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    EP 9657 minsJune 3, 2026

    Stop patching the practice you've outgrown. (with Laura Schoenfeld)

    If you've looked at your practice lately and realized the version you built a few years ago doesn't quite fit the one you're running today, this episode is going to feel like a permission slip. I sat down with Laura Schoenfeld, who is in the middle of tearing her own business down to the foundation and rebuilding it for who she is now.

    Guest: Laura Schoenfeld
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    What we cover

    • Laura built and ran a multiple six-figure business for over a decade, and this year she did something brave. She closed the program that had been her bread and butter for years so she could rebuild from the real foundation. We get honest about what it actually looks like to outgrow your own offers, move upmarket, and stop trying to fix something that needs to be rebuilt.
    • In this episode, we get into how knowing yourself changes the way you sell, her four bs of growing an audience, how she runs everything in about 15 to 20 hours a week with AI behind the scenes, and a real conversation about whether Substack is worth your time.
    • Why kitchen-sink offers are so much harder to sell than specific ones, and how Laura knew it was time to rebuild instead of patch
    • Her four bs of growing an audience (build, borrow, buy, broker) and how to pick the two or three that actually fit you
    • How human design and personality data can shape the way you sell, without becoming an excuse to skip the uncomfortable stuff
    • Why being half in on a platform will get you eaten alive, and how to choose where you show up with your whole chest
    • What's actually working on Substack right now, and who it's genuinely a fit for
    • Connect with Laura Schoenfeld — Website: https://www.lauraschoenfeld.com/ — Instagram: @laura.schoenfeld
    • Let's Connect — If this one had you thinking about where your own practice has outgrown its systems, I'd love to hear about it. Come find me and send me a DM at @nicole.leadbetterhq.
    • About the Show — The Lead Better Podcast is where established health practitioners get honest about what it actually takes to run the business behind the practice.
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    TRANSCRIPT

    Episode transcript

    Nicole: Hey everyone, welcome back to the Lead Better Podcast. I'm so excited about this one because my guest today is somebody I could honestly talk to for hours. And you'll hear that by the end. Laura Schoenfeld started out as a registered dietitian and built her own online nutrition practice from absolutely nothing back in 2011, grew it to multiple six figures, and has spent the last 14 years or so building all of this really cool intersection of expertise and business architecture. She's worked behind the scenes inside of a multi-seven figure health business, generating over 3 million across her own companies, and worked with more than 500 coaches and experts. And she does all of that while running her business on something like 15 to 20 hours a week with two little ones at home, which I find super inspiring and hope you do too. In this conversation, we get really honest about what it actually looks like to rebuild a business you've outgrown. Laura's in the middle of tearing hers down to the foundation, so she's getting very vulnerable and super honest here. And she walks us through closing a program that was her bread and butter for years, moving her work up market and getting clear on who she is now versus who she was when she started. We go deep on human design and know how knowing yourself shapes the way that you sell, her four B's of growing an audience, which is so helpful, and how she's actually using AI behind the scenes to run things. And also, we're gonna like have a little sidebar about whether Substack is worth your time. It's a good one. So let's get into it. Lara, it is so awesome to have you here on Lead Better Podcast. I'm really excited to just gig into your business. And as I love talking about systems, so that's probably something that we'll cover today, too.

    Laura: Yeah. Thanks for having me, Nicole.

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