Overwhelm is Optional

Everyone tells you procrastination is the enemy. What if they're wrong? This episode takes a gently rebellious look at procrastination — not as a character flaw to fix, but as useful information your body and mind are trying to give you. With Neutral Noticing you get to decide what it's really telling you. why procrastination isn't always what it looks like what your procrastination...

The choice is yours - bring whatever feeling you long for in a holiday into your day-to-day existence because you can. You get to - for free (and without booking flights and driving for hours). It takes practice because, well, no one taught you to do this at school so it’s probably new information (and may sound a little crazy!) Then next time you actually do go on holiday it will be much faster t...

The podcast for high earning, big-hearted, driven professionals  and business owners who want to break free from overwhelm and experience more clarity, ease and joy. Overwhelm is Optional: Join The Gentle Rebellion Focus and satisfaction at work Switch off, laugh easily and be present at home Sign up for Gently Rebellious Emails here . The Gently Rebellious One-Minute Journal: A simple, powerful w...

Don't be fooled by the name. This is not fluffy. Unexpectedly Lovely is a tried and tested technique designed to retrain your mind to notice the good that is always around you — but hidden by the fog of overwhelm. It is, quietly and surprisingly, one of the most powerful brain rewiring practices I know. Always expect the unexpectedly lovely. And you will find it. why your overwhelmed brain is...

Stress relief techniques are everywhere. And most of them are designed to help you recover enough to go straight back into the fray and push yourself to the brink all over again. That's not what I do. As a trained Zen yoga teacher and coach, I teach life-changing mindset shifts and body-based tools to deal with the overwhelm before it gets to that point — so you never need to recover from som...

Charlotte Russell is a young and talented entrepreneur who also happens to be one of the graduates of Get Your life Back. You can find out more about Get Your Life Back here: https://www.heidimarke.co.uk/getyourlifeback   So I invited her along to share her adventures in overwhelm to celebrate the second opening of Get Your Life Back -  my 12-week programme that helps you quit struggling to hold t...

Because I want more for you! www.heidimarke.co.uk/workshops The One Minute Marke The podcast for high earning, big-hearted, driven professionals  and business owners who want to break free from overwhelm and experience more clarity, ease and joy. Overwhelm is Optional: Join The Gentle Rebellion Focus and satisfaction at work Switch off, laugh easily and be present at home Sign up for Gently Rebell...

What if the belief that something is wrong with you is itself the problem? Treating yourself as a series of problems to be fixed adds one enormous, exhausting project to an already overwhelming list. And it's a project you can never finish — because there was nothing wrong with you in the first place. why the "fix yourself" approach to overwhelm makes it worse not better how self-im...

You didn't know you had a Get Better At List. Neither did I, until I found mine. But it's there — quietly running in the background, adding to your stress and your sense that you're never quite enough. Uncovering it is surprisingly powerful. what a Get Better At List actually is and why everyone has one why you didn't know it was there — and why that makes it more damaging how...

How do you feel when you wake up on a Saturday with the weekend ahead of you? Exciting by the freedom from work? Or...UGH - that feeling of not being ill but not feeling quite well. I'd love to invite you to join me in my 3-Part Live Workshops this August. Register to save your place and download your free workbook now: www.heidimarke.co.uk/workshops The One Minute Marke The podcast for high...

In this week’s episode, Kelly Hinds of Roo-me Property shares her journey in getting out of a life she felt stuck in.  “If only I knew there was help for me in the form of Heidi who knew exactly how to help understand what I was going through.” https://www.instagram.com/roo_me_property/ Roo-Me Property Ltd https://roo-me.co.uk https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-hinds https://www.instagram.com/roo_m...

Sometimes overwhelm doesn't creep up on you. Sometimes it arrives all at once and takes you completely by surprise — even when you know better. This episode is me, being honest about exactly that. what a sudden tidal wave of overwhelm actually feels like why even the tools you trust can feel out of reach in the moment what I did — and what actually helped the difference between managing overw...

Forget the beautiful leather notebook. Forget the perfect handwriting. Forget keeping it forever. Messy Journaling is one of the most powerful techniques I use with clients — and it works precisely because it breaks every rule you think journaling has to follow. Write messily, ignore grammar and spelling, let the pen move without your mind in charge. Then throw it away. Or burn it. The disposabili...

Tried the time audit. Made a schedule. Colour coded the calendar. Still exhausted and still out of time. What if the problem isn't how you're managing your time — but your relationship with it altogether? This episode offers an unusual solution. Not another productivity hack — something quieter, more rebellious and a lot more kind. why conventional time management drains the energy you n...

Sick of the fear and doom-mongering? Me too. This episode is my antidote. Not toxic positivity, not pretending everything is fine — but practical ninja self-distraction skills to help you balance out the noise and notice the good stuff that is always around you, even when your mind is stuck in survival mode. why constant fear and doom activates survival mode and hides everything good the differenc...

In this week’s episode, I deliberately experiment with letting go of my strict routine for how and when I record my podcast episodes, to encourage you to see if there is anywhere in your life where you are putting pressure on yourself. Is it time to rebel against yourself? Is there some hidden time, energy and space waiting for you in our routine? I’d love to know. You can contact me at heidi@heid...

Have you heard the story about the tiger and the strawberry...in this episode I read it to you and then take you through a Neutral Noticing practice to help you sit with uncomfortable feelings. How is an old Zen story and being able to sit with uncomfortable feelings connected? Listen to find out :) Tiny-Huge Life-Changing Facebook Group Three Tiny-Huge Life-Changing Practices to start your day di...

Fear and doom messaging is everywhere. And for big-hearted, sensitive people it lands hardest — even when it wasn't aimed at you. This episode is my contribution to a different conversation. One about healing, celebration and gently releasing the fear and anxiety that can build up in the body when the world feels overwhelming. how constant fear messaging creates anxiety even in resilient peop...

No cushion. No 5am alarm. No striving. Just one minute. The One Minute Marke is the fastest, simplest way I know to get the benefits of a meditation practice without any of the faff. This episode introduces Neutral Noticing — the practice at the heart of everything I do — and why one minute is genuinely enough to change the way you feel. what The One Minute Marke actually is and why it works what...

There will always be something. A big storm, a small one, an unexpected one that arrives just as you've finally sat down with your coffee. The question isn't how to avoid the storms. It's how to get better at weathering them. This episode is about building the kind of quiet resilience that comes not from grand gestures or white-knuckling through — but from practising with the tiny s...

I hope you've had an unexpectedly lovely week? Have you? Did you notice if you did? The One Minute Marke https://www.heidimarke.co.uk/ The podcast for high earning, big-hearted, driven professionals  and business owners who want to break free from overwhelm and experience more clarity, ease and joy. Overwhelm is Optional: Join The Gentle Rebellion Focus and satisfaction at work Switch off, la...

We miss so much by rushing on past moments, always on to the next things to do or see or be. As I bridge the gap between launching my new programme 'Get Your Life Back' and starting working with those lovely people who joined, this quote from Joseph Goldstein came back to support me: "There is great value in slowing down all our activities. No hurry. No place to go. Nothing else to...

In the last of this week's special Tiny-Huge Life-Changing Workshops I discuss how to dare to start creating your own adventure - your life, your way. The One Minute Marke https://www.heidimarke.co.uk/get-your-life-back-info-page Tiny-Huge Life-Changing Facebook Group Three Tiny-Huge Life-Changing Practices to start your day differently The podcast for high earning, big-hearted, driven profes...

You have the answers you seek - you have everything you need to live your life in a way that honours who you are, that respects and celebrates your uniqueness.  Tuning into your body, connecting with your heart, and learning to control your attention will give you the new skills you need to access and start to trust this forgotten (much-aligned) internal navigation system. Neutral Noticing provide...

Feeling stuck between pushing yourself to breakdown and burnout and quitting your job or business? That’s no place to be - you know you can’t keep coming back to this place but you’ve tried so many things already and really don’t know what to do. It just seems too hard and very unfair!  Other people seem to be able to lead their lives successfully - you’ve worked hard, you're intelligent and...