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.
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Overwhelm is Optional
Episode 152: New Year Overwhelm
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The New Year with its promises and pressures provides a special opportunity to examine your relationship with overwhelm - and to let some of it go (or not).
Welcome to the Overwhelm is Optional podcast where each week we find ways to gently rebel against the nonsense that overwhelm and exhaustion are just the price you pay to have the life you want.
Heidi Marke is a Coach, Teacher, Podcaster & Author
Having managed to embarrassingly and painfully burn out losing her once-loved and hard-worked-for career, confidence, health and financial stability - whilst prioritizing her selfcare (yes, really!) she now quietly leads The Gentle Rebellion - inviting you to gently, but firmly, rebel against the idea that to have the life you want you to have to push through overwhelm and exhaustion. You don’t.
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Three things I’m currently offering:
The Gently Rebellious One Minute Journal, available on Amazon – a clear, practical way to keep in touch with the guidance of your Heartfelt Wish List every day of the year in just one minute.
Manifest Your Dreams in 2026 – a special New Year one-to-one bespoke coaching package.
Whatever you decide, I hope you decide to find a way to stay focused on what matters most to you.
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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