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Why My Business Works with Megan Dahle

Why My Business Works with Megan Dahle

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A podcast for creative women building right-sized, joy-filled businesses

If you’re a small-but-mighty business owner - the kind who loves her work, her clients, her team, and the life she’s building - this podcast was made for you.

Why My Business Works takes you behind the scenes of real interior design and architecture firms run by women who aren’t chasing “scale at all costs.” They’re building businesses that feel good, make money, and support the lives they actually want.

Each episode opens the door into a different creative business so you can see not just what they do for pricing, marketing, staffing, client experience, operations, etc., but why they do it that way. You’ll hear the principles and personal values behind their decisions, the messy experiments that taught them what works, and the moments that changed everything.

This isn’t another podcast telling you the “right” way to run a business.
It’s a permission slip to build the business that’s right for you.

You’ll find:
• Honest conversations about money, capacity, boundaries, markups, and the realities of creative service work
• Women sharing the decisions behind their flat-fees, hourly structures, procurement processes, and team structures
• Stories that spark ideas and remind you you’re not alone
• The kind of perspective that simmers in the back of your mind until it shows up later as a stroke of genius

If you run a heart-centered, community-minded, women-led business (whether it’s just you or a small team you adore) this is your space.
A space to feel inspired.
A space to feel understood.
A space to remember that joy in your work is not an accident, it’s a design choice.

Copyright 2025 All rights reserved. Art Gestion et leadership Économie
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  • Everything’s a Metaphor: How Real Relationships Build Real Businesses with Susan Yeley

    Everything’s a Metaphor: How Real Relationships Build Real Businesses with Susan Yeley
    Dec 5 2025

    In this episode of Why My Business Works, Megan sits down with designer and longtime friend Susan Yeley to talk about the power of proximity, authentic connection, and leading a company that genuinely takes care of its people.

    Susan built her firm the same way she builds homes: with curiosity, presence, and a deep respect for the humans involved. She shares how her business grew alongside her young family, why she hires by “letting the universe reveal the right people,” and how supporting her team through real-life challenges became one of the most meaningful parts of entrepreneurship.

    They talk about joy as a business tool, design as a form of storytelling, and how integrating work and life can make you a better leader and a more grounded creator. If you’ve ever wondered what it looks like to run a business that is both beautiful and deeply human, this episode will feel like a warm, steadying breath.

    In this episode, we cover:

    • Why proximity shapes everything from creativity to capacity

    • How Susan built her team through trust, intuition, and genuine affection

    • The moment she decided to put employees on payroll and what that commitment really meant

    • Her design philosophy and why “we do not discard our histories in our homes”

    • How joy, rest, and presence fuel better creative output

    • The privilege of design work and her dream to bring good homes to underserved communities

    • What it looks like to prioritize people in the real moments — illness, babies, transitions, life

    • Why everything really is a metaphor, and how it shapes the way she leads

    Links

    Susan Yeley Homes

    Prospect Refuge

    Heather Peterson

    Robins Architecture

    Reath Design

    Jessica Helgeran

    1% Project

    Zoey Feldman (scroll down for her Giving Back section)

    About Susan Yeley

    Susan is the founder of Susan Yeley Homes, a Bloomington-based design firm known for thoughtful, layered, deeply personal spaces. Her work blends art, heart, and structure, and her leadership centers on care, generosity, and building a team that thrives together. Explore her work at susanyeleyhomes.com.

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    Music in this episode: Sweet Honey (Instrumental) by Scarlet Parke Sugar (Feat. Esabalu) (Instrumental) by The Artist "Me" You and I by Hannah Gill & The Hours

    Music licensed by Audiio
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