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Business & Mindset Coach for Women

Have you started a business but feel like you’re on the edge of giving up or have no idea how to take it to the next level? As a Business and Mindset coach, I help women who step out of a long-term career path and into their own business or start side hustles alongside full time jobs hoping they become full time thriving businesses, move from barely getting by, to thriving. With mindset shifts, real business plans, practical systems, and the confidence to charge what they’re worth and genuine belief in what they’re building.

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Does This Sound Familiar?

Are you...

  • Scrolling Instagram comparing yourself to other business owners and wondering how they make it look so easy because it definitely doesn’t feel it?
  • Starting each week excited and full of ideas, but ending it feeling unproductive and exhausted – like you’re just winging it?
  • Undercharging because you don’t feel “expert enough” or “professional enough” yet (even though you get rave reviews)?
  • Hearing that voice in your head saying “When will this actually make real money?”, or, even worse, feel like your family and friends think this about your business?
  • Constantly putting off tasks that you know will move your business forward because they are out of your comfort zone?

You want to feel like you actually KNOW your business inside out. You want clarity on where you’re going, confidence in how to get there, and to finally feel like you CAN succeed – but most of all, you want your business to thrive visibly and financially.

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You want your business to go full-time. You want to know it will make you enough money. You want to know it’s scalable and viable long-term. But right now? You’re not entirely sure any of that’s actually possible.

I get it. I’ve built 3 successful businesses by myself. In 2023, when I decided to help other women, I had that same voice in my head: “Can I really help other women succeed?” But I pushed it aside and focused on the evidence – that I was good at this. That my confidence was unshakeable. And yours should be too.

Here’s how I work: I don’t just focus on your mindset OR just give you practical business advice. You need both. We dig into what’s mentally holding you back – the beliefs that have you doubting whether your business is viable, whether you can charge what you need to make this work full-time, and whether you’re actually capable of scaling. Then, as your Business and Mindset Coach, we tackle the practical reality: what needs to happen for your business to sustain you financially? What makes it scalable? What’s the path from where you are now to where you want to be?

Because here’s the truth: you don’t need another motivational pep talk. You need clarity on whether this business idea actually works, confidence that you can make it happen, and a solid plan to get you there.

That’s The Calm Hustle Approach. Evidence-based. Practical. Unshakeable confidence backed by real strategy.

"I felt stuck and overwhelmed. Working with Maria has been absolutely life-changing."

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The Calm Hustle Coach Approach

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You want your business to go full-time. You want to know it will make you enough money. You want to know it’s scalable and viable long-term. But right now? You’re not entirely sure any of that’s actually possible.

I get it. I’ve built 3 successful businesses by myself. In 2023, when I decided to help other women, I had that same voice in my head: “Can I really help other women succeed?” But I pushed it aside and focused on the evidence – that I was good at this. That my confidence was unshakeable. And yours should be too.

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Here’s how I work: I don’t just focus on your mindset OR just give you practical business advice. You need both. We dig into what’s mentally holding you back – the beliefs that have you doubting whether your business is viable, whether you can charge what you need to make this work full-time, and whether you’re actually capable of scaling. Then, as your Business and Mindset Coach, we tackle the practical reality: what needs to happen for your business to sustain you financially? What makes it scalable? What’s the path from where you are now to where you want to be?

Because here’s the truth: you don’t need another motivational pep talk. You need clarity on whether this business idea actually works, confidence that you can make it happen, and a solid plan to get you there.

That’s The Calm Hustle Approach. Evidence-based. Practical. Unshakeable confidence backed by real strategy.

"I felt stuck and overwhelmed. Working with Maria has been absolutely life-changing."

Here’s what makes Business and Mindset Coaching different:

You learn to quiet the overwhelm and focus on what actually moves the needle

You develop unshakeable confidence in your expertise and worth

You plan to your strengths and learn to get comfortable being uncomfortable

You create monthly review systems so you always know exactly where you stand

The result? You’ll go from feeling like you’re constantly behind to feeling like you’re exactly where you need to be. From hoping your business works to knowing it will.
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Business and Mindset Transformations

The Calm Hustle Effect

Working with Maria has been absolutely life-changing. When I first started, I felt stuck and overwhelmed, unsure of my direction or whether I even had the ability to move forward.

Through her incredible support, wisdom, and guidance, Maria has helped me rediscover my confidence, not just in my business, but in myself. She has a unique way of seeing your potential even when you can’t and she gently yet powerfully guides you to step into it.

Because of Maria, I now feel capable, focused and excited about the future. I honestly don’t know where I’d be without her encouragement and expertise. If you’re considering working with her, don’t hesitate, she will change your life in the most beautiful way.

Business and Mindset Coaching Services

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The Calm Hustle 121 Coaching

Stop winging it and start owning it. Transform your mindset and develop a business plan to move yourself and your business forward.

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The Calm Hustle Collective

Monthly business templates, mindset tools, and a community of women who get it. You are not alone. Join the Calm Hustle Collective.

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2-Hour Business Clarity Intensive

Cut through the overwhelm and walk away with your exact next steps. Perfect for when you're stuck in analysis paralysis or for refresh or boost.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is The Calm Hustle Coach?

The Calm Hustle Coach is a business and mindset coaching service for women, run by Maria Higginson. Maria helps women who have started businesses, or are running side hustles alongside full-time jobs, to stop winging it and start building something genuinely profitable and sustainable. The approach combines practical business strategy with mindset work, because you need both to truly move forward.

Maria is an accredited business and mindset coach with over 20 years of in business; first in the corporate recruitment world, then running her own business. Alongside being a director in her family business since 2012, she has built a thriving side hustle into a successful, team-led operation and left a decade-long corporate career (where she managed a head office for an FTSE 100 company) to build a business alongside it. She founded The Calm Hustle Coach in 2024 to help other women do the same. Maria is accredited by ACCPH and certified through UMM.

Maria works with women who have started a business or side hustle but feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure of their next step. This includes women who have left long-term careers to go out on their own, those running a side hustle that they want to turn into a full-time business, and women who have been going for a while but still feel like they’re just winging it. If you’re undercharging, doubting yourself, or struggling to move from “I hope this works” to “I know exactly what I’m doing”, this is for you.

There are three ways to work with Maria: the 1-2-1 Coaching programme (bespoke packages combining mindset work and practical business planning, reviewed monthly); The Calm Hustle Collective (a monthly membership at £47/month including accountability sessions, CEO planning, expert workshops, business templates, and a supportive community of women); and the 2-Hour Business Clarity Intensive (a focused one-off session at £99, ideal when you need to cut through the overwhelm and walk away with a clear action plan).

Most coaches focus on one or the other, either helping you feel better about yourself or giving you tactics and strategies. Maria’s experience is that neither works without the other. If your mindset is holding you back (think imposter syndrome, undercharging, fear of visibility), then even the best business plan won’t get results. And if you’ve done the mindset work but have no clear strategy or plan, you’ll stay stuck. The Calm Hustle approach tackles both together, which is what makes it different.

The Collective is a monthly membership for women building businesses, at £47 per month (minimum 3 months). Each month, you get dedicated accountability sessions, CEO planning time, expert workshops, practical business templates, mindset tools, and access to a community of like-minded women who genuinely understand what you’re going through. It’s designed to fit around real life (including the school run, the energy dips, and everything in between).

Every programme starts by getting clear on your goals, then digging into the mindset blocks that keep you stuck, whether that’s imposter syndrome, the comparison spiral, or the voice in your head that says you can’t charge what you’re worth. Once those beliefs start to shift, you build a step-by-step business plan with clear actions and realistic timelines. Each month, you review progress, celebrate wins, adjust what isn’t working, and check in on any limiting beliefs trying to creep back in. Packages are bespoke. Book a free discovery call to discuss what’s right for you.

This is a single-focused session (£99) designed to cut through the noise and give you clarity on exactly what to focus on next. It’s ideal if you’re in analysis paralysis, feel scattered across too many priorities, or just need a reset. You’ll leave with a personalised action plan that works for your business and your life; not a generic framework. You can book via Calendly or get in touch through the contact form.

The first step is a free, no-obligation consultation call with Maria. There’s no sales pitch, just an honest conversation about where you are, where you want to be, and whether working together is the right fit. You can book directly via Calendly at calendly.com/thecalmhustlecoach.

Yes. Maria offers a free ‘Stop the Overwhelm’ Brain Dump guide, designed to help you get every racing thought out of your head and onto paper so you can see clearly what actually matters. It’s available for free download from the website.

Coaching sessions are available online, which means Maria can work with women anywhere in the UK (and beyond). The flexibility of online delivery is intentional, meaning that it fits around the reality of running a business, managing a family, and everything else life throws at you.

Maria has built three successful businesses herself, including navigating the corporate world, running a side hustle, and launching a coaching practice. She’s not a theorist; she’s someone who has lived every stage of the journey she helps her clients through. Her approach is evidence-based and practical, not motivational fluff. And crucially, she addresses both the business strategy and the mindset blocks at the same time because in her experience, that’s the only way real, lasting change happens.