Resting Biz Face
Welcome to the Resting Biz Face Podcast.
Who said you had to pick just one thing?
If you're a writer, creative business owner or service provider who’s tired of being told to niche down, slow down or pick a lane, you're in the right place.
I’m Michelle Allen: writer, producer, creative consultant, and trainee personal trainer... aka the Infinite Upstart.
I’m also the co-founder of Ironclad Creative, a Community Interest Company supporting writers and theatre-makers in the business of making art.
I’m wildly neurodivergent, multi-passionate, and (surprise!) often very much in need of rest.
Resting hasn’t always come easy, especially when my brain wants to do everything all at once. But what I’ve learned, and what I share here, is that you can do lots of things your way, on your terms, and still build a sustainable, satisfying, income-generating life.
This podcast is about finding your rhythm, not someone else’s formula.
I’ll share mindset reframes, thought awareness tools, creative prompts, and business strategy that blend structure with spaciousness.
It’s about building a creative work life that’s actually liveable, one that makes space for ambition and rest, ideas and boundaries, doing and not-doing.
So if you’re building a creative life with a lot going on, and you want more income, more clients, and more creativity without the burnout, overwhelm or boredom, come rest your biz face here!
Let’s do it differently.
Together.
Resting Biz Face
104. Why it wasn't for me
In this slightly vulnerable episode, I’m talking about a job that should’ve been simple (night shifts stacking shelves) and why it left me drained in ways I didn’t expect.
Not because the work itself was hard, but because of everything around it as a neurodivergent person felt A LOT: the social cues, the perception I needed to be faster, and the way my brain wouldn’t stop running the shift long after I clocked out.
This isn’t a complaint about retail—it’s a reflection on how even the job that looks ideal for you on paper can be tough when you’re neurodivergent.
And how sometimes, the issue isn’t your effort, it's your expectations!
I’ll share what it taught me about work, energy, and building something that actually fits and I'll offer some tips for anyone else trying to figure out a better way to work with their brain, not against it.
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