
Resting Biz Face
Welcome to the Resting Biz Face Podcast.
Who said you had to pick just one thing?
If you're a writer, creative business owner or service provider who’s tired of being told to niche down, slow down or pick a lane, you're in the right place.
I’m Michelle Allen: writer, producer, creative consultant, and trainee personal trainer... aka the Infinite Upstart.
I’m also the co-founder of Ironclad Creative, a Community Interest Company supporting writers and theatre-makers in the business of making art.
I’m wildly neurodivergent, multi-passionate, and (surprise!) often very much in need of rest.
Resting hasn’t always come easy, especially when my brain wants to do everything all at once. But what I’ve learned, and what I share here, is that you can do lots of things your way, on your terms, and still build a sustainable, satisfying, income-generating life.
This podcast is about finding your rhythm, not someone else’s formula.
I’ll share mindset reframes, thought awareness tools, creative prompts, and business strategy that blend structure with spaciousness.
It’s about building a creative work life that’s actually liveable, one that makes space for ambition and rest, ideas and boundaries, doing and not-doing.
So if you’re building a creative life with a lot going on, and you want more income, more clients, and more creativity without the burnout, overwhelm or boredom, come rest your biz face here!
Let’s do it differently.
Together.
Episodes
118. Language & Kind Marketing with Pronounce Korean's Youseop Lee

117. Marketing designed like a workout

116. How to Stop the Endless Draft-Edit Cycle

115. Lost & Now Found with Suzi Payton

114. Treating your readers (or clients) like your romcom love interest... but not in a weird way

113. Write your idea client like a character

112. BTS - Marketing automation for the 500 Words a Day Challenge

111. The Real Reason You’re Not Writing (And What to Do Instead)

110. Accountability: What It Really Takes to Stick With Something

109. Building Momentum: Behind the Scenes of a Launch

108. 500 Words A Day Challenge!

107. Mid-Year Creative Reset: What Are You Really Building?

106. What to do when you're feeling overwhelmed

105. Quiet's Always Been the Point

104. Why it wasn't for me

103. Naps, Time Blocking & Sunshine: A Business Strategy You’ll Actually Stick To

102. 5 Ways to Get in Front of Other People’s Audiences Without Burning Out

101. Imposter Syndrome Special - You’re not faking it. You’re growing.

100. Small Steps, Sustainable Business & The Power of Ebbs and Flows

99. Selling online without the anxiety!

98. What Comes After List Building? Turning Subscribers into Buyers (Without Feeling Sleazy)

97. The Resting Biz Face Email Framework - aka how to build your email list without losing your mind

96. How to Nurture Your Email List Before You Sell

95. From List to Sale: The Gentle Art of Selling via Email

94. Building Your E-mail List While You Build Your Brand
