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by TuRhonda Freeman

4.2(5 reviews)
32 episodes
Updated Daily
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Podcast Overview

<p>Dear Monday is a podcast about the decisions that change the shape of your life. Most people talk about opportunity in terms of upside — growth, freedom, financial potential. But far fewer conversations sit with what lives underneath those decisions: the obligations, the constraints, the commitments that are difficult to unwind once they're made.&nbsp;<br><br>This show exists in that space.&nbsp;<br><br>Each episode explores the realities behind ownership — business ownership, franchise investment, career exits, and other high-stakes commitments that reshape financial and personal life.&nbsp;<br><br>I spent years inside franchise ownership and deal advisory — walking prospective owners through the discovery process and watching how the industry was designed to move people toward decisions, not through them. Dear Monday is what I built for the moment in between.&nbsp;<br><br>The conversations are reflective, structured, and grounded in one principle: Clarity before commitment.&nbsp;<br><br>Rather than motivation or hype, Dear Monday offers disciplined thinking about risk, responsibility, and the long arc of a decision. The kind of thinking that belongs in the room before a contract is signed.&nbsp;<br><br>Because once it is — the real work begins.<br><br></p>

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Publishing Since

10/4/2021

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Recent Episodes

Episode thumbnail for S2E6 Clarity Before Commitment: What Are the Obligations Nobody Mentions?

April 27, 2026

S2E6 Clarity Before Commitment: What Are the Obligations Nobody Mentions?

Every major ownership decision has something in common. It doesn’t matter if you’re evaluating a franchise, planning a corporate exit, or rebuilding after a disruption you didn’t choose. The process around you — the brokers, the advisors, the coaches, the communities — is designed, in its architecture, to move you forward. Nobody in those rooms is paid to slow the process down. Nobody’s job is to surface the full weight before the commitment is made. And that creates a blind spot. The same on...

Episode thumbnail for S2E5 Clarity Before Commitment: Where Do You Go When the Ground Shifts?

April 20, 2026

S2E5 Clarity Before Commitment: Where Do You Go When the Ground Shifts?

She didn’t choose this. The role ended. The plan she trusted no longer held. The ground moved without her permission. And now she’s not standing at the edge of a decision — she’s standing in the aftermath of one. This is Renee. And she is not starting from scratch. In this episode, TuRhonda Freeman introduces the third woman in the Dear Monday conversation — the strategic rebuilder — and names the specific challenge of making a consequential decision from a position you didn’t choose to be in...

Episode thumbnail for S2E4 Clarity Before Commitment: What Are You Pretending Not to Know?

April 13, 2026

S2E4 Clarity Before Commitment: What Are You Pretending Not to Know?

She already knows. That’s what makes Allison different. She’s not waiting for information. She’s not in the discovery process the way Erin is. She has the plan, the research, the numbers she’s been running quietly for months. She knows what she needs to do. She just hasn’t done it yet. In this episode, TuRhonda Freeman introduces Allison — the corporate exit architect — and names the specific things she’s been choosing, quietly, not to act on. The exit window. The cost of the dual life. What ...

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What is Dear Monday?
<p>Dear Monday is a podcast about the decisions that change the shape of your life. Most people talk about opportunity in terms of upside — growth, freedom, financial potential. But far fewer conversations sit with what lives underneath those decisions: the obligations, the constraints, the commitments that are difficult to unwind once they're made.&nbsp;<br><br>This show exists in that space.&nbsp;<br><br>Each episode explores the realities behind ownership — business ownership, franchise investment, career exits, and other high-stakes commitments that reshape financial and personal life.&nbsp;<br><br>I spent years inside franchise ownership and deal advisory — walking prospective owners through the discovery process and watching how the industry was designed to move people toward decisions, not through them. Dear Monday is what I built for the moment in between.&nbsp;<br><br>The conversations are reflective, structured, and grounded in one principle: Clarity before commitment.&nbsp;<br><br>Rather than motivation or hype, Dear Monday offers disciplined thinking about risk, responsibility, and the long arc of a decision. The kind of thinking that belongs in the room before a contract is signed.&nbsp;<br><br>Because once it is — the real work begins.<br><br></p>
How often does this podcast release new episodes?

This podcast updates daily.

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Does this podcast accept guests?

Yes, this podcast regularly features guests.

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