Maids Who Made It is the podcast for cleaning business owners who are tired of burnout, chaos, and feeling like they’re carrying it all alone.
Hosted by Cheryl Hajjar, cleaning business owner turned coach, this show delivers real talk on scaling a residential cleaning business, hiring employees, setting boundaries with clients, building systems, increasing profit, and developing the mindset required to lead.
No fluff. No “just work harder.” Just honest conversations about the messy middle of entrepreneurship, burnout, fear, growth, leadership, and what it actually takes to build a sustainable cleaning company.
If you’re a cleaning business owner ready to grow, strengthen your leadership, and stop running your company in survival mode, this is your corner. We get knocked down. We build better systems. And we come back stronger. Subscribe and step into the ring.
Tough Enough to Run a Cattle Ranch. Too Nice to Fire a Toxic Employee.
Welcome to another episode of Maids Who Made It! This month's guest is Brenda Hagen , a cattle rancher AND owner of Done Right Clean Team out of South Dakota. Everyone assumed if Brenda could handle a cattle ranch, she could handle anything. But the hardest thing she ever had to do wasn't calving season , it was learning to say no to both clients and staff! For years, Brenda let chaos build in her business because she was too nice to charge what she was worth, too nice to set boundaries with clients, and too nice to fire toxic employee who was quietly strangling her growth and running her business We worked together to change that. It wasn't easy, and it wasn't comfortable !
13 Mar 2026
Braver Than She Believed - Amanda ellis
Braver Than She Believed - Amanda ellis
You’re going to hear the stuttering networking meeting story.The hiring meltdowns The mindset shifts.The moment her income quadrupled
13 Mar 2026
How Gloria Paul Rewired Her Mindset and Built a $400k a Year Cleaning Business
Two years ago Gloria Paul was ready to walk away. Tired, overworked, and still cleaning every house herself. Today she’s a CEO with time freedom, family balance, and a team that runs without her. 💪 This week on Maids Who Made It we’re talking about doing it scared but manifesting greatness. Because fear doesn’t mean stop — it means GO. 🚀
10 Mar 2026
How Traci Found Her Faith, Beat Addiction & Built Her Cleaning Business From the Ground Up
How Traci Found Her Faith, Beat Addiction & Built Her Cleaning Business From the Ground Up
Join me on the next episode of Maids Who Made It. My Special Guest, Traci Cox is killing it in her cleaning business. A Drop the Mop graduate who had to walk over coals to get where she is today. She'll talk about how. she found God, beat addiction and is now running a $20k+ a month cleaning business WITHOUT CLEANING!
10 Mar 2026
Muscles, Mops & Mindset: How This Powerlifting Champion Forged Her $500k Cleaning Empire
October Podcast Guest: BELINDA MOON “Muscles, Mops & Mindset – The Champion Powerlifter Who Built a $500K Cleaning Empire Meet Belinda Moon, owner of Over the Moon Cleaning in Washington State — powerhouse businesswoman, award-winner, and literal powerlifter who’s deadlifting her way to half a million dollars a year. Her journey hasn’t been all shiny faucets and perfect floors.Her journey hasn’t been all shiny faucets and perfect floors. She’s faced burnout, no-shows, chaos, and nights crying in her car after 10-hour cleaning days… but instead of quitting, she built mental muscle and kept pushing.Now she’s scaling her business into multiple states and proving that the same discipline it takes to crush a barbell is what it takes to crush your goals. As a former national fitness competitor myself, I get her — and this conversation will be pure fire. We’re diving into: 💪 How discipline (not motivation) builds empires 🧽 What it really took to hit nearly $500K 💀 Wild client + staff stories you won’t believe 🏆 Why hiring a coach helped her level all the way up
28 Feb 2026
From Single Mama to CEO: Why Quitting Was Never an Option for Leah Mitchell
From Single Mama to CEO: Why Quitting Was Never an Option For Leah Mitchell
Meet Leah Mitchell, Founder of Leah's Cleaning, Trinity Florida. What's so important about hearing Leah's story? Because its just like many of yours. From her days as a single parent, juggling growing her cleaning business and raising her daughter, struggling with hiring, crazy client stories and more, we will spend an intimate hour with Leah and hear how she did it and why quitting was never an option for her.
28 Feb 2026
Maids Who Made It 1st Episode - Kelly Jenkins, Owner of Daisy Fresh Cleaning
🏆 "The Champion Who Found Victory in a Mop: Kelly Jenkins' Story of Family, Faith, and Fresh Starts" 🏆
The Champion Who Found Victory In a Mop: Kelly Jenkins Story of Family, Faith and Fresh Starts
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