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Finding the right balance between Productivity and Mental Health beyondthespeech.substack.com

Podcast · By Sagar Soni · English · Official site

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Sep 3, 2026
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  1. Episode · Sep 3, 2026

    #42. Why Success Never Feels Like Enough (w/ Mandy Balak) (opens the original)

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    We don’t have a burnout epidemic. We have a capacity crisis. And we’ve been calling it success. That’s the line Mandy Balak opens with, and it’s the thesis her whole book Chasing Enough is built on. Not “ you’re not managing your time well enough. ” Not “ you need better habits. ” You’ve been operating beyond what you have, for so long, that you’ve mistaken depletion for dedication. I wanted to talk to Mandy not to promote the book, but to press on it. What does it actually mean to separate your

  2. Episode · Jul 23, 2026

    #41 How to Pace Yourself (Without Falling Behind) w/ Elizabeth Svoboda (opens the original)

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    We live in a culture that worships speed. Faster output, faster growth, faster everything…as if slowing down were a personal failing rather than a skill. This week’s guest thinks we’ve got it backwards. Elizabeth Svoboda is a science journalist and the author of The Art of Pacing , a book that digs into why sustainable effort is what actually gets us where we’re trying to go, not constant intensity. In our conversation, we talk about where our obsession with speed comes from, why “pacing” gets d

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