Tell Me About It

The messy middle of business growth can feel like chaos, but it is often where your next level begins.

In this episode, we explore why female entrepreneurs outgrow old business models, relationships, routines, and identities - and how to stop shrinking yourself when you know you are meant for more.

If things feel uncomfortable, uncertain, or heavier than usual, it doesn’t mean you’re failing. It may mean you are being pushed into a season of growth, clarity, and serious business transformation.

So if you are ready to stop apologising for wanting more, start listening to your intuition, and move through the messy middle with more confidence, this episode is for you.

Tune in to hear about:

✅Why everything can feel like it is falling apart right before a breakthrough
✅How to reframe chaos as renewal instead of failure
✅Why female business owners often feel guilty for wanting more
✅How to recognise when you have outgrown a business model, job, routine, or relationship
✅The truth about brutal honesty and how it helps you reach your next level
✅Why gratitude and ambition can exist at the same time
✅The simple way to trust the messy middle of personal growth and business growth

Key moments:

00:00:00 Intro
00:03:20 What Chaos Really Means
00:06:40 Relationship Shake-Up
00:11:00 Inner Whisper
00:15:20 Hating What You Built
00:18:40 The Era of Brutal Honesty
00:22:40 How Honesty Attracts Abundance
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https://iconiccoaching.com.au/coaching/
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https://www.instagram.com/tellmeaboutit__podcast
https://iconiccoaching.com.au

After surviving chronic illness, leaving a 25-year marriage, losing her salon business, and coming out later in life - award-winning hairstylist Megan Evans completely rebuilt her life from the ground up.

In this episode of The Tell Me About It Podcast, Megan joins your host Cait Muir to talk about a huge range of topics, including:

identity, burnout, queer love, salon ownership, chronic illness, the future of hairdressing, and what it really takes to choose yourself.

Megan also shares powerful insights into salon culture, client experience, leadership, creativity, and why authentic connection matters more than ever in the beauty industry.

Tune in to discover:

✅ What it feels like to come out later in life after years in a traditional marriage
✅ The sneaky signs of burnout and chronic illness - and how it impacts your life
✅ What Megan believes the future of the hairdressing industry depends on (do you agree?)
✅ The unexpected way a FaceTime relationship turned into marriage during COVID
✅ What happened after Megan stepped away from the salon she built over 12 years
✅ How EMDR therapy can impact someone after years of stress and survival mode
✅ The industry that hairdressers are really in… this will surprise you

Key moments:

00:00  Intro
00:01:30 Long-awaited reunion
00:05:30 Nearly dying from Crohn's
00:09:20 The perfect day vision
00:12:30 Coming out at 40
00:16:00 Mum chose her ex
00:19:30 FaceTime love story
00:24:30 Letting the salon go
00:43:00 Facing real homophobia
00:49:30 Industry in crisis
01:14:20 Bring back rock stars

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👉Find out more about how we can work together:

https://iconiccoaching.com.au/coaching/

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👉Connect With Megan Evans

https://www.instagram.com/meganevans_creative/
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👉Here’s how to connect:

https://www.instagram.com/tellmeaboutit__podcast
https://iconiccoaching.com.au

You can journal about wealth, repeat money affirmations, and visualise millions… but if your money mindset and money habits don't change, you'll stay stuck. 
This episode reveals how to ACTUALLY build a wealth mindset that works - and why most manifestation advice keeps you broke.

If you've ever avoided your bank account, felt suffocated by credit card debt, or wondered why manifesting money isn't working for you - you’ll hear exactly how to turn it around.

You'll also hear the messy, uncomfortable, but life-changing reality of going from financial chaos and drowning in debt to financial confidence, freedom, and rich woman energy.

Plus how combining money mindset + action + self-trust is what actually creates lasting wealth and abundance.

Tune in to discover:

✅ Why avoiding your finances is keeping you stuck in debt (and how to fix it today)
✅ The first step to getting out of debt fast… most people avoid this for years
✅ The truth about manifesting money and what manifestation actually involves
✅ How to rewire your relationship with money for real wealth creation
✅ Why "buying before you're ready" can level up your income and business
✅ The psychology behind paying in full vs payment plans
✅ How setting higher standards forces your life, income and lifestyle to rise

Key moments:

00:00  Intro
00:01:00 Manifestation Skeptics
00:03:20 The Debt Diagnosis Moment
00:06:40 Buy Before Ready
00:09:40 Pay In Full Energy
00:13:20 Living As If
00:15:00 The Business Class Standard
00:19:00 Clout vs Soul Spending
00:23:00 Reward Yourself Like Staff
00:24:40 Setting Non-Negotiable Standards
00:27:20 Manifesting Plus Action

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👉Find out more about how we can work together:

https://iconiccoaching.com.au/coaching/
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👉Here’s how to connect:

https://www.instagram.com/tellmeaboutit__podcast
https://iconiccoaching.com.au

What happens when chronic illness, fertility struggles, and a hysterectomy force you to let go of the life you planned… and rebuild from scratch?

In this episode of the Tell Me About It podcast, your host Cait Muir sits down with Nikki Roberts - a former high-achiever turned chronic illness advocate.

Together they unpack her journey through endometriosis, multiple surgeries, hysterectomy, miscarriage, and navigating life with invisible disabilities.

You’ll hear stories ranging from medical gaslighting and traumatic healthcare experiences to the emotional toll of losing fertility and redefining success.

You’ll also hear how Nikki transitioned from a science-driven mindset to embracing holistic healing, nervous system regulation, and a more intuitive approach to health.

Tune in to discover

✅What it really feels like to live with chronic illness and invisible disability
✅The emotional impact of hysterectomy, menopause, and fertility struggles
✅Why so many women experience medical gaslighting… and how to actually advocate for yourself
✅The link between trauma, stress, and physical health (nervous system dysregulation)
✅Moving from perfectionism and burnout to acceptance and slower living
✅The gap between Western medicine and holistic healing approaches
✅Why women’s pain is often dismissed - and what needs to change
✅Using humor and storytelling as powerful coping tools

Key moments:

00:00  Intro
00:01:00 Meet Nikki Roberts
00:02:23 Janice the ovary
00:06:00 Two uteruses three kidneys
00:11:38 Pap smear horror story
00:19:30 Hysterectomy grief
00:32:14 Science meets woo-woo
00:36:30 BMI scale exposed
00:41:30 Palliative ward wake up
00:54:20 What RA actually is
00:58:30 Spinal surgery
01:04:00 Losing Erin
01:17:00 Mermaid energy
01:22:00 Redefining success

If you've ever been told your pain is “normal” or your dreams need to shrink to match your diagnosis - press play.

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👉Find out more about how we can work together:

https://iconiccoaching.com.au/coaching/

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👉Connect With Nikki Roberts

https://www.instagram.com/mamas.rheum/
https://www.instagram.com/fullysick.life/
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👉Here’s how to connect:

https://www.instagram.com/tellmeaboutit__podcast
https://iconiccoaching.com.au

If you’re constantly being asked to “just do a quick favour,” lowering your prices to keep clients happy, or feeling weird about charging what you’re actually worth… you NEED to hear this.

Right now, with tighter budgets and more competition, it’s easy to slip into undercharging, over-delivering, and giving away your expertise for free just to stay relevant.

But that pattern doesn’t build a sustainable business - instead, it builds resentment, burnout, and clients who don’t value what you do.

This episode is a direct, honest conversation about what’s really happening when you discount your work, why free advice isn’t as harmless as it seems, and how pricing impacts more than just your income.

Tune in to discover

✅Why discounting your services can quietly damage your business
✅The difference between being flexible vs. devaluing yourself
✅What people are really saying when they ask for “free advice”
✅How undercharging creates imbalance, resentment, and burnout
✅Why higher prices often lead to better clients and stronger results
✅The connection between money, energy, and sustainable business growth
✅What changes when you start treating your expertise like it actually matters

Key moments:

00:00  Intro
01:20  Why discounting without reason is a hill worth dying on
02:00  Meeting someone's budget vs. being bargained down
03:40  What your prices are really telling the universe
05:00  The "quick question" problem
06:40  What people are actually saying when they ask for free
08:40  The one-line script that redirects unpaid requests
09:00  The PT example: tiered support done right
10:40  Money as energy exchange
11:40  Why incomplete exchanges breed resentment
15:00  The $650 coaching call I was excited to pay
16:40  If premium prices trigger you, read this
19:00  Why higher prices create higher perceived value
20:40  Skin in the game: why paid clients actually do the work
21:40  What happened when I raised my prices 30%
22:40  Know your worth, then add tax

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👉Find out more about how we can work together:

https://iconiccoaching.com.au/coaching/
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👉Here’s how to connect:

https://www.instagram.com/tellmeaboutit__podcast
https://iconiccoaching.com.au