Overwhelm is Optional

How to find and strengthen your boundaries Overwhelm is inevitable and optional. Overwhelm robs you of your ability to focus, disconnects you from your heart and is the gateway burnout and damaging your health through stress. Make it optional for you by learning how to harness the power of your brilliant mind, stay connected to your heart and listen to your body so that you can live your life on p...

Beat the Overwhelm with Danni Wade This episode is packed full of practical ways to manage and reduce overwhelm. Danni is a wife and mum to 2 girls, works full-time as a Senior Sales Exec, a property investor, an SSAS trustee as well as being a goal mapping & productivity coach. Danni tells her own adventure in overwhelm admitting that she never thought the overwhelm would tip her into burnout...

How contemplating death can help you live more fully now Its remembrance day here in the UK and yes it’s a gloomy November with the days getting rapidly shorter and shorter. And yes there’s a whole load of stuff to worry about but everything changes and one day (hopefully a long time from now) your life will end. The best way to honour all those who gave their lives to protect yours is to live ful...

A special episode for NHS workers to help with increased stress and sadness This episode is inspired by a friend who works in the NHS who sent me a lovely email this week: “Hi Heidi,  I just thought you would like to know how great your shower visualisation is. I really liked it and the community team put it up on their board at work as well. Even more than that though it gave me something that I...

Episode 32: Manage your attention is more important than managing your time First came time management and productivity hacks. Then came energy management. But how does this work? Get out of your head and into your body to learn the most important thing to manage - your attention. Because where you place your attention is your life. Quite literally. What you focus on matters. Includes a Neutral No...

If you've been following this podcast for a while you'll know I have a brilliant method for getting you out of your head and into your body, connected to your heart and taking a much-needed break from your overwhelmed mind. If you've downloaded my free one-minute audio and used it every day you'll know it's a life-changer. You can download it here .....if you've used...

Want to squeeze the benefits of meditation into your life but struggle to meditate? Neutral Noticing is my powerfully simple method of condensed mindfulness meditation that squeezes into your day a few moments at a time. Harness the power of your attention Be more present in your life and with those you love Create the clarity you need to stay connected to your why and your dreams Reconnect with y...

You work hard. You're a good person. Why is your life still this hard? You're tired of just getting through. You dream sometimes of running away — a beach, a camper van, somewhere quiet. But you know you'd come back, because there are things about your life you love. You just can't seem to get to them. You're not lazy. You're not broken. You're stuck. And this ep...

Interview with intuitive healer and maven, Lexie Wrightson  Lexie Wrightson is an intuitive healer, reiki master, spiritual mentor and maven. No, I didn’t know what a maven was either! Listen to find out. She gives you the tools to learn to take time for yourself, achieve your goals whilst discovering more about yourself. She has created the nourishing space of the Soul Sister Community for women...

Bad night’s sleep? Sleep’s an interesting one. We all feel better for a goodnight’s sleep but there are plenty of badges of honour for doing without. I’m a big fan of sleep. I love that marvellous feeling of having had a good night’s sleep. Last night I was woken from a deep sleep, no idea by what, and the ideas monster arrived and I was awake till just before dawn. But where I used to be really a...

Find out what happens when an Ambassador for Joy meets an Ambassador for Ease. Kori Gouge is a coach who guides visionary leaders to dream bigger and live their purpose with passion, prosperity, and freedom.   We talk about how she overcame her overwhelm with trying to do ‘all the things’ as an online entrepreneur, joy, dancing and laughter. This is a particularly great episode for overwhelmed onl...

Not every day you get to sit down with your Zen teacher and ask him everything. This is one of my most personal episodes — and one of my favourites. Julian Daizan Skinner is a Zen Master, and before I even get to ask my questions he takes the conversation somewhere extraordinary. Into awakening, into Reido — spontaneous yoga — and into some of my most transformative personal experiences on my jour...

In this episode, I chat with Lizzie Vince of Find Your Mojo Coaching. Lizzie helps burnt out female entrepreneurs leverage their zone of genius to scale their business and we had great fun discussing our new anti-hustle revolution for women who are fed up of sacrificing their health and relationships for their goals and want to do things in alignment with their own energies and desires; the import...

Social media overwhelm anyone?! Hate how much time social media is stealing from you but can’t seem to stop checking? Dislike how you feel after you’ve lost another hour mindlessly scrolling? Fed up with how much space thoughts about others on social media is taking up in your head? Social media - the good, the bad and the ugly and how to take back control of your usage for good (and everyone’s go...

Social media overwhelm anyone?! Hate how much time social media is stealing from you but can’t seem to stop checking? Dislike how you feel after you’ve lost another hour mindlessly scrolling? Fed up with how much space thoughts about others on social media is taking up in your head? Social media - the good, the bad and the ugly and how to take back control of your usage for good (and everyone’s go...

What’s your Kryptonite? What’s the one big thing that’s keeping you stuck in overwhelm at the moment? The thing that feels that if it changed everything would be so much better. Whatever is draining you, keeping you stuck in an endless repetitive loop in your head (especially at 4 am) is your kryptonite. Identifying your kryptonite gives you power. Noticing how it feels in your body - the held pat...

Gifts of lockdown?! I hated lockdown or I loved lockdown - do I have to come out? Whatever your experience of lockdown there are gifts to be harvested from such an extraordinary interruption to your daily life. I invite you to take a moment to tune in to your body and notice what is going on for you as we start to emerge from lockdown. What did you love about lockdown? What was the hardest thing f...

I love this episode! Paula Warman is a business specialist and sales and growth strategist who helps landscapers, garden designers and other business owners in the landscaping industry. She runs three businesses whilst raising two children, renovating her home and still manages to fit in dog swimming. Paula is a remarkable woman and also happens to be one of my ideal clients and a founder member o...

A special Friday edition to help you let go of your week and be fully present in your weekend. This episode discusses how we can get stuck at work even when we're at home. How work tends to leak into our non-work time. Needing a break is not a weakness. Recognising this is a strength. It's time to rebel - take back control of your attention from work and place it fully in your weekend. W...

Let go of your week part 2: Lying down practice to bridge the working week to weekend Come home from work, get cosy and comfy for a few minutes and let go of your working week. Have a great weekend. 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 Gen...

Rebel - take back control of your attention Your attention is precious and yet you allow it to be hijacked constantly. Learning how to take back control of it takes practice. Honing your skills like a Jedi.  So, what to do? You need the skills that come from years of mindfulness mediation - the ability to watch your thoughts and feelings without judgement, gradually loosening the mind’s ability to...

Overwhelm and other people This episode explores how our overwhelm is effected by our reaction to those around us. Using tuning in and listening to increase awareness of how we feel in the presence of other people can be really helpful in reducing overwhelm when with people we find difficult. I hope you are finding this podcast helpful.    If you’d like a deeper dive into how my tuning in method c...

So excited to interview the awesome Emily Hughes of parentguidetogcse.com! Emily's book is released today (1st July 2020) and if you're a parent of a child about to go into Year 9, 10 or 11 in the UK then this podcast is for you. Or if you're a teacher or a parent of a Year 12 or 13 or if you want to hear about how Emily turned her life into one where she now thrives then tune in an...

Enhancing the body-mind connection to reduce overwhelm and live more skillfully. This week I invite you to tune in and notice what your body has to tell you about your need for a holiday. With the holiday season in disarray, how are you feeling? It’s Glastonbury week and I’m feeling the need to invoke the spirit of Glastonbury to nourish myself. This episode is dedicated to the 54 stewards that ar...

New Description: You know the feeling. You tick one thing off and three more appear. Your to-do list isn't supporting you — it's overwhelming you. This episode is about shaking up your relationship with your to-do list entirely — using your body's wisdom to work out what actually matters, and making your list a tool for ease rather than a source of dread. why your to-do list might b...