What happens when you stop trying to do less… and start learning how to hold more with intention?

In this episode of Energy + Hours, Jill sits down with Briaa, a multi-business owner, mom of three, and energy practitioner, to talk about what it really looks like to juggle ambition, motherhood, and meaningful work without burning out.

Briaa shares her journey from becoming a mom at 17 and building a career in the hair industry to discovering energy work after experiencing deep exhaustion and energetic overwhelm. Together, Jill and Briaa explore what it means to be ambitious in a world that often tells women to slow down, and how to honour your capacity without shrinking your dreams.

This is a grounded, honest conversation about boundaries, empathy, energy hygiene, and giving yourself permission to be multifaceted.

In this episode, we talk about:

✅ Briaa’s journey from hairstylist to energy practitioner

✅ Why so many helping professionals feel energetically drained

✅ The hidden emotional labour of holding space for others

✅ Being ambitious without buying into hustle culture

✅ ADHD, multi-passionate careers, and loving a full life

✅ Energy boundaries and protecting your capacity

✅ Giving yourself permission to want a lot, and build a lot

About Bria

Bria is a multiple business owner, energy practitioner, and mom of three who helps people reconnect with their energy, boundaries, and intuition through her work.

🌐 Website: https://ascendingpriestess.com

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ascendingpriestess

📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ascendingpriestess

Resources + Links

Workshop: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/aries-season-ignition-intention-candle-workshop-tickets-1983792969173?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

Retreat: https://ascendingpriestess.com/pages/retreats-workshops

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Listen If You’re…

• A mom balancing big dreams and real life

• A helper, healer, or service provider who feels drained

• An ambitious woman who refuses to shrink

• Navigating burnout or energy overwhelm

• Multi-passionate and building more than one thing

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What happens when the system you rely on to run your life suddenly disappears?

In this honest and vulnerable solo episode, Jill shares a personal update after taking time off, including the moment she lost access to her entire task management system and what it revealed about burnout, overcommitment, and the need to simplify.

This episode is part personal reflection, part gentle reminder that even the most organized among us can hit a point where life feels heavy and that sometimes those moments are invitations to reassess what really matters.

Jill opens up about navigating a full life (business, consulting, motherhood, and everything in between), learning to release self-imposed pressure, and why this season might be the perfect time to reprioritize.

If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed, stretched thin, or like you’re carrying too much, this conversation will feel like a deep exhale.

In this episode, we talk about:

✅ Preparing for time off when life is already full
✅ The moment Jill lost access to her entire task system
✅ Why putting everything in one place can feel both supportive and risky✅ Burnout signals and recognizing when things feel heavy
✅ Letting go of self-imposed expectations
✅ Using the Eisenhower Matrix to reprioritize
✅ Energetic seasons and why reflection matters
✅ Simplifying your commitments
✅ Trusting yourself to figure things out

Key TakeawaySometimes the moments that feel like everything is falling apart are actually invitations to step back, simplify, and reconnect with what truly matters.

🔗 Resources & LinksTime Magic Planner — https://www.jillwright.ca/plannerMomentum Membership — https://www.jillwright.ca/momentum-membershipEnergy + Hours Substack — https://energyandhours.substack.com

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If you’ve been trying to “fix” your life with better routines, more discipline, or new systems but you still feel stuck, this episode is your reminder that it’s not a willpower problem.

In this conversation, Jill Wright sits down with returning guest Cass Henry to talk about what’s really underneath clutter, procrastination, burnout, and that constant feeling of being dysregulated: masking, nervous system protection, and identity-level beliefs you may not even realize you’re carrying.

Cass shares how many of us are unknowingly living behind protective parts, “masks” we built to fit in, belong, and feel safe, and how doing the deeper work can unlock the ease and follow-through we’ve been chasing on the surface (especially for women with ADHD, late diagnoses, or lifelong “too much” energy).

This is a powerful, compassionate episode about coming home to yourself so time management and energy tools actually work the way they’re meant to.

In this episode:

• Why clutter is rarely just clutter and what it can represent underneath
• How masking shows up in everyday life (even without a diagnosis)
• The nervous system’s role in procrastination, avoidance, and “self-sabotage”
• The identity beliefs that keep you stuck (like “I’m not enough”)
• Why change doesn’t always require more hustle — often it requires less
• A simple place to start when you feel dysregulated: asking your body what it’s telling you
• Why the space between “asking” and “receiving” an answer matters
• How interrupting numbing patterns (scrolling, avoiding, staying busy) builds new pathways
• Why vision boards can be life-changing when they’re led by intuition, not “shoulds”

About Cass Henry

Cass is a coach, mentor, a mom, and a cycle-breaker for women who are done overthinking their lives and ready to trust themselves again. She helps ADHD and highly sensitive women stop overfunctioning, calm emotional overwhelm, and break the subconscious patterns that have kept them stuck so they can build a life that actually feels good to live.

Website: https://www.casshenry.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_casshenry

Resources Mentioned:

Cass’s free tool to help regulate your nervous system (NLP + EFT tapping): https://www.casshenry.com/procrastination

Cass’s Vision Board Workshop February 22 in Ottawa: https://www.casshenry.com/offers/qng6aQyo/checkout

Listen to Cass’s first appearance on the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s3-e23-worthy-and-free-with-cass-henry/id1601675882?i=1000656473021

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