Episode 5

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18th Feb 2025

The Sustainable Hustle: Building a Life You Love & Thriving with Chronic Illness (with guest Matt DeVito)

In this episode, my spouse, Matt DeVito, and I dive into an open and honest conversation about the realities of entrepreneurship, goal setting, and personal growth—while navigating life with autoimmune disease. With him living with Type 1 Diabetes and me managing Chronic Lyme, we’ve had to find unique ways to balance ambition with health, curate a lifestyle that truly works for us, and learn how to stay present while working toward big goals.

We discuss:

✅ How we manage running businesses and chasing dreams while living with chronic illness

✅ The power of intentional goal setting and creating a structure that supports health & success

✅ Finding your rhythm in life to stay consistent without burning out

✅ Taking our power back by designing a lifestyle that prioritizes both ambition & well-being

✅ Training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu & martial arts with autoimmune disease—challenges, adaptations & wins

✅ How mindset shifts and small habits make a big impact on sustainability

✅ And of course, a special guest appearance from our fur baby, Moosh 🐾

This episode is for anyone navigating chronic illness while chasing dreams, entrepreneurs looking for balance, or martial artists pushing through challenges. Tune in for real talk, inspiration, and actionable insights on building a life that truly works for you!

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About the Podcast

Thought Experiment Called Life
A podcast for multi-passionate creatives forging nontraditional life paths.
This is a podcast for multi-passionate creatives forging nontraditional life paths.
I’ve never neatly fit into any niche, neither do many people, and neither does this podcast. This is a space for the multi-passionate person—the individual who looks at the world with glittering eyes despite the challenges of a multifaceted life. It’s for those seeking inspiration from positive, unconventional lives and hoping to glean lessons to guide their own path. It’s for those who trust that the right message will find them at the right time, no matter how unrelated it may seem.
This is a space for the existential mind and the open heart—those who understand the power of sharing stories to remind others they’re not alone.

I’ve lived many lives in my time here on Earth, and this podcast dives into a plethora of topics, including (but not limited to):
- Living and thriving with Lyme disease (and autoimmune disease).
- Pursuing your purpose in a world that celebrates conformity.
- Staying mentally healthy as a neurodivergent person in an insane world.
- The power and beauty of plant medicine and nourishing nutrition.
- Why learning self-defense is the ultimate self-care (especially for women)
- The magic of jiu-jitsu: a roadmap to growth and success in every area of life.
- Building healthy relationships—romantic and platonic.
- And perhaps most exciting of all, hearing real stories from multi-passionate individuals living fulfilling, unconventional lives.

This space exists to bring you inspiration, tools, resources, and proof that the call in your heart is there for a reason. I’m excited to walk this path with you.

The wild heart in me bows to the wild heart in you.

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Greta Hotmer