Busy Is an Illusion, and Other Truths Every Solopreneur Needs to Hear

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You are the product. So why are you the last thing on your own to do list? Daffney Allwein has spent 20 years working with over 700 CEOs, executives, and high performers on what she calls a whole-person approach to health. Not the fluffy kind. She's talking physical fitness, nervous system regulation, and mental fitness, and how all three quietly decide whether your business grows or stalls. In this episode, Daffney joins Carly and Joe to unpack why solopreneurs fall into the productivity trap of optimizing themselves instead of their business, what's actually happening in the body of a stressed-out founder, and why the people who thrive are the ones willing to stop working in the business long enough to work on it. She also gets honest about the seasons that tested her own advice, including years of failed IVF, a first pregnancy, and moving an entire in person practice virtual during COVID. Her response every time? Double down on herself. In this episode Eat for joy, not for your feelings, and what that actually means Why the nervous system is a security system shaped by your environment, relationships, and geography The productivity trap that has solopreneurs billing every hour i

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