Hosted by Kathi Burns, CPO®
Conversations with entrepreneurs about growing a business without burning out, hosted by Kathi Burns
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Why Your Luxury Closet Needs Professional Hangers with Donna Zalter
Donna Zalter, a South Florida luxury real estate agent, started All Hung Up Hangers in 2017 after noticing that most high-end closets she toured had cheap, mismatched hangers.
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ClosetsEpisode 151
Why Your Luxury Closet Needs Professional Hangers with Donna Zalter
Donna Zalter, a South Florida luxury real estate agent, started All Hung Up Hangers in 2017 after noticing that most high-end closets she toured had cheap, mismatched hangers.
BrandingEpisode 150How to Differentiate Your Brand & Attract More Customers with Sue Kirchner
Brand strategist Sue Kirchner says a brand lives in the minds of customers, employees and investors, not in what a founder says about the company.
SystemsEpisode 149How to Scale Your Business Without Burnout with Lia Dunlap
Lia Dunlap left corporate sales in 2008 and now helps wellness and transformation professionals grow their businesses without burning out.
FocusEpisode 148How to Fix a "Junk Drawer" Business and Scale Faster with Yvonne McCoy
Yvonne McCoy calls a business that is a collection of old systems and products, rather than a well-oiled operation, a "junk drawer" business; she found her own when COVID cut her nonprofit clients' funding.
MotherhoodEpisode 147How To Build a Village That Supports Your Business and Your Life with Carly Church
Carly Church founded We Got You Mama after burning out as the owner of a FIT4MOM fitness franchise in Los Angeles, where she tried to do everything herself.
PodcastingEpisode 146How to Grow Your Confidence Through Storytelling & Podcasting with Julie Marty-Pearson
Podcast mentor Julie Marty-Pearson tells women to be a podcast guest before they start their own show, so they find out whether they enjoy the process before investing time and money.
AuthorityEpisode 145How to stand out in your market as a thought leader with Vince Warnock
Vince Warnock says research done for his company while he was a CMO found 13 levers that make people perceive you as a thought leader.
Social MediaEpisode 144How To Use Social Media More Strategically In 2026 To Find New Customers with Louise McDonnell
Louise McDonnell, founder of the AI-powered marketing platform Sell on Social, started her business in 2009 after being made redundant on her birthday during Ireland's worst recession.
BoundariesEpisode 143How to Say No Without Losing Momentum with Ginny Priem
Keynote speaker and author Ginny Priem says that when everything is urgent, nothing can actually be important, so what you don't do matters as much as what you do.
Self-CareEpisode 142How To Get Clear When Everything Feels Chaotic with Stephanie Wall Morrow
Wellness and lifestyle coach Stephanie Wall Morrow schedules time for herself every day, the same way she books any other appointment.
WritingEpisode 140How to Get Out of Your Way and Write Your Book with Anne Bartolucci
Psychologist and USA Today bestselling author Anne Bartolucci says a first book rarely makes its author rich, so decide what job it will do in your business before you write.
ContentEpisode 139How to Build a Customer Base AI Can't Steal with Allan Ngo
Allan Ngo, founder of Digital Solopreneur, pre-sold his first course on email marketing by emailing his list before he had a sales page or all the modules laid out.
BoundariesEpisode 138How to break ancestral cycles of health and wealth intergenerational issues with Magdalena Grace
Magdalena Grace lost everything in the 2006 to 2008 real estate crash, then rebuilt as a personal trainer with her own studio and later as a sales coach.
NetworkingEpisode 137So Many Plates… So Little Time? Is it too late to start something new with Shonna Jordan
Shonna Jordan owns Jordan & Jordan Marketing and Good Ol' Gals, a women's networking group she helped start in December 2007 and now leads, with two chapters in San Diego.
ResilienceEpisode 136How to Make Failures Rule with Andrew Thorp King
Andrew Thorp King is the author of Failure Rules, a fintech banker and the founder of two independent record labels, Thorp Records and Sailor's Grave Records, which have put out more than 100 releases.
MessagingEpisode 135How to find a business model that's simple AND effective with Ellen Finkelstein
Ellen Finkelstein wrote technical books on AutoCAD, PowerPoint and Flash; her AutoCAD book went through 17 editions, and she earned about $1.50 per copy in royalties.
ClientsEpisode 134Fragmented to Focused – Find Your Client in the Next 90 Days with Christine Campbell
Business advisor Christine Campbell Rapin says the idea is the easy part of business, because people don't buy the idea, they buy the outcome.
CollaborationEpisode 133How to always be growing your audience
Cat Griffin grew a travel Instagram account from zero to 100,000 followers in two years, and she stresses it took a huge amount of work and is not realistic for most people.
BurnoutEpisode 132How to Set Yourself Up for Success and Prevent Burnout with Daniela Wolfe
Daniela Wolfe, a licensed master's social worker and author of Balance Breakthrough, went through her own burnout about 20 years ago while going through a divorce with two very young children.
PublishingEpisode 131How to Publish a Book That Grows Your Business with Ally Machate
Ally Machate, founder of The Writer's Ally and a former Simon & Schuster editor, helps experts publish nonfiction books that support their business goals.
BoundariesEpisode 130How To Say No Without Guilt And Create Space For Success with Helene Rennervik
Coach Helene Rennervik created The Power of No Without Guilt, a program that helps high-achieving professionals set boundaries without feeling guilty.
AdvertisingEpisode 129How To Scale Performance Marketing Without Wasting Ad Spend with Borja Cuan
Borja Cuan co-founded Four15 Digital, an agency that buys media and designs creative for businesses scaling on Google, Meta, LinkedIn, Pinterest and TikTok.
ClarityEpisode 128How to Take Yourself from Chaos to Clarity with Meg King
Business coach Meg King helps women entrepreneurs solve "pricey problems," decisions or habits that quietly cost a business money, time, balance or peace of mind.
PurposeEpisode 127How to Heal the World in Partnership with Dolphins & Whales with Anne Gordon
Anne Gordon has been a zookeeper, a film and TV animal trainer, a tour operator in Panama and the woman who started whale watching in Panama.
RelationshipsEpisode 126How to harness the power of respectful relationships with Sarah Melissa Oswald
Relational leadership coach Sarah Melissa Oswald says every relationship, at home or at work, starts with the one you have with yourself.
PublicityEpisode 125How to Use Guerrilla Publicity to Increase Visibility, Leads and Profits with Jill Lublin
Publicity strategist Jill Lublin learned publicity as director of promotion and publicity for four independent record labels, then started her own agency for small business owners.
IntuitionEpisode 124How to 3-10x Your Business with Intuition & Higher Guidance with Dr. Sophia Trevenna
Dr. Sophia Trevenna was a mechanical engineer at IBM with no spiritual practice when, she says, three different people mentioned her quitting her job in a single day.
WebsitesEpisode 123How To Make your Website WORK for YOU with CJ Gilbert
Website designer CJ Gilbert says your own website is the only thing online you fully own and control, so it should be the hub for everything else you do online.
MidlifeEpisode 122How to Thrive at Midlife with Annie Gaudreault
Nutritionist and Ironman triathlete Annie Gaudreault says that in her practice she sees many women at midlife think something is wrong with them, without realizing they are in perimenopause, a phase she says lasts 7 to 10 years on average.
MoneyEpisode 121How To Grow Your Money Using the 3 S's with Anna Felix
Anna Felix was widowed while already carrying heavy medical debt from a car accident five years earlier, so she started her financial rebuild below zero.
PartnershipsEpisode 120How to Grow Your Business With Partnerships with David Riklan
David Riklan bought the domain selfgrowth.com in 1995, ran it as a side business and went full time in 2003; the site has had more than 100 million visitors.
MessagingEpisode 119How to Deliver a Powerful Marketing Message & Attract More of Your Ideal Clients with Nicki Chang-Powless
Client attraction specialist Nicki Chang-Powless says two factors make or break small business marketing: choosing the right marketing activity for where you are now, and the marketing message itself.
FamilyEpisode 118How to stay calm (or try) with kids moving stuff between houses with Amy Stone
Amy Stone became a stepmom to a 4-year-old and an 8-year-old before she had children of her own, and later added two more kids to the family.
MoneyEpisode 117How to leverage your wealth to buy back your time to transform your time, energy with Nicole Connery
Nicole Connery, a financial strategist with a CPA background and almost 15 years advising finance executives, is on a mission to help 1 million women achieve financial freedom by 2028.
ParentingEpisode 116Connecting Deeply with Yourself and Loved Ones with Tammy J Cohen
Author Tammy J Cohen started texting her three grown sons a daily message of love, wisdom and gratitude during the 2020 pandemic, and those texts became her book Text Messages to My Sons.
GiveawaysEpisode 115How to Design the Life You'd Love to Live with Michael Neeley
Michael Neeley went from professional actor to tech startup founder to podcast coach, launching his first show in 2014, two weeks after a coaching client told him he should start one.
PodcastingEpisode 114How to become the "go to" expert in your industry with Erik Johnson
Podcast Talent Coach Erik Johnson tells Kathi Burns, CPO®, Business FLOW Strategist, that a podcast builds know, like and trust, the rapport that starts the sales process.
LaunchingEpisode 113How to launch a course on time and without the overwhelm with Orsi Veres
Orsi Veres of Design You Need built her business as a side hustle for three years, starting in 2018, before leaving her corporate job at the end of June 2021.
MindsetEpisode 112How I overcame unlikely adversity and I can show you the same with Dwayne Morton
Former international basketball player Dwayne Morton lived for 18 years with a rare blood cancer diagnosis that, in March 2024, he learned was wrong; what he has is severe sleep apnea.
SystemsEpisode 111How To Streamline Your Coaching Workflow: Strategies for Maximum Efficiency with Trent True
Online strategist Trent True says the first step to a smoother business is an honest audit of the systems you depend on every day.
ReinventionEpisode 110How To…. Become the CEO of Your Career with Tammy Alvarez
Tammy Alvarez was a Wall Street C-suite executive managing 2,000 people in 54 countries when her work turned from invigorating to soul-crushing.
SpeakingEpisode 108Public Speaking: Get A's, Not Zzzzzz's! with Milo Shapiro
Public speaking coach Milo Shapiro spent 15 years as an IT programmer before turning his love of improv into a team-building company, a keynote career and a coaching business.
LegacyEpisode 107Live Like You're Living: Adultier Legacy Planning for Entrepreneurs with Colleen Watson
Colleen Watson is a former librarian who founded Century Plant Business Services after her mother's serious fall in April 2024 made her a full-time caretaker without a plan.
PurposeEpisode 106How to Create a Life Worth Reliving with Dawn Cortese
Dawn Cortese, founder and CEO of Healthy Goals, Healthy Living, spent more than 20 years in life science and IT consulting before she became a coach.
SalesEpisode 105How Client Thinking Unlocks Your Sales Strategy Super Power with Lynn Whitbeck
Sales consultant Lynn Whitbeck says entrepreneurs stumble in sales when they make it about themselves, treat asking for the sale as pestering, and have no follow-up system.
GrowthEpisode 104How to Turn Your Company into a Bonsai Business with Jim Shulman
Business coach Jim Shulman defines a Bonsai business as one that stays small but keeps its people, clients and offers as close to perfect as possible.
EnergyEpisode 103How to rise above adversity and shine with Sabrina Victoria
Sabrina Victoria founded Her Nation in 2021 as a community for women business owners, after losing her own community, family and friends at age 20.
StorytellingEpisode 102Why Storytelling Helps Your Business Grow with Rob Burns
Documentary filmmaker Rob Burns says stories work in marketing because people buy from people they know, like and trust.
SpeakingEpisode 101How to WOW and CONNECT with Your Audience! Marla Press
Marla Press, founder of Speakers on Fire Academy, says words are at most 10% of communication and your energy is about 70%.
DelegationEpisode 100How to Get More Done with Jessica Koch
Marketing consultant Jessica Koch hired three virtual assistants about three months into her business and paid them by project, telling them upfront what she could pay and when more work might come.
PurposeEpisode 99How I transformed the loss of a beloved dog into a tribute honoring all dogs with Jacqueline Bokor
Stylist and photographer Jacqueline Lemieux-Bokor lost her home, her portfolios and her Vizsla, Boris, in a house fire after Boris barked until the family woke up.
BookkeepingEpisode 98How to "Excel Your Profits" and manage your money without adding hours to your day with Janet Ickes
Janet Ickes is a QuickBooks ProAdvisor who spent more than 20 years in corporate accounting and payroll before helping small business owners set up simple money systems.
HabitsEpisode 97How to Get Healthier with Strong Habits with Annie Gaudreault
Annie Gaudreault was the last kid picked in the schoolyard, then took up running because it fit a busy schedule and went on to finish 12 marathons and 3 Ironman triathlons.
VideoEpisode 96How To Confidently Convert Customers On Camera with Roy Varner
Roy Varner, the Video Maestro, says the number one challenge people face on camera is lack of self-confidence, because they think viewers are judging them.
CalmEpisode 95Rise Above "Year-End" Chaos with Carolyn Gross
Carolyn Gross, known as the Chaos Ninja, wrote her first book, Staying Calm in the Midst of Chaos, before 9/11 and has built her speaking business on that topic ever since.
TransitionsEpisode 94How to work through the transitions in your life with Adele Bernard
Adele Bernard is a transition clarity coach who has spent about 25 years clearing the energy of people's homes.
MindsetEpisode 92Change your Thoughts, Change your Life with Francois Lupien
Francois Lupien got hired by Tony Robbins's team after being told they weren't hiring, by showing up at 9 a.m. in a suit and tie and waiting until a manager invited him in just before noon.
SponsorshipEpisode 91How Working with Sponsors can Energize your Projects with Charmaine Hammond
Charmaine Hammond spent about 10 years as a correctional officer, then became a mediator, a speaker and the sponsorship expert behind Raise a Dream.
RevenueEpisode 90How to Use LinkedIn to Connect with Potential Purchasers, Partners & Promoters with Holly Jackson
Holly Jean Jackson went through four corporate layoffs before building a consulting business around revenue and peak performance.
VisibilityEpisode 88How to Create a FUN and PROFITABLE Business with Cindy J Holbrook
Cindy J Holbrook, The Visibility Wiz, started her first business at 10 by selling golf balls she fished out of a Los Angeles riverbed.
MindsetEpisode 87Stop Fixing Yourself: The Physics of Getting Unstuck with Jennifer Hough
Jennifer Hough, CEO of The Wide Awakening and author of UNSTUCK: The Physics of Getting Out of Your Own Way, calls her work Scientuality, a bridge between science and spirituality.
DeclutteringEpisode 86How to Remove the Barriers to your Bottom Line- 3 Easy Steps from Clutter to Cash Flow with Kitti Andrews
Kitti Andrews, known as Your Thought Organizer, helps entrepreneurs declutter their space and their brain, mostly over Zoom, after an 18-year real estate cleaning business.
ReinventionEpisode 85How to Ride the Waves of an Entrepreneurial Life with Judy Wong
Transformation coach Judy Wong turned 60 in the middle of a busy international teaching career and found that everyone suddenly wanted to talk about her retirement.
What topics does the show cover?
Organized and Energized! The Podcast is hosted by Kathi Burns, CPO®, a Business FLOW Strategist in San Diego with more than 20 years of helping clients create systems they can stick to.
Each episode is a 20 to 40 minute conversation with an entrepreneur about the systems, habits and decisions that let them grow a business without burning out.
The show has run since September 2021 and has published more than 150 episodes; new episodes are typically published every Wednesday.
Every episode page here has a short summary, question-led show notes, a full edited transcript, a downloadable checklist and the guest's links.
Kathi asks every guest the same core questions: how they got here, what their biggest obstacle was, how they stay organized day to day, and what they would tell their younger self. The answers are practical, and they add up across episodes. Start with the newest episodes below, filter by the question you are trying to answer, or go to the guest directory.
These are the first 63 episodes on the new home of the show. The rest of the catalog, more than 150 conversations since 2021, is moving here episode by episode; until then you can hear every episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube.
Who Will Benefit From Organized and Energized! The Podcast?
This podcast is designed to help founders and busy entrepreneurs take better control of their business with less stress. Kathi Burns, CPO®, is a Business FLOW Strategist who interviews founders, entrepreneurs, business owners and coaches about how they built systems to grow and scale. Each episode runs 20 to 40 minutes.
How often are new episodes released?
New episodes are typically published every Wednesday. This show has published more than 150 episodes since September 2021. You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music and the other apps listed on this page, or use the RSS feed directly.
Frequently asked questions about the show
How can I be a guest on Organized and Energized! The Podcast?
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Kathi Burns takes guest applications from founders who are willing to share candid stories about the strategies they use to eliminate logjams in their business. Apply to be a guest here and the team will review your application and reply with your next step.
Where can I listen to the podcast?
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On Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, Overcast, Pocket Casts, Castbox, Podcast Addict and Deezer, or by adding the RSS feed to any podcast app. Every episode page on this site also has a built-in player and a download link.
How long is an episode?
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Most episodes run between 20 and 40 minutes. The five episodes on this page run from 22 to 34 minutes.
Is there a transcript for each episode?
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Yes. Every episode page on this site has a full transcript, edited for readability with speaker names, under the show notes. Nothing is added or summarized in the transcript.
Who hosts this show?
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Kathi Burns, CPO®, is a Business FLOW Strategist based in San Diego. For the last 20+ years, Kathi has helped clients create systems they can stick to. She is the author of How to Master Your Muck, Organizing With Tetris and Home Organization, The Smart Guide, and co-author of four more titles; all are in Kathi's shop. Kathi's business has been featured on Good Morning America, and her advice has been featured in Oprah Magazine, Martha Stewart Living, Better Homes and Gardens and Entrepreneur Magazine.
Who is the host?
About the Host, Kathi Burns
Kathi Burns, CPO®, is a Business FLOW Strategist based in San Diego. For the last 20+ years, Kathi has helped clients create systems they can stick to. She is the author of How to Master Your Muck, Organizing With Tetris and Home Organization, The Smart Guide, and co-author of four more titles; all are in Kathi's shop. Kathi's business has been featured on Good Morning America, and her advice has been featured in Oprah Magazine, Martha Stewart Living, Better Homes and Gardens and Entrepreneur Magazine.
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