#006: Lessons Learned from Burnout and becoming a vegan entrepreneur with Jolien BRX

The Stephanie Smolders Show

In this episode, we get to know Jolien BRX, a long-time friend and a vegan pilates instructor who helps you get fit and feel happy with her online pilates workouts and sweet personality. She makes sure she takes care of your body, mind, and soul with everything that she does. At a young age, Jolien was diagnosed with burnout. This lead to quitting her teaching job and starting her own business.
At first, she ignored the burnout symptoms to the point where she went blind in one eye and her body finally told her to stop. While it was a difficult time in her life, Jolien now looks back to it being a blessing in disguise. She learned a lot of lessons and discovered breakthroughs that led her to finally pursue pilates as a career, gaining a lot of online and offline clients.
Listen to her story and the lessons, breakthroughs, and actions she took after hitting a burnout.
In this Episode:

(1:53) Who is Jolien and her mission

(2:14) Finding her life purpose

(4:16) The lessons she learned when she hit burnout

(6:50) How the burnout turned out to be a blessing in disguise

(8:35) Her typical work schedule prioritizing health and wellbeing (projector in HD)

(12:50) Balancing the influencer world

(16:25) Change in the health industry

(17:34) Jolien’s long-term goals

(19:50) Her message to those who are transitioning to a plant-based lifestyle

(23:11) Advice for people who’d like to start with pilates

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Get to know Jolien:
Website Pilates Classes Online (Dutch): https://pilates-plants.myshopify.com/

Jolien’s Instagram: @jolien_brx

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