by Sarah Banks | Oct 31, 2026 | Blog, Business Planning
The “Always-On” Trap: Why Running a Small Business Feels Exhausting Right Now A client of mine, Lisa Farr, recently published a blog titled The Overwhelm Epidemic, and it really resonated with me. She wrote about the idea of “exponential...
by Sarah Banks | Oct 1, 2026 | Blog
Reflections on Going Back into Employment (On My Own Terms) Let’s be completely honest: the last few years have been tough for freelancers and small business owners. Between the ongoing cost-of-living squeeze and the explosive growth of AI, winning contracts and...
by Sarah Banks | Aug 27, 2026 | Blog
Tracking the Monthly Cycle: Why the Traditional Business Model Fails Women So much of the modern business world is designed around how men work. The traditional corporate structure, the 9-to-5, the relentless daily grind, the expectation of uniform productivity every...
by Sarah Banks | Jul 30, 2026 | Blog
The Myth of Having It All: Why Real Success Requires Conscious Sacrifice I am allegedly a Millennial. I say “allegedly” because being born in mid-1981 means I constantly feel like I cross the boundary between two entirely different generations – Millennial...
by Sarah Banks | Jun 27, 2026 | Blog, Marketing, Social Media
Feeding the Algorithm vs. Staying Sane: How I’m Simplifying My Feed At a networking event recently, a lady announced that she had completely stopped all social media for her business because it was simply too overwhelming. While most in the room reacted with surprise,...
by Sarah Banks | Jun 1, 2026 | Blog
The Hard Shoulder: Why Your Business Needs a Pit Stop Before You Crash We often talk about burnout as a ‘high growth’ problem and the result of scaling a company too quickly, or the stress of managing a massive team. But after 12 years as a business owner, I’ve seen...
