The Entrepreneur's Heartbreak: What To Do When Love and Hustle Aren't Enough

By Mari Harries

You built the dream. So why does it feel like it's breaking you?

Entrepreneurship was supposed to be freedom. It was supposed to be the chance to do what you love, make your own rules, and build a life that finally felt like yours.

But somewhere between the long nights, the constant pressure, and the endless list of roles you've never trained for, the business you once adored stopped loving you back.

You're exhausted. You're overwhelmed. And you're wondering why the passion that carried you this far now feels like the very thing suffocating you.

This isn't failure.
This is purpose calling.

In this raw, honest, and deeply relatable book, restaurateur-turned-business-coach Mari Harries exposes the lie we were sold: passion and hustle is all you need. She reveals the truth hiding in plain sight: passion will get you started, but only purpose will sustain you.

Drawing from over ten years of building (and nearly breaking under) multiple businesses, surviving burnout, grief, and a pandemic that forced everything to crumble, Mari invites you into the story behind the story. It's the part of entrepreneurship that no one talks about.

Inside these pages, you will discover:

Why your business feels so heavy, and why it's not because you're doing it wrongHow to break up with hustle culture that leaves you emotionally bankruptHow passion becomes the spark that lights the room... and the fire that burns it downThe MAGIC Advantage: the framework that pulls you forward with clarity instead of pushing you deeper into exhaustionHow to build success aligned with who you are, and not the pressure of who you think you should beThe moment your business stops being a trap and starts becoming a partner

This is not another business book filled with more tactics, trends, or empty motivation.

This is a coming-home story back to your identity, back to your power, and back to the version of your business that breathes life INTO you instead of taking life FROM you.

If you've ever thought to yourself, "There has to be another way," this book is the answer.

It's time to stop surviving your dream and start building a business that truly loves you back.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GHZTL7L4
• ISBN13: 9798244618228
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"