Welcome to The Great Exhaustion. No, not a new Netflix docuseries, just your life… and ours!

Biz-Souls’ dynamic duo Rona Lewis and Jeffrey Hansler pull up a couple of chairs, rub their temples, and talk candidly about the bone-deep fatigue that seems to have settled over… well, everyone.

Change fatigue. Decision fatigue. “Another email?” fatigue.

You’re exhausted. We’re exhausted. The whole room is exhausted. Hey, are we borrowing lines from Rocky Horror?

But this isn’t just whining into the void.

Rona and Jeffrey unpack why people are so depleted right now — emotionally, mentally, and professionally — and what happens when constant uncertainty, nonstop change, and low-grade anxiety become the background noise of work and life.

They explore:

• Recognizing that exhaustion isn’t a personal failure, it’s a signal

• How stress quietly rewires our habits, reactions, and relationships

• The difference between being “busy” and being burned out

• Why powering through is no longer a strategy — it’s a warning sign

This episode isn’t about fixing everything. It’s about fixing what you can and planning for a healthier future.

If you’ve been feeling worn down, stretched thin, or quietly asking, “Is it just me?” — it’s not. And you’re very much among friends.

Pull up a chair. Take a breath. Welcome to The Great Exhaustion.

Batten down the hatches and buckle your braincells, Biz-Souls is back with an episode that declares unequivocally that AI is here to stay. Not because a robot whispered it in binary. Oh no, not that, because Jeffrey Hansler and Rona Lewis looked it square in the silicone eyes and asked, “So what?”

Yes, folks, the future of work has officially RSVP’d, crashed the party uninvited, and now refuses to leave until someone explains the TPS reports. And who better to tackle this delightful existential menace than two hosts who treat accountability like a competitive sport, and AI job numbers like hot wings at a data buffet. They’ll dissect the jobs “lost,” the jobs “gained,” and the jobs that probably just wandered into the server room and never came out.

Spoiler alert: No leadership position is safe. If your job description involves more than photocopies and collecting conference room snacks, you might already be obsolete — according to the AI overlords – though our we wouldn’t trust them either. Sharpen your skills, polish your purpose, and if you’re the last one in the office — do everyone a favor and turn off both the lights and the AI servers.

Listen. Laugh. Learn. Share. Subscribe. And most importantly, survive the bots with your soul (and your sense of humor) intact. Because if life gives you lemons, Biz-Souls shows you how to make AI-infused lemonade and still come out on top.

Recommended Biz-Souls Episodes:

• Episode 127 – Tickled About Piccles!

o https://open.spotify.com/episode/1m0lrAjU0EoA0YpWqq9n9K

• Episode 125 – How to Retrain Your Brain

o https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Sl8zVZB6Jx5DMHg8lN9aH

• Episode 137 – Just Say No! Maybe…

o https://open.spotify.com/episode/5O9pVnMLtrVRHfSrkE3dZn

• Episode 139 – Play for Better Living!

o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdUd8cU1JXg

• Episode 127 – Tickled About Piccles!

o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQNREqXwV8k

• Episode 136 – Mature Gnome with Ego

o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl6sKzNUWTo

As you can tell by our homophonic title, this one’s got classic Biz-Souls energy all over it. Listen in to this episode for some fun, high-octane, tongue-in-cheek, comments on the 2026 outlook for professional and not so professional speakers.

In this episode, your ever-dependable Titans of Fact, Opinion, and Digression dive headfirst into the AMEX Global Meetings & Events Forecast to decode what the future of speaking might look like… and what it will definitely argue about.

As is tradition, the conversation at once goes off the rails in a warm, trustworthy, Biz-Souls way.

Highlights include:

• A spirited breakdown of what actually excites audiences verses what planners hope excites audiences

• A stroll through the 2026 trend jungle featuring engagement, experience, and possibly light chanting

• Jeffrey’s legendary story of the time he turned an audience of 300 into 5 in under 30 minutes (a masterclass in unintentional minimalism)

• The first official episode in the new, shorter, tighter, less-digressive-but-still-definitely-digressive format

• And… a major announcement that will thrill and terrify meeting planners worldwide:

Jeffrey Hansler is back on the speaking circuit, fighting a never-ending battle for truth, justice, and the American way (and occasionally hotel AV teams).

Also featured: one of our favorite listener comments ever:

“The show is real — not perfect, just real and heartfelt.”

Which pretty much sums up Biz-Souls:

Not polished. Not pre-packaged. Just congruent, consistent, transparent, and occasionally dangerous to convention.

If you want predictions, perspective, and proof that even professionals can wander gloriously off-topic, this episode is for you.