If You Feel Tired Right Now. Listen to This.

If You Feel Tired Right Now. Listen to This.

From Leading You by Julie Hyde | Leadership Coach for High Performing Leaders

May 18, 2026 · 13 min · Season 8 · Episode 276

About this episode

Julie Hyde discusses the importance of stepping away from constant busyness to regain clarity and energy.

If your mind hasn’t switched off in a while, this episode is for you. In this solo episode of the Leading You Podcast, I’m talking about something I’m seeing everywhere right now. Not just physical busyness, but mental noise. The kind that keeps you switched on from the moment you wake up to the moment you go to sleep. The kind that slowly becomes your normal without you even realising it. Here’s the truth: being busy isn’t always the problem. Staying in that state for too long is. Drawing on my own recent experience of stepping away for a short reset in Daylesford, I share what really happens when you create space. Why clarity, energy and perspective don’t come from pushing harder. They come from stepping away. We tell ourselves we’ll slow down later. After this week. After this project. After this season. But clarity doesn’t live in the noise. And you don’t reset by doing more. Sometimes, the most strategic thing you can do is pause. In this episode, you’ll hear: Why mental noise is the real problem, not your calendar The difference between a busy season and a constant state of pressure What a small reset in Daylesford…

People in this episode

Host: Julie Hyde

Topics covered

  • mental noise
  • clarity
  • energy
  • reset
  • intentional space

Keywords

  • mental noise
  • busy season
  • reset
  • clarity
  • energy
  • decision-making
  • intentional space

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Daylesford

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