045 | Has Hustle Become Habit?
She's Equipt with Jennifer Allwood | The Christian Business Coach for Women
Jennifer Allwood: Christian Business Coach
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🗓️ 19 May 2026
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Hustle culture has convinced so many women in business that success only comes through constant work, pressure, and striving. The endless chase for more income, growth, engagement, and achievement can leave you feeling exhausted while still believing you have not done enough.
In today's episode, I'm sharing my own experience with the hustle mindset and how I became consumed with working more than necessary, believing it would finally bring fulfillment. Over time, I realized I was simply trading one form of pressure for another.
This conversation is an invitation to reflect on your relationship with work, success, and ambition so you can build a business that supports your life instead of consuming it.
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| 0:00.0 | This is she's equipped with Jennifer Allwood, a podcast for Christian women in business who want to earn more from their God-given talent, grow their impact, and lead with faith. |
| 0:09.5 | Well, hey there, friends, welcome back to the podcast. I'm excited to chat with you today. We're going to talk about hustle culture a little bit. We're going to talk about when is hustle necessary and has hustle become |
| 0:22.9 | a habit for you. Oh, that's fun. It's so nice in Kansas City today that I have the window open |
| 0:27.9 | and my notes are going to blow, but no worries. No worries. I'm excited to be here, guys. I have |
| 0:34.6 | lots to say today. So let's chat about hustle. Okay, so when I started in the online |
| 0:43.2 | space 10 years ago or so, I mean, hustle your face off was kind of, you know, what was really |
| 0:49.4 | being stressed, pressured, talked about. And then there, it's funny because in this country, we as |
| 1:01.1 | Americans tend to go, oh, one direction or oh, in another direction, right? So like it was hustle, |
| 1:06.5 | hustle, hustle. And then suddenly we were in this like anti-hustle culture where it was like you shouldn't |
| 1:12.5 | strive you know god's going to bless things which of course i mean obviously yes and amen um but no hustle |
| 1:20.4 | etc and the truth is while i lean more towards the let's let's not hustle um There is an element of hustle that is sometimes |
| 1:29.2 | just required just to put food on the table. I come from a long line of farmers, our families |
| 1:35.5 | from Iowa and both my grandparents were farmers. And you know, my grandfather used to say, |
| 1:39.0 | you've got to make hay while the sun's shining. And it's the same thing in business. Like, |
| 1:42.3 | there are seasons, there are times when it would |
| 1:46.0 | behoove you to just put your foot on the gas because you've got some momentum going, you've got |
| 1:50.9 | favor, you've got opportunities, et cetera. There are other, and so you can call that hustle if you want. |
| 1:55.6 | That's fine. You can call that hustle. There are other times when I think we get so used to being in |
| 2:00.6 | that state of frenzy and that dopamine rush and that adrenaline that we continue hustling even when we no longer need to. |
| 2:08.4 | There are so many entrepreneurs that continue to hustle even after they've made it. |
| 2:11.7 | They are addicted to the feeling of hustling. |
| 2:14.6 | If they are not hustling, they don't feel like they're working. And, you know, |
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