Hi, this is Elisa Likt, and this is Leave Your Mark the podcast, where I brew fresh

career advice with some of my most inspiring and successful friends.

It's professional advice that you can action immediately, whether you're just starting out

in your career or well on your way.

With a massive to-do list and a large cup of coffee, I promise that you can get it all done and still

have time to post about it.

I'm really excited to welcome my friend Erica Diamond to leave your mark.

And today we're doing one of my special snack segments.

If you've never listened to a snack segment before, this is a short and very targeted

episode. And Erica Diamond teaches people globally how to prioritize self-care. She is a certified

life and career coach and certified yoga and meditation teacher. She's a media expert, host of the

Erica Diamond podcast, speaker, bestselling author. She's a media expert, host of the Erica Diamond podcast, speaker,

bestselling author. She founded Bliss Essential Oils, and she is the creator of the busy to

Bliss membership community. And of course, the founder of the award-winning women's empowerment brand,

Erica Diamond.com. Erica, welcome to leave your mark. This is going to be fantastic.

So first of all, start off by telling us how you even embarked on this like burnout,

self-care, community building aspect of your business. I was an entrepreneur 24 years old.

I had started my own business and by year two,

we were a profit hot 50 company, one of Canada's 50 emerging growth companies. I was the only

female CEO on the list. I was a top 30 under 30 entrepreneur, 40 under 40 entrepreneur. And from an

outside standpoint, things looked incredible.

And I was quietly, quite literally on the brink of burnout.

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