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108 | Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda: Releasing Regret & Rebuilding Self-Trust

Release Date: 11/20/2025

Dance Studio Owner Life Coaching

Have you ever edited what you share because you didn’t want people to judge your success? In this episode, Ginger talks about the quiet habit of hiding wealth, why it often comes from a desire to belong, and how it can keep women business owners stuck in fear instead of authenticity. You’ll hear real-life examples of how wealth-hiding shows up, why “mixed company” is usually a guess, and how honest conversations about money can normalize success and expand what feels possible in the dance studio community. Get Coached by Ginger by visiting and request your 15 minute Discovery Call...

118 | Track the Numbers That Actually Matter with Caroline Zanni

Dance Studio Owner Life Coaching

If the phrase “KPIs” makes your eyes glaze over, this conversation will make it feel simple and usable. Ginger sits down with Caroline from HarQuin Dance Bookkeeping to talk through which numbers actually help you run a healthier studio, make clearer decisions, and feel more confident as the CEO. In this episode, we cover What KPIs are (in plain language) and why you do not need a long list Enrollment vs retention and how to spot early warning signs Revenue per student and what it can tell you about pricing and positioning Payroll and expense ratios that can quietly squeeze your...

117 | Building a Leadership Team in Your Dance Studio

Dance Studio Owner Life Coaching

In this episode, Ginger breaks down what it really means to build a leadership team in a dance studio and why it matters at every stage of business. She shares a practical way to think about leadership roles (owning an area, not just completing tasks), the roles she built over time in her own studio, and how a manager-on-duty system creates freedom, better customer service, and stronger staff support. She also explains why documenting SOPs and building succession plans are essential for sustainable growth. Ginger's New Book Is Now Available Get Studio Staffing Success: A Guide to...

116: The Reason That Dancer Didn't Re-enroll

Dance Studio Owner Life Coaching

In this episode, I share a conversation with a dance mom who pulled her daughter from another studio and why it came down to trust. She named two main issues. First, she wasn’t seeing real progress in her child and didn’t feel confident the training was as strong as it was being presented. Second, she felt uncomfortable with age appropriate choices in music, movement, costumes, and the overall tone being marketed to families. I talk about how studios unintentionally project their values through what they teach and promote, and how parents often won’t argue or complain. They simply leave....

115 | Role Reversal: Your Business Has a Job

Dance Studio Owner Life Coaching

Ginger explores a simple but powerful role reversal for overwhelmed studio owners: stop treating every new task as yours and start treating it as the business’s responsibility. When you shift from “I need to do this” to “the business needs to do this,” you move out of solopreneur mode and into the director role, where you allocate resources like staff, systems, and software to get the work done. If you want help applying this mindset shift in your studio, learn more about coaching at gingerhaithcox.com/coaching

114 | I Almost Quit Studio Ownership (A 12 Month Reflection)

Dance Studio Owner Life Coaching

In this 12-month reflection episode, Ginger shares a candid moment from the past year when she seriously considered stepping away from the day-to-day of studio ownership. She walks through the practical plan she built with her life coach to create an intentional “12-month exit,” including leadership coverage, documentation, communication, and clarity about what would come next. Along the way, she discovers something surprising: stepping back didn’t just create an exit plan, it helped her rediscover purpose, renew her leadership mindset, and reconnect with what she loves most about the...

113 | The Gift of Peace

Dance Studio Owner Life Coaching

In this third installment of the Gifts series, Ginger explores peace as something we can cultivate from within through deliberate decisions and consistent actions. Peace is not about having perfect circumstances. It is about building an inner steadiness that changes how you think, respond, and lead. Ginger shares real examples of how dance studio owners are creating more peace in their businesses and personal lives, and she offers practical prompts to help you identify what peace looks like for you as you close out the year.

112 | The Gift of Resilience

Dance Studio Owner Life Coaching

In this episode, Ginger explores resilience as a true gift—not something that demands you “push through” at all costs, but a way of taking your power back so you’re no longer at the mercy of circumstances, complaints, or other people’s opinions. Through real-life studio examples and a powerful reframe around money, self-worth, and relationships, you’ll learn how to respond differently so you can move forward with more confidence and less chaos. If you’d like a deeper dive into emotional resilience, Ginger also points you back to Episode 78 for a full breakdown of what resilience...

111 | The Gift of Hope

Dance Studio Owner Life Coaching

In the first episode of the holiday “Gifts” series, Ginger explores the quiet but powerful gift of hope for overwhelmed and underpaid studio owners. If you’ve been running on autopilot, avoiding decisions, or telling yourself “I don’t know” when you actually do, this episode will help you reconnect with what’s possible for your life, your money, your staff, and your studio. Reflection questions to journal on: Where in your life or business do you want to believe again? Do you want to believe you can pay yourself more? That your staff can align with your values? That you...

110 | Well Fed, Well Rested, Well Loved

Dance Studio Owner Life Coaching

This week, we explore three essential pillars of self-care that every overwhelmed and under-earning studio owner needs: being well fed, well rested, and well loved. These aren’t luxuries — they are the foundation of how you think, lead, and show up for your studio and your life. You’ll hear why these three basics matter far more than we often admit, how neglecting them directly contributes to burnout and poor decision-making, and how simple, consistent shifts can dramatically improve your energy, clarity, and leadership. What You’ll Learn Why being well fed is about more than...

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Are you caught in a spiral of “shoulds” — I should post more, I should have known better, I should be doing it all?

In this episode, Ginger unpacks the emotional weight of "shoulda, coulda, woulda" thinking and how it leads to guilt, burnout, and decision-making that prioritizes others over your own needs. You’ll explore how “should” statements often stem from external expectations—not from your own authentic desires.

Through real-life stories (including Ginger’s own vinyl-cutting saga!) and thought-provoking coaching insight, you’ll learn how to:

Recognize cognitive distortions like “should” thinking
Understand how misplaced beliefs impact your time, energy, and leadership
Reconnect with what you actually want—beyond obligation or outside pressure
Stop making decisions that feel aligned with everyone else’s dreams but not yours

📝 Try this journal prompt:
“If I trusted myself completely, I would…”

🎯 Mini challenge: Let go of one “should” and take one small step toward something you truly want today.

🔗 Book your free 15-minute coaching call:
Feeling stuck in the “shoulds”? Let’s sort your thoughts, separate beliefs from facts, and get you moving again: https://gingerhaithcox.com/coaching

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