In Episode 8 of Speak Your Own Business, host Tim Holt, Director of Plenty of Stuff Studio, is joined by Hannah Logan and Stuart Morrison from Business Oddcast.

As experienced business growth mentors, Hannah and Stuart share their insights on helping businesses grow, adapt, and succeed. In this honest and light-hearted conversation, we explore neurodiversity in business, including ASD, ADHD, and AuDHD, and discuss how different ways of thinking can become a genuine competitive advantage.

Whether you're a business owner, entrepreneur, leader, or simply interested in creating more inclusive workplaces, this episode offers practical insights into embracing neurodiversity and recognising the unique strengths it brings to business growth.

Most business owners work harder, sell more, and still wonder where the profit went. In this episode of Speak Your Own Business, Kiana Douglin speaks with Steve Jones, author of Turning on Your P.R.O.F.I.T.S. Tap and founder of Skills for Business Training, about why chasing more sales without the right systems is one of the most common and costly mistakes in business today.

Steve draws on decades of real-world experience, including scaling Fitness First from a small South Coast operation to the largest health club chain in the world in just seven years. Now he works with hundreds of businesses helping them build the systems that actually turn growth into sustainable profit.

In this episode:

• Why profit is a system, not an outcome
• The clarity and alignment gaps quietly costing your business money
• What "leaking profit" looks like, and the warning signs to watch for
• The P.R.O.F.I.T.S. framework: strategy, leadership, and financial performance connected
• How to move from reactive firefighting to proactive profit planning
• What a deliberate, repeatable profit process actually looks like

If your revenue is growing but the numbers don't reflect your effort, this episode is for you.

Turning on Your P.R.O.F.I.T.S. Tap by Steve Jones is available now.

Speak Your Own Business is brought to you by Plenty of Stuff Studio, a Hampshire digital marketing agency helping businesses find their voice and grow with purpose. New episodes every month.

Some conversations are too important to only hear once.

This is a special release in support of Mental Health Awareness Week 2026.

Originally recorded and published in 2025 as part of our Mental Health Awareness Month campaign, this conversation between Louisa "Wizzi" Magnussen, Founder of Minds Anonymous, and Kiana Douglin, Director of Plenty of Stuff Studio, is as vital today as the day it was recorded. More so, perhaps.

What does it mean to carry the weight of an invisible illness to work with you every day?

How do you create psychological safety as a leader?

And what happens when two business owners stop performing fine and get honest about their own mental health, their own experiences, their own struggles?

That is exactly what happens here.

Because the conversations that do not happen enough deserve to be heard more than once.

Listen, share and take action 🫶

For the full video interview, please click here.

In this episode, Kiana, Director at Plenty of Stuff Studio, sits down with Rob Fryer, owner of Brand Storm in Bordon, for a real, honest conversation about branding and why so many businesses still get it wrong.

We hear it all the time… branding = logo, colours, fonts. But in reality, branding goes so much deeper than visuals. It’s how people perceive your business, how memorable you are in a crowded market, and how effectively your marketing actually performs.

Kiana and Rob break this down in a simple, practical way, exploring what branding really means in today’s business world, where so many companies are trying to stand out online.

They also dig into the common mistakes businesses make, why clarity and positioning are often overlooked, and how small shifts in your brand can have a big impact on your growth.

This episode covers:

• Why branding is way more than just a logo
• The biggest branding misconceptions still floating around
• How strong branding directly impacts marketing performance and growth
• Personal branding vs business branding (and why both matter)
• Common mistakes businesses make when building their brand
• Simple, practical ways to start improving your brand today

If you’re a business owner, entrepreneur, or marketer trying to stand out in a competitive market, this episode will give you real clarity on how branding actually works (without the BS).

Listen now and get stuck into a proper conversation about branding, marketing, and business growth.

🎙 Guest: Rob Fryer – Brand Storm🎙 Host: Kiana Douglin – Plenty of Stuff Studio (Speak Your Own Business)

We talk endlessly about productivity, success, and pushing harder in business…
But what happens when your body forces you to stop?

In this powerful episode of Speak Your Own Business, Kiana Douglin, Director at Plenty of Stuff Studio, sits down with stress and energy specialist Damon Bowen-Ashwin, founder of Adapt+Flow, to explore the reality many high performers avoid: the true cost of chronic stress.

Created in support of Stress Awareness Month 2026 (theme: Be the Change), this conversation goes far beyond surface-level wellbeing advice.

After years in high-pressure environments, Damon experienced a life-altering wake-up call; a brain tumour that forced him to completely re-evaluate how he was living and working.

Together, we unpack:

• The difference between acute and chronic stress — and why low-level stress is often more dangerous
• How stress silently impacts your body, decision-making, and leadership
• Why so many ambitious professionals live in survival mode without realising
• The truth about burnout culture and “hustle” thinking
• Why managing your energy — not just your time — is key to sustainable performance

Damon also shares practical, science-backed tools to build resilience, including breath work techniques, subconscious reprogramming, and simple ways to reset when overwhelm hits.

But perhaps most importantly…

This episode challenges the identity many of us have built around coping, pushing through, and wearing stress as a badge of honour.

Because real success is not about enduring pressure, it is about building the awareness and resilience to succeed without sacrificing your health.

Listen to discover:

• How to recognise early signs of chronic stress
• How high performers use stress as a tool instead of being controlled by it
• One small habit you can implement this week to boost your energy
• The mindset shift that moves you from survival mode to sustainable success

This is not just a conversation about stress.
It is a conversation about identity, perspective, and what it truly means to do well.

If this resonates, share it with someone who needs to hear it.

Because sometimes, the strongest thing you can do… is stop.

Let us be honest… the marketing agency world does not always have the best reputation when it comes to how teams are treated. Long hours, burnout culture, and junior creatives being treated like they should just be grateful to be in the room.

Yeah… that is not how we do things.

In this episode of Speak Your Own Business, we are handing the microphone over to someone who can give you the real inside scoop on what it is like to work at Plenty of Stuff Studio. We sat down with Frances, our Assistant Graphic Designer at the time, for an honest chat about studio life, the projects she has loved the most, what surprised her about working in a creative agency, and what Tim and Kiana are actually like as directors.

No scripts. No corporate nonsense. Just a genuine conversation.

At Plenty of Stuff Studio, culture is not a buzzword we throw around for LinkedIn posts. It is something we built intentionally from day one. We believe great work comes from people who feel trusted, supported, and genuinely excited about what they do. Radical concept in agency land, we know.

In this episode you will hear about:

🎨 Frances’s favourite design projects and the stories behind them

😅 What it is actually like working with the directors (brace yourself)

📚 The biggest lessons she learned

🚀 How this experience helped shape her future career

🧠 The thing that surprised her most about working in a creative studio

Whether you are a creative thinking about agency life, a business owner curious about the people behind the work, or someone who just enjoys hearing how modern teams should operate, this episode gives you a real look inside Plenty of Stuff Studio.

Spoiler alert: nobody gets treated like dirt here.

🎧 Press play and come behind the scenes with us.

In this episode of Speak Your Own Business, we look back at the lessons, mistakes, surprises and “how did we not see that coming?” moments that shaped our business in 2025.

We talk honestly about what we underestimated, what no business book prepared us for, the moments we were genuinely proud of, and the boundaries and mindset shifts that changed everything. Expect real talk, a bit of chaos, and plenty of laughs along the way.

We also share the advice we wish someone had given us earlier, what unexpectedly worked in 2025, and what we will absolutely never do again.

Then we look ahead to 2026 marketing predictions; the shifts small businesses should actually care about, including SEO changes, email marketing, social media strategy, content repurposing, authenticity over curation, and how AI is really changing marketing (without the hype).

Plenty of Stuff Studio is a marketing agency supporting and growing businesses across Hampshire, Surrey, Berkshire and the wider UK, specialising in marketing strategy, SEO, email marketing, social media marketing, paid advertising, branding and website support.

If you are a business owner who wants honest insight, real lessons, and marketing advice that comes from doing the work… not just talking about it, this episode is for you.

Real business talk, real mistakes, and marketing lessons learned the hard way. Speak Your Own Business is honest, practical, and refreshingly unfiltered.