The Spiritual Hustler

“If you don't trust yourself, who's gonna trust you? Who's gonna buy from you?” —Allyse Cirillo
What happens when the career you've spent years building starts costing you your sense of self? Jess sits down with Allyse Cirillo, founder of SAINT Jō, for an inspiring conversation about overcoming burnout, trusting yourself, and turning personal transformation into a purpose-driven business.
After more than 15 years in corporate America, Allyse reached a breaking point. She shares how she spent 18 months preparing to leave her career, rebuilding her relationship with herself, and quietly creating the skincare brand she wished existed. Together, Jessica and Allyse explore the realities of entrepreneurship, the importance of clean beauty, and why becoming the woman behind the business is just as meaningful as building the business itself.

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Key Topics:
1. From Corporate Burnout to Personal Reinvention
How Allyse recognized she was sacrificing her health, values, and identity for career success
Why she chose to spend 18 months saving money, building connections, and preparing for entrepreneurship

2. Building SAINT Jō & Redefining Clean Beauty
How Allyse transformed her experience in product development into a skincare brand focused on simplicity and ingredient transparency
Why she created a five-step skincare system designed to work together rather than overwhelm consumers

3. Authentic Storytelling, Visibility & Sustainable Success
Why personal storytelling and genuine customer experiences are essential for building trust in an AI-driven marketplace
The pressure female founders face to constantly create content while managing their businesses

 
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If you haven’t already, please rate, review, and follow The Spiritual Hustler Podcast for new episodes on Tuesdays on Spotify and iTunes. Video episodes drop on Jessica Zweig’s YouTube channel every Tuesday. Follow her on Instagram for updates and behind-the-scenes content: @jessicazweig
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“Are they helping me return my power to me, or are they asking me to hand it over?” —Christy McCranie
What happens when the life you've spent decades building no longer feels like your own? Jessica sits down with Christy McCranie, founder of The Third Truth, for a powerful conversation about breaking free from limiting beliefs, reclaiming personal freedom, and discovering that it's never too late to completely reinvent yourself.
Christy shares her extraordinary journey from co-founding a business that eventually sold for $24 million, raising and homeschooling five children, and living within a rigid religious framework to navigating divorce, losing friendships, and rebuilding her identity. She also opens up about her experiences with Kambo, an Amazonian frog secretion used in traditional healing ceremonies, and how those experiences inspired her to become a practitioner and create a purpose-driven business.

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CONNECT WITH CHRISTY McCRANIE
Discover Christy’s journey of breaking free from limiting beliefs and embracing personal transformation through her website and Instagram.

Key Topics:
1. Breaking Free From Binary Thinking & Reclaiming Your Power  
How Christy's strict religious beliefs shaped her marriage, motherhood, and sense of identity
The emotional cost of abandoning her own needs to fulfill other people's expectations 
    
2. Kambo, Emotional Healing & Returning to Yourself  
How Christy's personal experiences with Kambo became a turning point in her journey of self-discovery
What Kambo ceremonies involve, including the physical intensity, emotional experiences, and importance of practitioner screening

3. The Third Truth, Reinvention & Creating a New Life 
Christy's philosophy of looking beyond two obvious choices to discover possibilities you haven't considered
How she reinvented herself in her fifties and built The Third Truth around her passion for helping others

 
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If you haven’t already, please rate, review, and follow The Spiritual Hustler Podcast for new episodes on Tuesdays on Spotify and iTunes. Video episodes drop on Jessica Zweig’s YouTube channel every Tuesday. Follow her on Instagram for updates and behind-the-scenes content: @jessicazweig
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“The fire does not actually incinerate; it regenerates.” —Jessica Zweig       
What if everything that fell apart this year was actually making room for something greater? In this deeply personal Unlocking episode, Jess reflects on the unexpected destruction of the Year of the Fire Horse, the challenges women have faced in business and life, and why she believes this season of chaos is inviting us into a new era of feminine leadership.
Jessica opens up about the fires that have moved through her own business, relationships, and community, and challenges women to stop measuring success against someone else's expectations. Instead, she invites us to reconnect with our bodies, trust our intuition, and create from our own unique feminine frequency.

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Key Topics:
1. The Fire Horse & the Power of Destruction      
Why 2026 has felt more like a year of fire and transformation than momentum and expansion
How unexpected challenges can reveal what is no longer aligned

2. Breaking Free From the Borrowed Race  
Why women are exhausted from chasing definitions of success they didn't create
How comparison, social media, and the pressure to constantly produce disconnect us from our intuition

3. The Future of Feminine Entrepreneurship  
Why Jessica believes women are being called to redefine ambition, wealth, and leadership
Moving beyond traditional business models to create from intuition, purpose, and alignment

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If you haven’t already, please rate, review, and follow The Spiritual Hustler Podcast for new episodes on Tuesdays on Spotify and iTunes. Video episodes drop on Jessica Zweig’s YouTube channel every Tuesday. Follow her on Instagram for updates and behind-the-scenes content: @jessicazweig
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“You can't recognize the gold in your life until and unless you move through the fire.” —Christine Thompson
What if the chaos you're trying so hard to avoid is actually the thing leading you toward your greatest transformation? Jessica sits down with executive advisor and author Christine Thompson for a powerful conversation about surrendering control, trusting the unknown, and turning life's most challenging moments into opportunities for growth.
Christine shares her journey from studying international business and hostage negotiation to advising influential executives, and how a moment of inspiration during the pandemic became her book, The Alchemy of Chaos. She also opens up about the personal upheaval, divorce, and unexpected challenges that forced her to live the very lessons she was writing about.

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CONNECT WITH CHRISTINE THOMPSON
Learn to turn chaos into growth and trust yourself with Christine’s new book, Alchemy of Chaos, now available! 
Explore Christine’s work in leadership and personal transformation

Key Topics:
1. The Alchemy of Chaos & Finding Gold in the Fire  
Why chaos isn't something to escape but an essential ingredient in transformation
How embracing uncertainty, failure, and discomfort can unlock new possibilities  
   
2. Releasing Control & Learning to Trust Life  
How our desire for safety, certainty, and control can keep us from fully experiencing life
Christine's transformative experience in Iceland and the courage to step into the unknown

3. Personal Transformation, Intuition & Divine Timing 
How Christine's intuitive knowing about her marriage eventually led her to make a life-changing decision
The unexpected publishing challenges that delayed her book and became part of her own alchemical journey

 
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If you haven’t already, please rate, review, and follow The Spiritual Hustler Podcast for new episodes on Tuesdays on Spotify and iTunes. Video episodes drop on Jessica Zweig’s YouTube channel every Tuesday. Follow her on Instagram for updates and behind-the-scenes content: @jessicazweig
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“Ambition is a desire for more life, a wish to grow, a wish to unfold.” —Amina AlTai   
What if ambition isn't the problem, but the way we've been taught to pursue it is? Jess sits down with executive coach and author Amina AlTai for a powerful deep dive about redefining success, breaking free from burnout, and building a life where ambition, joy, and well-being can all coexist.
Amina shares the health crisis that forced her to reevaluate everything, how childhood programming and societal expectations shape our relationship with achievement, and why she believes ambition should be purposeful rather than painful. Together, they explore what it means to honor your natural seasons, set boundaries without guilt, and create success that actually feels good.
 
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Discover how to redefine success and embrace purposeful ambition in Amina’s book, The Ambition Trap.
Explore Amina’s coaching and programs to build a more aligned, fulfilling, and sustainable career or business.

Key Topics:
1. Redefining Ambition & Breaking the Burnout Cycle  
How Amina's health crisis revealed the hidden cost of constantly pushing for success
The difference between painful ambition driven by old wounds and purposeful ambition rooted in growth
     
2. Boundaries, Embodiment & Living Above the Resentment Line  
Recognizing when overgiving, people-pleasing, and overworking are taking you out of alignment
Amina's “resentment line” framework and practical ways to reclaim your time, energy, and boundaries

3. Joy, Purpose & a New Paradigm of Feminine Leadership 
Why ambition doesn't have to mean working harder and can be directed toward relationships, health, community, and purpose
Making joy a meaningful measure of success instead of focusing solely on revenue, recognition, and achievement

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If you haven’t already, please rate, review, and follow The Spiritual Hustler Podcast for new episodes on Tuesdays and Thursdays on Spotify and iTunes. Video episodes drop on Jessica Zweig’s YouTube channel every Tuesday. Follow her on Instagram for updates and behind-the-scenes content: @jessicazweig
Visit jessicazweig.com for her book, podcast, programs, and resources to step into your purpose and power.