If your business only runs because you're holding everything together in your head… you don't have a system.

You have survival mode — with good Wi-Fi.

In this episode, we're dismantling the lie women have been sold about "fixing" their businesses with better tech. Because Asana isn't the problem. Your CRM isn't the problem. And mastering one more platform won't suddenly make delegation feel lighter.

Platforms are containers. They are not systems.

I break down the critical difference between tech systems and people systems — and why most delegation fails without the second one.

You'll learn:

• Why you still feel like the bottleneck (even with automations in place)
• Why delegated tasks keep "coming back wrong"
• The hidden reason trust feels shaky inside your team
• How women unintentionally become the system in their business
• What human-centered systems actually do (hint: they build ownership, not dependency)
  
  

We talk about the mental load no one sees.
The emotional labor of leadership.
The guilt spiral when you try to hand something off.
And why doing it all was never leadership — it was survival.

This episode will help you see that you're not bad at delegation.
You're not failing as a leader.
And you are not broken.

The system you were handed just wasn't designed with you in mind.

If you're ready for systems that carry weight instead of placing it all on you, this conversation will change how you think about leadership, ownership, and support inside your business.

You were never meant to carry it all alone.

Connect with Jillian:

• Instagram.com/jilliandolberry

• Reach out to Jillian: www.jilliandolberry.com/contact

Resources:

• Check out The Peaceful Business Ebook by Jillian Dolberry

• Here is my free resource that gives you real insight into how your team is actually experiencing their role.

If this episode resonated with you, subscribe for new episodes and share it with a woman in your life who carries more than she ever admits out loud. She needs it.

"You can't pour from an empty cup."

We hear it. We believe it. But no one ever tells us how to actually refill the cup, especially as women running businesses while carrying the invisible weight of everything else.

In this episode, I walk you through a simple but powerful visual: two cups sitting side by side. One is bone-dry empty—the cup most women are trying to lead, scale, and delegate from. The other is full… and spilling over effortlessly.

Here's the truth most women entrepreneurs were never taught:
Your goals are tied to the empty cup, but your results come from overflow.
And overflow cannot come from depletion.

If you've ever wondered:

• Why you're exhausted no matter how hard you work

• Why delegation feels heavy, guilty, or ineffective

• Why your business still lives entirely in your head

• Why you feel behind even when you're doing "everything right"
  
  

It's not because you're failing.
It's because you're trying to operate inside a business model that was never designed for women—especially women carrying the mental load of life, family, and leadership.

I also share the counterintuitive truth about what actually refills your cup—and why pouring into yourself isn't selfish, irresponsible, or lazy… it's the foundation of sustainable leadership.

This episode is for the woman who's tired of pushing, tired of proving, and tired of trying to get overflow from something that has nothing left to give.

You don't need to work harder.
You need to stop leading from the empty cup.

And if this episode hits close to home, you're not alone—and you're not broken. You were just never taught a way to build a business that honors you.

Connect with Jillian:

• Instagram.com/jilliandolberry

• Reach out to Jillian: www.jilliandolberry.com/contact

Resources:

• Check out The Peaceful Business Ebook by Jillian Dolberry

If this episode resonated with you, subscribe for new episodes and share it with a woman in your life who carries more than she ever admits out loud. She needs it.

In this episode, we unpack what tone-deaf CEOs actually have in common—and why even the most caring women can slip into these patterns when they're carrying too much inside systems that were never built for them.

Through a powerful (and painful) corporate story, I share the moment I learned firsthand how disconnected leadership impacts real humans—and why awareness, not intention, is what actually matters.

You'll learn:

• The three core traits tone-deaf leaders share (and how they show up in small businesses)
• Why oversimplification, blanket statements, and emotional decisions are symptoms of disconnection—not failure
• How overwhelm quietly erodes leadership clarity
• What human-centered, grounded leadership actually looks like
• How to lead with honor, precision, and self-awareness—without becoming hardened or cold

This episode is a reminder that you're not a bad leader. You're just tired. And leadership becomes lighter when awareness comes first.

Connect with Jillian:

• Instagram.com/jilliandolberry

• Reach out to Jillian: www.jilliandolberry.com/contact

Resources:

• Check out The Peaceful Business Ebook by Jillian Dolberry

• Here is my free resource that gives you real insight into how your team is actually experiencing their role.

If this episode resonated with you, subscribe for new episodes and share it with a woman in your life who carries more than she ever admits out loud. She needs it.