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Sanity & Success

Emmelie De La Cruzsanityandsuccess.com
Have you been so busy chasing success that you are questioning your own Sanity? Your thoughts are making you miserable. This is a podcast that will help you find and preserve your peace while you stack this paper and chase this purpose. We have focused so much on what we "do" that we have forgotten who we "are." 

Together, we'll get to the core of who you are outside of your typical labels like entrepreneur, parent, and employee. This is the Sanity and Success podcast where you will meet and dive into the minds of experts, entrepreneurs and everyday dope people that have found success while protecting their sanity and prioritizing their joy.
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Episodes

The Real Cost of DIY Marketing: What CEOs Don't See

In this eye-opening episode of the Marketing Reset limited series on the Sanity and Success podcast, I challenge everything you've been told about handling your own marketing. After leaving Instagram, stopping personal branding, and focusing on building my agency, I've discovered the hidden costs of being your own marketing department. I'll reveal the shocking statistic that CEOs who DIY their marketing spend 15-20 hours weekly on tasks generating less than 20% of revenue You'll learn how this t...

Apr 07, 202547 minSeason 3Ep. 5

How to Reset Your Marketing So This Year Isn't a Time and Money Drain

Let's cut through the marketing noise and tackle why your marketing might feel like a hamster wheel of exhaustion. Forget chasing shiny objects—it's time to audit what's actually broken in your current systems. The episode walks you through identifying exactly where your marketing is leaking money, from traffic that never converts to leads that ghost you before purchase. KEY TAKEAWAYS Stop working for your marketing; make it work for YOU Collect real data for at least six months (no, your gut fe...

Apr 07, 202531 minSeason 3Ep. 3

I Got Off Instagram and Still Made 6-Figures

In this candid episode of the Sanity and Success podcast, I reveal how I abandoned Instagram in early 2024 and still maintained a thriving six-figure business. If you're exhausted by the content hamster wheel and ready for a different approach to marketing, this episode is your permission slip to break free. I'll share how I've already generated $75K in 2025 with zero social media posts on any platform You'll learn why your business identity doesn't need to be intertwined with your personal iden...

Apr 07, 202534 minSeason 3Ep. 2

Slow Marketing: Why Doing Less, Better Is Your Competitive Advantage

In this game-changing episode of the Marketing Reset Limited Series on the Sanity and Success podcast, I introduce the revolutionary "Vending Machine Strategy" — a slow marketing approach that lets you create less content while delivering more value. Perfect for entrepreneurs who want to escape the content hamster wheel without sacrificing results. I'll teach you why traditional "always-on" content creation is burning you out and delivering diminishing returns You'll discover how to transform yo...

Apr 07, 202534 minSeason 3Ep. 1

The CMO Trap: Why Hiring an In-House Marketer Doesn’t Always Solve Your Problems

In this revealing episode, I break down a common pitfall I call "the CMO trap" - hiring expensive marketing experts who deliver beautiful strategies that never get implemented. As both a fractional CMO who's created those 50-page strategy decks AND an agency owner who helps clients execute, I've seen this problem from both sides. I'll explain why strategy without execution is a waste of time and money You'll learn why execution without proper marketing management makes it impossible to prove ROI...

Apr 07, 202532 minSeason 3Ep. 4

Ep 21 | Navigating the Kind of Support That You Need as an Entrepreneur

This episode is a must-listen for all my fellow entrepreneurs out there. As we approach the busy fall and holiday seasons, it's easy to get burnt out and overwhelmed. But I'm here to share my strategies for staying focused and making progress on your biggest goals. From understanding your "North Star" to identifying the type of support you need, this episode is packed with actionable tips to help you finish the year strong. Key Takeaways: Define your North Star - the one thing you want to accomp...

Nov 04, 202429 min

Ep 20 | Is Personal Branding A Double-Edged Sword for Founders of Color?

In this episode, we talk about: How personal branding affects entrepreneurs of color. The 3 types of personal branding strategies that exist and how each varies: reputation builder, marketing, and business model. The stress entrepreneurs face when they feel forced to build a personal brand. Recommendations on how to create systems to duplicate yourself in your business Hear more episodes on sanityandsuccess.com...

Feb 07, 202443 min

Ep 19 | How to Set New Year Intentions That You Won't Give Up On

Learn how to cast a yearly vision that you don’t forget about come February. In this episode we will dive into a 'life audit' and chat about identifying and reframing those limiting beliefs so you can stop sabotaging your goals. I get real, sharing my own experiences juggling work, being a mom, and maintaining health. It's a laid-back chat filled with practical advice and a ton of encouragement. We cover: The pre-work that you need to do before any vision boards or collages Limiting beliefs and ...

Jan 26, 202440 minEp. 19

Ep 18 | Fatigue is killing businesses

Fatigue is robbing founders, especially founders of color from the opportunity to build long-standing, legacy businesses. And two large contributing factors to that fatigue is building a personal brand as a marketing strategy and lack of capital to build a team and scale a company. To ignore the impact that these two things are having on the mental health of founders is ignorant at best and negligent at worst. This episode is bringing to light a conversation that has been had many times in priva...

May 30, 202327 minEp. 18

Ep 17 | 3 Signs That You're Afraid to Pivot and Finding Alignment in Discomfort

In this episode I'm going to talk about what alignment actually is (to me) and how to find it. I shared 3 things that are probably holding you back from making the pivot you want in your life, and what were the things that I had to consider to create a life I loved, not one that I felt trapped in. LINKS I MENTIONED Planning for the Year Episode CONNECT WITH US Social Media: instagram.com/SanityandSuccess Share the episode using: #SanityandSuccess ​​Sanity and Success Journal: https://amzn.to/3o1...

Sep 18, 202251 min

Ep 16 | Taking Back Control of your Marketing

When we outsource marketing, it's often to hand over daily execution and get some things off our plates. You want to grow your business, and have tried hiring social media managers and virtual assistants. But you aren’t seeing the results you anticipated. You’re disappointed by their performance, and they're doing things you never intended for them to do, or worst of all, they're not doing anything at all. What could possibly be going on? Well. I'm here to explain why and what to do about it....

Jun 20, 202228 min

EP 14 | The blessings of obedience with Destiny Thomas

Prayer should be a desire, not a duty. Believers who have had a communication with God describe it as not only unforgettable, but also motivating to pray. With great intimacy comes tremendous power, and Destiny spends the rest of the podcast describing how people have accomplished great things through the power of prayer throughout history, and how it has changed her life. Listen to Destiny Thomas, A serial entrepreneur that is most known as The Prayerpist®️ because she assists on the go woman w...

Mar 20, 202232 minEp. 14

EP 13 | Freeing yourself and your business from others' expectations with

Renee Bull is an online Helpful Digital Marketer. She teaches online businesses how to use Facebook and Instagram advertising to increase sales and profits. Her ultimate profession is to be a flight attendant, but choose to do digital marketing and helping business owners in finding the most cost-effective approach to increase sales and profits. “If you take the time to learn what your business requires, you will not be in a position of desperation” Renee Said. Renee's and her brother's lives ar...

Mar 13, 202238 minEp. 13

Ep 12 | Going Full-Time and Fighting Imposter Syndrome with Pamela Rosario

In this episode, I connect with New York City attorney Pamela Rosario to discuss her transition out of her high-paying law career and into owning her own practice. We discuss: common mistakes that entrepreneurs make when starting their businesses the mindset blocks that keep you from operating at the CEO level my costly copyrighting mistake that landed me with cease and desist and dealing with imposter syndrome as you transition to full-time CONNECT WITH PAMELA Social Media: https://www.instagra...

Feb 13, 202239 min

Ep 11 | A Lesson On Surrender

“To surrender is to stop resisting an enemy or opponent and to submit to authority. To surrender is to let go, not to be out of control. To surrender is to let things happen for you and not to you.” There’s always a reason why things are happening. That’s why you need to learn to surrender. The more anxious that you get, it is harder to hold and experience all of life's goodness. If you're constantly in a state of lack, if you're constantly in a state of chaos, you will never feel peace. If you'...

Jan 23, 202245 min

Ep 10 | Eliminating Pride for Profitable Pivots with Fallon Rice Scott

Our guest and my good friend, Fallon Rice Scott left Corporate America and her job as a CPA for a Fortune 100 company and pivoted to direct sales and network marketing. After rising to the top of her company within 2 years, she then pivoted to creating her own agency. A CPA. A visionary. An advocate of freedom and sustainability. She embraced uncertainty and vulnerability to survive and be on top of her game. This episode will cover how she managed to pay down a $240k student loan in debt and go...

Jan 09, 202242 min

Ep 9 | Creating Your Own Balance Through Alignment with Jammyra Weekly

A mom. A businesswoman. A marketing guru. A realtor. How does one do it all, being all the things? A privilege to have Jammyra, the Supermom on this podcast episode. Truly inspiring how she has overcome anxiety, depression, unworthiness, insecurities, self-sabotaging doubts, limiting beliefs. By being aligned and not conforming to society’s standards, she found her own balance within. “We all strive for balance because we feel like balance is peace. And I think the main point of life is to be ab...

Jan 02, 202239 min

Ep 8 | 3 Lessons Depression Taught Me

When was the last time that you were truly happy? When was the last time that you felt like you could breathe? When was the last time that you felt at peace? What do you want your life to look like moving forward? What are those scary decisions and actions that you do need to take so that your life can start to look like your vision? In this episode, I share the 3 biggest lessons I learned during the hardest year of my life. 30 was beautiful and difficult at the same time, and I’m excited to hav...

Dec 26, 202134 min

Ep 7 | Why Outsourcing Marketing Has You Stressed

Every single business is not going to be staffed the same. Not every marketing strategy is one size fits all. Oftentimes you get so worked up about who you need to hire, but you don't actually spend time thinking about what it is that you need to get done. Have you made space to come face to face with the gap that exists in your business? What do you need to outsource and delegate? What’s your workflow? You believe that you need more bandwidth, more people, and more time to scale. You are operat...

Dec 19, 202141 min

Ep 6 | 3 Non-Negotiables BEFORE You Delegate Marketing

What is it that is stopping you from being able to delegate an outsource? Is that the documentation? Is it not having KPIs? Or is it you not actually being clear on your vision, because you haven't been able to slow down to actually think? If delegating your marketing, outsourcing content creation, social media, emails, ads, all of those things don't allow you to operate as a CEO, then his episode is for you. Move forward into 2022 without being stressed, without being overworked or being confus...

Dec 12, 202119 min

Ep 5 | Healing In Entrepreneurship with Ada Rojas

Isolation will have you thinking that you could do anything. The biggest breakthroughs in life are through isolation because it gives you time to get clear on what it is that you want, what is your desire, and really set a plan. Be tenacious to figure out what can work for you. When you truly start to look at yourself, work on yourself, and identify the things that are stopping you from becoming the person that you wanted to be, then every little thing will start to shift and be aligned with who...

Dec 08, 202137 minEp. 5

Ep 4 | Planning for the New Year

How to plan for the new year in a way that feels intentional, and how to develop a system to make better decisions. Decisions that are based on what you want out of a situation and not just because of the situation that you are in. Designing a life that you’re proud of, a life that aligns with your values. When you're aligned, you attract the life you've always wanted by becoming the person that you've always needed to be. Ask yourself. What do you want your life to look like? What do you actual...

Nov 28, 202120 min

Ep 3 | Are you burned out or unfulfilled?

You’re not burnt out, you’re unfulfilled. If you are feeling burnt out, there is probably a mismatch between your work environment, your desires, and your expectations. This can be as an employee or an entrepreneur. Your burnout is rooted in resistance because you’re holding on to things that you don’t want to carry and might not be consciously aware of it. You’re doing things that drain your energy and you’re not prioritizing what you want. You’re exhausted because you’re fighting yourself ever...

Nov 21, 202125 min

Ep 2 | How to Exit the Social Media Rat Race

If you are feeling overwhelmed and burnt out, if you've been personally victimized by social media apps, if you're trying to figure out Facebook ads, and all of the things, this is definitely the episode for you. You probably have a voice in your head telling you that you need to do more and you probably want to stop feeling like you have to compete for attention. Social media is exhausting, but you don't need to be a slave to the rat race. In this episode, we dive into: Understanding the intent...

Nov 16, 202122 min
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