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/

Can you trust your intuition in a courtroom?

Most people think intuition belongs in yoga studios, not in high-stakes legal environments where lives hang in the balance. But JoDee Neil—a former prosecutor who handled crimes against children for 15 years—will tell you straight up: intuition wasn't optional. It was essential.

In this powerful conversation, JoDee shares:

→ How she used prayer and journaling to prepare for jury trials (and left room in her strategy for what her gut told her to ask in the moment)

→ The parallel life she lived as a prosecutor and an undisclosed survivor (and how connecting with survivors became her own path to healing)

→ What it feels like when your soul says "I can't do this anymore" (even when you have a steady paycheck, health insurance, and external success)

→ The inner work that gave her the courage to leave prosecution and step into advocacy, speaking, and writing her book on disclosure for survivors

→ Her advice for anyone who knows they need to make a change but is paralyzed by fear

JoDee's story is proof that intuition isn't separate from strategy—it IS strategy. And that the most courageous thing you can do is recognize when your values are calling you toward something different, even when it terrifies you.

This episode will challenge you to ask yourself: If success looks good on paper but feels heavy in your body—whose life are you actually living?

🔗 RESOURCES & LINKS

Connect with JoDee Neil:

• TikTok: @jodeeneilattorney
• Instagram: @jodeeneilattorney
• Website: neilnowlegal.com
• Pre-order her book: Outcry Witness

Work with Anik:

Free Soul-Led Productivity Toolkit Discover how to align your energy with your ambitions—without the burnout. 👉 Get your free toolkit here

You & Your Soul-Led Business Program The proven framework to decode your patterns, strengthen your intuition, and build a business that doesn't deplete you. For soul-led professionals ready to stop performing success and start living it. 👉 Learn more & apply

1:1 Coaching with Anik Private mentorship for leaders navigating major transitions, hitting revenue ceilings, or building businesses that honor who they are. 👉 Explore 1:1 coaching

More from Anik:

1. LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/anikmalenfant
2. Website: masteringascension.com

💬 QUOTABLE MOMENTS

From JoDee:

1. "It's exciting scary versus paralyzing scary. When you're connected to your values, fear transforms."

From Anik:

1. "When you work from pressure, you over-control. When you work from overflow, you prepare AND trust."
2. "The question isn't 'Can I afford to leave?' The question becomes: 'Can I afford to stay?'"

Here's what nobody wants to hear: All those productivity tools you're investing millions in? They're not going to save you. Not because the technology is bad—but because you're using it to optimize a broken system.

Right now, 56% of leaders are burned out and nearly half of organizations lost half their leadership teams last year. Companies are spending billions trying to automate their way to productivity, but the real problem isn't efficiency—it's human capacity.

In this episode, I'm sharing the counterintuitive solution that has nothing to do with your tech stack and everything to do with how humans actually work. You'll hear the story of how values-based systems allowed us to retain an entire 8-figure book of business during a high-stakes firm transition—while the industry average is losing one in five clients.

This is about strategic execution: Building systems that honor the human in the business while scaling for sustainable success.

What You'll Learn:

• Why spending billions on productivity tools won't fix your burnout problem—and what will

• The "quiet cracking" phenomenon affecting 54% of employees (and costing companies $438 billion globally)

• How we retained an 8-figure book during a firm transition when competitors lose 19% on average

• Why stressed leaders can't make strategic decisions (and what to do about it)

• The 3-Question Leadership Audit you can do RIGHT NOW

• How to build systems that scale while honoring your soul

Top Quotes:

💬 "You can't software your way out of a human problem."

💬 "We built business models designed to extract value from humans until they break—and then we act surprised when they do."

💬 "Sustainable success isn't going to come from the old model of business. It's built on systems that honor the human in the business."

The Leadership Audit (Do This Now):

Pull out your phone and answer these three questions honestly:

1. Am I leading from OVERFLOW or PRESSURE? Write the first word that comes to mind.
2. What's my REAL retention number? How many top performers left in the last 12 months?
3. Are my systems designed for EXTRACTION or RECIPROCITY? Do they fuel people or drain them?

If you don't like what you see? That's not failure. That's DATA. Now you know what needs to change.

Ready to Build Systems That Scale—While Honoring Your Soul?

Your Soul-Led Business Program – We work through all four pillars to create systems that honor the human AND scale the business:

• Values – Know exactly what you stand for and what you won't tolerate

• Intuition – Make confident decisions without second-guessing yourself

• Energy – Build from overflow, not fumes

• Strategic Execution – Create systems that work even when you're not in the room

Two Ways to Work With Me:

Option 1: Group Program – All 4 pillars with coaching and implementation support. Cohort starts soon. 👉 Learn More & Enroll

Option 2: 1:1 Coaching – Custom-built for YOUR business model. 👉 Apply Here

Free Resource:

📥 Soul-Led Productivity Toolkit – Get instant access to tools and frameworks for building from passion, not pressure 👉 Download Free

Connect With Anik:

🔗 LinkedIn 🌐 Website

Are you building a business that fuels you—or are you fueling your business with YOU?

If you're fully booked, revenue is consistent, but you dread Monday mornings... this episode is for you. We're diving into Pillar 3 of the Soul-Led Business Framework: Energetic Alignment.

In this episode, you'll discover:

1. Why success and exhaustion have been falsely packaged together (and how to break that pattern)
2. The moment I realized I was borrowing time from my daughter's childhood to serve everyone—and what I restructured to hit six figures while working less
3. How one client quadrupled her clientele by getting CLEAR on her focus instead of trying to serve everyone
4. The difference between "tired" and "depleted" (and why most high-achievers can't tell anymore)
5. The two questions that reveal your energetic drains
6. The Time Energy Audit you can do this week to identify what's lighting you up vs. soul-sucking

This isn't about time management or productivity hacks. This is about building a business from overflow instead of depletion.

Because you can have crystal-clear values and razor-sharp intuition—and still burn out if you're saying yes to too many things (even aligned things).

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

1. Time Energy Audit Worksheet
2. You & Your Soul-Led Business Program - Flash Sale ends Tuesday, November 12th at midnight. Use code BREAKTHROUGH.

Connect with Anik:

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

Ready to go deeper? Join me for the You & Your Soul-Led Business Program where we build all four pillars together. Flash sale pricing available through Nov 12th. Link in show notes.

There's something most people don't know about the best financial advisors, the sharpest accountants, and the portfolio managers who consistently beat the market:

They don't just trust the numbers. They trust their gut.

Chrissy Hollis is a Chartered Accountant and CPA. When she became the sole income earner for her family while carrying debt, most people would have panicked and hustled harder. Instead, every time scarcity kicked in, she used it as data—a red flag to get still, breathe, and let the right action reveal itself.

Three years later? Debt-free. Business growing every year. With more peace than she's ever known.

In this episode, you'll discover:

• Why scarcity is information, not a directive—and how to read it
• The moment Chrissy launched her business in March 2020 despite everyone telling her no
• How she navigates high-stakes decisions from peace instead of panic
• Why 5 minutes of intentional stillness outperforms 5 hours of grinding
• The unconscious pattern that kept her stuck (and how breaking it led to her biggest revenue jump)

Featured Quote: "I get more done now in less time than I ever did in the grind." — Anik Malenfant

The Bottom Line: When you start your day grounded—hydrated, walked, still—your nervous system has capacity. You can deep listen, see root problems, and have hard conversations without getting triggered. When you start with coffee and panic, you work twice as hard to get half the results.

Peace doesn't mean everything is easy. It means you're grounded enough to handle what's hard.

READY TO DECODE YOUR PATTERN? Join me for a FREE 90-minute VIP Masterclass on November 4th: The Pattern Breakthrough

We're going live to identify YOUR specific pattern—the one keeping you stuck at the same revenue level, second-guessing decisions, or succeeding externally while unraveling internally.

This isn't just talk. We're doing live pattern-breaking work together.

Register free: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/drlHQ-ebRd6KmbnREZwMXg

CONNECT WITH CHRISSY HOLLIS:

Website: www.chrissyhollis.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chrissy.hollis/

RESOURCES:

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

CONNECT WITH ANIK:

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

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

NEXT EPISODE: Pillar 3: Energetic Alignment—why you can have clarity, sharp intuition, perfect strategy, and still be exhausted. Subscribe now.

Most leaders don't have an intuition problem. They have a discernment problem.

You've been getting signals. You've been sensing when something's off. You KNOW when a decision doesn't sit right.

But you can't tell the difference between your survival brain screaming "Stay safe!" and your inner wisdom whispering "This is the way."

So you ignore it. Override it. Ask everyone else's opinion. And six months later? You're thinking, "I KNEW I shouldn't have done that."

That inner doubt isn't just frustrating. It's expensive. It's the partnerships that drain you. The hires that don't work out. The opportunities you say yes to that pull you further from what matters.

In this episode, we go deep on Pillar #2: Intuitive Discernment—your compass. You'll discover:

• The difference between instinct (survive) and intuition (thrive)—and why confusing them costs you
• The Relief vs. Resonance Framework: How Wall Street's best make aligned decisions
• The 3-question diagnostic to know if you're following fear or wisdom
• Real stories: The 7-figure entrepreneur who almost burned out his team and the dentist who chose health over industry standards
• The Intuitive Audit: A 4-question practice to develop discernment now
• The Body Compass Practice: A simple tool you can use between meetings

Self-trust isn't a personality trait you're born with. It's a skill you BUILD. When you distinguish fear from wisdom, you stop second-guessing yourself.

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

Free VIP Masterclass (Nov 4th): The Pattern Breakthrough Register: https://bit.ly/nov4breakthrough

Muscle Testing Tutorial: https://bit.ly/IntuitiveDiscernment

Episode 4: Values - Your Foundation

Connect with Anik:

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

TAKE ACTION:

Do The Intuitive Audit (starts at 27:30), practice the Body Compass daily, and tag @AnikMalenfant with your biggest insight!

EPISODE QUOTES:

"Just because you CAN doesn't mean you SHOULD."

"Self-trust isn't something you're born with. It's something you BUILD."