Dr. Christiane Schroeter is a TEDx speaker, bestselling author, and the visionary creator of Petite Practice™, a philosophy that proves small, consistent actions can drive massive growth. Holding a Ph.D. in Health Economics, Christiane is a Professor of Marketing and Entrepreneurship and host of the globally ranked Happy Healthy Hustle Podcast. Her unique blend of psychology, strategy, and purpose helps entrepreneurs and leaders move beyond overwhelm and find sustainable success without sacrificing wellbeing. Through her courses, coaching, and keynote talks, Christiane has inspired thousands to embrace micro-momentum and rediscover joy in their work. Her message is simple yet powerful: growth doesn’t come from doing more—it comes from doing less with intention.

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What if real growth doesn’t come from doing more—but from doing less, with purpose?

In this powerful episode of Talking with the Experts: Business Insights, Dr. Christiane Schroeter, TEDx speaker, bestselling author, and creator of the Petite Practice™ method, reveals how to transform overwhelm into momentum through small, consistent actions.

Christiane’s journey began in academia, where her Ph.D. in Health Economics and passion for entrepreneurship led her to uncover a universal truth: sustainable success comes from focus, not force. Through Petite Practice™, she teaches entrepreneurs and leaders how to align their goals with intentional micro-habits that build confidence and clarity.

In this conversation, you’ll hear how Christiane’s clients shifted from burnout to balance, from chaos to calm—and how you can apply the same mindset to your business, career, or creative work.

🎧 Inside the episode, you’ll learn:

• Why traditional goal-setting leads to overwhelm
• How Petite Practice™ helps you build sustainable growth
• The repeatable mindset shift that fuels clarity and focus

If you’ve ever felt stuck chasing “more,” this episode will remind you that the smallest steps often lead to the biggest transformations.

💡 Three Key Takeaways

1. Traditional goal-setting often fuels burnout instead of growth.
2. Small, intentional actions—Petite Practice™—create lasting momentum.
3. A simple mindset shift can transform overwhelm into sustainable success.

• Christiane explains that sustainable growth comes from breaking down big goals into small daily steps, using the pyramid analogy where instead of taking big weekly or monthly goals, entrepreneurs should focus on actionable daily practices.
• Rose shares her approach of diving into projects like starting her podcast during the pandemic without detailed planning, learning through experience over five years of podcasting.
• Christiane reveals she started her podcast on March 23rd, 2023, initially recording on a cell phone and asking her husband to be the first guest, emphasizing that consistency beats waiting for perfect conditions.
• Rose describes scaling back from an unsustainable schedule of 30 episodes per week across six shows to a more manageable approach after six months of burnout.
• The Petite Practice Method involves selecting only three items from long to-do lists each day, completing them fully, and celebrating progress rather than feeling overwhelmed by unfinished tasks.
• Christiane addresses how women tend to be particularly hard on themselves, sharing her experience of adjusting expectations after having her first child when household tasks became secondary to caring for another human being.
• Both speakers emphasize the importance of reflecting on five-year progress rather than constantly comparing upward, recognizing significant personal and business growth that has occurred through consistent small steps.
• Christiane describes her TEDx talk preparation as months of consistent daily practice, repeating the speech three to five times per day until she felt completely at home on stage.
• Rose celebrates receiving 2,500 downloads in less than six months on Buzzsprout, demonstrating how acknowledging small wins makes difficult periods more manageable.
• Christiane recorded herself crying when learning about her TEDx acceptance and again when watching the final video with a friend, capturing authentic emotional moments that resonated with audiences.
• Both speakers explain their philosophy of keeping podcasts as passion projects rather than monetizing them, believing that charging would shift the positive energy and purpose behind their content.
• Sustainable mindset shifts require identifying the personal “why” behind goals, with coaches creating trust environments where clients can vulnerably share their true objectives and bring them into the present moment.
• Christiane presented at a writers’ conference about goal mastery, explaining to published authors that the real goal extends beyond publishing to getting books into readers’ hands through ongoing marketing efforts.
• Christiane promotes her discovery superpower quiz at drchristiane.com and her “Happy Healthy Hustle” podcast available on all platforms, designed as short episodes that bring smiles while teaching goal mastery.