Crush the Rush™: The Female Entrepreneur Podcast for Sustainable Business Growth
Crush the Rush™ is the female entrepreneur podcast for sustainable business growth—created for women business owners who want to scale profitably without burnout, hustle culture, or constant social media.
Hosted by Holly Haynes, business strategist and former Fortune 500 executive, this business podcast for women helps established female entrepreneurs build intentional, scalable businesses using simple systems, organic client attraction, and values-based strategy.
Each week, you’ll learn how to:
- Grow a profitable business without working 24/7
- Attract clients organically without Instagram or daily posting
- Build simple, scalable business systems and workflows
- Create predictable revenue through evergreen marketing strategies
- Lead like a CEO while protecting your time and energy
Through practical strategy episodes and honest conversations, Crush the Rush™ breaks down what it actually takes to grow a sustainable business in today’s online economy.
New episodes every Monday.
If you’re a female entrepreneur ready for clarity, systems, and sustainable growth—this podcast is for you.
Crush the Rush™: The Female Entrepreneur Podcast for Sustainable Business Growth
598 - How to Get More Done by Doing Less (A Sustainable Way to Work and Live) with Stephanie O'Dea
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What if the thing you’re calling “chaos,” “overwhelm,” or “not enough time” is actually a sign that your life is running on someone else’s definition of success? In today’s episode, I’m joined by New York Times bestselling author and Slow Living advocate Stephanie O’Dea for a conversation that will make you rethink how you work, plan, parent, and build your business, especially if you’ve been craving a calmer pace but don’t know where to start.
Stephanie shares how a single New Year’s resolution turned into 11 books, a massive online brand, and a completely different way of designing life, one rooted in intention, capacity, and tuning out the noise. We talk about redefining productivity, creating a three-year plan that actually feels doable, why journaling changes everything (even if you hate journaling), and how to build a business without burning out your brain, body, or joy.
If you’re heading into a new season wanting more peace, more purpose, and less rushing, this episode is your reminder that slow isn’t stagnant, it’s sustainable. And it may be the very thing that moves you forward the fastest.
Today you’ll hear:
- 01:48 – The truth about holiday overwhelm and why acknowledging “this is too much” is the first step toward slowing down
- 04:48 – How a crockpot, a New Year’s resolution, and consistency built an accidental empire (plus what she learned about working in her true capacity)
- 07:54 – The power of finding your pockets of time, why hustle seasons are personal, and what slow living actually looks like in different life stages
- 09:58 – The S.L.O.W. acronym
- 12:13 – Why Stephanie walked away from Instant Pot culture, what happened when her publisher dropped her, and the voice of intuition that redirected her business
- 14:48 – Real-life slow living examples
- 16:08 – How to begin slow living when your life feels too full
- 17:48 – Why she swears by a 3-year plan (and why 1-year and 5-year goals often fail humans in real life)
- 19:40 – The “sleep, creep, leap” model and how to use it for business, health, relationships, finances, and long-term life design
- 21:08 – The one small daily shift to start today
- 23:00 – Stephanie’s most-requested crockpot recipe (and why her kids still make it in college)
- 25:00 – How thinking three years ahead creates stability, peace, margin, and resilience — even when life gets unpredictable
CONNECT WITH STEPHANIE:
Website: stephanieodea.com
Instagram: @stephanieodea
FREE daily journaling and goal setting worksheet: stephanieodea.com/daily
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