Why do so many high-performing professionals feel compelled to keep working, even when they’re exhausted or no longer under pressure?

In this episode, we explore the deeper causes of work stress, overworking, and anxiety — beyond workload, deadlines, or poor time management. We look at why rest can feel uncomfortable, why switching off feels difficult, and how the mind creates a constant sense of urgency.

Drawing lightly on the principles shared by Syd Banks, this conversation points toward a different understanding of stress, thought, and experience — one that doesn’t rely on fixing habits, setting boundaries, or trying harder to relax.

This isn’t a productivity episode or a burnout solution.
It’s an invitation to see what’s actually creating pressure at work — and how insight alone can begin to change the experience.

French Philosopher Pierre Teilhard De Chardin to confirm said "We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience" :)

Below is a video of Syd Banks describing this inside / out understanding:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8_MHOROCVU&list=PL29ixAnz4WQ_MG1YpHANt9PRAdqDjx3E6

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This is a bonus audio version of a recent YouTube episode exploring work stress and anxiety from a deeper perspective.

In this conversation, I look at why work itself isn’t actually the source of stress, pressure, or anxiety — even though it often feels that way — and what’s really creating our moment-to-moment experience at work. Rather than offering strategies or techniques, this episode points to a simpler understanding of how experience is formed from the inside out.

If you’re someone who feels driven, overwhelmed, or caught in cycles of overthinking at work, this episode may offer a sense of clarity and relief — without needing to change your job, fix yourself, or manage your thinking.

You can also watch the full video version of this conversation on YouTube (link below):

https://youtu.be/FFNrYHWcnXg

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In this episode, I’m joined by Kate Winslow, a personal coach for teens and parents, for an honest conversation about work stress, parenting pressure, and where our experience of life really comes from.

Kate shares her remarkable personal journey — from emigrating from Russia to the United States at 16, experiencing homelessness and trauma, to building a life rooted in clarity, resilience, and compassion. Together, we explore why stress doesn’t come from our jobs, our children, or our circumstances, but from how we experience our thinking in the moment.

We discuss work stress, the hidden pressure many parents and professionals carry, common misunderstandings around teenage stress, and how understanding The Three Principles offers a simpler, kinder way to relate to pressure, emotion, and challenge.

This episode is for anyone feeling overwhelmed by work or family life and looking for a deeper understanding of stress that doesn’t require fixing, managing, or changing who they are.

Kate Winslow

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Luke Richardson

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