# (120) Why Ignoring Your Self-Care Might Be Your Best Business Strategy Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/hot-mess-espresso-6478282/120-why-ignoring-your-self-care-might-be-your-best-business-strategy Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/hot-mess-espresso-6478282/120-why-ignoring-your-self-care-might-be-your-best-business-strategy.md Podcast: [Hot Mess Espresso](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hot-mess-espresso-6478282) Published: 2026-04-01T09:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/8c5ab0a8c241b723ba24dcada120fbd7271e1a5e630e665634fb855cfefd2c27/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiIzNTM0MmZhNy1jOWQyLTRiZGMtODE3My1jOTRmNDY0MjY4NGIiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiJmODc0NDI4My1jNDJkLTQ4ZWEtYTZjMS1hMGY5OWY4NWRmMzMiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2NDk0YWQ4M2VhMGFjYTZmOTk4YzY3MzYiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNjlhNzhlODQ2OTVmNjc4ZjZmYjdlMTEzL2hlYXRoZXItaGVyaW5ndG9ucy1zdHVkaW8tY29tcG9zZXItMjAyNi0zLTRfXzItNDQtMzYubXAzIn0=.mp3 Audio file: https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/8c5ab0a8c241b723ba24dcada120fbd7271e1a5e630e665634fb855cfefd2c27/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiIzNTM0MmZhNy1jOWQyLTRiZGMtODE3My1jOTRmNDY0MjY4NGIiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiJmODc0NDI4My1jNDJkLTQ4ZWEtYTZjMS1hMGY5OWY4NWRmMzMiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2NDk0YWQ4M2VhMGFjYTZmOTk4YzY3MzYiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNjlhNzhlODQ2OTVmNjc4ZjZmYjdlMTEzL2hlYXRoZXItaGVyaW5ndG9ucy1zdHVkaW8tY29tcG9zZXItMjAyNi0zLTRfXzItNDQtMzYubXAzIn0=.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hot-mess-espresso-6478282/episodes/120-why-ignoring-your-self-care-might-be-your-best-business-strategy Duration seconds: 2389 ## Resource Most entrepreneurs are one bad mental health day away from meltdown mode... unless they listen to this. Christi Johnson reveals her struggle with a burnout so severe, it shut her business down & almost made her lose herself completely. But that didn't keep her down, she’s now building a business and life that prioritize her mental health first . Her story is a rollercoaster from hypomanic episodes and emergency crashes to radical self-care and boundary-setting that turned burnout into breakthrough. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hot-mess-espresso-6478282/episodes/120-why-ignoring-your-self-care-might-be-your-best-business-strategy/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/hot-mess-espresso-6478282/120-why-ignoring-your-self-care-might-be-your-best-business-strategy.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.