
You Find Your Edge When You BREAK | Emmie Faust - Female Founders Rise
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From burnout to community leadership.... After 18 months of Long Covid, perimenopause, and complete breakdown, Emmie Faust channelled her recovery into creating one of the UK's most impactful founder communities - Female Founders Rise.
🧠 What You'll Learn
- What does burnout actually look like and how to bounce back
- The surrender mindset that turned a passion project into an 8,000-member community
- The people-pleasing trap that keeps founders stuck and how to break free
- Turning her breakdown into an 8,000-member community - Female Founders Rise
- How to build sustainable founder communities while prioritising mental health
- How to monetise a community without compromising your mission or accessibility
📖 Chapters
00:00 - The breaking point
01:05 - Rising from the ashes
04:59 - "Founder burnout is huge..."
06:30 - The Founder's Dilemma: Pushing Until You Break
08:21 - Early Warning Signs You're Approaching Burnout
11:39 - The Surrender Experiment: Letting Go While Taking Action
14:58 - From Self-Doubt to Self-Confidence
17:15 - The People-Pleasing Trap
23:28 - Building Female Founders Rise: From 10 to 8,000 Members
28:47 - The Art of Gut-Based Decision Making
33:14 - The Community Monetisation Challenge
38:29 - IMPACT first - INCOME second
41:55 - Why Everything Should Cost Something
47:02 - The Two Questions That Changed Everything
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