I need to share something with you all. On Friday morning, I got confirmation from a specialist that my mobility issues aren’t temporary. After a year of hoping physio or surgery might eventually get me back to “normal,” I’ve been told this is my reality now. The working diagnosis is hEDS (hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome) - something that’s apparently been there my whole adult life, quietly causing chronic pain, slow healing, and a dozen other symptoms that doctors kept dismissing as “your labs look fine.” I’m 10 months into using mobility aids. I spent 5 months on crutches, and the last 5 months I’ve been in a wheelchair about 90% of the time. I can still walk, but it’s slow and painful, and where I live isn’t wheelchair accessible anyway - so most days I’m choosing between pain or immobility, neither of which is a real choice. I’m also ADHD and autistic. I’m a solo mum to a 13-year-old with complex needs who lives at a specialist school in North Wales (I’m in Plymouth - that’s a 16+ hour round trip every 6 weeks). I’m studying for my psychology degree. And I’m rebuilding this business for the second time in 5 years. Here’s why I’m telling you this: Four months ago, when I started BBS, I made a choice. I could have rushed it - thrown together a quick offer, hustled hard with paid ads and hype, pushed myself to bring in money fast. I know how to do that. I did it the first time around. But that approach almost killed me. Literally. I burned out so badly I had to stop everything. So this time, I’m building differently. Slowly. With my capacity at the center of every decision. Group work instead of 1:1 until I know what I can sustain. Free offers before paid. Small, manageable steps instead of sprints I can’t maintain. This isn’t just a framework I teach. This is how I’m surviving. When I talk about building a business that works with your life restrictions, I’m not speaking theoretically. I’m living on one income while my business costs us money in platform fees and subscriptions. I’m balancing medication that reduces my pain but knocks me unconscious. I’m working around a body that won’t cooperate and a medical system that moves at a glacial pace.

Time to build your business around your actual life. 👇 Write your Minimum Viable Business (MVB) Statement using this format: 1. Starter monthly income goal: £_____ 2. Weekly hours I can sustain: _____ 3. Days I want to work: _____ 4. My top 3 non-negotiables: 5. One boundary I’m setting: ______ Then rewrite it as one sentence: My MVB statement: “My Minimum Viable Business earns £___ per month while I work ___ hours over ___ days. It protects ___. My boundary is ___.” Reply to one other person with support or a boundary idea ~ Flyn 🐶