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Balance & Beyond

Jo Stone

174 episodes

3 days ago

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 practical about how to spot the patterns, protect your energy, and keep your team safe without sacrificing your career. We start by naming the behaviours that erode confidence: gaslighting disguised as “feedback,” image management that crumbles under stress, ...

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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 practical about how to spot the patterns, protect your energy, and keep your team safe without sacrificing your career. We start by naming the behaviours that erode confidence: gaslighting disguised as “feedback,” image management that crumbles under stress, ...

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Self-Improvement

Health & Fitness,

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Balance & Beyond

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 practical about how to spot the patterns, protect your energy, and keep your team safe without sacrificing your career. We start by naming the behaviours that erode confidence: gaslighting disguised as “feedback,” image management that crumbles under stress, ...

3 days ago

19 minutes

Balance & Beyond

This One Shift Will Give You More Energy Than Any Holiday

When your calendar looks perfect but your body says no, something deeper is going on. Jo sits down with women’s transition coach and transformation specialist Nicole Adey to trace how high achievement, grief, and people pleasing quietly drain energy until the body forces a reckoning. Nicole’s story moves from Asia-Pacific executive life to divorce, loss, a health scare, and the surprising discovery that leaving the job didn’t fix the fatigue. What did? Learning to feel again, practising somat...

1 week ago

23 minutes

Balance & Beyond

Ambition After Babies. The Truth No One Says Out Loud

Ready to stop waiting for permission and start leading with intention? We sit down with Khiara Cureton—VP in healthcare and executive career and money coach—to unpack how motherhood can sharpen ambition, not dull it, and how to turn quiet excellence into visible impact. From fifteen-minute daily resets to rethinking success around fulfilment and time, this conversation gives you practical ways to protect your energy, raise your voice, and build a life you actually love. We dig into the shift...

1 week ago

25 minutes

Balance & Beyond

The Two Questions That Will Change Your 2026 (Jo Moment)

We share a simple, identity-first practice to end the year with clarity and begin 2026 on purpose. Two questions help you release what no longer fits and choose the version of yourself that your habits and calendar will support. • shifting from self-judgement to curiosity and compassion • leaving behind old labels, guilt and unhelpful stories • choosing identity before goals and outcomes • translating beliefs into small, aligned behaviours • creating space to reflect and feel the truth • red...

2 weeks ago

8 minutes

Balance & Beyond

A Christmas Message From Me to You

The holidays can be noisy, busy, and strangely empty all at once. We wanted to create a quiet pocket in your feed to say a sincere thank you, share a few of our own rituals, and invite you to make space for rest without apology. From the notes you send to the stories you trust us with, your courage and honesty shape everything we do, and we reflect on how that shared momentum helps ambitious women lead with more ease and less burnout. We talk about gratitude as a practical tool, not a platit...

2 weeks ago

2 minutes

Balance & Beyond

The Part-Time Trap: Why Flexibility Fails Without Boundaries (and What the 4-Day Week Gets Right)

Tired of the part-time trap? You're not alone. While dropping to four days seems like the perfect burnout solution, many women find themselves cramming five days of work into four – making stress worse, not better. Debbie Bailey, co-CEO of Four Day Week Global, reveals the startling truth: it's not about working less, but working differently. Drawing from global trials involving thousands of employees, she shares how organizations implementing a four-day work week saw burnout drop by an asto...

3 weeks ago

25 minutes

Balance & Beyond

How to Navigate the Three Phases of Life After Burnout (Jo Moment)

We map the three-phase evolution beyond burnout—unravelling, reawakening, emergence—and share the questions that move you from survival to self-trust. December becomes a checkpoint to trade adrenaline for calm conviction and design a life that fits. • why burnout is initiation, not failure • phase one: unravelling and the clarity beneath collapse • the escape fantasy vs nervous system truth • phase two: reawakening and rebuilding self-trust • following curiosity into new practices and commun...

4 weeks ago

11 minutes

Balance & Beyond

The Three Biggest Trends of 2025

What if the missing piece in your success story isn’t another strategy, but a safer nervous system? We explore three potent trends shaping ambitious women: rebuilding worth at the body level, reframing perimenopause as a gateway to power, and ending the silent burnout of over-responsibility. With coaches Jaclyn and Sabina, we dig into how fight, flight, freeze, and fawn show up at work and home, why grit can’t replace regulation, and the simple, repeatable practices that build real capacity u...

1 month ago

20 minutes

Balance & Beyond

The Dark Side of Fierce Independence (Vault)

We challenge the “I can do it myself” script and show how fierce independence can cap career growth, fuel burnout, and create loneliness. We offer a path to bigger impact by asking for help, delegating earlier, and letting yourself be seen. • the hidden costs of doing it all yourself • how not asking for help stalls delegation and growth • why armour and perfectionism block real connection • the island metaphor for scale and support • working in your zone of genius with help • how human trib...

1 month ago

9 minutes

Balance & Beyond

You Can’t Out-Think Exhaustion: The 4R Fix for High Achievers

Burnout doesn’t always arrive with sirens; sometimes it’s a quiet collapse on the office floor before a board meeting. We sit down with leadership psychologist and human performance expert Rachael Edmondson-Clark to unpack how high-achieving women slide from “I’ve got this” into overload, why dopamine and constant wins can become compulsive, and the simple biological habits that pull you back to steady ground. Rachael’s story moves from masking and toxic positivity to a mission-led life, with...

1 month ago

26 minutes

Balance & Beyond

The Ache of Outgrowing The Woman You Used to Be (Jo Moment)

We explore the uncomfortable in‑between where success stops fitting and intuition asks for the lead. Jealousy becomes a compass, big goals are set down, and we choose aliveness over metrics while stepping into a sacred, uncertain void. • noticing jealousy as a clue to unmet desire • releasing the need to be seen as smart • reframing misunderstanding as their filter • stepping into the void with fear and faith • pausing big goals to measure by feeling • shifting from frameworks to intuition •...

1 month ago

10 minutes

Balance & Beyond

How to Survive December Without Losing Your Sh*t (or Yourself)

Head over to balanceinstitute.com/sos to save your seat and learn how you can survive December! December isn’t the villain. It’s the spotlight. When the concerts, deadlines, and family dynamics collide, our survival wiring takes over—over-responsibility, overthinking, and overfunctioning. We walk through how these patterns quietly run the show all year and hit peak volume now, why a holiday rarely fixes the underlying exhaustion, and how to plug energy leaks without relying on brittle willpow...

1 month ago

11 minutes

Balance & Beyond

The Fear You Don’t Know You’re Carrying (and How It Runs Your Life) (Vault)

Fear is the common thread behind perfectionism, procrastination, stress and overwhelm. We explore how this powerful emotion, designed to keep us alive, has evolved to hold us back from what we truly want in modern life. • Only two fears are innate (loud noises and falling from heights) - all others are conditioned • Perfectionism stems from fear of making mistakes and ultimately fear of rejection • Procrastination is actually a protective mechanism to avoid the fear of getting it wrong • Str...

1 month ago

10 minutes

Balance & Beyond

The One Question That Led Lisa to a Volcanic Island in the Atlantic

What would you regret more: staying where life feels predictable or choosing a path that feels alive? We sit down with former executive, best-selling author, and master coach Lisa Toste to unpack how she moved her family from Canada to a volcanic island in the Azores and redesigned work, health, and identity without abandoning ambition. This isn’t a fantasy montage. It’s a practical, warm, and funny roadmap for anyone who senses “there has to be more” but worries about the how. Lisa shares t...

1 month ago

31 minutes

Balance & Beyond

Whispers, Shouts, or Full Punch in the Face. Which One Are You Ignoring? (Vault)

Your body speaks in whispers, shouts, and sometimes punches to the face when you ignore its needs. Women are particularly susceptible to burnout due to perfectionism, people-pleasing, and putting everyone else first. • The whispers of burnout include trouble sleeping, brain fog, headaches, and constant tension • Shouts escalate to anxiety, adrenaline surges, digestive problems, and emotional fragility • Punches in the face are serious health crises like cancer, autoimmune conditions, or comp...

1 month ago

9 minutes

Balance & Beyond

Quiet Quitting: The Silent Revolution Freeing Women Leaders From Burnout

For ambitious women who've given their all to corporate life, 'quiet quitting' isn't the lazy retreat it's made out to be—it's a revolutionary act of self-preservation. After years of answering emails at 3 AM, giving 150% to everything, and carrying everyone else's emotional burdens, many high-achieving women are discovering an emptiness that signals they're finally done operating this way. The breaking point comes differently for everyone. Sometimes it's fighting tooth and nail for a deserv...

1 month ago

11 minutes

Balance & Beyond

Why You Always Feel Behind, Even When You’re Winning (Vault)

There's power in holding two perspectives simultaneously rather than falling into black and white thinking that dominates much of self-help literature. We can embrace both the gap (what we still want) and the gain (how far we've come), allowing us to celebrate progress while still pursuing growth. • The gap is the space between where we are now and where we want to be • Living only in the gap creates feelings of "not enough" and triggers unhealthy striving • Many high achievers believe focus...

2 months ago

10 minutes

Balance & Beyond

The Billionaire Who Couldn’t “Be” (and the Lesson Every Over-Achieving Woman Needs)

What if one unexpected act of kindness could rewire a lifetime of armour? We sit down with peak performance coach and life strategist Jessie Torres to trace a path from long-term abuse and unimaginable loss to a grounded, joyful life built on worthiness, boundaries, and fierce grace. Jessie doesn’t tell a story to blame; she tells a story to reveal how meaning is made, how microtraumas lodge in our bodies, and how we can choose a different future even when the past feels heavy. We explore th...

2 months ago

28 minutes

Balance & Beyond

Why You Don’t Know What You Want (and How to Change That) (Vault)

We explore the crucial difference between change driven by fear versus change pulled by desire, and why many women struggle to connect with what they truly want. This mindset shift is essential for breaking free from burnout and creating a life of joy and fulfillment rather than mere survival. • Running from fear (the modern "lions" of bosses, inboxes, and perfectionism) creates unsustainable change and leads to burnout • Sustainable change happens when we're pulled toward our desires, not p...

2 months ago

10 minutes

Balance & Beyond

Why More Gold Stars Don’t Give You More Confidence

What if your most trusted career strategy—collect more proof—has been the very thing keeping you from real confidence? We dig into the hidden gap between competence and confidence and explain why high achievers feel like imposters despite glowing resumes, promotions, and degrees. Drawing on years of coaching women at every level, we unpack the early conditioning that links safety to perfection and people-pleasing, and we show how that wiring turns us into validation seekers who outsource wort...

2 months ago

10 minutes