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Maybe Someday

Sarah Dobson

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Maybe Someday is a podcast about deciding whether to have a child in a culture that makes motherhood seem mandatory. Host Sarah Dobson speaks with guests about the personal and political dimensions of motherhood as she comes to terms with deciding not to have kids.
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It’s never just the book that has the most impact- it’s what you do with it afterwards. Do you have a book or are writing a book and you know you want to support your audience in taking your ideas and applying it in their lives, businesses, relationships, or careers? One way you can do that is with a group program. You can help your readers to go deeper with your ideas and frameworks. They can try things out and get help and support from you and other readers while they do. If you think abou ...
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Bizcasters

Sarah Scott Studios

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You've heard about the power of podcasting for your business, but where do you start? Right here! Hi, I'm Sarah Scott, and I want to be your podcast bestie! And I want to welcome you to BizCasters, the ultimate guide for business owners stepping into the world of podcasting. My mission is to make podcasting understandable, accessible, and fruitful for your business. We'll be talking to top podcasters, who will be sharing their magic formula for podcasting success and exploring tried and test ...
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You’re consistent. You’re publishing. You’re doing everything “right”—but your podcast still isn’t moving the needle for your business. What gives? In this episode of Bizcasters, I break down the 4 core areas every business podcast needs to get right if it’s going to generate real results: Content, Visibility, Monetization, and Strategy. You’ll hea…
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Struggling to follow up after networking events or sales conversations? A limited podcast series might be your secret weapon. In this episode, I break down why most follow-up messages fall flat—and how a podcast series can help you create connection, show your value, and make sales easier (without ever feeling salesy). You’ll hear creative examples…
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Want to have a podcast but not the pressure of weekly content creation? Maybe you aren’t really looking to create a show – but want a better way to follow up with new connections or a more creative lead magnet. Maybe you’d like a personalized approach to answering potential customer questions. Or do you want a really unique way to reach out to your…
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Is your impostor syndrome holding you back from having the show you have always wanted in your business? What if instead of seeing imposter syndrome as a negative, we looked at the feelings of impostor syndrome as a signal that we are growing and taking on new challenges. The trick then becomes not to let imposter syndrome prevent us from taking th…
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Let's Talk About Hosting Strategies for Your Podcast with Brooke Sellas of B Squared Media When looking at ways to launch a podcast for your businesss many people will debate adding in a co-host to their show. So I just knew we needed to talk to Brooke Sellas of B Squared Media. She has been the co-host of several successful shows (including Market…
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When I had the chance to interview Dorien Morin-van Dam about her podcasting strategies I KNEW that one of my questions was going to be "How do you continue to find amazing guests to be on your show week after week?" I've been managing podcasts for almost three years now and I have seen the hurdles that comes when hosts are facing down a week witho…
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In this episode, we dive deep into the art of live podcasting with Dorien, host of 'Strategy Talks.' We explore her unique approach to going live every week, the benefits she reaps from it, and how it adds accountability and consistency to her schedule. Dorien shares insights into her show's format, her guest selection process, and the tools she us…
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After speaking with Diann Wingert (host of The Driven Woman Entrepreneur Podcast), it occurred to me that one of the hardest parts of getting started with a podcast is coming up with format and content ideas for those initial episodes. And I had a few thoughts about how I think you can overcome them easily, and more importantly, quickly so you can …
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In this episode, I sit down with Diann to discuss her inspiring journey of launching and growing her podcast to 200 episodes. Diann shares her early struggles with overthinking and procrastination and how she finally overcame these hurdles with accountability (and it didn’t hurt that she had extensive blog content to kickstart her podcast.). We tal…
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You've heard about the power of podcasting for your business, but where do you start? Right here! Hi, I'm Sarah Scott, your guide on this podcasting journey. And I want to welcome you to BizCasters, the ultimate guide for business owners stepping into the world of podcasting. My mission is to make podcasting understandable, accessible, and fruitful…
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Welcome to The Book Desserts Podcast series for non-fiction authors looking to elevate their business and craft and lead an impactful group program around their book. In this final episode of The Book Desserts Podcast series (well at least season 1), we’ll explore the questions most asked by and for authors when it comes to having your own author-l…
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Welcome to The Book Desserts Podcast series for non-fiction authors looking to elevate their business and craft and lead an impactful group program around their book. In this episode, using the book From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, And Deep Purpose in The Second Half of Life by Arthur C. Brooks we’ll explore the idea of a long…
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Ep 10 Group Certification and Beyond with Linda Hoopes - Podcast Description Welcome to The Book Desserts Podcast series for non-fiction authors looking to elevate their business and craft and lead an impactful group program around their book. In today's episode, we’re talking to Linda Hoopes, the Founder and President of Resilience Alliance and th…
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Ep 09 Exploring Groups for Atomic Habits Welcome to The Book Desserts Podcast series for non-fiction authors looking to elevate their business and craft and lead an impactful group program around their book. In today's episode, using the book Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way To Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones by James Clear we’ll explore …
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Ep 08 Design Your Group with EASE Welcome to The Book Desserts Podcast series for non-fiction authors looking to elevate their business and craft and lead an impactful group program around their book. In today's episode, we’ll explore the framework I use with authors to help them design their group program. In this episode you’ll hear about: ☀️ The…
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Ep 07 Exploring Group Journaling with Amanda Stern Welcome to The Book Desserts Podcast series for non-fiction authors looking to elevate their business and craft and lead an impactful group program around their book. In today's episode, we’re talking to Amanda Stern, Journaling Coach from Good Things Come to Those Who Journal. We’re talking group …
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Ep 06 Exploring Groups for How to Be Loving Welcome to The Book Desserts Podcast series for non-fiction authors looking to elevate their business and craft and lead an impactful group program around their book. In today's episode, using the book How to Be Loving: As Your Heart Is Breaking Open and Our World Is Waking Up by Danielle LaPorte we’ll ex…
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Welcome to The Book Desserts Podcast series for non-fiction authors looking to elevate their business and craft and lead an impactful group program around their book. In today's episode, we’re talking to Linda Rossetti Executive Director of The Transition Institute, LLC and the Author of Dancing with Disruption: A New Approach to Navigating Life’s …
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Ep 04 Marketing for Your Group Program with Kristi Mitchell Welcome to The Book Desserts Podcast series for non-fiction authors looking to elevate their business and craft and lead an impactful group program around their book. In today's episode, we’re talking to Kristi Mitchell of Marketing Uncomplicated. We’re talking all about how to market your…
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Ep 03 Where to Start with Your Group Idea Welcome to The Book Desserts Podcast series for non-fiction authors looking to elevate their business and craft and lead an impactful group program around their book. In today's episode, we’ll explore where to start when it comes to crafting and leading the group program for your book. In this episode you’l…
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Ep 02 Exploring Groups for A Healthy State of Panic Welcome to The Book Desserts Podcast series for non-fiction authors looking to elevate their business and craft and lead an impactful group program around their book. In today's episode, using the book A Healthy State of Panic: Follow Your Fears to Build Wealth, Crush Your Career, and Win at Life …
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It’s never just the book that has the most impact- it’s what you do with it afterwards. Do you have a book or are writing a book and you know you want to support your audience in taking your ideas and applying it in their lives, businesses, relationships, or careers? One way you can do that is with a group program. You can help your readers to go d…
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A couple of months ago I went back and listened to the very first episode of this podcast. I wanted to remind myself of what it felt like to be at that starting point 18 months ago, realizing that I’ll never be somebody’s mother. Honestly, I was surprised at how emotional it all was. So today, join me for a final reflection that brings season 2 to …
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Bianetth Valdez was born and raised in Texas, straddling two cultures. As a Latina, she grew up believing that being a mother was what was expected of her, and she didn’t give it a second thought. But when she turned 25 she started to encounter women who were living fulfilling lives without kids, and she started questioning what she wanted for hers…
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Earlier this year Kerry Graham published an article on HuffPost called: No, I Don’t Want To Have Kids And I’m Tired Of Having To Explain Why Not. Kerry reached out to me not long after she published the article, because she had a lot more to say about deciding not to have kids. We talked about how Kerry handled ambivalence about being childfree, an…
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If you’ve been around here for a while, you’ll know that I’m a big believer in celebrating everyone’s choices, no matter what they are. As long as you’re comfortable with your decision, or comfortable living with the question for a while, I’ll cheer you on. So when Rosie Tran reached out to me to pitch a discussion about why being childfree should …
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When I talk to people who are grappling with the decision not to have a kid, one of the worries I hear most often is about whether they’ll regret the decision when they get older. Will they feel they missed out on something? Who’ll look after them? What will their legacy be? Because most of the conversations I have on this show are with people whos…
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Truly, in my eyes, every single one of my guests is extraordinary. But I have to tell you that Casey Jourdan, my guest this week, is remarkable. At just 17 years old, she enlisted in the military. After graduating high school, she was deployed to Baghdad at the beginning of the Iraq war. Years later, she and her husband went through round after rou…
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In 2004, Sasha Cagen wrote a book called Quirkyalone: A Manifesto for Uncompromising Romantics, based on a term she’d created to describe people who are comfortable being single but who want to be in a relationship and won’t settle for something (or someone) that doesn’t allow them to be who they truly are. I first found Quirkyalone probably 10 yea…
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Laura Belgray (yes, THAT Laura Belgray) has a very happy life without kids. But she spent a long time on the fence deciding whether to have them—she wanted to want kids, but she just didn’t. Laura noticed that there weren’t a lot of examples of women who were living full, rich, happy lives without kids (except for, um, Helen Mirren), which made ima…
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I get scared sometimes about the state of the world. No matter which way I turn there’s hate and turmoil and corruption and climate disasters. It makes me think about what it must be like to bring a child into this moment in history. I think about the children in my life who are living through it, and I wonder what their future will look like. I wo…
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These last few episodes have got me thinking about listening to your intuition, trusting your gut, and following your own path. I used to believe that I didn’t really have much of a sense of intuition-that all my decisions could be made with logic and deliberation and pro and con lists. But that was a long time ago. And I was dead wrong. This week …
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Usually, when people talk about living life to the fullest, they mean having adventures and maximizing every moment for excitement. But I think living life to the fullest actually means having the freedom to go where life asks you to go and letting yourself experience the full range of human emotions—not just the pleasant parts. Join Briena Sash, o…
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Like many of the guests I’ve spoken with this season, Satya Purna knew she didn’t want to have kids. What she did know was that she wanted to be her own boss. So that’s what she set out to do. This was such a rich discussion about honoring yourself and honoring what makes you come alive, following your gut, and thinking critically about the stories…
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Melanie Scott, the Intuitive Business Strategist, is my guest this week. She takes a spiritual and intuitive approach to being childfree by choice (and really, to making any life decisions). I think this is an important topic for us to cover on the show. Over the last year, I have started tuning into my intuition and paying attention to how my thou…
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The focus for this season of the podcast has mostly been on stories about being childfree by choice. I’ve put myself in the childfree by choice camp because I’ve decided not to conceive a child or to raise one. But I always feel a bit uncomfortable talking about being childfree because I don’t know that I am, exactly. But I don’t feel that I have a…
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Patricia Qhobela Jenkins always knew she didn’t want to have biological kids. When she met and married her husband, she got two “bonus” kids in their teens. On this episode, Patricia talks about what it was like for her to become a parent to those two kids and to be all in. I very selfishly treated this as an opportunity to get advice from someone …
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Jennifer Rogers never felt that ticking biological clock. So she and her husband (who also doesn’t want kids) decided to focus their love on their four rescue dogs, their nieces and nephews, and their friends’ kids. On this episode, she shares a lot of hard-won wisdom about what it’s like to step outside of the mainstream, what it’s like to challen…
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Tia Johnson grew up spending a lot of time with her grandmother and step-grandfather. When they died, Tia went through a period of deep grief and transformation. Tia’s spiritual journey after the death of her grandparents helped her to redefine herself, her life, and her outlook on having children. Tia used to second guess becoming a mom because of…
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Sarah reflects on the conversations she's had recently about mixed feelings and potential regret around not having kids. Ambivalence doesn't have to mean that you're indecisive. It means that you're thoughtful and introspective about how you want to live your life. Continue the conversation! Become a patron. Follow Maybe Someday on Instagram…
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Sara Hopkins is ambivalent about having kids. She's decided that she won't have them, but she still struggles with the choice. She wonders why her ambivalence keeps showing up, she wonders what to do about her ticking biological clock, and she wonders whether she might be missing out on "the greatest love of all." In this wide-ranging conversation,…
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Leslie Cason is getting close to her “fertility expiration date”, as she calls it, but she hasn’t spent a lot of time thinking about it - until now. Our conversation explored ambivalence, grief, legacy, and restlessness towards the end of our fertile years. Leslie is at the point in her life where she feels the clock running out, but she doesn’t wa…
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Veronica Armstrong has a complex and painful family history. That history played an important role in her decision not to have children of her own. In this episode Veronica opens up about how her past influenced her choices to nurture and set an example as an auntie. Visit the episode webpage Follow Maybe Someday on Instagram Support the podcast by…
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Meng Wang gave up her steady, comfortable dental practice in the city to work in the Australian outback. She travels long distances by road and air to visit remote communities in North Western Queensland, where she provides dental services to people in need. Meng has interned and volunteered as a dentist in 5 different countries, and she loves to t…
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Karen Anderson doesn’t remember a time that she ever wanted to have children. She just assumed she'd have them anyway. She thought she’d go to college, meet a guy, get married, and have kids. Cause that’s what you do, right? When she had an unwanted pregnancy in her senior year of college, she decided to have an abortion. Karen is now 56 and has be…
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Bon Jon is a self-described queer feral cat. A few weeks ago, in a hot, cramped sound booth at the Vancouver Public Library, I sat down with Bon for a long conversation about gender, parenthood, and family. Bon identifies as genderqueer and goes by the pronouns they/their/theirs. I asked Bon to share some of their insights about gender and parentho…
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