For 12 years, Laura Johnson's business lost money. Every spreadsheet, every logical analysis said the same thing: quit. But her gut said something different. So she made a radical choice—she left her corporate job, put her health and happiness FIRST, and watched everything change. 210% growth later, she's proof that your intuition knows something your spreadsheet doesn't.

In this episode, you'll discover:

1. Why Laura kept going when 12 years of data said stop
2. The post-it note philosophy that changed everything: "Health and happiness first. Income second."
3. How leaving corporate wasn't about escaping—it was about going all in
4. The pivot that transformed her business: targeting frustration instead of demographics
5. What an 11-year-old girl taught her about why this work matters

Featured Moment: Laura shares the moment she realized she couldn't keep living two lives—the corporate employee and the entrepreneur with a dream. "I couldn't give up without really fully putting my whole heart into it. And that doesn't mean 80 hours a day. Because I quit my job for balance and sanity."

About Laura Johnson: Laura Johnson is the founder of Bust'DD, a mobile bra fitting service helping women finally feel confident in their bodies. After 12 years of building her business on the side while working corporate, she took the leap in 2024—and hasn't looked back.

Connect with Laura:

1. Website: www.bustdd.com
2. Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/bustdd/

Connect with Anik:

1. Website: https://masteringascension.com/coaching/
2. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anikmalenfant
3. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anikmalenfant/
4. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anik.malenfant

Resources:

1. Your Breakthrough Blueprint (Free Quiz): https://subscribepage.io/breakthroughblueprint
2. You & Your Soul-Led Business Program: https://ascensionacademy.life/product/you-your-soul-led-business-development-program/

Memorable Moments:

1. "You trusted yourself—and that trust became the strategy." — Anik
2. "Number one: health and happiness. Number two: income, business, money." — Laura
3. "Your intuition is not mystical guesswork. It is your highest form of intelligence." — Anik
4. "I've grown 210% from last year to this year." — Laura

If this resonates: Leave a review and tell us: When did YOUR gut know something your spreadsheet didn't?

Top highlights

00:28 – Meet Laura Johnson, Founder of Bust'DD
01:39 – Laura’s Turning Point: Frustration to Purpose
02:26 – The Birth of a Business Idea
03:17 – Pivots, Intuition, and Breaking Patterns
04:55 – Overcoming Fear and Trusting Yourself
06:00 – The Leap: Leaving Corporate for Entrepreneurship
09:14 – Health, Happiness, and Redefining Success
11:34 – The Power of Intuition in Business Decisions
12:22 – Rapid Fire Round: Daily Practices & Advice
17:13 – Impact, Transformation, and Leading with Purpose
19:32 – Closing Thoughts & How to Connect with Laura
21:41 – Outro & Final Message

I was sitting at the dinner table with my family—food gone cold on my plate—because I'd spent the entire meal answering "urgent" messages. I told myself I was making an impact. And I was... in everyone else's life. But in my own? I was living in a deficit.

In this episode, I share the pattern I finally had to name: I was both the arson AND the firefighter in my own life. The fires weren't the problem. The pattern starting them was.

I also share a recent client conversation where I almost lost a client—on purpose—because I saw something she couldn't see. And what I discovered underneath her overwhelm will sound painfully familiar.

If you've ever wondered why things never seem to calm down no matter how hard you work... this episode is for you.

In This Episode:

• Why I spent years with cold dinners and counting down to bedtime

• The pattern that keeps high-achievers exhausted (arson + firefighter)

• The inherited belief that creates "indispensable" syndrome

• The boundary I set with a client that changed everything

• 3 questions to ask yourself next time a "fire" shows up

• The shift from "sacrifice for success" to "prosperity AND presence"

"I was both the arson AND the firefighter in my own life."

"Productivity, is the most socially acceptable form of self-sabotage there is."

"You made yourself indispensable. And now you're trapped inside the very thing you built."

"My daughter's not going to remember how many clients I helped. She's going to remember if I was there."

Your Breakthrough Blueprint (Free Quiz): https://subscribepage.io/breakthroughblueprint

The You & Your Soul-Led Business Program: https://ascensionacademy.life/product/you-your-soul-led-business-development-program/

Connect With Anik

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anik.malenfant

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anikmalenfant

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anikmalenfant/

Website: https://masteringascension.com/coaching/

Timestamps:

• 00:54 — The cost of overcommitting: Missing family time and feeling exhausted.
• 01:34 — Emotional deficit: Realizing the impact on personal and family life.
• 02:38 — Self-judgment: Questioning motherhood, entrepreneurship, and boundaries.
• 03:34 — When did your family last get the best of you? Reflecting on priorities.
• 04:42 — The pattern of saying yes: How small favors become big commitments.
• 05:15 — Productivity as self-sabotage: A client story about overwhelm and boundaries.
• 06:37 — Inherited patterns: Service as love, sacrifice as worth.
• 07:51 — Why exhaustion persists: Always another fire to put out.
• 08:28 — Setting boundaries: No more crisis calls after hours.
• 09:09 — Empowering clients: Stepping back to let others grow.
• 10:35 — The shift: Building a business that supports life, not the other way around.
• 11:29 — Three questions to ask when a fire shows up in your life.
• 12:44 — Patterns vs. time management: How to truly change.
• 13:52 — Breakthrough Blueprint: A tool to identify your invisible ceiling.
• 14:36 — The discomfort of change: Proof that the pattern is breaking

There's something running your entire life that you can't see. It's setting your prices, choosing your clients, and deciding how hard you push. In this episode, I'm helping you find the blindspot that's been holding you back—so you can finally break through the invisible ceiling.

In This Episode:

1. The pattern I couldn't see during my 15 years on Wall Street
2. Why the pattern that kept you safe at 7 is keeping you stuck at 47
3. The 4 types of blindspots: Values, Intuitive Discernment, Energetic Alignment, Strategic Execution
4. The buffet metaphor: Why you're eating food you never ordered
5. How an 8-figure CEO went from wage negotiation to 7-figure exit—in 45 minutes
6. Why permission is never coming—and what to do about it

Quotable Moments:

"The pattern that kept you SAFE at seven is keeping you STUCK at forty-seven."

"Don't wait for a breakdown to choose a breakthrough."

RESOURCES:

1. Here's the Quiz I mentioned in the show, Your Breakthrough Blueprint:
2. The You & Your Soul-Led Business Program: https://ascensionacademy.life/product/you-your-soul-led-business-development-program/

Connect with Anik:

1. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anik.malenfant
2. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anikmalenfant/
3. Website: https://masteringascension.com/coaching/