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Breakout

Breakout

Written by: Emily Mathis
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The podcast for neurospicy, multi-hyphenate business owners who are done trying to run their business like someone whose brain works completely differently than theirs. Hosted by Emily Mathis, Second Brain Strategist and late-diagnosed AuDHD entrepreneur, Breakout is where strategy meets real life and tangents meet actual insights. It's unscripted, it's unfiltered, and it's not going to wrap anything up in a pretty bow. You'll get solo riffs on friction patterns, sneaky shoulds, and what it actually takes to get the thing out of your head and into the world. Candid guest conversations that go wherever they go. Honest takes on the online business space and why one-size-fits-all advice never actually fit neurospicy, multi-hyphenate entrepreneurs. If you came here looking for six steps to your next income milestone, this isn't it. But if you've ever felt like the advice was probably right for someone, just not you, pull up a seat. Fair warning: the tangents will have tangents. And yes, she says fuck a lot.© 2026 null All Rights Reserved. Economics Leadership Management Management & Leadership
Episodes
  • When Trying To Do It "Right" Is What Goes Wrong
    Mar 27 2026

    🎙️ Episode 8: When Trying To Do It "Right" Is What Goes Wrong

    📆 March 27, 2026

    Quick Take:

    There is no secret. There is no right way. And the part of you that keeps looking for one? That's exactly what's keeping you stuck.

    What's Inside:

    — Why I wrote "when trying to do it right is when it goes wrong" on a note card Monday… and then spent the entire week doing the exact opposite

    — What a fatigue flare, a published sales page, and a 4am follow-through actually looked like from the inside this week

    — The sneaky difference between a big spiral and a small one - and why the small ones are harder to catch in the moment

    — How I clocked what was actually off with my offer pricing and what the "click" felt like when it finally aligned

    — Why self-awareness only takes you so far and what finding the right support has done that four years of self-awareness alone couldn't

    — What shortening the cycle actually looks like in practice and why the goal was never to make the spirals stop

    Links & Mentions:

    → Move It Out — the offer I published this week: [Learn More]

    → Fit call for Move It Out — for podcast listeners only: [Fit Call Link]

    Listener Notes:

    Breakout isn’t a broadcast — it’s a conversation.

    If something in this episode made you pause, rage-nod, feel seen, or want to riff — I want to hear it.

    Drop your thoughts, takeaways, questions, or gut punches below.

    🖤 [Listener Form Link]

    Let's Connect:

    → Connect with me [Website] [Instagram]

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    31 mins
  • When Good News Derails You (And Why That's Actually the Work)
    Mar 16 2026

    🎙️ Episode 7: When Good News Derails You (And Why That's Actually the Work)

    📆 March 15, 2026

    Quick Take:

    Getting what you wanted can spin you out just as fast as getting rejected — and recognizing that faster is the whole point.

    What's Inside:

    — I got accepted to the Astonish Yourself Summit (!) and immediately went into "shit just got real" mode

    — what that spiral looked like and why it makes complete sense

    — Why pausing the plan to go public with the podcast isn't quitting

    — and how I knew the difference between a capacity decision and a fear decision

    — The through line connecting the last few episodes and what it has to do with my summit presentation: the spiral before the bold move, the spiral after, and how you shorten how long it knocks you down

    Links & Mentions:

    → Mentioned: Jennie & Meredyth and their Make It Happen Weekly [Check it out]

    Listener Notes:

    Breakout isn’t a broadcast — it’s a conversation.

    If something in this episode made you pause, rage-nod, feel seen, or want to riff — I want to hear it.

    Drop your thoughts, takeaways, questions, or gut punches below.

    🖤 [Listener Form Link]

    Let's Connect:

    → Want my brain on your business? [Inquire Herel]

    → Connect with me [My website]

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    39 mins
  • This is me, in it, doing it anyway
    Mar 8 2026

    🎙️ Episode 6: This is me, in it, doing it anyway

    📆 March 7, 2026

    Quick Take:

    This is what it actually looks like when you're in the spiral and you do the thing anyway. Not six months later. Right now.

    What's Inside:

    — The sneaky shoulds that almost stopped me from going public with this podcast and submitting a speaker application at midnight

    — Why awareness doesn't cure the spiral but it does turn the volume down on the voice that tells you you're not enough

    — What actually got me to hit submit after a meltdown, a shitty day, and genuinely considering not doing it at all

    Links & Mentions:

    — TBD sales page [coming soon, get on the email list to be the first to know]

    Listener Notes:

    Breakout isn’t a broadcast — it’s a conversation.

    If something in this episode made you pause, rage-nod, feel seen, or want to riff — I want to hear it.

    Drop your thoughts, takeaways, questions, or gut punches below.

    🖤 [Listener Form Link]

    Let's Connect:

    → Want my brain on your business? [Inquire Herel]

    → Connect with me [My website]

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    39 mins
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