by Real Talk Real Hustle
Real Talk Real Hustle, hosted by Sarah Hawkins and Leah Clarke, shares the unfiltered reality of entrepreneurship. Starting their first nursery at 23 with no funding or roadmap, they open up about cashflow, leadership, branding, and the lessons from getting it wrong. Alongside business, they navigate motherhood, divorce, and real-life challenges. With expert guests and honest conversations, this podcast gives you practical tools and reminds you you’re not alone.
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July 6, 2026
<p>What Went Wrong: Navigating a Name Change | Real Talk Real EP11We never planned to talk about this one. But it's part of the journey too.In this short bonus episode, we pull back the curtain on the obstacle that delayed our launch: the name change nobody saw coming. We started out as The Honest Hustle, a name we loved and trademark-checked thoroughly. Or so we thought. Turns out, we never checked America, and we found that out the hard way when our Instagram got flagged as already trademarked.So we pivoted to Real Talk Real Hustle, did the trademark search properly this time, ordered the merch, recorded the episodes, and put the sign up. And then came the second hurdle: another trademark holder with a similar name meant we had to pause everything, mid-recording, mid-merch, mid-momentum, until it was resolved.We talk about how we handled the uncertainty, why we chose to stay quiet and patient rather than push back, and the lesson this taught us about trademarks, names, and how every business decision, however small, comes with motions you have to go through.This one's short, raw, and very real.Timestamps00:01:45 - Taking risks00:03:15 - The name hurdle00:09:00 - How do we handle problems?00:11:50 - Nursery namesKey Takeaways- Trademark checks need to cover every market you might grow into, not just your home country. - When you hit an obstacle, pause rather than push forward in hope. - And turn the negative into momentum: use the downtime to focus on other parts of the business while you wait.Subscribe and follow along — this is Real Talk, Real Hustle.Follow the PodPodcast Instagram: @real.talk.real.hustleFor collaborations & enquiries: team@empowersoundsmedia.com</p>
June 29, 2026
<p><strong>Real Health, Real Life | Real Talk Real Hustle Ep. 10</strong></p><p>This episode is different. </p><p>It's about the real health and the real life behind running a business, especially as women, as mothers, navigating it all while the business never stops needing you.</p><p>We get into the realities nobody talks about. Going back to work just three months after giving birth because there was no maternity pay. The mum guilt that creeps in every single day. A prolapse that went unaddressed for seven years. A pregnancy spent bedbound during Covid. A divorce after 21 years of marriage. And a stroke, on the 1st of December 2019, in the middle of all of it.</p><p>We share how we found our way back from each of these moments, not by stopping, because the business rarely gave us that option, but by learning, slowly, what it means to look after ourselves. This episode carries a lot. But it also carries a lot of hope.</p><p>A note before you listen: this episode includes honest discussion of postnatal depression, pregnancy complications, divorce, and stroke. Please take care while listening, and reach out to a trusted person or professional if any of this resonates with you.</p><p><strong>Timestamps</strong></p><p>00:01:00 - Work-life balance and guilt</p><p>00:04:00 - Pregnancy and being a business owner</p><p>00:08:00 - Covid babies</p><p>00:11:00 - Health and business</p><p>00:13:00 - Divorcing</p><p>00:17:00 - The stroke and finding purpose to heal</p><p>00:25:00 - Boundaries, rest, and how we look after ourselves now</p><p><strong>Key Takeaways</strong></p><p>- There is no business if you don't take care of yourself first </p><p>- You cannot be a martyr.</p><p>- Build in proper reset time, not just rest in theory but rest in practice.</p><p>- And give yourself permission to actually heal instead of rushing back the moment you're needed.</p><p>Subscribe and follow along — this is Real Talk, Real Hustle.</p><p><strong>Follow the PodPodcast </strong></p><p><strong>Instagram:</strong> @real.talk.real.hustle</p><p><strong>For collaborations & enquiries: </strong>team@empowersoundsmedia.com</p>
June 22, 2026
<p><strong>Being Open and Vulnerable | Real Talk Real Hustle Ep. 9</strong></p><p>This is the episode we almost didn't make.2019 was one of our best years in business. We had a head office, a team of area managers, 147 staff across four nurseries, and for the first time, the space to step back and become businesswomen rather than nursery workers. </p><p>Then Covid hit.</p><p>In this episode we get honest about what came next: closing all four nurseries, a staffing crisis nobody saw coming, and months of pretending everything was fine when it wasn't. </p><p>We talk about the moment our accountant sat us down and told us we had six months before liquidation, the conversation that followed, and the decision that changed everything: closing two of our nurseries to save the business.</p><p>We get into the attachment we couldn't let go of, the ego we had to check, and the lesson it took us years to learn about trusting our team enough to actually lead them. </p><p>And we share the story of Lina, one of our own staff members, who went on to buy one of our nurseries and is now thriving with four of her own.</p><p>This one is raw. </p><p>But it's also one of the most important conversations we've had.</p><p>Timestamps</p><p>00:02:00 - Being businesswomen</p><p>00:05:00 - Covid</p><p>00:08:00 - Feeling like a failure</p><p>00:10:00 - Holding each other up</p><p>00:12:00 - Liquidation</p><p>00:15:00 - Attachment</p><p>00:20:00 - Checking your ego</p><p>00:25:00 - Trust with your team</p><p>00:32:00 - Lina's story</p><p>00:37:00 - Takeaways</p><p>Key Takeaways</p><p>- You can't carry the hardest moments in business alone: lean on your accountant, your business partner, your team. </p><p>- Quantity isn't success. Knowing you have enough is. </p><p>- And real leadership means trusting your team enough to let them in, instead of carrying everything yourself.</p><p>Subscribe and follow along — this is Real Talk, Real Hustle.</p><p>Follow the PodPodcast </p><p>Instagram: @real.talk.real.hustle</p><p>For collaborations & enquiries: team@empowersoundsmedia.com</p>
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Real Talk Real Hustle, hosted by Sarah Hawkins and Leah Clarke, shares the unfiltered reality of entrepreneurship.
Starting their first nursery at 23 with no funding or roadmap, they open up about cashflow, leadership, branding, and the lessons from getting it wrong. Alongside business, they navigate motherhood, divorce, and real-life challenges.
With expert guests and honest conversations, this podcast gives you practical tools and reminds you you’re not alone.
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