What if your productivity could feel aligned, not forced?

In this episode, I’m joined by Allie Jones, a certified Working Genius facilitator, to explore how understanding your strengths at work can help you unlock flow and ditch the hustle.

Whether you’re a solo entrepreneur, running a small team, or just feeling stuck in work that drains you — this conversation will help you shift from frustration to fulfillment. We break down the Working Genius test and what it actually reveals about your natural productivity style, plus how to delegate with confidence, collaborate more effectively, and spend more time in your zone of genius.

You’ll hear how to spot the real reason some tasks feel easy and others feel like pulling teeth, and how to tap into your flow state by honoring your energy, not just your calendar. Allie shares practical examples of how knowing your genius helps you build a business and life that feels uncomplicated and aligned — even when you’re juggling it all.

We also talk about how this framework can improve team collaboration and reduce burnout by helping you work with others from a place of understanding and strength. And yes, we even explore how AI can support the areas of your work that feel heavy — so you can focus on what lights you up.

If you're ready to lead with your strengths, delegate your weaknesses, and create real momentum without the burnout, this one’s for you.

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🎯Discover the New Year, No-Pressure Planning Checklist is a simple guide with 5 prompts to help you wrap up the year with self-trust and clarity — not overwhelm. It’s free, gentle, and designed to help you reflect and reset in a way that feels good.

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End the overwhelm and move towards Peaceful Productivity. Shift from the traditional grind to a mindful approach, prioritizing quality over quantity. Integrate high-impact tasks with mindfulness practices. Start by downloading the Wheel of Peaceful Productivity!

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You’re a planner. You love strategy, structure, and big-picture thinking.
But what happens when that gift for planning quietly turns into a form of procrastination?

In this solo episode, I break down a trap that so many intentional entrepreneurs fall into (including myself): using planning as a way to avoid action.

I explore why planning often feels productive, but secretly keeps you stuck. I unpack the myths around readiness and perfectionism, and how overthinking can become a form of avoidance. You’ll hear the difference between preparing and avoiding, and how perfectionism can disguise itself as productivity.

This conversation will help you shift out of analysis paralysis and into gentle, intentional action — even when the path isn’t fully mapped out. I share practical ways to use your planner brain to create momentum, not maintenance, and why imperfect action is better than perfect inaction.

If you’ve been craving more intention, less hustle and want your productivity to feel joyful, not pressurized, this one will resonate deeply.

Whether you’re a creative, coach, or working mom juggling all the things, you’ll walk away with a fresh perspective and simple tools to bring more clarity, confidence, and peaceful productivity into your day.

And if you've ever spent hours tweaking your Trello board instead of sending the pitch email… this one's a must listen for you.

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🎉 We’re celebrating the anniversary of The Productivity Sweet Spot — and you could win a free Productivity Mentoring Session! 💛 To enter, leave a podcast review and submit a screenshot HERE. Hurry! Giveaway closes on Dec 14.

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End the overwhelm and move towards Peaceful Productivity. Shift from the traditional grind to a mindful approach, prioritizing quality over quantity. Integrate high-impact tasks with mindfulness practices. Start by downloading the Wheel of Peaceful Productivity!

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What if the path forward isn’t about doing more, but about slowing down, tuning in, and trusting yourself more deeply?

In this soulful and honest conversation, I’m joined by feminine leadership coach Tanja Sanders, who shares how she made a powerful shift from hustle mode into a business built on intuition, self-trust, and sustainable growth.

We talk about what it really means to unlearn hustle culture, honor your nervous system, and embrace the slower rhythms that support authentic business growth — even when it feels unfamiliar.

Tanja opens up about a quiet season in her business and how she stopped forcing productivity and instead gave herself permission to pause. You’ll hear how she moved through discomfort, rebuilt trust with her body, and found a new kind of clarity and momentum.

Whether you’re deep in a transition or just craving a more easeful way to lead, this episode will remind you: you don’t have to push to be powerful.

This conversation is an invitation to soften, trust yourself more, and create from a place of alignment instead of pressure.

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End the overwhelm and move towards Peaceful Productivity. Shift from the traditional grind to a mindful approach, prioritizing quality over quantity. Integrate high-impact tasks with mindfulness practices. Start by downloading the Wheel of Peaceful Productivity!

Or book a complimentary productivity assessment with me and start reshaping your approach to productivity and success.

Don’t forget to connect with me on Instagram @_annerajoo_ and share your key takeaways from this episode! Your insights mean a lot to me!

Business is not a strategy game. Business is an Energy game.

What if your biggest “success” moment was also the beginning of your unraveling?

In this powerful conversation, I’m joined by Dr. Neja Zupan, a high-achieving woman in tech whose journey challenges everything we’ve been told about success, self-worth, and how to do it all.

We explore how burnout doesn’t always look like crashing. Sometimes it’s hidden behind overachieving, people-pleasing, and tying your value to performance. Dr. Neja shares the moment when her identity cracked open, and how that breaking point became the start of something deeper: nervous system healing, feminine energy integration, and a return to wholeness.

This episode is a heart-opening invitation to soften. To let go of the hustle-fueled version of success that leaves you depleted, and reclaim a way of working that protects your energy and honors your truth.

If you’ve been feeling disconnected, stuck in “doing,” or secretly exhausted from carrying it all — this is your permission slip to come back to yourself.

Because the path to sustainable business success isn’t about pushing harder. It’s about remembering who you were before the world told you to perform.

🔗 Connect with Dr. Neja

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🎯 Ready to plan a business that fits your life (not the other way around)? Join the next Peaceful Quarterly Planning Session with Anne and walk away with clarity, structure, and an aligned action plan for your next season of business. 👉 Snag Your Seat!

🎉 We’re celebrating the 1st anniversary of The Productivity Sweet Spot — and you could win a free Productivity Mentoring Session! 💛 To enter, leave a podcast review and submit a screenshot HERE. Hurry! Giveaway closes on Dec 14.

💛You might also like episode 53 with Tasleem Jessani - Why High Performers Burn Out: The Hidden Effects of Childhood Trauma

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End the overwhelm and move towards Peaceful Productivity. Shift from the traditional grind to a mindful approach, prioritizing quality over quantity. Integrate high-impact tasks with mindfulness practices. Start by downloading the Wheel of Peaceful Productivity!

Or book a complimentary productivity assessment with me and start reshaping your approach to productivity and success.

Don’t forget to connect with me on Instagram @_annerajoo_ and share your key takeaways from this episode! Your insights mean a lot to me!

If you're constantly overwhelmed, juggling too much, or secretly afraid to let go of control — this episode is going to change how you work.

Dr. Dee joins me for a powerful conversation about how busy female entrepreneurs can reclaim time, energy, and focus without sacrificing quality or success. You’ll learn how to delegate more effectively, outsource with clarity, and decide what truly deserves your attention using her “Ask-Request Matrix.”

We talk about how to stop micromanaging and start trusting your systems — and yourself. You’ll hear how identifying your unique ability is the real secret to working smarter, not harder, and why most business owners take back tasks not because they should — but because it feels familiar.

Whether you’re deep in burnout or just want to avoid it altogether, this conversation is filled with practical strategies to help you simplify delegation, set stronger boundaries, and protect your energy as you grow.

You don’t have to do it all. You just need a better way to decide where your energy goes.

🔗Connect with Dr. Denise Trudeau Poskas

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Let’s make your time work for you — not the other way around. 🚀

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End the overwhelm and move towards Peaceful Productivity. Shift from the traditional grind to a mindful approach, prioritizing quality over quantity. Integrate high-impact tasks with mindfulness practices. Start by downloading the Wheel of Peaceful Productivity!

Or book a complimentary productivity assessment with me and start reshaping your approach to productivity and success.

Don’t forget to connect with me on Instagram @_annerajoo_ and share your key takeaways from this episode! Your insights mean a lot to me!

Ever feel like no matter how many time management tools you try, you’re still running behind?

You’re not alone — because time management isn’t the real issue.

In this conversation, I down with Amanda van der Heiden to explore what’s really going on beneath the surface of our busyness and how shifting your focus from managing time to managing priorities can completely transform the way you work and live.

Amanda shares practical ways to create clarity and focus, from using the Eisenhower Matrix to separate urgency from importance, to applying the Five Whys technique to uncover what truly drives your goals. Together, they dive into setting better boundaries at work, designing a life that fits your values, and building a rhythm that feels calm, intentional, and sustainable.

If you’ve been struggling to stay organized, juggling too much, or feeling like your days run you instead of the other way around, this episode will help you slow down, get clear, and take back control of your time — peacefully. It’s not about doing more, it’s about being intentional with where and how you spend your time so you can work smarter, not harder.

🔗 Connect with Amanda van der Heiden

Ready to Take Action? Here’s Your Next Step

📩 Subscribe to The Productivity Sweet Spot for more practical, peaceful productivity insights.

✨ Celebrate one year of The Productivity Sweet Spot! Share your review + upload the screenshot HERE to join the anniversary giveaway.

Let’s make your time work for you — not the other way around. 🚀

End the overwhelm and move towards Peaceful Productivity. Shift from the traditional grind to a mindful approach, prioritizing quality over quantity. Integrate high-impact tasks with mindfulness practices. Start by downloading the Wheel of Peaceful Productivity!

Or book a complimentary productivity assessment with me and start reshaping your approach to productivity and success.

Don’t forget to connect with me on Instagram @_annerajoo_ and share your key takeaways from this episode! Your insights mean a lot to me!

Is your calendar perfectly optimized… but you still feel off?

You’re not alone. In this solo episode, we’re getting real about the difference between “doing things right” and doing what actually feels right. If you’ve been stuck in endless productivity systems that look good on paper but leave you feeling drained, this one’s for you.

We’ll explore what happens when you move from over-optimization into alignment—where energy management matters more than squeezing in one more task. I’ll share how I shifted from being an Efficient Optimizer to a more Peaceful Performer, and what that actually looks like day to day.

We’ll also talk about the kind of business systems that truly support your nervous system, how to get into flow state, and what happens when you delegate or automate tasks that aren't aligned with your strengths.

Whether you’re craving more joy at work, feeling stuck in hustle mode, or wondering why things still feel off even with a color-coded plan, this episode offers a grounded, compassionate shift toward meaningful work and feeling aligned again.

🎧 Ready to Take Action? Here’s Your Next Step:

✉️ Subscribe to the podcast for more tips on how to reduce stress and feel more in control of your time.

✨ Ready to make a plan that supports your energy, not just your output? Join the Quarterly Planning Session – we’ll walk through my favorite 5 W’s clarity exercise inside.

🗲 Protect your energy. Start with discovering your unique productivity style — take the quiz here.

Let’s make your time work for you — not the other way around. 💛

End the overwhelm and move towards Peaceful Productivity. Shift from the traditional grind to a mindful approach, prioritizing quality over quantity. Integrate high-impact tasks with mindfulness practices. Start by downloading the Wheel of Peaceful Productivity!

Or book a complimentary productivity assessment with me and start reshaping your approach to productivity and success.

Don’t forget to connect with me on Instagram @_annerajoo_ and share your key takeaways from this episode! Your insights mean a lot to me!

Why do so many high performers burn out? Even when they’re doing everything “right”...

In this powerful conversation, subconscious reprogramming coach Tasleem Jessani joins me to unpack the deep connection between overachiever personality traits and unresolved childhood trauma.

We explore how fear-based productivity, nervous system imbalance, and the need to prove yourself can quietly drive your success… until it all stops working. If you’ve ever wondered why you can’t stop pushing, or why rest feels unsafe, this episode will meet you with clarity, compassion, and actionable insight.

You’ll hear how high performer habits often begin as protective patterns rooted in childhood, why regulating your nervous system is more important than perfecting your calendar, and how to build real trust in yourself (without relying on hustle or hyper-achieving.)

Tune in to protect your energy, reconnect with purpose, and redefine success on your own terms.

🔗 Connect with Tasleem Jessani
🎁 Try her free nervous system regulation hypnosis track

🎧 Ready to Take Action? Here’s Your Next Step:

Subscribe to the podcast for more tips on how to reduce stress and feel more in control of your time.

Protect your energy. Start with discovering your unique productivity style — take the quiz here.

Let’s make your time work for you — not the other way around. 💛

End the overwhelm and move towards Peaceful Productivity. Shift from the traditional grind to a mindful approach, prioritizing quality over quantity. Integrate high-impact tasks with mindfulness practices. Start by downloading the Wheel of Peaceful Productivity!

Or book a complimentary productivity assessment with me and start reshaping your approach to productivity and success.

Don’t forget to connect with me on Instagram @_annerajoo_ and share your key takeaways from this episode! Your insights mean a lot to me!