When you are building a career, raising a family, and carrying the weight of constant opportunity, it can feel like you are moving fast without a clear line of sight, especially as one year closes and another begins.

In this episode of Life of And, Tiffany and Sam reflect on 2025 and look ahead to 2026, unpacking the tension women feel between unprecedented opportunity and profound exhaustion. They explore why burnout has become so common for working women, how cultural expectations and outdated systems contribute to it, and what it actually takes to build a sustainable life that grows alongside your ambition. Through personal stories, hard-earned lessons, and a clear framework for boundaries, priorities, and leadership, Tiffany shares how women can stop brute-forcing life and start building a life with clarity, intention, and hope.

What You’ll Learn:

• Why women experience burnout at the height of opportunity and how we got here culturally over the last 40 years
• How outdated systems and invisible domestic labor create exhaustion even when careers are thriving
• Why boundaries must be defined alongside goals to build a sustainable life

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro

(01:38) The tension facing modern working women

(02:57) Lessons learned from testing in 2025

(07:03) Podcast rebrand and audience growth milestones

(13:07) Corporate partnerships and executive retreats explained

(21:02) Personal transitions shaping leadership decisions

(22:21) Defining boundaries alongside ambitious goals

(23:13) Choosing family presence without losing ambition

(25:24) Why self-prioritization is personal responsibility

(27:20) Tracing forty years of women’s progress

(30:41) Cultural expectations fueling burnout and guilt

(34:28) Technology changed work, but not expectations

(37:20) Outsourcing ordinary tasks to regain capacity

(41:56) Scaling the Life of And framework

(45:02) Gratitude for the Life of And community

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What if the limits you’re carrying into next year are actually just leftovers from last year?

In this episode of Life of And, Tiffany sits down with monthly mentor and longtime partner Brian Kavicky of Lushin to dig into the mindset traps that keep leaders stuck, especially the belief that the future must be an incremental extension of the past. Together, they explore why small, “reasonable” goals drain energy, how setting massive goals forces clarity, and what to do in the uncomfortable space where you still don’t know how you’ll achieve them.

They also break down the difference between momentum and real data, why experimentation is essential in seasons of growth, and how to avoid confusing positive feedback with actual market traction. Tiffany shares the behind-the-scenes details of her testing process as she builds Life of And, including the experiments that are working, those that aren’t yet, and what she’s learning from early conversations with companies and ERGs.

You’ll walk away with a framework to:

• Use experimentation to validate ideas and accelerate learning
• Build a healthy sales culture that centers on solving real problems
• Shift from founder-dependent revenue to team-powered growth
• Identify when to let go so your team can scale what you started

Wish you could talk it out with BK? Good news, you can! Book time with Brian Kavicky here.

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Mentioned in this episode:

• 286: Why You Need To Stop Apologizing
• 290: How to Set Goals That Scare You (and Actually Hit Them)

Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro

(02:28) Incremental vs. massive goals

(04:19) Exploring big goals

(10:10) Setting and testing hypotheses

(11:12) Experimentation and data collection

(16:37) Leveraging speaking engagements

(18:49) Setting priorities and testing pro forma

(20:14) Understanding market feedback and inventor syndrome

(23:23) Rebuilding sales culture at Element Three

(25:18) Defining and building a sales culture

(33:16) Scaling revenue and leadership development

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• This episode is sponsored by Lushin. As part of our ongoing content partnership, Brian Kavicky joins the podcast monthly to share insights on leadership and sales. No compensation is received for referrals.
• Created in partnership with Share Your Genius

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In this episode of Life of And, Tiffany sits down with Chris Ewing, a strongman competitor, father of three daughters, and co-founder of Odyssey Resilience, to unpack the real mechanics of personal growth. Chris shares how his obsession with physical strength eventually became a deeper pursuit of emotional, moral, and mental resilience. Together, they challenge the myth of motivation, revealing why it so often fails, and how a compelling personal vision can replace it with something far more durable.

Chris outlines the structure behind resilience from morning routines to decision-making frameworks, and explores how clarity of vision gives weight and meaning to our daily discipline. Tiffany opens up about her own struggles with sticking to habits during a chaotic season of life, and Chris offers both empathy and hard truths.

What You’ll Learn:

• Why failure is the catalyst for real growth, and how to train resilience on purpose
• How to define your own vision so clearly that it drives your daily decisions
• What “emotional resonance” means and why couples should fill out vision worksheets separately

If you’re interested in working with Chris, check out this link:

• Odyssey Resilience: https://www.odysseyresilience.org/

For more from Tiffany:

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Learn More: https://www.tiffanysauder.com

Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro

(01:27) Meet Chris Ewing: strongman competitor

(02:36) The journey to strongman

(06:01) The importance of vision

(15:13) Balancing personal and shared visions

(21:20) Defining and training resilience

(23:17) Defining resilience and habit formation

(24:21) The importance of a morning routine

(26:36) Teaching and implementing routines with family

(28:13) Personal reflections on routine and discipline

(30:56) Challenges in maintaining healthy habits

(38:45) Mindset and personal responsibility

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