You’ve read the books. You’ve followed the strategies. You’ve checked every box the “experts” told you to. And yet… your business still feels heavier than it should.

If you’ve ever wondered whether you’re doing something wrong (spoiler: you’re not), today’s conversation is going to feel like a warm exhale.

In this episode of The Cycle Advantage, I sit down with Jillian Dolberry to talk about what it really takes to build a business rooted in alignment, not hustle.

We dig into the messy middle of entrepreneurship: unlearning outdated rules, finding your values, releasing internal pressure, and creating systems that honor both your body and your business. If you’ve been craving permission to grow with peace over pressure, this one is for you.

✔️ How to unlearn the “rules of business” you’ve inherited and create ones that actually fit you

✔️ Why pressure isn’t always a good motivator (and what to choose instead)

✔️ How to give yourself permission to move things on your calendar without guilt

✔️ The surprising connection between personal healing and business growth

✔️ Why peace and pleasure may be your most untapped business strategies

➡️ Curiosity is powerful. Asking “why am I feeling this way?” can reveal patterns and programming you didn’t know were running the show.

➡️ Peace overrides pressure. Sustainable growth doesn’t come from hustling harder: it comes from aligning your work with your energy.

➡️ Your body always counts. Burnout doesn’t have to scream at you before you pay attention. Honor the signals early.

➡️ Unlearning is as important as learning. What worked for someone else (or your parents in the ’90s) may not work for you now and that’s okay.

➡️ Permission creates power. Moving tasks, slowing down, and working from joy can unlock more magnetism than forcing yourself forward.

If you’ve been white-knuckling your way through business, telling yourself that hustle = success, this conversation is your reminder: you don’t have to earn success by suffering for it.

Your future self, the one who’s working fewer hours, attracting aligned clients, and enjoying her life is built on different rules.

This Episode Is For You If…

✨ You’re exhausted from “doing all the right things” but not seeing results

✨ You’re constantly comparing your progress to other entrepreneurs

✨ You want permission to rest, slow down, and still be wildly successful

✨ You crave systems that support you instead of suffocate you

✨ You want to believe in yourself again (and need someone to remind you it’s possible)

Meet Jillian

Jillian Dolberry is an Ops Consultant and Team Strategist for women entrepreneurs and host of The Grace-Filled CEO Podcast. In addition to devoting her heart and time to her family, she helps busy women honor their values and find consistent grace while trying to leave every business better than she found it. Jillian has become a master of setting up boundaries, streamlined systems, Increasing profit from the inside out, and navigating hard conversations with her “honor everyone in the room” approach.

If you’re a coach, healer, or feminine leader scaling to $10K–$20K months and tired of hustle-based strategies, here’s your next step…

✔ Apply for Your Cycle Advantage:

A 6-week business planning program that teaches female entrepreneurs how to create a cycle-synced business strategy, build consistent $10K months, and grow without burnout.

For the woman ready for aligned business planning, feminine CEO leadership, and sustainable income growth…

✔ Join the Flow Collective Mastermind:

A high-level mastermind for women entrepreneurs scaling to $20K+ months using cycle syncing, feminine business strategy, wealth energetics, and embodied leadership

For those cycle curious and ready to get started with understanding your body and its impact on your income and business…

✔ Grab Your Free Cycle Sync Your Business Book:

A guide to planning your coaching business around your menstrual cycle. Designed for women ready to stop hustling and start syncing for more impact, income, and ease.

Your business isn’t stalled because you’re lazy. It’s stalled because you’re waiting until you “look professional” enough to show up or you’re stuck in the self-help hamster wheel, journaling on your limiting beliefs but avoiding the scary action that actually moves the needle.

Sound familiar? (Yeah, me too.)

That’s exactly what Kimberly Spencer and I dive into in this juicy, real-talk episode.

Episode Summary:
Kimberly Spencer, an award-winning coach, TEDx speaker, and bestselling author joined me to unravel the three big traps ambitious women fall into: perfection disguised as professionalism, ignoring the natural cycles of business, and hiding in personal development instead of taking action.

This conversation will remind you that your business isn’t meant to be linear, polished, or perfect. It’s meant to evolve with you messy bun, winter seasons, limiting beliefs and all.

What You’ll Hear in This Episode:

➡️ Why “professional” often means procrastinating and what professionalism actually is

➡️ How to recognize the season your business is in (and stop shaming yourself for it)

➡️ The sneaky way personal development can keep you stuck instead of moving forward

➡️ Why courageous, imperfect action is always more powerful than waiting to feel ready

➡️ How aligning with your natural rhythms creates momentum without burnou

Key Takeaways:

✅ Professionalism is an energy, not a polished backdrop or blazer.

✅ Business moves in cycles: spring, summer, fall, winter and each has value.

✅ Limiting beliefs don’t need to be “cleared”, they just need to be acknowledged so you can act anyway.

✅ The most magnetic leaders aren’t perfect (they’re authentic, courageous, and consistent with their commitments)

Why It Matters:

The cost of staying stuck in these traps is huge. You waste energy trying to look the part, you shame yourself for natural slowdowns, and you keep telling yourself you’re “working on your mindset” while avoiding the actions that would actually bring in clients.

The future version of you isn’t waiting to feel polished, healed, or ready…she’s showing up courageously, honoring her seasons, and taking aligned action even with fear in the room.

This Episode is For You If…

✅ You’ve been waiting until things “look professional” to take action.

✅ You’re in a slow season and worried it means you’re failing.

✅ You’ve done all the mindset work but still feel stuck.

✅ You want your business to feel more cyclical, natural, and aligned.

✅ You’re ready to lead with authenticity and courage instead of perfection.

Meet Kimberly

Kimberly Spencer is an award-winning high-performance, trauma-informed coach and trainer, Amazon best-selling author, TEDx speaker, and the founder of CrownYourself.com, helping visionary leaders transform their self-limiting stories, build their empire, stand out fearlessly, and make the income and the impact they deserve.

If you’re a coach, healer, or feminine leader scaling to $10K–$20K months and tired of hustle-based strategies, here’s your next step…

✔ Apply for Your Cycle Advantage:

A 6-week business planning program that teaches female entrepreneurs how to create a cycle-synced business strategy, build consistent $10K months, and grow without burnout.

For the woman ready for aligned business planning, feminine CEO leadership, and sustainable income growth…

✔ Join the Flow Collective Mastermind:

A high-level mastermind for women entrepreneurs scaling to $20K+ months using cycle syncing, feminine business strategy, wealth energetics, and embodied leadership

For those cycle curious and ready to get started with understanding your body and its impact on your income and business…

✔ Grab Your Free Cycle Sync Your Business Book:

A guide to planning your coaching business around your menstrual cycle. Designed for women ready to stop hustling and start syncing for more impact, income, and ease.

Have you ever felt like you had to shrink yourself just to “fit” into the room?

Like the louder, bolder, more buttoned-up version of you is the only one allowed to succeed in certain spaces?

You’re not alone, and my guest today proves that the exact opposite is true.

Episode Summary

In this episode of the Cycle Advantage Podcast, I sit down with Emily Apollonio, founder of Interstellar Performance Labs and the architect of the STAR Program. Emily’s real breakthrough didn’t come from another credential, certification, or degree. It came from choosing to fully embody her authentic self (yes, fringe sleeves, glitter, and all).

If you’ve ever wrestled with self-doubt, hustling for validation, or wondering if you’re “too much” in your work or business, this conversation will light a fire under you.

What You’ll Hear in This Episode

➡️ The surprising truth about female leadership in aerospace and what it’s really like for women in male-dominated industries.

➡️ Why self-awareness is more powerful than stacking credentials (and how it shapes your influence as a leader).

➡️ Emily’s journey from aircraft accident investigator to spaceflight analog missions (yes, training like astronauts on Earth!).

➡️ How embracing her cycle and feminine leadership traits helped Emily ditch burnout and lead with confidence.

Key Takeaways

✅ Authenticity is magnetic. When you show up as your true self, you actually gain credibility, not lose it.

✅ Self-awareness beats another degree. Real leadership starts with knowing yourself, not just collecting titles.

✅ Your femininity is an asset, not a liability. Traits like communication, connection, and intuition are desperately needed in high-stakes industries.

✅ Burnout isn’t required. Cycle syncing and feminine rhythms can help you thrive even in high-pressure environments.

✅ Confidence is built like muscle. Strength in one area of life ripples into every other part of who you are.

Why It Matters

If you’re tired of hustling for worthiness, working harder, chasing validation, or wondering when you’ll finally feel like enough, this episode is your reminder: you don’t have to prove yourself through exhaustion.

Authentic, feminine leadership isn’t just “allowed” in male-dominated spaces… it’s the revolution we’ve been waiting for. Emily’s story proves that you can be playful and powerful, feminine and fierce, glitter-loving and grounded and still command the respect of your industry.

This Episode Is for You If…

➡️ You’re a woman in a male-dominated field (or online space) who’s tired of proving herself.

➡️ You’re craving permission to show up fully as YOU without the mask, without the hustle.

➡️ You’ve ever thought “Do I need another certification just to be taken seriously?”

➡️ You’re curious about how cycle syncing can create more ease, productivity, and confidence.

➡️ You’re ready to stop dimming your light and start leading with your full brilliance.

If you’re a coach, healer, or feminine leader scaling to $10K–$20K months and tired of hustle-based strategies, here’s your next step…

✔ Apply for Your Cycle Advantage:

A 6-week business planning program that teaches female entrepreneurs how to create a cycle-synced business strategy, build consistent $10K months, and grow without burnout.

For the woman ready for aligned business planning, feminine CEO leadership, and sustainable income growth…

✔ Join the Flow Collective Mastermind:

A high-level mastermind for women entrepreneurs scaling to $20K+ months using cycle syncing, feminine business strategy, wealth energetics, and embodied leadership

For those cycle curious and ready to get started with understanding your body and its impact on your income and business…

✔ Grab Your Free Cycle Sync Your Business Book:

A guide to planning your coaching business around your menstrual cycle. Designed for women ready to stop hustling and start syncing for more impact, income, and ease.