If you care deeply about your clients but feel like constant availability is wearing you down, this episode will likely resonate.

For many solopreneurs, being high touch gets confused with being always accessible. You want clients to feel supported, cared for, and confident in working with you, so you stay connected, responsive, and available. At first, that feels generous. Over time, it can quietly drain your energy and create constant mental noise.

In this episode of The Solopreneur CEO Podcast, Marcia shares candid reflections from her experience running high-touch communities and mentoring solopreneurs, and what she learned about being deeply supportive without being on call.

She unpacks why over-availability often leads to burnout, how unclear expectations and boundaries create anxiety for both clients and founders, and why leadership requires designing support instead of reacting to every request. You’ll also hear how identity, nervous system health, and self-worth get tangled up in accessibility, especially for solopreneurs whose work comes naturally to them.

This is a grounded conversation about redefining high touch, protecting your energy, and leading your business in a way that supports both your clients and your well-being.

In This Episode, We Talk About:

• Why high touch is often mistaken for constant availability
• How over-availability creates mental load and burnout
• The hidden cost of unclear expectations and boundaries
• Why clients don’t need immediate access to feel supported
• How structure and clarity reduce anxiety for everyone involved
• What leadership looks like at higher levels of service-based business
• How to be thoughtful and caring without being on call

If you want to make a meaningful impact without burning yourself out, this episode will help you rethink what high touch actually means and how to lead with clarity instead of constant accessibility.

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If you’ve built your business by being independent, capable, and self-reliant, this episode might put words to something you’ve been feeling for a while.

Doing it alone often works in the early stages of business. You figure things out as you go, make fast decisions, and rely on yourself to keep everything moving. That independence can feel empowering, and for a time, it is.

But as the business grows, the complexity grows with it. And at a certain point, self-reliance quietly becomes the bottleneck.

In this episode of The Solopreneur CEO Podcast, Carin and Marcia talk candidly about why doing this alone eventually stops working, even for very capable solopreneurs who are already doing many things right.

They unpack the hidden cost of isolation at higher levels of business, how decision fatigue builds when there’s no sounding board, and why over-availability often creates burnout instead of real support. You’ll also hear why many solopreneurs mistake this stage for personal failure instead of recognizing it as a leadership transition.

This is a grounded conversation about leadership, sustainability, and why support and perspective aren’t luxuries at this level, they’re infrastructure.

In This Episode, We Talk About:

• Why doing everything yourself works… until it doesn’t

• How business growth increases complexity and decision fatigue

• The emotional cost of carrying leadership in isolation

• Why over-availability often creates more problems than it solves

• How unclear structure leads to burnout for founders and clients

• The difference between support and constant access

• Why environment and perspective matter at higher levels of business

If you’ve built something real but feel like you’re holding too much alone, this episode will help you understand why that feeling isn’t a personal failure, it’s a signal that you’re operating at a new level.

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If you feel like you’re constantly running out of time, this episode might change how you see the real problem.

Most solopreneurs assume capacity issues are time issues. They buy new planners, try time blocking, and search for the perfect productivity system. But even with all that effort, the business still feels full, heavy, and hard to grow.

In this episode of The Solopreneur CEO Podcast, Carin and Marcia break down why capacity is not the same thing as time and why managing your schedule won’t fix a structurally overloaded business.

They unpack how complexity quietly creeps in as businesses grow, why decision fatigue and mental load drain capacity faster than hours on the clock, and how unclear communication, onboarding, and boundaries turn you into the default for everything. You’ll also hear why many solopreneurs subconsciously avoid growth because their business isn’t actually set up to support more clients.

This is a grounded conversation about designing a business that can grow without exhausting you, not by doing more, but by simplifying how the business runs.

In This Episode, We Talk About:

• Why capacity problems are often mistaken for time problems

• How business complexity limits growth even when you “manage your time well”

• Why planners and productivity tools don’t fix structural issues

• How unclear communication and onboarding drain your capacity

• The hidden ways solopreneurs become bottlenecks in their own business

• Why client capacity matters just as much as your own

• How to start creating capacity without burning everything down

If you want to grow your business but feel like you’re already at your limit, this episode will help you understand what’s really holding you back and where to start redesigning for more ease and sustainability.
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