Burn On, Not Out

Brooke Dukes
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Welcome to Burn On, Not Out—the podcast where growth-driven CEOs, Founders and execs learn to lead with alignment, not exhaustion. I’m Brooke Dukes—Human Design expert, business strategist, and culture architect—and I’m here to help you unlock high performance without hustle. We don’t chase strategy—we solve at the root, so you can build a business that sustains your vision and fuels your life.

  1. 3D AGO

    You Say You Want Ease… So Why Do You Destroy It

    Ease isn't about the absence of effort. It's about the absence of resistance. It is about alignment. Ease is exactly what we want to feel. We want to have ease flow. We want to stop chasing. We want to start attracting. That's ease. Because when I honor my own timing, my clarity sharpens. But when I rush and I push or I decide from pressure or from fear, poof, that clarity disappears.

    16 min

  2. FEB 10

    How High-Level Leaders Move Differently When the Momentum Stops

    🔥 What if your next breakthrough wasn’t in the doing… but in the not doing?I used to believe that when momentum slowed, the only option was to hustle harder.Rebrand.Rewrite.Rescue it with more content, another launch, a new hire. But here’s the pattern I finally broke 👇👉 Constant motion ≠ clarity.👉 Activity ≠ alignment.👉 Strategy ≠ soul. ✨ This time, I did something radical…I paused.And in that pause, I didn’t collapse—I recalibrated. 🧘‍♀️ I sat in the discomfort.🖌️ I painted.🌿 I walked.🧶 I even picked up knitting (spoiler: I’m terrible). But clarity came—not because I pushed harder, but because I finally got quiet enough to hear myself again. 💥 In this week’s podcast, I share the real story of what happens when you stop outsourcing your power and start letting your own truth rise to the surface.

    12 min

  3. JAN 28

    Hustle Is a Trauma Response (Not a Leadership Strategy)

    We don’t hustle because we love the grind.We hustle because we’re scared. Scared of slowing down.Scared of being irrelevant.Scared of not being enough. For years, I thought hustle was my superpower. I believed working harder, longer, and faster was the reason I was successful. The truth? Hustle was a symptom of fear—and it was slowly burning me out from the inside. In this episode, I share the real story behind my hustle addiction, how performance became my coping mechanism, and why leading from urgency and anxiety nearly cost me my health, my intuition, and my joy. You’ll learn: Why high achievers feel constant pressure to keep goingHow hustle turns into avoidance and emotional shutdownWhy rest feels unsafe (and what that actually means)How I learned to pause, slow down, and lead from clarity instead of fearWhat aligned decision-making really looks like in business and lifeIf you’re tired of feeling tired…If success looks good on the outside but feels heavy on the inside…If you’re afraid that slowing down will make everything fall apart… This conversation is for you. You don’t need to hustle for your success.You don’t need to prove your worth.You don’t need to burn yourself out to move forward. Success doesn’t start with doing more.It starts in the pause.

    23 min

  4. JAN 20

    How to Use Human Design to End Burnout and Build Your Business Faster

    If strategy, content, or consistency feel like a grind—even when your business is “working”—this episode is for you. In this conversation, I cut through the noise around Human Design. No fluff. No jargon. Just real talk on how it becomes an energetic reset button and one of the most underrated business calibration tools you’ll ever use. This is my fourth business—and integrating Human Design into our systems, hiring, leadership, and decision-making has helped me build 10x faster, with more fulfillment, clarity, and ease than ever before. And yes, AI has helped too—but Human Design changed me in a way psychology, NLP, and behavioral science never did. In this episode, you’ll learn: What Human Design actually is (and what it’s not)How to use it in your personal life and as a leaderWhy burnout, second-guessing, and strategy fatigue are often signs of misalignment—not failureHow each Human Design type is meant to work, decide, and leadWhy forcing someone else’s strategy will always cost you energyHow alignment creates magnetism, clarity, and sustainable success This is your permission slip to stop pretending, stop pushing, and stop building from someone else’s blueprint. You’re not broken.You’re just misaligned. 🎧 Tune in, then get your free Human Design chart at brookemdukes.com → Assessments and start leading from who you actually are. Because you don’t need more information.You need to come back to you.

    33 min

  5. JAN 14

    Human Design for the New Era of Business

    The conversation delves into the significance of leading, living, and growing a business in the new energetic landscape of 2026. It emphasizes the need to shed the old paradigm, conduct an energetic audit, master emotions, and utilize human design for self-leadership. The year 2026 is seen as a time for subtle yet powerful recalibration, focusing on embodied individuality and self-trust.

    23 min

  6. JAN 6

    Giving Zero F*cks in 2026

    The conversation delves into the themes of embracing authenticity, vulnerability, and self-care in 2026. It explores the interconnectedness of taking risks, narrowing the lens of connection, and overcoming the fear of judgment. The discussion also highlights the importance of revamping goals and shedding the need for a perfect image to attract the right connections. Takeaways Vulnerability and taking risks go hand in handAuthenticity and self-care are key to attracting the right connectionsShedding old relationships can be a sign of personal growth

    28 min

  7. 12/30/2025

    The Hidden Conditioning Driving Your Business

    The Hidden Conditioning Driving Your Business What if the way you learned to earn love is still shaping your leadership? In this episode, Brooke traces how early survival patterns around love, safety, and visibility are still running your business—and how to start rewiring them with Human Design. If your success feels like proving, not peace, this one’s for you. Ready to lead differently? Reset with us inside SDC.

    7 min

  8. 12/23/2025

    Lead From Integrity in 2026

    What if the body becomes the messenger when your life is out of alignment? In this powerful episode, Brooke Dukes shares the life-altering moment that forced her to confront everything she believed about success, safety, and leadership—going into preterm labor on a corporate jet while working for a Fortune 100 company. What followed wasn’t just a career pivot—it was a complete redefinition of what it means to lead with integrity. Brooke unpacks how early conditioning around safety and achievement shaped her drive, how burnout shows up when identity evolves faster than business structures, and why so many high performers are sprinting toward a finish line that doesn’t actually exist. Together, we explore what it means to lead from emotional authority, align with your true values, and build a blueprint for leadership that actually matches how you’re wired. This isn’t a one-time “aha.” It’s a ritual. A recalibration. And a call to lead differently in 2026. In this episode, you’ll learn: Why preterm labor became a wake-up call for true alignmentHow “success” is often rooted in safety—not ambitionThe hidden cost of living in conditioned responsesWhy burnout is often a signal, not a failureHow to recognize when your identity has evolved—but your business hasn’tWhat it means to lead from emotional authorityHow to build a leadership blueprint that matches how you’re actually builtKey question explored:👉 What would it look like to lead from your truth in 2026? If you’re a leader, entrepreneur, or high-performer feeling the tension between who you’ve become and the structures you’re operating in—this conversation will resonate deeply. 🎧 Subscribe for more conversations on leadership, alignment, human design, and conscious success.

    9 min
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Welcome to Burn On, Not Out—the podcast where growth-driven CEOs, Founders and execs learn to lead with alignment, not exhaustion. I’m Brooke Dukes—Human Design expert, business strategist, and culture architect—and I’m here to help you unlock high performance without hustle. We don’t chase strategy—we solve at the root, so you can build a business that sustains your vision and fuels your life.

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  • Creator
    Brooke Dukes
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    27
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2025 Brooke Dukes
  • Show Website
    Burn On, Not Out