Authenticity Amplified

Shawna Rodrigues, podcast strategist, small business coach for women; especially solopreneurs

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Are you a solopreneur seeking to find your unique voice in the digital world, clarify your focus, and refine your marketing strategy? Tune into 'Authenticity Amplified', hosted by Shawna Rodrigues, podcast strategist and founder of the Solopreneur Sisterhood. This podcast is dedicated to empowering purpose-driven solopreneurs through inspiration, tools to build a growth mindset, practical advice, and actionable insights. Each episode features expert guests and frank advice with strategies on how to attract clients and grow your business with authenticity. From sales strategy, content marketing, how to make money online, to branding and visibility -we’ve got what your small bu...

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Based on 4 episodes we listened to · September 2026

It connects solopreneur growth decisions with the mindset, health, relationships, and visibility habits that can support or complicate them.

Authenticity Amplified keeps the personal side of running a one-person business in view while staying alert to concrete growth decisions. Shawna Rodrigues moves from revenue plateaus and life balance to the choice between hosting a podcast and appearing on other shows, treating…

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A wheel-of-life checkup gives your bum ankle a vote on your 10k-month ambition.

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  • to decide whether guest spots or your own podcast fit where your business is now
  • to weigh your health and relationships alongside revenue, even when the numbers look good
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When Life Calls: How to Scale Back Your Business to Work Less with Grace

A solopreneur reset centered on cutting back, reassessing social media, and testing a six-month pause.

The episode turns Shawna Rodriguez’s focus toward the practical side of solopreneur life, where work hours can shrink and there is no supervisor or team to absorb the slack.

How Solopreneurs can benefit from Answering 20 Couple Questions

A grounded check-in on how partnership shapes solo business from the kitchen table.

At the center is the relationship at home, the quiet footing behind solo business. The host starts from a familiar place for work-from-home solopreneurs: marriage or partnership slipping into logistics and schedules.

How to Find Balance - Try the Solopreneur's Wheel of Life Assessment

A practical reset for solopreneurs who want growth to support the rest of life.

Shauna Rodriguez treats the solopreneur's wheel of life as a plainspoken check on whether a business is supporting a full life, not just the bank balance.

Is it better to Create Your Own Podcast or be a Podcast Guest?

A lean, practical case for guesting when reach, list growth, and visibility matter.

Authenticity Amplified frames the choice between launching a show and guesting on other podcasts as a question of timing and reach. Shawna Rodriguez keeps the advice aimed at solopreneurs, and the strongest case here is simple enough: guesting can bring in new listeners, grow an…

Is an Upper Limit Holding You Back in Growing Your Business?

A useful reset for entrepreneurs who keep mistaking success for a warning light.

The episode looks at the uneasy moment when a business starts to work and the wheels still wobble anyway. Shana Rodrigue uses Gay Hendricks' upper limit problem to connect business plateaus, relationship friction, and the habit of shrinking away from good attention, turning a…

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Episodes

  1. 1

    How Solopreneurs can benefit from Answering 20 Couple Questions

    Host Shawna Rodrigues shares a vulnerable conversation with her husband Roby, using 20 relationship questions to explore how solopreneurs can strengthen their primary partnerships.

    ·42m·3 clips
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    Is an Upper Limit Holding You Back in Growing Your Business?

    Hidden gem

    Host Shana Rodriguez explores Gay Hendricks' concept of the 'upper limit problem'—the internal thermostat that subconsciously limits how much success, love, and positive feelings we allow ourselves.

    ·33m·3 clips
  3. 3

    Is it better to Create Your Own Podcast or be a Podcast Guest?

    Hidden gem

    Host Shawna Rodriguez provides a strategic framework for entrepreneurs deciding between launching their own podcast or focusing on being a guest on others' shows.

    ·34m·3 clips
  4. 4

    When Life Calls: How to Scale Back Your Business to Work Less with Grace

    Hidden gem

    Shawna Rodriguez opens with a simple pressure test: what happens if work hours have to be cut in half, fast?

    ·33m·2 clips
  5. 5

    How to Find Balance - Try the Solopreneur's Wheel of Life Assessment

    Hidden gem

    Shauna Rodriguez opens by naming how easily business can swallow the rest of life.

    ·36m·2 clips
  6. 6

    When Business Things Go Wrong: How to turn Frustration into Fuel

    At 2.30 this morning, the host was close to losing it.

    Jan 14, 2025·30m·2 clips
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    Small Business Goals Start with a Vibrant Word of the Year

    On Authenticity Amplified, Shawna Rodriguez explains how choosing one word for 2025—“connection”—can simplify business and personal priorities beyond a conventional goals dashboard.

    Jan 7, 2025·31m·2 clips
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    Community Connections - 3 Helpful Tips on How to Make 2025 Your Year

    Shawna Rodriguez and Diane compare Diane's 24 years in a 96%-male fire-service profession with the difficulty of her first year and a half as a solopreneur.

    Dec 31, 2024·33m·2 clips
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    The Art of Facilitation & Genuine Transformation- Influential Guest Episode

    Dec 24, 2024·53m
  10. 10

    Mindset Matters- 3 Eye-Opening Tips to Unlocking Hidden Patterns

    Dec 19, 2024·20m
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    Strong Communication Mastery: Leverage the Power of DISC in Leadership

    Dec 11, 2024·39m
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    5 Advanced Strategies for being a Podcast Guest

    Dec 3, 2024·28m
  13. 13

    SEO tips for Beginners: Expert Insights from Sarah McDowell for Amplified Reach

    Nov 26, 2024·42m
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    3 Epic Tips to Create the Life YOU want as an Entrepreneur with Marli Williams

    Nov 21, 2024·56m
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    Marli Williams Epic Tips Up Close- How to be Unforgettable when Business Networking

    Nov 21, 2024·11m
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    3 Tips on How to Develop Growth Mindset in Business and Guarantee Success

    Nov 14, 2024·21m
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    The Magic of Messaging as a Cornerstone Business Growth Strategy

    Nov 5, 2024·48m
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    Innovative Social Marketing: Content Creator Jeff Dolan on Embracing Authenticity

    Oct 30, 2024·32m
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    Useful Podcast Guesting Strategy to Help Grow Your Business: 4 Mistakes to Avoid

    Oct 29, 2024·27m
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    Need Business Advice? Simplify and be Uncomfortably Over Supported

    Oct 23, 2024·35m
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    How to Unlock Emotional Resonance in Branding and Visibility with Judy Tsuei's Trusted Expertise

    Oct 22, 2024·42m
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    Business Advice & Data Driven Strategies for Success: Innovate with Robert Indries

    Oct 16, 2024·46m
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    Setting Energetic Boundaries as an Entrepreneur: Insights from Brittany Wright

    Oct 15, 2024·33m
  24. 24

    3 Lessons from a Fascinating Lindsey Stirling Concert to Grow Your Business

    Oct 8, 2024·28m
  25. 25

    Introducing Authenticity Amplified | Successful Marketing Strategy, Mindset, & How to Grow Your Business for Purpose-Driven Solopreneurs

    Oct 7, 2024·3m
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    Unlock Consistent 10k Months: Jan Ditchfield's Ethical Marketing Mastery

    Oct 7, 2024·42m