This week has been intense in the best possible way.For the Pivot Accelerator, I had class on Monday, class on Thursday, office hours on Saturday, and eight interviews scheduled across the weekend. By the time I walk into tomorrow's class, I'll have completed all five interviews required for the assignment—and then some.One of the biggest wins this week wasn't just the interviews. It was finally feeling confident enough to put my slides in front of real people. After meeting with mentor Brian and getting feedback during office hours, I felt ready to test my ideas instead of endlessly tweaking them.The interviews have been fascinating. Not just because of what people are saying, but because of what I'm learning about the research process itself.A few days ago, I printed more than 150 pages of interview transcripts from research I conducted last year and went through them by hand. Highlighter. Pen. Notes in the margins. Looking for themes, quotes, emotions, and patterns.What surprised me most was how much I noticed that AI didn't.For a long time, I would upload transcripts and let AI summarize the findings. It was fast. Efficient. Easy.But my mentor challenged me on something important: I was delegating my thinking.That hit hard.This week has been a reminder that AI can support thinking, but it shouldn't replace it. The real insights came from sitting with the data myself, noticing the nuances, and making sense of it through my own lens first.Tomorrow's class is focused on reviewing interview findings, identifying moments of "heat" or strong emotion, and deciding whether to pivot or persevere. As it turns out, I misunderstood the assignment and completed five interviews when they only expected one or two before this session.I'm not mad about it.Now I have a deeper pool of data, stronger confidence in what I'm hearing, and plenty to bring into the discussion.One unexpected lesson came from interviewing a friend who had purchased a toddler tantrum kit from someone else. I'll be honest—that one brought up some feelings.Why didn't they come to me?The answer could be a hundred different things. Maybe I didn't have the exact offer they needed. Maybe they didn't know I offered something similar. Maybe they simply found another solution first.I don't actually know.But moments like that reveal where our assumptions live, and that's valuable information too.That's what this whole process is teaching me: customer discovery isn't just about learning about your customers. It's also about learning about yourself, your business, your blind spots, and your opportunities.Tomorrow is Class 3. Another interview. A board meeting. More learning.And honestly?I'm loving every minute of it.The support, the mentors, the community, the repetition of the lessons until they finally click—it's exactly what I needed.For now, I'm off to review interview recordings and look for the moments that made people lean in, light up, or get emotional.That's where the real clues are.Have a calm, colorful day.

This week has been intense in the best possible way.For the Pivot Accelerator, I had class on Monday, class on Thursday, office hours on Saturday, and eight interviews scheduled across the weekend. By the time I walk into tomorrow's class, I'll have completed all five interviews required for the assignment—and then some.One of the biggest wins this week wasn't just the interviews. It was finally feeling confident enough to put my slides in front of real people. After meeting with mentor Brian and getting feedback during office hours, I felt ready to test my ideas instead of endlessly tweaking them.The interviews have been fascinating. Not just because of what people are saying, but because of what I'm learning about the research process itself.A few days ago, I printed more than 150 pages of interview transcripts from research I conducted last year and went through them by hand. Highlighter. Pen. Notes in the margins. Looking for themes, quotes, emotions, and patterns.What surprised me most was how much I noticed that AI didn't.For a long time, I would upload transcripts and let AI summarize the findings. It was fast. Efficient. Easy.But my mentor challenged me on something important: I was delegating my thinking.That hit hard.This week has been a reminder that AI can support thinking, but it shouldn't replace it. The real insights came from sitting with the data myself, noticing the nuances, and making sense of it through my own lens first.Tomorrow's class is focused on reviewing interview findings, identifying moments of "heat" or strong emotion, and deciding whether to pivot or persevere. As it turns out, I misunderstood the assignment and completed five interviews when they only expected one or two before this session.I'm not mad about it.Now I have a deeper pool of data, stronger confidence in what I'm hearing, and plenty to bring into the discussion.One unexpected lesson came from interviewing a friend who had purchased a toddler tantrum kit from someone else. I'll be honest—that one brought up some feelings.Why didn't they come to me?The answer could be a hundred different things. Maybe I didn't have the exact offer they needed. Maybe they didn't know I offered something similar. Maybe they simply found another solution first.I don't actually know.But moments like that reveal where our assumptions live, and that's valuable information too.That's what this whole process is teaching me: customer discovery isn't just about learning about your customers. It's also about learning about yourself, your business, your blind spots, and your opportunities.Tomorrow is Class 3. Another interview. A board meeting. More learning.And honestly?I'm loving every minute of it.The support, the mentors, the community, the repetition of the lessons until they finally click—it's exactly what I needed.For now, I'm off to review interview recordings and look for the moments that made people lean in, light up, or get emotional.That's where the real clues are.Have a calm, colorful day.

Calm & Colorful: Not Your Average MBA Diaries

Pivot Accelerator Five Interviews In, and a Big Shift in How I Think

A real-time reflection from inside a 2-week pivot accelerator: realizing the real problem wasn’t the customer interviews—it was the lack of hyper-specific problem focus. Breaking down how broad targeting diluted feedback, why “3-cycle testing” changes everything, and what it looks like to rebuild clarity through sharper customer discovery, MVP thinking, and ruthless niche selection.

A real-time reflection from inside a 2-week pivot accelerator: realizing the real problem wasn’t the customer interviews—it was the lack of hyper-specific problem focus. Breaking down how broad targeting diluted feedback, why “3-cycle testing” changes everything, and what it looks like to rebuild clarity through sharper customer discovery, MVP thinking, and ruthless niche selection.

I Was Asking the Wrong Questions (and I Didn't Even Know It)

In this episode, I’m sharing a very real behind-the-scenes update on business, burnout, hormones, motherhood, messaging, and feeling completely stuck.I talk about:<ul><li>realizing there’s a certain time each month where my confidence drops and everything in my business suddenly feels confusing,</li><li>the HUGE aha moment I had with my mentor about how my messaging accidentally drifted into “I can fix you” energy, even though that’s completely opposite of what I believe,</li><li>why customer discovery calls lit me up more than anything else,</li><li>the difference between a product problem and a go-to-market problem,</li><li>applying for One Day MBA’s Pivot Accelerator program,</li><li>and honestly… what it feels like trying to build a business while also being a mama, running community playgroups, navigating hospital stays, exhaustion, and real life.</li></ul>Also: I compare myself to Hei Hei from Moana for approximately five minutes, which honestly feels deeply accurate right now.If you’ve ever felt like: “I know I’m meant for this… so why does everything feel so messy?” this episode is for you.

In this episode, I’m sharing a very real behind-the-scenes update on business, burnout, hormones, motherhood, messaging, and feeling completely stuck.I talk about:realizing there’s a certain time each month where my confidence drops and everything in my business suddenly feels confusing,the HUGE aha moment I had with my mentor about how my messaging accidentally drifted into “I can fix you” energy, even though that’s completely opposite of what I believe,why customer discovery calls lit me up more than anything else,the difference between a product problem and a go-to-market problem,applying for One Day MBA’s Pivot Accelerator program,and honestly… what it feels like trying to build a business while also being a mama, running community playgroups, navigating hospital stays, exhaustion, and real life.Also: I compare myself to Hei Hei from Moana for approximately five minutes, which honestly feels deeply accurate right now.If you’ve ever felt like: “I know I’m meant for this… so why does everything feel so messy?” this episode is for you.

BONK, BONK , BONK Business feels like Moana's chicken right now

For months, I’ve been questioning whether I should pivot my business, shut down my classes, or completely change direction.On paper, some things aren’t working.The numbers don’t fully work yet.The classes aren’t truly profitable yet.And after running the viability calculator with my mentor, I had a moment where I thought:“Why hasn’t anyone told me to pivot?”But this episode turned into something much deeper.Because the truth is…the biggest thing standing in my way might actually be me.In this episode, I’m sharing:<ul><li>my fear of being “salesy”</li><li>what another founder said that completely shifted my perspective</li><li>what happened after Korbin’s ICU stay</li><li>the grief, exhaustion, and life circumstances behind the scenes</li><li>why I keep stopping myself even though I deeply believe in this work</li><li>and what I’m doing to finally get out of my own way</li></ul>This is probably one of the rawest episodes I’ve recorded.If you’re building something meaningful while also carrying real life, grief, parenting, fear, exhaustion, and self-doubt… this episode is for you. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Curious about Oneday MBA — the program I talk about throughout this show?Check it out here: <a href="https://oneday.org/us/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=jessica-brittani-referral">https://oneday.org/us/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=jessica-brittani-referral</a> Subscribe so you don't miss the messy middle of building a business as a mom. Calm & Colorful: <a href="https://www.calmandcolorful.com">https://www.calmandcolorful.com</a> Join the free Calm & Colorful Circle community for founders + mamas building alongside me If this episode resonated, please leave a review — it helps other founder moms find this podcast. #FounderMom #OnedayMBA #WomenInBusiness #PodcastForMoms #CustomerDiscovery

For months, I’ve been questioning whether I should pivot my business, shut down my classes, or completely change direction.On paper, some things aren’t working.The numbers don’t fully work yet.The classes aren’t truly profitable yet.And after running the viability calculator with my mentor, I had a moment where I thought:“Why hasn’t anyone told me to pivot?”But this episode turned into something much deeper.Because the truth is…the biggest thing standing in my way might actually be me.In this episode, I’m sharing:my fear of being “salesy”what another founder said that completely shifted my perspectivewhat happened after Korbin’s ICU staythe grief, exhaustion, and life circumstances behind the sceneswhy I keep stopping myself even though I deeply believe in this workand what I’m doing to finally get out of my own wayThis is probably one of the rawest episodes I’ve recorded.If you’re building something meaningful while also carrying real life, grief, parenting, fear, exhaustion, and self-doubt… this episode is for you.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Curious about Oneday MBA — the program I talk about throughout this show?Check it out here: https://oneday.org/us/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=jessica-brittani-referral Subscribe so you don't miss the messy middle of building a business as a mom. Calm & Colorful: https://www.calmandcolorful.com Join the free Calm & Colorful Circle community for founders + mamas building alongside meIf this episode resonated, please leave a review — it helps other founder moms find this podcast.#FounderMom #OnedayMBA #WomenInBusiness #PodcastForMoms #CustomerDiscovery

I'm the Reason My Business Isn't Growing (A Founder's Honest Confession)

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Curious about Oneday MBA — the program I talk about throughout this show?Check it out here: <a href="https://oneday.org/us/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=jessica-brittani-referral" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://oneday.org/us/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=jessica-brittani-referral</a> Subscribe so you don't miss the messy middle of building a business as a mom. Calm & Colorful: <a href="https://www.calmandcolorful.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.calmandcolorful.com</a>Join the free Calm & Colorful Circle community for founders + mamas building alongside me If this episode resonated, please leave a review — it helps other founder moms find this podcast. #FounderMom #OnedayMBA #WomenInBusiness #PodcastForMoms #CustomerDiscovery

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Curious about Oneday MBA — the program I talk about throughout this show?Check it out here: https://oneday.org/us/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=jessica-brittani-referralSubscribe so you don't miss the messy middle of building a business as a mom.Calm & Colorful: https://www.calmandcolorful.comJoin the free Calm & Colorful Circle community for founders + mamas building alongside meIf this episode resonated, please leave a review — it helps other founder moms find this podcast.#FounderMom #OnedayMBA #WomenInBusiness #PodcastForMoms #CustomerDiscovery

I Thought I Was Doing Business Right -- Until This Happened

The Moment Everything Clicked in My Business (Hot Seat Breakdown)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Curious about Oneday MBA — the program I talk about throughout this show?Check it out here: <a href="https://oneday.org/us/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=jessica-brittani-referral" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://oneday.org/us/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=jessica-brittani-referral</a> Subscribe so you don't miss the messy middle of building a business as a mom. Calm & Colorful: <a href="https://www.calmandcolorful.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.calmandcolorful.com</a> Join the free Calm & Colorful Circle community for founders + mamas building alongside me If this episode resonated, please leave a review — it helps other founder moms find this podcast. #FounderMom #OnedayMBA #WomenInBusiness #PodcastForMoms #CustomerDiscovery

The Moment Everything Clicked in My Business (Hot Seat Breakdown)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Curious about Oneday MBA — the program I talk about throughout this show?Check it out here: https://oneday.org/us/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=jessica-brittani-referral Subscribe so you don't miss the messy middle of building a business as a mom. Calm & Colorful: https://www.calmandcolorful.com Join the free Calm & Colorful Circle community for founders + mamas building alongside meIf this episode resonated, please leave a review — it helps other founder moms find this podcast.#FounderMom #OnedayMBA #WomenInBusiness #PodcastForMoms #CustomerDiscovery

The 10-Minute Conversation That Changed My Entire Niche

The last few months have felt like a roller coaster.My toddler has been healing, my body is now moving through its own healing process, and my plate has been completely full with two part-time jobs, my MBA program, and building Calm & Colorful.In this episode, I share the behind-the-scenes of a big decision I made, stepping away from one of my jobs to create space to fully focus on my business and the community I’m building for families.Entrepreneurship is emotional. Some moments are full of doubt, others bring clarity and empowerment.This is an honest snapshot of that journey and where Calm & Colorful is headed next. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Curious about Oneday MBA — the program I talk about throughout this show?Check it out here: <a href="https://oneday.org/us/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=jessica-brittani-referral" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://oneday.org/us/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=jessica-brittani-referral</a> Subscribe so you don't miss the messy middle of building a business as a mom. Calm & Colorful: <a href="https://www.calmandcolorful.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.calmandcolorful.com</a>Join the free Calm & Colorful Circle community for founders + mamas building alongside me If this episode resonated, please leave a review — it helps other founder moms find this podcast. #FounderMom #OnedayMBA #WomenInBusiness #PodcastForMoms #CustomerDiscovery

The last few months have felt like a roller coaster.My toddler has been healing, my body is now moving through its own healing process, and my plate has been completely full with two part-time jobs, my MBA program, and building Calm & Colorful.In this episode, I share the behind-the-scenes of a big decision I made, stepping away from one of my jobs to create space to fully focus on my business and the community I’m building for families.Entrepreneurship is emotional. Some moments are full of doubt, others bring clarity and empowerment.This is an honest snapshot of that journey and where Calm & Colorful is headed next.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Curious about Oneday MBA — the program I talk about throughout this show?Check it out here: https://oneday.org/us/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=jessica-brittani-referralSubscribe so you don't miss the messy middle of building a business as a mom.Calm & Colorful: https://www.calmandcolorful.comJoin the free Calm & Colorful Circle community for founders + mamas building alongside meIf this episode resonated, please leave a review — it helps other founder moms find this podcast.#FounderMom #OnedayMBA #WomenInBusiness #PodcastForMoms #CustomerDiscovery

Crying in the Morning, Empowered by Night: A Founder Mom's Real Day

This week something shifted.Not because of a new strategy.Not because of a new offer.Not because of another course or checklist.Ownership.In this episode, I share the honest behind-the-scenes of two mentor calls that were only one week apart — and how I went from toe-dipping around responsibility to fully stepping through what my mentor calls “the gate.”We talk about:<ul><li>Why I was doing the bare minimum and calling it effort</li><li>The difference between “What do I do?” and “What do you think?”</li><li>Why non-response is not rejection</li><li>The truth about lead time and touch points</li><li>The hidden money block tied to the rescuer role</li><li>Why you can’t outsource ownership (even if you hire help)</li><li>What CEO energy actually looks like</li></ul>If you’re building something and quietly hoping someone else will carry the weight of it for you… this episode is for you.Because growth doesn’t come from more information.It comes from deciding to hold the wheel. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Curious about Oneday MBA — the program I talk about throughout this show?Check it out here: <a href="https://oneday.org/us/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=jessica-brittani-referral" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://oneday.org/us/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=jessica-brittani-referral</a> Subscribe so you don't miss the messy middle of building a business as a mom. Calm & Colorful: <a href="https://www.calmandcolorful.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.calmandcolorful.com</a>Join the free Calm & Colorful Circle community for founders + mamas building alongside me If this episode resonated, please leave a review — it helps other founder moms find this podcast. #FounderMom #OnedayMBA #WomenInBusiness #PodcastForMoms #CustomerDiscovery

This week something shifted.Not because of a new strategy.Not because of a new offer.Not because of another course or checklist.Ownership.In this episode, I share the honest behind-the-scenes of two mentor calls that were only one week apart — and how I went from toe-dipping around responsibility to fully stepping through what my mentor calls “the gate.”We talk about:Why I was doing the bare minimum and calling it effortThe difference between “What do I do?” and “What do you think?”Why non-response is not rejectionThe truth about lead time and touch pointsThe hidden money block tied to the rescuer roleWhy you can’t outsource ownership (even if you hire help)What CEO energy actually looks likeIf you’re building something and quietly hoping someone else will carry the weight of it for you… this episode is for you.Because growth doesn’t come from more information.It comes from deciding to hold the wheel.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Curious about Oneday MBA — the program I talk about throughout this show?Check it out here: https://oneday.org/us/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=jessica-brittani-referralSubscribe so you don't miss the messy middle of building a business as a mom.Calm & Colorful: https://www.calmandcolorful.comJoin the free Calm & Colorful Circle community for founders + mamas building alongside meIf this episode resonated, please leave a review — it helps other founder moms find this podcast.#FounderMom #OnedayMBA #WomenInBusiness #PodcastForMoms #CustomerDiscovery

You Can't Hire Someone to Own Your Dream (Hard Founder Truth)

In this episode, I’m sharing a very real moment from my journey inside the One Day MBA, not the highlight reel, but the messy middle.I talk about what it feels like to set a big goal, like becoming one of the top students in the program, and then face the gut punch of realizing I didn’t show up the way I promised myself I would.Missing a deadline.Avoiding marketing.Feeling overwhelmed.Getting mad at myself.Questioning everything.This episode is about integrity, fear, and what happens when the stories in your head start getting loud, and you decide to run toward the fear instead of backing away.I share:<ul><li>Why being “late” hit me harder than I expected</li><li>The deal I made with my mentor, and why I reset the clock on myself</li><li>How fear shows up disguised as self-doubt and procrastination</li><li>What it looks like to call in your full support system instead of spiraling alone</li><li>Why shooting for the moon still matters, even on the weeks you’re exhausted</li></ul>This is an honest check-in from the overwhelm phase, the part most people skip sharing. If you’re building something meaningful, carrying a lot, and still choosing to show up, this episode is for you.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Curious about Oneday MBA — the program I talk about throughout this show?Check it out here: <a href="https://oneday.org/us/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=jessica-brittani-referral" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://oneday.org/us/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=jessica-brittani-referral</a> Subscribe so you don't miss the messy middle of building a business as a mom. Calm & Colorful: <a href="https://www.calmandcolorful.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.calmandcolorful.com</a> Join the free Calm & Colorful Circle community for founders + mamas building alongside me If this episode resonated, please leave a review — it helps other founder moms find this podcast. #FounderMom #OnedayMBA #WomenInBusiness #PodcastForMoms #CustomerDiscovery

In this episode, I’m sharing a very real moment from my journey inside the One Day MBA, not the highlight reel, but the messy middle.I talk about what it feels like to set a big goal, like becoming one of the top students in the program, and then face the gut punch of realizing I didn’t show up the way I promised myself I would.Missing a deadline.Avoiding marketing.Feeling overwhelmed.Getting mad at myself.Questioning everything.This episode is about integrity, fear, and what happens when the stories in your head start getting loud, and you decide to run toward the fear instead of backing away.I share:Why being “late” hit me harder than I expectedThe deal I made with my mentor, and why I reset the clock on myselfHow fear shows up disguised as self-doubt and procrastinationWhat it looks like to call in your full support system instead of spiraling aloneWhy shooting for the moon still matters, even on the weeks you’re exhaustedThis is an honest check-in from the overwhelm phase, the part most people skip sharing. If you’re building something meaningful, carrying a lot, and still choosing to show up, this episode is for you.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Curious about Oneday MBA — the program I talk about throughout this show?Check it out here: https://oneday.org/us/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=jessica-brittani-referral Subscribe so you don't miss the messy middle of building a business as a mom. Calm & Colorful: https://www.calmandcolorful.com Join the free Calm & Colorful Circle community for founders + mamas building alongside meIf this episode resonated, please leave a review — it helps other founder moms find this podcast.#FounderMom #OnedayMBA #WomenInBusiness #PodcastForMoms #CustomerDiscovery

I Missed My Big Deadline -- and It Woke Me All the Way Up

In this end-of-January update, I share an honest look at navigating exhaustion, motherhood, business growth, and self-sabotage, all in the middle of a snowstorm. From starting therapy through One Day MBA, to being called out on avoidance, to reframing guilt, capacity, and leadership, this episode is about choosing forward motion even when it’s messy. I also share a marketing win, new experiments I’m excited to test, and why learning to tighten conversion (not clicks) feels like a breakthrough.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Curious about Oneday MBA — the program I talk about throughout this show?Check it out here: <a href="https://oneday.org/us/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=jessica-brittani-referral" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://oneday.org/us/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=jessica-brittani-referral</a> Subscribe so you don't miss the messy middle of building a business as a mom. Calm & Colorful: <a href="https://www.calmandcolorful.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.calmandcolorful.com</a> Join the free Calm & Colorful Circle community for founders + mamas building alongside me If this episode resonated, please leave a review — it helps other founder moms find this podcast. #FounderMom #OnedayMBA #WomenInBusiness #PodcastForMoms #CustomerDiscovery

In this end-of-January update, I share an honest look at navigating exhaustion, motherhood, business growth, and self-sabotage, all in the middle of a snowstorm. From starting therapy through One Day MBA, to being called out on avoidance, to reframing guilt, capacity, and leadership, this episode is about choosing forward motion even when it’s messy. I also share a marketing win, new experiments I’m excited to test, and why learning to tighten conversion (not clicks) feels like a breakthrough.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Curious about Oneday MBA — the program I talk about throughout this show?Check it out here: https://oneday.org/us/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=jessica-brittani-referral Subscribe so you don't miss the messy middle of building a business as a mom. Calm & Colorful: https://www.calmandcolorful.com Join the free Calm & Colorful Circle community for founders + mamas building alongside meIf this episode resonated, please leave a review — it helps other founder moms find this podcast.#FounderMom #OnedayMBA #WomenInBusiness #PodcastForMoms #CustomerDiscovery

When Growth Feels Messy: Therapy, Self-Sabotage & Choosing Forward

In this episode, I’m reflecting honestly on the first night of the Calm & Colorful Co-Regulation Series. What went well. What didn’t quite land yet. And what that taught me about holding space for parents and young children in real life, not theory. I talk about community showing up in unexpected ways, the power of story time, where structure matters more than freedom, and why “good, not great” is actually a gift when you’re building something rooted in nervous system safety. This isn’t a polished recap or a highlight reel. It’s a real-time reflection on learning, adjusting, and choosing regulation over perfection, for parents, for kids, and for me too. If you’re launching something new navigating the messy middle of meaningful work, this one’s for you. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Curious about Oneday MBA — the program I talk about throughout this show?Check it out here: <a href="https://oneday.org/us/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=jessica-brittani-referral" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://oneday.org/us/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=jessica-brittani-referral</a> Subscribe so you don't miss the messy middle of building a business as a mom. Calm & Colorful: <a href="https://www.calmandcolorful.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.calmandcolorful.com</a>Join the free Calm & Colorful Circle community for founders + mamas building alongside me If this episode resonated, please leave a review — it helps other founder moms find this podcast. #FounderMom #OnedayMBA #WomenInBusiness #PodcastForMoms #CustomerDiscovery

In this episode, I’m reflecting honestly on the first night of the Calm & Colorful Co-Regulation Series.What went well. What didn’t quite land yet. And what that taught me about holding space for parents and young children in real life, not theory.I talk about community showing up in unexpected ways, the power of story time, where structure matters more than freedom, and why “good, not great” is actually a gift when you’re building something rooted in nervous system safety.This isn’t a polished recap or a highlight reel. It’s a real-time reflection on learning, adjusting, and choosing regulation over perfection, for parents, for kids, and for me too.If you’re launching something new navigating the messy middle of meaningful work, this one’s for you.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Curious about Oneday MBA — the program I talk about throughout this show?Check it out here: https://oneday.org/us/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=jessica-brittani-referralSubscribe so you don't miss the messy middle of building a business as a mom.Calm & Colorful: https://www.calmandcolorful.comJoin the free Calm & Colorful Circle community for founders + mamas building alongside meIf this episode resonated, please leave a review — it helps other founder moms find this podcast.#FounderMom #OnedayMBA #WomenInBusiness #PodcastForMoms #CustomerDiscovery

Behind the Scenes: Launching the Oneday MBA Live Series (Night One)

Mid-January check-in, and a lot has shifted. In this episode, I share what it was like landing in the ER over winter break with double vision, being told I’m “healthy, just tired,” and what changed when I chose to actually listen to my body instead of pushing through. I talk about honoring rest, riding unexpected waves of energy, and launching my very first in-person emotional co-regulation support series in Texas, three families signed up, entirely through word of mouth. No ads. No hype. Just people talking about what they’ve experienced. I reflect on getting a 97% on my first major assessment in the One Day MBA, unpack the complicated feelings that came with that number, and how different this moment feels compared to my school experiences growing up. We also get real about the behind-the-scenes work, learning to tolerate and eventually appreciate data, go-to-market plans, CRMs, heat maps, and tracking what actually works versus what drains energy. Plus a transparent look at hours worked, money earned so far, and what “progress” really looks like in real life. This episode is raw, reflective, and very much in process, motherhood, business, school, partnership, and nervous-system care all happening at once. If you’re building something while holding a lot, this one’s for you. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Curious about Oneday MBA — the program I talk about throughout this show?Check it out here: <a href="https://oneday.org/us/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=jessica-brittani-referral" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://oneday.org/us/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=jessica-brittani-referral</a> Subscribe so you don't miss the messy middle of building a business as a mom. Calm & Colorful: <a href="https://www.calmandcolorful.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.calmandcolorful.com</a>Join the free Calm & Colorful Circle community for founders + mamas building alongside me If this episode resonated, please leave a review — it helps other founder moms find this podcast. #FounderMom #OnedayMBA #WomenInBusiness #PodcastForMoms #CustomerDiscovery

Mid-January check-in, and a lot has shifted.In this episode, I share what it was like landing in the ER over winter break with double vision, being told I’m “healthy, just tired,” and what changed when I chose to actually listen to my body instead of pushing through.I talk about honoring rest, riding unexpected waves of energy, and launching my very first in-person emotional co-regulation support series in Texas, three families signed up, entirely through word of mouth. No ads. No hype. Just people talking about what they’ve experienced.I reflect on getting a 97% on my first major assessment in the One Day MBA, unpack the complicated feelings that came with that number, and how different this moment feels compared to my school experiences growing up.We also get real about the behind-the-scenes work, learning to tolerate and eventually appreciate data, go-to-market plans, CRMs, heat maps, and tracking what actually works versus what drains energy. Plus a transparent look at hours worked, money earned so far, and what “progress” really looks like in real life.This episode is raw, reflective, and very much in process, motherhood, business, school, partnership, and nervous-system care all happening at once.If you’re building something while holding a lot, this one’s for you.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Curious about Oneday MBA — the program I talk about throughout this show?Check it out here: https://oneday.org/us/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=jessica-brittani-referralSubscribe so you don't miss the messy middle of building a business as a mom.Calm & Colorful: https://www.calmandcolorful.comJoin the free Calm & Colorful Circle community for founders + mamas building alongside meIf this episode resonated, please leave a review — it helps other founder moms find this podcast.#FounderMom #OnedayMBA #WomenInBusiness #PodcastForMoms #CustomerDiscovery

Healthy, Tired, and Building a Business Anyway

This episode is a pause and a check-in.I’m sharing reflections from our first full One Day MBA community event, the first time founders from all stages of the program came together in one space. Not just my November cohort, but founders who are brand new, founders deep in the work, and founders just weeks away from graduating.Led by mentor Brian, the conversation wasn’t about tactics or growth hacks. It was about where we actually are right now, at the end of 2025. The real blockers. The life stuff. The exhaustion, the responsibility, the hope, and the rebuilding that happens alongside building a business.In breakout rooms, we heard from parents, caregivers, nonprofit leaders, bootstrapped founders, and longtime entrepreneurs, all navigating different chapters of the same journey. Different timelines, same human questions.This episode is a snapshot of the One Day community as a whole, honest, grounded, and very real. If you’re building something and wondering if you’re the only one feeling tired, behind, or uncertain, you’re not.This is where a lot of us are right now.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Curious about Oneday MBA — the program I talk about throughout this show?Check it out here: <a href="https://oneday.org/us/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=jessica-brittani-referral" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://oneday.org/us/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=jessica-brittani-referral</a> Subscribe so you don't miss the messy middle of building a business as a mom. Calm & Colorful: <a href="https://www.calmandcolorful.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.calmandcolorful.com</a> Join the free Calm & Colorful Circle community for founders + mamas building alongside me If this episode resonated, please leave a review — it helps other founder moms find this podcast. #FounderMom #OnedayMBA #WomenInBusiness #PodcastForMoms #CustomerDiscovery

This episode is a pause and a check-in.I’m sharing reflections from our first full One Day MBA community event, the first time founders from all stages of the program came together in one space. Not just my November cohort, but founders who are brand new, founders deep in the work, and founders just weeks away from graduating.Led by mentor Brian, the conversation wasn’t about tactics or growth hacks. It was about where we actually are right now, at the end of 2025. The real blockers. The life stuff. The exhaustion, the responsibility, the hope, and the rebuilding that happens alongside building a business.In breakout rooms, we heard from parents, caregivers, nonprofit leaders, bootstrapped founders, and longtime entrepreneurs, all navigating different chapters of the same journey. Different timelines, same human questions.This episode is a snapshot of the One Day community as a whole, honest, grounded, and very real. If you’re building something and wondering if you’re the only one feeling tired, behind, or uncertain, you’re not.This is where a lot of us are right now.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Curious about Oneday MBA — the program I talk about throughout this show?Check it out here: https://oneday.org/us/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=jessica-brittani-referral Subscribe so you don't miss the messy middle of building a business as a mom. Calm & Colorful: https://www.calmandcolorful.com Join the free Calm & Colorful Circle community for founders + mamas building alongside meIf this episode resonated, please leave a review — it helps other founder moms find this podcast.#FounderMom #OnedayMBA #WomenInBusiness #PodcastForMoms #CustomerDiscovery

Where We All Are Right Now: A Oneday MBA Community Check-In

This episode came directly from a conversation I had this morning with Ranbir, the founder of One Day MBA.Seven weeks into the program, deep in customer interviews, heat maps, and idea testing, this conversation helped me see my work and my assumptions more clearly. We talked about what “deep pain” actually means, why talking to everyone can dilute your signal, and how patience is one of the most underrated advantages in business.I also reflect on the tension between staying committed to your vision while remaining open to pivots, and why medium-level excitement can be more dangerous than no excitement at all.If you’re in the messy middle of building something, unsure whether to dig deeper or zoom back out, this episode is for you. Let’s Stay Calm & Colorful TogetherExplore my books, audio tools, and mama support at www.calmandcolorful.com — and join the free Calm & Colorful Circle for updates, emotional regulation tips, and community.﻿ What I share here is simply my personal journey, reflections, and takeaways. The lessons I talk about from One Day MBA classes or community events are not a substitute for actually being in the program. Think of this podcast as my unfiltered notebook — shared in hopes that it sparks ideas, encouragement, and support for your own business path. This is not professional business or financial advice, just one beautiful human figuring it out one day at a time.Unfiltered. Unedited. Just real.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Curious about Oneday MBA — the program I talk about throughout this show?Check it out here: <a href="https://oneday.org/us/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=jessica-brittani-referral" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://oneday.org/us/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=jessica-brittani-referral</a> Subscribe so you don't miss the messy middle of building a business as a mom. Calm & Colorful: <a href="https://www.calmandcolorful.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.calmandcolorful.com</a>Join the free Calm & Colorful Circle community for founders + mamas building alongside me If this episode resonated, please leave a review — it helps other founder moms find this podcast. #FounderMom #OnedayMBA #WomenInBusiness #PodcastForMoms #CustomerDiscovery

This episode came directly from a conversation I had this morning with Ranbir, the founder of One Day MBA.Seven weeks into the program, deep in customer interviews, heat maps, and idea testing, this conversation helped me see my work and my assumptions more clearly. We talked about what “deep pain” actually means, why talking to everyone can dilute your signal, and how patience is one of the most underrated advantages in business.I also reflect on the tension between staying committed to your vision while remaining open to pivots, and why medium-level excitement can be more dangerous than no excitement at all.If you’re in the messy middle of building something, unsure whether to dig deeper or zoom back out, this episode is for you.Let’s Stay Calm & Colorful TogetherExplore my books, audio tools, and mama support at www.calmandcolorful.com — and join the free Calm & Colorful Circle for updates, emotional regulation tips, and community.﻿What I share here is simply my personal journey, reflections, and takeaways. The lessons I talk about from One Day MBA classes or community events are not a substitute for actually being in the program. Think of this podcast as my unfiltered notebook — shared in hopes that it sparks ideas, encouragement, and support for your own business path. This is not professional business or financial advice, just one beautiful human figuring it out one day at a time.Unfiltered. Unedited. Just real.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Curious about Oneday MBA — the program I talk about throughout this show?Check it out here: https://oneday.org/us/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=jessica-brittani-referralSubscribe so you don't miss the messy middle of building a business as a mom.Calm & Colorful: https://www.calmandcolorful.comJoin the free Calm & Colorful Circle community for founders + mamas building alongside meIf this episode resonated, please leave a review — it helps other founder moms find this podcast.#FounderMom #OnedayMBA #WomenInBusiness #PodcastForMoms #CustomerDiscovery

Customer Discovery Isn't About Being Right (Here's What It Actually Is)

Seven weeks into One Day MBA, something unexpected happened. The founder of the program, Ranbir, personally hopped on a call with me, not to sell, not to onboard, and not because he had to, but to genuinely check in on how my customer discovery process was going and to listen. In this episode, I share why that moment mattered so much to me as a founder and why it says everything about the culture behind One Day MBA. We talk about what it looks like when a founder actually walks the walk, models curiosity over certainty, and stays involved long after most programs go quiet. If you’ve ever joined a program that felt supportive at the beginning but distant once you were “in,” this episode offers a refreshing contrast and a behind-the-scenes look at leadership done differently. Let’s Stay Calm & Colorful TogetherExplore my books, audio tools, and mama support at www.calmandcolorful.com — and join the free Calm & Colorful Circle for updates, emotional regulation tips, and community. Interested in joining OneDay? Click here: <a href="https://bit.ly/jessica-brittani" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">https://bit.ly/jessica-brittani</a> ﻿ What I share here is simply my personal journey, reflections, and takeaways. The lessons I talk about from One Day MBA classes or community events are not a substitute for actually being in the program. Think of this podcast as my unfiltered notebook — shared in hopes that it sparks ideas, encouragement, and support for your own business path. This is not professional business or financial advice, just one beautiful human figuring it out one day at a time.Unfiltered. Unedited. Just real.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Curious about Oneday MBA — the program I talk about throughout this show?Check it out here: <a href="https://oneday.org/us/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=jessica-brittani-referral" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://oneday.org/us/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=jessica-brittani-referral</a> Subscribe so you don't miss the messy middle of building a business as a mom. Calm & Colorful: <a href="https://www.calmandcolorful.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.calmandcolorful.com</a> Join the free Calm & Colorful Circle community for founders + mamas building alongside me If this episode resonated, please leave a review — it helps other founder moms find this podcast. #FounderMom #OnedayMBA #WomenInBusiness #PodcastForMoms #CustomerDiscovery

Seven weeks into One Day MBA, something unexpected happened.The founder of the program, Ranbir, personally hopped on a call with me, not to sell, not to onboard, and not because he had to, but to genuinely check in on how my customer discovery process was going and to listen.In this episode, I share why that moment mattered so much to me as a founder and why it says everything about the culture behind One Day MBA. We talk about what it looks like when a founder actually walks the walk, models curiosity over certainty, and stays involved long after most programs go quiet.If you’ve ever joined a program that felt supportive at the beginning but distant once you were “in,” this episode offers a refreshing contrast and a behind-the-scenes look at leadership done differently.Let’s Stay Calm & Colorful TogetherExplore my books, audio tools, and mama support at www.calmandcolorful.com — and join the free Calm & Colorful Circle for updates, emotional regulation tips, and community.Interested in joining OneDay? Click here: https://bit.ly/jessica-brittani﻿What I share here is simply my personal journey, reflections, and takeaways. The lessons I talk about from One Day MBA classes or community events are not a substitute for actually being in the program. Think of this podcast as my unfiltered notebook — shared in hopes that it sparks ideas, encouragement, and support for your own business path. This is not professional business or financial advice, just one beautiful human figuring it out one day at a time.Unfiltered. Unedited. Just real.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Curious about Oneday MBA — the program I talk about throughout this show?Check it out here: https://oneday.org/us/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=jessica-brittani-referral Subscribe so you don't miss the messy middle of building a business as a mom. Calm & Colorful: https://www.calmandcolorful.com Join the free Calm & Colorful Circle community for founders + mamas building alongside meIf this episode resonated, please leave a review — it helps other founder moms find this podcast.#FounderMom #OnedayMBA #WomenInBusiness #PodcastForMoms #CustomerDiscovery

The Moment I Knew Oneday MBA Was the Right Program for Me

This podcast is not polished. It’s not planned out. It’s just me — recording voice notes in real time as I move through the One Day MBA program and rebuild my business from the inside out. I’ve been running my business for seven years. But this? This is Calm & Colorful 2.0. A new version. A deeper mission. A bigger ripple. And I’m documenting the journey as it unfolds — one day, one alignment, one breakthrough at a time. The One Day MBA is an 18-month, hands-on business accelerator where you grow your business in real time — with strategy, coaching, community, and way more truth-telling than I expected. I said yes because I was ready to bring my business back to life. To lead with more clarity, more confidence, and more me. Because this season is all about being fully alive in it — not just getting through it. This podcast is for the ones doing business with babies on their hips and big dreams in their hearts.For the ones who crave both strategy and softness.For the mamas bringing their full selves to the work. Mama. Business. Alive.Unfiltered. Unedited. Just one day at a time. Disclaimer: What I share here is simply my personal journey, reflections, and takeaways. The lessons I talk about from One Day MBA classes or community events are not a substitute for actually being in the program. Think of this podcast as my unfiltered notebook — shared in hopes that it sparks ideas, encouragement, and support for your own business path.

This podcast is not polished. It’s not planned out. It’s just me — recording voice notes in real time as I move through the One Day MBA program and rebuild my business from the inside out.I’ve been running my business for seven years. But this? This is Calm & Colorful 2.0. A new version. A deeper mission. A bigger ripple. And I’m documenting the journey as it unfolds — one day, one alignment, one breakthrough at a time.The One Day MBA is an 18-month, hands-on business accelerator where you grow your business in real time — with strategy, coaching, community, and way more truth-telling than I expected. I said yes because I was ready to bring my business back to life. To lead with more clarity, more confidence, and more me.Because this season is all about being fully alive in it — not just getting through it.This podcast is for the ones doing business with babies on their hips and big dreams in their hearts.For the ones who crave both strategy and softness.For the mamas bringing their full selves to the work.Mama. Business. Alive.Unfiltered. Unedited. Just one day at a time. Disclaimer: What I share here is simply my personal journey, reflections, and takeaways. The lessons I talk about from One Day MBA classes or community events are not a substitute for actually being in the program. Think of this podcast as my unfiltered notebook — shared in hopes that it sparks ideas, encouragement, and support for your own business path.

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Calm & Colorful: Not Your Average MBA Diaries

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