High-achieving women don’t burn out because they’re lazy.

They burn out because their nervous system confuses busyness with safety.

In this episode, Anne Jones breaks down the overfunctioning pattern — the sneaky nervous system strategy that looks like competence, responsibility, and productivity… but quietly keeps you stuck in exhaustion and self-abandonment.

If you struggle to relax, feel guilty when you rest, or spiral the second life gets quiet, this episode will help you understand why.

You’ll learn:

• What overfunctioning really is (and how to tell if you’re doing it)
• Why rest feels unsafe for high-achieving women
• The difference between impulse and intuition
• How the “overfunctioning loop” keeps you busy but not fulfilled
• A simple 3-step reset to rebuild self-trust without adding more to your to-do list

This is for the woman who is capable, reliable, and always on top of things… but secretly doesn’t know who she is when she’s not managing something.

If you’ve ever wondered why you can’t “just relax,” this conversation will change how you see yourself.

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Feeling capable, but still falling off when life gets loud?

This podcast is for the woman who knows what to do, but keeps disconnecting from herself under pressure.

Around here, we talk about staying with yourself when motivation fades, building real capacity instead of pushing harder, and creating a life that feels steady, regulated, and yours, even in chaotic seasons.

No hustle. No performative discipline. No starting over every Monday.

Start here:

• Free Guide: The High-Achiever's Guide to Losing Fat Without Obsessing Over Food or Workouts: [https://www.annejonescoaching.ca/free-guide-your-body-your-way]

• Deeper support + essays: Join my Substack: [https://annejonesfit.substack.com/]

Work with me:

• Website: [https://www.annejonescoaching.ca/]

Connect With Me:

• Instagram: [@annejonesfit]

• YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/@annejones]

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In this episode of the Muscles and Mindset Revolution, Anne Jones shares the story behind a decision that didn’t come from burnout, collapse, or failure, but from clarity.

After seven years of building a successful fitness and mindset coaching business, one that worked on every logical level, Anne chose to step away. Not because she couldn’t continue, but because she no longer wanted to hold it.

This episode explores what happens when capacity becomes obligation, when success outlives alignment, and when the bravest decision isn’t building more, but recognizing completion.

You’ll hear:

• Why leaving something successful doesn’t always mean something went wrong
• How nervous system work expands capacity, and why that gives you a choice
• The difference between burnout and completion
• Why “choosing less” can be an act of self-trust, not avoidance
• How to honour a season of restraint without rushing to replace it

This conversation is for high-achieving women who are capable, consistent, and reliable, but quietly wondering what they’re carrying simply because they can.

If you’ve ever thought, “I don’t want to hold this anymore,” this episode will help you understand why that knowing matters.

Timestamps:

00:00 Welcome to the Muscles and Mindset Revolution
00:36 This Is Not a How-To or an Announcement
01:40 Walking Away From a Business That Worked
02:50 When Logic Says “Stay” but Something Else Says “No”
03:55 How Capacity and Capability Become a Trap
05:05 The Difference Between Burnout and Completion
06:30 What Nervous System Work Actually Changes
07:55 Choosing Less Without Collapsing
09:10 Outgrowing an Identity Without Erasing Yourself
10:55 Honoring Seasons of Restraint and Integration
12:30 Completion, Thresholds, and Self-Trust
14:10 Final Reflections and Closing

Feeling capable, but still falling off when life gets loud?

This podcast is for the woman who knows what to do, but keeps disconnecting from herself under pressure.

Around here, we talk about staying with yourself when motivation fades, building real capacity instead of pushing harder, and creating a life that feels steady, regulated, and yours, even in chaotic seasons.

No hustle. No performative discipline. No starting over every Monday.

Start here:

• Free Guide: The High-Achiever's Guide to Losing Fat Without Obsessing Over Food or Workouts: [https://www.annejonescoaching.ca/free-guide-your-body-your-way]

• Deeper support + essays: Join my Substack: [https://annejonesfit.substack.com/]

Work with me:

• Website: [https://www.annejonescoaching.ca/]

Connect With Me:

• Instagram: [@annejonesfit]

• YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/@annejones]

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Have you ever caught yourself thinking:

“If they would just change, I could finally relax”

“If people saw me differently, I’d feel okay”

“If I could just get my life together, I could breathe”

In this episode, Anne explores why trying to control how other people think, feel, or perceive you keeps your nervous system locked in tension, and why peace doesn’t come from fixing yourself or getting everything just right.

Drawing from coaching work, nervous system regulation, and insights from Buddhist teacher Pema Chödrön, Anne unpacks:

• Why outsourcing your safety to other people never works
• How perfectionism disguises itself as “self-improvement”
• What it actually means to stop arguing with reality
• Why peace comes from being with discomfort, not eliminating it

This episode is not about discipline, control, or becoming a better version of yourself.

It’s about learning how to stay with yourself, even when things feel uncertain, messy, or unresolved.

Nothing here is meant to push you or fix you.

Let it land. Let your body catch up.

Feeling capable, but still falling off when life gets loud?

This podcast is for the woman who knows what to do, but keeps disconnecting from herself under pressure.

Around here, we talk about staying with yourself when motivation fades, building real capacity instead of pushing harder, and creating a life that feels steady, regulated, and yours, even in chaotic seasons.

No hustle. No performative discipline. No starting over every Monday.

Start here:

• Free Guide: The High-Achiever's Guide to Losing Fat Without Obsessing Over Food or Workouts: [https://www.annejonescoaching.ca/free-guide-your-body-your-way]

• Deeper support + essays: Join my Substack: [https://annejonesfit.substack.com/]

Work with me:

• Website: [https://www.annejonescoaching.ca/]

Connect With Me:

• Instagram: [@annejonesfit]

• YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/@annejones]

Love This Episode? Share & Review!

If you found this episode helpful, take a screenshot and share it on your Instagram stories, tagging [@annejonesfit] so I can say thanks! Don’t forget to leave a review on your favourite podcast platform—it helps more women discover the show and start their tr...