Joanna Gaines on Learning to Let Go of Guilt and Anxiety

9 to 5ish with theSkimm

theSkimm

Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Author, businesswoman, designer, and chef Joanna Gaines used to let guilt and anxiety consume her. As a mom of five children, and as one half of one of the most successful lifestyle brands in the country, Joanna is now battling her burnout by letting go of those feelings. This week, we spoke to Joanna about that shift to free herself from the pressure of expectations and what it’s unlocked for her, professionally and personally. In this episode, Joanna shares: How she and Chip built a loyal and diverse audience Why she still has a “small business” mindset, despite all her success The realities of raising five children and running her business How she’s dealt with the pressure of other people’s expectations – and her own Her favorite activities that spark creativity

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0:00.0	Before I realized it wasn't healthy, I was motivated by guilt. I thought guilt was like the normal thing you just fill in your gut all the time.
0:08.0	And now I realize I don't like that feeling. So I'll let it set for a second and be like what is oh this is guilt and then I work out of it.
0:16.3	I don't let it stick around I used to let it stick around in fact I feel like that's
0:19.8	the only thing I knew how to feel was like guilt and I'm always letting someone down or I'm letting myself
0:24.0	down and now I just don't like that feeling.
0:27.1	I'm Carly Zaken and I'm Danielle Weisberg.
0:31.1	Welcome to Nine to Fiveish with the skin. We've
0:35.0	now Weisburg. We've run into so many questions over the years and had so many moments where we needed
0:39.4	advice and we got it from women who'd been there.
0:43.4	And that's what we're bringing you at this show.
0:45.5	Each week we're helping you get what you want out of your career
0:48.7	by talking to the smartest leaders we know.
0:51.0	Because we know your work life is a lot more than 9 to 5. All right let's get into it.
0:59.6	Today our guest is Joanna Gaines.
1:03.2	I have been waiting a very long time to say that.
1:06.0	I am so excited.
1:08.1	She is an author, designer, chef, and businesswoman.
1:11.8	You know her from, I mean a lot of things, her hit
1:14.8	H.G. TV show, Fixer Upper, and for the lifestyle brand she started with her
1:19.7	husband, Magnolia. The brand has home furnishings, a TV network, a magazine, a real estate
1:27.0	portfolio including a brand new hotel in Waco, Texas. Joanna has also been named one of Time magazine's most influential people and has written
1:37.6	eight books including multiple cookbooks, children's books and memoirs.
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