Is Denial About Your Health Keeping Your Business Stuck | Diane Hinds

In today’s episode, we’re exploring a question so many women with chronic illness as entrepreneurs may avoid asking themselves:

Is denial about your health keeping my business – and your life – stuck or even limiting my growth?

I sit down with Diane Hinds, an entertainment publicist, creative producer, and author, who opens up about how denial shaped her early years living with sickle cell disease and how it nearly cost her everything. She shares why pushing through was her default, how it impacted her health and career, and what changed when she finally embraced her limitations.

We talk about:

🔹 How denial shows up as overworking, over-serving, and ignoring your body

🔹 Why slowing down isn’t failure but a powerful choice

🔹 The surprising connection between embracing limitations and creating sustainable business success

🔹 Navigating family, identity, and career with a chronic condition

🔹 Finding joy in what you do when your body feels like it’s working against you

If you’ve ever felt like your health is holding you back from your purpose, or you’re tired of pretending everything’s okay when it’s not, this conversation is for you.

Connect with Diane: https://www.dianehindswrites.com/

Companies mentioned in this episode:

• Anne Perry
• Radio 1
• BBC
• Essex Radio

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