Not Your Typical Solopreneur

What If You're Not the Problem? 5 Mistakes That Have Nothing to Do With Effort or Consistency, and Everything to Do With Your Business Foundation & Design

What if the reason your business feels unsustainable has nothing to do with how hard you're working? When Brittany launched her business in 2025, she was hitting a wall and it wasn't because AI was on the scene, economic uncertainty was changing how people buy, or that online marketing and business had shifted completely (although that really didn't help). Even though she was putting in the (endless) work, she was going nowhere. Every hour felt productive, and yet every hour was pulling her further from the business she actually wanted to build. The problem? She was building her business based on someone else's blueprint (that wasn't remotely designed for her brain or life). In this episode, she breaks down 5 foundational mistakes that make solopreneur businesses unsustainable no matter how hard you work. These aren't mindset problems. They're structural & foundational problems. This is a working episode! So grab a journal or your notes app to do some reflection. Resources below to also help you problem solve solutions for yourself. In this episode: * Why doubling down on effort won't fix a foundation problem and what to look at instead * Mistake 1: You traded the mission that fueled you for metrics, performance, and building mechanics and now you're running on empty * Mistake 2: Your offer or business model doesn't fit your brain, your capacity, or your season of life (and why committing without testing first is so costly) * Mistake 3: Your marketing strategy has the wrong energy cost for you, whether that's 50 cold DMs a day or an evergreen system so predictable your ADHD brain keeps blowing it up * Mistake 4: You're not building for your actual capacity as a founder and what the research on flow state says about why that matters for your health, not just your revenue * Mistake 5: You are not your business and building like you are is one of the fastest routes to burnout Free resources in this episode: * Business Owner Task Matrix (free download) — helps you identify what to put more of on your plate because it energizes you and lights you up, and how to strategically offload the rest. superbloom.work/matrix [http://superbloom.work/matrix] * Buy Back Your Time by Dan Martell — https://a.co/d/087alHFq [https://a.co/d/087alHFq] Work & Connect with Brittany 1:1 Coaching: https://www.superbloom.work/coaching [https://www.superbloom.work/coaching] Brain x Body x Business Newsletter: https://superbloom.work/newsletter [https://superbloom.work/newsletter] Not Your Typical Solopreneur Podcast Your preferred podcast player: https://rss.com/podcasts/not-your-typical-solopreneur/ [https://rss.com/podcasts/not-your-typical-solopreneur/] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BrittKimBlooms/podcasts [https://www.youtube.com/@BrittKimBlooms/podcasts] Follow me Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brittkimblooms/ [https://www.instagram.com/brittkimblooms/] Threads: https://www.threads.com/@brittkimblooms [https://www.threads.com/@brittkimblooms]

She Didn't Plan to Be a Founder. Now She Runs One of the Most Innovative Clinics in the Country.

What does it actually look like to build a healthcare business you never planned to start…while managing a chronic illness, raising kids, and figuring out that most of the "entrepreneurship rules" don't apply to your brain? In this episode, Brittany sits down with Julie Hershberg, PT, DPT, NCS founder of re+active Physical Therapy & Wellness. Julie didn't come from a family of entrepreneurs. She wasn't chasing a business dream. She was a clinician doing work she loved, serving the people she cared about, all while being pregnant, pumping in the car, two kids under two at the time. Then… she got laid off because "neurologic physical therapy wasn’t profitable enough", and that finally forced her hand & lit a fire in her to do her own thing. What she built from being just 1 clinician, seeing just 1-2 patients a week has flourished into a 34-person integrated care practice, a thriving online membership community of 200+ patients, and a clinician education platform changing the way providers treat complex neurological conditions. In this open & honest conversation, you'll hear about: * How Julie became a founder by necessity, not by design, and why she thinks that actually helped her * What it's really like to run a business with rheumatoid arthritis, and the non-negotiables (sleep, movement, structure) that keep her in remission * The myth of the "4-hour work week" and what 14 years of entrepreneurship actually taught her about neurodivergent brains and business * Why going to therapy has been more valuable than any business course she's ever taken * What the future of integrated, innovative healthcare could look like, and how re+active is already living it Whether you're a clinician thinking about starting a practice, a founder figuring out how to build sustainably around a chronic condition, or someone who just needs to hear that you can build something meaningful without having it all figured out from the start — this one's for you. Connect with Julie & re+active: * Follow on Instagram: @reactivept [https://www.instagram.com/reactivept] For Clinicians: * Brain Bytes Community for Clinician Education: reactiveeducation.com/brainbytes [http://reactiveeducation.com/brainbytes]Doors open for enrollment this year on April 23, 2026 and close April 30th! For People with Neurologic & Chronic Health Conditions: * Condition-Specific Memberships: reactive.mykajabi.com [http://reactive.mykajabi.com] * Free Educational Workshops: reactivept.com/workshops [http://reactivept.com/workshops] * Integrated Care Programs: reactivept.com/services [http://reactivept.com/services] * Apply for an Integrated Care Program: forms.gle/k8m46JoeYifwd6Hx9 [http://forms.gle/k8m46JoeYifwd6Hx9]

How I Built a Multi-Six-Figure Business, Lost My Way as I started My Own Thing, and Found My Footing Again While Pursuing Sustainable Entrepreneurship

What does it actually look like to go from "I never thought of myself as an entrepreneur" to building an online business in one of the challenging economic climates in recent memory? That's exactly what Brittany shares in this solo episode. This is a real, unfiltered look at her entrepreneurial journey: the pivots, the hard lessons, the marketing program that didn't fit, the season-of-life realities nobody tells you about, and what she keeps coming back to as the only framework that actually works for sustainable business building. If you've ever felt like the business advice you're getting just wasn't built for your life, this one is for you. In this episode: 00:00 — Welcome and what you'll take away from this episode 01:56 — Why Brittany never thought of herself as an entrepreneur — and the image that got in the way 02:26 — Surprise: she's actually a fourth generation entrepreneur, and what that lineage looks like 05:27 — The entrepreneurial qualities she had her whole life that she never recognized as such 09:58 — The pandemic, the pivot, and how she accidentally built a multi-six-figure online education business 14:14 — The realization that she could do this for herself, and what she actually wanted to build 16:05 — The hardest decision: leaving something she loved to go all in on her own thing 19:53 — Jumping into entrepreneurship in 2025, and why the timing was, to put it mildly, a lot 26:38 — The confidence piece: why confidence in how you can serve others matters more than niche fit 27:15 — What her own social media data showed her when she stopped following someone else's method 36:21 — The membership pivot, why she thought it made sense, and why she ultimately moved toward 1:1 coaching instead 42:09 — The framework she keeps coming back to: intrinsic motivation, health and wellbeing, and season of life.... all together Work & Connect with Brittany 1:1 Coaching: https://www.superbloom.work/coaching [https://www.superbloom.work/coaching] Brain x Body x Business Newsletter: https://superbloom.work/newsletter [https://superbloom.work/newsletter] Not Your Typical Solopreneur Podcast Your preferred podcast player: https://rss.com/podcasts/not-your-typical-solopreneur/ [https://rss.com/podcasts/not-your-typical-solopreneur/] Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@BrittKimBlooms/podcasts [https://www.youtube.com/@BrittKimBlooms/podcasts] Follow me Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brittkimblooms/ [https://www.instagram.com/brittkimblooms/] Threads: https://www.threads.com/@brittkimblooms [https://www.threads.com/@brittkimblooms]

What Is Sustainable Entrepreneurship? A Brain, Body, Business Framework for Solopreneurs

What does it actually mean to build a sustainable business...and why does so much entrepreneurship advice feel like it was written for someone else's life? In this solo debut episode, Brittany Kim introduces the heart of Not Your Typical Solopreneur: a podcast for founders, solopreneurs, and small business owners who don't fit the standard mold. Not the ones crushing 5 a.m. cold plunges and color-coded time blocks. The ones with ADHD, chronic health conditions, caregiving responsibilities, and real lives that make conventional business advice feel impossible, or at best, irrelevant. Brittany shares her background as a doctor of physical therapy and online business owner, and lays out the framework she'll use to explore sustainable entrepreneurship all season: brain, body, and business, viewed through the lens of the season of life you're actually in. In this episode: * Welcome and the question at the heart of this podcast: what does sustainable entrepreneurship actually look like in real life? * Why the conventional picture of a "successful entrepreneur" leaves so many people feeling like they're failing — when they're not * What solopreneur actually means, and who this show is really for (hint: you don't have to be doing it completely alone) * The three camps trying to answer the sustainability question: health and wellness, business systems, and soft/life-first business — what each gets right, and what's missing * Why nervous system regulation work can only take you so far if your business model is the thing that keeps dysregulating you * The sustainability conversation no one's having: social determinants of health, access to care, childcare, and discrimination * Introducing the brain, body, business framework and what each pillar actually means for how you run your business * Brittany's personal nugget for the all-or-nothing brain: why she's committing to one season, and how giving yourself a graceful exit ramp might be the most sustainable decision you make Connect with Brittany: Instagram: @brittkimblooms [https://www.instagram.com/brittkimblooms/] 1:1 Coaching: superbloom.work/coaching [http://superbloom.work/coaching]

Trailer: Welcome to Not Your Typical Solopreneur

A new podcast for neurodivergent founders, women entrepreneurs, and solopreneurs building sustainable businesses around real life. There are 30 million Americans running a business without a single employee, and almost none of them look like the typical founder you see giving online business advice. Not Your Typical Solopreneur is the show for the rest of us. The ones building businesses around ADHD brains, chronic illness, caregiving, and real bodies with real limits. The ones who left traditional jobs because "flexible" turned out to mean flexible for them, not for us. In this trailer, Brittany shares the data that proves we're not the outliers (even though it feels like we are), the lived experience that drove her to create the show, and what to expect from season one. More About the Show: A weekly podcast for neurodivergent entrepreneurs, women founders, ADHD business owners, and solopreneurs with chronic illness who are tired of business advice built for someone else's life. Honest conversations about sustainable entrepreneurship, founder burnout, capacity management, and building an online business that works with your brain and body instead of against them. Some solo episodes, some guests, zero hustle-culture nonsense. More About Your Host: Dr. Brittany Kim, PT, DPT is a Doctor of Physical Therapy with 10+ years specializing in chronic health conditions, neurological disorders, connective tissue disorders, and chronic pain. She brings 6+ years in online marketing and education, guest lectures at the University of Southern California, and has taught tens of thousands of PTs and OTs through online education, residency programs, and 1:1 mentorship. Brittany is also an ADHD'er, a mom, and the founder of Superbloom Coworking, a community for solopreneurs who don't fit the mold. Sources mentioned in this episode * Solopreneur and women-owned business stats: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics by Demographics, 2023. https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2025/business-owner-characteristics.html [https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2025/business-owner-characteristics.html] * ADHD and entrepreneurship: Lerner, Verheul & Thurik (2019), Small Business Economics. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11187-018-0061-1 [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11187-018-0061-1] * Disability and self-employment: U.S. Department of Labor, 2024. https://blog.dol.gov/2024/05/14/business-ownership-self-employment-and-entrepreneurship-among-people-with-disabilities [https://blog.dol.gov/2024/05/14/business-ownership-self-employment-and-entrepreneurship-among-people-with-disabilities] * Independent work by choice: MBO Partners, 2024 State of Independence Report. https://www.mbopartners.com/state-of-independence/2024-report/ [https://www.mbopartners.com/state-of-independence/2024-report/] Connect with Brittany * Instagram: @brittkimblooms [https://instagram.com/brittkimblooms] * Work with Brittany: 1:1 coaching, virtual coworking, and digital tools for sustainable solopreneurship * 1:1 Coaching: www.superbloom.work/coaching [https://www.superbloom.work/coaching]