Deeply Rested: Anti-Capitalist Conversations for Entrepreneurs

In this final episode of our patience series, I'm exploring how slowing down, quieting the noise, and choosing presence can actually transform your business. This episode moves beyond the practicalities of business ownership into the realm of spirituality. We dive into a Rumi quote that shifted my entire understanding of how to work with intention: "If I sit in my own place of patience, what I nee...

As small business owners, most of us have been conditioned to believe that constant motion equals success — and that slowing down means falling behind. But what if that story is the very thing holding you back? In this episode of Let's Go Outside, I'm filming from a plot of farmland in rural Virginia, reflecting on why farmers do what farmers do: plant seeds, then walk away. No one calls a farmer...

Are you pushing harder on a goal that just won't move? There's a difference between knowing when to take action and knowing when to wait — and most entrepreneurs never learn it. In this episode of Let's Go Outside, we explore one of the most underrated business skills: patience. Not the passive kind. The intentional kind that keeps you in alignment while the conditions for your next growth phase q...

What if slowing down is exactly what your business needs right now? In this debut episode of Let's Go Outside, entrepreneur coach Maegan Megginson takes you into the winter woods to explore one of the most misunderstood dynamics in business ownership: the difference between contraction and constriction. Drawing parallels between winter trees pulling energy into their roots and the natural cycles o...

What does a surprise spring snowstorm have to do with your energy as a business owner? More than you might think. In this episode of Let's Go Outside, Maegan Megginson reflects on the chaotic threshold between winter and spring, and what the rapid swings between 85-degree sunshine and freezing snow can teach us about the natural rhythms of creative energy in business. If you've been feeling inspir...

This pop-up podcast is only available until February 1st! Download the free Sabbatical Toolkit , including a roadmap, planning checklist, financial guide, and quiz to determine the best way to spend your time off: youneedasabbatical.com/toolkit If you’ve listened all the way through this series, it likely means a sabbatical no longer feels like a far-off fantasy. In this final episode, Maegan spea...

This pop-up podcast is only available until February 1st! Download the free Sabbatical Toolkit , including a roadmap, planning checklist, financial guide, and quiz to determine the best way to spend your time off: youneedasabbatical.com/toolkit It’s easy to imagine the rest and spaciousness of a sabbatical, and just as easy to feel a wave of anxiety about the emails, meetings, and decisions waitin...

This pop-up podcast is only available until February 1st! Download the free Sabbatical Toolkit , including a roadmap, planning checklist, financial guide, and quiz to determine the best way to spend your time off: youneedasabbatical.com/toolkit When’s the last time you had more than a day or two to yourself? For many solopreneurs, the idea of a full month off brings equal parts excitement and anxi...

This pop-up podcast is only available until February 1st! Download the free Sabbatical Toolkit , including a roadmap, planning checklist, financial guide, and quiz to determine the best way to spend your time off: youneedasabbatical.com/toolkit Sabbaticals can shift your awareness in ways that feel profound—similar to psychedelic journeys, but without any substances required. In this lesson, Maega...

This pop-up podcast is only available until February 1st! Download the free Sabbatical Toolkit , including a roadmap, planning checklist, financial guide, and quiz to determine the best way to spend your time off: youneedasabbatical.com/toolkit It’s easy to see a sabbatical as just time off—but for solopreneurs, it can be much more than a pause. This lesson explores the concrete, transformative ou...

This pop-up podcast is only available until February 1st! Download the free Sabbatical Toolkit , including a roadmap, planning checklist, financial guide, and quiz to determine the best way to spend your time off: youneedasabbatical.com/toolkit It’s normal to question yourself when you think about a sabbatical—wondering whether it’s selfish, or whether stepping away could actually be an act of lea...

This pop-up podcast is only available until February 1st! Download the free Sabbatical Toolkit , including a roadmap, planning checklist, financial guide, and quiz to determine the best way to spend your time off: youneedasabbatical.com/toolkit Taking a sabbatical can bring up unexpected worries about how the people in your life will react. Clients, collaborators, friends, and family may have stro...

This pop-up podcast is only available until February 1st! Download the free Sabbatical Toolkit , including a roadmap, planning checklist, financial guide, and quiz to determine the best way to spend your time off: youneedasabbatical.com/toolkit The thought of stepping away from your business can feel overwhelming, stirring worries about clients, revenue, and whether all your hard work will unravel...

This pop-up podcast is only available until February 1st! Download the free Sabbatical Toolkit , including a roadmap, planning checklist, financial guide, and quiz to determine the best way to spend your time off: youneedasabbatical.com/toolkit Saying out loud, “I’m going to take a month off,” can trigger a flood of worry: who will cover my bills, what about my clients, and how will I survive fina...

This pop-up podcast is only available until February 1st! Download the free Sabbatical Toolkit , including a roadmap, planning checklist, financial guide, and quiz to determine the best way to spend your time off: youneedasabbatical.com/toolkit Do you remember the freedom you imagined when you first started your business? The spaciousness, the creativity, the sense that you’d finally be able to sh...

It’s normal to question yourself when you feel an intuitive nudge to slow down, especially when life does not give you a logical reason to do so. In this episode, Maegan shares what happened when she followed that nudge into what began as Silent September and quietly became much more. She opens up about profound personal loss, the layers of grief that followed, and how retreat space helped her rec...

How do you know when it’s time to pause, and how do you trust yourself enough to do it? In this solo mini episode, I’m sharing the behind-the-scenes story of why I’m pressing pause on podcast episodes, newsletters, and my inbox in September. I also share what it took to give myself that permission. Spoiler: it’s way harder than it sounds. From grief and mold exposure to big creative growth, my lif...

Have you ever buried a dream because it didn’t go perfectly the first time? When my first official wellness retreat for business owners didn’t go as planned, I almost walked away entirely, even though it was a vision 10 years in the making. In this mini episode, I share what it’s like to pour your heart into something, face disappointing results, and find your way back through a simple but powerfu...

How would your business shift if you trusted process over polish? This new kind of solo mini episode feels like a vulnerable one, and it’s been a long time coming. In today’s episode, I unpack why I’ve been avoiding recording something like this, what finally shifted, and how perfectionism tries to keep us stuck in the myth of finality. Whether you're evolving your message, planning a new offer, o...

How do you stay grounded when everything around you is shifting? This month, Nancy and I reflect on the threshold we’re standing on, individually and together, as we move into a new season of the Deeply Rested podcast and our shared work. From physical moves to program pivots to emotional recalibration, August is bringing in change. It’s not the kind of transformation that announces itself with tr...

If you’re anything like me, you’ve daydreamed about writing a bestselling book. You imagine expanding your impact, getting your ideas into more hands, and maybe even spotting your name on a hardcover at your local bookstore. (Swoon.) So… why haven’t we done it yet? If you’re stuck, it’s probably because of one of these mindset blocks: ⌛ “It’ll take too much time—and I’m already overwhelmed.” 😓 “...

What if your next breakthrough only comes when you finally stop pushing so hard? My guest, George Bryant, built a million-dollar brand, achieved top-tier success, and mastered the game of hustle, only to realize he didn’t know who he was without it. In this powerful episode, George and I sit down for a conversation about breaking cycles of intensity, honoring the body’s wisdom, and learning to liv...

Most money advice for business owners feels cold, clinical, and totally disconnected from real life. But what if your relationship with money could be rooted in self-trust, safety, and sustainability—rather than pressure, perfectionism, and hustle? That’s exactly what I explored in this week’s episode of Deeply Rested with my guest Lindsay Bryan-Podvin, a certified financial therapist and the auth...

What if uncertainty isn’t something to fix, but something to feel? In this July check-in episode, Nancy and I reflect on what happens when life throws a curveball you didn’t see coming. For me, it was a literal flooded basement, a denied insurance claim, and a hard week that made me question everything. For many of us, it’s the deeper collective pressure of these uncertain times: fewer referrals,...

Are you secretly exhausted from doing it all? You might be living with high-functioning anxiety, and if that's true for you, you’re not alone. In this episode, I sit down with therapist and Calmly Coping podcast host Tati Garcia for a deeply validating conversation about the toll high-functioning anxiety takes on our minds, bodies, and businesses. Tati opens up about her own healing path and share...