Breaking The Burnout Cycle
Are you a female entrepreneur who is currently spinning your wheels, doing all the right things, yet continuing to find yourself hitting an invisible wall that is keeping you from the success, fulfillment, freedom, & happiness you want?
You’ve read the books. Taken the courses. Implemented the strategies. You know the “how to”...but somehow they either don’t work for you when you apply them OR you can’t get yourself to stay consistent with them to get them to work for you.
And because of that there is a part of you that wonders deep down
“Why is this working for everyone else but me?”
“Maybe I’m doing something wrong? What am I missing?”
“Am I not doing enough?”
…or worse - “Is something wrong with me?”
And because you’ve only learned one way to achieve success, you now find yourself believing that the only way to achieve your goals is to work even harder. To push and push and push, like nothing else matters, not your health, not your family, not your life.
Here’s the truth: You’re not broken. You’re just burnt out from doing success the way you were taught — the hustle-harder, push-through, ignore-your-needs kind of way.
Breaking the Burnout Cycle is the podcast that finally speaks to you. Hosted by Dr. Reana Mulcahy, subconscious reprogramming coach and former hustle-addict turned aligned success mentor, this show is your permission slip to stop over-functioning, start honoring your truth, and finally create the next level of success from a place of alignment, not exhaustion.
Dr. Reana over the past 4 years has been high achievers, like yourself, break free from the burnout cycle by teaching brain-based tools, rooted in neuroscience and neuropsychology, to help you identify, understand, and break free from subconscious habits that are keeping you from the success, fulfillment, and freedom you crave.
Each week, we dive into subconscious mindset work, nervous system healing, and the invisible beliefs that keep high achievers stuck in survival mode — even when they look “successful” on the outside. You'll hear solo episodes, client breakthroughs, and expert conversations designed to help you rewire your beliefs, reclaim your energy, and rise into the results, relationships, and reality you know you’re meant for.
It’s time to stop chasing success that costs you your peace. It’s time to break the burnout cycle — for good.
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Breaking The Burnout Cycle
3 Boundaries Every Female Entrepreneur Needs
If you feel exhausted - you might be missing one of these 3 boundaries
Today I share the three boundaries every female entrepreneur needs to break the burnout loop and build a business that feels sustainable.
From client expectations to energy leaks to self-discipline, we map clear steps to protect focus, results, and joy.
• defining fair client expectations and scope
• avoiding over-responsibility for client results
• identifying hidden energy drains from control and perfectionism
• moving from overthinking to confident decisions
• building one bridge at a time with self-boundaries
• keeping integrity with commitments to yourself
• spotting resentment as a boundary signal
• matching the complaint to the boundary gap
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There are actually three boundaries that every female entrepreneur needs in their business and in their life. And on today's episode, I'm about to reveal what those three are. So stay tuned. Hi, I'm Dr. Rihanna Mulkeghi, and after burning out not just once, but twice, I've uncovered that burnout becomes a never-ending loop unless you uncover the subconscious beliefs at the root of it all. Each week, I'm bringing you brain-based tools and strategies that will help you to identify and rewire subconscious blocks, keeping you from the success, happiness, and freedom that you really want. This is Breaking the Burnout Cycle Podcast. I think I can speak for every female entrepreneur out there that when we hear the term boundaries, right? Sometimes I think boundaries is now like this uh buzzword that goes around just like burnout. And when we hear boundaries, we I think what immediately comes to mind most often is actually saying no to things that don't serve you or that you don't have capacity for. Most times we will talk about the the problem, right? Whether it's the needy client, the team that always needs you, whatever it might be. And we blame those things as the reason why we're so exhausted, not realizing that we actually play a role in this as well, because we have a boundary problem. So the first type of boundary is going to be boundaries with your clients. And this is where I think a lot of um a lot of us tend to fall short on when it comes to setting boundaries. And I think that what often happens is so many of us have been just like indoctrinated in this uh belief that the customer's always right and um you want to make the customer happy. And so I think for a lot of us, there's just this inherent fear that is happening subconsciously because of the stories like these, where if I set a boundary, if I disappoint them, if I make them upset, then it will ruin my reputation, and then our brain kind of starts to go to the worst case scenario, the Armageddon moment, which is that we will not make money because our reputation will be ruined. And so the brain really just paints this entire picture of like, um, if we're not making money, then we have to close shop because we failed at uh creating a business, and then we're gonna have to go back to a miserable nine to five when this is what I want to be doing, and this is the freedom that I want. And so it makes sense why the protection mechanism, the protection behaviors are going to be like where you are wanting these clients to be happy, right? And you are wanting them to get the results so that they are happy, and then they will tell and uh rave about you to other potential clients. And so what I tend to see happens all the time is that it results in behaviors like you are responding to your clients' messages the minute that you get a notification on your phone, or you are, you know, bending over backwards to make sure that they are happy and oftentimes over-delivering even on things that sometimes you just don't even want to be doing because it's not in your zone of genius, but because they asked for your help with a certain thing, then you feel obligated to help them. Um, and I think the other biggest thing that I see all the time is where you will literally take responsibility for clients who did not get the results that they expected, right? Because we didn't set a clear boundary around what the expectations are from their end, right, to meet you at the halfway point in order to get the results. And so that is boundary type number one. The second type of boundary is going to be boundaries with your energy, and I think that what probably comes to mind for you is that you're thinking about saying no to things that no longer align or that aren't serving you, and yes, that is part of what a boundary around your energy is is actually saying no to things that are not in your zone of genius, to saying no to things that you know don't align anymore. But what you might not be realizing is that here are other ways that you are potentially wasting energy. The first one that I see all the time is giving your energy to trying to control outcomes, trying to control or predict the future, so to speak. And I see this happening all the time when it comes to just kind of perfectionism or the overthinking and trying to figure out the best way to do something because this is a subconscious self-sabotaging way that you are essentially trying to control an outcome or a perception that someone holds about you in order to try to make sure you don't fail. And so boundaries with your energy is actually not only a matter of saying no to the things that don't align, but it's also about learning how to trust your own decision making, how to trust your intuition, how to trust yourself when it comes to making decisions. So it's like stepping into your power, it is knowing that no matter what decision you make, everything is figure-otable and it's not the end of the world. But the more that you spend your energy like overthinking and ruminating on past events and trying to analyze and perfect everything in order to control an outcome, the more exhausted you're going to be. And so the second type of boundary is yes, it is about saying no to things that don't align with you, but it's also about learning to trust your intuition, learning to trust your um your decision making and trust your skills and your knowing. Okay, the third type of boundary is going to be boundaries with yourself. And I know this one might be like I think one of the hardest ones for most entrepreneurs and creatives to grasp. And the reason for that is because it's like we have so many ideas uh that are actually really awesome, really creative, really like inspiring ideas. But the reality is, yeah, we don't have the capacity, whether that's time, energy, or even financial resources, to be able to build a million bridges at once. And so this one is actually the hardest one for a lot of people to really set that boundary with yourself to build one bridge at a time in your business. And so this type of boundary is going to look like saying no to yourself, right? And it's going to look like um saying no to opportunities that even though it is super amazing, if it doesn't align with the vision that you are creating, it's a no. It looks like um keeping integrity with what you say you're going to do. So if you say you're going to, you know, um do a webinar or do a podcast episode every week, then it is just about keeping integrity with yourself. That is a boundary that you are setting of a non-negotiable. And it can also look like just kind of like choosing the right timing of when you are going to say yes to creating something new. Because if you are spinning your wheels, trying to create something new every six months to, you know, or less, then that is exhaust exhausting in itself. Okay. And so these are the three types of boundaries that would be really helpful for you as you start to notice, like, if you're feeling exhausted or if you're feeling um negative emotions like resentment, then this is often a great sign that I tell clients that we have a boundary issue here. Okay. And so this is the three types of boundaries that you can start to do like a self-check-in of which one do I need to work on in order to reclaim my energy and to have capacity for not only my business and continuing to run my business, but also for the people that I love, right? And for the things that I love. And so check in with yourself about which of these three you feel you need to work on the most. And often it's usually the one that you are blaming or constantly finding yourself irritated about a certain situation. That can be a great sign that this is the area that you need to work on the most. So, for example, if you are complaining about never having enough time to get all of the things that you want to get done, done, then it might be an issue with a boundary with yourself. If you are constantly complaining about a needy client or a client who who just like expects so much from you, then it might be a boundary with a client. And so this is where like learning how to recognize which area needs the most work is such a vital skill, but it's necessary if you want to feel energized, if you want to feel grounded and not have these emotions of resentment and frustration. Okay. And so I would love to know which one of the three that you struggle with the most. Um, chances are you aren't struggling with those intentionally. The chances are that there is a subconscious fear about what it will mean or what will happen if you set that type of boundary with a client, with a potential colleague or teammate. And so it is also important to start noticing what comes up for you when you think about setting a boundary in that realm. And so let me know over on Instagram at Dr. Brianna Mokehi. The link, if you don't know how to spell my name, is down below. Uh, and other than that, see you on next week's episode. Bye for now.