Welcome to the A Bit Of A Boost Burnout Series!

This is a topic I've explored on the podcast before, and one that comes up regularly in coaching sessions, workshops and conversations with high performing professionals.

What's become clear is that it doesn't just suddenly hit you. It creeps up, gets normalised and isn't always easy to spot until it's too late.

In this series I'm sharing real conversations with people who've experienced burnout firsthand.

Not the theories or frameworks, but the personal stories of what happened.

How it felt, what was going on at the time, the contributing factors, and the signs that were missed, that in hindsight seem so obvious.

We also explore what people learned from the experience, and the changes they made to avoid ending up in the same place again.

You may recognise yourself in parts of these stories. Either because they echo your own experience, or reflect something you're going through right now.

My third guest in this series is Paige Wheeler, senior account executive at SugarCRM.

In this conversation, Paige shares her personal experience of burnout - how it has recurred several times, the patterns she's figured out and how to hopefully catch it before it gets a hold next time.

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You can find out more about Paige or connect with her via LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/paige-wheeler-68004362

Welcome to the A Bit Of A Boost Burnout Series!

This is a topic I've explored on the podcast before, and one that comes up regularly in coaching sessions, workshops and conversations with high performing professionals.

What's become clear is that it doesn't just suddenly hit you. It creeps up, gets normalised and isn't always easy to spot until it's too late.

In this series I'm sharing real conversations with people who've experienced burnout firsthand.

Not the theories or frameworks, but the personal stories of what happened.

How it felt, what was going on at the time, the contributing factors, and the signs that were missed, that in hindsight seem so obvious.

We also explore what people learned from the experience, and the changes they made to avoid ending up in the same place again.

You may recognise yourself in parts of these stories. Either because they echo your own experience, or reflect something you're going through right now.

My second guest in this series is Clare Brown, director at Microsoft.

In this conversation, Clare shares her personal experience of burnout - what was happening at the time, and how it took an intervention from her family to finally make some changes

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You can find out more about Clare or connect with her via LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/clare-brown-78a1532

Welcome to the A Bit Of A Boost Burnout Series!

This is a topic I've explored on the podcast before, and one that comes up regularly in coaching sessions, workshops and conversations with high performing professionals.

What's become clear is that it doesn't just suddenly hit you. It creeps up, gets normalised and isn't always easy to spot until it's too late.

In this series I'm sharing real conversations with people who've experienced burnout firsthand.

Not the theories or frameworks, but the personal stories of what happened.

How it felt, what was going on at the time, the contributing factors, and the signs that were missed, that in hindsight seem so obvious.

We also explore what people learned from the experience, and the changes they made to avoid ending up in the same place again.

You may recognise yourself in parts of these stories. Either because they echo your own experience, or reflect something you're going through right now.

My first guest in this series is Rachael Malton-Smith, head of business performance and projects at Babcock International Group.

In this conversation, Rachael shares her personal experience of burnout - what was happening at the time, how she noticed her behaviour change and some of the lessons she took away from it.

You can find out more about Rachael or connect with her via LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachael-malton-smith-cp-apmp-098b0762

We're kicking off the 2026 podcast episodes with this insight to the 6 different levels of thinking.

When we set goals, most of us consider just the ONE level: what BEHAVIOURS do I need to change?

This is important, but it's not the only level we need to consider if we want more rapid and permanent change.

I first came across the 6 Logical Levels when I was stydying for my NLP practioners course, and have used it regularly since then.

In this short episode I will walk you through all 6 levels - environment, behaviours, capabilities, beliefs & values, identity and purpose - and explain how you can use it to expand your thinking when you're considering a new goal or change.

In the introduction I also share the reason I believe this podcast is still going - 5 years after the first episode back in January 2021 - and my approach to some of the solo episodes I have produced in that time (including this one!)

Whatever your goals are for the next 12 months, I wish you success, motivation and all the resilience you need to get back on track when you face the inevitable challenges along the way.

Thank you for listening to A Bit Of A Boost!

In this final episode of 2025 I share 16 questions that will help you extract more of the lessons from the last 12 months, and get clear on what is most important for the next 12.

These are the exact questions I sat down to answer a couple of weeks ago as part of my traditional annual review.

I looked at 4 areas:

1) The successes from the 205

2) The setbacks

3) What I need to amplify or release for 2026

4) The goals, mission and objectives for the year ahead

Whether you just think through your answers to these 16 questions as you listen to this episode, or spend some time writing them down and going deeper, I hope that you get some benefit from pausing and reflecting, and resetting for 2026!

My guest on today's show is cofounder of Thriviae and Workplace Performance Strategist, Luke Mulcahy.

For the last few years Luke and his team have been developing a revolutionary platform that help support organisations in tackling some of the most pressing challenges of the modern workplace.

His recently published academic paper and research report introduces the Periodic Table of Workplace Thriving, which I have to say really spoke to my love of order and organisation. It structures 24 enablers and over 100 measurable elements that shape wellbeing, performance and development across organisations.

We began by focusing on the tricky topic of PURPOSE. What this really means, why it's important, and some of the challenges in articulating it as well as creating teams where there is a shared sense of purpose.

As predicted, our conversation ran into a number of different topics including belonging, multi-generational workforces, burnout and team cohesion.

If you want to find out more about Luke and the work he is doing you can find him on LinkedIn and his website, and I recommend having a read of the white paper and academic paper if it's a topic you're interested in!

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukemulcahy/

Thriviae website: https://www.thriviae.com

Articles: https://www.thriviae.com/thought-leadership/

Hello and welcome to A Bit Of A Boost with me, George Anderson

I'm a wellbeing and performance coach, speaker and author and this podcast brings together guest experts, inspirational stories and ideas that I hope will you a bit of a boost.

My guest today is a long time client and personal inspiration of mine, Laura Chandler.

I've seen her overcome many challenges and completely transform her life over the last few years, but life has really been testing her in the last 18 month.

Laura's approach to adversity, challenges and change isn't just inspirational, it's also instructive. In our conversation she shares many of the strategies she has put to use to help her navigate some of the most challenging months of her life.

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Welcome back to A Bit Of A Boost with me, George Anderson!

Today's episode is a whilstle stop tour of 84 different energy-boosting ideas, taken from one of the free Boost Toolkit resources I created for my new book By Design Not Default.

When I was writing the book I originally included these within a chapter, but there was way too much in it so I relegated it to an appendix. Then on the second or third rewrite it still felt like it was bloating the book, so I took them out completely and added them to the resource pack.

They're not all going to be relevant to you... but imagine if you could just start doing two or three simple things and that they leave you with more energy, more resilience and more bandwidth?

I also outline 3 key concepts at the start of this episode that you need to keep in mind whenever you're faced with a load of 'stuff you could do'.

1) The Effort Impact Matrix

2) Momentum Habits

3) Flexibility is the key to consistency

If you don't already have a copy of the book head over to Amazon or the website (for a signed author copy) now, and you'll have the link for the rest of the Toolkit (including helpful guided worksheets and a link to a custom GPT 'AI Energy Coach' I have created to support with putting these ideas into practice.