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15. The Quiet Burnout No One Warns Founders About

When exhaustion creeps in, it’s easy to assume something is wrong with you or your business. In this real-time coaching session, Kareen works with a seasoned entrepreneur who’s deep in leadership fatigue, navigating staffing stress, guilt, and the pressure to ā€œshow up happyā€ as the owner.Instead of

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14. Your Marketing Isn’t Broken — You’re Just Rebuilding

What do you do when the growth you relied on dries up, your team changes overnight, and suddenly you’re rebuilding from the ground up? In this coaching session, Kareen works with a practice owner navigating therapist turnover, inconsistent referrals, and marketing fatigue after a post-pandemic slowd

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13. Feeling Unseen, Overbooked, and Underpaid as a Founder

In this episode, Kareen coaches a founder who’s built an incredible community of 200+ women leaders… but still feels burned out, underpaid, and pulled in a million directions. Together, they unpack why her current membership model isn’t reflecting her true value, how ā€œbeing available to everyoneā€ is

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12. How to Hire Slow and Fire Fast

Rushed hires cost more than money—they cost momentum. Kareen shares her step-by-step process for hiring intentionally, from defining the real role you need to vetting candidates through smart systems and case studies. If you’re scaling and ready to delegate without regret, this episode gives you the

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11. How to Position Your Services When the Market Feels Uncertain

When markets tighten, funding shifts, and clients start hedging, many founders assume demand has disappeared. In this episode, Kareen coaches a service-based business owner through how to reposition existing expertise during economic and political uncertainty without rebuilding the business from scr

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10. Power Partners: Kass & Mike on Roles, Trust & Non-Negotiable Meetings

In this special episode, Kass and Mike unpack what it really takes to build a business with your life partner—and keep both the company and the relationship thriving. If you’re scaling with a co-founder—or thinking about it—this conversation is your playbook for aligned action and sustainable leader

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9. Funding Your Next Chapter: Smart Money Moves and a DTC Pivot Strategy

When the money runs tight and the growth keeps calling, how do you fund the next chapter of your business without losing control? In this episode of All Up In Your Business, Kareen helps a CPG founder navigate the realities of raising capital, managing investor relationships, and deciding when to pi

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8. Partnerships That Work: Get Clear on Roles Before You Scale

Partnerships don’t break because founders ā€œneed better communicationā€ — they break when there’s no clarity around who is meant to lead what. In this episode, Kareen Zahr walks you through why every business needs the Creator, Entrepreneur, and Operator energies clearly defined (and what happens when

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7. Why Structure Is the Secret to Strong Partnerships

Calling your business a ā€œfamilyā€ might sound loving — but it’s often the reason partnerships break down, resentment builds, and profits quietly leak. Kareen Zahr unpacks why businesses are entities, not emotional systems, and how lack of role clarity, undefined effort, and unspoken expectations erod

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6. How Your Money Mindset Impacts Your Partnership Growth with Kass and Mike

In Part 2 of our conversation with Kass and Mike, we go deep into the money mindset behind their success—and the freedom it’s allowed them to create. If you haven’t heard Part 1 yet, start there, then dive in here for the mindset reframe every leader needs.šŸ‘‰ For more tools, resources, and support fo

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5. Stop Discounting Yourself: How to Negotiate Without Devaluing Your Work

When a potential client loves the work but pushes back on the price, it can trigger doubt, over-explaining, or discounting that quietly erodes long-term value. In this episode, Kareen breaks down a smarter approach to service-based negotiation that protects both confidence and revenue. She explores

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4. Burned Out, Not Done: Redefining Your Exit Strategy

In this live coaching session, Kareen works with a multi-million-dollar media founder who’s exhausted, raising three young kids, and ready for an exit—just not the kind that means walking away from everything she built. Kareen helps her separate the desire to step back from the grind from the fear o

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3. The Worthiness Block Behind Your Pricing (and How to Break It)

In this episode, Kareen coaches a founder through the deeply ingrained worthiness stories that show up when it’s time to raise prices or charge for direct access. Together, they unravel how cultural assimilation, visibility wounds, and fear of judgment shape the way women—especially women of color—u

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2. How to Lead Better After Your First Key Hire

In this coaching session, Kareen walks an entrepreneur through the real work that begins after you make that first strategic hire. From clarifying the CEO Conundrum to redefining roles, responsibilities, and reporting lines, this episode shows you how to build a culture of clarity, ownership, and al

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1. When Your Co-Founder Is Family: Roles, Boundaries & a Growth Mindset

What happens when your co-founder also knows all your childhood baggage? In this episode of All Up In Your Business, Kareen coaches a CPG founder who’s building a company with her sister through the messy middle of business growth: mismatched risk tolerance, new motherhood, unclear roles, and old fa

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Trailer - Welcome to All Up In Your Business

Hey, Kareen here — and welcome to All Up In Your Business.If you’ve ever caught yourself thinking:ā€œHow do I scale without burning out?ā€ā€œWhen do I pivot or end something that isn’t working?ā€ā€œHow do I lead my team through change without losing trust?ā€ā€¦you’re in the right place.I’ve spent nearly two de

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