Podcast

Is Your Comfort Zone Too Small?

By Cathy Jacob / March 29, 2024

Is a smaller comfort zone another by-product of the COVID 19 pandemic? In this episode, I explore the elastic nature of comfort and courage and the downside of playing it safe.

Three Myths and a Lie.

By Cathy Jacob / March 14, 2024

What I learned on the long road back from burnout.

All Signs Pointed to Success. Why I Blew It All Up.

By Cathy Jacob / February 25, 2024

A personal story of the long road back from burnout.

The Slow Build: Unexpected Life Lessons From a Younger Self.

By Cathy Jacob / January 12, 2024

One of my New Year’s resolutions is to read my old journals. It’s been like being in conversation with my younger self. What I didn’t expect was what she would have to teach me.

Corazón: Essential Practices for Living and Leading from Heart.

By Cathy Jacob / November 24, 2023

What does it mean to build inner strength and what has that got to do with effective leadership? In this episode, Cathy explores these questions and offers three practices to strengthen your inner core.

First Aid for the Working Frazzled.

By Cathy Jacob / October 27, 2023

Try these three in-the-moment practices to reduce stress and support your well-being at work.

The Work-Life Wars: Is Balance the Answer?

By Cathy Jacob / October 12, 2023

After decades of promoting work-life balance and quality time with family, stress and burnout are still rampant. Do these ideas actually help or do they just add to our guilt? Maybe we need a different approach.

Small Things With Great Love

By Cathy Jacob / September 23, 2023

“We can do no great things, only small things with great love.” These words have always resonated deeply with me. But it wasn’t until I dug deeper into the question of what creates psychological wellbeing, that a deeper meaning began to emerge.

Small Decisions for a Big Life

By Cathy Jacob / September 14, 2023

Over the sweep of a life, it is the tiny, seemingly insignificant decisions we make every day that can make the biggest difference.

How Do You Keep Up When the New Normal Is “No Normal?”

By Cathy Jacob / June 23, 2023

When everything in your world is changing too fast, sometimes the best thing you can do is stop trying to keep up.