Have you ever noticed that your best work happens when you aren’t thinking about the 'finish line'? When we finally stop worrying about the promotion, we often find the flow that earns it. In this episode of Corporate Therapy, Lucy Paulise explores the "Paradox of the Loose Grip" through the lens of Alysa Liu’s historic 2026 Olympic Gold medal win.

After a 24-year drought for U.S. women’s figure skating, Liu didn't win by "trying harder"—she won by returning to the ice with a mindset of Art over Medals. Lucy breaks down why "Outcome Obsession" kills creativity and how you can build an Internal Anchor to stay grounded when the stakes are highest.

You will learn:

• The biology of the "Performance Trap" and the Yerkes-Dodson curve.

• Why "Ambition" and "Attachment" are not the same thing.

• The ABCD of Self-Talk: A simple framework to regulate your nervous system in real-time.

• How to replace fear-based decisions with Curious Leadership.

Featured Resources & Links:

📖 Read the Full Forbes Article: https://www.lucypaulise.com/the-paradox-of-performance-why-detaching-from-the-outcome-helps-you-achieve-it/

🛠️ Access the Corporate Therapy Library: Get free worksheets, EQ assessments, and the "Timebox" starter kit at https://www.lucypaulise.com/free-corporate-therapy-library-access/

🤝 Work With Lucy: Book a 1-on-1 coaching session to find your internal anchor: https://www.lucypaulise.com/book-a-coaching-session-with-lucy-paulise/

🌐 Visit the Website: www.lucypaulise.com

If this episode resonated, please share it with a high achiever who needs a "loose grip" this week. As always... try it.

We all know what a “good routine” looks like: eat better, sleep more, move your body, stay focused, shut down on time.

So why is it so hard to actually stick to it?

In this episode of Corporate Therapy, Lucy Paulise breaks down why routines fail—not because of lack of discipline, but because they’re built without structure that supports real life.

Drawing from years of coaching high performers, Lucy explains how to build a balanced routine that supports both productivity and well-being by focusing on fundamentals like sleep, nutrition, movement, focused work, and recovery—without trying to optimize everything at once.

You’ll learn:

• Why motivation and mood are unreliable foundations for routines
• How timeboxing creates consistency without rigidity
• Why working “enough hours” matters more than working maximum hours
• How reducing decision fatigue protects energy and focus
• How to design routines that actually last beyond week one

This episode is for professionals who want sustainable performance—without burnout.

🔗 Want to go deeper?

You’ll find links in the episode description to:

Lucy’s full articles mentioned on the podcast

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lucianapaulise/2026/01/13/how-to-build-a-balanced-routine-for-2026-in-6-steps/

Book a one-on-one coaching session if you want personalized support

https://www.lucypaulise.com/

Timeboxing App: https://try.sunsama.com/timeboxing

🎙 About the host:

Lucy Paulise is a career and executive coach, author of Timebox, and a Forbes contributor. Through Corporate Therapy, she helps high achievers create clarity, confidence, and sustainable success — without sacrificing wellbeing.

As always…

This week, try it:

Choose three priorities that truly matter and timebox them on your calendar. Show up, stay focused, and stop when time is up.

Now that the new year is here, many high achievers feel the pressure to set bigger goals, raise their standards, and push harder. But what if the way you pursue your goals matters just as much as the goals themselves?

In this episode of Corporate Therapy, Lucy Paulise explores how to set meaningful goals with compassion in mind — without lowering the bar or burning yourself out in the process. You’ll learn why traditional goal-setting often creates pressure instead of progress, how self-compassion actually sustains ambition, and why choosing fewer goals supported by clear systems leads to more consistent momentum.

Lucy shares a practical, compassionate approach to 2026 goal-setting, including why focusing on just one to three priorities — and designing systems around them — can help you stay engaged, adapt when things change, and keep going when motivation dips.

✨ In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why internal pressure and perfectionism undermine motivation

• What self-compassion really means (and what it doesn’t)

• How to choose 1–3 meaningful goals without guilt

• Why systems matter more than willpower

• How to pursue ambition without burnout

🔗 Want to go deeper?
You’ll find links in the episode description to:

• Lucy’s full articles on compassion and goal-setting

  https://www.forbes.com/sites/lucianapaulise/2025/12/30/why-compassion-is-the-key-to-setting-better-goals-for-2026/

• Book a one-on-one coaching session if you want personalized support

  https://www.lucypaulise.com/

🎙 About the host:
Lucy Paulise is a career and executive coach, author of Timebox, and a Forbes contributor. Through Corporate Therapy, she helps high achievers create clarity, confidence, and sustainable success — without sacrificing wellbeing.

As always… this week, try it.

Have you ever felt afraid of making a mistake in your next presentation? Or anxious about being seen as incompetent? Or even worried about being let go — despite consistently receiving positive feedback?

If this is a familiar pattern, and you find it hard to fully enjoy your wins, you may be experiencing impostor syndrome.

Welcome back to Corporate Therapy. I’m Lucy Paulise — career coach and author of Timebox — and here I help you perform at your best without burning out.

 70 percent of people experienced impostor syndrome for at least some part of their careers

People with impostor syndrome experience continuous frustration and anxiety being concerned that they are not good enough, that they will be exposed as incompetent and that everyone else knows what they are doing. As a result, they engage in self-sabotage, overworking, depression and anxiety.

In this episode of Corporate Therapy, career coach and Timebox author Lucy Paulise breaks down what impostor syndrome really is, why it often intensifies during year-end reviews and periods of change, and how it quietly fuels burnout, overworking, and self-doubt.

You’ll learn a practical, compassionate framework (the ABCD method) to:

• Understand the positive intention behind negative self-talk

• Regulate your nervous system when doubt spikes

• Challenge all-or-nothing thinking with clarity

• Turn insight into one focused action to build confidence in 2026

This episode is especially helpful if your year has been full of uncertainty, transitions, or high expectations — and you want to close it with intention instead of self-criticism.

👉 Resources & Next Steps

📖 Read the full article on impostor syndrome

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lucianapaulise/2025/12/18/4-steps-to-overcome-impostor-syndrome-this-holiday-season-before-2026/

🤝 Want personalized support?
You can book a free discovery session with Lucy to work through impostor syndrome, prepare for performance reviews, or clarify your 2026 goals.
👉 Book your session using the link in the episode description.

https://www.lucypaulise.com/book-a-coaching-session-with-lucy-paulise/

You can also listen to this podcast topic in Spanish here

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5zJh7y4YxqlGycRuPr7d2s?si=77lgmyKdRNeV-bFNOvxTTg

¿Qué es el síndrome del impostor y por qué puede aparecer justo ahora?

¿Alguna vez sentiste miedo de equivocarte en tu próxima presentación? ¿O ansiedad por que te vean como alguien incompetente? ¿O incluso el miedo de que te despidan — aun cuando venís recibiendo feedback positivo de manera constante?

Si este patrón te resulta familiar y te cuesta disfrutar tus logros, es muy probable que estés atravesando el síndrome del impostor.

Bienvenidos y bienvenidas de nuevo a Corporate Therapy. Soy Lucy Paulise, career coach y autora de Timebox, y en este espacio te ayudo a rendir al máximo sin quemarte ni caer en el burnout.

Te comparto un marco práctico y compasivo, basado en mi método ABCD, para:

• Entender el diálogo interno negativo y su intención positiva

• Calmar el sistema nervioso cuando la duda se activa

• Desafiar la autocrítica sin exigirte más

• Convertir la reflexión en una acción concreta para empezar 2026 con claridad

Este episodio es ideal si tu año estuvo lleno de cambios, incertidumbre o autoexigencia, y querés cerrar el año con intención en lugar de culpa.

📖 Leé mi artículo en Forbes sobre el síndrome del impostor

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lucianapaulise/2025/12/18/4-steps-to-overcome-impostor-syndrome-this-holiday-season-before-2026/

🤝 ¿Querés acompañamiento personalizado?
Podés agendar una sesión de coaching 1:1 conmigo para trabajar estos patrones, prepararte para tu evaluación de desempeño o definir objetivos claros para 2026.
👉 https://www.lucypaulise.com/book-a-coaching-session-with-lucy-paulise/

Soy Lucy Paulise, career coach y autora de Timebox, y en Corporate Therapy te ayudo a rendir al máximo sin burnout.

Y como siempre…
Esta semana, probalo y comentame cómo te fue ✨

When everything feels important, focus disappears — and many high performers interpret that as failure.

In this episode of Corporate Therapy, Lucy Paulise reframes burnout not as a problem to fix, but as a signal: a sign that your attention is spread too thin and it’s time to refocus on what truly matters.

You’ll explore why this feeling shows up so often during the holidays, how carrying too many priorities at the same level drains energy, and a simple, practical framework — the 4Ds (Do Now, Do Later, Delegate, Delete) — to reduce noise and make clearer decisions without adding pressure.

If you’re feeling stretched, scattered, or mentally tired, this episode offers a grounded way to reset — without doing more.

🤍 Book a coaching session https://www.lucypaulise.com/
👉Read my related article on Forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/lucianapaulise/2025/12/17/why-burnout-makes-prioritization-hard-and-how-to-fix-it-in-four-steps/

🌎 This episode is also available in Spanish
🔜 Next episode: Imposter syndrome and how overload quietly turns into self-doubt

En esta época del año, muchas personas sienten que el tiempo pesa más, que todo cuesta un poco más y que la energía no alcanza — incluso cuando no están haciendo más que de costumbre.

En este episodio de Corporate Therapy, hablamos del burnout silencioso y de por qué, durante las fiestas, el cansancio suele aparecer no como colapso, sino como falta de foco, lentitud y sensación de estar “atrás”.

Más que verlo como un problema, exploramos el mensaje positivo del burnout: una señal de que nuestra atención está dispersa y que es momento de reenfocar en lo que realmente importa.

También comparto una herramienta práctica — las 4D (Hacer, Posponer, Delegar y Eliminar) — para ayudarte a tomar mejores decisiones, reducir ruido y recuperar claridad sin exigirte más.

Si sentís que estás haciendo todo “bien” pero igual te sentís cansada o desbordada, este episodio es para vos.

👉 Otros artículos que te pueden interesar.
👉 La próxima semana continuamos esta conversación hablando del síndrome del impostor.
👉 Para apoyo personalizado, visitá https://www.lucypaulise.com/ y agendá una sesión de coaching.

👉 Mi libro Timebox en español

https://www.amazon.com/Timebox-Estrategias-equilibrar-productividad-bienestar-ebook/dp/B0F5QPSX9B?

Acordate de seguir el podcast para recibir avisos de los próximos capítulos. Y si lo querés en inglés, también está disponible.

If your mind has been spinning nonstop lately, replaying conversations, rethinking decisions, and overanalyzing everything, join the club! Yes, you are not alone.
December is the perfect storm: fewer workdays, more expectations, more emotions, more pressure to “finish strong.”

In this episode, I share how AI tools can help you:
✨ Stop overthinking
✨ Reduce mental overload
✨ Find clarity again
✨ Navigate stress with intention
✨ Give yourself permission to slow down

If you feel like your brain has too many tabs open, this episode will help you breathe, refocus, and return to yourself.

I will talk about ways to use ChatGPT, NotebookLM, Sunsama, and Fitbit AI Health Coach to help you get more of those good hormones that can transform your day.

Here are some of the resources I share on my episode:

Need one-on-one coaching / ¿Necesitás coaching uno a uno?
Click here / Hacé clic acá → https://www.lucypaulise.com/book-a-coaching-session-with-lucy-paulise/https://www.lucypaulise.com/book-a-coaching-session-with-lucy-paulise/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lucianapaulise/2025/12/03/4-ways-fitbits-new-ai-health-coach-is-making-wellbeing-easier/

https://www.lucypaulise.com/how-chatgpt-helps-me-stop-overthinking-and-work-like-i-have-an-executive-assistant/

https://notebooklm.google/

Perfect for intentional planning and keeping your mind clear.
https://try.sunsama.com/timeboxing

You can also check the episode in Spanish.

Thank you for listening!
Remember: productivity without wellbeing isn’t productivity.
Come back every week for more tools to help you shine with clarity, intention, and compassion.

See you next time!

Bienvenidos a la primera versión en español de Corporate Therapy.
En este episodio hablamos de algo que nos pasa a todos, especialmente en diciembre:
Cuando la mente no para, nos comemos la cabeza y sentimos que todo se acumula — decisiones, pendientes, emociones, expectativas.

Aquí te comparto herramientas prácticas y compasivas para:
✨ Bajar la sobrecarga mental
✨ Recuperar claridad
✨ Reducir el estrés del fin de año
✨ Y volver a tu centro con intención

Si te sentís en piloto automático, rumiando o con demasiadas pestañas abiertas en tu cabeza, este episodio te va a ayudar a respirar y reenfocarte.

Además, te cuento cómo la tecnología —bien usada— puede aliviar la carga en lugar de aumentarla.

👉 https://www.forbes.com/sites/lucianapaulise/

👉 https://try.sunsama.com/timeboxing

👉Mi libro https://www.amazon.com/Timebox-Management-Strategies-Productivity-Wellbeing-ebook/dp/B0F2SD7L6Z/

👉 Corporate Therapy también disponible en inglés.
Gracias por estar acá!
Recordá: productividad sin bienestar no es productividad.
Volvé cada semana para aprender a gestionar tu tiempo, tu energía y tu mente con más intención y compasión.

Have you ever noticed how the moment you try to “do better,” you actually do worse?Whether you’re winning a tennis match, presenting at work, or just trying to focus, pressure can instantly pull you out of the flow state and straight into fear.

In this episode of Corporate Therapy, Lucy breaks down why this happens — and why emotional regulation, not discipline, is becoming the most important career skill of 2026. Drawing from neuroscience, trauma theory, ADHD research, and workplace trends, she explains how procrastination, multitasking, and perfectionism are not time-management problems… they’re emotional regulation problems.

You’ll learn:⭐ Why your brain lies to you under pressure⭐ How emotional dysregulation pulls you out of your flow state⭐ How trauma or chronic stress keep your nervous system on alert⭐ The real emotional drivers behind procrastination, multitasking, and perfectionism⭐ The ABCD Method of Self-Talk from Lucy’s book Timebox⭐ How to re-regulate quickly and return to your grounded, confident self

If you want to understand why you get stuck — and how to get back into a focused, calm, productive flow state — this episode is for you.

📌 Why Emotional Regulation Is the Missing Link Between Productivity and Performance (Forbes)
👉 https://www.lucypaulise.com/4-steps-to-regulate-your-emotions-at-work-and-be-more-productive/

📌 Glassdoor’s 2026 Worklife Trends Reveal a Hidden Crisis: Emotional Regulation at Work
👉

📘 Timebox: Time Management Strategies to Balance Productivity and Well-Being
👉 https://www.amazon.com/Timebox-Management-Strategies-Productivity-Wellbeing-ebook/dp/B0F2SD7L6Z/

✨ Book a coaching session: career clarity, emotional regulation, confidence & boundaries
👉 https://www.lucypaulise.com/

✨ Want help slowing down to speed up? Learn how to focus, flow, and finish with Timeboxing.
👉https://www.lucypaulise.com/career-coaching/#CoachingPlan

🎵 Music Credit: Keep on Rolling by Thomas Coleman, courtesy of House Twelve.

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This week, try it:
Pause before reacting, take one deep breath, and choose your next move with intention.