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Mums, Mindset and Six Figures with Business Coach, Alicia Croci

• Mel Schenker • Episode 36

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What if your business could love your life back? We sit down with business and mindset coach Alicia Croci to unpack how mums can build six‑figure businesses without burning out or hiding parts of themselves to fit a mould. From leaving the agency grind to rebuilding after postpartum anxiety, Alicia shares the frameworks and stories that turned survival mode into steady, values‑led growth.

We get practical fast. Alicia breaks down her “fact versus feeling” filter so you can tell when a slow week is a data issue or a nervous‑system flare. We talk about choosing one monetisable skill to start, why pivots are proof of learning, and how clear, simple messaging beats complex funnels. You’ll hear how to use market research that actually informs offers, how to sell in a way that feels like you, and why letting the wrong audience go is the secret to attracting the right clients. If social media drains you, we map alternatives like podcasts, masterclasses or in‑person events, and show you how to reverse‑engineer a week that matches your season and capacity.

This conversation is candid, warm, and fiercely practical. You’ll leave with a calmer way to grow: nervous system‑friendly strategy, authentic visibility, and a daily rhythm that respects family and focus. Whether you’re just starting online or rebuilding for sustainability, you’ll find tools to reduce hustle, make decisions with evidence, and build a business that’s simple, spacious, and profitable.

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Mel:

Welcome to Beyond Organised, the podcast that helps you simplify your life and amplify your purpose. I'm Mel Schenker, life coach, speaker, founder of She's Organised, but, more importantly, a wife and mum of four little kids. If you've ever felt overwhelmed, like you're constantly juggling everything but never quite catching up, this is the place for you. Here we go beyond just the tidying up and creating systems. We're talking about real life strategies that bring order to your life, but also we talk about the things beyond the organising, the things that really matter, like your parenting relationships and so much more. So grab your coffee and let's dive in. Welcome to another episode of Beyond Organised. I have Alicia Crofty with me today. So I'm going to introduce this lovely lady to you. So she is a business and mindset coach for mums who are ready to build six figure businesses that actually support motherhood. Yes, our kind of person. She learned firsthand that building a business and later learning to run it while raising a family isn't a straight line. It's a journey of messy action, pivots, personal healing, and a whole lot of growth. Oh, amen to that. Four years into her business journey, after a son was born, she rebuilt her business from the ground up, finding creative ways to grow sustainably while being fully present as a mum without losing herself or her income. That season showed her the power of slow-living, nervous system-friendly strategy and building business in a way that honors your real life. Today, Alicia helps other mums do the same. Her coaching blends intentional marketing and aligned sales with inner work, guiding women to break free from burnout, hustle culture, and unrealistic pressure so they can build the foundations of a six-figure business that offers time, money, and genuine freedom. Oh, I love everything that you are saying. Welcome, Alicia, to the show. Thank you. Thank you so much for having me on. Oh, you're so welcome. I love that there is so much in what you do that completely aligns with what I do, but for completely different reasons. So I want to know what inspired you to do what you do.

Alicia:

Um, so that is a very, very long story. So to kind of give you the cliff notes on it is um I got into the online space five years ago, primarily because I came from the advertising agency, the corporate world, and I was so tired of clients not being treated or people just not being treated the way that they should have been treated. One. Um, two, I joined the online space in 2020, like a lot of people did because of the pandemic. And we were sent home, I had extra time on my hands. Um, with that said, I was also told of, hey, depending on how this plays out, we may not have a job for you. And so at that point, I think that was officially my breaking point of I am so tired of having someone else control my income, my schedule, and ultimately my life. Yeah. Um, the work that I do today comes from that driven desire of why are we constantly on a hamster wheel and working for someone else and working for someone else's dream when we have the power and control to actually take control of our lives, steer the narrative of how our story is written, and do something that truly lights us up. And as I got started in my journey, um, I did dumb fee service work for uh four to five years. I still do a little bit now, but where my strengths truly lie of doing a whole um business review kind of audit of how I actually serve my clients is I'm so good at strategy, but I have a very good gift of knowing the deeper issue when someone comes to me within like the first five minutes of having a conversation. Um and at the end of the day, your strategy means nothing if you are not doing the inner work. And so throughout my work, I not only get to help women have a great life, but I help them heal. And I think that is just the foundation of everything that I do, um, which makes me really excited about showing up and creating impact and serving my people every single day.

Mel:

Oh, I love it. And I couldn't agree more. You could have all the strategy in the world, but until we start working on ourselves and our mindset and all of that, it's just not gonna last. It's just not gonna stick. So yeah, I see it all the time with my own my own clients.

Alicia:

So yeah, I actually had to. If I started my own inner healing journey probably three years ago. Um, and when I had my first child, I had really bad postpartum anxiety and depression. And if I had not previously had done the mindset work and learned the tools, I truly don't know what my life would be like today. And so that's just as like another testament of like, yes, I focus on helping you build a business, but it goes so much deeper than that because you are your business. Like this is your life. And if you don't know how to get out of burnout, hustle, postpartum, depression, anxiety, just knowing the tools to help you work through things, you're gonna continue to spiral and be stuck in survival mode. And that's not beneficial for you or your family or just anything.

Mel:

Yep. And generally, those of us that make the best coaches are the ones that have lived it and gone through it and come out the other side, right? So you've done that, I've done that. I mean, I think for so many women, they get stuck there and they stay there. They don't realize that that it is possible to come out the other side. And we're living proof. It is possible. Like we were you at some point. And there's still a part of us that I know for me, there's still a part of me that still has to be a little bit more conscious of what I'm doing from time to time, that I don't fall back into that chaos. Oh, but um, yeah, it's it because we're living with it day to day and it's functioning for us, like you with your business and all of that. I mean, what better people to coach you through than those that have lived it, right?

Alicia:

Lived it, have the training, and can ultimately say, like, the this is why I believe in it, because like I could be still stuck in a situation and have like a victim mentality of like everything goes wrong in my life, or I could rewrite my story. Take control. Yeah, could take control, do the work every day. I do notice the days that I get lazy, um, or like the weeks that I kind of fall behind on, you know, my inner work, I start falling back into bad patterns and it's like, hoop, nope, pause. Yeah.

Mel:

I know what to do to get out of that.

Alicia:

Yeah.

Mel:

So let's get on it. Yeah. I yeah, I know that feeling and that story all too well. So, what would you say is the main thing you do to help people?

Alicia:

So, what I do to help people is I take you through a soft inner healing journey. I say soft right now because I am getting certified in more of nervous system regulation and breath work, so I can do deeper dive into um the work that I truly love to do. Um, but I take you through a soft inner journey, inner healing journey to help you kind of figure out where are the gaps in your business that aren't being essentially like filled because of burnout, because of hustle, because of limiting beliefs. Um, at the end of the day, my mission and purpose is very, very simple. It is to help you build a simple, spacious, six-figure business that revolves around your life. Um, so the work that I take my clients through is 90% of the time, nine out of 10 clients come to me and they want help with getting more sales or they need help with like messaging. Um, they feel like their content is off. It's always like a tactic strategy that they think is the issue. But within a conversation, you can easily tell of you have the right strategy. You just are missing some um inner work part that needs to be dived into. And so that could be um fear of showing up, visibility, limiting beliefs around um making money, how it's hard to make money.

Mel:

Um you find that an another thing that might be holding people back is that they're not fully themselves because they feel like they need to present themselves a certain way, and the world won't accept all of them. So they kind of edit out a few bits of their personality or what they show to the world, and that's part of the problem because I'm discovering that in myself lately.

Alicia:

Yes, um, definitely. So I have um this belief idea that whenever it comes to showing up online as your true, full, authentic self, it is so hard for us to, and it depends on the limiting beliefs that you're you have to work through, but it's so hard for us to ultimately put ourselves out there, get vulnerable because what has happened in the past or the fears of showing up, the fears of not being liked, the fears of what if I truly say my hot takes and people aren't gonna buy from me now because they don't have the same beliefs. And so exactly. Um, which I mean, ultimately at the end of the day, we're all human. We want people to like us, but it's getting to that point of having such good self-trust and confidence in yourself and the work that you do that you're okay with turning down clients. Like you're okay with people not agreeing with you because you have finally stepped into that version of yourself that can have or take and eat it too. Um, essentially. And a lot of the work that I do inside of my programs and clients, it helps you bring out that version of yourself because you're no longer hiding behind the safe comfort zone that has worked before, but you're now ready to expand and fully step into that version of yourself that can show up and say, um, I don't believe that you should niche down whenever like you are your brand. Um super hot takes whenever people are like, no, you need to have like one service or like one type of ideal client. And it just depends on you. How, yeah, you, how you want to work, how you want to serve your people. And it's it's okay if people don't like you.

Mel:

Yeah. And that's something I'm coming to terms with, I guess you could say, because I I mean, I guess I've only started this business a year ago. And so I've been coaching for years, but out of my own in the last year. And so it's hard. You kind of go, I want to help everyone, I want to serve everyone, and then you end up talking to no one. So, you know, you really have to end up niching down. And then I sort of filter bits of myself that I'm like, oh, people don't really want to hear that. They don't want to know that. And but really, even just in the last few weeks, I'm going, nope, this is who I am, this is how I'm going to be. And I was fully expecting people to drop off my email list and all that, and it's happened. But in the last couple of weeks at the same time, I've had so many more people join that are my people. So I guess one thing that coming from someone that's living it to anyone that's hearing this that is wanting to start a business or going through it, do it. Be who you are. And yes, you're gonna lose people, but then you're gonna end up attracting and finding the right people that are for you. And gosh, it's like it's so much sweeter. Like, I love, love, love the people I'm connecting with more now than I ever have before. No offense if you're a, you know, if you've been around a while, I still love you too. But it's just I'm finally finding my feet as to who I want to serve and help, like genuinely and really narrow, and it narrows it down a lot. But here we are. And uh gosh, I could have done with you a year ago, but that's okay. So when people come to you for your services as a business coach and all of that, and they're just starting out, they don't, they're just kind of getting their business off the ground because I'm sure there's a lot of mums out there that are thinking, oh, you know, maybe I'll do an online business or something like that. What are your sort of first tips to get them started? Because I think a lot of people think they can make a dollar pretty quick, and that's not always the way. So, what are what's your advice for anyone that's thinking of jumping into the online space?

Alicia:

So the biggest piece of advice that I can give someone that wants to learn how to make money online is take a skill that you have and learn how to monetize off of it. Um, that could be, I highly recommend starting off as like a done-for-you service provider if you have skills that match that. Um, but also like don't worry about pivoting, don't worry about changing your mind, don't worry about not liking something because you're just getting your feet wet. Um, I can 100% say I've been in business five years and I have pivoted at least five times within that five years. Um, and that just goes to show of like like you're human, your passions change, you kind of get your feet wet, you figure out what you like. Um, and I started out doing web design and social media marketing, and that was just not a good long-term term goal. And so that's how I've pivoted to coaching. So if you want to get in the online space, take a skill that you currently have, or if you don't have the skills yet, take time to learn the skills. And if it's a passion that you want, go for it because it is honestly, it is laughable how easy it is to truly make money online. But it does come with doing the inner work, knowing that you can show up as yourself, um, be super passionate and clear in the message of like who you're supporting, how you're supporting them, but also like don't forget to have fun. Like, yes, money is amazing. Um, but you want to be doing it every day. Yeah, enjoying it every day. Exactly. So does it really matter if you are making fouku bucks if you are absolutely burnt out and miserable? Um, and that's where I have a lot of my clients ask themselves, is it a fact or a feeling? How is this feeling integrating into their decision making? And is it something that is actually going to benefit them or is it something that is like, okay, your mind is just playing games on you, let's move it along. It does that anyway. So, um, so that was a long tangent. But if you're wanting to get into the online space, if you're wanting to start an online business, use your skill set that you have. It'll make it a lot easier to get started and kind of navigate the waters, or take the time to learn that skill set for the passion that you're super passionate about.

Mel:

Yeah. Yeah, I think it's great. I mean, I've got a friend that uh is making soaps. So, you know, she started off making soaps and now sort of branching in online a little bit more, teaching other people how to make their own homemade soaps. So you don't even necessarily have to you might be fantastic at uh painting, fantastic at baking a cake. It could be any anything, any hobby that you've got that you enjoy. You could teach people how to do that your way. And it doesn't matter if there's a thousand other people teaching how to bake a cake, they're not necessarily going to hear it from them. They're gonna hear it from you because they like the way you do it. They like who you are. So don't think that it's too oversaturated and there's so many people and all that because the truth is the world doesn't have you.

Alicia:

You are your unique factor. I recently came across, I think she's probably like 70 or 80 years old, little granny on TikTok who coaches people how to like knit crochet. Um I can't think of like which one it particularly is, or even how I got on the rabbit hole. But I was just like, look at you and your like retirement years. You have a on like she's gone viral and everything, which was like amazing. But she is basically coaching people through her content, and then she has a couple digital products that she sells too, and that's just another example of funding your retirement. Yeah. You it doesn't matter if you're 15 years old, which actually let's say 18 years old for adult purposes, um, or 80 years old, because like if you have a passion and if you want to like truly monetize off of it, social media has made it so easy. But you gotta get through your own BS to make it happen.

Mel:

Yeah. There's a lot of groundwork, there's a lot that sort of goes into it. And, you know, when I started this business, I mean, I'm mentally healthy and you know, I'm in a good place with a lot of it, but the there's a lot of time and effort that goes into it. There's a lot of things that you swear is gonna work and then doesn't. And then there's, you know, you do surveys, you create the things people want, nobody buys. There's like all these up and downs, all these up and downs. But then you get these little wins, these little breakthroughs, you're like, okay, I'm doing it right, keep going. And so it's going to be a roller coaster. As someone who is, you know, 14 months now doing this, like it's been a roller coaster. But my goodness, it's been the best one of my life. I wouldn't change it. And I'm not going anywhere until I figure this out properly. So that's so good. And what would you say is one thing? I know there's probably a million things, but one thing that you wish every woman in the business space. Wouldn't I?

Alicia:

Um that is a tough question. I'm gonna kind of go back to how I mentioned fact versus feeling. Um the narratives that you're telling yourself are they sabotaging you? Are they just feeling or are they a fact? So um how does your body react to the feeling that you're feeling that you're telling yourself whenever you say I am not making sales like or this is hard. Is that a fact or is that a feeling where in your body is it actually holding place? Um and then how can you distinguish okay so cells feels are you telling yourself of like sales feels hard or showing up on Instagram feels hard or is it a fact of okay um I can't do this because of XYZ I think that is whenever whenever you start to learn how to distinguish the actual facts that your brain is telling you or the situation is telling you versus the feelings that you're coming up with inside of your own mindset, your body, your um in general of are they the stories that are just going to self-sabotage you or are they the stories that are going to help you thrive and excel? I think that is one of the things that I wish I would have known whenever I first started is how to distinguish fact versus feeling because as a very intuitive person I leaned so much on feeling but without truly having the tools and the inner work to match with the strategy I was basically self-sabotaging myself because things were hard but it was just like my own like narrative saying it's hard because of XYZ it's hard because of um I'm just not in the mood today or yeah I it's an off day I don't need to do this when in reality of I'm a very also analytical too and I work with logic. So once I started distinguishing okay these are my feelings this is how I'm actually self sabotaging myself and these are the facts of I've done it once before I can do it again. It may be of I am not seeing like inquiries this week and it's because I did not show up and then like let's figure out where my body of like why did not show up. So I think that is how can you redirect your feelings and the stories and the narratives that you're telling yourself to turn them into a way to empower yourself as well. So distinguish fact versus feeling is probably the thing that would have helped me grow more intentionally instead of growing in the speed of light. I was young and dumb and I just wanted to hit big cash months like everybody told you. Exactly and I burnt myself out and I had to like restart um from the ground up and now I've had to restart again as being a mom but doing it from a season of healing from burnout and hustle versus from a season of intentional design intentional marketing in an empowered place it's complete night and day difference. And it goes back to that I you I distinguish from fact versus feeling.

Mel:

I love that I love that because that it made me think how earlier this year, because I was posting on social media every day I got to tell you I don't really like social media. I feel like I'm just on it because I have to be on it. And um it got to a point where I actually stopped and thought about it and went I don't want to be doing this every day. So I'm just gonna do it my way and I know it felt kind of bad but I thought well what do I like doing well I love doing the podcast love doing it love talking to people um I love doing my masterclasses and my webinar stuff and I get so many leads I get so many people coming through like my email list is growing like crazy from doing these things that I love doing I kind of don't need to be showing up every day on social media yes I still show up yes I'm still there people can find me they connect connect with me but that's kind of not where I hang out it's sort of not my main thing and I've got to say like I know I need to get into that more down the track and hopefully I can afford to pay someone to help me with that because I don't want to do it. But um for now I kind of just went you know what what do I want to do? Because there's a million different ways you can make it work right there's so many different ways. You just kind of got to pick something and stick with it, give it a go for a while and I'm quite happy with my groove now because I'm doing the podcast, doing masterclasses and I'm building my community and I haven't had to I don't know extend myself to the point of hating what I do or burning out or anything because I want to make this work long term. But it's a lot of all right I'll try this strategy try that strategy do that and I've thought you know what I'm just gonna do it my way and see what happens. And even though I still I take on advice of the experts like yourself, you know, telling me what I probably shouldn't shouldn't be doing but um I'm going to pick the strategy that I enjoy that I can stick with. So that's probably also something to consider that you know you might be thinking oh I've got to be on social media and post three times a day and do this and that and but actually how do you want to build your business and how do you want to do it because chances are the way you want to do it is what's going to be sustainable and probably work in the long run anyway. So just to save you going in a million different directions and then coming back to square one, just take my advice from it.

Alicia:

Oh gosh it's it's so much fun building a business isn't it there's so many ups and downs and trial and errors and it's just like at the end of the day of you got to do what's happy I always try to get my clients to get to the point where they take out the word should of their vocabulary of well this top like celebrity coach told me I should be doing this and so I'm gonna try that. And it's like no like first of all you have no idea of like what their back end operations and systems like 10 of the people helping them do that thing. And it's just exactly so whenever the hard way so whenever it comes to building and like you said if you're in it for the long term you got to do it your own way. And that's where like whenever I work really intimately with my clients I have them plan out what they want their life and business to look like a year from now write down their whole like daily schedule of what their life looks like right now and then write out how they want it to look like and then reverse engineer it so that way you can start building strategies. You can start building systems that actually are going to get you to that point 12 months from now. And a lot of the times it's coming more and more common of people are so exhausted of social media. Some people want to do more in-person stuff some people are loving the podcast I started my own podcast for that reason of I just I can't keep up with social media especially whenever I have a toddler who takes my phone and puts my phone in random places throughout it so but that's where it also comes circle back to your inner work of not being afraid to do things differently because that is how you learn that is how you grow and don't be afraid to fail.

Mel:

Like I look at I don't look at anything it is it is good growing it's good growing not to be a perfectionist in a lot of ways because it costs you too much.

Alicia:

Anyway sorry continue no if um once you figure out like are you really failing or are you just growing like there's things in life that yes you can fail at but whenever it comes to your business like people have failed launches failed um contracts fall through or whatever and they okay you can either sit there and be like boohoo this didn't work or I didn't put in the work or you can say what does the data say how was my energy of showing up do I was I actually energetically aligned with what I was selling did I like how I was selling it and where are the gaps that I missed and then improve like to me you can never fail in life you can only learn from it um and that's just that's taken a lot of work to get there because I used to have horrible negative self-talk and anytime I would have a failed launch I would be like oh boohoo no one likes to work with me or I'm not good at what I do. Yeah and that was again fact versus feeling and the fact of the matter was is I didn't talk about my offer enough and I didn't talk about it clearly because I have a problem of being multipassionate and so I combined so many things together my message gets messed up but I wasn't showing up because I truly wasn't aligned with what I was trying to sell because I was doing the thing that somebody told me I should be doing. Yeah and once I've been there yeah and I think it's changed so much which but like you're figuring out your groove and so there's such a stigma of if you change your offers like you don't know what you're doing but it's really not that it's you're just figuring out where you belong and you're listening to your people too like you're listening what is it they actually want and the more time you're spending with them and learning and growing you go oh I'm seeing a pattern here let's give the people what they want yes if you do not spend some quality time doing market research then you're gonna be continue spill spinning your wheels that is the only time that I will tell you that you should be doing something is you should be doing market research because that is how you're going to figure out it'll help you like not create things that people don't want essentially.

Mel:

I I started that way I thought oh people want this and I created and spent a lot of time and nobody wanted it. Even though I'd heard the all the gurus and that say don't do that I was like I know better. Well no I didn't know better. Starting off silly but I've done a lot of surveys I've talked to a lot of people now I've you know I've had over I don't know maybe a hundred clients so it's sort of kind of working out what it is and now it's a very common theme there's very clear things and so I'm just I've refined it to the point where I'm like okay this is what's working this is what people want now it's happening finally and it's a good feeling but boy if I'd given up after the third fourth even tenth fail then I wouldn't be here you know and I wouldn't have got to the win so it's it's not always easy but for the mums out there that are thinking okay I want to start an online business or I'm looking into it because I I just want to have the opportunities for my family that were never awarded the generations before me, you know, then it is possible just be prepared that it's going to really expose all the bits inside you that you need to work on. And it can be really humbling and confronting but boy I just I wouldn't change it for the world. I love my life I love what I do I love who I'm becoming it's it's worth it in my mind.

Alicia:

So I would definitely encourage people yes if you have that urge inkling that little bone in your body that is like I meant for more I think I want to do this it's never going to be the right time to do it. So just do it. Just try because you'll never regret the things that you try in life but you'll always regret the things that you didn't try. And so just couldn't agree more.

Mel:

And that's it. I just think you know what's the worst that can happen I mean okay there's probably a lot of bad things that could happen you know could go bankrupt or something if I wasn't careful with what I'm doing. But you know you you make good decisions but I think I would regret things so much more if I didn't give it a go. And my kids are watching you know what do I want for their future? I don't want them to just go to school go to a nine to five do all that if they want more too you know and I'm not saying there's anything wrong with those things. If that's what you want to do and that's where you want to be that's fine. But there's some of us that are just like there is so much more to life and we've only got one life to live and I just don't want to waste it.

Alicia:

Yeah.

Mel:

And I want to give I want to give to other people around me. I want to be able to leave this life with a legacy one day. But the people I helped the the things I changed like I don't know I know that's not everyone but that's definitely me.

Alicia:

You're doing good in the world and you're leaving your footprint and like if that's what the way I look at it of if this is going to get morbid of if I were to die tomorrow would I be proud of the life that I lived yeah and I can say throughout all the trials and the ups and downs and the slow seasons and the hard seasons of entrepreneurship absolutely if I would have stayed in my nine to five and kept living for someone else I would have been so disappointed in the way that I lived my life.

Mel:

Yeah I couldn't have said it better myself. I just I I have those moments where I think about when I'm in my 50s and 60s and my kids are growing up and they're you know they're in a position where I was you know in stuck in the nine to five barely making ends meet got a couple of kids feeling the stress and the pressure and you know I just I feel like they're not going to have that life because they know they've got options there there's opportunities out there and it's hard for me working it all out because I don't know it I don't know anyone else in my world that's doing anything like this. I don't have anyone to ask or anything in my own personal life. So it is challenging but think about how we're setting our kids up like now I'm learning all these things and yes things are going to change in another 20 30 years but hopefully I'm still in it that I can help them with it. But just so then they have a future that they want ultimately that's what also fuels me I can't give up because I don't want them to give up one day either so yeah you're you're letting them see that they can literally write their story.

Alicia:

And I'm gonna get a little spicy on um whenever I first started my business one of my grandparents actually told me of um I hope it's the right thing in that you like or something to the fact of they basically said that I was going to fail at it. And it was hard to hear but the way that I looked at it is if I fail I go back to a nine to five which is the normal for 90% of just make up the stat 90% of people that I know at least and so my worst case scenario is back to square one. Back to square one of someone normal and but what if I do thrive yeah and so far in the past five years the opportunities that my business has created have been amazing where I know in my nine to five it never would have happened. We wouldn't have been able to have a honeymoon overseas we probably wouldn't be in the home that we have um wouldn't be at the state that we are like I was able to help us move and that's because I took one risk and I truly bet all on myself and I believed in myself. And I'm also stubborn so whenever somebody told me I was gonna fail and it came from a family member I was like watch me thrive.

Mel:

That is so me that is so me. I I and you know what I feel like it's my own self-talk sometimes where I go oh you're not gonna do this you're gonna fail and then I'm like no no I'm not because I know this is what I'm called to do this is what I'm supposed to do. I know it I can see it I can feel it I can test it like it's going to happen. And you know my dad bless him he's worked so hard his whole life he's he's had his own businesses too but it's you know as a mechanic and all of that really worked hard and um he's done so well but all every time I'm just like I'm gonna try this I'm gonna try that over the years you know different like little MLM things or whatever. It's I wanted to do something but I didn't know it was this um and my every time my dad's always been like you can do it honey you can do it and it's always so encouraging. And when I said this even this he was like oh this is it this is it you're gonna do it and I'm like thanks dad I hope so and so now I'm just like I can't quit my dad said this is gonna be it plus I've got my husband and four kids and everyone relying on me but you know that's okay for the fact that okay that's all right you know I I'll be able to retire my husband one day so that's okay but I anyway could talk forever we've certainly talked a long time so if people want to connect with you if they're like okay Alicia I would love to start an online business or I'm already doing one but I need some help and I really want you to help me where can they find you um so definitely connect with me over on Instagram or threads threads I'm definitely more fun on for sure.

Alicia:

Yeah um it's just a different vibe that's how Alicia right um you can find me at Alicia Croce um and honestly like my DMs are always open. I'm happy to literally talk through ideas and thoughts um so if you want to kind of explore or just connect and just see if we buy Connect with me on social media. If you want to dive further, I have links in my bios for free resources that are awesome with your inner work mindset. Um and a really jam-packed guide on if you are wanting to start a business and it kind of directs you on a service-based level of like which niche would be good for you. So if you're just starting out and you don't know where to start, um, it's literally like a how to build your business guide. Just DM me and I'll send it to you.

Mel:

Perfect. Well, I'll make sure the details are in the description so they know where to find you and go from there. But thank you so much for joining us today, Alicia, and for just having a good conversation with me.

Alicia:

Yes. Thank you. Um, I feel like this conversation went by really fast and there's so much value to our listeners. So um, thank you again for having me on. I'm really excited to see how people react to this and just go out and do good in the world. Just remember that. Yeah, definitely. Thank you so much. Hi, thank you.

Mel:

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