The MetaBusiness Millennial

In this conversation, I talk about what it really takes to build something without losing yourself in the process. We talk about the first beauty brand I built that ended prematurely. What that experience taught me about rushing, forcing, and tying my worth to outcomes. And how Ra Beauty came together slowly, over the years, even though it looked fast from the outside. This isn’t a conversation about products or aesthetics, it’s about how you lead when things don’t go as planned. And what changes when you stop building from pressure and start building from stillness and ease. If you’re rebuilding after something didn’t work.If you’re tired of pushing just to prove you can.If you’re learning how to stay grounded while still moving forward. This episode will make sense to you. 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗲𝗪𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲: https://www.erinpatten.com/𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺: https://www.instagram.com/iamerinpatten/𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iamerinpatten/𝗧𝗶𝗸𝘁𝗼𝗸: https://www.tiktok.com/@iamerinpatten𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆: https://open.spotify.com/show/3d5JluD4wiOC8pYSDVHTSq𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-metabusiness-millennial/id1654460591 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝘀 • Free Masterclass – Future Ready Leadership for the Beautiful, Loving and Knowledgeable Woman → erinpatten.com/masterclass-homepage• Join the Sol Full Accelerator → upgrade.erinpatten.com #RaBeauty #LaunchParty #LeToyaLuckett #Haircare #HaircareBrand #Entrepreneurship

If you’ve ever felt mentally exhausted, emotionally overwhelmed, or physically unwell despite doing everything “right,” this conversation will change how you understand burnout, productivity, and the signals your body is sending. In this episode, we explore the moment when high performance turns into self-abandonment—and why burnout isn’t about weakness or laziness, but long-term misalignment. Burnout isn’t just about working too much. It’s about the beliefs underneath the work. My guest, Haley Scruggs, shares her breaking point—from severe burnout and panic to questioning her own sanity—and how her body ultimately forced her to listen. What looked like dysfunction was actually a signal calling her back into alignment. We talk about how ADHD, chronic stress, and the pressure to prove worth through productivity quietly rewire the nervous system—until the body speaks through anxiety, insomnia, migraines, digestive issues, and shutdown. This isn’t a conversation about hacks or routines. It’s about asking the question most people avoid: What do I actually need? 𝗧𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝘄𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲: • Why burnout is a signal, not a flaw • How ADHD and hustle culture collide • The myth that productivity equals worth • Why boundaries fail without belief shifts • How the body communicates misalignment • What changes when you listen to your energy, not just your calendar I also share how this reflects the core of my MetaBusiness work—where success is built through alignment, not self-sacrifice. This episode is for anyone ready to stop surviving, release over-performance, and build a life and career that feels sustainable and whole. 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝘀: I'm a Career & Confident Coach. I help high-performing queer women in tech break out of burnout & build the confidence to get seen, get visible & get hired. Creatively & joyfully I am a singer songwriter in Austin, TX & Cat mom to 2 very playful Tuxedo bears. 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝘀:Website: https://haleyscruggs.com/Instagram: @haleyirenesings💥 The Confidence Kickstart: A Mini Workbook for Women in Tech: https://haley-scruggs.kit.com/ 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗲𝗪𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲: https://www.erinpatten.com/𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺: https://www.instagram.com/iamerinpatten/𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iamerinpatten/𝗧𝗶𝗸𝘁𝗼𝗸: https://www.tiktok.com/@iamerinpatten𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆: https://open.spotify.com/show/3d5JluD4wiOC8pYSDVHTSq𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-metabusiness-millennial/id1654460591 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝘀 • Free Masterclass – Future Ready Leadership for the Beautiful, Loving and Knowledgeable Woman → erinpatten.com/masterclass-homepage• Join the Sol Full Accelerator → upgrade.erinpatten.com #BurnoutRecovery #ADHDWomen #MetaBusinessMillennial #HolisticSuccess #FeminineLeadership #NervousSystemHealing

If you’ve ever wondered why you can accomplish so much yet still feel tense, stuck, or disconnected from yourself, this conversation will shift the way you think about growth, healing, and leadership. We talk about the moments when the body speaks louder than the mind, and what happens when you stop performing strength and start embodying it. So many high-achieving women try to think their way to the next level. More strategy, more mindset, more discipline. But what if your next breakthrough isn’t in your mind at all?What if your body has been holding the answers the entire time? In this episode, I sit down with somatic leadership coach Lily Shepard to explore how movement, nervous system awareness, and embodied expression can unlock the parts of you that mindset work alone can’t touch. Lily shares her story of navigating divorce, foreclosure, bankruptcy, and identity loss, and the moment Spirit whispered one word that changed everything: move. Her healing didn’t start with a plan. It started with a primal, messy, intuitive movement practice that helped her rebuild from the inside out. 𝗧𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲: • How your body stores stress and unprocessed emotion • Why movement opens creativity and intuition • The difference between performing strength and embodying it • How regulated leadership changes your business and your relationships • Why innovation and resilience start in the nervous system, not the mind I also share how Lily’s journey mirrors my own path as a dancer and Tai Chi practitioner, where healing didn’t come from thinking harder but from letting my body teach me what my mind couldn’t see. Because when your body, purpose, and frequency align, success becomes something you feel instead of something you chase. This conversation is for every woman who is ready to lead from wholeness, devote herself to her inner wisdom, and let her next level come through embodiment, not exhaustion. 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗟𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗱: • Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bodyintelligence_academy/ • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lily-shepard/ • Website: https://www.bodyintelligenceacademy.com • Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/00DMGj8LaoQOtsoGnNrGPV? 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗲𝗪𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲: https://www.erinpatten.com/𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺: https://www.instagram.com/iamerinpatten/𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iamerinpatten/𝗧𝗶𝗸𝘁𝗼𝗸: https://www.tiktok.com/@iamerinpatten𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆: https://open.spotify.com/show/3d5JluD4wiOC8pYSDVHTSq𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-metabusiness-millennial/id1654460591 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝘀 • Free Masterclass – Future Ready Leadership for the Beautiful, Loving and Knowledgeable Woman → erinpatten.com/masterclass-homepage• Join the Sol Full Accelerator → upgrade.erinpatten.com #FeminineLeadership #SomaticHealing #EmbodiedSuccess #MetaBusinessMillennial #WomenInBusiness #IntuitiveLeadership

If you’ve ever doubted your worth despite all your success, or felt that quiet voice inside asking “Who am I really,” this conversation will awaken something deeper. We talk about how ego, trauma, and self-doubt disconnect us from our true power, and how sol work brings us back home to it. Most of us were taught that confidence comes from achievement. The next win, the next cheap validation or the next big title. But what if confidence didn’t come from doing more? What if it came from remembering who you already are? In this episode, I sit down with Markus Neukom, a Swiss transformational guide and leadership mentor, to explore how deep Sol work builds the kind of confidence that can’t be shaken by circumstance. Markus shares his wisdom on ego, imposter syndrome, and soul-led leadership, where your power no longer depends on what you achieve, but on how deeply you know yourself. 𝗧𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲  • How to turn trauma into a source of strength  • Why imposter syndrome is really a disconnection from self  • How the sol heals what the mind can’t understand  • The difference between performing confidence and embodying it  • What real leadership looks like when it’s guided by the sol, not the ego I also open up about my own season of loss, motherhood, and rebuilding trust in myself, and how learning to follow my sol became the most courageous act of all. This conversation is about returning to wholeness, and leading from the part of you that’s never been broken. Because when you lead from the sol, confidence stops being something you build and becomes something you remember. About Markus Neukom: Markus Neukom is a guide to those who have reached success, only to find themselves asking, “Is this it—or is there more?” Through Stillness Councils, private conversations, and speaking engagements, he serves as a mirror for those ready to remember what the world taught them to forget. His presence is less performance and more transmission—inviting others to return to the intelligence beneath their roles, titles, and timelines. Markus doesn’t offer strategies—he holds a field. And in that field, what’s truly ready to emerge… does. 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘂𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝘂𝗸𝗼𝗺:- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markusneukom - Instagram: @themarkusneukom 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗲𝗪𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲: https://www.erinpatten.com/𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺: https://www.instagram.com/iamerinpatten/𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iamerinpatten/𝗧𝗶𝗸𝘁𝗼𝗸: https://www.tiktok.com/@iamerinpatten𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆: https://open.spotify.com/show/3d5JluD4wiOC8pYSDVHTSq𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-metabusiness-millennial/id1654460591 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝘀  • Free Masterclass – Future Ready Leadership for the Beautiful, Loving and Knowledgeable Woman → erinpatten.com/masterclass-homepage• Join the Sol Full Accelerator → upgrade.erinpatten.com #Confidence #SelfWorth #ImposterSyndrome #SoulWork

If you have ever walked through the heartbreak of a divorce or break up, you know it carries a weight far beyond the papers filed in court. It touches your identity, your sense of worth, your dreams for the future, even your ability to feel safe in your own skin. Many people assume break ups must be ugly, destructive, and wounding, but this conversation offers another possibility. • What if separation could be done with love? • What if letting go could be an act of compassion? • What if divorce could become the doorway into your freedom rather than the end of your story? In this episode I sit down with Joyce Ayers, a Heart Centered Divorce Coach trained in Conscious Uncoupling. Joyce brings the lived experience of ending a thirty year marriage with respect, integrity, and deep compassion. She shares what it meant to close such a significant chapter while still protecting the dignity of herself, her former husband, and her family. Her story challenges the belief that divorce must always destroy. Instead, it reveals that endings, when done consciously, can actually become a sacred path of healing and self reclamation. 𝗧𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲: • How Conscious Uncoupling changes the way we understand separation? • Why neutrality and compassion are powerful tools for freedom? • What it takes to move beyond blame and bitterness? • How to hold your dignity and worth even when everything feels like it is falling apart? I share openly about my own struggles with custody and heartbreak, and Joyce offers practical guidance for anyone facing the fear and grief of letting go. This conversation is not just about breaking up. It is about choosing love when everything falls apart. It is about reclaiming your voice, honoring your worth, and creating a new story rooted in sovereignty and feminine power. 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗝𝗼𝘆𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗪𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲: https://createyourlifeafterdivorce.com𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺: @awakenwellnesswithinreach𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸: https://www.facebook.com/joyce.ayers.395669𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joyce-ayers-79893b85 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝗲𝗪𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲: www.erinpatten.com𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺: @iamerinpatten𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻: linkedin.com/in/iamerinpatten𝗧𝗶𝗸𝘁𝗼𝗸: @iamerinpatten 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝘀 • FREE Masterclass Future Ready Leadership for the Beautiful Loving and Knowledgeable Woman → erinpatten.com/masterclass-homepage • Join the Sol Full Accelerator Program → upgrade.erinpatten.com

If you’ve ever felt like your story was erased, rewritten, or left out of the record, this conversation will remind you of your power to be seen and remembered. My guest Dominique Luster, founder of The Luster Company, shares her journey from a small-town theater student in Kentucky to becoming one of the few Black women archivists protecting culture, lineage, and legacy. What started as a job in the library became a calling that led her to preserve the voices and stories of families, communities, and women around the world. Dominique shows us that archiving is not just about old papers. It is about the recipes, the family stories, the sound of your grandmother’s laughter in the kitchen. She reminds us that the cloud does not mean ownership and that women entrepreneurs must protect their creations and their intellectual property. Most of all, she shows us that history always favors the one who wrote it down. 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 👩🏾 Why every woman must write and protect her own story before someone else does 🗣️ How recording family voices can heal lineage and connect us to feminine power ☁️ The real risks of relying on the cloud and how to safeguard your work ✍🏾 Dominique’s simple “one two three” practice for preserving your creations across formats and places 🧘🏾‍♀️ Why building trust in yourself is the bridge that carries you through fear, pivots, and the unknown This is not just a talk about history. It is a reclamation. A reminder that documenting your life is not just about the past, it is about power, healing, and the future you are building. 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗟𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿: 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲: www.thelustercompany.com 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺: @thelustercompany 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝗲:𝗪𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲: www.erinpatten.com𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺: @iamerinpatten 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗘𝗿𝗶𝗻: ✨ Free Masterclass Future-Ready Leadership for the Beautiful Loving and Knowledgeable Woman → https://www.erinpatten.com/masterclass-homepage ✨ Join the Sol Full Accelerator Program → https://upgrade.erinpatten.com #TheLusterCompany #SacredBusiness #FeminineLeadership #OwnYourStory #Entrepreneurship #Legacy #Wealth

If you've ever found yourself running on empty while everyone sees you thriving, this sacred conversation will stop you in your tracks. My guest Crystal Hadnott, a marathon runner and high-achieving woman, shares her profound journey from normalizing burnout to creating what she calls "a life you don't need to recover from." Crystal opens up about spending 40 years in a toxic relationship with performance, where her divine worth was completely tied to output. As an ultra marathon runner, she knew she could push through pain—physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. But love, you cannot outrun soul exhaustion forever. Her awakening came through a Graves disease diagnosis that traditional medicine said had no cure. Instead of accepting limitation, Crystal became her own healing advocate and created a sacred protocol that stabilized her levels without medical intervention—proof that our bodies hold infinite wisdom when we listen. Using the metaphor of a Formula One race car, Crystal reveals why high-performance women need MORE rest, not less. She shares her transformative 90-minute morning and evening rituals, the eight types of rest most souls are missing, and how unprocessed trauma creates dis-ease in our bodies. 𝗪𝗲'𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲:• Why your body keeps energetic score when you silence your truth• How to embody ambition while maintaining inner peace• Creating wellness practices that honor your feminine rhythms• The revolutionary mindset shifts that rewire decades of perfectionism This episode offers sacred tools for sustainable success and authentic living for any woman ready to stop losing herself while chasing achievement. 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗿𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗮𝗱𝗻𝗼𝘁𝘁:Website: www.crystalhadnott.comInstagram: @crystalhadnott 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝗲:Website: www.erinpatten.comInstagram: @iamerinpatten 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗬 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘?FREE Masterclass: Future-Ready Leadership for the Beautiful, Loving & Knowledgeable Woman: https://www.erinpatten.com/masterclass-homepage Join our Sol Full Accelerator Program: https://upgrade.erinpatten.com#SacredWellness #FeminineSuccess #SoulAlignedHealth #HolisticHealing #DivineRest #ConsciousWellness #AuthenticLiving #EnergeticBalance #SpiritualWellness