New Year, No Stability: The Harsh Reality Of Being Your Own Boss

If January Feels Impossible You Need To Hear This

Burnout doesn’t always arrive with a breaking point, sometimes it creeps in quietly, disguised as dedication, ambition or even survival. In this powerful compilation, Amanda Swetish, Alex Wakeland, Maggie Perkins and Cinneah El-Amin share deeply personal stories about exhaustion, identity and the toll of constantly pushing forward. From teachers slowly boiling under invisible workloads, to parents and partners carrying unseen emotional labor, to professionals juggling multiple jobs just to stay afloat, this segment captures how burnout shows up long before we realize it. The guests speak honestly about identity crises, sunk-cost guilt, hustle culture versus survival mode and the physical and emotional wake-up calls that force change. They reflect on the pressure to keep going, the fear of slowing down, and the difficult process of redefining success when your health and wellbeing are on the line. 🗓️ New episodes every Tuesday 📱 Follow us for more: Instagram: https://instagram.com/howmuchdoyoumakepod TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@howmuchdoyoumakepod #BurnoutIsReal #JanuaryBlues #WorkLifeBalance

New Year, No Stability: The Harsh Reality Of Being Your Own Boss

What does it really mean to be your own boss, beyond the highlight reels, flexible schedules and “freedom” everyone talks about? In this compilation, Alex Stewart, Cinneah El-Amin, Kathryn Hubert and Alex Hooper pull back the curtain on the realities of self-employment. From the quiet panic of inconsistent income and the pressure to constantly hustle, to the unexpected loss of time, stability and peace of mind; this conversation explores the emotional and financial trade-offs of working for yourself. Across multiple journeys, the guests reflect on budgeting through slow seasons, missing the predictability of a paycheck, questioning whether they made the right decision and learning (sometimes the hard way) that being your own boss doesn’t mean working less. It often means carrying everything: the finances, the responsibility and the mental load. Perfect for anyone feeling the weight of January blues or reassessing their path in the new year, this segment offers honesty, nuance and reassurance that uncertainty is a shared part of the journey and not a personal failure. 🗓️ New episodes every Tuesday 📱 Follow us for more: Instagram: https://instagram.com/howmuchdoyoumakepod TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@howmuchdoyoumakepod #BeingYourOwnBoss #EntrepreneurReality #JanuaryReflection

The Airbnb Experience Everyone Is Talking About: Casual Crabbing With Tia

What makes someone walk away from a stable, high-earning job behind the bar to chase crabs and end up transforming their entire life in the process? Tia Clark shares the unexpected journey that led her from burnout and health crises to becoming one of Airbnb’s top experience hosts. Tia opens up about slowly testing the waters of crabbing while still bartending, why she feared turning her passion into a business and how she finally realized the magic of her dockside experiences had nothing to do with how many crabs her guests caught. She reveals the conservation work that gave her the confidence to leave the bar for good and how restoring oyster reefs, teaching visitors about the ecosystem and reconnecting people with nature now fuels her purpose. 🗓️ New episodes every Tuesday 📱 Follow us for more: Instagram: https://instagram.com/howmuchdoyoumakepod TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@howmuchdoyoumakepod 🔗 Learn more about Tia here: Website: https://www.casualcrabbingwithtia.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/casualcrabbingwithtia/?hl=en #Crabbing #EntrepreneurStory #AirBnb #NatureHeals

From 6 Jail Stints To $1.2M Food Truck: Dawon Matthew's Insane Comeback

What does it really take to bet on yourself when you’ve had to figure out life alone since age 16? Entrepreneur Dawon Matthews breaks down the mindset that turned his past, his setbacks and his hustle into the foundation for a fast-growing food-truck empire. From teaching himself how to survive without parental support to navigating jail time, college and entrepreneurship with nothing but determination, Dawon explains why he doesn’t see “risk” the way most people do and why losing money never feels like a loss when you gain the lesson behind it. 🎧 Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts 📱 Check out our social accounts to stay updated... Instagram: http://instagram.com/howmuchdoyoumakepod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@howmuchdoyoumakepod 🔗 Learn more about Dawon here: Website: https://www.dawonmatthews.com/appointments-5 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_the_elite_entrepreneur/?hl=en #FoodTruckLife #EntrepreneurshipJourney #LateNightEats

The Dark Side Of Nursing: What Nurses REALLY Go Through Will Shock You

What happens when you fight your way into a career you know you’re meant for, only to realize the path there demanded more sacrifice and heartbreak than anyone ever told you? For pediatric chemo and bone marrow transplant nurse Emah Jayd, becoming a nurse wasn’t a straight line. After being denied from nursing school twice, bartending multiple jobs to afford her prerequisites, to then graduating in the middle of COVID, she pushed forward anyway. Today, she cares for some of the sickest children in the hospital: kids facing cancer, sickle cell disease and months-long bone marrow transplants and still finds the heart to show up with compassion. In this episode, Emah shares what it’s really like to be a travel nurse moving every 13 weeks, the loneliness of rebuilding your life over and over again, the emotional weight of losing patients and the joy of watching a child smile after days of being too sick to sit up. She opens up about burnout, pay inequality in nursing, the instability of contracts and the deep purpose that keeps her going. 🗓️ New episodes every Tuesday 📱 Follow us for more: Instagram: https://instagram.com/howmuchdoyoumakepod TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@howmuchdoyoumakepod 🔗 Learn more about Emah here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emah_jayd/?hl=en-gb TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@emahjayd #NurseLife #TravelNurse #PediatricNursing