On this episode of Mastering Business Skills, hosts Sharon Savage and Erin Alli welcome Sue Anderson, founder of Wild Woods Retreat and Farm and host of Entrepreneurs Gone Wild. Sue shares how stepping away from the hustle and reconnecting with nature can help entrepreneurs reduce overwhelm, restore clarity, and build healthier rhythms in business and life.

The conversation explores how many business owners become trapped in constant productivity mode, using every moment to work, consume content, or stay available. Sue explains why that pattern can leave people depleted and how simple practices like getting morning sunlight, grounding outdoors, and spending quiet time away from screens can create meaningful change.

Sue also shares the story behind her retreat, including how nature, stillness, and “sit spots” became central to her mission. She describes how everyday moments outdoors can feel surprisingly hard at first, but eventually become the very thing that helps people reset and reconnect with themselves.

Connect with Sue:

• Website: Wild Woods Retreat
• Blog: Entrepreneurs Gone Wild
• LinkedIn: Susan Anderson

In this episode of Mastering Business Skills, Erin and Sharon talk with Jennifer Cresswell, founder of ThoughtGro, about building a business that is scalable, sellable, and sustainable. Jennifer shares how business owners can create more time, more money, and more freedom by strengthening communication, improving operations, and planning for growth with the end in mind.

They also discuss why many business challenges are really communication issues, how to identify weak spots in your business, and why documentation, delegation, and succession planning matter more than most owners realize.

Jennifer also shares insight into her work as a fractional Chief of Staff and offers practical advice for business owners who want to grow with more clarity and confidence.

• LinkedIn- Jennifer Cresswell
• Website- ThoughtGro

In this episode of Mastering Business Skills, Sharon and Erin talk with writer, developmental editor, and flower farmer Diane Riis, owner of Earth and Soul Women, a holistic project that includes a legacy flower farm, live and virtual women’s circles, retreats, and classes on writing, intuition, and creativity. Diane shares how she weaves EFT tapping, guided meditation, and ritual with practical business and writing work to help women connect to “belly wisdom,” regulate their nervous systems, and trust their own inner guidance—on the page and in their businesses.​

Diane explains why she sees intuition as a compass and AI as a tool, and how she uses AI as a supportive “intern” while fiercely protecting her voice and integrity as a writer. She, Sharon, and Erin unpack the “AI voice” we’re all starting to recognize, the danger of outsourcing your authenticity to trends, and why your lived examples and energetic presence can never be replicated by technology.​

• How intuition shows up through your body, dreams, and daily signals—and why everyone has access to it (not just the “naturally intuitive”).​

• Simple nervous system tools Diane uses with clients: grounding through the feet, hand-on-heart, tapping, and breath patterns that calm the amygdala.​

• How to “run AI through your intuition” so it supports your work without flattening your voice or values.​

• Why spaciousness, quiet, and “a room of one’s own” are essential for deep thinking, writing, and business decisions.​​

• Website: EarthandSoulWomen.com (classes, retreats, Dark Moon Circle, and more)​

• Email: diane@earthandsoulwomen.com

• Instagram: Your Vintage Blooms​

• and many more opportunities on her site​