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Burnout has somehow become a status symbol, especially in sales, financial services, and leadership roles where the pressure never really lets up. We wanted to test that story. So we sat down with speaker, author, and coach Anna Glynn to talk about sustainable high performance and what it actually takes to deliver results without sacrificing your health, relationships, or sense of self.

We unpack positive psychology in plain language: not just moving from “struggling” to “fine”, but learning how people flourish. From there we get practical about mindset as a trainable muscle, why the stories we tell ourselves shape our actions, and how gratitude can shift your brain out of a stress spiral. Anna shares simple prompts leaders can use with teams to create momentum and trust, including starting meetings with what’s going well instead of jumping straight into problems.

We also go into the human edge in an AI driven world. If bots can compare rates and automate tasks, the real value becomes emotional intelligence, empathy, and asking values based questions that help people make better decisions. Whether you lead a team, advise clients, or just want more clarity under pressure, you’ll walk away with tools you can use immediately. If this resonates, subscribe, share it with a mate, and leave a review so more people can build success without burnout.
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You can have the perfect calendar and still feel wrecked by 3 pm. That’s the problem we dig into with Heather Hutchings, a long-time business coach who now works as the “Energy Architect”, helping people design their days around how their energy actually rises and falls. The shift is confronting and freeing at the same time: time is finite, but your energy is rechargeable, and pushing through every dip is often the reason you end up exhausted.

We talk through the practical side of energy management and productivity, including how to keep an energy diary for just a week to spot your real peak hours, not the ones you think you “should” have. Heather explains why avoiding hard tasks quietly drains you, why interruptions can cost far more than you realise, and how small resets like a short walk, hydration, a screen break, or a change of environment can bring your brain back online. We also get into boundaries that protect your focus, including simple ways to communicate availability without damaging client trust.

If you lead a team or run a business, we explore how a leader’s unmanaged energy becomes everyone’s culture, and how flexible rhythms and smarter meeting design can lift output and morale. For working parents, we talk guilt, quality time, and why looking after yourself is not selfish when it helps you show up better for the people you love. We even tackle the link between money stress and depletion, and why focusing on doing the work well often creates better financial flow.

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AI is moving faster than our judgement, and that’s exactly when mistakes get expensive. We sit down with Aucklander Tim Warren, a technology entrepreneur and AI keynote speaker who has worked across software, finance, and applied AI, to cut through the hype and talk about what’s actually happening when you prompt ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude.

Tim breaks AI down in plain terms: a lot of modern “AI” is statistical computing, not deterministic computing, which means it can give answers that sound right without being reliable. We dig into why generative AI often optimises for your satisfaction rather than the truth, why it can be wildly confident while hallucinating details, and why Tim compares it to an intelligent, hyperactive teenage intern. If you’ve ever wondered why AI can write a slick paragraph but fumble a mortgage calculation or give shaky medical guidance, this will click.

From there we get practical. We share a simple rule for everyday decision making: does it matter if this is wrong? If it does, keep a human in charge. We also talk safe places for AI adoption in New Zealand businesses, like marketing experiments and early stage customer support, plus the bigger picture of AI governance, regulation, and why “cool” tech thinking can push people into risky shortcuts.

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Stress doesn’t just happen to us, we practise it. And in a world of phones, pings, packed diaries and constant “just one more thing”, that practice quietly rewires the brain until calm starts to feel out of reach. We sit down with Kristy von Minden, founder of Mind Bright and one of New Zealand’s leading workplace wellbeing and sustainable performance voices, to unpack what’s really going on beneath burnout, distraction and that relentless sense of being “on”.

Kristy shares her own path from a high-flying corporate career to chronic back pain, insomnia, anxiety and depression, including major spinal fusion surgery, and the surprising shift that helped her recover: mindfulness and meditation grounded in neuroscience. We talk neuroplasticity in plain language, why the fight flight freeze response becomes the default at work, and why your best thinking disappears the moment stress takes over. If you’ve ever wondered why you can’t remember what was said in a meeting when you’re stressed, this will click.

We also get practical: one-minute breathing resets (including how to breathe with your belly and extend the exhale), phone-free walks, mindful colouring, movement to clear stress hormones, and how to build real “white space” so your brain can process information. Kristy explains ultradian rhythms (the 90-minute focus cycle), how to plan around energy peaks and slumps, and how to make change stick using a simple habit loop and an eight-week approach. We even touch on teaching kids emotional regulation, and Kristy’s relaxed values-based relationship with money.

If you want sustainable high performance without sacrificing your health, relationships and life outside work, press play. Subscribe for more conversations like this, share the episode with someone who needs a reset, and leave a review so more people can find the tools. What’s one small change you’ll try this week?
Kristy has shared some helpful resources from our conversation for anyone who would like to explore these ideas further:
Four-Dimensional Wellbeing Audit
A simple self-assessment from Kristy’s Secrets of Sustainable High Performance workshop. Rate each area from 1 to 10:

PHYSICAL
I feel vital, have good stamina, feel energised and sleep well.

MENTAL
I feel calm, creative and resourceful, with clarity and focus.

EMOTIONAL
I am self-aware, emotionally regulated, resilient and socially connected to others.

INTERNAL
I feel a sense of purpose, motivation, fulfilment and progression.

Once you have your scores, consider: Which dimension could benefit most from your attention right now, and what is one small action you could take this week to improve it?

Belly Breathing to Promote the Relaxation Response
A guide to using one of the simplest tools available to help regulate the nervous system, shift out of the stress response and activate the body’s natural relaxation response: https://mymindbright.com/blog-2/2017/11/28/just-breathe-our-bodys-own-inbuilt-stress-reliever-ajtfp

Meditation Apps
Calm: https://app.www.calm.com/meditate
Headspace: https://www.headspace.com/headspace-meditation-app
Insight Timer: https://insighttimer.com/

Mindfulness: Finding Peace in a Frantic World
For those interested in using mindfulness to help retrain patterns associated with chronic stress, anxiety or pain: https://franticworld.com/mindfulness-apps/

Mindful Colouring
A free mindfulness colouring book that can be printed and used as a simple way to slow down and give your brain a break: https://www.betweensessions.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/mindfulness-coloring-book-4_25-16.pdf

Wellbeing Workshop
Kristy also mentioned Nicola from Wellbeing Workshop during this conversation and recommended her as a helpful resource for wellbeing support.
Website: https://www.wellbeingworkshop.co.nz/
Email: Nicola@wellbeingworkshop.co.nz
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The future is already influencing your decisions, even if you never call it “foresight”. We talk with New Zealand strategic foresight practitioner and futurist Victoria Mulligan about how to stop treating the future like a single unknowable thing and start using it as a practical tool for better strategy, better leadership, and calmer decision-making.

We get into AI, but not in a hype-driven way. Victoria explains why predicting what AI will do next is far less useful than understanding capability overhang: the reality that today’s tools can already transform workflows, job design, and customer experience, even if no new models ship tomorrow. We also unpack the “missing link” behind low AI value in many organisations, and the four human strengths that make the difference: deep knowledge, wide knowledge, taste, and agency.

From there we zoom out to megatrends and what they mean for Aotearoa New Zealand, including demographic change and how it will reshape financial services and consumer expectations. We also cover “critical ignoring” as a survival skill in an attention-poor world, plus a simple starting move any business owner can implement today: write down your assumptions, then stress test them before disruption removes your options.

If you want practical scenario planning, better questions, and a mindset shift that replaces fear with curiosity, this one is for you. Subscribe, share it with someone who is feeling overwhelmed by change, and leave a review with the one assumption you are going to test this week.

Want to explore some of the ideas Victoria mentioned in our conversation?
Here are some of the resources she recommends:

Future Scenarios for Aotearoa New Zealand: Click here
Victoria Mulligan: Click here
Futures FAQ: Click here
The Futures Workshop: Click here
Futures Thinking Resources | NZ Government: Click here
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