Have you ever looked at another woman running a thriving business and wondered, How does she do it all without burning out?
In this episode, the first in my Six-Figure Business Owners series, I’m joined by Dr. Shideh Shafie, an emergency room physician, real-estate investor, mum of twins, and six-figure entrepreneur, who shares the honest truth about what it takes to build success and sanity at the same time.
We dive into the strategies, mindset shifts, and everyday systems that help women entrepreneurs create real work-life balance, from outsourcing home tasks to managing stress before it spills over.
Dr. Shafie opens up about the small but powerful choices that have helped her run multiple businesses, raise a family, and still make time for joy, proving that sustainability, not sacrifice, is the secret to growth.
Here’s what we cover:
- How successful women entrepreneurs build work-life balance into their business plans
- Practical ways to outsource home and business tasks without guilt
- Managing stress and burnout when life feels overwhelming
- The role of mindset and energy management in productivity
- Why self-care is a business strategy, not a luxury
This conversation is a reminder that you don’t have to choose between ambition and ease. With the right systems, support, and mindset, you can grow a business that works for your life — not against it.
“You get to decide what’s right for you at this stage of life. Just because something worked before doesn’t mean it has to work now.” – Dr. Shafie
So, pop in your earbuds for a walk or your next coffee break, and get ready to rethink how you structure your time, your team, and your energy.
And if this episode leaves you inspired to simplify, connect with me on Instagram, I’d love to hear what small shifts you’re making to bring more balance (and joy) into your business.
Meet Dr. Shideh Shafie
Dr. Shideh Shafie is an emergency medicine physician, high-performance coach, and mother of nine-year-old twins. She helps leaders and high achievers expand their capacity, build resilience, and create intentional lives where career success and family life can thrive together. Drawing on nearly two decades of experience in medicine and coaching, she blends neuroscience, practical strategy, and compassion to support those navigating demanding professional and personal roles.
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More about The Time & Productivity Podcast for Entrepreneurs
The podcast to help you, as an ambitious high-achieving Type-A woman, master work-life balance as a business owner.
Join Kirsty Knight each week, so she can help you create the level of success you truly desire, in a business that you love, without needing to sacrifice time for yourself, your health, your family, and your enjoyment of life outside of your business. Without hustling, without working yourself into the ground, and without burning out.
Kirsty will be sharing lessons from her own business journey, business strategies, time management and productivity hacks, and the psychology you need to understand – to help you go from overworking and overwhelmed, to mastering your time and productivity, so you can be working less, and earning more.
If you are trying to build or scale your business, but find yourself struggling with overwhelm, self-sabotage, procrastination, distractions, perfectionism, people-pleasing, hustling, overworking and always thinking “there just aren’t enough hours in the day”, this podcast is for you.
You CAN have it all. And she’s going to show you how.
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