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Balance & Beyond

Jo Stone
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  • 117 Emails. 153 Pings. Zero Peace. Why Time Management Won’t Save You.
    Ever found yourself drowning in notifications, constantly interrupted, yet still expected to produce miracles? You're not alone. The modern workplace throws a staggering 117 emails and 153 messages at us daily, creating interruptions every two minutes. No wonder we feel perpetually behind.The solution isn't what you think. Time management strategies won't save you in a system designed to fragment your attention. What you need are boundaries—the essential skill for not just surviving but thriving in today's distraction economy. When you've outsourced your boundaries to systems that profit from your exhaustion, you're trapped in an endless cycle of reactivity that steals your strategic focus and career advancement.High performers, especially those who pride themselves on "getting shit done," suffer most in this culture. The dopamine hit from clearing notifications creates a false sense of productivity while deeper work remains undone. This podcast explores how to break free from this trap, protect your time and energy, and reclaim control over your career trajectory. We challenge the perfectionist belief that you should respond to everything immediately, revealing how boundaries can exponentially increase your productivity without changing the system itself. If you're ready to stop living in perpetual catch-up mode and start doing work that actually matters, this episode provides the framework you need to make that shift happen. Ready to protect your peace and watch your career flourish? Visit balanceinstitute.com to discover tools that have helped thousands of women create lives of meaningful balance and achievement on their own terms.To view the Transcript from this week's episode, visit our Balance & Beyond Podcast webpage: https://www.balanceinstitute.com/podcast/2025/105Thank you for joining us today on the Balance and Beyond Podcast. We're so glad you carved out this time for yourself!If you’re keen to dive deeper into our world, here are our socials where you can discover more about the toolkit that has helped thousands of women create a life of balance. Website: www.balanceinstitute.comPodcast Website: https://www.balanceinstitute.com/podcastEmail: [email protected]: https://au.linkedin.com/in/stonejoanneFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/betterbalanceinstitute/Instagram: @betterbalanceinstitute Thanks again for tuning in, and we'll see you next time on the Balance & Beyond Podcast!
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  • Moment: Why Being Good at Your Job Won't Save You Anymore
    Being visible isn't optional in today's professional landscape—it's a crucial part of your job. High-achieving women have been fed the dangerous lie that keeping your head down and doing excellent work will eventually get you noticed, but invisibility now comes with an accelerating cost.• A pivotal moment when my chairman told me "if no one sees it, it doesn't count"• In a world being swallowed by AI, invisibility is no longer neutral—it's a risk• The truth about why ambitious women stay invisible: deep conditioning, not choice• LinkedIn as the modern town square: 1.1 billion users but less than 0.1% post content• Two transformative beliefs: visibility is part of your job, and you have something valuable to say• The real reason visibility feels vulnerable is about outdated beliefs, not the platformsReady to stop being the world's best-kept secret? Join my 90-minute LinkedIn workshop where I'll share exactly what to post, when and how to create content that lands, plus how to update your profile to reflect who you truly are. Grab the link in the show notes and come join us.Thank you for joining us today on the Balance and Beyond Podcast. We're so glad you carved out this time for yourself!If you’re keen to dive deeper into our world, here are our socials where you can discover more about the toolkit that has helped thousands of women create a life of balance. Website: www.balanceinstitute.comPodcast Website: https://www.balanceinstitute.com/podcastEmail: [email protected]: https://au.linkedin.com/in/stonejoanneFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/betterbalanceinstitute/Instagram: @betterbalanceinstitute Thanks again for tuning in, and we'll see you next time on the Balance & Beyond Podcast!
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  • If You Can’t Remember the Last Time You Laughed… Listen to This
    Remember when you used to laugh more, dance more, feel more? Somewhere between endless meetings, mental load, and pressure to perform, your joy got buried – not gone, just buried beneath layers of "should" and "must." Today we're diving deep into what makes ambitious women lose their capacity for joy and the surprisingly simple path back to reclaiming it.Joy has been systematically replaced by control. When we're stuck in fight-or-flight mode, joy feels frivolous or wasteful. Living in our heads and disconnected from our bodies, we forget that joy is fundamentally a feeling, not a thought. And in our overscheduled lives, we leave no room for the spontaneous moments where genuine joy flourishes.This isn't just about feeling happier – it's about reclaiming your power. When you're operating without joy, you're functioning at half capacity. Contrary to burnout culture's messaging, joy doesn't make you flaky; it makes you magnetic and followable. It unlocks creativity that bullet points and spreadsheets never could. In an age of AI and automation, your uniquely human capacity for play and spontaneous connection becomes your greatest professional asset.To view the Transcript from this week's episode, visit our Balance & Beyond Podcast webpage: https://www.balanceinstitute.com/podcast/2025/104Thank you for joining us today on the Balance and Beyond Podcast. We're so glad you carved out this time for yourself!If you’re keen to dive deeper into our world, here are our socials where you can discover more about the toolkit that has helped thousands of women create a life of balance. Website: www.balanceinstitute.comPodcast Website: https://www.balanceinstitute.com/podcastEmail: [email protected]: https://au.linkedin.com/in/stonejoanneFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/betterbalanceinstitute/Instagram: @betterbalanceinstitute Thanks again for tuning in, and we'll see you next time on the Balance & Beyond Podcast!
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  • Moment: Mindset Before Methods
    Strategies for balance don't work without the right mindset to support them. No matter how many wellness tools you try, they'll only become effective when paired with crucial mindset shifts that ambitious women often miss.• Meditation works when you shift from trying to stop thoughts to letting go and processing your day• Time blocking requires detaching from the belief that busyness equals importance• Waking up early needs preparation and clarity about why that time matters to you• Self-care becomes possible when you separate your self-worth from your to-do list• Boundaries only work when you know who you are and what matters to you• Small acts of self-care can be as valuable as grand gestures• Learning to tap into what you actually need rather than what you think you should do• Letting go of guilt which robs you of joyShare this episode with a friend who needs to hear it today, and don't forget to subscribe to Balance and Beyond for full episodes and more of these bite-sized breakthroughs.Thank you for joining us today on the Balance and Beyond Podcast. We're so glad you carved out this time for yourself!If you’re keen to dive deeper into our world, here are our socials where you can discover more about the toolkit that has helped thousands of women create a life of balance. Website: www.balanceinstitute.comPodcast Website: https://www.balanceinstitute.com/podcastEmail: [email protected]: https://au.linkedin.com/in/stonejoanneFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/betterbalanceinstitute/Instagram: @betterbalanceinstitute Thanks again for tuning in, and we'll see you next time on the Balance & Beyond Podcast!
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  • Your Body’s Not a Machine: The High-Achiever’s Blind Spot
    Your body has been whispering all day, but have you been too busy to listen? For ambitious women pursuing big goals, there's a tendency to live exclusively from the neck up—treating our bodies as mere vehicles for our brilliant minds while we conquer the world.This disembodied approach works, until it doesn't. Achievement comes, but satisfaction remains fleeting. Success looks impressive from the outside, but feels increasingly hollow on the inside. The irony? The very bodily wisdom we're ignoring holds the key to deeper fulfillment and sustainable success.What if your body could be more than an annoying limitation? What if it could actually amplify your vision? When we partner with our physical intelligence rather than overriding it, we access pathways to joy, intuition, and creativity that the cognitive mind alone cannot reach. For high-performers accustomed to pushing through discomfort, this requires a profound mindset shift—recognizing that embodiment doesn't diminish your drive but enhances it.Simple practices can begin this reconnection. Extended exhale breathing regulates your nervous system, creating the conditions for clearer thinking and emotional resilience. Physical touch, like placing a hand on your heart, communicates safety to your fascia network (which stores stress memories just beneath your skin). These aren't just feel-good techniques; they're practical tools for enhancing decision-making, creativity, and preventing the burnout that threatens your biggest ambitions.Ready to stop treating your body as an afterthought? Discover the untapped power that exists beyond your brain. Visit balanceinstitutecom to explore our toolkit that has helped thousands of women create lives of genuine balance and lasting fulfillment.To view the Transcript from this week's episode, visit our Balance & Beyond Podcast webpage: https://www.balanceinstitute.com/podcast/2025/103Thank you for joining us today on the Balance and Beyond Podcast. We're so glad you carved out this time for yourself!If you’re keen to dive deeper into our world, here are our socials where you can discover more about the toolkit that has helped thousands of women create a life of balance. Website: www.balanceinstitute.comPodcast Website: https://www.balanceinstitute.com/podcastEmail: [email protected]: https://au.linkedin.com/in/stonejoanneFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/betterbalanceinstitute/Instagram: @betterbalanceinstitute Thanks again for tuning in, and we'll see you next time on the Balance & Beyond Podcast!
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Balance and Beyond is the podcast for ambitious women refusing to accept burnout as the price of success. Here, we’re committed to empowering you with the tools and strategies you need to achieve true balance, where your career, relationships and health all thrive and where you have the power to define success on your own terms.
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