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EPISODE · Mar 31, 2026 · 17 MIN

Is Trying Harder Backfiring in Your Business?

from Rebel CEO Podcast w/ Breeanna Kay · host Business Strategy, Spirituality + Personal Growth for Creative Entrepreneurs

If your business has hit a slow spot lately or you’ve been overthinking every move, refreshing your metrics, and wondering why things aren’t clicking anymore...this episode is going to call you out (in the best way).Because it probably has something to do with your refusal to detach. AKA... you’re trying to control the outcome.In this solo episode, Breeanna breaks down the subtle (but powerful) ways control shows up in your business... like overworking, obsessing over numbers, and gripping tightly to one specific vision of success... plus how that energy is actually repelling the very growth you want.She also shares a real-time identity shift she’s moving through: questioning what it means to be “fully self-employed,” and how leaning into something she once resisted might actually unlock more freedom, not less.This is your permission slip to stop forcing, stop micromanaging your growth, and start allowing your business to expand in ways you didn’t originally plan for, but might be even better.💥 IN THIS EPISODE:The real reason you feel stuck in your business (and why there are so many more layers than strategy to it)How controlling the outcome creates “repelling” energy (even if you’re doing everything right)Why overworking and hustling can actually slow your income downThe subtle ways you’re tying your self-worth to metrics (and how to break it)What your “worst case scenario” might actually be trying to show youHow identity attachment (“I could never do that”) keeps you stuck in cyclesWhy opportunities show up when you finally stop trying so hardWORK WITH BREEANNAWebsite: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠breeannakay.com/rebelceo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Breeanna on Instagram + TikTok: @rebel.ceo.podcastRebel CEO Podcast Shownotes: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠breeannakay.com/releasing-business-control⁠

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