This week on Marketing Sucks, Amanda is joined by award-winning psychotherapist Natacha Pennycooke for a real conversation about visibility fatigue, self-doubt, comparison, and the emotional cost of constantly showing up online. They unpack why being visible as an entrepreneur can feel so draining, especially when social media makes it look like everyone else is growing faster, doing more, and living some effortless “soft life.” From comparisonitis and nervous system overload to boundaries, burnout, and redefining success on your own terms, this episode is a much-needed reminder that building a business should not require shrinking yourself or abandoning your mental health. If you know you need to be visible but feel emotionally exhausted, this conversation is your permission slip to pause, recalibrate, and come back in a way that actually feels like you.

What You’ll Learn

✔ What visibility fatigue actually looks like for entrepreneurs
 ✔ Why showing up online can feel emotionally exhausting, not just physically tiring
 ✔ The difference between normal nervousness and chronic self-doubt
 ✔ How comparisonitis impacts confidence, creativity, and business growth
 ✔ Why the “soft life” narrative can create unrealistic pressure for women entrepreneurs
 ✔ How to redefine success based on your own life, energy, values, and goals
 ✔ Why playing small costs you, your business, and the people who need your work
 ✔ What to do when you know you need to be visible but feel completely drained

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Meet Our Guest

Natacha Pennycooke is a leader in workplace mental health and safety, a mindset coach, and an award-winning psychotherapist. With over 13 years of experience, she is the CEO of Natacha Pennycooke Psychotherapy, a private group practice supporting individuals, couples, families, and youth 16+ through trauma, anxiety, depression, fear, self-doubt, and the mental health impacts of racialization and marginalization.

Her work is guided by an anti-oppressive, healing-focused, trauma-informed, anti-racism lens and racial justice framework.

Learn more at www.natachapennycooke.com or follow along on Instagram at @natachapennycooke.therapy.

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