Leap Mode - Betting On Yourself
Jun 23, 2026 · 31 min · 10 segments
Dawn Sullivan, a holistic nutritionist coach, shares her journey of entrepreneurship, self-discovery, and the creation of transformative retreats. She emphasizes the importance of intuition…
Dawne SullivanGuestJenHostway.Wow.
I know, and I love that you used the word nudges because that's how I explain, um, bracelet making.
For all those people who don't know this, um, I create beaded bracelets with intention, and when I'm at a market and someone says, "Oh, they're beautiful," I say, "I actually never once thought I'd be doing this.
Just say yes to nudges."
Mm-hmm.
I've been calling them nudges for years, and it's like that tap on the shoulder, and you're either gonna turn around or pay attention when you get the tap, or you're gonna find a reason not to.
And same, I fully, fully, um, encourage women to, one, create space for those things to come up because I think if we stay really busy that doesn't happen.
Um, it's been said, and I'm not sure by who, but staying busy is a trauma response.
We stay busy so we don't have to be either in our stuff or listen to those things that maybe we, we feel like we're not ready to hear.
Um, but when we create the space listening to those nudges, that creates a heck of a lot of beauty for sure.
Mm-hmm.
Yes.
Sorry, I'm writing down business as a...
I mean, busyness is a trauma response-
... 'cause I was journaling and I was journaling this morning and that was one of my aha moments this morning, was about being busy and why I choose to be busy.
So.
way.Wow.
I know, and I love that you used the word nudges because that's how I explain, um, bracelet making.
For all those people who don't know this, um, I create beaded bracelets with intention, and when I'm at a market and someone says, "Oh, they're beautiful," I say, "I actually never once thought I'd be doing this.
Just say yes to nudges."
Mm-hmm.
I've been calling them nudges for years, and it's like that tap on the shoulder, and you're either gonna turn around or pay attention when you get the tap, or you're gonna find a reason not to.
And same, I fully, fully, um, encourage women to, one, create space for those things to come up because I think if we stay really busy that doesn't happen.
Um, it's been said, and I'm not sure by who, but staying busy is a trauma response.
We stay busy so we don't have to be either in our stuff or listen to those things that maybe we, we feel like we're not ready to hear.
Um, but when we create the space listening to those nudges, that creates a heck of a lot of beauty for sure.
Mm-hmm.
Yes.
Sorry, I'm writing down business as a...
I mean, busyness is a trauma response-
... 'cause I was journaling and I was journaling this morning and that was one of my aha moments this morning, was about being busy and why I choose to be busy.
So.
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