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What if your biggest breakthrough in 2026 isn't about doing more, but finally letting go?

In this raw and radically uplifting Christmas Day episode, Dawn Andrews pulls back the curtain on your 2026. After coaching 300+ founders, she's seen the transformation pattern, and if you're an overworked, mission-driven woman holding it all together, she's speaking directly to you.

From the hard choices you’ll finally make to the revenue you'll finally reach (without grinding yourself into dust), this episode is a prophetic pep talk and strategic permission slip rolled into one. Tune in to hear what’s coming for you and how to believe it now.

Ready to lead like the version of you who already exists in 2026?

Download the free guide: 10 Ways AI Will Make You a Better Leader and start building the systems that will set you free.

Key Takeaways:

• You’re finally going to let go of that team member who’s draining your energy and culture, and everything will run better because of it
• 2026 will be the year you hand things off with real trust, backed by AI-powered systems that create true team ownership
• You’ll hit the revenue number you thought required suffering by focusing on relationships, not reels
• You’ll prioritize what matters most, even when it doesn’t look impressive on paper
• You’ll use your voice boldly, not perfectly, and the right clients will find you because of it

Resources & Links:

• 10 Ways AI Will Make You a Better Leader
• The Feedback Fix
• Join the AI for Founders Community

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Are You the Bottleneck in Your Own Business... Again?

Every December, ambitious founders hit the same wall: doing too much, too late again. But what if your year-end chaos didn’t start this month? What if it started in August with the delegation conversation you never had?

In this episode, Dawn gets real about the real reason you're overwhelmed in December, and it's not your team, your calendar, or your perfectionism. It's your avoidance of feedback. She reveals how AI can help you fix it, and why the solution isn’t better time management, it’s braver leadership.

This episode will punch you in the truth and then hand you the exact tool to finally break the cycle.

Download The Feedback Fix. Give feedback that actually lands, no emotional spirals, no overthinking. This free guide will help you coach your team through the “not quite right” moments before they turn into a December disaster.

Get it now and start leading like it’s August even in December.

Key Takeaways:

• Your burnout isn’t a time issue. It’s a feedback issue. The delegation you skipped in August is now biting you in December.
• You’re not a perfectionist. You’re avoiding conflict. Avoiding feedback conversations now leads to resentment and overwhelm later.
• AI exposes bottlenecks. It can draft briefs, gift lists, and emails, but if only you can send them, you’re the problem.
• Brave leadership starts with a single question: What conversation did I avoid in August that’s costing me now?
• Your team doesn’t need perfect. They need clarity. Build a delegation brief with AI to hand off better next year.

Resources & Links

• The Feedback Fix – Free Guide
• AI for Founders Playbook – Toolkits & Templates

Related Episodes:

• 112 | The 4‑Stage AI Process Female Founders Use to Stop Losing 10 Hours Each Week Answering Questions Their Team Should Own — builds on delegation, team autonomy, and reducing founder bottlenecks
• 110 | 3 Custom GPTs That Save Female Founders 16 Hours a Week (+ Build Your First in 10 Minutes) — tactical time‑saving tools founders can build with AI.
• 108 | 3 AI Systems That Help Female Founders Manage Time, Clients, and Business During the Holidays — complements the seasonal theme of your episode with AI systems for holiday productivity.

Want to increase revenue and impact? Listen to “She's That Founder” for insights on business strategy and female leadership to scale your business. Each episode offers advice on effective communication, team building, and management. Learn to master routines and systems to boost productivity and prevent burnout. Our delegation tips and business consulting will advance your executive leadership skills and presence.

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Pretending you're unbothered as a leader? It’s like wearing emotional Spanx; smooth on the outside, can’t breathe on the inside.

In this short and sharp episode, I’m calling out the pressure to perform instead of lead, and why trying to appear polished can actually kill connection, creativity, and trust on your team. I’ll share one cringe-but-true moment that changed the way I show up and give you a mindset shift (and one simple line) that will help you lead with power, not pretense.

In this episode, you’ll learn…

• Why performance-based leadership is suffocating your power
• How pretending you're "fine" erodes team trust and creativity
• The leadership reframe: unreadable ≠ strong — relatable = powerful

This episode at a glance:

[0:30] - That’s not power. That’s performance under pressure.

[2:16] - I brought pain into that room voluntarily, I chose style over strength.

[2:54] -We think we’re being strong, but we’re silencing the very signals that make us powerful.

[4:25] -You weren’t born to suffer for your leadership aesthetic. You were born to lead grounded, real, and barefoot if you damn well please.

Resources and links mentioned in this episode:

• Download the Feedback Fix – Free Guide
  Say what needs to be said; clearly, confidently, and with leadership integrity. Let AI help you find the words.

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Are you scaling the wrong thing... successfully?

If your 2025 planning feels heavy, misaligned, or nonexistent — it’s not because you're lazy. It's because you're still using a corporate operating system for a boutique business.

In this episode, Dawn Andrews drops the velvet boot of truth to show you why most female founders sabotage their year-end planning and how AI can help you get radically honest, strategic, and aligned.

Download The Feedback Fix — because planning means nothing if your team can’t run with the ball. Get the free guide to giving feedback that actually lands and drives accountability.

Key Takeaways

• Stop planning like you have a CFO — Your three-person team doesn’t need quarterly OKRs and a content calendar that takes 30 people to execute.
• AI is your honesty coach — Use it to uncover revenue patterns, energy drains, and strategic misalignment.
• Only 3 things matter: What made money, did you enjoy it, and did it make a difference?
• Decisions create constraints — It’s not about setting goals, it’s about choosing what you’ll stop, amplify, and build.
• Your dream business won't come from a LinkedIn-optimized strategy. It comes from truth, clarity, and alignment.

Resources & Links:

• Freebie: The Feedback Fix
• Join the Community: AI for Founders Free Group

Related Episodes:

• 110 | 3 Custom GPTs That Save Female Founders 16 Hours a Week
• 102 | 3 SOPs Every Founder Should Build in 30 Minutes (Using AI)

Want to increase revenue and impact? Listen to “She's That Founder” for insights on business strategy and female leadership to scale your business. Each episode offers advice on effective communication, team building, and management. Learn to master routines and systems to boost productivity and prevent burnout. Our delegation tips and business consulting will advance your executive leadership skills and presence.

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Still wide awake at 2AM, spinning through every possible scenario?

If you're stuck between the "safe" job that's slowly draining your soul and the scary leap into building something of your own—you’re not alone. But there is a way through, and it starts with asking a better question.

In this velvet-boot episode, Dawn shares a powerful client story that mirrors the decision spiral so many high-achieving women face: leave the suffocating but successful corporate job or risk the unknown building a business on your terms. You’ll learn how to pressure-test your biggest decisions—emotionally and practically—in just 15 minutes.

Because your life isn’t lived in spreadsheets. It lives on Tuesday afternoons.

If you’ve been stuck between safe and scared, this one’s your flashlight in the fog.

Download the free guide: 10 Ways AI Will Make You a Better Leader. Inside, you’ll learn how to pressure-test tough decisions using both data and emotion—plus 9 other ways to lighten your leadership load with AI.

Key Takeaways

• Stop outsourcing clarity to spreadsheets. Strategy matters, but so does how your life feels at 3PM on a Tuesday.
• There’s no “easy” path—just the one you can live with. Every option has a flavor of hard. You get to choose yours.
• Success on paper doesn’t mean success in your soul. If you're winning by someone else's rules, it's time to rewrite your own.
• Use emotional modeling to guide decisions. Don’t just look at numbers—imagine waking up in each scenario.
• Leadership isn’t just a title—it’s what you do even when you're terrified. Especially when you're thinking about the path forward for someone else.

Resources & Links

• 10 Ways AI Will Make You a Better Leader – Free Download
• Join the Conversation: AI for Founders Free Community

Related Episode

• Episode 093 – The Dirty Secret About AI No Female Executive Wants to Admit — And Why It’s Hurting You
• Episode 091 – The 4‑Day AI System That Ends Friday Afternoon Panic Forever

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January goals fade fast.

Let’s build a Q1 Game Plan you’ll actually execute—with help from AI and one powerful 90-day sprint structure.

By February, most goals are already forgotten. Want to be the exception? This episode shows you how to map your Q1 goal to weekly actions in 10 minutes using AI.

In Day 12 of 12 Days of AI Quick Wins, Dawn reveals how to use AI to design a Q1 plan that doesn’t collect digital dust. With one simple prompt, you’ll go from vague intentions to a milestone-driven, week-by-week plan that lives in your calendar—not your imagination. It’s how visionary founders actually get things done without burning out or getting stuck in “someday” land.

Your Day 12 Action:
Pick ONE Q1 goal that would make the next 90 days feel like a win.
Run the Q1 planning prompt in today’s episode.
Map out your January. Add it to your calendar. Then review it every week.

Key Takeaways:

• Set ONE clear Q1 goal. No more wish lists—focus fuels execution.
• Use the Q1 AI Planning Prompt to turn that goal into milestones, weekly actions, and priority filters.
• Build from January first. If it’s not in your calendar, it’s not happening.
• Tie your Q1 goal to your Weekly CEO Reset (Day 11) for consistent review and momentum.
• AI helps you plan smarter, faster, and with less decision fatigue.

Resources & Links:

• Register FREE for the Day 13 Live AI Implementation Party

Related Episodes:

• Day 1: Stop Overthinking ChatGPT: Free vs. $20—Which One Actually Matters for Founders
• Day 2: The 3 AI Prompts Every Female Founder Needs in Her Phone
• Day 3: Why ChatGPT Sounds Like a Robot (And the One Sentence That Fixes It)
• Day 4: AI Email Triage: End Inbox Overwhelm in 5 Minutes
• Day 5: The 5-Minute Meeting Prep AI Hack That Makes You Look Totally Prepared
• Day 6: Stop Rewriting Everything AI Writes: The 10-Minute Voice Training for Founders
• Day 7: Overwhelmed? Brain Dump to AI and Get an Actual Plan (5 Minutes)
• DAY 8: Stop Rewriting the Same Emails: Build Your AI Template Library (15 Minutes)
• DAY 9: Stop Explaining the Same Thing: Create SOPs While You Work (AI + 10 Minutes)
• DAY 10: Stuck on a Big Decision? Use AI to Get Unstuck (3-Question Framework)
• DAY 11: Plan Your Week Like a CEO:

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You’ve got a full calendar and zero clarity.

Here’s how to flip the script in just 10 minutes using AI.

If your week starts in panic-scroll mode and ends in “what did I even do?” mode—this one’s for you. Let’s build your Weekly CEO Reset and take back control.

In Day 11 of 12 Days of AI Quick Wins, Dawn walks you through the Weekly CEO Reset—a 10-minute AI ritual to help you prioritize, plan, and protect your time. Instead of letting the week run you, this simple framework helps you brain-dump everything, sort by impact, and schedule what actually matters. Perfect for Sunday nights, Monday mornings, or any time you feel the chaos creeping in.

Your Day 11 Action:
Right now, open your calendar and block 10 minutes for your Weekly CEO Reset.
Use the AI prompt in today’s episode, and let the week start with clarity—not catch-up.

Key Takeaways:

• This is planning, not doing. You need strategy time to stay out of reactive mode.
• Use the AI Weekly Reset Prompt to categorize your tasks into Must Do, Should Do, Want to Do, and Worried About.
• AI turns your chaos into a clear plan—top 3 priorities, realistic workload, and overcomplication flags.
• Your calendar = your power. Schedule your priorities like they matter—because they do.
• End the week smarter. Review Friday to learn, adjust, and grow.

Resources & Links:

• Get the full 12 Days of AI Quick Wins Toolkit – just $7
• Register FREE for the Day 13 Live AI Implementation Party – win a 90-minute Strategy Intensive

Related Episodes:

• Day 1: Stop Overthinking ChatGPT: Free vs. $20—Which One Actually Matters for Founders
• Day 2: The 3 AI Prompts Every Female Founder Needs in Her Phone
• Day 3: Why ChatGPT Sounds Like a Robot (And the One Sentence That Fixes It)
• Day 4: AI Email Triage: End Inbox Overwhelm in 5 Minutes
• Day 5: The 5-Minute Meeting Prep AI Hack That Makes You Look Totally Prepared
• Day 6: Stop Rewriting Everything AI Writes: The 10-Minute Voice Training for Founders
• Day 7: Overwhelmed? Brain Dump to AI and Get an Actual Plan (5 Minutes)
• DAY 8: Stop Rewriting the Same Emails: Build Your AI Template Library (15 Minutes)
• DAY 9: Stop Explaining the Same Thing: Create SOPs While You Work (AI + 10 Minutes)
• DAY 10: Stuck on a Big Decision? Use AI to Get Unstuck (3-Q

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Still doing your team’s job for them?

If your team still needs you to weigh in on every little thing, you don’t have a performance problem. You have a leadership bottleneck. And if you don’t fix it before January, you’re setting yourself up for another year of burnout.

This week on She’s That Founder, Dawn lays down the leadership law on why your team still treats you like human Google. Spoiler: It’s not because they’re incompetent. It’s because you haven’t transferred ownership—just tasks. And that stops now.

You’ll walk away with a 4-stage framework to stop bottlenecking your business, a script for the accountability convo you’ve been avoiding, and an AI-powered way to document the magic in your head so your team can finally lead without you.

Listen if you’re ready to finally step into your CEO seat and stay there.

Join the AI for Founders Community on LinkedIn, the free space for leaders to test AI tools, troubleshoot delegation, and scale smarter together.

Key Takeaways

• Tasks ≠ Ownership: Telling your team to “handle it” doesn’t work if you haven’t shared your thinking process.
• Why AI is your delegation secret weapon: Use tools like ChatGPT to turn your brain into SOPs—fast.
• The 4-Stage Ownership Transfer Model: From documenting your decisions to full delegation with strategic check-ins.
• “Done properly when…” statements: How to define success clearly so your team stops guessing.
• The exact phrase to say when someone drops the ball—without being a jerk.

Resources & Links

• AI for Founders Community
• Try this AI Prompt:

“I make decisions about [X] all the time. Help me identify the factors I consider, the frameworks I use, and the criteria that matter most.”

• 10 Ways AI Will Make You a Better Leader

Related Episodes:

• 110 | 3 Custom GPTs That Save Female Founders 16 Hours a Week
  Learn how to build your own "What Would You Do?" GPT to stop being your team’s human Google and reclaim your time.
• 098 | The AI Content System That Sounds Like You (In 10 Minutes)
  Discover how to turn your brain into a scalable, AI-powered content engine—no burnout required.

Want to increase revenue and impact? Listen to “She's That Founder” for insights on business strategy and female leadership to scale your business. Each episode offers advice on effective communication, team building, and management. Learn to master routines and systems to boost productivity and prevent burnout. Our delegation tips and business consulting will advance your executive leadership skills and presence.