How to Build a Business That Feels Inclusive, Impactful, and Built to Last with Ashley Ansuini

Earn Your Happy

Lori Harder

Business, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Have you ever wondered what it takes to build a business that people don’t just buy from, but genuinely want to be part of? In this episode, I sit down with Ashley Ansuini, founder of The Good Place Pilates, to talk about how to build a community-driven brand that feels welcoming, inclusive, and deeply connected to the people it serves. We talk about what it looks like to turn a passion into a multi-location wellness business, how to create an experience that keeps people coming back, and why community can become one of your biggest competitive advantages. Ashley also shares the realities of growing a business in the messy middle, making values-based decisions around accessibility and leadership, and building something with both structure and soul. Get ready to learn how to create a brand people feel safe in, supported by, and excited to belong to. Check out our Sponsors: Shopify - Try the ecommerce platform I trust for Glōci. Sign up for your $1/month trial period at http://Shopify.com/happy. Indeed - Spend less time searching, and more time actually interviewing candidates who check all your boxes. Indeed is giving Earn Your Happy listeners a $75 SPONSORED JOB CREDIT to help get your job the premium status it deserves. Just go to http://Indeed.com/podcast right now and support our show by saying you heard about Indeed on Earn Your Happy. Fora Travel - Curious how to become a travel advisor and earn while you explore? Start at http://foratravel.com/happy. Zazzle - Save 25% on your first order today at http://Zazzle.com with code EARN. Monarch Money - Get your first year of Monarch Core for half off at http://Monarch.com with code EYH. Northwest Registered Agent - Visit northwestregisteredagent.com/EarnFree and start using free resources to build something amazing. Wealthfront - Join the million-plus people already building long-term wealth with confidence by heading to wealthfront.com/earn. HIGHLIGHTS 00:00 The first Pilates class that made Ashley realize she’d found her business. 08:15 How do you move through imposter syndrome when you’re building something new? 11:30 What to do when entrepreneurship makes you question yourself. 14:00 The gap Ashley saw in boutique fitness and how she filled it. 17:45 Why representation matters in building a community-driven brand. 21:30 The marketing strategies that helped fill Ashley’s first studio. 27:45 How do you handle the emotional weight of leading a team? 35:00 Ashley’s favorite way to reset when stress starts spiraling. 40:15 Why community events are a major focus for growth right now. 44:00 How to grow your business without losing your life in the process. 48:00 What’s next for The Good Place? RESOURCES Experience Ashley Ansuini’s The Good Place Pilates in Las Vegas HERE! Apply for the Elite Entrepreneur Mastermind HERE! Get on the waitlist for Mentor Collective Mastermind HERE! Try glōci for 40% off your first order with code HAPPY at checkout - head to getgloci.com FOLLOW Follow me: @loriharder Follow glōci: @getgloci Follow Ashley: @_ashleysue_ Follow The Good Place: @thegoodplacelv

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0:00.0	In those moments where it feels like you're not going to make it through, how do you cope?
0:05.6	I'm the same as you. I work from home and then the studios. And so it's like, it never shuts off.
0:10.0	Maybe at the end of the night, unwinding cooking dinner, unplugging my phone for at least an hour and just trying to like be.
0:17.6	You got to have those moments of reset and above perspective shift yeah because you can get so low
0:23.8	into these things that like you said they feel like a huge deal but they're actually in the grand
0:28.6	scheme when you talk to other entrepreneurs they're not that big of a deal if you own a business
0:32.8	this is literally everybody's every day and somehow that craziness makes me feel normal.
0:52.6	Ashley, welcome back to the podcast.
0:55.1	Thank you so much for having me.
0:56.7	I'm so excited to be here.
0:58.8	I can't wait because you are, you know, now you're a resident Pilates girl on the podcast.
1:05.7	She's just been on the podcast now talking about Pilates, which I absolutely love.
1:10.2	And so this is,
1:10.9	this is such a great topic, not only because I love Pilates, it's having its moment. We talk about
1:17.6	this all the time, but also I love to deep dive into the business end and the entrepreneur,
1:26.2	who I know this started as an absolute passion and sometimes
1:29.9	when we turn our passions into a business, a lot happens. A lot happens on that journey. And I love
1:36.9	that it is something that is such a deep, deep passion of yours because I also believe that when we can
1:42.7	really channel that passion into our business,
1:45.7	you get something bigger than you can ever imagine and have so much success.
1:50.2	And we know that this is happening for you.
1:53.1	So everybody listening, you're in for a treat because if you are somebody who really
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