I walked away from a 6-figure startup career to prove one thing: you can build success without self-destruction. After 13 years of hustling myself into burnout, I now help high-performers and creatives break up with grind culture—using equal parts NLP coaching, dark humour, and hard-won nomadic truths (yes, the Wi-Fi meltdowns are real). You’ll find me:🍵 Slurping matcha while debunking "rise and grind" nonsense 🎙️ Interviewing grit-makers who’ve rebuilt after burnout (or breakdowns) ✈️ Geographically confused (London → Bangkok → Cape Town → Casablanca) My newsletter is for you if: You’ve ever cried in a Slack thread but still said "I’m fine!" Your dreams and dread feel equally heavy You want real talk about resilience—zero toxic positivity included! Subscribe for: Unfiltered burnout prevention hacks Behind-the-scenes "WTF is sustainable success?" stories Podcast teasers that won’t waste your time. Think of me as the friend who won’t let you glorify overwork—but will send memes at 2AM.
How To Start Choosing Yourself
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Hi Resilient Sunshine, You're done surviving. But there's a messy middle between "ready for change" and "acting on it". We don't talk enough about that although it is the most important part of the journey. That famous "enjoy the journey, not the destination"? Well, this messy middle is it! You don't always need a Plan BThe latest episode with Alex was poignant. For her, change was about the real survival. "It just came to a state when couldn't live like that anymore". She shared not only the relief of choosing herself but also everything that it meant to do so. Fully transparent about her messy middle without sugar coating anything: the stress of not having a back up plan, the hoops she had to jump through, and how nothing of this stress compared to the horror of what she left behind. Waiting is keeping you stuckNot knowing where to start is often creating a block. Even considering the humongous amount of work ahead causes us to freeze. But when you start taking that one step forward and feel like stepping back, here a sweet reminder for you to keep going: So how do you whisper louder about your worth?You can learn from someone who's already done it! If you are good at what you do and quietly tired of being overlooked, talked over, or passed up, especially by yourself, register here to join the live with Melitta Campbell. Bestselling author and TEDx speaker, she is the business coach for women behind Value Whispering. But before that, she's been in your shoes: doing her best quietly not getting anywhere. We're going where most "confidence" talks won't: the wall she hit, the inner shift that changed everything, and what it actually takes to stop accepting crumbs in your work, your worth, and the way you speak about both. A final note about worth and value16 women spent the May bank holiday Sunday with me to talk about money. The relationship they have with earning it, the beliefs behind the question of whether they deserve more. I facilitated the workshop on resilience and earning for a community of women in Bangkok, and on popular demand, will be hosting it online for you to join from your own home. Get your seat and join to debunk the patterns holding you back! Your worth is non negotiable. With Love and Resilience, |
Mouna Laaragat (aka The Burnout Exorcist)
I walked away from a 6-figure startup career to prove one thing: you can build success without self-destruction. After 13 years of hustling myself into burnout, I now help high-performers and creatives break up with grind culture—using equal parts NLP coaching, dark humour, and hard-won nomadic truths (yes, the Wi-Fi meltdowns are real). You’ll find me:🍵 Slurping matcha while debunking "rise and grind" nonsense 🎙️ Interviewing grit-makers who’ve rebuilt after burnout (or breakdowns) ✈️ Geographically confused (London → Bangkok → Cape Town → Casablanca) My newsletter is for you if: You’ve ever cried in a Slack thread but still said "I’m fine!" Your dreams and dread feel equally heavy You want real talk about resilience—zero toxic positivity included! Subscribe for: Unfiltered burnout prevention hacks Behind-the-scenes "WTF is sustainable success?" stories Podcast teasers that won’t waste your time. Think of me as the friend who won’t let you glorify overwork—but will send memes at 2AM.
Hi Resilient Sunshine, We tend to think of breakups as romantic endings. But the hardest breakup you’ll ever go through? It might not be with a person. It might be with a job that’s slowly draining you. A city that never felt like home. An identity you outgrew years ago. Or a version of yourself you created just to keep other people comfortable... and you know what? You're allowed to leave! When Life Knocks You Down (More Than Once) I recently sat down with Pacharee who has survived what most...
Hey Sunshine! "Community is essential. But if you hand over the keys to your joy, you'll starve." I spent an afternoon with Simon, my second 1-2-1 interview for the pod. He's lived more lives than most of us will in three: raised by women in times none of us can recall about London, he embraced a career change from operations and management to become a therapist when people usually go for retirement. I went in expecting to ask him about resilience and career changes. What I left with was...
Hi Resilient Sunshine! You know that moment when you feel that you don't quite fit in, that no matter how much you get done, it still doesn't feel right? It gets worst before it gets better. And sometimes this brings us the awareness we need to get the ball rolling for the adjustments or attunement we need. Are we broken? I've sat down with Hedi Shah, a Canadian-Iranian living in the UK who has moved away from a career in Urban Design to be the amazing Bodyworker and Mindfulness Teacher I get...