead of letting them rush through it, I asked them to slow down, to feel it, to bring images and emotion to each answer.

And honestly? I needed it just as much as they did.

In this episode, I walk you through the four gratitude prompts, share real examples from our morning (including a family beach walk...


MWH 534 : The April 2026 Instagram Algorithm Update Every Business Owner Needs To Hear
05/03/2026

Instagram changed the rules in April 2026, and the average creator is now down 30% to 50% on their reach. If your content has felt like it is falling on deaf ears, this episode is the explainer you have been waiting for.

In this episode I am breaking down the three concrete changes Instagram has made to the algorithm, who is winning, who is losing, and exactly what to do this week to adapt.

You will learn why comments are now worth 10 times more than likes, why replies are worth 20 times more, why passive watching is now a...


MWH 533 : If You Sound Too Smart Online, People Think It's AI
04/26/2026

I took the time to write a personal, thoughtful email to a woman who attended one of my free masterclasses. She wrote back and accused me of using AI. In this episode I'm unpacking what actually happened, what it's teaching me about trust, care, and communication online right now, and why the answer isn't to become less excellent so you can seem more human.

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MWH 532 : I Reviewed 5 Webinar Pages This Week. Here's What I Saw
04/19/2026

This week I did something that genuinely lit me up. I sat down and reviewed five of my mentees' opt-in pages for their upcoming live webinar launches, and lovely, what I saw stopped me in my tracks. First-time opt-in pages. Converting at 35 to 60%. Not from seasoned marketers or women who've been doing this for years. From women who built their very first opt-in page inside our webinar sprint, and built it right.

And I had this moment sitting back from my screen where I just thought, we have come so far. Not just them. Me too. The...


MWH 531 : Why the Smartest Women I Know Are Learning 1 To Many
04/12/2026

Hey lovely, it's Tracy.

I want to ask you something and I want you to be really honest with yourself.

When you say "I just prefer one-on-one"... is that actually true?

Or is it what you tell yourself because you don't yet know how to do one-to-many at the standard you hold yourself to?

Because those are two very different things.

In this week's episode of the podcast, I'm sharing a conversation from our recent mastermind retreat that stopped every woman at the table.

I'm talking about...


MWH 530 : Designing a Sustainable Coaching Business Without Burnout
04/05/2026

What if success in business didn’t require you to sacrifice the seasons of your life that matter most?

In this episode, Tracy shares real-life lessons from two mentees who gained clarity through contrast - one after launching a paid program during December and January, and another while rethinking how she delivers live support inside an annual program.

This conversation explores why:

Just because something works on paper doesn’t mean it works for your lifeLaunch timing matters more than marketing trendsYou don’t need to be “always on” to deliver high-value coachingScheduled breaks, rest weeks...


MWH 529 : Faith, Autonomy, and Fun Elevating Your Leadership as an Entrepreneur
03/29/2026

What happens when your business is working… but you still feel called for more?

In this episode, Tracy takes you behind the scenes of a powerful one-on-one mentoring session with a high-performing female entrepreneur. While her strategy, offers, and systems were all in place, the real growth edge wasn’t tactical - it was leadership.

This conversation explores three key identity shifts that unlock your next level in business:

Faith: Letting go of versions of your business and identity you’ve outgrownAutonomy: Increasing decision-making speed and strengthening self-trustFun:<...


MWH 528 : The Cost Of Living An Adventurous Life Our Son’s Surgery in Bali
03/22/2026

Ten days after what felt like the most perfect afternoon at the beach, our 11-year-old son was in surgery.

In this episode, I’m sharing the full story of what happened when a seemingly innocent moment at a Bali beach turned into a serious injury that required surgery.

From the moment he fell onto a sharp piece of wood hidden in the sand, to discovering that fragments of wood were still embedded deep in his leg days later, to sitting beside his hospital bed while he went under anaesthetic.

This episode is deeply pe...


MWH 527 : Shut Up and Listen
03/15/2026

In this episode, Tracy shares a powerful real-life moment from the gym that sparked a deeper conversation about coachability, humility, and what it really takes to grow as an entrepreneur.

When an elite performance coach offered a correction in a group fitness class and the response was “it’s the same thing,” it revealed something many business owners unknowingly struggle with: resistance to being led.

This episode is a reminder that growth requires openness. That mastery demands humility. And that mentorship only works when you are willing to listen...


MWH 526 : Why Most Course + Membership Ecosystems Stall in Year One (And What Educators Fix First)
03/08/2026

If you are a woman building a course and a membership - an education-based business - this episode is for you.

Because most digital educators don’t fail from lack of effort.

They fail because they build content instead of curriculum.

And there is a difference.

As a trained teacher with two education degrees, I can tell you this:

Learning requires structure.

Progress requires sequencing.

Retention requires intentional design.

And most early-stage membership ecosystems are not designed - they’re assembled.

In t...


MWH 525 : Low-Ticket vs High-Ticket Memberships: The Truth No One Tells You
03/01/2026

Should you build a low-ticket membership with volume - or a high-ticket membership with fewer clients and deeper access?

In this episode, Tracy Harris unpacks the strategic differences between low-ticket and high-ticket membership models and challenges the common belief that low-ticket is the “easier” option.

If you’re building a course and membership ecosystem, your pricing model impacts your systems, leadership, retention strategy and scalability.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

The operational demands of low-ticket membershipsWhy high-ticket requires stronger positioning and curriculum clarityThe maths behind recurring revenue modelsHow retention impacts...


MWH 524 : FRESH Strength Simple Benchmarks to Feel Strong Again at 35–40
02/22/2026

If you’re a woman entrepreneur creating your life by design, your next level is not just about strategy. It’s about capacity.

In today’s episode, Tracy breaks down simple and realistic strength benchmark targets for women aged 35–40 so you can understand your current baseline and start improving from a place of empowerment.

This is not about extremes, pressure, or perfection. It’s about raising your personal standard, strengthening your body, and building the energy and resilience to hold the life and business you desire.

Tracy teaches this through her FRESH fr...


MWH 523 - Member Question Should You Start With Short Courses Or A Membership And How Much Content Is Enough
02/15/2026

In this strategic episode, I coach a member who is deciding between launching short courses or moving straight into a membership. She also asked how much content is enough to launch. These are questions almost every digital educator faces.

Inside this replay from our Social Method Society Q&A, you will learn:

• The difference between a course path and a membership path

• How to choose the right model for your season

• Why you need far less content than you think

• What matters most when you are getting started

This c...


MWH 522 : What I Eat, How I Train, and How I Take Care of Myself at 41
02/08/2026

In this episode, I’m answering some of the most commonly asked questions I receive about my health, beauty, and lifestyle.

I share openly about what I eat, how I exercise, my skincare and makeup routines, and the products I genuinely love and use. I also speak honestly about the beauty treatments and injectables I’ve had, because transparency matters to me and I know it matters to you too.

This is very much a girl talk style episode. Nothing is positioned as right or wrong, perfect or complete. It’s simply what I’ve learned...


MWH 521 : MWH 521 3 Questions To ask when Interviewing for Your Next Hire
02/01/2026

Growing a Team: Values > Resumes (and how to actually uncover them)

Most people hire based on what looks impressive.

A polished resume.

A confident interview.

A “perfect” candidate who says all the right things.

But here’s what I’ve learned.

The biggest hires don’t fail because someone lacked skills.

They fail because the values weren’t there.

And the tricky part?

Values don’t show up in the first 10 minutes.

Because if you ask someone:<...


MWH 520 : The Top 3 Sales Page Hook and Headline Mistakes Digital Entrepreneurs Make
01/25/2026

If your sales page is getting clicks but not conversions, the issue is often not your offer or your pricing.

It is the words at the top of the page.

In this episode, Tracy breaks down the three most common mistakes digital entrepreneurs make when writing their sales page hook and headline, and how to fix them so your message actually sells.

In this episode, you will learn:

Why describing your offer instead of the outcome stops people from scrollingHow vague hooks reduce urgency...