Interrupting Business As Usual

Interrupting Business as Usual is the weekly resource for folks who've awakened to oppression, injustice, and the bullshit of the status quo and are looking for ways to live, work, parent, build, and lead in more subversive, disruptive, and liberated ways.We talk life, business, purpose, and liberation — for the newly aware and long-time interrupters alike.If you're ready to rise to your next level, as the most liberated version of yourself, you're in the right place.Let's interrupt business as usual.

Interrupting Business As Usual is a education podcast hosted by Nikki Blak, with 95 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Nikki Blak hosts Interrupting Business As Usual, a education show with 95 episodes published.

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  Episode #96

  Ep 96: It's Not Woo. It's Black.

  Sep 27, 202620 min

  When someone says "it's giving" or "no cap," people call it Gen Z slang. We know what that actually is. The same erasure is happening inside the spiritual and wellness industry — and this episode is going to spell out what's been going unsaid. In this episode, Nikki makes the case that what the New Age industry packaged and sold as spirituality, energy work, and manifestation has African and African diasporic origins that got scrubbed and sanitized for white consumption and profit — and that the word "woo" is not a neutral descriptor. Pointing to the history of Hoodoo, Voodoo, and African ancestral practices, Nikki highlights what was taken, what got lost in the pillaging, and what becomes possible when we simply tell the truth about where these practices came from. In this episode you'll learn: Why "woo" isn't a neutral descriptor The specific African and African diasporic practices that form the foundation of what gets sold as New Age spirituality What gets lost when spiritual practice is stripped of its communal roots and sold as individual enhancement The financial dimension of spiritual appropriation — who profits, who gets penalized, and why What right relationship with these practices actually looks like for everyone in the spiritual business space Go deeper right now: TAP HERE to listen to Episode 48: Decolonizing Prayer: Reclaiming God as a Liberation Praxis with Bossy Bruja TAP HERE to listen to Episode 49: Black Mysticism as Ancestral Technology:Decolonizing Tarot with Sanyu Estelle TAP HERE to listen to Episode 50: Rituals for the Revolution: Healing, Justice, and Spirituality with Jade T. Perry Where do we go from here? To learn more about what you heard on the podcast today, visit nikkiblak.com . TAP HERE to subscribe to the free weekly email series Resourcing a Revolution for more deep dives and tools to help you do more than survive, delivered right to your email inbox. Follow Nikki on IG: @nikkiblak Work With Nikki The 1:1 is the definitive private mentorship with structured support and personalized strategy for mothers, caregivers, and community keepers ready to make overtime impact on part-time hours with full-time income. TAP HERE to apply to work privately with Nikki. Take the quiz: TAP HERE to take the How White Is Your Feminist Business Model? Quiz. It's five minutes, free, and will show you where white dominance logic has taken root in your business. Special thanks to Def Sound for providing the theme for Interrupting Business As Usual.⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ Next episode: Why Manifestation Is a Tool of White Supremacy and What to Do Instead

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  Episode #95

  Ep 95: How to Build a Business That Doesn't Burn You Out

  Sep 20, 202629 min

  In this episode, Nikki defines what burnout actually is, where it comes from, and what it takes to build a business that stops producing it. In this episode you'll learn: What burnout actually is and why overuse of the term keeps people treating the wrong thing Why rest alone doesn't fix burnout and what the two missing ingredients are to prevent burnout relapse The gentrification and commodification of self-care Three checkpoints to tell you right now whether you're building a business that will burn you out How creating overtime impact, powered by part-time hours, sustained by full-time income prevents burnout in your business Mentioned in this episode: TAP HERE to listen to Episode 28: You're Not Burned Out, You're Bored TAP HERE to listen to Episode 94: Why Working Harder Isn't Working TAP HERE to take the free How White Is Your Feminist Business Model? Quiz. Where do we go from here? To learn more about what you heard on the podcast today, visit nikkiblak.com . TAP HERE to subscribe to the free weekly email series Resourcing a Revolution for more deep dives and tools to help you do more than survive, delivered right to your email inbox. Follow Nikki on IG: @nikkiblak Work With Nikki If the checkpoints in this episode brought your attention to something in your business that you want to rebuild with real support, TAP HERE to apply to work privately with Nikki in Intersectional Feminist Life + Anti-Capitalist Business Coaching. Special thanks to Def Sound for providing the theme for Interrupting Business As Usual.⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣

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  Episode #94

  Ep 94: Why Working Hard isn't Working

  Sep 13, 202638 min

  You're Working More Than Ever. So Why Does It Feel Like You're Falling Further Behind? The Sunday scaries are real. And the exhaustion you feel going into another week of giving everything you have to work that keeps demanding more isn't a mindset problem. This episode is going to tell you exactly what it is and how to resolve it. In this episode, Nikki makes her most personal and political argument yet: that the hard work ethic is not just ineffective — it is a system that was never designed to reward the people working the hardest inside it. In this episode you'll learn: Why "twice as good for half the recognition" is not just a saying What the data actually shows about effort, output, and four-day workweeks Why the gig economy and multiple jobholding are evidence of the hard work myth failing How the same overwork pattern that fries your nervous system is also running your content strategy, your offer suite, and your revenue What precision produces that volume never will Mentioned in this episode: TAP HERE to listen to Episode 91: Why Your Business Isn't Growing Even Though You're Doing Everything Right TAP HERE to listen to Episode 90: It's Not Too Late: Twice the Results in Half the Time Free Resources: TAP HERE to listen to The Bite-Sized Business Podcast, the free resource designed to help you stop overcomplicating your offers and overthinking your business so you can finally get it off the ground. HOW WHITE IS YOUR FEMINIST BUSINESS MODEL? TAP HERE to take the new quiz and find out. Where do we go from here? To learn more about what you heard on the podcast today, visit nikkiblak.com . TAP HERE to subscribe to the free weekly email series Resourcing a Revolution for more deep dives and tools to help you do more than survive, delivered right to your email inbox. Follow Nikki on IG: @nikkiblak Work With Nikki If you're ready to have your offer up and selling by the holiday season, TAP HERE to apply to work privately with Nikki in Intersectional Feminist Life + Anti-Capitalist Business Coaching. Special thanks to Def Sound for providing the theme for Interrupting Business As Usual.⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ Next episode: Burnout Is Not a Business Strategy

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  Episode #93

  Ep 93: Why GirlBoss Feminism Failed

  Sep 6, 202617 min

  Here's Why Your Business Still Feels Off Even Though You Left Hustle Culture Behind You walked away from the boss babe era. You stopped glorifying the grind, you know better than to call burnout a badge of honor, and you would never describe yourself as a girlboss. So why does your business still feel like it is running on something you don't actually believe in? This episode is going to tell you exactly why. In this episode, Nikki makes the case that girlboss feminism didn't fail and disappear — it evolved. Pointing to its political roots as an indication of why girlboss feminism was always going to fail, Nikki addresses what it left behind in the businesses of mothers, caregivers, and community keepers who knew better and introduces a brand new tool for finding it's impact in your own business model. In this episode you'll learn: Why girlboss feminism failed, not just as an aesthetic, but as a structure The difference between having access to an extractive system and actually dismantling one Why the most insidious versions of girlboss logic are the ones that look the least like it What feminist business actually measures success by and how that changes everything from pricing to structure to who gets to rise Mentioned in this episode: TAP HERE to take the brand new How White Is Your Feminist Business Model? Quiz. The original, viral How White is Your Feminism? Quiz. TAP HERE to take it. Special thanks to Def Sound for providing the theme for Interrupting Business As Usual.⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ Where do we go from here? To learn more about what you heard on the podcast today, visit nikkiblak.com . TAP HERE to subscribe to the free weekly email series Resourcing a Revolution for more deep dives and tools to help you do more than survive, delivered right to your email inbox. Follow me on IG: @nikkiblak Work With Nikki If your quiz results show you something you want to work through with real support, TAP HERE to apply to work privately with Nikki in Intersectional Feminist Life + Anti-Capitalist Business Coaching. Next episode: Why Working Harder Isn't Working

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  Episode #92

  Ep 92: The September Scam: Hustle Culture's Second New Year

  Aug 30, 202617 min

  Every fall, right when you're most depleted, an entire industry shows up with a very specific pitch: new planner, new system, fresh start energy, this time it'll be different. This episode is here to tell you what that pitch is actually doing and what to listen for before you fall for it again. In this episode, Nikk names the September Scam for exactly what it is: hustle culture's second new year, arriving on schedule every fall to sell you motion right when what you actually need is direction. Drawing on her four P's problem-solving framework and the precision-over-volume argument from last week, she breaks down why the real damage of the September Scam isn't the money you spend on the planner — and what a non-scammy September actually looks like. In this episode you'll learn: The two things hustle culture needs you to believe simultaneously — and why your awareness of them is your best protection The four P's framework Nikki teaches her private clients for solving any problem without defaulting to a purchase Why fresh starts are a feeling, not a strategy and what to do instead What two or three decisions inside your actual net capacity beats every quarterly reset on the market Mentioned in this episode: Episode 90 : It's Not Too Late — Twice the Results in Half the Time (the foundation this episode builds on) Episode 88 : You Didn't Fall Behind This Summer and Back to School. Episode 89 : Back to School, Back to Unpaid Work Where do we go from here? To learn more about what you heard on the podcast today, visit nikkiblak.com . TAP HERE to subscribe to the free weekly email series Resourcing a Revolution for more deep dives and tools to help you do more than survive, delivered right to your email inbox. Follow me on IG: @nikkiblak Work With Nikki If the question "what actually drives my revenue" or "what even is my offer" doesn't have a clean answer yet, the application for Intersectional Feminist Life + Anti-Capitalist Business Coaching is open and ready for you to apply. TAP HERE to submit your application today. Next episode: Why Girlboss Feminism Failed

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