Unapologetic Entrepreneurship

About Unapologetic Entrepreneurship

This is the podcast for entrepreneurs who shamelessly do things their way. No more following someone else's strategy — or someone else's version of success — just because Instagram says so. Each week, Delia and Joana get into what entrepreneurs are actually thinking about beyond strategy: purpose, brave action, identity, money mindset, wellbeing, and building a business that feels good in the body, so it's easier to show up and scale with joy.

Publisher

Joana Galvao + Delia Monk

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Jun 2026

Latest episode

7 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

17 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   7 Oct 2026

   How to Train AI to Actually Sound Like You (Not a LinkedIn Robot)

   Grab Delia's free voice training skill: https://deliamonk.com/voice-training (https://deliamonk.com/voice-training) Grab the Website in a Day Kit here: https://learn.theambitiouscreatives.com/wiadk (https://learn.theambitiouscreatives.com/wiadk) If you’ve forgotten how you naturally write, you’re not alone. Yet AI-copy is the fastest way for others to lose trust in your brand, so it’s never been more important to reclaim your voice. In this episode, Joana puts Delia in the hot seat to show you how you can use AI to find your voice and brand personality again and train it to sound like your most authentic self from 2020. 🔥 Discover exactly how many writing samples AI needs to learn your voice (hint: it's a lot more than a few blog posts) 🔥 The surprising source that captures your personality better than anything you've ever published 🔥 What your voice actually is beyond tone and style, and the hidden ingredients that give AI copy real personality 🔥 How most people respond to AI actually flatttens your voice, and what to do instead 🔥 The simple habit that catches the AI clichés your brain skims straight past 🔥 How to get AI to write an 80% first draft without making you sound funnier online than you are in real life Follow Delia and Joana on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delia.monk (https://www.instagram.com/delia.monk) https://www.instagram.com/joanagalvaodesign/ (https://www.instagram.com/joanagalvaodesign/) Music licensed through Soundstripe. Code: 32TXQNONJC50K8GI

2. 

   28 Sept 2026

   How to Get Testimonials That Turn “Maybe” Clients Into “Hell Yes” Clients

   Grab the Website in a Day Kit here: https://learn.theambitiouscreatives.com/wiadk (https://learn.theambitiouscreatives.com/wiadk) "Delia is great to work with." Lovely. Also completely useless to anyone deciding whether to hire her. Trust is at an all-time low in 2026, and the words most likely to turn a browser into a paying client are your testimonials, if you get them right. Listen to find out; 🔥 How Joana gets powerful testimonials from names like Rachel Rogers and Derek Halpern when they don’t have time to send her anything 🔥 How Delia managed to get 10 strong testimonials from Joana (when she was her client) in a 20-minute call 🔥 The three angles your testimonials need to hit to have the best results 🔥 The rule from Delia's newsroom days that tells you exactly where each testimonial belongs on your website 🔥 Why Delia hates testimonial carousels (designers, brace yourselves) Follow Delia and Joana on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delia.monk (https://www.instagram.com/delia.monk) https://www.instagram.com/joanagalvaodesign/ (https://www.instagram.com/joanagalvaodesign/) Music licensed through Soundstripe. Code: 32TXQNONJC50K8GI

3. 

   21 Sept 2026

   How to elevate your website using AI to attract High-Ticket clients in 2026

   Join the waitlist to get the website in a Day Kit here: https://learn.theambitiouscreatives.com/wiadk-waitlist (https://learn.theambitiouscreatives.com/wiadk-waitlist) This week, we show you exactly what it takes to make AI do the opposite of what everyone fears — not flatten your personality, but actually find it. If you've ever wondered whether your website is quietly costing you clients, or you've thought about building or rebuilding your own site, this one's for you. Listen to find out: 🔥 How a 90-minute AI interview turned "jack of all trades, master of none" into the exact opposite — and what it uncovered about Joana's sister's 19 months at sea 🔥 The leather skirt that got Joana hired — and what it says about the real reason clients pick one service provider over another 🔥 The AI photo trick that turned a shoot on a messy office floor into something that looks like it cost thousands in a studio 🔥 The one-word swap Delia was taught at copywriting school, before AI ever existed, that instantly makes cold website copy pull a reader in 🔥 The "buried gold" mistake Delia sees on nearly every website she reviews — and the headline test that exposes it in ten seconds 🔥 Why "my website doesn't bring me leads" might actually mean the opposite of what you think it means Follow Delia and Joana on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delia.monk (https://www.instagram.com/delia.monk) https://www.instagram.com/joanagalvaodesign/ (https://www.instagram.com/joanagalvaodesign/) Music licensed through Soundstripe. Code: 32TXQNONJC50K8GI

4. 

   14 Sept 2026

   Ep. 14 - Our Plan to Earn $160k in 4 Months (Our Business Strategy Revealed)

   This week, we take you behind the scenes of our business plan with zero gatekeeping — we reveal the numbers and the exact strategy we will use to meet them over the next four months. Listen to find out: 🔥 The exact math that turned a $160K goal into knowing exactly how many people we needed to reach over the next 4 months 🔥 How we ranked five different growth ideas so we knew exactly how to focus our time and attention for the rest of the year 🔥 How doing this work could be the most motivating work you do all year (and led Joana to take action before the call had even finished) 🔥 The one question Delia asks every freelancer who feels scattered about what to sell next 🔥 What to do if you feel so drained, tired, or fed up with your business that making a strategy is the last thing you actually feel like doing Want to know more about the product we’re focusing on for the next four months? Check it out (and join the waitlist) here: https://learn.theambitiouscreatives.com/wiadk-waitlist (https://learn.theambitiouscreatives.com/wiadk-waitlist) Follow Delia and Joana on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delia.monk (https://www.instagram.com/delia.monk) https://www.instagram.com/joanagalvaodesign/ (https://www.instagram.com/joanagalvaodesign/) Music licensed through Soundstripe. Code: 32TXQNONJC50K8GI

5. 

   7 Sept 2026

   Ep. 13 - How To Turn Your Business Around In The Last Third Of A Year

   The last four months of the financial year are often the best for business — and this episode breaks down exactly how to make yours the most profitable yet. Joana reveals her favourite strategies for planning and the daily tactics you need to actually bring them to life, instead of letting them fall through the cracks. Listen to find out: 🔥 The three-column spreadsheet behind Joana's biggest income months that takes less than a minute to complete each day 🔥 The question Joana asks about her own revenue goal that most people skip completely 🔥 The letter Joana writes to herself every year to ensure she takes aligned action to bring big plans to life 🔥 The Sunday ritual that means Monday mornings actually run smoothly with two kids in the house 🔥 The one-line gut-check Delia says out loud mid-workday to catch herself before an hour's gone to waste If you’ve enjoyed this episode, please share it with a friend; we’d love your help to get it out into the world and help more entrepreneurs. Follow Delia and Joana on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delia.monk (https://www.instagram.com/delia.monk)https://www.instagram.com/joanagalvaodesign/ (https://www.instagram.com/joanagalvaodesign/) Music licensed through Soundstripe. Code: 32TXQNONJC50K8GI

6. 

   31 Aug 2026

   Ep. 12 - Why We Cloned Ourselves with AI (and how you can benefit from it)

   This week, Delia and Joana get into how they went from a love-hate relationship with AI to going all in and building an entire product around it. But this episode isn't just about AI — it's a behind-the-scenes look at an entire product launch, from testing to research to what actually made the cut. So if you've ever thought about launching your own offer, this one's for you. Learn: 🔥 How we launch a new product — and exactly what we do to test and research it first (yes, you can still be a beta tester) 🔥 How you can create a 5-page website in a single day with pro photos, design, and copy, even if you don’t have the budget to hire professionals 🔥Why we’re still not using AI for design (and what you can use instead) 🔥What actually changed Delia's mind about AI after years of resenting it as a copywriter 🔥The 90-minute audio interview that teaches Claude to sound exactly like you, right down to your favourite song Beta test the new Website in a Day Kit before the price goes up on September 2nd: https://learn.theambitiouscreatives.com/wiadk (https://learn.theambitiouscreatives.com/wiadk) Follow Delia and Joana on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delia.monk (https://www.instagram.com/delia.monk) https://www.instagram.com/joanagalvaodesign/ (https://www.instagram.com/joanagalvaodesign/) Music licensed through Soundstripe. Code: 32TXQNONJC50K8GI

7. 

   24 Aug 2026

   Ep. 11 - How Joana Increased Her Rates From $800 to $30,000

   This week, Delia and Joana get into money, pricing, and the invisible signals that decide what someone will pay you before they've even got on the call. Join us live this Wednesday for the free workshop, The Value Gap: Why People Underpay You and How to Fix It → https://learn.theambitiouscreatives.com/the-value-gap-workshop (https://learn.theambitiouscreatives.com/the-value-gap-workshop) And listen to find out: 🔥 The exact moment where Joana's price doubled, then doubled again in the space of one hour (and what you can learn from it) 🔥 What a 21-year-old Joana learned flying to a billionaire family's mansion to work for their 16-year-old daughter — and it wasn't about the design 🔥 Why building your business like an independent boutique beats trying to compete with either Primark or Louis Vuitton 🔥 The reverse-engineering trick for pricing that doesn’t factor in what you “think” your clients can afford Nobody gets on a sales call and decides your worth on the spot. They've already decided before they get in the Zoom room. If you want to increase your perceived value online, grab your free seat for The Value Gap workshop, this Wednesday → https://learn.theambitiouscreatives.com/the-value-gap-workshop (https://learn.theambitiouscreatives.com/the-value-gap-workshop) Follow Delia and Joana on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delia.monk (https://www.instagram.com/delia.monk) https://www.instagram.com/joanagalvaodesign/ (https://www.instagram.com/joanagalvaodesign/) Music licensed through Soundstripe. Code: 32TXQNONJC50K8GI

8. 

   17 Aug 2026

   Ep. 10 - The conversation that will shift your entire work-life balance

   Joana tells Delia about two conversations she’s had this week that have completely shifted how she’ll organise her life when she goes “back to work” in September after the summer chaos. Save your spot at our workshop on 26th August: The Value Gap: Why People Underpay You and How to Fix It  (https://learn.theambitiouscreatives.com/the-value-gap-workshop) In this episode, Delia and Joana get into what happens when you stop waiting for "more" and start living the life you actually want, today, including: 🔥 The one question a friend asked Joana this week that cracked open a belief she didn't even know she was still carrying 🔥 Why one of Joana's coaching clients has been quietly building a second business behind the back of the team she's led for 23 years 🔥 The "buyer's perspective" test Joana uses to tell whether your team is serving you — or you're secretly serving them 🔥 Five euros, a pair of "princess shoes," and the swap Joana made with her kids' wardrobe that's rewiring how they think about money 🔥 A new workshop idea that came together live, on air — Design Your Enough Life — and why Delia thinks every entrepreneur needs to build one Follow Delia and Joana on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delia.monk (https://www.instagram.com/delia.monk) https://www.instagram.com/joanagalvaodesign/ (https://www.instagram.com/joanagalvaodesign/) Music licensed through Soundstripe. Code: 32TXQNONJC50K8GI

9. 

   10 Aug 2026

   Ep. 09 - Why You Keep Attracting the Wrong Clients and How to Fix It

   Save your spot at our workshop on 19th August: The Value Gap: Why People Underpay You and How to Fix It (https://learn.theambitiouscreatives.com/the-value-gap-workshop)👉🏼👉🏼 https://learn.theambitiouscreatives.com/the-value-gap-workshop (https://learn.theambitiouscreatives.com/the-value-gap-workshop) This week on Unapologetic Entrepreneurship, Delia and Joana get into why bad-fit clients keep slipping through. You know the ones… the clients whose emails make your stomach drop before you've even opened them. Listen now to discover: 🔥 The real reason so many business owners say "yes" to a client they already sense is wrong 🔥 How to stop seemingly “perfect client” from turning into bad ones 🔥 The one line on your inquiry form that quietly filters out clients who were never going to be a fit 🔥 How to close the gap between what you charge and how you are perceived online Follow Delia and Joana on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delia.monk (https://www.instagram.com/delia.monk) https://www.instagram.com/joanagalvaodesign/ (https://www.instagram.com/joanagalvaodesign/) Music licensed through Soundstripe. Code: 32TXQNONJC50K8GI

10. 

    3 Aug 2026

    Ep. 08 - How to Stop Your Phone From Killing Your Productivity

    Let’s just admit it: most of us are addicted to our mobile phones. Remove them, and we’d all be happier, more productive (and probably wealthier) entrepreneurs! Yet, it’s harder than ever to put them down. This week on Unapologetic Entrepreneurship, Delia and Joana get honest about their own phone habits — and the small changes actually making a difference. Listen now to discover: 🔥 How to figure out which app is really stealing your time (it might not be the one you'd guess) 🔥 Why turning off notifications isn't enough on its own 🔥 How to build boredom back into your day, and why your brain actually needs it 🔥 Simple boundaries you can set tonight to get your evenings back from your phone Is cutting back really about willpower — or is there something more powerful we can rely on? Listen to find out. If you like this episode, please leave us a review — we'd love to hear what this brought up for you. Follow Delia and Joana on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delia.monk (https://www.instagram.com/delia.monk) https://www.instagram.com/joanagalvaodesign/ (https://www.instagram.com/joanagalvaodesign/) Music licensed through Soundstripe. Code: 32TXQNONJC50K8GI

11. 

    27 Jul 2026

    Ep. 07 - How To Kick The Annoying Little Habits That Hold You Back

    Whether it's bingeing YouTube videos, doomscrolling on Insta, or self-sabotaging in another way, it’s often the little habits that stop us from reaching the big goals. This week on Unapologetic Entrepreneurship, Delia and Joana talk through their most powerful-habit changing strategies so you can make meaningful changes to your day. Listen now to discover: 🔥 How Joana uses audio to rewire her brain to quit the bad habits 🔥 How to create your own habit-changing audio tracks (with an Oprah-inspired journaling exercise) 🔥 The one change Delia made to jump boxes at CrossFit after claiming she couldn’t do it for two years! 🔥 How to finally start doing the thing you’ve said you want to do for years and stop getting in your own way If you like this episode, please leave us a review — we'd LOVE to hear what this brought up for you. Follow Delia and Joana on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delia.monk (https://www.instagram.com/delia.monk) https://www.instagram.com/joanagalvaodesign/ (https://www.instagram.com/joanagalvaodesign/) Music licensed through Soundstripe. Code: 32TXQNONJC50K8GI

12. 

    20 Jul 2026

    Ep. 06 - How to Work Less This Summer (And Still Get It All Done)

    Want to bunk off work early to go to the beach or meet friends in a local park? Or take a couple of weeks off guilt-free in August? Then this week’s episode is a must-listen. Delia and Joana get into exactly how to take your summer back — without your to-do list falling apart. Listen now to discover: 🔥 How to use “exam conditions” to increase your productivity (and why giving yourself less time can make the work better, not worse) 🔥 The difference between productive creative flow and creative procrastination — and how to avoid the latter 🔥 The three-word mantra Joana repeats to herself before a task she's dreading 🔥 Why Monday mornings are the one time Delia refuses to work alone (beach brain is real) Is working less really about being more disciplined — or just giving yourself permission to stop? If you like this episode, please leave us a review! Follow Delia and Joana on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delia.monk (https://www.instagram.com/delia.monk) https://www.instagram.com/joanagalvaodesign/ (https://www.instagram.com/joanagalvaodesign/) Get on the waitlist for our upcoming Website in a day Kit here: https://learn.theambitiouscreatives.com/wiadk-waitlist (https://learn.theambitiouscreatives.com/wiadk-waitlist) Music licensed through Soundstripe. Code: 32TXQNONJC50K8GI

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    13 Jul 2026

    Ep. 05 - Our top productivity hack

    Discover the 5-word question that Joana asked Delia on Monday that changed the course of her entire week (spoiler: she’s not been so productive in a looooooong time)! This week on Unapologetic Entrepreneurship, Delia and Joana get into what actually happens when you let energy — not logic — choose your next move. Listen now to discover: 🔥 Why Delia and Joana killed a business idea that could have been wildly successful, gulp! 🔥 Joana's top three methods for shifting her energy no matter how stressed she’s feeling (even after the kind of mornings with toddlers that leave you craving a class of wine at 10am!) 🔥 The most important thing to work more efficiently (that is SO hard to do because it makes you feel inherently “lazy”) 🔥 What Delia and Joana are building next (get on the waitlist here!) (https://learn.theambitiouscreatives.com/wiadk-waitlist) Is following your energy just permission to do whatever feels good? Or is it the sharpest business tool nobody's teaching you to use? Get on the waitlist for the AI website kit here (https://learn.theambitiouscreatives.com/wiadk-waitlist) — it’s going to be epic!! Follow Delia and Joana on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delia.monk (https://www.instagram.com/delia.monk) https://www.instagram.com/joanagalvaodesign/ (https://www.instagram.com/joanagalvaodesign/) Music licensed through Soundstripe. Code: 32TXQNONJC50K8GI

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    6 Jul 2026

    Ep. 04 - How to find purpose in your work no matter what you do

    "I'm struggling to find meaning and purpose in my work." That's what a listener wrote in after building a new business. Sound familiar? This week on Unapologetic Entrepreneurship, Delia and Joana pull that question apart — and land somewhere neither of them expected. Listen now to discover: 🔥 How to find purpose in any work you do: from running a design agency and copywriting to running a travel business and supporting thousands as a coach 🔥 Why chasing a bigger purpose can leave you feeling worse than a one-on-one conversation with your best friend ever did 🔥 How Delia and Joana found deep purpose while working together on a hair salon’s website 🔥 How something small Joana said 4 years ago made Delia cry mid-recording — and what it has to do with purpose 🔥 The one question that replaces "what's my purpose" to live a satisfied and fulfilled life And perhaps the biggest one of all — is purpose found, built — or is it keeping you trapped? If you like this episode, please leave us a review — we'd love to hear what this brought up for you. Music licensed through Soundstripe. Code: 32TXQNONJC50K8GI

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    29 Jun 2026

    Ep. 03 - How to Know When It's Time to Pivot

    Four careers. Four times starting over with no guarantee it would work. This week, Joana puts Delia in the hot seat to find out what it actually takes to dramatically pivot your business — even when you've built something successful, even when it's scary, even when everyone around you thinks you're mad to walk away. 🔥 Why she walked away from political journalism — the only job she'd wanted since she was 10 years old 🔥 How she grew a business from zero to £500k while eating $1 noodles on the streets of Saigon 🔥 The question she asked the ocean when Covid wiped out her business two weeks after giving birth — that changed the trajectory of her career completely 🔥 The one tool Delia uses to stop fear from making her decisions for her, even when you don’t have a financial security net If you've ever felt the itch that something needs to change but talked yourself out of it — this episode is the permission slip you didn't know you needed. Subscribe now so you don’t miss next week’s episode. -------------- Follow Joana and Delia on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joanagalvaodesign/ (https://www.instagram.com/joanagalvaodesign/) https://www.instagram.com/delia.monk (https://www.instagram.com/delia.monk) Music licensed through Soundstripe. Code: 32TXQNONJC50K8GI

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    25 Jun 2026

    Ep. 02 - Why Joana Let Her Whole Team Go

    After growing her agency to 80K months with a team of 10, Joana made the hardest decision of her 12 years in business… To let her entire team go. For the first time, she talks publicly about what led to it, what it cost her, and what she's only now starting to understand about why it had to happen. Listen and find out: 🔥 The dramatic life change that reshaped her business years before she realised it 🔥 The two hardest things about running a team that took Joana away from what she really wanted to be doing 🔥 The one phone call that became the final straw and led to weeks of financial worry 🔥 The retreat experience that cracked something open that she couldn’t ignore 🔥 What's left of your identity when you strip away the job title you built for over a decade If this episode moves you, please subscribe and leave a review — it's how more people find their way to conversations like this one. -------------- Follow Joana + Delia on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joanagalvaodesign/ (https://www.instagram.com/joanagalvaodesign/) https://www.instagram.com/delia.monk (https://www.instagram.com/delia.monk) Music licensed through Soundstripe. Code: 32TXQNONJC50K8GI

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    22 Jun 2026

    Ep. 01 - Welcome to Unapologetic Entrepreneurship

    Heads up: This is NOT another “business strategy” podcast. This is your chance to be a fly on the wall in the conversations two best friends and entrepreneurs have every single Monday morning (the ones that set them up for the most successful week possible). And here's the thing: they rarely talk strategy. They talk about the stuff that actually moves the needle in business: fear, alignment, money stories, the version of success nobody else is allowed to choose. Listen to the first episode to hear: 🔥 The Monday morning ritual that's turned average weeks into five-figure ones, more than once 🔥 What "unapologetic" really means when the thing that built your business stops feeling like you anymore 🔥 Why chasing someone else's revenue number might be the most expensive mistake in entrepreneurship 🔥 The difference between burnout and boredom, and why both are quietly costing entrepreneurs everything 🔥 What's coming in the next episode (spoiler alert: Joana is REALLY nervous about this one!!) If you like it, please subscribe and leave us a review!!

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