You can build the dream, hit every milestone, and still feel like you’re drowning. In this episode, I sit down with Kristine Locker—who left a high-powered career at Goldman Sachs to build a tech company from scratch—for a real convo about what success really looks like beyond the highlight reel.

If you’ve ever questioned whether burnout is just part of the job—or if there's another way—this episode is your permission slip to choose self-care over hustle culture, and alignment over achievement at all costs.

Today we talk about:

• The exact moment Kristine walked out of her job at Goldman Sachs and didn’t look back
• How her personal pain point with shopping turned into a full-blown tech company
• Why 10x growth is actually easier than 2x—and how to stop being the bottleneck in your business
• Unpacking our complicated relationship with success, validation, and self-worth
• The real reason you feel exhausted—and what to do about it
• How to set boundaries that actually stick, even when the world tells you to do more
• What Kristine does now that her old self would've called “lazy”
• Navigating hustle culture as a female founder in tech and choosing sustainability over burnout

Kristine and I dive deep into redefining what it means to take care of yourself—especially when you're used to being the go-to girl, the ambitious one, the leader.

• Follow Kristine: @kristinelocker on Instagram + TikTok
• Check out Locker: @wantlocker or visit wantlocker.com
• Connect on LinkedIn: Kristine Locker
• Take the Boss Babe Archetype Test — Discover your work-life balance blueprint and avoid burnout before it starts

• A high-achieving woman who's tired of pretending you're not exhausted
• A female founder trying to balance vision with vulnerability
• Someone rethinking your relationship with hustle culture
• On the edge of burnout and looking for sustainable success
• Ready to unlearn the “do more to be more” mentality

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Want to know your boss babe burnout style? Take the Boss Babe Archetype Test and get your personalized game plan to thrive in both business and life.

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