Zero Stress EPS 20 Mindset for Success featuring Kevin Bees

Zero Stress EPS 19 Identify Early Signs for Burnout and Health Crisis featuring Anthony Hartcher

In this episode, Manisha Gupta, a high-performance coach, explores the importance of addressing internal factors to manage stress and achieve balance. She explains how people often focus on external stressors, like work or relationships, but neglect internal ones, such as perfectionism, negative self-talk, and fear of failure. Manisha emphasizes the value of self-reflection, mindfulness, and setting healthy boundaries to build resilience and lasting change. She also shares the common signs of neglecting mental health, including physical and emotional symptoms, and stresses the importance of recognizing them early. Through coaching, Manisha has helped clients transform their lives, improving not only their mental well-being but also their relationships, health, and career. By aligning their purpose with their performance, her clients experience greater clarity, confidence, and productivity. Manisha's insights underscore how focusing on internal stressors leads to a more fulfilling, balanced, and empowered life. You can connect with Manisha on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/coach-manisha-b-gupta/

In this episode, Niluka Kavanagh shares her journey from consulting to entrepreneurship, emphasizing self-defined success. She talks about the 'Ikigai' model, promoting careers that enhance life and align with personal values. She empowers digital nomads and solopreneurs, highlighting the importance of balancing success with well-being.

Niluka is the Founder of ImagineThat - the Business School for Digital Nomads and Solopreneurs.

ImagineThat helps ambitious but bored professionals start their own independent online services business and work from anywhere.

After graduating from Oxford University, Niluka started her career in consulting at KPMG UK in London, working with global brands including Tesco, Mastercard and The London Stock Exchange.

Nearly 5 years later, she wanted more and decided to embark on an experiment - is it possible to work for yourself and work from anywhere?

During this time, Niluka worked on 2 of her own businesses fully remote while living in 7 places across the world, including Valencia, Lisbon Chiang Mai, Istanbul and Da Nang. One of her businesses was in public speaking (helping over 500 people globally improve their presenting skills) and the other was a tech start-up which she took to market.

She saw that it IS possible to work for herself and have location freedom - and saw other professionals like her wanting to do the same, but not knowing where to begin. This led her to create ImagineThat and the ImagineThat Academy.

If you are interested in what Niluka is doing and would like to work with her on starting an online services business, you can find out more via the website or connect with her on LinkedIn - Niluka Kavanagh.

You can also subscribe for updates and join the free community here: https://beacons.ai/imaginethatclub.

Finally, you can find her on her YouTube channel @breakingboundarieswithniluka

Announcement: Balanced Achievers is now rebranding as Zero Stress.

Zero Stress (Balanced Achievers) EPS 16 Burnout Prevention for Entrepreneurs with Tom Dawkins

In this podcast episode, our special guest Birthe Nohrden delves into team building, connection, and leadership, sharing insights from her innovative approach, Team Talks. She emphasizes the crucial role of human connection and belonging in the workplace, advocating for leaders to build personal connections with their team members to foster trust and high performance. Birthe suggests using personality tests to enhance team understanding and recommends sharing personal information and blind spots to strengthen relationships.

She introduces a framework for team development that encourages monthly "teamship" habits, including individual reflection, peer coaching, and sharing experiences within the team. This approach aims to promote psychological safety, continuous learning, and consistent micro-uplifts, which are key to team well-being and resilience.

Birthe also discusses the challenges of leadership, such as burnout resulting from a lack of energy and empathy, highlighting the importance of self-care for leaders. She underscores the value of meaningful connections and support from loved ones in overcoming challenges and stresses the importance of reframing difficulties as learning opportunities. Overall, the episode offers valuable insights into enhancing team dynamics and leadership effectiveness through connection and personal growth.

In this conversation, Alan Riva shared his journey integrating business with environmental consciousness, his unconventional career path, including developing an eco-resort in Belize. He emphasized the importance of following joy for personal growth and overcoming challenges while maintaining well-being. Alan highlighted the negative impact of high expectations on performance and stressed the need to stay present.

The conversation also addressed technology's dual role in connection and distraction, and the challenges of remote work versus the benefits of face-to-face interactions for creativity and mental health. Alan's passion for nature and sustainability was evident as he recounted his eco-tourism efforts and environmental activism. He encouraged prioritizing well-being through practices like meditation. The discussion concluded with inspiring advice on maintaining purpose and presence in work and life.

In this episode of "Balanced Achievers," Magdalena Reith discussed balancing high performance and mental well-being in the startup world. Magdalina shares her journey from Germany to Silicon Valley, highlighting her experiences in tech and entrepreneurship. They address the stigma surrounding mental health among high achievers and emphasize the importance of work-life balance, clear expectations, and self-care. Productivity techniques, such as breaking tasks into smaller steps and using systematic approaches, are explored. The episode concludes with advice on managing stress through breathing exercises, meditation, and self-reflection.