196: Friendship, Failures & Favorite Wins: A Business Bestie Tell-All with Angie McPherson
Release Date: 07/16/2025
219: What It’s Really Like to Go From Solopreneur to Employees (With Misty Prewitt)
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Welcome back to the Messy Success Podcast. In this episode, Elizabeth sits down with Misty Prewitt, founder of Misty Saves the Day, for an honest conversation about what it really looks like to scale a business from one person to a team of 12. Misty shares her journey from starting out as a solopreneur to leading a growing agency, including the messy hiring moments, leadership lessons, people-pleasing patterns, and systems she had to rebuild along the way. This episode pulls back the curtain on what sustainable growth actually looks like — not the polished version, but the real one. If...
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218: Why Your Advice Isn’t Landing (And What to Do Instead)
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Welcome back to The Messy Success Podcast! In this short and powerful episode, Elizabeth shares a metaphor that dropped in during a moment of deep self-awareness: the difference between being a mirror and being a container. Understanding the difference between these two roles — and knowing when to step into each — can completely transform how you lead, coach, communicate, and navigate relationships. This episode offers a simple but profound lens for entering the new year with clarity, curiosity, and deeper emotional intelligence. If you love metaphors, introspective leadership, or leveling...
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217: Dreamiest Dreams for 2026: Speaking It Into Existence
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Welcome back to the Messy Success Podcast, where dreaming big isn’t just encouraged — it’s required. In today’s episode, Elizabeth is sharing one of her favorite rituals of the year: her Dreamiest Dreams for 2026. These are the visions that feel bold, stretchy, a little scary to say out loud… but always seem to activate magic the moment they leave her mouth. From expanding Elevate, to growing the brand-new Creative Economy community, to speaking gigs, to podcast upgrades, to two full-year sponsorship partners — Elizabeth lays it ALL out. And if history has shown anything, it’s...
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216: Create Highly Magnetic Offers With This 3-Part Framework
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Welcome back to the Messy Success Podcast! In this episode, Elizabeth breaks down the three essential ingredients every offer needs to actually convert — whether you’re creating something brand new or refining an offer you’ve had for years. If you’ve ever wondered why an offer didn’t land the way you hoped, or why selling sometimes feels harder than it should, this episode is the clarity you’ve been craving. Elizabeth shares how to make your offer feel magnetic, what buyers need to feel emotionally before they ever look at the deliverables, and why co-creation is becoming more...
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215: The Hidden Leadership Habit That Strengthens Your Brand
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Welcome back to The Messy Success Podcast! Since it’s Thanksgiving week, Elizabeth is diving into gratitude—but not the fluffy, surface-level kind. This is the deeper version of gratitude that grows your business, expands your authority, and makes you more visible without forcing anything. In this episode, she breaks down three powerful ways gratitude becomes a strategy, not just a feeling: using gratitude to increase visibility, using gratitude as fuel instead of a finish line, and learning to be grateful for the stretches that expand who you’re becoming. Through real stories and...
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214: How We Can Boost the Creative Economy (and Why It Matters)
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What if growing your business wasn’t about hustling harder—but about helping each other rise? In this episode, Elizabeth pulls back the curtain on her newest passion project: The Elevate Economy, a bold experiment to prove that community really is currency. You’ll hear how one comment after her live event sparked a vision for something much bigger—a movement designed to help creative women collaborate, support one another, and boost the economy from the inside out. Elizabeth shares why this could change how small business owners build and grow forever.
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213: Stop Forcing Growth — Do this Instead
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Welcome back to The Messy Success Podcast! We’re doing something a little different today — our very first rebroadcast of a listener favorite. Why? Because great content doesn’t expire, and sometimes we need to hear a powerful message at a new stage in our growth. In this refreshed conversation, Elizabeth dives into what it really means to become magnetic — not through hustle or algorithms, but through energy, leadership, and presence. You’ll learn five practical ways to create the kind of energy that draws clients, collaborations, and opportunities to you — naturally. Tune in to...
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212: Money That Feels Magical: How to Know Your Numbers with Megan Hale
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If spreadsheets make you sweat (yes, you’re not alone), but you’re still dreaming of a wildly profitable business—this episode is for you. Elizabeth sits down with Megan Hale, CEO & Founder of DreamMoney™, a strategic business-planning platform that helps solo entrepreneurs know their numbers, map sustainable revenue plans, manage cash flow, and step into their most empowered relationship with money. Megan’s background as a former psychotherapist means she blends mindset and money mechanics in a way that feels both deeply human and strategically smart. We dig into how to...
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211: How to Boost Your Energy and Balance Your Hormones (Without Diet Culture!) with Kate Gregory
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If you’ve ever wondered why you’re so tired even after a full night’s sleep—or why your doctor keeps saying your labs are “normal”—this episode is your new favorite. Elizabeth is joined by holistic hormone expert Kate Gregory for a real conversation about what’s really happening with women’s health in their 30s and 40s. They chat about burnout, magnesium, the truth about cortisol (spoiler: it’s not always bad), and why feeling good doesn’t require extreme diets or “fixing” your body. Kate shares practical, science-backed ways to balance your hormones...
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210: Breaking the Freeze Cycle and Making Your First Offer
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Welcome back to The Messy Success Podcast! In this first-ever on-air coaching episode, Elizabeth sits down with Jen Hastert, a wellness coach who’s passionate about helping women uncover the root causes of disease. Together, they unpack the mindset and action steps needed to move from planning to profit. Elizabeth helps Jen design a 30-day revenue goal, build momentum toward her first course launch, and overcome the fears that have kept her in a freeze cycle. You’ll hear real-time reframes, powerful accountability moments, and a raw look at what it takes to finally believe in yourself...
info_outlineThis week, I handed the mic over to my business bestie, Angie McPherson, for a “reverse interview” that’s 13 years in the making. Angie and I started our journeys as photographers—and now we’re coaches, speakers, and community builders who still talk business almost daily. In this off-the-cuff conversation, we ask each other five questions we didn’t prep for (yikes!) and reflect on everything from our biggest business lessons to what we’d tell our former selves. You’ll hear about investments that changed everything, the most uncomfortable moments, and our dreams for the future. If you’re navigating growth, pivoting, or just want to feel seen—this episode is for you.