Business Advice Is Burning You Out. There's Another Way

What if the way you've been told to run your business was never designed for you? Nicole sits down with feminist business coach, podcast host and author Becky Mollenkamp to unpack the capitalist conditioning most entrepreneurs carry without realizing it. They trace the through-line from toxic corporate workplaces to the inner boss we recreate in our own businesses, and ask the question that changes everything: what's enough for you?Becky's new book, Liberate Your Business: A Radical Guide for Entrepreneurs Building Inside a Broken System, is the resource she wishes she'd had — one that honors the full complexity of building a values-aligned business inside a system that wasn't built for your humanity.What's in the ShowBecky's burnout story — rooted in emotional exhaustion, not overworkWhy capitalist conditioning follows you into your own businessThe Hedonic Treadmill and why capitalism keeps moving the finish lineDefining your own "enough" in money, hours, rest, and joyConsent-based marketing as an alternative to high-volume launch sequencesHow Becky used AI to finally write the book her ADHD brain couldn't organize aloneCommunity-building as resistance — and embroidery as restBecky lifts up: Transgender Law Center (transgenderlawcenter.org)Chapters00:00 Introduction to Rest and Burnout03:13 Becky's Journey with Burnout08:58 Corporate Culture and Expectations of Creativity12:04 The Cost of Doing Business: Burnout as Normal15:03 Values and Rest: A Personal Reflection17:03 Becky's Spiritual Grounding: Values-based living21:02 Agency and Control in Our Lives22:29 Bringing Capitalism into our work and businesses31:04 Navigating Capitalism as Entrepreneurs40:45 Rethinking Commerce and Relationships43:35 Redefining Enough in a Capitalist Society47:09 The Hedonic Treadmill and Its Impact on Happiness49:29 The Privilege of Safety and Security50:47 Finding Rest in a Demanding World52:55 Building Community as Resistance55:40 Empowering Rest Rebels59:31 Supporting Trans Rights and Advocacy01:00:16 Connecting with Becky and Her WorkSources MentionedLiberate Your Business by Becky Mollenkamp — available at beckymollenkamp.com/bookKelly Diels — feminist marketing educator, featured in Liberate Your Business https://kellydiels.com/Transgender Law Center — transgenderlawcenter.orgCONNECT WITH BECKY MOLLENKAMPWebsite: beckymollenkamp.comThreads: https://threads.com/@beckymollenkampSubstack: https://feministrants.substack.com/LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/beckymollenkampCONNECT WITH NICOLE HAVELKA:NewsletterLinkedInWork with NicoleThe Calm Calendar Club is a brain-friendly planning community for neurodivergent adults, ADHD minds, and sandwich-generation caregivers who are tired of systems that don’t fit real life. We help you build a flexible, values-based calendar that reduces chaos and protects your energy. This low-cost, community-based program is ready for you at defythetrend.com/calm-calendar. Thank you to the people who helped make this show happen.Send me a message via Speakpipe.A proud member of the Feminist Podcasters Collective.