Burnout doesn't always come from overworking. Sometimes it's a delayed reaction to finally feeling safe enough to stop hyper-functioning and let a different part of you lead.

This typically happens after you've shown yourself you know how to make money.

In this episode, I’m sharing why burnout shows up differently for First Gen entrepreneurs—especially daughters of immigrants—and why so much of the advice out there is unhelpful or even harmful.

You’ll hear what I’ve learned from coaching First Gen and WOC clients through this specific type of post-success burnout, what happened when my own capacity disappeared after hitting my biggest launch ever, and how I kept my business running while letting a new version of me take the lead.

This isn’t a conversation about hustle. It’s about identity, capacity, and evolution.

Here’s what I’m breaking down:

• Why First Gen burnout has less to do with how much you've been working recently and MORE to do with how safe you feel to stop suppressing and over-functioning
• The difference between situational burnout and generational burnout
• Why your high-functioning self can’t carry you forever (and isn’t meant to)
• How burnout can hit when your nervous system finally stops overriding everything
• What it means to run a business with D+ capacity—and how it can actually serve you
• How to work with the season you're in without burning it all down

🎙 Plus: I’m sharing a peek into my upcoming workshop, Scaling Beyond Survival Mode as a WOC Entrepreneur, happening Oct 1st, and how I restructured my own business to stay profitable even while recovering from burnout.

Quick links:

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I didn’t grow a multi-six figure business because I changed my offers.

I did it because I changed how I held my business—and myself.

In this episode, I’m walking you through the real, unglamorous shifts that helped me go from a 150K year to consistent 20K months in private coaching—before ever switching to a group model.

These are the exact mindset, nervous system, and identity shifts I’ve seen take people out of business if they don’t happen.

And I get it. In 2021, I expected the success of my first six-figure year to continue. What I didn’t realize was that without healing, support, and emotional maturity, I couldn’t hold it. I got isolated, overstimulated, and my undiagnosed ADHD left me stuck in shame.

But everything changed in the last 2 months of that year—and I want to show you what made that shift possible.

You’ll hear me talk about:

• What allowed me to go from 70K in 10 months… to 80K in 2 months
• Why therapy and emotional processing—not just mindset work—kept me in business
• How shame and hyper-independence can sound logical but sabotage your growth
• Why getting a job isn’t a failure, and how I reframed safety
• The moment I stopped asking my business to rescue me from my feelings
• Six shifts that changed my leadership, capacity, and revenue forever

If you’re stuck, rushing, or on the edge of burnout… this episode is your lifeline.

AND, I will be covering what business decisions you need to make off the back of this in my upcoming workshop "Scale Beyond Survival Mode as a WOC: How to book out your next chapter without burning down your business" on Oct 1st.

→ Register here: www.marieladelamora.com/webinar

Work with me:

→ Join the waitlist for Reclamation Mastermind

→ Apply for private coaching. Options are on the application.

→ DM me on Instagram @mariela.delamora to ask about $700 month-to-month Telegram-only coaching (no calls)

Many of us grew up watching our mothers and grandmothers work themselves to the point of exhaustion—never resting, never prioritizing themselves, and often becoming sick in the process. We inherit those patterns, and before we know it, we’re ignoring pain, overriding our emotions, and treating our bodies like they’re machines that just have to keep going.

That’s where Naihomy Jerez comes in. She’s a Bronx-raised Dominicana, Certified Integrative Nutrition and Hormone Health Coach, and host of WELLthy Generation podcast. She helps women of color heal their bodies, balance their hormones, and build confidence—without restriction, burnout, or giving up their cultural foods.

Her own postpartum journey transformed her relationship with her body. After losing 50 pounds and maintaining it for years while keeping her plátanos and bagels, she turned what she learned into a coaching practice that now serves women across the country.

In this conversation, Naihomy shares the same principles she teaches her clients—practical, culturally aware strategies to move from survival mode into sustainable, joyful health. You’ll leave knowing how to recognize when your body is asking for help, and how to respond in ways that honor both your wellbeing and your heritage.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• The hidden ways survival mode affects your health and energy
• Why punishing your body doesn’t lead to lasting change
• How to make health shifts without cutting out the foods you love
• The surprising first step to building confidence in your body
• How to create simple, sustainable routines that work with a busy life
• Why representation matters in health coaching—and what difference it makes

Here's where you can follow Naihomy and her work:

IG: https://www.instagram.com/naihomyjerez/

Website: https://www.naihomyjerez.com/

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What if the very strategies that made you successful are now the ones holding you back?

This episode is for the high-achieving First Gen entrepreneur who's already “made it” in many ways—but now finds themselves plateauing, second-guessing, or quietly pulling back.

Whether you’re sitting in a season of capacity or questioning how to evolve what’s already working, you’re not alone.

I’m walking you through what I see over and over again in clients—especially daughters of immigrants who are learning to grow beyond just enough.

This episode will help you identify the internal shifts that keep you from sustaining success peacefully… and show you how to grow without abandoning what matters most.

What I cover in the episode:

• What it really means to “protect success” and how it subtly blocks growth
• Two distinct patterns that keep you stuck: the Survivor Cycle and the Vice Grip Cycle
• Why many First Gen leaders pull back after their biggest financial wins
• How ease can feel unsafe to the nervous system (and what to do about it)
• What it’s already costing you when you stay in maintenance mode
• A real client example of going from 150K → 300K with more ease, not more effort
• Five steps I walk clients through to realign their offers, marketing, and identity with their next level

This episode blends nervous system safety with strategic clarity—and it’s a must-listen if you’ve been feeling misaligned, unmotivated, or unsure about how to grow from here.

Work with me:

→ Apply for private coaching. Options are on the application.

→ If you have established offers that are already selling: Join the waitlist for Reclamation Mastermind

→ DM me on Instagram @marieladelamora to ask about $700 month-to-month Telegram-only coaching (no calls) - for those who want to focus on 1-2 specific areas before deciding to jump into private coaching or Reclamation

Daughters of immigrant entrepreneurs need more than business strategy, and this episode will show you why.

In this deeply moving conversation, I talk with my Reclamation client Eunice Kimian, a somatic business coach who grew up in a Korean immigrant household where silence, emotional suppression, and over-responsibility were the norm.

We talk about what it meant for her to start her business from scratch while healing—without abandoning her culture, her family, or herself.

Eunice shares how choosing softness felt like the biggest risk, how her somatic work created enough safety to even have a vision, and why it matters that daughters of immigrants have access to mentors who understand the emotional cost of being “high functioning.”

✨ And as Eunice says: “We’re not taught to listen to ourselves… it’s not just about strategy. It’s about helping people hear themselves again.”

This conversation is a reminder that for daughters of immigrants, healing and business aren’t separate—and strategy alone is never the full answer.

📌 In this episode we talk about:

• How Korean collectivist culture shaped Eunice’s identity and instincts
• Why emotional repression was tied to safety in her family—and how she’s unlearning that
• The moment she realized “softness” was her next edge
• What it actually means to regulate your nervous system enough to hold a vision
• Why thought leadership looks different when you come from a high-control environment
• Why Eunice believes strategy is never enough for daughters of immigrants
• How she’s now filling a powerful gap in the market between somatics and entrepreneurship

How to stay in touch with Eunice:

• Listen to her podcast Embody Your Brilliance with Eunice Kimian
• Find her on Instagram @eunicekimian.
• Check out her website for 1:1 Somatic Business Coaching.
• Join her upcoming Free Somatic Workshop on 8/7, Safe to Shine: Unblock Your Visibility.

Work with me:

• Get coached in community with incredible WOC like Eunice by joining the waitlist for Reclamation Mastermind
• Apply to work with me privately

This week, I’m sharing a joint episode I recorded with Andrea Ramos, founder of Building Gen Wealth. She’s a first-gen Peruvian American financial educator who teaches first-gen WOC how to move beyond saving and begin building true, long-term wealth.

We recorded this conversation because we wanted to name something that often goes unsaid: the ways our early money beliefs shaped not only how we spend—but also how we dream, take risks, and show up in business.

As first-gen, we weren’t raised to invest or become founders. We were raised to save and stay safe. But building wealth—on our terms—meant teaching ourselves a new language. One that held space for both financial security and growth.

Inside this episode, we talk about:

• The early beliefs that shaped our “save everything” mindset
• How Andrea’s parents’ cancer diagnoses changed her financial path
• How even my multiple six-figure corporate salary still came with tradeoffs
• The ways fear disguised itself as responsibility in our financial decisions
• What we had to unlearn in order to become profitable founders and investors

Andrea is the founder of Building Gen Wealth and host of Latina Investors Podcast where she supports first-gen WOC to build wealth with confidence and clarity. If you’re new to investing or unsure where to start, check out her “Get Started” page.

Connect and work with Andrea:

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And if this episode made you realize how you have been missing business coaching from a First Gen coach who can help you work through "invisible weights" you carry as a First Gen founder so you can grow to six and multiple six figures, here's how you can work with me:

🔗 Join the waitlist for Reclamation Mastermind

🔗 Apply for 1:1 Coaching

💼 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/marieladelamora

📱 Instagram: @marieladelamora

What if security didn’t mean staying put in a familiar job or city?

My client Jenn Jamali is a first-gen money coach who, like many of us, was rooted in immigrant “play-it-safe” mindset: buying a house, making six figures, saving hard. But even after checking those boxes, she still felt like something was missing.

When a Pinterest contract ended and she was eight weeks pregnant, Jen could have panicked—but she didn’t: she’d saved, invested, monetized her skills, and built financial cushions outside just a salary.

She declared her dream—to move back to her family's motherland in Colombia, to live in alignment—before knowing how.

Months later, a mix of family loss and a crazy opportunity to live in Bogotá led her to actually do it. She and her family just moved a month ago but it was ANYTHING but easy.

She worked through first gen guilt, family not understanding, fear and unexpected losses in her family. But through it all, she never made herself wrong for her move.

She and I talk through:

• How she made intentional, easier choices that felt like raises—without earning more
• Why values-first decisions opened pathways she hadn’t expected
• The emotional truth of leaving family behind (and still staying connected)
• How she deeply reshaped her mindset—and her money—to live on her terms

It’s a story of trusting yourself, choosing freedom, and resisting the urge to wait until you have it all figured out. It’s exactly the kind of conversation I want more of in this community.

About Jenn:

Jenn is a Financial Empowerment Coach, former tech recruiter, and first-generation wealth builder who helps women—especially fellow first-gens—rewrite their money stories and take bold action toward financial freedom. Through her signature coaching framework, she helps clients make more, keep more, and align their finances with their values so they can live with more ease, purpose, and autonomy.

After navigating career transitions, investing in multiple properties, and self-funding her maternity leave, Jenn recently made her boldest move yet—relocating her family from Texas to Bogotá, Colombia. In this episode, she shares how getting clear on her values, building financial systems, and trusting herself made it possible to build a life abroad rooted in connection, nature, and intentionality.

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This episode is a personal recap of The Table We Built, my second international retreat for Reclamation clients—this time held in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

Unlike traditional business retreats, this wasn’t about jungle breathwork or hotel ballrooms.

It was about creating an intimate, intentional space that supported the whole human experience of women of color and daughters of immigrants.

In this episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on:

• Why we must start with intention—and how that single choice guided every decision I made
• What I learned from my first retreat that helped me simplify the second
• How environment, safety, and design all helped clients experience deeper breakthroughs
• The very real behind-the-scenes of managing my own energy as a host
• And how conversations around identity, safety, motherhood, and belonging unfolded naturally—without being on the “agenda”

If you’re a coach or leader dreaming about bringing people together in a way that feels human and healing—this one’s for you.

🎧 Listen now and let me know what lands.

Learn more about Reclamation Mastermind at www.marieladelamora.com/reclamation

Website: www.marieladelamora.com

Instagram: @mariela.delamora

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/marieladelamora

You know your offer works. Your clients get results. People refer you. So why isn’t it selling consistently?

In this episode, I break down 8 specific reasons why a proven offer might still feel hard to sell—especially if your leads are mostly coming from referrals or word of mouth instead of your own marketing.

These are the kinds of blind spots I coach my clients through all the time, and I’ve experienced them firsthand. Inside, I cover:

• Why “my audience just doesn’t get it” is usually a messaging issue
• How positioning your offer as a step beyond where your audience thinks they are can backfire
• The difference between helpful content and content that actually converts
• How to sell to the person who’s been silently creeping on your page for weeks
• Why storytelling-based social proof works better than testimonials—and how to use it
• Subtle ways we unintentionally create resistance with our audience (and what to do instead)

If you’ve been questioning your marketing or wondering whether you need to change your offer—this episode is your sign to pause and audit before you pivot.

🔗 Learn more about Reclamation Mastermind

📎 Website: marieladelamora.com

💼 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/marieladelamora

📱 Instagram: @marieladelamora

Lately, I’ve been sitting with a question that so many of my clients—especially daughters of immigrants—are bringing to our sessions:

How do I show up for my business when I’m personally impacted by what’s happening to my community?

When ICE is conducting raids.

When people are being kidnapped out of their homes, workplaces, and off the streets—thrown into unmarked vehicles without due process.

When your nervous system is overwhelmed and your community is afraid.

This episode is a conversation about how I’m navigating that myself—and how I’m supporting my clients through it.

Because we don’t run our businesses in a vacuum. We do business on our phones, while our friends and families are being impacted in real time. And when the attacks on immigrants feel like an attack on us, it makes total sense that showing up in our business can feel… impossible.

Inside, I share:

• How I’m helping clients (and myself) discern: What do I need in order to show up?—instead of “how do I push through?”
• What it looks like to lead and support others when your own body is in fight-or-flight.
• Ways to tend to your nervous system so you don’t freeze or burn out while trying to stay informed and visible.
• How to stay connected to your community and purpose without abandoning yourself.

And when it feels especially hard to market your business in moments like this, I come back to this question:

Why does my business exist—and why does my message matter more than ever right now?

For me, the answer is this: Who controls your money, controls your voice.

That’s why I believe so deeply in daughters of immigrants building brands that are rooted in truth, identity, and self-determination. It’s not about selling—it’s about sovereignty.

This episode isn’t polished. I recorded it walking through my house, because that’s what my body needed in order to speak. But if you’re grieving, triggered, and trying to figure out how to keep showing up—this is for you.

Ways to connect and work together:

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