Hear what I — and a bunch of you — learned from 100 days of subtraction… and what’s next! Including a TEDx talk about what we need to let go of to feel more joy. See you on Substack in 20 /live-stream/151142? #subtracttosucceed #subtraction #leadership #success
When I ride, I am learning so much. That applies to how I work with horses. But also SO much about how I work with other humans. And myself. #leadership #horsewisdom #subtracttosucceed
Greenwich. Last night.
@nelldd opened by retelling my story back to me. The fifty emails. The silence that answered them. And then she reframed the whole thing:
“The point is subtracting the silence.”
The women in that room did exactly that.
One had spent years running a company for a man who, on a train to the city, told her she was overpaid:
“And that was it. I knew at that point I was out.”
Three kids. She left anyway. Started her own firm. Every hire she’s made has been a woman who needed a way back in.
Another had negotiated equity for the first time – nine months of pushing, watching her stake get diluted while investors came in:
“Do not let that pass. Just do it. Because otherwise they will push you off and push you off. Of course they don’t want you to have as much as you deserve.”
She called what she got a win. It was.
Fourteen markets. The wisdom is always in the room.
May 14th, New York City. We keep going.
#connecticut
#greatwealthtransfer
#greatwealthenlightenment
What if doing more good in the world means strategically subtracting what drains you?
In this eye-opening conversation, Desiree sits down with Nell 3D—keynote speaker, leadership advisor, and subtraction activist known for her “loving dagger of truth”—for a conversation about reclaiming your energy without abandoning your impact.
In this episode, you’ll explore:
⚠️ The realization that no matter how purposeful you are, doing too much is dangerous to yourself and everyone around you
📐 The 3D framework for true success: ME (wellbeing), WE (relationships), and WORLD (impact)—all three must be served simultaneously
🛑 Stop, Drop, and Roll—stopping to ask “how’s it really going?”, dropping something experimentally, and rolling out the insights
🐴 Horse wisdom: starting with the least possible effort instead of maximum force
🧠 One immediate subtraction: unhelpful thinking
Nell offers urgent truth and practical tools for high-performing, purpose-driven leaders who are doing important work but feeling overwhelmed.
Whether you’re a helper on the edge of burnout or someone who needs permission to stop piling on, this conversation shows you how to protect your energy while keeping your impact.
Subtract to multiply. Your energy matters. 🌟
👉 Listen now: /us/podcast/pockets-of-knowledge/id1647662137?i=1000760246933
What’s one thing you could subtract this week to reclaim your energy? Share below! 👇
#PocketsOfKnowledge #BurnoutPrevention #LeadershipAdvice #SustainableImpact #EnergyManagement
🚨📣Today is the last day of the 2026 Women-Owned B Corp Resource Vault! 🚨📣
For our 1st B Corp Month we partnered with 10+ trail-blazing, women-owned B Corps to create a collaborative free Resource Vault of business strategy, marketing, legal, and wellness tools. 15 resources to be exact, in one spot! ICYMI, here's what's inside the Vault:
- Red Orange Studio: Essential Canva Template Library for Nonprofits
- Nadi Marketing: 7-Step Follow-Up Formula Masterclass, LinkedIn Checklist, Partnership Email Templates, and Nonprofit Collaboration Webinar
- International Empowerment® LLC: 10 Top Tips for Protecting Immigrant Workers
- Publish Your Purpose: 9 Questions to Ask a Publisher
- Venus Liles: Legal Protections Handbook
- House Collective: CLARITY CHECK Strategy Tool
- Nell3D: Three Steps to Success that Feels as Good as it Looks
- 628 Digital Design - Certified B Corp: Corporate & Federal Contracting Readiness Worksheet
- The Wellnest Collective: Mental Health & Wellness Community Workshops
- Conscious Revolution: Soul-Full HR Guide to Creating Shared Agreements
- Aropa Consulting: Software Selection: A How-to Guide
-87th Street Creative: 10 Ways to Use an Animated Logo
Whether you need to tighten your legal foundation, scale your partnerships, or pour into your team’s wellness, we’ve got you covered.
🔗 Access the Resource Vault, link in bio.
#BCorpMonth #WomensHistoryMonth #BusinessForGood #PartnershipMarketing #BCorp
This week on Mirror Mirror on the Mic I am joined by Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey, a Subtraction Activist who helps women build success that feels as good as it looks. She’s Harvard-trained, educated by horses, and known for helping high-performing leaders do more good, without piling on more to-do’s. Can’t wait for you to hear it!! Episode drops tomorrow
Sometimes finding better doesn’t mean doing more. It means letting go.
In EP 203 of the Finding Better Podcast, John sits down with Nell Debevoise to explore a powerful idea most of us struggle with: the belief that improvement always requires adding more effort, more goals, more pressure.
Nell shares how letting go—of expectations, habits, and even parts of our identity—can create the space we need to grow, heal, and actually live better.
Sometimes the path forward isn’t about pushing harder.
It’s about releasing what no longer serves you.
🎧 Watch the full conversation: https://youtu.be/zLxpswZK78o
#FindingBetterPodcast #JohnSuzuki #NellDebevoise #PersonalGrowth #MindsetShift
If you are in a phase where you want more for your life but you have no idea how to get it, do it, ask for it, etc…..you NEED to listen to our upcoming episode. I sit down with @nelldd who is Harvard trained and a Subtraction Activist. We talk about why doing more is actually costing you more than you may realize. Nell also shares how horses use energy conservation as their greatest strategy for survival. This episode is still teaching me things days after sooo….yeah, just get ready for Thursday bc it WILL help you.
The 2026 Women-Owned B Corp Resource Vault is officially LIVE! 🚀 March is a powerhouse month for our community, marking both B Corp Month and Women’s History Month. To celebrate, Nadi Marketing has partnered with 10+ trail-blazing, women-owned B Corps to create a collaborative "Resource Vault" designed to help your mission-driven organization thrive.
In the spirit of collaboration over competition, we’ve pooled our expertise to bring you a centralized hub of free strategy, marketing, legal, and wellness tools. Here is exactly what’s waiting for you inside the Vault:
- Red Orange Studio: Essential Canva Template Library for Nonprofits
- Nadi Marketing: 7-Step Follow-Up Formula Masterclass, LinkedIn Checklist, Partnership Email Templates, and Nonprofit Collaboration Webinar
- International Empowerment® LLC: 10 Top Tips for Protecting Immigrant Workers
- Publish Your Purpose: 9 Questions to Ask a Publisher
- Liles Law: Legal Protections Handbook
- House Collective: CLARITY CHECK Strategy Tool
- Nell3D: Three Steps to Success that Feels as Good as it Looks
- 628 Digital Design - Certified B Corp: Corporate & Federal Contracting Readiness Worksheet
- The Wellnest Collective : Mental Health & Wellness Community Workshops
- Conscious Revolution: Soul-Full HR Guide to Creating Shared Agreements
- Aropa Consulting: Software Selection: A How-to Guide
-87th Street Creative: 10 Ways to Use an Animated Logo
These expert-led resources are available for FREE through March 31st. Whether you need to tighten your legal foundation, scale your partnerships, or pour into your team’s wellness, we’ve got you covered.
Access the Resource Vault, link in bio.
Feel free to share this with your network or tag a business owner who can use these resources!
#BCorpMonth #WomensHistoryMonth #BusinessForGood #PartnershipMarketing #BCorp
“Gold stars don’t disappear when we grow up. They just change shape.”
That statement from Nell Derick during our conversation on the podcast caught me speechless (well, almost...lol).
It sparked an “ah ha!” moment for me:
⚡You don’t leave hustle culture. You UNLEARN it.
Hustle culture is everywhere—corporate, nonprofit, government, entrepreneurship, etc. All these sectors are part of a well-funded machine that profits from our exhaustion. Yes, even the most noble of social and human services are subject to The Matrix (any pop culture fans out there?).
And because it’s baked into how we’re rewarded from a young age, it doesn’t just exist “out there.” It lives inside us—in our thinking, behaviors, habits, dreams, and fears.
Instead of chasing more gold stars, Nell proposes the radical shift that we need to learn to do less—on purpose. Living integrated means our choices align with our values and support multiple facets of our lives at once.
That’s what Nell calls systematic subtraction, and she shares powerful personal and professional examples of what that looks like in practice.
🎧 Listen in this week to explore how doing less might actually be the path to more clarity, calm, and impact (click the link in bio)
#TheSparkologist #SparkSomethingNew #TopPodcast #Mindset #DoLess #BeMoreHuman #LiveOnPurpose
