What happens when the business you've built starts to feel like the thing that's holding you back?

This week on No More Mondays, I'm joined by Bonny Morlak—startup coach, founder, and fellow real-talk enthusiast—for a conversation about what it really means to scale a business, stay sane, and stop being the bottleneck in your own success story.

Bonny is a two-time Global Startup Coach of the Year, a 2025 Momentum Award winner (shoutout, Modern Coach fam!), and someone who's seen the full arc: from launching companies to burning out, to rebuilding from the ground up in a way that actually felt good.

This isn't your typical hustle culture episode. We're calling BS on the idea that productivity equals worth, exploring how our cultural wiring feeds burnout, and digging into what it looks like to define success on your terms.

We get into:

• The difference between growth and grind (and how to spot it)

• Why "doing it all" is a red flag, not a badge of honor

• How founder mindset becomes the biggest barrier to scale

• What to do when the universe goes from subtle tap to full-on slap

• Why every entrepreneur needs to step out of the echo chamber

You'll also hear Bonny's take on calendar audits, naming your North Star, and why the loudest voice in your life should be your own (but in a good way).

Whether you're scaling a business or just trying to stay human while chasing something big, this one's a permission slip and a perspective shift.

🎧 Mentioned in this episode:
📘 Scary Good: Discovering Life Beyond the Sunday Scaries → ScaryGoodRead.com
📺 Bonny's YouTube channel → Just search Bonny Morlak
👥 Want to join a community of coaches who get it? → The Modern Coach

🎙 About the Show:
No More Mondays is the podcast where we explore the human side of modern work so you can design a life, career, or business that's intentionally yours.

🙋‍♀️ Hosted by: Angie Callen
Follow Angie on LinkedIn → linkedin.com/in/angiecallen

Connection starts with curiosity. In this Wednesday's Double Shot, Jason Raitz shares how asking intentional, meaningful questions builds instant trust and deeper relationships.
Here's how to move past small talk, listen better, and turn everyday conversations into genuine human connection.

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What happens when the life you've built suddenly breaks? And what if the breaking ends up setting you free?

In this episode of No More Mondays, Angie Callen speaks with Carol Lin — award-winning journalist, former CNN/ABC anchor, and author of When News Breaks: A Memoir of Love and War.

Carol spent decades reporting from war zones, natural disasters, and major national stories while quietly navigating exhaustion, misalignment, and a grief she did not yet have the tools to name. Her story reveals what breaking points show us, how identity is rebuilt, and why purpose often emerges from the hardest seasons of life.

This episode explores:

• Early signs of burnout and misalignment

• How grief became a source of wisdom and clarity

• Rebuilding identity after loss

• What breaking points reveal about who we are

• Why aligned values matter more than external success

If you've ever experienced burnout, career disillusionment, grief, or the quiet knowing that something in your life needs to change, this conversation offers insight, grounding, and hope.

When News Breaks is available wherever books are sold.