The Better Mondays Podcast

Feast and Famine: It’s Not a Business Model

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:15:00 +0100

Busy now does not mean safe later.

In this episode, Rochelle breaks down the feast and famine cycle that hits so many freelancers and self-employed business owners. When you stop marketing because you are full, the pipeline quietly goes cold, and future-you gets left scrambling. This one is about steady visibility, warm leads, and keeping the business moving even when the diary is packed.

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Stop Apologising for Doing Your Job

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:15:00 +0100

How many unnecessary sorries are sitting in your emails right now?

In this episode, Rochelle talks about the small language habits that quietly chip away at your authority, especially when you work for yourself. This is not a deep inner-work episode. It is a business communication reset. You will learn why over-apologising changes how people perceive your time, your boundaries, and your value.

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Loud Is Not the Same as Urgent

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:15:00 +0100

Just because it is shouting does not mean it gets to go first.

In this episode, Rochelle unpacks that overwhelmed, rabbit-in-headlights feeling when everything lands at once and your brain cannot tell what matters most. You will hear how to get the pile out of your head, separate real urgency from noise, and stop letting the loudest thing decide your day.

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I Didn’t Want to Paint the Fence. I Wanted a Painted Fence.

Mon, 25 May 2026 00:15:00 +0100

You do not have to love every task. You just have to want the result enough.

In this episode, Rochelle uses a very real fence situation to talk about motivation, business admin, and the boring-but-important jobs that never sparkle but still move things forward. It is a reminder that loving your business does not mean loving every single thing inside it. Some things just need doing, by you, for now.

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The Goaldilocks Problem

Wed, 20 May 2026 00:15:00 +0100

The goal was not the problem. The deadline probably was.

In this episode, Rochelle talks about setting goals that are ambitious enough to matter, but realistic enough to actually happen. If you have ever missed a deadline, scaled a goal back, or stopped setting goals altogether because the disappointment got boring, this one helps you rethink the whole process and start from what has already been possible.

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This Isn’t Micromanagement. It’s Self-Management.

Mon, 18 May 2026 00:15:00 +0100

Self-management is not being stricter with yourself. It is making the right decision obvious.

This episode introduces the Better Mondays take on priority scanning and the Friday Feeling. Rochelle walks through why your brain treats everything as equally urgent when it is all sitting in one noisy pile, and how a simple five-filter system helps you work out what genuinely needs your attention first.

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The Part of Self-Employment Nobody Prepares You For

Fri, 15 May 2026 00:15:00 +0100

You left the line manager behind, but you may have left the structure behind too.

In this episode, Rochelle gets into the bit nobody warns you about when you go self-employed: you become every department in the business, but no one is sitting above it all helping you prioritise, protect your time, and keep the bigger picture moving. This is about the third pillar of self-employment: not passion, not skill, but profit and proper self-management.

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Two Episodes In. Should Probably Introduce Myself.

Thu, 14 May 2026 00:15:00 +0100

Who is Rochelle Dallas, and why should you let her in your ears every Monday?

In this episode, Rochelle properly introduces herself, from redundancy and burnout to building multiple businesses and creating The Better Mondays Club. She shares why she is less interested in overthinking and more interested in getting the right things done, in the right order, without losing your evenings and weekends to catch-up work.

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Congrats. You Now Have a Line Manager You Actually Like!

Mon, 11 May 2026 00:15:00 +0100

Working for yourself sounds dreamy until you realise nobody is managing you.

In this opening episode, Rochelle introduces The Better Mondays podcast and the gap most self-employed business owners are quietly living in: loads of accountability to clients, but very little structure for your own priorities. This is your straight-talking weekly check-in from your virtual line manager, designed to help you stop drifting, focus on the work that matters, and finish Friday feeling proud.

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Trailer

Thu, 07 May 2026 00:15:00 +0100

The Better Mondays Podcast is your straight-talking weekly check-in for freelancers, consultants, coaches, creators and self-employed people who are running the whole show themselves. Think of it as a virtual line manager in your ears, helping you work out what actually matters this week, what needs doing first and where your time is quietly disappearing.

Each short Monday episode tackles the practical stuff that keeps your business moving: priorities, boundaries, decisions, goals and getting out of your own way.

Direct, honest and refreshingly useful, it’s for anyone who loves the freedom of working for themselves, but needs more structure.

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