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487: I’m Back: The Real Reason I Took 7 Months Off

the bossbabe podcast

Natalie Ellis

April 30, 2026

Show Notes

Seven months off the podcast. Three of them completely offline. $2.2M in revenue while she wasn't there.

Natalie is back and this is the most honest breakdown she's given of what the gap actually taught her. In this episode, she breaks down exactly what happened, why this maternity leave performed when her last one didn't, and the foundational sales engine, team culture, and AI systems that ran the business in her absence. You'll learn what she's pruning from the business going forward, the new direction she's taking the show, and the one question every founder should sit with this week.

If you've ever worried that your business runs on you, that if you stepped away, it would all stop, this episode is the operating system you need to start unwinding from being the bottleneck.


TIMESTAMPS

- The package that made me ugly cry

- $2.2M offline in three months — no calls, no coaching, no emails

- Romy's birth + the no-childcare decision

- The real reason I didn't bring back the podcast in 3 months

- Where the $2.2M actually came from (sales engine, team, AI)

- What I'm pruning from the business going forward

- Going all in on The Boardroom mastermind + a new direction for the show

- The 30-day question every founder should sit with this week

- Pre-order The Freedom-Based Business Book — what's inside the bonuses


RESOURCES + LINKS

Pre-Order The Freedom-Based Business Method: https://www.bossbabe.com/ href="https://www.bossbabe.com/buythebook-podcast">buythebook-podcast


Apply For The Boardroom Mastermind


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