If you've ever beaten yourself up for "lacking discipline" or wondered why you can't just push through like you used to, this episode is for you.

Here's the truth bomb: You're not lazy. You're not broken. You're not lacking willpower. You're operating in a system that profits from your exhaustion and then sells you the "solution" to fix yourself.

In this episode, we're dismantling the motivation myth and talking about what's really going on: capacity. Your capacity is a living, fluctuating resource, shaped by your hormonal cycle, nervous system state, life season, and yes, the collective weight of everything happening around us right now.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why forcing consistency backfires (and what happens in your body and brain when you push past empty)
• How the "discipline" narrative is deeply gendered—and why women are especially vulnerable to ignoring their own limits
• Why hustle culture needs you to believe it's a motivation problem (hint: burnt-out women don't organize, resist, or demand better)
• How to design your life and business around your actual energy, not some Instagram guru's ideal schedule
• The difference between laziness (spoiler: doesn't exist) and depletion (very real)
• Why honoring your capacity is an act of resistance in a culture built on your burnout
• One concrete practice to stop gaslighting yourself this week: track your energy honestly for 3 days and ask, "Who benefits from me believing I'm the problem?"

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