Balance & Beyond
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.
Episodes
198 episodes
Rawdogging It (Jo Moment)
A 12-year-old’s “raw dogging it” car ride sparks a sharp look at how easily we turn even the smallest moments into managed outcomes. We unpack how perfectionism hides as preparation and how choosing a little more spontaneity can give us our liv...
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Season 4
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Episode 54
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4:57
The Champagne Problem: When Life Is Good But You're Not
Success can look dazzling and still feel hollow. We sit with that tension and name it for what it is: champagne problems, the invisible strain of having a good job, a loving family, and a beautiful life on paper while battling self-doubt, numbn...
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Season 5
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Episode 140
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14:37
Presence Over Calm (Vault)
Calm and confidence sound like the goal, but we unpack how the chase often turns into control and self-criticism. We shift the focus to presence and inherent worthiness so we can respond to life with steadiness, even when it stays busy and unpr...
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Season 4
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Episode 53
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8:57
Why Your Brain Won't Switch Off
Can't “Switch Off” at the end of the day? Sign up here to learn how in 45 minutes! https://balanceinstitute.thrivecart.com/switch-off/Ever felt like y...
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Season 5
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Episode 139
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13:26
The Quiet Truth That Met Me in My Pantry (Jo Moment)
We notice how a holiday unexpectedly improves sleep and exposes how quickly we blame hormones and routines without questioning the story. We explore the hidden cost of self-editing and what changes when we put the nervous system first and start...
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Season 4
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Episode 52
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8:04
You Got the Promotion. So Why Are You Still Trying to Prove Something?
The promotion lands, the title shines, and yet the pressure spikes. If you’ve ever caught yourself working late “just to stay ahead,” redoing a capable team member’s draft, or softening firm requests with a quick “sorry,” you’re not alone. We’r...
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Season 5
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Episode 138
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9:07
The Wrong Kind of Strong (Jo Moment)
We challenge the old script of “strong” that rewards endurance and performance while draining the inside. We celebrate a new strength built on boundaries, nervous system capacity, and ambition aligned with the life we actually want.• th...
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Season 4
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Episode 51
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8:40
The Battle Between Control and Chaos That No One Wins
Balance & Beyond begins 9th March. Find out more here: https://www.balanceinstitute.com/balance-and-beyondEver feel like control is the only thing keeping your...
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Season 5
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Episode 137
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17:48
What The Diary of a CEO Taught Me (Jo Moment)
We explore the sting of comparing lives, the grief of roads not taken, and the power that returns when we actively choose the life we have. Acceptance becomes the doorway to redefine success, process envy, and pursue bold goals on our terms.
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Season 4
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Episode 48
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9:08
Why Smart Women Are Learning to Lead Beyond Their Head
Anchored launches 6th March. Find out more here: https://www.balanceinstitute.com/anchoredEver felt your brilliant mind switch on while your voice shakes and your body pulls...
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Season 5
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Episode 136
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18:57
Learning to Trust From the Neck Down (Jo Moment)
We explore what happens when sharp thinking is no longer enough and how trusting the body can guide braver, cleaner decisions. We share real choices we made using a simple heavy–light check and how strategy and somatic wisdom can work together....
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Season 4
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Episode 49
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8:57
How to Stop Living on Fumes and Escape Depletion
BALANCE & BEYOND IS BACK FOR 2026 - JOIN THE 9TH MARCH INTAKE!Find out more here: https://www.balanceinstitute.com/balance-and-beyondTak...
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Season 5
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Episode 135
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18:20
Debunking Work Life Balance Myths For Ambitious Women (Vault)
We challenge three myths about work life balance and show a practical way to define it for yourself. Growth, connection, and health can coexist when you use leverage, not longer hours, and treat balance as an ongoing practice.• myth one...
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Season 4
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Episode 48
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11:14
The Surprising Invisible Source of Your Stress
Ever felt strangely exhausted even when your life looks organised on paper? We dig into the quiet force shaping so many choices: the avoidance of discomfort. Not the dramatic kind, but the subtle, anticipatory flickers—a tight chest in a meetin...
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Season 4
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Episode 134
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17:40
When Life Just Keeps Happening (Jo Moment)
We challenge the myth that life will settle and explore how to build steadiness, set boundaries, and choose yourself even when everything stays messy. Practical tools help your nervous system stand down so you can find focus and joy in small, r...
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Season 4
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Episode 47
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8:07
Why Vulnerability Feels Unsafe for High-Achieving Women
Four weeks to calm, focus, and clarity: Register for Leverage today (starts Friday 6th February!) When control stops working, what actually builds credibility? ...
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Season 5
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Episode 133
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16:49
Why Your Life Might Need Triangle Sushi (Jo Moment)
A small shift can change the whole day. We explore how novelty inside structure calms the nervous system, restores agency, and brings back breath without blowing up a perfectly good life.• triangle sushi as a metaphor for context and ex...
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Season 4
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Episode 46
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6:35
The Stories We Tell Ourselves
Ever wonder why a tiny choice—how you part your hair, whether you eat a donut—can spark a wave of judgement in your head? We pull back the curtain on the quiet scripts that turn neutral moments into moral verdicts and show how those stories har...
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Season 5
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Episode 132
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18:26
A Lesson from Travis Kelce. Yes, Really! (Jo Moment)
We explore how desire shrinks under self-editing and why holding a want without making it about worth can change the shape of a life. A public love story becomes a mirror for our conditioning and a prompt to name a bigger want and take one clea...
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Season 4
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Episode 45
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6:42
The Rules That Built Your Success Are Now Working Against You
If you don’t want to start the year on autopilot, the New Rules for Career Success workshop is for you. Learn how to stop equating speed with value, create space for real perspective, and upgrade the rules that are quietly burning you out. Regi...
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Season 3
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Episode 131
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11:24
Speed Was My Advantage. Now It’s My Kryptonite. It’s Becoming Yours Too (Jo Moment)
Before you blink and 2026 is already underway, join our January 23rd workshop to uncover the unconscious rules shaping your work and redesign how you lead, respond, and create space in your career: www.balanceinstitute.com/rules
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Season 4
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Episode 44
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8:34
What Stepping Away Taught Me About Coming Back
Before you blink and 2026 is already underway, join our January 23rd workshop to uncover the unconscious rules shaping your work and redesign how you lead, respond, and create space in your career: www.balanceinstitute.com/rules <...
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Season 5
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Episode 130
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13:55
The Surprising Power of Play for High Achievers
Meetings don’t need more sticky notes; they need better thinking. We sit down with Cate Sefton to explore how structured play — especially Lego Serious Play — turns flat brainstorms into 3D strategy, elevates quiet voices, and surfaces ideas th...
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Episode 5
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24:17
The Real Reason Gen Z Makes Us Uncomfortable
Ever felt the sting of doing everything “right” only to be told you’re too direct, not ready, or simply invisible? We dig into how good girl conditioning collides with workplace reality, why women are penalised more for risk, and how to speak u...
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Episode 4
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26:17
Is It Them or Is It You? The Truth About Toxic Leadership
Bullying often hides in plain sight, wrapped in polished charm and shifting rules that leave you doubting your memory. Author, executive and consultant, Jane Phipps joins me to pull the mask off toxic and narcissistic leadership and get practic...
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Episode 3
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19:01