What if EVERY client project, business building campaign, or idea automatically appeared in your calendar… so you could sit down at your desk, ready to work?

That's not the reality for most of us as business owners. A huge chunk of time goes to project planning.

But Belinda Weaver, copywriter, coach, and CEO of Copywriting Matters has discovered a brand new system that makes project planning SO much faster and more organised.

Today, she's sharing her ChatGPT Project Planning System (with all of the prompts she used!) so you can have your calendar auto-populated with tasks – taking the mental load off you completely.

Here's What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• How you can use ChatGPT to organise upcoming projects, break down tasks, and automatically upload them into your calendar.
• How to take the burden of planning, scheduling, and delegating out of your everyday workflow
• The prompts to use in order to break a big, overwhelming project into clear, sequential tasks so nothing gets forgotten
• Why AI can help you uncover hidden time-vacuums, and start planning enough time to get everything done
• How Belinda gets ChatGPT to create a detailed, week-by-week plan that factors in your working days, deliverables, client preferences, start/finish dates, white space, and non-negotiables.
• Why seeing a birds-eye-view of your calendar or project instantly reveals hidden problems with capacity (and how to stop overloading yourself!).
• How to use ChatGPT the RIGHT way — and get better quality outputs (hint: it all starts with your prompts!)

Mentioned in This Episode:

The HerBusiness Network

Belinda's ChatGPT Guide (and Walkthrough Video)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v4uWG0t7Reqs1mKyU_UnMNGMvDp27Xgw1ITNdrL7tEE/copy=

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Claire Harrison, Harrison HR

Episode 335 of the HerBusiness Podcast
How to Build a Business Plan for 2026 That Doesn't Burn You Out

As we step into December, MOST of the world begins to slow down. But for business owners… the end-of-the-year season can be one of the most stressful and hectic times.

Maybe you want to rest and take a couple of weeks off — but you know that an entire new year of business is just around the corner. So how can you close out 2025 strategically, and then move into 2026 feeling ready (and rested!)?

That's how you'll finish this episode of the HerBusiness Podcast feeling. Ready. Prepared. And able to finally relax.

I'll be walking you through a series of strategic reflection questions that will help you analyse what really worked in 2025, what needs to change in your business in 2026, and how to lean more into aligned and intentional action this next year.

Here's What You'll Discover in the Episode:

• Why reflection is a business strategy (NOT just a 'feel good' exercise) and how it can completely shift how you look at your next year in business.
• The first step to unlocking a full and honest overview of your 2025, and how to use it to assess what actually worked.
• The one unexpected question that every woman business owner needs to ask herself if she expects genuine improvement and change next year.
• My method for identifying the key decisions that truly created momentum in your business (and which were actually shiny distractions).
• Discover the habits, systems, and boundaries that give you LEVERAGE in your work – so you can do more of what you love in 2026, and less of what you don't.
• How to identify what needs to be cut out completely in your business plan.
• My sworn-by structure for setting time aside for a reflection session – to review your calendar, finances, wins, challenges, and unspoken realisations of 2025.
• The ONE question you need to answer for yourself to feel ready to move into 2026 intentionally.

Mentioned in This Episode:

The HerBusiness Network

Justeen Parsons | Founder of The Lever

HerBusiness Podcast Episode 326:
When You've Outgrown Your Business: How to Reignite Your Spark in Midlife

The Gap and the Gain by Dan Sullivan

I see so many business owners entering each new year already exhausted. That exhaustion? It originates from months before. Now is the time not just to plan out your 2026 — but it is the time to truly sit with your goals, and understand how you can accomplish them this next year.

In this episode of the HerBusiness Podcast, I'll walk you through the exact planning strategy I'm using to plan my 2026.

And it is all about clarity, focus, and alignment. So if you're already overwhelmed looking at what you need to get done next year… this is the strategy you need to follow.

Here's What You'll Come Away With:

• Why "busy" can NOT be your default business strategy in 2026 – and how to prevent the overwhelm.
• My business planning strategy from start to finish, so you can go into the next year feeling calm, organised… and excited.
• The 3 parts that are essential when building your business plan in 2026, and why each step is a pillar to your organisation.
• Why the right plan doesn't add MORE to your plate… but actually protects your time and your energy.
• The difference between a healthy goal that stretches you versus one that silently drains you.
• How to actually make TIME for big-picture thinking and strategy, even when your to-do list is a mile long.
• The secret strategy that makes planning your year 10x more effective (and fun!)
• A FREE downloadable Resource to help you plan out YOUR 2026

Mentioned in This Episode:

The HerBusiness Network

Nicole Baldinu
Co-Founder of The $100 MBA | Co-Creator & Executive Producer of The $100 MBA Show Podcast

The $100 MBA Show Podcast

HerBusiness Podcast
Episode 321: Stories That Stir (and How to Use Them in Your Marketing) with Monica Rosenfeld