Sacred & Sovereign

Why Work/Life Balance is a Trap & What to Try Instead

Elizabeth Brett

What if everything you’ve been told about work-life balance is a trap? What if the constant striving for some perfect ratio between work, motherhood, partnership, and personal growth is actually keeping you stuck?

In this episode of Sacred & Sovereign, I’m calling bullsh*t on the outdated concept of work-life balance. Instead of trying to slice ourselves into neat little percentages—50% work, 50% life, or whatever impossible standard we’ve been fed—I invite you to consider a new approach: one that brings all of you into everything you do.

I dive into my own journey of breaking free from the work/life balance trap, from my identity as an ambitious entrepreneur to navigating an ego-death in motherhood, and finally, to reclaiming my wholeness in a way that integrates every part of me. This conversation is for any woman who has ever felt torn between who she should be and who she truly is.


Tune in to hear:

  • why the idea of “balance” is keeping us disconnected from our true power
  • how to bring your full self into motherhood, work, relationships, and personal growth
  • the moment that shattered my old paradigm and forced me to redefine success
  • a radical new way to approach your life that actually feels freeing, not exhausting

If you’ve been struggling to juggle all the different pieces of your life and wondering why it never feels quite right, this episode will shift the way you see it all.

About the Host
Elizabeth Brett is a former NBC reporter turned modern-day priestess, mama, activator & guide. She’s been interviewed on The Today Show, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Shape Magazine, and Cosmo Radio, has changed countless diapers along with her career multiple times, and now guides women to remember who they were before the world told them who to be. She believes this is the key to wild abundance & soul-level fulfillment.

Her work is an invitation—one that challenges the rules of womanhood and motherhood as we know them, offering a new paradigm where success isn’t just measured by achievement but by the depth of one's aliveness.

Elizabeth lives in Austin, TX, with her beloved husband and two magical kids. She's known to show up in the school pick-up line wearing a unicorn horn, and loves a spontaneous dance party.

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