She had the career that most people dream about. But she was also ending up in hospital and could not tell you why.

In today's episode, Haley sits down with Anna Gryglewska, three times founder and creator of RAIS, SOULARA, and Elevated Collective, to talk about what it looks like when the life you always wanted quietly hollows you out.

What starts as a story about global events and corporate burnout becomes a conversation about overachieving as a survival strategy, and what it actually took to stop proving herself to a company that saw her as a number.

• Producing the Grammy Awards, the UEFA Champions League, and events across six continents while running on chronic migraines, neck pain, and zero vacation days, and genuinely not realising anything was wrong
• The moment a business coach broke down her hourly rate and she stared at it in silence, understanding for the first time what she had actually been trading her health for
• Burning out twice: once in corporate and once in entrepreneurship, because leaving the company does not mean leaving the pattern
• Hitting the darkest point of her career as a solo founder with no clients, no income, and a brother depending on her, and the unexpected text from a friend that became her lifeline
• Putting her second business on a shelf, going quiet, and discovering for the first time what it felt like to actually put herself first
• Still catching herself at 3am in a creative spiral, skipping meals, missing the gym, and learning to use self-talk to pull back before the pattern takes hold again

This one isn't just about burnout or building a business. It's about what happens when your greatest strength becomes the thing that is slowly destroying you, and how you learn to use it without letting it use you.

About Anna:

Anna Gryglewska is a three times founder redefining how women connect, gather, and grow in business. After 16 years producing global events including the Grammy Awards and UEFA Champions League, she shifted her focus from large-scale spectacle to intimate, intentional rooms where real relationships form. She is the founder of SOULARA, a platform for discovering transformational events worldwide, the creator of RAIS, an invite-only dinner series for women in business, and the producer behind Elevated Collective. Her mission is simple: get more women into the rooms that change things.

Connect with Anna:

Instagram: @anna_gryglewska

LinkedIn: Anna Gryglewska

RAIS Dinners: joinrais.com

Event Production: theelevatedcollective.co

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