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Why Some High Achievers Don't Burn Out, with Nick Petrie #102

June 18, 2026

What if the thing that's exhausting you isn't the pressure? What if it's the formula you've been using to handle it all these years? It's probably the same formula that built your career, which is now quietly running you into the ground. In this conversation, leadership researcher Nick Petrie shares what he learned from studying more than 1,000 high performers and the handful who seem to have cracked a code the rest of us missed. Not because they're tougher. Not because they're better at self...

Why Relentless Achievement Still Doesn't Feel Like Enough, with Cory Allen #101

May 14, 2026

What happens when you finally achieve the thing you wanted… and still feel weirdly unchanged? In this episode, I'm joined by author, musician and meditation teacher Cory Allen for a conversation about ambition, creativity, overachievement and the strange emotional flatness that can follow success. We explore why so many high achievers quietly expect achievement to do something it was never designed to do: finally make them feel enough. In this episode we explore: Why achievement often fails...

Why You Can't Stop Working (even when you know you should), with Dr Claire Plumbly. #100

April 29, 2026

You say "yes", and almost immediately your body knows…argh, I've done it again. This episode is about that moment where you override your exhaustion and capacity in favour of taking something on. There are plenty of reasons why we do this, and my guest today helps to explain what might be going on there. Author and clinical psychologist, Dr Claire Plumbly, helps me to unpack a particular pattern of burnout – not the dramatic, can't-get-out-of-bed version, but the high-functioning one. The kin...