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Dance Studio Owner Life Coaching
Dance Studio Owner Life Coaching, with host Ginger Haithcox, features life coaching and financial coaching for Dance Studio Owners. Each week we talk money, mindset and self care to help you live a more peaceful life and run a profitable business. Learn to overcome overwhelm, make money as a Dance Studio Owner, and live a peaceful life as you confidently delegate work to your staff while enjoying regular days off.
Episodes
- Dance Studio Owner Life Coaching
158 | The Value of Dance Education with Hannah Olmo New Jersey's Teacher of the Year (Part 1)
In Part 1 of this special two-part conversation, I'm joined by Hannah Olmo, a former teacher at my dance studio who has gone on to become New Jersey State…
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157 | Employee Policies at Your Dance Studio
Your staff handbook might cover job responsibilities, but what about the everyday situations that can create safety concerns or misunderstandings? In this…
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156 | Tradition or Trauma
How much of what you believe about running your dance studio actually comes from your own experience, and how much was passed down to you? In this episode, I'm…
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155 | Simple Repeatable Systems That Save Dance Studio Owners Time
How many times have you explained the same process to your staff? Sometimes the simplest systems can make the biggest difference in how smoothly your dance…
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154 | From Panic to Problem-Solving: A Mindset Shift for Dance Studio Owners
Fall can bring plenty of reasons for dance studio owners to panic. Enrollment may be lower than expected, competition teams may have changed, new competitors…
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153 | Studio Owners with Other Jobs - By Choice Or By Necessity
For years, dance studio owners have been told that leaving their "day job" is the ultimate sign of success. But having a job outside your studio can be a smart…
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152 | Going Analog: A Better Way to Spend Your Downtime
What happens when you replace some of your scrolling time with puzzles, gardening, cooking, baking, or simply spending more time outside? In this episode of…
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151 | The True Cost of Saving Money & DIY: When Saving Money Costs Your Dance Studio More
As your dance studio grows, the decisions that save money today may end up costing you more down the road. Sometimes the better financial decision means…
Dance Studio Owner Life Coaching150| Staff Departures and Student Poaching: How Studio Owners Move Forward With Rebecca Brettingham-Felice
In this milestone 150th episode of Dance Studio Owner Life Coaching, Ginger sits down with Rebecca Brettingham-Filice, founder of Dance Extreme and co-founder…
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149 | Creating Dance Studio Policies That Reflect Your Values
In this episode of Dance Studio Owner Life Coaching, Ginger shares lessons from recent Leadership Roundtable conversations about setting expectations, creating…
Dance Studio Owner Life Coaching148 | Two Dance Studio Locations & Motherhood: How Melody Hubert Makes It Work
In this episode of Dance Studio Owner Life Coaching, Ginger talks with Melody Hubert, founder of Melodic Movements Performing Arts Program, a nonprofit dance…
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147 | Introverted Entrepreneur: Dance Studio Owner Tips for Tough Moments
In this episode, Ginger explores what it means to be an introverted entrepreneur in a highly visible, people-centered industry. She shares how introversion has…
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146 | Dance Studio Owners: Trust Your Gut Before Making a Business Investment
As a dance studio owner, you are constantly making decisions about programs, coaching, marketing, staffing, and where to invest your money. Some opportunities…
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145 | Showing Up Despite Fatigue
There are times when rest is the right choice, and there are also moments when showing up matters more than waiting to feel motivated. In this episode, Ginger…
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144 | Let's Clean Out The Closets
In this summer series episode, Ginger shares what she learned from clearing clutter at home and at her studio. After cleaning out closets, drawers, storage…
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143 | What's Behind Your Resistance to Commitment?
Have you ever avoided committing to something because you were afraid you might not follow through? In this episode, I'm talking about the resistance to…
Dance Studio Owner Life Coaching141 | Knee Jerk Reactions
Do you ever find yourself making big decisions based on one comment, one complaint, or one request? As studio owners, we're natural problem-solvers. When a…
Dance Studio Owner Life Coaching140 | You've Reached Your Goal, What's Next?
Summer often gives dance studio owners a rare opportunity to pause, reset, and think about what comes next. For some owners, the next chapter involves…
Dance Studio Owner Life Coaching139 | Love & Marriage: Staying Connected Through the Journey with Connie O'Reel
Owning a dance studio can place a unique strain on a marriage, especially during busy seasons when recital deadlines, competitions, staffing challenges, and…
Dance Studio Owner Life Coaching138 | Divorce, Motherhood, and Refusing to Play Small with Laura Giacomelli
In this episode of Dance Studio Owner Life Coaching, Ginger talks with Laura Giacomelli, owner and founder of Libra Dance Studio in Warminster, Pennsylvania…
Dance Studio Owner Life Coaching137 | Studio Ownership, Family, and Finding Yourself Again with Judy Sullivan
In this episode of Dance Studio Owner Life Coaching, Ginger talks with Judy Sullivan, owner of Silver City Dance Center in Taunton, Massachusetts, as part of…
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136 | Going on Sabbatical in 26-27 Season + The Life We Build Series Coming Soon
In this episode of Dance Studio Owner Life Coaching, Ginger shares the personal story behind her decision to take a teaching sabbatical for the 2026–2027 dance…
Dance Studio Owner Life Coaching135 | Your Body Is Trying to Get Your Attention: A conversation about burnout with Jaclyn Smith
In this episode of Dance Studio Owner Life Coaching, Ginger talks with Jaclyn Smith, a former dance studio owner and current mental health therapist in New…
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134 | Stop Resenting the Work You Asked For
Do you ever catch yourself complaining about the work you do, the customers you serve, or the responsibilities that come with owning a business? In this…
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133 | The Ministry Mindset: When Passion Becomes a Financial Liability
Many studio owners — especially those with faith backgrounds or ties to community organizations — carry what guest Caroline Zanni of HarQuin Dance Bookkeeping…
Dance Studio Owner Life Coaching132 | You Expect This From Your Dancers… But Not Yourself
You already know what it takes to grow a strong dancer. More training. More consistency. More investment. So why do so many studio owners resist doing the same…
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131 | The Frustration of Friction
Friction in your studio isn't always loud — it's the registration that never gets completed, the declined card with no clear process, the lead who expressed…
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130 | What is Your Enough Number?
In this episode, Ginger challenges the pervasive business culture of more — more students, more revenue, more square footage — and introduces a framework for…
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129 | Can I Make My Studio a Nonprofit? A Conversation with Lindsey Roberts
Nonprofit status comes up all the time in dance studio owner communities, especially when studio owners are thinking about scholarships, competition teams…
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128 | Stop Sending People to Your Homepage: Landing Pages
If you've been running ads and wondering why people aren't enrolling, the problem likely isn't your offer — it's where you're sending them. In this episode…
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127 | Profit Plans: Putting Your Money To Work
This episode explores how to assign each profit center in your business a job so that your money supports your long-term goals instead of getting absorbed into…
Dance Studio Owner Life Coaching126 | Simplicity In Your Dance Studio
Ginger unpacks the complexity trap and why more is not always better. From extra programs and seasonal events to software and staffing layers, what once made…
Dance Studio Owner Life Coaching125 | From Stress to Systems: Dana VanPell's Dance Studio Transformation
In this episode of Dance Studio Owner Life Coaching, Ginger sits down with Dana VanPell, owner of A Step in Time Dance Center in New Jersey. Dana shares what…
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124 | When Your Identity Hasn't Caught Up to Your Goals
What if the biggest thing standing between you and your next business goal is not strategy, but identity? In this episode, Ginger explores the gap between…
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123 | How to Coach Yourself: Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Results
As dance studio owners, we're not just running schedules and recitals. We're managing people, pressure, expectations, and emotions all day long. In this…
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122 | Procrastination Decoded
In this episode of Dance Studio Owner Life Coaching, Ginger explores procrastination through a different lens. Instead of using procrastination as a label or a…
Dance Studio Owner Life Coaching121 | Creating Dance Recital Consistency with Prosody Backstage
Recital season is one of the biggest "make it or break it" moments for retention and reputation. In this conversation, I'm joined by Kali Ashe and Abby Stewart…
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120 | Discomfort Before The Growth (How to keep moving toward your next goal)
Growth always comes with a mandatory season of discomfort. In this episode, I'm talking about what that discomfort looks like in real studio life, why we…
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119 | Successful, But Uncomfortable
Have you ever edited what you share because you didn't want people to judge your success? In this episode, Ginger talks about the quiet habit of hiding wealth…
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118 | Track the Numbers That Actually Matter with Caroline Zanni
If the phrase "KPIs" makes your eyes glaze over, this conversation will make it feel simple and usable. Ginger sits down with Caroline from HarQuin Dance…
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117 | Building a Leadership Team in Your Dance Studio
In this episode, Ginger breaks down what it really means to build a leadership team in a dance studio and why it matters at every stage of business. She shares…
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116: The Reason That Dancer Didn't Re-enroll
In this episode, I share a conversation with a dance mom who pulled her daughter from another studio and why it came down to trust. She named two main issues…
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115 | Role Reversal: Your Business Has a Job
Ginger explores a simple but powerful role reversal for overwhelmed studio owners: stop treating every new task as yours and start treating it as the…
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114 | I Almost Quit Studio Ownership (A 12 Month Reflection)
In this 12-month reflection episode, Ginger shares a candid moment from the past year when she seriously considered stepping away from the day-to-day of studio…
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113 | The Gift of Peace
In this third installment of the Gifts series, Ginger explores peace as something we can cultivate from within through deliberate decisions and consistent…
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112 | The Gift of Resilience
In this episode, Ginger explores resilience as a true gift—not something that demands you "push through" at all costs, but a way of taking your power back so…
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111 | The Gift of Hope
In the first episode of the holiday "Gifts" series, Ginger explores the quiet but powerful gift of hope for overwhelmed and underpaid studio owners. If you've…
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110 | Well Fed, Well Rested, Well Loved
This week, we explore three essential pillars of self-care that every overwhelmed and under-earning studio owner needs: being well fed, well rested, and well…
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109 | The Scarcity Mindset
In this episode of Life Coaching for Dance Studio Owners, Ginger explores how a scarcity mindset—especially around money—can quietly influence your decisions…
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108 | Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda: Releasing Regret & Rebuilding Self-Trust
Are you caught in a spiral of "shoulds" — I should post more, I should have known better, I should be doing it all? In this episode, Ginger unpacks the…
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107 | Connecting the Dots: How Retrieval Cues Simplify Learning for Dancers and Teachers
In this episode, Ginger welcomes Dr. Emily Gray—dance educator, researcher, and creator of The Dance Dots—for an insightful discussion about how retrieval cues…
Dance Studio Owner Life Coaching106 | How to Cut Your Teaching Hours in Half with Laura Malosiecki
What if you could cut your teaching hours in half, take 2 days off per week, and feel MORE confident about your studio? Laura, owner of Dance Your Dreams…
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105 | How to Stop Judging Yourself When You Slow Down
As a studio owner, you've probably noticed there are seasons when everything feels on fire—you're creating, organizing, leading, and getting results. Then…
Dance Studio Owner Life Coaching104 | Payroll, Profit, and Peace of Mind with HarQuin Dance Bookkeeping
Enrollment feels softer this season—even if tuition increases kept revenue steady. In this candid money chat, Caroline Zanni of Harquin Dance Bookkeeping shows…
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103 | 5 Missed Opportunities You Can Fix Today
Are you working around the clock to manage your studio—customer service, staff, time management, creating systems—yet still feeling like something's missing?…
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102 | The Hardest Person to Be With: Yourself
In this episode of Dance Studio Owner Life Coaching, Ginger explores why so many of us find it hard to sit in stillness or embrace boredom without background…
Dance Studio Owner Life Coaching101 | SEO Made Simple: Quick Wins for Dance Studio Owners with Rachel Lindteigen
Feeling overwhelmed by marketing? You're not alone. In this episode, I sit down with Rachel Lindteigen of Etched Marketing to unpack how dance studio owners…
Dance Studio Owner Life Coaching100 | Saying Yes to A Small Spark of Inspiration: One Hundred Episodes
One hundred episodes. Can you believe it? When I first dreamed of creating this podcast, I had no idea what I was doing — only that I felt called to give it a…
Dance Studio Owner Life Coaching99 | Late-Night Snacking and Binge Eating: What Every Studio Owner Needs to Know with Nan Saysana
After a long night of teaching, do you find yourself snacking mindlessly or binging on whatever's easiest? You're not alone—and you don't have to stay stuck in…
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98| 3 Reasons Why You're Not Taking Action
Do you ever feel like you're frozen in place, unable to take action on the things you know would move your studio forward? You're not alone. In this episode…