15: How God Can Change Your Life - Sydney Tollett's story

Sydney Tollett is a holistic business coach helping women scale their businesses in alignment with their nervous systems.

In this episode, you're going to learn how Sydney rebuilt her life and business after hitting rock bottom, what it means to regulate your nervous system while running a business, how hustle culture shows up in disguised ways even when you think you're healing, why your success might be linked to unresolved trauma, and the unexpected habits that could be keeping you stuck in survival mode.

Timestamps:

[00:00] Introduction

[03:41] How childhood experiences shaped Sydney’s relationship to success

[05:26] Early signs of burnout and ignoring her body’s signals

[07:58] The moment she realized she was in survival mode

[09:23] Why nervous system regulation changed her business

[11:01] The shift from forcing to feeling safe in business

[12:47] How the body stores unprocessed trauma

[14:09] Patterns of hustling that are hard to notice

[16:12] Why slowing down felt unsafe at first

[18:04] The identity crisis that came with stopping the hustle

[19:56] What safety means in the nervous system

[21:38] Rebuilding a business from a regulated place

[23:22] The link between money and the nervous system

[25:14] Emotional triggers Sydney had to work through

[27:05] How she helps clients build safer business models

[28:57] The importance of resourcing the body

[30:44] What embodiment looks like in entrepreneurship

[32:01] The real reason some business strategies don’t work

[33:46] Signs you’re still in survival without realizing it

[35:38] Why your body may resist success

[37:02] Creating safety before visibility

[38:45] The difference between pushing and expanding

[40:21] Building a business that supports your system

[42:06] What Sydney wishes more entrepreneurs knew

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