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🎙️ IN THIS EPISODE…
What would change if you stopped waiting for someone else to approve the life, career, or opportunity you really want?
Many capable people stay stuck because they believe they need more experience, better timing, stronger credentials, or permission from the people around them. Even when they know something needs to change, they continue following rules and expectations that may no longer serve them.
In this episode, Maggie Harlow shares how giving yourself permission can help you move beyond fear, challenge limiting beliefs, and take greater ownership of your life. She and Joy discuss the emotional highs and lows of entrepreneurship, how small acts of courage can expand your comfort zone, and why the results you keep getting may be connected to systems you have the power to change.
You'll learn how to examine the patterns shaping your days, stop accepting less than what you truly want, and intentionally create more space for meaningful work, relationships, and joy.
Listen when you need the confidence to trust your own choices, rewrite the rules that are keeping you small, and give yourself permission to pursue something more.
👋 WHO IS JOY ST. JOHN?
Joy St John draws on 25+ years of experience in regulatory compliance, corporate risk, and enterprise leadership to show teams how to simplify the work, reduce hidden risk, and restore ownership to the way people lead.
Drawing on her career in top organizations and her personal wake-up call after years of overwork, Joy teaches leaders and teams to see the bigger picture, investigate problems with less ego and more curiosity, and bring energy back to work that has become too heavy, too complicated, or too routine.
✏️ RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE
Order Everyday Extraordinary: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H46FP6NN
Learn more about Maggie Harlow: https://www.maggieharlow.com
⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Introduction
01:00 Growing up in an entrepreneurial family
06:00 Building a business and learning to ride the emotional dragon
09:00 The power of giving yourself permission
15:00 Expanding your comfort zone one small step at a time
20:00 Everyday Extraordinary and finding joy through difficult seasons
23:00 Why your systems create your results
29:00 Using permission to grow your impact
31:00 Why your happiness matters
32:00 What brings Maggie joy
