Business Inside Out
Normalizing the entrepreneurial experience one real conversation at a time. Get comfortable, grab your favorite beverage, and join me for a behind-the-scenes look at the mindset, grit, and strategy that creates business success from the inside out.
This week’s interview hit home for me, and I have a feeling it might for many of you as well.
I had the pleasure of sitting down and talking with Megan Hale, psychotherapist turned coach and the founder of Wild & Holy, a vibrant community of coaches, therapists, helpers, & healers.
We talked about the meaning of success, workaholism, and slowing down to have, create, and BE more. Megan opened up with us about her personal experience with workaholism, something I very much relate to and have had to shift through myself.
There’s a fine line between healthy passion, obsession, and workaholism.
Megan got real about what workaholism looks like and some possible causes. She also outlined three steps we can all follow to help create spaciousness.
“The antithesis to workaholism is spaciousness.”
As someone who’s been on both sides of the fence, it was refreshing and helpful to hear Megan’s account.
The best part? Post-workaholism, Megan now makes significantly more money in her business even though she puts in a fraction of the hours. That’s a testament to the lie and grip workaholism can have on us and the power of creating some mental space.
For those of you who are new to Megan’s world, you’re in for a treat!
Join Megan and me for an honest and in-depth look at workaholism, how it shows up, the red flags to watch for, how it affects our relationships, businesses, and life, and in closing how to shift from overwhelmed and overworked into flow and joy.
Slow down, create a little mental white space, grab your favorite beverage, and join us in the conversation below!
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I’d love for you to join us for the entire conversation, but here are the 'Cliff's Notes' if you want to jump around:
{1:08} Megan tells us about her journey and what led her to the powerful work she does now helping people live by their own rules and in integrity.
{3:03} What success looks like for Megan right now in her life and business and how it’s changed over the years.
{5:52} We get gritty, and Megan shares a look behind the scenes at the cycle she used to find herself in and the question she started focusing on that helped shift everything.
{10:53} Megan and I talk about the overnight-success myth.
{14:12} - We talk about UPLEVELING, baby!
{15:36} Megan opens up and tells us about her experience with workaholism.
{19:51} What’s the difference between workaholism and being passionate and driven?
{24:59} Megan's take on the cause of workaholism and an idea she had to “divorce”.
{31:53} We flip grit on its side. Megan shares a realization about the pressure she was putting on herself and how it relates to her business.
{33:32} How Megan now makes more money working significantly fewer hours than she used to!
{37:45} What does workaholism look like? The warning signs and red flags to look for.
{41:56} Megan's biggest aha.
{45:38} Tips and insights on learning “to be”. Megan's challenges for you.
{46:36} How to cope with and overcome workaholism.
{50:51} Megan shares where we can find her online (links below)!
Once you’ve had a chance to listen, I’d love to hear from you in the comments below. Let me know your biggest takeaway!
I hope this conversation reminds you that you are not your work and inspires you to take a look at your relationship to work, look to yourself for your worth and value, and create spaciousness.
Megan, thank you for taking the time to share your experience and zone of genius so generously!
Wishing you your version of success,
