# Stop Leaking Energy - Human Design, Burnout, and Business Alignment | Stefanie Carlstedt

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Podcast: [The ThriveWell Journey | Entrepreneurship, Leadership & Life After Disruption](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thrivewell-journey-entrepreneurship-leadership-life-after-disruption-6999442)
Published: 2026-04-13T11:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://rss.com/podcasts/thethrivewelljourney/2730379
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Duration seconds: 3660

## Resource

What if your business does not feel hard because you are doing too little, but because you are building in a way that does not fit who you are? In this episode of The ThriveWell Journey Podcast, L. Michael Burt sits down with Stefanie Carlstedt for a powerful conversation about human design for entrepreneurs, business alignment, burnout, and the invisible ways people leak energy by building from other people’s shoulds. This conversation goes deeper than tactics. Stefanie breaks down why so many entrepreneurs feel frustration, resentment, and burnout even when they are doing everything they were told should work. She explains how human design can help people understand how they are meant to lead, market, create offers, make decisions, and build a business that actually reflects who they are. Michael also brings his own real-time reflection into the episode, talking through what it means to return to what makes you feel alive, reconnect with creativity, and stop forcing business models that do not resonate. Together, this conversation explores the difference between performance and alignment, between grinding and building from truth, and between losing yourself slowly and coming back home to yourself. In this episode, we talk about: Human design for entrepreneurs, why your business feels harder than it should, leaking energy in business and life, burnout and misalignment, building from other people’s shoulds, Authentic marketing and aligned offers, How to reconnect with who you really are, Why burnout is not always about doing too much If you have been feeling frustrated, exhausted, all over the place, or like your business no longer fits who you are, this conversation will meet you right where you are. Connect with Stefanie Carlstedt through the links in the show notes…

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