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In this season finale of The Phoenix Table, Sam opens up about a struggle many high achievers face: using productivity as a vice. As year-end pressure builds, she finds herself stuck in the cycle of stress, overdoing, and eventual burnout.

In this honest conversation, Sam shares why slowing down feels uncomfortable, why rest gets mistaken for laziness, and how taking a full day for herself shifted her entire view of “being productive.” She invites listeners to see rest not as something to earn, but something to protect, especially as holiday expectations rise.

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In this episode of The Phoenix Table, we sit down with Yasmine De Aranda, who turned a season of heartbreak and uncertainty into a profound journey of love, resilience, and redefinition.

When Yasmine’s husband was diagnosed with long COVID and became bedbound, life as she knew it shifted overnight. What followed was a powerful transformation—one that tested her strength, deepened her compassion, and reshaped her understanding of success and purpose.

Yasmine opens up about navigating caregiving, parenthood, and entrepreneurship while learning to lead with empathy, gratitude, and grace. Through it all, she discovered that abundance is not found in doing more—but in being present with the people who matter most.

This episode is a deeply human reflection on love through adversity, redefining success beyond survival, and choosing to lead with heart, even when life turns upside down.

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In this episode of The Phoenix Table, we sit down with Michele Hecken, a serial entrepreneur, speaker, and author who built her first business from scratch while raising two young daughters, and later transformed it to run entirely without her.

Michele opens up about the “messy middle” of entrepreneurship: burnout, guilt, and the fear of letting go. She shares how redefining work-life balance as work-life harmony helped her create true freedom, both in business and in life. From learning the power of saying no to trusting herself again, Michele’s story is a masterclass in designing a life on your own terms.

If you’ve ever felt torn between ambition and well-being, this conversation will remind you that you can build both, and thrive.

💡 Michele's Book:

• Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FZRT4CKH
• Amazon Canada Link: https://kdp.amazon.com/amazon-dp-action/ca/dualbookshelf.marketplacelink/B0FZRT4CKH

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