Entrepreneur Encounter
Entrepreneur Encounter is a weekly podcast designed to support creative business owners in developing the soft skills that lead to lasting, values-aligned growth.
Hosted by Dana Johnson, founder of a boutique Pinterest marketing agency for wedding pros and creatives, and Sara Lowell, a consultant specializing in business management & team leadership along with podcast management, each episode explores the mindset shifts, communication skills, and leadership habits that empower entrepreneurs to grow sustainably—without the burnout.
Through real stories, practical frameworks, and transparent conversations, Dana and Sara offer a behind-the-scenes look at what it really takes to run a purpose-driven business in a constantly changing world.
Whether you're building your visibility, managing a team, or simply trying to stay grounded while growing, this podcast is your companion in business and in life.
Entrepreneur Encounter
Latest Episodes
Why Your Client Updates Are Costing You the Relationship | EP 45
You're two weeks into a client project. Work is moving, you're deep in research, drafting, building exactly what you promised. But there's nothing exciting to report yet, so you stay quiet. You tell yourself you'll send an update once there's s...
From Taking It Personally to Leading With Clarity: Separate Yourself From Your Business | EP 44
A lost client. A bad review sitting underneath ten good ones. A slow month that suddenly feels like proof you should never have started. You tell yourself it's "just business," but somewhere underneath that, a quieter voice is asking a much har...
Why Letting AI Do Everything Is Quietly Costing You Your Best Clients | EP 43
You spent hours learning a new AI tool. You optimized your prompts, automated your workflows, and maybe even let it draft your client proposals. And it was good, maybe really good. But then a client chose someone else. Someone who charged more,...
From Rest Guilt to Real Recovery: How to Finally Stop and Not Pay for It Later | EP 42
You've been going hard all week, client calls, proposals, deliverables and you finally sit down with nothing on the agenda. No laptop. No to-do list. And instead of feeling relief, you feel like something is off, as if you're forgetting somethi...
Why Your To-Do List Is Setting You Up to Feel Behind Every Single Day | EP 41
You woke up with a plan. The list was ready — maybe written the night before, maybe already running through your head before your feet hit the floor. And then the day happened. By 4pm you'd been busy and somehow the one thing that would have ac...