You’re not burned out because you’re ambitious.

You’re burned out because you keep abandoning yourself to prove you are.

In this episode, we unpack the hidden link between high performance, burnout, nervous system dysregulation, and achievement addiction.

If you’re a high achiever, founder, corporate professional, or “strong independent woman” who secretly feels exhausted, this conversation will hit.

We talk about:

• Why hustle culture rewards self-abandonment
• The psychology behind performance-based validation
• How attachment wounds can fuel overwork
• The nervous system science of chronic stress and burnout
• The difference between aligned ambition and addictive achievement
• Why high-functioning women often confuse survival with drive

Because there’s a big difference between:

“I want this.”

and

“I need this to prove I matter.”

Aligned ambition stretches you.

Addictive ambition hollows you out.

If your success costs your nervous system, your softness, or your integrity… it’s too expensive.

This episode is for the leader who can handle a lot, but is tired of pretending she’s not exhausted.

🎧 Listen now.

And if it resonates, share it with someone who needs to hear it.

Build ambition.

Just don’t abandon yourself in the process.

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The Future of Leadership Starts Here

Leadership looks glamorous, until it isn’t.

In this episode, I sit down with leadership consultant and multipreneur Felix Schorre to unpack what leadership actually means in 2026.

We talk about:

• Why ego-driven leadership is holding us back

• The moment leadership stops being status and becomes responsibility

• Presence as the most underrated leadership skill

• Taking hard decisions without becoming harsh

• Female energy, emotional intelligence & balance in power

• Why real change starts in your microcosm, and not at Davos

This is a grounded, honest conversation about self-leadership, power, and responsibility in a world that feels increasingly loud and reactive.

Because leadership starts with you, while it’s not about you.

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Leadership consulting & conscious leadership development

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We talk a lot about confidence, especially when it comes to leadership, visibility, and showing up in your work or life.

But what if confidence isn’t the issue?

In this solo episode, Geneviève explores a different lens: safety.

Why so many of us don’t struggle because we lack confidence, but because our nervous system doesn’t feel safe in certain rooms.

This episode is an honest reflection on:

• why “just be yourself” isn’t always helpful

• how alter-egos can function as protection, not performance

• the difference between hiding and consciously choosing how you show up

• why this matters even more if you’re sensitive, gifted, or neurodivergent

• and how to borrow courage from a future version of yourself without losing integrity

This isn’t about putting on a mask or becoming someone else.

It’s about energy, consent, and self-leadership.

A soft but grounded invitation to stop forcing confidence, and start choosing safety instead.

Listen when you’re navigating visibility, leadership, or moments where showing up feels exposing.

And also feel free to follow Gen on Substack, you won't be sorry!

If you’ve been telling yourself you’re inconsistent, lazy, or behind...

this episode is for you.

In this solo episode, Geneviève talks honestly about unlearning the belief that consistency means showing up the same way every day, no matter the cost. She shares how fear-driven discipline slowly turned into self-abandonment, how her body pushed back, and why learning to work with cycles changed everything.

This isn’t a motivational episode.

It’s a permission slip.

In this episode, we talk about:

• why forcing consistency often leads to burnout

• how your body keeps score when you ignore it

• what “productive rest” actually looks like

• redefining compassion as regulated care

• and why showing up softly can still count

If you’re tired but still care deeply,

press play and take a breath.

Links & mentions:

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Hey Team Hot Mess, this one matters!

If PMS messes with your mood, focus, anxiety or energy, this episode is for you.

Gen is joined by Amy Dave, a physician assistant with 24 years of experience and founder of The Wealth of Wellness (New York). During COVID, Amy discovered cycle syncing and resolved her own PMS symptoms within four months. Now she helps women work with their hormones instead of fighting them.

Together, we break down cycle syncing in a realistic, doable way. Covering food, workouts, fasting, mental health and even how to plan your work around your cycle.

No pushing through. No perfect routines. Actual tools.

• Why PMS can feel neurological (anxiety, panic, brain fog)

• What a healthy cycle looks like

• Food & cravings during PMS and bleed week

• How to adjust workouts across the month

• Planning work, creativity & meetings around your cycle

• Intermittent fasting for women — and when not to do 16:8

• What to do if you’re on hormonal birth control

Amy Dave, PA-C

Founder of The Wealth of Wellness

🌐 Free guide + website:

👉 https://thewealthofwellness.com

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Team Hot Mess reminder:

PMS isn’t a flaw. It’s feedback.

How to End the Year with Gratitude (Not the Toxic Kind)

This episode is for the ones who grew this year… and felt it in their nervous system.

For the ones who built something, lost something, started again, or held themselves through a chapter they weren’t prepared for.

Inside, we explore gratitude that isn’t aesthetic or performative, but lived.

Gratitude that makes space for:

• Growth that came with weight, not just wins

• Endings that cost something to walk away from

• New beginnings that arrived quietly, without fireworks

• Being held in transition (yes, including Toronto)

• People who met you where you were, not where they wanted you to be

This is gratitude without bypassing.

Without “just be positive.”

Without forcing a silver lining before you’re ready.

It’s a gentle, guided way to close the year that honours the truth of it:

You didn’t do this alone, even if it felt like it sometimes.

Take a breath.

Bring a notebook if you want.

Let’s end the year honestly, together.

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Someone once told me I was like a flower on train tracks. Always getting hit, but always bouncing back. Cute, right? Until you realize… maybe it’s time to get off the damn tracks.

In this episode, I’m diving into what it really means to stop living in survival mode — in life, love, and business.

Because resilience is great… but not when it turns into self-destruction with a motivational quote slapped on it.

We talk about:

- The end of the “train-track flower” era — and the beginning of the rosebush

- What burnout, overgiving & people-pleasing really do to entrepreneurs

- How to grow boundaries (aka thorns) without losing softness

- Why humor is actually nervous-system regulation

- How to build a business from peace, not panic

It’s mental health meets business mindset. With laughter, honesty, and a few well-placed f-bombs.

If you’ve ever been the strong one, the fixer, the one who always “bounces back”…

this episode will remind you that you don’t have to be hit to grow.

💬 Let’s talk:

Comment below: what’s one “train” you’re ready to walk away from?

Welcome to Team Hot Mess! I’m Gen, your biggest fan and honorary chairwoman of figuring-it-out-as-we-go. 🚀

Today’s episode is all about why you NEED to take a real day off every month. No excuses, no guilt. I’m diving deep into the science and psychology of rest, sharing research-backed reasons (yes, with studies and links!), and showing you exactly how I schedule my own sacred time off, even as an entrepreneur juggling business, life, and a little chaos.

In this pod you’ll learn:

• The proven benefits of regular days off for your creativity, mental health, and business growth

• Why guilt and hustle culture keep us exhausted (and how to break free)

• My favorite day-off rituals (from lazy pajama days to museum inspiration trips)

• How to actually make this a habit, no matter where you live or how busy you are

Featured research & sources:

• Harvard Business Review: Productivity & Breaks

• University of Illinois: Mental Downtime Study

• WHO: Burnout Syndrome

• Stanford: Work Hours & Productivity

• UCSF: Breaks & Mood

• Gretchen Rubin: Consistency & Resilience

Let’s build a culture where rest is productive and being human comes first.

What about you?

How would you spend your ideal day off? Comment below or tag me on Instagram @withgenevieve ; let’s keep each other accountable!

If you’re already taking regular breaks, tell us your best story or idea breakthrough. I’ll be your hype squad.

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Hi team hot mess!

Ever thought about diving deeper into who you are and setting your intentions for a better week ahead?

I've been journaling for a while now and added a little extra zhuzh to my journaling. Every Sunday I dive into what I need for the upcoming week: 1 intention to hold onto and 5 questions to empower my thinking.

And this week I'm taking you on that adventure with me! Especially as a marketing exec, business-owner, going through all the tough dealios of life, I need to tune in with myself.

But let me tell you this: it'd be great if you would do that more often too!

Want to know more about my cards? Follow me around on the gram on @WithGenevieve and I'll give you the downlow on it all!

Now let's sharpen our toolbox with some compassion ánd critical thinking. You got this!

XOXO Gen

So... Going through a break-up is tough enough. Especially after many years of being together. But tied to a whole business, plans for moving abroad and house-search? Oh man!

In this episode I'll be taking you on a ride about how I handled it in the first 9 weeks. Mind you, the break-up is now a bit longer ago, and I might've changed my mind about some tiny things. The gist is still the same.

Let's walk through a journey of crying, healing, hope, journaling, trying to run a business, going to work and hiring a kick-ass therapist to make sure you don't get drowned!

Curious about all the other amazeballs things I offer in the business-club? Check my instagram page here! Make sure you hop onto the new pilot of the Success Circle, networking events and the PREMIUM membership.

Big kisses,

Gen