Should I Blow Up My Six-Figure Career To Start A Business?

Dee has spent 25 years in publishing, but the industry no longer feels exciting. She’s found herself dreaming about making sourdough, working on a beautiful garden, and creating a more meaningful rhythm of life. But should she actually walk away from the stability of her six figure career?

We dive into:

• What her birth chart says about security, reinvention, and entrepreneurial gifts
• Why Neptune in the 2nd House makes charging what you’re worth so complicated
• How the South Node in Aries contributes to hustle culture and burnout
• Using tarot to identify the next right step (without blowing everything up)
• Reframing purpose when the original dream doesn’t work out
• Her real desire to write a book and cultivate creative sanctuary

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This episode is practical, emotionally affirming, and full of insight for anyone navigating reinvention, especially high-achievers trying to pivot into more meaningful work.

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🎙 Skeptics Welcome is hosted by Mariah Oller, tarot reader, astrostylist, and former cell biologist. Each episode features an intuitive strategy session with an entrepreneur, creative, or small business owner navigating uncertainty, discomfort, or stagnancy.

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In this episode of The Skeptics Welcome Podcast, Mariah sits down with Maria Bowler, a writer, coach, retreat leader, and author of Making Time: A New Vision for Crafting a Life Beyond Productivity.

Together, they explore how to untangle creativity from productivity, how astrology reveals your most aligned rhythms, and what it means to create from a place of self-trust rather than performance.

They also talk about:

•Why your work might feel bad even when it deeply matters

•The power of moon cycles, seasonal flow, and slow business growth

•Releasing the pressure to be understood before you create

•How Maria’s 12th house placements and Libra Midheaven shape her mission

•Parenting as a mirror for misunderstood parts of ourselves

•The spiritual tension between legacy and non-linear expression

This conversation is for any creative who feels stuck in hustle culture and is looking for a new way to move through the world.

✨ Learn more about Maria Bowler at mariabowler.com

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The Skeptics Welcome Podcast is hosted by Mariah Oller, a tarot reader, astrologer, and former cell biologist. Each episode features intuitive strategy sessions for people navigating uncertainty, discomfort, or stagnation in their business or creative life.

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Use code skepticswelcome for 50 percent off your first session.

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What happens when the person who holds everyone else together needs space to fall apart?

This week on Skeptics Welcome, I sit down with Lauren Petraglia, an Online Business Manager & founder of a virtual assistant agency, to explore what it looks like to support others professionally while quietly burning out behind the scenes. Lauren came into this session questioning her career direction and craving grounding.

We use tarot and astrology to dig into the patterns that led Lauren to over-function, the challenges of setting boundaries as the go-to “fixer,” and how her birth chart reveals a business perfectly aligned and due for evolution.

If you’re a VA, OBM, or behind-the-scenes business owner who’s tired of carrying it all, you definitely want to watch this episode.

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Timestamps:

• 00:22 – Meet Lauren: OBM, agency founder, and recovering overachiever

• 01:31 – Tarot begins: burnout, delegation, and rediscovering joy

• 05:48 – Celebrating milestones (even when it feels “too soon”)

• 10:42 – The journey to safety AND comfort

• 13:02 – Birth chart breakdown: Virgo MC, Taurus 6th, Libra 11th house

• 21:06 – Healing through community and creating a business for your future self

• 25:07 – Business decisions: group classes vs. the agency

• 30:27 – How to work the 9–5 strategically (and why it’s short-term)

• 33:29 – Rebrand, testimonials, and raising your rates

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Resources Mentioned:

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👗 Libra Venus Style Guide on Instagram

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