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.
Who holds the keys to your joy?
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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 something else entirely. Where we get confused where it comes to communityI often talk about how easy it is to outsource our sense of belonging. To depend on the group, work, the partner, the tribe, to tell us we're okay. To make them the source instead of the mirror. Community should hold us. We need people who see us, who catch us when we tip over, who remind us who we are when we forget. But if they become the only place we find ourselves? We end up surviving on crumbs again. Just a different flavour. Simon's reminder of the beacons that make the difference:You can be independent yet look up to other people. You can be a leader and seek inspiration. We hold both at the same time: we can make decisions when we're scared, we can lead when we doubt. And we don't need to be perfect, for life is more enjoyable when we are open to learn. Don't miss out on this episode as we cover:
Something I madeMy work expands from this idea of "surviving on crumbs". In love. In work. In how we treat ourselves. It's actually why I finally finished something I've been working on for months: a 5-day taster experience called No More Crumbs. It's for anyone who's tired of chasing people, approval, proof that they matter... and who is ready to slowly, gently, come back to themselves. Each day has a short reflection, a prompt to write, one tiny action, and an audio from me (because sometimes you need to hear it, not just read it). It's $7. It's digital. It's yours the moment you download it. If that calls to you: find the 5-Day experience here. If not? No pressure. Just glad you're here. What else?
That's it for March. Thanks for being here. Thanks for opening this. Thanks for being someone who keeps showing up for yourself, even when it's chaos out there. I see you. 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.
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