Amanda NorthcuttFounder & CEO | Keynote Speaker, LevelUp · B2B sales as a solo is HARD. I’ve got you. I help consultants & coaches sell high-ticket services comfortably & confidently, while enjoying consistent, predictable revenue | Founder & CEO | Speaker |

Women’s health and entrepreneurial workload

25 Mar 2024 · 1 min

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In this monologue, the speaker, a female entrepreneur, argues that women business owners have a responsibility to portray the unfiltered reality of their lives, countering the polished highlight reels common on social media. She emphasizes that life consists of continual challenges and that each obstacle can equip one for the next, fostering a more whole, informed, and wise individual. The speaker stresses the importance of sharing personal health journeys, noting that each disclosure often connects her with others facing similar issues. She recounts repeated experiences of medical professionals dismissing her symptoms, labeling her as “crazy” or assigning vague diagnoses such as fibromyalgia or IBS, which contributes to her sense of misery. The overall message calls for transparency, community support, and resilience among female founders.

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I think we have a responsibility as like female entrepreneurs, business owners, founders, bosses to show what real life is like. Like, you know, social media is by and large like the top 2% highlights of life. And life is not a highlight reel. Life is difficult and it's typically one struggle to the next. And the idea is not that like, oh, I'm finally going to get through this and then everything's going to be okay, but more like, how can this challenge best equip me for the next challenge? I think a more like whole person who is more informed and has more wisdom. And when you gather that along the way, whether it was forced upon you or not, it's really important to to share that with other people. I mean, every time that I've shared about my health journey, somebody new pops up on the radar. I'm like, oh, me too! Like I want to talk about that. Every doctor I went to told me that I was crazy or it was all in my head, or like just got some catch-all diagnosis like fibromyalgia or IBS or whatever. It's like I'm miserable.