What if peak performance didn’t require burnout, overworking, or constant pushing?

In this episode of Yes, And!, Bunny searches for the answer to this question with TEDx speaker and Peak Performance Method founder, Julia Arndt.

Throughout their conversation, they explore what sustainable success actually looks like for high achievers, and if you’re here, chances are you’re one too.

Julia’s journey is one for the books. After nearly a decade at Google and a personal burnout experience, Julia went through a season of deep work to release deeply rooted beliefs around hard work, productivity, and self-worth.

The result?

She unlocked faster business growth, deeper fulfillment, and a life she doesn’t want to escape from —but genuinely looks forward to— without sacrificing ambition.

This conversation is gold. It dives into burnout recovery, nervous system regulation, stress and performance, feminine and masculine energy in business, and how letting go can create momentum across career, relationships, and life.

Connect with Julia Arndt:

Instagram: peakperformancewithjulia

Website: www.peakperformancemethod.com

TEDx Talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnH-ViIjdJ0

Connect with Bunny Young:

Instagram: @thebunnyyoung

Website: bunnyyoung.com

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Opening: Redefining success with Julia Arndt

01:30 Peak performance without burnout

03:58 “I need to work hard to succeed”

06:09 Enoughness, gratitude, and enjoying the journey

13:53 Burnout was the pattern

15:52 What burnout actually felt like before having language for it

18:00 Normalizing exhaustion in high-performance environments

20:16 High achiever identity and addiction to busyness

24:06 Why self-care didn’t work

28:56 Becoming magnetic in business

31:30 Nervous system capacity

39:08 From corporate disappointment to a TEDx invitation

45:53 Soft high-achieving vs. gripping achievement

49:10 Finding the peak performance zone

55:25 A surprise pregnancy reveal

01:00:11 Julia’s definition of a Yes, And! life

How often do you actually feel at home in your body?

This is one of the core questions Bunny Young explores with Allison Germundson, pelvic floor therapist, lactation counselor, and host of the podcast Vaginally Speaking.

This episode dives deep into the tools women can access to reconnect with their bodies, feel whole again, and fully embody pleasure and healing. It also explores how society conditions women to disconnect from their bodies, how language alone can reveal where power has been suppressed, and why the pelvic floor is not just physical, but emotional, energetic, and deeply tied to identity, pleasure, and leadership.

They don’t hold back. Bunny and Allison talk openly about how trauma, stress, and cultural shame live in the body, and why reconnection doesn’t begin with fixing yourself, but with listening.

This conversation moves far beyond pelvic floor health. It touches business, creativity, desire, confidence, and the quiet power that becomes available when women stop operating from the neck up and start trusting the wisdom that lives in their bodies.

Links and Resources:

Connect with Allison Germundson:

Instagram: @onestrongwomantherapy

Podcast: Vaginally Speaking

Website: onestrongwoman.com

Connect with Bunny Young

Instagram: ⁠@thebunnyyoung⁠

Website: ⁠bunnyyoung.com

Timestamps

00:00 The conversation we avoid

01:20 Introducing Allison and the why

06:30 Language, shame, and power

11:30 The body remembers everything

16:00 Reconnecting through breath

21:00 Jaw, tension, and disconnection

26:00 Pleasure as leadership fuel

31:00 Energy, presence, and power

36:00 What your body wants you to know

Motherhood has a way of bringing everything to the surface.

In this episode of Yes, And!, Bunny dives into the changes a woman experiences in her life before, during, and after birth with certified hypnotherapist and Motherwell app founder Angela Howard.

This conversation starts with a question we all want an answer to: why do mothers so often put themselves last, and how deeply conditioned that pattern really is?

Throughout this interview, Bunny and Angela explore how burnout becomes normalized in motherhood, how phone habits and constant dopamine hits keep nervous systems dysregulated, and why “hot mess mom” culture can quietly reinforce self-neglect.

Angela also dives into how hypnotherapy works beneath the conscious mind to rewire long-standing patterns, regulate stress, and create moments of real calm, even in the middle of full, demanding lives.

This episode is about questioning what you’ve been taught to carry, and what becomes possible when caring for yourself is no longer an afterthought.

Remember to share this with a mom you love!

Connect with Angela Howard:

Motherwell App's Discount Code: yesand

Instagram: @thesubconsciousmom

Motherwell: thesubconsciousmom.myflodesk.com/getmotherwellapp

Connect with Bunny Young:

Instagram @thebunnyyoung

Website bunnyyoung.com

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Redefining success and hypnotherapy

01:30 Hypnotherapy for mothers

04:02 Why motherhood burnout happens

06:56 Self care without shame

10:15 Addiction to struggle stories

12:55 Asking for help as a mom

15:30 Hypnosis behind the scenes

16:25 What hypnosis really is

18:28 Hypnosis vs meditation

20:21 Motherwell app and regulation

21:49 Dopamine driven phone habits

24:36 Rewiring daily patterns

26:30 Compulsion and anxiety

30:20 Loneliness in motherhood

31:41 Why hypnosis works

37:15 Knowing your energy type

45:16 Defining a Yes, And life