The hours between 3pm and bedtime can feel like absolute chaos.

You’re trying to finish work, cook dinner, manage homework, regulate everyone’s emotions… and somehow be present too.

If you’ve ever thought, “Why does it feel like I’m failing at everything between school pickup and bedtime?” this episode is for you.

You’re not bad at being present, your business just isn’t designed to let you leave.

In this episode of The Moxie Movement Podcast, I’m giving you what I call The School Run Strategy a simple and powerful way to contain your business so it stops bleeding into family time and draining your energy dry.

This isn’t about working less because you’re “not ambitious”.

It’s about designing a business that works with your real life not against it.

1. Why split attention is the real reason you feel guilty everywhere
2. What “Done By Three” actually means (and what it doesn’t)
3. How to create a hard stop that protects your energy and your evenings
4. Why decision-making after 3pm is costing you more than you think
5. The 4 non-negotiable rules that stop work spilling into parenting time
6. How buffers (not better time management) change everything

1. Why trying to do two full-time roles at once is exhausting you
2. How role separation leads to better business decisions and calmer evenings
3. Why “no new starts after 2pm” will instantly reduce mental load
4. How to start small without burning out or rebelling against your own rules

Pick one day this week and try a true hard stop.

Clock out. Shut it down. Leave the business where it belongs.

And if you want to go deeper into building a business that’s designed to be Done By Three this is exactly what we build inside my world.

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Love + Moxie,

Sarah

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You did the thing, built the business and money’s coming in.

So why does it feel like you can’t breathe?

If you’ve got a business that looks successful from the outside paying you well, serving clients, ticking the “should be grateful” boxes but you can’t switch off, can’t step away, and can’t imagine a holiday without your laptop… this one is for you.

In this episode, I’m unpacking what I call the golden handcuffs. When your business pays you just enough to keep you trapped, but not enough to buy back your time, energy, or thinking space.

This isn’t a personal failing, it’s a structure problem.

✔ Why successful businesses can feel heavier instead of easier

✔ How capable women accidentally build businesses that rely on them for everything

✔ The 3 signs your business is leaning on you too hard

✔ Why making more money won’t fix your exhaustion

✔ The difference between being a paid doer vs a true business owner

✔ A simple audit to spot where you’re handcuffed to your business

1. The “well-paid job” trap that keeps you permanently on
2. Why being the main sales generator keeps you stuck
3. How becoming the default problem solver drains your brain
4. What happens when your role doesn’t evolve as your business grows
5. Why structure creates relief not revenue alone
6. How to start redesigning your business without burning it down

If you’ve ever thought:

“I should be grateful… so why am I this tired?”

Then your business just needs a different architecture.

Subscribe or follow The Moxie Movement Podcast so you don’t miss future episodes.

Follow along on Instagram and Facebook and submit a question for a future episode while you’re there.

If this episode hit, listen again with a pen and paper. You’re not meant to cope harder you’re meant to redesign smarter.

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Back to school.

Back to business.

Back to carrying everything… again?

If you’re a mum running a business, this season probably feels familiar.

Uniforms. Stationery chaos. Permission slips. Lunchboxes you hope were emptied last term.

And that quiet belief whispering in your head: “Once this settles down… then I’ll focus on my business.”

But it never settles down.

In this episode, Sarah is calling time on the “I’ll start when life calms down” trap and walking you through how to actually build a business that works inside school terms, school holidays, sick kids, and the mental load you’re already carrying.

No fantasy schedules. No perfect weeks.

Just real systems that hold you even when life is messy.

✔ Why waiting for the “right time” is quietly killing your momentum

✔ How to do business before your bandwidth disappears

✔ The power of fewer priorities and tighter execution

✔ How to decide what actually matters in your business (and what you can stop doing)

✔ Why your business model must be designed around school terms

✔ How to plan term one without burning yourself out in week one

1. The myth that school holidays = a break for mum business owners
2. Why perfect weeks don’t exist (and never have)
3. Doing less, but doing it better in life and business
4. Critical success factors vs busywork that doesn’t move the needle
5. How to choose one or two six-week projects instead of trying to do everything
6. What not to plan during back-to-school weeks (hint: big decisions)
7. Practical back-to-school systems that reduce your load year after year

1. You feel excited for the kids to be back at school… and exhausted at the same time
2. You keep telling yourself “next week I’ll focus on my business”
3. You’re tired of carrying the mental load at home and at work
4. You want your business to fit around mum life not fight against it
5. You’re done with fantasy schedules and ready for something sustainable

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Because your business doesn’t need more of your time or energy.

It needs a system that actually works for the life you’re living.

Stay moxie.

Sarah x

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