Overwhelm is Optional
Exploring how to have more focus and satisfaction at work and switch off, laugh easily and be present at home.
Hosted by Heidi Marke, The Gentle Rebel Coach and creator of The One Minute Marke, a simple 60-second practice to reduce overwhelm and author of Overwhelm is Optional and The Gentle Rebellious One Minute Journal.
Challenging the idea that overwhelm and exhaustion are the price of success.
Thank you to purpleplanet.com for the music.
Overwhelm is Optional
Weathering Storms — Because There Will Always Be Something to Disturb Your Coffee
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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 storms so the bigger ones don't knock you flat.
- why there will always be something to disturb your coffee — and that's okay
- the difference between big storms and small ones and why both matter
- how practising with tiny disturbances builds real, lasting resilience
- why weathering storms is a skill you can actually get better at
- the gentle rebellious approach to setbacks, disruptions and unexpected chaos
For anyone who'd just like to finish their coffee in peace — and knows that's not always possible, but wants to handle it better when it isn't.
This podcast was created to help big-hearted, driven professionals break free from overwhelm and experience more clarity, ease and joy.
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