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Lessons in Freedom

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by Julia Chalmers

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If you’re an educator who wants more - more income, more impact, more confidence, and more freedom - you’re in the right place. Lessons in Freedom is the weekly podcast for educators who want to monetise their skills, start a side business, or scale the education business they’ve already built. Whether you’re dreaming of your first $1,000 or you’re ready to grow beyond the ceiling you’ve hit on your own, this podcast will show you the next step. My journey started in the classroom, overwhelmed and burnt out, creating resources simply to cope. Sharing them turned into my first $50… and eventually into multiple education businesses - one that grew to seven figures and another that reached well beyond six. Along the way, I’ve supported hundreds of thousands of educators globally to feel less overwhelmed in their classrooms, mentored hundreds more to monetise their skills, and become a sought-after speaker sharing my story to inspire educators to stop asking for permission and step into who they’re becoming. I’ve done all of this while raising a young, neuro-spicy family, and learning how to build a business that supports my life instead of swallowing it. And because I remember so clearly what it felt like to do it all without a road map, without a mentor, and without anyone saying “you can want more”… This podcast is the support that I needed but never had, and now it’s yours. Hosted by Australian educator, multi-business owner and mentor - Julia Chalmers delivers solo episodes that blend mindset, money, business strategy, and the identity shifts that help educators break their income ceiling, find clarity, and build a life anchored in freedom. New episodes drop every week. Follow the show so you never miss an episode.

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July 6, 2026

Ep 28 - Jessica Reid - Simple Mondays

<p>From Classroom Burnout to Building Simple Mondays: A Teacher's AI Platform for Lesson Planning</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Most teachers know the feeling of running on empty, but very few turn that breaking point into a business that helps thousands of other teachers do the same job in a fraction of the time.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>In this episode, I'm sitting down with Jessica Reed, founder of Simple Mondays, an all-in-one AI lesson planning platform built by a teacher, for teachers.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Jessica shares the moment that changed everything, crying in her car before daycare pickup, and how it sparked a tool that's now growing globally:</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <ol> <li>How burnout became the unlikely catalyst for one of the most practical EdTech tools for teachers</li> <li>How Jessica validated her idea through community feedback before building a single thing, and</li> <li>Why setting boundaries, pricing with confidence, and holding onto your teacher identity are all part of building a sustainable education business.</li> </ol> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>IN THIS EPISODE:&nbsp;</p> <p>→ What Simple Mondays is and how it streamlines lesson planning, quizzes, and parent communication using AI</p> <p><br> → How Jessica went from using free ChatGPT to survive the workload to building her own teacher-driven platform</p> <p><br> → Why validating your idea through community, before hiring a developer, is the move that changes everything</p> <p><br> → How to think about pricing as an educator entrepreneur and why giving everything away works against you</p> <p><br> → What the identity shift from teacher to founder actually feels like, and how to hold both at once</p> <p><br> → Jessica's vision for global growth and a teacher affiliate program, and what that could mean for educators worldwide</p> <p><strong>Links mentioned:</strong></p> <p><strong>Get 30% off annual plans from July 1- September 30th 2026 Back to School Sale for Educators visit:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.simplemondays.ca/">https://www.simplemondays.ca/</a></p> <p>Connect with Jessica</p> <p><strong>Jessica Instragam:</strong> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jessicam.reid/">https://www.instagram.com/jessicam.reid/</a></p> <p><strong>Simple Mondays Instagram:</strong> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/simple.mondays/">simple.mondays</a>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Jessica Reid Tik Tok:</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@jessicam.reid">https://www.tiktok.com/@jessicam.reid</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;<strong>BOOK YOUR SPOT FOR THE</strong><strong>&nbsp;PERTH LIVE EVENT 16TH JULY 2026. SIGN UP HERE:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.juliachalmers.com/beyondtheclassroom.">https://www.juliachalmers.com/beyondtheclassroom. </a>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Ready to go deeper?</strong></p> <p>Join the mastermind for personalised guidance on building your business ecosystem. <a href="https://www.juliachalmers.com/madeformore"><strong>https://www.juliachalmers.com/madeformore</strong> </a>&nbsp;</p> <p>Thank you so much for spending your time with me.</p> <p>If you've been listening for a while, leaving a rating and review takes two minutes and helps Lessons in Freedom reach more educators just like you.&nbsp;</p> <p>Disclaimer: This podcast is for education and motivation only. I’m sharing what’s worked for me and my clients, but it’s not financial, legal, or accounting advice. Your decisions and results are always your own. Please seek professional guidance before making any financial or business decisions.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

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June 29, 2026

Ep 27 -  Eliminating Imposter Syndrome

<p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;<strong>BOOK YOUR SPOT FOR THE</strong><strong>&nbsp;PERTH LIVE EVENT 16TH JULY 2026. SIGN UP HERE:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.juliachalmers.com/beyondtheclassroom.">https://www.juliachalmers.com/beyondtheclassroom. </a>&nbsp;</p> <p>Five Ways to Drastically Reduce Imposter Syndrome as an Educator Entrepreneur&nbsp;</p> <p>Most educator entrepreneurs experience imposter syndrome at some point, but very few realise it doesn't go away as you grow. It just shows up at a higher level.</p> <p>In this episode, I'm sharing five strategies that have helped me drastically reduce imposter syndrome, from feeling out of place at small business networking events to being the one running them:</p> <ol> <li>How to prove to yourself you're capable of hard things…outside of your business,</li> <li>Why the room you're in (physically or virtually) has everything to do with your confidence, and</li> <li>The simple habits and mindset shifts that interrupt the imposter cycle before it takes hold.</li> </ol> <p>IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:</p> <p>→ Why imposter syndrome cycles as you level up, and why feeling it again doesn't mean you're going backwards</p> <p><br> → How doing something hard in a completely different arena rewires your belief in your own capability</p> <p><br> → Why getting around more ambitious people helps you borrow courage and normalise your own challenges</p> <p><br> → The mindset shift that comes from assuming you're capable — and why less self-doubting people often succeed faster</p> <p><br> → What an "audacity hour" is and how scheduling bold action breaks the cycle of overthinking</p> <p><br> → Why keeping an evidence list of your wins is one of the most underrated tools for building lasting confidence</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>LINKS/RESOURCES MENTIONED&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Join Education Business School: </strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.juliachalmers.com/founderswl" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="Founders">Join the waitlist for Founders</a><span>&nbsp;</span></p> <p><br><strong>Join me in Perth for Beyond the Classroom on July 16: </strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.juliachalmers.com/beyondtheclassroom.">https://www.juliachalmers.com/beyondtheclassroom. </a><span>&nbsp;</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>ENJOYED THIS EPISODE?&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>If this episode made something click for you, take a screenshot and tag me <a href="https://www.instagram.com/justjuliachalmers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">@JustJuliaChalmers</a>&nbsp;so I can celebrate your biggest takeaway or come into my DM's and chat more about this episode.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p></p> <p><strong>Ready to go deeper?</strong></p> <p>Join the mastermind for personalised guidance on building your business ecosystem. <a href="https://www.juliachalmers.com/madeformore"><strong>https://www.juliachalmers.com/madeformore</strong> </a>&nbsp;</p> <p>Thank you so much for spending your time with me.</p> <p>If you've been listening for a while, leaving a rating and review takes two minutes and helps Lessons in Freedom reach more educators just like you.&nbsp;</p> <p>Disclaimer: This podcast is for education and motivation only. I’m sharing what’s worked for me and my clients, but it’s not financial, legal, or accounting advice. Your decisions and results are always your own. Please seek professional guidance before making any financial or business decisions.</p>

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June 22, 2026

Ep 26 - Different Client, Same Problems

<p>&nbsp;<strong>If you're ready for the PERTH LIVE EVENT 16TH JULY 2026. SIGN UP HERE:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.juliachalmers.com/beyondtheclassroom.">https://www.juliachalmers.com/beyondtheclassroom. </a>&nbsp;</p> <p>You Already Have What You Need: Do Less Better in Your Education Business&nbsp;</p> <p>Most educators think the answer to feeling stuck is adding more…more platforms, more offers, more followers. But after a week of one-to-one calls with five women running very different education businesses, I noticed something: they didn't need to do more.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>They needed to optimise what was already working.&nbsp;</p> <p>In this episode, I'm sharing the recurring lessons from those calls and the "minimal effective dose" approach that's changing how my clients grow:</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <ol> <li>Why adding new platforms or offers often distracts from the one key asset that actually needs fixing,</li> <li>Why more followers won't solve your sales problem (and what will), and</li> <li>How to find the visibility channel that's actually right for you, instead of defaulting to Instagram.</li> </ol> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN</strong>&nbsp;</p> <p>→ The "minimal effective dose" mindset and why doing less, better, beats doing more<br> → Why chasing new platforms or offers can quietly sabotage the assets you already have<br> → How to leverage your warm audience and past clients instead of chasing brand-new followers<br> → Why Instagram isn't the only (or even the best) visibility channel for every education business<br> → Why making decisions, especially on pricing, beats over-researching, and how action creates the feedback you need</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>LINKS/RESOURCES MENTIONED&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Join Education Business School:<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.juliachalmers.com/founderswl" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="Founders">Join the waitlist for Founders</a><span>&nbsp;</span></p> <p><br><strong> Join me in Perth for Beyond the Classroom on July 16:<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.juliachalmers.com/beyondtheclassroom.">https://www.juliachalmers.com/beyondtheclassroom. </a><span>&nbsp;</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>ENJOYED THIS EPISODE?&nbsp;</p> <p>If this episode made something click for you, take a screenshot and share it to your Instagram stories.<br> Tag me <a href="https://www.instagram.com/justjuliachalmers/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">@JustJuliaChalmers</a>&nbsp;so I can celebrate you.</p> <p><br> If you haven't already, follow the show so you never miss an episode.</p> <p>And if you've been listening for a while, leaving a rating and review takes two minutes and helps Lessons in Freedom reach more educators just like you.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Disclaimer: This podcast is for education and motivation only. I’m sharing what’s worked for me and my clients, but it’s not financial, legal, or accounting advice. Your decisions and results are always your own. Please seek professional guidance before making any financial or business decisions.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

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What is Lessons in Freedom?

If you’re an educator who wants more - more income, more impact, more confidence, and more freedom - you’re in the right place.

Lessons in Freedom is the weekly podcast for educators who want to monetise their skills, start a side business, or scale the education business they’ve already built. Whether you’re dreaming of your first $1,000 or you’re ready to grow beyond the ceiling you’ve hit on your own, this podcast will show you the next step.

My journey started in the classroom, overwhelmed and burnt out, creating resources simply to cope. Sharing them turned into my first $50… and eventually into multiple education businesses - one that grew to seven figures and another that reached well beyond six. Along the way, I’ve supported hundreds of thousands of educators globally to feel less overwhelmed in their classrooms, mentored hundreds more to monetise their skills, and become a sought-after speaker sharing my story to inspire educators to stop asking for permission and step into who they’re becoming.

I’ve done all of this while raising a young, neuro-spicy family, and learning how to build a business that supports my life instead of swallowing it. And because I remember so clearly what it felt like to do it all without a road map, without a mentor, and without anyone saying “you can want more”…

This podcast is the support that I needed but never had, and now it’s yours.

Hosted by Australian educator, multi-business owner and mentor - Julia Chalmers delivers solo episodes that blend mindset, money, business strategy, and the identity shifts that help educators break their income ceiling, find clarity, and build a life anchored in freedom.

New episodes drop every week. Follow the show so you never miss an episode.

How often does this podcast release new episodes?

This podcast updates daily.

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This podcast is available on 4 platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. You can also use the RSS feed directly.

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