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I love to start my Sunday mornings with a lie in, morning coffee in hand, piano playlist in the background, candles, reading my book and enjoying the slowness before I start the day. I love doing that on Sundays.

I just read the following sentence:

“Criticism of the project is not criticism of you. You do not equal the project.”

I am reading these lines on page 47 of the book Purple Cow by Seth Godin. I am getting surprisingly emotional. It’s just a small paragraph in a book filled with observations about creative marketing in crowded marketplaces.

I am reading… “Being safe is risky”.

In the book he points out, that we have been raised with a false belief: that criticism leads to failure.

Just think about the school system or the way you grew up in your family.

A business that is boring, won’t attract much criticism. It will also not stand out and become highly successful. So, by avoiding negative feedback, by staying safe, I am potentially avoiding success?

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It’s Time to take One Step Outside.

2026 is the year of the Solopreneur Revolution - How Women are Designing Work That Loves Them Back

The old rules are dying. The 40-hour work week, the corporate ladder, the "lean in" narrative, basically all of it was built for a world that is crumbling. And working mothers in 2026 are done playing a game they can't win.

Anna Lundberg spent a decade building a solopreneur business that runs on 20 hours a week, term-time only. She's present for her two kids. And she earns a great living coaching women who are redesigning their own careers around fractional roles, consulting gigs, and portfolio businesses.

We're not talking about creating more work-life balance. It's much more about intentional work-life design. It's about understanding that you don't have to blow up your whole life to build something different. You just have to take one step. And Anna breaks down exactly what those steps look like - taking you from positioning yourself in fractional roles to building a business model that doesn't require you to hustle, perform, or prove anything to anyone.

The corporate playbook failed working mothers. So we're writing a new one. And it starts here.

Why the corporate system is broken for mothers—and why tweaking it with flexible Fridays isn't enough anymore

What fractional work actually means—and how it's giving women stability plus flexibility without full-time corporate demands

The positioning trap senior leaders fall into—why showing "everything you've done" on your resume actually hurts you in freelance and fractional roles

How to transition while still employed—practical steps to build optionality before burnout or redundancy forces your hand

Anna's real journey—from her "hippie phase" to 5am client calls with a newborn to her current 4-hour workdays

The AI advantage for solopreneurs—how technology is finally giving independent workers capabilities that used to require entire teams

The Solopreneur Operating System—Anna's framework for designing your business, creating demand, and making delivery sustainable

Anna's Website: onestepoutside.com

Solopreneur Operating System: intentionalexpert.com

Program: Architect (12-week mentoring for solopreneurs)

Podcast: Reimagining Success

Books: Outside of the 9 to 5 | Leaving the Corporate 9 to 5

Connect with Anna:

LinkedIn: Anna Lundberg

If you are a multi-passionate mum and entrepreneur, chances are your mind is rarely quiet. Ideas, emotions, plans, to-do lists, responsibilities, and creative sparks all compete for attention at the same time. Creating clarity inside that chaos can feel almost impossible.

Especially as a multipassionate creative and mama, there is a never-ending stream of ideas and projects you want to explore.

In this episode of Mama What’s Next, Melanie shares a simple daily writing practice that has helped her create calm, focus, and direction as a multi-passionate mum and entrepreneur: Morning Pages, a tool from The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron.

She talks about why this practice feels awkward at first, why consistency matters more than perfection, and how writing by hand helps clear mental clutter, reduce anxiety, and turn scattered energy into focused action.

This episode is for multi-passionate mums and women entrepreneurs who feel pulled in many directions and want a grounded way to build a sustainable business without losing themselves in the process.

1. What Morning Pages are and how they work
2. Why handwriting and stream-of-consciousness writing matter
3. How Morning Pages reduce anxiety and negative self-talk
4. Creating clarity amid chaos and too many ideas
5. Why compassion and flexibility are part of the practice
6. Turning scattered thoughts into focused action
7. How Morning Pages support sustainable business growth
8. Using daily writing to prioritize what truly matters

1. The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
2. Morning Pages (daily stream-of-consciousness writing practice)

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