Episode 32: Productivity and the Never Ending To Do List: How to Stop Hustling & Embrace the Joy of Enough

Are you that person who gets the job done, no matter the cost to yourself? You're productive, you bring the results. But sometimes you don't realize how exhausted you are—you just know there's still work to be done.

If your inner task manager tends to take you (or someone you love) over, do not miss this episode with my friend and fellow therapist, Rebecca Ching. It's all about the blessing and the cost of being a highly productive, can-do person.

Rebeca speaks candidly about managing childhood trauma through becoming extremely productive—a survival skill she took with her deep into her adult life. You'll also hear more about our friendship, including the opposite ways we operate in order to protect ourselves.

1. The moment Rebecca, as a young girl, walked out on a family therapy session

2. The story of being mugged together in our early 20’s

3. How to re-org your inner circle to protect the health of your family

4. The shaming voice that surfaces when you give yourself permission to down-shift

5. The problem with the word “busy”

6. Key questions to ask in order to simplify your life.

7. Surprising ways you can start to rest & play

8. How faith messages can intensify productivity in not-so helpful ways



Connect with Rebecca at The Unburdened Leader Podcast or www.rebeccaching.com

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Find a list of resources and the full transcript for this episode here

Learn more about Fight / Flight / Freeze / Fawn Responses and The 7 P's of Managing Perceptions in my new book, The Best of You

To learn more about Unburdening and the Internal Family Systems model, check out my book with Kimberly Miller, Boundaries for Your Soul

Rebecca mentions The Daring Way certification program with Brené Brown

Verses referenced:



Mark 1:11 “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.”


Proverbs 4:23 "Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it."




Music by Andy Luiten 

Sound editing by Kelly Kramarik 

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