Zero Wasted Days

About Zero Wasted Days

It’s time we shift our perspective on business & life and see that our businesses are THE means to us living life-first. Reinventing the way we go about our days as entrepreneurs, the ZWD podcast will help you see that we are constrained only by ourselves, limited in the corners of our minds but to break free and find the right personal strategy, we have the opportunity to live in full abundance of what life has to offer. We believe that we each have the opportunity to define our own version of freedom, and we love to explore outside the box strategies to help lead people to their own tangible version of success. Helping guide you to your limitlessness, we want you to find your own freedom and flexibility and optimize your business so you can enjoy more of your life. You are an action-taker and quick-mover but you also value going slow. Savouring the journey, forging your unique way, turning up the volume on your resonate superpower and sharing your gifts with the world are at the core of your purpose. Zero Wasted Days will help you as a female entrepreneur with inspiration, stories & ideas to help you go after your biggest dreams. In each episode, I will share how to redefine how we do business and learn how it can be the means to us living life first. I will share interviews with inspiring people who can help you see how worthwhile it is to keep pursuing your dreams, share heartfelt stories you will relate to and give you ideas on how you can keep growing your business so it is the vehicle to you living life FIRST.

Publisher

Suzanne Acteson

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Mar 2023

Latest episode

2 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

59 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   2 Oct 2026

   A free gift: The SOW Monthly Planning Ritual

   The SOW Monthly Planning Ritual is our monthly practice inside Life First CEO for bringing intention to our most important work. We ground in our values, reset our vision, set our focus for the month ahead, and get clear on who we need to be to show up for our biggest goals. This 30 minute practice include a visualization, so grab your journal and cup of tea and find a quiet spot to do this important work this month. You can join the SOW Monthly Planning Ritual in two ways. Buy it on its own here and use it as your monthly reset, or join Life First CEO, where the Ritual is one of the many things we do together. Inside LFCEO, experienced women founders build businesses that generate revenue and compound without needing their constant presence, and the monthly Ritual is the practice that keeps your vision, values and focus aligned while you do it. Buy SOW for one month or do it monthly (https://www.suzanneacteson.com/offers/ZGb2hpFC/checkout) Join the Life First CEO (https://app.notion.com/p/The-Life-First-CEO-3879d705ef9980a19e27dc70b973cb4c?source=copy_link)

2. 

   11 Aug 2026

   ZWD Ep 57: What It Actually Feels Like When the Business Works

   If you've ever wondered what it would actually take to stop chasing someone else's version of success, this episode is the one to sit with. In this episode: Why this final episode isn't about strategy or frameworks, it's about the question underneath all of it: what do you actually want? The permission so many brilliant women haven't given themselves to answer that question honestly Why "life first" isn't soft or unambitious, it's precision about what you actually want, with the business built in service of it The three foundational layers underneath the Life First Method: vision and values, self-leadership, and life-first design Why you don't get to live the life after you build the business, you build it alongside A personal story about a 20-year plan, a trip to Italy, and how it happened anyway Why the Life First CEO program is reopening in September, and what 2.0 looks like Keywords: women entrepreneur podcast, life-first business, income sweet spot, self-leadership, business vision and values, Life First CEO, Founder's Bottleneck Audit, expert entrepreneur, business mentor, sustainable business growth, business systems for women, Zero Wasted Days podcast, Suzanne Acteson, women in business, life-aligned business

3. 

   5 Aug 2026

   ZWD Ep 56: Why the Business Stops When You Do — And How to Change it

   If you've ever felt like you're the bottleneck in your own business even though you're doing everything "right", this episode will show you exactly where to look. In this episode: ▪️ Why the bottleneck is almost never where you think it is, regardless of how long you've been in business. ▪️The conditioning we bring over from corporate and past professions — and why "doing everything yourself" was a strength there and a trap here ▪️ The lead bottleneck: the most common, most expensive blind spot because it can masquerade as success for years. ▪️ Why the feast-or-famine pipeline cycle isn't bad luck, a competency problem, or a visibility problem, it's structural. ▪️ The two thins a working lead system actually requires: a clear invitation and the infrastructure to back it up. ▪️ What it really looks like to step away from your business for a month and come back to leads, inquiries, and conversations that never stopped ▪️ Where to find your own bottleneck with the free Founder's Bottleneck Audit. Keywords: women entrepreneur podcast, life-first business, lead generation for women, business bottlenecks, Founder's Bottleneck Audit, business architecture, offer ecosystem, expert entrepreneur, business mentor, sustainable business growth, business systems for women, Zero Wasted Days podcast, Suzanne Acteson, women in business, corporate conditioning, Life First CEO

Who has been a guest on Zero Wasted Days

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• Suzanne Acteson
• Suzanne
• Amy McLaren
• Stu McLaren
• Suzanne Acton

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

6,221

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 65 / 100

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Quality

79

Social presence

0

YouTube

68

Engagement

60

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