The IKKIVI Podcast: Exploring Fashion, Culture and Values · Nivi Murthy

S3E6: From Burnout to Working Consciously: A Journey of Self-Discovery | Dominique Farnan

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'The culture of a company is a reflection of the consciousness of the leader.'

The opening lands on being. Dom talks about moving from deliberate conscious choices into something more embodied, a place where her energy does not feel separate from who she is. That is the pulse of the conversation. Leadership here is not treated like a tactic. It feels more like a private practice, shaped by burnout and the slow decision to work consciously. The host is unusually open. She says the business has been in business for seven years and wonders if her own thought patterns or energy might be holding it back. Dom does not rush past that. She suggests women can be scared of their own success, and that fear can quietly decide how big a business is allowed to get. Her example has some ache in it. Dom says it took her twenty years to start a team, even though she now sees she could have built her company ten years earlier. There is no blame in the way she tells it. The invitation is gentler: notice where identity, control, and old versions of the self keep a leader small. Intuition keeps coming back, especially against all the shoulds around leading and mothering. The host hears relief in that. By the end, trusting what one feels starts to sound less soft and more necessary. Business stays in the room, but the real subject is energy, power, and letting a fuller self lead.

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