When was the last time you asked for help, and actually let someone give it to you? Not the "can you give my kid a ride" kind. The real kind, where you had to admit you couldn't do something alone.

If you're a woman entrepreneur who's built something meaningful but finds yourself drowning in tasks that don't need you, this episode is going to feel like a conversation with a friend who gets it.

Jenn Cody dives into the real reasons asking for help feels impossible for so many women business owners, and spoiler alert, it's not about being a control freak. It's about identity, systems (or lack thereof), and the stories we've been telling ourselves since childhood about what it means to be capable.

Whether you're running a six-figure business or just starting out, this episode will help you understand why "I'll just do it myself" is costing you more than you realize—and what to do about it.

What You'll Learn in This Episode

The Competence Trap: How being praised for "handling it all" as a child becomes a prison as a business owner—and why the most successful entrepreneurs actually ask for help constantly

The Invisible Load Problem: Why delegation feels impossible when everything lives in your head (hint: you can't hand off chaos)

Control vs. Trust: What "they won't do it right" is really code for—and how to create the clarity that makes handoff actually possible

The Identity Piece: Why releasing the "person who holds it all together" role feels like losing yourself—even when it's the very thing holding you back

The Hidden Costs: How refusing help affects your relationships, your team's growth, your business value, and your nervous system (which, by the way, is contagious)

The 80% Rule: A simple reframe that makes letting go feel less terrifying—and why "good enough" done by someone else often beats perfect done by you

This Episode Is For You If...

You've caught yourself thinking "it's just faster if I do it" more times than you can count. You feel guilty asking for help even when you're drowning. You've built something successful but can't seem to step away from the day-to-day. You're exhausted but can't figure out how to change. You want to delegate but genuinely don't know where to start. You're a woman entrepreneur who's tired of being everyone's emergency contact.

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Feeling stuck in the “What should I do?” loop is exhausting—and it quietly drains momentum from your day. We kick off the year with a clear decision-making filter built around five practical questions that cut through noise, reduce overthinking, and get you moving with intention. Instead of chasing perfect answers, we reframe choices around context, impact, and alignment so your actions match your goals and your time works for you.

We start with ease: how to strip friction from complex tasks, break work into smaller moves, ask for help, and define “good enough” to unlock throughput. Then we recalibrate effort by asking what’s truly at stake, so minor decisions stop eating major energy. We zoom out with a future-focused lens, weighing short-term comfort against long-term cost, and explore why choosing discomfort now prevents resentment later. Along the way, we dive into alignment as a daily filter for high performers who see opportunities everywhere—because a good opportunity that doesn’t serve your goals is still a distraction.

We also confront avoidance head-on. Naming the thing you’re dodging—tough conversations, stale projects, unsexy systems—releases you from the spin cycle and puts you back in control. You’ll leave with a simple, usable framework: keep these questions visible, let overwhelm be your trigger, ask just one, and act on the honest answer. No extra data dump needed—just better prompts and the courage to follow through.

If this helps, share it with a friend who’s stuck in the spin. Subscribe for more practical strategy, and leave a quick review to tell us which question you’re adopting this week. Your clarity starts with a better question—what’s the one you’ll use today?

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Ready for a candid debrief from the trenches? Jenn opens up about five mistakes that cost time, money, and peace of mind - and the practical tools she’s now using to steer with more clarity and less chaos. If you’ve ever said yes to shiny opportunities, hopped from strategy to strategy after a few weeks, waited too long to hire, tried to outwork burnout, or moved the goalpost so fast you forgot to celebrate, this conversation will feel like a mirror and a map.

We dig into a simple three-question filter to evaluate opportunities - aligned with where you’re going, resentment check, ego vs mission - so you can protect focus and say no without guilt. From there, we unpack why strategies don’t fail in three weeks; they fail when we abandon them in three weeks. You’ll hear how sticking with a single platform and process creates compounding results, what inputs to measure when the outputs lag, and how to resist trial churn and comparison traps that drain momentum.

The episode also tackles delegation and rest with hard-won honesty. Hiring before you’re desperate safeguards decision quality and opens room for deeper client work, better content, and scalable systems. Rest becomes a non-negotiable because creativity, patience, and judgment all depend on it. Finally, we talk about celebration as a strategic practice. Marking small wins teaches your brain that progress counts, keeps motivation steady, and turns growth into a repeatable habit rather than a sprint to nowhere.

If these themes resonate, share the episode with a friend who needs to hear they’re not alone in the messy middle. And if you’re ready to make changes but don’t know where to start, subscribe, leave a review to help others find the show, and join the weekly email at solutionsforscale.com so we can figure it out together.

Thanks for listening!

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