#249| What's Causing Your Chronic Lateness (And How To Fix It): Overwhelm, Productivity, Time Management & People Pleasing
From Overwhelmed Working Woman: Boost Productivity, Master Time Management, Overcome Overwhelm & Stop People Pleasing by Michelle Gauthier | Inspired by Mel Robbins, Jen Sincero, Brene Brown, Glennon Doyle, Emily Ley, Shauna Niequist
May 11, 2026 · 12 min · Episode 249
About this episode
This episode explores the reasons behind chronic lateness and its impact on mental stress, offering insights on mindset shifts to improve time management.
Do you constantly find yourself running just a few minutes late — and starting your day already feeling stressed and frazzled? For many overwhelmed working women, chronic lateness isn’t about laziness or poor planning. It’s often driven by hidden thinking patterns like optimism bias, people pleasing, and overpacking every minute of the day. In this episode, Michelle unpacks why running late creates unnecessary mental stress, how it impacts your nervous system and focus, and the simple mindset...
People in this episode
Host: Michelle Gauthier
Topics covered
- chronic lateness
- overwhelm
- productivity
- time management
- people pleasing
- mental stress
Keywords
- chronic lateness
- time management
- overwhelm
- productivity
- people pleasing
- mental stress
- optimism bias
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