Five things to consider pre-maternity leave — Episode 3 of Building a Coaching Business in Motherhood
Episode description + what we cover
Planning a maternity leave as a nutrition and fitness coach looks completely different than planning one as a CEO with a full team — you’re the marketing team, the content team, the accounting team, all in one.
In this episode, Gillian shares the tips she wishes she’d had before her own 4-month maternity leave, covering everything from financial planning and content strategy to why you’ll overestimate what you’re capable of on your return to work.
Whether you’re currently pregnant, planning ahead, or years past maternity leave and still figuring out your business model, this episode is for nutrition and fitness coaches navigating motherhood and business at the same time.
- Why you don’t know how you’re going to feel post-baby — even if it’s not your first
- Giving yourself an actual maternity leave
- Deciding what’s okay to leave undone instead of trying to do everything
- Considerations around what type of content to prep before you go on leave
- Handling finances: launches, payment plans, maintenance rates, and waitlists before maternity leave
- Setting up income streams that keep money coming in while you’re out
- Reconsidering your business model and client load after having a baby
- Why emotional and energetic capacity shifts, and how that affects one-on-one client load
Planning a maternity leave as a nutrition and fitness coach looks completely different than planning one as a CEO with a full team — you’re the marketing team, the content team, the accounting team, all in one.
In this episode, Gillian shares the tips she wishes she’d had before her own 4-month maternity leave, covering everything from financial planning and content strategy to why you’ll overestimate what you’re capable of on your return to work.
Whether you’re currently pregnant, planning ahead, or years past maternity leave and still figuring out your business model, this episode is for nutrition and fitness coaches navigating motherhood and business at the same time.
- Why you don’t know how you’re going to feel post-baby — even if it’s not your first
- Giving yourself an actual maternity leave
- Deciding what’s okay to leave undone instead of trying to do everything
- Considerations around what type of content to prep before you go on leave
- Handling finances: launches, payment plans, maintenance rates, and waitlists before maternity leave
- Setting up income streams that keep money coming in while you’re out
- Reconsidering your business model and client load after having a baby
- Why emotional and energetic capacity shifts, and how that affects one-on-one client load
Links Mentioned/Work with Gillian
- Schedule a Capacity Call (new clients only): https://bitesizenutrition.thrivecart.com/capacity-call/
- Download the free Strategy Audit: https://bitesize.kit.com/strategy
- Follow Gillian on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bitesizenutri
- Enquire about 1.1 mentorship: https://forms.gle/p5HppyZCytHRAkUa9
About your host, Gillian Bennett
Business coach for fitness and nutrition coaches whose business was their baby before they had an actual baby.
Gillian Bennett has coached nutrition, relationship with food, body image and behavior change for 10+ years and mentored other nutrition and fitness coaches for 4+ years — she’s also a mom to a little boy, sci fi and fantasy book lover, and self-proclaimed crazy dog lady.
This podcast is an inside look into building a coaching business while navigating motherhood, maintaining your own sense of self, and creating the life you want without burning yourself out.
