What happens when the work you feel called to do starts costing you your health?

In this powerful episode of "What The Why?!?", Barbara Anne Gardenhire-Mills sits down with Deidre Gestrin, founder of Abundant Wellness Essentials, Certified Health Coach, and Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, for an honest conversation about burnout, workplace stress, whole-person wellness, boundaries, and purpose.

Deidre knows burnout firsthand. After experiencing burnout multiple times in a demanding career, she reached a frightening turning point when her doctor told her that her job was harming her health. Yet she still knew she was doing work she felt called to do.

Her experience led her to explore the connection between physical and mental health and ultimately expand her work into functional medicine coaching.

👤About Deidre Gestrin

Deidre Gestrin is the founder of Abundant Wellness Essentials. She is a Certified Health Coach and Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor who understands the challenges of a high-performing career.

Through her personal experience with burnout, Deidre learned to fully embrace the connection between physical and mental health. Her journey led her to obtain a functional medicine coaching certification and a Fast Like a Girl Certification.

🎧Listen to the full episode:

https://pod.link/aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYS5yc3MuY29tL3doYXQtdGhlLXdoeS9mZWVkLnhtbA

📥 Download the episode to listen offline, revisit the insights, and share it with a leader or colleague who could benefit from the conversation.

🔗 Connect with Deidre Gestrin

🌐 Abundant Wellness Essentials: https://abundantwellnessessentials.com

🌐 Stress to Peace: https://stresstopeace.com

🌐 Burnout Basics: https://burnoutbasics.com

📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dgestrin/

💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deidregestrin

▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AbundantWellnessEssentials

🎥 Watch the video version on YouTube:

➡️ https://youtu.be/ARS2qBfWXxk

✨ Ready to elevate your leadership, strengthen your team, or create meaningful transformation in your organization?

📅Book a complimentary Coaching, Consulting & Strategy Session with Barbara Anne Gardenhire-Mills:

https://calendly.com/barbaraanne-purposefilledsande/pfse-free-coaching-consulting-strategy-referral

#burnoutrecovery #workplaceburnout #WorkplaceWellbeing #StressManagement

What if the biggest risk isn’t making a change—but staying exactly where you are?

In this powerful two-part conversation on "What The Why?!?", Kylee Leota, Founder and Chief Vision Officer of Elements 4 Success and creator of the INFINITE Leadership Framework, explores the connection between personal transformation and the way we show up as leaders.

In Part 1, Kylee opens up about courage, fear, change, and the cost of inaction—reminding us that fearlessness doesn’t mean having no fear. It means recognizing what we’re afraid of and choosing to move forward anyway.

Then, in Part 2, the conversation shifts to leadership as Kylee takes us inside her INFINITE Leadership Framework and explores psychological safety, emotional intelligence, innovation, service-based leadership, and continuous growth.

✨ A few powerful takeaways:

• Consider the cost of doing nothing when you're afraid to make a change.

• Meaningful transformation can begin with one small, intentional choice.

• Psychological safety creates space for people to belong, learn, contribute, and challenge respectfully.

• Great leadership requires us to continuously learn, unlearn, and relearn.

• Leadership isn't a destination—we continue to evolve as the people and leaders we become.

💭 What could change if you stopped asking, “What if I fail?” and started asking, “What will it cost me if nothing changes?”

👤About Kylee Leota

Kylee is the Founder and Chief Vision Officer of Elements 4 Success and creator of the INFINITE Leadership Framework. A globally recognised leadership and behaviour expert with more than 25 years of experience, she helps individuals and organisations create cultures of psychological safety, innovation, and continuous improvement. Her practical, human-centred approach helps leaders navigate change, unlock human potential, and create lasting transformation.

🎧 Listen to the full episode:

https://pod.link/aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYS5yc3MuY29tL3doYXQtdGhl...

📥 Download the episode to listen offline, revisit the insights, and share the conversation with someone who may benefit from Johannes's message.

Connect with Kylee:

📸 Instagram: instagram.com/elements4success

💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylee-leota-leadershipexpert/

🌐 Website: https://elements4success.com.au/

🎥 Watch the video version on YouTube

Part 1: https://youtu.be/5otTYTeWzNI

Part 2: https://youtu.be/Bqi0AC7s1ro

✨ Ready to elevate your leadership, strengthen your team, or create meaningful transformation in your organization?

📅Book a complimentary Coaching, Consulting & Strategy Session with Barbara Anne Gardenhire-Mills:

https://calendly.com/barbaraanne-purposefilledsande/pfse-free-coaching-consulting-strategy-referral

#elements4success #WhatTheWhyPodcast #KyleeLeota #InfiniteLeadership #LeadershipDevelopment #PsychologicalSafety #EmotionalIntelligence #LeadershipGrowth #WorkplaceCulture #ContinuousImprovement #LeadershipTransformation #HumanCenteredLeadership #PersonalGrowth #PurposeDrivenLeadership

What if your path to purpose looked nothing like you originally imagined?

Cathy Nesbitt spent approximately 20 years working as a secretary before an unexpected journey led her into entrepreneurship, worm composting, wellness—and eventually, Laughter Yoga.

In this uplifting episode of What The Why?!?, Barbara Anne Gardenhire-Mills sits down with Cathy to explore what happens when we become open to reinvention and intentionally create more joy in our lives.

As a Health and Wellness Advocate, Laughter Yoga Teacher, and Laughter Ambassador, Cathy helps people move out of stress and into joy using laughter, tapping, Brain Gym, and other energy and wellness techniques.

👤 About Our Guest

Cathy Nesbitt is a Health and Wellness Advocate dedicated to promoting joy and vitality through laughter and energy techniques. She is a Laughter Yoga Teacher and was appointed a Laughter Ambassador in 2017 by Dr. Madan Kataria, founder of Laughter Yoga.

She incorporates tapping, Brain Gym, and other healing modalities to help people move from stress into joy. Cathy is also the founder of Cathy’s Crawly Composters and Cathy’s Sprouters.

🎧 Listen to the full episode:

https://pod.link/aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYS5yc3MuY29tL3doYXQtdGhlLXdoeS9mZWVkLnhtbA

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🔗 Connect with Cathy

🌐 Website: https://www.cathysclub.com/

💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cathynesbitt/

▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CathyLaughter

🎥 Watch the video version on YouTube:

➡️ https://youtu.be/GEEAK0Oj0kE

✨ Ready to elevate your leadership, strengthen your team, or create meaningful transformation in your organization?

📅Book a complimentary Coaching, Consulting & Strategy Session with Barbara Anne Gardenhire-Mills:

https://calendly.com/barbaraanne-purposefilledsande/pfse-free-coaching-consulting-strategy-referral

#laughteristhebestmedicine #laughteryoga #stressmanagement