S2 E9 | Running a business following personal loss with Esther Bathers
Making Money Online with Lisa Johnson
Lisa Johnson
5.0 • 567 Ratings
🗓️ 6 January 2026
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
What happens when your entire life is thrown off course by a profound loss? How does a business even continue? In today's episode I speak to Esther Bathers who has been through loss and is still running a fantastic business now. We talk about the resilience needed to go through huge life events to get what you really want and how it's all affected how she sees life now.
You can follow Esther's amazing business For The Brave here: https://www.instagram.com/forthebrave.co/ or https://forthebrave.co
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Making Money Online, the podcast that talks about how to make income with impact and have a thriving business. |
| 0:06.4 | We don't just talk about business, we talk about everything that affects your business too. |
| 0:10.7 | This episode is sponsored by our friends at Autumn. You know me. I'm all about finding new ways to work smarter and give my time to the work and people that matter most. |
| 0:22.8 | But like every entrepreneur, I've had those weeks where I am stuck in the weeds. Answering the same questions over and over, |
| 0:29.0 | stepping in to fix things and my absolute pet hate, having to chase people for updates. And sometimes |
| 0:36.5 | things don't seem to move forward unless it's me stepping in, right? |
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| 1:10.7 | But best of all, it just gets on with |
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| 1:19.1 | Autumn aligns perfectly with my mission. It's designed to give us back our headspace, our time, |
| 1:24.5 | and our focus for the thing that really moves our business forward. |
| 1:28.1 | And that matters most to me personally, the impact that we're making. |
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| 1:36.6 | fall back in love with running our businesses. Trust me, it's going to blow your mind and |
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| 1:52.3 | faster? Just autumn it. My next guest is Esther Bathers. She had a thriving business when the |
| 1:58.8 | worst thing that could happen happened. I wanted to talk to |
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