Hello Mama! Welcome to the Rooted Working Mom Podcast, where we empower God-led working moms to nurture their faith while successfully navigating our careers and family life. Now that the new school year is well underway and parent/teacher conferences wrap up, I was reminded that one of the important areas of focus for us as moms is the friendships…

Hello Mama! Welcome back to the Rooted Working Mom podcast! I’m Cynthia Castro, your host and it is an honor to be with you today as we talk about trusting God during seasons of waiting. As Rooted Working Moms we anchor our identity, purpose, and trust in Jesus. It's about deepening our relationship with Jesus and saying Yes & Amen to our calling o…

This podcast is a brief discussion on the importance of having solid internal organizational practices in place, so that you can deliver consistency with your clients.Av Polly Ingram | Christian Business Growth Coach, Sales Training, Homebased Business Consultant, Profit Growth Coach, Sales To Profit Mentor, Executive Leadership Skills Trainer, Entreprenurial Supporter, Process Leader

The podcast show today is a conversation about how to run successful daily huddles with your team, while assuring you have the correct team. It's an encouragement to hire those who are better than you and fire those who are not performing quickly, so your team will be more successful.Av Polly Ingram | Christian Business Growth Coach, Sales Training, Homebased Business Consultant, Profit Growth Coach, Sales To Profit Mentor, Executive Leadership Skills Trainer, Entreprenurial Supporter, Process Leader

The impact employee theft is having on business profits. Employee theft is often unrecognized until the profits of the company have lowered so significantly that an audit is required.Av Polly Ingram | Christian Business Growth Coach, Sales Training, Homebased Business Consultant, Profit Growth Coach, Sales To Profit Mentor, Executive Leadership Skills Trainer, Entreprenurial Supporter, Process Leader

Let’s review a few methods to identifying productivity killers every business should utilize to determine if you have inefficiencies negatively impacting your profit growth. They are as follows: listen to employee feedback, perform observations on processes, implement software for evaluation, assess business technology needs and evaluate KPIs.…

Hello Mama! Welcome to another episode of the Rooted Working Mom podcast, the podcast for God-led working moms seeking strength, peace, purpose, and faith in their daily lives. I’m Cynthia Castro, your host and it is an honor to be with you today. Do you wish you could hear God’s voice? If so, friend, you are in the right place because, in this epi…

Successful Business Years don't just happen, they must be planned out. Today's episode is a discussion on the thought process and things you should be thinking about in the planning process and then encouragement to implement your business goal plans, so you may achieve success.Av Polly Ingram | Christian Business Growth Coach, Sales Training, Homebased Business Consultant, Profit Growth Coach, Sales To Profit Mentor, Executive Leadership Skills Trainer, Entreprenurial Supporter, Process Leader

This podcast is a discussion covering the challenges businesses face when they allow other businesses to charge for the services they provide, rather than collecting for those services upfront. We'll dive into alternative options to avoid the crisis of an out of control accounts receivable balance.Av Polly Ingram | Christian Business Growth Coach, Sales Training, Homebased Business Consultant, Profit Growth Coach, Sales To Profit Mentor, Executive Leadership Skills Trainer, Entreprenurial Supporter, Process Leader

During our podcast today, we will be discussing a couple reasons why performing a cost analysis is important. Given my manufacturing engineering background, I think more in those terms sometimes where others forget about the need for performing a cost analysis. It's a critical point on impacting the profit growth potential or making a bad financial…

Hello Mama! Happy New Year! Welcome to the Rooted Working Mom podcast, where you learn how to Rest in Jesus, Rise in your God-Given Authority, and Raise Kingdom Kids-AMEN! I'm your host Cynthia Castro, and I'm honored to guide you through a transformative journey today as we explore the concept of discovering your Word for the Year and set and achi…

Today's podcast is a conversation discussing the risk of not paying attention to the potential consequences of someone performing internal fraud against your business.Av Polly Ingram | Christian Business Growth Coach, Sales Training, Homebased Business Consultant, Profit Growth Coach, Sales To Profit Mentor, Executive Leadership Skills Trainer, Entreprenurial Supporter, Process Leader

This podcast is covering the benefits of ensuring you have the correct sales professional within your organization. We'll review the top three common mistakes frequently made by new sales professionals. The first being talking too much, the second being showing up and spewing all your knowledge and the third being never asking for the sale.…

Today's podcast is a discussion on being thankful and the legacy we leave behind. I'm going to have an open conversation about a personal experience and the loss of my uncle. I'll share with you the experience of a memorial service I attended with my uncle's passing at the John 3:16 Ministries in Batesville Arkansas. I'll also talk about the legacy…

This podcast is a review of twelve steps every business should focus on if they are to achieve sustainable growth. We'll cover everything from establishing clear goals or objectives, market research, customer focus, strong team and efficient processes, financial management, innovation and adaptability, marketing and branding, data-driven decision m…

Today's podcast I'm sharing my grandson's voice as an introduction to our discussion. Today we'll be reviewing the risks businesses need to consider when contemplating taking on debt.Av Polly Ingram | Christian Business Growth Coach, Sales Training, Homebased Business Consultant, Profit Growth Coach, Sales To Profit Mentor, Executive Leadership Skills Trainer, Entreprenurial Supporter, Process Leader

This podcast is providing an outline and in depth details on steps to take for three methods to improve customer retention.Av Polly Ingram | Christian Business Growth Coach, Sales Training, Homebased Business Consultant, Profit Growth Coach, Sales To Profit Mentor, Executive Leadership Skills Trainer, Entreprenurial Supporter, Process Leader

Hello Mama! Welcome to another episode of the Rooted Working Mom podcast, a faith-based space for you, a working mother who can feel overwhelmed and exhausted with all the responsibilities of family and career. Today we're diving into a fall-themed episode that will help you rest in Jesus, even amidst your full life, and embrace Autumn’s abundant G…

This podcast is a guide of five steps to avoiding common business mistakes which limit profitability. These are the 5 most common steps I believe we should avoid in our business endeavors, if we want to continue our progression of positive revenue growth. Inside this podcast we identify the five common mistakes to avoid, discuss why they should be …

Today's podcast is a review on finding the hidden revenue stream within your business.Av Polly Ingram | Christian Business Growth Coach, Sales Training, Homebased Business Consultant, Profit Growth Coach, Sales To Profit Mentor, Executive Leadership Skills Trainer, Entreprenurial Supporter, Process Leader

This podcast is addressing proper forecasting of sales to achieve budget growth targets within the business.Av Polly Ingram | Christian Business Growth Coach, Sales Training, Homebased Business Consultant, Profit Growth Coach, Sales To Profit Mentor, Executive Leadership Skills Trainer, Entreprenurial Supporter, Process Leader

This podcast is a guide for reviewing and analyzing your sales pipeline to determine the largest limiting success factor within your business.Av Polly Ingram | Christian Business Growth Coach, Sales Training, Homebased Business Consultant, Profit Growth Coach, Sales To Profit Mentor, Executive Leadership Skills Trainer, Entreprenurial Supporter, Process Leader

This podcast is exploring three of the most commonly missed opportunities costing business owners growth potential losses. The three missed opportunities being explored today are innovation and adapting, customer retention, and data utilization.Av Polly Ingram | Christian Business Growth Coach, Sales Training, Homebased Business Consultant, Profit Growth Coach, Sales To Profit Mentor, Executive Leadership Skills Trainer, Entreprenurial Supporter, Process Leader

This podcast episode is based on a question received from a podcast listener who wanted to know some methods for recognizing when their pricing might be set too low within the business.Av Polly Ingram | Christian Business Growth Coach, Sales Training, Homebased Business Consultant, Profit Growth Coach, Sales To Profit Mentor, Executive Leadership Skills Trainer, Entreprenurial Supporter, Process Leader

This is a review of five critical items for business owners to focus on to increase profit margins. We'll review digital transformation, data-driven insights, sustainable practices, customer centric mindset and approach and diversification and innovation. This discussion will include reasons business owners need to be innovative with their offering…

There are various risk factors which influence profit growth for any small business. Today we are reviewing the top five risks to profit growth which small businesses should be anticipating and preparing to mitigate those risks. We will be discussing the impact market volatility and economic conditions, competition, pricing pressures, cash flow cha…

In today's podcast we are talking about the financial impact employee theft is having on the business profit. I'm going to utilize a real example of a situation where I saw witnessed devastation a business sustained through a lack of proper procedures being implemented to protect their financial interests.…

Today we're discussing the number one mistake that many sales professionals make and how this impacts business owners profit growth outcome. This is why it is so important that business owners learn sales or have someone work directly with their sales teams to ensure they are meeting the needs of the clients daily, to keep your business growing. Cu…

Today's episode will be diving into three different goal setting methods to help business owners achieve desired target growth results. We'll review the traditional annual review goal setting method, the semi-annual goal setting method and then my individually designed mini-year, mini-goal process development method for goal setting and achievement…

Hello Mama! Welcome back to another episode of Rooted Working Mom the podcast where we encourage and equip God-led working moms to achieve breakthroughs in faith, motherhood, wellness, and mindset. Today, we're talking about a topic that resonates with many of us – how to connect with our kids meaningfully ways despite our hectic schedules. I know …

Hello Mama! Welcome back, my friend, to another episode of Rooted Working Mom the podcast! Today, we have a special and uplifting episode titled "God's Promises to Moms." Being a working mom is an incredible journey—one that comes with its own set of challenges, victories, and unique moments of joy. In today's fast-paced world, juggling career aspi…

Welcome Friends!Are you spending numerous hours working inside your business only to feel as though you are barely making a profit, if that, at the end of each month? Wondering if your company might have a hidden revenue stream and you’re just to close to it, to identify it yourself? If this sounds like your situation, join me for Button Up Sales t…

Hello Mama! Welcome to Rooted Working Mom the podcast. Does it hurt your mama's heart to hear your son or daughter say things like “I’m so dumb!” “I can’t do this.” “I’m so bad at this. I’ll never be good at it.”? No mom wants to hear their child say these hurtful things about themself. It does hurt when your child feels bad about themself. More im…

Hello Mama! Welcome to the Rooted Working Mom podcast. Today we are talking about how to find time to work out. I think it’s safe to say we all know and agree that exercising is good for us and we should do it, so knowing the value of working out is not the issue. STILL, it can be challenging to get it done, especially as a busy working mom. So how…

Hello Mama! Welcome back to the Rooted Working Mom podcast. Is your New Year’s resolution or goals of eating healthy and working out not going as you planned? Well, I’m here to tell you it is NOT too late to look and feel the way you want to for springtime. I’m excited because, in today’s episode, we welcome back fitness coach and former USA Olympi…

Hello Mama! Welcome back to the Rooted Working Mom podcast. Whether your goals or New Year’s resolutions is to live healthier, lose weight, exercise more, improve your fitness, have freedom from emotional eating, eat less sugar, be a more patient parent, drink less alcohol, save more money, or any other goal this episode is worth a listen! Today yo…

Hello Mama! Welcome back to the Rooted Working Mom podcast. Happy New Year! Not only do I love New Year’s because it is a time of new beginnings and refreshment, but my birthday is also on January 1st. We get to celebrate both the start of the new year and my birthday. I just turned 42 and I am excited about what God has in store for 2023! A heartf…

Hello Mama! Welcome back to the Rooted Working Mom podcast. Merry Christmas! This episode is published just a few days before Christmas day in the United States and I want to wish you and your family a Christmas filled with God’s peace, joy, and love. Perhaps you are on winter vacation right now or maybe you are still working. If you are like me, y…

Hello Mama! Welcome to the Rooted Working Mom podcast. We are mothers who are called by God to both motherhood and career and seek to be rooted in Christ. Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year. The celebration of the birth of our LORD Jesus Christ. Although there is so much to enjoy in the Christmas season, it can also be a time filled w…

Hello Mama! Welcome to the Rooted Working Mom podcast. We are mothers who work and are rooted in Christ. Wishing you a blessed Thanksgiving and happy shopping this Black Friday. Thanksgiving is a time to reflect on the things we are grateful for. First and foremost, I am thankful for Jesus Christ, our LORD & Savior. I am also thankful for YOU and t…

Hello Mama! Welcome to the Rooted Working Mom podcast. We are mothers who work and are rooted in Christ. Today is the final episode of the three-part series: Bite-Sized Health & Nutrition for the Christian Mom, with special guest and registered dietitian nutritionist Kristen Noriega. Kristen is a food and nutrition expert who helps moms just like u…

Hello Mama! Welcome to the Rooted Working Mom podcast and to part 2 of Bite-Sized Health & Nutrition for the Christian Mom. This is a 3 part series interview with special guest and registered dietitian nutritionist Kristen Noriega. Kristen is a food and nutrition expert who helps moms just like us seamlessly fit fun foods, really good nutrition, an…

Hello Mama! Welcome to the Rooted Working Mom podcast. In this 3 part series of Bite-Sized Health & Nutrition for the Christian Mom, I’m sharing part 1 of 3 of my interview with special guest and registered dietitian nutritionist Kristen Noriega. Kristen is a food and nutrition expert who helps moms just like us seamlessly fit fun foods, really goo…

Hello Mama! Welcome to the Rooted Working Mom podcast. Today’s episode is for the mom who worries about their child because every mom worries. There are SO many reasons why we worry. So many reasons we have little to no control over. The knots in your stomach are real. The fear of what might happen to them is real. The tears and sleepless nights ar…

Hello Mama! Welcome to the Rooted Working Mom podcast. In today’s episode, I’m introducing Parenting Quick Tips. These tips are intended to be quick, simple, and effective parenting strategies that you can implement right away. They will help you teach your children to obey, be respectful, and practice self-discipline, as you shepard and connect wi…

Hello Mama! Welcome to the Rooted Working Mom podcast. In today’s episode, we are getting real and talking about what to do on the mornings that you dread getting out of bed because let’s face it, there are mornings that getting out of bed is HARD. I give you 5 tips that will help you look forward to mornings. I pray they bless you. Rooted in God’s…

Hello Mama! Welcome to the Rooted Working Mom podcast. Did you know that Jesus is pursuing you? Did you know that He waits patiently for you to spend time with Him every day? Stop and think about that for a second. Each morning your Father God waits in anticipation for you to wake up and speak to Him. I know that as a busy working mom, it can be ch…

Hello Mama! Welcome to the Rooted Working Mom podcast. So glad you’re here! Today we are talking about 5 things to stop apologizing for that will help you let go of working mom guilt. I also share a bonus tip on how to respond when someone apologizes which validates your emotions rather than excusing the behavior. Rooted in God’s love. Blessings, C…

Hi Mama! Dinnertime as a busy working mom can be super stressful, given your many daily tasks, and even when you are exhausted from a long day at the office or in the classroom your kiddos still need to be fed. Unless you have an unlimited budget to buy food on your way home every evening or a personal chef (don’t we wish ha!), there’s a solution f…

Hi Love! Welcome back to the Rooted Working Mom. Today, I’m sharing Part 2 of Be Equipped to Win the Real Battle Against You & Your Kids! Spiritual Warfare in Motherhood. If you haven’t yet listened to Part 1 (episode 51), I encourage you to listen to it now and then come back to this one. In Part 1 we talked about: What spiritual warfare is Why it…