Love to Lead

In this episode, Jillian dives into what happens when burnout and brain fog stop being occasional challenges and quietly become your baseline. She unpacks why so many women entrepreneurs don't recognize burnout until exhaustion feels normal and mental clarity feels out of reach—and why this isn't a personal failure, but a systems problem.

Jillian introduces the burnout cycle many women are stuck in without realizing it, breaking down how decision overload, ineffective delegation, emotional disconnection, and chronic burnout feed into one another. She explains why traditional productivity advice often misses the mark for women, especially those carrying invisible emotional and mental labor alongside their businesses.

You'll also hear practical, compassionate ways to begin interrupting this cycle, including how to reduce daily decision fatigue, release guilt around rest, and reconnect with the work that truly requires your leadership and creativity. Jillian shares tools and strategies that support presence, clarity, and sustainable leadership—without adding more pressure or checklists.

This episode is for women who feel stretched thin, foggy, or disconnected from the work they once loved, and who are ready to build a business that honors their energy, supports their life, and allows them to lead with peace instead of depletion.

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Resources Mentioned:

• Download The Peaceful Business Ebook: https://offers.jilliandolberry.com/ebook

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Welcome to Love to Lead (formally The Grace-Filled CEO)— a rebrand born from a truth that needed to be told.

This isn't just another business podcast. This is a space for women who are leading businesses, homes, families, and everything in between, and feeling the weight of it all.

Traditional business advice wasn't designed for the mental load you carry. The aspirational content tells you to dream big but doesn't give you tools that honor your actual life. There's a gap between strategy and self-honoring leadership, between the pressure to perform and the permission to pause.

Love to Lead exists to fill that gap.

In this episode, Jillian shares why this rebrand matters, what's been missing from the conversation around women's leadership, and what you can expect moving forward. This is leadership without losing yourself. This is business that honors you. This is where women stop carrying it all alone.

If you've been trying to lead inside a model that wasn't built for you, this episode is your permission to choose differently.

Website: www.jilliandolberry.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/jilliandolberry

Resources Mentioned:

Download The Peaceful Business Ebook: https://offers.jilliandolberry.com/ebook

What's Coming on Love to Lead:

• Tactical frameworks you can actually use (delegation models, communication strategies, team readiness tools)
• Leadership identity work (confidence, ownership, decision fatigue, honoring your capacity)
• Whole-woman operations (business systems built around how women think and lead)
• Conversations about peace, purpose, and practicality
• Real stories from women doing leadership differently

You will feel both seen and equipped. Both encouraged and empowered. Both held and challenged in the best possible way.

If this episode resonated with you, subscribe for new episodes and share it with a woman in your life who carries more than she ever admits out loud. She needs it.

In this Summer Series episode, I sit down with Gabe Cox, who helps Christian entrepreneurs pursue their goals in alignment with their faith and values. Gabe shares her journey of recognizing that the "all-in" hustle mentality was undermining both her wellbeing and business success. She discusses her bold decision to leave social media marketing entirely, and how this counter-cultural choice actually enhanced her business while restoring her sense of peace.

Together, we explore the critical difference between healthy ambition and toxic hustle culture, the power of strategic boundaries, and how slowing down can paradoxically accelerate meaningful success. Gabe offers practical insights on creating a marketing strategy that doesn't demand constant social media presence while still achieving business goals.

• The SOP Machine
• Pursuing Goals God's Way Podcast - Gabe's podcast
• Gabe's Website
• Complimentary 1:1 Strategy Call with Jillian

In this Summer Series episode, I sit down with Gillian Perkins, who teaches people how to start and build profitable online businesses that allow them to earn passive income and live a flexible lifestyle. Gillian shares practical strategies for documenting processes, effective delegation, and creating systems that scale. She reveals how unclear expectations can silently drain profits and team morale, while offering a simple daily method anyone can implement to transform their business operations.

Together, we explore how to approach systems-building as a journey rather than an overnight transformation, emphasizing consistency and learning from inevitable setbacks.

• The SOP Machine
• Gillian's YouTube Channel
• Gillian's Website
• Complimentary 1:1 Strategy Call with Jillian

In this Summer Series episode, I sits down with Lissa Figgins, who teaches clients to steward time as a gift from God as the C.E.O. (Christ Empowered Operator) of their Life + Biz. As an UN-Time Management Strategist, Lissa shares her journey from "busy-ness owner" to embracing an UN-hurried approach to leadership and time. She challenges conventional productivity methods and offers a refreshing perspective on how values-based leadership creates sustainable time management practices.

Together, we explore the connection between clear values and effective decision-making, the role of grace in maintaining high standards, and how our relationship with time impacts our ability to truly empower our teams.

• The SOP Machine
• Lissa's Website
• Lissa's Facebook
• Complimentary 1:1 Strategy Call with Jillian

In this Summer Series episode, I chat with Sabrina Gebhardt—lifestyle photographer, business coach, and passionate advocate for building sustainable businesses that align with your intuition. With 14+ years behind the lens and a heart for helping creative entrepreneurs, Sabrina brings a fresh, honest perspective on what it takes to run a business without burning out.

Together, we dive into the power of trusting your gut in business (even when the numbers say otherwise), the irreplaceable value of business besties, and why creating intentional "White Space" in your calendar isn't just for recovery—it's preventative care. Sabrina shares how embracing seasons of ease can actually fuel your growth in seasons of hustle, and why slowing down doesn't mean falling behind.

If you've ever felt pressure to keep up or wondered if you're allowed to pause, this conversation is the permission slip you've always been waiting for.

• The SOP Machine
• Sabrina's Website
• Follow Sabrina on Instagram
• Complimentary 1:1 Strategy Call with Jillian

If you've ever thought, "Why does my business only run when I'm running it?" — this episode is for you.

In today's Summer Series episode, I'm giving you a behind-the-scenes look at my newest course, Overwhelmed to Owning It — a 30-day plan designed to help you finally stop doing everything yourself (without it all falling apart).

I created this course because I saw too many brilliant business owners stuck in survival mode — booked out, burned out, and secretly wondering if this pace is sustainable. It's not your fault. You've built something incredible… but no one ever taught you how to let go the right way.

This isn't about becoming a productivity machine or finding the "perfect" hire. It's about building real support, reclaiming your time, and shifting into true CEO mode — even if you're starting small.

Inside this episode, I'm sharing:

• What you'll learn in each of the 4 modules (plus the bonus!)
• Why this course is different from anything you've tried before
• Real-life results my clients are seeing from this framework
• What to expect from the beta round (and why you should join now)
• How to use our custom AI assistant to guide you step-by-step

Whether you've tried to outsource before and it flopped… or you're brand new to the idea of delegation, Overwhelmed to Owning It is your permission slip to do less, lead more, and enjoy the business you've worked so hard to build.

• Check out the Overwhelmed to Owning It course
• Complimentary 1:1 Strategy Call with Jillian

In this episode, Jillian explores the concept of leadership courage in online business. She shares personal experiences as a supervisor and emphasizes the importance of addressing challenging topics, communicating clearly, and admitting when you're wrong. She also discusses the significance of being open to learning, challenging one's perspective, and honoring everyone involved, even in difficult situations. She encourages listeners to approach conflict with curiosity and a willingness to learn and offers her assistance in navigating difficult conversations.

In this episode, host Jillian Dolberry interviews Mara Kucirek, an online course expert. They discuss the importance of boundaries, especially for pregnant individuals, and then delve into the role of virtual assistants (VAs) in supporting course creation and business owners. Mara shares examples of clients she has worked with and highlights the mindset issues that arise when creating online courses. They also discuss the challenges of course creation and the value of having support. Mara provides a comprehensive list of tasks VAs can handle, including video-related tasks, generating transcripts, creating worksheets, and providing customer support. They emphasize the importance of collaboration, having another perspective, and going the extra mile in course creation and maintenance. Mara also shares tips on improving customer experience, managing testimonials, and finding balance as a business owner and new mother.

Job descriptions are a necessary evil for your business. I understand how easy it can be to create a template and then leave it alone for a while. However, that can lead to problems you may not see until you hire a new employee.

However, they can be used strategically to avoid those pitfalls!

In today's episode, we will discuss three reasons to ditch the templated VA job description and update it to maximize your hiring process.

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