Stop Burning Out & Start Living: How to Combat Hustle Culture with Amanda Nowak | S2 E3

The Climb | A podcast for Women in Business | Presented by the Inner Mountain Foundation

Overwhelm. It can get the best of us… and even cause burnout. But it can also help you shine light on what you need to change to feel happy again. Today, we’re exploring ways to prevent and overcome burnout, find clarity, and reconnect with the joys of entrepreneurship.

Our guest is Amanda Nowak, Founder of Element Eight Coaching. Previously the Founder of The Simple Home, Amanda experienced the incredible highs and overwhelming lows of entrepreneurship. The journey took a toll on her well-being, but led to a crucial turning point — the decision to prioritize health and happiness over constant hustle. Now, she helps overwhelmed women find the clarity they need to create balance, fulfillment, and sustainable success in their lives.

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Mountains we’re climbing in this episode:

• Amanda’s journey of highs and lows in entrepreneurship
• Typical signs of overwhelm and burnout
• Steps to take if you’re feeling overwhelmed/burnout as a business owner
• Changes that happened when Amanda switched to a 4-day work week
• How Amanda helps women find clarity and create balance in their lives
• Practices that prevent Amanda from getting overwhelmed and out of balance
• Tips for setting and enforcing boundaries at work
• How to have hard conversations as a leader (and why you shouldn’t avoid conflict)

Key Takeaways for Female Entrepreneurs:

• Being the bottleneck in your own business can cause major inefficiencies and eventually burnout. Delegation will help you avoid this!
• If you don’t know what you want from your career, it’s harder to create goals and easier to get burnt out. Work on getting clear on what you want first (coaching helps with this!), then set specific goals to get you there.
• Make sure you know ways to prevent burnout, so it doesn’t threaten your business or personal life.
• The first step to overcoming overwhelm is creating space for yourself. Take time to calm and ground yourself, then take time to figure out how you’re going to change your situation.
• If you’re starting to feel burnt out, consider delegating more, restructuring your business, simplifying processes, hiring a coach, or seeking mentorship.
• Don’t wait to have those hard conversations you need to have. After they’re over, everything always works out and you’ll feel so much better.

Reflection Question:

• What obstacles are preventing you from being the entrepreneur you want to be?

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Resources:

The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron: https://juliacameronlive.com/books-by-julia/the-artists-way-a-spiritual-path-to-higher-creativity

Connect with Amanda Nowak:

Website: https://element-8.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-nowak-762b074

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/element.eight.coaching

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