Sound Insight

Sound Insight

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Sound Insight episodes

  • Season 1 Episode 6 Begin Again
    In this episode, Cathy shares the story of a pivotal experience in her life that changed her relationship with failure. Until that point, her life had been about learning how to succeed. What she really needed to learn was how to fail. "I believed that hard work and extreme preparation and control could keep me from failing. I was terrified of failure. It kept me from taking risks. It made me drive myself in ways that were not healthy. I became obsessive."
    10 min
  • Season 1 Episode 5 A Little Practice to Ease a Big Change
    Sometimes life delivers exactly what you need when you need it. In this episode, Cathy shares two stories of how a little ritual made a big difference at a critical point of transition. She explores:
    • Why life transitions, even welcome ones are so difficult.
    • What it means to be at the edge of change.
    • The two parts of honoring and why they both matter.
    • How the simple practice of honoring yourself and each other can open a path forward.
    • And how she and her colleagues are using it to move through a big change of their own.
    12 min
  • Season 1 Episode 4 Make Progress or Savor the Moment: The Surprising Gift in Learning to do Both
    In this episode Cathy explores how our relentless drive for progress in a hyper-connected world leads to anxiety, exhaustion, and burnout. While a life drifting from moment to moment leads to stagnation and what author and organizational psychologist, Adam Grant calls "languishing."

    She makes the case that a life lived in the delicate and conscious balance of progress and presence is a life fueled by purpose and a life filled with meaning. When you can both dream and be awake to the moment to moment experience of your life, surprising gifts await you.

    14 min
  • Season 1 Episode 3 Embrace Your Limits
    Is our always on, always connected work culture taking a toll on our mental health? In this episode, Cathy explores...
    • the growing prevalence of anxiety and depression among working adults through the lens of our 'always on', 24/7 work culture;
    • the role of the Pandemic and the conditions that were already present in the workplace that contributed to this trend;
    • how technology, instant communication and ever-accelerating work processes combine to create more and more stress;
    • how embracing our limits offers a way forward;
    • the role of boundaries and the three things people who are skilled at boundaries have in common;
    • and finally, the case for seeing our limitations as sources of creativity, value and freedom.

    Here are some links to resources she references in the episode.

    A January survey on the prevalence of anxiety and depression in Canadian adults from the Center for Addictions and Mental Health

    Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown

    13 min
  • Season 1 Episode 1 Start Here
    In this episode, Cathy explores the annual ritual of the January do-over. She explores the dark side to do-overs and the unending quest for that ideal future self.

    She talks about how "project ideal you" can be a form of perfectionism that not only sets you up for failure but can end in you unfairly berating yourself for a lack of motivation of discipline.

    Start here, invites you to a subtle but profound shift in thinking about how to create a fresh start in 2022.

    For more on how to make a fresh start, visit my blog at www.cathyjacob.com.

    10 min
  • Sound Insight Season 1 Trailer
    Welcome to Sound Insight, the podcast that explores our complex relationship between work and life. I'm your host, Cathy Jacob. For 20 years, I've coached executives, professionals, entrepreneurs, and creators to do the work they love without sacrificing the rest of their lives in the process.

    Think of Sound Insight as your personal coach in an earbud. Each brief episode is packed with inspiration, strategies and practical insights that you can use to reduce the slog and grow the inspiration in your life.

    2 min

About Sound Insight

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Welcome to Sound Insight, the podcast that explores our complex relationship with work and life. I'm your host, Cathy Jacob. For 20 years, I've coached executives, professionals, entrepreneurs, and creators to do the work they love without sacrificing the rest of their lives in the process. For inspiration in an earbud, each episode will challenge your thinking, expand your perspective and offer practical strategies to take you from tired to inspired.