🎙️ "Jono and I Had a Fight": On Expectations & Boundaries

🖋️ A word from our editor…

When I listened to this episode, a few moments really stayed with me. The fight Amy and Jono talk about, the silence that followed, the stress spilling over from work into home life—it all felt familiar. I’ve definitely taken out my own stress on my partner before. Not intentionally. But after a long day, it’s easy to let your guard down around the person who loves you most. And sometimes that means they get the worst of you.

This conversation made me reflect on those moments. On the importance of voicing expectations before they turn into resentment. On what it means to show up, not just for work or for social media, but for the people in your life who matter most.

If you’ve ever snapped at someone you love and wondered why, this episode offers a gentle reminder to slow down, speak up, and check in, with them and with yourself.

— Hao Nguyen, Editor

🧨 “When we fight, it’s on.”

On this week’s episode of No Business Being A Castano, Amy and Jono open up about a fight they had — and not a small one. They didn’t speak for a full day, except when it came to work. The tension was real, and the silence was louder than any argument.

“I didn’t speak to you the whole day. Unless it was about work,” Amy says. “We respond and we talk work. But yeah, we had a fight.”

The fight, as Jono explains, wasn’t about anything major — but that was kind of the point. “I guess just me being so, so busy… I’m tired, and then I kind of see you obviously like having maybe some free time, and then me kind of like, what is that attack about?”

Amy calls it out for what it was: a projection of burnout. “It was a projection of your tiredness, of your exhaustion,” she says.

What followed was a bigger conversation about how unspoken expectations and unclear boundaries creep into every relationship — romantic, business, or otherwise. “If you expect an outcome, and you expect a certain output, you need to voice what you expect,” Amy says. “Because not everyone’s definition of performance or effort is the same.”

For Jono, it was a reminder of how far he’s come. “I’ve definitely put boundaries in place, and now they’ve taken it on board. It’s been good. I feel like myself again.”

The episode is equal parts reflective and revealing — touching on their evolving partnership, personal growth, and why they both refuse to chase perfection. “Perfection is a false reality,” Amy says. “You’re never going to reach it.”

Also in this episode: a deep dive into internal validation, the burnout trap, and the unexpected connection between tequila and stable glucose levels (shoutout to episode sponsor Vively, for the data). If you’re curious to try it yourself, use the code CASTANO50 at checkout.

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