Meet Marisa Hohaia | The Anti-Hustle Coach®️

We had the good fortune of connecting with Marisa Hohaia and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Marisa, we’d love to hear more about how you thought about starting your own business?
I spent a decade as a top Executive Recruiter, speaking daily with women who were seeking career changes. While on the surface their reasons seemed to revolve around money, leadership, or flexibility, I began to notice a deeper, more personal struggle that I had faced myself—finding balance, meaning, and self-worth outside of work, or escaping from toxic environments only to repeat the same patterns.

Having faced these challenges myself, I realized that fulfillment doesn’t come from external circumstances; it’s something cultivated from within. Once I embraced this in my own life and transformed my experience, I felt a deep passion to help other women navigate these same struggles at a deeper level. This inspired me to start my business and support women in achieving lasting change beyond the surface issues they often face.

Alright, so for those in our community who might not be familiar with your business, can you tell us more?
My business is all about helping high-achieving, driven women who feel stuck despite their success, guiding them to break free from hustle culture and reprogram their subconscious beliefs and patterns, to rediscover the ease and joy that comes from balance, stillness, and living in alignment with their true desires. I offer transformational coaching, workshops, and masterclasses that blend science, psychology, and spirituality to help women manage their energy, connect with their intuition, and learn how to manifest their dreams without the stress and self-sacrifice that society often glorifies.

What sets me apart is my unique background—combining over a decade of corporate experience as a top executive recruiter with an academic and holistic foundation. I hold a Master’s Degree in Psychology, 3 coaching certifications, and an advanced Reiki certification. This blend allows me to create transformational programs that incorporate science, psychology, and energy work to target the mind, body, and soul. My experience working with high-achieving women in corporate roles showed me that surface-level solutions like money, leadership, or flexibility weren’t enough. True fulfillment comes from within, and through my coaching, I guide women to rediscover their inner power, reconnect with their desires, and use their thoughts and energy in counterintuitive ways, to manifest their dream lives without the stress and sacrifice.

This well-rounded background, rooted in both practical and spiritual methodologies, is what makes my approach so effective and sets my work apart from others in the coaching space.

What I’m most proud of is seeing my clients experience deep transformation, where they finally let go of perfectionism, reconnect with their desires, and begin living in a way that feels authentic and fulfilling. Witnessing them manifest the lives they’ve always dreamed of is the greatest reward.

Getting here wasn’t easy. I had to confront my own self-sabotage tendencies, break free from societal conditioning that told me I had to hustle to prove my worth, and face the fear of leaving behind a stable corporate career. On top of that, I went through a divorce with two young children, one of who has special needs, which brought its own unique challenges. Building a business as an entrepreneur while navigating single motherhood required me to trust myself deeply, even when doubts crept in. I had to learn to balance my dreams with my personal life and to do so without burning out.

The biggest shift came when I realized I didn’t have to force or control everything to succeed. I committed to doing the deep inner work to rewire my nervous system and my beliefs, teaching myself to feel safe in stillness and trust my intuition. By practicing surrender and connecting with my spirituality, I learned that true success comes from alignment, not hustle, and that I could manifest a life filled with abundance, love, and fulfillment by letting go of the need to constantly push and focusing on feeling good and managing my vibration (thus calling it to me instead).

The biggest lesson I’ve learned is that true success and fulfillment come from living in alignment with who you really are, not who the world expects you to be. This means slowing down, setting boundaries, and trusting that your desires are worthy and possible.

I want the world to know that there is so much more to life than your to-do list, and if you can give yourself the permission to dive into rewiring the subconscious programming that keeps you stuck focusing on the things that don’t matter, hustling to prove and earn your worth in a chaotic world, you’ll find that the freedom, peace, and abundance you crave, will fall into place. My brand is about helping women remember their inherent worth and recovering their spiritual connection to purpose. You don’t have to sacrifice your well-being for success. It’s possible to manifest everything you desire—money, joy, freedom—without hustling yourself into exhaustion. My story is proof of that, and my mission is to help other women break free from the same limiting beliefs, so they can live in abundance, ease, and authenticity.

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
My two loving and supportive young boys have helped me stay focused on why I created my business and their love and encouragement keeps me going when times get tough.

Website: https://www.breakupwithbusy.com

Instagram: @breakupwithbusy

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marisahohaia/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/breakupwithbusy/

Other: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-busy/id1739147339

Image Credits
Dana Gaydon Photography (@dana_gaydon) on Instagram