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I'm passionate about helping people unlock their full potential. For over 15 years, I've been connecting with audiences as a motivational speaker, and for the past 6 years, I've also had the privilege of guiding individuals and organizations through my coaching and business consulting practice. Whether it's on stage or working one-on-one with clients, I love empowering people to achieve greater impact and income.

My approach centers around fostering clarity, courage, confidence, and consistency – the essential ingredients for sustainable success. This passion also led me to create The Spiral Up Podcast, where I explore these themes in greater depth. And through my consulting firm, i AM - Life By Design, I partner with entrepreneurs and businesses to help them thrive.

Why Your Hustle Isn’t Working and What to Do Instead

November 19, 20257 min read

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Many ambitious women assume their lack of results means they are not disciplined enough, not consistent enough, or not cut out for entrepreneurship. In this episode, I challenge that belief and reveal the real issue behind stalled momentum. Most of the time, the problem is not you. It is misalignment.

When you are doing all the things yet seeing very little fruit, it is often a sign that your strategy is working against your wiring and calling. Exhaustion becomes feedback, not failure. This episode walks you through how to recognize the pressure based model you have been operating inside and how to shift into a flow that supports your energy, your purpose, and your partnership with God.

Here’s what you’ll learn:

  • Why effort does not always translate into results

  • How exhaustion often reveals hidden misalignment

  • Signs your strategy is not supporting your calling

  • The difference between hustle and faithful action

  • What alignment feels like in your body and spirit

  • How to pause long enough to receive divine feedback

  • Why the next step is often simpler than you think


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Why Your Hustle Isn’t Working and What to Do Instead

There is a moment every ambitious woman reaches in her business where the truth feels both heavy and strangely freeing. You are doing everything you are supposed to do, yet nothing is working the way you expected. You show up, you stay coachable, you post, you pray, you pour your heart into your work, and still the results seem delayed. It feels unfair and confusing, and most women interpret that delay as a personal flaw.

The real issue is rarely inconsistency. It is misalignment.

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When you push hard inside strategies that do not match your wiring, your energy, or your God given assignment, your body eventually speaks up. It speaks through fatigue, frustration, overwhelm, and the emotional spiral that tells you something is wrong with you. That message feels true in the moment, but it is not truth. It is a warning signal that you are building in the wrong direction.

This episode explores why effort without alignment feels like running uphill with no oxygen and why God often allows the pause in results to protect you, not punish you.

The Cycle High Achievers Know Too Well

For years, I lived in what I call the pressure based model. Wake up early, squeeze more into every minute, work through lunch, say yes to everything, then collapse at the end of the day wondering why I still felt behind. I pushed because I believed pushing was holy. I believed hustle proved something about my faithfulness and my worth.

But here is the truth I learned the hard way. Hustle was not making me more faithful. It was making me disconnected from God and from myself.

I see so many women doing what I did. They post multiple times a day. They take every course. They attend every training. They launch, relaunch, and rebuild. They pray harder. They journal more. They recite affirmations until their voice cracks. They pour out everything they have, then wonder why nothing is taking off.

It is not lack of effort. It is misalignment.

When God Uses Exhaustion as Feedback

One of the most powerful shifts you can make is changing how you interpret the pause in your results. Instead of shaming yourself, ask a different question. What if this is feedback? What if God is trying to get your attention, not by withholding blessings, but by protecting you from building a life that drains you?

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When you understand this, the guilt begins to loosen. You stop calling yourself lazy or unfocused. You stop assuming you were wrong about your calling. You stop believing you misunderstood God. Instead, you begin to see the signs. The weariness. The frustration. The inconsistency that comes from trying too hard for too long. These are indicators that something in your strategy is not aligned with your purpose.

God is not asking you to grind harder. He is asking you to tune in.

The Pressure Based Model Is the Real Villain

The world teaches women that more is always better. More visibility. More output. More content. More planning. More activities. More effort. But when you are running in the wrong direction, more only accelerates your exhaustion.

This pressure based model glorifies busy and quietly shames stillness. It convinces women that adrenaline is proof of commitment and that rest is a luxury. Yet everything God teaches us shows the opposite. Purpose is found in wisdom, not speed. Alignment is found in partnership, not pressure.

When you start questioning the system itself instead of questioning your worth, your vision shifts. You realize you have been hustling to prove something God never asked you to prove.

Recognizing Misalignment in Real Time

You know you are misaligned when your body stops cooperating. Creativity flatlines. Confidence crumbles. Your nervous system goes into overdrive. You begin avoiding the very tasks you used to enjoy. You question everything. You stop trusting yourself. You feel both overwhelmed and stuck.

These are not signs that you are not cut out for business. They are signs that the ladder you are climbing is leaning against the wrong wall.

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Once you understand this, you can finally release the guilt. You can pause long enough to hear God again. You can step back, breathe, and choose alignment instead of panic. It is in this pause that clarity returns.

The One Next Step

God rarely asks us to do everything at once. He does not require the whole blueprint. He simply highlights the next aligned step. The boat. The helicopter. The breadcrumb that pulls you forward without drowning your nervous system.

Many women are exhausted because they mistake hustle for obedience. They assume being faithful means doing everything instead of doing the right thing. Faith is not measured in quantity. Faith is the willingness to follow the nudge, even when it disrupts your old habits.

When you start trusting those nudges, you move from force to flow. You stop trying to swim miles on your own and start stepping into the support God has already sent.

The Freedom on the Other Side of Alignment

Once you recognize misalignment and shift your approach, everything changes. Work becomes lighter. Decisions get easier. Your energy returns. You see your family more. You create from inspiration instead of pressure. You stop sacrificing your well-being for your business.

This is the season where peace becomes the fuel for your momentum instead of adrenaline.
This is where your calling begins to feel like partnership instead of punishment.

And yes, the fruit begins to show up again.

Your Invitation

If you are in a season where your effort feels heavy and your results are not reflecting your calling, you are not alone. You are not broken. You are being guided. Sometimes the most spiritual thing you can do is pause, listen, and choose a different direction.

This is why I created the Flow State Money Reset. It is the next aligned step for women who know they are meant for more but refuse to keep paying the price of burnout. If you want peace, clarity, and momentum again, this resource will feel like a breath of fresh air.

Take the step God is highlighting. It might be smaller than you think. And it might change everything.


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Dr. LaChelle Wieme

Dr. LaChelle Wieme is a business strategist, transformational speaker, and host of The Spiral Up Podcast. She helps ambitious women create aligned income and impact through clarity, confidence, and consistent, God-led action. With over 15 years on stage and 6+ years in coaching and consulting, LaChelle blends strategic insight with spiritual alignment to empower high-achieving women to build businesses that feel as good as they look, without the burnout.

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