Space and Grace Podcast – Abundant Business Without Burnout

Burnout often shows up in the way we respond, avoid, overthink, or shut down. In this episode, Lori Rogers shares simple practices to reset your energy, calm mental clutter, and build a steadier relationship with work and money.   In this episode of Space and Grace , Michal McCracken speaks with Lori Rogers, co-founder of Positive Activity and VP of Rogers Marketing, about burnout, balance, mindse...

What if the biggest barrier to financial freedom isn't your spending habits, but a banking system that doesn't understand how you actually work? Tamara Laine built an AI platform to solve this exact problem for gig workers and underserved communities. For the ambitious woman who's building something meaningful but struggling with the financial realities of entrepreneurship. Traditio...

What happens when divorce, cancer, burnout, and identity loss force you to start again. In this grounded conversation, Briar Kirkby shares how she rebuilt her life, found healing in Bali, and now helps women reset before they break. If you are moving through burnout, midlife change, visibility fears, or a season of personal rebuilding, this episode will meet you there. Michal McCracken sits down w...

You can build the offer, write the emails, and still feel your body shut down when it’s time to be visible. In this episode, Michal McCracken explains why procrastination, overwhelm, or sudden collapse in business is often nervous system dysregulation, not laziness or lack of strategy. When visibility, money growth, or success feels unsafe, your body will block action. You’ll learn: • Why fear of...

Automation doesn't have to strip the humanity from your business. Pam Langford shares her HEART framework for using AI and systems in a way that actually supports how you work — creating more capacity, not complexity. For the ambitious woman who's earning well but feels overwhelmed by all the "shoulds" around automation and AI. You know you need systems. You know AI could help....

Growth can ask more of you than new strategy or better habits. In this conversation, Bianca Caruana shares how to meet change with more softness, self-forgiveness, and less control as a new version of you begins to emerge. Sometimes growth does not feel exciting. It feels unfamiliar, tender, and harder to control than you expected. In this episode, Michal McCracken speaks with ceremony facilitator...

What looks like discipline in business is often overwork, poor delegation, and weak systems. In this episode, Borja Cuan breaks down how founders can hire earlier, build better support, and grow without burning out.  If your business still depends on you to hold everything together, this episode is for you. Michal McCracken sits down with Borja Cuan to talk about founder burnout, hiring, delegatio...

You can be doing everything right and still struggle to make consistent money.  This isn’t a motivation or strategy problem.   In this solo episode, Michal McCracken explains why business instability is often rooted in nervous system capacity. When your body doesn’t feel safe holding more income, clients, or visibility, growth gets delayed, overcomplicated, or quietly avoided, even when the strate...

Most women don’t need more information or more intensity. They need practices that work in real life.  Ryanna Battiste and I talk about plant medicine, subtle nervous system shifts, and healing that supports everyday modern life. What if the most powerful healing isn’t dramatic or complicated, but subtle, embodied, and integrated into your everyday life? In this episode, I’m joined by Ryanna Batti...

Most women don’t build businesses the same way men do. Geeta Sidhu-Robb and I talk about the reality of creating wealth, safety, and leadership while navigating motherhood, identity, and pressure.  What does it actually take to build a business that supports your life, not the other way around?  This week I’m joined by Geeta Sidhu-Robb: founder of Nosh Detox, award-winning entrepreneur, former hom...

Are you pitching the media the wrong way? In this conversation with media strategist Rob Lange, learn how to position your work so journalists, podcasts, and TV actually want to feature you. Many entrepreneurs want press coverage but approach the media like they are writing an advertisement. That rarely works. In this episode, Michal McCracken speaks with media strategist Rob Lange about how busin...

What if burnout is not just about overwork, but about old survival patterns still running the show? Michal McCracken and Curtis McCullom explore past lives, childhood wounds, nervous system regulation, and the inner resilience required for sustainable business growth.  If you are building a business and feeling stuck in burnout, self-doubt, or repeated emotional patterns, check out this episode. M...

You’ve followed the strategy. It worked. So why does it feel so hard this time?   You’re smart, strategic, and used to getting results. But lately?  Even proven plans feel like a grind.  In this solo episode, Michal breaks down why your body might be resisting the very success you’re working for. She shares real signs of nervous system burnout,  the kind that makes ease feel unsafe and rest feel l...

The stories you believe about yourself quietly shape your decisions, confidence, and direction in life. In this conversation, Robin Ferguson explains how those stories form and how to consciously rewrite them.   Most of us move through life inside stories we rarely question. Those stories shape how we see ourselves, the opportunities we pursue, and the limits we quietly accept. In this conversatio...

If your income feels inconsistent, it may not be a strategy problem. It may be that success still feels unfamiliar in your nervous system.   You likely know how to work hard, push through resistance, and create results occasionally. But consistency often feels harder to sustain than effort. In this episode Michal McCracken explores why business growth becomes more stable when success stops feeling...

If you’ve ever turned ads on, watched numbers move, and still felt unsure what actually worked, this episode will change how you think about marketing entirely. Marketing feels overwhelming for many small business owners not because they are doing nothing, but because they are trying to interpret incomplete or misleading data. In this episode of the Space and Grace Podcast, host Michal McCracken i...

Most entrepreneurs are making money decisions based on fear, pressure, or what they think they should do.  Michael Barbarita and I talk about building your business with clarity   Michael Barbarita breaks down the practical pieces of building wealth through your business so that we can step out of uncertainty and into financial control. We talk about how to make confident money decisions and the s...

Your style is one of the most powerful signals of confidence and trust in your business. If your brand and your presence don’t match, your audience feels it. Signature style isn’t just about looking put together. It’s about the silent message your presence sends before you ever say a word. This week on the Space and Grace Podcast, I’m talking with image consultant and branding expert Jackie Wheele...

If your life looks “fine” on the outside but feels tense, noisy, or exhausting on the inside, this conversation offers a grounded way to slow down and reset without forcing positivity or adding more to your plate. In this episode, you’ll hear: Why emotional safety matters more than mindset when life feels overwhelming How staying busy can quietly reinforce stress rather than resolve it Christa’s s...

Your visibility and income aren’t capped by strategy. They’re capped by what your nervous system has learned isn’t safe yet.   What if your hesitation to post, speak up, or earn more isn’t a confidence problem, but a safety one? In this solo episode, Michal McCracken breaks down how the brain filters opportunities for visibility, success, and income based on what feels safe in the body, not what y...

Midlife doesn’t break you. It exposes what isn’t sustainable anymore. Courtney Townley and I talk about the truth behind midlife health, rebuilding capacity, and changing your wellbeing without overwhelm.   Most women in midlife already know what they should do for their health. The real issue is capacity. The gap between intention and what your nervous system, time, and stress load can actually h...

If your marketing feels exhausting and people still don’t understand what you do, the issue isn’t your skill — it’s your foundation.   Many smart, capable entrepreneurs struggle to be seen as the go-to authority. not because they lack expertise, but because their message is unclear or misaligned. In this episode of the Space and Grace Podcast , Michal McCracken is joined by Christine Blosdale , th...

If your days are full but your energy is drained, this episode will help you see why staying busy might be costing you more than you think.   Many solopreneurs feel stretched thin because they're carrying too much of their business alone. In this episode of the Space and Grace Podcast, host Michal McCracken is joined by Brandi Cox, a disabled veteran and entrepreneur who helps business owners...

Most women aren’t stuck because they lack discipline or strategy. They’re stuck because their body has hit its limit. This week on the Space and Grace Podcast, we’re looking at the deeper truth behind burnout, overwhelm, procrastination, and the constant pattern of “I know what to do but I’m not doing it.” Michal McCracken will show you what’s actually happening under the surface when your busines...

Decluttering isn’t a motivation problem. It’s a nervous system process. If your space feels overwhelming or stuck, your body might be trying to protect you.   Most decluttering advice tells you to get rid of more things and try harder. But for many women, it’s not the stuff that’s the problem. It’s the nervous system response underneath it. In this episode of the Space and Grace Podcast, I’m talki...