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Business With Chronic Illness: Growth, Burnout, and Success Stories for Health First Entrepreneurs

Nikita Williams

Building a business while living with chronic illness comes with realities that most business advice never addresses — burnout, unpredictable energy, and the need to put health first while still wanting meaningful growth. Business With Chronic Illness is a globally ranked podcast featuring honest conversations with entrepreneurs, founders, and CEOs navigating business growth while living with chronic illness and autoimmune conditions. Through real stories and practical insight, the show explores

business entrepreneurship

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23:42

3 Types Of Capacity And How They Effect Your Business...

Business With Chronic Illness: Growth, Burnout, and... ·

2025/12/26

The journey of entrepreneurship can often feel at odds with the realities of living with chronic illness, particularly when it comes to the concept of capacity. In this episode, we tackle the often-misunderstood idea of capacity, shifting the narrative from a relentless push for more to a compassionate understanding of what we can realistically manage. Capacity isn't just about productivity; it's about how much our bodies and minds can handle at any given moment, especially when faced with the

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21:13

Why Most Businesses Break When You Need a Break (And...

Business With Chronic Illness: Growth, Burnout, and... ·

2025/12/19

What if your business didn’t fall apart every time your life asked you to slow down?In this episode of Business with Chronic Illness, we’re naming a hard truth many entrepreneurs live with quietly: most businesses are built to work only on your best days.When you rest, everything stops.When life gets real, momentum disappears.And you’re left feeling like you’re starting over again.That’s not a you problem.It’s a systems problem.In This Episode, We Cover:• Why most businesses are actually

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32:32

Why Your Marketing Collapses When Your Capacity...

Business With Chronic Illness: Growth, Burnout, and... ·

2025/12/12

Does your marketing disappear every time you take a break? You're not alone, and it's not a consistency problem. It's a systems problem disguised as a marketing problem.In this solo episode of Business with Chronic Illness, I'm sharing why so many women entrepreneurs with chronic illness, burnout, or unpredictable capacity feel like they're constantly restarting their marketing from scratch. The truth? You don't have a marketing strategy; you have a performance schedule. And when you stop

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52:03

Late Bloomers in Business: Eldest Daughters, Chronic...

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2025/12/05

In this replay episode, I’m sitting down with certified coach and first-gen eldest daughter Nikkei Lamodi, to talk about what it really looks like to be an eldest daughter or late bloomer living with chronic illness and running a business.We get into the invisible pressure of being the “strong one,” why eldest daughters are so prone to people-pleasing, perfectionism, and over-responsibility, and how all of that bleeds into your business, your boundaries, and your body.Nikkei shares her story of

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08:47

Planning 2026? Here’s Why Your ‘Small’ Audience Is...

Business With Chronic Illness: Growth, Burnout, and... ·

2025/11/28

If you’ve been looking at your audience lately — your email list, your downloads, your Instagram following — and thinking, “It’s just not big enough,” this episode is your gentle reset.Today, I’m sharing an archived audio I originally recorded for my private client podcast. It’s a quiet reminder that the size of your audience has never been the thing that determines your success… the root system of your business does.Inside, I share a story about repotting one of my new plants (yes, your girl is

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59:20

How to Start a Creative Business Imperfectly and...

Business With Chronic Illness: Growth, Burnout, and... ·

2025/11/21

Tired of waiting for the perfect moment to start your creative business? Struggling with burnout from trying to follow cookie-cutter business advice that doesn't fit your life?In this episode, I talk with Margo Tantau: creative director, licensing agent, and host of Windowsill Chats Podcast, about building a sustainable creative business by following your gut instead of formulas. Margo shares her non-linear path from corporate to running her own licensing agency, and why starting imperfectly is

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58:35

The Silent Stress That's Sabotaging Your Business...

Business With Chronic Illness: Growth, Burnout, and... ·

2025/11/14

I feel like I'm doing everything right. I meditate. I have boundaries. My life is actually pretty good. So why do I still feel burnt out? Why can't I keep up with my business the way I want to? Why does it feel like something's still off?If that sounds like you, this episode is going to connect some dots you didn't even know needed connecting.Jen Yundt Coles is a functional medicine health coach, SIBO specialist, and someone who literally had a heart attack from stress she didn't even realize was

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57:23

How to Grow a Business When Your Health Changes...

Business With Chronic Illness: Growth, Burnout, and... ·

2025/11/07

What do you do when your health changes and the business you've built can't keep up?In this episode of Business with Chronic Illness, I sit down with Jemi Crookes, founder of The Think Lab, to talk about what happens when a diagnosis forces you to redefine leadership, business, and success itself.After a misdiagnosis of Type 2 diabetes, Jemi discovered she was actually living with Type 1.5 (LADA)—a rare form of autoimmune diabetes that upended everything she knew about her body, her energy, and the

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50:15

How to Build Community and a Business When You're Far...

Business With Chronic Illness: Growth, Burnout, and... ·

2025/10/31

Ever had one of those moments where you're building your business and you get a text from family, someone's sick, someone needs you, and you instantly think: "I should be there. What kind of person am I for not dropping everything?"In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Analía Gómez Vidal career coach who built her business while being thousands of miles away from her family in Argentina. We get honest about what to do when family needs you and your business needs you at the same time.Analia shares

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57:22

Why Food Shame Is Keeping You Burned Out in Business...

Business With Chronic Illness: Growth, Burnout, and... ·

2025/10/24

🌿 If you’re navigating entrepreneurship and chronic illness, or simply craving a more sustainable way to grow your business without sacrificing your health, energy, or self-care priorities, explore Chronically You & Profitable (CYAP).About this Episode:In this episode of Business with Chronic Illness, I'm joined by Jessica Setnick, RD, CSSD, LD—a registered dietitian, eating disorder specialist, and founder of a nonprofit making eating disorder care accessible—to talk about the invisible energy

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56:46

What to Do When You Feel Like You're Doing Too Much...

Business With Chronic Illness: Growth, Burnout, and... ·

2025/10/17

Ever look at everything on your business plate and think "there's no way I can do all of this"?This episode is for entrepreneurs with chronic illness who feel overwhelmed trying to grow their business while managing fluctuating capacity. CEO of Functional Medicine Nutritionist Andrea Nakayama shares how she built Functional Nutrition Alliance while managing Hashimoto's, grief, and single parenthood—without burning out.We're diving into business strategies for chronic illness entrepreneurs, including

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59:05

Setting Health-First Boundaries to Grow a Sustainable...

Business With Chronic Illness: Growth, Burnout, and... ·

2025/10/10

What if the key to building a sustainable business with chronic illness isn't working harder, but setting better boundaries? In this episode, Brenda Snow, an Amazon Best Selling Author, shares how she built a 420-person company over 30 years while managing MS (Multiple Sclerosis) - without sacrificing her health or burning out.If you're living with chronic illness and running a business, you know the struggle:You feel like you need to be extraordinary just to keep up. You're constantly starting over

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20:29

How My Podcast Signed Clients While I Was Healing:...

Business With Chronic Illness: Growth, Burnout, and... ·

2025/10/07

Can you really grow your business when you’re living with chronic illness, burnout, or limited capacity? Absolutely, if your content helps people make informed decisions, you don't have to focus on or obsess aboutdownloads.In this episode of Business with Chronic Illness, with host Nikita Williams. I’m sharing how I signed clients from my podcast while I was healing from endometriosis and recovering from surgery, and how I turned a small but mighty audience into consistent revenue using sustainable

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54:28

How Freelance Writers with Chronic Illness Can Make...

Business With Chronic Illness: Growth, Burnout, and... ·

2025/10/03

Think you need to work 60-hour weeks to build a successful freelance business? Amanda Bourbonais proves otherwise. After a severe chronic Lyme disease crisis forced her to leave corporate life, she built a six-figure copywriting business working just 20-25 hours per week, and she's maintained that rhythm for five years.In this episode, Amanda shares how she turned rock bottom into a business foundation, why "I started my business so I could take naps" became her guiding principle, and how she prices

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20:56

The 30-Minute Connection Strategy That Built My...

Business With Chronic Illness: Growth, Burnout, and... ·

2025/09/26

When I first started my coaching business, I had maybe 30 minutes of energy in a day. And while the online world told me I needed to post multiple times a day, go to endless networking events, and keep up with algorithms, I simply couldn’t.What I did know? Connection creates sales.In this episode, I’m sharing the 30-Minute-a-Day Connection Strategy I used to build a six-figure business while living with chronic illness and how it became the foundation of my podcast, the biggest safety net in my

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01:03:34

How to Spot Business Misalignment Before It Burns You...

Business With Chronic Illness: Growth, Burnout, and... ·

2025/09/19

In this episode of Business with Chronic Illness, I'm joined by Jason Winters, an energy alignment coach and EFT tapping practitioner, to talk about the warning signs that your business is built out of alignment, especially important for entrepreneurs managing chronic illness and unpredictable energy levels.Jason opens up about his experience with rapid business growth that felt unsustainable, from lowering his prices out of fear to over-delivering because of self-worth issues. He shares how he

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23:09

The 3 Key Problems Holding You Back from Making Sales...

Business With Chronic Illness: Growth, Burnout, and... ·

2025/09/12

Selling doesn’t have to feel hard, especially when you're navigating the challenges of chronic illness or burnout.In today’s episode, we dive into the three key problems that often keep us from converting leads into sales and how to tackle them with what I call the rooted sales process. We discuss the emotional and physical challenges that can make selling feel pushy or draining, leading to feelings of inadequacy and frustration. You'll learn how to create a sustainable approach to sales that aligns

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53:37

How to Know When to Slow Down Your Growing Business |...

Business With Chronic Illness: Growth, Burnout, and... ·

2025/09/05

What happens when your growing business starts demanding more than your body can give?In this episode of Business with Chronic Illness, I'm joined by Stephanie DiPisa, founder of Solara Suncare, mom of three, and Chronic Lyme advocate, to talk about the hard but necessary truth: sometimes the best thing for your business is doing less, not more.Stephanie opens up about launching her first business at 40 with no beauty industry experience, building Solara into a successful brand sold everywhere from

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17:34

Why Writing Emails Feels Impossible When You're...

Business With Chronic Illness: Growth, Burnout, and... ·

2025/08/29

Ever been told to "just journal it out" and felt completely stuck? You're not broken—you're just trying to force a system that wasn't designed for your brain, body, or energy.In this episode, I'm sharing why writing feels impossible when you're burned out (spoiler: it's not a mindset problem), the neuroscience behind why speaking works better than writing for many of us, and my Voice-First Content Strategy that's changed everything for me and my clients living with chronic illness.If you've been

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54:48

When Your Energy Changes Daily But Your Business...

Business With Chronic Illness: Growth, Burnout, and... ·

2025/08/22

What happens when your capacity looks different every single day, but your business still has to keep moving forward?In this episode of Business with Chronic Illness, I’m joined by Ashley Carlson, an agency owner, mom of two, and chronic illness advocate, to talk about the hard but freeing truth: you can do anything, but you can’t do everything.Ashley opens up about building and growing her agency while navigating multiple chronic illness diagnoses, monthly IVIG infusions, and the everyday realities

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