This week I'm joined by the brilliant Tara Punter from The Thriving Business Woman, and we have a proper good old chinwag. Tara went from managing a tea room to becoming a business coach — and it all started with a random conversation and a blog about retraining racehorses. She's a real "say yes and figure it out" kind of person, and she gets brutally honest about the stuff most coaches won't touch — like going from 25K months during COVID to 2K months after grief hit, and navigating the "shouldn't I be further along by now?" spiral. This one's a proper deep dive.

Topics covered on From Tea Room Manager to Business Coach:

How a chance conversation in a tea room sparked a 10-year career The evolution of pricing: from £75 coaching sessions to £750 (and why she dropped her prices too) Going from 25K months to 2K months — and what it really takes to rebuild Why "say yes and figure it out" has been her biggest business philosophy The mindset loop that still gets her: "I should be further along by now" Morning routines, NLP and why mindset unlocks everything strategy can't Why those big cash months during COVID actually came with a calendar she hated

Let's Connect

1. Come find me on Instagram @mills_gray
2. Tara's Instagram: @thethrivingbusinesswoman
3. Tara's website: https://thethrivingbusinesswoman.com
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